# railroad_data

nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-DTY2111-20A FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF CLEARANCE POINT ON THE SOUTH END OF DAYTON 605 TRACK AND IMPAC TED THE SIDE OF THE LEAD UNIT ON THE Y-DYT2311-20A.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C-BKMMHS058, MOVING EASTWARD INTO TRACK 1054 DERAILED ONE WHEEL OF ONE CAR.  CAR DERAILED 160 FT BEY OND POD AT VEHICLE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YTX55-11 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 4 CARS OUT OF 783 LEAD AT COOPER TIRE.  EMPTY CAR ACFX46248 CLIMBED A NEWLY INSTALLED INSIDE SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR AND DERAILED TO THE FIELD SIDE.  EMPTY CAR CLIMBED A N EWLY INSIDE SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR AND DERAILED TO THE FIELD SIDE.  THE POINT PROTECTOR NARROWED THE TRACK GAGE AND ALLOWED CAR TO CLIMB AND GET FLANGE OF WHEEL ON TOP OF RAIL THEN DERAIL.  COOPER TIR E HAS TRACK MAINTENANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY.   


nearest_city: EAST SYRACUSE
county: ONONDAGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYRACUSE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Q16324 OPERATING WEST BOUND ON TRACK 7 AT MP QC 289.5 IMPACTED THE SIDE OF BALLAST CLEANER SBC 10348 81 THAT WAS WORKING ON TRACK 2 THAT WAS ON THE FOUL OF TRACK 7.      


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y-CHC3411-28 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1105 DUE TO GUARD RAIL LOOSE/BROKEN OR MISLOCA TED.      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: MBTA
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
WHILE PROCEEDING EAST TO STATION ON TRACK 2 COACH #749'S LEAD AXLE WHEEL # 1 DERAILED WEST OF THE #3 2 SWITCH. THE DERAILED WHEEL TRAVELED SEVERAL FEET UNTIL CLIMBING BACK ONTO THE RAIL AT THE #32 SWIT CH. ROOT CAUSE "STOCK RAIL OF SWITCH POINT 21A SLIP SWITCH WORN. PER CONVERSATIONS/EMAILS WITH AMTRA K THEY WILL USE CODE E64C. MBCR DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE PRIMARY CODE AMTRAK IS USING. SEE EMAILS WIT H PAPER COPY OF REPORT. UPDATED 5.26.11   


nearest_city: IDAHO FALLS
county: BONNEVILLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: MONTANA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LCT49-05 CONDUCTOR AND STUDENT WALKED THE LINEUP DOWN THE LEAD.  CONDUCTOR AND STUDENT POSITIONED AH EAD OF THE MOVEMENT AND AT THE JOINT INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK TEN CARS.  THE TRAIN DID NOT GO DOWN THE INTENDED ROUTE MAKING A HARD COUPLE IN 4 CAR LENGTHS INSTEAD OF TEN CARS RESULTING I N A DERAILMENT. THE TRAIN WAS MOVING ABOVE MAX SPEED FOR TRACK CLASS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y-ELP3011-04 DERAILED 4 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL WHILE MAKING SHOVE MOVE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL EASED.
      


nearest_city: GIBSONTON
county: HILLSBOROUGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DRIVER OF VEHICLE DROVE AROUND TWO VEHICLES AND LOWERED CROSSING GATES WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN O85411. P ROTECTION ALSO INCLUDED IN XING ARE: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOPLINES AND RRXING SYM BOLS).     


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
MNPPC-05 WAS WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK #2, CROSSING OVER AT WX815 TO MAIN TRACK #3.  THE SIDE BEARINGS ON CAR HPJX147631 WENT RIGID, CAUSING THE REAR SET OF WHEELS ON THE SAME CAR TO CLIMB THE GUARD RAI L ON THE CROSSOVER, THEN LEAVING THE TRACK CAUSING IT TO DERAIL, AS WELL AS THE 4 CARS BEHIND IT. CA R #:  AEX 12490 UNKNOWN AMOUNT AMMONIUM NITRATE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: JANESVILLE
county: ROCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WSOR'S CREW ON T003-17 DERAILED 9 CARS AT THE ANDERSON CONNECTION.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE TRACK W AS WITHIN STANDARDS.  IT APPEARS THERE WAS USE OF AIR BRAKES, INDEPENDENT BRAKE, AND TRAIN MAKE UP A T ORIGIN - TWO HEAVY LOADS AGAINST EMPTIES THAT CAUSED CAR TO JUMP RAIL.  DOWN LOAD ON ENGINES AND T RAIN CONSIST HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED.  BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW WE BELIEVE THIS IS A HUMAN FACTOR DERAIL MENT.  WSOR'S ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $8677.88.  WSOR'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $6208.  UP AND WSOR DID NOT AGREE ON CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE YNP04R-06 HAD PULLED 24 CARS OUT OF EAST BOWL 123 AND AS THEY WERE 16 DEEP GOING OVER THE A CROS SOVER, TRIM 2 TO TRIM 1 FIVE CARS DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE TIES.      


nearest_city: LIMA
county: ALLEN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y40321 WHILE SWITCHING IN LAMA YARD; CONDUCTOR INADVERTENTLY LINED WRONG SWITCH, LINING HIMSELF INTO L 15, THEN INSTRUCTING ENGINEER TO MAKE A BACK UP MOVE 20 CARS. ENGINEER REVERSED DIRECTION INTO TR ACK L15 SHOVING 2 CARS OFF THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK.     


nearest_city: MICHIGAN CITY
county: LA PORTE
railroad: NICD
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
PULLING CAR 109 OUT OF SHOPS AND EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE HAD DROPPED THE "B" PAN.  DID HIS CHECKS AND BE GAN HIS MOVEMENT.  THE "B" PAN MADE CONTACT WITH THE STEEL STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING CAUSING POWER F AILURE TO THE YARD.     


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CREW RETURNING CARS TO TRACKS, SHOVING INTO TRACK 620  WITH 1ST CUT, LEADING 5 CARS DERAILED APPROXI MATELY 300' INTO TRACK SUFFERED DETERIORATION DUE TO BEING BURIED IN ACIDIC DIRT FOR PROLONGED PERIO D OF TIME.     


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
AT 5:08 AM, ON OCTOBER 22, 2013, A WORK TRAIN CONSIST: (W- 816-892-855-F44 -E), WAS MOVING THROUGH G ROVE STREET STATION ON TRACK G2.  THE CONDUCTOR ON FLAT 44 REPORTED A LOSS OF 3RD RAIL POWER AS THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING ON TRACK G2.  HE REPORTED NO APPARENT REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER, AND POWER WA S RESTORED.  AS F44 STARTED MOVING WEST THERE WAS A SECOND LOSS OF 3RD RAIL POWER.  

UPON INSPECT ION, THE CONDUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE WORK TRAIN STRUCK THE STEP FROM G2 TRACK TO THE PLATFORM.  THIS STEP-UP IS USED BY EMPLOYEES TO ACCESS THE PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATION.  AS A RESULT, WOR K MOTORS LOST CONTACT SHOES AND THE TRAIN WAS STALLED ON THE GROVE STREET CROSSOVER BETWEEN TRACKS G 2 AND G3.  ANOTHER WORK TRAIN WORK TRAIN CONSIST: (W- 818-839-825-F20 ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂE), WAS ADDED TO THE REAR OF


nearest_city: SOUTH ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
H-OMAKCK1-19 WHILE SWITCHING SET 5 CARS INTO 6103, LEAVING HEAD CAR IN FOUL. CREW DID OTHER SWITCHIN G THEN RETURNED TO THEIR TRAIN, OVERLOOKING CAR LEFT IN FOUL AND RAKING SAME. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE YWC34R-10 WAS PULLING THEIR TRAIN EAST IN TRACK 302 WHEN SIX CARS DERAILED AT THE AUTOMATIC OPER ATED POWER SWITCH AFTER THE 41ST CAR TRAVELED OVER SWITCH.  NO INJURIES, HAZMAT INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: COLONA
county: HENRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
B-STPLPC5-25 APPROACHED THE CROSSING THEY NOTICED A CAR FOULING THE TRACKS. CAR WAS UNOCCUPIED AND N O INJURIES REPORTED.      


nearest_city: MCNEIL
county: TRAVIS
railroad: AWRR
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 902, TRAVELING EAST INTO (UP) INTERCHANGE SIDING, DERAILED ON AWRR SIDE.  AFTER FIRST CAR DERAIL ED, THE SWITCH WAS PICKED AND 6 MORE CARS DERAILED.  CMTY MAINTAINS TRACK FOR AWRR.      


nearest_city: ARGO
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ON 9/12/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 4AM CN CREW X39081 WAS DIVERTING FROM #2 MAIN TO #1 MAIN AT MCCOOK, PREP ARING TO STOP AT CP CANAL WHEN THE 63RD, 64TH AND 65TH CAR DERAILED ON THEIR TRAIN. EXCESSIVE BUFF F ORCES (TRAIN HANDLING) 
LATITUDE 41.793296 AND LONGITUDE -87.839663 OUR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $220 WH ICH THE CN WILL REPORT.    


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN M387315 PULLING SOUTH ENTERED CONRAIL VIA SCOTTEN FROM GTW TRACK. THEY DERAILED TWO CARS ON CO NRAIL'S MICHIGAN #1/CP SCOTTEN INTERLOCKING.      


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y25207 RAN THRU STRAIGHT TRACK SWITCH AND MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT CAUSING A HUMAN FACTOR DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: EVANSTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YGR22R-15, WAS PULLING 67 CARS WEST OUT OF 8 TRACK WHEN THE 14TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END OF CAR DODX40 470 DERAILED ITS LEADING TRUCKS OVER THE FROG, GOING INTO 13 RAIL.  THE CAR WAS PULLED ABOUT 5 CAR L ENGTHS UNTIL CREW NOTICED IT HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: LOST SPRINGS
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE WORK TRAIN CREW WAS DUMPING THE BALLAST TRAIN WCYLKB-14 TRAVELING WESTWARD ON THE POWDER RIVER B ASIN NO. 3 MAIN WHEN THEY DERAILED THREE CARS DUE TO EXCESSIVE BALLAST BEING DUMPED ON THE RAIL.      


nearest_city: MILWAUKIE
county: CLACKAMAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT507 STRUCK A TREE THAT WAS FOULING THE MAIN LINE.  UPRR MANAGER NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT ON 3/28/11.  ATK'S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $15,000      


nearest_city: BRUNSWICK
county: GLYNN
railroad: GITM
date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
PULLING 40 GRAIN CARS THRU 1 & 2 CROSSOVER. STARTED THROTTLING COMMING OUT OF CURVE AND GOING UPHILL . AT THROTTLE 3, ENGINEER FELT SLACK AND FELT CARS SIT DOWN. STOPPED 40FT FROM THAT POINT.      


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN BERNARDINO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
INTER-RAIL SWITCH CREW PULLED CUT FROM TRACK 671 TO SHOVE INTO TRACK 674. CREW FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR SHOVE MOVE,SHOVING BACK INTO 671 AND IMPACTING REMAINING CARS IN TRACK AT 10 MPH, DERAILING 4 C ARS.     


nearest_city: HINTON
county: PLYMOUTH
railroad: CC
date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
DRIVER OF FLATBED TRUCK WENT AROUND STOPPED VEHICLE AND DESCENDED GATE AT THE MAIN STREET CROSSING A ND INTO THE PATH OF THE ONCOMING TRAIN. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ADVISED $10,150 IN TRACK DAMAGE AND SIGNAL DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-NYF2081-01A WAS SHOVING 15 LOADS AROUND THE CURVE ON THE CREST LEAD TRACK 9680.  THE FOREMAN WAS R IDING THE READ CAR AND HELPER WAS ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  ENGINEER STATED HE SLOWED DOWN TO ALLOW F OR JARVIS ROAD XING WITH A MINIMUM BRAKE PIPE SET.  AFTER BEING NOTIFIED THE XING WAS CLEAR, HE RELE ASED THE AIR, THROTTLED UP AND SHORTLY AFTER THE SLACK BUNCHED AND THEY CAME TO A STOP.  5 LOADED, H OPPERS WERE DERAILED.   


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y13113 WAS PULLING OUT TRACK RM2 AT THE RAMP WHICH CONSISTED OF 45 CARS OFF OF THE INBOUND Q13313 WH EN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. IT WAS FOUND THAT LINE 41 BNSF 239214 HAD DERAILED AT THE RM2 SWITCH. MOVEMENT CONTINUED SOUTH FOR 1405 FEET FROM PD TO REST. LINES 42 AND 43 ALSO DERAILED DURING MOVEMEN T. CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU FROM Q13313 SHOVING THE TRACK IN PRIOR TO Y13113 STARTING THEIR WORK.   


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW #42 STRUCK BUMPING BLOCK WHILE OPERATING EQUIPMENT INTO DEPOT TRACK #8 LOCATED IN HOBOKEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAB CAR #6025.      


nearest_city: SCOTTDALE
county: WESTMORELAND
railroad: SWP
date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
SWP-1 CREW TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 10X16 CARS DERAILED CSXT 226554 ACCOUNT OF A SERIES OF LOW JOINTS HA RMONIC ROCK OFF. NO INJURIES OR RELEASE OF LADING.      


nearest_city: OKEENE
county: BLAINE
railroad: GNBC
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING THROUGH HOUSE TRACK WHEN LEAD TRUCK OF LOADED GRAIN CAR CLIMBED OVER SWITCH POINT.       


nearest_city: BLUE ISLAND
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
COACH CAR 8265 DERAILED WITH 2 TRUCKS ON THE GROUND AT TRACK 4 LOWER LEVEL AT THE 51ST STREET COACH YARD.  SNOW COVERED WHEEL STOPS AT END OF TRACK.  ONE DRUG/ALCOHOL TEST WAS GIVEN WITH NEGATIVE RESU LT.  CONDUCTORS LENGTH OF DUTYS WERE DIFFERENT.  ONE STARTED AT 6:15AM AND THE OTHER STARTED AT 7:30 AM. AMENDED 7/22/2010    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
15VC308 16EB108 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS,  64 LOADS, 4 EMPTIES, AND 8051 TONS ON ER02 TRACK, DE RAILED THE 2ND THROUGH 26TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK3172-11, PULLING FROM TRACK 750, DERAILED 8 CARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE SLACK ACTION THAT OCCURRED WITH EOC CARS MID-TURNOUT CAUSING A BUFF FORCE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ANNISTON
county: CALHOUN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
020 - 1'40", 172 - 1'30".  AMTRAK 020 MOVING EAST, 75 MPH, STRUCK A LARGE TREE FOULING THE MAIN TRAC K CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AMTK E0058.      


nearest_city: METUCHEN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
SMOKE CONDITION CAUSED BY DEBRIS STUCK IN TRUCK OF FRAME OF COACH #1506 ON TRAIN #3862 ENROUTE EAST NEAR METUCHEN.      


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: SNJX
date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 294 LRV3503/3514 REPORTS A SMALL CRACK IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE NORTH END WINSHIELD ON THE 3514 FROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSE.      


nearest_city: ELK GROVE VILLAGE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LPR49-09 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 2 WITH 9 CARS.  THE FIRST 3 CARS WENT THROUGH THE SWITCH WITHOUT INC IDENT.  THE LEADING WHEELS ON THE 4TH CAR GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH POINT CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.  3 CARS DERAILED - UP915754, UP915670 & UP914971.  CHICAGO TERMINAL RR MAINTAINS TRACK.  CTR TRACK DAMAGE = 10704    


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
31ND610 YARDING AT TRRA PULLED OUT EB #5 DERAILED 2 OTH - 23RD H/C AT FROG DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF AU TOMATIC BRAKE      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 194S EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATED INTO A PLATE ORDER WITH PANTOGRAPH RAISED AND INVERTED PANTOGRAPH WHEN STRIKING THE GROUNDING CLIP.      


nearest_city: PHILLIPSBURG
county: PHILLIPS
railroad: KYLE
date: 2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN MAKING SHOVE OVER E. MAIN SWITCH WHEN LINE 18 FROM YEAR CLIMBED SWITCH POINT DUE TO SWITCH POI NT BREAKING SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING 7 ADDITIONAL CARS.      


nearest_city: ORANGE
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #414 ENROUTE EAST NEAR MP 11 ENCONTERED A FATIGUE BREAK IN THE AUXILARY WIRE WHICH CAUSED PANT OGRAPH DAMAGES ON EMY #1403 AND 1385.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
FOREIGN TRAIN AND CREW (LVW) WHILE SWITCHING SHOVED 17 LOADS INTO TRACK 106 AND INTO FOUL AT WEST EN D. CREW THEN SHOVED TRACK 109 BUT FAILED TO STRETCH TRACK PRIOR TO SHOVE, RESULTING IN CAR ROLLING F REE INTO CARS IN FOUL OF LEAD FROM 106 TRACK.     


nearest_city: HARAHAN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y10518 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING G67609 GRAIN TRAIN TO THE CNRR, MAYS YARD. IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING INTO NEW #1 TRACK, THE CREW DERAILED THE SIXTH CAR IN THE TRAIN WHICH CAUSED A SUBSEQUENT D ERAILMENT OF THE TWO TRAILING CARS AND THREE PRECEDING CARS. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SIX CARS DERAILED AND FOUR CARS ON THEIR SIDE. AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT, THE REMAINDER OF THE TRAIN HAD EAST BRIDGE BLOCKED, WHICH IS THE FOOT OF THE HUEY P LONG BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE WAS CLEARED BY 16:00 CSX TIME. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS BROKEN RAIL. THE DOWNLOAD SHOWED THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING AT 5MPH IN THR OTTLE POSITION 3, AND NO BRAKES APPLIED. ICRR TRACK DAMAGES = $27916. 


nearest_city: MASON CITY
county: CERRO GORDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
YMC04-29 WAS SWITCHING AT THE NORTH END OF THE WEST YARD BETWEEN TRACKS 8 AND 9 WHEN THE FOOTBOARD F AILED TO INSURE THAT THE CUT OF CARS HE HAD KICKED INTO 8 TRACK CLEARED 9 TRACK, HE THEN KICKED 3 CA RS INTO 9 TRACK CAUSING THEM TO CORNER THE CARS THAT WERE OUT TO FOUL ON 8 TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO A DMX28306, UP93994, AND CNW438129.  THERE WERE NO CARS DERAILED AND NO TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: TOOLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
H-NTWPAS9-01 FAILED TO LINE SWITCH AND RAN THROUGH, THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT AND DERAILED 3 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
M-LALDYT1-24 DERAILED 3 CARS SHOVING INTO TRACK 636 DUE TO WORN STOCK RAIL AT SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKWELL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
ZSCG1-02 WAS PULLING EAST INTO TRACK 808, WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED PULLING AND THEY NOTICED THAT THEY HAD 10 CARS ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MCARTHUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC COAL TRAIN-CWEAK18 TRAVELING THROUGH VALLEY JUNCTION ON THE EASTBOUND MAIN 103X0. THE 62ND CAR, CMO 503662 DERAILED AND 10 MORE DERAILED WITHIN THE NEXT 14 CARS. POINT OF DERAILMENT AND DERAILMENT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THE CAUSE TO BE BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: BEECH GROVE
county: MARION
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ENGINE 178 WAS BEING MOVED IN THE BEECH GROVE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHEN IT DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: DEMOPOLIS
county: MARENGO
railroad: AGR
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: MAGNOLIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ON MARCH 5, 2012 AT 1740 HRS, AGR120 COUPLED INTO A CUT OF CARS ON TRACK 2 AT ROCK TENN.  THE CREW M ADE A CUT ON THE 2ND CAR FROM THE REAR AND THE REAR END CAR REMAINED IN THE TRACK 5 FEET FROM THE BU MPING POST.  THE CREW SET OUT ONE CAR TO AN ADJACENT TRACK AND THEN SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK 2 AND PER FORMED A SAFETY STOP BEFORE COUPLING UP.  AFTER THE SAFETY STOP THEY SHOVED 38 FT. COUPLING INTO THE CAR AGANIST THE BUMPING POST SHOVING IT OFF THE END OF THE TRACK BY 11 FT. INTO A PLANT CONVEYOR BE LT CAUSING DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: WILBUR
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW PROCEEDING EAST THROUGH SIDING TO EAST END TO SET OUT COVERED HOPPER WITH BAD KNUCKLE ON WEST E ND.  WHILE MOVING EAST THROUGH TURNOUT FROM STUB TRACK TO SIDING, BECAUSE OF WATER STANDING AROUND S WITCH SOFTENING ROADBED, SWITCH GAPPED UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING BOTH TRUCKS ON NIWX 2891 AND LEAD TRUC K ON NIWX 8924 TO CLIMB POINT, DERAILING THOSE TRUCKS.    


nearest_city: JUNCTION CITY
county: GEARY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SALINA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN LINE AT MP 142 THE CSMMS9 24 WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION CONDUCTOR FOUND THAT THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED.  AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A THERMAL DEVIATION IN THE RAIL AT MP 142 WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MORGANTOWN
county: MONONGALIA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
N11C427 PULLING SOUTHWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 105  EMPTIES, AND 3233 TONS ON LOVERIDGE SECONDARY DERAILED THE 1ST (NS 6736), 2ND (NS 6723), AND 3RD (NS 6724) UNITS, THE 4TH (PPLX 613), 5TH (PPLX 10 87), 6TH (PPLX 749). 7TH (PPLX 94LX 739) AND 9TH (PPLX 972) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y-MEM2781-12 DOUBLED 5 BOWL TRACKS TO TRACK 4. WHEN PULLED, CREW NOTED CARS DERAILING TOTAL OF 10 CA RS DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL ON 15-LEAD TRACK.      


nearest_city: SPARTANBURG
county: SPARTANBURG
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 20 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/160-E/92 AND 9 CARS DERAILED 8 OF THE 9 CARS AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN RAIL UNDER TRAIN MOVEMENT.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $65,000.00.      


nearest_city: HOPE
county: HEMPSTEAD
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOPE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
3 MAN CREW ON DUTY @ 1830HRS PULLING 16 LOADS/15 EMPTIES WESTBOUND AT 10MPH DERAILED TRAILING SET OF WHEELS OF THE LEADING TRUCKSET ON THE 21ST CAR AT MP 793.8 ON TANGENT TRACK.  CAR TRAVELED TO MP 78 5.8 WHERE THE WHEELSET DISLODGED FROM THE TRUCKS AND WENT AGAINST THE HOPPER.  ENGNEER FELT A TUG AN D STOPPED THE TRAIN.  THE 26TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END ROLLED THE RAIL OVER AND DERAILED CAUSING CAR 2 7 AND THE LEADING SET OF TRUCKS ON THE 28TH CAR TO DERAIL.  CARS 22-25 DID NOT DERAIL AND ALL CARS R EMAINED UPRIGHT.  INTITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE EMPTY CEMENT HOPPER CAR HAD DERAILED ON A IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL CONDITION THAT TRACK INSPECTOR HAD SLATED FOR TAMPING.  TRAIN MAKE-UP WAS GOO D AS THE 14 CARS WERE LOADS WITH THE 2 SCATTERED IN THE REST OF THE TRAIN.


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
X-BNTENI9-27 DAMAGED LOCOMOTIVE, SIGNAL EQUIPMENT, AND TRACK WHEN IT STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK AT A HIGH WAY GRADE CROSSING DUE TO HIGHWAY USER INATTENTIVENESS.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IRSS
date: 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW SWITCH SOUTH END OF SUPPORT YARD SHOVED CAR INTO 315 TRACK FAILING TO PROTECT POINT OF SHOVE RU NNING THROUGH NORTH END OF TRACK 315 SWITCH. THEN MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILING KCS 9029 AND NOKL 230501     


nearest_city: FRANKFORT
county: CLINTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
D44D116 WHILE PULLING EAST THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH DERAILED 3 CARS (STSX 4512-STLX 806 8-STLX 5379) AND SIDE-SWIPED STSX 61165 & STLX 9302.      


nearest_city: ASHEBORO
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
P05P210 7"00" TRACTOR TRAILER FAILED TO YIELD TO TRAIN P05P210 AT MP M23.9; TRACTOR TRAILER COUGHT F IRE AND ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR JUMPED FROM LOCOMOTIVE      


nearest_city: STANWOOD
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: BELLIGHAM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AMTK 517 1 29 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK, STRUCK A CAR THAT HAD SLID ON TO THE TRACKS AND STALLED DUE TO SNOWY CONDITIONS. VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK3052-01, DOUBLING 2059 TO 2058 TRACK, DERAILED 4 CARS. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT BOTTOM DOOR OF VTGX 3052 OPENED OR BECAME DISLODGED FROM CAR AND LODGED IN HEEL BLOCK OF SWITCH, DERAILING CARS. INVESTIGATING TEAM WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY DOOR OPENED OR PINPOINT FURTHER CAUSE. NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WAS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LOH45-16 SHOVED INTO TRACK 32-002 FROM THE KAISER/CSI LEAD TO CLEAR CROSSOVER SWITCHES TO PULL INTO TRACK 32-014 AND RUN AROUND THEIR TRAIN.  AFTER PULLING WEST, CREW REALIZED CARS WERE ON THE GROUND ON THE EAST END OF TRACK 002.  CAUSE IS DUE TO WIDE GAGE CAUSED BY TIE CONDITIONS.     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHEN SHOVING TWO AUTORACKS IN CLEAR, RCO OPERATOR SAW CARS ROCKING AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP, BUT WAS TO O LATE TO PREVENT CAR FROM TOPPLING OVER DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YLZ71R-27 WITH LIGHT ENGINES DERAILED 1 TRUCK OF THE UPY2708 ON THE SWITCH LEADING TO PLOYCHEME.  TH E SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THE ROUTE AND NORMALLY LOCKED AND TAGGED DUE TO THE TRACK BEING OUT OF SERVIC E FOR ALTERNATE ROUTE.  AFTER TRAVERSING THE SWITCH THE CREW HEARD SOMETHING WRONG AND STOPPED THE M OVE.  THE TRAILING TRUCK OF THE UPY2708 HAD DERAILED AT THE SWITCH.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE SWITCH, THE HANDLE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF THE SADDLE AND THE SWITCH WAS FLOATING.  THE TAG WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SWITCH AND THE LOCK WAS NOT FOUND.  THE CREW DID NOT HANDLE THE SWITCH AS IT WAS PR EVIOUSLY LOCKED WITH A MAINTENANCE OF WAY LOCK.  THE TIR SHOWS THE TARGET AND SWITCH LINED FOR THE R OUTE AND THE HANDLE IS NOT VISIBLE.


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: DRIR
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: AIRLAWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR OF THE DRIR 1606 SWITCHING CREW SET CAR FURX130346 ON THE SILVER YARD MAIN TRACK AND F AILED TO APPLY THE HANDBRAKE. THE AIRBRAKES RELEASED WHILE THE CAR WAS UNATTENDED AND THE CAR ROLLED FREE TO THE AIRLAWN INTERCHANGE DERAILING ON THE UP DERAIL. IT THEN STRUCK THE YDE55R 24 CONSIST DE RAILING CAR CEFX13033 AND DAMAGING TWO OTHER RAILCARS IN THE CONSIST.    


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YLP15R-23 WAS SHOVING A TOTAL OF 61 CARS WEST INTO 002 TRACK FROM THE EAST END.  AFTER SHOVING 31 CA RS INTO THE TRACK, CARS 32 THRU 34 CLIMBED A FROG ON THE EAST LEAD CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL.  TRAIN LI NE BRACKET WITH AIR HOSE CREATED AN OBSTRUCTION IN FLANGEWAY OF FROG.     


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
M-TEAPTX1-29 EXPERIENCED UDE AND INSPECTION REVEALED 1 CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT DRAFT GEAR HAD BROKEN FR OM CAR STRIKING AND DERAILING REAR TRUCKS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MEDWAY
county: CLARK
railroad: IORY
date: 2011-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CREW SHOVING LOADED GRAIN TRAIN (66X0) DERAILED LINES 1&2 ON THEIR SIDE DUMPING TWO LOADS OF CORN. SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE OUTOF ADJUSTMENT AND INSUFFICIENT RAIL ANCHORING AS THE CAUSE.      


nearest_city: LUSK
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
THE UP902052, SPECIALIZED M/W EQUIPMENT, BUCK UNDERCUTTER WAS INOPERABLE AND COULD NOT MOVE ON ITS O WN.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR IT OFF OF THE NO. 1 MAIN THE WSMSMG-30 COUPLED TO THE UNDERCUTTER AND WA S GOING TO PUSH THE UNDERCUTTER INTO CRANDALL.  THE TRAIN SHOVED THE UNDERCUTTER TO THE SWITCH WHERE THE BRAKEMAN GOT OFF AND LINED THE DERAIL AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME EAST.  WHEN THE ENGINEER RE LEASED HIS BRAKES IT CAUSED THE CARS TO RUN OUT BREAKING THE SHACKLES THAT HOLD THE UNDERCUTTER TOGE THER CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCUTTER.  NO DERAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: LAKELAND
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: LAKELAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y19419 COUPLED TO 4 CARS, STRETCHED SLACK AND THEN SHOVED BACK ANOTHER 5 CAR LENGTHS TO COUPLE TO 29 CARS. COUPLING DID NOT MAKE SHOVING CARS THROUGH SWITCH. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE THAT THE CARS WERE TH ROUGH THE SWITCH AND PULLED FORWARD RESULTING IN RUN THROUGH SWITCH, DERAILING THE 2 REAR CARS AND S IDESWIPING CUT OF 4 CARS.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
AOK6538 WAS A LOADED FLAT CAR OF WHEELS AND WAS NOT TIED DOWN PROPERLY.  THIS CAUSED 3 SETS OF WHEEL S TO FALL OFF THE FLAT CAR AND DERAIL THE AOK6406.  CAUSE WAS CAR IMPROPERLY LOADED.      


nearest_city: EASTOVER
county: RICHLAND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
F75018 PULLED NORTH ON THE MAINLINE AT MARSHALLING YARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH CAR IN THE CONSIST LOADED WITH LOGS HAD BEEN DERAILED AND WERE TURNED ON THEIR SIDES. I NVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A LOG HAD FALLEN FROM A CAR CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YPR65R-20 WAS SWITCHING IN YARD 2 AND FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CAR SRY9148. CAR ROLLED OVER PORTABL E DERAIL AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y33124 PERFORMING SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN HULSEY YARD. ENGINEER FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SWITCH WA S LINED AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT AS HE OPERATED LOCOMOTIVE THROUGH SWITCH, BACKED UP AND DERAILED 3 CARS .     


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CJ20 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 9 LOADS, 5 EMPTIES, AND 1313 TONS ON 446 LADDER TRACK, DERAILED THE 5TH (UTLX 643767), THE 7TH (ACFX 094970) AND THE 8TH (COCX 280080) HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: BATAVIA
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
A MINI VAN OCCUPIED WITH 1 ADULT AND 3 CHILDREN WENT AROUND THE CROSSING GATE AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAI N D-GALEDY1-01.      


nearest_city: CALVERT
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ROBERTSON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MPBSAB-07, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5070, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS HIGH CENTERED ON CROSSING. IMPACT ON TRAILER PORTION OF RIG. DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT. UP5070 DAMAGED. NO INJURIES TO CREW.     


nearest_city: SWIFTON
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
QNLPI-30, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4576, STRUCK THE REAR CRASH BAR ON THE TRAILER PORTION OF A TRACTOR TRAIL ER WHICH WAS FOULING THE MAINLINE.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DAMAGE TO UP4576.  DRIVER NOT INJURED.  RA IL = CWR     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: ARKANSAS CITY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LKAN2111-24T STRUCK A CEMENT TRUCK INVOLVED IN SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN THE TRUCK LA YING ON ITS SIDE. THE DRUM OF THE TRUCK WAS FOULING THE TRACK ON THE CROSSING. THE TRUCK WAS UNOCCUP IED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.     


nearest_city: RIDGEFIELD
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE BNSF
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE GSBTKA-18 DERAILED ONE TRUCK ON THE CRDX13638, WHICH WAS THE 6TH CAR FROM THE REAR, ON THE BNSF SEATTLE SUBDIVISION MP 123.6.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS A BURNED OFF JOURNAL ON THE R2 WHEEL. THE DERAILMENT ALSO DAMAGED THE P88724 WHICH WAS NEXT TO THE DERAILED CAR.  BNSF TRACK DAMAGE OF $ 16300    


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: RUSK
railroad: HOB
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AFTERNOON UNIT TRAIN WITH 100 CARS AT 10 MPH - TEMP WAS 100 DEGREE.  SUN KINK IN THE RAIL AND LAID R AIL OVER AFTER THE 63RD CAR, 14 CARS DE-RAILED - 62 CARS MADE IT OVER KINK, 24 REMAINED ON TRACK AFT ER KINK .     


nearest_city: SANFORD
county: SEMINOLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SOU
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
3 LOADED AUTO CARRIERS OFF TRAIN 53 WERE DERAILED WHILE BEING SHOVED TO THE AUTO CARRIER RAMPS.  CAU SE OF THE DERAILMENTS WERE BUFFER FORCES CREATED BY THE COUPLING INTO A SINGLE AUTO CARRIER AT THE B LOCK OF RAMP TRACK 10 AND THE SLACK ACTION OF 27 AUTO CARRIERS SHOVING INTO THE SINGLE AUTO CARRIER FOLLOWING THE COUPLING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $16,384.00.    


nearest_city: HELPER
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: GREEN RIVER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MNYRO-19 TRAVELING WEST AT MP624.5 DERAILED 2 CARS.  CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 2 CARS, 6T H AND 7TH FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE MECHANICAL.  CARMEN F OUND THAT A HOSE FROM THE BRANCH PIPE TO THE RETAINING VALVE HAD A BLUE CAP THAT WAS STILL IN THE HO SE.    


nearest_city: LAKE HARBOR
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: SCXF
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: LAKE HARBOR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WITH CONSIST OF 17 EMPTY TANKS DERAILED WHEN THE 11TH TANK FROM THE HEAD END (PLCX 221271) PIC KED THE SOUTH SWITCH AT MIAMILOCK SIDING AFTER THE SWITCH LUG DISCONNECTED FROM SWITCH HOUSING. THE REAR 7 TANKS DIVERTED INTO SIDING AFTER THE HEAD 10 CONTINUED DOWN THE MAIN UNTIL TRAIN DERAILED AND SEPERATED.    


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CAR #7034 DERAILED ON TRACK TRAIL TRACK SOUTH ENROUTE WEST DURING MANUFACTURERS TEST.  COST APPROXIM ATED, COST COVERED BY BOMBARDIER. TO BE CONFIRMED.      


nearest_city: BRIERFIELD
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 183 MOVING SOUTH, 26 MPH, WITH 3 UNITS, 11-88-5135, DERAILED DOWX 70448, NS 120305, NS 120389, SOU 43593, TILX 160726, TILX 160762, ACFX 94346, IBT 18887, AND MP 377009.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MRORV-24 PULLING OUT OF THE YARD ON THE 12 LEAD WHEN THE SOUTH RAIL BROKE CAUSING THE TRAIN TO DERAI L 6 CARS.  BROKEN RAIL WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND MEASURED 42 INCHES IN LENGTH.      


nearest_city: CASTLEBERRY
county: CONECUH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: M AND M
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Q14523 STRUCK A 2000 MACK E7460 TRACTOR TRAILER AT CROSSING. POLICE REPORT STATES DRIVER WAS TRANSPO RTED TO HOSPITAL BY PRIVATE VEHICLE.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING THEIR TRAIN TO CLEAR A SWITCH IN TRACK 11 AT HANJIN. CONDUCTOR HAD AN EYE ON THE RE AR OF HIS TRAIN FROM HIS STANDPOINT. HE WAS ALSO WATCHING THE SWITCH THAT THE CREW WAS TRYING TO CLE AR. AS THE REAR OF HIS TRAIN STARTED TO MOVE WITH THE CURVE OF THE TRACK, HE LOST SIGHT OF THE REAR, SIDE SWIPING A CUT OF EMPTY CARS THAT WERE OUT TO FOULD IN TRACK 13.    


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: MADISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MEMPHIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y10117 COUPLED INTO A STANDING CUT OF CARS AT AN INDUSTRY AND THE REAR CAR STRUCK THE WHEEL STOPS AN D DERAILED.      


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ENLNPC-14 WAS SETTING OUT LOCOMOTIVE IN YARD AND PULLED NORTH TO LINE THE SWITCH INTO TRACK 5.  AS T HEY SHOVED BACK, THEY DERAILED THE UP6576 WHEN THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE MAIN LINE SWITCH.  RAIL = CW R     


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YCB90-22 DERAILED 8 RAILCARS WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF RAILCARS WITH AN UNKNOWN FOREIGN NON-ALIGNMENT C ONTROL COUPLER ATTACHED TO PASSENGER MOTIVE EQUIPMENT INTO TRACK 355.  INVESTIGATION COMPLETE.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
HOSTLER, MAKING A WEST MOVE ON THE SHOP RUNNER WITH 5 LOCOMOTIVES, MADE A SAFETY STOP.  THEN WAS GIV EN SIGNAL TO MOVE WEST 2 1/2 CARS, UPON STARTING TO MAKE THE MOVE, THE REAR TRUCK OF THE 3RD LOCOMOT IVE IN THE CONSIST DERAILED THE REAR TRUCK.  M OF W WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY AND ALL OF THE UNITS HAD BEEN MOVED PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION.    


nearest_city: ORLANDO
county: ORANGE
railroad: CFRC
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: ORLANDO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
N17213 OPERATING NB ON MAINLINE 2 STRUCK 3 DIFFERENT PLATFORM (WOODEN FORMS) AT MP A790.1, A790.4 & A787.3 ON THE CFRC. A HOOPER CAR DOOR NEAR THE END OF THE TRAIN WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND STRUCK THE WOODED CEMENT FORMS. ACTUAL CEMENT PLATFORMS WERE NOT DAMAGED. WOODEN FORM DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT $1000.00. CSX EQUIPMENT DAMAGE $12,695.00    


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LLM31R-29 RAN A SET OF ENGINES INTO LLM33R-29 LIGHT POWER DUE TO A SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED ON THE AD JACENT TRACK AND FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE SWITCH LINED IMPROPERLY.      


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
BRSR 311 WAS SHOVING 42 CARS EAST INTO TRACK 2.  THE LEAD CAR (XOMX 710168) DERAILED AND HAD DAMAGE TO THE RAILCAR AND THE LADING, PLASTIC PELLETS, WAS RELEASED. THE CAR TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 160 FEE T ON THE GROUND.  THE SECOND CAR (ECUX 887507) DERAILED BOTH SET OF TRUCKS AND TRAVELED 70 FEET.  TH ERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE RAIL CAR OR THE LADING. THE 3RD CAR (MBLX 53983) DERAILED A SET OF WH EELS AND TRAVELED 10 FEET.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE RAILCAR OR LADING. THERE WAS INSUFFICIE NT SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE TRUCKS TO SLEW IN TIME COMING OFF THE S CURVE AT 1 0 MPH. THE MEASUREMENT ON THE SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE WAS AR 4 7/8" AND AL 4 13/16". 


nearest_city: PADUCAH
county: MCCRACKEN
railroad: PAL
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS HEADING IN TRACK 9 AT THE NORTHEND OF PADUCAH YARD WHEN CREW FELT AN ABNORMAL PULLING FROM TRAIN.  ENGINEER STOPPED THE TRAIN AND SHORTLY AFTER STOPPING ANOTHER CREW WAITING TO DEPART SAW CAR S DERAILED.  AFTER INSPECTION RAIL HAD BROKE UNDER THE TRAIN.  NO INJURIES AND NO HAZMAT.

M199 = DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS LED TO THE BROKEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
RCO Y-LIN1022-20 DERAILED 1 CAR AT RECEIVING 8 SWITCH WHILE SHOVING EAST ON 738 TRACK. DERAILED EQUI PMENT ALSO DAMAGED 7, 6 AND 5 TRACK SWITCHES.      


nearest_city: CLOVIS
county: CURRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-CL03011-04A SHOVING TRAIN EAST TO MAKE PICK UP.  ENGINEER USED NO AUTOMATIC BRAKE, CAUSING EXCESSI VE SLACK ACTION AND DERAILING 9 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LIVINGSTON
county: PARK
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CREW UNKNOWINGLY SHOVED TRAIN INTO MECHANICAL LIMITS THROUGH DERAIL.  WHEN THEY PULLED FORWARD 5 CAR S DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
80% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK ON THE SOUTH SIDE LEAF SPRING FAILED ON CAR 9124 UNDER MOVEMENT OF TRAIN 1437, CAUSING THE SHOE TO DROP AND FLIP AT CP-241, DAMAGING SAME.      


nearest_city: GREENWICH
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
OPERATOR OF FARMING EQUIPMENT WAS TRAVERSING EDWARDS ROAD CROSSING WITH A TRACTOR THAT WAS PULLING 2 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT (MANURE TANK AND MANURE SPREADER). THE OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE THAT THE MANURE SPR EADER HAD COME UNCOUPLED FROM THE MANURE TANK AS THE EQUIPMENT WAS CROSSING BOTH MAINS AT EDWARDS RO AD AND CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MANURE SPREADER SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED ON THE CR OSSING AFTER SEPARATING FROM THE OTHER FARMING EQUIPMENT FOULING BOTH TRACKS. Q29001 ON #2 MAIN STRU CK THE MANURE SPREADER. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (RR XING SYMBOLS).  


nearest_city: DRISCOLL
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BROWNSVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRACK TAMPER ATS 9512 WAS TRAVELING NORTH TO TIE UP IN ROBSTOWN, TX.  OPERATOR HAD FAILED TO RAISE A ND LOCK THE FRONT BUGGY CRADLE WITH THE SAFETY PIN.  FRONT BUGGY CRADLE STRUCK THE ROAD CROSSING TIM BER AT PRIVATE ROAD CROSSING MP 131.03.     


nearest_city: HARRISON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 1384 TRAVELING EAST ON TRACK 4 STRUCK A BROKEN WING TIP IN THE FOUL AT CATENARY 186, CAUSING P ANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO CAR #8926.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YFW40R-24 WAS MAKING A SHOW MOVE IN TRACK 311 WHEN THE SHOVE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE MOVE WAS NOT CONTR OLLED AND THE CUT WAS SHOVED OUT THE WEST END OF TRACK 311 RESULTING IN A RUN THROUGH SWITCH AT THE WEST END AND RUNNING INTO THE TRAIN BUILT IN TRACK 310 DERAILING CARS.     


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: DE KALB
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
925C347 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON CHICAGO MAIN #1 FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SIGNAL INDICATION AND THE RULES OF RESTRICTED SPEED CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION WITH TRAIN 359B249 WHICH WAS STOPPED AT CD366. THE COLLISON CAUSED  DERAILMENT AND OTH TRAINS     


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: NORTH FORK SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CTSBR-02 WAS PULLING INTO THE LOADING AREA AT BOWIE.  THEY NOTED THAT THE LOADING CHUTE WAS LOWERED. THEY PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY, AND STOPPED 1/2 LENGTH PAST THE CHUTE, DAMAGING THE TOP OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.  THE MINE ADMITTED THAT THE CHUTE HAD BEEN EXTENDED BY THE LOAD OUT OPERATOR AND LEFT I N THE IMPROPER POSITION.  NO DERAILMENT OR DAMAGE TO MINE EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: SALINAS
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: COAST SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE LRQ31-07 WAS PULLING 22 LOADS OUT OF TRACK 3 IN THE SALINAS YARD AND BUILDING THEIR OUTBOUND TRA IN.  INVESTIGATION BY CAR DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE DERAILMENT CAUSE WAS INSUFFICIENT SIDE BEAR ING CLEARANCE DERAILING THE CAR AND CAUSING RAIL TO SPREAD DERAILING 7 LOADED BALLAST CARS.     


nearest_city: PYOTE
county: WARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
MFWWC-23, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7896, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT T HE CROSSING.  IMPACT WAS ON THE TRAILER PORTION OF TRUCK.  ONE CREW MEMBER INJURED.  DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: CLAYMONT
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 185 WITH ENGINE 944 & 919 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES DUE TO 98% FA TIGUE BREAK IN AUXILIARY WIRE AT MILEPOST 13.75.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
64RV228 DEPARTING SOUTH YARD #4 SIDE DERAILING 68TH-71ST HEAD CARS SIDE SWIPED STANDING CARS IN SOUT H YARD #5.      


nearest_city: HIGGINSON
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT21-05, WITH LEAD UNIT ATMK193, DERAILED 2 COACH CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAI NED TRACK.  INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN TRACK TO #2 MAIN TRACK #1 IN THE CROSSOV ER.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE WAS SWITCH POINT GAPPED BETWEEN POINT AND STOCK RAIL.  AMTRAK ES TIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $100,000.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: WHITEFISH
county: FLATHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
X-KALCRK9-04 DERAILED 5 CARS AND DP LOCOMOTIVE WHILE DEPARTING YARD. INVESTIGATION SHOWED 11 TRACK S WITCH WAS THROWN UNDER TRAIN BY UNKNOWN PARTY.      


nearest_city: CUSTER
county: WHATCOM
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
R-NWE8021-20 SHOVED INTO TRK 4251 TO COUPLE INTO STANDING CUT, ONE CAR DERAILED AT POINT OF WIDE GAG E WHILE SHOVING. AFTER JOINT, CREW PULLED AND TWO MORE CARS DERAILED AT SAME SPOT. NO HAZARDOUS MTL RELEASED.     


nearest_city: REEVES
county: ALLEN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
ZATLC-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7357, TRAVELING WESTBOUND, STRUCK A NORTHBOUND LOADED LOG TRUCK.  NO INJU RIES TO CREW OR DRIVER.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH LOCOMOTIVES, UP7357 AND UP4257.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: SEPA
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAINS #370 AND #9351 SERVICE WERE INTERRUPTED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER AND CATENARY DAMAGE CAUSED TREE S FROM CP SOUTH TO ELWYN ON ALL TRACKS.  CREW NOT TESTED.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
UP'S ZCIBP-09, WITH LEAD LOCO UP7604, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE AT THE HENDERSON STREET CROSSI NG.  NO INJURES.  NOT DERAILED.  BNSF'S ESTIMATED SIGNAL DAMAGE = $40,000.  NO LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
JOB 312 PULLED 20 CARS FROM 6 TRACK AND KICKED ONE CAR TO 9 TRACK AND THEN STARTED SHOVING 19 CARS B ACK INTO 6 TRACK. THE REAR TRUCK OF THE 6TH CAR CLIMBED 1 TRACK SWITCH CAUSING THE FRONT HALF OF THE CAR TO HEAD DOWN THE LEAD AND THE REAR HALF TO HEAD DOWN 1 TRACK. AS THEY WERE SHOVING ONE TRACK TH E RAIL BROKE AS THE CAR WAS HEADING SIDEWAYS DOWN THE LEAD. THE MIDDLE OF THE 6TH CAR HIT THE FIRST CAR IN 3 TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO IT AND TORE OPEN THE SIDE OF THE 6TH CAR, SPILLING A COMPARTMENT OF PLASTIC. AT THIS TIME THIS CONTACT CAUSED THE FRONT TRUCKS OF THE 5TH CAR TO DERAIL. THE SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED - THE TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS TO SPIKE THE SWITCH. HOWEVER DUE TO THE BRIDGE R OD BEING DISCONNECTED, MULTIPLE MOVEMENTS OVER THIS SPIKED SWITCH ALLOWED FOR POINT MOVEMENT BOTHER


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
DB26 CREW SWITCHING BETWEEN ADM EAST PLANT TRACKS #13 AND #14 LEFT FOUR UNSECURED CARS STANDING IN E P#14 WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED OUT DERAILING ONE EMPTY AND DAMAGING TWO LOADED CARS.      


nearest_city: NATIONAL CITY
county: IOSCO
railroad: LSRC
date: 2010-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
JOB #326A LOCOMOTIVES 1177 AND 1164 DERAILED CARS CYDX 559, MQRX 1060, MQRX 1011, MQRX 1070, MQRX 10 02 SOUTH ON MAIN WAS IN MP-44 THRU MP-47 SLOW ORDER AT 5MPH AFTER CRESTING HILL AND PICKING UP SPEED TO 6.5 TO 7 MPH TOOK AIR WAS IN 1ST/2ND THROTTLE POSITION. FELT CARS SET UP AND REALIZED HE WAS SLO WING DOWN TO MUCH SO HE NOTCHED UP ON POSITION. AFTER NOTCHING UP HE REALIZED IT WASN'T THE BRAKES S LOWING HIM DOWN AND LOOKED TO THE REAT OF HIS TRAIN AND SAW CARS FLIPPING OVER WHEN HE PUT THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.  


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: GATEWAY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-KLF2742-28 WHILE SWITCHING FAILED TO LATCH SWITCH ON TRACK 9405, DERAILING 4 CARS IN CUT AS PA SSED OVER SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #2018 SIDE-SWIPED STANDING EQUIPMENT FOULING WEST END OF S-TRACK WHILE SHOVING EAST TOWARDS T- HILL TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO 6 COACHES AND #4002.      


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LAV01R-19 WAS PULLING ADMX 25166 AND THE BRAKE RIGGING WAS FOUND TO HAVE FALLEN AND IN THE PROCESS O F PULLING THE CAR LIFTED THE NUMBER 3 WHEELS AND THEN DROPPED THEM OFF THE RAILS WHEN CAR WAS PULLED DERAILING THE CAR.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CS 143 PULLING INTO RT01 WHEN ENCOUNTERING RAIL BREAK UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING L1 WHEEL TO MOUNT VERTI CLE  AND SPLIT THE HEAD RAIL DERAILING ALL WHEELS ON THE 9TH HEAD 37.      


nearest_city: CADDO
county: ATOKA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CCLET9-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6703, STRUCK A LOADED DUMP TRUCK WHICH SLOWED DOWN BUT DID NOT STOP.  UP 6703 DAMAGED.  DRIVER OF DUMP TRUCK SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN DEPARTING FROM 407 TRACK DERAILED 6 CARS AT THERMAL MISALIGNMENT LOCATED 93 FEET EAST OF 407 T RACK SWITCH.      


nearest_city: NEWPORT NEWS
county: NEWPORT NEWS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
U27310 PULLING THROUGH THROUGHFARE TO DTA DERAILED THE REAR TWELVE CARS ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: MAGNOLIA
county: WILCOX
railroad: AGR
date: 2012-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: MAGNOLIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO COMPLY WITH TIMETABLE INSTRUCTIONS AND DID NOT HAVE 3 CARS WITH THE HANDBRAKES ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACKS AT MAGNOLIA YARD TRAC 2 BEFORE KICKING CARS.  CREW KICKED 2 LOADED CARS INTO A TANK CAR ON THE SOUTH END OF #2 TRACK SHOVING THE TANK CAR OUT OF THE TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE OF TRA CK 1.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YP982-17, WAS PULLING CARS OFF TRACK 320, WHEN 8 CARS DERAILED. OTTX97027 SIDESWIPED UP4706 THAT WAS PARKED ON THE INDEPENDENT LEAD.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW1002-11 HUMPED CAR TO 2003 TRACK, BUT CAR STALLED IN FOUL OF LEAD.  STALL PROMPTED RETARDER SYSTEM TO REROUTE FOLLOWING CAR TO 2006 TRACK.  2ND CAR STRUCK 1ST CAR THAT WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR. MECHANICAL INTERFACE HAS RAISED COSTS OVER  REPORTING THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: WATSEKA
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Q59720 PICKING UP CARS AT COALER WATSEKA. UPON PULLING CAR OFF OF COALER SIDING THE 6TH - 8TH CAR EN COUNTERED A WIDE GAGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED. FOREIGN RR DAMAGES ARE ESTIMATED AT $34,768.      


nearest_city: HACKENSACK
county: BERGEN
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN #2102 STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE THAT DROVE UNDER GATES WHILE ENROUTE EAST LOCATED AT MAIN STREET CR OSSING ON THE PVL AT MP 15.1. TWO INJURIES REPORTED.      


nearest_city: HAZEN
county: CHURCHILL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: NEVADA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GKPXR-31, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6758, STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STO P AT THE CALIFORNIA ROAD CROSSING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED TO DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE OR THE CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: MORTON
county: SCOTT
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING BACK DERAILED 2 LOADED CARS IN KOCH FOODS AT MERIDIAN SUBDIVISION; ONE OVERTURNED & OT HER ONE DAMAGED FROM STRIKING THE OVERTURNED RAILCAR.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: LS
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HOURS ON FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2010 THE 2ND SHIFT LONGVIEW SWITCHING CREW REPORTED DERAILING 11 CARS. THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 17 CARS SOUTH ON TRACK 501 TO SPOT WHEN TH E TRAIN STOPPED MOVING, THE TRAIN DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY. THE FOREMAN WALKED FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN FORWARD AND DISCOVERED 11 CARS HAD DERAILED AT A BREAK IN THE TRACK AND RODE THE WEB OF THE R AIL AND RERAILED 2 CARS AT THE CROSSING. THE ROOT CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.   


nearest_city: SHARONVILLE
county: BUTLER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 39A WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 31 LOADS, 13 EMPTIES, AND 3951 TONS TRAVE LINE WEST ON THE DAYTON DIST RICT MAIN TWO WHEN 30TH HEAD CAR (NS 610018) DERAILED AT CP 244 SWITCH. TRAIN TRAVELLED TWO DIRECTIO NAL MILES BEFORE 31ST THROUGH 34TH HEAILED AT CJ246 WHEN NS610018 CAUSED TRACK GAUGE TO SPREAD AFTER STRIKING A RAIL GUARD.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
L50071-22 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING CARS IN HARRISON YARD WHEN THEY HUMPED A CUT OF 2 EMPTY TANK CARS (PPNX 1198 AND GATX 202721) TO TRACK MO24. THEY THEN HUMPED AN ADDITIONAL 2 CARS TO TRACK MO25 . THE FIRST CUT OF CARS STOPPED IN THE FOUL OF H-1 OF THE KING  SWITCH AND THE SECOND SET OF CARS, W ITH UTLX 667105, CORNERED THE PREVIOUS CUT. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT PPNX 1198 HAD A FAULTY SLACK ADJUSTER THAT DID NOT ALLOW THE BRAKE SHOES TO RELEASE FROM THE WHEELS WHEN THE AIR BRAKES WERE BLED OFF THUS CAUSING THE CARS TO STALL AT THE HILL CAUSING A CORNERING INCIDENT WHEN AD DITIONAL CARS WERE HUMPED. NO LEAKS, SPILL OR INJURIES ARE INVOLVED. 


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YSP20R-29 PULLING CARS TO SWITCH OUT OF TRACK 13.  CREW STOPPED TO LINE A SWITCH FOR FIRST KICK AND REALIZED CARS HAD DERAILED.  UPON INSPECTION, VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD, ABOUT 2 FEET LONG, HAD BROKEN RES ULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 5 CARS AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEAD AND CROSSOVER ON THE SOUTH END OF YARD .    


nearest_city: BRIGHTON
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
MDVCY-10, WITH LEAD UNIT 7105, STRUCK A LARGE MECHANICS TRUCK THAT TURNED AND PULLED ACROSS THE TRAC K DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN, NEVER STOPPING.  THEY PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND STRUCK T HE VEHICLE ON THE LEFT REAR PORTION OF THE TRUCK.  THE MECHANICS TRUCK WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE UP71 05 HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT, THE TRAIN WAS RECREWED AND ABLE TO PROCEED TO CHEYENNE. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
A YARD CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 11 CARS INTO TRACK 92 WHEN CAR 38062 DERAILED DUE TO SWITCH BEING T HROWN UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: HOLLY
county: PROWERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
H-KCKDEN1-05 STANDING ON MAIN TRACK HOLLY TO MEET A-4-1-06.  CONDUCTOR ON H-KCKDEN1-05 CLEANED SNOW AND ICE FROM WEST SIDING SWITCH FOR AMTRAK AND LINED FOR AMTRAK MOVEMENT TO SIDING.  A-4-1-06 DERAIL ED AT SWITCH WENT ENTERING SIDING.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED SWITCH NOT ADEQUATELY CLEANED BY FREIGHT CONDUCTOR, RESULTING IN WHEEL CLIMB AND DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: DELRAY BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: SFRV
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
OPERATOR OF A 1990 TOYOTA COROLLA DROVE PAST VEHICLES WHICH WERE STOPPED AT THE CROSSING AND THEN DR OVE THROUGH THE CROSSING GATE, PLACING THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THE TRAIN AS IT REACHED T HE CROSSING. TRAIN STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER EXPIRED FROM MULTIPLE FATAL INJURIES.  POLICE, FIRE RESCUE AND SECURITY PERSONNEL CHECKED ALL TRAIN PASSENGERS AND CREW, FINDING NO INJURIES WERE S USTAINED.   


nearest_city: LOS NIETOS
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BRAKEMAN ON THE LOA35R-19 WAS IN THE CAB PRESSING THE OVERRIDE BUTTON TO CONTINUE PASSING THE PUCKS AND WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS POSITION.  HE WENT OVER THE DERAIL AND DERAILED TWO UNITS.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
QASLI-23 SHOVED A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 14 OF THE ALS SSW YARD.  THEY WERE ADVISED TO STOP THE MOVE AND WERE ADVISED BY THE YARDMASTER THAT THEY HAD DERAILED SIX CARS.  ALS DAMAGES ARE $71,921 INCLUD ING TRACK AND SIGNAL.     


nearest_city: STANTON
county: MARTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE WEST BOUND ZAILC-11 DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES, ONE SINGLE WELL CAR AND 2 CARS OUT OF A "3 PACK". THE CREW WAS ASKED TO STOP SHORT OF CPT532 AND TAKE THE SWITCH OFF OF POWER AND OPERATE THE DUAL CO NTROLLED SWITCH DUE TO THE SWITCH BEING OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE.  THE ZAILC-11 WAS GOING TO GO DOWN TH E MAIN.  THEY WERE MEETING THE MMHFW-11, WHICH WAS STOPPED FOR THEM IN THE SIDING AT STANTON.  THE C ONDUCTOR STATED THE SWITCH AS CPT532 WAS ALREADY LINED FOR THE MAIN.  CONDUCTOR STATED THAT HE TOOK THE SWITCH OFF OF POWER AND MOVED THE SWITCH POINTS.  HE THEN STATED THAT HE LEFT THE SWITCH LINED F OR THE MAIN AND INSTRUCTED HIS ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD WHILE THE SWITCH WAS STILL OFF OF POWER.  THE TRAIN PULLED AHEAD ABOUT 452 FEET AND STOPPED.  THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED FOR 2 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS A


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YPB02R-16 PUSHED 15 CARS INTO BOWL 30 AND RELEASED THEM AT APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MPH.  CARS ROLLED DOWN AND COUPLED INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACK AND ROLLED OUT OF THE SOUTH END AND STRUCK LIGHT POWER C ONSIST ON THE LEAD.  DERAILED 2 CARS.     


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 2251 WITH POWER CARS 2023 & 2025 & 6 PASSENGER CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2025 D UE TO CATENARY RESILIENT ARM AT CENTER STREET TUNNEL STRUCTURE ID 225-99 SWIVEL FITTING AT CONTACT W IRE CONNECTION BECAME DETERIORATED AND FAILED.     


nearest_city: EAST POINT
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GE62 SHOVING SOUTH FROM 3RD MAIN TRACK TO YARD LEAD WITH 2 UNITS, 3 LOADS, 17 EMPTIES, 870 TONS, DER AILED 1ST THROUGH 7TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: TSWS
date: 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
JOB #1 OF TERMINAL SWITCHING SERVICES PULLED EAST 28 CARS LENGTHS AND THEN STOPPED FOR A LOCAL JOB. THE ENGINEER APPLIED A FULL SERVICE APPLICATION AND DUE TO THE CURVE IN TRACK AND SLACK ACTION OF T HE 28 CARS (AUTO RACKS) ON TOP OF 42 DOUBLE STACKS CAUSED A TRUCK SET TO PINCH OFF OF THE TRACKS.  T HE CREW THEN PULLED AHEAD TO CLEAR A SWITCH AND PROCEEDED TO DERAIL 6 AUTO RACK CARS.    


nearest_city: PLAINFIELD
county: WILL
railroad: WC
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L52 891-15 HAD A HOLD OF 16 CARS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COUPLING INTO A TWO CAR STANDING CUT IN T RACK WL44 AT DIAGEO INDUSTRY.  ONCE THE TRAIN STOPPED IT WAS FOUND THAT CAR UTLX 667869 HAD BEEN SHO VED THROUGH THE BUMPING POST AND DERAILED.  CREW FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE BUMPING POST RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF UTLX 667869.  CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: CHESTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Q67616 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT BECAME STUCK ON THE TRACKS ON WYLIE STREET CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES).      


nearest_city: FAIRMOUNT
county: GRANT
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 174L905 TRAVELING NORTH ON THE MARION DISTRICT WHEN MOTORIST FAILED TO YIELD AND DROVE IN TRAI N'S PATH.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
NJTR MU LOCOMOTIVE # 1475 PANTOGRAPH WAS DAMAGED RESULTING IN LOST END-HORN WHILE TRAIN # 3719 WAS E NROUTE WEST NEAR MP 8.4 EAST OF DOCK INTERLOCKING.      


nearest_city: CALVERTON
county: FAUQUIER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN # 19 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/66-E46 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A SNOW PLOWING TRUCK AT MP47.02, OL D CALVERTON RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL2032-01 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 1004 DUE TO EXCESSIVE LATERA L DRAWBAR FORCES ON A CURVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MINEOLA
county: WOOD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
AARWXX-02, WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE CN2632 AT A SWITCH.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK IRREGULAR AND TRUCK HUNTING ON LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: HARAHAN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
NOPB LITE ENGINES STRUCK SEMI-TRUCK AT A PRIVATE CROSSING WHEN THE DRIVER PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE MOVEMENT. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE TO TRACKS. NOPB REPORTED $12,000 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE D UE TO IMPACT.     


nearest_city: BERKELEY HGTS
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
PANTOGRAPHS TORN OFF MU #1483 AND #1331 ON TRAIN #723 ENROUTE WEST LOCATED NEAR MP 25.5 DUE TO FAILE D INSULATOR AND SAGGING WIRE STRUCK BY THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
SHOP EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A 4 LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST TO THE READY TRACK FROM SOUTH TRACK.  JOB HAD 2 UN ITS DERAIL DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK DURING A SHOVING MOVE.      


nearest_city: CHAMPAIGN
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
R91191-12 WAS SWITCHING IN THE CHAMPAIGN YARD WHEN THEY LET UTLX 902544 GO INTO TRACK CA16 AND IT AT TEMPTED TO COUPLE IN THE CURVE WITH ERCX 6083 RESULTING IN BYPASSED DRAWBARS. NEITHER OF THE CARS DE RAILED BUT BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.     


nearest_city: CUTHBERT
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: GSWR
date: 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LYNN JOB DERAILED. UPON APPROACHING STEEP UPWARDS GRADE, ENG STATED HE FELT TRAIN GET HEAVIER. UPON INVESTIGATION, SAW MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DUST & DIRT IN AIR.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
HPLX405320 WAS HUMPED TO TRACK 017 HOWEVER STALLED AT THE #10 SWITCH, BLOCKING GROUPS 1 & 2. MECHANI CAL EMPLOYEE FAILED TO RELEASE THE HANDBRAKE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WERE TWO CARS GATX89719 & CSXT70 7678 HUMPED TOGETHER DESTINED FOR TRACK 001. THESE TWO CARS STRUCK THE STALLED HPLX CAR DERAILING IT AS WELL AS THE GATX CAR..    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE HOU187-23 ARRIVED MANCHESTER YARD AT APPROXIMATELY 1330-23 WITH 58 CARS (ELECTRONIC INTERCHANGE RECORDED AT 1332-23).  THE CREW IN CHARGE OF THE TRAIN HAD AN HOS OF 1900-23.  ON ARRIVAL, THE HOU18 7-23 WAS INSTRUCTED BY PTRA YARDMASTER TO PULL THE TRAIN INTO TRACK 11, THE CUT ON 15 CARS AND DOUBL E OVER TO TRACK 7.  ADDITIONALLY, YARDMASTER REPORTS THAT THE INSTRUCTED THIS CREW TO APPLY FOUR (4) HANDBRAKES TO THE SOUTH END OF THE TRAIN.  LATER THAT EVENING, PT341-23 WAS ASSIGNED TO SWITCH TRAC KS 7 AND 11 (HOU187-23 INBOUND).  THEY SWITCHED TRACKS 15, 10 AND 11.  STARTING FROM THE TIME THAT T HEY SWITCHED TRACK 10, THEY MADE 1 CUT ON THE END, LEAVING 15 CARS IN THE TRACK.  AFTER SWITCHING TH E FIRST CUT, THEY RETURNED TO TRACK 10, PICKED UP THE LAST 15 CARS, PULLED OUT OF TRACK AND SWITCHED


nearest_city: GOSHEN
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL TO A LOCATION NEAR THE CROSSING.  HE STOPPED ON THE TRACKS AND GOT OUT TO DETERMINE WHERE TO PARK FOR UNLOADING.      


nearest_city: ANSELMO
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING OM MAIN TRACK, E-LRTWM0-09A STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK FLATBED TRAILER FOULING THE TRACK.       


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: WAUKESHA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MSSPR-06 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2.  A BROKEN CENTER SILL ON THE 31ST CAR, WSOR50014 2 CAUSED THE 36TH THRU 38TH CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: STUTTGART
county: ARKANSAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LWA56-31 WAS COMING INTO THE RICE CAPITAL.  SWITCH WAS ALREADY LINED FOR THEM.  THEY DERAILED THE LE ADING SET OF WHEELS ON ENGINE LLPX2248.      


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE CAR ACCOUNT BROKEN RIM ON CAR. TRACK INSPECTION INDICATED CAR HAD TRAVELED SOME D ISTANCE BEFORE DERAILING, DAMAGING TRACK INCLUDING 6 BROKEN RAILS.      


nearest_city: PITTSBURG
county: CAMP
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
GSEVPG-29 WHILE SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO RAILCAR UP88728 CLIMBING MAINLIN E SWITCH POINT AND DERAILING.      


nearest_city: SELMA
county: DALLAS
railroad: MNBR
date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ONE LOADED CAR DERAILED WHILE MAKING SHOVING MOVEMENT. AFTER STOPPING, 2 LEADING CARS TURNED ONTO TH EIR SIDES. LEADING  CAR SNAGGED TREE LIMB WHICH IN TURN PULLED PREVIOUSLY UPROOTED TREE IN FRONT OF LEADING CAR.     


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y29418 DOUBLED TRAIN UP NORTH LEAD AND THEN INSTRUCTED Y29218 TO SHOVE WEST OUT OF W12 TO MAKE TRAIN SOLID. ON SUBSEQUENT EASTWARD MOVEMENT 4 CARS DERAILED AT THE W11/W12 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: LOUISA
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE MAKING THE REVERSE MOVE TO COUPLE THE E41009 AT THE CROSSING, THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE EAST END OF THE #3/#2 CROSSOVER SWITCH, WHICH RESULTED IN A RUN-THROUGH SWITCH. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD THE HEAD 44 CARS WENT TOWARD #3 TRACK AND THE REAR 43 WENT TOW ARD #1 TRACK. THIS RESULTED IN A DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS, AEPX 8458, AEPX 8590, AND AEPX 8523.    


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
ZLCAI-24 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD REAR DPU UP8468 TRACTION MOTOR LOCK AND DEVELOPED FL AT SPOT ON WHEEL.  LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGED SWITCH AT CP512 AND DERAILED.  LOCOMOTIVE RERAILED ITSELF AT R OAD CROSSING.     


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DURING HUMP OPERATIONS CAR GBRX 65323 SIDESWIPED CAR GBRX 65249 AT THE 17/19 SWITCH ON THE CLASS YAR D LEAD. THIS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS ON THE B END AND ALSO CAUSED GBRX 65249 TO DERAIL R1, R2, L1 & L2.     


nearest_city: KIOWA
county: BARBER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Z-WSPST0912A STRUCK A PICK RESULTING IN A FATALITY TO ONE AND ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE AT A CROS SING.      


nearest_city: DENTON
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: HPTD
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN WAS MAKING NORTHWARD MOVE ON MAINLINE - MOVED 365' AND SET OF AXLES ON LAST CAR IN CONSIST FEL L IN THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ABOUT 138S' WHEN THE DERAILED AXLE STRUCK A MAIN LINE SWITCH, WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS AND PLACE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.     


nearest_city: PORT NECHES
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WATCO CREW.  KCS TRACK.  WATCO CREW RELEASED HAND BRAKES ON CARS KCS CREW HAD SPOTTED FOR THEM AND T HE CARS ROLLED BACK AND STRUCK A CUT OF CARS KCS HAD SPOTTED FOR WATCO RESULTING IN THE DERIALMENT O F THREE CARS AND SIDESWIPE DAMAGE TO A FOURTH CAR.     


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R97291-11 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN MARKHAM YARD. THE CREW MADE A CUT ON 29 CARS. THE CONDUCTOR PULLED T HE PIN ON GATX 54060 SENDING IN INTO MA13 AND THEN STOPPED THE MOVEMENT TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE NEXT MOVE. HE THEN STATED HERE IT COMES AND PULLED THE PIN ON TTGX 991918.  THE FIRST CAR GATX 5 4060 WAS STILL OUT IN THE FOUL IN MA 13 CAUSING THE CARS TO CORNER, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. THE BRAKEMAN SAID HE FAILED TO JUDGE THE SPEED OF THE TANK CAR AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE NEXT SET OF CA RS BEING KICKED DOWN THE LEAD. TESTING WAS DONE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. NO INJURIES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED. 


nearest_city: SILVIS
county: ROCK ISLAND
railroad: IAIS
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BI
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
UNSECURED RAIL CAR ROLLED INTO AND SIDESWIPED 2 OTHER RAIL CARS CAUSING THE UNSECURED RAIL CAR TO RO LL ONTO ITS SIDE.      


nearest_city: CALERA
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M71307 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 20 CARS WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING OUT OF CHEMICAL LIME PLANT THROUGH T HEIR UPPER YARD TO LEAVE AND COME BACK TO CALERA YARD. DURING THIS MOVE THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON TH E 12TH CAR GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH POINTS OF 6/7 SWITCH AND RESULTED IN DERAILMENT OF LINES 12 THROUGH 15 CARS OF TRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SOMEONE AT CHEMICAL LIME HAD REMOVED THE LUG FROM THE SWITCH AND LEFT SWITCH ROD FLOATING. DURING FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT SHIMS WERE LEFT LYING ON THE CROSSTIE NEXT TO SWTICH AND TOP PLATE WAS OPENED. SWITCH WAS LINED CORRECTLY FOR CREW AS THEY WENT INTO THE PLANT ON TRACK #7 AND AS THEY DEPARTED, HOWEVER THE POINTS APPARENTL Y OPEN UP DURING THE MOVE TO ALLOW WHEELS ON 12TH CAR TO DERAIL. CUSTOMER ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY.


nearest_city: SOUTH PORTLAND
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: GRS
date: 2013-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: EASTERN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
PO5 DERAILED 1 CAR IN RIGBY YARD AND CAUSED DAMAGED TO  5 OTHER CARS AS WELL. 4 RESIDUE LPG (HAZMAT) & 2 LOADED PAPER ON TRACK 43. AS A RESULT OF PASSED COUPLERS.      


nearest_city: NABORTON
county: RED RIVER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MFWLI-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8242, WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WH ICH WAS FOULING US 84 CROSSING. DRIVER AND CREW MEMBERS INJURED. LOCOMOTIVES AND RAILCARS DERAILED. APPROXIMATELY 18,000 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL SPILLED FROM LOCOMOTIVE, UP9593.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
BROKEN GUARD RAIL AT HI-LO SWITCH CAUSED 8TH CAR BEHIND LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.  FOUR CARS BEHIND THE 8TH CAR DERAILED AS A RESULT.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: LOWNDES
railroad: GTRA
date: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: TUSCALOOSA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN CREW DETACHED LOCOMOTIVE ON KCS MAINLINE CONDUCTOR TIED AND BRAKE, BUT CREW DID NOT PROPERLY T EST HAND BRAKE ON LOCOMOTIVE. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS NOT UNATTENDED LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF T HE TRAIN, CAUSING THE UNATTENDED LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: OLD FORT
county: SENECA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 48WL604 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 76 LOADS, AND 10830 TONS MOVING EAST ON FOSTORIA DISTRICT MAIN ONE PASSED A SIGNAL DISPLAYING STOP, PROCEEDED PAST THE CONTROL POINT AT B 264.2 AND COLLIDED WITH OTE TRUCK #310695 ON MAIN TWO AT APPROX. MP B 263.9.     


nearest_city: HASLET
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-ALT1031-20 USED EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENT AND AUTOMATIC BRAKE TO STOP THEIR CUT. RESULTING TRAIN FORCE S CAUSED SEPARATION IN CUT THAT ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND IMPACTED CUT OF CARS BEING HANDLED BY ANOTHE R ENGINE. NO HAZMAT WAS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LIBERTYVILLE
county: LAKE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
A VEHICLE WAS STALLED ON THE CROSSING AS THE GATE WARNING MECHANISMS ACTIVATED.  DRIVER AND PASSENGE R OF THE VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO EXIT BEFORE IT WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN #2104. NO INJURIES.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AMTRAK P058871-18 WAS GIVEN VERBAL PERMISSION PAST THE SIGNAL BY CSXT TOWER OPERATOR INTO A SPLIT PO INT DERAIL THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED CAUSING THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE 129 TO DERAIL IN THE UPRIGHT POSI TION AND LEAD WHEELS OF THE 1ST CAR, AMTRAK 39045, TO DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CSXT TOW ER OPERATOR FAILED TO LINE THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL TOWARDS THE BASCULE BRIDGE.  AMTRAK ADVISED $56,65 0 IN EQUIPMENT COSTS.   


nearest_city: NEW AUGUSTA
county: PERRY
railroad: IC
date: 2014-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
A48871-31 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHWARD ON THE BEAUMONT SUB WHEN THE TRAIN TRAVERSED OVER A BROKEN RAIL AN D EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION SHORTLY AFTER APPLYING THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE. INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN FOUND 22 CARS DERAILED, 15 OF DERAILED CARS CARRIED HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS- SIX CARS OF FUEL OIL LOST APPROXIMATELY 50,350 GALLONS AND ONE CAR METHANOL LOST APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLO NS.  16 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED IN THE VICINITY OF DERAILMENT.
HAZARDOUS CARS THAT RELEASED PRODUCT: NATX 301242 - RELEASED APPROX. 100 GAL. METHANOL; SHPX 210980 - RELEASED APPROX. 1000 GAL. FUEL OIL ; SHPX 211049 - RELEASED APPROX. 250 GAL. FUEL OIL; SHPX 211013 -RELEASED APPROX. 1000 GAL. FUEL OIL ;  SHPX 210988 - RELEASED APPROX. 24000 GAL. FUEL OIL; SHPX 211034 - RELEASED APPROX. 24000 GAL. FUE


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CAR #1347 DERAILED ON TRACK 1 AT CATENARY 768 DUE TO UNEVEN LOAD IN CAR, WHICH PLACED ADDED WEIGHT O N THE LOW SIDE OF CAR THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HARMONIC ROCKING, RESULTING IN THE SOUTH WHEEL OF THE LEAD TRUCK TO CLIMB OFF THE SOUTH RAIL, DERAILING SAME.     


nearest_city: STONE LAKE
county: WASHBURN
railroad: WC
date: 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN, S77451-27, WITH 164 LOADS, WAS HIT BY THE STANBERRY DETECTOR FOR HOT WHEEL ON CAR PPTX 3428, LOAD OF MOLTEN SULFUR. THE ALARM WAS FOR A HOT WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 533RD AXLE. WHEN THE CO NDUCTOR WALKED BACK HE FOUND THE A END OF THE CAR ON THE GROUND. IT IS THE SAME AXLE THE HBD REPORTE D. THE DERAILED CAR IS AT MP 392.31 WITH A BURNT OFF JOURNAL.  MAIN LINE TRACK WAS CWR.    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YAR24R-13 DERAILED 6 CARS AFTTER A METAL BRACKET THAT SECURES THE AIR HOSE FELL ONTO THE RAIL.       


nearest_city: SLATON
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
HIGH WINDS BLEW A CUT OF 13 CARS FROM YARD TRACK 4310 ONTO THE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED ALL 13 CARS.       


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MTEAAMY1-12 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 61 AND FOULED THE EAST MAIN WITHOUT AUTHORITY.  JOB 252 P ULLED OUT OF TRACK 59 AND FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE BNSF TRAIN FOULING THE TRACK RESULTING IN A SI DE SWIPE.     


nearest_city: LAKELAND
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: LAKELAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
O83024 STRUCK A VEHICLE ON EWELL ROAD CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAV EMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
LRD96-27 WAS ENTERING TRACK 3 IN THE HOUSE FROM THE WEST END TO PICK UP 2 UNITS TO TAKE TO ROSEVILLE .  THEY ENTERED THE TRACK AND BEGAN THEIR MOVEMENT TOWARD THEIR PICKUP.  AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THE BRAKEMAN PROTECTING THE POINT STOPPED MOVEMENT WHEN HE NOTICED A RED FLAG BETWEEN HIM AND HIS PI CKUP.  THEY REVERSED THEIR MOVEMENT AND AS THEY WENT OVER A SMALL CARMAN CROSSING WITH DIRT AND ROCK THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS OF THE TRAILING UNIT CLIMBED THE RAIL AND DERAILED.   


nearest_city: GWINNER
county: SARGENT
railroad: RRVW
date: 2014-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: THIRD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RAIL BROKE UNDER TRAIN DUE TO EXTREME COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS, SETTING TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUC TOR WALKED BACK TO FIND THREE LOADS OF GRAIN AND ONE EMPTY COVERED HOPPER DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WINFIELD
county: COWLEY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
SKOL 109 JOB WAS PULLING TRAIN INTO WINFIELD IN PREPARATION TO BE RELIEVED BY 302 JOB.  THEY WERE DE CREASING SPEED TO ALLOW FOR CREW CHANGE AND ENGINEER FELT A "SLIGHT TUG".  MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED AND UPON INSPECTION BY CONDUCTOR IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SET OF LOCOMOTIVE TRUCKS AND 8 LOADED R OCK CARS HAD DERAILED.  THE CARS WERE RIDING ON THE WEB OF THE RAIL, EXPLAINING WHY THE CREW DIN'T " FEEL" THE DERAILMENT. INITIAL INVESTIGATION FAILED TO REVEAL A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE, AFTER CARS WERE MOV ED FROM SITE, INSPECTION OF PRIVATE CROSSING SHOWED A LACK OF SUFFICIENT CROSS TIES. CAUSES DETERMIN ED TO BE: T102 CROSS LEVEL OF TRACK IRREGULAR & T105 INSUFFICIENT BALLAST SECTION, SECONDARY T205 DE FECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES


nearest_city: QUINWOOD
county: GREENBRIER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: G & E
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SUPPLYING GREEN VALLEY MINE, H80013 WAS SHOVING 75 CARS INTO THE INDUSTRY TRACKS. CREW STOPPED SHORT OF A SWITCH TO EXAMINE THE POSITION. ONCE VERIFIING THE POSITION, THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED TH E ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK AN ADDITIONAL CAR.  TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY WHILE MAKING F INAL MOVE. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED THAT 3 CARS HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
3 YARD HILL CEFX 1004-1022 TRAVELING WEST ON TILDEN NORTH SHOVEL, DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 4 CARS HEADING UP WITH 121 EMPTIES.      


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: MONTAGUE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WICHITA FALLS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WESTBOUND QALTOIG319 STRUCK A FLATBED SEMI TRUCK ON THE CROSSING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPM ENT.      


nearest_city: TOLLEY
county: RENVILLE
railroad: NPR
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: BISBEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER WAS SOUTHBOUND ON CO. RD. 3, NPR TRAIN WAS TRAVELING WEST INTO TOLLEY, ENROUT E FROM LANSFORD TO KENMARE.  ENGINE SPEED EST. AT 10MPH, NPR 2280 BLEW WHISTLE AND BELL AS APPROACHE D CROSSING.  JUST BEFORE IMPACT, THE ENGINEER PLACED TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  CENTER FRONT OF TRAIN ST RUCK LEFT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OF TRACTOR/TRAILER.  HIGHWAY USER FAILED TO YIELD.    


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Z-CHCSSE6-03 DERAILED 5 ARTICULATED INTERMODAL CARS DEPARTING 804 TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-TUL2012-29 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING FROM 2021 TRACK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CAUSE WAS BN 959353 BEING OFF CENTER ACCOUNT BEING HUMPED INTO TRACK AT EXCESSIVE SPEED THAT WAS CAUSED BY CONTA MINATION ON 2ND GROUP RETARDER FROM PREVIOUSLY HUMPED CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MINOT
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Z-SSECHC1-03A DERAILED 1 CAR CAUSING TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE WHEEL ON CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PLUMMER
county: RED LAKE
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: BEMIDJI
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
298-28 WAS CLEARING THE MAIN LINE AT PLUMMER TO MEET A WESTBOUND. 298-28 DID NOT FIT IN THE SIDING S O THEY PULLED UP THE BEMIDJI SUB. THE LOCOMOTIVE & 7 CARS HAD PROCEEDED OVER HWY 59 CROSSING WHEN A SEMI TRUCK/TRAILER STRUCK THE 8TH CAR (TILX 290058 - BENZENE DICYLOPENTADIENE) RESULTING IN RELEASE (OF 28,000 GALLONS) & FIRE. TRUCK DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, HAZMAT RELEASE/FIRE NECESSITATED EVACUATION OF 292 PEOPLE IN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE RADIUS (MOST OF THE TOWN OF PLUMMER, MN). RESIDEN TS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NA 1993, FLAMMABLE LIQUID N.O.S. (BENZENE DIC YLOPENTADIENE) CLASS 3. WAYBILL INDICATED NET MASS OF 87255 KG WHICH CONVERTS TO 87.255 METRIC TONS. 


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
RNLOL-02 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE WHITE BLUFF SUB MAINLINE WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 337.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO THE TRAIN AND FOUND A SEPARATION.  HE REPLACED BROKEN KNUC KLE ON THE PORTION OF THE TRAIN ATTACHED TO HIS LOCOMOTIVES.  THE CREW SHOVED THE TRAIN BACK DOWN TH E MAINLINE AND FOUND THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TRAIN DERAILED.  T299 WITH THE EXPLANATION "DUE TO THE C ATASTROPHIC NATURE OF THE DERAILMENT AND AFTER ANALYZING ALL COMPONENTS AND USING DERAILMENT CAUSE F INDING TECHNIQUES THE CAUSE IS AN UNDETERMINED TRACK FAILURE."  


nearest_city: DRESDEN
county: MUSKINGUM
railroad: OHCR
date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: OHCR SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
5 CARS DERAILED OF A 26 CAR TRAIN CARRYING C&D MATERIAL CARS. CARS ARE EXCESS HEIGHT "EXCEED PLATE F " CARS. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE ON BR END OF CAR CTWX 2110      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
EAST TOWER YARDMASTER FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE THE ROUTE FOR TK04 TO SHOVE 10 CARS CUT OF CLASS TRACK #35 OUT OF THE CORRECT PULLBACK LEAD. IN THIS MISALIGNMENT, TK04 RCO FAILED TO PROTECT THE SHOVE MO VE OUT THE PULLBACK LEAD RESULTING OVER A DERAIL AND DERAILING R4 AND L4 ON NS 2389.     


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-SPM2201-11 SPOTTED 2 CARSS TO END OF TRACK 1382 FOR CUSTOMER UNLOADING, TRYING HANDBRAKES. CUSTOME R RELEASED BRAKES AND REPOSITIONED CARS BUT FAILED TO TIE BRAKES. BNSF DISCOVERED 1 CAR DERAILED AT WEST END OF TRACK AT A LATER TIME.     


nearest_city: ATTICA
county: FOUNTAIN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
D1TD101 PULLING 50 LOADED GRAIN CARS OUT OF ADM IN ATTICA DERAILED 9 CARS POUND RAIL BROKE UNDER MOV EMENT.      


nearest_city: SAN ARDO
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE ODOWP-07 HAD JUST FINISHED SETTING OUT THE TRAIN AT WUNPOST.  THE CONDUCTOR CUT OFF THE POWER AN D SENT THEM UP TO THE NORMAL TIE-UP SPOT WHERE THE ENGINEER STARTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE UP8326 BECAU SE IT WASN'T RUNNING AT ANY POINT FROM LA TO WUNPOST.  AFTER THE ENGINEER GOT THE UNIT RUNNING HE CU T OUT THE BRAKES AND PUT THE UP8326 INTO TRAIL BECAUSE WHEN IT GETS USED AGAIN IT WILL BE THE TRAILI NG UNIT.  HE GOT OFF THE LOCOMOTIVE AND WALKED UP TO THE DERAIL, LINED IT FOR DERAILING POSITION AND THEN LINED BACK THE MAIN LINE SWITCH.  THE POWER STARTED MOVING NORTH AT THIS POINT AND DERAILED ON THE DERAIL. 


nearest_city: LENOIR CITY
county: LOUDON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAVELING SOUTH ON LOUNDON YARD LEAD T72T513 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE SOUTH DERAIL WHILE SHOVING TO THE LOUDON, DERAILING NS 6168.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE MOVERS WERE PERFORMING A WESTWARD SHOVING MOVE ON THE 500 LEAD TO THE FACING SWITCH 506 W ITH A CONSIST OF FOUR LOCOMOTIVES.  THE UP6223 DERAILED THE NO 6 TRACTION MOTOR AT THE ROAD CROSSING EAST OF THE 506 SWITCH POINT.  THE 5 AND 4 TRACTION MOTORS DERAILED NEAR THE FROG.  OBSTRUCTION WAS FOUND IN THE FLANGEWAY AT THE ROAD CROSSING ON THE 500 LEAD.    


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CONRAIL EQUIPMENT DAMAGE 32520.00. CONRAIL SP19 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON MAIN TRACK. TRAIN DEPARTED WIT H A MEDIUM APPROACH SIGNAL AT CP FALLS AND THEN ENCOUNTERED AN APPROACH SIGNAL AT CP RIVER. CP BELMO NT WAS AT STOP WHEN THE TRAIN ROUNDED THE CURVE. AN ENGINEER INITIATED EMERGENCY WAS APPLIED AS THE SIGNAL CAME INTO VIEW. THE ENGINEER WAS THROTTLING UP AND INCREASING SPEED FROM THE MEDIUM APPROACH SIGNAL TO AND INCLUDING THE STOP SIGNAL. THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES WAS INITIATED VIA T HE ENGINEERS BRAKE VALVE HANDLE, THE ENGINEER AT NO TIME ACTUATED (BAILED OFF) THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE , THIS ACTION RESULTED IN CREATING EXTREME IN TRAIN FORCES (EXCESSIVE RUN IN) WHICH CAUSED 10 CARS T O DERAIL. NORFOLK SOUTHERN REPORT # 097490.


nearest_city: DUNKIRK
county: CHAUTAUQUA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 48 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/118-E/188 AND 14 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP39.38, MID DLE RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: WAYNOKA
county: WOODS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M-AMSKCK1-06 DERAILED ONE AXLE OF 3RD LOCOMOTIVE WHEN GEARCASE DROPPED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RLSD.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
THE Z17425 NS TRAIN WAS DEPARTING THROUGH THE WEST VALLEY TRACK NORTH TO THE NUMBER ONE MAIN CSX WHE N 28TH CAR FELL IN DUE A VERTICAL RAILHEAD SPLIT AND DERAILED A TOTAL OF EIGHT CARS. 3 CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE 5 UPRIGHT AND IN LINE.     


nearest_city: MARKHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
M39291-07 WAS DEPARTING MARKHAM YARD USING #4 THOROFARE. AS THE CARMEN WERE ROLLING BY THE TRAIN THE Y NOTICED THAT CARS HAD BRAKES SET UP AND THEY INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO STOP. WHEN THE ENGINEER ST OPPED HE MADE A FULL SERVICE BRAKE REDUCTION AND APPLIED THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE TO STOP. AFTER STOPPI NG THE TRAIN, THE CREW SET AND RELEASED THE BRAKES AND THEN PROCEEDED. THE TRAIN PROCEEDED APPROX. 7 70' AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 16 CARS DERAILED. CAU SE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WHEEL LIFT ON TTYX 157170 DUE TO LATERAL FORCES ON TANGENT TRACK DUE TO DESC ENDING GRADE OF 0.3% AND ASCENDING GRADE OF 0.25% IN THE MIDDLE OF THE #4 THOROFARE. FIRST 78 CARS I N TRAIN CONSISTED OF 4938 TONS AND LAST SET OF CARS TOTALED 4584 TONS. INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE ISSUED R


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC HAD A 9 CAR DERAILMENT ON IAIS MAINTAINED TRACKS IN DES MOINES, IA.  TOTAL TRACK COSTS OF $87399 INCLUDE UNION PACIFIC MATERIAL AND LABOR OF $82,364 AND IAIS LABOR OF $5035.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
ON MAY 2, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10 PM, IHB RUN 594 WAS HUMPING BSY6 IN BLUE ISLAND YARD. THE CREW SENT A PAIR OF CARS INTO TRACK BC22, FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE CAR INTO TRACK BC23. THE SINGLE CAR GOING INTO BC 23 (UTLX 662518) CORNERED THE PAIR OF CARS IN BC22 (UTLX 662506 AND GATX 96304), RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TWO CARS: GATX 96304 AND UTLX 662518.    


nearest_city: ANDOVER
county: ESSEX
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 233 STRUCK A MINIVAN AT THE PEARSON ST CROSSING. ONE OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME SHE I MMEDIATELY EXITED THE VAN AFTER THE COLLISION. TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS PUSHE D BACKWARDS STRIKING THE CROSSING GATE AND RIPPING DOWN THE MAST.  HIGHWAY USER'S AGE IS NOT AVAILAB LE.    


nearest_city: FAIRMONT
county: MARTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LTC21-24, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP326, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AT 18 MPH.  DRIVER OF SEMI TRUCK PULLING TRAILER PULLED INTO CROSSING.  TRUCK STALLED AND WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR OF TRAILER BY TRAIN.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: ENNIS
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AENEN-02 ENGINEER LINED SWITCH #14 AGAINST MOVEMENT AND RAN THROUGH SWITCH. JOB THEN BACKED UP AND D ERAILED 2 RAILCARS. JOB THEN PULLED AHEAD CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE YNP21R-18, RCL CREW HUMPED CLSX405 TO TRACK 102 HOWEVER IT STALLED BETWEEN THE CROSSOVERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUMP AND MASTER RETARDER DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE RIGGING.  THE NEXT CAR AEX12728 HA D ALREADY BEEN RELEASED AND THE MASTER RETARDER WAS UNABLE TO LET THE CLSX405 PASS THRU INSTEAD CATC HING IT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AEX12728 IMPACTING CLSX405, KNOCKING THE A END OFF THE TRUCK.  THESE TWO CARS THEN ROLLED FREELY INTO EAST BOWL 101 WHERE THE CLSX405 IMPACTED WITH THE CLSX504 THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  THE AEX12728 WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS OF TRACK IN WHICH IT WAS OPERATING ON. 


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y39118 FAILED TO ENSURE THAT CARS PLACED IN P07 WERE TIED ONTO CARS THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY LEFT IN TRACK. CARS ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK CARS THAT THEY WERE PULLING FROM P05.      


nearest_city: ST AUGUSTINE
county: ST JOHNS
railroad: FEC
date: 2012-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
DRIVER WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON RACE TRACK ROAD IN THE WESTBOUND LANE OF TRAVEL.  DRIVER PROCEEDED INTO THE CROSSING AND CRASHED INTO TANK CAR TILX 400899 CAUSING TGCX 1222, TILX 400899 AND UTLX 803 649 TO DERAIL.  DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YBM21R-10, REMOTE JOB PULLING 69 CARS ON TANGENT TRACK DOWN HUMP LEAD WHEN LEAD OPERATOR RECEIVED ER ROR MESSAGE ON RCL TRANSMITTER.  AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER FAULTS, FOREMAN WALKED TRAIN A ND FOUND THIRTEEN (13) CARS ON THE GROUND.  THIS IS A TRACK CAUSED DERAILMENT DUE TO WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: EAST SYRACUSE
county: ONONDAGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Y12107 WAS SHOVING 9 CARS WEST ON THE OUTBOUND LEAD TOWARDS TRACK 6 IN THE DEPARTURE YARD.  THE COND UCTOR LINED THE SWITCH TOWARDS TRACK 6 AND PRECEDED THE MOVEMENT.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT BEFORE COLLIDING WITH CARS IN TRACK 6.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
RCO CH-1013-116 DERAILED 7 CARS IN TRACK 2071 WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK DUE TO DEFECTIVE COUPLE R ASSEMBLY ON CAR.      


nearest_city: TRUMBULL
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: GILTNER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-HAS2611-19 DERAILED WHILE AT THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL AT THE EAST END OF TRACK 7252. CAUSE DETERMINE D TO BE GAPPED SWITCH POINT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING SOUTHBOUND ON GATEWAY #2 WITH CONDUCTOR RIDING THE LEAD CAR OF SHOVE.  A LOADED SE MI-TRACTOR TRAILER ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED OVER THE YARD CROSSING FROM EAST TO WEST IN FRONT OF THE MOV EMENT AND WAS STRUCK.  THE CONDUCTOR JUMPED OFF CAR, DTTX 658880, BEFORE IMPACT INJURING HIS LEFT KN EE.  DTTX 658880 AND DTTX 620188 WERE DERAILED IN THE IMPACT.  BOTH THE TRUCK DRIVER AND CONDUCTOR W ERE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES.   


nearest_city: HARTFORD
county: WINDSOR
railroad: WACR
date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
NORTH BOUND FREIGHT HEADING CUT OF YARD ON MAIN TRACK, TRAIN CONSISTED OF 2 LOCO AND 20 LOADS, 2600 TONS, LEAD END OF TAIL CAR DERAILED. PULLED CAR 1.1 MILES THROUGH CURVES BEFORE ENGINEER COULD SEE T RAIN. ENGINEER SAW DUST NEAR REAR OF TRAIN AND STOPPED TRAIN.     


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-26, FAILED TO STRETCH CARS PRIOR TO SHOVING AND DID NOT DISCOVER BYPASSED COUPLERS. WHEN S HOVE WAS INITIATED, 4 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ARGO
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2011-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
X39081-11 WAS CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN 2 TO MAIN 1 ON THE IHB WHEN THE ENGINEER USED THE AUTOMATIC BR AKE AND SET A MINIMUM APPLICATION.  HE TOOK ADDITIONAL AIR AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE C ONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND A SEPARATED AIR HOSE (COCKED UP) BETWEEN CARS 15 &16. HE WALKED THE REST OF THE TRAIN AND FOUND CARS GTW 384649, GTW 384653 AND WE 527289 DERAILED.  WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY, THE BUFF FORCE FROM THE LOADS ON THE REAR OF TRAIN CAUSED A WHEEL LIFT AND THE RAIL TO ROLL.  IHB REPORTED $10,903 IN TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
33 CARS ROLLED AWAY AND IMPACTED THE H-BRCTUL1-10 ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK.  THE 33 CAR CUT DERAILED AND 2 LOCOMOTIVE AND 1 CAR ON THE H-BRCTUL1-10 DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  CAUSE VANDALISH OF ON TRACK EQUIPMENT-BRAKES RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-GLE9011-24 PULLING INTERCHANGING CUT INTO YARD DERAILED REAR CAR AT POINT OF THERMAL MISALIGNMENT. CAR WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BEFORE SPLITTING A SWITCH AND DERAILING 2 MORE CARS.      


nearest_city: INDIANOLA
county: SUNFLOWER
railroad: CAGY
date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GRADE CROSSING-18 WHEEL TRUCK PASSED VEHICLES STOPPED AT CROSSING. STRUCK BY TRAIN. DRIVER CLAIMED H E COULD NOT STOP. TRUCK STRUCK & KNOCKED DOWN 3 POWDER POLES. TRUCK TRAVELING APPROX 50 MPH.      


nearest_city: QUITMAN
county: BROOKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: THOMASVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Q68108 WAS TRAVELING ON THE THOMASVILLE SUB TOWARD WAYCROSS. THE TRAIN ENTERED A SLOW ORDER DOING TH IRTY MPH. THE ENGINEER WAS IN DYNAMICS AND APPLIED 10 PSI AND THEN 10 MORE PSI TO SLOW DOWN TRAIN. T HEN HE RELEASED THE DYNAMICS AND RELEASED THE BRAKES. THE ENGINEER THEN APPLIED INDEPENDENT BRAKING WITH EIGHT LOCOS CAUSING THE TRAIN TO BUNCH UP. THIS CAUSED THE 69TH AND 70TH CAR TO DERAIL INVERTED . TEMPORARY SLOW ORDER WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME. TRAIN SPEED OVER THE AUTHORIZED SPEED ALLOWED.   


nearest_city: HOLLIS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE DRILLING 10 CAR CONSIST WESTBOUD, REAR END TRUCK OF 9875 AND B END TRUCK OF 9876 DERAILED DUE TO SPREAD RAIL.      


nearest_city: DOVER
county: KINGFISHER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ENID SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE LVO54-05 WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND WHEN TRAIN HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY, COMING TO STOP WITH HE ADEND AT MP 368.99.  AFTER INSPECTING TRAIN A 23 CAR DERAILMENT WAS FOUND.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS BROKEN RAIL AT MP 368.60.     


nearest_city: VENTURA
county: VENTURA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 768 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 6952 IN THE LEAD, 5 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/454 IN THE REAR, STRUCK A VEHICLE FOULING TRAIN RIGHT OF WAY AT MP382.7.  NOT AT CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BESSEMER
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BHRR
date: 2012-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
AROUND MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 5TH 2012 THE CSX CREW WAS PU;LLING A TRAIN FROM THEIR ENTER MOBILE YARD IN BESSEMER. AS THE CREW APPROACHED THE SLIDING TRACK (PASS CUT) CLOSE TO WESTERN PIPE THE LEA S LOCOMOTIVE PICKED THE POINT OF THE SOUTH SWITCH OF THE SIDING CAUSING 2 OF THE CSX LOCOMOTIVES TO SPLIT THE SWITCH AND DERAIL.    


nearest_city: MIDLOTHIAN
county: ELLIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
R-TEX0081-09 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE SHOVING INTO 8706 TRACK AT CUSTOMER FACILITY WHEN CAR SPLIT SWITCH .      


nearest_city: MONTICELLO
county: DREW
railroad: AKMD
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THREE WOOD CHIP CARS DERAILED.  TRAVELING EASTWARD, WARREN TURN CREW DERAILED THREE LOADED WOOD CHIP CARS, WITH TWO CARS OVERTURNING.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED DERAILMENT THE RESULT OF A FRESH VERTICA L BRAKE EXTENDING FROM HEAD TO BASE.  DOWNLOAD OF EVENT RECORDER REVEALED NO ABNORMAL TRAIN HANDLING . RAILROAD VERIFIED CONSIST SPEED AND FRA TRACK CLASS.    


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IC
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YJTS-10 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE YARD AND HAD MOVED 13 CARS OUT OF TRACK JM06 AND SET THE NORTH 6 C ARS INTO TRACK JN02.  TRACK JN02 WAS A FULL TRACK SET AT THE AIR AND THE CREW MADE A JOINT WITH THE LAST 6 CARS.  DURING THE OUTBOUND INSPECTION OF THE TRACK BY A MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE, CAR UTLX 663387 WAS FOUND WITH END CAP DAMAGE.  ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO A HARD COUPLING CAUSING PIPES LOADED ABOVE THE TOP OF THE GONDOLA IC 295372 TO SHIFT AND IMPACT UTLX 663387.   


nearest_city: COURTENAY
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
EASTBOUND 496-25 OUT OF COURTENAY WHEN CREW FELT POWER JUMP & LOST AIR. INSPECTION FOUND  DERAILED H EAD 25 CARS (21 LOADS, 4 EMPTIES). NO INJURIES OR HAZ MAT INVOLVED. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON WELDED RAIL .     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
QPTNL-30 WAS MOVING NORTH THROUGH BOOTH 64 AT 3 MPH WHEN LINES 58 AND 59 DERAILED AT THE NORTH END O F TRACK 64 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE ACCOUNT WEAK TIES.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CP28 TRAIN CONSISTS OF 37 LOADED & 104 EMPTIES DERAILED AS THEY WERE DEPARTING BRC CLEARING YARD ON TRACK 35WDEP.      


nearest_city: DEER PARK
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: KETTLE FALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
M-SPOCWH1-05 DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD SIX CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. BNSF 2930, GP39, CAPACITY 260 0 GAL, 100 RELEASED. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ROBARDS
county: HENDERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
G27402 TRAVELING SOUTH DOWN MAIN TRACK AT RANKIN ENCOUNTERED BROKEN RAIL ON 55TH CAR AND DERAILED 20 CARS ON THE MAIN AND ACROSS THE SIDING IN A GENERAL PILE.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: KXHR
date: 2013-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NEYLAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
KXHR CREW 103 WAS HEADING EAST ON THE RFE AND CROSSING NEYLAND DRIVE WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGE NCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN TO FIND THAT APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET OF CWR HAD ROLLED CAUSING TH E LAST 3 CARS IN THE CONSIST TO DRAIL. THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SLIGHT SUNKINK HAD CAUSED THE RAIL TO SEPERATE WHICH DROPPED THE TWENTIETH CAR IN THE CUT IN BETWEEN THE R AIL EVENTUALLY CAUSING IT TO ROLL.   


nearest_city: NEVILLE ISLAND
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
D74907 KICKED TWO TANK CARS DOWN TRACK W02. D74907 THEN MOVED OVER TO ADJACENT TRACK W05 AND COUPLED TO TWO TANK CARS. THEY THEN PULLED EAST UP TO THE LEAD AND STOPPED. WHILE D74907 WERE WAITING FOR T HE POHC (SHORT LINE RR) TO PULL BY, THE TWO TANK CARS THAT WERE KICKED UP W02, ROLLED BACK TOWARDS T HE LEAD 500 FEET IN THE FOUL. WHEN THE CREW RESUMED THEIR MOVEMENT EAST, D74907 SIDESWIPED THE CUT O F CARS.   


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CA JON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
H-KCKBAR3-14 DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO A GAPPED SWITCH, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY CAUSED BY A DROP IN AIR PRES SURE AFTER A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR SPLICED AND TESTED A NEW AIR LINE CONTROLLING AIR FLOW TO THE SW ITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BOONTON
county: MORRIS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
EXTRA SERVICE CREW DRILLING HISTORICAL CARS PLACED COUPLED URHX834 AND URHX4877 ON TRACK #4 WITH CHO CKS. CARS ROLLED AWAY AND SIDE-SWIPED URHX835 ON TK #6.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
MTXTX-09 WAS YARDING IN TRACK #10 AT 6 MPH.  TRAIN WAS STOPPED BY ENGINEER DUE TO HARDER PULLING.  I NSPECTION OF TRAIN FOUND THE 3RD THROUGH THE 9TH CARS ON THE GROUND IN TRACK #10.  CAUSE WAS WIDE GA GE.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-LPC3022-30 DID NOT APPLY HAND BRAKE TO CAR IN 4211 TRACK, ALLOWING CAR TO ROLL OUT OF TRACK AN D INTO OTHER CARS BEING HANDLED.  ALL CARS INVOLVED ARE ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 9745 WITH E/2302 AND 5 CARS DERAILED ENGINE UNIT 2302 WEST OF GIRARD INTERLOCKING ON TRA CK #2 DUE TO FRESHLY TRUED WHEELS AND DRY RAIL.  SEPTA HAD $60,000.00 EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: AMERICAN FALLS
county: POWER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CREW ON THE LCF39-05 WAS SHOVING WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 7 LOADS AND 6 EMPTIES INTO INDUSTRY SPUR TRACK AT 8 MPH.  THE 6 EMPTIES AND 4 LOADS MADE IT THROUGH THE WIDE GAGE TRACK, 3 LOADS & 1 LOCOMOTIVE DER AILED DUE TO THE WIDE GAGE CONDITIONS ON UP'S MAINTAINED PORTION OF THE SPUR TRACK.     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
HB08 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 28X28 CONSIST 2240 TONS NORTH THROUGH CT42 RAN THROUGH 26/LADDER SWITCH THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE THROUGH SAME SWITCH.      


nearest_city: SWIFTON
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AEGAS-23, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6908 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN THEY NOTICED A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG FO ULING THE MAIN LINE AT SH 226 CROSSING.  THE CREW BEGAN TO BLOW THE HORN.  THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI PU LLED OFF THE CROSSING BUT THE REAR OF THE TRAILER WAS STILL FOULING THE TRACKS.  THE DRIVER STOPPED WHEN HE BECAME CONFUSED ABOUT THE "NO RIGHT TURN" TRAFFIC SIGNAL MEANT FOR NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY TRAFFI C.  THE AEGAS-23 IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AT 43 MPH.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER O F THE SEMI.  ENGINEER LATE REPORTED RINGING IN THE EARS FROM THIS INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: MENOMINEE
county: JO DAVIESS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CN TRAIN CREW MOVING TOWARD BNSF MT1 FROM 9943 TRACK ON DESCENDING 2% GRADE WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO DERAIL PROTECTING BNSF MT1. CREW HAD SET RETAINERS AND MADE PROPER AIR TEST PRIOR TO MOVEMENT, B UT ICE AND SNOW BUILDUP ON WHEELS AND BRAKES PREVENTED STOPPING. DERAILED EQUIPMENT FOULED AND DAMAG ED BNSF MT1.    


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YKB65-24 HAD A LIST OF CARS TO SWITCH FROM THE WEST END OF KIRBY YARD. CREW STARTED MAKING WESTWARD MOVE OUT OF TRACK #63 TO POSITION THEMSELVES TO MAKE FIRST SHOVING MOVE INTO TRACK #66 FROM THE WEST END. AS THEY WERE HEADING WEST WITH A TOTAL OF 73 CARS, LINES 35-39 OFF LIST WENT ON THE GROUND DER AILING. BROKEN RAIL WAS FOUND. IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING AND FORCES OF CARS ON RAIL WHILE STOPPING FOU ND RAIL DEFECT CAUSING RAIL TO FINISH BREAKING AND DERAILING CARS.   


nearest_city: SOLEDAD
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: COAST SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
AMT11-18 COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER AT MP 138 ON THE COAST SUB.  NO INJURIES REPORTED TO CREW O R DRIVER.  AMT11-18 CLEARED TO CONTINUE ON AT ABOUT 1556.  MONTEREY SHERIFF AND CHP ON SCENE.  AMTRA K'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $18,205.  AMTRAKS'S ID# 130319     


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MLIKS-23, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4578, STRUCK A LOADED COAL TRACTOR/TRAILER THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE WAT ER STREET CROSSING.  WITNESS REPORTS CROSSING LIGHTS ACTIVATED AND TRAIN WAS BLOWING HORN.  DRIVER W AS ISSUED A CITATION.  CONDUCTOR LATE REPORTED INJURY TO HIS BACK AS A RESULT OF THE CROSSING COLLIS ION.    


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFEYETTE SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YBM21R-31 HAD SWEPT ZONE AND WAS IN AN EAST BOUND MOVE TO GO INTO THE SHORT CROSSOVER OFF HUMP LEAD. THE RCL SWITCH LINED FROM HUMP TO CROSSOVER GOT ONE SET OF TRUCKS OVER SWITCH OF THE UPY816 AND DER AILED TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS ALONG WITH THE UP673. SWITCH MACHINE MOVED WHILE OPERATING DUE TO BROKE N/MISSING/WORN LAG BOLTS HOLDING MACHINE IN PLACE.    


nearest_city: PORT BARRE
county: ST LANDRY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BEAUMONT SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
QEWLI-11, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9030, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG, THAT WAS FOULING LA741 CROSSING.  TRA IN STRUCK THE REAR QUARTER PANEL OF THE TRAILER.  NOTHING DERAILED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO ALL 3 LOCOMOTIV ES.     


nearest_city: MULLEN
county: HOOKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
C-RWMKCC0-13 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED 36 CARS DERAILED. TR&D INVESTIGATION INDICATE D THAT DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN JOINT BARS.      


nearest_city: EOLA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: IR
date: 2012-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ILLINOIS RAILWAY DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO WEST END OF 3302 TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: NEWBURG
county: CHARLES
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: POPES CREEK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AFTER YARDING A CUT OF CARS ON TRACK 5 AT MORGANTOWN, B80424 BEGAN SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 4. DURING THE SHOVE MOVE, CARS OF THE SHOVE DERAILED AT THE SWITCH POINT. INVESITGATION REVEALED THA T THE CONTRACTOR WHO REPAIRED THIS TRACK DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE SWITCH POINT TO THE HEEL BLOCK, ALLOWING MOVEMENT TO OCCUR IN THE SWITCH POINT WHILE CARS WERE TRAVERSING THE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MLDNP-20, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7724, STRUCK AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER THAT DROVE AROUND THE GATES ON THE RITT MAN ROAD CROSSING.  DRIVER LEFT THE SCENE.  TRAIN STRUCK THE REAR END OF THE TRAILER.  NO INJURIES T O DRIVER OR TRAIN CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2011-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
562-23 WAS PULLING SOUTH THROUGH LONG CROSSOVERS TO A1 YARD AND FELT A TUG THEN THE ENGINE BOGGED DO WN AND THE TRAIN DUMPED. CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND CAR#'S CSXT 705539, CSXT 708132, CS XT 485980, WE 527258, AND UTLX 643667 DERAILED.
02/22/12 UPDATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE FROM $21209 TO $2 1949    


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
DAMAGE TO TWO TANK CARS OCCURRED DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS. CRGX 7125 WAS HUMPED FIRST FOLLOW ED BY DUPX 12558. CRGX 7125 STALLED DUE TO AN INOPERATIVE SLACK ADJUSTER AND WAS THEN CORNERED BY TH E DUPX 12558.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN #5902 OPERATED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SW #2174 AND DERAILED 6TH CAR #7713 AND LOCOMOTI VE #4016 ENROUTE EAST ON LAYOVER YARD LEAD AT THE MMC.  RESPONSIBLE CREW NOT IDENTIFIED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW PULLED NORTH FROM ROCK ISLAND SIGNAL WITH 86 CARS TO TRACK 7 AT COMMERCIAL YARD AS INSTRUCTED F ROM SOUTH DISPATCHER, 28 CAR LENGTHS PASSED BEFORE DERAILING THE 29TH THRU THE 32ND CARS.
THE 29TH THRU THE 31ST CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDES AND HAD SPILLED OUT GRAIN. THE 32ND CAR WAS LEANING SEVERELY AND A END WAS ON GROUND WHILE B END WAS STILL ON RAIL. IT APPEARED TO BE HEAD WEB SEPARATION ON TRAC K.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
FRA GEOMETRY CAR DOTX 218 WAS BEING PULLED EAST BY 2 LOCOMOTIVES ON MT4 ON CHICAGO SUBDIVISION.  AT MP 4.74 WIDE GAGE CAUSED L1, L2, R1, AND R2 TO DERAIL AS THE CAR TRAVELED EAST AT THIS LOCATION.  SY MBOL F-Z2181-11Z.     


nearest_city: VAUGHN
county: GUADALUPE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CARRIZOZO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE KG4LB-15 CAME OUT OF SIDING ONTO THE MAIN AND DERAILED 11 CARS.  IT APPEARS A CONTAINER FELL THR OUGH THE FLOOR OF CAR DTTA742745 AND CAUGHT FROG AT SWITCH CAUSING 11 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE DIESEL SHOP HOSTLER ATTENDANT WAS PULLING 5 UNITS INTO THE PAINT SHOP TRACK.  HE DERAILED 3 UNIT S WHEN HE HIT A JOINT IN THE CURVE WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR THE TRACK, FORCING THE RAIL OUT AND RIPP ING THE SPIKES AND TIE PLATES THRU THE TIES ALLOWING THE UNITS TO FALL INSIDE THE RAIL AND THEY WERE DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 560 FEET.  CONSIST WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED OF THE TRACK AT THE TIME OF THE IN CIDENT.   


nearest_city: SELIGMAN
county: YAVAPAI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
M-BELBAR1-16 DERAILED IN CURVE IN DESCENDING GRADE ACCT APPARENT WHEEL LIFT ON ONE CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PEFORMING A GRAVITY SWITCH MOVE WITHIN COMPLIANCE TO SPOT CUSTOMER. ENGINEER CUT OUR LOCOMO TIVES TO CHANGE OPERATING ENDS AND WHILE HE WAS TRAVELING ON THE CAT WALK HE NOTICED THE LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING. HE QUICKLY MADE IT BACK TO THE CAB AND PLACED THE LOCOMOTIVE INTO EMERGENC. PRIOR TO COMIN G TO A STOP HE STRUCK AN EMPTY TANK CAR. ENGINEER FAILED TO SECURE LOCOMOTIVES.    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
2 CARS FOUND DERAILED DUE TO BY-PASSED DRAWBARS.  DATE AND TIME OF INCIDENT IS UNKNOWN.  THIS WAS A BYPASSED COUPLER IMPACT THAT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YCH08R-31 KICKED 4 CARS INTO TRACK 9, THEN TIED ON TO THE REST OF THE TRACK.  WHEN CREW WALKED DOWN TO PROTECT THEIR SHOVE, THEY DISCOVERED 8 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: TOPEKA
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
E-LRTWTM0-28A PULLING OUT OF 416 TRACK AT TOPEKA SMT, FACING POINT MOVE, RODE SWITCH POINT UP DUE TO STOCK RAIL BEING LOWER THAN SWITCH POINT AND STOCK RAIL BEING WORN.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS THE AUTOMATIC PRO YARD SYSTEM LINED CGEX 1086 INTO TRACK C26 WHICH WAS BEING FOULED BY CRYX 3077 IN TRACK C27 RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. NOTHING DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HERON LAKE
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
EJMASG-11 LITE POWER MOVE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8475, STRUCK SEMI-TRUCK HAULI NG A LOAD OF CORN WHEN IT PULLED INTO THE PATH OF THE MOVING TRAIN.  TRAIN STRUCK TRAILER DESTROYING IT.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
2G39-08 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING THEIR TRAIN INTO TRACK 5-205 IN YARD 9 AT THE UPRR PROVISO YAR D. THE CONDUCTOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TELLING  THE ENGINEER TO STOP THE TRAIN TO MAKE A CUT, THE TR AIN STOPPED, AND THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT TWO CARS WERE DERAILED-MWNCX 500464 AND CRDX 20348. UNIO N PACIFIC RAILROAD WILL BE REPORTING $304 FOR TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: DRAKE
county: MCHENRY
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT H52-04 WAS PROCEEDING OVER US HIGHWAY 52 CROSSING AT DRAKE, ND WHEN A SEMI TRACTOR/TRAILE R  DID NOT STOP & MADE CONTACT WITH TRAIN BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD CAR, RESULTING IN 3 CARS DERAILING. DRIV ER OF SEMI (LONE OCCUPANT) SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND HOSPITALIZED. TRAIN CREW DID NOT OBSERVE T HE VEHICLE OR KNOW THEIR TRAIN HAD BEEN STRUCK UNTIL THE AIR DUMPED AFTER IMPACT. GATED SIGNAL & STA ND WERE SHEARED OFF ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CROSSING. NO INDICATION THIS WAS A RESULT OF ANY SUICID AL ACT. - FIELD #8 (FORM 57) FIELD #12 (FORM 54) NEWTOWN SUB - FIELD #30 (FORM 54) METHOD OF OPERATI ON 2. NOT SIGNALED - 3. YARD/RESTRICTED LIMITS - FIELD #34 (FORM 57) ROADWAY CONDITIONS A. DRY - FIE LD #53A/B (FORM 57) VIDEO TAKEN - NO, VIDEO USED - NO


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING CARS IN AUTOMATIC THE CGEX STRUCK THE UTLX, NO DERAILMENT. ESTIMATED DAMAGES: CGEX $21 23; UTLX $33063.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: LAKESIDE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YEL51R-12 WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF TRACK 2 WESTBOUND WHEN THE AIR HOSE ASSEMBLY FELL DOWN CATCHING ON A TRACK SPIKE AND PULLING THE BRACKET OFF OF THE CAR BODY IN FRONT OF THE LEADING WHEEL.  THE CAR D ERAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO ONLY THE FBOX504421 EMPTY BOXCAR.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
QEGNL-16 PULLING FROM REMOUNT USED IMPROPER THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS AND EXCESSIVE HORSEPOWER CREATING E XCESSIVE WHEEL SLIP AND CAUSING RAIL BURNS AND BROKEN RAILS AT MP 251.15.  TWO CARS DERAILED IN TRAI N, CN 395972 AND NS 410275.     


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO Y-PAS2272-15 DERAILED LEADING WHEEL OF ONE CAR AT WHICH POINT. WHEEL CLIMBED POINT WHERE POINTS GAPPED UNDER WEIGHT OF CAR WHERE CROSSLEVEL WAS IRREGULAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BRANCHTON
county: BUTLER
railroad: BLE
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: BESSEMER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
DRIVER OF A LOADED LOG TRUCK FAILED TO STOP AT THE STAMM ROAD AND WAS HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAIN.  DR IVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: GTW
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A45161-28 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 22 AT THE WEST END OF IHB'S GIBSON YARD WHEN 4 LOADED AUTO RACKS DE RAILED AT THE 22/23 SWITCH.  THE CARS THAT DERAILED WERE ETTX 701585, ETTX 908302, ETTX 901350, ETTX 800609.  THE DERAILED CARS ALSO DAMAGED AN IHB ENGINE THA WAS ON AN ADJACENT TRACK.  THE IHB ADVISE D $1,024 IN LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE AND $4,878 IN TRACK DAMAGE.  IHB SUPERINTENDENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH C N/IC OFFICIALS THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY SECURED/LATCHED SWITCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LINED BY AN IHB CREW.  


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 718 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR CDTX8312 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/52 TRAILING STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT BECAME HIGH CENTERED ON THE TRACKS AT MP1006.4.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE I S $11,316.00.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
HUMPING BNY8, CAR UTLX 200293 STALLED IN BC11.  A PAIR FOR BC11 FOLLOWED AND DRAWBARS CROSSED AND WE NT UNDER CROSSWALK OF TANK CAR AND TURNED THE RAIL.  MLLX 97733 AND EQUX 621208 HIT AT TOO HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HIT THE STALLED CAR UTLX 200293 AND CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   EQUIPMENT COSTS ADJUSTED 4-16-12, TOTAL FRA COSTS FOR REPORT 1612 IS NOW $11,099 (FRA COSTS WENT FROM $5,128 TO $11,099, 4-16 -12).   


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YBG61R-22 WAS ASSISTING TRAIN MFWMH-22 WITH THEIR SET OUT AND PICK UP.  YBG61R-23 WAS IN TRACK 003 A ND MFWMH-22 IN TRACK 002.  RCO WAS TO BRING LITE POWER TOWARD OPERATOR BUT HAD BOX IN REVERSE AND ST RUCK THE MFWMH-22.  UP840 DERAILED UPON IMPACT.  (UP840, EM-GP38-2, FUEL TANK CAPACITY OF 2,600 GAL, SPILLED 1,200 GAL OF DIESEL FUEL.)    


nearest_city: WOLF POINT
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
L-MON8142-16 SHOVED THROUGH ELECTRICALLY LOCKED SWITCH WITHOUT LINING IT FOR MOVEMENT TO BE MADE.  N O CARS DERAILED BUT SWITCH DAMAGED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Q51530 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE L-LINE AND THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY, AND THE A IR DID NOT COME BACK UP.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND LINES 101-107 DERAILED.  FURTHER INVESTIGA TION REVEALED THAT ARMN 110300 DERAILED AT THE NORTH END OF THE HAND TRHOW CROSSOVER DUE TO THE SWIT CH BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.    


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
H-PASLIN9-06 SETOUT BAD ORDER CAR TO 2212 TRACK BUT FAILED TO SECURE CAR.  CAR ROLLED OUT OF TRACK W HEN BRAKES BLED OFF, STRIKING STANDING CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: HARFORD
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
HSP TRAIN 2251 REPORTED STOPPED ON NO.4 TRACK WITH DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH.  CATENARY WIRES REPORTED DAMA GED AND DOWN AT MP66.46 WITH DOWNED WIRES FOULING NO.2 AND NO.3 TRACKS AND OVERHEAD WIRE SAGGING ON NO.4 TRACK.     


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y19221 PULLING OUT OF B32 WAS STRUCK BY EQUIPMENT THAT ROLLED OUT OF B29 DUE TO OVERSPEED OFF THE CR EST.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y29103 EMPLOYEE WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE LEADING END AND SHOVED HIS CUT IN R03 INTO THE SIDE OF A CUT IN R04.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
UP TRAIN QNPINX DERAILED DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF INDEPENDENT BRAKE HANDLING AND  DRAGGED THE CAR THRO UGH KANSAS CITY RAILROAD, TERMINAL RAILROAD AND THEN ONTO OUR TRACKS. KANSAS CITY RR REPORT #1102140 1 WITH TRACK DAMAGE OF $5000.00, TERMINAL RR REPORT # WITH TRACK DAMAGE OF $500 AND UNION PACIFIC RE PORT #0211SL019 WITH ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OF $6000.00. CSX REPORT #000085770 WITH $200.00 TRAC K DAMAGES.   


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
SWITCH ENGINE E/797 DERAILED AT SOUTH END OF 5E TRACK NEAR 486 SWITCH DUE TO RAIL IN 5E IS 5/8 OF AN INCH OUT OF GAUGE.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
OPERATOR OF SYSTEM BALLAST REGULATOR BR9818, WAS WORKING AROUND CPA291 CROSSOVER SWITCH.  WORKING CL OSE TO THE SWITCH MACHINE, RIGHT WING WAS NOT LOCKED IN AND WAS WORKING ON THE LEFT SIDE.  RIGHT SID E DRIFTED DOWN, CATCHING THE SWITCH ROD MACHINE, BENDING AND BREAKING THE CASE TO THE SWITCH MACHINE AND MOTOR.    


nearest_city: CREWE
county: NOTTOWAY
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YARD JOB VC12 MOVING WEST ON THE YARD SWITCHING LEAD, RAN-THROUGH THE WY04 SWITCH. THEN REVERSED OVE R SAME, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF TWO CARS.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-LIN2022-17 HUMPING INTO TRACK 815. LAST CAR OF FIRST CUT DERAILED ON FAILED RETARDED, THEN WAS SHOVED FURTHER WHEN 2 MORE CARS WERE HUMPED BEHIND. AUTO HUMPING WAS CEASED WHEN CREW NOTED DERAILM ENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAINMASTER WAS NOTIFIED BY TDSI THAT A BUCK LOADER HAD BEEN STRUCK AND DAMAGED BY A RAIL CAR IN J01 TRACK AT THE WALBRIDGE TDSI AUTO LOADING SITE. THE   INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CAR AOK 501886 HAD BEEN SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OFF THE END OF J01 TRACK AND STRUCK A BUCK LOADER PARKED AT THE N ORTH END OF J01 TRACK WHICH IS A STUB ENDED TRACK. UPON ARRIVAL AT J01 TRACK AROUND 1400 HRS, THE DA MAGED BUCK LOADER WAS FOUND BUT THE RAIL CAR THAT HAD STRUCK THE BUCK LOADER WAS NO LONGER IN J01. U PON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AOK 501886 WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE YARD WITH A PRIMARY CLASS CODE OF Q211 (T DSI) AND AN OPERATING CLASS CODE OF BOS. DAMAGE ON THE END DOOR OF AOK 501886 CORRESPONDED  TO THE D AMAGE ON THE BUCK LOADER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AOK 501886 HAD BEEN SHOVED OFF THE END OF J01 TRACK


nearest_city: ODENTON
county: ANNE ARUNDEL
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
MARC LOCOMOTIVES E/32-E/22 DERAILED AS A RESULT OF WIDE GAGE AT THE JOINT BAR.  MARCS EQUIPMENT DAMA GE IS $38,070.00.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: TRRA
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
T300 WAS ON TRACK NUMBER 31 AND WAS GIVEN YARDING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE BNSF LINDENWOOD YARDMASTER T O YARD THEIR TRAIN INTO TRACK NUMBER 11 BY THE WAY OF SCULLINS NUMBER 1 TRACK. AS THE T300 PULLED IN SCULLINS 1 TRACK THEY PROCEEDED WEST APPROX. 500 FEET AND THE BNSF STL322 (RCO) STRUCK THE T300 TRA IN DERAILING THE NINTH AND TENTH CARS IN THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ZLCAI-14, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7877, STRUCK THE REAR OF A TRAILER THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY A SEMI TRUCK. THE DRIVER DISREGARDED 8-9 SECONDS OF FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS AND BELLS BEFORE HE DROVE ONTO THE C ROSSING AND IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAIN.  THE CROSSING GATES CAME DOWN AT THE FRONT OF THE LONG TRAIL ER BEING PULLED BY THE SEMI TRUCK AS THE VEHICLE MOVED VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE CROSSING.  TRAIN STRUC K THE REAR OF THE TRAILER THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY THE SEMI TRUCK.  THE COLLISION RESULTED IN CASUAL TIES TO CITIZENS THAT WERE RIDING ON THE TRAILER PORTION OF THE RIG.  


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
6 HOURS TO HUMPING  OPERATIONS UTILITY PERSON LINING RT07 UP THE MAIN BYPASSED THE HUMP MAIN SWITCH CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF LW 470353, NS 197659, NS 200667 AND EEC 2146.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MERCHANTS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TTGX 996686 WAS HUMPED INTO BOWL TRACK 38 AND PASSED COUPLERS WITH NS 471216. THE PASSED COUPLERS EX CESSIVE FORCE CAUSING 50 FEET OF EAST RAIL TO TURN HALF WAY INTO TRACK  CAUSING TTGX 996686 TO DERAI L.     


nearest_city: JAMESTOWN
county: GUILFORD
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 74 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/1893 AND 4 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP294.51 RAGS DALE AND DILLION ROADS CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PAULSBORO
county: GLOUCESTER
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
PA10X HAD 18 CARS AND DOUBLING TO TRACK YARD #2 WHEN EXCESSIVE SPEED COUPLING CAUSED DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK2052-13 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING INTO BOWL TRK 2034 AT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT SWITCH THAT OPENED U NDER THE CUT.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCT
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CCDS29-09WAS PULLING EASTBOUND M4.  THE 103RD CAR FROM HEADEND DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN WHEEL JOURNAL .      


nearest_city: YATES CENTER
county: WOODSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CS2RO9-12 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK EXPERIENCED A UDE, CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND MULTIPLE RAILCARS DERAILED.  THE COMBINATION OF A NON FRA CONDEMNABLE FLANGE ALONG WITH A NEW FROG DESIGN CONTRIBUTED TO ONE WHEEL SET DERAILING AT THE SOUTH SWITCH DURAND, KS.     


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YWC62-12 WAS SHOVING 30 CARS WEST ON TRACK 13 IN THE SWAMP YARD WHEN REAR CAR TTGX 987833 SIDESWIPED 2 CARS ON LPW14-12 (TTGX 978047 & TTGX 965993) WHICH WAS SITTING ON TRACK 106 WAITING TO GET INTO W EST CHICAGO YARD.  NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
S60126 WAS SHOVING 69 CARS INTO S02 WHEN THE PTTX 913527 DERAILED AT THE FROG ON THE S01/S02 SWITCH.       


nearest_city: SAN BRUNO
county: SAN MATEO
railroad: PCMZ
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CALTRAIN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 152 OPERATING SOUTH BOUND ON MT#2 STRUCK A EMPTY SEMI DUMP TRUCK TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON T HE CROSSING AT ANGUS AVE IN SAN BRUNO, CA.      


nearest_city: PEWAUKEE
county: WAUKESHA
railroad: CP
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: WATERTOWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR WAS RUNNING THE MARK IV TAMPER MACHINE 7206-19 ON MAIN 2.  MACHINE OPERATOR WAS WAI TING ON 2 MACHINES TO CROSSOVER FROM MAIN 1 TO MAIN 2.  THE MACHINES CLEARED ONTO MAIN 2, THEN MACHI NE OPERATOR CALLED FOREMAN FOR FOUL TIME THROUGH DUPLAINVLLE TO FOLLOW THE MACHINES EAST.  MACHINE O PERATOR RECEIVED PERMISSION TO PROCEED UNAWARE THAT THE EAST MAIN 2 CROSSOVER SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN LI NED FOR HIS MOVEMENT.  MACHINE OPERATOR PROCEEDED SLOW LOOKING FOR SURFACE SPOTS WHEN HIS MACHINE CA ME TO A STOP AND THEN REALIZED HE WAS SPLITTING THE POINTS.  EMPLOYEE BACKED UP, GOT OUT, LOOKED AT THE POINTS AND NOTICED THEY WERE GAPPING, AND PROCEEDED TO CALL FOREMAN WHO CALLED DISPATCHER TO LIN E SWITCH.  THE CROSSOVER SWITCH AT DUPLAINVILLE WAS INOPERABLE.


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: HALL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GAINESVILLE MIDLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS HOLDING ON TO 28 CARS WHILE SHOVING IN PILGRIMS? PRIDE GAINESVILLE WHEN THE 2ND AND 3RD CAR S BEHIND THE ENGINE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE ON THE Y-LAL1011-22A WAS WATCHING THE POINT FROM THE GROUND WHILE SHOVING BACK AND FAILED T O STOP SHORT OF OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Y-TUL3021-15 HUMPED 1 CAR INTO BOWL 34 TRK AGAINST SKATES WHICH DID NOT HOLD. THIS ALLOWED CAR TO RO LL OUT EAST END OF BOWL AND COLLIDE WITH CAR ON LEAD THAT HAD BEEN LEFT EARLIER.      


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: PUTNAM
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ICE/SNOW PACKED UP TO THE TOP OF THE RUNNING RAILS ALLOWED L1 WHEEL FLANGE ON CAR #8133 TO COME UP A ND RIDE ON THE BALL OF THE RAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 5' BEFORE DROPPING OFF TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUN NING RAIL, WHICH CAUSED THE 3RD RAIL CONTACT SHOES ON CARS 8133-2 TO STRIKE THE 3RD RAIL NOSE PIECE AND CAUSED SUBSEQUENT 3RD RAIL DAMAGE ON THE SOUTH PIT TRACK.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YPRCN-30 PULLED INTO TRACK 209 WHEN LINE 44-46 DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL ON THE EAST RAIL OF TRA CK 209 10 FEET FROM THE POINTS.  DETAILED FRACTURE PRESENT IN RAIL AT BREAK.      


nearest_city: DOCTORTOWN
county: WAYNE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
A76828 WAS PULLING WITH 2 ENGINES AND 18 CARS FROM RAINER. DERAILED BOTH ENGINES AND 2 CARS. LEAD EN GINE 8113 TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. CONDUCTOR REPORTED INJURY DUE TO INCIDENT.      


nearest_city: MOSBY
county: CLAY
railroad: DME
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: KANSAS CITY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 271-26 WAS HEADING DOWNHILL THROUGH MOSBY ON MAIN TRACK NO 1.  STUDENT ENGINEER WAS USING DYNA MIC BRAKES TO MAINTAIN TRAIN SPEED AT 25 MPH THROUGH A SEED RESTRICTIONS.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2345, JU ST AS HE BEGAN TO TRANSITION FROM DYNAMIC BRAKING TO POWER, THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERG ENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE ADJACENT HIGHWAY WITNESS THE DERAILMENT AN D IMMEDIATELY CALLED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE.  14 CARS HAD DERAILED AND PART OF THE BRIDGE AT MOSBY JUNCTION WAS DESTROYED.  THE DERAILMENT DID NOT INVOLVED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, BUT THERE WAS $568,100 IN ENVIRONMENTAL/CLEAN-UP COSTS. 


nearest_city: HAHNVILLE
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YARD JOB AN30 SWITCHING ON THE NEW ORLEANS YARD NORTHEAST LEAD WITH 1 UNIT, 0-11-500 TONS DERAILED C EFX 73050 CEFX 73050 AND DAMAGED RACX 51814, GATX 68301, UTLX 48088 AND CGLX 10041.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y-OKC3061-08 ATTEMPTED TO KICK A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE FOULING THE SWITCHING LEAD INTO THE CLEAR BY BUTTING KNUCKLES BETWEEN THE CARS THEY WERE HANDLING AND THE FOULING EQUIPMENT.  3 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TK01 HUMPING RECEIVING TRACK #8 (TRAIN 16T) WITH 13 LOADS, 71 EMPTIES, 3553 TONS, WITH 26TH HEAD CAR (RBOX 43991) CODED TO BE HUMPED TOWARDS CLASS TRACK #46. THIS CAR FAILED TO SLOW DOWN ONCE IT CAME OFF THE MASTER RETARDER, AND RETARDER. CAUSING IT TO EXIT OUT THE EAST END SKATE AND DOWN THE PULLBA CK LEAD TO THE SWITCH POINT DERAIL.  DERAILING ALL WHEELS OF THIS CAR.    


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YARD CREW WAS SHOVING RAIL TO MAKE ROOM FOR FIVE MORE CARS.  CREW THOUGHT THERE WERE ELEVEN CARS IN TRACK AND FAILED TO PROTECT THE POINT, SHOVING OUT OF THE NORTH END OF TRACK, DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: MANSFIELD
county: BRISTOL
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 2154 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO REAR UNIT 2031 DUE TO FAILURE OF CAST ALUMINUM SIDE BEAM O N THE COLLECTOR HEAD.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW GOT ON AT THE BLUE ROOM, RAN THROUGH IY03 HEADING EAST, U-MAN LINED ALL THE SWITCHES FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. THE TRAIN HAD 2 ENGINES AND 5 BAD ENGINES IN TOWN. ENGINEER STATED HE WAS PULLING THROUGH IY03 AND GOT UP ON THE MARKET ST. END OF THE YARD AND AT APPROXIMATELY THE PLYWOOD SWTICH WHEN HE FE LT A TUG AND THEN HITS TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UNON INSPECTION FOUND NS 8838 & NS 2599 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
H-BARGAL9-20 BEING HANDLED BY RCO YARD CREW, DERAILED 4 CARS.  INVESTIGATION INDICATED BUFFING/SLACK ACTION CAUSED BY TRAIN MAKE-UP.  NO HF RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNED AS THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP RULES IN SWI TCHING YARDS.     


nearest_city: FREMONT
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NILES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 14 DERAILED ENGINE 205 AT NILES JUNCTION IN FREMONT.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO T RACK CONDITION INVOLVING THREE FACTORS:  (1) EXCESSIVE CURVE WEAR AND RAIL FLOW THROUGHOUT THE CURVE LEADING UP TO AND THROUGH THE POINT OF DERAILMENT, SOUTH OF THE DUAL CONTROL SWITCH AT CP F030 NILE S JUNCTION.  (2) RAIL TRANSITION BETWEEN THE INSULATED JOINT PLUG 141 LB RAIL TO HEAVILY WORN 136 LB RAIL.  NON-FUNCTIONING RAIL LUBRICATOR IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE CURVE WHERE DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  T HE RAIL SHOWED SIGNS OF PAST RAIL LUBRICATION, BUT IT WAS VERY DRY AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT.  T HESE THREE FACTORS TOGETHER CAUSED THE WHEELS OF THE LEADING TRUCK OF E/205 TO CLIMB THE RAIL, RESUL TING IN THE DERAILMENT.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $27,850.00.


nearest_city: DRISCOLL
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
MEWOL-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7811, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING CROSSING.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER.  DRIVER EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  UP7811 DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: VIRDEN
county: MACOUPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SPRINGFIELD SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE BRO706 KERSHAW BALLAST REGULATOR IN SECOND GEAR AND HIT A BURIED CONCRETE PAD.  EMPLOYEE FLEW FORWARD HITTING HIS LEFT FOREHEAD ON WINDSHIELD; CAUSING GLASS TO BREAK , RESULTING IN INJURY TO LEFT EYE AND BRUISING OF FOREHEAD.     


nearest_city: BLOOMER
county: CHIPPEWA
railroad: WN
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: CHIPPEWA FALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN WAS OPERATING SOUTHBOUND AT SPEED OF 10MPH AND TRAVELED OVER BROKEN RAIL IN A CURVE.  76 CARS TRAVELED OVER THE POINT OF DERAILMENT BEFORE FIRST CAR DERAILED.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CR EW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED ON THEIR SIDES.  DSLE NOTIFIED.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-SUPNTW1-06 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK 3026.  N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  CAUSE UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: YESO
county: DE BACA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Q-CHILAC7-15, WHILE CROSSING FROM MT1 TO MT2, DERAILED 10 CARS WHEN ENCOUNTERED STRONG WIND GUSTS. TRAIN COMPOSED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS Y19112 WAS COUPLED TO 12 CARS AND HAD KICKED 1 CAR TO C14 AND THE N KICKED 1 CAR GATX 72471 TO C15. THEY THEN HAD 2 CARS FOR TRACK C14, BUT DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO KICK THEM SO THEY COUPLED UP TO SHOVE THE TRACK. WHILE COUPLED TO C14 THE GATX 72471 ROLLED BACK OUT OF C 15 INTO THE SIDE OF THE CUT BEING SWITCHED.    


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/19/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 6AM CN-WC CREW R90491 WAS TRYING TO DOUBLE UP THEIR OUTBOUND TRAIN IN OU R NORPAUL YARD.  THEY SHOVED THEIR HEAD END OUT THE EAST END OF THE YARD RUNNING THRU THE N18 LEAD S WITCH AND THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE DERAILING 3 CARS & CAUSING DAMAGE TO 1 CAR ON THEIR TRAIN(CONSIST ING OF 1 LOAD AND 35 EMPTIES). ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE REPORTED FROM THE  CN-WC AMOUNTED TO $19,5 15. THUS PLCX 21294 CAR(CN-WC) STRUCK OUR CARS ON THE ADJACENT TRACK (N17) DERAILING IATR 7714 & DAM AGING ADMX 15825  


nearest_city: HOPKINS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: TCWR
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS MAKING JOINT AGAINST 25 LOADS WITH 57/1.  EXCESSIVE SPEED ON JOINT IN CONJUNCTION WIT H POOR TRAIN HANDLING CAUSED COUPLERS TO BI-PASS DERAILING TWO CARS. FINAL NUMBERS UPDATED ON 1/04/1 1 WHEN BILL FROM UNION TANK CAR WAS FINALLY RECEIVED.  BILL IS PAID THROUGH CAR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM IN OCTOBER OF 2011 BUT THE INVOICE WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND HAD TO COME THROUGH A SPECIAL REQUEST.  FINAL UPDATE ON 1-4-12 AND REPORTED AT THAT TIME.   


nearest_city: SAN CLEMENTE
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 1790 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/133 AND 8 CARS STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT LEFT THE HIGHW AY AND LANDED INTO THE TRAIN RIGHT OF WAY.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $13,964.00.      


nearest_city: ASHLAND
county: BOYD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: KANAWHA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
H70609 WITH LOCOMOTIVES CSXT 6924 AND 2269 PULLED THRU #3 TRACK AT ESI AND LEFT 28 CARS IN THE TRACK . THEY THEN ATTEMPTED TO RUN BACK #2 AND STRUCK THE REAR OF THE 28 CARS THEY JUST PLACED IN TRACK #3 . THE CREW LEFT 86 FEET OF ROOM ON THE EAST END OF THE TRACK AND WERE FOULING BY 38 FEET ON THE WEST END.    


nearest_city: JOAQUIN
county: SHELBY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LUFKIN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
MPBHO-24 TRAVELING SOUTH ON LUFKIN SUB AT MP 184, WHEN THE DOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CAR HS75300 CAME OFF AND FELL UNDER THE TRAIN CAUSING HS75300 AND TWO OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.  CARS DERAILED AND TRAVE LED AND FINALLY CAME TO STOP AT MP 183.50.  ONE CAR TURNED OVER AND TWO WERE DERAILED AND STAYED UPR IGHT.    


nearest_city: WESTPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CANENARY WIRE FAILED UNDER MOVEMENT OF AMTRAK TRAIN # 2168 DUE TO A 98% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK OF TR OLLEY WIRE UNDER CLIP ON TRACK #1 AT CP-244 (SAGA MOVEABLY BRIDGE), RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PANTOGRAP HS OF ATK #2168 AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO WIRE AND PANTOGRAPHS OF METRO-NORTH TRAIN #1556 WHO ENGAGED DAMAGED SECTION AFTER PASSING OF ATK #2168.    


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
C-EBMNP J1-73 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE MOVING FROM SOUTH LEG OF WYE INTO SOUTH YARD.  UPDATE CAUSE CODE S AND CULPRIT PER TR & D RECOMMENDATIONS.      


nearest_city: STURGIS
county: MEADE
railroad: DME
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT B02-25 WAS PROCEEDING DOWN DESCENDING GRADE WHEN TRAIN DERAILED 7 CARS RIGHT BEFORE BRIDG E, ACCOUNT RAIL KINKING. 4 CARS ON THEIR SIDE, 2 LEANING, 1 DERAILED/UPRIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY 400 FEE T OF TRACK DAMAGE. FIELD #12 BLACK HILLS SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NOT SIGNALED, 2. DIRECT TRAFFIC CONTROL, P TRACK WARRANT CONTROL    


nearest_city: MCKEES ROCKS
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: POHC
date: 2012-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
NIT-13 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE EAST BOUND TRACK. THEY CAME TO A STOP AT JUST BEFORE THE 35 TRACK S WITCH. ONCE THE SWITCH WAS LINED THEY PROCEEDED WEST WHEN THEY FELT A JERK AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO E MERGENCY. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CREW FOUND THE 40-41 CARS DERAILED JUST EAST OF ST. JOHNS ROAD. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE R3 WHEEL OF ADMX 29089 DERAILED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL. APPORX. 2000 FEET FROM WHERE THE CARS CAME TO REST. THE OTHER AXLE OF THIS TRUCK AND THE ONE TRUCK ON CAR ADMX 2 9059 DERAILED WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH CROSSOVER JUST EAST OF ST. JOHNS STREET. THIS IS WHERE THE TRAI N WENT INTO EMERGENCY. 


nearest_city: WEST POINT
county: FAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AMNLDR-20, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP5082, TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE CUERO SUB.  TRAIN HAD JUST CLEARED THE HIG HWIDE DETECTOR AT MP 118.6 AT APPROXIMATELY 48 MPH.  CREW CAME AROUND CURVE IN THE TRACK AND NOTICED TRACK MISALIGNMENT.  THE HEAD 12 CARS AND LEAD UNIT MADE IT OVER AREA APPROXIMATELY MP 116.7 DERAIL ING THE 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH CARS FROM THE HEAD END WHICH WERE IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE TRACKS A ND THEN DERAILING 14 CARS BEHIND WHICH WERE COMPLETELY LAID OVER OFF THE TRACKS ON THEIR SIDES AND T HEN DERAILING 1 CAR BEHIND THOSE 14 WHICH WAS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE TRACKS FOR A TOTAL OF 18 CARS. 


nearest_city: SPRING
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LHR04R-06 WAS SWITCHING CARS INTO TRACK 420 FROM 470.  THE CONDUCTOR KICKED A CAR BACK INTO 470 AND IT CAME TO A REST JUST IN THE CLEAR OF TRACK 470.  HE THEN PROCEEDED TO KICK ANOTHER CAR INTO TRACK 420 AND THEN STARTED TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE CAR JUST IN THE CLEAR IN 470.  HE MADE A MOVING JOINT AN D KEPT SHOVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 CAR LENGTHS AT A TOP SPEED OF 10.3 MPH FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 1 465 FEET.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO BE AT THE JOINT, DID NOT STRETCH THE JOINT AND SHOVED APPROXIMATE LY 20 CARS WITHOUT PROTECTING THE POINT, CROSSING DRAWBARS AND DERAILING 6 CARS.  


nearest_city: BARTOW
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: VALRICO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
FUEL TRUCK PULLED UP TO PRIVATE ROAD CROSSING, STOPPED, THEN PROCEEDED AHEAD IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAIN O80707 CAUSING COLLISION AND TANKER TRUCK TO BURST INTO FLAMES. DRIVERS AGE IS UNKNOWN. TANKE R TRUCK WAS CARRYING DIESEL FUEL AND GASOLINE. THE FIRE BURNED APPROXIMATELY 2800 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL, STCC CODE 4914170 AND 700 GALLONS OF GASOLINE, STCC CODE 4908177. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL & WATER MIXTURE THAT REMAINED IN THE BURNED OUT TANKER.   


nearest_city: PYOTE
county: WARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
IYTNSX-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4643, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRA IN AT A PRIVATE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  UP4643 DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YPB24R-10 DOUBLED TRACK 18 TO 20.  THEY LEFT THE ARMN766304 IN BOWL 18 WITH A SKATE AND A HANDBRAKE TIED.  AS THEY WERE DRAGGING OUT OF BOWL 20, THE ARMN766304 CAME OUT OF BOWL 18 AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE CUT HITTING THE UTX952708 AND DERAILING THE ARMN766304.  THERE WERE SOME LOADS HUMPED INTO BOWL 18 AND THE SKATE DIDN'T HOLD THE ARMN766304.  SKATE FAILURE.    


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YARD ENGINE CUT LOCOMOTIVE AWAY FROM CUT OF CARS THAT HAD CLOSED ANGLE COCKS ON BOTH ENDS OF CUT. CU T ROLLED OVER RAIL. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
ON OCTOBER 7 AROUND 17:10 IT WAS REPORTED THAT THREE CARS WERE ON THE GROUND IN BOWL TRACK 24.  IT W AS DETERMINED THAT THE CARS WERE HUMPED ON OCTOBER 6 ON SECOND SHIFT.      


nearest_city: WESTVILLE
county: PORTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARRETT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Q39506 STRUCK K68303 FROM BEHIND ON #2 MAIN. A SHORT TIME LATER, ON #1 MAIN, Q16105 STRUCK DEBRIS FR OM COLLISION.      


nearest_city: MILLS
county: NATRONA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
SWITCH CREW OF YCAS2012-12 FAILED TO LINE DERAIL IN THE NON DERAILING POSITION PRIOR TO INITIATING M OVEMENT OVER THE DERAIL CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YSP20R-09 SHOVING 45 CARS DOWN LEAD INTO 10 TRACK WHEN CAR CN137722 DERAILED AT THE APEX OF THE TURN OUT.  AS RCL REACHED PEAK AMPS OF 950+, THIS CREATED LIFT THAT COMBINED WITH LATERAL FORCES IN TURNO UT.  CAR DERAILED OUTSIDE OF TURNOUT AND FOLLOWED LEAD TOWARD 4 TRACK PULLING OFF 3 MORE CARS.     


nearest_city: DELMAR
county: PICKENS
railroad: ABS
date: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
EASTBOUND ROAD TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM ARTESIA TO TUSCALOOSA.  BROKE RAIL UNDER LOAD, NO PREVIOUS DEFE CT LISTED IN RAIL DETECTION REPORTS.  DERAILED TWO TRAILING LOCOMTIVES, KCS 7006 AND 7021.  INSPECTI ONS CURRENT ON THIS SUBDIVISION.  THIS SECTION IS 100 RA OH RAIL, INLAND, ROLLED 1930.  THIS CURVE W AS LAST SURFACED AND TIES INSTALLED IN AUGUST 2007.  GEOMETRY AND GAGE GOOD, AND 72 HOUR CE REPORT C OMPLETE AND AVAILABLE.  INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY ABS TRACK SUPERVISOR, ABS GM, AND ABWR ROADMASTER .  


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YCB32R-20 WAS TRAVELING LITE ENGINES INTO EAST 8 (208) AT THE SOUTH END WHEN THE TRAILING UNIT UPY 6 56 DERAILED ALL 4 AXLES AT THE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
299-11 (LITE ENGINES) CAME IN CONTACT WITH 2330 BRC PULL DOWN TRAIN IN THE YARD AT BRC CLEARING (MP 9). CROSSOVER WAS LINED INTO THE ADJACENT TRACK COLLIDING WITH GATX 47199 & AEX 11577. CREW FAILED T O SEE THAT THE SWITCH WAS LINED INCORRECTLY.  BRC ADVISES $28,672.26 CAR DAMAGE, NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MLRKMEM122A, BNSF TRAIN, WHILE DRAGGING 21 CARS THE 11TH CAR CLIMBED THE SWITCH AND DERAILED.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $6600.00      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
GA #994G101 LIGHT POWER MOVE WITH 6 UNITS HEADING TO DIESEL SHOP ON WEST DIESEL SHOP OUTBOUND LEAD D ERAILED THE SECOND UNIT IN CONSIST ENGINE NS 6775 LEAD TRUCK WHE 2 AND 3 ACCOUNT OF SWITCH POINT BRO KE UNDER MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: WILDIE
county: ROCKCASTLE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
BOULDER FELL FROM TUNNEL ABOVE. N26916 STRUCK THE BOULDER RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO CSXT 833. NO DERAIL MENT.      


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE KLBNS-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8450, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT LANDED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE NO 2 MAIN TRACK AT THE FAIRWAY DRIVE CROSSING.  THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, STRUCK THE CENTER DIVIDER CRO SSING ARMS AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE TRACK PRIOR TO THE TRAIN HITTING IT.     


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: COCHISE
railroad: AZER
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING CARS OFF BASE TRACK TO SWITCH THEM WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT AN UNUSUAL TUG AND STOPPE D.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN DISCOVERED THEY HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
151 SHOVING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 2 UNITS, 30 LOADS, 30 EMPTIES, 3900 TONS, DE RAILED 40TH THROUGH 43RD HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DL82 SHOVING WEST WITH 3 UNITS ,WHEN BRAKEMAN RAN THROUGH 1B SWITCH TRAVELING WEST THEN MADE REVERSE MOVE DERAILING ENGINE NS 6613.      


nearest_city: GRAYBURG
county: HARDIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
OWVBT1-13 WAS DEPARTING FROM GRAYBURG SIDING TRACK WHEN 8 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS HA RMONIC ROCK OFF.      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
B040 SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS INTO #6 EAST AT HOMES TEAD DERAILED 14TH CAR ACCOUNT BY PASSED COUPLERS .      


nearest_city: LA CROSSE
county: LA CROSSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: AURORA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-LAW1022-08 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE MOVING ON 105 TRACK WHEN B-END R2 ROLLED BEARING ADAPTER ON M OCX 479066 BROKE, CAUSING WHEEL TO TWIST.  1/14/13: PER TR&D REPORT, CAUSE FOUND TO BE SWITCH POINT GAPPED.     


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Y-BEL1032-30 FAILED TO STOP, IMPACTING RCO Y-BEL1022-30 STANDING ON LEAD, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RITCHEY
county: NEWTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
HYRAIL VEHICLE #1 MOVING WESTWARD WAS STRUCK BY HYRAIL VEHICLE #2 MOVING  EASTWARD IN CURVE. HURAIL VEHICLES UNABLE TO STOP DUE TO WET RAIL.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA WELLS
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
ZYCLD-09, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP4634, COLLIDED WITH A FRAC TECH TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING EAST TO WEST A T FM133 THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING.  CONDUCTOR INJURED HIS KNEE.  DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR IN JURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: HUNTINGTON PARK
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALAMEDA CORRIDOR
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN ISLLBR-22 WAS WESTBOUND ON NO. 2 MAIN IN THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR.  WHEN THE TRAIN CROSSED OVER TO NO. 3 MAIN, THEY FELT A TUGGING MOTION AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INVE STIGATE AND FOUND 2 CARS HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DUE TO TREAD BUILDUP ON CAR BNSF270549.  ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE AMOUNT FROM ATAX = $400,000.    


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
C-RWMSLP3-94A DERAILED AT NORTH SIDING SWITCH AT NORTH BAXTER WHEN WHEEL RIM OF PNJX 50272 BROKE AND PICKED FROG OF SWITCH.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
GSCDPX-26 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 40 TRAVELING AT 9 MPH.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHEN IT WAS ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE YARD.  BROKEN RAIL CAUSED 6 CARS TO DERAIL.  THREE CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE, ONE C AR LEANING, AND TWO UPRIGHT.     


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE PARKING A TRAIN AT SAVAGE LANE A BNSF CREW PULLING A BNSF TRAIN DERAILED ONE SET OF TRACKS ON THE UP. THE CAR WAS PULLED ABOUT 1/4 MILE ONTO KCS PROPERTY.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
F-MNNTW1-07 (MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL) SHOVED CARS INTO 1011 TRACK ONTO 26 STANDING CARS, DERAILING 4 CA RS. BNSF INVESTIGATION REVEALED HANDBRAKES SET ON STANDING CARS, CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GLORIETA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS MOVING TWO CONSISTS OF POWER FROM 172 TRACK TO 171 TRACK.  BNSF 8710 CAME OUT OF 172 TRACK AND WAS LINED TO BACK INTO TRACK 171 WITH FOREMAN PROTECTING POINT.  ENGINEER IN OTHER CONSIST BEGAN BACKING OUT OF TRACK 172 WITHOUT PROTECTION WHICH CAUSED THE TWO CONSISTS TO COLLIDE.  LOCO BNSF 87 10, GP60, FUEL CAP. 3,200 GALS. , RELEASED 5 GALLONS    


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: LS
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-LVJ3011-01A SWITCHED/SHOVED 47 CARS IN TRACK 1001 SHOVING THROUGH 1001 TRACK SWITCH AT NORTH END. CREW THEN PULLED BACK SOUTH DERAILING TWO CARS AT THE SWITCH WHICH WERE DRAGGED OVER TRACKS 1002-100 3 AND 1004 APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET.     


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Y ENI3011-23A WAS PULLING A CUT OF FOUR CARS OUT OF TRACK 8502 AT ADM INDUSTRY WHEN THE REAR CAR DER AILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE TRACK.      


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
PL43 SHOVING RECEIVING TRACK 6 NORTH TO THE HUMP WITH UNIT 1629, 42 LOADS, 33 EMPTIES, 6403 TONS AND SIDE SWIPED TRAIN 186 LOCOMOTIVES CONSIST DERAILING CARS 1-5 IN RECEIVING TRACK 6 AND DAMAGING NS 6 196 AND NS 6628 IN TRAIN 186 LOCOMOTIVES.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
BNSF'S MBASTJ-04 WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND OUT OF ROWEN WHEN IT DERAILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE A- END OF THE ATSF625398 (EMPTY BOXCAR).  TRAIN TRAVELED 2.4 MILES BEFORE STOPPED BY DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR.  NON-FRA CONDEMNABLE VARIATION OF CROSS LEVEL IN EXIT SPIRAL OF 10 DEGREE CURVE, BRACKETS MEASURE 2 1/8 INCHES UNDER LOAD, RESULTED IN WHEEL CLIMB.  BNSF EST EQUIP DAMAGE = $2,600.    


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
IDITAX-07 DERAILED 14 WELLS WHILE PULLING INTO THE TACOMA RAIL YARD.  A 3 FOOT SECTION OF BROKEN RAI L WAS FOUND.  TMBL MAINTAINS TRACK.  ESTIMATE = $18,517.  TMBL REPAIRED ALL DAMAGED CARS.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-GAL3012-11A, DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS ONE CAR STOPPED SHORT OF THE RETARDER AND WAS IMPACTED BY A NOTHER DUE TO FOREIGN MATERIAL ON WHEELS OF CAR BEIG HUMPED. NO HAZARDOUS MATEIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEWPORT NEWS
county: NEWPORT NEWS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PENINSULA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING THEIR TRAIN IN DTA 6 AND 7 TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR ON THE U16805 FAILED TO BE ON THE REAR PROTECTING THE POINT RESULTING IN A SIDESWIPE.      


nearest_city: EAST GRAND FORKS
county: POLK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
INBOUND CREW ON M-SUPGFD1-18 MAKING SETOUT TO ACS PLANT DETECTED FIRE ON CABOOSE. FIRE DEPT CALLED T O EXTINGUISH. FIRE APPARENTLY CAUSED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS BOARDING CABOOSE WHILE CREW WAS SWITCHING.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, Y29619 HUMPED A SINGLE CAR, UTLX 663252, TOWARD TRACK B32 DERAILIN G ON GROUP 4 LEAD EAST OF GROUP 4 RETARDER ACCOUNT PORTABLE DERAILER APPLIED BY SYSTEM ENGINEERING E MPLOYEE PROTECTING T7 GANG WORKING IN GROUP 4 AND DERAIL NOT REMOVED WHEN TRACK WAS RELEASED BACK FO R SERVICE. THE CAR EXCEEDED SPEED LIMIT FOR TRACK CLASS.    


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YARD CREW MM-16 OPERATED ENGINE #1002 WITH 7 MU CARS THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH #2105 CAUSING T HE DERAILMENT OF THE A-TRUCK OF CAR #1346.      


nearest_city: REARDAN
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
EAST BOUND 110 CAR GRAIN TRAIN COMING OUT OF 9 DEGREE CURVE, THEN REVERSING IN ANOTHER CURVE UPGRADE AT 1% AT 13MPH.   ENGINEER PULLING TRAIN IN 5 THROTTLE DIDN'T REALIZE 2ND UNIT AND REMAINING 3 UNIT S WERE DERAILED ON INSIDE OF CURVE AS HE WAS OPERATING ON OUTSIDE OF CURVE FELT JERK, THEN 4 CARS BE HIND UNITS DERAILED ON WIDE GAGE OPENED UP BY 2ND UNIT.  WHILE STILL PULLING, TRAIN STRING LINED, TU RNING OVER FIRST 6 CARS AS 7TH CAR AND REAR OF TRAIN SLAMMED INTO DERAILED CARS WHILE STOPPING, TELE SCOPING DERAILED CARS.  


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YNL38R-12 WAS DRAGGING BOWL 55 TO TRACK 107 FOR REPAIRS.  AS THEY WERE PULLING OUT A CAR, 3 FROM THE REAR END HAD THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY CATCH THE NORTH SWITCH, TAKING BOTH TRUCKS OUT FROM UNDER IT AND DE RAILING THE NORTH AXLE ON THE NEXT CAR, ACFX57817.     


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
L50171-01 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 19 HAZARDOUS CARS FROM TRACK GE42 WHEN THE LAST THREE CARS; UTLX 8050 12, TILX 302477 AND PLMX 137591, DERAILED ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE DUE TO WORN CROSS TIES. THERE WERE NO LE AKS OR EXPOSURES.     


nearest_city: KEYSER
county: MINERAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
CSX EMPLOYEE WAS FLAGGING FOR PROGRESS RAIL EMPLOYEES WHO WERE OPERATING A GRAPPLE TRUCK PICKING UP SCRAP RAIL. THE C4 RAIL TEAM HAD JUST LAID NEW CURVE PATCH RAIL AT THIS LOCATION. CSX FOREMAN STARTE D WORK WITH PROGRESS RAIL AT BLAINE, WV WHERE HE CONDUCTED A JOB BRIEFING WITH THE PROGRESS RAIL TEA M. DURING THE BRIEFING IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT THEY WOULD GET OFF THE RAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF IT S TARTED TO RAIN BECAUSE OF THE GRADE OF THE RAIL. THE PROGRESS RAIL TEAM HAD BEEN WORKING THIS SAME A REA FOR THE PAST FOUR DAYS AND WAS AWARE OF THE STEEPNESS OF THE GRADE. AFTER CLEANING UP THE LOCATI ON AT BLAINE THEY MOVED TO MP BAH-36.5. ONLY A PORTION OF THE RAIL AT THIS LOCATION WAS LOADED BECAU SE IT WAS STARTING TO SPRINKLE RAIN. AS THE PROGRESS RAIL TRUCK TRAVELED EAST, CARRYING 63 RAILS APP


nearest_city: HODGE
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2010-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LASR 111 WAS HEADING NORTH WHEN ENGINEER FELT TRAIN JERK, THEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.CONDUCTOR W ALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE 13,14 AND 15 CARS DERAILED. TWO CARS WERE LAID OVER ON THEIR SIDE, ONE WAS UPRIGHT. THE RAIL HAD BROKEN.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
L54591-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING ONTO THE STEPHAN CHEMICALS LEAD TRACK WITH 22 CARS WHEN SIX CARS DERAILED. ALL CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION: CRGX 8761, UTLX 673171, UTLX 664277, UTLX 673165, AND CHVX 297005. ONE CAR WAS A LOADED HAZARDOUS CAR -UTLX 666634, THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXP OSURES. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THAT CRGX 8761 HAD DROPPED BETWEEN THE RAILS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE -58 1/2" NOTED AT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT. THIS CAUSED THE RAIL TO TO ROLL DERAILING THE FOLLOWING CARS. TIES WERE NOTED TO BE IN BAD CONDITION AND RAIL WAS SINGLE SPIKED ALLOWING RAIL TO P USH TO THE OUTSIDE. 


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THIS REPORT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED WITH THE WRONG DATE, IT WAS REMOVED AND ENTERED CORRECTLY.
TRA IN NO 1109 AT NORTH STATION WITH 5 CARS AND LOCO 51. CREW REPORTED FLUCTUATING AMPERAGE AND SMOKE ON LOCO 51. 
EQUIPMENT WAS SWAPPED OUT AND DEPARTED LEAVING THE LOCOMOTIVE AT NORTH STATION.
FIRE WA S PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPT. AND THE SWITCHER WAS BROUGHT IN TO REMOVE THE DISABLED LOCO.
THE LOCOMO TIVE IS LEASED. NOT SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED 

REPORT UPD ATED 2.12.14 TO REFLECT THE CHANGE TO THE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. I ROUNDED THE NUMBERS UP TO 38,000 WHEN THE ACTUAL DAMAGE ESTIMATE IS 37,494.40 
 


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YFW33R-12, PULLING OUT OF TRACK 16 ON THE 2 LEAD AND DERAILED 6 CARS AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ROC Y-KCK3012-12 CREW DISCOVERED COUPLING NOT MADE IN TRACK 2008 WHEN THEY WERE PULLING FROM ADJACEN T TRACK.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED BROKEN COUPLER.  NO DERAILMENT.  MECHANICAL INTERFACE UPDATE RAISED REPAIR COSTS OVER REPORTING THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: WINONA
county: WINONA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YW171-01 PULLING WESTWARD OUT OF THE WINONA RIVER RAIL FACILITY DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.       


nearest_city: STRATFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
AUXILIARY WIRE ON TRACK #4 AT CATENARY POLE #861 BURNT THROUGH AT CONNECTION POINT DUE TO EXCESSIVE ARCING WHICH RESULTED IN THE WIRE FAILING. WIRE FELL INTO FOUL AND ENGAGED PANTOGRAPHS OF TRAIN #652 2     


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YNL29R-29 WAS SHOVING TRACK 202 TO THE HUMP WHEN THE 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH CAR FROM THE NORTH END DE RAILED AT THE 202 TO EAST LEAD SWITCH.  CAUSE BROKEN SWITCH POINT ON THE EAST LEAD SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MECKLING
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
U-MITALS9-15 DERAILED 5 CARS AT MP 560.5 DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL. CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT AND IN TRN UNTIL UDE OCCURRED AT MP 556.0      


nearest_city: WILLIAMSBURG
county: JAMES CITY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN P06731 STRUCK A VEHICLE AT A PRIVATE ROAD CROSSING RESULTING IN A FATALITY TO THE DRIVE R OF VEHICLE.      


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
HH67 SHOVING WEST WITH THE NS 5505 PLUS ONE, 26 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, 2665 TONS ON TRACK 3 STRUCK THE CAR ON THE WEST LADDER DERAILING THE DTTX 658352      


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: BUTLER
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q36005 DERAILED CARS WHILE MOVING THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS FROM THE INDIANPOLIS SUBDIVISION TO THE #1 MAIN THROUGH A SECOND CROSSOVER FROM #1 TO #2 MAIN ON THE CINCINNATI TERMINAL SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
R90161-10 WHILE PERFORMING SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN LANG YARD DERAILED THE B-END OF EMPTY CAR DEEX 54 29 IN TRACK LT58. THIS CAR THEN CAUGHT THE CORNER OF LOADER CARS, GEAX 5121, IN THE ADJACENT TRACK L T59 AND DAMAGED IT. INVESTIGATION FOUND  THAT WHILE SWITCHING, DEEX 5429 HAD ROLLED BACK THRU THE SW ITCH AND THEN THE CREW PULLED THE CAR BACK THROUGH THE SWITCH IT DERAILED. CREW WAS UNAWARE THAT THE CAR HAD RUN THRU THE SWITCH. NO INJURIES AND NO HAZ-MAT INVOLVED.   


nearest_city: WALNUT HILL
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: AGR
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PENSACOLA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CONDUCTOR STATED THAT HE SQUATTED DOWN, LIFTED WITH HIS LEGS AND ONCE HE HAD THE KNUCKLE APPROXIMATE LY 12" FROM THE GROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK AND IMMEDIATELY DROPPED THE KNUCKLE TO THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: PAOLA
county: MIAMI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
MKCFW-08 DERAILED 2 CARS, THE HZGX186 AND THE HZGX1860, DUE TO TRAIN MAKEUP/EXCESSIVE LATERAL DRAWBA R FORCE ON A CURVE.  THE DERAILED EQUIPMENT WAS A REAR RIDING ONLY THAT DID NOT SHOW A PLACEMENT ERR OR FOLLOWING A TRAIN SET IN NET CONTROL.  CREW NOT RESPONSIBLE.     


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YCV53-19 WHILE TRAVELING ON SKOL MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  SKO L ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $8,469      


nearest_city: BUSSEY
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: DES MOINES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
SC-12 WORKING WEST SURFACING TRACK AFTER TIES WERE REPLACED. PRODUCTION TAMPER, FOLLOWED BY PUP TAMP ER AND REGULATOR. TAMPERS STOPPED AND REVERSED ABOUT 80 FT; REGULAR OPR DID NOT NOTE CHANGE OF POSIT ION, COLLIDING WITH PUP TAMPER.     


nearest_city: ELLISGROVE
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CGMTC-14 WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON WALKING THE TRAIN, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 6 LOADED COAL CARS DERAIL ED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE QRVNPP-31 WAS EAST BOUND ON THE NO. 2 MAIN ON THE SIDNEY SUB WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY THE DISP ATCHER OF A DRAGGING EQUIPMENT ALARM THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED.  UPON INSPECTION THE NS469616 WAS FOUND DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN JOURNAL.     


nearest_city: TEXHOMA
county: TEXAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: PRATT SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
LMM51-12, WITH LEAD UNIT GMTX2643, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CR 17 CRO SSING.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: TUALATIN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: PNWR
date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
HWY USER FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND GOT HIGH CENTERED ON RAIL AT CROSSING.  DRIVER EX ITED VEHICLE BEFORE IT WAS STRUCK BY COMMUTER TRAIN.      


nearest_city: SANDUSKY
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 29 LOADS, PULLING NORTH ON THE RUNNER TRACK DERAILED LOCOMOTIVES AND HEAD THREE CARS AT DERAIL.      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 55 WITH ENGINE 932 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 932 DUE TO CONSTANT TENSION SWIVEL OFF PULL-OFF PIPE BROKE AND HUNG DOWN INTO FOUL OF PANTOGRAPH AT 295 OVERHEAD BRIDGE.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND TEN CARS SOUTH INTO CRANE 5 WHEN THEY DERAILED EEC 2775, EQUX 63 0692, EQUX 621119 AND TTPX 805187.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: MONAHANS
county: WARD
railroad: TNMR
date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LOVINGTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CREW COUPLED TWO SPLIT CROSSINGS DURING A SHOVE MOVE ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 676.  AFTER THE TWO C OUPLINGS WERE MADE, THE FINAL MOVE WAS A FORWARD MOVEMENT OUT OF THE CROSSING TO SET OUT EMPTY RELEA SED CARS FROM THE NORTH END OF 676.  MOVE 1 WAS A JOINT INTO TWO STANDING CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF T HE CROSSING; MOVE 2(DERAILING MOVE) WAS A JOINT THAT OCCURRED IN THE APEX OF THE 676 CURVE JUST TO T HE NORTH OF THE CONCRETE CROSSING. WHEN THE JOINT WAS MADE ON THE TRACK 676, THE ANGLE OF THE COUPLI NG COMBINED WITH THE CURVATURE WAS ENGOUH TO PUSH THE TRUCKS OFF OF THE RAIL.  


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YKB24-03, SWITCHING CUT OF 43 CARS OUT OF TRACK 63, WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF TRACK ON WEST END.  THEY S HOVED 8 CARS INTO TRACK 64.  CREW MADE A 3 JOINT IN TRACK 64 JUST CLEAR OF CARMAN CROSSING, AND FORE MAN WENT TO THE REAR END OF THE TRACK TO PROTECT SHOVE.  SW1 WAS AT WEST SWITCH 64 AND FOREMAN WAS P ROTECTING POINT.  CREW PROCEEDED WITH SHOVE TO CLEAR UP AND IT WAS WITNESSED BY ANOTHER CREW IN PASS ING VAN THAT SHOUTED OVER RADIO TO STOP MOVEMENT.  THEY DERAILED 5 CARS EXTENDING FROM TRACK 62 ONTO LEAD, INCLUDING THE STUB TRACKS AT KIRBY YARD.  NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: ANGLETON
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LHF48-22 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 003 WITH CONDUCTOR PROTECTING NORTH END OF SHOVE AND CARMEN ON SOUTH END.  CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO SHOVE 15 TO CLEAR UP NORTH END.  CARMEN STATED PLEN TY OF ROOM FOR SHOVE.  CONDUCTOR STATED 3 CARS THEN 1 AND CARMAN TOLD ENGINEER TO PLUG TRAIN.  JOB S HOVED 1 RAILCAR OUT END OF TRACK INTO STANDING LOCOMOTIVES.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SHOVING MOVEMENT, M AN ON LEADING END, FAILURE TO CONTROL.   


nearest_city: BEAVER CITY
county: FURNAS
railroad: NKCR
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. ENGINEER LOOKED BACK TO SEE DEUST AND DIRT FLYING APPX 25 CARS BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVES. CONDUCTOR WENT BACK TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND DISCOVERED 4 CARS ON THEIR SIDES AND 3 UPRIGHT. IN FURTHER INVESTIGATION, GM FOUND VSH IN SOUTH RAIL EAST OF BRIDGE.     


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE MPBBW-12 RAN THROUGH THE MAINLINE SWITCH (#41) THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  THEY DERA ILED 3 CARS WHEN PROCEEDING TO SHOVE INTO TRACK 42 THOUGH THE SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH.  DER AILMENT.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK     


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
25Z WHILE PULLING WEST WITH NS 9800, NS 9489, 32 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 4205 TONS DERAILED THE 23RD T HROUGH 28TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YEW12R-16 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 302 AND MOVING ON NORTH WING WHEN CREW NOTICED DUST COMING FROM RAILCAR.  JOB STOPPED, SLACK RAN OUT AND 4 RAILCARS FOUND DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS TRAIN HANDLING.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE 1559 JOB WAS SHOVING THE G4507 TRAIN FROM 15 WEST WITH 68 CARS UP 1 WAPR WHEN THE 5TH THRU THE 1 0TH CARS FROM THE ENGINE DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL      


nearest_city: DEEP WATER
county: FAYETTE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
H90721 PULLING LOADS OUT ALLOY INDUSTRY TURNING OVER AEX 975 AND DERAILING AEX 905, AEX 909, WREX 12 23      


nearest_city: NIAGARA FALLS
county: NIAGARA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y12325, WHICH HAD AHOLD OF 40 CARS ON THE NIAGARA FALLS INDUSTRY LEAD, CUT AWAY FROM THE CARS TO RUN AROUND THEIR TRAIN. CONDUCTOR RIDING THE POINT OF ENGINE CSXT 1146, GAVE ENGINEER A 20 CAR COUNT TO SHOVE LIGHT ENGINES TO START TO RUN AROUND THEIR TRAIN. THE MOVE WENT LONGER THAN 10 CARS WITHOUT F URTHER COMMUNICATION BEFORE CONDUCTOR NOTICED A MISALIGNED CROSSOVER. CONDUCTOR  CONTACTED ENGINEER TO STOP THE MOVEMENT. DETERMINING THAT THE MOVEMENT WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP CONDUCTOR MOVED AWAY ON THE PLATFORM WHEN CSXT 1146 SIDESWIPED CAR TILX 110739. TILX 110739, TILX 110539,AND TILX 110713 WER E DERAILED. 


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS PERFORMING A SHOVE MOVE INTO  PEACH YARD MINUS A MAN ON THE POINT AND SHOVED CAR ECUX 88081 7 OVER DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ROBINSON
county: CARROLL
railroad: RVPR
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BNSF WAS SHOVING (72) CARS OFF BNSF MAIN-2 INTO RVPR INTERCHANGE 1 CAR DERAILED EXITING BNSF MAIN 2 AND WAS SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 20 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WITH 4 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: HINDS
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THE LJA208-04 WAS SHOVING INTO GULF STATES INDUSTRY WHEN ONE TANK CAR OF LIQUID SUGAR DERAILED AND R OLLED OVER. BRAKEMAN RIDING CAR WAS INJURED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM DERAILING CAR.      


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW LEFT 4 LOADED CARS IN THE CLEAR ON WEST END OF 10 RUNNING REVERSED TO 14 SUPPORT GATHERED 7 CAR S - PULLED WEST SIDEWIPING CARS THAT ROLLED OUT OF 10 RUNNING.  INCIDENT INVOLVED 2 SEPARATE TRACKS THAT BOTH SUSTAINED TRACK DAMAGE.  10 RUNNING TRACK SUSTAINED $1,000 AND 14 SUPPORT TRACK SUSTAINED $2,000.  TRACK DAMAGE WAS VERIFIED.    


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: BSR
date: 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY/MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23/24, 2012, LIGHT ENGINE TANX 1511 MOVED UNATT ENDED DOWNGRADE FROM BSR MILEPOST 1.7 TO MILEPOST 0.4, WHERE IT STOPPED DUE TO BOTH TRUCKS HAVE BEEN DERAILED AT A SPLIT-RAIL DERAIL. THE ENGINE REMAINED UPRIGHT AND NEXT TO THE RAILS AFTER TRAVELING 736 FEET FROM THE DERAIL. AT MILE POST 1.5 THE ENGINE HAD STRUCK AN INITIAL FLOP-OVER DERAIL LOCKED IN THE DERAIL POSITION., MAKING A DENT WHERE THE WHEEL FLANGE STRUCK THE DERAIL AND UPROOTED IT, SEN DING IT TUMBLING TWELVE FEET DOWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND COMING TO REST NINE FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLI NE OF TRACK. THE SUBJECT LOCOMOTIVE, A TYPE SW1500 SWITCH ENGINE, HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY BIG SPRING RA IL (BSR) FOUR WEEKS EARLIER FROM TITAN RAIL LEASING, AND HAD BEEN USED ONLY SPORADICALLY FOR TRAININ


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
LOG11R-28 DERAILED WHILE GOING INTO TRACK 15-004 TO PICK UP THE PRGX10239.  CAUSE IS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  TWO CARS IN AN ADJACENT TRACK WERE DAMAGED BY DERAILED CARS FROM LOG11R-28.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
FO49 CREW WAS HUMPING OFF THE MAIN.  THEY FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE THEIR ROUTE AND SHOVED THROUGH MAI N RUNNING 3 SWITCH AND REVERSED BACK THROUGH IT.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WATERLOO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
T77891-06, LOADED COAL TRAIN, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPARTING EASTBOUND OUT OF TRACK WA04 IN WATERLO O YARD WHEN 6 LOADED COAL CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT TRACK BUCKLED. DERAILED WERE CARS: BNSF 650785, NCUX 12413, BNSF 650259 BNSF 650946, BNSF 653253, BNSF 650621     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LWE01R-16 WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF 33 BI-LEVEL CARS PULLED OUT ONTO THE LEAD FROM TRACK 10.  THE CREW WAS SWITCHING INTO TRACKS 10, 11 AND THE EAST WORKING LEAD AT REISOR YARD.  AFTER SWITCHING ABOUT 15 CARS THE CREW WAS GOING TO MAKE A JOINT WITH CARS ALREADY ON THE LEAD WHEN THE MOVEMENT STOPPED.  C ONDUCTOR LOOKED UP THE LEAD AND THREE BI-LEVEL CARS WERE ON THE GROUND.  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: RONCEVERTE
county: GREENBRIER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN TRAVELING EAST DERAILED ON THE MAIN LINE ACCOUNT OF BROKEN OR BENT AXLE BETWEEN WH EEL SEATS.      


nearest_city: HAGER CITY
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
S-LPCSEA1-12 EXPERIENCED UDE MP 391.5 CREW FOUND CARS DERAILED FOULING BOTH MAIN TRACKS. 1 CONTAINER DAMAGED INDUSTRY BUILDING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIP. DERAILMENT CAUSE WAS BROKEN AXLE, #2 WHEEL, DTTX 56145. CONTAINER HJCU 905512, STCC 4918775, RELEASED 12 LIQUID GALLONS. CONTAINER OOLU 9 01683, STCC 4932378, RELEASED 10 LIQUID GALLONS. IT WAS ONE FLAT CAR THAT HAD SEVERAL CONTAINERS ON IT AND TWO CONTAINERS RELEASED HAZMATS.   


nearest_city: SYLACAUGA
county: TALLADEGA
railroad: EARY
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
EAMGATA30 PULLING 37 CARS TO TALLADEGA DERAILED THE THREE LEADING LOCOMOTIVES AND TWO EMPTY CARS WHI LE PULLING UP A HILL AND AROUND A SIX DEGREE CURVE. THE HIGH SIDE OR THE RAIL ROLLED OUT DUE TO DEFE CTIVE TIES IN THE CURVE.     


nearest_city: CATOOSA
county: ROGERS
railroad: POCA
date: 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
POCA 001 WAS SOUTH BOUND PULLING 17 CARS.  12 EMPTIES AND 5 LOADED.  THERE WAS A GAP IN THE SWITCH P OINT OF SWITCH 35.  WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE PASSED THROUGH THE SWITCH IT WENT ON THE GROUND.  ALL 4 AXLE S OF THE ENGINE WENT ON THE GROUND AND 1 AXLE OF THE 1ST CAR TRAILING THE ENGINE WENT ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: TCWR
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERTLEA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TCWR TRAIN, GSB2CP-08, WAS BRINGIN 110 LOADED GRAIN CARS INTO HOFFMAN YARD TO HAND OFF TO UPRR CREW. MULTIPLE CARS IN THE TRAIN DROPPED INSIDE THE GUAGE OF THE RAIL DERAILING 36 CARS AND RERAILING TH EMSELVES.     


nearest_city: PARSIPPANY
county: MORRIS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #608 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT HAD BECOME DISABLED ON THE POWDERMILL RD CROSSING AFTER DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN ON TRACKS. NO INJURIES.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING FROM THE EVERMAN BRANCH OF FWWR'S TRACK, THE FWWR2002-12 JOB DERAILED 4 CARS AT EAST END OF IGN YARD SWITCH DUE TO OBSTRUCTION AND FOULED MAIN LINE 1 AND 2 EAST OF TOWER 55.  FWWR ESTI MATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $9221.00     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-DYT3811-3A SHOVED CARS IN TRACK 605 SOUTH IN TRACK WHILE PROTECTED BY UTILITY SWITCHMAN. AT THE SA ME TIME Y-DYT3311-31 WAS SHOVING CARS NORTH ON 9 TRACK LEAD. Y-DYT3811 SHOVED THROUGH SOUTH END OF 6 05 TRACK AND COLLIDED WITH-DTY3311, DERAILING 4 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB WAS PULLING SOUTH WITH TRAIN 101 WHEN LOCOMOTIVES FEC 716 AND FEC 433 DERAILED AT THE NORTH CROS SOVER SWITCH AT MIDDLE BOWDEN.  CREW WAS PULLING OUT A TOTAL OF 67 CARS FROM C-YARD TO SOUTHBOUND MA INLINE THROUGH THE MIDDLE BOWDEN CROSSOVER.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN BN180-27 WITH LEAD UNIT HBT9631 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED WHILE N AVIGATING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER FROM MAINLINE #1 TO MAINLINE #2.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS THIN FLANGE ON LOCOMOTIVE HBT9631.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $500.00     


nearest_city: WEST SPRINGFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: BERKSHIRE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
B73921 WAS OPERATING EASTBOUND ON TRACK 4 YARD LEAD, WHEN THE REAR TWO CARS (ETCX 630541 AND TILX 19 1564) DERAILED JUST WEST OF CP 99.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: KENTON LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE MRVHK-18 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE MAIN TRACK MAKE A SET OUT IN THE YARD.  THE CREW STOPPED AT T HE ROAD CROSSING IN FRONT OF THE CREW ROOM TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO CROSS AS PEOPLE WERE ARRIVING AND DEP ARTING WORK BEFORE POSSIBLY BLOCKING THE CROSSING WHILE MAKING THEIR SET OUT.  THEY ATTEMPTED TO PRO CEED EAST AND THE ENGINEER REPORTED TO THE CONDUCTOR THAT THE TRAIN WAS NOT PULLING RIGHT.  SHORTLY AFTER, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CREW WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR PORTION OF THEIR TRAIN MAY HAVE DERAILED.  


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TILX520225 WAS HUMPED INTO A CUT OF CARS THE 759WY CREW WAS HANDLING CAUSING A DERAILMENT OF CARS: U TLX208793-UTLX204038 & DWC409759.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YAS311 WAS SHOVING CUT TO HUMP WHEN THE 34TH CAR IN CUT CLIMBED THE RAIL AND DERAILED ALL FOUR WHEEL S AND PULLED BOTH TRUCKS FROM UNDER CAR.      


nearest_city: LAKE BLUFF
county: LAKE
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
280-17 SET OUT 15 METRA ROCK ON RUNAROUND AT RONDOUT. CREW SHOVED BACK FROM RONDOUT WITH 2 UNITS & 2 CARS TO COUPLE BACK TO TRAIN. CONDUCTOR GAVE COUNT OF "10 CARS TO CROSSING, LIGHT & GATES ARE DOWN" . THIS WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION THAT ENGINEER HEARD. MOVEMENT CONTINUED UNTIL THEY STRUCK THEIR ST ANDING TRAIN. IMPACT MADE AT 16 MPH WHICH CAUSED NOKL 827066 (WHEAT) TO DERAIL, SPLIT OPEN & SPILL P RODUCT. CONDUCTOR SUSTAINED INJURY WHEN HE DETRAINED PRIOR TO IMPACT. FIELD #12 C&M SUBDIVISION. FIE LD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 1. SIGNALED, 1. SIGNAL INDICATION, Z SHOVING  BACK TO TRAIN. FIELD #49 CWR  


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE CCRSK-10 HAD 39 WHEELS REPLACED IN TRAIN IN WEST RECEIVING 9 TRACK.  UPON DEPARTURE, THE MP58328 8 AND CTRN1026 DERAILED.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEAD CARMAN AFTER HAVING CHA NGED OUT THE WHEELS HAD FAILED TO VERIFY THAT THE WHEEL SET OF THE CTRN1026 WAS PROPERLY SET ON THE RAIL WHICH CAUSED THE CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: KINDER
county: ALLEN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAKE CHARLES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LLC14-01 WERE SHOVING THROUGH THE SPRING SWITCH ON THE NW CONNECTION TRACK SHOVING FROM THE BEAUMONT SUB TO THE LAKE CHARLES SUB TO PUT THEIR TRAIN AWAY IN KINDER YARD WHEN THEY CHANGED DIRECTION IN T HEIR MOVE AND HAD NOT PROPERLY LINED THE SPRING SWITCH WHICH CAUSED TWO EMPTY TANK CARS TO DERAIL AT MP660.6 ON THE LAKE CHARLES SUB.    


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YTPL2032 08A WAS MOVING A 20 CAR CUT FROM TRACK 107 TO TRACK 113.  DURING THE MOVEMENT, A FAULTY HOP PER DOOR DETACHED FROM THE CRDX20534 AND IMPACTED THE FROG OF THE TRACK 109 SWITCH CAUSING WHEEL LIF T AND THE DERAILMENT OF THE CRDX20534 AND FLOX3239.     


nearest_city: MONTE VISTA
county: RIO GRANDE
railroad: SLRG
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WEST TRAIN SLRG 116 (FRONT) SLRG 115 (REAR) WAS TRAVELING AT 10 MPH WITH 157 EMPTIES CAR STORAGE TRA IN, OVER EXCEPTED TRACK, WHEN SUDDENLY STARTED TO JERK AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY DERAILING 14 CARS WIT HIN THE AREA OF 90TH CAR TO 113TH.     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
A YARD CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS TOWARD TRACK 3 WHEN CAR 6965 WENT OVER THE DERAIL AND DERAILED .      


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2010-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
LASR 222 KICKED A CUT OF CARS THAT, AFTER TRAVELING 20+ CAR LENGTHS, BYPASSED THE COUPLER OF STATION ARY CAR DUE TO HIGH SPEED IMPACT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE STATI ONARY CAR AND ANOTHER SET OF TRUCKS ON THE FIRST KICKED CAR.

THERE WAS NO COST TO TRACK ASSOCIATE D WITH THIS INCIDENT.  PER MINDEN TRACK CREW, THEY RESPIKED THE RAIL USING THE ORIGINAL SPIKES.    


nearest_city: SHIPPENSBURG
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
11RH108 PULLING WEST WITH NS 8358 PLUS 2, 27 LOADS, 35 EMPTIES DERAILED 19TH HEAD  CAR (CIRR 13042) ALL WHEELS.  PER RAILROAD HAS VERIFIED THE SPEED PER THE TAPES AND RECOGNIZES AN OVER-SPEED OCCURRED .     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 4628 STRUCK A DOWNED CATENARY WIRE AT GIRARD INTERLOCKING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HORN COVE RS ON LOCOMOTIVE E/4150.  NJTRS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WAS $21,007.00.      


nearest_city: FORT WAYNE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT 262L302 WITH 61 LOADS, AND 6100 TONS PULLED WEST ON TRIPLE CROWN LEAD #1 AND DERAILED 30T H AND 31ST HEAD CARS AT EAST CROSSOVER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: BURKVILLE
county: LOWNDES
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
M70517 WAS SHOVING AT THE SABIC INDUSTRIES SPUR TRACK INTO THE SIDING TO SPOT CARS WHEN MOVEMENT FAI LED TO STOP SHORT OF THE END OF THE SIDING TRACK AND SHOVED OUT ONTO THE LEAD INTO CARS LEFT ON THE LEAD. THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING IN A VEHICLE WHILE CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT AND THE ENGINEER FAILED T O STOP IN ONE HALF THE DISTANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE RULES.    


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: NMRX
date: 2013-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: ALBUQUERQUE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
A-4 GRADE CROSSING INCIDENT, NMRX TRACK, SIGNAL, WAY AND STRUCK DAMAGE WAS A TOTAL OF $200.00.

       


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
DUMP DOORS ON CAR OPENED ON LOADED CAR DURING LOADING CYCLE, SPILLING COAL AND RESULTING IN DERAILME NT.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-MEMHOU1-28 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 842 DUE TO SWITCH POINT WORN OR BROKEN.       


nearest_city: CALIENTE
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
NORTHBOUND BNSF H-BARVAW-1-08, LEAD UNIT BNSF 5006, WAS DESCENDING ON GRADE WITH 8 POUNDS AUTOMATIC SET AND MEDIUM DYNAMIC BRAKE.  TRAIN WENT INTO UDE AND 7 SECONDS LATER HEAD END WENT INTO PCS.  TRAI N SEPARATED AND DERAILED 11 CARS ON THE HIGH SIDE OF CURVE AT MP339.50 AWAY FROM SIDING ON MAIN LINE .  BNSF EST EQUIP DAMAGES: $94,279.00    


nearest_city: ALLEDONIA
county: BELMONT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CO6C515 PULLING EAST WITH 2 UNITS, 72 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 9000 TONS ON POW 6 SIDING DERAILED 8 CAR S.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PHILADELPHIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Q40603 PULLED INTO FIRST ON RD4 TO MAKE A CUT AND SHOVE BACK INTO RD5. Y10104 CREW WAS SITTING IN TH E CLEAR ON RD5 WAITING ON THE SP-18 TO PASS. AFTER SHOVING 10 CAR LENGTHS, Q40603 CONDUCTOR TOLD HIS ENGINEER TO COME BACK 25 MORE. Y10104 WAS SHOVED INTO THE SIDE OF THE PASSING SP-18.  THE ENGINE TH AT THE Y10104 HAD(CSXT 8624) WAS SHOVED INTO TWO CARS ON THE PASSING TRAIN(SP-18). CONRAIL DAMAGES E STIMATES: $2500   


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR3042-25 DERAILED 12 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 1400.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELE ASE.  CAUSE UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: MULLEN
county: HOOKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
C-WTMLRT043 EXPERIENCED BROKEN TRUCK BOLSTER ON KPLX 1055. CAR DID NOT DERAIL BUT CARBODY DROPPED ON TO WHEELS.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: HESR
date: 2013-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
LSRC DERAILED 5 LOADS AT OUR MP 4.38.  STARTED WITH 78TH CAR, ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL UNDER TRAIN.       


nearest_city: IOWA CITY
county: JOHNSON
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW RAN THROUGH SWITCH AND ATTEMPTED TO SPIKE THE POINTS FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  THE SPIKE DID NOT HOL D AND CARS DERAILED ON THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CASSODAY
county: BUTLER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Z-STOWSP8-03 DERAILED 7 CARS LEAVING SIDING TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. TRAIN HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CONROE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING CARS IN TO WOODLANDS ROCK PIT, THE TRAIN SHOVED 27 LOADS ON STRAIGHT TRACK.  NEXT, THE Y SHOVED THE CURVE TRACK WITH 23 CARS (8 DERAILED).  THE CARS DERAILED WERE SEQUENCE 11-18 IN THEIR TRAIN.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE RETARDER IN BOTH TRACKS W11 AND W12 FAILED TO HOLD THE CARS IN WEST END OF THE TRACKS. CARS IN B OTH TRACKS MOVED INTO THE FOUL AND STRUCK ONE ANOTHER.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TCWR TRAIN, GSB2CP-08, WAS BRINGING 110 LOADED GRAIN CARS INTO HOFFMAN YARD TO HAND OFF TO UPRR CREW .  MULTIPLE CARS IN THE TRAIN DROPPED INSIDE THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL DERAILING 36 CARS AND RERAILING T HEMSELVES.  TWIN CITIES & WESTERN DAMAGES = $10,800     


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WRIDNR-20 WAS HEADING INTO TRACK 023 IN YARD.  LOCOMOTIVES AND SEVERAL CARS ENTERED INTO TRACK 023. ENGINEER LOOKED IN MIRROR AND SAW RAILCARS SIDEWAYS AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.  THREE RAILCARS DERAILED. CAUSE DETERMINED AS INTERFERENCE WITH RAILROAD OPERATION BY NON RAILROAD EMPLOYEE.     


nearest_city: GOLDEN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
R-COL4011-04 DERAILED 1 LOCO ON INDUSTRY TRACK AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE. AFTER DERAILING, MOMENTUM CAR RIED DERAILED UNIT ONTO MAIN TRACK, DAMAGING SWITCH AND MAIN TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YDN51-18 HAD DOUBLED TRACK 28 TO TRACK 23.  JOB PULLED TRACK 23 AND WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 28 WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BROKEN RAIL - BOLT HOLE CRACK OR BREAK.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YBA76-19 WENT INTO HEXION CHEMICAL TO PULL GATX60808 FROM SPOT 2 AND RESPOT ACFX200205 FROM SPOT 3 T O SPOT 2.  THEY TIED ONTO CAR IN SPOT 3, MADE JOINT ON CAR IN SPOT 2.  PULLED BOTH CARS OUT, SETTING GATX60808 TO SOUTH LEAD AND RESPOTTING ACFX200205 TO SPOT 2.  CREW STATES THEY STOPPED 2 TO 2-1/2 C AR LENGTHS FROM SPOT & TIED HANDBRAKE, THEN SHOVED REST OF WAY TO SPOT 2.  AFTER CUTTING AWAY & HEAD ING OUT OF INDUSTRY, SWITCHMAN WALKED UP, LINED AND LOCKED DERAIL.  THEN WALKING TOWARDS GATE TO CLO SE IT WHEN HE HEARD NOISE BEHIND HIM AND SAW ACFX200205 TANK CAR ROLLING TOWARDS HIM AND DERAIL.  CA R WENT OVER DERAIL AND DERAILED ALL 4 WHEEL SETS.  HEXION SPECIALTY CHEMICALS MAINTAINS TRACK. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
NS'S CREW ON 33E-30 WAS MOVING AT 11 MPH WHEN THE 45TH CAR OF AN 85 CAR TRAIN DERAILED AT THE EAST L EG OF THE WYE SWITCH.  THE CAR JUST EAST, DERAILED AS WELL.  THE FIRST CAR DERAILED WAS ON ITS SIDE AND HAD BEEN DRAGGED ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE THE TRAIN STOPPED.  THIS WAS AFTER PASSING THE BRIDGE AT FULTON BRIDGE AT FULTON STREET.  NS463830 DERAILED AND ON ITS SIDE.  NS292142 DERAILED.  NS'S ESTIMA TED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $14,601.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: GALLUP
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
G-MTLKIN9-25 MADE CUT AND PULLED WEST TO ADD MIDDLE DP UNIT.  AFTER TRAIN HAD PULLED APPROXIMATELY 9 CAR LENGTHS, HERDER NOTICED THAT 6 CARS HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE IN TRACK.      


nearest_city: BRADY
county: MCCULLOCH
railroad: GCSR
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH. FELT JERKING, PLUGGED TRAIN. 8 CARS ON THE GROUND. TRAIN HAD A SUNKIN K FORM AS TRAVELING EAST.      


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: RUSK
railroad: HOB
date: 2011-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
SUN KINK OCCURED UNDER TRAIN, TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY WAS 99 DEGREES WITH CONSECUTIVE DAYS. 30 CAR TR AIN OF SAND WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES. DERAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAIN.  7 CARS ON THE GROUND, DAMAGE TO CA RS WERE 7 WHEEL SETS, GRUVED BY RAIL WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURED.  TRACK DAMAGED, FIXED WITH APPROXIMATELY 350 TIES PLUS LABOR.    


nearest_city: BALDWIN
county: LAKE
railroad: MQT
date: 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TURN-28 WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES WERE PULLING 31 CARS, 25 LOADS & 6 EMPTIES THROUGH BACK TRACK IN A WEST D IRECTION WHEN CARS 3-10 DERAILED. FIRST WHEEL DERAILED WHILE GOING THROUGH CLOSURE RAIL AT WEST END OF BALDWIN YARD, CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE WEEK TIE CONDITION ALLOWING RAIL TO SPEED.     


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
R92481-19 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK PF04 AT PROCTOR WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT SLACK ACTION. THE CREW STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT. THE CREW INSPECTED THEIR TRAIN AND FOUND THREE CARS DERAILED, ALL UP RIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO LATERAL OV ER VERTICAL FORCES THAT CAUSED THE LEAD WHEEL OF THE TRAINING TRUCK TO LIFT ON CCBX 71083. DERAILED WERE: CCBX 71083, BCOL 730055, MVRY 6197   


nearest_city: HAMPDEN
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: MMA
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: SEARSPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
SINGLE PERSON REMOTE CONTROL OPERATOR, HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS WORK AT HAMPDEN DEAD RIVER AND WAS PRE PARING FOR HIS TRIP BACK TO NMJ.  BEFORE MOVING THE TRAIN NORTH FROM THE SOUTH SWITCH HE WALKED NORT H BACK UP OVER 5 LP LOADS JUST SET PLACING HAND BRAKES ON EACH CAR.  AFTER SETTING THE FIVE HAND BRA KES HE WALKED TO THE CROSSING (ROUTE 202 & 9) AND, AT THAT POINT, STARTED SHOVING MOVEMENT OF THE TR AIN NORTH FROM THE SOUTH SWITCH WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 6 HUNDRED FEET -+ FROM THE CROSSING.  CONSIST NORTH TO SOUTH WAS 3 LP RESIDUE, MMA 8525, VB AND MMA 2004.  AFTER THE TRAIN ACTIVATED THE SIGNALS, HE WALKED OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND MANUALLY STOPPED TRAFFIC.  ONE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED O N THE WEST SIDE.  AFTER PROVIDING MANUAL PROTECTION WITH APPROACHING VEHICLES STOPPED, HE BROUGHT TH


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
OSNET-12 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON MAIN LINE DERAILED 26 EMPTY OIL CARS DUE TO BROKEN JOINT BAR.       


nearest_city: TRONA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: TRC
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
OPERATOR OF THE MOW HI RAIL TRUCK STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO HIS LEFT (EAST) AS HE WAS FOLLOWING THE BALLAST REGULATOR UP THE TRC MAINLINE.  WHEN HE LOOKED BACK AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD, HE WAS HITT ING THE REAR OF THE REGULATOR.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2013-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
K90891-19 WAS SETTING OVER A BAD ORDER CAR FROM TRACK GL09 TO TRACK GL05 IN GLENN YARD WHEN EMPTY TA NK CAR ACFX 78018 DERAILED AT THE NORTH END OF THE HIGH SIDE/LOW SIDE CROSSOVER SWITCH.  NO INJURIES , EXPOSURES, SPILL NOR LEAKS.     


nearest_city: ROANOKE RAPIDS
county: HALIFAX
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: NORTH END
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE Y12017 HAD COMPLETED SERVICING KAPSTONE INDUSTRY WITH AN OUTBOUND TRAIN. WHILE DEPARTING THE MIL L, THE ENGINEER OPERATED HIS TRAIN IN EXCESS OF THE 10 MPH AUTHORIZED SPEED LIMIT.  THE TRAIN REACHE D A MAXIMUM RECORDED SPEED OF 13 MPH. DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED, GRADE, AND CURVATURE OF TRACK, THE TRA ILING 6 CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: PASCAGOULA
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TWO CARS KICKED INTO TRACK ROLLED BACK OUT RESULTING IN SIDESWIPE DERAILMENT INVOLVING M72311. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR THAT WAS STRUCK.      


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
IDILB-16, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5472, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH A CRANE ON REED ST REET CROSSING.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND ONE INTERMODAL RAILCAR DERAILED.  NO INJUR IES TO CREW.  UP5473 DAMAGED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL BNSF
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN QMPNTJ-30 WITH BNSF CREW WAS TRAVELING EAST ON BNSF TRACK 1232 ACROSS GRAND AVE. INTERLOC KER.  THE SWITCH GRINDER, THE CAR LOCATED BEHIND THE ENGINE, HAD A HYDRAULIC PART HANGING DOWN DUE T O A BOLT THAT HAD COME LOOSE DURING TRANSIT.  THE HYDRAULIC PART STRUCK THE #17 SWITCH HEATER WHICH IS MAINTAINED BY UPRR CAUSING THE CAR TO DERAIL.  UPRR OWNS AND MAINTAINS THE #17 SWITCH HEATER THAT WAS DAMAGED BY THE DERAILED CAR.  BNSF'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $33,000.   


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Q67909 WAS SHOVING 25 CARS INTO R08 FROM THE NORTH END WHEN THE RAIL BROKE AND DERAILED 18 CARS.       


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: MONROE
railroad: AGR
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
N/B AGR MANIFEST TRAIN DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 13 CARS WHEN TRAIN STRUCK A 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE T HAT HAD FALLEN ON THE M/L TRACK.  DERAILMENT OCCURED ON BNSF PROPERTY.  THE 3 HM CARS THAT RELEASED PRODUCT ALL CARRIED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE - TILX 200051 (1,116 POUNDS LOST), TILX 200131 (3,526 POUNDS L OST) AND PROX 42160 (457 POUNDS LOST)    


nearest_city: SPARKS
county: WASHOE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MRORV-06 PULLING INTO YARD WAS INSTRUCTED TO YARD THEIR TRAIN IN YARD 1 TRACK 1.  CONDUCTOR GOT OFF TRAIN AND LINED SWITCH FOR WESTWARD MOVEMENT.  TRAIN CONTINUED MOVEMENT INTO TRACK 1.  AS THEY PULLE D APPROXIMATELY 845 FEET REACHING A SPEED OF 10 MPH THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WENT B ACK TO INSPECT TRAIN AND FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED WITH 4 BEING ON THEIR SIDE AND 1 LEANING.    


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: TANGIPAHOA
railroad: IC
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
OPERATOR OF SEMI-TRUCK LOADED WITH CHICKENS FAILED TO STOP AT THE PRIVATE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN. CROSSING WAS MARKED WITH CROSSBUCKS AND STOP SIGN. DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, TRAI N CREW ALSO REPORTED INJURIES IN THE IMPACT. CROSSBUCKS AT THE NEXT CROSSING AND LOCOMOTIVES, CN 894 8 & IC 1012, SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO THE IMPACT.    


nearest_city: MONROE
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MKCLI-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A PICK UP AND HAD TO SWITCH SWITCH BECAUSE OF TRAIN PROFILE IS SUE. SOMEONE LINED THE 41 SWITCH UNDER THE SOO 123009, CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WEST RACK HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE TAKING 4 UNITS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OLD RACK TO TRACK 282.  T HEY MADE AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT THRU THE 292 SWITCH ASSUMING THAT THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEM ENT IT WAS NOT SO THEY RAN THRU IT.  THE UP504 DERAILED WHEN THEY THEN MADE A REVERSE WESTWARD MOVEM ENT OVER THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
QNPINX-13 DERAILED ONE CAR WHILE TRAVELING NORTH OFF OF THE TRRA'S NORTH APPROACH ON TO THE K CONNEC TION TO THE KCS AND CSXT.  THE DERAILED CAR WAS DRAGGED FOR A MILE OR MORE BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED AT THE CSXT YARD.  TRACK MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY AT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS THE TRRA.  TRRA T RACK DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $107,364.  KCS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE AS WELL.  KCS INCIDENT #11021401.  KCS TRACK DAMAGE = $6,685.  CSXT SUSTAINED MINOR TRACK DAMAGE.  CSX INCIDENT# IS 000085 770.  CSX ESTIMATED TRACK DAMGE IS $200.  


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 775 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/457 AND 6 CARS STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP413.80, LOS POSAS RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MERCED
county: MERCED
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
MWCRV-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5450, STRUCK AN ABANDONED VEHICLE HALF ON AND HALF OFF THE ROAD CROSSING AT MP 148.61 AT SP AVENUE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED.  SLIGHT DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE UP5450.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
L-GFC5521-16F PULLING CUT OF CARS FROM CLASS YARD INTO OLD MOP YARD DERAILED FOUR CARS ON REAR END O F CUT.      


nearest_city: BLAKESLEE
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN CP TRAIN CP2243 TRAVELING WEST ON HUNTING DISTRICT MAIN ONE WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVE S 35 LOADS, AND 2 EMPTIES DERAILED THE 15TH HEAD CAR AT THE FROG AT WEST BLAKESLEE THEN RE-RAILED IT SELF APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEYOND THE POINT OF DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: TTR
date: 2013-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING BACK TO DUFFER YARD AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 25 CARS COND. STOPPED THE MOVE AND THE CAR WAS ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: PASADENA
county: HARRIS
railroad: SGSC
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ENGINEER FAILED TO RECOGNIZE  A SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST MOVEMENT AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH FROM S- 1 TO ZONE 2 LEAD. SUBSEQUENT SHOVING MOVE THROUGH THE GAPPED SWITCH RESULTED IN A SINGLE CAR, PSPX 2 438 MOVING DOWN S-1 AND ZONE 2 LEAD TRACKS AND EVENTUALLY DERAILING DUE TO THE RESULTING RAIL/WHEEL PRESSURE FROM DIVERGING TRACKS.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
BC46 FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE EQUIPMENT CAUSING TRACK 34 TO FREE ROLL RESULTING IN GATX 206827 CORN ERING CAR IBPX 27021.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AGBML-08 RAN THROUGH A SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM, THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: DICKINSON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
C-WTMBENO-47 WAS TAKING CONSIST TO SERVICE TRACK TO ADD UNIT. WHEN TRAVERSING 101 TRACK SWITCH, REAR TRACK SWITCH, REAR TRUCK OF TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE SWITCH HAD B EEN PREVIOUSLY RUN-THRU, BUT OFFICERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT MOVEMENT DID SO. NO HUMAN FACTOR INVOLVEMENT WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR THIS REASON. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CAVOUR
county: BEADLE
railroad: DME
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: HURON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
2-276-16 PROCEEDING EAST WHEN ENGINEER REPORTED GOING FROM 2ND NOTCH TO 3RD FOR A SMALL HILL. TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND ENGINEER RESET PCS, BUT AIR DID NOT RECOVER. INSPECTION FOUND A TOTAL OF 5 C ARS DERAILED, 4 ON THEIR SIDES.  FRA TRACK CLASS AND SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YPB02R-09, DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, HUMPED FMLX17101 GOING TOWARD BOWL 12 WHEN THE AIR VALV E IN GROUP 1 GOT STUCK OPEN CAUSING THE GROUP 1 RETARDER TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE CAR AND STOPPING IT. THE TILX33569 LEFT THE MASTER AND STRUCK THE CAR DERAILING THE FMLX17101.     


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MWCNP-29 PULLED OF TRACK 401 AT ARDEN, NEVADA. RAN THRU THE PASS SWITCH WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND A CAR AND A HALF. THEY THEN BACKED UP THRU THE RUN THRU SWITCH DERAILING 2 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: LA PRAIRIE
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN ACTIVATED DED AND STOPPED. INSPECTION REVEALED REAR TURN OF ONE CAR DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN WHE EL RIM. SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED IN PREVIOUS 10 MILES.      


nearest_city: GARDENDALE
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
MSAGDS-08 WAS PULLING INTO THE GARDENDALE RAILROAD.  ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  TH E 2ND SET OF TRUCKS ON THE LEAD UNIT PICKED THE SWITCH POINTS AND RESULTED IN GETTNG THE 2ND SET OF TRUCKS ON LEAD UNIT, AND ALL TRUCKS ON 2ND UNIT ON THE GROUND.  GARDENDALE RAILROAD MAINTAINS TRACK. GARDENDALE RAILROAD TRACK DAMAGE = $11,834    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TERMINAL'S TRA301-19 SHOVING INTO ALS AROUND THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE DERAILING ONE CAR.  TRRA DAMAG ES ARE $24,579.60.      


nearest_city: SOUTH PORTSMOUTH
county: LEWIS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
THE DRIVER OF MOTOR VEHICLE WAS SITTING ON THE TRACK AT A PRIVATE CROSSING NOT MOVING WITH HIS LIGHT S OFF AND WAS STRUCK BY AMTRAK TRAIN P05117 RESULTING IN A FATALITY TO THE OCCUPANT OF VEHICLE. AMTR AK WILL REPORT THE FATALITY.     


nearest_city: FRENCH CAMP
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS OPERATING BR671 (BALLAST REGULATOR), AND STRUCK THE POWER SWITCH MOTO R WITH LEFT WING OF REGULATOR AND DERAILED REAR 2 WHEELS.  POWER SWITCH MOTOR WAS DESTROYED.  NO DAM AGE TO REGULATOR.  AFTER INCIDENT EMPLOYEE STATED HIS NECK WAS TINGLING AND WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. STRAINED NECK.    


nearest_city: DORCHESTER
county: SALINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
M-MCNKCK1-19 DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN CREW FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL PRIOR TO SHOVING INTO TRACK.  NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ETTER
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2012-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TXNW
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SWITCH CREW SHOVING 96 LOADS 12,887 TONS INTO SPOT AT DEBRUCE ELEVATOR. DERAILED 7 CARS LINES DERAIL MENT STARTING 63 CARS FROM LOCOMOTIVE.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS WIDE GAUGE DUE TO TIE PLATE MOVEMENT .  GAUGE AT POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS IN EXCESS OF 59".  FOUND TIE PLATE MOVEMENT FROM 1/4" TO 1/2"     


nearest_city: WALLACE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: NKCR
date: 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CAR INADVERTENTLY RELEASED FROM GRAINTON, NE BY ELEVATOR, KNOCKED DERAIL LOOSE, AND HEADED DOWN MAIN LINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 8.3 MILES STRIKING TRAIN PARKED EAST OF WALLACE, NE.  SEVERE LOCOMOTIVE DAMAG E AND CAR NUMBER NOKL 823658 WAS DESTROYED.     


nearest_city: MINIDOKA
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
KTALN1-30, WITH LEAD UNIT UP 7741, STRUCK A TRUCK CARRYING A LOAD OF POTATOES.  THE TRUCK WAS TRAVEL ING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, IT SLOWED FOR THE CROSSING BUT DID NOT STOP, IT ROLLED OVER THE CROSSING A T APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN.  ENGINEER AND VEHICLE DRIVER WERE INJURED.     


nearest_city: CLAREMORE
county: ROGERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
G-EDYIRB6-14A WAS WEST BOUND WHEN IT STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT FAILED TO STOP AT A CROSS BUCK PR OTECTED PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: SCAX
date: 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VENTURA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 102 STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK FLATBED TRAILER TWO MILES EAST OF CAMARILLO.  EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS ESTI MATED.  WILL BE UPDATED AS BILLING BECOMES AVAILABLE.      


nearest_city: SERENA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRACK INSPECTOR PULLED UP TO RT. 5C CROSSING WITH INTENSION OF PULLING HIS HI-RAIL TRUCK ON TRACK TO INSPECT TRACK.  AFTER HIGH RAIL WAS ON HE LOOKED BOTH WAYS FOR CLEARANCE AND STARTED TO PROCEED WHE N HE NOTICE A DUMP TRUCK COMING AND DID NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN.  DUMP TRUCK SUPPLIED RUNNING OF F ROAD INTO SIGNAL MAST.    


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y392-09 MADE A 56 CAR DOUBLE TO B07.  AFTER MAKING THE DOUBLE, Y392-09 STARTED TO MAKE A PULL TO SPO T 102 CARS FOR THE OUTBOUND Q394-10.  THE FOREMAN ON THE Y392-09 NOTICED SOME SPARKS FROM THE GNRR 4 3706 CAR AS THE CUT OF CARS PULLED NORTH.  AFTER THE GNRR 43706 CAR PULLED NORTH OF WALBRIDGE ROAD, THE FOREMAN ON Y392-09 SAW THE TRUCKS EJECT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR.  AT THAT TIME, THE FOREMAN DUMP ED THE AIR ON THE TRAIN AND HE ALSO RADIOED THE YARDMASTER TO STOP THE Q392-10 FROM DEPARTING THE YA RD ON AN ADJACENT TRACK. IT WAS LATER ASCERTAINED THAT THERE WERE FOUR CARS DERAILED.  THE FIRST AND LAST CAR DERAILED R&L 3 AND 4, AND THEN THE MIDDLE TWO CARS DERAILED R&L 1,2,3, AND 4.  AFTER FURTH ER INSPECTION, THE DERAILED CARS OFF OF Y392-09 SIDESWIPED 3 TANKERS CARS ON THE OUTBOUND Q392-10.


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ENGINEER OF TRAIN 6930 REPORTED TO RTC, DISTRICT F, THAT HE STRUCK A VEHICLE AT PRIVATE CROSSING MP 3.96 ON THE WATERBURY BRANCH, PLACED EQUIPMENT INTO EMERGENCY, AND CAME TO STOP APPROXIMATELY 1650 F EET NORTH OF CROSSING.     


nearest_city: SPEIGENER
county: ELMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: S & N A SOUTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
M71219 ENTERED THE SOUTH END OF ELMORE SAND AND GRAVEL FROM THE MAINLINE HOLDING CARS. AFTER COUPLIN G, THE CREW PULLED SOUTH 1,120 FEET DERAILING FOUR CARS IN THEIR TRAIN.      


nearest_city: SPARTANBURG
county: SPARTANBURG
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
237-2'04", 28T - 7'00" P3GP308 SHOVED SHOVED EAST WITH 16 LOADS ONTO THE WEST YARD LEAD TO COUPLE TO 38 LOADS IN THE MAIN WYE. THE CREW RAN THROUGH NUMBER 10 SWITCH AND THEN PULLED WESTBOUND WITH DERA ILING 6TH, 8TH, 9TH, AND 10TH HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-NYF3051-18, WHILE SHOVING 100 CARS THROUGH TRK 8205, DERAILED 2 EMPTY CARS. INVESTIGATION Y DIVISI ON ELIMINATED TRACK, EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING HANDLING AS CAUSE AND OFFICIALS BELIEVE EMPTY CARS BETWE EN LOADED CARS LED TO DERAILMENT. H504 USED FOR CAUSE AS CLOSEST TO PROBABLE CAUSE, BUT THERE ARE TR AIN MAKEUP RULES IN THE YARD AND NO HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE ASSIGNED.    


nearest_city: COVINGTON
county: COVINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: ALLEGHENY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INTO THE NEW TRACK IN MWV PARPERMILL THE Y190 RCO FOREMAN FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER CO NTROL OF THE MOVEMENT CAUSING THE CUT OF CARS TO HARD COUPLE TO A  STANDING CUT SHOVING 22 FEET THRU A BUMPING BLOCK CAUSING CAR TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE YNP31R-21 WAS GOING INTO TRACK 220 FROM THE SOUTH PULLBACK AND DERAILED 5 CARS OUT OF 65 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL THAT HAD AN INTERNAL DEFECT, TRANSVERSE/COMPOUND FISSURE.      


nearest_city: READING
county: BERKS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
H88 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 18X25 CONSIST 3020 TONS NORMAL PULLING MOVE DERAILED ON SWITCH THAT OPENED UN DER MOVEMENT A/C PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY RBMN CREW.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YAS371 WAS MOVING WSLSLR-16 FROM TRACK 910 TO 914.  POKED OUT ON LEAD TO CLEAR 910 AND LINED BACK IN TO 914.  AFTER APPROX 20 CARS WENT INTO TRACK, BROKEN RAIL EAST OF SWITCH RESULTED IN DERAILING 4 LO ADED CARS.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
HOSTLERS SHOVING EQUIPMENT EAST FROM TRACK #2 TOWARDS TRACK #11 WEST WITH HOSTLER ON LEADING END OF MOVEMENT DERAILED ENGINE #4415 OVER DERAIL.      


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO WAS SHOVING 29 CARS EAST FROM TRACK 13 IN THE SWAMP YARD PAST THE DIVIDER SWITCH ON THE BELVIDER E SUB WHEN THE TWO HEAD CARS DERAILED.  THE UTILITY MAN WAS IN POSITION TO PROTECT SHOVE FROM VEHICL E WHEN HE NOTICED TILX10550 BEGIN TO TILT AND THEN THE EQUX630885.  HE THEN YELLED FOR THE MOVEMENT TO STOP BUT THE CARS HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL.    


nearest_city: THOMASVILLE
county: THOMAS
railroad: GFRR
date: 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EXTRA CREW TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON ANC LINE WITH A 65 CAR GRAIN UNIT TRAIN DERAILED AT MP 701.6 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. 6 CARS WERE DERAILED 54 THRU 59 FROM THE HEAD OF TRAIN.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: GREENE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MPRNP-19 TRAVELING WEST MAIN 2 APPROACHING CPA236, DISPATCHER ASKED IF THEY COULD COME TO A STOP.  T RAIN STOPPED SHORT OF CPA236 DERAILING CARS MWCX500484, MWCX500508, MWCX500528, CRYX5719, ARMN111304 , ARMN111087, ARMN170201, ARMN170288 DUE TO POOR TRAIN HANDLING EXCESSIVE DYNAMIC BRAKING.     


nearest_city: EAST HAZELCREST
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
R96991-08 WAS SHOVING TRACK MA04, WITHOUT PROTECTION, TO CLEAR THE NORTH END OF MA04. AS THEY CLEAR UP, THE TRACK RAN OUT OF THE SOUTH END AND COLLIDED WITH L57491-08 AS THEY WERE STOPPED AT THE HOMEW OOD SHANTY ON MA03 FOR AN AIR TEST AND PAPERWORK. BNBX 122127 DERAILED ON ITS SIDE WHEN IT WAS HIT B Y CN 302193. THE CONDUCTOR WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. CAR BNBX 122127 WAS SCRA PPED.   


nearest_city: ALBIA
county: MONROE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
M-WQMDM01-01 DERAILED 7 CARS IN YARD TRACK 2510 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE BH36 SIDE SWIPED THE EAST CAR IN A CUT OF CARS LEFT IN THE FOUL ON TRACK 19 WHEN ENTERING TRACK 20      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2011-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CREW 121 PULLED TWENTY-SIX LOADS OF COKE NORTH FROM TRACK 23 OF THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN CAMPBELL RD YAR D.   THE CREW WAS GOING TO PULL THE LOADS INTO SENECA YD TRACK 1012 LEAD.  AS THEY PULLED ACROSS THE 1012 LEAD TRACK / SCALE TRACK SWITCH, THE SWITCH MUST HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY GAPPED CAUSING THE LEAD LO COMOTIVE TO PICK THE SWITCH RESULTING IN BOTH LOCOMOTIVES AND THE FIRST CAR OF COKE TO DERAIL.  (LOC OMOTIVES CWRO 1554, 1556; NS 300454)  ALL WHEELS OF BOTH LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED ALONG WITH ONE AXLE OF THE COKE HOPPER.  


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: SKAGIT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN PULLING INTO TRK 2502. CREW HAD BUILT TRAIN OUT OF TRAIN MAKE-UP COMPLIANCE, LEADING TO DERAIL MENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HONDO
county: MEDINA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
RBODB-01, WITH LEAD UNIT UP9421, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT HAD HIS TRAILER HUNG UP ON THE TR ACK AT AVENUE K IN HONDO, TX.  THE TRAIN HIT THE VEHICLE GOING APPROXIMATELY 36 MPH.  THE TRAILER HA D A STEAM ROLLER ON IT.  THE DRIVER OF THE 18-WHEELER HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. CONDUCTOR WAS INJURED.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: DURANT
county: BRYAN
railroad: KRR
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
UP LOCAL 48 CREW WAS SHOVING CARS OVER THE KRR/UP INTERCHANGE TRACK IN DURANT WHEN AOK111027 FELL OF F THE LOW SIDE OF THE RAIL IN A LEFT HAND CURVE. KRR HAS $5,000 TOTAL TRACK DAMAGE ON THEIR PROPERTY (RECOLLECTABLE TO UPRR). UP ESTIMATES THEIR DAMAGE THAT OCCURED ON THEIR TRACK IS $77,382 EQUIPMENT AND $24,170 TRACK.    


nearest_city: MASCOT
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
NAHHX 61038 FAILED TO COUPLE TO CNA 412372.  CAUSING CNA 412372 AND RBMN 7452 TO EXIT THE SKATES OF CT18 AND ROLL OUT AND STRIKE TK04 WHO WAS EASTBOUND ON THE PULLBACK LEAD PULLING CT11.  THE IMPACT C AUSED THE RAIL TO BREAK UNDER TK04.  THE PULLBACK ENGINE NS 2390 AND SLUG NS 957.     


nearest_city: MOORE
county: CLEVELAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
RCO YOKC0302-05 PULLED 32 CARS FROM 1237 TRACK ON SOUTH END OF BOWL LEAD.  WHILE PULLING, 5 CARS DER AILED IN CURVE AND RAIL ROLLED UNDER EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DACULA
county: GWINNETT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 81 CARS AT TDSI ON TRACK 3 WHEN CARS 52,53,54,55,56,57,58 DERAILED DUE TO THE TRACK BUCKLING.      


nearest_city: PEOTONE
county: WILL
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 391 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/132 AND 4 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP41.15, WILMINGTON R D CROSSING.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING FROM DRILL 3 TO DEPARTURE 10 THE Y39721 FAILED TO FOLLOW PROPER TRAIN HANDLING RULES A ND CAUSED THE SECOND AND THIRD HEAD CARS TO DERAIL DUE TO BUFF ACTION.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSONVILLE
county: CLARK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LOUISVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
G32225 WAS SHOVING 91 CARS IN THE CLEAR AND FAILED TO CONTROL MOVEMENT DERAILING TWO CARS OFF THE EN D OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: AUSTIN
county: TRAVIS
railroad: CMTY
date: 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EAST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 THE TRACK CREW WAS DUMPING BALLAST ON THE SHOULDERS NE AR MP 47.2.  AFTER DUMPING EIGHT LOADS ON THE SAME DAY, WHEN ABOUT 2/3 OF LOAD NUMBER NINE WAS DUMPE D WITH THE DUMP FULLY EXTENDED WITH A SPEED OF 2 MPH THE REAR HYRAILS DERAILED AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ON ITS PASSENGER SIDE.  

THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS NOT A TRAIN BUT A TRUCK.  THE INCIDENT D ID NOT OCCUR AT OR NEAR A CROSSING.  THERE WERE NO LOCOMOTIVES OR CARS INVOLVED.   


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MCPFW-16 SECURED TRAIN AND WENT INTO TRACK 1, PULLED OUT OF TRACK 1 WITH 24 LOADS TO DOUBLE TO TRACK 2.  IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING, THE ENGINEER RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH THEN MOVED A REVERSE MOVE DERAI LING 4 CARS. 1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.     


nearest_city: RALEIGH
county: WAKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AMTRAK 075 TRAVELING WESTBOUND STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER THAT HAD STOPPED AND DID NOT CLEAR THE CROSSIN G.      


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YARD MOVE OPERATING WITH ENGINE 533 AND 4 COACH CARS, DERAILED CAR 7713.  THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO GREASE MACHINES HAD BLOWN A FUSE AND WERE NOT WORKING, CAUSING DRY RAIL ON THE CURVE.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MERCHANTS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
T103 CREW SHOVED THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN INTO THE SIDE OF A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE HANGING OUT OF BUL K TYLER ROUNDAROUND WHEN SHOVING BACK ON BULK TYLER 1, SIDESWIPING TWO CARS AND CAUSING 3 CARS TO DE RAIL.     


nearest_city: GARRYOWEN
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
C-NAMSUD0-73 WAS NOTIFIED DURING ROLLBY INSPECTION FROM ANOTHER TRAIN THAT HAD "BULGING" CARS IN THE IR TRAIN.  INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO 50 CARS INCLUDING 42 WHICH HAD BUCKLED.  CAUSE WAS DEVIATIO N FROM UNIFORM TOP OF RAIL PROFILE AT MP 733.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y39312 WAS PULLING 27 CARS NORTH OUT OF TRACK C12 WHEN 2 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL ON THE EAS T RAIL.      


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2010-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
271-29 TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF THE EAST END WHEN THEY DERAILED 5 CARS, CSXT 481927, CSXT 481864, CSXT 707664, CSXT 707906, AND CSXT 708138. THE TRACK AND CARS WERE INSPECTED AND THE LOCOMOT IVE DOWNLOAD REVIEWED BUT A CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED.
03/2014 CAUSE WAS ORIGINALLY M505, W HICH WAS IN ERROR SHOULD HAVE BEEN M507. INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETE AND CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETER MINED.
03/2014 AFTER DISCUSSION THE CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMENT SHOULD BE T110.   


nearest_city: BESSEMER
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM MINERAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING ON THE BHRR RUNNING TRACK Q10105 ENGINEER ENCOUNTERED A SWITCH THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED AND GAPPED OPEN. THE ENGINEER FAILED TO CONTROL HIS SPEED TO STOP SHORT OF AN IMPROPERLY LI NED SWITCH RESULTING IN A HUMAN FACTOR DERAILMENT. ESTIMATED BHRR TRACK DAMAGES = $5000.     


nearest_city: BROCKTON
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Z-CHCPT6L8-15 DERAILED 1-PAIR TRACKS MP 186.5. DERAILMENT NOT NOTED BY CREW UNTIL ESS BROCKTON (MP 1 92.3) WHERE THIS CAR LEANED AND IMPACTED S-SEACHC2-15 IN SIDING FOR MEET. BOTH TRAINS HANDLING ARTIC ULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. RAIROAD VERIFIED THE FRA TRACK CLASS AND CON SIST SPEED.    


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Q38711 STRUCK A 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE VEHICLE AT EUCLID AVEENUE CROSSING. VEHICLE AT CROSSING. THE ELDERLY FEMALE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS.     


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 393 MOVING SOUTH, 43 MPH, WITH 3 UNITS, 53-83-9333 TONS, DERAILED THE 52ND THROUGH THE 80TH HE AD CARS ON MAIN TWO TRACK.      


nearest_city: WARNER ROBINS
county: HOUSTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
G61G311 TRAVELING NORTH ON MAIN TRACK WITH 02 UNITS, 05 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 0662 TONS, STRUCK OCCUPIED TRACTOR/TRAILER FOULING TRACKS AT CROSSING, MP 24.9-G. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED .     


nearest_city: OWASSO
county: TULSA
railroad: SKOL
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: OWASSO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
SKOL 108 WAS PULLING THE LOADS FROM GREEN HILL QUARRY.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS ATTENDING THE MAIN LINE SW ITCH AND NOTICED THE REAR ENGINE WAS DERAILED.  HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND WALKED BACK FINDING AN A DDITIONAL 8 CARS ON THE GROUND.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED IN THE CUSTOMER TRACK AND WAS TRACK CAUSED.  AL L COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DERAILMENT WILL BE INVOICED TO THE CUSTOMER.    


nearest_city: STARTEX
county: SPARTANBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: BELTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE PULLING CARS OUT OF INDUSTRY, F79707 WAS OPERATING NORTH ON THE INDUSTRY LEAD WHEN TRAIN WAS S TOP DUE TO CARS BEING DERAILED. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT CARS FELL IN THE GAGE OF RAIL ON THE INDUSTRY LEAD DUE TO WIDE GAGE FROM DEFECTIVE OR MISSING SPIKES AND RAIL FASTENERS.     


nearest_city: GLASCO
county: CLOUD
railroad: KYLE
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SOLOMON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES, 2 OFFLINE WITH 72 LOADS AND 43 EMPTIES, 10660 TONS TRAVELING AT 10MPH DERAILED THE 15TH CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AT MP 45.75.  UP 88330 DERAILED ACCOUNT UNEVE N TRACK PROFILE.  UP 88330 TRAVELED APPROXIAMTLY 4 MILES BEFORE HITTING THE WEST SWITCH AT GLASCO MP 41.6 CAUSING THE OTHER 2 CARS TO DERAIL GACX 8040 AND GACX 12173.  ALL THREE CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT.    


nearest_city: DONNELLY
county: POWER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INDUSTRY CREW AT JR SIMPLOT WAS SWITCHING ON THEIR LEAD NEXT TO MAIN TRACK 2.  THEY DERAILED INSIDE THEIR FACILITY DUE TO WIDE GAUGE PULLING WESTWARD OVER HAND THROW CROSSOVER FROM THEIR LEAD TO MAIN 2 DRAGGING 3 CARS TOWARD MAIN 2 AND FOULING MAIN 2 CAUSING DAMAGE TO UP HAND THROWN CROSSOVERS.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
OI 68 WAS PULLING SOUTH WITH 26 LOADS 8 EMPTIES 3129 TONS AND 2 UNITS WHEN EPIX 91056 GIMX 516103 AN D EPIX 91509 DERAILED DUE TO UNLATCHED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: HOPE
county: HEMPSTEAD
railroad: KRR
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
KRTASHO1-22 PULLING 18 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES AND NO HAZ-MAT TRAVELLING 9 MPH EASTBOUND WHEN THE TRAILING SET OF WHEELS ON THE LEAD TRUCK-SET  ON THE 21RST CAR FROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN DERAILED IN A CURVE.     


nearest_city: VON ORMY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
UP LOCOMOTIVE UP4679 BEING OPERATED BY PACIFIC RAIL SERVICES, WAS DERAILED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE Y ARD UNDER OVERPASS.  ENGINE'S FRONT SET OF WHEELS HIT THE GROUND AS THE SWITCH THEY WERE UTILIZING H AD BEEN BLOWN BY PREVIOUS CREW ON ZYCMS-23, HAVING GONE BY THERE PREVIOUSLY.  SAIT CONTRACTOR, PAC R AIL, WAS LINING POWER AND UTILIZING 400/500 LEAD.  SWITCH APPEARED TO BE PROPERLY LINED, AND AS CREW PROCEEDED PAST THE SWITCH AND UPON CONDUCTING A REVERSE MOVEMENT, THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AND MOVEM ENT CEASED.  AFTER REVIEWING FOOTAGE, THE SWITCH APPEARED TO BE LINED CORRECTLY; HOWEVER, DUE TO IT BEING PREVIOUSLY BLOWN, THE CREW COULD NOT REALIZE ITS CONDITION DURING MOVEMENT. 


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: ST JOHNS IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE YBA60R-26 WAS PULLING CARS WHEN THE LEAD TRUCK ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED WHICH CAUSED THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE AND 1ST CAR TO DERAIL.  IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WEST LEG OF THE BY-PASS WAS NOT LA TCHED.  THE BY-PASS WAS LEFT UNLATCHED BY AN UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE NOT A PART OF THIS TRAIN CREW.  NO ONE WAS CHARGED FOR THIS INCIDENT.
    


nearest_city: GLADSTONE
county: SOMERSET
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #6410 DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE #4643 OVER A DERAIL WHILE ENROUTE EAST ON TRACK #2 LOCATED IN GLADST ONE YARD.      


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
POWER DIRECTOR REPORTED A GROUND TO THE WIRE ON TRACK 3 BETWEEN CATENARIES 469 AND 374. THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO INSPECT THE PANTOGRAPH AND FOUND A DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8928. PANTOGRAPH WAS A TOTAL LOSS. PANTOGRAPH DISLODGED UNDER MOVEMENT AT UNKNOWN LOCATION FOR UNKNOWN REASON.     


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: BVRR
date: 2013-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: BOISE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE UNION PACIFIC SWITCH CREW WAS SHOVING CARS INTO THE BVRR YARD AND 8 CARS DERAILED.  WHILE THE UP WAS SHOVING A 52 CAR CONSIST INTO BVRR TRACK 401 THEY SHOVED A LOADED TANK CAR (#29 OF CONSIST) THA T WAS DERAILED WITH HANDBRAKE TIED APPROX. 10 CAR LENGTHS WHERE IT HIT THE SWITCH AND BEGAN GOING IN TO TRACK 415 (LEAD).  WHEN THIS CAR RE-RAILED AND BEGAN GOING INTO ANOTHER TRACK, THE CREW CONTINUED SHOVING ANOTHER 4 CARS LENGTHS WHICH IN TURN DERAILED 7 MORE CARS.  HAVE ONLY RECEIVED AN INCIDENT NUMBER FROM UNION PACIFIC STILL WAITING FOR THE REPORT.  


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2013-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 THE SKOL 207 WAS SHOVING 30 CARS, 20 LOADS AND 10 EMPTIES SOUTHBOUND INTO 18 TRACK IN THE COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE POINT INTO 18 TRACK WHEN HE FELT THE TRAIN JERK.  HE LOOKED BACK AND SAW A DUST CLOUD AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP.  HE WALKED BACK AND FOUND 5 CARS ON THE GROUND, LINES 9-13 ON HIS TRAIN LIST.  DOWNLOAD SECURED, NO EXCEPTIONS TAKEN.   


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y29117 DOUBLED TRACKS, B25-B23-B24-B18, FOR A TOTAL OF 87 CARS, 4908 TONS, AND 6465 FT. AFTER THE FI NAL DOUBLE, THE FOREMAN, AT THE REAR OF THE TRAIN, INSTRUCTED THE SWITCHMAN, ON THE LEADING END, TO PULL AHEAD EIGHT CARS TO CLEAR THE INERT RETARDER IN B18 SO THAT THE TRACK COULD BE RESKATED. AFTER RESKATING THE TRACK THE FORERMAN INSTRUCTED THE SWITCHMAN TO PULL AHEAD FIFTEEN CARS TO CLEAR THE SW ITCH SO THAT THE SWITCH COULD BE REVERSED AND THEY COULD BEGIN TO SHOVE THE TRAIN INTO TRACK O01. AF TER MOVING AHEAD ABOUT A CAR LENGTH THE SWITCHMAN NOTICED THE TRAIN WAS HARD TO PULL, HIS AMP GAUGE WAS AROUND 1500 AND HIS SPEED WAS DECREASING, SO HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.  AFTER WALKING THE TRAIN T HE CREW FOUND THAT LINES 47-50 WERE DERAILED IN THE TRAIN.


nearest_city: NORTH BEND
county: DODGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: COLUMBUS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
2CPPCD-08 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON MAINLINE ONE AT A RECORDED SPEED OF 29 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND LOCATED 20 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO HIGH WINDS.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-SPM3012-06 SHOVED 25 CARS INTO 130 TRACK.  CUT WAS STOPPED TO ALLOW FOREMAN TO MOUNT LEAD CAR TO PROTECT MOVEMENT.  FOREMAN STARTED MOVEMENT AGAIN BUT APPLIED EXCESSIVE THROTTLE, RESULTING IN EX CESSIVE SLACK ACTION AND DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Q50501 WAS PULLING OUT OF B02 TO DEPART. ENGINEER IMPROPERLY USED INDEPENDANT BRAKE DERAILING ONE CA R.      


nearest_city: TERRELL
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
ZAILC-25, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9576, STRUCK A FLATBED TRAILER AT THE FRANCIS STREET CROSSING, DOT 794779 A ON THE MINEOLA SUB.  THE TRUCK DRIVER ALLEGES THAT HIS BRAKES LOCKED UP ON HIS TRAILER PREVENTING HIM FROM CROSSING THE TRACKS.  HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TERRELL BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME.  TRUCK TRAILER WAS STRUCK WHICH THEN STRUCK THE CROSSING APPARATUS ON THE NORTH SI DE OF THE CROSSING, BREAKING IT OFF.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DRIVER WAS CITED.   


nearest_city: CALDWELL
county: BURLESON
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GIDDINGS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RKRCW-24 WHILE SPOTTING STATE DEVELOPMENT, DERAILED 4 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN A CURVE.  DERAILMEN T.  STATE DEVELOPMENT MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YARD JOB YHVS25 COUPLED TO 50 CARS AT THE EAST END OF 2 INDUSTRIAL TRACK.  THE WEST END OF THE CARS THAT WERE ON 2 INDUSTRIAL WERE JUST IN THE CLEAR OF THE NEWTON CROSSOVER.  THE CREW SHOVED WEST TOWA RDS 6 TRACK INTO THE NEW YARD TO SPOT CREWS PREVIOUS MOVE ONTO ONE INDUSTRIAL.  WHEN THE CREW PULLED BACK EAST FOR THE NEXT CUT OF CARS TO BE PLACED ONTO 4 TRACK THE TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE PREVIOUSLY R UN THROUGH SWITCH BY SAME CREW DERAILING 4 CARS.   


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: NORTH FORK SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND IN LIGHT DYNAMIC WITH MINIMUM SVC REDUCTION ON DESCENDING GRADE AT 15 MPH.  CAR CTRN 603304 (57 FROM REAR) ROLLOVER BEARING BROKE OFF AT BACKING PLATE ON L4 WHEEL AT OR NEAR TRAILING POINT HAND THROWN SWITCH FROM TERROR CREEK MINE MP 88.4.  DAMAGED TRUCK DROPPED OUTSID E LEFT RAIL.  TRAIN CONTINUED .7 MILE BEFORE TRUCK ASSEMBLY FAILED COMPLETELY, DAMAGING BRAKE PIPE A ND CAUSING TRAIN TO GO TO EMERGENCY AT OR ABOUT TRAILING POINT HAND THROWN SWITCH AT BOWIE RESOURCES MINE AT MP 87.8.  INSPECTION OF AXLE PARTS REVEALED RUST ON THE ROLLER BEARING WHERE IT ATTACHED TO THE AXLE INDICATING AN OLD UNDETECTED BREAK. 


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
31M PULLING WEST WITH 1 UNIT ( NS 2600), 73 LOADS ON THREE LEAD TRACK, TOLEDO, OH. DERAILED 4 CARS.       


nearest_city: SHARONVILLE
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TS23 ONE ENGINE, 0 LOADS, 4 MTYS, FLATSWITCHED PGTX 400106 EAST WHEN SH02 ROLLED WEST FOULING THE SW ITCHING LEAD RAKING PGTX 500067.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
AS TRAIN 15 WAS PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND ON THE NB MAINLINE FROM FROM MURRAY CENTRAL TO CENTRAL POINT T HE OPERATOR RECIEVED TWO COMPLAINTS FROM PASSENGERS OF A WIERD NOISE COMING FROM THE TRAIN. THE OPER ATOR EXITED HIS TRAIN AT CENTRAL POINT STATION TO INSPECT THE TRAIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING UNUSUAL. THE OPERATOR THEN CONTINUED IN ROUTE AND NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM THE CENTER CAR OF THE C ONSIST AND BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A STOP. FURTHER INSPECTION REVIELED THE LAST BOGGIE OF THE CENTER CA R HAD LOST A TIRE AND DERAILED. THREE PIECES OF THE TIRE WERE FOUND ALONG THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN 2700 SOUTH AND 1800 SOUTH. CAUSE OF TIRE TO COME APART IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. 


nearest_city: BOSSIER CITY
county: BOSSIER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
RPHRV-14 RECEIVED A DRAGGING/HOTBOX INDICATION FROM THE DETECTOR AT MP 445 ON THE SHREVEPORT SUB.  T HE CREW STOPPED THE TRAIN AND THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND ONE SET OF WHEELS DERAILED ON THE CHTT386555 DUE TO AN OVERHEATED JOURNAL.     


nearest_city: NEW CASTLE
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
H53 SHOVING 05 CARS EAST ON AMOCO LEAD WHEN 100 POUND RAIL BROKE ON LOW SIDE OF 5 DEGREE CURVE CAUSI NG THE A END OF THE FOUTH CAR. PSPX 32000 AND 2 MORE CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: MCKINNEY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
215T810, SOUTHBOUND ASCENDING A 1.0% GRADE TRACK, WITH 3 UNITS, 12 EMPTIES, 3925 TONS AND 6129; DERA ILED THE 21ST AND THE 23RD THROUGH THE 36 HEAD CARS AS THEY PASSED JUST SOUTH OF CP GENEVA 132.67.      


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
MWCCI-10 SHOVED INTO BOWL 17 FROM WEST END.  YARD JOB YC119-10 CAME TO A HOOK ON EAST END OF BOWL 17 FOR HAND-OFF.  AS THE YC119-10 PULLED HAND-OFF EAST, THE SP340515 DROPPED BETWEEN THE RAIL RESULTIN G IN A FIVE-CAR DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: ROSELAND
county: TANGIPAHOA
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
SEMI- TRACTOR/TRAILER STOPPED ON THE HWY. 10 RAILROAD CROSSING PRIOR TO THE SIGNAL ACTIVITY DUE TO T HE TRAIN'S APPROACH. TRUCK DID NOT  MOVE OFF CROSSING PRIOR TO IMPACT. SIGNALS WERE FUNCTIONING PROP ERLY. UNIT CN 5646 SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN THE IMPACT.     


nearest_city: COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
SHOP MOVERS SPOTTING THE WEST END OF THE HOUSE ATTEMPTED TO SPOT A UNIT JUST OUTSIDE OF WEST 3 TRACK .  ALL 4 LOCOMOTIVES FACING WEST SO THE MOVE WAS A LONG SHOVE.  GROUND MAN GAVE PROPER CAR COUNTS AN D SLOWED TO A STOP, BUT FINAL STOPPING POINT WENT OVER THE DERAIL.  ONE TRACTOR MOTOR OF THE UP7633 WENT OVER THE DERAIL.    


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: HENDERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: L H & STL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE DRIVER OF A 2007 KENWORTH TRACTOR-TRAILER TURNED INTO THE PATH OF Q20409 AT CROSSING RESULTING I N THE DRIVER BEING FATALLY INJURED. THE TRAIN CREW STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE TRAIN ON PARALLEL HIGHWAY 60 FOR OVER A MILE WHILE THEY TRAVERSED THREE OTHER CROSSINGS.     


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BHRR
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BHAM TERM ENSLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
PRIMARY CAUSE : HUMAN FACTOR - NON-EMPLOYEE

WHILE #2 GENERAL WAS PULLING AN EMPTY  HOPPER TRAIN T HROUGH THE NORTH END OF 34ST YARD AT ENSLEY IN ROUTE AT THE BNSF YARD, NORFOLK SOUTHERN MADE AN UNPR OTECTED SHOVE MOVEMENT, AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SIDE OF THE 16TH CAR OF #2 GENERAL'S TRAIN. THIS C AUSED 2 CARS TO DERAIL, AND DAMAGE TO ONE OTHER.    


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: HENDERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: HENDERSON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
J92422 RAN THRU CGB LOADOUT SWITCH ON RIVERBRANCH LOOP, THEN MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT, DERAILING STLX 9 535 & STLX 9353.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MEMPHIS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
LWU13 05 WAS SWITCHING OUT SPOT CARS FOR THE OIL MILL WHEN THE R4 WHEEL OF LOADED TANK CAR CRGX 7314 CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED.  THIS RESULTED IN THE SUBSEQUENT DERAILMENT OF MP 950129 AND CRGX 8073.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO PULLING WEST ON THE SOUTH DRILL W/26 CARS FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF MISALIGNED ROUTE ND OCCUPIED ADJACENT TRACK RESULTING IN RAKING COLLISION WITH 20TH HEAD OF CUT BEING SHOVED INTO WF01 DERAILING ENGINE 6152.     


nearest_city: EAST STROUDSBURG
county: MONROE
railroad: DL
date: 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INTO CUSTOMER SIDING, THE ENGINE CLOSEST TO CARS PICKED THE SWITCH FROG CAUSING ENTIRE LEAD TRUCK OF LOCOMOTIVE (SIX-AXLE) AND ONE TRAILING AXLE TO DERAIL WHEN RAIL ROLLED.
RE: LINE 28 PRIMARY CAUSE - NON-STANDARD LEAD FROM POINT OF SWITCH TO POINT OF FROG ON #8 TURNOUT WAS NOT ABLE T O SUPPORT LONGER WHEELBASE OF SIX AXLE LOCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y39226 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO #5 DEPARTURE WHILE THE INRD RAILROAD WAS DEPARTING FROM #1 USI NG THE LONG POCKET NORTH DEPARTURE TRACK (TRACKS ARE PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER). EMPLOYEE FAILED TO LI NE THE #5-#6 SWITCH CAUSING HIS TRAIN TO SIDE SWIPE THE INRD WHILE THEY WERE DEPARTING. FOREIGN DAMA GES ESTIMATED AT 50000.    


nearest_city: ASHDOWN
county: LITTLE RIVER
railroad: KRR
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOPE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CREW PULLING 22 LOADS AND 5 EMPTIES EASTBOUND WITH NO HAZ MAT WHEN THE TRAILING WHEEL SET IN THE 18T H CAR FROM HEAD END OF THE TRAIN DERAILED AT MP 777.1. CAR WAS DRAGGED TO MP 781.60 WHERE CAR DESTRO YED TRACK DERAILING THE 20TH, 21RST AND 22ND CARS CAUSING TRAIN SEPARATION AND AN UNDESIRED EMERGENC Y. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WORN GIBBS AND COLUMNS AT AR LOCATION AND WORN OUT FRICTION CASTING AN D FRICTION CASTING POCKET AT AL LOCATION OF TRUCK BOLSTER.   


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
M-ENITUL1-27 PULLED 8106 TRACK TO DOUBLE TO 8105 TRACK. WHILE SHOVING BACK, DERAILED 4 CARS AT EAST LD SWITCH. INVESTIGATION SHOWS BNSF 713003, LDD BOX, HAD BEEN LOADED OFF CENTER WITHOUT BRACING TO H OLD IN PLACE, ALLOWING LOAD TO SHIFT.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CREW ASSIGNED TO KB24, RUN 526, WERE SWITCHING BSY9 ON SOUTH LEAD EAST END, PINLIFTER ON LINE 24 DRO PPED WHILE MAKING A SHOVE MOVE LINING THE 5-9 LEAD SWITCH FOR 5 LEAD.  WHEN CREW (RUN 526) REVERSED MOVEMENT EASTWARD, LINES 20, 21, 22 ALL WENT TOWARDS 5 LEAD DERAILING 4 CARS.  CARS DERAILED FROM HE AD END LINE 19 CSXT 485337 (L), DERAILED POSITION R L 1 2, CAR DAMAGE $651 ACTUAL; FROM HEAD END (AF TER ENGINES)  LINE 22 CSXT 485161 (L) DERAILED POSITION ALL, CAR DAMAGE $2177 ACTUAL; FROM HEAD END LINE 23 CSXT 484512 (L) DERAILED POSITION ALL, CAR DAMAGE $662 ACTUAL; FROM HEAD END LINE 24 CSXT 70 8531 (L) DERAILED POSITION R L 3 4, CAR DAMAGE $120 (ESTIMATE). 


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CAR WCOR4924 SHOWED UP ON THE RIP TRACK WITH THE B END BLOWN OUT.  (BOX CAR) LOAD OUT AS PER S.D.E. DAMAGED ONLY.  DID NOT DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y-HOU1321027, PULLING INTO TRACK 914, DERAILED AT TURNOUT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CROSS LEVEL DEVIAT ION UNDER FROM FROM EXCESSIVE WATER AND MUD CONDITIONS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RUPERT
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: EIRR
date: 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW COMPLETED SHOVE IN YARD TRACK 139. CREW FAILED TO ASSURE CARS WERE SECURED PROPERLY AND CONTINU ED TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE FROM
TRACK 139 TO TRACK 140. CONDUCTOR BEGAN MAKING SHOVE YARD MAIN TO 140 TRACK AND NOTICED CARS IN 139 ROLLING TOWARDS TRAIN HE WAS
SHOVING. CREW WAS UNABLE TO STOP MOVEME NT PRIOR TO CARS MAKING CONTACT AT THE YARD MAIN AND NEAR TRACK 139 WEST SWITCH DAMAGING TWO
RAIL C ARS SEVERELY. NO CARS WERE DERAILED, NO TRACK DAMAGE   


nearest_city: SCHERTZ
county: GUADALUPE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CCDSA9-21, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7188, STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK TRAILER THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE TRACK A T THE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI.  CONDUCTOR WAS INJURED.      


nearest_city: MCALESTER
county: PITTSBURG
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MKCFW-04 WITH LEAD UNIT UP8052, WHILE TRAVELING ON AOK MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 9 CARS WHILE PULLIN G PICK-UP OFF THE INTERCHANGE WAY.  POD ON AOK TRACK AND DERAILED EQUIPMENT PULLED ON UPRR MAINLINE, CAUSING $27,990 IN TRACK/SIGNAL/STRUCTURE DAMAGES.  AOK ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $8890.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CRSH
date: 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
FC18 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK G15 WITH 18 LOADS AND 25 EMPTIES WHEN CSX CREW STRUCK THEIR TRAIN CONDUC TORS, RIGHT WRIST WAS INJURIES.      


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-HUTKCK1-22 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 8132 DUE TO SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED.  N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SANTA ANA
county: ORANGE
railroad: SCAX
date: 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LATE REPORT BASED ON AMTRAK'S LATE REPORT RECEIVED 1/4/2011.  TRAIN 578 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/ 451 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP 176.20, GRAND AVE. CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN 66 WAS SIDESWIPED BY TRAIN 2163.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE FOR UNIT 3209 IS $500.00 AND AMTRAK S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE FOR UNIT 48183 IS $58,800.00.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YARD CREW #OMMCX4 OPERATED THROUGH SWITCH #2185 ENROUTE EAST ATTEMPTING TO COUPLE AND THEN OPERATED WEST THROUGH SWITCH AND DERAILED EAST TRUCK OF #7571.      


nearest_city: PROVIDENCE FORGE
county: NEW KENT
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 67 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/39 AND 6 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP55.23, A PRIVATE CROS SING.      


nearest_city: SPARTANBURG
county: SPARTANBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
N21630 DEPARTING SPARTANBURG YARD SOUTH BOUND EN-ROUTE TO AUGUSTA WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CARS DERAILED. THE FINAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO THE RAIL BREAKING UNDER THE TRAIN.     


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M38531-10 ENTERED SHARED ASSETS WITH 128 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY CAUSING 8 CARS TO D ERAIL. DERAILED CARS WERE: FTTX 975014, FTTX 603674, FTTX 972720, FTTX 963278, FTTX 971096, FTTX 972 356, FTTX 925160, FTTX 965160 ON THE SHARED ASSETS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILME NT WAS DUE TO AN AIRHOSE ON NS 472188 WAS KINKING UNDER BUFF FORCE ALLOWING AIR PRESSURE TO ESCAPE C AUSING THE TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY CAUSING 8 CARS TO STRING LINE AND DERAIL. CONRAIL REPORTED $40 ,061 IN TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
UT62-15 WAS ATTACHED TO YG161-15 AND SHOVED 12 CARS TOWARDS 9 MAIN THROUGH THE NEW CONNECTION.  WHIL E HE WAS IN CONTROL OF THE MOVE, THE UTILITY 62 SHOVED THROUGH THE SWITCH.  YG161-15 WAS RELIEVED BY YG166-15 IN THE NEW CONNECTION.  YG166 WAS INSTRUCTED TO PULL THE CARS EAST FOR EXTENSION 5.  IN TH E PROCESS OF PULLING EAST, YG166 DERAILED 3 STACK CARS (5 TUBS) ON THEIR TRAIN AS A RESULT OF PULLIN G THRU THE RUN THRU SWITCH.   


nearest_city: SWARTZ
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MCGEHEE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
CATRD9-03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP6024 DERAILED 13 CARS WHEN DEPARTING OUT OF SWARTZ SIDING.  CAUSE WAS DET ERMINED TO BE HARMONIC ROCK OFF.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Y10529 WAS YARDING L14429 INTO TOTE 2. UPON ENTERING THE TRACK, TOTE 2 AND THE TEAM TRACK SWITCH FLO ATED CAUSING A DERAIL.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFFS
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE QPCNPP-28 AN EASTBOUND TRAIN HAD THE ARMN992991 THROWING SPARKS DUE TO A BRAKING PROBLEM.  THE F LOOR OF THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CAR.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ROBBINS
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
SUBJECT DROVE AROUND THE DOWN ACTIVATED GATES ATTEMPTING TO BEAT THE TRAIN WHEN THEY WERE FATALITY S TRUCK BY METRA TRAIN #509.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YNP32R WAS TRIMMING WHEN A LOW HANGING AIR HOSE ON THE EEC8138 BECAME CAUGHT IN THE 8 SWITCH AT THE WEST TRIM.  AS THE CAR KEPT HEADING EASTWARD ON THE SOUTH PULLBACK, THE TROLLEY AND AIR HOSE RIPPED OFF THE CAR AND ACTED AS A DERAIL, DERAILING ALL FOUR WHEELS OF THE EEC8138.  WHILE DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, THE EEC8138 CAUSED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH TO BE LINED FOR THE NORTH PULLBACK, ALLOWING THE REA R TWO CARS TO STAY ON THE RAIL.  BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TRAIN TO STOP, THE EEC8138 DRAGGED OVER THE 7 POWER SWITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE POWER SWITCH.  


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GNBC HANDLING 71 CARS THROUGH BNSF YARD TRACK 4003 DERAILED 11 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCL Y-MEM3742-09 WHILE HUMPING CARS INTO TRACK 2015 FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED WHOSE COUPLERS HAD BYPASSE D.      


nearest_city: ANTELOPE
county: SACRAMENTO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RAIL LIFTER OPERATOR WENT PAST HIS TRACK AUTHORITY AND RAN THRU A SWITCH LINED AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT. NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ILXDI-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8583, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSIN G. UP8583 DAMAGED AND DERAILED LEAKING APPROXIMATELY 600 GALS OF DIESEL FUEL. UP8089 SUSTAINED DAMAG ED. ENGINEER INJURED. DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YPR36R-22 SHOVED BACK ON 1 HUMP LEAD WITH PROTECTION AND RAN THRU THE 29/ILL INBOUND SWITCH CAUSING UPY888 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DES PLAINES
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
METRA TRAIN 104 TRAVELING ON TRACK 1 MAIN STRUCK AN AUTO AT CENTRAL ROAD. TRAIN WAS PASSING A STOPPE D FRIEGHT TRAIN ON TRACK 2 (NORTH OF CROSSING) AND AS IT APPROACHED HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING AUTO DISRE GARDED CROSSING WARNING AND WAS STRUCK.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DURING YARD SWITCHING CREW WAS PULLING INTO TRACK # 6 WHEN CROSS MEMBERS ON CAR BODYBROKE LOOSE CAUS ING THE CROSS MEMBERS TO FALL FROM CAR AND STRIKING THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE RAIL CAR (NOKL-25040 5) TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TC60 HUMPING KNX 135 WITH 124 CARS OUT OF RT10 WHEN CAR TTZX 862475 FAILED TO COUPLE TO SRCX 978 WHI CH WAS HEAD OUT IN CT34 ALLOWING CONTINUOUS IMPACTING ACTION OF FOLLOWING LOADS TO FORCE SRCXN978X54 161 BEING PULLED DOWN THROUGH SKATE RETARDER A EAST LEAD BY TC62 DERAILING SRCX 978.     


nearest_city: DE SOTO
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
B-DKSLPC5-05 DEPARTING DESOTO DERAILED REAR SET OF WHLS ON ONE CAR LEAVING SIDING ONTO MT. INSIDE SW ITCH ON SIDING TOWARD TRK 1102 HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THIS CREW. SPL AGENTS UNABLE TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF VANDALISM. REVIEW BY BNSF OFFICERS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO LAST USED SWITCH , BUT THIS CREW DIDNT. NO HUMAN FACTOR ASSIGNMENT THIS REASON. TRAIN CONTAINED  ARTICULATED EQUIPMEN T.   


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YKXS02 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING CARS IN KIRK YARD.  DOWX 6498 WAS HUMPED TO GO KC18.  WHEN THE SWITCH APPROACHED TH SW20 SWITCH, IT THREW IN THE FACE OF THE CAR.  THE TRACK CIRCUIT OVER THE SWITC H 25/20 LAP IS NOT ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AT CURRENT HUMP SPEEDS.  HAZARDOUS CARS DOWX 6498 AND CGBX 6002 WERE DERAILED AT THE 20 SWITCH.  THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BLUE ISLAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Q64716 DERAILED 4 CARS AT THE BRC IN BEDFORD PARK, IL. CARS DERAILED WERE AS FOLLOWS: NATX 251409, P PTX 3587 (1ST TO DERAIL), PPTX 4425, PROX 71011. CAR POSITION 12 - 15 DERAILED AND CARS 13, 14 & 15 ROLLED TO THE SOUTH COMPLETELY OFF OF TRUCKS. THE SOUTH RAIL ROLLED APPROXIMAETLY 200 FT. DUE TO A B ROKEN RAIL. BRC ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE $4885.00.    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
NL01 PULLING 40 LOADS INTO B YARD TRACK #9 WHEN THE 6TH THROUGH 11TH HEAD CARS DERAILED DUE TO THE G AUGE OPENING UNDER THE MOVEMENT ACCOUNT DETERIORATED TIE CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE MOVING WESTWARD WITH 1 UNIT, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES ON WC01 TRACK DERAILE D THE NS 9190.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: PNW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
SWITCH CREW OPERATING SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE E/530 SHOVING E/468 AND 1 CAR DERAILED BOTH E/468 AND C/39 008 AT CROSSOVER TRACK 6/7 INTO KING ST STATION.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LINED AND LOCKED.     


nearest_city: ELIZABETH CITY
county: PASQUOTANK
railroad: CA
date: 2013-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CA-1 PULLING SOUTH OUT OF ELIZABETH CITY SIDING WITH 7 LOADS.  CONDUCTOR NOTICED 1 CAR ROCKING AND R EALIZED IT HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Z-LACALT7-31 WAS STOPPED ON FUEL LEAD FOR DEPARTURE SIGNAL. Y-BEL1032-01 WHICH HAD PERMISSION TO ENT ER FUEL LEAD AFTER Z-LACALT7-31 DEPARTED, BEGAN LINING SWITCHES FOR THEIR MOVE. WHEN THEY LINED ONE END OF XOVER TO FUEL LEAD, OTHER END OF XOVER LINED UNDER TRAINS AS THE XOVER SWITCHES ARE LINKED IN TANDEM. WHEN Z-LACALT7-31 BEGAN TO DEPART, THEY SPLIT XOVER SWITCH AND DERAILED. NO HATMAT RLSD. TR AIN HAD ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.   


nearest_city: MENDOTA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE, INSPECTION REVEALED DERAILMENT. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE BIG DIPPER TYPE WELD F AILURE CAUSED BY HIGH WHEEL IMPACTS. NO DEFECT OR FATIGUE PRESENT IN THE WELD WITH THE BIG DIPPER FA ILURE. WILD SUGGESTED SEVERAL HIGH IMPACT WHEELS IN TRAIN PRECEDING CULPRIT CAR THAT COULD HAVE CAUS ED THE BROKEN WELD.    


nearest_city: BOKCHITO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TWO MAN CREW PULLING 50 LOADS AND 39 EMPTIES WITH FOUR LOCOMOTIVES EASTBOUND ON THE MAINLINE ON THE LAKESIDE SUBDIVISION. CREW WAS NOTIFIED TO STOP BECAUSE OF HEAT RESTRICTION. AS CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF STOPPING TRAIN, ENGINEER NOTICED DUST COMING FROM HIS TRAIN AND INDUCED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF TRAIN BRAKES. CARS 28 THROUGH 38 HAD DERAILED DUE TO A TRACK BUCKLE.    


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y19717 WAS SHOVING TRACK 18 IN THE CLEAR AT THE WEST END OF YARD AND SHOVED CARS OUT IN THE FOUL AND INTO THE SIDE OF Y19217 ON THE NORTH LEAD AT THE EAST END OF YARD DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y11427 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR HIS INTENDED MOVEMENT ON THE NORTH END OF 59TH STREET YAR D.  THE CONDUCTOR SHOVED INTO #5 TRACK WHICH HAD A BLUE FLAG AND DERAIL APPLIED.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN AND CREW DERAILED 4 CARS ON NEW LACY TRACK AT THE INTERLOCKER, DRAGGING CARS ON BOTH KCS AND UP TRACK.      


nearest_city: AUBURN
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
M-VAWEVE1-29  DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN PULLING INTO TRACK 2450. IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR COMBINED WITH A WO RN  POINT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THE CREW OF TRAIN VR42 WERE HUMPING IN FULL AUTOMATIC WHEN NW 180500 (LOAD OF LIME STONE) DERAILED O N THE WEST END OF THE 50-54 INTERMEDIATE/GROUP RETARDED.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-DYT3311-29A WAS SHOVING TRACK 618 FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD HEADING NORTH INTO 618.  CREW ON THE Y-DYT3211-20 HAD PULLED 15 TRACK FROM THE NORTH END AND WAS KICKING CARS BACK INTO 15.  WHILE TH E 3311 WAS SHOVING 18, THE 15 TRACK ROLLED OUT ON THE SOUTH END IMPACTING THE 3311 JOB WHILE THEY WE RE SHOVING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: KEYSTONE
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 188U116 WITH J5KU116 PUSHER TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TWO TRACK DERAILED THE 63RD THROUGH 73 RD CARS FROM HEAD END.      


nearest_city: PORT JERVIS
county: ORANGE
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: PORT JERVIS LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CREW HB-05 COUPLED TO CAB CAR 6702 AND DERAILED LEAD TRUCK WHILE ENROUTE EAST AFTER OPERATING OVER C HOCKS AND THEN SIDESWIPED ENGINE #4901 ON TRACK #2.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: JACKSONVILLE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y19814 SWUNG OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF H YARD, TRACK H01, AFTER GIVING PERMISSION FOR P93611 TO ENTER ACTIVE ZONE.  Y19814 USING ENGINE CSXT 1162 STRUCK THE SIDE OF CSXT 9992 (P93611 BOTTOM UNIT).      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
COLNA9-07 CAME INTO TRACK 293 AND CUT THEIR LEADER THE UP 5987 OFF TO GO TO THE NEW RACK AND DERAILE D IN AN EASTWARD MOVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OLD RACK DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH.  AFTER THE INVESTIGATION WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO OR WHEN THE SWITCH WAS RUN THRU.     


nearest_city: POMPANO BEACH
county: BROWARD
railroad: SFRV
date: 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
OPERATOR OF HIGHWAY VEHICLE TURNED SOUTH ONTO ML2, MISTAKING THE TRACKS AS THE I-95 ON RAMP, AND BEC AME STUCK. OPERATOR AND TWO OCCUPANTS EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE NORTHBOUND TRAIN STRUCK THE VEHICLE WH ICH BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE TRAIN WAS EVACUATED AND SOME PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES DURING EVACUATION. INJURED PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT OF NON LIFE-THR EATENING INJURIES.   


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BRS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE WORKING IN THE EAST YARD PUTTING DEAD CARS AWAY FROM THAT DAY'S INBOUND, JOB 312 SHOVED OFF TH E END OF TRACK 211. CONDUCTOR STEVE SMOKE MADE THE INTIAL COUPLE IN TRACK 211 AND THEN STRETCHED THE TRACK.  AT THIS POINT STEVE SMOKE TURNED CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT OVER TO THE FIELD MAN, ARDELL CART ER, WHO HAD VERIFIED PRIOR TO COUPLING THAT HE WAS IN POSITION TO WATCH THE BOTTOM OF TRACK 211.  AR DELL THEN TOLD THE ENGINEER, KEVIN KENNISON, TO SHOVE AHEAD THERE WAS ROOM FOR 8 CARS LENGTHS.  KEVI N REPEATED THIS AND BEGAN TO SHOVE.  AFTER ABOUT A CAR AND A HALF, ARDELL TRANSMITTED OVER THE RADIO , "THAT'LL DO, THAT'LL DO".  STEVE ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG? AND ARDELL REPLIED THAT THEY HAD SHOVED OFF THE END OF TRACK 211.  ARDELL SAID HE HAD MISTAKENLY BEEN WATCHING THE BOTTOM OF TRACK 210 INSTEAD


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2012-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE HMRCL 0730 WAS OPERATING GRW LOCOMOTIVE 320.  THE ONE MAN REMOTE CONTROL OPERATOR (RCO) HAD A HO LD OF FOUR LOADED IRON LADLES FOR THE QBOP.  THE OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO ADD THE FOUR TO THE TWO LOADE D LADLES THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE TRACK.  AS THE OPERATOR SHOVED, THE WEST IRON LADLE 152 DERAILED W HEELS L1-2-3.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO DIRTY RAIL.  HULCHER HAS BEEN CALLED OUT TO RE RAIL THE LADLE.  ONCE THE LADLE HAS BEEN RERAIL THE GRW MAINTENANCE OF WAY DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE ANY NECESSARY TRACK REPAIRS.  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
BH42 TRANSFER YARD JOB SHOVING NORTH INTO TRACK 18 AT THE CN MARKAM YA RD (NOT NS) WITH 2 UNITS AND 22 X 24 WHEN 7 NORTH CARS OF THE TRAIN HAD A RAKING COLLUSION WITH SOUTH CAR ON TRACK19 LEFT IN THE FOUL BY CN CREW IN THE CN YARD.     


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE INDUSTRIAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
STUDENT CONDUCTOR WAS LEFT UNATTENDED BY CONDUCTOR, THEY PULLED 4 CARS FROM TRACK 436, SPOTTED THEM IN TRACK 434 TO STAGE THEM AS REQUESTED.  WHEN TRAINNEE PROCEEDED WITH SHOVING MOVEMENT,  TO TRACK T HE TWO TANK CARS MADE CONNECTION DUE TO TRACK 434 NOT BEING CLEAR OF THE FOUL CAUSING THE CARS TO CO LLIDE.    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CE04 HEADING WEST WITH 2 UNITS, 49 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, AND 6067 TONS ON WC 20 TRACK DERAILED 6 CARS.       


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: DENTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MFWKC-07, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9383, STRUCK A STALLED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG FOULING THE CROSSING.  DRIVER EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  NS9383 DAMAGED.  IMPACT CAUSED FUEL TANK ON TRUCK TRA ILER TO RUPTURE AND IGNITE CAUSING FIRE.  TRUCK SPILLED 75 GALS OF DIESEL FUEL.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1022-14A HUMPED CAR ALAB 712600 WHICH DERAILED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HUMP.  CAR ALAB 889743 WAS HUMPED AND COLLIDED WITH THE ALAB 172600.  CAR SHPX 205047 WAS HUMPED AND COLLIDED WITH THE ALAB 889047     


nearest_city: NEGAUNEE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
"3 HILL HEADING EAST ON WEST END TIE UP LEAD, 3011 IN LEAD AND 3003 TRAVELING. 3011 MADE IT THROUGH SWITCH #23 FOR 7 SHOP TRACK.  THE FIRST SET OF TRACKS ON 3003 MADE IT THROUGH SWITCH OK.  THE LAST T RUCK DERAILED ABOUT 10 FEET AFTER THE SWITCH.  LOOKS LIKE THE WHEELS ON FIREMAN'S SIDE OF 3003 FELL IN BETWEEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MAIN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #705 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT 107TH AND THE MAINLINE WHEN THE PANTOGRAPH AND WIRES BECAME DA MAGED CAUSING TRAIN #705 TO STOP. AS TRAIN #735 APPROACHED THE AREA IT STUCK THE DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY TRAIN #705. 9 PANTOGRAPHS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH 150 FEET OF D.C. WIRE.    


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
H5RH024 SHOVING  26 X 18 SOUTH ON 5 RUNNER, WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER 7TH HEAD CAR (ON SHOVE MOVE), RESU LTING IN CARS 7 THROUGH 11 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
IHB 190 WITH 2 ENGINES (BN9875 & BN9903) WITH 125X0, 13750 TONS, 7500' WAS PULLING NORTH ON THE LEAD WHEN THEY RAN THROUGH CALUMET RIVER TERMINAL SWITCH AND MADE A REVERESE MOVE THROUGH THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO NS CREW INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: MORRILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ANGORA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
C-EBMHAF0-21 EXPERIENCED UDE AND CREW INSPECTION FOUND 15 CARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED DEF ECTIVE WHEN RIM ON LCRX 6107.      


nearest_city: RIPARIUS
county: WARREN
railroad: SNC
date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: ADIRONDACK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
01/17/2013 @18:18 SNC XTRA-17 DIVERGED FROM THE MAINLINE AND INTO THE SIDING AT RIPARIUS. THE LOCOMO TIVE, SNC 8524, WAS RUNNING LONG END FORWARD AND THE ENGINEER BRAD PETERSON, PLACED THE TRAIN INTO E MERGENCY ONCE HE NOTICED THE TRAIN WAS DIVERGING. THE TRAIN TRAVELLED 140 FEET INTO THE SIDING WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A BALLAST REGULATOR THAT HAD BEEN PLACED THERE BY MAINTENANCE OF WAY. THE TRAIN PU SHED THE REGULATOR 368 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT THE GATE HAD BEEN DAMAGED EARLIER IN THE DAY BY A COMPANY EMPLOYEE, AND THE LOCK FOR THE SWITCH WAS ALSO LOCATED ON THE HEAD BLOCK OF THE SWITCH NEXT TO THE KEEPER. -THIS REPORT COVERS THE BALLAS T REGULATOR'S PORTION OF THE COLLISION-


nearest_city: MANCHESTER
county: MERIWETHER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
K80221 WAS PULLING FROM SIDING TO THE MAIN AND DERAILED 5 CARS ACCOUNT OF IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR.       


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: TMBL
date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
YARDMASTER HAD TWO CREWS WORKING IN THE SAME AREA. YARDMASTER DID NOT PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO EITHER CREW OF ANY ADDITIONAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. 

YARDMASTER INSTRUCTED THE 1515 CREW TO PULL ALL CARS OFF OF TRACK 15. HE THEN INSTRUCTED THEM TO SHOVE BACK IN THE CLEAR ON TRACK 15 FROM THE WEST END OF THE YARD TO WAIT FOR LIGHT POWER TO LEAVE THE YARD.
  
DURING THE SAME TIME THE YA RDMASTER HAD INSTRUCTED THE 1545 CREW TO PERFORM SWITCHING MOVEMENTS ON THE EAST END OF THE YARD BET WEEN TRACKS 13, 14, 15 AND 17. THE 1545 CREW HAD KICKED RAILCAR BNSF 760906 INTO THE CLEAR ON TRACK 15. 

AS 1515 CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE CLEAR ON TRACK 15 THEY BUMPED INTO RAILCA R BNSF 760906, CAUSING IT TO ROLL OUT THE EAST END OF TRACK 15. BNSF 760906 THEN COLLIDED WITH RAILC


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
G-SWRPTN1-16 ON MT1 WAS STRUCK ON REAR DP LOCO BNSF 4421 WHEN BNSF 479463 ROLLED OUT OF WENDLAND GRA INS INDUSTRY TRACK.  INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES MOVED CARS WITHIN THEIR INDUSTRY AND FAILED TO SET HAND BRAK ES ON CAR.  NO FUEL RELEASED FROM LOCO.     


nearest_city: SOUTH NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH AND WIRE DAMAGE CAUSE FOR TRAIN #6558 DUE TO 60% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK IN LEAF SPRING UN DER THE MOUNTING  BLOCK OF THE PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #9026. THE PANTOGRAPH SHOE DROPPED UNDER MOVEMENT S UBSEQUENTLY ENGAGING THE OVERHEAD WIRE ON THE 24 CROSSOVER AT CP-240, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PAN TOGRAPH ON CAR #9026 AND THE CATINARY WIRE.    


nearest_city: WITTENBERG
county: PERRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
E OPPWTM0 64 WAS OPERATING ON SINGLE MAIN AND AN AUTO WENT THROUGH GATES AT XING AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF TRAIN.      


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
11GC130 PULLING WEST WITH NS 9826 PLUS 1, 17 LOADS, 131 EMPTIES, 6569 TONS, DERAILED ONE CAR AFTER I MPACTING HEIGHT RESTRICTED BRIDGE AT MP EP 72.88
      


nearest_city: DECKER
county: KNOX
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: C E & D
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Q59201 CREW DEPARTED EVANSVILLE, IN ENROUTE TO DANVILLE, IL WITH 62 CARS (32 LOADS AND 30 EMPTIES). WHILE TRAVELING NORTHOUND ON THE CE&D SUBDIVISION THE TRAIN ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF DECKER, IN AND R ECEIVED MEDIUM APPROACH SIGNAL AT THE SOUTH-END OF DECKER.  THE TRAIN ENTERED THE SIDING AS REQUIRED AND CREW IMMEDIATELY FELT THE TRAIN LUNGE FORWARD WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM THE MAINLINE TO THE SIDI NG TRACK.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN A ND FOUND CARS DERAILED.  NO CREW MEMBERS OR CIVILIANS INJURED DUE TO THIS DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: SHEDD
county: LINN
railroad: PNWR
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: BROOKLYN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
PNWR LPWABJ-15 RECEIVED A HOT BOX WHILE ON THE UPRR MAIN TRACK.  TRAIN WAS STOPPED AND INSPECTED.  T HE 38TH CAR WAS FOUND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: KALAMAZOO
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
196L606 WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES, 17 LOADS, 7 EMPTIES, AND 1729 TONS SHOVING WEST ON CLASS 6 TRACK WHEN 2N D AND 3RD HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: EAST HAZELCREST
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
R97291-20 WAS SHOVING TRACK MA15 IN MARKHAM YARD. THE R96991-20 WAS COUPLING CARS IN TRACK IN TRACK MA14. AS THE R97291-20 WAS SHOVING THEIR CUT THE TTGX 159338 CORNERED ENGINE EJE 664 ON THE R96991-2 0. NOTHING DERAILED.  YARDMASTER WAS TESTED, RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.     


nearest_city: BLUFFS
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
398 DELAYED 7'15", 33J DELAYED 6'50", 278 DELAYED 3'00.  145 & 255 DETOURED BROOKLYN DISTRICT THRU S T LOUIS EASTBOUND TRAIN 398D225 LEAD WHEEL OF TRAIL TRUCK OF EMPTY COVERED HOPPER NW 177573 LIFTED O VER H RAIL ACCOUNT DEFECTIVE WEDGE RISE WHILE NEGOTIATING 2.5/1.5 DEGREES CURVES AT 35 MPH.  RESULTE D IN DERAILMENT OF SUBJECT CAR NW 177573 8TH HEAD CAR ALL WHEELS AND SOU 88615 9TH HEAD CAR ALL WHEE LS.   


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
209.16 - 1'45" 210.16 - 2'15" GJ60 WAS PULLING SOUTH CROSSING OVER FROM TRACK 31 TO 30 WHEN THE 19TH - 24TH HEAD CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT OF THE WHEELS MOUNTING WORN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YPB03R-06 WAS DRAGGING TRACK 254 NORTH TO HUMP WHEN THE YARDMASTER SAW A TANK CAR WOBBLING AND TOLD THE CREW TO STOP.  UPON INVESTIGATING, FOUND A BROKEN RAIL IN THE TRACK THAT CAUSED MULTIPLE CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD JOB, YJTS30, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING CARS AT THE SOUTH END OF JOLIET YARD. THE CREW HAD SWITCHED 2 CARS INTO JN19 AND HAD A HOLD OF 6 CARS, PREPARING TO SWITCH ONE CAR INTO JN09 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE WRONG SWITCH FOR HIS MOVEMENT. THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THE SWITCHING LEAD TO THE "RUN THRU" TRACK AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME AHEAD 4 CARS TO SWITCH THE NEX T CAR TO NJ09. HE BEGAN WALKING NORTH TO LINE THE NJ09 SWITCH. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AT THI S MOMENT, HE SAW THAT THE SOUTH CARS OF HIS CUT WAS GOING INTO THE SIDE OF CARS THAT WERE ON THE "RU N THRU" TRACK AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. THEY SIDEWIPED CGTX 65138 WITH EQUX 631648. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT HAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE INCORRECT SWITCH FOR THE MOVEMENT.


nearest_city: POMPANO BEACH
county: BROWARD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRI-RAIL TRAIN P61212 HIT A TRACTOR-TRAILER IN THE POMPANO BEACH AREA. FOREIGN RR COST ESTIMATED AT 35000      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
2 CARS ROLLED OUT EAST END OF BOWL TRACK 2034. RCO Y-KCK3032-08 WAS PLACING CARS BACK INTO TRACK THR OUGH 201 TRACK AND DERAILED BOTH CARS. SWITCH WAS FOUD TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN-THRU, BUT SUPERVI SION WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH JOB HAD DONE SO. NO HFI WAS ASSIGNED.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YLP35R-17 HAD KICKED CAR INTO 002 TRACK, THEN KICKED CAR INTO 009 TRACK.  THEY WERE COMING UP THE LE AD TO KICK ANOTHER CAR INTO 002 TRACK AND FOUND THE FIRST CAR THEY KICKED INTO 002 TRACK HAD ROLLED OUT OF THE TRACK AND SIDESWIPED LAST CAR IN THE 11 CAR CUT.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE ORIGINAL CAR DERAILING ON ITS SIDE ON 001 RAIL AND THE OTHER CAR DERAILING ON ITS SIDE ON THE 002 SWITCH.  THIS WAS CAUSED DUE TO TRACK LEAD HAD NOT BEEN RAISED SINCE 1987 WHEN PUT IN.  TRACK 002 IS NOT LOWER THA N LEAD, WHEN CARS WERE KICKED IN, CARS SHOUD HAVE STAYED IN THE BOWL.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY ROLLED OUT . 


nearest_city: WORCESTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Q42315 WAS SHOVING OUT OF THE PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER YARD WITH 32 LOADS AND 92 EMPTIES.  THE ENGIN EER WAS SHOVING WITH TWO AC LOCOMOTIVES ON-LINE IN THE 5TH NOTCH AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT.  HE HAD MINIMUM AMOUNT OF BRAKE APPLIED.  THERE WERE 15 EMPTY AUTORACKS ON THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN, AND TH E 4TH, 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH CARS DERAILED FROM EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCE. FOREIGN RAILROAD COST IS 16,218.00.    


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: IC
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
L52171-12 WAS PULLING THROUGH TRACK BR13 OF BATON ROUGE YARD WITH A CUT OF CARS FROM STANDARD OIL #1 TRACK. ONCE THE LOCOMOTIVES PASSED THE NUMBER 9 SWITCH, THE CONDUCTOR STATED HE TOLD THE ENGINEER T O STOP BECAUSE "SOMETHING DID'T FEEL RIGHT". AT THAT SAME TIME TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUC TOR WALKED BACK TO THE NORTH END TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND FOUND 3 CARS FROM HIS CONSIST HAD DERAILED. ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK CAR UTCX 59727 WHICH WAS STANDING IN TRACK BR14 AND CAUSE D IT ALSO DERAIL.  


nearest_city: FLINT
county: GENESEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WHILE YARDING TRAIN Q32209 PULLED THROUGH C01 WITH 61 LOADS AND 89 EMPTIES AND TOOK HEAD ROOM UP THE NORTH LEAD. Q32209 DERAILED 5 CARS ON THE #3 SWITCH AT THE NORTH END OF C01. AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE #3 SWITCH THE TRAIL TRUCK OF THE GATX 68776 DERAILED ON BROKEN RAIL, CAUSING 1 CAR AHEAD AND 3 B EHIND TO DERAIL. GATX 68776 AND NAHX 53867 TURNED OVER TO THE EAST SIDE.    


nearest_city: ANGLETON
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MEWFP-20 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS SOUTHBOUND ON SOUTH LEG OF WYE TRACK WHEN TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE.  INVE STIGATION REVEALED 5 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.  DERAILED RAILCARS STRUCK L OCOMOTIVE AND RAILCAR IN ADJACENT TRACK DERAILING BOTH.     


nearest_city: BATTELLE
county: DE KALB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 367A615 MOVING SOUTH, 47 MPH, ON THE MAIN TRACK WITH 9 UNITS (6 IN LOW) 42-34-4804 TONS DERAIL ED THE R-3 WHEEL ON NS E7073.      


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
M-TEAPTX1-31 DERAILED 7 CARS AT 109 TRACK SWITCH WHILE DEPARTING YARD. INSPECTION FOUND METAL DEBRIS FOULING SWITCH POINTS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MINIDOKA
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
OGRT4-13, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6737, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED LOWBOY TRAILER WHICH WAS HIGH-CENTERED ON THE 600 EAST CROSSING.  DRIVER OF THE TRUCK HAD UNHOOKED FROM THE TRAILER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THERE WAS A CROSSING GUARD AT THE CROSSING WHEN THE TRAILER BECAME STUCK AND AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  DOT P LATE WAS IN PLACE HOWEVER THE GUARD FAILED TO CALL EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER FOR STALLED VEHICLES.  R AIL = CWR   


nearest_city: CHEEK
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y-BNT1021015 WHILE SPOTTING TANK RACK AT GOODYEAR FAILED TO LINE DERAIL AND DERAILED 2 CARS. NO HAZ WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEW TOWN
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT H52-29 HEADING EAST OUT OF NEWTOWN WITH 40 LOADS & 3 EMPTIES WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGEN CY. SECTION FORCES WERE FOLLOWING & ADVISED TO STOP. WALKED BACK & FOUND 3 HIND CARS (LOADS OF CRUDE OIL) DERAILED (2 TIPPED OVER) - NONE LEAKING. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JOINTED RAIL.     


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AMQEGR-25 HAD BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO ENTER THE ZONE BY JOB YMY16R-25.  TRAIN YMY16R-25 WAS PULLING WITH EXCESSIVE TONNAGE AND COULD NOT STOP.  YMY16R-25 STRUCK THE AMQEGR-25 DERAILING SEVERAL RAILCA RS.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTIVE SPEED AND EXCESSVIE TONNAGE ON TRAIN.     


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
SWITCH CAME UNLATCHED UNDER TRAIN MOVEMENT. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO LAST USED SWITCH OF IF SWITCH HA NDLE WAS MANIPULATED BY ANOTHER PERSON DURING MOVEMENT. SWITCH LOCKS HAVE BEEN APPLIED AS PREVENTIVE MEASURE.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q-LACCHI6-01 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 103/903.  ENGR WAS SHOVING WITH 22 PSI REDUCTIO N AND THROTTLE 5 CAUSING DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.  TRAIN WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YPB35R-16, WHILE DRAGGING AOK06538, LOADED WHEEL CAR, TO REHUMP.  THE WHEELS FELL OFF AND FOULED THE TRACK PULLING THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS FROM UNDER THE CEFX72874 AND CAUSING THE NAHX61557 TO BE PULLE D OFF CENTER WHILE DRAGGING TO THE CREST.  CARS WERE PULLED OUT OF BOWL 41.  CARS WERE NEVER PHYSICA LLY ON THE GROUND DUE TO BOTTOM SHELF COUPLERS.  ONE SET OF TRUCKS PULLED FROM UNDER THE CEFX72874 G IVING THE CATEGORY OF DERAIL.   


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN MHNEP-01 PROCEEDED DOWN HILL ONTO THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE WITH 9,764 GROSS TONS.  NUMBER 16 TU RNOUT WAS TIGHT ON THE FROG/SWITCH CONNECTING TO BOTH EAST AND WEST LEGS OF WYE.  DEGREE OF RUNOUT R EVEALS WHEELS CLIMBING AT FROG AND DERAILING CARS 27, 28 AND 29 FROM THE HEAD END OUT OF A TOTAL OF 102.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: NEWPORT NEWS
county: NEWPORT NEWS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PENINSULA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
U75027 WHILE SHOVING OUT OF R04 FROM THE RECEIVING YARD, IT CLIMBED UP AND OVER THE SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CP'S CREW 2G39-08 WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN INTO UP'S TRACK 205 IN YARD 9.  2 CARS DERAILED - MWCX5004 64 & CRDX20348.  CP'S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $23,415.24.      


nearest_city: KEENE
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE MWCRV-16 DEPARTED CLIFF SIDING AT 10 MPH ON A 2.2 DESCENDING GRADE DROPPED TO 6 MPH AFTER CLEARI NG SIDING.  ENGINEER DECIDED TO TRANSITION DPU FROM DYNAMIC BRAKE TO POWER TO SHOVE TRAIN.  ONCE TRA IN REGAINED SPEED, ENGINEER DROPPED THE FENCE TO THE DPU ALLOWING THE COMPUTER TO TAKE OVER AND CATC H UP WITH THE LEAD UNIT IN THROTTLE 8 DYNAMIC BRAKE.  THE DPU ONCE IN THROTTLE 8 DYNAMICS PULLED THE TRAIN TOO HARD RESULTING IN A STRING-LINE EFFECT CAUSING 7 EMPTY CARS TO DERAIL ON A 10 DEGREE CURV E.  RAIL= CWR  


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL3022018 HUMPED CARS INTO TRACK 2007. LATER, ANOTHER YARD ENGINE DISCOVERED 1 CAR DERAILED A ND TWO OTHERS DAMAGED THAT 2 SETS OF 2 CARS HUMPED OVER SPEED DUE TO CONTAMINATED GROUP RETARDERS.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YPB24R-14 TRAVELED ONTO 49 LEAD VIA THE 47/49 LEAD.  THEY BEGAN SHOVING BACK TO PICK UP ANOTHER BOWL TRACK WHEN EQUX632348 TRAVELED INTO TRACK 248 AND TRACK 247 DERAILING ITSELF AND THE TILX191567.      


nearest_city: WALLA WALLA
county: WALLA WALLA
railroad: PCC
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: WALLULA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
GRAIN SHUTTLE WAS PULLING CARS BACK TO WALLA WALLA YARD (WESTBOUND).  CONSIST WAS TWO LOCOMOTIVES AN D 14 LOADS.  AS CREW WAS ROUNDING A SWEEPING CURVE AT MP 38.20 AT 9 MPH ENGINEER FELT SLIGHT BUMP AN D LOOKED BACK ON TRAIN TO SEE THE FIRST THREE CARS DERAILING ON THEIR SIDES.  CREW BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO STOP.  UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT WAMX3920 HAS ALSO DERAILED THE LEAD TRUCK.    


nearest_city: ORISKANY
county: ONEIDA
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING ON TRACK ONE ATTEMPTING TO DROP RAIL THE THREADER CAR OPERATOR ALLOWED FOR EQUIPMENT TO FOUL TRACK NUMBER TWO, WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT TO EQUIPMENT, WEST BOUND P063 16 PASSED BY THE RAIL TRAINS LOCATION AND STRUCK THE THREADER BOX. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGES TO AMT E NGINE 173 AND TO THREADER CAR SPSX 564495.    


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK PASSENGER EQUIPMENT DERAILED GOING OVER MAIN LINE AT CPR-1. AMTRAK CLAIMS ICE & SNOW BULID UP .
PAN AM RAILWAYS INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE AMTRAK TRAIN WOULD NOT HAVE TRAVELED THE DISTAN CE IT DID DUE TO SNOW AND ICE BUILD UP,THUS AFTER PAN AM RAILWAYS INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED TH AT PAN AM COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY AMTRAK STATED THE CAUSE AS SNOW AND ICE BUILD UP.    


nearest_city: POMPANO BEACH
county: BROWARD
railroad: SFRV
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
OPERATOR OF COMMERCIAL TRUCK & TRAILER STOPPED, WITH THE REAR OF THE TRAILER FOULING MAINLINE 2, AND WAS STRUCK BY THE NORTHBOUND COMMUTER TRAIN. NO INJURIES REPORTED. TRAIN SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAM AGE.     


nearest_city: ELIZABETH
county: UNION
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
NJT TRAIN # 3914 TRAVELING EAST AT ELMORA, MP 14.7 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE E/4632 DUE TO A CATENARY SYSTEM DEFECT.  NJTRS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,255.00.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y29006 ADDED 7 CARS TO THE WEST END OF P05 AND DID NOT ENSURE SUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SECURE THE TRACK. AFTER SHOVING CARS INTO P05, CREW CONTINUED SWITCHING. SIXTEEN CARS ROLLED OUT OF THE WEST END OF P05, STRUCK AND TURNED OVER CGOX 5068 IN THEIR TRAIN. IMPACT ALSO DERAILED THE WEST TWO CARS FROM P05 (UTLX 68198 & GATX 300190). ONE AND A HALF CAR LENGTHS OF THE PARSONS LEAD NORTH RAIL WAS ROLLED OVER.   


nearest_city: HASLET
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y-ALT3031-29 PULLED TRACK 7122 AS FIRST MOVE OF SHIFT AFTER RECEIVING BRIEFING FROM TRAINMASTER THAT TRACK WAS READY. UNKNOWN TO  CREW, ONE CAR WAS DERAILED IN TRACK. AS THIS CAR MOVED THRU NORTH LEAD SWITCH, SWITCH WAS DAMAGED AND ONE MORE CAR DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
QASLI HAD STOPPED ON 2 LEAD TO LINE THEMSELVES INTO TRACK 173.  CONDUCTOR LINED WRONG SWITCH AND LIN ED LIGHT ENGINES INTO SIDE OF LOADED AUTORACK SITTING IN CUT OF CARS ON 3 LEAD.      


