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Emergency officials stand outside of the Hoboken Terminal following a train crash, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Hoboken, N.J. A commuter train crashed into the rail station during the morning rush hour, causing serious damage. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

NJ train crash raises many familiar safety issues

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

The skyline of New York's borough of Manhattan is seen behind the Hoboken, N.J. rail station after a train crash at the facility on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train plowed into the bustling terminal during the morning rush hour. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)

The Latest: Train engineer identified as 29-year employee

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Wrongful death suit filed over 2016 Arizona helicopter crash

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In this Wednesday, May 13, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work at the scene of a Tuesday night derailment in Philadelphia of an Amtrak train headed to New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Feds to vote on probable cause of deadly Amtrak derailment

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

A passenger is seen riding a subway train as it leaves the L'Enfant Metro Station in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, part of the public mass transit network for Washington. The transit network in the nation's capital, remains hobbled after an electrical malfunction that filled a L'Enfant Metro subway station with smoke, killing one woman and sending dozens of people to hospitals. The NTSB is investigating the incident, which happened at the beginning of the Monday afternoon rush hour. It led to the first fatality on Washington's Metro system since a 2009 crash that killed eight passengers and a train operator. NTSB investigator Michael Flanigon told reporters that an electrical &quot;arcing&quot; involving the high-voltage third rail led a train to stop in a tunnel and filled the tunnel with smoke. An arcing occurs when electricity from the third rail comes into contact with another substance that conducts electricity, such as water. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NTSB report: Lax safety allowed deadly smoke incident in Metro tunnel in 2015

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

Amtrak investigators inspect the deadly train crash in Chester, Pa., Sunday, April 3 2016. The Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia causing a derailment. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) PHIX OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NEWARK OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Amtrak train hits equipment on track; 2 workers die

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Passengers gather after a train derailed near Dodge City, Kan., Monday, March 14, 2016. An Amtrak statement says the train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago early Monday when it derailed just after midnight. (Daniel Szczerba via AP)

NTSB says feed truck shifted track before Amtrak accident in Kansas

By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by TOTE Maritime shows the cargo ship El Faro. (TOTE Maritime via AP) **FILE**

Wreckage identified as ill-fated cargo ship El Faro, feds say

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Smoke fills a Washington Metro system subway car near the L'Enfant Plaza station in Washington on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Litwin)

Metro train operators describe chaos of fatal smoke incident

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work the scene of a train wreck in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)

NTSB says Amtrak engineer didn’t use cellphone before crash

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Emergency personnel work the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia in this May 12, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)

Investigators uncertain anything hit Amtrak train before derailment

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Philadelphia. Sumwalt said the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday in Philadelphia sped up for a full minute before it derailed at a sharp curve, killing eight people and injuring more than 200. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Investigators look at why Amtrak train sped up before derailment

By Geoff Mulvihill and Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

A crane raises the end of a derailed train car as emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Safety technology might have prevented deadly Amtrak crash

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaks at a news conference near the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Amtrak crash: Train’s black box found, Michael Nutter says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Federal investigators are working to determine why an Amtrak train sped up unsafely and jumped the tracks in a Philadelphia neighborhood Tuesday, killing seven and injuring dozens more. (Associated Press)

Philadelphia Amtrak derailment: Train raced at 106 mph into sharp curve

By David Sherfinski and Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Emergency personnel walk near the scene of a deadly train wreck, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. An Amtrak train headed to New York City derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The Latest on Amtrak crash: College dean died in crash

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, a woman is transported in a wheelchair onto an ambulance as people are evacuated from a smoke filled Metro subway tunnel in Washington. A policy of routing calls about emergencies on the Metro subway system directly to a supervisor at the District of Columbia’s 911 call center contributed to delays in getting firefighters to the scene of an accident that turned deadly, officials say. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

NTSB investigating second smoke incident on Metro

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Smoke fills a Washington Metro system subway car near the L'Enfant Plaza station in Washington on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Litwin)

NTSB: Fans pulled smoke toward passengers trapped in Metro train

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, provided by the West Virginia State Police, shows a fireball erupting across Interstate 77 from a gas line explosion in Sissonville, W.Va. Accident investigators issue a report and safety recommendations based three powerful gas transmission line explosions in California, Florida and West Virginia. In each case, the gas company failed conduct inspections or tests that might have revealed weaknesses in the massive pipelines. In the California accident, 9 people were killed and 70 homes destroyed. In the West Virginia incident, the stretch of pipeline that ruptured, igniting a fire that destroyed three homes and damaged several others, hadn’t been inspected or tested for 24 years. (AP Photo/West Virginia State Police)

NTSB: Systemic flaws in safety oversight of gas pipelines

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Smoke fills a Washington Metro system subway car near the L'Enfant Plaza station in Washington on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Litwin)

D.C. Metro riders irked by silence after deadly incident

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times