Worn and poorly maintained train tracks that were not properly inspected caused an Amtrak derailment that killed three passengers and injured 49 others in Montana in 2021, federal investigators said Thursday.
In the Sept. 25, 2021, derailment near Joplin, a remote section of north-central Montana, eight of the train’s 10 rail cars — with 165 people on board — went off the tracks, four toppling onto their sides.that the track inspector’s workload likely “prevented him from performing a timely walking inspection of the track,” which is controlled by BNSF Railway.
The report comes nearly two years after the derailment and as the nation has turned its attention to rail safety after a Norfolk Southern train, six months ago. Since that incident, which drew national headlines for weeks, the U.S. Transportation Department has issued more safety measures and advisories, and called on Congress to update railroad laws. The NTSB is also investigating Norfolk Southern’s safety practices.
“BNSF inspections meet all federal requirements, and we are committed to timely maintenance, repair and replacement whenever issues or potential issues are detected,” she said in a statement. The report emphasizes previously issued recommendations to the Railroad Administration to develop higher standards for train windows that prevent openings and passenger ejections and look for ways to avoid passenger injuries, such as seat belts and better securing of luggage and other potential projectiles.
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