killed as rescue crews work to help passenger just the amtrak empire building 727 had taken off from chicago headed to seattle. a trip amtrak says on the website to experience the rugged splendor of the american west. including major portions of the lewis and clark trail. at around 4:00 p.m. mountain time on saturday the scene turned to tragedy. probably ten or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise and came to a stop. reporter: megan was taking a nap in a front sleeper car that did not derail 141 passengers and 16 crew members. two locomotives and eight of ten cars derailed. kind of like extreme tush benz on an airplane but like louder and there was kind of a lot of smoke smell.