An Amtrak train was travelling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, killing at least three people, federal officials confirmed.

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below ...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below ...

A high-speed Amtrak train that derailed near DuPont on Monday, killing three people and sending dozens to the hospital, was traveling 50 mph faster than it should have been at the spot where it ...

The train was making the inaugural run on the new route as part of a $180.7 million project designed to speed up service by removing passenger trains from a route along Puget Sound that's bogged ...

Federal officials confirmed a Portland-bound Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and ...

For the first time in decades, Red Line trains are now running at 50 mph. It’s full speed ahead for trains on the Braintree branch. NBC10 Boston was the only station there as the first trains of ...

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Ray said the Red Line was designed to run at 50 mph between the JFK/UMass station and Braintree station, but that officials a couple of decades ago decided to set a systemwide maximum speed of 40 mph.

Federal transportation safety officials say an Amtrak train was traveling about 80 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone before it derailed near DuPont.

Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and killing at least ...

In other words, the train was traveling 50 mph faster than it should have been going. LaBoe also noted that speed-limit signs are posted in multiple places in the two miles before the curve.