Cannot make this up. Amtrak says Empire Builder " slipped " off the track in Montana. Last 3 cars so probably the Portland section ?
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-bound-Amtrak-train-partially-derails-in-Montana-257067411.html
blue streak 1Cannot make this up. Amtrak says Empire Builder " slipped " off the track in Montana. Last 3 cars so probably the Portland section ? http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-bound-Amtrak-train-partially-derails-in-Montana-257067411.html
Johnny
I don't see a quote around the term "slipped off" so I don't believe it came from Amtrak. But I will defend the use of "slipped off" because there was no major derailment nor damage nor injuries. It was used as a term so as not to provoke panic nor alarm. In effect the use of "crash", "derailed", even "came off the tracks" sounds harsher than "slipped off". For the way most of today's journalists write and their lack of knowledge about railroading, this is not the worst I've seen or heard.
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