Amtrak detrailment

Federal investigators have interviewed the engineer who was at the controls of Amtrak Cascades Train 501 that derailed last month south of Tacoma. The interview summary points more strongly to human error as the cause of the deadly wreck.

Cecelia Goetz was nearing the end of her regular Interstate 5 commute to Olympia when she passed under a railway bridge near DuPont at the very moment Amtrak Cascades train 501 derailed. She was lucky to survive.

As clean up begins, firefighters are describing what it was like to respond to Monday’s Amtrak derailment in Pierce County, Washington.Shortly after 7:30…

This is a developing story and will be updated as we learn and confirm new and relevant information.An Amtrak train on its inaugural run from Seattle to…