This says engineer.
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/here-what-the-amtrak-engineer-said-his-call-for-help-after-the-washington-derailment/Ou0LJOa0FOH3dyYqKEVhlK/
The same goes for the idiots at CNN. This was the conductor. One would think that people would realize after the election that the news media are a bunch of buffoons these days.