A person wearing a National Transportation Safety Board vest and hardhat, left, watches, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, as another worker climbs down from an engine of an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
An Amtrak Police officer wears a mask, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at the site where an Amtrak train derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Workers stand near a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
Workers examine a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
A Federal Railroad Administration worker steps into a passenger train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
Workers stand Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, near overturned cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
Workers stand near train tracks, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, next to overturned cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
A welcome sign for the town of Joplin, Mont., is shown Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. An Amtrak train derailed Saturday near the town, killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
Workers examine a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
A water truck drives on a road, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, next to an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
Workers examine a train car, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment.
A person wearing a National Transportation Safety Board vest and hardhat takes photos, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Workers stand Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near toppled cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
A person wearing a National Transportation Safety Board vest and hardhat, left, walks with another person, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near engines from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Heavy equipment is shown Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, next to cars from an Amtrak train that derailed a day earlier just west of Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
This aerial view taken Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, shows an Amtrak train that derailed in north-central Montana Saturday that killed multiple people and left others hospitalized, officials said. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars, when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday.
Jason Jarrett, of the Gallatin County (Mont.) Sheriff’s Office, talks on a phone Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near an Amtrak train that derailed a day earlier just west of Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
A sign is shown at a railroad crossing, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near to cars from an an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Engines and cars from an Amtrak train that derailed a day earlier are shown Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at the derailment site just west of Joplin, Mont. The crash killed three people and injured others. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Workers walk near derailed cars from an Amtrak train, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, that derailed the day before just west of Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Engines and cars from an Amtrak train that derailed a day earlier are shown Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at the derailment site just west of Joplin, Mont.. The crash killed three people and injured others. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
A worker wears a headlamp, late Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near cars from an Amtrak train that derailed the day before, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Workers walk Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, next to an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Heavy equipment moves gravel Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, next to cars from an an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
This aerial view taken Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, shows part of an Amtrak train that derailed in north-central Montana Saturday that killed multiple people and left others hospitalized, officials said. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars, when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday.
Workers walk Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, next to cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Workers stand Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near toppled cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, just west of Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Heavy equipment props up a leaning train car, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, that was part of an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
Engines and cars from an Amtrak train that derailed a day earlier are shown illuminated by floodlights, late Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
A piece of heavy equipment props up a leaning train car, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, that was part of an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.
JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — Federal investigators examined overturned rail cars and a stretch of tracks Monday as they worked to figure out why an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend, killing three people.
The westbound Empire Builder was traveling from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday afternoon near Joplin, a town of about 200. The train, carrying 141 passengers and 16 crew members, had two locomotives and 10 cars, eight of which derailed, with some tipping onto their sides. Seven people were hospitalized.
The derailment occurred near a switch in the line, where one set of tracks turned into two, on a stretch of track that had just been inspected two days earlier, said Matt Jones, a BNSF Railway spokesman said Sunday at a news conference.
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to provide an update later Monday. Identities of the victims had not been released.
Investigators will look at “everything” including the switch, wheels, axles and suspension systems, as well as the track geometry and condition, including any cracks, said Steven Ditmeyer, a rail consultant and former senior official at the Federal Railroad Administration. He said a switch like the one in Joplin would be controlled by the BNSF control center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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