From The Los Angeles Times:
Rail experts ask why new track in Washington state Amtrak crash did not have speed control system
After a speeding Amtrak train derailed during its first trip on a new rail line — on the heels of two deadly passenger rail crashes blamed on high speed since 2015 — safety experts on Tuesday asked why the train did not have the latest automated control system.
The train was traveling 80 mph in a 30-mph zone on a newly opened $181-million segment of track south of Seattle, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Train cars spilled onto busy Interstate 5 and killed three train passengers.
Emphasis mine. Yikes - especially for the first time on new track.
It's always interesting to see how long the union can keep the engineer's name quiet.