Episode 041: (Rail) 2017 Washington Train Derailment - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, US, on December 18, 2017 because Sound Transit failed to take steps to mitigate a curve at the accident location, and inadequately trained the train's engineer, according to the NTSB's final report. It was the inaugural run on the Point Defiance Bypass, a new passenger rail route south of Tacoma, on right-of-way owned and operated by regional transit authority Sound Transit.

This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele and Andy Sargent (aka Sargent Signals). Michele is a ham radio operator N8CSX and an amateur disaster historian. Andy is N8ACJ and the residential railroad specialist.

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Andy's Music Pick
Song: O.M.B.F.J.
Artist: Nathan Salathiel
Album: Murky Waters EP
Link: http://innafunk.bandcamp.com/track/o-m-b-f-j
© Theme music created by Michele Sargent

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