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An Amtrak train travels northbound from 30th Street Station, Monday, in Philadelphia. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains resumed service Monday following last week's deadly derailment that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.(Photo: Matt Slocum, AP)
Amtrak has resumed service between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast corridor, almost a week after eight people were killed and more than 200 injured when a train derailed in in Philadelphia.
The first train left New York City for Washington D.C. at 5.30 a.m. ET, and Philadelphia for New York City at 5.53 a.m. ET. Services in that section of the Northeast corridor had been suspended since the derailment on Tuesday night.
Announcing on Sunday that service would resume, Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman said the safety of passengers and crew was the firm's "number one priority."
He added: "Our infrastructure repairs have been made with the utmost care and emphasis on infrastructure integrity including complete compliance with Federal Railroad Administration directives."
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The New York-bound Amtrak Regional 188 was traveling more than 100 mph when it derailed at a 50-mph curve near Frankfort Junction, soon after leaving Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.
National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt on Sunday sought to downplay the significance of reports suggesting a projectile hit the train shortly before the derailment.
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He said on CBS' Face the Nation: "I've seen the fracture pattern; it looks like something about the size of a grapefruit, if you will, and it did not even penetrate the entire windshield."
Investigators had asked the FBI to look at whether a projectile, like a rock or bullet, hit the train moments before it sped up and derailed.
The Amtrak engineer has told authorities that he does not recall anything in the few minutes before the derailment.
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