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Amtrak AutoTrain
Derails In Northern Florida
On April 18, 2002
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The two locomotives and the first two passenger cars remained on the track
despite the shaking, but the following 14 passenger cars and the first seven of
the 23 auto rack cars derailed. Seven passenger cars turned over.
George Black, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators are impressed with how the
double-deck Superliner cars remained intact even though they were pounded with massive forces.
Unlike airliners, which are built of lightweight aluminum and composite
material, rail passenger cars are built of heavy steel. This factor alone often
prevents deaths or major injuries in even high-speed train wrecks.
"The good story is that the cars stood up like champs," Black said.
-- Washington Post, Sunday, April 21, 2002, Page A10
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Click here to read the NTSB Accident Report
Stories On This Derailment:
Wed 04/15/02 02:22 PM ET: NTSB Reveals Clues In Auto Train Crash (WESH)
Tue 04/23/02 07:27 PM ET: Amtrak's Auto Cars Return to Rails (AP)
Mon 04/22/02 04:07 PM ET: CSX Safety Praised Before Crash (AP)
Mon 04/22/02 01:00 PM ET: Auto Train to Resume Service (Amtrak Press Release)
Mon 04/22/02 09:40 AM ET: Amtrak Resumes Service; Dozens Still Stranded (WESH)
Sun 04/21/02 03:16 PM ET: Crash May Prompt Congress to Act Quickly on Amtrak (Reuters)
Sun 04/21/02 02:13 PM ET: Tracks Cleared at Amtrak Crash Site (AP)
Sun 04/21/02 03:25 AM ET: Backup engineer, conductor also hit brakes before derailment (AP)
Sun 04/21/02 --:-- -- --: Fla. Rail Track Had Drainage Woes (Washington Post)
Sat 04/20/02 07:19 PM ET: Probe Looks at Other Train in Amtrak Crash (Reuters)
Sat 04/20/02 05:42 PM ET: Three on Amtrak Train Pulled Brakes (AP)
Sat 04/20/02 12:20 PM ET: Track Probed in Amtrak Crash (AP)
Sat 04/20/02 11:52 AM ET: Names of Amtrak Crash Dead Confirmed (AP)
Sat 04/20/02 11:42 AM ET: Woman finds train derailment eerily similar (PRNewswire)
Sat 04/20/02 07:11 AM ET: Track may have buckled (Orlando Sentinel)
Sat 04/20/02 --:-- -- --: Engineer: Track Misaligned (Washington Post)
Sat 04/20/02 --:-- -- --: Lawsuit already filed on behalf of passengers (Orlando Sentinel)
Sat 04/20/02 --:-- -- --: Passengers try to plot next move (Orlando Sentinel)
Sat 04/20/02 --:-- -- --: Small town's response proves residents ... (Orlando Sentinel)
Sat 04/20/02 --:-- -- --: Editorial: Tragedy strikes (Orlando Sentinel)
Fri 04/19/02 07:03 PM ET: Engineer of Doomed Train Saw Damaged Track (Reuters)
Fri 04/19/02 04:21 PM ET: Amtrak Engineer Saw Problem, Hit Brake Before Derailment (Reuters)
Fri 04/19/02 03:08 PM ET: Four dead, more than 150 hurt in derailment (AP)
Fri 04/19/02 02:17 PM ET: Four Dead in Florida Amtrak Derailment (Reuters)
Fri 04/19/02 01:25 PM ET: Lawsuit Against Amtrak (Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP)
Fri 04/19/02 03:08 AM ET: Amtrak Train Derails in Florida, Six Dead (Reuters)
Fri 04/19/02 --:-- -- --: Amtrak Crash Probe Focuses on Tracks (Fox News Channel)
Fri 04/19/02 --:-- -- --: Candiotti: 'Spectacular' scene at Amtrak crash (CNN)
Fri 04/19/02 --:-- -- --: Track problem may have caused derailment (CNN)
Fri 04/19/02 --:-- -- --: NTSB: Tracks were misaligned (USA Today)
Thu 04/18/02 10:18 PM ET: Amtrak Crash in Florida Kills Six (AP)
Thu 04/18/02 10:11 PM ET: Amtrak Train Derails in Florida, Three Dead (Reuter)
Thu 04/18/02 09:58 PM ET: Amtrak Auto Train Derails In Putnam County (WESH)
Thu 04/18/02 09:48 PM ET: Train derails in northern Florida; at least 5 killed (AP)
Thu 04/18/02 09:28 PM ET: Amtrak Auto Train Has Popular Record (AP)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Amtrak Train Derails in Florida (Fox News Channel)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Amtrak derailment kills 3 in Florida (CNN)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Three killed in Amtrak derailment (MSNBC)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Florida train crash kills three (BBC)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Train derails in Florida (USA Today)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Three Killed in Fla. Amtrak Crash (Washington Post)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Amtrak train derails; three believed dead (UPI)
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Three die as Amtrak train headed from Orlando to Virginia crashes
Thu 04/18/02 --:-- -- --: Amtrak Train Derails in Florida, Three Dead (Reuters)
Consist of Derailed AutoTrain:
838 - P40
843 - P40
39002 - Trans Dorm
32502 - Sleeper
32084 - Sleeper
32074 - Sleeper
32503 - Deluxe Sleeper
33101 - Lounge
38052 - Diner
32501 - Deluxe Sleeper
32100 - Sleeper
32090 - Sleeper
34129 - Coach
34125 - Coach
34126 - Coach
34120 - Coach
33100 - Lounge
38054 - Diner
9030 - Auto Carrier
9031 - Auto Carrier
9019 - Auto Carrier
9035 - Auto Carrier
9004 - Auto Carrier
9036 - Auto Carrier
9001 - Auto Carrier
9022 - Auto Carrier
9033 - Auto Carrier
9093 - Auto Carrier
9094 - Auto Carrier
9091 - Auto Carrier
9096 - Auto Carrier
9008 - Auto Carrier
9023 - Auto Carrier
9000 - Auto Carrier
9016 - Auto Carrier
9029 - Auto Carrier
9112 - Auto Carrier
9109 - Auto Carrier
9100 - Auto Carrier
9103 - Auto Carrier
9121 - Auto Carrier
9115 - Auto Carrier
For a virtual tour of passenger rail cars similar to those that make up the Auto Train,
click here and select links under the
Amtrak Superliner Trainset section. Those railcars are identical to those used on the
Auto Train, but the Auto Train also has other railcars not used on any other Amtrak trainset.
Unique railcars to the Auto Train include Deluxe Sleeping Cars which only have Deluxe Rooms
special lounge cars, and the auto carriers to transport automobiles of the passengers on the train.
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