On September 25, 2021, at 3:56 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, Amtrak passenger train 7/27, the westbound Empire Builder, carrying 149 passengers and 16 crew members, derailed west of the town of Joplin, Montana, United States. The train consisted of two locomotives and ten cars, eight of which derailed.[1]
Three people were killed, and 49 others were injured, with 15 of them being hospitalized.[2]
^"Statement on Empire Builder Derailment near Joplin, MT (September 26)". Amtrak Media. September 26, 2021. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
^"Derailment of Amtrak Passenger Train 7 on BNSF Railway Track" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
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