In re Amtrak Train Derailment at Frankewing, Tennessee, on October 1, 1975

OPINION AND ORDER

This litigation consists of five actions pending in two federal districts: four in the Middle District of Tennessee and one in the Northern District of Illinois. These actions have been brought by some of the fare-pay-mg passengers on a train of the National Rail Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) which derailed at Frankewing, Tennessee, on October 1, 1975. At the time of the derailment there were 45 fare-paying passengers and 20 railroad employees on the train. The train was on the rail lines of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L & N) and was operated by train and…