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National Transportation Safety Board officials raised questions at an investigative hearing this week about the problematic curve where the deadly Washington derailment occurred.

Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight services are suspended between Portland and Seattle until 10 p.m. Sunday.

Amtrak says it has found no evidence of criminal intent in the case of a gay PSU student found unconscious near train tracks in California, suggesting he may have attempted suicide.

Members of Oregon's congressional delegation want a full report on an investigation into a gay PSU student whose unconscious body was found near train tracks in Northern California.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about why the Amtrak 501 train hit a 30 mile per hour curve at nearly 80 miles per hour. But here’s a snapshot of what we do know.

When Monday’s inaugural trip of the Amtrak Cascades train along its new route crashed south of Tacoma, the lives of hundreds of people were thrown into chaos.

Two men who died Monday when a train derailed near Tacoma have been identified.  They were both passionate transit advocates from Washington state who were celebrating Amtrak’s new route.

Positive Train Control is a technology meant to override possible human error that can lead to train derailments. But Congress has delayed its implementation. 

The speed limit on the curve where an Amtrak train crashed Monday is 30 mph. The National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary investigation shows the derailed train was going 80 mph.

The Amtrak Cascades train that derailed in DuPont, Washington, during Monday’s morning commute was meant to be the celebration of a new route between Seattle and Portland. It turned into tragedy, as investigators say the train was going 50 mph over the posted speed limit.