On September 25, 2021, the Amtrak passenger train, Empire Builder, derailed west of the town of Joplin, Montana, with over a 140 passengers and over a dozen crew members on board. Three people were killed, and dozens of others were injured, with at least two dozen being hospitalized. Bound for Seattle, Washington on the day it derailed, Empire Builder operates daily between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland.
Ritual Sacrifices =2630. The derailment of Amtrak’s Empire Builder was exactly 2,630 weeks after Amtrak’s founding. The derailment occurred on the Hi-Line, a portion of the BNSF Railway‘s Northern Transcon. The derailment happened 26 years 3 days after BNSF Railway began operation.
- The 263rd Prime number is 56 and National Railroad Passenger Corporation =560 is Amtrak’s official name. Empire Builder was en route to Seattle and Jenny Durkan is the 56th mayor of Seattle.
Choo-Choo =362. Building an Empire =263. The Great Northern Railway inaugurated the Empire Builder on June 10, 1929. It was named in honor of the company’s founder, James J. Hill, who died 1,263 months before Empire Builder‘s derailment.
Empire Builder derailed in the state of Montana. Amtrak began operation 1,263 months after the founding of the Grand Lodge of Montana (26 January 1866). Masonic =263.
Passenger railroad service =263. Empire Builder derailed 1,216 weeks 3 days after the Eschede derailment, which is the worst rail disaster in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany and the worst high-speed-rail disaster worldwide.
Empire Builder departed from Chicago and Chicago’s mayor Lori Lightfoot was a span age of 21,603 days when Empire Builder derailed.
Now for some Hollywood tributes.
The 2005 film Derailed in set in Chicago and Derailed released 12,613 days after Amtrak began operation.
Amtrak was founded a span of 1,263 weeks before the release of the Steven Seagal film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, which is set onboard a train.
Amtrak began operation a span of 2,063 weeks before the action film Unstoppable released, which is is based on the real-life CSX 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it.
The number 12613 is the 1507th Prime number. The supernatural horror film Final Destination released a span of 1,507 weeks after Amtrak began operation. Amtrak Empire Builder =1057. Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan was born 10,570 days after Empire Builder began service. UFC =57 president Dana =57 White was born 1570 months after the birth of James J. Hill, namesake of Empire Builder. Scripted Event =157. Ozzy Osbourne‘s debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz =57 released the song “Crazy Train” as the first single and the album released in the US a span of 517 weeks after Amtrak began operations. Railroad =57.
Now for some 33 numerology.
Empire =33. Empire Builder was named in honor of James J. Hill =3133 and it began service 33,333 days after the death of John Stevens, who constructed the first U.S. steam locomotive and is considered to be the father of American railroads. John Stevens died in the same year as the birth of James J. Hill.
Empire Builder derailed 33 years 10 months 13 days after the death of Roger Lewis, first CEO of Amtrak. Empire Builder derailed a span of 3 years 33 weeks 3 days since an Amtrak train collided with a stationary freight train, the most recent incident listed on Amtrak’s wiki page.
Empire Builder derailed 103 years 3 months 3 days after the Hammond Circus Train Wreck, one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history.
Amtrak began operation a span of 33 days after Jethro Tull =133 released the song “Locomotive Breath” in Europe on 3/30.
Jenny Durkan was sworn in as Seattle mayor 3 years 301 days before Empire Builder derailed.
The 33rd Prime number is 137. Empire Builder =137. Scripted Event =137. Rails =1370. Montana =137. Mind Control =137. Spell Casting =137. Human Offering =137.
Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker was 13,007 days old when Empire Builder began service.
Alexander Volkanovski won the headlining fight at UFC 266, which was the same day as Empire Builder‘s derailment, and he was 1,370 weeks old when the television series Empire debuted. Royce Gracie was the champion of UFC 1 and Gracie was born a span of 13,700 days after Empire Builder began operation.
Rail transport =3037. The Empire Builder =337 derailed 33,710 days after it originally began service. Accident =3037. The Empire Builder began service a span of 10 years 337 days after the Great Train Wreck of 1918, considered to be the deadliest train accident in US history. The last major Amtrak accident in Montana occurred 5 August 1988, when an Empire Builder train hit a track buckle and derailed in Saco. Empire Builder‘s 1988 Montana derailment happened 33 years 7 weeks before it’s 2021 Montana derailment.
Incumbent Montana Senator Steve Daines was born 33 years 71 days after Empire Builder began service. Empire Builder departed from Chicago prior to derailment and Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was born 33 years 7 weeks after Empire Builder began service. The Chicago Bulls founded a span of 13,370 days after Empire Builder began service.
Divine Timing =3317. UFC 266, which took place the same day Empire Builder derailed and Alexander Volkanovski =1337 won the headlining fight.
- 337 is the 68th Prime number. Amtrak =68. Error =68. Fate =68. Bad luck =68.
Chris Van Allsburg wrote the children’s book The Polar Express and he was born 7,313 days after Empire Builder began service. The Mel Brook’s film Blazing Saddles is plotted around a town in the way of a railroad and not necessarily about a train derailment but it still vibrates at the same frequency. Blazing Saddles =733 released a span of 33 months 7 days after Amtrak began operation.
Choo-Choo =1929. Empire Builder began service in the year 1929. Amtrak began service a span of 19,290 days after the Great Train Wreck of 1918. Alexander Volkanovski, the headlining champ of UFC 266, was born on 9/29, and it was reported that the attendance for UFC 266 was 19,029.
- The number 929 is the 158th Prime number. Train engineers =158. Derailed =158.
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) =1508.
This last section is dedicated to all of the 666/999 sequences surrounding this derailment of Amtrak’s Empire Builder. It’s very large and loaded with some real mind-blowers.
Railway accidents =1666. Divine Synchronicity =1999. Date calculation =666.
United States of America (USA) =6166. Empire Builder derailed 160 years 166 days after the start of the American Civil War and the railroad a was huge factor in this war.
Amtrak began operation exactly 1,999 months after the disestablishment of the Louisiana Purchase. Empire Builder derailed in the state of Montana =666 and Montana would be one of the states that came out of the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. “Montana” is the state song of the U.S. state of Montana. The song was written by Charles Cohan and composed by Joseph E. Howard and Howard died (in Chicago) 11,666 days after Empire Builder began service. Joseph E. Howard died at the age of 91 years 96 days (or 33,333 days old when he died). “Montana” became a state song a span of 919 months 6 days before Empire Builder‘s derailment.
Empire Builder departed from Chicago prior to derailment and the Chicago Bulls won their 6th NBA Championship 9,906 days after Amtrak began service. Windy City =666. The Bulls were founded 1/16/66.
Empire Builder was bound for the city of Seattle, Washington the day it derailed. Amtrak began operations 119 years 169 days after Seattle was founded. The other city that Empire Builder operates out of is Portland =696.
Roger Lewis, first CEO of Amtrak, died a span of 16 years 196 days after Amtrak began operation. Railway tracks =966. Empire Builder derailed a span of 196 weeks 6 days after Amtrak’s 2017 Washington train derailment.
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak =669/9999.
Empire Builder =669 was named in honor of James J. Hill founder of Great Northern Railway and if he was still alive, Hill would have been 6,919 weeks old when Amtrak began operation. Empire Builder began service 91 years 96 days after the death of John Stevens, father of US railroads.
Empire =969. All the Empire chatter sets us up for some tributes for the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building began construction a span of 91 years 6 months 9 days before Empire Builder‘s derailment in Montana and the Empire State Building was hit by an airplane 16 years 6 weeks 6 days after Empire Builder began service. Some coincidence.
Perhaps you will enjoy these tributes from the music industry.
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead composed their song “Casey Jones“, which is about a railroad engineer, that is high on cocaine, who is on the verge of a train wreck due to his train going too fast, a sleeping switch man, and another train being on the same track and headed for him. The Railroad =666. The Empire Builder began service 66 years 60 days before the death of Jerry Garcia. Casey Jones =696.
Empire Builder derailed 606 months 6 days after Jethro Tull‘s album Aqualung released and included on this album is the song “Locomotive Breath“. It is one of Jethro Tull’s best-known songs.
Illusion =666. “Locomotive” is a song from the 1991 Guns N’ Roses album Use Your Illusion II and this album released 10,966 days before Empire Builder derailed.
“C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)” is a song by Florida musical group Quad City DJ’s, releasing in 1996 as a single and this release was a span of 9,069 days after Amtrak began service.
Bebe Rexha released her second studio album Better Mistakes earlier this year and on this album is a song called “Sabotage“. Bebe Rexha was born 6,696 days after Amtrak began operation.
I have a few more tributes from a couple of different books and Hollywood.
The Empire Builder began operation 1,666 days after the publication of the novel Murder on the Orient Express. Empire Builder derailed the same day as UFC 266. UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski won the main event fight at UFC 266 and he was born a span of 19,996 days after the publication of Murder on the Orient Express.
The Hollywood showing of The Polar Express film was 6,166 days before Empire Builder derailed.
Scripted Events =669. In Back to the Future Part III, a train was used to get the time traveling DeLorean up to speed, before the train crashed. BTTF 3 star Michael J. Fox was born (June) 9/6/61 and his birth was 1,669 weeks after Empire Builder began service. Fox =666. BTTF 3 star Christopher Lloyd was 1,696 weeks old on the day before Amtrak began operations.
The black comedy film Throw Momma from the Train released a span of 6,069 days after Amtrak began operations. Danny DeVito stars in this film and he was 9,661 days old when Amtrak began operation.
The action comedy film Money Train released a span of 66 years 166 days after the Empire Builder began service.
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is set aboard a traveling train. The film’s star Steven Seagal was a span age of 69 years 169 days when Empire Builder derailed and Seagal was 6,960 days old when Amtrak began operation.
What if there is more to Empire Builder‘s derailment aside from human error or faulty equipment? The John Carpenter film Christine is based on a Steven King novel of the same name. The story is about a car that is possessed by malevolent supernatural forces. Christine released in theaters a span of 19,906 days after Empire Builder began service. Supernatural =996. Malevolent =966. Christine A Novel =699.
- Fun Fact. In the film, Christine’s license plate is CQB241 and Empire Builder derailed 2,004 weeks 1 day after the novel’s publication. Possessed =241 [Franc Baconis cipher].
- 241 is the 53rd Prime number and the Christine novel was published 53 years after Empire Builder =53 began service. Derailment =153. Amtrak began operations 15,300 days after Empire Builder began it’s original service. Empire Builder derailed a span of 15,103 days after the Star Wars’ film The Empire Strikes Back released.
The Eschede derailment =6199 currently ranks as the worst rail disaster in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany and the worst high-speed-rail disaster worldwide Empire Builder derailed in the town of Joplin =699.
The number 1699 is the 266th Prime number. Railways =2066.
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak =266.
Empire Builder =266 derailed the same day as UFC 266. UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski won the main event of UFC 266 and he was born 21,661 days after Empire Builder began service.
Empire Builder derailed in the town of Joplin, Montana and this happened a span of 2,660 weeks after the death of Janis Joplin.
Empire Builder derailed 2,166 days after Back to the Future Day.
If we look at the mirror of 266, its 662. Montana’s incumbent governor Greg Gianforte was a span age of 61 years 162 days when Empire Builder derailed and Greg Gianforte was born exactly 1,662 weeks after Empire Builder began service.
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