‘Hero’ engineer stops NC Amtrak passenger train just ahead of trailer stuck on Hillsborough tracks, police say

Police in Hillsborough praised an Amtrak engineer Thursday for stopping a North Carolina passenger train after spotting a truck stuck across the tracks.
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Behind the scenes of how Amtrak trains are cleaned in Hampton Roads

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — It’s 11:30 a.m. and Amtrak Northeast Regional 67 pulls into the Newport News Transportation Center on time following an overnight trip from Boston. This is the end of the ...
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Amtrak engineer acquitted in 2015 derailment that killed 8

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Amtrak engineer has been acquitted of charges related to a deadly high-speed derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015. After just over ...