The 1987 Maryland train collision Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be at 1:30 pm on January 4 , 1987 , on Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor main line .

Amtrak train 94 , the `` Colonial '' , ( now part of the `` Northeast Regional '' ) traveling north from Washington , D.C. , to Boston , crashed Motion into a set of Conrail locomotives running light ( without freight cars ) , and which had fouled Motion ( entered ) the mainline .

Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed Killing , as well as the Amtrak engineer and lounge car attendant .

Fourteen passengers on the Amtrak train were killed Killing , as well as the Amtrak engineer and lounge car attendant .

On May 12 , 2015 , an Amtrak `` Northeast Regional '' train from Washington , D.C. bound for New York City derailed Motion and wrecked Destroying on the Northeast Corridor in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .

Shortly after the derailment Catastrophe , Amtrak completed Process_end ATC installation Building on the northbound track .