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Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in northern Montana. The NTSB report laid blame in part on BNSF railroad, which owns the tracks, and “a shortcoming in its safety culture.”
A year after an Amtrak crash near Mendon, Missouri, that killed three people, safety improvements at railroad crossings similar to the site of the crash are underway, but progress has been slow.
Nearly one year later, KSHB 41's Megan Abundis is following up with Jason Drinkard after speaking with him on the day of the deadly Amtrak derailment in Mendon, Missouri.