Amtrak Engineer in Deadly Crash Once Ran Trains in California

The engineer who was at the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, killing at least eight (updated number) and injuring more than 200 others, once worked as an engineer for Caltrain, a Caltrain  spokeswoman confirmed.

The commuter rail line running from San Francisco down the peninsula and through Silicon Valley once contracted with Amtrak to run its trains. That contract ended two years ago.

During the Amtrak contract, Brandon Bostian was an engineer on Caltrain. When the contract ended, he moved to New York.

Investigators report that the train was going over 100 miles an hour prior to the crash, double the speed limit.

--Image of Brandon Bostian from LinkedIn

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