But Amtrak officials say they are not being given enough credit for their work.

The train was carrying about 375 passengers and a crew of 10 to 15, Amtrak officials said.

While Amtrak officials do not want to seem to gloat, the problems for the airlines have helped the railroad in three ways.

One reason, current and former Amtrak officials say, was that the ideal off-the-shelf train did not exist.

In attendance were the mayor, a state senator, and Amtrak officials.

Last year Amtrak officials said the system needed about 480 new passenger cars and locomotives by 1993.

According to Amtrak officials, the total elapsed time was 3 days and 17 hours.

And Amtrak officials now say the train went into the water eight minutes after the ramming.

A more typical load, Amtrak officials said, is 40 to 50 people.

The Senator said Amtrak officials told him there was only one in a hundred that the train service would not be ended.