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The train hit the missing bridge at 72 mph then everything collapsed

Just after midnight, Amtrak's Sunset Limited sped through Alabama carrying hundreds of sleeping passengers. Unknown to the ...
Columbus Dispatch

Brightline's debt could jeopardize St Lucie River train bridge grant

PORT SALERNO — A nearly $80 million grant to help replace an aging train bridge over the St. Lucie River in Stuart could be in jeopardy, said a board member for the Florida Inland Navigation District, ...
Morning Call PA

Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected and their findings are kept secret

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to ...
Finance & Commerce

Railroad investigation raises concerns over bridge safety

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to ...
Boston Herald

Federal government to markedly increase number of inspectors trained to spot rail bridge concerns

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Transportation Department is going to train 163 track inspectors to dramatically increase the number of people who know how to spot critical problems with railroad bridges, but ...