This is just over the wire. Their is some sad news to report their has been a deadly Amtrak crash in Mississippi Amtrak’s City of New Orelans going to Chicago Train 58 has derailed near Jackson it had 79 passengers and 12 crew members. Their has been reportedly 1death and this is flat but has had derailments before if anyone has more news please write it.
DOGGY
Jeez, I hope it’s got nothing to do with any pre-planned stuff.
My sadness goes out to the family that lost a member
DOGGY
Now it’s more than 79 sorry for the miksteake
DOGGY
There can be no good coming from this. At least the wreck reconstruction program is up and running, so there may be a few replacements in the pipeline for the peak summer season. Rumor has it that at least 7 cars were turned on to the sides. As with any derailment, this is quite unfortunate. My condolences go out to the rails and the passengers who experienced this. [V][:(]
By JOEDY McCRARY, Associated Press Writer
YAZOO CITY, Miss. - An Amtrak train derailed in rural central Mississippi late Tuesday, killing at least one person on board and injuring dozens.
“We have one confirmed dead and we’ve got possibly 80 injured,” said Amy Carruth, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in Jackson. “We understand some of the injured are possibly critical.”
Meanwhile, Gov. Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency and said in a statement that rescuers on the scene believed the number of injured could be as high as 90.
At least one Jackson hospital reportedly received a number of the injured but officials declined to release details.
Dan Stessel, a spokesman for Amtrak, said nine of the train’s cars left the tracks about 25 miles north of Jackson and toppled onto their sides. He said the train’s manifest showed 72 passengers and 12 crew members.
Carruth said her agency “was sending every resource we can get out hands on out there. … At last report we’ve still got people trapped.”
Besides search teams, portable lights and other equipment was being rushed to the scene, she said. Red Cross staffers were on hand to assist passengers.
Yazoo County sheriff’s dispatcher Mary Whisenton said at least five ambulances had also been sent to the scene.
Stessel said he had no information on what caused the accident.
The train was traveling from New Orleans to Chicago when it left the tracks at about 7 p.m. near the Yazoo-Madison county line, authorities said.
Stessel said the train made several stops after leaving New Orleans about 1:55 p.m., including Jackson. He said the train had a scheduled stop in Yazoo City.
We just got the consist which was suppose to be the Texas Eagle Today
P42 82
Baggage 1223
Sleeper (Crew Drom) 32036
Diner 38009
Lounge 33013
Coach Smoking 31592
Coach 34069
Coach 34087
Sleeper 32005 (Just Rebuit
Coach 34135 Deadhead
DOGGY
I just heard on CNN (10:18 am EDT) that the FBI has sent agents to the wreck.
I shows how times has change that the FBI is called before the cause of the accident is found. Used to be only after sabatoge was found that the law would be called in.
I guess that it will be the norm from now on.
Locomutt’s & my deepest and sincerest sympathies go out to the crew, passengers, and the family/friends of the one who lost their life in the accident last night.
Let us all pray for them all and for the emergency workers there.
The Track was bad I heard and I doubt it was terrorism
DOGGY
Their has been a passenger recount their were 67 Passengers and 12 crew. Also the lady who died was from Chicago
DOGGY
GO CUBS
Why do you have the Texas Eagle Consist on that post doggy…the derailed train was The City of New Orleans…the Texas Eagle goes through my town…in Missouri.
UPTRAIN,
The reason I have it is it becomees the Eagle’s consist in Chicago but thanks for pointing that out.
DOGGY
It was on CN. On the Ex-IC…near Vaughn, MS where Casey Jones was killed.
Just heard this this track has had 4 frieght derailments scince 1994 Hello Excutives does this ring a bell?
DOGGY
Wait, please, before assessing blame. The cause is not yet reported. It could be mechanical, track, both, or other. Four derailments in 10 years means nothing in and of itself. Even track and equipment maintained to the highest standard will experience failure. After a cause is determined, and a pattern established, THEN it is fair to comment. Until then, comments on cause and blame will only encourage responsible users to leave this forum. When they leave, answers to questions will disappear with them.
Without statements from the head end crew, and minus what the surfboard and the Feds put out on tomorrow’s morning news, the best anyone here could do is guess, and guessing is a very dangerous game.
You bet the FBI is going to send agents, in todays post 9/11 world, the director of the office that handles that area would be unemployeed right quick if he/she didnt.
And not to bust any bubbles, but every hour of every day, somewhere in America, a train is on the ground, be it on a mainline or in a yard, derailments are a daily part of railroading, the only difference is in severity.
There is a reason the old switchers had re-railing frogs on board…
Ed
I agree with Mr. Hemphill it is not right to point the finger this quickly…we had car split a brand new switch a few weeks ago at 10 mph.
Oh yes the Enginner saw a track defect so he slowed the train from 79 to 0. Also Doggy has a photo of the Locomotive leading the Train
DOGGY
GO CUBS
I generally agree with Mark Hemphill, and as I replied to a similar topic speculating on the cause of the derailment is just that - speculation. However, I disagree with Mark Hemphill in a way. The fact that four derailments occurred on that stretch of track in the past ten years may or may not be significant; it depends on their causes and their severities, and that is for the NTSB to judge.