My condolences to families involved in this. Thank God it happened close to Ft. Lewis and there were trained rescuers who jumped into the fray. I don't know enough yet...I travel that route or the old route often. Amtrak is unbelievably incompetent in the simplest matters. There are doors to toilets in the seattle station broken for months. If you can't fix a toilet door can you run a train? Every time I reluctantly take the train it stalls for some reason. it is not well run at all. If you must take Amtrak, count on them running out of food and water, toilets not working etc. Think of it as a camping trip.... I think I am going to cancel my Christmas trip as it is the only reasonable way for me to travel right now...