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This special report was compiled to provide a starting point for researching and learning more about the Amtrak crash investigation. All information and links found in this special report do not reflect the views or opinions of the ARC Network in any way. This is soley to provide already established public information about the crash.

News Articles

03-26-99: Amtrack Crash Evidence is Reviewed
03-25-99: NTSB: Evidence Conflicts in Crash
03-25-99: Truck Driver In Fatal Train Wreck To Get License
03-23-99: Train Crash Evidence is Tested (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)
03-22-99: For train crew, crossings often perilous (no longer online - USA Today)
03-22-99: Despite Spector of Tragedy, City of New Orleans Rolls on without Worry or Fear (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)
03-22-99: Crash Survivor's Pain is for Victims (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)
03-22-99: Trucker May Have Thought Train in Crash Was Freight (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)
03-22-99: PROBE FOCUS NARROWS: Exactly when lights flashed becomes crucial (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)

more news...

Audio & Video

ABC News: Re-enacting the Amtrak Collision (RealVideo)
Chicago Trib: NTSB member on fatalities (RealAudio)
Chicago Trib: Survivor on helping passengers (RealAudio)
NPR: Illinois Train Crash (RealAudio)

Magazine Articles

Mar 18: Chicago Trib - Dying on the City of New Orleans (no longer online - Chicago Tribune)
Mar 18: NY Times - The Carnage at Bourbonnais (requires free registration)

Research Links

Amtrak - main page.
Amtrak Expresses Condolences to City of New Orleans Passengers and Their Families - company press release in response to the rail tragedy.
City of New Orleans - travelogue from a past passenger of the train.
Danger Ahead! Historic Railway Disasters - significant rail accidents and their role in the development of safe railway and railroad working.
Deadly U.S. Railroad Accidents - from the AP.
Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety - includes safety data and links.
National Transportation Safety Board - investigates every civil aviation accident, and certainrailroad, highway, marine and pipeline accidents.
Operation Lifesaver - providing information on reducing collisions, injuries, and fatalities at highway-rail grade crossings and on railroad rights-of-way.
Amtrak 'City of New Orleans' Information
Amtrak 'City of New Orleans' Route Map
List of Victims in Amtrak Crash - released by the Kankakee County coroner; from the AP

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