Amtrak news update... they had another derailment 6 months ago, in July, on that same line, 45 miles south of

Those rail cars look identical to the ones that derailed yesterday

These were auto derailed because the train operators and whoever tells trains where to go and when fucked up. This one was heading at a bridge, and the power auto derail said... yeah? No effing way jack, hit the bricks.

photo Susan Bervin

So it was punted. and why isn't there a wider fall off area to keep any derailed train out of Puget Sound? Do they hate killer whales, sea otters, starfish, and gooey ducks? Those railroad bastards!

http://www.oil-electric.com/2017/07/test-three.html