Wrecked Train Was Designed for Safety
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Investigators of the Amtrak wreck in which 11 people died want to know why fuel spilled and ignited when the engines were specifically designed to prevent that from happening. The City of New Orleans hit a truck Monday night at a crossing in Bourbonnais, about 50 miles south of Chicago. The locomotive was built in response to a 1992 federal government request to improve designs to prevent fires.
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