An Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Orlando derailed in Texas on Thursday, July 8, 1999, after hitting a tanker truck.

Whenever there is a major news item regarding Amtrak, TrainWeb will attemp to either post information about the event or provide links to others web pages that cover the event. However, please be aware that most online news outlets remove pages about current news within days after the event. Thus, if you attempt to use the below links more than a few days after the event, the links might no longer work. Most newspapers move their current stories into an online database after a few days. In most cases you can search their database online using the date or topic of the article, but will often have to pay to retrieve the article.

Newer stories are at the top of each list under each source:

• Amtrak Press Releases
  Newer stories are at the top of the list:
  
  • AMTRAK OFFICIALS RESPOND TO SUNSET LIMITED HIGHWAY/RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT
    http://www.amtrak.com/news/pr/atk_jul08.html
  
  
• Yahoo! Daily News:
  Newer stories are at the top of the list:
  
  • Photos (July 09)
  
  http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=amtrak&c=news_photos&n=10
  • Amtrak Passenger Train Derails In Texas (July 08)
  
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ts/story.html?s=v/nm/19990708/ts/crash_train_1.html
  • Amtrak Passenger Train Derails Near Houston (July 08)
  
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ts/story.html?s=v/nm/19990708/ts/crash_train_1.html
  
  
• Associated Press Newswire: (via Yahoo)
  Newer stories are at the top of the list:
  
  • Amtrak Train Hits Truck, Derails: Thursday July 8 5:56 PM ET
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ap/ap_us/story.html?s=v/ap/19990708/us/amtrak_derailment_3.html
  • Amtrak Train Hits Truck, 4 Hurt: Thursday July 8 2:02 PM ET
    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/ap/ap_us/story.html?s=v/ap/19990708/us/amtrak_derailment_1.html
  
  

  Thanks goes to Mike Kimura for bringing some of the above online articles to my attention.

Other Related Web Sites:

• TrainWeb's Rail Travel Safety & Security Page
  http://www.trainweb.com/travel/safety.html
• Operation Lifesaver
  http://www.oli.org/
• National Transportation Safety Board
  http://www.ntsb.gov/Railroad/railroad.htm