# railroad_data

nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WHILE DOUBLING TRAIN INTO YARD, L-KAN0101-28 DERAILED CARS AT 130 TRACK SWITCH DUE TO WORN SWITCH PO INTS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED .      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
LWE05R-12 SHOVING TRACK 10 WITH 57 CARS WHEN THE 12TH CAR BEHIND THE ENGINE, NKCR65512, UNCOUPLED FR OM THE REST OF THE TRAIN ALLOWING THE REAR PORTION OF THE TRAIN TO ROLL ONTO LEAD STRIKING LWE06R-12 , LIGHT POWER, AND DERAILING UPY663.  NKCR65512 FOUND TO HAVE BENT PIN LIFTER ALLOWING COUPLER TO OP EN.    


nearest_city: GRAYLING
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: MACKINAW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
JOB# 393/394 LOCOMOTIVE LSRC1177 & LSRC1169 THE CREW HAD CARS CUT OFF ON MAIN TRACK AND SET CARS OUT IN SIDING.  WAS TRAVELING ENGINE LITE TO TIE INTO CARS LEFT ON MAIN.  ENGINEER WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT.  ENGINEER FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF LOCOMOTIVES AND COUPLED INTO TRAIN AT EXCESSIVE S PEED.    


nearest_city: ROUND LAKE PARK
county: LAKE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: FOX LAKE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #2129 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT DROVE AROUND THE DOWN ACTIVATED GATES FATALITY INJURING BOTH PASSE NGERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. TOXICOLOGY REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE WAS INTOXICAT ED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.     


nearest_city: ESSEX
county: FLATHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: HILINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
S-SEACHC1-18 DERAILED 4 CARS AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN 2 TRACK DUE TO DUAL CONTROL SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED UNDER TRAIN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: KAW
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KC METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE 105 CREW HAD RECEIVED PERMISSION TO ENTER UP YARD, TRACK 723 TO PICK UP 22 CARS TO BRING BACK TO MILL ST. YARD.  AFTER COMPLETING AIR TEST AND INSPECTION THE CREW ASKED THE UP DISPATCHER PERMISSIO N TO LEAVE 723 AND RETURN TO MILL ST. MAIN 1.  WE WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO PROCEED BACK TO MILL ST. YARD.  JUST BEFORE WE ASKED TO DEPART A CP CREW WAS TURNING A LOCOMOTIVE AND WAS TO RETURN TO TRACK 302 AND TIE ONTO THEIR OTHER UNIT.  AS WE WERE ROUNDING THE BLIND CURVE JUST BEFORE KANSAS AVE., THE CREW NOTICED A CP LOCOMOTIVE COMING IN SAME TRACK WE HAD PERMISSION TO LEAVE OUT OF.  CREW WENT INT O EMERGENCY STRIKING CP POWER JUST BEFORE KANSAS AVE., CAUSING BOTH LOCOMOTIVES TO DERAIL AND THE TW O CARS NEXT TO OUR LOCOMOTIVE.


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
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:
TRAIN 58 WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/129 AND 8 CARS DERAILED ENGINE UNIT E/129 AND TRANSDORM C/39045 WHILE OPE RATING OVER THE SPLIT RAIL ON THE APPROACH TO THE ST. CHARLES AIRLINE BRIDGE THAT IS OPERATED BY CSX .  TRAIN 58 WAS GIVEN VERBAL PERMISSION BY CSXT TOWER OPERATOR PAST THE SIGNAL TO PROCEED INTO A SPL IT POINT DERAIL THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $56,650.00.    


nearest_city: CRESCENT
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
2CPNAWW-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7168, STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS DISABLED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TRAC K 10 FEET FROM THE CROSSING.  THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, LOST CONTROL DUE TO SPEED AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.  THE OCCUPANTS DEPARTED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE COLLIS ION.  LOCAL AUTHORITIES STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT SWERVE TO MISS THE TRAIN AND THE DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.  SIGNAL DAMAGES OCCURRED.  NO TRACK DAMAGES.  NO IN JURIES.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: ABERDEEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
SEMI TRUCK SAW XING LIGHTS WORKING BUT DID NOT SEE TRAIN SO HE PROCEEDED AND WAS STRUCK BY M-ABEWLM1 -10A TRAVELING EASTBOUND.      


nearest_city: DAVIS
county: YOLO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK 544-14 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET OFF OF THE NEAREST ROAD CR OSSING.  SHOVING THE VEHICLE OVER THE CROSSING AND LODGING IT UNDER THE TRAIN, CAUSING AMTRAK CAR CD TX8308 TO DERAIL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO CREW OR VEHICLE DRIVER OR PASSENGER.  ATK HAD $100,000 EQUIPMENT DAMAGES    


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YNL24R-25 COLLIDED INTO THE SIDE OF YNL20R-25 AT THE #4 SWITCH ON ZONE 3 DERAILING 4 CARS AND DAMAGI NG LOCOMOTIVE UP3555.  CAUSE WAS FAILURE TO PROPERLY ASCERTAIN THAT THE SWITCHES FOR ROUTE WERE PROP ERLY LINED FOR MOVEMENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER CREW.  UP3555 SPILLED APPROXIMATELY 1500 GALLONS OF FUEL.    


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y31016 WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE YARDMASTER TO DOUBLE B06 TO B02 TO RD5 AND SHOVE RD5 IN THE CLEAR AND S POT IT FOR GROUND AIR TO BE WORKED BY THE CARMEN. THE YARDMASTER USED THE CAMERA TO SEE WHERE Y31016 WAS IN THEIR MOVE. HE NOTICED THE NORTH OUT CAR IN B02 WAS SIDEWAYS AND RADIOED THE Y31016 TO STOP THE MOVE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHILE YARDING THE Q61714 ON 4/16/12 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:00 EST , Y49416 HAD SHOVED OUT THE NORTH END OF B02 AND RAN THROUGH THE B02/B03 SWITCH. AS Y31016 DOUBLED B 06 TO B02 AND PROCEEDED SOUTH, THE SOUTHERN MOST HALF (A-END) OF MLLX 97683 WAS ROLLING IN B02 AND T HE NORTHERN MOST HALF (B-END) WAS ROLLING IN B03. THE B-END OF MLLX 97683 STRUCK THE NORTH OUT CAR I N B03, UTLX 668283, AND DERAILED. AFTER DERAILING, THE MLLX 97683 CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH FOR APPROX


nearest_city: CASA GRANDE
county: PINAL
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 2 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/5-E/73 AND 9 CARS STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP 918.75, SACATON ST CROSSING.      


nearest_city: NEWCASTLE
county: WESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
C-RWMSLP1-14 WAS STOPPED BY DED MP 519.6.  CREW INSPN REVEALED TGNX 30784 DERAILED WITH BURNED OFF R 4 JOURNAL.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: HOOSIER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
A STORAGE SET OF CARS PLACED WITH SIX HAND BRAKES ON NORTH END AND FOUR MORE ON SOUTH END WAS TAMPER ED WITH. VANDALS RELEASED HANDBRAKES ON NORTHERN END AND PULLED A CUT LEVER BETWEEN TTAX 553904 AND TTRX 371023 SEPARATING THE NORTHERN MOST 24 CARS TOTALING 5,109 FEET AND 1,537 TONS. THE CARS BEGAN TO ROLL NORTH UP THE HOOSIER SUBDIVISION. AFTER ROLLING FREE APPROXIMATELY 3200 FEET THE LEADING CAR CSXT 249234 STRUCK A DERAIL PROTECTING THE END OF THE TRACK AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 20 MPH. THE DE RAIL IS IN PLACE DUE TO A BRIDGE BEING PERMANENTLY OUT OF SERVICE JUST BEYOND.  


nearest_city: GUTTENBERG
county: CLAYTON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 270-30 WAS PULLING SOUTHBOUND OUT OF ECKARDS SIDING WHEN THE REAR THREE CARS DERAILED AT THE S OUTH SIDING SWITCH.  ALL THREE CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y19025 RCOF COUPLING B34 TRACK. WHILE STRETCHING CUT OF CARS, GATX 60495 ROLLED OUT OF B35 AND SIDE- SWIPED UTLX 667161 IN Y19025.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
MCBDM-19 WAS DEPARTING THE COUNCIL BLUFFS RAILYARD VIA THE 12TH STREET LINE WHEN THE CREW REPORTED A N UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION OF THEIR TRAIN, THE CREW REPORTED RAILCARS HAD DERAILED ON T HE 12TH STREET LINE AND MAIN 2.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WIDE GAUGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSI NG SPIKES. 
    


nearest_city: VIRDEN
county: MACOUPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SPRINGFIELD SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS PULLING SHOULDER TO FILL IN TRACK AND STRUCK A CONCRETE SLAB HIDDEN U NDER THE BALLAST.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #3165 ENCOUNTERED AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE CATENARY WHILE DEPARTING SUNNYSIDE YARD FROM TRACK #18 CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRAILING PANTOGRAPH OF ENGINE #4613.      


nearest_city: AMSTERDAM
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
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: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
WITH 1 ENG CSXT 2793, 1 LOAD OF SAND, 1 EMPTY SAND CAR, THE B76003 WAS SHOVING WEST ON A 2.5 PERCENT GRADE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE TO SERVICE FGI IN AMSTERDAM NY.  AFTER STOPPING TO LET THE CONDR OFF AT THE PUBLIC ROAD CROSSING AND SWITCH BACK, THE ENGINE AND CARS WERE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN TRACTION AND BEGAN TO TRAVEL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AGAINST THROTTLE POSITION #1.  THE ENGINEER APPLIED FULL SERVICE WHICH DID NOT STOP THE MOVEMENT; HE THEN PLACED HIS TRAIN IN EMERGENCY WHICH DID NOT STOP TH E MOVEMENT; THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED REACHING 41 MPH ON 10 MPH INDUSTRIAL TRACK.  THE OV ERSPEED TRAIN TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BEFORE THE LOAD DERAILED AND ROLLED ON TO ITS SIDE AT A 10 DEGREE CURVE, THIS CAUSED THE EMPTY TO BECOME DE-TRUCKED ON THE B END AND COME TO REST APPROXIMAT


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: SEWARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN ACTIVATED DED. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED REAR AXLE OF DP LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED. ACTUAL POD AT CP 224 (MP 24.4) AND TRAIN STOPPED BY DED AT MP 22.0.      


nearest_city: PYOTE
county: WARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
ZLAMQ-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8325, STRUCK A SEPTIC TRUCK WHICH DID NOT STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT A PR IVATE CROSSING.  DRIVER OF TRUCK INJURED.  UP8325 AND UP7709 DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
MOVING NS 9359 TOWARDS TURNTABLE, COULD NOT STOP.  NO AIR IN SYSTEM ACCOUNT B/O COMPRESSOR.  REAR EN D OF UNIT WENT INTO THE ROUNDHOUSE PIT.      


nearest_city: BUCKSPORT
county: HANCOCK
railroad: GRS
date: 2012-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: EASTERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
HAULING EAST DERAILED 5 CARS AND TWO WHEELS OF LOCOMOTIVE 327.
QUESTION 28 DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO PUT THE ACUAL SPEED WHICH WAS 12 MPH      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE YWC44-10 WAS BUILDING THE QWCEW-11 AND WHILE SHOVING BACK TO MAKE A JOINT, TWO CARS DERAILED ON THE DIAMOND LANE DUE TO A PIECE OF WIRE CABLE OBSTRUCTING THE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: PANHANDLE
county: CARSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-KCKBEL9 -20 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED SIGNAL DAMAGE DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BLAINE
county: WHATCOM
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
R-NWE8011-07, SHOVING 19 CARS INTO TRACK BP6, FAILED TO OBSERVE CROSSOVER FROM BP TRACK TO 4 TRK WAS LINED IN REVERSE POSITION AND SHOVED THROUGH XOVER INTO TRK 4 STRIKING CUT OF CARS IN TRK 4.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHGHGB-28 WAS TRAVELING THRU THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT TOWER 55, TRANSITIONING ONTO THE CHOCTAW MAI N ONE WHEN THE REAR 10 CARS DERAILED ON CHOCTAW MAIN ONE AT NORTH TOWER 55.  THE CARS INVOLVED IN TH IS DERAILMENT WERE PARTIALLY LOADED AND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.  IT WAS DUE TO MTM UNLOADING ONE SIDE OF BALLAST CARS CAUSING IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR.    


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: DES MOINES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
L-NEB6641-24 REQUESTED AND WAS PROVIDED LINEUP TO MAKE DRAG/SHOVE FROM 2208 TRK TO MT1.  CREW COMPLE TED MOVE AND CONTROL OPR RETURNED SWITCH TO NORMAL.  CREW THEN PASSED SIGNAL WITHOUT AUTHORITY AND R AN THRU SWITCH, THEN DERAILED LEAD TRKS OF LEAD UNIT BNSF 503 WHEN REVERSED MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: NJTR
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:
TRAIN #4628 STRUCK A DOWNED CATENARY WIRE LOCATED AT GIRARD INTERLOCKING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HORN COVERS ON LOCOMOTIVE #4150.      


nearest_city: VALENTINE
county: JEFF DAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
IMNLB-10 WAS ENTERING EAST END SIDING AT VALENTINE AND DERAILED AT THE EAST SWITCH DUE TO A BROKEN W HEEL ON AUTO RACK TTGX964218.  TWO CARS DERAILED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YRO21R-10 WAS GATHERING UP CARS ON THE RUNNER.  FOREMAN WAS ON REAR OF THE YRO21R.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1915, YRO21R-10 SIDESWIPED THE MNYRO-09 AS IT WAS ENTERING ROPER YARD FROM EAST END INTO TRACK 8. AFTER RECEIVING YARDING INSTRUCTIONS FROM YARDMASTER, CREW ON MNYRO-09 CONTACTED CREW ON THE YRO21R- 10, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO ENTER ZONE 1 WHICH THE YRO21R-10 CLAIM THEY HAD ESTABLISHED AT 1700.  F OREMAN, WHO WAS WORKING DEEP IN TRACK 40 GAVE PERMISSION TO MNYRO TO ENTER ZONE 1 AND ENTER 8 RAIL. THE FOREMAN THEN PITCHED CONTROL TO HIS SW1 AND TOLD HIM TO GET ON THE POINT BECAUSE THERE WAS A TR AIN ENTERING THE ZONE AND THE 10 LEAD SWITCH WOULD BE AGAINST THEM.  FOREMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE HEARD A RESPONSE BUT WITH STATIC.  THE SW1 RECEIVED THE PITCH AND BEGAN TO PULL ABSENT FROM THE POINT CLAIMI


nearest_city: PROVO
county: UTAH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
H-LINPV01-29 DERAILED WHILE PULLING INTO UTAH RWY YARD TRACK 7922 AT BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KREMLIN
county: GARFIELD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
GSHOWT-03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP6056 WHILE TRAVELING ON ENID SUB, HAD UDE.  CREW STOPPED TRAIN AND FOUND 3 RAILCARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE IS TRACK CROSS LEVELS IRREGULAR AT JOINT BARS. RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2012-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CAR INSPECTOR WAS TO CUT THE TWO WEST CARS FROM AN 8 CAR CONSIST.  WHEN SHE TRIED TO UNCOUPLE, THE T RAIN ROLLED WEST AND STRUCK THE BUMPER BLOCK CAUSING THE WEST CAR (7563) TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: GLENDALE
county: MARICOPA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Z-CHIPHX1-26, WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1296, DERAILED WHEN RAN OVER DERAIL NOT LINED. TRAIN WAS HAND LING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y-DYT3811-11 DERAILED WHILE YARDING TRAIN AT HOUSTON SOUTH YARD. DOWNLOADS REVEALED TRAIN HANDLING E XCEPTIONS CAUSED DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GILMAN
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
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:
SEMI-DRIVER FAILED TO YIELD TO THE ONCOMING TRAIN AT THE CROSSING AND THE TRAILER LOADED WITH POLES WAS HIT. CROSSING IS MARKED WITH CROSSBUCKS AND YIELD SIGNS. LOCOMOTIVE CN 8823 HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND SIGNAL JUNCTION BOX WAS DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y-TUL3021-17A, WHILE HUMPING CARS, RELEASED GATX 51339 WHICH STOPPED IN CURVE AND WAS STRUCK BY FOLL OWING CAR GATX 61895, DERAILING BOTH CARS WHEN COUPLERS BYPASSED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: POWHATAN POINT
county: BELMONT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
C61C516 MOVING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNTIS, 72 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 8500 TO NS ON RIVER LINE TRACK, DERAI LED THE 1ST UNIT (NS 3331) AND THE 2ND HEAD CAR (CEFX 062449).      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: AGCR
date: 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
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-Jul
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC CREW PULLING RBMGO-11 FROM BECKMANN AT 0224 ON JULY 12, 2011. CREW PULLED TRAIN ABOUT 2000 FT WHEN A WEB HEAD VERTICAL BRAKE ACCURED ON #3 TRACK ON THE WEST SIDE OF RAIL LOADOUT ON THE I NSIDE RAIL OF THE CURVE. THIS CAUSED MWAX 4596  FRONT WHEEL SET TO FALL IN THE INSIDE OF THE FLANGE. THIS CAUSED THE RAIL TO ROLL OVER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 26 WHEELS FROM A CUT OF 20 CARS HIT THE GROUND . 40 CARS WENT OVER THIS SECTION OF RAIL, WHEN THE 71ST CAR CAME OFF AT THE DEFECTIVE RAIL BREAK.  E NGINEER THROTTLED UP TO #5 AND CONDUCTOR TOLD HIM TO STOP, BECAUSE SPARKS WERE COMING FROM RAIL UNDE R LOCOMOTIVES. ENGINEER CUT 6 PIECES OF RAIL WERE LOCOMOTIVES LAID DOWN. UNION PACIFIC ENGINEER HAD TROULBLE PULLING AND DIDN'T NOTICE THAT HE WAS ON THE GROUND TIL CREW CALLED A CARRY ALL TO WATCH HI


nearest_city: CHAMPAIGN
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2013-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHAMPAIGN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
L55390-07 WAS PULLING 105 EMPTY HOPPERS TO SERVICE ANDERSON GRAIN OFF THE NS MAIN LINE.  WHILE SERVI CING THE INDUSTRY THEY PULLED OVER THE DERAIL IN WESTWARD DIRECTION AND DERAILED ENGINE CN 5786 AND TWO CARS GTW 138276 AND WC 87058.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CONDUCTOR HAD UNLOCKED THE DERAIL AND REMOV ED THE LOCK BUT FAILED TO REMOVE THE DERAIL.  THE CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE - ALL RESULTS WERE NEGAT IVE.   


nearest_city: MCALLEN
county: HIDALGO
railroad: RVSC
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
FOUR HOPPER CARS DERAILED WHILE PULLING 60 LOADED CORN CARS NORTH ON THE EDINBURG LINE. ENGINEER BRO UGHT MOVEMENT TO A STOP AFTER HE FELT TRAIN WAS GETTING HARDER TO PULL. UPON INSPECTION CONDUCTOR FO UND THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED FOUR CARS NDYX843464, CRDX 13690, NAHX 60811, AND UP 90959     


nearest_city: IRON
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
U78983-28, WITH 3 ENGINES AND 135  ORE CARS, REPORTED THEY WERE STOPPED IN EMERGENCY AND FOUND THAT 12 CARS HAD DERAILED. SEVEN CARS WERE REPORTED DERAILED UPRIGHT, AND FIVE CARS WERE REPORTED TO DERA ILED ON THEIR SIDES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON MISSABE CREW ON TRAIN U78983-28 STOPPED FOR RED SIGNAL AT WEST WYE WHEN THE DISPATCHER COULD NOT OP ERATE A FAVORABLE SIGNAL AND THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP AT SIGNAL INDICATION AND HAND OPERATE T HE ROUTE. CREW TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. DERAILED CARS: DMIR 70793, 70984, 710 63, 71075, 71076, 70723, 71071, 71074, 71078, 72022, 70502, 70669 TRACK IS CWR 


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE CREW HAD RELEASED THE HAND BRAKES AND THE TRACK DID NOT MOVE, SO THE CREW ASSUMED THE WEST END B RAKES WERE SET ALREADY BY THE BN OR CARMAN.  ENGINE TIED ON TO 29 CARS AND PULLED EAST, THE CONDUCTO R THEN HEARD THE CARS GO OVER THE DERAIL     


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALHART
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
M-BELAMA1-21 YARDING TRAIN AT AMARILLO EXPERIENCE UDE AND CREW INSPECTION REVEALED DRAWBAR OUT OF CA R. NO CARS WERE DERAILED AND NO HAZARDOUS AND NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER STRUCK SIGNAL APPLIANCE DISABLING VEHICLE IN THE FOUL OF MAIN 2. EASTBOUND UP TRAIN THE N STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT THE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ADMX62010 WAS FOUND UPON INSPECTION ON THE OUTBOUND TRAIN TO HAVE BODY BOLSTER DAMAGE.  NOT DERAILED .      


nearest_city: MEADOW CREEK
county: SUMMERS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: NEW RIVER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
T23902 MOVING EASTWARD ON #2 MAIN TRACK AT CA 368.2 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION O F THE TRAIN AIR BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION, DISCOVERED TRAIN HAD DERAILED 19 CARS.      


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YPX40R-10 DOUBLING OVER BNSF INTERCHANGE TRAFFIC INTO TRACK #4, HANDLE OF 50 CARS, 20-30, AND 3,762 TONS WITH 2,894 FEET AFTER PULLING OUT ONTO MAIN AT MILE POST 908.27.  MOVEMENT MADE WESTWARD INTO T RACK #5, APPROXIMATELY 15 CARS, SPEED APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 MPH.  BRAKEMAN RADIOED TO STOP THE TRAIN, FOREMAN THEN PLUGGED TRAIN FROM REMOTE CONTROL BOX.  WHEN TRAIN CAME TO A STOP, THERE WERE 2 CARS A ND ONE UNIT DERAILED.  UNIT UP2254 SPILLED 2400 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.   


nearest_city: WESTPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #6509 ENGAGED PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED WIRE AT CATENARY #618. CAUSING DAMAGE TO PANTOGRAPHS ON CARS #8510 AND #8832. THE WIRE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A 50% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK IN THE AUXILIARY WIRE AT CATENARY #618 WHICH SNAPPED DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
BH44 SHOVING EAST WITH NS 5168 AND 22 X 25 DERAILED 4 CARS ON THE WEST LEAD, LINES 20-23 IN HIS TRAI N.      


nearest_city: INTERNATIONAL FALLS
county: KOOCHICHING
railroad: MDW
date: 2011-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING OUT A CAR FROM A LANDING TO NORTH PASS.  HE PULLED BACK, LINED THE SWITCH TO GO BACK INTO A LANDING.  WHILE SHOVING 9 CARS BACK IN, HE LOOKED BACK AND SAW 2 CARS WITH ONE SET OF W HEELS EACH ON GROUND.  THE BACK SET OF WHEELS ON FIRST CAR INVOLVED PICKED/SPLIT THE POINT AND WENT ON GROUND, FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT SET OF WHEELS ON SECOND CAR INVOLVED.  POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING CAUSES INCLUDE:  WORN GAUGE PLATES, WIDE GAUGE ON CURVE, EXCESSIVE LOAD FORCE ON RAIL TO OPEN POINT, POINT PROTECTOR ONLY ON ONE SIDE.  


nearest_city: THREE RIVERS
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: GDLK
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
GDLK 302 ON DUTY AT 0130 TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 94 CARS AT MP 30.5 THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INVE STIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE THIRD CAR ON THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THA T CAR HCPX 4836 HAD A DEFECTIVE ROLLER BEARING AND THE ROLLER BEARING BURNT OFF CAUSING THE CAR TO D ERAIL.    


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE SHOP PERSONNEL MOVING TWO LOCOMOTIVES EAST ON SHOP TRACK 3 WHEN NS 5042 DERAILED L4-R4.       


nearest_city: SIBLEY
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
LASR 122 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 26 CARS INTO TRACK.  CONDUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER HE HAD LINED THE TRAC K 8 SWITCH AND CHECKED THE SWITCH POINTS, HE MOUNED THE CAR TO PROTECT THE SHOVE AND SIGNALED THE EN GINEER TO START SHOVING BACK 15 CARS TO COUPLE.  CONDUCTOR STATED AFTER THE FIRST SET OF WHEELS WENT OVER THE SWITCH POINT HE HEARD A POPPING NOICE AND FELT THE CAR HITTING THE GROUND.  IT WAS DETERMI NED THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMENT WAS CUASED BY CROSS LEVEL.   


nearest_city: NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YELLOW SIDE OF PANTOGRAPH SHOE ON CAR 9026 OF TRAIN 1527 DROPPED CAUSING UPPER BOOM TO ENGAGE OVERHE AD WIRE ON TRACK 1 SIDE OF THE 12 SWITCH AT CP 241 WEST OF CAT 530.      


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: IORY
date: 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LANCASTER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS OPERATING IN YARD LIMITS.  TRACK FOREMAN HAD PORTABLE DERAILS SETUP FOR PROTECTION.  CREW F AILED TO CONTROL TRAIN TO STOP IN HALF THE RANGE OF VISION AND RAN OVER DERAIL.  ONE END OF LOCOMOTI VE WAS DERAILED.  LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TANK STRUCK DERAIL AND SPLIT OPEN CAUSING RELEASE OF 1000 GALLONS OF FUEL.  EPA AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN UP TEAM SENT TO SITE TO REMEDIATE AREA.    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
CE25 HUMPING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 78 LOADS,41 EMPTIES, AND 11323 TO NS ON WC 42 TRACK, WHEN A SING LE CAR CUT (RCRX 2182) STALLED AND FOULED THE WC43 TRACK AND THEN STRUCK BY THE CAR (NS 197770) DEST INED TO THE WC 43 TRACK.     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
BE 43 WEST END RCO PULL BACK JOB PULLING WEST WITH 12X32X2564 TONS OFF OF THE GROUP 7 LEAD ONTO THE NORTH DRILL WHEN LEAD LOCOMOTIVE NS 6142 HAD A RAKING COLLISION WITH THE 8TH CAR IN THE CONSIST OF T HE BE49 WHICH WAS PULLING WHEN HE GROUP 6 LEAD ONTO THE NORTH DRILL DAMAGING THE ENGINE AND DERAILIN G 5 CARS.    


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YCY52-03 SHOVED 85 EMPTY CARS IN TRACK 20 (SOUTH 10) WESTWARD OUT TO FOUL THE ADJACENT TRACKS ON THE WEST END.  THE YCY21R-03 HAD KICKED A SINGLE LOADED COVERED HOPPER (ADMX62085) INTO TRACK 22.  THIS CAR STRUCK OR WAS STRUCK BY THE CARS BEING SHOVED OUT OF THE WEST END OF TRACK 20 BY THE YCY52.  TH IS DERAILED THE LEAD CAR ON THE YCY52'S SHOVE, THE DRGW16389.  IT ALSO DAMAGED THE COVERED HOPPER.    


nearest_city: GORHAM
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MINPB-27 TRAVELING SOUTH ON MAIN LINE STOPPED DUE TO DEFECT DETECTOR AND DISCOVERED ON LOADED CAR DE RAILED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE INVOLVED CAR WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED WHICH CAUSED WHEEL LIFT RESU LTING IN A DERAILMENT OF ONE SET OF TRUCKS.     


nearest_city: PORT ARTHUR
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN SIDE SWIPED A CAR LEFT FOULING THE TRACK WHILE KICKING CARS ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION.       


nearest_city: EASTOVER
county: RICHLAND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
F95024 WAS WORKING IN MARSHALLING YARD, MAKING ROOM TO SPOT THE T39320. THE CREW COUPLED UP IN TRACK #5 AND SWUNG IT TO TRACK # 2. AFTER COUPLING IN TRACK # 2 THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TO THE SOUTH END OF THE CUT TO CLOSE THE ANGLE COCK ON UTLX 12762. HE THEN CALLED THE PTI VAN TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HI M TO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK # 2. ONCE HE REACHED THE SOUTH END HE STARTED TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO TH E CSXT 7357. HIS RADIO WAS IN CONFLICT WITH THE RADIO IN THE VAN, AND BEGAN TO MAKE A SQUELCHING NOI SE. CONDUCTOR THEN TURNED OFF HIS HAND HELD RADIO AND BEGAN USING THE RADIO THAT IS INSTALLED IN THE PTI VAN. CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED CSXT 7357 TO BEGIN THE SHOVE MOVE AND THAT THEY WERE CLEAR FOR 40 CAR S. CONDUCTOR COULD NOT SEE THE CARS COMING AROUND THE CURVE AND INSTRUCTED THE CSXT 7357 TO CONTINUE


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MVPNP-20 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 004 NORTH TO THE RAILCARS ON THE MAINLINE.  THE CONDUCTOR F AILED TO LINE THE LEAD SWITCH TO COME OUT OF THE YARD TRACKS AND SHOVED THROUGH THE SWITCH.  AFTER M AKING THE JOINT ON THE MAIN, THE TRAIN BEGAN PULLING SOUTH.  RAILCARS BEGAN TO DERAIL AT THE RUN THR U SWITCH.  TOTAL OF FOUR RAILCARS DERAILED BEFORE THE TRAIN STOPPED.    


nearest_city: TALLAPOOSA
county: HARALSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
SECOND LEAD TAMPER, #ET807SJ4, MOVING EAST STRUCK THE REAR END OF SECOND LEAD TAMPER #ET400016.       


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2011-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
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-Jan
narrative:
L58271-28 WAS YARDING THEIR INBOUND IN GEISMAR YARD. THE CREW WAS DOUBLING THEIR TRAIN FROM THE SOUT H END OF TRACK GEO05 TO TRACK GEO05 WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED UPRIGHT ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL DUE TO HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION. DERAILED WERE HAZARDOUS CARS: TCDX 11132, PROX 14347, SHPX 205759, AND NON-HAZARDOU S EMPTIES SHPX 462284 AND GPLX 75199. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.    


nearest_city: GREAT NOTCH
county: PASSAIC
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
DAMAGES REPORTED TO 6568 WERE REPORTEDLY THE RESULT OF A HARD COUPLE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON TRACK #2 IN GREAT NOTCH YARD. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY CREW.      


nearest_city: BALDWIN
county: LAKE
railroad: MQT
date: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE TURN-01 HAD JUST SET OUT TWO CARS WITH IN THE EAST END OF BALDWIN SIDING AND WAS SHOVING WEST WI TH THE CONDUCTOR ON THE POINT, WHEN CARS PREVIOUSLY SET OUT ROLLED  TOWARDS MAINLINE AND WERE STRUCK BY SHOVING MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR ADMITTED THAT HE FAILED TO APPLY HAND BRAKES ON CARS HE PREVIOUSLY S ET OUT.    


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
C-BMTCGL0-26 DERAILED 3 CARS IN TRACK 6510 DUE TO A DEFECTIVE COAL CAR DOOR ATTACHMENT DOOR CAME OPE N ANS DUMPED COAL LOAD.      


nearest_city: BEARDSTOWN
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BEARDSTOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
U-STNMIX0-17 DERAILED 5 CARS AND DP LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO THERMAL MISALIGNMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS W ERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AMTRAK 339 WAS HEADING IN ON DEPOT 4 TRACK WHEN THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON ENGINE AMTK 81 & THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON CAR AMTK 82527 DERAILED. THE REAR OF THE TRAIN WAS FOULING #1 MAIN. RECEIVED INFORM ATION FROM AMTRAK ON 5/21 THAT EQUIPMENT REPAIR COSTS $10,164.00     


nearest_city: WESTLAKE
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ROSEBLUFF SPUR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YRB76 COUPLED INTO THEIR CITCON CARS THAT WERE SET OUT ON THE DAVISON LEAD BY THE YRB65.  WHEN THEY DRAGGED THE CUT WEST THEY SAW SPARKS AND STOPPED THE MOVE.  UPON INSPECTION, THEY HAD 8 LOADED LUBE OIL TANKS ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE DAVISON LEAD SWITCH.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE INTERACTI ON OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.  DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MORGAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Q19817 WAS TRAVELING ON THE MAINLINE WHEN LOADED LOG TRUCK PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AT THE ROAD CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING.      


nearest_city: HUDSON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-CSY3011-08 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 7351 CAUSING EQUIPMENT AND TRACK DAMAGE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CLARKSVILLE
county: BUTLER
railroad: IANR
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WATERLOO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING TWELVE LOADS OF CORN OUT OF THE ELEVATOR TRACK WHEN THIRD CAR OF THE MOVE FIRST DER AILED IN SWITCH DUE TO WORN SWITCH POINT. AS INDICATED, A TOTAL OF FOUR CARS WERE DERAILED BEFORE TH E MOVEMENT STOPPED.     


nearest_city: DUNLAY
county: MEDINA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, MTEHTJ-06, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF6713, WHILE TRAVELING ON UP MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED SEV ERAL RAILCARS AND LOCOMOTIVES.  BNSF EST EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $68,000      


nearest_city: HAZELTON
county: JEROME
railroad: EIRR
date: 2010-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW HEADED WEST BOUND ON NORTH SIDE SUBDIVISION. AN AUTO EMERGENCY OCCURRED AT MILEPOST 25.02 BRING ING TRAIN TO A STOP. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND THAT THREE CARS HAD DERAILED. AFTER FURTHE R INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT  THAT THE REAR CAR ON TRAIN DERAILED AT MILE POST 25.02 DUE TO BUC KLED RAIL. TRAIN CONTINUED TRAVEL WAST BOUND UNTIL REAR THREE CARS OVER TURNED CAUSING THE AUTO EMER GENCY WHICH STOPPED THE TRAIN.   


nearest_city: DUNKERTON
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
A BLOCK OF TEN CARS WAS SET OUT ON TRACK TWO ON JANUARY 20TH WITH TWO HAND BRAKES APPLIED. APPROXIMA TELY 65 HOURS LATER THE CARS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE ROLLED OVER THE DERAIL AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED TWO CARS. NOTE - THE BLOCK OF TEN CARS WAS NOT IN THE TRAIN OF THIS CREW. THIS CREW OBSERVED THE CAR S DERAILED AND NOTIFIED GREENE OFFICE OF THE DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: GREENWICH
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #6338 ENGAGED WIRE AT CAT. POLE 275, TRACK 4, DUE TO SAME BEING TAKEN OUT FROM PREVIOUS WIRE D AMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY TRAIN #6537 WHO ENGAGED PULL OFF SPAN AT CAT POLE 275X DAMAGING SAME.  TIME WAS VERIFIED  DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT CONSISTS ON TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.   TRA CK DAMAGE WAS VERIFIED.    


nearest_city: THORNTON
county: HOLMES
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: YAZOO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN, P05991-09, STRUCK A LOADED TRUCK OF CORN AT THE WESTFIELD ROAD GRADE CROSSING, DERAILI NG THE LEAD TRUCKS ON ENGINE AMTK 824.  AMTRAK ADVISED $125,985 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: AUSTIN
county: SCOTT
railroad: LIRC
date: 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
NS409137 BURNED OFF L1 ROLLER BEARING JOURNAL AND DERAILED ONE TRUCK OF CAR. NO OTHER CARS DERAILED. CAR REMAINED UPRIGHT. NO LADING DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: MANDAN
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H- LAUNTW9-16 INSTRUCTED TO SETOUT 38 CARS TO 2105 TRACK BUT FAILED TO LINE INSIDE SWITCH TO 2105 AN D SHOVED INTO 2104 TRACK, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
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-Jun
narrative:
THE YBA66-04 SHOVED EASTWARD IN TRACK 301 AT RIVERGATE YARD.  THEY STOPPED THE MOVE TO ALLOW THE FOR EMAN TO PROTECT THE POINT.  THE FOREMAN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK AND THE ENGINEER RESPO NDED THAT THE TRAIN WOULDN'T MOVE.  THE SWITCHMAN STARTED TO WALK WEST FROM THE LOCOMOTIVES TO INSPE CT THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THE 5 CARS HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 283-10 WAS PULLING WESTWARD DOWN THROUGH WY1/STOCK YARD 1 WITH 139 CARS WHEN 6 CARS (POSITION 13-18) OF CONSIST DERAILED. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A CURVE ON CWR. THIS IS A YARD TRACK, NOT A REVENUE TRACK - ANNUAL TRACK DENSITY NOT AVAILABLE.     


nearest_city: FOREST PARK
county: CLAYTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
139.27 -3'45" 139G827 TRAVELING WOUTH ON GRIFFIN DISTRICT MAIN TRACK STRUCK AN OCCUPIED TRUCK THAT H AD STALLED ON THE GRADE CROSSING AT AVAITION BLVD. NO INJURIES TO NS CREW VEHICLE DRIVER.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: CP
date: 2013-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: DAVENPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE B62 WAS SHOVING 57 EMPTIES INTO LYONS SIDING.  THEY STOPPED 250 FEET SHORT OF THE END OF THE  ST UB TRACK.  THE SWITCHMAN GOT OFF AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP 2 CARS.  HE COUNTED HIM DOWN AND T OLD HIM THAT WILL DO AND THE SLACK ROLLED OUT HITTING THE WHEEL STOPS KNOCKING THE ADMX 15533 OFF TH E CENTER PIN.  TYPE OF TERRITORY SUPPLEMENTAL CODE Z - SHOVE MOVEMENT INTO A TRACK THAT IS OTHER THA N MAIN TRACK OR SIDING.   


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN PL04 SHOVING SOUTH ON WEST YD. PULLOUT CONTRACTED TRAIN PL02 WHICH WAS SHOVING SOUTH FROM EAST PULLOUT LEAD THROUGH NO.5 CROSSOVER RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT TO NOKL 733860, NS 994628 AND DAMAG ING UTLX 672045     


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YARD CREW OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH AND DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF MU #1483 AND L 1-2 WHE ELS MU #1326 DURING REVERSE MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
THE YBA56-02 WAS PULLING A 39-CAR CUT ON TRACK 16.  THE YARDMASTER HEARD A LOUD SNAP AND SAW CARS HA D DERAILED.  HE IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO STOP.  BY THE TIME THE TRAIN STOPPED 4 CARS HAD D ERAILED.  THE ATSF312982 SIDESWIPED THE UP5995 THAT WAS SITTING IN THE ADJACENT TRACK.  INVESTIGATIO N REVEALED THAT PREVIOUSLY BROKEN RAIL WAS THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
DM&E CREW, WITH LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES, WAS COMING INTO ARMOURDALE YARD ON 608 TRACK, AS A KAW CREW, WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 22 RAILCARS, WERE DEPARTING ON THE SAME TRACK.  THE TWO CONSISTS MET AT THE CURVE AND COLLIDED RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF BOTH LEAD LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 RAILCARS CAUSING UP TRACK DA MAGE OF $2286.  KAW EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $14935.    


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: GEORGETOWN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE KICKING AZXX 10360 TO KILROY #2, IT COUPLED UP TO AZXX 10015 AND DUE TO A FAULTY LOCKING MECHA NIZIM ON THE AZXX 10015 THE AZXX 10360 CAME UNCOUPLED AND ROLLED BACK OUT OF THE TRACK AND STRUCK KC F 749129 AS IT WAS BEING ROLLED OFF TO KILROY #3.     


nearest_city: MONROE
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE 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-Aug
narrative:
MAXPB-06 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A REAR END SETOUT BY PULLING THROUGH TRACK 046. WHILE MOVING T HROUGH THE TRACK, 2 RAIL CARS DERAILED DUE TO WORN OR BROKEN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  TRAIN 22RA130 SHOVING NORTH INTO CT02 WITH 02 UNITS 13 LOA DS, 0 EMPTIES, 936, DERAILED HEAD CAR, CN 711949, AND DAMAGED DTTX 427049 AND TTAX 553033 IN ADJACEN T TRACKS.     


nearest_city: KENOVA
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
DOCKS CREEKS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES MOVING 6 CARS WITH TRACK MOBILE LEFT CHUTE IN THE FOUL CAUSING DAMAG E TO NS EQUIPMENT. NO NS INVOLVEMENT.      


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: K O
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL1152-08 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 515 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BH41 WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL FLAT SWITCHING OPERATIONS DERAILED A-END OF GACX 299 AND DAMAGED DJJX 1 9128 ACCOUNT BYPASSED COUPLERS.      


nearest_city: CROTON ON HUDSON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
HTS-7, WITH CONSIST 4103-4102-4283,4282, PROCEEDED NORTH WITH THE 4103-02 LINED FOR TRUCK 23 AND 428 3-82 LINED FOR TRACK 27  CAUSING THE NORTH TRUCK OF CAR 4283 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LIVINGSTON
county: SUMTER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 339 PULLING SOUTH INTO THE SIDING AT PARKER WITH 3 UNITS, 47-74-8578 DERAILED THE 85TH THROUGH THE 99TH HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
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-Dec
narrative:
Q36022 WAS COMING IN THE YARD DOWN THE WEST OPEN TRACK AND THROUGH THE WEST OPEN POCKET TO THE RECEI VING YARD. WHILE PULLING THROUGH THE WEST OPEN POCKET THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE EIGHTH CAR CAUSING A TOTAL OF FIVE CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: WALSENBURG
county: HUERFANO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AFTER TAKING POWER OUT OF SWITCH, CREW FAILED TO HAND THROW LEVER UNTIL THE SWITCH POINTS MOVED AND LINE SWITCH FOR INTENDED ROUTE.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATE DAMAGE: $4,500.      


nearest_city: VENUS
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
R-TEX0081014 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE PULLING CUT FROM 8720 TRACK WHEN LEAD CAR BEHIND ENGINES PICKED GA PPED SWITCH POINTS.      


nearest_city: MONTICELLO
county: DREW
railroad: AKMD
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
MCGEHEE TURN TRAVELING EASTWARD WITH TWENTY-SEVEN LOADS DERAILED FIVE LOADED RAIL CAR.  INVESTIGATIO N DETERMINED DERAILMENT MOST LIKELY THE RESULT OF SOFT OR SETTLED ROAD BED.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YG206-27 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 126 BUT WERE ACTUALLY LINED FOR THE HUMP BACK LEAD. CREW SHOVED OVER A PORTABLE DERAIL. BNSF255018 & DTTX721661 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEWCASTLE
county: WESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: BLACK HILLS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
C-WTMCXC0-45 DERAILED ONE CAR AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL ON CAR.  1/8/14: PER TR& D INVESTIGATION UPDATED CAUSE CODE FROM E62C TO E61C.      


nearest_city: VALLEY VIEW
county: SUMMIT
railroad: CVSX
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CV
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ENG 6771 AND CAR 6217 WERE EXECUTING A FACING POINT MOVE OVER A SWITCH AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CONDU CTOR WHO WAS AT STATIONED AT THE SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR MISTAKENLY THREW THE SWITCH BEFORE THE LAST T RUCK OF CAR 6217 HAD CLEARED THE SWITCH, CAUSING BOTH AXLES OF THE TRUCK TO MOVE ON TO THE WRONG TRA CK. THE SAME TWO AXLES DERAILED BEFORE THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED. THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINE ER TO STOP THE MOVEMENT AS SOON AS HE REALIZED HIS MISTAKE, BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE DERAILMENT. A LOCAL RAILROAD CONTRACTOR WAS CALLED IN TO ASSIST IN RERAILING THE CAR. THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY T AKEN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE COULD BE ASSESSED AND REPAIRED. THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE CONDUCTOR FAILING TO WAIT FOR THE MOVEMENT TO CLEAR THE SWITCH BEFORE OPERATING THE S


nearest_city: WOODLAND
county: COWLITZ
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 508 DERAILED LEAD LOCOMOTIVE E/809 WHILE GOING THROUGH CROSSOVER FROM MAIN TRACK 2 TO MAIN TRA CK 1.  THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS GAPPED SWITCH POINT DUE TO IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF SWITCH POINT ST OCK RAIL OR SWITCH MACHINE FAILURE ON BNSF 21N CROSSOVER SWITCH.  THE HUMAN FACTOR WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BNSF.    


nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CATENARY DEFECT IN THE STEADY SPAN BRACKET TORE OFF PANTOGRAPH ON #1313 AND #1320 WHILE TRAIN #4106 WAS LOCATED ON THE NASSAU RUNNING TRACK.      


nearest_city: MONROE
county: PLATTE
railroad: NCRC
date: 2012-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ALBION
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING TRAIN TO SWITCH OUT CARS, WHEELS OF 2 CARS STARTED UP 703 TRACK CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERA IL & PUTTING TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. BOTH CARS HAD BOTH SETS OF WHEELS DERAILED & WERE LEANING. UPON INS PECTION OF THE SITE, MANAGERS SAW A SET OF WHEELS THAT HAD A SHARP FLANGE WHICH CAUGHT THE SWITCH & STARTED CARS UP ON TRACK 703. THE POINTS ON THE SWITCH WERE TIGHT & NO DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: GUTHRIE
county: TODD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Q02714 DERAILED 2ND ENGINE AND HEAD 15 CARS AT THE NORTH END OF THE 1 AND 2 MAIN CROSSOVER AT GUTHRI E DUE TO A WIRE OFF A LUMBER CAR ON Q58815 BEING LODGED INTO THE POWER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
WBKBKR-10 CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF THE 50 LEAD SPRING SWITCH AT BAKERSFIELD TO THE MAIN TRACK AND CRO SSING OVER FROM MAIN 2 TO MAIN 1.  WHILE STILL OCCUPYING BOTH MAINS AND THE SPRING SWITCH, THE CREW STARTED TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE YARD WITHOUT FIRST LINING THE SPRING SWITCH OVER, DERAILING 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AMT22-27, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK115, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK ON THE REAR PORTION.  DRIVER FAILED TO STOP AT THE PRIVATE CROSSING.  DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUCK INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS ON TRAI N.  AMTK115 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  AMTRAK ACTUAL COST DAMAGE = $55,000.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS A TWO CAR CUT GATX 9134/GATX 9608 WERE HUMPED INTO E13 TRACK. WHEN COUPLING TO THE CARS AHEAD IN THE TRACK THE GATX 9134 LEAD CAR BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH NATX 400461 WH ICH WAS THE WESTERN MOST CAR IN E13.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
MFWDA-17 WITH LEAD UNIT UP8084 WHILE TRAVELING ON MAINLINE #2 EXPERIENCED UDE.  CONDUCTOR WALKED TRA IN AND FOUND SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED.  AIR HOSE SEPARATION HAD OCCURRED CAUSING UDE.      


nearest_city: LAKE FOREST
county: LAKE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: C AND M 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-Nov
narrative:
METRA TRAIN #2612 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN A DRIVER WENT AROUND THE DOWN ACTIVATED GATES AND WAS STRUCK BY METRA TRAIN #2612, CAB CAR 8528. TRESPASSER WAS FATALITY INJURED.      


nearest_city: FULTON
county: FULTON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
L50871-13 WAS DEPARTING FULTON ON MAIN #1 WHEN THE AXLE BROKE ON IC 799596 CAUSING 6 LOADED CARS TO DERAIL. THREE CARS REPORTED ON THEIR SIDE, ONE CAR LEANING AND TWO DERAILED UPRIGHT. DERAILED CARS: IC 799596, PTLX 14111, CC14724, IC798043, GTW138397, ATGX76204.     


nearest_city: BILL
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
COUPLER CARRIER LOOSENED, ALLOWING DRAWBAR AND PIN TO FALL FROM B-END OF CAR. DRAWBAR LODGED UNDER A NOTHER CAR CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
GKSQJO-04 DID NOT LINE A CROSSOVER FOR THEIR INTENDED ROUTE, MADE A UNPROTECTED SHOVE, AND IMPACTED A STANDING CUT OF CARS AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: HEDLEY
county: DONLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: RED RIVER VALLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Z ALTNBY9 25 WAS OPERATING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN ROAD GRADER DID NOT STOP AT CROSSING AND WAS ST RUCK BY THE TRAIN. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
GM62, PULLING NORTH WITH 2 UNITS, 25 LOADS, 16 EMPTIES AND 3730 TONS, DERAILED THE 35TH THROUGH 38TH HEAD CARS WHILE TRAVERSING THE CT17 SKATE RETARDER.      


nearest_city: RAWLINS
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
MGRCY-20, MAKING A 47 CAR SET, FILLED A TRACK AND WAS MAKING A DOUBLE OVER TO ANOTHER TRACK WITH THE 5 CARS THAT WOULD NOT FIT.  THEY DERAILED 5 CARS AHEAD OF THE 5, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOUBLING OVER ON THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THE MAIN LINE.     


nearest_city: CLARKSVILLE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
GSDWSP-14 WAS SPOTTING CARS IN TRACK 810.  TRAIN CUT AWAY AND SHOVED BACK, SPOTTING TRACK 811 AND LE FT CARS FOULING.  TRAIN CUT AWAY AND SHOVED BACK INTO 817 AND STRUCK CARS IN TRACK 811, DERAILING CA RS IN BOTH TRACKS.  THOSE CARS IMPACTED CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK AND CAUSED 1 CAR TO DERAIL.  TYSON FO ODS MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WESTBOUND MWCJY-09 RAN THRU A RED SIGNAL AND COLLIDED WITH REAR OF TRAIN LOH45-09 THAT WAS SHOVING E ASTBOUND ON THE MAIN.  EMPLOYEE PERSONAL INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CARDIFF BY THE SEA
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 774 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/456 AND 6 CARS STRUCK A TOW-TRUCK AT MP 239.86, CHESTER FIELD DRIVE CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $82,514.00.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YARDMASTER REPORTED A FIRE ON STANDING LOCOMOTIVE UPY897 IN THE ROSEVILLE YARD NEAR THE HUMP AREA. RESPONDERS WERE REQUESTED TO THE ENTRY POINT AT ROSEVILLE ROAD AND ANTELOPE ROAD AND EXTINGUISHED TH E FIRE.  FIRE WAS CONFINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH NO INJURIES INVOLVED.  NO DERAILMENT OR TR ACK DAMAGE INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L-CAL1931-04I CREW WAS SHOVING 0 LOADS AND 75 EMPTIES, WITH THREE LOCOMOTIVES. THE CONDUCTOR AND BRA KEMAN WERE RIDING THE SHOVE CAR AND PASSED A RED SIGNAL ON THE PHL SUBDIVISION BY 459 FEET. THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE THAT THEY PASSED A RED SIGNAL UNTIL THE TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE MAINLINE SWITCH DAMAGIN G THE SWITCH (ML3 POWER SWT)    


nearest_city: BRENTWOOD
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: LI
date: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 5006 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WENT AROUND GATES AT THE 2ND AVENUE CROSSING WHICH RESULTED IN FATA LITIES TO TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO CAR 9870.      


nearest_city: ST CLOUD
county: BENTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CREW KICKED ONE CAR TO 105 TRACK, THEN KICKED 15 TO 104 TRACK. CAR IN 105 ROLLED BACK, SIDESWIPING 2 CARS IN CUT MOVING INTO 104 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
C-ETMMHS0-01 ENTERING YARD DERAILED 7 CARS. MISALIGNED/SURFACE  DEVIATION ALLOWED THE LEAD LOCOMOTIV ES AND 51 CARS TO PAS OVER POINT BEFORE TRACK FAILED TO SUPPORT RIGHT SIDE OF TRAIN RESULTING IN DER AILMENT.     


nearest_city: CAMERON
county: WARREN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Q-CHIHOU1-22A CAUSED SIGNAL DAMAGE BY RUNNING THROUGH A MAIN LINE SWITCH DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WI TH A SIGNAL DISPLAYING STOP.  NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED, NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ZANESVILLE
county: MUSKINGUM
railroad: OHCR
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: OHCR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
BOT2-26 WAS NORTHBOUND ON THE OHCR SUBDIVISION WITH THE OHCR 3340 PULLING 54 LOADS OF COAL WITH THE 3322-3324 ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN. AS THE REAR OF THE TRAIN PASSED MP 143.3, THE REAR 7 CARS DERAIL ED TO THE EAS SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND ROLLED ONTO THEIR SIDE CAUSING THE #1 TRUCK OF THE 3322 TO DERA IL ALSO.    


nearest_city: FREEDOM
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CC98 HUMPING WESTBOUND IN AUTOMATIC WITH 3 UNITS, 49 LOADS, 75 EMPTIES, 8597 TONS, ON SOUTH HUMP LEA D DERAILED THE 84-88 WEST CARS.      


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
R-SPR4201-22 CARS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WHEN THEY STRUCK A CUT OF CARS THEY HAD SET OUT, BUT LEFT FOUL OF TRACK.  THE CUT OF CARS WERE STRUCK BY LITE LOCOMOTIVES.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
DD21 SWITCHING 31 CARS WESTEND OF WESTBOUND YARD MISMATCHED COUPLERS IN WB07 BETWEEN STLX 9015 AND S TLX 5292 DERAILING A END OF STLX 9015 AND B END OF STLX 5292.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 7406 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO CATENARY WIRE DROOPING DOWN DUE TO 5/8 INCH DEAD EYE SPLICE BROKEN.      


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
AMT21-04 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON UPRR MAIN LINE COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE WILC OX ROAD CROSSING RESULTING IN TWO FATALITIES.  AMTRAK'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $9,805.  NO TRACK DAMA GE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MMUFW-07 WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 104 AT FT WORTH YARD AND HAD RAILCAR CW4092 DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GJ21 WITH 2 ENGINES, 90 EMPTIES AND 4770 TONS WAS SHOVING WEST ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN THE 8TH THROUGH THE 13TH CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: OSAWATOMIE
county: MIAMI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PARSONS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
GSCOIG-12 WITH LEAD UNIT UP5618 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS DUE TO UP90604 HAD WHEEL FLANGE BREAK.      


nearest_city: CORAM
county: FLATHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: HILINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Z-SSECHC7-23 DRAILED 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND ONE ARTICULATED CAR DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL S WERE RELEASED. TRAIN HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: VERMILION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEES ON THE Y39225 SHOVED CARS IN THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5 FAILING TO PROTECT THE SHOVE ON THE NORTH END. THIS CAUSED THE SWITCH TO BE RUN THROUGH. THEY THEN PULLED CARS BACK THROUGH THE RUN THRO UGH SWITCH CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PEMBROKE
county: GILES
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
770U303 PULLING EAST ON V-LINE DERAILED 85TH THRU 96TH CARS IN TRAIN.  #38 IMPROPER RAIL PROFILE RES ULTED IN DYNAMIC RAIL ROTATION THAT PROGRESSIVELY COMPROMISED FASTENER RESTRAINT ALLOWING LEAD WHEEL , TRAIL TRUCK OF LOADED HOPPER TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: BROKEN BOW
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C-ATMMHS0-42 MOVING EASTWARD ON MT1 AT MP 177 HAD UDE.  INSPECTION FOUND ONE SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN WHEEL ON RWSX 23611.   POD APPROXIMATELY 2400' FROM WHERE TRAIN STOPPED, RESULTING IN 1,192 CONCRETE TIES DAMAGED AND ONE BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: SULLIVAN
county: SULLIVAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: C E & D
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Q59520 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. AFTER IMMEDIATELY STOPPING THE T RAIN, THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND LINES 84 THRU 90 DERAILED.  THERE WERE NO HAZMATS INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE CREW.     


nearest_city: BORGER
county: HUTCHINSON
railroad: PNR
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW KICKED SINGLE CAR INTO THE TRACK.  BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND ROLLED OVER DERAIL.  BOTH SET OF TRUC KS DERAILED.  CAR RESTING ON SIDE CREW FAILED TO CHECK HANDBRAKE PRIOR TO THE MOVE.      


nearest_city: LAWRENCE
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
R-KAN0041-23 DERAILED PULLING FROM 2703 TRACK AT POINT WHERE GAUGE WAS DUE TO SOFT TRACK.  NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN SHOVED 46 CARS INTO TRACK 1001. LONG CARS WERE SHOVED INTO IRREGULAR CURVES WITH #9 TURNO UTS WHICH RESULTED IN RAPID INCREASE IN LATERAL FORCE. CULPRIT CAR CLIMBED RAIL 8 INCHES BEYOND SWIT CH POINT, DERAILING 3 OTHERS.     


nearest_city: MONTGOMERY
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: M AND M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y19615 WORKING THE SOUTH END SWITCHER PULLED OUT A CUT OF 80 CARS DOWN THE NORTHBOUND TRACK. THE SWI TCHMAN WAS ON THE HEAD IN PROTECTING THE MOVE BUT OVER LOOKED THE 18 RUNNING RAIL TRACK SWITCH AND R AN THROUGH IT AS HE BLOWED THE HORN AT THE CROSSING. THEY PULLED 9 CARS OVER THE SWITCH AND MADE A R EVERSE MOVE OVER THE SWITCH DERAILING 3 CARS.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ZYCLD-20 CAME IN TO NORTH END OF THE YARD OFF THE DEL RIO SUB HEADING SOUTH.  ONCE THE TRAIN CLEARED THE NORTH END, THE PRS CREW PROCEEDED SOUTH TO TIE ON TO THE REAR END AND PULL OFF THE SET OUT.  WH ILE HEADING SOUTH THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE 412 CROSSOVER SWITCH.  PRS USING THE 610 AND 651 PULLED N ORTH WITH DTX732038 AND WENT ON THE GROUND HEADING NORTH THROUGH THE SAME SWITCH.  BOTH 610 AND 651 HAD ALL THE WHEELS ON THE GROUND AND THE DTTX732038 HAD A SET OF TRUCKS ON THE GROUND ON THE A-WELL.   


nearest_city: PERCY
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LSH55-21 TRAVELING SOUTH ON CAPTAIN MINE INDUSTRIAL LEAD, DERAILED SIX CARS ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE RAIL. MIDWEST TRANSLOAD MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NERR
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 152W WAS APPROACHING A PRIVATE GRADE CROSSING. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WAS OPERATING A CAB CAR AND SAW A DUMP TRUCK STOPPED BUT NOT IN THE CLEAR OF THE CROSSING. TRAIN WAS PUT INTO EMERGENCY. TRAIN STRUCK THE DUMP TRUCK. NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR TRAIN CREW.     


nearest_city: WAUWATOSA
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT G67 STRUCK LARGE (24 TON) FORKLIFT AT 70TH STREET CROSSING. FORKLIFT WAS STOPPED ON TRACK WHEN GATES CAME DOWN. FORKLIFT OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A U-TURN, BUT GOT STUCK & WAS STRUCK BY C P 4524 AT THE COUNTERWEIGHTS, PROPELLING THE FORKLIFT INTO SIGNAL BUNGALOW & UTILITY POLE. FORKLIFT OPERATOR TENDED TO AT SCENE BY WAUWATOSA FIRE & RESCUE PERSONNEL, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  EX TENSIVE DAMAGE TO CP 4524 & SIGNAL BUNGALOW.   


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GLNX 8199 WAS HUMPED OFF THE HILL AND DESTINED FOR TRACK W18 WHEN ROLLING DOWN THE WESTBOUND HUMP IT DERAILED CAUSING THE CAR TO DE-TRUCK ON THE WEST END HIT THE RETARDER AND ROLL OVER TO THE TOP SIDE OF THE CAR FACING DOWN AND WEDGED IN BETWEEN THE RETARDERS. THE CAR DERAILED DUE TO THE BANDING FOU LING THE SWITCH POINT WHICH RESULTED IN THE SWITCH RISING AND THE HEEL DROPPING IN BEHIND THE POINT AND DERAILING THE CAR.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
WHEN THE YNP01R-15 RCL CREW HUMPED THE NDYX815141 INTO EAST BOWL 132 IT EXITED THE RETARDER AT EXCES SIVE SPEED.  IT WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS OF TRACK, THAT RESULTED IN A SEVERE IMPACT WIT H THE FURX828266 ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED BUT THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT. 
     


nearest_city: MARYSVILLE
county: UNION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SCOTTS SWITCHING CONTRACTOR SAVAGE WAS IN PROCESS OF SWITCHING PLANT WHEN 2 CARS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY CUT AWAY FROM ROLLED BACK INTO THEIR TRAIN CAUSING CEFX 17647 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT HIS TRAIN Q10321 SHOVING BACK AND RAN INTO A CUT OF CARS AND DERAILED A 5-UNIT DOUBLE STACK CAR.      


nearest_city: MCCOOK
county: RED WILLOW
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HASTINGS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
INBOUND CREW H-LINDEN9-03 SET REAR 47 CARS TO 104 TRACK THEN LINED THEMSELVES TO 105 TRACK AND SHOVE D EAST.  CREW FAILED TO LINE 122E SWITCH IN MIDDLE OF 105 TRACK FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AND UNKNOWINGLY S HOVED THROUGH THE SWITCH.  LATER, OUTBOUND CREW DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO PULL FROM TRA CK AND SPLIT SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YARD JOB PLACED CARS IN TRACK 15 AND DID NOT SUFFICIENTLY SECURE THEM. THE CARS ROLLED AND SIDE SWIP ED CARS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 16. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SHREVEPORT YARD.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YCB01R-04 SWITCHED TWO RAILCARS INTO BOWL TRACK 10 AND THE COUPLERS BYPASSED DERAILING RAILCARS TILX 5991 AND TCMX450236.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP28R-10 RCL CREW MAKING A SHOVING MOVEMENT THROUGH THE THROAT OF FROG ON SWITCH AT OSCAR, THE UP92595 HAD ITS LEAD WHEEL OF TRAILING TRUCK CLIMB THE FROG DUE TO A LOSS OF VERTICAL FORCE RESULTIN G IN THE DERAILMENT OF THE TRAILING TRUCK.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: WHATCOM
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
R-NWE8011-12, WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 4252, DERAILED 4 CARS. ARPX 2028 CLIMBED FROG INSERT.       


nearest_city: PAXTON
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
LORAM, A CONTRACTOR SHOULDER CLEANER WAS WORKING EAST ON THE NO.1 MAIN ON THE SIDNEY SUB. AS THEY WE RE APPROACHING THE SWITCH AT CPW312 THEIR GROUNDMAN FAILED TO NOTIFY THE OPERATOR. HE WAS APPROACHIN G THE SWITCH SO HE WOULD RAISE THE DIGGING WHEEL RESULTING IN THE WHEEL STRIKING THE CROSSOVER MAINL INE SWITCH MACHINE ON NO.2 MAIN DAMAGING IT. THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING LITE ENGINE 575 IN A EAST DIRECTION ON # 13 TRACK IN WILMINGTON BACK SHOPS, THE RAIL ROLLED UNDER THE ENGINE CAUSING THE NORTH WHEEL ON LEAD TRUCK OF "F" END OF ENGINE TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
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:
WHILE SHOVING THE EMPTY SLAB TRAIN TOWARDS PASHA, THE ENGINEER HAD 8 LBS OF AUTOMATIC BRAKES SET ON THE TRAIN AND NEVER RELEASED THE BRAKES WHILE SHOVING 2 MILES ON THE MAIN TRACK. THE TRAIN STOPPED 3 TIMES, 5 CARS DERAILED ON THE MAIN AND RE-RAILED WHILE SHOVING. 5 CARS WERE DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CREW SHOVING IN ON 6 RECEIVING AND RAN THROUGH SWITCH AT NOTCH.  CREW THEN PULLED OVER NOTCH SWITCH WITH 2 LOCOS CAUSING TO MOVE TOWARDS NOTCH STRIKING ENGINES.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: LAKESIDE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
THE MRORV-27 WAS DEPARTING OFF THE 17 LEAD TO THE 101 LUNAR TO MAIN TRACK 1.  9 OF THE LAST 10 CARS DERAILED WHEN THE TRACK BROKE UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: TERRY
county: HINDS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 59 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/185-E/88 AND 7 CARS STRUCK THE REAR OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP746.3, A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL3032-15 HUMPED 3 LOADS TOWARD 41 TRACK. CARS KNOCKED SKATES FROM 41 TRACK AND IMPACTED CARS ON LEAD ATTACHED TO 43 TRACK. STAR ONE SYSTEM LOGS SHOWED 3 MPH OVERSPEED ATTRIBUTED TO CONTAMINANT ON RETARDED BRAKES, WHICH WAS CLEARED.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY 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: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW OF THE YDE24R-24 HAD A HOLD OF 6 CARS COMING OUT OF TRACK 705 ONTO THE 3RD RAIL LEAD HEADING SO UTH.  BETWEEN THE DERAIL AND SWITCH LEADING ONTO THE 3RD RAIL, BROKEN RAIL ON THE WEST RAIL CAUSED 4 CARS TO DERAIL.  NO INJURIES, NOT HUMAN FACTOR.     


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
L50071-17 WAS SHOVING CARS SOUTH DOWN THE SWITCHING LEAD WHEN CEFX 54376 DERAILED AT THE #4 SWITCH. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE A-END OF THE CAR RODE UP ONTO THE RAIL AND DERAILED ACCOUNT. A WORN SWIT CH POINT.  THE LEADING WHEELS THEN STRUCK THE SWITCH POINT OF TRACK 3 CAUSING THE SWITCH TO UNINTENT IONALLY LINE ITSELF FOR MOVEMENT  INTO TRACK 3.  THIS CAUSED CARS UTCX 54302, ACFX 69136 AND GPLX 67 6 TO DERAIL INTO CARS HOKX 132698 AND HOKX 132145 STANDING IN TRACK 2.  CAR HOKX 132145 WAS NOT DERA ILED BUT LIFTED OFF ITS WHEELS AND CAME BACK DOWN INTO PLACE WHEN HOKX 132698 WAS RERAILED.  


nearest_city: PIMENTO
county: VIGO
railroad: INRD
date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ENGINEER WAS RUNNING FREIGHT TRAIN AND FELT THE TRAIN JERK.  THE TRAIN THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPO N INVESTIGATION, ENGINEER FOUND FIVE CARS DERAILED. DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO SIDE CLEARANCE INSUFFICIEN T WHICH CAUSED THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE 25TH CAR TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MFWLI-13 WENT BY A SIGNAL INDICATING STOP AND IN THE PROCESS, RAN THROUGH A MAIN LINE SWITCH.  TWO E NGINES AND 3 CARS GOT THROUGH THE SWITCH BEFORE THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP.  NO DERAILMENT      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 23 CARS FROM HOLDING YARD WHEN REAR THREE CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT DEFECTIVE SWITCH ST AND.      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SIOUX CITY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LNL32-14 HAD JUST COMPLETED SPOTTING A CAR AT THE BIG SOO WAREHOUSE ON TRACK 830 ON THE WICKHAM SPUR IN SERGEANT BLUFF.  THE TRAIN WAS PULLING NORTHWARD WITH 20 CARS WHEN FIVE CARS DERAILED DUE TO WID E GAUGE.  UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE TIES ALONG WITH HEAVY SATURATION OF WATER FROM SNOW MELT ALLOWED THE SPIKES TO COME LOOSE AND ALLOW THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL TO EXPAND TO A MEASUREMENT OF 59" AND THUS ALLOWING THE WHEELS TO DROP IN BETWEEN THE RAILS.  INDUST RY MAINTAINS TRACK  


nearest_city: TAMPA
county: HILLSBOROUGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: TAMPA TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN O83518 ON LOADED COAL TRAIN T08413 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE TRAVERSING TS LEAD TO TAMPA TERMINAL MAIN LINE.      


nearest_city: OLD BRIDGE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
FM33 WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF SIDING TO SPOT ONE CAR AT BUMPING BLOCK WHEN CONDUCTOR NOTICED 2 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CABIN CREEK
county: KANAWHA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LOCAL MINE SWITCHER H87303 WITH LOCOMOTIVES CSXT 4728 AND CSXT 5325 DERAILED FIFTEEN CARS AT INDUSTR Y.      


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE YHK11R-19 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 302 WHEN CAR DERAILED WHILE GOING OVER FROG.  LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLO AD DOES NOT SHOW ANY TRAIN HANDLING PROBLEMS.  TRACK FROG WAS WITHIN TOLERANCE AND NO DEFECTS WERE F OUND ON THE CAR.     


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: GRAYS HARBOR
railroad: PSAP
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING WEST THROUGH POYNER YARD WITH 33L AND OE. THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG, LOOKED BACK AND SAW CARS OFF THE RAIL AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. THE CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND F OUND THE FIRST 5 CARS ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
BC03, SHOVING EAST ON TRACK 4-SOUTH TOWARDS 55TH ST HEAD CAR (DTTX475988) THROUGH THE INTERLOCKING A T MP CD 518.      


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: PALMETTO
county: MANATEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
BEFORE MAKING SHOVE MOVE, O82819 FAILED TO LINE BOTH ENDS OF CROSSOVER FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. AS A RESU LT, CREW DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE PULLING THROUGH CROSSOVER. PORT OF MANATEE TRACK ESTIMATE IS 16,822.2 4     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
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-Apr
narrative:
Y-NYF1911-17 DERAILED WHILE HANDLING 3 ROAD LOCOMOTIVES INTO SCALE TRACK WHEN RAIL ROLLED OVER DUE T O BAD TIES.      


nearest_city: THOMASTON
county: MARENGO
railroad: MNBR
date: 2012-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
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-Nov
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN L126-16 WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHILE DESCENDING SLIGHT GRADE.  FOURTEEN CARS DERAILED. ACTUAL RECORDED SPEED  AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT WAS 26 MPH VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.      


nearest_city: MILPITAS
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: WARM SPRINGS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
EMIBEM-26 CREW SET OUT THE UP5273 INTO THE STUB TRACK AT MILPITAS AND FAILED TO DO A PROPER SECUREME NT TEST RESULTING IN THE LOCOMOTIVE ROLLING OFF THE END OF THE TRACK AND DERAILING 1 SET OF TRUCKS.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN #1548, WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON TRACK #4 TOWARDS BRIDGEPORT STATION, DERAILED AT MP 53.3 AND CA ME TO A STOP WITH A PORTION OF THE TRAIN FOULING TRACK #2.  TRAIN #1548 WAS THEN STRUCK BY WEST BOUN D TRAIN #1581 AFTER TRAIN #1548 CAME TO A STOP DUE TO THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: PONCA CITY
county: KAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
L-TEX7511-10 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PICKING UP OUT OF 2108 TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q20212 WAS PULLING NORTH AT 6 MPH INTO THE INBOUND WITH 63 CARS WHEN HE WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERG ENCY. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH CAR IN HIS CONSIST DERALIED.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
H-POSTO2-03 PULLING FROM YARD ONTO MAIN TRACK DERAILED 3 CARS. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE IMPROPER USE O F INDEPENDENT BRAKE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NACOGDOCHES
county: NACOGDOCHES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
MPBHO-22, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8244, HAD TRAIN SEPARATION AT MP 133.25.  SEPARATION CAUSED BY END SILL BREAKING OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF UTLX30442.  WHEN THE END SILL CAME DOWN IT STAYED ATTACHED TO THE C AR AHEAD AND WHEN THE REAR OF THE TRAIN RAN IN, THE LEAD AXLE ON UTLX30442 STRUCK THE END SILL AND T HE AXLE WAS BENT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  NO TRACK DAMAGE OR DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CHAPMANVILLE
county: LOGAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
T66406 TRAVELLING WEST ON THE LOGAN SUBDIVISION DERAILED CARS AT CLS 53.2 CAUSING A GENERAL PILE UP ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL-TRANSVERSE/COMPUND FISSURE.      


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MNPPT-15 PULLED OUT OF ICEHOUSE 3 TRACK TO SET OUT 73 CARS OFF OF THE REAR OF TRAIN IN FRONT OF THE DPU ENGINE AS THEY BEGAN TO SHOVE INTO ICEHOUSE 2 CLEAR TRACK AND NEARING THE END OF THE MOVE THE TR AIN STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE.  CONDUCTOR BEGAN TO WALK TOWARD THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN AND DISCOV ERED THAT 9 CARS HAD DERAILED BEHIND THE DPU LOCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: ITSL
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ITS SWITCH CREW COUPLED TO THE WEST END OF 27 EMPTY DOUBLE STACK RAILCARS (SOME ARTICULATED) IN TRAC K 201.  WHEN THEY MOVED WEST 5 CARS LENGTHS THE TRAIN ROLLED DOWN SO THE ENGINEER STOPPED.  THE REAR CAR WAS STRADDLE THE 201/203 CROSS-OVER SWITCH AND THE EAST TRUCKS WENT INTO THE CROSS-OVER.  INSPE CTION SHOWED SWITCH IN PERFECT CONDITION.  SWITCH HAD BEEN LINED AND LATCHED FOR DIVERGING MOVEMENT BY UNKNOWN PERSON.   


nearest_city: FRANKLIN
county: ST MARY
railroad: LDRR
date: 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
BY-1 CREW WAS PULLING CARS OFF OF COLUMBIAN LEAD TO BAYOU SALE MAIN IN ORDER TO SWITCH COLUMBIAN CHE MICALS.  WHILE PULLING CARS.  ENGINEER NOTICED CARS NOT TO ENGINE HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LOUISA
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: BIG SANDY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Q69802 WAS OPERATING EAST ON THE BIG SANDY MAINLINE WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 66 CARS WHEN THE REAR OF THE TRAIN WAS STRUCK BY A TORNADO DERAILING LINES 49, 50, 51 AND LINES 62 THRU 66.      


nearest_city: NILES
county: BERRIEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: MICHIGAN LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 350 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/31 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/28 IN THE REAR DERAIL ED THE ENTIRE TRAIN AS A RESULT OF A MISALIGNED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CSX N23926 WAS PULLING 2ND HALF OF TRAIN INTO MCDUFFIE RADCLIFF YARD TRACK #1 WHEN CARS DERAILED.  T ASD IS ONLY REPORTING ON TRACK REPAIR. TRACK REPAIR DONE BY CONTRACTOR.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: HAMLET TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
YARD TRACK SKATES SLID AND FAILED TO STOP CARS RESULTING IN GATX 70673 SLIDING OUT OF TRACK C29 AND COLLIDING WITH CSXT 8227 (Y39511), PULLING OUT OF TRACK C27.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
HP03-25 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING POWER FROM TRACK 204 TO TRACK 202.  THE PILOT WAS ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT THE SHOVE OVER THE BUILDING 1 CROSSING AND WAS WORKING ON HAND SIGNS WHEN HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO MOVE.  AS THE CREW BEGAN BACKING UP, THEY SHOVED INTO THE SIDE OF THE YCB31R-24, WHO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE RIPS AND OCCUPYING THE CROSSOVER MOVEMENT.  THIS RESULTED IN A SI DESWIPE COLLISION ON THE EAST LEAD CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE UP 547 AND RAILCAR CTRN 50115 3.  NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  


nearest_city: CHESAPEAKE
county: CHESAPEAKE
railroad: CA
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CA-1 HEADED NORTH WITH 36 EMPTY CARS AND COLLIDED WITH RAISED DRAWBRIDGE OVER A&C CANAL.  THE LEAD T RUCK ON ENG 3841 RAN OFF THE FIXED PORTION OF BRIDGE AND THE LOCOMOTIVE CAME TO REST ON THE FUEL TAN K, BREECHING IT AND LEAKING FUEL INTO THE A&C CANAL.     


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
INVESTIGATING TEAM FOUND THAT THE CEFX 17589 HAD IMPACTED THE XTRX 75147 ON TANGENT TRACK ON TRACK N 07 WHILE THE Y69010 WAS SWITCHING TRACK N11. THEY HAD 12 CARS FOR TRACK N07. THE FIRST CUT WAS SEVEN LOADED COVERED HOPPER CARS FOR N07. THEY SHOVED INTO TRACK AND SECURED THEM AND MADE ROOM FOR 5 MOR E CARS TO KICK INTO TRACK N07. AFTER MAKING SEVERAL OTHER SWITCHING MOVES THEY KICKED ONE EMPTY COVE RED HOPPER CAR INTO N07 FOLLOWED BY 4 LOADS AFTER ANOTHER SWITCHING MOVE WAS MADE. THE 4 LOADS WERE CUT OFF IN MOTION AT 7MPH AND THEY TRAVELED INTO N07 AND IMPACTED CEFX 17589 THAT HAD NOT COUPLED AN D CAUSED IT TO IMPACT XTRX 75147. 


nearest_city: ELK GROVE VILLAGE
county: COOK
railroad: CTM
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: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LPR49-09 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK DESIGNATED AS TRACK 2. LEAD WHEELS ON 4TH CAR GOT BEHIND SWITCH POIN T, CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. 3 CARS DERAILED. CTM MAINTAINS TRACK. CTM CLAIMED DAMAGES OF 24,761.50 PAID BY UNION PACIFIC.     


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WATERLOO
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:
M33791-16 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK WA11 WHEN PROX 34119 AND INTX 95136 DERAILED. THE YARDMASTER W AS WATCHING THE POINT VIA CAMERA AND THE CONDUCTOR STOPPED THE MOVEMENT WHEN HE NOTICED THAT PROX 34 119 AND INTX 95136 HAD DERAILED UPRIGHT. THE CARS DERAILED AT THE #14 SWITCH ACCOUNT SWITCH GAPPED. PROX 34119 IS LOADED ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.    


nearest_city: PRYOR
county: MAYES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: PRYOR IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
LVT40-15 WITH 9 LOADED CARS MADE A JOINT ON 765 TRACK AT BERRY PLASTICS.  THEY PULLED THE TRACK OUT AND PLACED 4 EMPTIES ON THE LEAD.  THEY THEN SHOVED THE REMAINING 10 LOADS INTO THE TRACK WITH FIRST FOUR CARS GOING INTO THE TRACK PROPERLY.  THE FIFTH CAR, ECUX844552, DERAILED THUS PULLING THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON THE FOURTH CAR AHEAD OF IT, PLCX47897, OFF THE RAIL AS WELL.  PLCX47897 SUBSEQUENT LY COLLIDED WITH THE ECUX857278 ON THE ADJACENT TRACK CAUSING NO DAMAGE.  CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT, NO HAZARDOUS SPILL, NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: MONTGOMERY
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
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:
A74628 STRUCK A 1999 DODGE RAM PICKUP AT WARES FERRY RD CROSSING. VEHICLE OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED W ITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q51131 BEGAN TO PULL SOUTH OUT OF B02. WHEN AOK 29477 REACHED THE SOUTH FROG THAT INTERSECTS B01 AND B02. THE RAIL BROKE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE FROG, FIVE CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
L51491-30 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING BAD ORDERS OUT OF TRACK KW08 WHEN CN 622607 (DR4R LOAD OF PL ATE) MADE CONTACT WITH THE TIE DOWN OF IGC 978959 (D4R LOAD PLATE) IN TRACK KW07. THE LOAD SHIFTED O N CN 622607 CUTTING INTO EQUX 620889, A LOAD OF PLASTIC RELEASING THE CONTENTS. CONDUCTOR WAS IN POS ITION BETWEEN KW08 AND KW09 WHERE BCOL 864305 (D4R LOAD OF PLATE) WAS LOCATED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT IN PROPER POSITION TO SEE THE DIMENSIONAL LOADS PASS WHILE SWITCHING AND WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CARS. NO CARS DERAILED AND NO DAMAGE TO CN 622607. D&A TESTING WAS DONE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. 


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 15VC316- 0 HRS, 53 MINS TRAIN #15VC316 TRAVELING WEST WITH 3 UNITS, 56 LOADS, 55 EMPTIES, AND 8641 TONS ON 218 TRACK SIDE-SWIPED CARS LEFT ON THE ADJACENT TRACK, TRACK 211.      


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
HOSTLER, WHILE OPERATING UNITS BNSF 6020- BNSF 6195 FROM UNIT 6020 SHOVING BNSF 6195 DERAILED 5TH-6T H AXLE OF BNSF 6195 IN EAST TRUCK CROSSING WHEN METAL CHANNEL IRON OFF CROSSING WRAPPED AROUND WHEEL S, LIFTING WHEELS AND CROSSING INCIDENTAL RAIL BREAKAGE.  DEFECTIVE CROSSING PANEL.     


nearest_city: PITTSBURGH
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
047C210 SHOVING WEST WITH 2 UNITS, 4 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 700 TONS ON FORT WAYNE MAIN LINE STRUCK # 13 AND #15 SWITCHES WITH OPEN GATE DOOR ON CAR RBBX 60019, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SWITCHES.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
FD06 TRAVELING SOUTH STRUCK A TRAILER AT STRONG CROSSING.  TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER CITED.  AS A RESUL T OF THE ACCIDENT, NS5329 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE YNP04R-28 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING AND WHEN THE FOREMAN FAILED TO STOP IN HALF THE RANGE OF VISION WHILE MAKING A COUPLING INTO A TRACK THAT HE KNEW HAD THE RETARDERS IN THE UP POSITION.  THAT RESULT ED IN TWO CARS DERAILING EAST OF THE COUPLING WHILE TRANSVERSING THE "G" NUMBER 68, CROSSOVER DESTRO YING A SWITCH AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CARS.    


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LMF40-14 WHILE MAKING A JOINT, SHOVED CARS OUT OF THE END OF TRACK 5 AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE MTUKC- 12 RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: BROOKLYN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 500 DERAILED POWER CAR 7900 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE AND POOR TIE, SPIKE, AND CLIP CONDITIONS.  AMTRA KS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $35,000.00.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
DURING ROUTINE SWITCHING OPERATIONS Y39128 TIED ON TO 5 CARS FROM TRACK B-17 AND DOUBLED TO 52 CARS IN TRACK C-02. THEY TOOK HEAD ROOM TOWARDS TACK A-01 TO SPOT THE CARS IN THE NORTH OPEN TRACK FOR AN OUTBOUND Q36829. WHILE PULLING HIGH TOWARD A-01 THE CREW RAN THRU THE A-01/WORK LEAD SWITCH AND THE N REVERSED. THE CREW THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT THRU THE SWITCH DERAILING UTLX-14690, MWCX-460267 AND MWCX-460648.   


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 111 WITH ENGINE 660 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO FORWARD CARBON STRIP MISSING ON PANTOGRAPH.      


nearest_city: LIBERTY HILL
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: CMTY
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WEST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SEMI RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN, SIDESWIPING THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THREE PASSENGER CARS. EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED FLAT SPOTS ON TWELVE WHEEL SETS      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y19307 EMPLOYEES FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE BOTH ENDS OF THE L1/B3 CROSSOVER. THEY PROCEEDED WITH THEIR MOVEMENT RESULTING IN A RUN THROUGH SWITCH. WHEN THE EMPLOYEES SHOVED BACK INTO B10 IT RESULTED IN A DERAILMENT IN THE CROSSOVER. THE DERAILED THEN STRUCK A STANDING CUT OF CARS.     


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOYLE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
10 LOADED HOPPER CARS ROLLED SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET IN EY04 MAKING IMPACT WITH THE 50TH HEAD CAR ON TRAIN 124T716 RESTULING IN A TOTAL OF 8 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: CP
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
B70 KICKED UTLX 130201 (EMPTY TANK) INTO 6 TRACK WHICH WAS CLEAR.  CAR CLEARED THE LEAD & CONDUCTOR LINED TRACK 6 SWITCH FOR THE LEAD & KICKED THE NEXT CAR INTO 16 TRACK.  NEXT MOVE WAS TO PULL SOUTH TO CLEAR THE CROSSING AT WAPPELLO.  UTILITY MAN WAS DOWN AT 12 TRACK SWITCH TO LINE FOR THE LEAD.  C ONDUCTOR HAD TURNED & STARTED WALKING SOUTH TO THE CROSSING TO STOP THE MOVE WHEN IT CLEARED.  WHILE THE CARS WERE BEING PULLED SOUTH THE UTILITY MAN NOTICED THE SINGLE CAR IN 6 TRACK ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF THE LAST CAR THAT WAS BEING PULLED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO 3 ADDITIONAL EMPTY CARS.  


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2012-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRACK 21 FILLED UP WITH MORE CARS ROLLING FOR IT.  OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO HOLD CAR IN GROUP RETARDER BUT CAR GOT THROUGH.  STALL PROTECTION LINED CAR FOR TRACK 22, BUT IT WAS FOULED BY CAR HANGING OUT OF TRACK 21.     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YCB63-03 WAS DRAGGING 46 RAIL CARS FROM NORTH OMAHA TO COUNCIL BLUFFS THROUGH THE BNSF GIBSON YARD. THE TRAIN HAD 22 LOADS AND 24 EMPTIES TRAVELING AT 8 MPH IN NOTCH 3.  THE TRAIN HAD JUST CROSSED TH E DIVIDING POINT OF UP/BNSF TRACK WHEN THE CREW FELT A COUPLE TUGS AND LOST THEIR AIR. UPON INSPECTI ON, THEY FOUND 7 RAILCARS DERAILED BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE ON BNSF TRACK.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK    


nearest_city: DEL RIO
county: KINNEY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
QWCEW-01, TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK WHEN THEY RECEIVED A DEFECT MESSAGE FROM TRACKSIDE DEFEC T DETECTOR AT MP 351.1.  AS ENGINEER BEGAN TO SLOW, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  AN INSPECTION DE TERMINED THAT 2 CARS HAD DERAILED IN THE VICINITY OF MP 355.35 AND TRAVELED TO MP 351.1.     


nearest_city: LIMA
county: ALLEN
railroad: IORY
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DT I MIDDLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CUT & IT ROLLED OUT TO FOUL STRIKING ADJACENT TRACK DERAILING ONE CAR .      


nearest_city: LEASBURG
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ON TRACK COLLISION BETWEEN A HYRAIL VEHICLE AND TRAIN H-TULNTW1-04 CAUSE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.  NO HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JESSUP
county: HOWARD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CAPITAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
D58429 LINED THE RUN AROUND/LOWER YARD SWITCH AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT. D58429 THEN PROCEEDED TO RUN THR U THE SWITCH, PULLED OVER IT, AND THEN MADE REVERSE MOVE, DERAILING 5 EMPTY AUTORACKS.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Y39106 SHOVING CARS TO SPOT FOR INSPECTION IN THE C-YARD, FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE VISUAL ATTENTI ON TO THE SHOVE LIGHT FOR THIS TRACK. THIS CAUSED THE TRACK TO BE SHOVED IN EXCESS OF THE TRACK LENG TH, RESULTING IN THE CARS BEING SHOVED STRIKING THE SIDE OF OUTBOUND Q51006 DERAILING 2 CARS IN THE Y39106 TRAIN AND SIDESWIPING CARS IN THE DEPARTING Q51006 TRAIN.    


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
3RD PARTY SERVICE PARTNER AT GM FACILITY FAILED TO SECURE HANDBRAKE ON SINGLE CAR THAT SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED FROM TRACK 1.3 MILES BEFORE DERAILING AT SPLIT POINT DERAIL PROTECTING MT 3.      


nearest_city: OOLOGAH
county: ROGERS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: WAGONER SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
DUMPER OPERATOR TOLD THE CREW TO SET BRAKES SO HE COULD REMOVE DUMPER EQUIPMENT FROM THE TRAIN.  HE THEN CALLED THE CREW AND INFORMED THEM THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED AND THEY COULD DEPART THE DUMP ER.  AFTER STARTING TO PULL, THE OPERATOR CALLED ON THE RADIO ASKING CREW TO STOP THE TRAIN.  THE IN DEXING ARM WAS LEFT IN THE WRONG POSITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AEPX5918.  NO DERAILMENT.  INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK.   


nearest_city: GRANDY
county: ISANTI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: HINCKLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LTWI8171 30 WAS OPERATING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN SNOW PLOW TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF TRAIN AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: SILVERBOW
county: SILVER BOW
railroad: RARW
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 P.M. RARUS CREW WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH RAMSAY YARD WHEN ON THE EAST END THEY SAW THAT THE UNION PACIFIC HAD DERAILED A PORTION OF THEIR TRAIN.  RARUS CREW CONTACTED THEIR MAIN OFFICE DISPATCHER TO INFORM THEM OF THE SITUATION.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
DURING THE SWITCHING PROCESS IN DAYTON YARD DBUX 340410 CORNERED RBOX 26818 ON THE 635 LEAD AS IT WA S KICKED INTO TRACK 617.      


nearest_city: SODA SPRINGS
county: CARIBOU
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: DRY VALLEYSUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
UGDEO-01 DERAILED 4 LOADED SULFURIC ACID CARS IN AGRIUM INDUSTRIES OWNED TRACK.  INVESTIGATION DETER MINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO A FLOATING SWITCH POINT.  THIS DERAILMENT WAS A CROSSOVER SWITCH INS IDE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY RAIL YARD CAUSED BY PRIVATELY MAINTAINED INDUSTRY TRACK SWITCH FAILURE.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IMSA
date: 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
JOB 2 PULLED 9 UNITS OFF 605 AND CUT THE UP 8614 INTO 604 EAST END.  CONDUCTORS FAILED TO SET HANDBR AKE AND PERFORM SECUREMENT CHECK.  CREW CUT AWAY AND PULLED PAST 604 SWITCH AND START SHOVING INTO 6 02.  THE UP 8614 ROLLED NORTH ON 604 STRIKING THE UP 8614 ROLLED NORTH ON 604 STRIKING THE UP 4610 A ND UP 7605 ON THE SIDE.  THE ENGINEER CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
206= 45 MINUTES 21Z=20 MINUTES YARD ASSIGNMENT LS03 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 58 EMPTIES PULLING EAST O N SUNDUSKY SOUTHBOUND END OF NS 8829 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: CLAY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 224 SETTING OUT IN RANDOLPH NORTH TRACK DERAILED 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH HEAD CARS, LOADS, AT RANDOL PH NORTH TRACK SWITCH.      


nearest_city: SUGAR LAND
county: FORT BEND
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
LHT47-28 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS ON TRACK 824 LEAD TOWARDS NALCO WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED IN THE CURVE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE AS COMBINATION OF TRACK CONSTRUCTION (19 DEGREE CURVE IN TRACK) IN CO NNECTION WITH 85FT LONG RAILCARS USED BY CUSTOMER CAUSED DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: GARVIN
county: MCCURTAIN
railroad: KRR
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ASHDOWN
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-Apr
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELLING EASTBOUND AT 5 MPH WITH 75 LOADS AND 17 EMPTIES WHEN ENGINEER FELT AN UNUSUAL TUG ON HIS TRAIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. ATER STOPPING, CONDUCTOR W ALKED TRAIN AND FOUND THAT CARS 39 THROUGH 45 HAD DERAILED IN A VERTICAL CURVE.     


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRACK INSPECTION RECEIVED MAIN TRACK AUTHORITY BEHIND S-LPCTAC2-10K, AN ALL ARTICULATED TRAIN.  TRAC K INSPECTOR FAILED TO VERIFY THAT TRAIN PASSED POINT OF ENTRY, SETTING ON IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN.  TR AIN STRUCK HIRAIL.     


nearest_city: AUBURN
county: KING
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TAMPER (ATS9003J) WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR ROAD CROSSING AND REGULATOR (BR9003J) OPERATOR DID NOT NOTICE AND REAR-ENDED TAMPER.      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RC2HXC-20 HEADING NORTHBOUND ON PORT RAILROAD OWNED TRACK (FULTON LEAD) DERAILED 3 CARS.  TRAIN HAD COME OUT OF A CURVE WHEN THEY CAME TO A STOP.   AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS, THE CREW STARTED MOVING AGAIN. THEY TRAVELED 1,299 FEET WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION THE CREW FOUND THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 26TH CAR DERAILED.  THE POD WAS 1,299 FEET BACK.  THE FULTON LEAD IS THE LEAD GOING IN TO THE PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI.  "AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT IS BELIEVED THE TRAIN HANDLING AT TH E POD CONTRIBUTED TO THE WHEEL LIFT AND ULTIMATELY DERAILING THE TRAIN.  TRACK AND CAR MEASUREMENTS TAKEN WERE WITHIN GUIDELINES.  WHEN THE CREW CAME TO A STOP BEFORE A CROSSING, THE ENGINEER BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A FAIRLY QUICK STOP, THUS POSSIBLY CAUSING THE IN-TRAIN FORCES."  DERAILMENT.  TRACK IS


nearest_city: DUNDEE
county: MONROE
railroad: AA
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CN TRAIN M38461-22 WAS OPERATING THROUGH THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD/DIANN WYE AT 10 MPH WHEN AN UNDESIRE D EMERGENCY APPLICATION WAS EXPERIENCED. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 55TH-57TH CARS DER AILED UPRIGHT ON THE MAIN. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THAT UTLX 903214 HAD DERAILED ON THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD AT MP 19.8. THE JOURNAL, BEARING RACE AND ADAPTER FOR THE R3 WHEEL WERE LOCAT ED AT MP 19.1. THE TRAIN HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES ACROSS THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD WHEN THEY ENTERED THE FLAT ROCK SUBDIVISION AT MP 39.5 AND THE TRAIN STOPPED AT MP 39.5. THERE WAS NO HAZARDO US LEAKS OR EXPOSURE. 


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL A UNIT FROM THE WEST END OF HOUSE TRACK 4 USING WEST-FACING UP7424 AS A HOR SE, MOVER TEAM STOPPED AT DERAIL.  GROUNDMAN DROPPED TRACK FLAG THEN PROCEEDED TO INSPECT THE TRACK (OFF STANDARD).  AFTER THE TRACK INSPECTION HE GAVE THE SIGNAL FOR MOVEMENT FORGETTING HE HAD NOT DR OPPED THE DERAIL.  THIS RESULTED IN DERAILMENT OF #6 AXLE OF UP7424.    


nearest_city: EDWARDS
county: PEORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-ETMPED0-33 DERAILED 10 CARS AND DP LOCOMOTIVE WHEN PASSED OVER THERMAL MISALIGNMENT AT WEST END OF BRIDGE 38.10      


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2013-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
WHILE MAKING A REVERSE MOVE OUT OF JOHNSON AVENUE 3 TRACK TO THE POCKET IN JAMAICA, THE ENGINEER WEN T FOR POWER AND THE TRAIN WENT WEST AND STRUCK THE BUMPER BLOCK.      


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE MNPWC-17 DERAILED ONE CAR.  AN INTEGRITY FAILURE OF A DRAWBAR YOKE CAUSED THE DRAWBAR TO LODGE U NDER CAR TCMX44600, CAUSING CAR TILX63806 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TCH3811-29 SHOVED 21 ARTICULATED CARS INTO TRACK.  IN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR MIDDLE CROSSING, CREW SH OVED INTO BUMPER AT END OF TRACK.  NO CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
G-PLXBNT9-20 DERAILED 5 CARS ON INDUSTRY TRACK 2198 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE WHILE PULLING INTO THE TR ACK.  9/09/2013 CREW HOURS WAS VERIFIED BY THE RAILROAD.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING UP RAMP TO CGR VESSEL.  DO TO RADIO COMMUNICATION FAILURE ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO HE AR SWITCHMAN ON THE RADIO.  ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO STOP TRAIN IN TIME BEFORE COUPLING INTO BUTTING B LOCK OF VESSEL.  ONCE THE SLACK IN THE TRAIN RAN OUT THE 4 RAIL CARS DERAILED TO POOR TRAIN HANDLING .    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO NEFF YD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WIMENB-12 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN A WHEEL OF CAR SI919343 WITH A THIN FLANGE PICKED A SW ITCH.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y-DYT1311-04A WHILE SWITCHING ON THE SOUTH END OF THE YARE KICKED 5 LOADS OF PLASTIC INTO 636 TRACK. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN CAR BODY FAILURE ON FLOX 62135.      


nearest_city: WORCESTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: PW
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:
CSX TRAIN Q423-15 WAS SHOVING OUT OF THE YARD (WORCESTER) WITH 32 LOADS, 92 EMPTIES, 3 LOCOMOTIVES I NCLUDING 2 AC UNITS ON-LINE. ACCORDING TO CSX (REPORT NO R000091778), EXCESSIVE K FORCE RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 (FOUR) CARS (POSITION 5, 6,7 AND 8).     


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
LLJ66-10 CUT OFF MAIN LINE WITH 7 CARS AND WENT INTO UTLX INDUSTRY TO PICK UP 11 CARS.  WHILE PULLIN G OUT TO MAIN LINE THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS PULLING HARD.  HE STOPPED AND LOOKED OUT FIREMAN SIDE AND SAW CARS DERAILED AND LEANING ON THE MAIN LINE.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON INDUSTRY TRACK.  UT LX MAINTAINS TRACK.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: RURAL RETREAT
county: WYTHE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER EN-ROUTE TO KLOCKNER INDUSTRY WAS TRAVELING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER GREEVER ST CR OSSING ATTEMPTED LEFT HAND TURN AND GOT TRACTOR HUNG UP IN TIGHT CORNER LEAVING THE TAIL END OF HIS TRAILER FOULING THE MAIN NB-349.3. W8QV520 TRAVELING EAST PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY WHEN THEY SAW TH E TRAILER STOPPED ON THE CROSSING.    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-29 HUMPED NS 235144 ROUTED TO 2002 TRK WHICH STALLED AFTER #8 SWITCH AND BEFORE GROUP 1 RETARDER.  NEXT CAR, ROUTED TO 2010, CORNERED THIS CAR.      


nearest_city: BEAR CREEK
county: MARION
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
329.23 HEADING WEST AT BEAR CREEK, AL (MP NA39) EXPERIENCED A MAINLINE DERAILMENT INVOLVING 21 CARS.       


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE QPCNPP-10 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN TRACK #2 OF THE SIDNEY SUB, WHEN AT MP 501.5 THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CREW RECOVERED THE AIR AND TRIED TO PROCEED WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AGAIN.  A PASSING WEST BOUND TRAIN INFORMED THEM THEY HAD DERAILED AND UPON INSPECTION, THEY FOUND 21 CARS WERE DERAILED.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE BRAKING.   


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: CLC
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS SWITCHING OUT TRACK 9 PULLED 19 RAILCARS OVER 9 TRACK SWITCH, KICKED ONE CAR OUT THEN BEGAN SHOVING BACK INTO 9 TRACK. CONDUCTOR WAS AT NINE TRACK SWITCH AND NOTICED SOME UNUSUAL RAILCAR MOVE MENT UP THE LADDER BY TWO TRACK SWITCH. INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO STOP AND NOTICED THAT CARS WERE ON TH E GROUND.    


nearest_city: MODESTO
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: MET
date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Jun
narrative:
ENGINEER TRIED TO SHOVE 24 CARS INTO A TRACK BEFORE HIS AIR BRAKES HAD FULLY RELEASED - CAUSING 3 CA RS TO BE DERAILED. THIS DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY ENGINEER ERROR.      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
PULLING TRAIN OF 100 LOADS THRU PASSING TRACK AND SWITCH CAME UNLATCHED WHEN ENGINES PASSED OVER. DE RAILED 2 LOCOS AND A END OF LEAD CAR DUE TO GAPPED SWITCH POINT ON PORT TRACK.      


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: PMSW
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
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:
PSC JOB 101 WAS SHOVING (5) FIVE RAIL CARS ACROSS SOUTHEAST DRIVE WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY 2002 DODG E HALF (1/2) TON PICKUP TRUCK.  DRIVER OF TRUCK WAS FATALLY INJURED AND PASSED AWAY THREE DAYS AFTER COLLISION.     


nearest_city: INDIANTOWN
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: AUBURNDALE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 92 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/124-E/183 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A TRUCK AT MP945.03, JW CORBETT A PRIVATE CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $20,000.00.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MMEHOU1-24 WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF4327 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 7 R AILCARS WHILE MOVING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER FROM MAINLINE #1 TO MAINLINE #2.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS CRO SS LEVELS OF TRACK IRREGULAR (NOT AT JOINTS).  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $103,923.  RAIL = C WR    


nearest_city: RUPERT
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE LCF50-02 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON EASTERN IDAHO RAILROAD TRACK.  CREW STOPPED THE TRAIN AND NOTICE D THE DERAILED CARS.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO WIDE GAGE TRACK.  EASTERN IDAHO RAILROAD MAINTA INS TRACK.  EIRR ESTIMATED DAMAGE = $1,500     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M33791-22 WAS MAKING THEIR FINAL DOUBLE ONTO KW32 WHEN YKKS32-22 REPORTED THAT THE REAR CAR OF M3379 1-22 HAD ROLLED OUT FOUL OF KW31 WHICH WAS BEING USED BY YKKS32-22. A TOTAL OF 3 CARS, GATX 54744, A CFX 48821, BNSF 761974, WERE IMPACTED IN THE CUT OF CARS THAT YKKS32 HAD A HOLD OF WHEN IT IMPACTED BY ICG 767326, WHICH IN TURN DERAILED AFTER THE IMPACT. THE CONDUCTOR ON YKKS32-22 WAS RIDING THE CU T OF CARS AND WAS INJURED WHEN THE CARS CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUN D THAT M33791-22 FAILED TO STRETCH THE JOINT AFTER DOUBLING BACK TO KW32 CAUSING THE CUT TO ROLL OUT FOUL ON THE EAST END WHEN AIR WAS APPLIED. 


nearest_city: WOODS CROSS
county: DAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YSC53-07 ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A CUT ON 13 CARS IN AN INDUSTRY TRACK AND PULL OUT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT 7 CARS HAD DERAILED ON THE TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  TRACK IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY ERGON ASP HALT.     


nearest_city: POWER
county: TETON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
C-SCMRBE0-99 DERAILED LEADING DP LOCO (BNSF 9790) AT MP 21.95 WHICH WAS LOCATION OF PREVIOUS SUBGRAD E FAILURE.  TRAIN TRAVELED TO MP 27.4 WHERE THIS UNIT AND REAR DP (BNSF 9244) DERAILED.  BNSF 9790, SD70MAC, 4900 GALS, LEAKED 100 GALS. BNSF 9244, SD70 ACE, 4900 GALS, LEAKED 100 GALS.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE YPB28R-03 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 36 CARS INTO BOWL 41.  AS THEY WERE SHOVING THE FIRST CAR BEHIND THE ENGINE, CNW19286, DERAILED ON A FROG.  THE CAR PULLED THE SECOND CAR, FURX837465, OFF THE TRACK ALSO.     


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2010-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
321-12 STARTED DOWN THE HILL INTO MINGO JUNCTION WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 10 CARS DERAILED. CAR# FEPX 60676, FEPX 60734, FEPX 61168, CEFX 68024, MQRX 577 0, FEPX 60751, FEPX 61891, FEPX 61375, FEPX 60695, AND FEPX 60741 DUE TO CROSS LEVEL OF TRACK IRREGU LAR AND WORN FLANGES.

09/17/10 UPDATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO $31,138.    


nearest_city: ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
county: SCHENECTADY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: WESTERN
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-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INTO THE PAN AM YARD OPERATING ON #2 RUNNER, S63328 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APLICATION AFTER TRAVERSING OVER MISMATCHED RAIL STRUCTURE RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. PAN AM RAILWAYS / GUILFORD RR SYSTEM TRACK DAMAGE ESTIMATE $8588.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
BRAKEMAN ON YARD JOB Y-DTY1111-26 LINED WRONG SWITCH AND KICKED 1 CAR INTO 605 TRACK INSTEAD OF 609 AS WAS INTENDED, SIDESWIPING Y-DTY1211-26 CUT OF CARS. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED. CMC RAILROAD HAD $ 5,000 IN TRACK DAMAGES.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CTVSM9-22 WHILE PULLING INTO NEFF YARD, DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR DUE TO POWER SWITCH NOT FUL LY LINED.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: LS
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS CLASSIFYING YARD DURING HIGH WINDS WHEN TRACK 106  BLEW WEST TO FOUL WEST LEAD.  TRACK 109 HAD A BLOCK OF CARS AT THE WEST END THAT WAS NOT TIED DOWN OUT THE WEST END.  CARS FROM TRACK 109 SI DESWIPED THE CAR ON TRACK 106.     


nearest_city: JIM THORPE
county: CARBON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRACK OCCUPANCY LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER 12T9901 HAD RUN WEST THROUGH THE BLOCK BETWEEN CP-CATY AND C P-LEHIGHTON ON THE LEHIGH LINE.  DISPATCHER FAILED TO INSTRUCT TRAIN TO STOP AND INSPECT AFTER LEAVI NG BEHIND TWO CONSECUTIVE TOLS RESULTING IN TWO BROKEN RAIL CONDITIONS FOUND ON NS MAIN TRACK.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
QKCNLJJ-08 WAS HEADING WEST ON TERMINAL SUB MAIN 2.  AS THEY WERE APPROACHING SHERWIN CROSSING THE C REW NOTICED A TRACTOR TRAILER HIGH-CENTERED ON THE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS ON THE GROUND SIGNALING THE CREW TO STOP.  THE CREW PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND COLLIDED WIT H THE TRACTOR TRAILER.  NO ONE ON THE CREW NOR THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER WERE INJURED.  KCS SHOWS $750 EQUIPMENT DAMAGES.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IMSA
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR BROUGHT THE EQUIPMENT TO A COUPLE ON 602 INSTEAD OF 603, AFTER THE COUPLE, THE CONDUCT OR WENT TO PROTECT THE SHOVE ON 603, INSTEAD OF 602. SINCE THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK, TRA CK 602 WAS SHOVED INTO 603, WHERE THE TRACKS BECAME ONE. THE CARS IN 602 HIT THE CARS IN 603 AND DER AILED. THE ENGINEER CAME TO A STOP. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT CARS WERE DEREALED.    


nearest_city: ALICEVILLE
county: PICKENS
railroad: AGR
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN DERAILED 26 CARS.  CARS CONTAINED CRUDE OIL.  HAZMAT WAS RELEASED.  CAUSE OF DERAIL MENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.  THE RAILROAD IS DEVELOPING THE HAZMAT INFORMATION FOR US DOT BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE DETAILS AT THIS TIME.  THE RAILROAD WILL PROVIDE THE HAZMAT INFORMATION FOR THE 25 CAR S THAT RELEASED THE CRUDE OIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  3/26/14 - RAILROAD ANTICIPATES HAVING ALL THE INF ORMATION BY THE END OF APRIL 2014.   


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: LEWIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
M-PASTAC1-31 WHILE DOUBLING HEAD PORTION OF TRAIN TO 3203 TRACK FROM 3202 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS AT X OVER SWITCH FROM SWITCH LEAD TO TRACK 3300 ACCOUNT CONDR HAD FAILED TO LINE THESE SWITCHES. NO HAZAR DOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE PULLING OFF THE BACK TRACK FOR THE ESCAPE TRACK, THE Y35111 FAILED TO STOP THEIR MOVEMENT BEFO RE FOULING THE HUMP LEAD RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO CSXT 2445 AND 1018 AND 1 CAR.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PIKES PEAK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
U-PUECL05-04 DERAILED REAR 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 722 DUE TO BROKEN SWITCH POINT.  NO HAZ ARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
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-Jun
narrative:
THE OUTBOUND CREW FOR THE N24421 CLOSED THE CROSSINGS IN LOOP 3 AT THE MCDUFFIE COAL TERMINAL. THEY PROCEEDED TO PULL NORTH AND PULLED 57 CARS OVER THE DEFECTIVE STRIP JOINT. THE 58TH CAR WAS THE FIRS T CAR TO DERAIL. TASD ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES $485.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO YARD ASSIGNMENT DD27 PULLING WEST OUT OF EASTBOUND 26 TRACK RAN THOUGH ICE HOUSE #5 SWITCH AND W HILE MAKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTH LEAD DERAILED THE 11TH THROUGH 24TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: WILLIAMSPORT
county: LYCOMING
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
H3WH925 PULLING  SOUTH WITH LEAD UNIT NS 6347, 3 LOADS, 34 EMPTIES, AND 1499 TONS STRUCK TRACTOR TRA ILER FOULING TRACK.      


nearest_city: TARRANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y39420 WAS SHOVING OUT OF R04 TO THE EAST HUMP LEAD WHEN A SEPARATION OF THE TRAIN OCCURRED 15 CARS FROM THE ENGINE AND THE REMAINING CARS ROLLED DOWN THE EAST HUMP LEAD AND STRUCK Y39520 HUMPING OFF THE WEST HUMP LEAD.     


nearest_city: MOSSVILLE
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TWO CARS WERE KICKED TO TRACK 18 BY MISTAKE AND THE SWITCH WAS THEN LINED FOR 17 WITHOUT 18 BEING CL EAR OF 17.  FOUR MORE CARS WERE KICKED TO 17 IN 2 SEPARATE CUTS AND SIDESWIPED CAR UTCX668548 CAUSIN G DAMAGES TO THREE CARS.     


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: KANAWHA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Oct
narrative:
N65801 TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE NO. 1 MAINLINE WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT CA 451.1. AFTER WALKING TRAI N FOUND THE NUMBER 70 THROUGH 84TH CAR DERAILED. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT: JOURNAL FRACTURED, NEW COLD BR EAK.     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
AFTER BEGINNING HUMP OPERATIONS, SWITCHMAN STOPPED CUT TO ALLOW ANOTHER JOB TO USE CROSSOVERS.  WHEN RE-STARTED HUMPING, 5 EMPTY CARS DERAILED IN CURVE ACCOUNT LATERAL/VERICAL FORCES.      


nearest_city: PERRY
county: PERRY
railroad: LRWN
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CONSISTING OF 4 LOCOS & 52 LOADED HOPPERS. SPLIT WEB RAIL WAS FOUND UNDER SECOND DERAILED CAR WHICH WAS DRAGGED APPROX 250 FT. SEVEN CARS TOTAL DERAILED WITH 400 TF OF DAMAGE. FOUR LOCOS & 44 CARS TRA VELED OVER BEFORE 45TH CAR DERAILED.     


nearest_city: HAZEL CREST
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
M34371-13 HAD PERFORMED WORK AT THE NORTH END OF F YARD AND WAS PULLING NORTH TO HARVEY WHEN THEY DE RAILED 9 CARS IN THEIR CONSIST. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CAUSE TO BE LATERAL VERTICL FORCES. CAR TTGX 978038 WAS A LOAD OF AUTOMOBILES AND IT DERAILED ON ITS SIDE, TTGX 942200 LOAD OF AUTOMOBILES DERAI LED LEANING. DERAILED CARS: TTGX 978038, TTGX 942200, TTXG 851023, TTGX 978457, TTGX 852869, TTGX 99 6522, BTTX 880209, BBTX 880166, TTGX 982885   


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #6944 LOST PANTOGRAPH IN GLIDER ON NEWARK DRAW CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE F-END PANTOGRAPH OF LOCOM OTIVE #4656.      


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFALO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CN53902 HAD A HOLD OF 27 AUTO RACK CARS PULLING OFF NORTH 1 TRACK OUT THE EASTBOUND RUNNER TO SET OV ER THEM OVER TO NORTH 6. WHILE PULLING OUT THE EASTBOUND RUNNER, THE CN ENGINEER STATED HE COULD NOT PULL THE CARS ANYMORE.  THE HEAD 16 CARS TRAVERSED OVER THE 19B SWITCH BEFORE LINES 17 THRU 25 DERA ILED.  CN ESTIMATES EQUIPMENT COSTS AT 33,578.    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW KICKED CARS IN TO HUMP WITHOUT ENSURING IT HAD BEEN BLED OFF AND CAR STILL HAD AIR CAUSING A 2 CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y22017 CUT OFF 4 CARS AND A CABOOSE IN THE CLEAR ON 2 INDUSTRIAL TRACK. THEY THEN PROCEEDED INTO THE INDUSTRY TRACK WHICH IS ADJACENT TO 2 INDUSTRIAL. THEY PULLED OUT A CUT OF 14 CARS, AND PLACED 2 ON TOP OF THE CARS IN 2 INDUSTRIAL. WITH THE 2 ADDITIONAL CARS THEY WHERE NOW IN THE FOUL. THEY PULLED AHEAD WITH 12 CARS, THE CONDUCTOR THEN LINED THE SWITCH, AND WALKED BACK TO PROTECT THE SHOVE. HE T HEN CALLED THE ENGINEER AND HAD HIM SHOVE THE CUT BACK IN TO FLOW POLYMERS, SIDESWIPING 12 CARS AND THE ENGINE AGAINST THE LEAD CAR ON 2 INDUSTRIAL.  


nearest_city: LYNCHBURG
county: LYNCHBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
DURING FLAT SWITCHING Y12022 FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE HANDBRAKES ON STANDING EQUIPMENT IN L01 TRACK DURING REPEATED SWITCHING MOVES CAUSING CARS TO ROLL INTO STANDING CUT.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
YPB02R-07 WAS HUMPING CARS WHEN CELX23146, DESTINED FOR BOWL 39, CHANGED ROUTE WITH TRAIN END GOING TOWARD BOWL 5 CAUSING A DERAILMENT, THEN BEING STRUCK BY UTLX650398.  BOTH CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CALIENTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CSKMJ-07 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK AND RECEIVED A RED OVER YELLOW TO TAKE THE SIDING AS THERE WAS A TKO INDICATION ON THE MAIN TRACK.  CREW WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE T RAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY UPON PASSING THE SIGNAL AND DERAILED AT THE SWITCH INSIDE THE OUTER OPPOSIN G SIGNALS.    


nearest_city: EVERMAN
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INDUSTRY WITH 33 LOADS ENGINEER TOLD CONDUCTOR THAT CUT WAS TO HEAVY TO SHOVE.  CONDUC TOR WALKED BACK TO MAKE A CUT AND FOUND SIX CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
THE MCIWC-29 PULLED INTO THE EMERGENCY YARD AT 7 MPH ON TRACK 205. RAIL SPREAD BENEATH TRAIN CAUSING TRAIN TO GO INTO UDE RESULTING IN A 10 CAR DERAILMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUT.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BH21 WHILE PULLING WEST WITH ONE UNIT NS 7138 57 CARS, 31X26 4806 TONS ON CLASS TRACK #8 RAKED A LOA DED TANK CAR OF BH24'S TRAIN WHICH WAS ON THE #1 LEAD. BH21 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AT POINT OF CONTACT.      


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING CARS IN AUTO MATIC MODE, CARS HUMPED PRIOR WERE FOULING TRACK AND STRUCK BY 2 CARS WHI CH DERAILED UPON IMPACT IN W01.      


nearest_city: TERRE HAUTE
county: VIGO
railroad: INRD
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CONSIST WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN A DUMP TRUCK WAS DRIVING TOO FAST TO STOP SO HE ACCELERATED TO TRY TO GET ACROSS THE TRACKS BUT WAS TRUCK BY LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2013-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LAJ YARD CREW Y VRN 3351 28A SHOVING INTO CUSTOMER'S FACILITY LIGHT ENGINE, DERAILED ONE AXLE AND DA MAGED FUEL TANK OF LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO CATCHING CUSTOMER'S METAL PLATE NOT PROPERLY SECURED BETWEEN RA IL PROVIDING ACCESS TO CUSTOMER'S CONTAINMENT.  NOTE: LOCATION WAS ON CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY AND APX 20 0 GALLONS DID LEAK INTO CUSTOMER'S CONTAINMENT.  COST OF $21,730 WAS TO REMEDIATE THE SPILL.    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CE 92 HUMPING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 71 LOADS, 5 EMPTIES, AND 9098 TONS ON WC 19 TRACKS, DERAILED TH E 63RD (SP 240722) AND 64TH (RBOX 39331) HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
A CUT OF 5 CARS STALLED ON THE DOWN-SIDE OF THE HUMP BECAUSE OF AIR STILL ON ONE OF THE CARS. A SING LE CAR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT OFF AND STRUCK THE STALLED CUT OF CARS RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
H-KCKDEN1-17 DERAILED WHEN CREW RAN THRU SWITCH THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CHANGED FROM VARIABLE TO RIGID BUT NO INFORMATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO CR EWS. HFI RESPONSIBILITY WAS PLACED ON DIVISION SUPERVISOR RATHER THAN CREW. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASE D.    


nearest_city: ANCHORAGE
county: ANCHORAGE
railroad: ARR
date: 2011-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING OUT THE INBOUND INTERLINE MIXED FREIGHT THAT HAD ARRIVED FR OM WHITTIER, AND THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD THE 130N AND GET IT SET SO THAT IT COULD BE TESTED AND REA DY TO GO NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT AS PER THE HOLIDAY PLAN. THEY HAD TWO SD70MAC'S (4322-4324) AND WERE SWI TCHING A 32 CAR CUT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INBOUND YARDED ON THE FREIGHT MAIN. CARS FOR WERE BEING TEMP ORARILY SET TO THE WORK LEAD FOR FURTHER CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE FREIGHT WAS BUILT AND SET IN TRACK 1. THERE WAS ONE BAD ORDER IN THE CUT (TCMX 350698) WHICH WAS SET BACK TO THE FREIGHT MAIN (TO GO T O THE CAR SHOP LATER). THE SECOND TO LAST CAR ON THEIR SWITCH LIST WAS THE SHPX 450607 WHICH WAS A L OAD OF FLOUR AND WAS ALSO SET TO THE FREIGHT MAIN. NOTE: BOTH OF THE CARS SET TO THE FREIGHT MAIN WE


nearest_city: BLAKESLEE
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: CP
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE DIVISION
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
NS SIGNAL MAINTAINER FOUND A BROKEN RAIL AND GOUGED CROSSING BEHIND CO 2242-17 AT WEST BLAKESLEE, OH DTTX 727647 WELL ARTICULATED FLAT CAR DERAILED AT NS 107.5 (NS LAKE DIVISION) ON THE FROG THEN RE-R AILED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES LATER.  NS REPORTING TRACK DAMAGE AT $248,000.00     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-04T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE MKCAS-03 HAD SHOVED INTO TRACK 134 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A UTILITY MAN FROM THE ALS (UTILITY 34 2).  THEY THEN DOUBLED OVER TO TRACK 135, AND IN THE PROCESS THE CREW ON THE 2AEGAS-02 REPORTED SPAR KS COMING FROM THE TRAIN.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT 12 CARS HAD ALL DERAILED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TH ROUGHOUT THE TRACK.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY ALS.  ALS TRACK DAMAGE = $1,111    


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YCB21R-02 KICKED TWO CUTS OF RAILCARS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX RAILCARS INTO TRACK 10 AND THEN WENT BACK A ND KICKED TWO RAILCARS TO TRACK 2, ONE RAILCAR TO TRACK 30 AND TWO RAILCARS TO TRACK 3.  THE FOREMAN THEN RODE THE SHOVE TO THE NINE SWITCH AND GOT OFF THE RAILCARS AND LINED THE SWITCH FOR A MOVEMENT TO 9 TRACK.  THE FOREMAN THEN STARTED INTO 9 TRACK BEFORE HE REALIZED THAT THE RAILCARS HE HAD LEFT IN 10 TRACK WERE FOULING 9 TRACK.  HE STOPPED TOO LATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THREE RAILCARS.  NO D ERAILMENT OCCURRED.  


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC1062-27  SHOVED  21 CARS INTO 1231, THEN ATTEMPTED TO PULL FROM TRACK, LOCOMOTIVE GAVE ERRO R AND WOULD NOT MOVE. INSPECTION REVEALED 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: INDEPENDENCE
county: LINN
railroad: PNWR
date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: OE
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:
THE WESTBOUND 66A DERAILED 12 CARS AT MP 8305 ON THE OE DISTRICT MAIN TRACK.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMEN T WAS FOUND TO BE T220 BROKEN TAIL-TRAINVERSE/COMPOUND FISSURE.      


nearest_city: MONTCHANIN
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ESPN
date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN WAS HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS CSX INTERCHANGE IN WILMINGTON, DE (DOWN GRADE) WHEN IT WENT INTO EME RGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND 2ND-5TH CAR FROM NEDD END DERAILED. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTIO N FOUND CARS HAD DERAILED AT BROKEN JOINT BAR. DERAILMENT ALSO DAMAGED EMPTY STORAGE CAR IN ADJACENT SIDING.    


nearest_city: MIAMI-DADE
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS FOULING THE MAINLINE TRACKS AT THE N. E. 125TH STREET CROSS ING.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: STOCK BRIDGE
county: BERKSHIRE
railroad: HRRC
date: 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN NX-12 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WITH 31 CARS.  ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN LURCH AND OBSERVED SEVER AL CARS ROLLING ONTO THEIR SIDES.  A TOTAL OF 7 CARS WERE DERAILED.  THE CAUSE HAS SINCE BEEN DETERM INED TO BE EXCESSIVELY LOADED C AND D CAR.     


nearest_city: MANISTEE
county: MANISTEE
railroad: MQT
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE DOUBLING TRAIN TOGETHER, CREW SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH. WHEN THEY PULLED AHEAD 5 CARS WERE DERAIL ED ON SWITCH. DERAILED CARS DAMAGED A TANK CAR CONTAINING ASPHALT ON ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: CITY OF COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-LAC1022-11 DERAILED 3 MTYS WHILE PULLING AND RESPOTTING CITCOM FACILITY. CREW DOUBLED 25 CARLE NGTH FROM 4501 TO 4601 WHICH HAD 25 LDD CARLENGTHS. ALL EQUIPMENT BEING HANDLED WAS ARTICULATED.      


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
R MON8354-07I WAS OPERATING ON MAIN 2 WHEN TRACTOR TRAILER STOPPED AND THEN PROCEEDED AT CROSSING IN FRONT OF TRAIN AND WAS STRUCK.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-DEN1051-23, SHOVING LIRE POWER OUT OF 173 TRACK INTO 102 TRACK, FAILED TO LINE ONE END OF CROSSOVE R SWITCH FROM 102 TO 101 TRACK, SHOVING INTO CUT OF CARSON 101 TRACK. NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED AND HAD NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ATCHISON IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YSJ60R-18 WHILE MAKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT, SHOVED OVER A DERAIL, THEN PULLED AHEAD RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: ELWOOD
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
S-LHTLDR1-03, DEPARTING FROM LOOP 1 AFTER PULLING 4303 TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS WITH DTTX 750887 PICKE D LOOP 2/1 XOVER SWITCH WHEN POINTS GAPPED ACCOUNT SWITCH WAS LINED BUT NOT LATCHED.  DIVISION OFFIC ERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH PREVIOUS CREW LEFT SWITCH UNLATCHED.  TRAIN WAS HANDLING ARTICULA TED EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: DIERKS
county: HOWARD
railroad: DQE
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING LOADS OUT OF BACK TRACK WHEN THE 12TH CAR FELL INSIDE RAIL CAUSING 4 MORE CARS BEHI ND TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SEALY
county: AUSTIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
M-SAGHOU4-15 EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW INSPECTION FOUND 3 CARS DERAILED AND TOTAL OF 4 DAMAGED.  CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  6/17/13: INVESTIGATION FOUND CA USE OF INCIDENT TO BE E4TC AND CONTRIBUTING T102.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CREW MM-12 SHOVING EAST WITH CONDUCTOR ON THE LEAD END DERAILED THE EAST TRUCKOF SECOND CAR #7274 AS A RESULT OF A HARD COUPLE.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MHKPC-16 WAS ENTERING THE YARD AT THE WEST END.  THEY GOT 25 CARS OVER THE SWITCHES AFTER ENTERING T HE YARD TRACK WHEN THEY DERAILED 5 CARS AFTER THE 25 HEAD CARS STAYED ON THE RAIL.      


nearest_city: BRADFORD
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY 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: 12-Feb
narrative:
GDBFDB-17 PULLING NORTH OFF INDUSTRY TRACK WITH 23 LOADS.  RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT AND CAUSED THE REAR 7 CARS TO DERAIL.  FARMERS CO-OP ELEVATOR MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 651 WITH CAB CAR 9636, 4 CARS, AND ENGINE 941 DERAILED ENGINE 941 OVER THE 67 SWITCH IN SUNNYS IDE YARD, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.  A 5/8" LOW JOINT ON HIGH RAIL OF SHORT CURVE BETWEEN 67E AND 67W AT Q RESULTED IN REVERSE ELEVATION.  THIS WAS COMBINED WITH A SHARP CURVATURE SPOT AT THE JOINT OF 22 DE GREES.  22 DEGREES IS JUST UNDER THE LIMIT FOR OUR TRUCKS TO NEGOTIATE CURVATURE.  THE COMBINED COND ITIONS ABOVE ALLOWED THE R1 WHEEL OF ENGINE 941 TO CLIMB THE HIGH RAIL AND DERAIL.   


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y-DEN-1012-02 PULLED 37 CARS OUT OF 107 TRACK ONTO LEAD AND MADE CUT, LEAVING 22 CARS UNATTENDED.  W HILE CREW SHOVED 15 CARS TOWARD 111 TRACK, THE 22 STANDING CARS ROLLED EAST BACK THRU 107, OUT EAST END OF TRACK AND SIDESWIPED CARS BEING PULLED OUT OF END 106 TRACK BY YARD JOB Y-DEN-1142-02.  1 CAR DERAILED AND 5 TOTAL WERE DAMAGED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELEASED.    


nearest_city: ALLENTOWN
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TTZX 84695 SHOVED OFF WEST END 24 TRACK DUE TO REPETITIVE IMPACT OF 7 SINGLE LOADED HUMPED CAR CUTS, SUBSEQUENTLY FOULING THE LEAD AND RAKING SIDE OF THE 14TH HEAD CAR ON LEAD BEING PULLED BY HA15 CRE W.  TTZX 84695 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
NS 151205 STALLED DUE TO A PARTIAL HAND BRAKE CAUSED BY A SLACK ADJUSTER FAILURE. CO 351422 THEN COU PLED UP TO NS 151205 AND WAS SIDESWIPED BY MWCX 100633.      


nearest_city: CADET
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TAMPER AND BALLAST REGULATOR WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON MAIN LINE.  THE TAMPER STOPPED AND BALLAST REGU LATOR REAR-ENDED THE TAMPER.  NO INJURIES.  EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y-ENI3011-17 CLEARED MAIN TRACK THROUGH 8305 TRACK SWITCH, LINING FOR MAIN TRACK BEHIND THEM. CREW T HEN SHOVED THROUGH THIS SWITCH, REVERSED MOVEMENT AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
JOB LCK41-22 WAS SHOVING 45 LOADS OF COAL TOWARDS THE COAL DUMP AND AS IT SHOVED IN FROM MAINLINE 2 THROUGH CROSSOVERS, 4 CARS DERAILED 75 FEET WEST OF THE INSIDE MAINLINE CROSSOVER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: SAHUARITA
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: NOGALES 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-Jan
narrative:
SPTNG-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8730, HIT A SEMI TRUCK TRAILER WHEN THE DRIVER FAILED TO CLEAR THE CROSSI NG.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: ASHDOWN
county: LITTLE RIVER
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: ASHDOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
KRYASAS1-17 WAS PULLING 61 LOADS AND 4 EMPTIES EAST OUT OF NEW STORAGE TRACK WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTIC ED A SLIGHT TUG ON THE TRAIN AFTER GETTING 37 CARS PAST THE EAST SWITCH.  WHEN THE TRAIN STARTED TO SLOW DOWN HE WENT TO PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY WHEN THE TRAIN LINE SEPARATED AND WENT INTO EMERGE NCY.    


nearest_city: KAYSVILLE
county: DAVIS
railroad: UFRC
date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
A WESTBOUND VEHICLE WITH THREE OCCUPANTS REMAINED STATIONARY ON THE UTA FRONTRUNNER MAINLINE AT THE OLD MILL LANE GRADE CROSSING (MPN 20.80).  THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE GRADE CROSSING AFTER NORMAL ACTIV ATION OF THE WARNING LIGHTS AND GATE ARMS.  THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A NORTHBOUND UTA TRAIN RESULTI NG IN LOCOMOTIVE, VEHICLE AND NORTHEAST QUADRANT GATE MECHANISM DAMAGE.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE S USTAINED A CRITICAL INJURY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OR CREW ON THE TRAIN.   


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y29619 SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK D06 WHEN CSXT 140080, CSXT 129849, CCBX 72712, DOWX 20908, CCBX 71295, AND SOU 531328 DERAILED. TAPS INVESTIGATION REVEALED WIDE GAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIE S WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE WITH SOFT ROADBED CONTRIBUTING.     


nearest_city: TECUMSEH
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR MOVE TO BE MADE, RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH WHICH RESULTED IN DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: ERBACON
county: WEBSTER
railroad: AO
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS ENTERING BROOKS RUN INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THE TRACK INSPECTOR NOTICED CARS HAD DERAILED.  ENG INEER PUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY AND FOUND 6 CARS HAD DERAILED.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ROOT CAUSE WAS A BROKEN LOCKING PIN FOR SWITCH.  NO INJURIES.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
BRC 211 PARKED ON THE STUB TRACK WAS STRUCK BY REHUMPS BEING PULLED THRU 1 UNIT AND 23 EDEP AS HEAD ROOM.
      


nearest_city: LYMAN
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
GEHOLQ-15 AN EMPTY GRAIN TRAIN WAS TO SPOT CARS TO THE GRAIN ELEVATOR.  THEY DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN TH E CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCH TO THE SIDING INSTEAD OF THE INDUSTRY.  NOT REALIZING THE CARS HAD SHOV ED THRU THE SIDING/MAINLINE SWITCH THEY MADE A FORWARD MOVEMENT TO REALIGN THE SWITCH AND THE 2ND TO LAST CAR SPLIT THE SWITCH WITH THE FRONT TRUCKS GOING DOWN THE SIDING AND REAR GOING DOWN THE MAIN. THE LAST CAR ALSO WENT DOWN THE MAIN.   


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
SHOP MOVERS WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS BY THE SUPERVISOR TO TAKE THE UP9747 OVER TO NORTH 11 RAIL.  WHI LE ENROUTE TO 11 RAIL A YARD CREW WAS BRINGING IN THE MCHPB-02 FOR SERVICING.  AS THE MCHPB-02 CREW PROCEEDED THROUGH THE SWITCH, A SHOP GROUND PERSON RADIOED TO THE SHOP MOVER TO STOP.  SHOP MOVER DI D NOT RESPOND.  THE GROUND PERSON PROCEEDED TO USE HAND SIGNAL, BUT STILL NO RESPONSE.  BY THIS TIME IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP SO THE GROUND PERSON JUMPED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE IN FEAR OF GETTING HURT.  U P9747 SIDESWIPED THE UP9522 AND UP9555 CAUSING DAMAGE.  F&O OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT HAD BECOME ILL D UE TO PERSONAL MEDICAL CONDITION AND OTHER LOCOMOTIVE MOVER WAS INJURED FROM JUMPING FROM THE UNIT. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
METRA TRAIN DH4 WAS DEAD HEADING WHEN A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER DID NOT CLEAR THE CROSSING. AS A RESULT , METRA TRAIN DH4 STRUCK THE REAR END OF THE TRAILER CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAB CAR #8556, COACH CARS 731 3, 8547, 8265 AND 7371.     


nearest_city: NORTH CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y39619 WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS FROM THE SOUTH-END OF TRACK 007 TO THE NORTH-END OF TRACK 007 AT BE NNETT YARD WHEN EMPLOYEE FAILED TO CONTROL HIS SPEED.  RESULTING IN A SIDE SWIPE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: VINITA
county: CRAIG
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M-TULLIN1-21 STRUCK FRONT END LOADED NOT AT CROSSING THAT WAS FOUL OF MAIN TRACK. IMPACT RUPTURED FU EL TANK ON LEAD LOCOMOTIVE EMDX 9047. EMDX 9047, SD60, CAP 4,500 GAL, RLSD 4,000 GAL.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
NORTHBOUND MDVGR-24 DERAILED AT THE #20 POWER SWITCH AT 36TH ST YARD.  THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7176 DE RAILED ALL WHEELS WHILE THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE UP7057 DERAILED THE L1-L3, R1-R3 WHEELS.  THE DERAIL MENT WAS CAUSED BY A GAPPED SWITCH POINT IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION ON THIS SWITCH, CAUSED BY SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP.  THE GAP WAS MEASURED TO BE 5/16", WHICH IS WITHIN THE FRA STANDARD OF 3/8" FOR THIS T YPE OF SWITCH, ALLOWING THE SWITCH TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED AND TO LOCK IN THE REVERSE POSITION.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WHEELS WERE MEASURED AND WITHIN SPECIFICATION.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
QFMEW-19 WAS PULLING EAST INTO ENGLEWOOD ON THE EASTERN THOROUGHFARE.  THE TRACK HAD WIDE GAGE WHICH CAUSED THE NORTH RAIL TO ROLL UNDER THE CARS.  8 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: RUTLAND
county: RUTLAND
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
subdivision: NORTHERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 291 DERAILED WHILE BACKING ONTO THE NORTH END OF THE MANSFIELD TRACK.  DEFECTS IN THE TRACK CO NDITION ARE WHAT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   THE SWITCH IS AT THE END OF A CURVE WITH NO TANGENT POINTS , WORN RIGHT STOCK RAIL AND SWITCH POINT CAUSED THE 4TH AND 5TH CARS TO DERAIL.  POINT PROTECTOR AND RAIL ALSO WORN.    


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: WHATCOM
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
R-NWE8011-18, WHILE SHOVING 48 CARS INTO 4252 TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN ARPX 2011 DERAILED ON FROG ACCT FLANGE PASSED THRU WRONG FLANGEWAY.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: BALTIMORE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE SWITCH CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT FROM A LEAD AND THE WEST Y WAS LINED AGAINST THE Y19418 RESULTIN G IN THEIR RUNNING THRU THE SWITCH.  A REVERSE MOVE WAS MADE OVER THE RUN THRU SWITCH THAT CAUSED CA RS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
M-BARLAC1-08 DERAILED AT BROKEN HEEL BLOCK ON TRACK 1800 BETWEEN 114-115 SWITCHES WHILE PULLING INTO LAJ YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MTL RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MISSOULA
county: MISSOULA
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
EMPLOYEE RAN THROUGH SWITCH, CHECKED, THOUGHT IT WAS OK SO PROCEEDED WITH WORK BUT EVENTUALLY PICKED SWITCH WITH LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
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:
LUS31-03 ATTEMPTING TO DEPART YARD IN OGDEN WITH 164 CARS AND 16,000 TONS ON A 13 DEGREE CURVE.  ENG INEER NOTCHED UP PER THE SEQUENCE AND WENT TO NOTCH 6 AND HELD AT NOTCH 6 FOR 12 SECONDS BUT WAS UNA BLE TO MOVE THE TRAIN.  UPON INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT 10 CARS HAD STRING LINED AND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: FORT WAYNE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
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:
35N, 255, 256, 260,15E, 51R, 289,13J, 17K, 262L308 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 134 LAODS, AND 4350 TONS ATTE MPTING TO SHOVE WEST IN PIQUA DERAILED 39 TRIPLE CROWN TRAILERS AFTER THE ENGINEER FAILED TO FOLLOW NS1 USING TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND EXCESSIVE AMPERAGE.     


nearest_city: HARLEM
county: BLAINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H-PASGAL9-01, WHILE STOPPING TRAIN, DERAILED ONE CAR. CREW USED DYNAMIC AND INDEPENDENT BRAKES TO ST OP WITHOUT USING AUTOMATIC BRAKES TO CONTROL SLACK, WHICH ALLOWED CARS TO BUNCH AND JACKNIFE. NO HAZ ARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED. -DGL     


nearest_city: FREEPORT
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FREEPORT IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LHF37R-21 WAS PERFORMING FLAT YARD SWITCHING.  CREW FAILED TO SWEEP THEIR ZONE AND BEGAN TO PULL A C UT OF RAILCARS AND RAN THROUGH A SWITCH DERAILING SEVERAL RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: LC
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 14 WITH LEAD ENGINE 2661 WAS APPROACHING LANCASTER, SC (MP 76.6) WITH 13 LOADS, 82 EMPTIES PUL LED BY 5 LOCOMOTIVES. CAR CEFX 10601 (79 POSITION) PICKED THE MARKET ST SWITCH AND DERAILED ALONG WI TH AEX 15464 (78 POSITION) AND UELX 60112 (80TH POSITION). TRAIN DOING 5 MPH AS POSTED. THE 3 CARS D ERAILED APPROXIMATELY 150' BEYOND THE PICKED SWITCH. CAUSE: WIDE GUAGE IN MARKET STREET SWITCH.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCO OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING POWER THROUGH TRACK 11 IN SSW YARD EAST TO WEST AND PUT POWER I N TWO POCKET FOR DINNER.  WHILE OPERATING AT 10 MPH, FAILED TO SEE TRAIN MASPBB LEAVING YARD AND DID NOT APPLY BRAKES UNTIL TWO SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT, DERAILING 3 RAIL CARS ON MASPBB AND CAUSING HIS L OCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL ON ITS SIDE.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YP882-05 WAS SHOVING 1 HUMP OUT OF YARD 9.  1 WHEEL JUMPED THE RAIL AND REMAINED DERAILED FOR 5 CAR LENGTHS.  CARS CAME TO REST AGAINST YPR14R-05'S CARS ON HUMP 2 AS HE WAS STOPPED WALKING HIS LINE UP .  ALL CARS VERTICAL.  RAIL DAMAGE TO 1 HUMP AND 4 CARS DERAILED.  2 HUMP DAMAGE TO 2 LOADED AUTOS, NOT DERAILED.    


nearest_city: HOOPLE
county: WALSH
railroad: DN
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: WALHALLA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE DAKOTA NORTHERN TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING 111 SOY BEAN LOADS FROM CRYSTAL, ND BACK TO GRAFTON, ND F OR INTERCHANGE. THE TRAIN WAS DP'D HEADING SOUTH ON THE WALHALLA SUB. AS THEY WERE PULLING AROUND TH E LEFT HAND CURVE JUST SOUTH OF HOOPLE, ND AT 10 MPH THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT 16:49 ON JULY 6TH 2012.  7 CARS TOTAL DERAILED & 5 OF THEM TIPPED OVER SPILLING SOY BEANS. THE FIRST CAR TO DERAIL WAS THE 87TH CAR FROM HEADEND AND LAST CAR TO DERAIL WAS THE 93RD CAR. THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED FR OM A SUN KINK AT MP 11.9 CONTRIBUTING CAUSE WAS EXCESSIVE HEAT/TEMPERATURES.  


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
M-LRKMEM1-22, DEPARTING PORT OF LITTLE ROCK, DERAILED WHILE MOVING THROUGH CROSSOVER AT CP 310.1.       


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: CDOT
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CDOT TRAIN 9761 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 4 CARS DERAILED 2 CARS IN THE METRO NORTH YARD.  SWITCH 38/3E WAS NOT FULLY LOCKED IN KEEPER FOR NORMAL MOVEMENT WHICH ALLOWED FOR SWITCH POINT TO OPEN UNDER MOVEMEN T OF CDOT 9761 RESULTING IN EAST TRUCK OF CAR 1772 TO TRAVEL WEST ONTO TRACK NO. 3E AFTER LEAD ENGIN E 840 AND WEST TRUCK OF CAR 1772 TRAVELED WEST ON TRACK NO. 38, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF CAR 1772 AND 1740.   


nearest_city: BLADENSBURG
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
WHILE IN REMOTE OPERATIONS, IND CREW AT AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES ATTEMPTED TO COUPLE TO A CAR. COUPLING DID NOT MAKE, WHEN OPERATOR DID NOT SEE CARS MOVING AS DESIRED, HE CONTINUED TO INCREASE POWER ON RE MOTE. ENGINE MOVED THROUGH PLANT, TOWARDS CSX MAIN TRACK. ENGINE ENCOUNTERED A SPLIT-RAIL DERAIL, BU T WAS MOVING AT SUCH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THE LOCOMOTIVE MADE IT 200 FEET ON TO CSX TRACK.    


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 24, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 630PM KG30/194 CREW WERE SWITCHING OUT A CUT OF CARS OUT OF H13 .  THE CREW STARTED WITH A CLEAR TRACK AND THEN THEY PUT 2 CARS BACK IN H13 (IHB 50407 & IHB 412). THEY KICKED ONE CAR INTO H10 AND ONE MORE INTO H13 ( IHB 51603).  IT WAS THEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE  3 CARS WERE LEANING (DERAILED) IN H13 DUE TO CROSSED DRAWBARS.    


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
COUPLER ON AEX 11527 BYPASSED COUPLER ON TTHX 9240 5 DERAILING ALL WHEELS ON BOTH CARS AND A END 1,2 ,3,4 ON ETTX 820437.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
B34 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 26X1 CONSIST 2400 TONS PULLING NORTH DERAILED 3 CARS - NS 453760 - NS 473362 - NS 453774      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: DWP
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
L51181-15 WAS SWITCHING AT THE UP YARD SOUTH ITASCA WHEN THE A END OF TRUCKS OF CARS ACFX 78309, DER AILED WHILE SHOVING SHOVING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER.  THE CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE BORDERLINE E XCESSIVE LATERAL FORCES CAUSED BY THE ENGINEER HAVING TOO MUCH BRAKE PRESSURE WHILE SHOVING CARS THR OUGH THE CROSSOVER.  THE EMPTY TANK CAR WAS BETWEEN LOADED CARS WITH LONG SHANK DRAWBAR AND A CUSHIO N DRAWBAR.  THE TRACK GEOMETRY COMPONENTS AND MEASUREMENTS WERE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS.  THE UP REPOR TED $6,925 IN TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: SHERIDAN
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: DUTCH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
E-SUMBTM0-20 VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH TRAIN AT HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING.  KNOCKED ONE SET OF WHEELS OF CA R LINE NUMBER 73 OFF OF THE TRACK.  CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: WESTON
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-CRMSAI0-41, DELIVERING TRAIN INTO IATAN POWER PLANT, SIDESWIPED LEAD LOCOMOTIVE OF E-SAICAM0-31 TH AT HAD BEEN LEFT IN FOUL OF TRACK BY POWER PLANT OPERATORS. NO CARS DERAILED BUT DAMAGED TO BOTH LOC OMOTIVES.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
M-CNIKCK1-22 WAS TO SETOUT A TOTAL OF 44 CARS TO TRACK 7815 AND 7801.  CREW HAD MADE INITIAL SET TO 7815 TRACK AND WAS SHOVING BALANCE OF CUT ONTO 78001 WHEN CUT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW FOUND LTTX 142400, NOKL 823033 AND NOKL 827461 DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MACEDON
county: WAYNE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 284 WITH ENGINE 700 AND 6 CARS STRUCK A PILE OF ASPHALT FOULING THE MAIN LINE AT MILEPOST 354. 6 NEAR MACEDON, NY.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
M-DYTNW01-21 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING TO SETOUT BAD ORDER LOCOMOTIVE WHEN CREW DID NOT CLEAR SW ITCH BEFORE REVERSING DIRECTIONS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS ACFX 79927 WAS REQUESTED TO GO INTO TRACK 024, THE EAST TRUCKS WENT IN TO 024 TRACK AND THE WEST TRUCKS OF THE CAR WENT INTO 025 TRACK DUE TO SWITCH THROWING UNDER THE CAR . THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO CAR. THE CGTX 23565 WAS HUMPED NEXT INTO 025 TRACK STRIKING THE WEST END OF THE ACFX 79927 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. THE PROX 16233 WAS HUMPED NEXT INTO 024 TRACK STRIKING THE MIDDLE OF THE ACFX 79927 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH.   


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN BERNARDINO
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:
V-BIRSBD1-26 PULLED OUT OF GM 2 TRACK TO MAKE DOUBLE-OVER INTO GM 3 TRACK. WHILE SHOVING SETOUT TO G M3, CREW EXPERIENCED UDE AND DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS FOUND. DIVISION OFFICERS BELIEVE H503 IS CLOSEST M ATCH FOR CAUSE BUT WILL NOT ASSIGN HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY AS REVIEW OF DOWNLOADS TAKE NO EXCEPT ION TO TRAIN HANDLING.    


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Trailer Or Container On Flatcar
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
25VH528 DELAY - 4'10", 204H127 - 1'09" 20EC227 WITH NS 9550 PLUS 2, 28 LOADS, 3 EMPTIES, 4353 TONS P ULLING EAST AT MP HP 111.3 WHEN TRAILER FXF2 973296 DISLODGED OFF RAIL CAR TTEX 353627 FALLING ON MA IN #     


nearest_city: GREYBULL
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-GRW2022-12 PULLED THROUGH 105 TRACK SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LINED, THEN SHOVED BACK THROUGH SWITCH , SPLITTING SAME AND DERAILING 4 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
G-ELONW09-11A - BNSF 5456 IMPACTED BOOM OF TRUCK 19811 THAT WAS FOULING MAIN TRACK AT 24 MILES PER H OUR WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND, RESULTING IN DAMAGES TO ENGINE AND TRUCK 19811.      


nearest_city: WANA
county: MONONGALIA
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
PAK30: 13'30" NO7C420 PULLING NORTHWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 130 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 17990 TONS ON WANA  INDU STRIAL TRACK, DERAILED THE 129TH (NS 028913) AND THE 130TH (NS 026248) HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH OF LOCOMOTIVE #4640 WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF AN AMTRAK CATENARY DEFECT (OLD FATIGUE ON THE AUX WIRE) WHILE TRAIN #3800 WAS ENROUTE EAST MP 41.3      


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
INDIAN SOUTHERN RR CREW PULLED G73815 ON A DESCENDING GRADE INTO A 9 DEGREE RIGHT HAND CURVE. ENGINE ER STATED THAT HE STARTED AROUND THE CURVE AND STARTED TO MOVE TO DYNAMIC BRAKE WHEN THE LEAD ENGINE STARTED TO JUMP AND HE KNEW HE WAS DERAILED AT THIS POINT. THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE 600 FEET BEF ORE COMING TO REST ON THE MORRIS ST. ROAD CROSSING. INDIANA SOUTHER RR ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $164,00 0.00.   


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2012-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
DRIVER OF MINIVAN FAILED TO STOP IN TIME FOR AN ACTIVE GRADE CROSSING, WENT THROUGH THE GATEE AND CA ME TO REST ON THE NORTH BOUND MAIN AND WAS STRUCK BY THE NORTH BOUND TRAIN. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGE R WER TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE WITH INJURIES.     


nearest_city: TRENT
county: TAYLOR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
ZLAMN2-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7190, STRUCK AN SUV WHICH FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING AND YIELD TO TR AIN.  IMPACT ON DRIVER'S DOOR.  UP7190 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF SUV SUSTAINED INJUR IES.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: VALLIANT
county: MCCURTAIN
railroad: DQE
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: DQE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
VAL#1 WAS SWITCHING THE IP PAPER SHED. WHILE MAKING A REVERSE MOVE WITH 4 LOADS AND 23 EMPTY BOXES, THE LEADING WHEEL ON EMPTY BO TOE 2219 B-END STRUCK THE SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR AT THE S TRACK SWITCH CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. AFTER DERAILING THE BOXCAR PULLED TOE 3087 B-END OFF OF THE TRACK AND CRLE 11 9541 B-END OFF OF THE TRACK. TOE 3087 IMPACTED EMPTY TANK UTLX 71978 THAT WAS SITTING ON 6A LEAD CAU SING DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND DERAILING THE A-END ON THE EMPTY TANK.   


nearest_city: FOUNTAIN
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN STOPPED NEAR MP 84 AT DED, INSPECTION FOUND NTG. TRACK INDICATION REMAINED BEHIND TRAIN, MOW I NSPN FOUND BROKEN RAIL AT MP 84.4 AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SWITCH AT KELKER. TRAIN DID NOT DERAIL. SEE ALSO CO-1110-109, SECOND INCIDENT THIS TRAIN.     


nearest_city: FLORENCE
county: FREMONT
railroad: RRRR
date: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: TENNESEE PASS
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-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS CHANGING FROM POWER TO DYNAMIC BRAKING. THEY EXPERIENCED HARSH SLACK ACTION THEN AN E MERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE AIR BRAKES.      


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CARS THE Y30024 KICKED THE GAMX 9332 TOWARDS E27 TRACK WHICH RESULTED IN SIDESWIPING THE Y32624, ENGINE CSXT 4011. THE CSXT 4011 WAS OUT IN THE FOUL OF THE 2/3 CROSSOVER CAUSING THE SI DESWIPE WITH NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: DME
date: 2010-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 272-06 TRAVELLING THROUGH CLINTON DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE OPERATING ON MAIN TRACK.  DERAILED CAR S FOULED UP #2 MAIN TRACK.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KALAMAZOO
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 355 STOPPED DUE TO SMOKE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAMES FORM STACK OF LEAD UNIT E/30.       


nearest_city: UNION
county: MCCREARY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
170-1'50", 288-4'00", 261-3'00", 223-3'15", 23G-2'30", 179-3'30" 170T615 48 LDS, 41 MTYS, 6822 HAD D RAWBAR PULL OUT OF THE 79TH HEAD CAR DAMAGING THE 81ST AND 82ND CARS.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 6632 SUFFERED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE ON UNIT 4636 DUE TO A DIP IN RAIL CAUSING SHOE ASSEMBLY T O GO ABOVE TROLLEY WIRE NEAR MP3 ON THE NORTH RUNNERTHE LOOP IN SUNNYSIDE YARD.      


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE OPERATED ONE END OF AN OUT OF SERVICE CROSSOVER AND LEFT THE CROSSOVE R OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE.  OPPOSITE SWITCH WAS LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT OF SERVICE BUT SUBJECT SWITCH WA S MISSING A LOCK AND TAG, REMOVED PERSON.  B03 CREW WITH 2 UNITS, 87 LOADS, 13 EMPTIES MADE A TRAILI NG POINT SHOVE MOVE OVER SWITCH AND DID NOT CHECK SWITCH, ACCOUNT OUT OF SERVICE.  WHEN REVERSE MOVE WAS MADE OVER THE SWITCH PULLING EAST, CREW DERAILED 3 LOADS AND 3 EMPTIES.   


nearest_city: ROCHELLE
county: OGLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YG305R-27 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK WHEN CARS COUPLED AT 9.7 MPH, CAUSING DTTX63083 TO DERAIL.       


nearest_city: LIBBY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
H-NTWPAS2-21 DERAILED 16 CARS WHEN MUD/ROCK SLIDE OF APPROXIMATELY 7000 CUBIC YARDS FELL AGAINST TRA IN.      


nearest_city: COLTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
INBOUND MECWC-11 PULLED INTO YARD TRACK 302 FROM THE EAST, SECURED THEIR TRAIN AND CAME OUT OF TRACK 203 ON THE WEST END AS LIGHT POWER (3 UNITS).  THEY PULLED OUT ON THE LEAD TO CLEAR THE 203 SWITCH THEN WERE LINED TO GO EAST DOWN THE LEAD TOWARDS 209.  WHILE TRAVELING EAST DOWN THE LEAD, THE 203 S WITCH LOST AIR PRESSURE AND LINED UNDER THE EAST MOTOR UP5431 CAUSING 3 AXLES OF THE LOCOMOTIVE TRUC K TO DERAIL ON THE 203 SWITCH.  SIGNAL DEPT CONFIRMS LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE TO THE SWITCH.   


nearest_city: NEW BRIGHTON
county: RAMSEY
railroad: WC
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
L50681-10 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 52 CARS FROM THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE TO MNNR MAIN  TRACK IN THE YARD. THE BRAKE MAN REPORTED THAT HE LINED THE MOVEMENT FROM EAST WYE TO MAIN BUT NEGLECTED TO C HECK THE WEST YARD SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE NORTH END OF THE MNNR MAIN LINE I N THE EVENT THE CARS WOULD NOT CLEAR BETWEEN THE YARD SWITCHES. THE BRAKEMAN HAD CONTROL OF THE MOVE MENT UNTIL SUCH TIMES AS THE TRAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTH SWITCHES AND THE CONDUCTOR COULD SEE THE POINT . THE BRAKEMAN STATED THE SWITCHES IN THE SOUTH END ARE LINED FOR OUR MOVEMENT, STAR BACK 5O CARS. T HE ENGINEER ASKED IF HE WAS PROTECTING THE POINT TO WHICH THE BRAKEMAN ANSWERED HE WAS. THE BRAKEMAN CHECKED THE THIRD SWITCH WHICH WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR INTENDED MOVEMENT. AS THE CARS STARTED THRU


nearest_city: WESTWEGO
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
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: 11-May
narrative:
GSSOWW-06 WAS PULLING INTO ELEVATOR AND TRAIN WAS DRAGGED TO A STOP.  CREW WENT BACK AND FOUND 4 CAR S DERAILED NEAR REAR OF TRAIN.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: SAN CLEMENTE
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: NCTC
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANDIEGO
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. AMTRAK'S DAMAGE IS $13,964.00. NCTC'S DAMAGE IS $0      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE FLAT SWITCHING 64 FROM THE NORTH END OF THE WESTBOUND YARD IN MADISON, RAIL CARS SHPX 463055, SIRX 96226, AND BN 99553 WERE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED WHEN THE BN 99553 ROLLED NORTHWARD, OUT OF TRACK 6 8 AND STRUCK THE SWITCHING CONSIST.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE MAKING A COVER MOVE, TWO CARS PLACED IN TRACK 15 ROLLED OUT AND SIDE SWIPED AND DERAILED ONE C AR BEING KICKED.      


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y13306 TRAVELING OFF THE KRAFT RUNNER WEST WITH LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS OF GRAIN FOR ADM MILLING DERAIL ED CARS AT THE NUMBER 3 CROSSOVER.      


nearest_city: THREE RIVERS
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: GDLK
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
GDLK 302 WAS ON DUTY AT 0130 TRAVELING NORTH BOUND WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON THE COND UCTOR'S INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR NINE CARS IN THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED. ON FURTHER INVES TIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT CAR CAGX 95031 HAD A DEFECTIVE ROLLER BEARING AND HAD BURNT OFF CAUSING T HE CAR AHEAD, ITSELF, AND SEVEN BEHIND TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: ROCK ISLAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
R-CHI4271-24 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1. SWITCH POINT FOUND TO HAVE BEEN WORN ALLOWING CARS TO CLIMB OVER POINT.      


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS PLMX 135637 ROLLED OUT INTO A CUT OF CARS AND DERAILED DUE TO SKATE FA ILURE.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CTN
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y23109 SHOVED THROUGH A SWITCH REVERSED DIRECTION, AND CARS WENT IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS STRIKIN G A STANDING CUT OF CARS ON MO 5 TRACK. THE CAR CUT ON MO 5 TRACK THEN STRUCK A CAR CUT ON MO 7 TRAC K.     


nearest_city: LOUISA
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
E52710 WAS HEADING EAST ON THE BIG SANDY AT KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY ROAD CROSSING DOT# 227047B AND ST RUCK A UPS GROUND FREIGHT TRACTOR TRAILER. THE TRAIN CONTINUED FOR 1525 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. LOCOMO TIVE HORN AND BELL WAS BEING SOUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATING RULES AND CROSSING WARNING DEVICES WERE WORKING PROPERLY. THE UPS TRUCK PULLED UP TO CROSSING AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BEFORE TRAIN ARRIVED AT THE CROSSING THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK TRIED TO CROSS.   


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-SSE3312-20, HANDLING CARS FROM INBOUND TRAIN, FOUND BH TAG FOR BAD WHEEL ON ONE CAR. AFTER INS PN, CONTRACTOR CHANGED WHEEL BUT DID NOT VERIFY THAT WHEEL SET WAS COMPLETELY ON RAIL. WHEN CAR WAS PULLED, IT DERAILED. DERAILED CAR WAS ARTICULATED.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
THE YWC40R-16 WAS SHOVING TRACK 205 FROM THE RECEIVING YARD TO THE HUMP LEAD FOR HUMPING.  WHEN THE CUT REACHED THE CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE, A LOCOMOTIVE COMM FAILURE CAUSED INDEPENDENT BRAKES TO SET WHIC H RESULTED IN A BROKEN TRAIN AT A WEAK KNUCKLE AT 18TH CAR.  17 CARS BROKE AWAY AND ROLLED TOWARD TH E BOWL.  THE YARDMASTER LINED THE CARS TOWARDS TRACK 72 IN ACCORDANCE WITH BREAKAWAY PROCEDURES.  TH E CARS IMPACTED STANDING CARS IN TRACK 72.  A TOTAL OF 11 CARS DERAILED.   


nearest_city: RUTLEDGE
county: SCOTLAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Q-CHILAC6-22A DERAILED 1 CAR ON MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO CAR OVERHEATED JOURNAL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ILLIOPOLIS
county: SANGAMON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN D37D209 OPERATING EASTBOUND WHEN A SEMI-TRUCK PULLED IN FRONT OF TRAIN.  D37 STRUCK THE REAR O F THE TRAILER.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
UPRR'S YMA52R-27 WAS SWITCHING INSIDE U.S. STEEL PLANT DOUBLING BRICK SHED TO HOT METAL TRACK.  AT T HE SAME TIME, TRRA EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LINING SWITCHES TO DELIVER AN ORE TRAIN.  TRRA DID NOT COMMUNICATE WIT U.S. STEEL OR UPRR BEFORE LINING THEIR INTENDED SWITCH.  UPRR FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVE, RUNNING THROUGH THE BLAST FURNACE LEAD SWITCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING 3 LOADED CARS AND D AMAGING, NOT DERAILING, AN ADDITIONAL CAR WHEN MAKING A REVERSE MOVE TO COMPLETE THE DOUBLE OVER.  T RACK IS MAINTAINED BY U.S. STEEL AND DAMAGES ARE ESTIMATED AT $1,000.  


nearest_city: COLEMAN
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 135P823 TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON MAIN LINE DERAILED 3RD ENGINE AND THE SIX HEAD CARS IN THEIR T RAIN.      


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: MOBRIDGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
EIGHT LOADED HOPPER CARS ROLLED OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK INTO THE E-BSBRWM0-15A OPERATING ON THE MAIN L INE WHICH CAUSED DERAILED CARS.      


nearest_city: SHERIDAN
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
G-FUNINB9-16 DERAILED AT MP 670.2.  CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN WHEEL RIM THAT HAD TRAVELED APPROXI MATELY 3 MILES BEFORE DERAILMENT OCCURRED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: WIGGINS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRRA CREW 204 HAD A HOLD OF 51 LOADS TO SPOT INDUSTRY BUNGE. THEY STARTED PULLING NORTH OUT OF WIIGI NS 3. CUT WAS PULLED APPROX 2000 FEET WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE 27TH HEAD CAR WAS DERA ILED, 28-31 CARS WERE DERAILED AND TURNED OVER, CARS 32 THRU 35 WERE ALSO DERAILED. IT WAS FOUND THA T THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE CAUSED BY POOR TIE CONDITIONS.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
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: 12-Apr
narrative:
YPB25R-01 HUMPING A CUT OF CARS.  THE SHQX222288 WAS HUMPED INTO BOWL 39.  IT STALLED IN THE CURVE O N THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK.  GATX61496 WAS RELEASED FROM THE HUMP AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SHQX22 2288 CAUSING BOTH CARS TO DERAIL.  THE UTLX954808 WAS ALSO RELEASED AND CONTACTED THE 2 DERAILED CAR S AND DERAILED THE B-END OF THAT CAR.    


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
75% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK UNDER CLIP, TRACK 4 AT CATENARY 812, FAILED UNDER MOVEMENT OF TRAIN 6526 ENGAGING PANTOGRAPH OF CAR 8400, DAMAGING SAME.      


nearest_city: NORTH BEND
county: DODGE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: COLUMIBA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CPWNA-10 WITH LEAD UNIT UP5609, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN A CEMENT TRUCK TRAVELING NORTH FAILED T O STOP AND RAN INTO RAILCAR CWEX6519.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: AUSTELL
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
AMTRAK 19 OPERATING ON OUR MAIN TRACK STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT THE SPRING STREET CROSSING.  OUR D OT INVENTORY DATABASE SHOWS THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA.      


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: BEAVER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: LYNNDYL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
MWCNP-09 DERAILED 3 AXLES ON LOCOMOTIVE UP8427 WHILE GOING OVER A LINED DERAIL.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE DERAIL AGAINST THEIR MOVE AND GAVE INSTRUCTION TO THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH AND LOCOMOTIVE THAT WENT ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: BROWNVILLE JCTN
county: PISCATAQUIS
railroad: MMA
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MOOSEHEAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
AIMX 6923 FLUFF (NON-METALIC OLD CAR PARTS GROUND DOWN TO 6 INCH PIECES) WAS PLACED, BY ITSELF, ON W EST END LEAD AT BROWNVILLE JCT BY LOCAL SWITCHER CREW.  AFTER STOPPING TO DROP THE CAR THE CONDUCTOR APPLIED THE HAND BRAKE.  INITIALLY AFTER PULLING THE PIN THE CAR DID NOT MOVE SO THE CONDUCTOR STAR TED WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAR WHEN THE ENGINEER CALLED HIM AND ASKED IF HE (CONDUCTOR) HAD TIED A HA ND BRAKE ON THE CAR.  THE CONDUCTOR RESPOND "YES" AND IMMEDIALLY TURNED AROUND TO SEE THE CAR SLOWLY ROLLING EAST DOWN AN APPROXIMATE 1 % GRADE.  THE CONDUCTOR EASILY RETURNED TO THE CAR AND TIGHTNED UP THE HAND BRAKE BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOWLY GAIN SPEED ROLLING EAST.  AFTER REALIZING THE BRAK E WAS NOT SLOWING MOVEMENT THE CONDUCTOR SAFELY DISMOUNTED AND RADIOED A WARNING AHEAD TO OTHERS IN


nearest_city: TWIN FALLS
county: TWIN FALLS
railroad: EIRR
date: 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: TWIN FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
BUHL SWITCHER WAS LACING UP TRAIN IN TRACK 703, AFTER GETTING TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  THE CONDUCT OR FAILED TO NOTICE A CROSS-OVER SWITCH LINED IMPROPERLY.  THE CONDUCTOR SHOVED BACK TO THE MAIN SWI TCH AND HAD THE ENGINEER PULL BACK THROUGH THE IMPROPERLY LINED CROSS-OVER SWITCH.     


nearest_city: VINA
county: TEHAMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
MRVPW-21, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7658, STRUCK A LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS FOULING THE MAIN TRAC K PRIVATE CROSSING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AND DESTROYED THE TRAILER SPLITTING THE TRA ILER IN HALF.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE TRAIN CREW NOR DRIVER OF TRUCK.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: PALMER
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: NECR
date: 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
NECR 604 CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPOT AT CUSTOMER WITH A FULL SPOT OF 6 LOADS.  TRAIN WENT INTO THE T RACK WITH LIGHT ENGINE TO FLANGE CROSSWAYS AND RETRIEVE 3 EMPTIES THEN CAME BACK TO THE MAINLINE AND PICKED UP THE 6 LOADS.  AS THEY STARTED DOWN THE DECLINING GRADE WITH 10# OF AIR SET ON THE CARS AN D THE INDEPENDANTS ON, THE LOCOMOTIVE COULD NOT HOLD THEM.  THE TRAIN SLID THROUGH THE WHEEL STOPS A ND INTO A STORAGE SHED AT THE END OF THE TRACK.   


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
UP2271 WAS BEING USED AS A HORSE.  THE UP2420, UP2290 AND UP2377 DERAILED ON THE 600 LEAD AT THE WES T COLTON ROUNDHOUSE DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LV31 CREW WAS SHOVING TWO LOCOMOTIVES INTO SOUTH RECEIVING YARD WHEN THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DU E TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEW CANAAN
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING OVER THE NC1/NC2 SWITCH IN THE REVERSE POSITION, TRAIN 1096 DERAILED L1 AND R1 WHEEL S ON #1 AXLE OF "F" END TRUCK ON CAR 9012.      


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: SKAGIT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO LINE 3 TRACK SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, PULLING THROUGH IT IN TRAILING POSITION. THEY THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT, SHOVING THROUGH GAPPED POINTS AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SULLIVAN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ST CROIX
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Z-CHCSSE7-25 CAUSED SWITCH DAMAGES WHILE DEPARTING YARD TRACK 102 TO MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: IC
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
L58471-05 WAS SWITCHING ON THE SOUTH END OF BATON ROUGE YARD.  THE BRAKEMAN WAS STANDING AT THE #6 S WITCH WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LET 1 CAR GO TOWARDS #6.  THE CAR TRAVELED UP INTO #6 TRACK AND MADE CONTAC T WITH THE STANDING CARS THAT WERE ABOUT 6 CARS DEEP INTO TRACK.  THE BRAKEMAN LOOKED AND HEARD THE CARS HIT AND THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD COUPLED AND TOLD THE CONDUCTOR TO LET THEM GO-WHICH WAS THE NEXT 3 CARS IN THE CUT GOING TO #9 TRACK. THE BRAKEMAN THREW THE #6 -7 SWITCH BACK FOR THE LEAD AND HEADE D SOUTH TOWARD THE SPLIT LEAD SWITCH ACCOUNT THE NEXT CARS TO BE SWITCHED WERE TO GO TO #3 TRACK.  T HE CONDUCTOR KICKED THE NEXT 3 CARS DOWN THE LEAD TOWARDS #9 TRACK AND GATX 30443 DID NOT COUPLE IN #6 TRACK AND ROLLED BACK SOUTH CORNERING THE CARS (UTLX 96063) TRAVELING DOWN THE LEAD TO #9 TRACK.


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
TRACK 804 SWITCH POINT GAPPED OPEN CAUSING ONE END OF LOCOMOTIVE AND ONE END OF TANK CAR TO DERAIL.       


nearest_city: CANTON
county: ST LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Q62008 OVERSPEED TRAIN DERAILED IN CANTON, NY ON SINGLE MAIN TK AROUND MP QM 131. REPORTED 8 CARS DE RAILED WITH GENERAL PILE UP. 61 ST HEAD CAR FOUND TO HAVE R-3 WHEEL WITH BROKEN RIM (CNA 415681) POS SIBLE RD XINGS BLOCKED:  BUCK, MINER, PARK, JAY AND MAIN ST.     


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
LOH45-05 WAS SHOVING THE KAISER STEEL LEAD WITH 28 CARS, 3294 TONS, WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED INSIDE THE RAIL ON A LEFT HAND CURVE ON STEEP GRADE.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY WIDE GAGE FROM MISSING SPIKES. CALIFORNIA STEEL INDUSTRIES MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: SNJX
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: BURLINGTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 233, LRV3509 REPORTED STRIKING A WILD TURKEY AT ABS306. OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THERE IS A SMAL L CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ON THE END      


nearest_city: BEACH
county: GOLDEN VALLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
L-MON8121-18I, WHILE PULLING CARS OUT OF THE ELEVATOR TRACK, SHOVED AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH FROM TRACK 925 TO TRACK 926, THEN PULLED AHEAD THROUGH THE SAME SWITCH, DERAILING SIX CARS.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
L-GFC0291-04, DOUBLING TRACK 6191 TO 6110, MADE HARD JOINT RESULTING IN 1 CAR DERAILMENT AND DAMAGES . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHAMBLEE
county: GWINNETT
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
222 3'10" 153 4'00"  CAR STALLED ON TRACK AT PEACHTREE ROAD CROSSING AND THE 222P424 STRUCK THE AUTO .  ADDITIONAL: PER CASUALTY CLAIMS DEPT., RAIL VIEW VIDEO SHOWS THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED GRADE CROSSIN G. UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE TRACKS BUT NOT AT THE CROSSING.     


nearest_city: SERGEANT BLUFF
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GMSBGY-26 WAS TIED DOWN ON THE IPS.  THE DPU LOCOMOTIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 27 RAILCARS WERE ON THE SO UTH NEAL LEAD TRACK.  WHEN THE CREW BEGAN TO PULL NORTH ON THE IPS, ONE WHEEL ON RAILCAR FURX 830041 DROPPED OUTSIDE THE RAIL DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  THE WHEEL TRAVELED NORTH ON THE TIES FOR APPROXIMATEL Y 1100 FEET UNTIL IT STRUCK A PRIVATE CROSSING, WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF RAILCARS FURX 830041 AND FURX 821429.  MIDAMERICAN ENERGY MAINTAINS TRACK.   


nearest_city: AMHERST
county: LORAIN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
B59B129 PULLING WEST WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 3 LOADS AND 56 EMPTIES, DERAILED CARS 32 THROUGH 37.       


nearest_city: PORT ARTHUR
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: RASX
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
DERAILED NATX 29100 (L-1,2,3,4 & R-3,4) NATX 250951 (R-1,2) DUE TO WIDE GAGE. CUSTOMER WILL COVER AL L COST. LATE REPORT AS I DID NOT RECEIVE PAPERWORK FROM PORT ARTHUR CHEVRON. RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION ON COST FROM CHEVRON 8/5/11.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING CARS NORTH OUT OF #1 LOOP TRACK WHEN CARS STARTED TO DERAIL IN THE CROSSOVER SOUTH OF THE #2 CAR DUMP.  THE DERAILED CARS FROM THE TRAIN STRUCK THE CARS IN THE TRAIN BEING DUMPED AT T HE #2 CAR DUMP CAUSING DAMAGE TO THOSE CARS.  SWITCH LOCATED IN CURVE.  PRIOR TO DERAILMENT CONTRACT OR HAD INSTALLED NEW MATERIALS LEAVING TIGHT GAGE AND FAILED TO INSTALL POINT PROTECTOR.    


nearest_city: TALKEETNA
county: MATANUSKA SUSITNA
railroad: ARR
date: 2013-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
subdivision: TALKEETNA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
LOADED COAL WAS HEADED SOUTHBOUND AND ENCOUNTERED ROCKS OVER BOTH RAIL APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET HIGH. EN GINEER PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS FROM IMPACT. ARR 4015, THE LEAD LOCOMOTI VE, LEAD WHEEL OF LEAD TRUCK DERAILED. TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO THE ROCK SLIDE EXCEEDED THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YRO22R-12 PULLING CARS OUT OF TRACK 37 DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO HARMONIC ROCK ON THE SHORT CROSSOVER S WITCH.      


nearest_city: HOPE
county: HEMPSTEAD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
LWH23-09, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE HLCK1064, WAS GOING INTO THE HOPE INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH 13 CARS.  APPROACHI NG HIGHWAY 32 THEY SAW A TRASH TRUCK COMING.  THE TRUCK STRUCK THE ENGINEER'S SIDE OF HLCX1064 BENEA TH THE WINDOW KNOCKING THE ENGINE OFF THE RAIL AND OFF THE LEAD TRUCKS OF THE ENGINE.  THIS CAUSED F ATAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.    


nearest_city: WHEELING
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L50191-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING INDUSTRIES OFF THE RICH PRODUCTS LEAD. THE CREW HAD PULLED 3 CARS, TIED BACK ONTO THEIR TRAIN AND WERE SHOVING TO SPOT LOADS AT 2 DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. AS THE Y WERE SHOVING DOWN THE HILL TO THE INDUSTRY, THE HIGH-SIDE RAIL ROLLED UNDER CAR BNSF 450388 CAUSIN G THE TRAILING TRUCK TO DERAIL AND ROLL ALONG ON THE WEB OF THE RAIL CAUSING THE FOLLOWING 3 CARS TO DERAIL. DERAILED LOADS: BNSF 450388, BNSF 450782, ECUX 880577, AND HHCX 35831. NO INJURIES AND NO H AZARDOUS COMMODITIES ARE INVOLVED.  


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
DUE TO OVERSPEED CONDITION DURING HUMP OPERATIONS, A COVERED HOPPER MADE A HIGH SPEED COUPLING RESUL TING IN DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND LADING.      


nearest_city: ST CLOUD
county: BENTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
R-TWI8131-07 KICKED CARS INTO 103 TRACK BUT FAILED TO SECURE THEM. THIS CUT THEN ROLLED OUT AND IMPA CTED L-TWI8131-07 RESULTING IN 5 CARS DERAILING AND DAMAGE TO 2 OTHERS.      


nearest_city: HERMON
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: MMA
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
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-Dec
narrative:
NO 210 WAS SHOVING EIGHT LOADS AND THREE EMPTIES INTO TRACK 6 RECEIVING DELIVERING TO PAN AM WHEN TH REE LOADED PROPANE CARS DERAILED WHEN A JOINT BAR BROKE UNDER LEADING TRUCK NINTH CAR IN SHOVING MOV E.  BROKEN JOINT BAR WAS LOCATED IN EAST (TIMETABLE DIRECTION) RAIL.  ACFX 77132 LOAD PROPANE ALL WH EELS DERAILED WITH TRUCK OUT OF BOWL AND TOWARD CENTER OF CAR.  GATX 95849 LOAD PROPANE ALL DERAILED EXCEPT L2 AND PLMX 135146 R & L 3 AND 4 WHEELS DERAILED.  ACFX 77132 SUSTAINED SLIGHT OUTER TANK DA MAGE FROM TANK BROKEN SUPPORTS.  INNER TANK NOT DAMAGED AND NO LEAKS.  MDEP TESTED FOR LEAKS SHORTLY AFTER DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 9, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:05AM KB09 CREW HUMPED CAR BNSF 516391 DOWN TRACK BC09 STRIKING CAR WREX 110 AND DERAILING THE WREX CAR.  SEVERAL MORE CARS WERE THEN HUMPED INTO THIS TRACK BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WREX 110 WAS DERAILED DUE TO CROSS DRAW BARS.  IT (WREX) HAD NOT COUPLED UP WITH THE OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK THUS TURNING ON ITS SIDE & STRIKING TILX 261265 IN THE ADJACENT TRA CK (BC10) CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TILX CAR.   


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
ON 08/22/2011, Y22122 SWITCHING DSM.  CONDUCTOR  SHOVED CUT OF CARS THRU THREE SETS OF CROSS-OVERS. CONDUCTOR FAILED TO ENSURE HIS ROUTE WAS LINED FOR HIS MOVEMENT RESULTING IN RUNNING THRU A SWITCH. CONDUCTOR PULLED CUT OF CARS FORWARD RESULTING IN DERAILMENT DUE TO THE RUN THRU SWITCH     


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: CN
date: 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFLO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
L53931-10 WAS PULLING OFF NORTH 1 TRACK OUT THE EASTBOUND RUNNER IN CSXT FRONTIER YARD, WITH 27 CARS AND 2 UNITS, WHEN 10 CARS DERAILED. AS THEY WERE PULLING EASTWARD ACROSS A YARD CROSSING ON THE LEA D TRACK INTO A PULLBACK TRACK CN 710715 DERAILED AND RERAILED ITSELF AT THE YARD CROSSING. INVESTIGA TION FOUND THAT THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE LEAD TRACK TO 8 SOUTH CANTED OUTWARDS ALLOWING CN 710715 TO DE RAIL AND RERAIL ITSELF AND THEN BECAUSE THE RAIL WAS CANTED OUTWARDS THE FOLLOWING 9 CARS DERAILED A S THEY WERE BEING PULLED EASTWARD. DERAILED CARS: CN 710715, CNA 712715, TTGX 993212, TTGX 993588, T TGX 991893, TTGX 152444, TTGX 962436, TTGX 942639, TTGX 981230, TTGX 155861. CSX REPORTED $5,000 IN TRACK DAMAGE.


nearest_city: FORT PIERRE
county: STANLEY
railroad: DME
date: 2011-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
571-21 PULLING INTO JC SIDING, IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING THE CROSSINGS & DERAILED 6 CARS (POSITION 2 2-27) - FIELD #12 PRC SUBDIVISION -  FIELD #23  ANNUAL TRACK DENSITY, N/A - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRIT ORY 2. NOT SIGNALED, 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK, Z. OTHER. NON-CONTROLLED SIDING -  FIELD #49 OTH     


nearest_city: NILES
county: TRUMBULL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Q13630 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 WHEN TRAIN ENCOUNTERED A SUNKINK WHICH CAUSED TRAIN T O DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DOVER
county: KINGFISHER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Dec
narrative:
MFWNPX-06, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6909, WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE AND STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK WHI CH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT A PRIVATE CROSSING.  UP6909 DAMAGED.  CREW NOT INJURED.  DRI VER OF DUMP TRUCK INJURED AND ALSO RECEIVED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: SUFFOLK
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
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:
02'15" (810V122) DRIVER STOPPED HIS TRAILER ACROSS MAIL LINE #1 AND #2 TRACKS. EXITED HIS VEHICLE TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS AND 810V122 TRAVELLING EAST ON MAIN LINE #1  STRUCK THE TRAILER KE MEAD DRIVE CR OSSING.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
DURING HIGH WINDS, THE Y29904 WAS PULLING TRACK 059 FROM THE BOWL AT THE EAST END OF SELKIRK YARD A CAR ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 064 THROUGH THE INNERTS AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE Y29904S CARS RESULTING IN D AMAGE TO 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
NJT TRAIN 6632 BECAME ENTANGLED IN CATENARY WHILE ENROUTE EAST NEAR PORTAL, MP 6.0, CAUSING PANTOGRA PH OF LOCOMOTIVE # 4607 TO BE DESTROYED DUE TO HIGH WINDS OF 65 MPH THAT RESULTED IN HORIZONTAL MOVE MENT OF CATENARY WIRES.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE INERTS AT THE E/E OF TRACK 10 FAILED TO STOP TILX 291255 CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE WITH SP 228743 WH ILE THE FO45 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 12.      


nearest_city: ROCKDALE
county: WILL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: NEW ROCK
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:
J74722 WAS SHOVING CARS 37 CARS EAST INTO THE EAST PASS TRACK AND FOUR LOADED TANK CARS DERAILED AT A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: MARKHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R96491-17 WAS PULLING 19 CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF F-YARD. THEY WERE GOING TO KICK BAD ORDERS OUT OF X116'S TRAIN SO THE TRACK WOULD BE READY TO PULL OUT BY THE TIME X116 POWER HAD ZIGZAGGED UP TO THE NORTH END OF F- YARD. R96491-17 PULLED TRACK MF15 UP, AND MADE A CUT AFTER THE BAD ORDERS AND WA S PULLING OVER THE SWITCH TO SET 2 BAD ORDERS OUT O F21 WHEN THE YARDMASTER  CALLED THEM ON THE RADI O AND TOLD THEM TO STOP AS 4 CARS WERE DERAILED. DERAILED WERE RFMX 464779, TILX 32497, CKIC 7042, C KIX 7133, ACCOUND USUALY WORN WHEEL FLANGE ON L1 WHEEL ON CKIX 7042 CAUSING IT TO CLIMB THE SWITCH P OINT AND DERAIL. 


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
M-MCNKCK109, DEPARTING FROM 123 TRACK, DERAILED 5 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EMERYVILLE
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CONTRACT RAIL GRINDER OPERATOR OF MACHINE #SG-4 RAN THROUGH A DUAL CONTROL POWER SWITCH WHILE OCCUPY ING MAIN TRACK #2 AT CPRV005, MP 4.24 ON THE MARTINEZ SUB.  DAMAGED THE SWITCH MOTOR -  NO DAMAGE TO RAIL GRINDER.  SWITCH INADVERTENTLY MOVED UNDER THE SWITCH GRINDER.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE ADMX16940 WAS FOUND IN THE RIP TRACK 2 WITH DAMAGE.  IT IS UNKNOWN HOW OR WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURR ED.      


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: PUTNAM
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARLEM LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 604 STRUCK A LARGE TREE LIMB ON TRACK #2.  NO INJURIES.  LIMB FELL ON THIRD RAIL.  CAUSING 28 BROKEN BRACKETS AND 280 FEET OF THIRD RAIL DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
R92291-06 COUPLED 19 CARS INTO CARS IN TRACK DH28 AND SHOVED CARS SOUTH. THEY THEN SEPARATED THE LOC OMOTIVES FROM HE 22 CARS IN THE TRACK AND HEADED NORTH OUT OF TRACK DG28. AT 9:15 P.M. , THE DECATUR CITY POLICE REPORTED THAT THERE WERE CARS DERAILED NEAR MOUNDS ROAD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TH E NORTH 20 CARS IN TRACK DG28 SEPARATED FROM THE SECOND SOUTH CAR, SIRX 93, WHICH WAS STILL IN TRACK DG28. THE CARS TRAVELED OVER 1 MILE DOWN THE DECATUR NORTH END OF LEAD STUB TRACK WHICH CAUSED THE NORTH 6 CARS TO DRAIL OFF THE END OF THE TRACK WHERE IT STUBS. DERAILED WERE: GATX 31637, TRLX 23514 , ADMX 25995, TILX 280785, NW 180641 AND TILX 649745. THE CREW THAT SET THE CARS OUT TO THE TRACK WE RE BACK AT THE YARD OFFICE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. RAILROAD VERIFIED FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
MOVERS WERE USING UP7366 TO PICK UP A UNIT OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK STOP.  THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE P IN TO DROP AND USED TOO MUCH FORCE AND SHOVED THE UNIT OVER THE DERAIL.  TWO WHEELS WENT ON THE GROU ND OF THE NS9047.     


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE ZLTLA-01 CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE EAST ON THE FENCE TRACK.  THEY NEEDED TO TAIL OUT ON THE NO. 2 MAIN.  THEY RAN THRU THE NO.2 MAIN SWITCH.  WHEN THEY PROCEEDED TO PULL WEST, 4 WELLS DERAILE D OVER THE RUN-THRU SWITCH.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK.  SCAX MAINTAINS SIGNAL SYSTEM.  SCAX ESTIMATED SIGN AL DAMAGE = $119,183.    


nearest_city: HOLT
county: MARSHALL
railroad: MNN
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: WARROAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS HEADING SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. IT APPEARS THE 6TH CAR ROCKED OFF THE TRACK THEN 5TH CAR RAN INTO THE TRUCKS OF 6TH CAR CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. TRAIN CAME T O STOP WITH 5TH AND 6TH CAR SIDE BY SIDE. POOR TIE CONDITIONS LEAD TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL.     


nearest_city: MARINGOUIN
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LLM11R-02 TRIM JOB BRAKEMAN HAD HIS TRIM POWER ON THE WEST SHOVE LEAD WAITING FOR THE OTHER TRIM JOB , LLM13R, TO CLEAR THE EAST TRIM LEAD SO THAT HE COULD PULL INTO THE WEST TRIM LEAD.  THE BRAKEMAN F OR THE LLM11R WAS LOOKING FORWARD AND PULLED HIS POWER TO HIM TO GET ON THE HEAD END.  HE WAS NOT PA YING ATTENTION TO QLIWX-02 THAT WAS DEPARTING OUT OF THE DEPARTURE LEAD AT 112.  HE DID NOT STOP HIS POWER IN THE CLEAR, RUNNING INTO THE QLIWX-02, SIDESWIPING 6 CARS AND DAMAGING THE TRAILING LOCOMOT IVE IN THE TRIM CONSIST OF THE LLM11R-02.  NOTHING DERAILED.  


nearest_city: LULING
county: CALDWELL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
QEWWC-02, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7908, STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT HAD TURNED LEFT ON THE TRACK HEADING TOWARDS TRAIN.  THE DRIVER PANICKED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.  HER VEHICLE GOT STUCK ON TRACKS.  SHE SAW TRAIN COMING AND STARTED TO TAKE OUT STUFF FROM HER VEHICLE AND AT THE LAST SECOND SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY.  INITIALLY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON THE CROSSING ON THE MAIN.  THERE WERE CARS IN FRONT AND BEHIND HER.  THIS IS WHEN SHE TURNED LEFT ONTO TRACKS AND HEADED TOWARDS THE TRAIN.  THERE WERE NO I NJURIES TO THE CREW OR DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HERFEFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3052-10 DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE WHILE SPOTTING RIP TRACK.  CREW STARTED SHOVING INTO TRACK AND MECH PERSONNEL SET AUTOMATIC DERAILS IN PLACE UNDER THE MOVEMENT.  INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT MECHANICAL WAS NOT TOLD BY OPERATING OFFICIAL THAT ADDITIONAL CAR WAS TO BE ADDED TO TRACK.     


nearest_city: HAZEL CREST
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M34371-04 WAS DEPARTING MARKHAM YARD ON THOROUGHFARE 3 WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND IT WAS FOUN D THAT 39 CARS HAD DERAILED.  IT IS EVIDENT THAT LATERAL FORCED CAUSED THE RAIL CANT ON TANGENT TRAC K, THE TIE CONDITION IS POOR , RATE FOR CLASS 1 SPEED.  THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE OF LATERAL FORCES, N OT GENERATED BY TRAIN HANDLING BUT THERE HAD TO BE EITHER LATERAL FORCES OR WHEEL LIFT.  EMPTY EQUIP MENT NORMALLY LIFTS , AS IT IS NOT HEAVY ENOUGH TO GENERATE 50,000 POUNDS OF LATERAL FORCE TO TURN T HE RAIL;  INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THERE WAS WHEEL LIFT ON THE WEST RAIL CAUSING THE EAST WHEEL SET ON SRY 9065 (58' EMPTY BOX CAR) TO FALL INSIDE THE GAUG E, CANT THE RAIL AND CREATE 3/4 MILE CANT THAT CAUSED THE CARS TO DERAIL.  DERAILED CARS: SRY 9065,


nearest_city: ESTILL SPRINGS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Q58325 TRAVELING SOUTH ON MAINLINE AT 00J 77.3 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES.  INSPECTION OF TRAIN REVEALED THAT THE 44TH CAR ADMX 17645 HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: RIEGELWOOD
county: COLUMBUS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE CREW DID NOT PROPERLY TIE CAR DOWN IN THE CLEAR. CREW FO ULED TRACK 11 WITH SOAP TANK CAR IN TRACK 11-A. THE FOREMAN ON THE F51120 JOB BRIEFED WITH HIS BRAKE MAN BEFORE WORKING THE WOOD YARD. THE FOREMAN ON THE JOB, WAS CONTROLLING ALL MOVEMENT AND PROTECTIN G ALL SHOVES MOVEMENT WHILE THE BRAKEMAN, WAS ON THE HEAD END PROTECTING ALL CROSSINGS.    


nearest_city: WELLS
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MRVRO-26 DERAILED FURX734720 WHEN VERTICAL PIN RETAINER FAILED CAUSING THE VERTICAL PIN TO FALL.  RE SULTED IN LOSING THE DRAWBAR DERAILING ONE SET OF TRUCKS.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 530 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/8308 IN THE LEAD, 3 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/172 ON THE REAR, STRUC K THE REAR OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK FOULING THE CROSSING AT MP13.84, CUTTING BLVD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MORAINE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 116 WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR SHOVING EAST ON MIDDLE DEPARTURE E TRACK DERAILED NS 8963.       


nearest_city: PLEVNA
county: FALLON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: HETTINGER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
M-ABELAU1-04 OPERATING AT TEMPERATURE RELATED REDUCED SPEED DERAILED 18 CARS. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR DUE TO TRACK BUCKLE OR SUNKINK. FIRES ENSURED THAT WERE EVENTUALLY EXTING UISHED. NO EVACUATION OF GENERAL POPULACE. HAZARDOUS RELEASE DETAILS: ACFX200416 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 19 0820 LIQUID POUNDS, GATX200855 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 189242 LIQUID POUNDS, NATX300737 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 17 350 LIQUID POUNDS, NATX303405 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 143100 LIQUID POUNDS, TILX197199 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 190 040 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX202744 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 93800 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX203411 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 8700 0 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX204772 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 190820 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX209473 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 17500 0 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX211732 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 99500 LIQUID POUNDS, UTLX211766 ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. 190820


nearest_city: ROSS
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
G-CLFVAW9-15 DERAILED 10 CARS WHILE DEPARTING SIDING TRACK 6598 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
NS TRAIN HO46 WHILE HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC MODE RELEASED TWO SEPARATE FREE-ROLLING CUT CONTAINING CARS CNA 415821 AND GTW 517805 DESTINED FOR CT14 AND CT13 RESPECTIVELY WHEN GTW 517805 AND CNA 415821 ST ALLED IN THE MASTER RETARDER, AN SEQUENTLY STRUCK BY CNIS 417155 INSIDE OF THE MASTER RETARDER.     


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Y20331 PULLED 6 CARS OFF THE WEST RAMP. 4 CARS WERE TO GO TO #4 TRACK, 2 CARS WERE TO GO TO #5 TRACK . THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE 4 CAR CUT TO #5 TRACK INSTEAD OF #4, SHOVED #5 TRACK INTO THE SIDE OF #4 T RACK.     


nearest_city: BYLAS
county: GRAHAM
railroad: AZER
date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
R107 ON DUTY AT 1700 HOURS. TWO LOCOMOTIVES, 25 LOADS AND NO EMPTIES DERAILED AT MP 1181.50 ON MAINL INE SUB WHILE TRAVELING EAST AT 10 MPH. REAR LOCO AZER 103 + 6 LEAD CARS DERAILED. ALL CARS STAYED U PRIGHT.     


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
HO06 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 5425 PLUS 1,32 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 3863 TONS ON CT09 DERAILED 4 CARS.       


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 194 MOVING WEST ON EAST END OF RECEIVING YARD LEAD DEERAILED LEAD TRUCKS, LEAD UNIT AT RT 1-RT 4 DIVIDER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YEY51-19 WAS IN TRACK 13 PERFORMING AN AIR TEST, AND WHILE THE CONDUCTOR WAS WALKING TO THE HEAD END , THE YEY59-19 SHOVED EAST OUT OF TRACK 14 HITTING THEIR TRAIN AND DERAILING ONE CAR.  EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON THE 4TH CAR FROM THE POINT AND DID NOT PROTECT THE POINT PROPERLY RESULTING IN A SIDESWIPE AND DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: FORT DODGE
county: WEBSTER
railroad: CC
date: 2011-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
LOADED COALTRAIN C77891-08 WAS DEPARTING TARA WHEN THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNITENTIONAL EMERGENCY B RAKE APPLICATION, SUBSEQUENT WALKING INSPECTION REVEALED 13 CARS DERAILED. COAX 98467, BNSF 652873, BNSF 650326, BNSF 650490 BNSF 650133, BNSF 555016, COAX 98366, BNSF 653222, BNSF 651750,  BNSF 65276 0, BNSF 652337, COAX 98540, COAX 98460 IT WAS FOUND THAT A SUNKINK AT THE WEST END SWITCH AT TARA HA D PUSHED THE RAIL APPROAX. 6" TO THE NORTH ALLOWING THE SWITCH POINT TO MOVE UNDER LOAD CAUSING THE 13 CARS TO DERAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL.  


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BHRR
date: 2012-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BHAM TERM ENSLEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
1 YARD WAS SHOVING 28 CARS TO 2 CSXT. THEY THEN CUT 8 CARS OFF IN TRACK 2. WHEN THEY WERE PULLING TO 4 FENCE TRACK THE TRAIN TRAVELED 8 CAR LENGTHS SOUTH FROM CUT WHEN THE 7TH CAR FROM BOTTOM PICKED T HE SWITCH FROM 10 CSXT TRACK, WHICH DERAILED THE 7TH AND 6TH CAR, THEN THE 5 BOTTOM CARS STARTED INT O 10 CSX TRACK.    


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: PGR
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ON SEPT. 19, 2011, APPROXIMATELY 1:00 P.M. AT MP 9, A TANK CAR (CP 400367) ROLLED AWAY.  THERE WAS N O HAND BRAKE AND TANK ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND STRUCK A PARKED SEMI THAT WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF THE TRA CKS INSIDE THE LEJUNE BUILDING.  THE DRIVER HAD ALREADY EXITED THE TRUCK AT 12:45 BEFORE IMPACT AND WAS NO INJURED.  TRUCK HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND THE LEJUNE GARAGE DOOR ON EAST SIDE OF BUILDING RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM TRUCK IMPACT INTO BUILDING.   


nearest_city: MANKATO
county: BLUE EARTH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YMK81-24 PULLING 12 CARS OUT OF TRACK 51 TO SHOVE 7 CARS INTO TRACK 54 AND THE REMAINING 5 CARS BACK TO TRACK 51.  CREW ALLEGEDLY PULLED THROUGH THE TRACK 59 LEAD SWITCH AND THEN REVERSED THEIR MOVEME NT DERAILING 3 CARS.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H-GALMEM9-26 PULLING WEST ON 911 TRK 21TH 26 CARS TO MAKE PICKUP DERAILED JUST BEYOND 910 TRACK SWIT CH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GALENA
county: JO DAVIESS
railroad: CC
date: 2013-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DUBUQUE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
M33891-16 WAS PULLING INTO GALENA WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED AN UNDERSIRED EMERGENCY AND FOUND THAT TEN L OADED HOPPERS HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.  ALL CARS ARE BEING DESTROYED.  CARS DERAILED:  CGEX 1968, CGEX 1548, TILX 645665, TILX 641224, TILX 641217, TILX 641247, TILX 645669, TILX 645657, TILX 645716, TILX 641211.  CGEX 1452 WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED.    


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING TRACK R05 GACX 7213 STALLED ABOUT 1 CAR LENGTH SOUTH OF THE MASTER RETARDER DUE TO A H AND BRAKE LEFT ON THE CAR AND WAS SIDE SWIPED BY SIRX 475944.      


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y-DDC2011-13 PULLED FROM TRACK 151 WITH AIR IN CUT. 2 CARS UNCOUPLED AND ROLLED BACK INTO TRACK, DER AILING 1 CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MULLENS
county: WYOMING
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
UNEXPECTED FLOODING AT EAST GULF MINE LED TO HIGH WATER OVER THE WHEELS OF CARS IN THE EAST GULF MIN E.      


nearest_city: BRADY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE AMIKSR-07, AN EASTBOUND EMPTY AUTO RACK TRAIN, DERAILED ONE WHEEL OFF THE TTGX982826 DUE TO EXCE SSIVE BUFFERING OR SLACK ACTION, TRAIN HANDLING.  THE CAR WAS DRAGGED FROM MP256.25 TO MP256.75 ON T HE KEARNEY SUB, DAMAGING THE TIES.     


nearest_city: WEVER
county: DES MOINES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
E-MASBTM0-15 DERAILED ONE CAR AT MP 203.0 WHEN HIT BY MUDSLIDE, BUT REMAINED ENTRAINED UNTIL MP 213. 8 WHEN WHEELS DUG INTO SHOULDER CAUSING ADJACENT CARS DERAIL AND TRAIN TO SEPARATE.      


nearest_city: LEXINGTON
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
ZSEMN-04 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN LINE STRUCK TREE/LIMBS THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY STORM.  MINOR DAM AGE TO LOCOMOTIVES.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YGP60-29 WAS DRAGGING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 401 WHEN CREW NOTICED ENGINES PULLING HARD.  CREW LOOKED B ACK AND SAW DUST.  JOB STOPPED AND FOUND 5 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO THERMAL MISALIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
U23719 WAS PULLING IN LOOP #3 AT MCDUFFIE COAL ISLAND WHEN THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UDE. UPON INSPEC TION IT WAS FOUND 8 CARS WERE DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON CSX TRACK, H OWEVER, THE DERAILMENT CARRIED THROUGH ONTO TERMINAL RWY ALABAMA STATE DOCKS TRACK AND CAUSED DAMAGE .    


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
C-ATMEOS0-01A WAS DEPARTING FROM TRACK 1022.  CREW DID NOT NOTICE DERAIL WAS UP ON TRACK, DERAILING 2 UNITS.      


nearest_city: PERRY
county: NOBLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
F-MHOWT1-25 (UPRR TRAIN OPERATING ON BNSF) DERAILED 20 CARS ON RR CROSSING OF AVARD AND RED ROCK SUB DIVISIONS AT BLACK BEAR DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN CROSSING FROG. CAR #SHPX 240289 CHLORINE RESIDUE 1 GAL VAPOR. CAR #TCIX 26006 COMUSTILT  LIQUID 92000 LBS. CAR #FMLX 200035 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 100 GAL. CAR #FMLX 17108 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 20 GAL.    


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BE18 HUMPING RT14 WITH 112 X 8 INTO CT17. HUMPED 16 EXTRA HEAVY CARS (SINGLES) INTO CT17 CAUSING THE ALHX 1169 TO ROLL OUT OF THE WEST END STRIKING THE ARMN 110540 AND NOKL 6800040 ON TRACK CT16 BEING PULLED BY BE47.     


nearest_city: SLATON
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN H-SLABAR09-03A STRUCK THE TRAILER OF A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE CROSSING.       


nearest_city: WORTHVILLE
county: CARROLL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE PULLING INTO THE SIDING, THE Q23118 STRUCK THE REAR END OF THE Q22718 THAT WAS AHEAD IN THE SI DING RESULTING IN DERAILING THE 4 REAR CARS OF Q22718.      


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-TAC2511-25 PULLED 25 LOADED GARBAGE CARS RABANCO FACILITY IN ORDER TO SHOVE TO MAIN TACOMA YARD. CREW FIRST PULLED NORTH FROM RABANCO, THEN LINED YARD SWITCH TO SHOVE INTO YARD.  WHEN SHOVED, DERAI LED BNSF 230057 AND BNSF 230061.  SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THRU ON PULLING MOVEMENT, THEN SHOVED INTO CAU SING DERAILMENT.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.    


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
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:
GEO6 PULLING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 02 UNITS, 30 LOADS, 31 EMPTIES, 4166 TONS, DERAILED 52ND THROUGH 55TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, YKKS62, WAS HUMPING CARS IN THE YARD. A DOUBLE CAR CUT WAS HUMPED TO TRACK KC30. DUE TO A FAULTY READING OF DTC WITHIN THE PRO YARD SYSTEM, THE CUT STOPPED FOUL OF KC 29. A SINGLE CAR, UTL X 952029, WAS TRAILING THE MOVEMENT FOR KC29 AND CORNERED, ADMX 28914, ON THE CUT ON KC30. THIS IMPA CT DERAILED ADMX 28914 AND DAMAGED UTLX 952029 WHICH WAS A FLAMMABLE CAR. UTLX 952039 DID NOT DERAIL AND THERE WAS NO LEAK OR EXPOSURE DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PRO YARD SYSTEM DID NOT PROVIDE ADVANCE WARNING OF THIS SITUATION DUE TO LIMITATIONS IN THE SYSTEM.  


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
FP24 WAS PULLING 24 LAODS OVER #1 SWITCH TO SPOTKINDER MORGAN WHEN THE 17TH THRU 21ST CARS DERAILED.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK3042-21, WHILE PULLING FROM 2017 TRACK, WAS STRUCK BY CARS THAT ROLLED FREE FROM 2019 TRACK . THE FREE-ROLLING CARS WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE HUMPED AT OVERSPEED OWING TO WHEEL DETECTOR CONTROL MALFUNCTION. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
INBOUND MMUFW-22 WAS OBSERVED DRAGGING 2 DERAILED CARS IN TRACK 103.  CREW PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY AND BROUGHT TRAIN TO STOP.  SLACK ACTION CAUSED A 3RD CAR TO DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED DERAIL MENT CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF TRAIN MAKE-UP AND TRAIN HANDLING.     


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE MRONP-25, EASTBOUND ON THE NO. 2 MAIN OF THE SIDNEY SUB, HAD AN AIR HOSE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE UP8016 AND THE UP7376, WHEN THE AIR HOSE ON THE UP8016, THAT WAS HANGING LOW, CAUGHT ON THE CROSSING PADS AT MP406.3.  THIS SEPARATION RESULTED IN AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY AND EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION IN THE TRAIN.  THE SLACK ACTION CAUSED A DRAWBAR TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE SP228687 THAT WAS HIT BY THE N EXT CARS.  THE GPLX77265 AND MLLX1055 WERE DERAILED AND THE FPAX200490 WAS DAMAGED.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y125 WAS PULLING CARS FROM THE PORT, THE CAR FELL IN DUE TO DEFECTIVE CROSSTIES. RAIL LINK TRACK DAM AGE IS $25,000.00.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y23424 SHOVED THROUGH THE MISALIGNED MARLEY NECK BRANCH SWITCH AND THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT CAUSING DE RAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NORTH BRANCH
county: SOMERSET
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #X872 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRUCK STOPPED ON STATION ROAD GRADE CROSSING AT MP 39.4 DAMAGING CA B CAR #7004 AND CROSSING APPARATUS. 4 INJURIES.      


nearest_city: LEOMINSTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRACK FOREMAN  OPERATING A BALLAST REGULATOR WAS WORKING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A FORM D LINE 2 AND LINE 3 (INDICATING A PANAM FREIGHT TRAIN OPERATING AHEAD) BALLAST REGULATOR STRUCK THE REAR OF THE P ANAM FREIGHT WHICH HAD STOPPED AT A RED SIGNAL AT DERBY INTERLOCKING. DAMAGE TO THE WORK TRAIN AND C OST OF LABOR TO REPAIR ARE AS FOLLOWS: LABOR = 1520.00  ESTIMATED MATERIALS 18372.57    


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
GMDMNS-30 DERAILED 4 CARS ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK DUE TO SWITCH OPENING UNDER MOVEMENT.  ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WHILE PULLING NORTH IN THE SHREVEPORT TERMINAL, TRAIN SIDESWIPED ANOTHER TRAIN THAT WAS SWITCHING CA RS ON THE NORTH LEAD.  THE SIDESWIPE RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF ONE ENGINE AND ONE RAILCAR.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL2012-31 DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1736 AND 7 CARS WHILE SWITCHING OFF OF 104 TRACK. 1 MTY DE TERMINED TO HAVE DERAILED AT 104 TRACK SWITCH. CAUSE CODES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO H507 AND H019 RESULT ING FROM TR&D FINDINGS.     


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
HUMP JOB DERAILED 2 COVERED HOPPERS ON EAST HUMP LEAD WHILE SHOVING OUT OF R07 DUE TO SEVERE FLAT SP OTS ON WHEELS.      


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CIC
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
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-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS OPERATING IN A NORTHWARD DIRECTION AND TRAVERSED OVER THE 102 SWITCH IN THE CIC YARD.  AS M OVEMENT WAS MADE OVER THE SWITCH, THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH LUG/CRANK.  WH EN THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED, THE FUEL TANK CAUGHT THE FROG AND RUPTURED.  1910 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE S PILLED.    


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 THE LO NE RAILCAR BNSF 760906, CAUSING IT TO ROLL OUT THE EAST END OF TRACK 15. BNSF 760906 THEN COLLIDED W


nearest_city: COLTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MNPWC-15 DERAILED 6 CARS.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS INTERACTION OF LATERAL AND VERTICAL FO RCES.  SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO A NATURAL LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCE SITUATION.  THE TRACK PROFILE AT THE BNSF CONNECTOR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH HAS A 1.00% DESCENDING GRADE AT THE ENTRY POINT.  THE CONN ECTOR IS AN 11 DEGREE CURVE WHEN A TRAIN IS EXITING THE CONNECTOR THE GRADE CHANGES FROM DESCENDING TO ASCENDING.  IT TRANSITIONS TO A 1.25% GRADE.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK.  ESTIMATED BNSF TRACK DAMAGE = $45,000.  .  


nearest_city: KARLSRUHE
county: MCHENRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
X RGTAVI9 18 WAS OPERATION ON SINGLE MAIN AND A TRACTOR TRAILER FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING AT GRADE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE X RGTAVI9 18.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATION CAR SHOWED CLEAR ON CIRCUIT BUT WAS NOT PHYSICALLY IN THE CLEAR RESULTI NG IN A SIDE SWIPE COLLISION.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
HUMP YARDMASTER WAS IN HUMPING OPERATIONS WHEN THREE SINGLE CAR CUTS WERE GOING TO TRACK 19 CLASS AN D STALLED IN THE FOUL. NEXT WAS A CUT OF 4 CARS TARGETED TO TRACK 21. THE 3 STALLED CARS SHOWED IN T HE PRO YARD SYSTEM PRESENCE DETECTOR. THE YARDMASTER OVER ROAD THE SYSTEM AND ALLOWED THE CUT OF 4 C ARS CONTINUE TOWARD TRACK 21 CLASS WITH 19 BEING IN THE FOUL OF 21 CLASS CAUSING THE CRGX 29006 TO C ORNER THE GACX 8972.   


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YARD CREW YN-62 OPERATED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SW #1086 ENROUTE WEST FROM YARD LEAD TO TRAC K #16 AND DERAILED ENGINE #4606. RESPONSIBLE CREW FOR RUN THROUGH WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: MNNR
date: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YSP51-19 MAKING A DELIVERY PULLED UP TO THE MNNR LEAD AND LINED SWITCHES INTO YARD TRACK. ENGINEER A TTEMPTED TO PULL INTO THE YARD AND COULD NOT MOVE. THE ENGINEER STATED HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WHEEL SLIP INDICATION, HOWEVER THE LLPX 2284 CREATED 12 WHEEEL BURNS ON THE MNNR LEAD. THAT RAIL REQUIRED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT OF THE RAIL DUE TO WHEEL BURNS.    


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
N19425 WITH 2 LOCMOTIVES WERE MAKING A REVERSE MOVE THROUGH THE SHAKER TRACK AT CEDAR BAY GENERATING PLANT. THE LOCOMOTIVES WERE STRUCK BY THE SHAKER. THE CEDAR BAY EMPLOYEE FAILED TO LIFT THE SHAKER ALL THE WAY UP RESULTING IN IT STRIKING THE LOCOMOTIVES.     


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: HALL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THE CREW WAS SHOVING 42 CARS INTO PILGRIMS PRIDE WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT FAILURE TO ALLOW AIR B RAKES TO FULLY RELEASE BEFORE PROCEEDING AND IMPROPER TRAIN MAKEUP.      


nearest_city: EDWARDSVILLE
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
256D631 DEPARTING TRIPLE 96TH, 100TH, 108TH AND 109TH BOGIES AND THE SEVEN CORRESPONDING TRAILERS WH ILE DEPARTING FROM FACILITY.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
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:
LIT42-03 YARDING THEIR TRAIN DERAILED CARS 9 AND 10 OF THEIR 10 CAR TRAIN INTO THE YARD.  TWO LOCOMO TIVES AND 9 CARS MADE IT OVER WHEN THE 10TH CAR DERAILED PULLING THE 9TH CAR OFF THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: LONG BRANCH
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4628 WAS DAMAGED WHILE TRAIN #3252 WAS ENROUTE EAST LOCATED AT NJCL MP 22. 9 DUE TO WIRE DAMAGE AT BRANCHPORT.      


nearest_city: PEOTONE
county: WILL
railroad: IC
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:
AMTRAK P39191-13 STRUCK AN PICKUP TRUCK ON THE WILMINGTON ROAD CROSSING.  VEHICLE WENT AROUND GATES. THE DRIVER HAD ALREADY EXITED THE VEHICLE AND UP WALKING AROUND.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CR EW.  THE CROSSING GATED AND A CN HEATER WERE DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YLP15R-28 KICKED THE BNSF726589 INTO 25 TRACK.  KNUCKLES ON BOTH CARS WERE OPEN AND CAR SEEMINGLY MA DE A GOOD JOINT. CREW THEN KICKED CARS INTO 23 TRACK WITH THE LAST CAR BEING THE TILX252545.  THE FI RST 2 CARS STARTED INTO 23 TRACK AND AS THE TILX252545 STARTED INTO TRACK, THE BNSF726589 SLOWLY ROL LED BACK OUT OF 25 TRACK STRIKING THE TILX252545 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.  THERE WERE NO CARS DE RAILED IN THIS INCIDENT NOR WERE THERE ANY INJURIES.   


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR (BR9109) OPERATOR WAS HEADED EAST ON TRACK 2 ON THE MARYSVILLE SUB, WHEN HE SAW TH E GUYS WORKING IN FRONT OF HIM HE SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP.  WHEN HE DID THIS, HE RELAYED TO T HE MACHINE BEHIND HIM WHICH WAS THE JACKSON 6700 AND THEY COPIED.  THEY WERE AROUND A 1/4 MILE AWAY TRAVELING AND STARTED TO THROTTLE DOWN WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NOT SLOWING DOWN, THEY STARTED A PPLYING THE BRAKE, WHEN THAT DIDN'T HELP THEY HIT THE EMERGENCY STOP, THAT DIDN'T HELP EITHER AND TH EY ENDED UP HITTING THE BACK OF THE REGULATOR.  


nearest_city: GREENWICH
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #1388, CAR #8802 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE GOING THROUGH CP-229.  ROUTED TRACK #4 TO TRACK # 3      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RE90 OPERATING LIGHT WITH 2 UNITS, 6198/859 IN A WEST DIRECTION COMING OFF THE WEST END OF RT09, TOW ARDED WF07 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE WF07 HAND THROW SWITCH LINED TOWARD THE INBOUND RUNNER. RESUL TING IN RAKING COLLISION WITH THE UNIT INBOUND B53 YARDING INTO RT12 THROUGH THE INBOUND POCKET TRAC K DERAILING THE CR 631634. TTPX 806 014 AND TILX 56577 AND DAMAGING THE NS E9574, GRW 4067, NS 16436 2 OF THE B53 AND DAMAGING THE NS E6198 OF THE BE90.   


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MISMATCH COUPLING OCCURRED BETWEEN FINX 10213.  19 TH H/C AND FINX 101, 20TH H/C.  DERAILING TWO CAR S.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: MORRILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
C-ATMMHD0-14 RECEIVED DED ALARM AT MP 2. 4. CREW STOPPED AND INSPECTION REVEALED L-3 WHEEL ON AMLX 2 091 HAD SEPARATED ACCT BROKEN AXLE.  POD WAS MP 3. 9. BETWEEN POD AND MP 1. 4 WHERE TRAIN STOPPED, 3 XINGS AND 1 XOVER WERE DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: PLAINFIELD
county: WILL
railroad: WC
date: 2013-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
L52891-25 WAS SHOVING 6 CARS INTO TRACK WL44 AT DIAGEO WITH THE INTENT OF COUPLING ONTO 2 STANDING C ARS.  INSTRUCTION FROM THE CONDUCTOR TO THE ENGINEER WERE AGREED BY THE CREW TO HAVE "AHEAD 6 CARS T O A JOINT", FOLLOWED BY 3 CARS AT WHICH POINT THE ENGINEER CLAIMS HE HEARD NO ADDITION INSTRUCTION A ND IMPACTED THE STANDING CARS, SHOVING UTLX 667873 OVER THE BUMPING POST AND OFF THE END OF TRACK. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE EMPLOYEE FAILURE FOR FAILING TO STOP WITHIN HALF THE DISTANCE SPECIFIED.   


nearest_city: LATANIER
county: RAPIDES
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING AT THE NORTH LEAD IN LATANIER YARD WHEN THEY CAUSED A SIDE SWIPE COLLISION.       


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: BELLINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-EVE1042-29 SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK 1402 WITH ONLY 1 HAND BRAKE SET TO HOLD. CARS SUBSEQUENTLY R OLLED BACK INTO FOUL OF 1401 TRACK. CREW KICKED 3 CARS TO 1401 THAT STRUCK EQUIPMENT NOW IN FOUL. DA MAGING A TOTAL OF 2 CARS. NO DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
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:
TRAIN 5 OPERATING WESTBOUND WITH 5 LOCOMOTIVE UNITS AND 9 CARS, DERAILED BNSF LOCOMOTIVE UNIT ENGINE 5818. THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS THE SWITCH POINT OF THE WASH RACK SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MCNEIL
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
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-Aug
narrative:
LNW JOB 16, DERAILED 4 CARS ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE WYE WITH THE LNW INTERCHANGE. LNW ESTIMATED EQUI PMENT DAMAGE=$1885 AND ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE=$12,780      


nearest_city: WINNEMUCCA
county: HUMBOLDT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CREW HAD SHOVED WESTWARD ON THE NORTH PASS AND CUT OFF THE UP2576 IN THE "OS" AT CPF531, THEN PULLED EASTWARD OVER TRACK 714 SWITCH.  AS CREW WAS SHOVING INTO 714 AT 3 MPH, THE UP2576 BEGAN TO ROLL EA STWARD DUE TO THE ENGINE NOT BEING PROPERLY SECURED AND THE AIR BRAKES HAD BLED OFF FROM THE EMERGEN CY APPLICATION FROM WHEN IT HAD BEEN CUT AWAY.  THE UP2576 ROLLED AT 1.4 MPH, 55 FT AND COLLIDED WIT H THE CARS BEING SHOVED INTO TRACK 714.   


nearest_city: RED OAK
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CRESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
G-REDMON9-25 DERAILED WHILE PULLING CARS FROM INDUSTRY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT INDUSTRY EMPLOYE ES HAD RUN THROUGH SWITCH WHEN PLACING CARS FOR PICKUP AND HAD LEFT EQUIPMENT STANDING ON DAMAGED SW ITCH, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  AS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE, BNSF IS UNABLE TO NAME HFI RESPON SIBLE INDIVIDUALS.    


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
V-CHCTAC1-13 WAS PULLING THROUGH TRK 14 TO SOUTH END OF BALMER YARD.  4 CARS IN TRAIN DERAILED AT BR OKEN RAIL AND SIDESWIPED 3 CARS STANDING IN CUT OF CARS ON TRK 13.  V-CHCTAC-13 CONSIST INCLUDED ART ICULATED EQUIP NOT INVOLVED.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: WALTONVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PINCKNEYVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CCSBR-05 COLLIDED WITH A STORED CUT OF CARS THAT ROLLED NORTH AND FOULED THE MAIN LINE.  CONDUCTOR R EPORTED MINOR INJURY FROM COLLISION AFTER REACHING HIS DESTINATION.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PIN LIFT HAD BEEN PULLED BUT THE HIGH WINDS AT THE TIME ALLOWED THE CARS TO ROLL AND FOUL THE MAIN LINE. TWO CARS DERAILED.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: NORFOLK SOUTHERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y-BIR0204-08 EXPERIENCED UDE WHILE SWITCH INDUSTRY TRK. CREW INSPECTED REVEALED 7 CARS DERAILED WHER E SECTIONS OF NS CROSSING DIAMOND HAD BROKEN OUT, ALLOWING CARS TO RUN OVER IN FLANGEWAY.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y20123 PULLED WEST ON 2RUNNER WITH LITE POWER FOREMAN STOPPED TO LINE UP THE SWITCHES EXCEPT THE WES T END OF THE CROSSOVER. THINKING HE WAS LINED UP FOR HIS MOVEMENT HE TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME BACK AS HE BEGAN SHOVING EAST THEY SIDE SWIPED THE Y20323.     


nearest_city: WILMOT
county: ASHLEY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: MCGEHEE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
HYRAIL PICKUP TRUCK WAS STOPPED AT A LOCATION TO BE CLEANED UP.  A HYRAIL BOOM TRUCK WAS HEADED NORT HBOUND TO THE LOCATION AND DID NOT GET STOPPED IN TIME.  THE BOOM TRUCK REAR-ENDED THE PICKUP TRUCK. THERE WAS NO INJURIES.  THERE IS DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES.     


nearest_city: CALIENTE
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE
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-BARVAW1-30 DERAILED ONE CAR WHICH REMAINED UPRIGHT BUT DERAILED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2600 FT BEFORE T RAIN EXPERIENCED UDE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y-LAL2021-05 DERAILED ONE ARTICULATED CAR DUE TO CAR TRUCK COMPONENTS GIB CLEARANCE LATERAL MOTION E XCESSIVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-07A DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YAR TRACK 233 DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALIQUIPPA
county: BEAVER
railroad: AOR
date: 2010-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AOR-XTRA CREW WAS PULLING SOUTH OUT OF ALIQUIPPA YARD WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN TIGHTEN UP AN D LOOKED BACK TO SEE THE 9TH CAR ROCKING AND MADE AN ENGINEER INITIATED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION OF THE TRAIN BRAKES. WHEN THEY WALKED THE TRAIN THEY FOUND NINE CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
AASFX-24 ENTERED THE ACTIVE RCL ZONE OF THE YKS41R-24 WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO THE RCL CREW RESULTING IN A COLLISION THAT DAMAGED 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 4 RAILCARS.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MOKENA
county: WILL
railroad: NIRC
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON CROSSING WITH THE ACTIVATED GATES BEHIND THE CAR. DRIVER SLOWLY INCHED UP ONT O TRACK 2 AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 530. CAB CAR 8565 SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE COLLIS ION.     


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MLIFW-23 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE#1 WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BAC K AND FOUND 11 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.  HIGH CENTER OF PLASTIC LOADS BEGAN ROCKING IN 7 DEGREE CURVE.  WITH COMBINATION OF SPEED NON DEFECT SLIG HT DEVIATIONS IN TRACK ON APPROACH TO POD, ROCK CARS WITH 112,000 PLB RUN IN CAUSED A END OF PLCX439 37 TO LIFT AND DROP DOWN ON THE HIGHSIDE OF CURVE.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: KEMMERER
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CONTRACT COMPANY TIE YARD, OPERATING THEIR H-RAIL BOOM TRUCK FOR UP, RAN THRU THE UP EAST LEEFE SIDI NG SWITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SIGNAL CONTROLLED SWITCH MOTOR.  NO UP TRACK OR EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.     


nearest_city: WADENA
county: WADENA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TORNADO PASSED THROUGH LOCATION DAMAGING TRACK, SIGNAL APPLIANCES AND ALSO BLEW BNSF 466289 MTY CH O NTO ITS SIDE.  CAR WAS SPOTTED ON AUXILIARY TRACK.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS A TWO CAR CUT HUMPED TO TRACK B39 WENT OVERSPEED AND STRUCK 1ST CAR IN TRACK B39, UTLX 11870, RESULTING IN UTLX 11870 STRIKING DJJX 10601, THE 2ND CAR IN TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO UTLX 11870 & DJJX 10601. NO DERAILMENT. CARS OVERSPEED ACCOUNT SOUTH SCALE DID NOT RECEIV E WEIGHT FOR TWO CAR CUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE WEIGH RAIL.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
BNSF YARD JOB YD131J-12, WAS SWITCHING RAILCARS ON UP MAINTAINED TRACK.  JOB HAD 1 RAILCAR PIN WHICH KEPT FALLING.  WHILE SWITCHING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, JOB KICKED RAILCAR AND THEN COULD NOT MOVE TRAIN.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 3 RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUNT EXCESSIVE BUFFER FORCES.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $11,200.    


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AFTER CONDUCTOR FINISHED SWITCHING THE TILDEN REAGENT SHED, TRAIN CREW PICKED UP BNSF 428249 FROM TH E TILDEN NORTH STOCKPILE TRACK. CONDUCTOR STATED AFTER KNUCKLING INTO FREIGHT CAR, THE ENGINEER MADE A STRETCH TO VERIFY COUPLE. AFTER VERIFICATION, CONDUCTOR HUNG EOT. TRAIN DEPARTED TO QUEEN'S SIDIN G. ONCE AT QUEENS SIDING, CONDUCTOR NOTICED THE WHEELS SLIDING. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE HANDBRAKE ST ILL APPLIED. YARDMASTER WAS NOTIFIED. FREIGHT CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION.   


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-GFD2032-16 WHILE SWITCHING INTENDED TO PULL CUT OF CARS FROM 108 TRACK WESTWARD. FOREMAN HANDL ING RCO PACK INITIATED MOVEMENT BUT SHOVED INSTEAD OF PULLED. WHEN HE REALIZED ERROR, MOVEMENT WAS S TOPPED AND THEN REVERSED. 2 CARS HAD BEEN SHOVED THRU SWITCH AND WERE THEN PULLED BACK THRU SWITCH, DERAILING BOTH. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RLSD.    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: LINCOLN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
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:
E28401 CREW REPORTED THEY HEARD A POP AND LOOKED BACK AND SAW SPARKS.  TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT1-17, WAS HEADED WEST INTO KIRBY TO FUEL AND AS AMTRAK WENT THROUGH MP200.74 AT CROS SING (DOT 764362W) A WHITE HONDA ACCORD FAILED TO STOP AT THE RITTIMAN ROAD CROSSING AND WENT AROUND DOWN GATE AND COLLIDED WITH WEST BOUND LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AMTK145 RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE D RIVER.  NO ONE ON AMT145 WAS INJURED.  AMTRAK DAMAGES = $18,919.  NO UP TRACK DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
DURNING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS THERE WAS A BYPASS COUPLER DERAILMENT ON 37 ECLS DUE TO OVERSPEEDS CAUSED BY LOSS OF AIR ON THE WEST HUMP ALLOWING THE CARS TO FREE ROLL DOWN THE HUMP.      


nearest_city: BARNET
county: CALEDONIA
railroad: WACR
date: 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
subdivision: LYNDONVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AFTER CLEARING A SLOW ORDER FOR 10 MPH AT MP L.50.0 TRAIN WAS ACCELERATING TO 25 MPH TRACK SPEED AND FELT A TUG AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION AND STOPPED.  CONDUCTOR THEN WALKED BACK TO IN VESTIGATE AND FOUND THE LEAD TRUCK WHEELS DERAILED ON FOURTH CAR FROM THE TAIL AND THREE TAIL CARS I N THE RIVER.    


nearest_city: SOUTH BEND
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: NICD
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
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: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 507 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND TO SOUTH BEND WHEN SUV WASN'T ABLE TO CLEAR THE PATH FROM THE TRAI N AND WAS HIT.  TRAIN HIT SUV PUSHING IT APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE CROSSING.  DRIVER OF SUV WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE BY THE FIRE/MEDICAL PERSONAL.     


nearest_city: DARLINGTON
county: DARLINGTON
railroad: SCRF
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SCTFYFL CREW WAS PULLING 30 LOADS FROM WEST NIX TRACK TO CUT REAR 8 CARS OFF AT CLEAR POINT.  WHILE PULLING THE TRAIN WENT ONTO EMERGENCY AND 2 LEADED BOXCARS WERE FOUND DERAILED AND OVERTURNED.  INVE STINGTON REVEALED THAT THE 2 CARS FELL IN WIDE GAGE AND ROLLED RAIL     


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
R-GFC8461-26 KICKED 1 CAR INTO TRACK 203 THAT DID NOT CLEAR AND REMAINED IN FOUL OF LEAD. CREW THEN KICKED 3 CARS TO 201 TRACK THAT CORNERED THE CAR IN THE FOUL.      


nearest_city: ALLENTOWN
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
HA62 WITH 6141 AND 3381, (LIGHT ENGINES) PULLED WEST OFF OF 8 PK THROUGH THE LOOP. FOREMAN LINED HIS MOVE UP FOR CT11 AD SHOVED BACK TO COUPLE AND DROP TO 42 CARS (28X14, 3928 TONS, AND 2688 FEET). ON CE COUPLED RCO PULLED TO WEST WHERE VIDEO SHOWS AMGX 613300 SLIDING ON LOOP TRACK AND DERAILED WHEN CAR STRUCK SWITCH PROTECTOR AT W/E ELECTRONICS. WHEN FOREMAN TRIED TO SHOVE EAST BACK INTO CT11 CARS DERAILED INTO BALLAST CAUSING MOVEMENT TO STOP. FOREMAN WALED TO INSPECT AND NOTICED AMGX 613300 AN D UTCX 52284 A AND B ENDS HAD DERAILED.  


nearest_city: BETTENDORF
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW ON THE 820-022 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPOTTING THE LOADED COAL TRAIN INTO THE MID AMERICAN ENERG Y PLANT WHEN THE MRDX 213 PICKED THE NUMBER ONE SWITCH CAUSING THE CAR TO TRAVEL DOWN TWO SEPARATE T RACKS EVENTUALLY DAMAGING THE TRACK AND CAUSING FIVE OTHER CARS TO DERAIL AND THEN SIDESWIPING THE H EAD CAR MRDX 130 STANDING ON TWO TRACK.    


nearest_city: MARLIN
county: FALLS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CKHEY9-21, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6393, DERAILED TWO EMPTY COAL CARS AND DRAGGED THE CARS FOR ABOUT 2 MILES BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  CREW REPORTED NO INJURIES.      


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
R-GFC0511-27 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE IN YARD TRACK 117 AND CAUSED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CO UPLING SPEED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
OPERATOR HAD BEEN OPERATING MACHINE BR9415 WHEN HE CAME UP ON SOME BANDING AND TIE PLATES.  HE DISMO UNTED MACHINE AND AS HE WAS GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE HE HEARD A POP UNDER THE LEFT REAR OF THE MACHINE AND IT STARTED TO FLAME UP.  OPERATOR AND MECHANIC USED 3 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TRYING TO P UT FIRE OUT AND ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL FIRE DEPARTMENT.  FIRE WAS STARTED BY MAIN BATTERY CABLE RUB BING ON TRAVEL HOSE.  THEY SHORTED OUT ON EACH OTHER.  NO DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE COUPLING TRACK B46 AT WAYCROSS RICE YARD, Y39204 KNOCKED THE BOTTOM CAR IN THE TRACK OUT, SIDE SWIPING 4 OTHER CARS.      


nearest_city: FORT WAYNE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 288LO15 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 44 LOADS, 45 EMPTIES AND 5146 TONS TRAVERSING FACING POINT SWITCH DERAILED 1ST THROUGH 11TH HEAD CARS WHEN LEAD LOCOMOTIVE RAN OVER A CHAIN AND FORCED IT BETWEEN THE POINT AND STOCK RAIL CAUSING THE SWITCH TO OPEN UNDER MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YARD CREW #MM-20 OPERATING EAST WITH 6 MU CARS SIDE SWIPED MU #1318 THAT WAS LEFT FOULING ON THE WES T END ON TRACK #11 A DAMAGING MU #1411 AND MU #1318.      


nearest_city: POCOMOKE CITY
county: WORCESTER
railroad: BCR
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CAPE CHARLES
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-Oct
narrative:
BCR 2-MAN TRAIN CREW WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON CAPE CHARLES MAIN WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE, 18 LOADS AND 1 EM PTY AT 10 MPH AND HAD JUST CROSSING OVER STATE LINE INTO MARYLAND WHEN A RAIL BROKE IN JOINT BAR CAU SING THE 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH CARS IN THE CONSIST TO DERAIL. ALL 5 CARS WERE LOADS.  NO HAZMAT CARS W ERE INVOLVED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES,  THE 5 CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG WITH 215 FEET OF TRACK.    


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-TUL1021-21A CREW WAS HUMPING CARS WHEN STANDING CAR TILX 262297 IN BOWL TRACK 2035 WAS STRUCK BY H UMPED CAR IN BN 462413 AND THE COUPLERS BYPAASED, CAUSING DAMAGED SAFETY APPLIANCES.      


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 2310 THE LD160 04 WAS HEADED EASTBOUND ON P4 AT 41 MPH AT MP 513 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND THE 5 LEAD CARS BEHIND THE ENGINE DERAILED DUE TO ENCOUNTERING A MIS-ALIGNED TRACK THAT WAS CAUSED B Y THE TRAIN AHEAD WHICH DID NOT DERAIL.  CREW WAS ALLEGEDLY THROWN INSIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE WHEN IT WENT ON ITS SIDE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: MIDDLESEX
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Q43917 STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER ON CEDAR AVENUE. DRIVER PULLED FORWARD ONTO TRACKS, BACKED UP AND STOP PED WITH CAB DOOR IN MIDDLE OF TRACKS WHERE CAB WAS STRUCK BY Q43917 LEAD LOCO CSXT 5351.  DRIVER EV ACUATED VIA HELCOPTER. PROTECTION ALSO AT THE XING INCLUDE ADVANCE WARNING.  FOREIGN RR DAMAGES $100 0    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Q-FTMCHI1-02 DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND ONE CAR AT 702/703 TRACK SWITCH FROG. TRAIN WAS HANDLING AR TICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: CP
date: 2013-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MERRIAM PARK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
1530 EXTRA WAS SHOVING 39 CARS INTO CT04.  CREW TIED ONTO 15 CARS ALREADY IN CT04 & BEGAN SHOVE MOVE MENT IN EASTERLY DIRECTION.  WHILE SHOVING, 17TH CAR FROM ENGINES CAME APART DURING MOVEMENT (MDW 61 28).  CONDUCTOR, BRAKEMAN & HUMP UTILITY EMPLOYEES MOUNTED CUT & SECURED WITH HANDBRAKES PRIOR TO RE ACHING EAST END OF TRACK.  UPON INVESTIGATION A 50% BREAK AT THE TAIL PIN RETAINER HOUSING UNDER THE MDW 6128 (B END) HAD BROKEN INITIATING THE SEPARATION, DROPPED THE DRAFT GEAR & COUPLER INTO THE GA UGE OF (CT04.  THE ENGINES THAT CONTINUED TO SHOVE COLLIDED WITH COUPLER.  THE CP 1538 DERAILED & RE AR TRUCKS SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE.  REAR BODY OF LOCOMOTIVE CAME TO REST ON THE UNDERBODY BETWEEN CT03 AND CT04.  FIELD 30 SUPPLEMENTAL CODE Z-SHOVING MOVEMENT IN YARD.


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CWELH1-26 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING CARS TO SPOT AT THE CUSTOMER'S FACILITY.  T HE TIP OF THE SWITCH POINT MEASURED 3/4" BELOW THE RUN SURFACE OF THE RAIL WITH 5/8 BEING STANDARD. THE WAY THE SWITCH POINT IS ROLLED SHOWS THAT THE POINT WAS GAPPED AT LEAST 1/4 INCH.  AT THE POINT , WHEEL MARKS SHOW TO CLIMB AND RIDE BETWEEN THE POINT AND STOCK RAIL, THEN ON TOP OF THE RAIL TO TH E HEEL BLOCK WHERE THE LOCOMOTIVE AND CARS DROPPED IN.  DERAILMENT.  CAPITOL CEMENT MAINTAINS TRACK   


nearest_city: LEWELLEN
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SOUTH MORRILL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CEBJK9-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5990, WAS STRUCK BY A WHITE FORD F250.  THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUN D, CRASHED THROUGH THE CROSSING GATE INTO THE SIDE OF THE CEBJK9-27 IMPACTING THE 2ND AND 3RD HEAD C AR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STEPS AND PINLIFTER OF THE CARS, AS WELL AS DESTROYING THE CROSSING MAST ON THE MAIN TWO SIDE.  TIRS SHOWED THAT GATES WERE DOWN AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.  THE DRIVER AND PASS ENGERS REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE SCENE.  THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR D.U.I.  NO INJ URIES TO CREW.  


nearest_city: VALLEY CITY
county: BARNES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: JAMESTOWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
X-HYDBEN9-09, PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK, FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AND RAN THROUGH IT IN TRAILING POSITION. CREW PULLED ENTIRE TRAIN THROUGH SWITCH, THEN REVERSED DIRECTION AND SPLIT SWITCH, DERAILING DP LOCOMOTIVE AND REAR CAR.     


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CABALLOS ROJO MINE S
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
UPRR CREW OF THE 2CROSA9-05 ARRIVED AT THE CABALLO ROJO MINE AND CONTACTED RAIL LINK TO DEPART WITH THEIR TRAIN.  THE UPRR CREW WAS ASKED BY RAIL LINK IF THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM AS RAIL LINK HAD BACKED UP AN EMPTY TRAIN TO CLEAR THE SCALES AND THE UPRR CREW REPLIED YES AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT BACK UP ANYMORE AND STARTED TO DEPART THE MINE.  BALFOUR BEATTY NOTICED THAT THE EMPTY TRAIN WAS IMPACTING W ITH THE 2CROSA9-05 AS IT WAS DEPARTING AND CONTACTED RAIL LINK WHO IN TURN NOTIFIED THE BNSF DISPATC HER.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT RAIL LINK HAD KNOCKED THE BRAKES OFF THE EMPTY CGGCD-03 ALLOWI NG THE DPU ON THAT TRAIN THE UP7022 TO ROLL INTO THE SIDE OF THE 2CROSA9-05 DAMAGING 21 LOADED COAL CARS AND THE DPU UNIT.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  CLOUD PEAK ENERGY MAINTAINS TRACK.


nearest_city: AMHERST
county: HAMPSHIRE
railroad: NECR
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
SOUTHBOUND 611 TRAIN WITH 46 LOADS AND 3 EMPTIES OPERATING IN THROTTLE 7 PULLING 340 AMPS WENT INTO EMERGENCY ON TRANGENT TRACK @ MP 82.40 DERAILING 7 LOADED CARS.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 27, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200PM ENGINEHOUSE CREW WAS MOVING ENGINES UP 8174 & UP 8175 FR OM TRACK 3 TO TRACK 4 WHEN THEY RAN THROUGH THE 6/8 SWITCH BECAUSE NO ONE WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVING MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW ON Q-CLORIC3-19 PULLING THROUGH 9110 TRACK FAILED TO LINE 160 TRACK SWITCH, RAN THRU SAME. CREW THEN REVERSED DIRECTION AND SLIT SWITCH, DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: TYRONE
county: ANDERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
T91T809 WAS TRAVELING NORTH WITH ENGINES NS 2761 AND NS 2691 WHEN WHEELS LS, L1, L2, L2, R1, R2, AND R3 DERAILED ON ENGINE NS 2691 ACCOUNT OF GAUGE PENDING UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LIRR TRAIN 768 DERAILED WHILE CROSSING FROM LINE 2 TO LINE 1 AT JO INTERLOCKING.  LIRRS EQUIPMENT DA MAGE WAS $500,000.00.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YWC21R-12 CREW, WHILE HUMPING TRACK 207, HUMPED CAR AJPX6667 INTO TRACK 77.  THE CAR ATTEMPTED TO CO UPLE TO THE STANDING CAR DTTA63192.  IT BYPASSED AND DERAILED THE CAR DUE TO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.  T HE CAR HAD WEAK SUPER STRUCTURE BRACKETS CAUSING THE CAR TO FOLD AND DERAIL.     


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: NORTH FORK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE CSMLB-21 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE NORTH FORK SUB WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON IN SPECTION THE CREW FOUND THAT THE REAR 3 CARS OF THEIR LOADED 92 CAR TRAIN HAD DERAILED.  MANAGEMENT ARRIVED AND DISCOVERED THAT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AROUND MP 89.9 WHICH WAS 6143 FT FROM WHERE THE CARS STOPPED.  THE TRAIN DERAILED TO THE HIGH SIDE OF THE RAIL WHILE TRAVERSING THE CURVE.  THE THIRD CAR FROM THE REAR, THE UP45548 HAD ALSO STRUCK THE UP46147 THAT WAS TIED DOWN IN TRACK 784 AT TERROR CREEK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THIS CAR.  THE TRAIN WAS MOVING AT 15 MPH AND IN DYNAMIC 6 IN THE 15 MPH CURVE AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: JIM THORPE
county: CARBON
railroad: RBMN
date: 2011-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CPRS TRAIN 259-20 WAS PROCEEDING NORTH WITH 24 CARS.  THE 23RD CAR DERAILED AND CAUSED THE TRAIN TO SEPARATE.  NO OTHER CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, CAR WCOR 5511 PICKED UP SPEED AFTER BEING HUMPED DUE TO GROUP RETA RDER NOT RECEIVING A REQUESTS TO RETARD THE HOKX 111052 FROM HUMP COMPUTER SYSTEM, RESULTING IN AN I MPACT COLLISION WITH THE HOKX 111052 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CAR HOKX 111052 .     


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATION AT APPROXIMATELY 09:45 AM ON 10/23, YARD JOB GP-11 DISCOVERED TWO CARS DAMAGED DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS ON TRACK F-4.  THE TWO CARS INVOLVED WERE A HOPPER CAR (SOO75559 ) ANS A BULKHEAD FLAT (BNSF 564088).  IT WAS DETERMINED 2ND SHIFT WEST END SWITCHER (GH21) HAD KICKE D THE CARS INTO THE TRACK, ESTIMATED TO HAVE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 19:00 ON 10/22
    


nearest_city: RAGLEY
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
QBTNL-23, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP4988, STRUCK A TRUCK AND TRAILER LOADED WITH HAY.  THE TRUCK FAILED TO S TOP AT THE CROSSING.  THIS IS A PRIVATE CROSSING WITH STOP SIGNS.  THE IMPACT WAS AT THE REAR OF THE TRAILER SHOVING THE TRUCK INTO THE DITCH ALONG THE TRACKS.  NO INJURIES TO THE TRAIN CREW OR DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.    


nearest_city: ARCOLA
county: FORT BEND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
U-HTOARC0-21 LINED BUT DID NOT LOCK NORTH MAIN TRACK SWITCH INTO ARCOLA ROCK PLANT.  SWITCH OPENED U NDER REAR 3RD CAR FROM REAR OF TRAIN AS CREW PULLED INTO PLANT, DERAILING REAR 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LHU35R-14 ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A JOINT WITH A RAILCAR IN A CURVE.  IMPACT RESULTED IN BYPASSED COUPLERS AND DERAILMENT OF 2 RAILCARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO COUPLE.      


nearest_city: PHILIPPI
county: BARBOUR
railroad: AO
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS MOVING EAST TOWARDS GRAFTON WV AND ENGINEER HAD STARTING SLOWING DOWN THE TRAIN DUE TO APP ROACHING A SLOW ORDER WHEN TRAIN JERKED AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  AFTER INVESTIGATION THE ROOT CAUSE WAS A HOT JOURNAL ON AXEL #296 OF THE TRAIN AND THE TRUCK BOLSTER BROKE CAUSING THE DERAILMENT AT T HE SWITCH AFTER THE JOURNAL FELL OFF.    


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
348 CREW CUT OFF 80 CARS IN RT06 AND HEADED SOUTH, CONDUCTOR LINED THE EAST/WEST SWITCH AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT CAUSING THE CREW TO RUN THRU THE EAST/WEST DIVIDER SWITCH WHILE MAKING A REVERSE MOVE. THE CREW RAN THRU THE SAME HEADING NORTH DERAILING L&R 4,5, AND 6 WHEELS ON ENGINE NS 8346.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
58AG104 PULLING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 4 UNITS, 79 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 11, 280 TO NS.  DERAILED 65TH THROUGH 68TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: BULLS GAP
county: HAWKINS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
22AT418-3'00" WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT BULLS GAP, TRAIN 8411417 DERAILED 2 UNITS AND ONE CAR AFTER TRAVELING OVER A PREVIOUSLY R UN-THROUGH SWITCH AT MP.      


nearest_city: MONUMENT
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
E SLPCKM0 10 RECEIVED A VERBAL FROM A OF A 10 MPH SPEED RESTRICTED FOR ROUGH TRACK BETWEEN MP 59 - M P 58.4.  WHILE PULLING NORTHWARD INTO THE SIDING AT MONUMENT, THE CREW RECEIVED A WHEEL SLIP INDICAT ION AND STOPPEED THE TRAIN. UPON REACHING THE REAR OF THE TRAIN, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE BNSF 9333 H AD DERAILED ALL AXLES OF THE MOTOR.  DETERMINED THE CEMENT TIES COLLAPSED UNDER THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y22017 CUT OFF 4 CARS AND A CABOOSE IN THE CLEAR ON 2 INDUSTRIAL TRACK. THEY THEN PROCEEDED INTO THE INDUSTRY TRACK WHICH IS ADJACENT TO 2 INDUSTRIAL.  THEY PULLED OUT A CUT OF 14 CARS, AND PLACED 2 O N TOP OF THE CARS IN 2 INDUSTRIAL. WITH THE 2 ADDITIONAL CARS THEY WERE NOW IN THE FOUL.  THEY PULLE D AHEAD WITH 12 CARS, THE CONDUCTOR THEN LINED THE SWITCH, AND WALKED BACK TO PROTECT THE SHOVE. HE THEN CALLED THE ENGINEER AND HAD HIM SHOVE THE CUT BACK IN TO FLOW POLYMERS, SIDESWIPING 12 CARS AND THE ENGINE AGAINST THE LEAD CAR ON 2 INDUSTRIAL.  


nearest_city: WINSTON
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: LAKELAND
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
P09127 STRUCK TRAILER OF SEMI TRUCK FOULING CROSSING AT STOP LIGHT. AMTRAK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT COST $18,000.00.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MECHANICAL EMPLOYEES ATTACHED UNIT 4847DIC TO EXISTING CONSIST OF BNSF 5166-5628. LEAD UNIT BNSF 516 6 HAD ONLY HAND BRAKE SET. CREW INSPECTED CONSIST AND NOTED 2ND UNIT BNSF 5628 WAS ISOLATED, PLACED ON LINE AND UNIT BEGAN TO LOAD AND MOVE, SHOVING CONSIST AHEAD AND INTO TURNTABLE.     


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
LAV05R-18 HAD PULLED OUT A 32-CAR CUT OF CARS ONTO THE SOUTH END SWITCHING LEAD.  AFTER SWITCHING OU T THE FIRST SEVEN CARS, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE TENTH CAR, UP371439, DERAILED DUE TO IMPROPER TRACK GEOMETRY, WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RGOBM-09 WAS MOVING LITE POWER ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK.  SWITCH LINED AND DERAIL REMOVED WHEN C REW BEGAN TO SHOVE INTO TRACK.  UP7158 DERAILED ACCOUNT GAPPED SWITCH POINT.  MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREG ATES MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ROC Y-NTW3012-05, DURING HUMPING, HUMPED ONE CAR THAT STALLED AND WAS STRUCK BY TWO FOLLOWING CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CSXT YARD JOB HANDLING 71 TRANSFER CARS FROM CSXT BOYLES YARD TO BNSF YARD DERAILED AT POINT OF IRRE GULAR CROSS LEVEL ON CSXT MAIN TRACK AS CUT AS CUT WAS OPERATING ONTO BNSF TRACK.  TRACK DAMAGE TO B OTH RAILROADS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: VAIL
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CCAFL9-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5807, WAS EASTBOUND APPROACHING THE CROSSING AND NOTICED A VEHICLE HIGH CENTERED ON THE TRACK EAST OF THE CROSSING.  THE TRAIN WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY HOWEVER COLLIDED WITH THE UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE WHICH THEN STRUCK THE SIGNAL BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACK.  NO IN JURIES OCCURRED.  NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.    


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
DB06 SHOVING 10 CARS INTO NY05 DERAILED NS 9320 L1, L2, L3 AND NS 9009. ALL WHEELS AXLES 4,5,6       


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YEW31R-17 HUMPED AN EMPTY TANK CAR INITIAL NATX17424 THAT STALLED JUST IN THE SOUTH CURVE OF THE KIN G SWITCH, 1-64 DESTINED FOR BOWL 50.  BEFORE THE HUMP COULD BE STOPPED, TWO MORE EMPTY TANK CARS INI TIALS PTGX75717 AND PTGX400324 CAME DOWN THE HILL WITH THE PTGX75717 WEST OUT COLLIDING WITH THE STA LLED CAR WHILE BOTH WERE DESTINED FOR BOWL 29.  THE EAST OUT SET OF TRUCKS ON THE NATX17424 AND THE WEST OUT SET OF TRUCKS ON THE PTGX75717 DERAILED BLOCKING ALL 8 GROUPS OF THE BOWL.  DERAILMENT   


nearest_city: BIG STONE CITY
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: APPLETON
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-Apr
narrative:
C-EBMBSB0-14 WHILE PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW INSPECTION FOUND 8 CARS DERAIL ED.  CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.  6/4/12 PER MGR SAFETY CAUSE CHANGED TO T221 CONTRIBUTING CA USE E4TC.     


nearest_city: DICKERSON
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
D76506 CONDUCTOR SET OFF 2 CARS ON THE MAINTENANCE TRACK, WENT BACK AGAINST TRAIN AND THE 2 CARS BEG AN TO ROLL SIDESWIPING THE REST OF HIS TRAIN.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YARD CREW WORKING IN BOWL TRACK 002 NOTICED RAILCARS LEANING.  JOB YEW11R-29 HAD HUMPED RAILCARS INT O BOWL TRACK 002 AND 2 IMPACTED WITH BYPASSED COUPLERS.  RAIL HAD ROLLED UNDER RAILCARS WITH ADDITIO NAL RAILCARS DERAILING.     


nearest_city: LANSING
county: EATON
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 364 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/126, 8 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/32 TRAILING, STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP216.19, MILLETT HWY RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CAMPBELL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
C-EBMNPJ4-76 DERAILED 2 CARS ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO A DEFECTIVE COUPLER ASSEMBLY ON A RAILCAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WATERVILLE
county: KENNEBEC
railroad: GRS
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE HAULING OUT OG WATERVILLE YARD AT CPF 113 ON TRACK 3 THE TRAIN LOST IT'S AIR AND WENT INTO EME RGENCY SIX CAR LENGTHS WEST OF MAIN STREET CROSSING. CREW REPORTS THREE CARS ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW MAKING DOUBLE-OVER RAN THROUGH SWITCH AND THEN SHOVED BACK, DERAILING ONE TRUCK OF LEAD UNIT. C REW WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: ASHTABULA
county: ASHTABULA
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
POSITIONER ARM PULLING NORTH WITH 70 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 9100 TONS ON #27 TRACK, DAMAGED THE HEATERS.       


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: TRE
date: 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ELECTRICAL LEAD TO TRACTION MOTOR CAME LOOSE CAUSING ELECTRICAL ARC AND SUBSEQUENTLY A FIRE.  ALL 14 2 PASSENGERS WERE IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY/INCIDENT.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WHILE WORKING IN INDUSTRY ON INDUSTRY TRACK, CREW SET CAR TO A TRACK, THEN SHOVED 3 CARS INTO ADJACE NT TRACK.  SINGLE CAR WAS IN FOUL AND SHOVING MOVEMENT CORNERED THIS CAR.      


nearest_city: JAY
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: GRS
date: 2010-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
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-Apr
narrative:
WHILE HAULING WEST OUT OF RILEYS THE ENGINEER FELT THE REAR OF THE TRAIN SLOW DOWN, STOPPED AND INSP ECTED TRAIN FOUND 11 CARS OFF.     QUESTION 28 ASK FOR THE SPEED THE SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT 11 MPH B UT IF I INPUT THAT INFORMATION IT STATES THAT FOR THAT CLASS OF TRACK THE SPEED IS EXCEEDED, SO IN O RDER TO SAVE RECORD ERROR FREE I PUT 10 MPH THE 6180.97 FORM SHOWS 11 MPH.    


nearest_city: ARKANSAS CITY
county: COWLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
M-KCKNYF1-24 SHOVING 20 CARS INTO 111 TRACK PRIOR TO MAKING PICKUP DERAILED 1 CAR AT 198 TRACK SWITC H ACCT GAPPED SWITCH POINTS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2002-01 DERAILED 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 3 RAIL CARS WHILE HUMPING CARS INTO TRACK 1005 DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CARRIER ASSEMBLY ON A RAIL CAR.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE PULLING OUT OF CLASS TRACK 28, Y29918 STRUCK MWCX 460244 THAT HAD ROLLED OUT OF CLASS TRACK 25 .      


nearest_city: GRAINFIELD
county: GOVE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN CWETS-01 WITH LEAD UNIT UP5661 ENCOUNTERED TAMPER BUGGY THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OBSTRUCTING MAINLIN E MOVEMENT.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
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-Jan
narrative:
AFTER SPOTTING THE INSIDE BOTTLE AT C-6, THE GROUND MAN SIGNALED TO THE 31 JOB TO BACK UP TO CLEAR T HE 913/914 SWITCH.  THE 31 JOB THEN WENT AHEAD AND 3 CAR LENGTHS TO THE TIE THE ENGINEER NOTICED SOM ETHING WAS WRONG.  THE FOUND THE 71 AND 42 BOTTLES, 3RD AND 2ND FROM THE LOCO WERE DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CREW TRAVELED LIGHT POWER FROM SWITCHING LEAD TO TRACK #2.  THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE BOTTOM END OF T HE #93 YARD CROSSOVER WHILE COUPLING INTO TRACK #2, THEN DERAILED OVER THE SWITCH WHILE PULLING THE TRACK OUT TO THE LEAD.     


nearest_city: ONTARIO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS DRESSING UP SWITCH WITH BALLAST REGULATOR.  HE ROLLED UP TO THE SWITCH MACHIN E, PUT THE WING DOWN ABOUT 6 FT FROM THE MACHINE.  WHEN THE OPERATOR LOOKED DOWN, HIS ELBOW BUMPED T HE SHIFT LEVER FORWARD CAUSING REGULATOR TO HIT SWITCH MACHINE.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YDV71R-07 ALLEGEDLY RAN THRU THE LEAD SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE DERAILING THE UP669 AND UP695.       


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: PGR
date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: DPL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
PGR 36 WAS PULLING FOUR (4) LOADS ON THE JOHN DEERE LEAD TRACK.  THE REAR TWO CARS WENT ON THE GROUN D DUE TO WIDE GUAGE.  THE TWO CARS RODE THIS WAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AND THEN DERAILED NORTH OF 96TH STREET.     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
A DRAFT OF 6 LOCOMOTIVES WAS MOVING IN THE IVY CITY MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHEN UNIT 906 DERAILED DUE TO PREVIOUSLY RUN-THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: COTULLA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO 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-Dec
narrative:
ALDAS-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4772, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER CARRYING A STEAM ROLLER ON A LOW BOY TRAVE LING WEST BOUND STOPPED AT SITE SECURITY GATE AND NEVER STOPPED FOR MAIN TRACK, ONCE CLEARED BY SECU RITY.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: DUBLIN
county: ERATH
railroad: FWWR
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS HEADED WEST ON DUBLIN SUB MP 80.97 APPROACHING FM 847 WHEN A TRUCK STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE L OCOMOTIVE.  ENGINEER WAS BLOWING HORN AND WARNING LIGHTS WERE WORKING AS CREW WAS APPROACHING CROSSI NG.  CREW PLUGGED THE TRAIN AND WENT TO RINDER AID TO THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.  AUTHORITIES WERE CAL LED AND DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.    


nearest_city: DURANT
county: BRYAN
railroad: KRR
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
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-May
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MMCSAS-24 TRAVELLING ON UPRR TRACKS DERAILED WHILE CROSSING INTERLOCKER MAINTAINED BY KIA MICHI RAILROAD. KIAMICHI RAILROAD INCURRED TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO UPRR DERAILMENT. NO KIAMICHI RAILROAD CREWS OR TRAINS WERE INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
F-LIC0551-25 (UNION PACIFIC LOCAL TRAIN) DEPARTING FROM YARD TO MAIN TRACK DERAILMENT AT BROKEN RAIL .      


nearest_city: WHATLEY
county: CLARKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
COUPLER PULLED OUT OF B-END OF HZGX 8639 ACCOUNT VERTICAL PIN RETAINER BOLTS BROKE WHICH CAUSED 8 CA RS IN TRAIN TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: GARRISON
county: PUTNAM
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRACK EQUIPMENT MP5001 TRAVELING NORTH FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF TRACK EQUIPMENT BR1509, STRIKING AND DERAILING ONE AXLE ON BR1509. SLIPPERY RAIL DUE TO LEAVES AND RECENT LIGHT RAIL WAS CONTRIBUTING CAU SE.     


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA1022-22 WHILE SWITCHING BYPASSED COUPLERS CAUSING 1 CAR TO ROLL OUT OF TRACK 119 AND IMPACT 2 CARS ON THE M-AMSALT1-22 THAT WAS ON THE LEAD.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y29814 SHOVED D02 WITH A CUT OF CARS AND FAILED TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE IRON PYTHON WAS IN THE DOWN PO SITION AND DERAILED TWO CARS.      


nearest_city: EDINBURG
county: HIDALGO
railroad: RVSC
date: 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE EDINBURG LINE WITH 1 ENGINE AND 30 LOADED CORN CARS. AS THEY WERE A PPROACHING MP 6.5 ENGINEER FELT TRAIN BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN SLIGHTLY AND HE FELT 3 LITTLE TUGS AND THEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. HE NOTIFIED CONDUCTOR AND THEY BEGAN INSPECTING THE TRAIN. UPON THEI R INSPECTION, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE 17TH THRU THE 21ST HOPPER OF THEIR CONSIST HAD DERAILED. THEY IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE YNP07R-18 RCL CREW HUMPED THE GACX56192 AND GACX48316 AS A CUT OF TWO INTO WEST BOWL 37 WHERE TH EY CAUGHT UP TO PREVIOUS TWO CAR CUT THE TTZX855224 AND TTZX863214 DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SIGNAL SY STEM RETARDERS.  THE GACX56192 AND GACX48316 WERE EXCEEDED THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS OF TRACK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT ONLY CAR DAMAGE.  NO SIGNAL DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: CAREY
county: WYANDOT
railroad: WE
date: 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CAREY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
291-19 CREW CAME INTO CAREY YARD WITH 111 EMPTIES. CONDUCTOR WAS DROPPED OFF AT CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR 5 TRACK. THE ENGINEER PULLED THE TRAIN PAST THE CONDUCTOR, AS THE ENGINEER WAS ROUNDING A CURVE HE COULD NOT SEE THE POSITION OF THE SWITCH FOR THE CAREY SHORT LINE CORPORATION AND RAN THROUGH IT. TH E 291-19 CREW THEN REVERSED THE MOVEMENT IN ORDER TO SHOVE INTO #5 TRACK AND DERAILED CAR# OOOX 9703 6 AND OOOX 97039, DUE TO THE SWITCH BEING RUN THROUGH.   


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
VR 11 PULLING NORTH OUT OF THE STORAGE TRACK TO MAIN LINE DERAILED 4 CARS; NOKL 833398 L1, 2 &R1,2 - NOKL 834179 ALL WHEELS-AEX 14935 ALL WHEELS AND RRRX 460439 R3, L3.      


nearest_city: BREMOND
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MFWEW-01 MOVING ON MAINLINE AND WAS TO HEAD INTO SIDING.  MFWEW-01 GOT TO SWITCH POINTS ON BREMOND S IDING, UP7727 SPLIT SWITCH POINTS CAUSING 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 RAILCARS TO DERAIL.   INVESTIGATION RE VEALED MALFUNCTION IN POWER SWITCH MACHINE CAUSED INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Q41528 WAS SHOVING CARS WITH LOCOMOTIVES ON LINE CREATING EXCESSIVE AMPERAGE AND IN TRAIN FORCES RES ULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-FTM3011-17 PULLED FROM 119 TRACK TO LEAD BUT FAILED TO LINE CROSSOVER TO LEAD AND RAN THRU CROSSOV ER SWITCH FROM LEAD TO 111 TRACK. CREW REVERSED MOVEMENT AND DERAILED ON SHOVE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED. CREW WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: BETHLEHEM
county: NORTHAMPTON
railroad: LVRX
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
NS CREW WAS SHOVING EAST ON RIVER 2 WITH 2 ENGINES AND MADE HARD COUPLING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROADRAI LER TRAILER AND BOGIE.  NO DERAILMENT, NO TRACK DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: BAKER
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2013-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BRSR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
JOB 312 HAD GONE TO THE MAINLINE, TRACK 520, TO GET A CUT OF CARS.  THERE WERE 45 CARS ON THE MAINLI NE.  312 COUPLED TO THE 45 CARS ON THE MAINLINE AND PULLED 25 CAR LENGTHS TO MAKE A CUT.  AFTER 312 MADE A CUT ON THE 25TH CAR, ECUX 881106, THEY BEGAN TO PULL TO CLEAR THE MAINLINE SWITCH IN ORDER TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE YARD.  ONCE CLEAR THE MAINLINE SWITCH, THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED AND THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR MOVEMENT BACK INTO THE YARD.  THE CREW THEN BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE YARD.  AFTER SHOVING ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS THE AIR BUSTED ON THE CUT AND THE MOVEMENT CAME TO A STOP.  
WHILE SHOV ING INTO THE YARD THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON THE 6TH CAR FROM THE POINT, XOMX 720213, HAD DERAILED DUE T O A BRAKE ON THE SOUTH RAIL ABOUT 4 ÃÂ__ CAR LENGTHS WEST OF THE MAINLINE SWITCH.  THIS INITIAL DERAILM


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YSA31R-09 WAS WORKING THE NORTH END OF THE YARD.  CREW SHOVED A CAR TO TRACK 5 TO CLEAR THE NORTH EN D OF TRACK 5, THUS SHOVING THE SOUTH CAR IN THAT TRACK TO FOUL THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5.  THE YSA30R -09 WAS MOVING FROM TRACK 13, GOING SOUTH, AND SIDESWIPED THE CAR FOULING IN THAT TRACK.  1 DRUG POS ITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.    


nearest_city: MINGO
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
535-19 WAS TAKING LOCOMOTIVES WE 104 AND WE 2662 DOWN #4 TRACK WHEN LOCOMOTIVE WE 2662 DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN GAUGE ROD. 11/2012 UPDATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO $54291.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
PRO-YARD FAILED TO CONTROL CARS ALLOWING NDYX 832449 AND RRRX 76806 TO BY-PASS IN THE CURVE IN B15.       


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DUE TO EXTREME HEAT, OVERHEAD WIRE SLACKED AND WENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, RESULTING IN PANTOGRAPH OF TRA IN 1573 TO RIDE OFF AND ABOVE THE TROLLEY, ENGAGING SAME AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO PANTOGRAPH AND OVERHE AD CATENARY SYSTEM.     


nearest_city: NEW LONDON
county: NEW LONDON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 66 WITH ENGINE 948 AND 7 CARS WAS TRAVELING EAST ON TRACK 2 WHEN THE PANTOGRAPH ON ENGINE 948 STRUCK HANGING JUMPER AFTER THE TIE WRAPS FAILED HOLDING JUMPER IN PLACE.   AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $18,000.00.     


nearest_city: MENOMINEE
county: JO DAVIESS
railroad: CC
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:
L58691-25 OPERATING CONVENTIONAL AT A 1.69 HPT ON THE BNSF AURORA SUB DERAILED 14 CARS AND 2 LOCOMOT IVES COMING OUT OF RENTEC ENERGY. THIRTEEN OF THE DERAILED CARS CONTAINED CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERAT ED LIQUID, OF WHICH ONE CAR WAS LEAKING. THERE WAS  A PRODUCT LOSS OF 14,631 GALLONS FROM CAR TILX 4 00432. THIS IS A VERY REMOTE AREA AND NO EVACUATIONS WERE NEEDED. THE CREW PERFORMED A CLASS 1 BRAKE TEST AS PER TIMETABLE #2 SPECIAL CONDITIONS RENTEC LEAD. THE CONDUCTOR ALSO APPLIED 12 RETAINING VA LVES INTO (HP) POSITION, THE TIMETABLE STATES A MINIMUM OF 5 RETAINING VALVES MUST BE APPLIED. THE E NGINEER STARTED DOWN THE 3 PERCENT DOWNHILL GRADE AND TOOK A MINIMUM BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION WITH NO EF FECT. HE THEN MADE TWO MORE REDUCTIONS WITH STILL NO EFFECT AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PIPE. TH


nearest_city: HOPE
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
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-Sep
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN GSSIHP-07 WITH LEAD UNIT UP7270 ENCOUNTERED BROKEN RAIL ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK.  INCIDE NT INVOLVED MULTIPLE RAILCARS DERAILING.  CAUSE FOR INCIDENT WAS BROKEN RAIL.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $759,200.00.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ROCK ISLAND
county: ROCK ISLAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
IAIS CREW MADE DOUBLE OF 26 CARS TO STANDING CUT OF 54 CARS ON TRACK 3816, THEN PULLED BEGAN TO PULL WEST WHEN EXPERIENCED UDE AND FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED. BNSF INVESTIGATION DETERMINED TRAIN HANDLING B Y IAIS CREW CAUSED DERAILMENT  THAT RESULTED IN BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
ON OCTOBER 19, 2010 AT APPROX 615AM IHB CREW RUN 198 WAS PULLING SOUTH OUT OF TRACK 9 TO DOUBLE TO T RACK 17 IN BURNHAM YARD IN BURNHAM IL.  THE CREW RAN THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH (JUNCTION SW ITCH) DERAILING 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: LOUISVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y39116 WAS SHOVING SOUTH USING C09 BYPASS INTO C08. Y39316 WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO PULL OUT OF B18 U SING EAST FOR THE EAST ZONE. TRACK B18 IS LOCATED IN THE WEST ZONE AND WOULD NEED TO OCCUPY THE WEST PULL BACK TO COMPLY WITH YARDMASTER INSTRUCTIONS TO GET INTO THE EAST PULL BACK TRACK, RESULTING IN Y39316 SHOVING INTO THE SIDE OF Y39116S TRAIN AT THE C09 SWITCH.    


nearest_city: CRAWFORD
county: DAWES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
HELPER ENGINEER ATTEMPTING TO COUPLE TO REAR OF STANDING COAL TRAIN IMPACTED DP LOCOMOTIVE AT 9 MPH RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TILX251240 WAS THE 42ND CAR WAS HUMPED TO 04 WCLS BUT WENT TO 05 WCLS FOULING THE TRACK THEN CORNING SHIPX 207462      


nearest_city: SINCLAIR
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: LARAMIE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CREW EXPERIENCED A HOT JOURNAL ON CAR ARMN 768257 AND FAILED TO INSPECT CAR AFTER PASSING DETECTOR.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW HANDLING H-KCKPAS9-13 DERAILED BOTH UNITS AND 2 CARS WHEN LEADING WHEELS OF LEADING LOCOMO TIVE CLIMBED SWITCH POINT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RLSD.      


nearest_city: ST MARYS
county: POTTAWATOMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
2CJKEB9-11 WHILE DUMPING, INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE WRONG CAR COUNT INTO THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM W HICH ALLOWED THE DPU TO BE PULLED INTO THE DUMP PIT WHILE THE CLAMP WAS STILL LOWERED.  NO DERAILMEN T, LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE ONLY.  WESTSTAR ENERGY MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: CAHABA HEIGHTS
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
LOCAL A52 SHOVING SOUTH ON THE MAIN TRACK WITH 1 UNIT, 3-2-461 WAS STRUCK BY A CUT OF 4 CARS THAT RO LLED OUT OF MCPHERSON OIL DAMAGING MBLX 28754 AND DERAILING UTLX 500017, PROX 40477, UTLX 207869 AND UTLX 640585.     


nearest_city: KIRBYVILLE
county: JASPER
railroad: TIBR
date: 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DE RIDDER
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:
JOB 213 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE DERIDDER SUB, AT MP 8 THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECA TION BY THE CREW THE 41ST THROUGH 44TH CARS WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: POSEY
railroad: EVWR
date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CONDUCTOR DID NOT LINE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT AND CAUSED A RUN THRU SWITCH AND 4 CARS TO DERAIL.  NO IN JURIES REPORTED.      


nearest_city: BORGER
county: HUTCHINSON
railroad: PNR
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
102 JOB WAS SHOVING 21 TANKS INTO 6106 SOUTH TO NORTH TO A HOOK. THE 8TH CAR FROM THE NORTH DERAILED THE LEADING SET OF TRUCKS THE 11TH 12TH AND 13TH DERAILED ALL WEEKS. ONE CAR, GATX 12576 PUSHED UP AGAINST AN ADJACENT BUILDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO RAILCAR AND BUILDING.     


nearest_city: LAKE CHARLES
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
LLJ61-28 COMING IN THE YARD THROUGH 51 TRACK, INTO BOWL TRACK 3, WHILE PULLING ON THE TRAIN AT APPRO XIMATELY 5-6 MPH WHEN HE FELT THE TRAIN SLOWING DOWN. NO EMERGENCY. KNEW SOMETHING WAS A MISS AND ST OPPED TRAIN TO FIND THAT 3 TANKS AND A HOPPER WERE ON THE GROUND NEAR THE HWY171 OVERPASS IN TRACK 3 .    


nearest_city: CABAZON
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: YUMA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CREW ON THE ZATLC-23 REPORTS HEARING A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE REAR OF THE UP7391.  LOOKING BACK CRE W OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE FROM THE SMOKE STACK AND FIRE BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE REAR O F UNIT.  CREW IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TRAIN TO STOP AND CALLED DISPATCHER AFTER STOPPING, CREW SHUT DOWN UNIT AND DISEMBARKED.  FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ABOUT 0625 HOURS AND CONTAINED FIRE.  CREW SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  CABAZON MECHANICAL PRELIMINARY INSPECTION REVEALED POSSIBLE TURBO CHARGER ISSUE.  UNI T WAS TAKEN TO COMMERCE YARD FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUSTAINED SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: HARFORD
railroad: MACZ
date: 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MARC TRAIN 554 ENGINE 4903 WITH 7 CARS LOST POWER AND DRIFTED INTO PERRY. THE ENGINEER INSPECTED AND FOUND PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE ON ENGINE 4903 R-END SHOE MISSING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 50% BREAK IN TH E CONTROL LEVER. THIS BREAK ALLOWED THE APEX AND CARRIER HEAD TO DROP BACK. THIS IN TURN ALLOWED THE WIRE TO RIDE ON THE APEX UNTIL IT CUT THROUGH AND TORE THE CARRIER HEAD OFF.    


nearest_city: LOGAN
county: CACHE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LCG41-03 CREW WAS SHOVING LOADED COVERED HOPPER CAR SOYX98128, THAT DERAILED AT THE CROSSING DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BUILD-UP.  CAR TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE, SPILLING CONTENTS OUT THE TOP.  NO TRACK DAMAGE .     


nearest_city: HAGERSTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: LURGAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
D78524 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING OUT OF 16E TRACK WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTORS INVEST IGATION SHOWED THAT TWO CARS THAT HAD BEEN SET OUT TWO HOURS EARLIER IN TRACK 14E HAD RUN OUT INTO T HE SIDE OF THE CUT BEING PULLED OUT OF 16, STRIKING THE THIRD UNIT IN THEIR CONSIST AND DERAILING TH E THIRD CAR BEHIND THIS UNIT AND THE EAST CAR THAT HAD ROLLED OUT OF 14 TRACK. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO 6 OTHER NON DERAILING CARS.   


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
M-AMAKCK1-01 PULLED TRACK 111 TO DOUBLE TO TRACK 112, DERAILING SEVEN CARS AT WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZARDO US MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW 330 WAS PULLING THREE LOADED IRON LADLES FROM C-5 BLAST FURNACE TO THE BOF ON TRACK 560.  IT AP PEARS THAT ONE TRUCK OF THE SECOND LADLE FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED APPROXIMATELY TWO CAR LENGTHS FROM THE 560/700 SWITCH, AND RODE ALONG THE RAIL UNTIL IT REACHED THE 560/700 FROG.  THIS CAUSED BOT H THE SECOND LADLE (AM 76) AND THIRD LADLE (AM 54) TO DERAIL RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LADLES AND THE TRACK.  IT APPEARS THE CAUSE OF THE INITIAL TRUCK DERAILING WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH ROCK ING MOTION OF THE SECOND LADLE AT A LOW SPOT ON TRACK 560 RESULTING IN THE WHEELS CLIMBING THE RAIL.  


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
L56071-30 WAS SHOVING TRACK JX31 IN JACKSON YARD. THE YARDMASTER WAS PROTECTING THE POINT OF THE MOV E VIA CAMERA. THE CREW SHOVED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER SWITCH LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT AND THEN MAD E A REVERSE MOVE PULLING THE TRAIN BACK THRU THE SWITCH AND DERAILING TCIX 50022, UTLX 650126, TCIX 20027, CN 41433,CN 407658 CN 413884. TWO CARS WERE LOADED HAZARDOUS CARS BUT THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE. THE YARDMASTER WAS TESTED, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YDM05R-59 COUPLED INTO AN EMPTY CAR TO BUMP INTO TRACK, MADE COUPLING AND STOPPED, SET RCL TRANSMITT ER TO 4 MPH TO KICK CAR WESTWARD, HEARD TWO POPPING NOISES SO STOPPED MOVE.  LOCOMOTIVE UPY1388 FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED BY A BROKEN RAIL ALLOWING FOR DIESEL FUEL TO SPILL ON THE GROUND.  (UPY1388, E-M MP15, FUEL TANK CAPACITY 1,400, SPILLED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 GALLONS DIESEL FUEL)    


nearest_city: WILTON
county: SHELBY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
A20A313 SHOVING SOUTH AT WILTON, DERAILED 6 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN AND SIX CARS ON AN ADJACENT TRACK WH EN THE LEADING END OF THE MOVEMENT RAN OVER THE DERAIL IN PLACE ON THE PASS TRACK.      


nearest_city: ROBINSON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: INRD
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MAKING SHOVING MOVEMENT INTO INDUSTRY TRACK 3 AND UPON INVESTIGATION, THE 9TH CAR CLIMBED A WORN FRO G AT CII 3 TRACK CUASING THE 9, 10 AND 11TH CAR TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP04R-04 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRIMMING A TRAIN.  THEY HAD DOUBLED OVER FROM EAST BOWL 161 TO E AST BOWL 160 AND THEN COUPLED THE RAIL IN THE EAST BOWL 160.  WHEN THEY STARTED TO PULL THE COMPLETE D CONSIST OUT OF THE BOWL THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY A MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEE THAT THEY HAD DERAILED CARS AND STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT.  THEY HAD SIX DERAILED CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CONSIST AND APP ROXIMATELY 550 FEET OF TRACK DAMAGE ON THE LEAD.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE LATERAL F ORCES ON A CURVE CREATED BY LOADS BEHIND EMPTIES.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE THE GSHNHO-27 WAS PULLING TRACK 11-062 FROM MARKET STREET THE 75TH CAR (UP 90093) DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE STEEL TIES.THE GAUGE OPENED AS A RESULT AND SEVERAL CARS BEHIND THE INITIAL DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
AMTRAK CREW OPERATING NJTR TRAIN 7208 WITH NJTR E/4643 AND 8 CARS DERAILED LEAD LOCOMOTIVE E/4643 AS A RESULT OF SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.  NJTRS ACCIDENT NUMBER IS 201211715.      


nearest_city: BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
THE WEST SIDE RAIL BROKE, UNDER MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH TRUCK OF ENGINE 223 OF TRAIN 20 07 ON 16 LEAD IN HIGHBRIGDE YARD, DERAILING ALL WHEELS OF ENGINE 223 AND COACH 6345, ALL WHEELS OF T HE SOUTH TRUCK OF CAR 6434, AND ALL WHEELS OF THE NORTH TRUCK OF CAR 6342.     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THE LRS51-18 WAS PULLING NORTH INTO THE SOUTHEND OF THE STOCKTON YARD AT 7MPH WHEN THE 7TH CAR (SP69 1977) FROM THE HEAD END CLIMBED THE SWITCHPOINT FOR TWO LEAD CAUSING A 3-CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MIDDLETOWN
county: BUTLER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-09T00:00:00Z
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: 10-May
narrative:
LOCAL ENTERING AK VIA 800 YARD LEAD DERAILED ON SWITCH. SWITCH POINT BROKE UNDER TRAIN DUE TO INSUFF ICIENT GRINDING OF STOCK RAIL BY AK STEEL MOW FORCES. AK STEEL OPERATES AN INDEPENDENT RAILROAD OPER ATION WITHIN THE AK STEEL PLANT. THEY PERFORM ALL MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF THE TRACKS WITHIN AK STEEL. CSX MAINTAINS A HYDRAULIC RADIO CONTROLLED SWITCH MACHINE ATTACHED TO THE SWITCH WHERE THE D ERAILMENT OCCURRED, BUT THE MACHINE PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: ELIZABETHTOWN
county: HARDIN
railroad: PAL
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING A CAR FROM THE RUN AROUND WHEN RADIO COMMUNICATION FAILED AND CAR COLLIDED WITH A C UT OF 4 EMPTY CARS THAT HAD BEEN CUT OFF ON THE MAIN.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE 2CNAIM9-21 WAS SHOVING A PORTION OF THEIR TRAIN FROM MAIN THREE TO THE DEPARTURE LEAD.  AT B283 THEY TOOK THE SWITCHES IN HAND TO SHOVE A BAD ORDER CAR TO AN INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED FOUR CARS WHEN THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO OPERATE THE FROG FOR THE MOVE.     


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
GSFJCL-22 WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO YARD 4, TRACK 123 AND DERAILED 10 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE. INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: ATASCOSA
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
2AMXASX-01,WITH LEAD UNIT UP4091, TRAVELING NORTH, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WENT AROUND GAT ES AT THE OLD FRIO CITY ROAD CROSSING. ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DRIVER OF TR ACTOR TRAILER WAS NOT INJURED. THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: TRAVER
county: TULARE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
GSTRC5-16 CREW WAS PULLING NORTH ON THE LEAD TO GO AGAINST THE DPU UNIT AND THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EM ERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR FOUND A DERAILED CAR AND A CAR THAT HAD LOST A DOOR.  THE DOOR FROM A RAILCA R HAD FALLEN OFF AND EVENTUALLY WEDGED IN THE FROG FOR TRACK 729 WHICH CAUSED THE NDYX515329 TO DERA IL.  THE TRAIN TRAVELED ANOTHER 2300 FEET BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY.  IT APPEARS THAT THE DUMP DOO R ON THE CMO850749 WAS NOT SHUT BY THE CUSTOMER AND AS THE TRAIN STARTED MOVING THE DOOR FELL OFF AN D CAUSED THIS DERAILMENT.  FOSTER FARMS MAINTAINS TRACK.  


nearest_city: TOPEKA
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ILAKCR-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5057, WHILE PULLING EAST, STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE PRIVATE CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE YARD CREW WAS MAKING A MOVE WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/104-E/91 WEST ON MNRR YARD TRACK 38 BOTH LOCOMO TIVE UNITS DERAILED.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERIORATED TIE CONDITIONS ALLOWED THE RAIL T O SPREAD.     


nearest_city: DUNLAP
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
23MB205-2'23" 21MB205-1'50" 03TB306-06'30" 21VB205-1'30" 311L905-1'50" 14NB206-3'00" 22TB306-2'00" 3 6TB306-1'45"24MB205-0'45" 23MB205 OPERATING WEST TRUCK VEHICLE AFTER DRIVER DROVE AROUND GATES AND F OULED THE MAIN TRACK.     


nearest_city: PASADENA
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CARS ROLLED OUT OF TK 10 ON THE SOUTH END OF PASADENA AND INTO TWO CARS STOPPED ON LEAD CAUSING A EN D DAMAGE TO THE BODY BOLSTER, SILL STEP, CROSSOVER PLATFORM, SAFETY RAIL, AND SIDE SHEET OF UTLX 233 66 AND PROX 43971.     


nearest_city: GRUNDY
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: POCHONTAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
U64U626 LOADING NORTHBOUND DERAILING NS 35082 R AND L 3, 4 WHEELS AND NS 27723 L AND R 1, 2 WHEELS.       


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ON MAY 10, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 715PM KG27/142 CREW SHOVED 7 CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF TRACK 10 AT OSBORN AND THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT TO PULL INTO TRACK 7 AND IN THE PROCESS DERAILED 2 CARS. A STUDENT CONDUCTOR WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS CREW.  GATX 28063 (L) DERAILED POSITION A-END, CAR DA MAGE $165.  UTLX 201383 (E) DERAILED POSITION A&B END, CAR DAMAGE $33716 (AS OF 4-16-12).  ON 4-16-1 2, EQUIPMENT DAMAGE CHANGED FROM $28,820 TO $$33,881.   


nearest_city: LIGONIER
county: NOBLE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN CHICAGO LIN
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-Mar
narrative:
18MB227 (44 X 15) OPERATING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK TWO WHEN THE 22ND CAR (NS 165827) THRU 46TH HEAD CAR (UELX 100028) DERAILED.  CAR #40 - TILX 150737 CONTAINING MOLTEN SULPHUR RELEASED UNKNOWN AMOUN T OF CHEMICAL.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LHU35R-28 HUMPED RAILCAR GATX34743 INTO BOWL TRACK 013.  JOB THEN HUMPED CUT OF 2 RAILCARS TOWARDS T RACK 12, BUT INSULATED JOINT PICKED UP TRACK INDICATION AND ROUTED RAILCARS INTO BOWL TRACK 13 IMPAC TED WITH BYPASSED COUPLERS DERAILING 1 RAILCAR.  JOB THEN HUMPED CUT OF 2 RAILCARS INTO TRACK 12 AND SIDESWIPED DERAILED RAILCAR.    


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LF14 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 7 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES, AND 1418 TONS PULLING EAST THROUGH THE SNAKE TRACK WHEN 7TH THROUGH 10TH HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: LAKESIDE DUB
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-May
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WEST DOWN THE 17 LEAD THE MRORV 26 WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WENT TO INSPECT T RAIN AND FOUND LINES 2-6 FROM THE HEAD END WERE ON THE GROUND.  UPON PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BROKE N RAIL WAS FOUND. TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 10 MPH AND NO BROKEN RAIL SPOTTED ON TIR.  RAIL WILL BE REC ONSTRUCTED TO FIND OUT WHERE BREAK WAS.    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CE40 HUMPING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 4 LOADS, 26 EMPTIES, 117 TONS ON 534 TRACK, DERAILED THE 28TH (C R 237129), 27TH (BNSF 761551), 26TH (UTLX 630097), 25TH (NS 4868 NS 486858), 23RD (NS 489525) AND 22 ND (TTZX 681411) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-LAL3011-19A WHILE SWITCHING NOTED "HARD PULL. "  INSPECTION REVEALED 3 CARS DERAILED AT OPEN SWITC H.  CREW FAILED TO LATCH SWITCH IN PLACE WHEN LINED PRIOR TO MOVE.      


nearest_city: SUNRAY
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW MADE A JOINT OF 5 CARS AND SET SGAX 1026 TO TRACK 601.  VALERO NOTATED BAD ORDER-HAND BRAKE ON SGAX 1026.  CREW THEN PICKED UP REMAINING CARS FROM TRACK 602.  SGAX 1026 ROLLED OFF OF TRACK 601 IM PACTING 8 OF THE 15 CARS BEING PULLED TO OUT BOUND INTERCHANGE.  CAR WAS NOT SECURED.     


nearest_city: CLINE
county: UVALDE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CLINE MINE IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE RLUDB-24 WAS HEADING INTO THE PLANT WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PREVIOUSLY RUN TH RU SWITCH ON THE CROSSOVER TO BLACK SPUR.      


nearest_city: MYRA
county: PIKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: S V & E
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
C86026R WAS LOADING CAR COAL TRAIN AT MYRA MINE WHEN TRAIN WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY DUE TO ENGINEER F AILING TO APPLY PROPER INDEPENDENT BRAKE AND COLLIDED INTO A COAL LOADING DUMPER.      


nearest_city: TEHACHAPI
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE NORTHBOUND MWCRVX-06 WAS DESCENDING AT THE CABLE CROSSOVER WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO UDE.  EIGHTEEN C ARS WERE DERAILED FOULING THE NO 1 AND NO 2 MAIN TRACKS.      


nearest_city: BRAZIL
county: QUITMAN
railroad: IC
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, C70871-21, WAS DEPARTING FROM BRAZIL SIDING WHEN 12 CARS DERAILIED.  TWO NORTHBOU ND TRAINS HAD PASSED BY C70871-2 BEFORE THE CREW RECEIVED A SIGNAL FROM THE SIDING TO THE MAIN TO PR OCEED SOUTH.  TWELVE CARS DERAILED WHILE THE TRAIN WAS MOVING AT 23 MPH ACCOUNT THERMAL MISALIGNMENT DUE TO EXTREME HEAT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.  DERAILED WERE JHMX 97325, 95372, 991076, 98 840, 99172, 99983, 99798, 99139, 991486, 95480, 99865, AND 99073.   


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THE IMNLB-11 WAS SHOVING 18 LOADED AUTO RACKS TO A JOINT IN 003 TRACK IN D-YARD AGAINST 11 CARS.  AF TER MAKING A JOINT THE CREW CONTINUED TO SHOVE CARS IN THE CLEAR.  UPON STOPPING, THE LEADING WHEELS OF THE UP4187 PICKED THE SWITCH AND WENT ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: NEPHI
county: JUAB
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY TAMPER AND REGULATOR WERE MOVING ON MAIN TRACK PREPARING TO MOVE EQUIPMENT TO STO RAGE, AS HE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION AT CENTER STREET IN NEPHI HE BEGAN BLOWING WHISTLE TO ALERT TRAFFIC, HE NOTICED A SEMI TRUCK THAT DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN POSTED.  THE OPERATOR WAS NOT AB LE TO STOP AND STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF THE VEHICLE.  DRIVER OF SEMI TRUCK WAS CITED FOR FAILUR E TO STOP.   


nearest_city: DE SOTO
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RIMSLN-23 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND FOUND 7 LOADED CAS HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A WOR N/BROKEN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CSXT 136453 AND GATX 60581 BYPASSED COUPLERS IN TRACK B07, DAMAGING THE GATX 60581 BUT NOT DERAILING .      


nearest_city: LEXINGTON
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
PL21 HUMP JOB HAD CSXT 508066 AND XOMX 717191 THAT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HUMP AS A TWO CAR CUT.  CSX T 508066 BROKE THE RE-RAILER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE GROUP RETARDER ON EXIT, CAUSING CAR TO DER AIL ALL WHEELS.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
DURNING HIGH WINDS, THE Y29904 WAS PULLING TRACK 059 FROM THE BOWL AT THE EAST END OF SELKIRK YARD A CAR ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 064 THROUGH THE INNERTS AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE Y29904S CARS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNION RAILROAD CREW WAS PULLING 35 EMPTY HOPPERS EASTWARD FROM THE US STELL EDGAR THOMSON TRESTLE AR EA ONTO #11 PORT PERRY.  THE SWITCH POINT DIVIDING #10 AND #11 PORT PERRY (WEST END) HAD AN EXCESSIV ELY WORN SWITCH POINT IN RELATION TO THE STOCK RAIL.  THIS ELEVATED RAIL ALLOWED WHEEL OF THE 22ND C AR (BLE 1685) FROM LOCOMOTIVE TO CLIMB THE POINT AND TRAVEL TOWARDS #10 PORT PERRY AND DERAIL, FOLLO WED BY TH 23RD CAR (BLE 66083) ND 24TH CAR (BLE 6509) TO DERAIL.  DUE TO BLE 1685 DERAILING, THIS CA R SIDE SWIPED CAR (BLE 65987) STANDING ON #10 PORT PERRY, DAMAGING CAR.  ALSO DUE TO BLE 66083 DERAI LING, THIS CAR CORNERED, DAMAGED AND DERAILED BLE 65987; THIS CAR WAS STANDING ON #10 PORT PERRY. 


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ON 10/12/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 0138AM AT THE HUMP A SINGLE CAR GATX 95567 WAS RELEASED FOR BC13 AND ST ALLED.   THEN THREE CARS FOR TRACK BC10 WENT DOWN & STRUCK THE GATX 95567 CAR CAUSING A RAKING COLLI SION.  LATITUDE 41.640026 LONGITUDE -87.655154  (LONGITUDE CORRECTED 1-31-12).  CAR DAMAGE COSTS FOR GATX 95567 WENT FROM $12,745 TO $9,246, 5-14-12.  EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR CCLX 863 REMAINED THE SAME, $ 12,841.  TOTAL FRA COSTS NOW AT $22,317.   


nearest_city: ATCHISON
county: ATCHISON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
GDWTXV-11 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR THAT DERAILED IN A CURVE.       


nearest_city: VALLEY PARK
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BELGER CONTRACT CRANE CARRYING 48000 LB CONCRETE BEAM FOR PLACEMENT AT BR 17.8 TIPPED OVER WHILE UND ER LOAD. WHEN CRANE FELL, LOAD DROPPED ONTO MANLIFT BELOW, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO TWO BNSF EMPLOYE ES.  CRANE OPERATOR DID NOT COMPLY WITH ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION 14.10.1, SAFE OPERATION OF CRANE.  P ER RAILROAD, THE TIME ON DUTY IS CORRECT.  HE WAS A CONTRACTOR/CRANE OPERATOR (MAINTENANCE OF WAY NO T TRAIN SERVICE) FOR BELGER THAT WAS OPERATING THE CRANE.  HE WAS NOT ON A ROADWAY, BUT ON THE SIDIN G BY THE BRIDGE.  


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
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-Feb
narrative:
JOB 312 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 24 WITH 31 LOADS.  THEY PULLED OVER THE 204 SWITCH WHEN THE ENGINEE R STATED THAT ONCE HE MADE IT AROUND THE CURVE HE SAW SPARKS.  HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HE HAD SE EN AND FOUND THAT 4 SETS OF WHEELS WERE ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
A TOOL PIN BAR WAS LEFT ON THE ROOF OF LOCOMOTIVE E/661 CAUSING AN EXPLOSION AND CATENARY PLATE BEIN G TRIPPED.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
M-GALKCK1-10 DERAILED LEAD TWO LOCOMOTIVES AT XOVER BETWEEN 9004 AND 9005 WHILE PULLING PICKUP DOWN 9005 LEAD. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL IN THE CROSSOVER. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RE LEASED.     


nearest_city: COLUMBIA
county: BOONE
railroad: CT
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CT #1 WAS SHOVING CUT OF FOUR LOADED COAL CARS INTO POWER PLANT FOR UNLOADING.  LEAD CAR LEFT TRACK IN CURVE LEADING TO UNLOADING PIT.  COMPACTED COAL DUST IN FLANGEWAY CAUSED WHEEL TO CLIMB RAIL.  LE AD CAR STRUCK CAR SHAKER AND DAMAGED CAR SHAKER BEYOND REPAIR.  CAR THEN STRUCK CONCRETE FOUNDATION THEN CAME TO REST.  SECOND CAR IN CONSIST ALSO LEFT RAIL.  LEAD CAR SUFFERED DAMAGE ON CORNER OF A E ND OF CAR.   


