Article snippet: Hours after the President Trump argued that the accident highlights the need for infrastructure spending. "The train accident that just occurred in DuPont, Wash., shows more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly. Seven trillion dollars spent in the Middle East while our roads, bridges, tunnels, railways (and more) crumble! Not for long!" he tweeted, adding his condolences for the victims several minutes later. But the track involved in Monday's incident wasn't crumbling. In fact, the derailment followed a multimillion dollar track upgrade. According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, the track had just been modified to accommodate passenger trains as well as freight -- and the locomotive that derailed, 501, was the very first Amtrak train to carry passengers down that new route. Amtrak had hoped the track, which had fewer tight curves and single-track tunnels, would make the Seattle-to-Portland trip faster and more reliable. Now, investigators are trying to determine what caused the train, carrying at least 84 passengers and crew, to hurtle off the rails and slam onto the highway below. Aside from Trump's infrastructure proposal, his budget blueprint for next year would restrict any federal funding for the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment program to already-approved transit projects. "Future investments in new transit projects would be funded by the localitie... Link to the full article to read more