A damaged Amtrak train car is lowered from an overpass at the scene of Monday's deadly train crash onto Interstate 5 on Tuesday. Federal investigators say they don't yet know why the Amtrak train was traveling 50 mph over the speed limit when it derailed Monday south of Seattle. (Photo: Elaine Thompson, AP)DUPONT — The Washington State Department of Transportation affirmed Tuesday that it is committed to running passenger trains on a recently completed bypass that was the site of Monday's deadly derailment. Monday's inaugural journey along the bypass aimed to usher in a new, improved era of passenger train travel in the Pacific Northwest. Development of the Point Defiance Bypass, though, was not without controversy.

Source: Daily Sun December 20, 2017 02:03 UTC