Amtrak Personal Injury Lawyer and Attorney Comments on Amtrak New Equipment. Amtrak has revealed what it is getting for nearly 300 million dollars, 130 new cars. The new cars are intended to replace older cars, many dating from the 1940s and 1950s and they will be used on the longer distance trips. Amtrak has also spent 446 million dollars on 70 new locomotive engines, but they will be used primarily in the northeast corridor. These capital investments are long overdue and they may help Amtrak's image. They may also go a long way to improving safety on the railroad and to preventing railroad employee and passenger injuries. Older railroad passenger cars were not designed with safety as a foremost consideration. As a result, train derailments are often catastrophic with multiple injuries. Fortunately, Amtrak's safety record is as good as most other common carriers. Francis P. Hajek Wilson & Hajek, LLC, a personal injury law firm Experienced Injury and Accident Lawyers Serving Virginia, including Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Greene, Augusta, Buckingham, Staunton, Waynesboro