Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York City resumes today six days after a train derailed and killed eight people and injured 200 others.  Amtrak President Joe Boardman says that the infrastructure repairs have been made with in compliance with Federal Railroad Administration directives.  This past weekend Amtrak announced it has installed speed controls, which force trains to […]

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It’s been almost a week since the Amtrak derailment tragedy took place in Philadelphia, and the railroad company has decided to restore service between New…

Six people are dead and more than 140 hospitalized following a commuter train derailment Tuesday night in northeast Philadelphia. There were 243 people on board Train 188, which departed Washington D.C.’s Union Station on it’s way to New York. All seven cars came off the tracks. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said will be no Amtrak service this […]

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UPDATE: 6/13/15 1:01 P.M.  A Philadelphia fire official has confirmed a body was pulled from the wreckage Wednesday afternoon, increasing the death toll to seven.…