Amtrak trains Amtrak Superliner bi-level passenger train cars sit parked outside Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) – Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety investigators urged Amtrak to slow its trains when they pass work crews.

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