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    Amtrak train derails over I-5 in Washington state; 3 people killed

    by Matt Pearce, Rick Anderson and Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times Dec 19, 2017 3 minutes

    DUPONT, Wash. - About 6 a.m. Monday, the Amtrak Cascades Train 501 rolled out of Seattle for an inaugural trip: the first run with passengers on a new rail line promising faster trips to Portland, at faster-than-freeway speeds.

    "Wow this train is fast," tweeted Chris Karnes, the chairman of Pierce County's transit advisory board, as the train sped through the morning darkness with seven crew members and 77 passengers aboard. "Once you leave downtown Tacoma it's 79 mph to Portland. We are passing up traffic on I-5."

    Then, about 40 miles south

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