Amtrak Train Headed for Chicago Involved in Minor, Slow Speed Derailment in Wood River, Near St. Louis

Amtrak derailment while the train was switching tracks just before 8 a.m. Thursday, near Rudder Street in Wood River [...]

No injuries, train derailed at slow speed, and the engine and wheels on the front car lost contact with the track -- left St. Louis at 6:40 a.m. and was due in Chicago at 12:20 PM [...]



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