This makes a total of 11 cars, including the Viewliner baggage car. Photos of the train passing through Sturtevant, Wis., the day before the derailment show it to have a second Superliner Lounge car at the end, likely deadheading. It is equipped with bilevel Superliner equipment. Typically, the Portland cars operate at the rear of the combined train. The trains operates as one east of Spokane, Wash., but west of there splits into two sections, trains 7 and 8 to Seattle and trains 27 and 28 to Portland. The Empire Builder operates between Chicago and Seattle and Portland, Ore. “Our Incident Response Team has been initiated, and we are sending emergency personnel and Amtrak leadership to the scene to help support our passengers, our employees and their families with their needs.” Amtrak’s Empire Builder derailed at East Buelow, Mont., on Sept. “Amtrak is working with the local authorities to transport those who were injured to medical care, and to safely evacuate everyone else at the scene. There are also reported injuries among the passengers and crew members travelling on the train,” spokesman Jason Abrams tells Trains News Wire. “We are deeply saddened to learn local authorities are now confirming that three people have lost their lives as a result of this accident. Buelow is located at milepost 1015.8, between Havre and Shelby on BNSF Railway’s Hi Line Subdivision. at the east end of Buelow siding, according to photos of the scene. Media reports indicate that about 50 people are injured. The train consisted of two locomotives and 10 cars, with eight of those cars derailing, according to Amtrak. The train, which originated in Chicago on Friday, had 141 passengers and 16 crew members onboard. – Amtrak confirms three deaths in the Saturday derailment of the westbound Empire Builder near Joplin, about 50 miles west of Havre.

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