Passenger Intercity Some Amtrak service resuming following CSX derailment in North Carolina

Some Amtrak service resuming following CSX derailment in North Carolina

By Trains Staff | August 19, 2025

Route reopened following coal-train incident, but four trains still canceled

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Long passenger train with auto racks at back on double track main line
Amtrak’s Auto Train leaves Sanford, Fla., in 2015. The train will resume operation today after Monday cancellations because of a CSX derailment in North Carolina. Bob Johnston

ENFIELD, N.C. — Some Amtrak cancellations will continue today (Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025) following the Sunday evening derailment of a CSX coal train near Enfield, but a majority of the trains cancelled Monday will operate as scheduled.

According to the Amtrak Alerts social media feed, trains that will not operate today are both directions of the Silver Meteor, over its entire New York-Miami route; train No. 40, the northbound Floridian, between Miami and Washington, D.C.; and train No. 80, and the northbound Carolinian, between Raleigh, N.C., and Washington. Resuming scheduled operation will be both directions of the Lorton, Va.-Sanford, Fla., Auto Train; both directions of the New York-Savanna, Ga., Palmetto; train No. 79, the southbound New York-Charlotte, N.C., Carolinian; and train No. 41, the southbound Chicago-Miami Floridian.

Twenty-eight cars of a loaded coal train derailed Sunday near Enfield; no one was injured, but the accident resulted in the cancellation of 11 Amtrak trains Sunday evening and Monday [see “CSX derailment in North Carolina …,” Trains.com, Aug. 18, 2025. CSX informed customers on Monday evening that that it would have some service restored through the derailment site by 9 p.m., with full restoration of service anticipated by midnight. The company said it is continuing to “conduct a thorough investigation” of the cause of the derailment.

Other Amtrak issues

Elsewhere, Amtrak has advised passengers to expect heat-related speed restrictions today on two state-supported regional routes: an 84-mile stretch of the Heartland Flyer between Pauls Valley, Okla., and Gainesville, Texas, beginning at 2 p.m., and a 61-mile section of the Lincoln Service route between Bloomington-Normal and Springfield, Ill. That restriction will also affect the Texas Eagle.

In the Northeast, today’s southbound Valley Flyer train No. 425, a 6:05 a.m. departure from Greenfield, Mass., was canceled because of “equipment unavailability.” Substitute bus service has been provided.

 

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