Amtrak and BNSF Railway have settled a lawsuit with survivors of the truck driver whose dump truck was struck by the Southwest Chief in June 2022, derailing the train and killing the driver and ...

This article is part of Traveller’s Holiday Guide to train journeys.See all stories. It’s early – very early – as I stumble off Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train into pre-dawn darkness in ...

The majority of injuries occurred on one day, June 27, 2022, when 146 passengers and crew aboard the eastbound Southwest Chief were injured after the train struck a dump truck and derailed at a ...