Residents who fought new Amtrak route say derailment could have been preventedAn Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off the overpass Monday near Tacoma, Wash., and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)more stories from this episodeFull EpisodeDavid Anderson fought for years to halt the construction of the new Amtrak route that was the scene of a deadly derailment on Monday. When you heard the news about this Amtrak train derailment, what went through your mind? Deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state0:56It seemed that the reason Amtrak wanted this was to shorten the trip that passengers would make on this route by 10 minutes. The need was not substantiated in the lawsuit the city had against the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Source: CBC News December 18, 2017 22:57 UTC