Tags: Amtrak

The NTSB has released a 2000-page document detailing their findings on the Amtrak 188 crash Earlier today, federal investigators released their findings on what could have caused the fatal derailment from last year's Amtrak passenger train.

The U.S. Transportation Department is investigating possible price gouging by the five biggest U.S. airlines while train service was disabled between New York and Washington following a deadly Amtrak crash in May, it said on Friday.

U.S. Senate Democrats from the Northeast, where the Amtrak rail service is considered essential, vowed on Thursday, in the wake of a deadly train crash, to fight Republican budget cuts for the passenger line, while acknowledging more funding would be hard to win.