But he said he didn’t see a marker at milepost 18 or a nearby 30 mph speed warning sign. The fatal trip marked the second time the engineer had officially operated it going southbound on the route. The summary involved interviews with the engineer and conductor, which took place about a month after they suffered serious injuries in the wreck. The summary said the engineer and conductor were in the lead locomotive as the conductor underwent training and familiarized himself with the new route. However, the summary says the engineer was a 55-year-old man hired by Amtrak in 2004 as a conductor before being promoted to locomotive engineer in 2013.

Source: National Post January 25, 2018 19:06 UTC