http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/Amtrak-train-collided-with-truck-near-Austin-135826013.html
Video of the train not very imformative but can see damage to P-42.
I live approximately 10 miles from the accident scene. I know the location very well.
If the passengers were bused to Fort Worth to continue their journey, I assume, without really knowing, that Amtrak intended to terminate the southbound Texas Eagle at Fort Worth and turn it around to run the northbound schedule as #22. This is the only plausible way that all the passengers on #22 would be able to get a train in Fort Worth to continue their journey, since Amtrak only spots a coach and extra locomotive in Fort Worth.
If Amtrak turns #21 at Forth Worth and rebadges it as #22, it means that the passengers on #21 for points south of Fort Worth will have to be bused to their destinations, unless the equipment for #22 that was involved in the accident, after a damage assessment, can be run up to Fort Worth and turned for a southbound run as #22. In any case the challenges of how to handle the situation should have kept Amtrak's operations managers jumping through a few hoops for a couple of hours at least.
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