Neither the grade-crossing accident in Virginia with the garbage truck nor the South Carolina wreck of #91 had any blame that could be placed on Amtrak, other than their trains were unwilling participants.
Unfortunately, too many will see the story of an accident, see "Amtrak", and just assume "it was their fault". Even a lot of folks around here.
Schumer -- as much as I dislike the schmuck, he doesn't have all that much to do with it, either.