CSX Corp. crews had worked on the section of the company-owned track on July 22. They planned to complete the work later, and a 25 mph speed limit was placed on the track section until the job could be finished.
But weather and delays kept the work from being completed, and a track supervisor who thought the work was done raised the speed limit to 60 mph on July 28, according to CSX spokesman Gary Sease. The Amtrak train was traveling 60 mph when it derailed.
"It was a procedural error. The slow order should not have been lifted," Sease said.
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Looks like we may now know the cause of this accident.
One unfortunate note, the headline of the article makes it sound like Amtrak is to blame.
While the article makes it clear that the problem is with CSX, anyone scanning the headlines would think that it was the engineer's fault and blame him and Amtrak. Someone was obviously going for the flashy headline.Report: Amtrak Train Was Speeding