DUPONT, Washington — When the clanging of metal and screeching stopped at first it was quiet. The mangled train cars ended up on top of each other – and one hung precariously over the freeway. Attention focused on the train’s speed. Kimberly Reason with Sound Transit, the Seattle-area transit agency that owns the tracks, said speed signs are posted 2 miles (3 kilometers) before the speed zone changes and just before the speed zone approaching the curve. The new bypass was built on an existing inland rail line that runs along Interstate 5 from Tacoma to DuPont, near where Train 501 derailed.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 19, 2017 09:11 UTC