# railroad_data

nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CREW ON G-RAVWAT7-06 WAS MOVING EASTWARD WITH 32 CARS TO IN PREPARATION FOR SHOVE INTO LOMITA RAIL E THANOL FACILITY.  CREW PULLING THROUGH MAIN TRACK SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM, THEN SHOVED BA CK, DERAILING ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND 3 CARS WHEN SPLIT SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
ITS SWITCH CREW TO SHOVE EAST INTO 204 (CLEAR) TRACK INCORRECTLY LINED SWITCH FOR 203 TRACK THAT CON TAINED CARS, THEN SHOVED INTO THIS TRACK IMPACTING STANDING EQUIPMENT. 2 CARS DERAILED IN TRACK 203 AND 1 IN TRACK 201. CREW WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z
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-Jul
narrative:
YWC28-28 WAS PULLING OUT THE MWCTU2-08.  THE CREW PULLED DOWN TRACK 44 TO DOUBLE OVER TO TRACK 38. THE CREW THEN PULLED AHEAD 85 CARS THEN STOPPED TO MAKE A CUT TO LEAVE HEEL CARS BEFORE PULLING OUT THE ENTIRE TRAIN.  IT APPEARS THAT DURING THE STOP TO LEAVE THE HEEL, A WHEEL ON THE CP542612 POPPED OFF THE RAIL AT THE FROG CAUSING 8 CARS TO DERAIL INTO TRACK 314 WHICH THEN DERAILED AN ADDITONAL 4 CARS IN TRACK 314.   


nearest_city: HAVANA
county: MASON
railroad: IMRR
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
LEAD WHEELS OF ENGINE UP 5893 CLIMBED SWITCH POINT AT SOUTH SIDING CROSSOVER SWITCH AT HAVANA; 2 LOC OMOTIVES AND 4 EMPTY COAL CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WELLS
county: DELTA
railroad: WC
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ELS TRAIN OPERATING ON THEIR TRACK UNDER MAIN LINE BRIDGE WHEN AN EXCESS HEIGHT CAR, GNNR 118330, ST RUCK BRIDGE. CAR CAUGHT GIRDERS UNDERNEATH THE SPAN OVER THE ELS MAIN LINE AND PULLED THEM OUT FROM THE BRIDGE SHIFTING THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. THE BRIDGE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED; THE STEEL STRUCTURE IS MI SSING. THE CN MAINLINE OVER THE ELS WAS DISLODGED THREE FEET. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR RELEASE OF A NY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. ELS REPORTED EQUIPMENT $15000 DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, THE YARD MASTER REMOVED THE PROTECTION THAT WAS APPLIED BY HPCS SAYING TH E CAR WAS IN THE CLEAR WITHOUT VERIFYING. THIS CAUSED, MWCX 480465, THE NEXT CAR COMING OFF THE HUMP TOWARDS SAME AREA TO SIDE SWIPE CLSX1284. CARS WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL 7 DAYS LATER NO ONE WAS INFORME D OF THIS INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION WAS DONE AND FOUND WHEN AND HOW IT HAPPENED. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY CARS THE HUMP JOB HAD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.   


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 55 LOADED COAL CARS TO MCDUFFIE CAR DUMP #1 WHEN RAIL ROLLED OVER AND DERAILED SIX CARS. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A WORN FLANGE ON NDYX 93024.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
WHILE PICKING UP SCRAP TIES USING EXCAVATOR LE501-08 ON FLAT CAR METX6025, THE CURRENT FROM THE OVER HEAD WIRES ARCHED TO THE EXCAVATOR BOOM.  THE WIRE BURNT IN TWO AND FELL ONTO THE EXCAVATOR CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO IT AND THE FLAT CAR.     


nearest_city: GLENWOOD
county: POPE
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 490-14 ARRIVING GLENWOOD YARD ON E1 TO OLD MAIN TRACK AND TRAVELLED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER SWIT CH WHICH WAS LINED FOR THE NEW PASS TRACK AND MADE CONTACT WITH 496-13 WHICH WAS TIED DOWN ON THE NE W PASS TRACK RESULTING IN 7 CARS ON 496-13 (POSITION 8-14) DERAILING. ONLY CREW MEMBERS FROM 490-14 WERE D/A TESTED. CREW MEMBERS FROM 496-13 WERE NOT TESTED ACCOUNT THEY HAD TIED UP AND OFF DUTY AT 0 0.375   


nearest_city: CAMBRIDGE
county: ISANTI
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
483-13 OPERATING IN A 25 MPH SLOW ORDER FROM BNSF MP 107.3 TO MP 106.6 WHEN WE LOST OUR AIR. LOOKED BACK & OBSERVED LEAD CAR WAS ON THE GROUND. PLOW CAME FELL OFF TRAILING UNIT (CP 4522) WHICH RESULTE D IN LEAD CAR (SHPX 450270) DERAILING. BNSF PRELIMINARY COSTS OF $30,000 TRACK DAMAGE (WHICH INCLUDE S $1,000 SIGNAL) T499 - CAUSE OF DERAILMENT STARTED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES SOUTH AT 1ST AVE. THE CRO SSING AT 1ST AVE E. IS A CONCRETE CROSSING ON STATE HWY 95. THE NORTH RAIL IN THE CROSSING HAS A DE- FRACTION FROM THE TOP OF THE RAIL TO THE TOP OF THE CROSSING PANEL OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES. BECAUSE OF TH IS THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE CP 4522 PLOW IMPACTED THIS CROSSING, DETACHED ON THE CONDUCTORS SIDE AND WAS DRAGGED FOR APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES TO THE NEXT CROSSING, EMERSON ST N. ONCE THE PARTIALLY DETACHED P


nearest_city: DILLEY
county: FRIO
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MFWMX-18 TRAVELING SOUTH PASSED PREVIOUS DETECTOR 30 MILES PRIOR TO DERAILMENT.  AT MP 328 A HOT JOU RNAL MELTED OFF AND DERAILED CAR NUMBER CRGX 4653.  TRAIN TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 9000 FEET BEFORE GO ING INTO EMERGENCY.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TOTAL OF 6 CARS WERE HUMPED INTO TRACK 8 BUT ALL CARS STILL DID NOT CLEAR DUE TO ONE STALLING. ANOTH ER CAR WAS HUMPED INTO 8 TRACK AND WAS IN THE FOUL OF 7 AND 6 TRACKS. YARDMASTER OVER RODE STALL SYS TEM AND CONTINUED HUMPING AND ARMN 725015 DESTINED FOR 6 TRACK CORNERED CRYX 4051 IN FOUL.     


nearest_city: EVANSVILLE
county: VANDERBURGH
railroad: EVWR
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
NORTH END OF RADIO CONTROLLED SWITCH DIRECTING THE TRAIN FROM #1 MAIN TO THE #2 MAIN LINED BACK FOR THE #1 MAIN UNDER THE TRAIN CAUSING 1 CAR TO DERAIL.  NO INJURIES AND NO HAZMAT.      


nearest_city: CARTERET
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
FM21 CREW SHOVING EAST ONTO CARTERET INDUSTRIAL DERAILED CARS ACFX 72805 & DOWX 6771 DUE TO CONDUCTO R FAILING TO REMOVE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW OPERATING ENGINE 574 DERAILED ALL WHEELS DUE TO MOVING OVER A FIXED DERAIL DEVICE.  AMTRAK S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $45,770.00.      


nearest_city: WILLIAMSVILLE
county: WAYNE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE LSV52-14 WAS TRAVELING NORTH WITH 42 EMPTIES AND 3 LOCOMOTIVES AT A RECORDED 40 MPH WHEN THEY DE RAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 4 CARS.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY A SLIDE IN THE EMBANKMENT.  EN GINEER LATE REPORTED A SHOULDER INJURY.     


nearest_city: MEBANE
county: ALAMANCE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AMTRAK 073 TRAVELING WESTBOUND APPROXIMATELY 79 MPH WHEN THEY STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS HUNG ON THE CROSSING DERAILING ENTIRE TRAIN ENGINE NCDT 1792 & 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: HOPEWELL
county: HOPEWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
V12 SHOVING 37 CARS EAST ON THE LADDER TOWARD SMURFIT STONE INDUSTRY, DERAILED NS 198974 A END WHEEL S R3, L4, SOU 134322 ALL WHEELS, AND SOU 133495 A END R3, L4.  CARS SIDE SWIPED AND DERAILED NS 4071 43 SITTING IN HY07.     


nearest_city: MULDOON
county: FAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MTLEAP1-15, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF5200, TRAVELING ON UPRR OWNED TRACK HAD DRAWBAR FAILURE ON CAR FXE9911413 CAUSING FXE911207 TO DERAIL WHILE DAMAGING SEVERAL OTHER CARS.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIP MENT DAMAGE = $6986.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: BLOOMFIELD
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN #6200 STRUCK INTER-TRACK FENCE FOULING TRACK #2 WHILE ENROUTE EAST AT WATSESSING AVE. WHITE-OU T CONDITIONS REPORTED. DAMAGE TO ENTIRE CONSIST.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YEW22R-28 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS WHEN JOB HAD RAILCARS BYPASSED COUPLERS.  NO DERA ILMENT.      


nearest_city: BROOKS
county: BULLITT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Q23530 ENCOUNTERED A DISTURBANCE IN THE ROADBED AT MILEPOST 000015.2. THE ENGINEER WAS OPERATING IN DYNAMIC BRAKE AND APPLIED THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE TO THE TRAIN SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE WENT THROUGH THE AREA THAT WAS DISTURBED. THE ENGINES AND THE FIRST 7 CARS IN THEIR TRAIN CLEARED THE TRACK DISTURBA NCE BEFORE DERAILING THE 8TH THROUGH 25TH CARS IN A GENERAL PILE-UP. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES EARLIE R, Q22028 PASSED OVER THE SAME AREA IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION AND NO IRREGULARITIES WERE SEEN. WITNE SSES AT THE SCENE REPORTED TO POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER RR EMPLOYEES THAT A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS ATTE MPTING TO TURN AROUND IN A GRAVEL AREA NEXT TO THE TRACK AT MILEPOST 15.2 AND STRUCK THE TRACK WITH THE REAR OF HIS TRAILER. ONE WITNESS CALLED THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REPORT THE


nearest_city: LOCKPORT
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YJOL1011-24 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK 3305 DUE TO ROADBED SETTLED OR SOFT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HARDIN
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: BIG HORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
C-SCMCEC0-47 STRUCK A PUP TRAILER.  A SEMI TRUCK PULLING A REGULAR TRAILER AND A PUP TRAILER FAILED TO STOP AT A GRADE CROSSING.  THE SEMI AND FIRST TRAILER PASSED IN FRONT OF TRAIN, THE PUP TRAILER W AS STRUCK.     


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 TRAIN 281-29 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPARTING ON 5 LEAD OUT OF BENSENVILLE YAR D WHEN 4 LOADED AUTO CARS DERAILED.  WHILE 281 WAS DEPARTING, AN NS17V WAS ARRIVING ON 6 LEAD AND WA S STRUCK BY DERAILING 281 TRAIN CAUSING DAMAGE TO 3 CARS ON THE CONSIST BUT NOT DERAILING THEM.  IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT A UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CREW HAD BEEN THE LAST CREW TO LINE THE SWITCH. NO CP EMPLOYEES WERE RESPONSIBLE, SO NO FORM 6180.78 OR 6180.81 REPORTS ARE BEING FILED.   


nearest_city: TERRELL
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
MSHFW-16, WITH NS9962, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS FOULING MAINLINE.  IMPACT WAS ON TRAIL ER PORTION.  NS9962 DAMAGED.  CREW MEMBER INJURED.  NO INJURY TO DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATI ON.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 641 ARRIVED INTO MP 68.0 LANCASTER STATION WITH A FIRE CONDITION ON TOP OF LOCOMOTIVE E/940. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS FAILED DYNAMIC BRAKING GRID.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $16,536.00.      


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


nearest_city: GIBBON
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE CATSY-07 WAS OPERATING ON THE NO. 3 MAIN EASTBOUND WHEN IT DERAILED 40 LOADED COAL CARS AT POD M P179.88 AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE WESTBOUND 2CWXNA-07 WHICH WAS ON MAIN NO. 1, DERAILING 23 EMPTY COA L CARS.  ALL 3 MAINS AFFECTED.  IT APPEARS THAT THE 2CWXNA-07 DRAGGED AT LEAST 1 CAR 2 MILES UNTIL I T HIT THE CP AT MP 181.85, DESTROYING THE #20 MPF DUE TO A "TIR CONFIRMED RAIL FAILURE DUE TO THE MA GNITUDE OF THE DERAILMENT, UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT TYPE OF FAILURE".  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WHILE KICKING CARS INTO TRACK 10, CARS BEING KICKED SIDESWIPED CARS PULLING ON THE SOUTH LEAD ON THE SHREVEPORT TERMINAL.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
A UP TRAIN WAS COMING OFF THE HUEY P.LONG BRIDGE, HEADING EAST TO THE CSX RAILROAD. AFTER CROSSING C ENTRAL AVE., THE TRAIN WAS GOING THROUGH A CROSSOVER IN THE EAST BRIDGE INTERLOCKER TOWARDS THE NS M AIN LINE WHEN THEY DERAILED 6 CARS. THE DERAILMENT WHICH OCCURRED ON NOPB'S TRACKS CAUSED DAMAGED TO AN IC SWITCH. NOPB REPORTED $98,856 IN TRACK DAMAGE. UP REPORTED $63,095 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: MILWAUKIE
county: CLACKAMAS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 507 WITH CAB CAR 90278, 13 CARS, AND ENGINE 468 STRUCK A LARGE TREE, DAMAGING UNIT 90278.       


nearest_city: EDINBURG
county: WALSH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED WHEN ROADBED UNDER SOUTH RAIL FAILED AND SLID INTO DITCH. RAIL FELL APPROXIMATELY 4 F EET. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-21, PULLING FROM TRACK 9003, DERAILED 4 CARS AT HEEL OF SWITCH DUE TO WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: REDWOOD CITY
county: SAN MATEO
railroad: PCMZ
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
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-Nov
narrative:
THERE WERE NOT ANY OCCUPANTS NOR DRIVER IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS UNKNOWN THEREFORE THE AGE OF THE HIGHWAY USER IS ALSO UNKNOWN.      


nearest_city: SAHUARITA
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
LKT21-01 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 720.  WHILE APPROACHING THE MAIN TRACK, CREW FELT THE POWER NEEDED TO PULL THE TRAIN BEGAN TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY SO THEY STOPPED THE TRAIN.  10 CARS HAD DERAILED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SP465174 HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY LOADED BY THE CUSTOMER.     


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING 51 INBOUND CARS THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO START YARDING THEIR TRAIN.  WHEN THE REAR OF THE TRAIN CLEARED THE TRACK #5 SWITCH, THE CONDUCTOR TOLD THE ENGINEER "THAT'LL DO".  THE CONDUC TOR STATED THAT HE THEN HEARD A LOUD CRASH.  AS HE LOOKED UP THE TRAIN, HE SAW THAT THE CARS HAD DER AILED.  HE STATED THAT AS HE WALKED TOWARD THE DERAILMENT, HE SAW THAT 5 CARS HAD DERAILED AND THAT 2 OF THEM WERE TURNED OVER AND 1 WAS TILTED.

CUASE CODE - T299 - FRESH BREAK UNDER LOAD   


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
LOG42-15 HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 CARS ON THE WEST END OF YARD.  THEY MADE A SWITCH MOVE INTO TRACK 3 AN D PULLED OUT ONTO LEAD TO SHOVE 8 CARS INTO TRACK 5.  THEY MADE A JOINT, STRETCHED, AND STARTED TO S HOVE.  THE AMOUNT OF CARS IN TRACK 5 THAT WERE SHOVING AGAINST WAS 37 AND COMBINED TOTAL TONNAGE THE Y WERE SHOVING WAS 7700.  ENGINEER WAS TAILED DOWN AROUND A CURVE THAT LEADS OUT OF YARD.  HE WAS US ING 4 SD70 LOCOMOTIVES, 3 THAT WRE ONLINE GIVING 36 POWERED AXLES.  WHEN HE STARTED THE SHOVE, AN EM PTY 5 BAY STACK CAR ALONG WITH AN EMPTY HOPPER THAT WAS POSITIONED ON 10% CURVE CLIMBED THE RAIL AT AN IRREGULAR CROSSLEVEL AND DERAILED.  RAILROAD VERIFIED WILMINGTON AS THE NEAREST CITY. 


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
B END PANTOGRAPH FROM ALP #4603 FELL OFF ONTO TRACK #3 NEAR WEST END OF PLATFOORM AS TRAIN #3283 WAS ENROUTE WEST. POSSIBLE PANTOGRAPH INSULATOR FAILURE.      


nearest_city: HASLET
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
4 CARS ENTERED 7105 TRACK SUCCESSFULLY BUT 5TH CAR DERAILED DUE TO ICE AND SNOW BUILDUP, PULLING 2 M ORE CARS OFF.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Z-CHCSSE2-15 DERAILED 2 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE DUE TO WORN FLANGE CAR.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1062-11 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING FROM BOWL TRACK 2040.  IMPROPER LOADED CAR EXPERIENCE D SHIFTED LOAD THAT RESULTED IN DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PEARLAND
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y-PEA9011-31 DERAILED 2 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN AND CAUSED 1 CAR TO DERAIL ON ADJACENT TRACK DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE HELPER ON THE YNP25R-27 TOOK THE UPY822-UPY804 RCL SET INTO EAST BOWL 50 TO MAKE A HOOK ON THE E AST CAR IN THE TRACK.  THE EAST KNUCKLE ON THE ITLX40422 DID NOT LINE UP WITH THE LEAD KNUCKLE ON TH E UPY804 ON 1ST ATTEMPT TO COUPLE.  CREW SEPARATED LOCOMOTIVES FROM CARS, ADJUSTED DRAWBAR ON CAR, T HEN MADE A HOOK ON THE CAR.  THEN STARTED TO MAKE AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND NOTICED THE 2, 3 WHEELS O N THE UPY804 AND THE 1,2 WHEELS ON THE ITLX40422 DERAILED.  JOINT WAS MADE AT 2 MPH, NUMEROUS SPIKES MISSING AT LOCATION OF DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AMTK775-07, LEAD UNIT AMTK457, STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS WESTBOUND ON LOS POSAS ROAD.  NO INJURI ES.  DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILE ONLY.  CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.  MOTORIST FAIL ED TO STOP AND RAN UNDER GATES.  AMTRAK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $4,500.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LIZTON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: CRAWFORDSVILLE BRANC
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
J72615 HAD A CAR DERAIL, AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE PIN KEY MISSING CAUSING T HE DRAW BAR TO COME OUT.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-SPM3012-26 CAUSED CARS TO ROLL OUT AND IMPACT RCO Y-SPM2022-26 DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED WHILE MA KING A COUPLING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MORRILL
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
C-ARMCXCO-31A CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO OPERATE DUAL CONTROL SWITCH ON HAND. CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCH POINTS BUT DIDN'T SWITCH POINTS BUT DIDN'T LINE THE SWING NOSE FROG, DAMAGING THE SWITCH MACHINE.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BD71 CREW WAS PULLING UP WDAV 5 TRACK NORTHWARD AFTER THEY HAD MOVED APPROXIMATELY 15 CAR LENGTHS TH E TRACK BECAME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO PULL AND THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND THE TRACK W AS INSPECTED. SEVEN CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ELMIRA
county: SOLANO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ 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-Aug
narrative:
AMT5-28, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK25, STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE ELMIRA ROAD CROSSING.  WOMA N WAS DRIVING OVER CROSSING WHEN LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING.  SHE STOPPPED AND THEN THE GATE WENT DOWN BEHIND HER.  SHE PANICKED AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND GOT OUT.  AMTRAK DAMAGES: $0     


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 2151 HAD THE PANTOGRAPH INVERT ON LEAD PC 2022 CAUSING PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT D AMAGE IS $19,000.00.      


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR2032-24, WHILE HUMPING CARS, HAD 2 CARS STALL ENTERING TRACK 1418 DUE TO HANDBRAKES STICKIN G ON ONE CAR. CUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY FOLLOWING CARS HUMPED TO 1417 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: JASONVILLE
county: GREENE
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CREW PUTTING BAD ORDER CAR IN TRACK WHEN HE HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND IT STR IPPED ALL 8 RIBS OFF THE SIDE OF THE BAD ORDER CAR.      


nearest_city: BURNS
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MNPPCL-18 A WEST BOUND STANDARD MANIFEST TRAIN HAD A LOCOMOTIVE SP 6338 BLOW A PISTON, CATCH FIRE AN D CAUSING DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
902C331 PULLING EAST WITH 2 UNITS AND 1 X 0 (FRA GEO CAR) ON THE WP02 TOWARDS CP RAM WHEN DOTX 220 D ERAILED.      


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW HANOVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y12201 TANK CAR UTLX 300177 CAME DISPLACED FROM THE BOLSTER PLATE ON THE A-END TRUCKS. THE TRUCKS RO LLED 25FT ALONG THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CAR. THE CAR DID NOT DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ON 10/9/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 115PM THE CREW KG11/310 HAD SPOTTED TRACK 3 TO THE AIR.  THE YARDMASTER HAD BLOCKED THE TRAIN WRONG & HAD THEM PULL TRACK 3 OUT TO PUT IT IN THE PROPER ORDER AND FOUND THE EAST CAR HAD DERAILED DUE TO THE FACT THE TRACK WAS OVERFILLED AND THE EAST CAR HAD RUN THROUGH THE 2/3 SWITCH ON THE EAST END OF THE TRACK.  WHEN THEY PULLED THE TRACK OUT THE DERAILED CAR WENT THROU GH THE LENGTH OF THE YARD.  STUDENT ENGINEER QT SANDERS ALSO ON BOARD.   


nearest_city: ARDEN
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CIMA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
MWCRO-11 CREW CAME AGAINST P/U IN TRACK 401 FROM EAST END YARD SHOVING WEST, DISPATCHER ASKED MWCRO- 11 CREW TO CLEAR IN YARD AT EAST END.  CONDUCTOR GOT IN VAN TO GO WEST END ARDEN AND PROTECT SHOVE F ROM MAINLINE SIDE, ACROSS FROM YARD.  CONDUCTOR ASKED ENGINEER TO SHOVE.  DURING SHOVE MOVEMENT THE CARS RAN THROUGH THE LEAD/401 SWITCH AND CONTINUED PAST THE SWITCH ONTO THE LEAD APPROXIMATELY 12 CA RS.  CONDUCTOR THEN ASKED THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD AND CLEAR THE CROSSOVERS AT OTHER END OF YARD D ERAILING 6 CARS ON THE PULLING MOVEMENT.  


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MCMNL-30 WHILE PULLING THROUGH THE SIDING TRACK AT TEXARKANA DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS ACCOUNT BROKE N RAIL IN TRACK.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: METRA ELECTRIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN # 817 HAD DAMAGE DONE TO CAR #1244 AND #1243 WHILE AT RANDOLPH STREET STATION ON TRACK #3 DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE D.C. WIRE. THE PANTOGRAPH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON CAR #1244 AND ON #1243 THE M IDDLE PAN SHOE ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LARGE 1 INCH CHIP. PASSENGERS WERE LOADED ONTO TH E TRAIN AWAITING TRANSPORTATION WHEN THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND. PASSENGERS WERE THEN TAKEN OFF THE TRAIN AND LOADED ONTO ANOTHER TRAIN ON TRACK #4.   


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
LWE06R-08 HAD A HOLD OF 52 CARS AND SHOVING THEM INTO TRACK 8 (10 CARS IN TRACK 8) ON THE WEST END W HEN THE 10TH CAR, TTGX255261, PICKED THE SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED, AND SIDESWIPED TWO CARS IN TRACK 9, EEC3504 AND ACFX40433.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
UP TRAIN WMBIMB-11, EMPTY BALLAST TRAIN, DERAILED 9 CARS AT SWITCH AT GRAND AVENUE. CAUSE FOUND TO B E 3RD AND 4TH CARS WERE PARTIALLY LOADED ON ONE END OF CAR.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
A TRUCK STRUCK THE E-SLPCKM0-19 AT 38TH AND MAIN STREET WHILE TRAVELING IN SINGLE MAIN TRACK.       


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PIKES PEAK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
C-BAMMIC1-13A CREW LINED THEMSELVES FOR THE PARK LEAD.  THEY REALIZED THEY HAD LINED FOR THE WRONG T RACK AND GOT AUTHORITY TO REVERSE FROM THE DISPATCHER.  WHEN THEY FIRST ENTERED THE PARK LEAD THEY D ID NOT REMOVE THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL AND RAN THROUGH IT, CAUSING A DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: REXBURG
county: MADISON
railroad: EIRR
date: 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW PULLING NORTH OUT OF TRACK 721 OVER UNKNOWN BROKEN RAIL DUE TO REPEATED SATURATED TRACK DERAILI NG 23RD CAR IN CONSIST RESULTING IN FOLLOWING THREE CARS TO DERAIL. AFTER DERAILING THE 23RD CAR, 23 RD CAR MADE CONTACT ON CUT OF CARS SECURED ON ADJACENT TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO ADDITIONAL CARS.     


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YMA51R-18 DERAILED 3 CARS ON THE MILL LEAD DUE TO BROKEN SIDE FRAME ON THE MP641310.  TRACK IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY ALTON & SOUTHERN RAILWAY.  ALS ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES ARE $8,048.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN #4145 STRUCK THE BUMPER BLOCK IN PRINCETON AND SHOVED IT APPROX. 10 FT AND DERAILED THE B END TRUCK OF #1317. DCS RULES IN EFFECT.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y39412 RC FOREMAN FAILED TO PROTECT HIS HEAD END AND HIT THE SIDE OF Y39212 ON THE EAST TAIL TRACK.       


nearest_city: WESTLAKE
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAKE CHARLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING TRACK 13 WHEN THEY DERAILED ALL 4 AXLES OF ENGINE KCS 4399, DUE TO DERAIL, ENGINEE R COMPLAINED OF TIGHTNESS IN HIS NECK AND BACK AND IS NOT REQUESTING MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THIS TIME.      


nearest_city: KIT CARSON
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: LIMON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 ON 2/21/2012 THE CEYIM9-20 WAS HEADING EASTBOUND AT MP 493.6 WHEN THEY EXPERIE NCED UNUSUAL FLOW AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE CREW FOUND THAT THE RE AR 6 CARS AND THE DPU HAD DERAILED.  THE REAR ENGINE THE UP6523 WAS DERAILED AND UPRIGHT.  THE CTRN6 02561 AND 603100 WERE DERAILED AND TURNED ON THEIR SIDES.  THE CTRN601355, CTRN600011 AND UP48482 WE RE DERAILED AND STILL STANDING.   


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
U24124 WAS PULLING TRAIN INTO LOOP 1 WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AFTER 70 CARS HAD BEEN PULLED IN TO LOOP 1.  FOUR CARS DERAILED AS A RESULT OF WORN SWITCH POINT.  TASD IS REPORTING ONLY TRACK DAMAG E FOR THIS DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: DAVID CITY
county: BUTLER
railroad: NCRC
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: BELLWOOD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
NEBRASKA CENTRAL WAS ENTERING ONTO BELLWOOD SUB AT DAVID CITY WHEN THE CONDUCTOR SAW SPARKS AS THE 5 TH CAR FROM HEAD GOING BY THE FROG.  CONDUCTOR TOLD ENGINEER TO STOP, AND THE TRAIN STOPPED WITHIN 3 CAR LENGTHS FROM THE SPOT OF SPARKS NOTICED.  THE CAR HAD DERAILED THE FRONT TRUCK BUT WHEN IT GOT TO THE FROG, IT RERAILED ITSELF ALL EXCEPT ONE WHEEL.  THAT WHEEL HIT THE FRONT EDGE OF THE GUARD RA IL AND WHEN IT GOT TO THE SWITCH, IT PUSHED THE CONNECTING BAR UP AGAINST THE TIE.  IT APPEARED THAT THE CAR HAD COME OFF ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE CURVE ABOUT A RAIL LENGTH BEFORE CEMENT TIES.  IT A PPEARED THAT THE CAR HAD RODE UP AND OVER THE RAIL TO THE HIGH SIDE OF THE CURVE.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAR HAD A RIGID TRUCK WHICH RODE UP AND OVER DUE TO TIGHT RAIL CURVE.


nearest_city: WAUKEGAN
county: LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: KENOSHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CWKWK-09 DERAILED COAX 6533 AND THE COAX 6465 AT THE MIDWEST GENERATION COAL FACILITY WHILE MAKING A COUPLING WITH A CUT OF CARS.  THE DERAILMENT WAS NOT ON APER PROPERTY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR RELEASES.  MIDWEST GENERATION MAINTAINS TRACK     


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE IN AUTOMATIC HUMP MODE, TWO LOADED TANK CARS SHOWN AS EMPTIES ON WORK ORDER RAN THROUGH W11 TR ACK INTO THE SIDE OF A CAR IN THE FOUL OF W11 TRACK      


nearest_city: RED BANK
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
BENT APEX FRAME REPORTED ON PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4629 ON TRAIN #3218 DUE TO A POSSIBLE CATENARY DEFECT NEAR NJCL MP 15.9.      


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: YORK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H-KCKPAS9-19, WHILE STOPPED FOR SEVERE WEATHER WARNING, WAS STRUCK BY TORNADO AND 14 CARS WERE DERAI LED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PEMBROKE
county: ROBESON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
P08924 COLLIDED WITH AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE AT MP A 238.2 ON THE SOUTH END SUBDIVISION. THIS WAS LOCATE D AT THE NC-72 CROSSING IN PEMBROKE, NC. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT M ARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS). AMTRAK DAMAGES ARE $23,854 AT THIS TIME.     


nearest_city: GRAND RIVERS
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: PAL
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS HEADING INTO GRT2 FROM THE SOUTH END OF  GRAND RIVERS TO PLACE A COAL TRAIN TO GRT1.  CREW STATED THE TRAIN STARTED PULLING HARD, SO THEY WENT TO BACK TO INSPECT AND FOUND THE TRAIN HAD DERAI LED 6 CARS.  THE CARS DERAILED DUE TO THIN FLANGE ON THE BNBX 121031 BEND L2 WHEEL.  ALSO, WHERE THE DERAILMENT STARTED THERE WAS 58 3/8 GAGE ON THE TRACK.  NO INJURIES AND NO HAZMAT.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Dec
narrative:
YAS313 WAS SHOVING TRACK 002 TO THE HUMP WHEN A SECTION OF RAIL APPROX. 3 FEET LONG BROKE AND CAME O UT, LEAVING A LARGE GAP.  TWO AUTORACKS DERAILED AND DAMAGED 5 CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK 003.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: IC
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, R95871-19 WAS SHOVING CARS ON THE STATE DOCKS INTERCHANGE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. A CARMAN NOTIFIED THE CREW THAT THEY WERE ON THE GROUND. FIVE CARS HAD DERAILED: GATX 20 4260, UTLX 668065, LW 150127, YKR 20196 AND AOK 112115. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CARS DERAILED A CCOUNT WIDE GAUGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EXPOSURES. CAR AOK 112115 WAS SCRAPPED.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MFWEG-05 WAS PROVIDED FLAGGING INSTRUCTIONS AT TOWER 112 FROM THE #2 MAIN TO THE #1 MAIN, WEST BOUND .  THE CREW TOOK THE FLAGGING INSTRUCTIONS AND RAN THRU THE AUSTIN SUB SWITCH.  NOTHING DERAILED.  R AIL = CWR     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CC
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
K90891-14 WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY THE RTC TO PASS THE STOP INDICATION AT BRIDGEPORT AFTER STOPPING W ITH PRESCRIBED ROUTE OF CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN 2 TO MAIN 1 AND NOTHING FURTHER RELATIVE TO THE STOP INDICATION OR SPECIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTROL POINT.  AS THE MOVEMENT TRAVERSED THROUGH THE CRO SSOVER FROM MAIN #2 TO MAIN 1, THE HEAD 3 CARS ( CN 406624, UTLX 668606, CNA 409196) DERAILED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE CROSSOVER.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SWITCH WAS OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE AT THE T IME DUE TO A GAPPED SWITCH POINT AND INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED REQUIREMENT TO TAKE THE SWITC H OFF POWER AND LINE FOR THE DESIRED ROUTE.  THE RTC SWITCH FAILED TO GIVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CREW BUT RATHER GAVE THEM PERMISSION BY THE STOP INDICATION AFTER STOPPING WITH NO FURTHER RESTRICT


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
26AG227-4'00", GA06-6'00", 210G226-5'30", SWITCHING DELAY IN YARD D-5'00" TRAIN 26AG227 SHOVED NORTH OUT OF RT04 INTO THE SIDE OF YARD JOB GA06'S 2ND UNIT (NS 5148) DDERAILED CAR (NS 110615).      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
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-Jan
narrative:
THE YNP44R-29 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING THE MNPNL-29 ON THE EAST TRIM 2 LEAD TO EAST DEPARTURE 3 TRACK W HEN THEY DERAILED SEVEN CARS DUE TO A DETAIL FRACTURE BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS AIGX 400057 ROLLED OUT INTO A CUT OF CARS DUE TO SKATE FAILURE RESULTI NG IN A THREE CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
R-COL4341-09I WHILE PULLING 19 CARS FROM 533 TRACK NOTICED THAT 2 CARS ON EAST END WERE DERAILED.  T HE 533/532 TRACK SWITCH WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEND RODS AND GAPPED POINTS FROM HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY RU N THROUGH.     


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
A SIDE FRAME BROKE ON A GONDOLA, ALLOWING THE SIDE FRAME TO DRAG ON THE GROUND.  WHEN THE CAR STARTE D THROUGH THE CROSSOVER, THE WHEELS CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR RESULTING IN 3 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: COWARD
county: FLORENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AMTRAK P09708 COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE, FATALLY INJURING VEHICLE OCCUPANT. AMTRAK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $15,000.00.      


nearest_city: MCALLEN
county: HIDALGO
railroad: RVSC
date: 2010-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
GOING NORTH ON EDINBURG LINE WITH 54 LOADS FOR AZTECA 15 TO 20 CARS AFTER GOING OVER TRENTON CROSSIN G WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND CAME TO A STOP. CONDUCTOR CHECKED TRAIN OUT AND FOUNF OUT THEY HAD DERAILED 6 CARS AT 2 ND STREET CROSSING. UP 88321, UP 88899, UP 75358, CHTT 721137, CHTT 721182, AND UP 89118
PRIMARY CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS A BROKEN RAIL AND SATURATED GROUND WAS THE CONTRIBUTI NG CAUSE. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS STILL PENDING.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
MRVNP-30 CUT TRAIN AT MP291 TO REMOVE MID-DPU.  HOSTLERS REMOVED DPU AND SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR REV ERSE MOVE TO REAR OF TRAIN WHEN A UPFE CARMAN WELDER LINED THE EAST RECEIVING 5 DERAIL INTO THE DERA ILING POSITION.  THE TRAIN SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 21 CARS DERAILING THE 14TH CAR THAT THEN RERAILED IT SELF AT THE FROG ON THE 6-8 LEAD.  NO DAMAGE TO CAR, JUST TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: LEWISBURG
county: MARSHALL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN Q50206 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AND HAD AN EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK A ND FOUND THE 58TH CAR WITH ONE SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED AND THE DRAWBAR MISSING OUT OF THE 56TH CAR.      


nearest_city: DAVIS
county: YOLO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 534 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 8311 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/179 IN THE REAR STRUCK A N UNOCCUPIED WHEELCHAIR CAUSING DAMAGE TO ALL CARS IN THE TRAIN CONSIST.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE I S $13,278.00.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
GA47 PULLING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTRAINED TRACK WITH 6 UNTIS, 17 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 3973 TONS, D ERAILED 6TH LOCOMOTIVE, UP 7355 AND 1ST HC, DTTX 76276.      


nearest_city: SHELDON
county: O BRIEN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
MVPNP-27, TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND, WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TOWARD THE REAR OF TRAI N AND FOUND 19 CARS DERAILED.  RAIL SOUTH OF THE ELEVATOR NEAR THE FROG WAS SHATTERED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  LAB REPORT SHOWS THAT DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY WELD.     


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MITDM-12 PULLING EASTWARD INTO TRACK 4 WITH 80 CARS.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND 3 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE YNP41R-04 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS HUMPED THREE CARS AS SINGLES TO EAST BOWL 108.  THE LAST CAR HUMPED THE FMLX052219 WAS FOUL OF THE 1 / 8 GROUP SWITCH.  THE NEXT CAR HUMPED THE FMLX51442 TO EAS T BOWL 103 CORNERED THE FMLX052219 THAT WAS LEFT FOUL.  NO DERAILMENT, CAR DAMAGE ONLY.  DETERMINED INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY HIGH WINDS THAT BLEW THE FMLX052219 CAR BACK.    


nearest_city: BRYCELAND
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LASR 111 WAS RETURNING SOUTH WHEN ENGINEER FELT A TUG ON THE TRAIN AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  C ONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE REAR 3 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
EMPLOYEES NOTICED THE UP7679 ROLLING ON ITS OWN TOWARDS HOUSE 3 AND DERAILING.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS L EFT UNATTENDED AND SECURED WITH A HANDBRAKE.  INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE HANDBRAKE, WHILE APPLIED, WA S NOT TIGHTENED TO STANDARD.  THE AIR BLED OUT AS THE UNIT SAT AND THE MINIMAL HANDBRAKE WAS NOT SUF FICIENT TO PREVENT MOVEMENT.  THE NO 1 AXLE DERAILED JUST AS IT WENT OVER THE DERAIL DEVICE AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  MOVING CREW'S SHIFT HAD ENDED AND HAD ALREADY LEFT THE PROPERTY WHEN THE INCID ENT OCCURRED.  


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO LINED SWITCH PRIOR TO MAKING SHOVE MOVE TO SETOUT 2 BAD ORDER CARS. SHOVE IMPACTED YA RD ENGINE WORKING ON ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CNASO9-29 HAD A BROKEN WHEEL ON RAILCAR CAEG 99176 CAUSING 22 RAILCARS TO DERAIL AT MP 286 ON THE BO ONE SUBDIVISION.  NO OUTSIDE PROPERTY DAMAGES OR INJURIES OCCURRED.      


nearest_city: BRASHEAR
county: HOPKINS
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GREENVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO STOP, THE COLLISION RESULTED IN THE FATALITY OF THE DRIVER.       


nearest_city: ROYAL PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: AUBURNDALE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN P09206 COLLIDED WITH A OCCUPIED VEHICLE AT CORBETT ROAD CROSSING. AMTRAK ESTIMATED DAMA GE IS $20,000.00.      


nearest_city: MULBERRY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
O80831 WAS ENTERING THE SIDING WHEN THIER TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AS REQUIRED AND FOUND THE TRAIN TO BE SEPERATED AND CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HELENA
county: LEWIS AND CLARK
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: THIRD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MLAUMIS1 01 CLIMBING CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH HELPER SET ON THE POINT CONTROLLING TRAIN, DERAILED 5 C ARS IN CURVE.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
AMTRAK P09129 STRUCK A VEHICLE, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WEDGED UNDER THE ENGINE. AMTRAK DAMAGE IS $13,537.00.      


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL3022-05 WORKING EAST END OF YARD AND RCO Y-DIL3042-05 WORKING WEST END. Y-DIL302 PULLED 501 TRK EAST TO CLEAR WEST END BUT FAILED TO SET SUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES. TRACK ROLLED AND COLLIDED WITH Y-DIL3042, DERAILING ONE CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MTL RELEASED.     


nearest_city: KENMARE
county: WARD
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 298-08 WAS PROCEEDING EASTWARD THROUGH KENMARE WHEN THE TRAIN LOST ITS AIR. UPON INSPECTION CO NDUCTOR FOUND THEY HAD DERAILED THE REAR 15 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN - A NUMBER OF WHICH TIPPED ON THIER SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. CARS INCLUDE 8 EMPTY LAST CONTAINED OIL OR GAS AND 7 LOADS OF MOLTEN SULPHUR. R EPORTS INDICATE NONE LEAKING. EVENT RECORDER INDICATES SPEED AT DERAILMENT WAS 42.6 MPH - TRACK CLAS S 3, WELDED RAIL.   


nearest_city: WEST SACRAMENTO
county: YOLO
railroad: SERA
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: WEST SACRAMENTO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN HAD ENTERED YARD AT NIGHT AND APPROACHED LEADING POINT UNLOCKED LOW PROFILE ERGONOMIC SWITCH THAT HAD POINTS FLOATING AS A RESULT OF PRESSURE ON FOOT PEDAL BY UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS. ENTERI NG TRAIN CAUSED POINTS TO SPLIT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE AND ONE CAR.
BOX 18: LOCOMOTI VE BLACK BOX RECORDED SPEED OF 12 MPH.    


nearest_city: RAYLAND
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
372-11 CREW WA SHOVING CARS INTO WARRENTON RIVER TERMINAL AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE SHOVING THE C ARS INTO THE WRONG TRACK. AS THE CREW PULLED THE CARS OUT OF THE TRACK THE ENGINEER STARTED TO THROT TLE UP AND IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE MOVING LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE MOVEME NT AND HAD THE CONDUCTOR INSPECT THE TRAIN. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED # 45 THROUGH 51 (CEFX 67319, FEPX 61085, FEPX 60695, FEPX 60945, FEPX 61273, FEPX 60541, AND CEFX 67564) .  


nearest_city: MAGNOLIA
county: WILCOX
railroad: AGR
date: 2013-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CREW SHOVED AN EMPTY TANK CAR INTO TRACK 5 THEN PROCEEDED TO DEPART IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF #5 TRACK S WITCH AND FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CAR.  CAR ROLLED OUT OF #5 TRACK STRUCK INBOUND TRAIN.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 2610 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2015 DUE TO CHAIN BREAKING CAUSING PANTOGRAPH TO INVE RT.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y-SPO2112-26 DERAILED 3 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO INADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS WHEN KICKING CARS .  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PERRY
county: TAYLOR
railroad: GFRR
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: FOLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GF88 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE FOLEY SUB WHEN AT MP 77 THE TRAIN WENT INTO UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. UPO N INVESTAGATION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED, UPRIGHT WITH EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE. LONG MARKS WERE FOUND PRIOR TO POD APPROX. 11.5 FEET ON TOP OF THE RAIL AND THEN THE CARS TRAVELED AN ADDITION AL 345 FEET WHILE DERAILED. DOWNLOAD WAS REVIEWED WITH NO TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS. TRACK GEO REPOR T WAS TAKEN WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. AFTER RULING ALL FACTORS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT LOAD ED PROPERLY AT CUSTOMER FACILITY.  


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TL24 PULLING 37 CARS, 20 LOADS, 17 EMPTIES, 3152 TONS IN 4 THROTTLE 450 AMPS AT 5 MPH WITH A REDUCTI ON OF 6 POUNDS OF AIR ON THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE ON THE FAIRGROUNDS LEAD AT MP 272.8W THEY EXPERIENCED A N UNDESIRED UPON INSPECTION THE 34TH AND 35TH HEAD CARS WERE FOUND TO HAVE ALL WHEELS ON BOTH CARS D ERAILED.    


nearest_city: CHEROKEE
county: COLBERT
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
NS TRAIN STRUCK VEHICLE STOPPED ON A HWY-GRADE CROSSING VEHICLE UNOCCUPIED AT TIME OF IMPACT.       


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: PERRY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YDM10R-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 46 CARS FROM TRACK 14 AND HEADING EASTWARD DOWN THE EAST LEA D TO DOUBLE OVER INTO TRACK 1.  DURING THIS MOVE, THE FOREMAN WAS ON THE HEAD END AND THE SWITCHMAN WAS ON THE REAR OF THE CUT.  AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 CAR LENGTHS AT A SPEED OF 10 MPH, THE FOREMAN SAID THAT HE FELT THE ENGINE COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.  AT THIS POINT, THE FOREMAN STATED THAT HE LOOKED AT HIS RCL BOX AND THE BOX WAS STILL IN 10 MPH AND THE ENGINE WAS REVING.  HE PUT THE BOX INTO THE STOP POSITION AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO MOVE AGAIN BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.  HE THEN PUT THE BO X BACK INTO THE STOP POSITION AND LOOKED BACK, FINDING THE HEAD 5 CARS DERAILED. 


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CREW SHOVING 31 CARS (EMPTIES AND LOADS) SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION OF OLD YARD ON CHOCTAW LEAD WHEN CAR S DERAILED AT SWITCH. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT LARGE AMOUNTS OF COAL WAS STUCK TO THE INSIDE OF COAL CAR AND HAD NOT BEEN FULLY EMPTIED WHEN DUMPED, WHICH RESULTED IN EMPTY CARS BEING UNBALANCED RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: ELMIRA
county: CHEMUNG
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
22KH719-3'3"/ 206H719-3'3"/ M2TH710-3'00" H88HB19 PULLING EAST WITH 3 UNITS (NS 2725, UP 5106, UP 48 84), 3 LOADS ASCENDING GRADE DUE TO IMBALANCED LOAD OF SAND.      


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 98 WITH ENGINE 921 AND 10 CARS DERAILED UNIT 921 DUE TO A FAILED RAIL LUBRICATOR ALONG WITH NE WLY INSTALLED RAIL.      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE PULLING TO SPOT TRAIN TO UNLOAD, THE 96TH THRU 100TH CARS (5 CARS) DERAILED AT 4101 TRACK SWIT CH. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT 4101 TRACK SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN LOCKED IN PLACE BY CREW AFTER USE.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE MCBDM-07 HAD PULLED EAST OUT OF 358 WITH APPROXIMATELY 40 CARS.  THEY STOPPED, LINED FOR 357 AND SHOVED BACK INTO 357.  CREW STOPPED 2 CARS SHORT OF THE JOINT IN 357.  CONDUCTOR GOT OFF AND FINISH ED THE SHOVE TO THE JOINT.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN GOT IN THE VAN AND HEADED TO THE MARY SWITCH, AND GAV E THE ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS TO START TO MOVE EAST.  THE ENGINEER MOVED EAST APPROXIMATELY 8 CARS BEF ORE HE WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION, BOTH TRUCKS ON THE ITTX912880 AND THE EAST TRUCK OF TH E HS31052 WERE DERAILED IN 357 TRACK.  


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: RICHMOND TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
L41510 WAS DEPARTING ACCA YARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT TO INTO EMERGENCY. AFTER A WALKING INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE CONDUCTOR OBSERVED THE 30TH CAR PTLX 15899 SEPARATED FROM THE TRUCK AND DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE/BROKEN CENTER SILL.     


nearest_city: PENSACOLA
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y30128 FOREMAN WALKED DOWN THE LEAD FROM TRACK 003 TO LINE UP HIS MOVE TO TRACK 009. HE DID NOT SEE THAT 3DR SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST HIS MOVE AND SHOVED THRU THE 3DR SWITCH INTO TRACK 009. HE THEN MA DE A REVERSE MOVE OVER THE SWITCH DERAILING 3 CARS.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE YCHPR 24 WAS GOING OVER THE 212 AND 213 SWITCH IN YARD 9 AND DERAILED THE HEAD ENGINE UP 5300. THE SWITCH THAT THE UP 5300 HAD TO GO OVER WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY SPIKED BY MOW.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y19019 PLACED PTTX 142074 (LOADED WITH 60 INCH PIPE) IN TRACK S05 DUE TO BEING BAD ORDERED AS A RESU LT OF A SHIFTED LOAD. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF NINE FLAT CARS LOADED WITH 60 INCH PIPE ON A CUT OF 49 C ARS ON TRACK S04. Y19019 PULLED THE CUT OF CARS SOUTH OUT OF TRACK S04. 29 CARS SAFELY MOVED PAST PT TX 142074. A PIPE ON THE FIRST LOADED FLAT (PTTX 136509) IN THE CUT OF 49 HIT THE REAR PIPE OF TTPX 142074 AND SHOVED IT DOWN TRACK S-05. PTTX 142074 STRUCK THE SIDE OF NOKL 570130 AT THE S04 SWITCH D ERAILING BOTH PTTX 142074 AND NOKL 570130. NOKL 570130 WAS COUPLED SOUTH TO PTTX 136509.  


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
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-Oct
narrative:
Y-HAS3611-25, WHILE BUILDING TRAIN, KICKED LOADED COILER STEEL CARS INTO TRACK. IMPACT WITH PREVIOUS LY PLACED CARS DERAILED TWO CARS. SPEED WAS WITHIN NORMAL PARAMETERS BUT EXTREME WEIGHT OF COILED ST EEL CARS CAUSED DERAILMENT. NO HFI RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNED UNTIL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ARE COMPLETE D.    


nearest_city: GUILDERLAND
county: ALBANY
railroad: SNY
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE WAS SHOVING 3 CARS OVER FACING POINT SWITCH. SECOND CAR PICKED POINT THAT WAS GAPPED AND FILLED WITH SNOW AND ICE. 2 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2012-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ASHDOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
EASTBOUND FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELLING AT 8 MPH AT MP 686.5 WHEN ENGINEER FELT TRAIN BEING PULLED DOW N AND STOPPED MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR THEN WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT CARS 1 THROUGH 7 FROM HE AD END OF TRAIN HAD DERAILED. DAYLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TAILING 2 LOCOMOTIVES HAD DERAIL ED THEN RE-RAILED.    


nearest_city: OMAR
county: LOGAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
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-Nov
narrative:
H81723 DEPARTING STIRRAT MINE DERAILED 11 CARS AT MP CME 8.8 ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL-BOLT HOLE CRACK OR BREAK.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LOADED COVERED HOPPER WITH CONTAMINATED WHEELS WAS AN OVERSPEED OUT OF MASTER RETARDER.  GROUP RETAR DER FAILED TO SUFFICIENTLY SLOW AND HOPPER IMPACTED LOADED TANK CAR IN TRACK 60, DRIVING SAME INTO T HE NEXT CAR IN TRACK, AN EMPTY TANK CAR.     


nearest_city: MANDAN
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DICKINSON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
C-CDMSPC0-03 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION FOUND BROKEN DRAWBAR ON COLX 4378 THAT RESULTED IN TRA IN SEPARATION. REAR PORTION OF TRAIN IMPACTED HEAD PORTION WHILE STOPPING RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: LITITZ
county: LANCASTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
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:
NS TRAIN H23 TRAVELING WEST FROM 2 TRACK TO THE LITITZ SECONDARY AT LITITZ INTERLOCKING WHEN THE NOR TH RAIL BROKE CAUSING CARS C/52339, C/13518 AND C/310232 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ALTURAS
county: MODOC
railroad: LRY
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LAKEVIEW MAIN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LAST TWO CARS IN SOME FASHION SPREAD RAILS, FINAL CAR DUG IN DEEP, DESTROYED TRACK AND ROLLED INTO I TS SIDE.  NOT KNOWN IF CAR AHEAD (REAR TRUCK ONLY DERAILED) CAUSED DERAIL OR WAS DRAGGED INTO IT.  G EOMETRY/TRANSITION INTO SOFT ZONE CAUSED.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS KICKING CAR ACFX 68019 FROM THE NORTH END OF NEEDMORE YARD INTO CLEAR TRACK N04 WHICH R OLLED SOUTH FOWLING SOUTH END. EMPLOYEE THEN KICKED 10 CARS INTO N06 WHICH HAD 14 CARS ON SOUTH END. THE RESULT WAS CARS IN NO6 ROLLED SOUTH STRIKING THE CAR THAT FOULED N04 WHICH RESULTED IN DERAILME NT OF ACFX 68019.    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING 17 LOADED SLAB CARS NORTH ON 700 TRACK INTO 703S, THE 8TH CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE DERA ILED ON THE CURVE INSIDE THE TRUCK BRIDGE TUNNEL.  ONE TRUCK WALKED OFF THE RAIL AT THE JOINT BAR OF THE OUTSIDE CURVE AND RODE ALONG THE RAIL 100 YDS.  IT HIT THE 700/701 SWITCH FROG AND DERAILED 3 M ORE CARS.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
HOSTLER & PILOT WERE TAKING POWER OVER THE POWER LEAD OVERPASS TO THE FORWARDING TRACKS WHEN THEY DE RAILED THE UP6397 DUE TO A GAPPED SWITCH THAT WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  THE SWITCH HAD BEEN PRE VIOUSLY RUN THRU AND NOT REPORTED.  RESPONSIBLE CREW COULD NOT BE FOUND.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: KENTON LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE YPD63-19 WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN INTO ALBINA HEADING WESTBOUND.  THEY PULLED THROUGH ZONE 3 AND SAW THAT THEY WERE LINED FOR THEIR INTENDED ROUTE INTO TRACK 17.  AS THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ENTERED TRA CK 17, IT WENT ONTO THE GROUND.  THE CREW PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY, CAME TO A STOP AND FOUND THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP4493 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: SCOTLANDVILLE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: IC
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L56271-04 HAD SET OUT CARS AT MARYLAND SIDING AND COUPLED BACK UP TO 31 CARS JUST SOUTH OF THE BLOUN T ROAD CROSSING.  THE CONDUCTOR DROPPED OFF TO LINE THE SWITCH WHILE THE BRAKEMAN MADE THE COUPLING. THEY THEN BEGAN PILLING INTO BRPO INDUSTRY WHEN XMOX 710352 DERAILED BEFORE THE SWITCH.  THIS CAUS ED THE CARS FOLLOWING: MBLX 53418, MBKX 170200 AND ECUX 887229 DERAIL ALSO.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS FOUND TO BE INSUFFICIENT SIDE BEARING ON XOMX 710352.   


nearest_city: WEST MILTON
county: UNION
railroad: UCIR
date: 2010-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR TRAINEE WAS POSITIONED AT SWITCH IN VIEW OF THE CONDUCTOR. THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE TR AINEE TO LINE THE SWITCH IN THE REVERSE POSITION, NOT REALIZING THAT THE LAST AXLE OF A STANDING LOA DED LUMBER CAR WAS NOT YET CLEAR OF THE SWITCH POINTS. WHEN THE TRAIN BEGAN TO MOVE THE REAR OF THE CAR STARTED DOWN THE ADJACENT TRACK, WHICH SKEWED THE CAR UNTIL IT DERAILED, STRIKING OTHER STANDING EQUIPMENT AND DAMAGING BOTH CARS INVOLVED.   


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
QNANPP-17 CREW WAS PULLING A STRING OF LOADED CARS FROM THE TIE PLANT TRACK 256, AS THEY CONTINUED T O PULL THEIR TRAIN THE RAIL SPREAD, DERAILING CARS 10 THRU 13 IN THE CUT.      


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW ON THE MROHK-18 CHANGED OUT WITH INBOUND CREW.  OUTBOUND CREW PULLED TRAIN OUT OF IH6 TO DOUBLE TO IH5 AND THE ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP FOR SWITCH ON LEAD, RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH AND BACKED UP DER AILING 5 CARS.     


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q10319 DERAILED TWO CARS WHILE PULLING INTO SAVANNAH YARD. GOLDEN ISLES RR REPORTED $2000. TRACK DAM AGES.      


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
X-ENIMCS1-21 BUILT TRN ON MAIN TRK, THEN TOOK PWR OFF RAIN TO RELAY.  DURING TIME CREW WAS AWAY FROM TRAIN, UNKNOWN PARTY LINED SWITCH TO 4003 TRK UNDER THE TRAIN.  WHEN TRN SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED, DERAI LED TWO CARS.  BNSF SPL AGENTS INVESTIGATED, NO SUBJECT APPREHENDED.     


nearest_city: NORTH CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: CHARLESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Y39016 FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVING MOVEMENT IN TRACK S10 RESULTING IN 4 DERAILED CARS AND 2 CARS WERE DAMAGED ON ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
2 CARS (SHPX205243 AND UTLX200843) WERE HUMPED INTO GROUP ONE DESTINED FOR BOWL TRACK 8.  THESE 2 CA RS TRAVERSED THE 1/16 SWITCH WITHOUT ISSUE BUT BETWEEN THE SWITCH AND THE FROG DERAILED THE TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS ON THE 2ND CAR (UTLX200843).  THESE CARS CONTINUED INTO THE GROUP 1 RETARDER UNTIL TH E TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS WHILE DERAILED BROUGHT THE 2 CARS TO A STOP IN THE GROUP 1 RETARDER.  THEY LATER COLLIDED INTO UTLX203565.  A THIRD SINGLE CAR (UTLX203565)HAD ALREADY BEEN HUMPED WHILE THE FI RST CAR WAS DERAILING IN GROUP ONE.  THIS SINGLE CAR THEN STRUCK THE DERAILED CUT OF TWO CARS IN THE GROUP 1 RETARDER CAUSING TWO CARS THAT WERE COUPLED TOGETHER TO ROLL TOWARD THE SOUTH AND ONTO THEI R SIDES BETWEEN THE GROUP 1 AND GROUP 2 RETARDER.


nearest_city: ELWOOD
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
V-BLUEMP3-20 DERAILED 2 CARS AT BROKEN SWITCH POINT WHILE PULLING INTO 4200 NORTH LEAD TRACK. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SETTEGAST IND LD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CAR DAMAGE FOUND IN YARD.  NOT KNOWN IF DAMAGE OCCURRED ON INBOUND TRAIN OR DURING YARD SWITCHING. VEHICLES OVER CHOCKS AND DAMAGED AUTO RACK DOORS.  NO DERAILMENT, CAR DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER WAS INATTENTIVE, FAILED TO STOP AT SIGNALED CROSSING, AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN #1722 AT RIVERBEND DRIVE SOUTH PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MEADOW CREEK
county: SUMMERS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
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-Jul
narrative:
H80110 MOVING EAST ON MAIN TRACK IN YARD LIMITS DERAILED THE 7 REAR CARS ACCOUNT OF WORN RAIL.       


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, GALNCN1-04, WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN JOLIET YARD. THE CREW HAD SHOVED THE FIRST CUT IN TO TRACK JM-08. THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO SET OUT THE BALANCE OF THEIR TRAIN INTO TRACK JM-07, THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE CUT INTO TRACK JM-09 AND THERE WAS A STANDING CUT OF 39 CARS TIED DOWN IN TRACK JM-09. WHEN THE BNSF TRAIN HIT UTCX 49800 IN THE STANDING CUT OF CARS SIX CARS ON THE BNSF TRAIN DER AILED. ALAB 9209, NOKL 827272, UTLX 64952, ECLX 16288, PROX 30212 AND UTLX 955435. THE BNSF CREW WAS NOT PROTECTING THE POINT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO UTCX 49800.  BNSF ADVISED $85,600 IN DAMAGE TO THE IR EQUIPMENT. 


nearest_city: SPRING VALLEY
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LA SALLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
JOB 104 LEFT LA SALLE HEADING FOR PERU WITH 21 CARS IN TRAIN.  AT M.P. 32.8 THE ENGINEER FELT RESIST ANCE AND SHORT THEREAFTER, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CREW WALKED BACK TO INVESTIGATE AND F OUND 3 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
NL 18 REMOTE CONTROL ASSIGNMENT SHOVING EMPTIES IN MAKE-UP #2 TRACK WHEN BRAKEMAN FAILED TO CONTROL SHOVE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN CARS BEING SHOVED OFF END OF TRACK. NS 23123 (ALL WHEELS). NS 42541 (ALL WHEELS), NS WHEELS, NS 42683 (ALL WHEELS), NS 26859 (ALL WHEELS), NS 34312 (ALL WHEELS) AND NS 3942 0 (WHEELS R1 AND L2).  PER RAILROAD, THIS WAS A REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION WHERE THE CONDUCTOR WAS ACT ING AS THE ENGINEER AND THE BRAKEMAN WAS ACTING AS THE CONDUCTOR.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YNP25R-10 COUPLED EAST BOWL TRACK 154 AND WHEN PULLING 15 CARS EASTWARD THE COC SPACE BLOCK CAME OUT OF THE UP453979 AND IT RAN OVER IT DERAILING ITSELF.      


nearest_city: SHIELDS
county: SAGINAW
railroad: MMRR
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN PULLING 68 LOADED GRAIN CARS TO INTERCHANGER.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LAST 7 CASRS OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED DUE TO TRACK BUCKLE UNDER TRAIN.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
AASAM-28 WITH LIGHT POWER, DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE WHEN THE CREW FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF A DERAIL.       


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YNP04R-04 CREW WAS TRIMMING IN EAST BOWL.  THEY HAD DOUBLED TRACKS 56 & 55 TOGETHER AND SHOVED INTO TRACK 62 AND MADE A JOINT AND PULLED EAST OUT TO THE 61-62 LEAD.  AT THE TIME THEY WERE UNAWARE THEY HAD 2 CARS THE TIIL250800 AND WCRC7354 THAT WERE DERAILED.  THE CARS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH T HE SWITCH WITHOUT DAMAGING IT.  THE NEXT MOVE WAS TO SHOVE BACK INTO TRACK 61 DURING THE MOVEMENT IS WHEN THE DERAILED CARS DAMAGED THE SWITCHES, THEY SHOVED BACK INTO 61 AND MADE A JOINT WITH THE CAR S IN THE TRACK AND STARTED TO PULL OUT OF 61 DERAILING AN ADDITIONAL 7 CARS AND CAUSING MORE DAMAGE. 5 SWITCHES IN ALL WERE DAMAGED.  4 NEEDED REPLACING. 


nearest_city: LE GRAND
county: MARSHALL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
QNPPR-25, WITH LEAD UNIT UP3971, STRUCK THE REAR OF A MAINTENANCE OF WAY VEHICLE, THAT WAS STUCK ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ROAD, FOULING THE MAINLINE ONE APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET WEST OF THE CROSSING.  THE DRI VER OF THE VEHICLE DEPARTED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO DERAILMENTS OR INJURIES OCCURRED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YARDMASTER CONTROLLED TERRITORY. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO FOLLOWING RAILCARS: LW 62178 ($6,972) AND DOWX 82064 ($569) FOR TOTAL OF $7,541 PLUS $5000 TRACK DAMAGE EQUALS $12,541.      


nearest_city: DURKEE
county: BAKER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE ATS9011J STOPPED AT MP479.50 FACING WEST.  THE BR9617 FACING EAST WAS WORKING TOWARD THE ATS9011 J AND FAILED TO STOP.  THE PLOW ON THE BR9617 IMPACTED THE LIGHT BUGGY ON ATS9011J CAUSING MAJOR DAM AGE TO LIGHT BUGGY AND DESTROYING THE LASER BUGGY.     


nearest_city: SYLACAUGA
county: TALLADEGA
railroad: EARY
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RAILCARS STRUCK CREW HAULER AT REAR QUARTER PANEL & TAIL LIGHT.  NO INJURIES.  CARS ROCKED & DERAILE D BEFORE STOPPING.      


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 21 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES 193 - 142 AND 7 CARS DERAILED 5TH AND 6TH CAR ON THE UPRR HOXIE SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y-HOU3821-16 DERAILED ONE CAR IN TRACK 912 DUE TO SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE INSUFFICIENT ON CAR.       


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YAV27-16 SHOVING TWO ENGINES EASTBOUND IN TRACK #95 DERAILED BOTH LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO WIDE GAGE/POOR TIE CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA WELLS
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z
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: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ZMXDT-22, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP9595, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK OWNED BY STALLION WATER LINES LEAVING ALDERM ANN RANCH ROAD TRAVELING WEST TO EAST WHO FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN PRIOR TO GOING OVER RAILROAD T RACKS.  DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 187 WITH ENGINE 939 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 939 DUE TO STEADY ROD DISEN GAGING FROM THE CATENARY SYSTEM.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TK-01 HUMPING INBOUND TRAIN 162 INTO TRACKS CT 15 AND CT 16 FORCED BOTH BEYOND THE SKATE RETARDER AC COUNT MULTIPLE EXTRA HEAVY LOADS INTO BOTH TRACKS SIMULTANEOUSLY RESULTING IN SIDEWIPE.      


nearest_city: LAKE COMO
county: PUTNAM
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 98 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/4-E/73 AND 10 CARS STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP713.70, A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: BURLEIGH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CUSTOMER LOADING CARS LET 10 LOADS ROLL APPROXIMATELY 40 CARLENGTHS IMPACTING STANDING CARS. COUPLER S BYPASSED RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Q61610 FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE HANDBRAKE ON CAR THAT WAS BEING SET OUT TO L05. CAR ROLLED OUT THE NORTH END OF L05 INTO TRACK D01.      


nearest_city: NEWBERN
county: DYER
railroad: IC
date: 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LOADED SEMI-TRUCK STALLED ON THE TRACKS AT THE PARKS STREET CROSSING. DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXITED VE HICLE BEFORE TRAIN HIT TRAILER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE TO CN 8875 WAS THE HEADLIGHT, DITC H LIGHT, SNOW PLOW AND GRAB IRONS. CROSSING GATE AND SIGNAL WAS DESTROYED.     


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A BENT PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4629 WAS DISCOVERED AND REPORTED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF TRAIN OPERATI ON.  A CATENARY DEFECT (SNAPPED INSULATOR) WAS REPORTED.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #2212 WITH DUAL MODE ENGINE #4531 DEPARTED HOBOKEN TERMINAL FROM TRACK #2 IN NON ELECTRIC TERR IROTY WHILE IN ELECTRIC MODE. DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH #4531.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING TRAIN DOWN TRACK 33 AT ITS. CREW BELIEVED TO BE SHOVING DOWN AN EMPTY TRACK. CREW M EMBER WITH RCL CONTROL SAW AN EMPTY CAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK BUT THOUGHT IT WAS ON TRACK 32. T HE 5 WELL EMPTY CAR WAS ACTUALLY ON TRACK 33 AND THE REAR CAR OF THE SHOVING TRAIN NEVER STOPPED BEF ORE HITTING THE IDLE CAR SITTING ON THE TRACK. NONE OF THE CARS ON THE TRAIN DERAILED BUT THE STANDI NG CAR DID.   


nearest_city: OAKLAND CITY
county: PIKE
railroad: ISRR
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: PETERSBURG
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-Jun
narrative:
ON JUNE 01, 2012 AT 0850 HRS ISRR FORCES RESPONDED TO AN EIGHT CAR DERAILMENT AND HAZMAT SPILL AT MP 134.6, NEAR THE TOWN OF OAKLAND CITY, INDIANA ON THE PETERSBURG SUBDIVISION. PL2-01 WAS OPERATING W ITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE, 18 LOADS, AND 1 EMPTY(1696 TONS, 1055 FEET). THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH OUT O F PETERSBURG INDIANA IN TWC, NON-SIGNALED TERRITORY AT 25 MPH, WHEN THE TRAIN HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERG ENCY. THE CONDUCTOR STARTED TO WALK THE TRAIN AND ENCOUNTERED CHEMICAL SMELLS. THE CONDUCTOR MOVED U PWIND AND INFORMED THE ENGINEER. THE ENGINEER NOTIFIED ARDC DISPATCHER AND ARDC MADE THE PROPER NOTI FICATIONS. THE  HAZMAT CARS WERE UTLX 202722(ETHLY ALCOHOL SOLUTIONS) AND NATX 310213(ETHYL ALCOHOL) , THEY SPILLED APPROX 40,000 US GALS OF MATERIAL BETWEEN TO TWO CARS. THERE WERE NO EVACUATIONS OR I


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
S-SEACHC1-12 DERAILED DP LOCOMOTIVE UNIT WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 1096.  THE CAUSE IS UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.  11/13/13: PER TR&D INVESTIGATION CAUSE UPDATED TO E69L, CONTRIBUTING CAUSE T222.      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
G-NENTAC9-07 DERAILED 2 CARS AND DP LOCOMOTIVE AT MP 125.1 DUE TO BROKEN RIM ON R2 WHEEL OF BNSF 475 496, 3RD CAR FROM EOT (INCLUDING DP LOCOMOTIVE).  CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE REMAINED UPRIGHT AND IN TRAIN AND TRAIN DID NOT STOP UNTIL SEPARATION OCCURRED PULLING INTO SIDING AT TRENTON, MP 132.5.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MSHFW-24 MOVING WEST OUT OF NO. 3 TRACK, LONGVIEW YARD, WEST END WHEN REAR 6 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN DER AILED ON WEST LEAD JUST WEST OF NO. 3 TRACK SWITCH DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: HICKSVILLE
county: NASSAU
railroad: LI
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRACK CAR TC 034 STRUCK TRACK CAR TC 828 CAUSING TC 828 TO STRIKE TC 826 IN THE REAR.  STILL AWAITIN G DAMAGE ESTIMATES.      


nearest_city: ACWORTH
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE OVER CROSSING WHEN THE TRAILER BECAME LODGED ON THE PAVEMEN T. THE CROSSING GATES ACTIVATED AND THE DRIVER DISCONNECTED FROM THE TRAILER. N38615 THEN STRUCK THE TRAILER. NO INJURIES INVOLVED. CROSSING GATE WAS DAMAGED. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARN ING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.    


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Y39115 WAS SENT TO TRIM CLASSIFICATION TRACK 053. AT THE SAME TIME Y39515 WAS ALLOWED TO ADD 12 CARS TO TRACK 051 FROM THE EAST END. TRACK 053 ROLLED OUT ONTO THE LEAD AT THE EAST END STRIKING THE Y39 515 WHO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO TRACK 051.     


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MERRIAM PARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CT47 ROLLED OUT THE WEST END OF TRACK & CAME IN CONTACT WITH TCWR TRAIN THAT WAS DEPARTING OFF CT45. CP 603909 (WEST CAR ON CT47) CAME IN CONTACT WITH 3RD ENGINE OF TCW'S CONSIST (TCWR 2300) PUNCTURIN G FUEL TANK AND RELEASING APPROXIMATELY 700 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL. THERE WERE WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH WHICH CAUSED CARSON CT47 (WHICH IS THE OUTSIDE TRACK) TO ROLL OUT THE WEST END. REPAIR COSTS FOR TCW R 2300-$16,790.52.   


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3806 WAS REPORTED DISABLED IN THE SOUTH TUBE TRACK 2 WITH NO POWER AFTER STRIKING HANGING WIRE.  PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED ON RESCUE UNIT E/934 WHICH ITSELF BECAME DISABLED AT 10TH AVENUE A T THE MOUTH OF THE TUNNEL.  SECOND RESCUE UNIT E/714 COUPLED UP TO UNIT E/934 IN THE SOUTH TUBE AND RESCUE UNITS WERE IN THE SOUTH TUBE EN-ROUTE TO DISABLE NJTR TRAIN 3806.  THE HANGING WIRE WAS CAUSE D BY WATER LEAKING FROM TUNNEL CEILING ONTO OCS HARDWARE, RESULTING IN INSULATOR FAILURE.  NJTR HAD $55,000.00 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Z CHCPTL9-25 REPORTED HITTING A SEMI-TRUCK ON MT1 AT A CROSSING.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPM ENT.  CONTAINER FSTZ 8198390, MIXED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - STCC 4931463, UN3264, RELEASED 1 LIQUID PI NT OF CORROSIVE LIQUID, STCC 4909230, UN1230, RELEASED 4 LIQUID LITERS OF METHANOL, AND STCC 4905712 , UN1037, RELEASED 42 GAS POUNDS OF ETHYLCHLORIDE.    


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
KRTHUAK1-03 RELIEF CREW WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE INSIDE HUGO YARD LIMITS WITH 23 LOADS AN D 26 EMPTIES. TRAIN RECEIVED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF TRAIN BRAKES. CONDUCTOR WALKED HI S TRAIN FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND CAR #48 FROM THE HEADEND, A LOADED HAZMAT TANK CAR HAD DERAILED THE LEADING SET OF TRUCKS. INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT THE BL 1 JOURNAL HAD BURNED OFF CAUSING THE PAIR OF WHEELS TO DERAIL AND PLACE THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.   


nearest_city: SHELBIANA
county: SHELBY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
112TA07, 22AT06,289TA07, 793TA07, 168TA08, 124TA8, 112TA08, 61TA08, 224TA8, 111TA06, 376TA08, 223TA0 6, 955TA08, 23GT08, 60ATA07, 285TA07, 167TA08, 61TA07 WITH 3 ENGINES 5 EMPTIES TRAVELING WEST DERAIL ED THE 18TH H/C. THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS DISCOVERED AT MP 316.4W WHERE THE COMPRESSED FITTED WHE EL WORKED LOOSE FROM AXLE 61ATA07 THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT THE 305W MP AFTER DAMAGED WHEEL CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RETAINING VALVE PUTTING THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY AT 2:08 AM   


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EQUIPMENT COST WENT FROM $8,147 TO $11,667 AS OF 9-4-13.  REPORTING THRESHOLD FOR 2011 WAS $9,400. TTGX 952218 WAS KICKED FOR TRACK 18.  AS CAR WENT PAST THE #14 SWITCH, HELPER RELINED THE #13 SWITCH .  HELPER SAID TTGX 952218 WAS IN THE CLEAR.  TTGX 996799 WAS KICKED FOR TRACK 13.  HELPER SAID THAT THE CAR FOR #18 WAS COMING BACK BUT THE PIN HAD ALREADY BEEN PULLED ON THE CAR KICKED FOR #13.  CDR TOLD THE ENGR TO STOP.  CAR IN TRACK 18 (TTGX 952218) ROLLED BACK TO THE LEAD AND WAS IN THE FOUL O F CAR FOR TRACK 13 (TTGX 996799).  CAR FOR 13 (TTGX 996799) CORNERED CAR IN FOUL ON THE LEAD (TTGX 9 52218, THAT ROLLED FROM TRACK 18).  TTGX 996799 CAR DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $2,593.  TTGX 952218 CAR DAM AGE  AS OF 9-4-13 SHOWS ACTUAL $9,074.  TOTAL FRA COST IS NOW $11,667.


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS 3 HUMPED-SINGLE CAR CUTS-LOADED-INTO 44ECLS RAN INTO THE SIDES OF N AHX24050 & AGPX98011 CAUSING SIDE DAMAGE TO THE CARS.      


nearest_city: WEDRON
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 108 MOVING THROUGH CROSSOVER FROM MAINLINE TO CUSTOMER TRACK EAST 2 WHEN THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE BY WEDRON SILICA EMPLOYEE MAKE A BLIND SHOVE OF 9 CARS WITH A TRACK MOBILE.      


nearest_city: BAKERSVILLE
county: MITCHELL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: BLUE RIDGE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Q69209, LOADED BOX CAR CFWR 532200 DERAILED AT MP Z 175.1 AND TRAVELED TO APPROX. Z  173.0 AND RERAI LED AT HIGHWAY CROSSING.      


nearest_city: ECHO
county: SUMMIT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AT 1440 A SINGLE LOAD OF TIES, UP925195 ROLLED FREE ON CENTER SIDING WESTBOUND AT EMORY, MP942.38 DE RAILING AT MP951.0.  EASTBOUND LUJ61-7 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP 13 CARS FROM THE CENTER SIDI NG AND SETTING OUT 1 LOAD OF TIES INTO THE SIDING WHEN THE CAR ROLLED FREE.  CREW STATES THE HANDBRA KE ON UP925195 HAD INITIALLY BEEN TIED AS PART OF THE SECUREMENT TEST ON THEIR TRAIN.  AFTER LINING THE SWITCH THEY SHOVED THE SINGLE CAR BACK INTO THE CENTER SIDING TO CLEAR.  AFTER STOPPING THE COND UCTOR TURNED THE ANGLE COCK BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THE CAR TO BE SET OUT.  HE THEN CHECKED TO ENSURE THE HANDBRAKE WAS TIGHT.  WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THE HANDBRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD THE CONDUCTOR DISMOUN TED THE CAR.


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
W11 WENT OUT THROUGH THE INERT RETARDERS IN W11 INTO THE FOUL OF W12. W12 THEN WENT OUT THROUGH THE INERT RETARDERS IN W12 AND STRUCK THE CARS FROM W11 THAT WERE IN THE FOUL.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCL YARD JOB HUMPING CARS INTO CLASS 28 HUMPED CUT OF 2 CARS WHICH STALLEDIN RETARDERS. NEXT CUT OF 3 MADE JOINT WITH LEAD TWO CARS BUT DID NOT CLEAR HUMP. NEXT CUT ALSO CONTAINED 3 CARS AND IMPACTED THE 5 ABOVE RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT SNOWPACK ON TRACK AND IN RETARDER S CAUSED INITIAL STALL ON HUMP.    


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: MORRILL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
BNSF CREW WAS OPERATING THE ENPJEBM3-99, A FORMER UPRR TRAIN CJKEB9-30, WEST OUT OF THE NORTH #1 TRA CK AT NORTHPORT, NE ONTO UPRR NO. 1 MAIN WHEN THEY MISTOOK THE SIGNAL FOR A WESTBOUND UPRR TRAIN ON ADJACENT TRACK AS THEIR SIGNAL AND RAN THRU TWO DUAL CONTROL SWITCHES DAMAGING THEM.  THEY GOT STOPP ED AT MP115 ON THE UPRR NO. 1 MAIN TRACK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT ONLY SWITCH DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
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-May
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING OUT OF TRACK N03 AND HAD SHOVED OUT 10 CAR LENGTHS OR SO AND THE ENGINEER FELT SOME THING AND THEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  TRAINMEN WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED O N THE SOUTH END OF N03 TRACK. AFTER INVESTIGATION DERAILMENT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CAUSED WAS A  BR OKEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: MILES CITY
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FORSYTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
E-SUDSCM3-14 FAILED TO LINE SWITCH AND SHOVED THROUGH IT WHILE YARDING A PORTION OF THE TRAIN.  2 CA RS DERAILED WHEN CREW REVERSED DIRECTION AND SPLIT THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MOORE HAVEN
county: GLADES
railroad: SCXF
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
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-Mar
narrative:
ENGINE SCFE 9023 HEADED NORTH ON SIGLE MAINLINE HIT A SEMI TRUCK AND TRAILER HEADED WEST ON PRIVATE CROSSING. SEMI TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
ENGINEER WAS OPERATING LITE LOCOMOTIVE FEC 508 SOUTHBOUND THROUGH CRANE TRACK 5 IN ROUTE TO COUPLING TO A CUT OF CARS STANDING ON THE THOROUGHFARE.  AS HE APPROACHED THE CUT OF CARS, HE FAILED TO STOP AND IMPACTED THE CUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO FEC 508.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.  AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, ENGINEER WAS MOVING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 11 MPH WHICH EXCEEDS TRACK 1 CLASS CODE.    


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
A CATENARY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4605 ON TRAIN #6253 ENROUTE NE AR NEWARK BROAD STREET.      


nearest_city: ALBIA
county: MONROE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
M-DMOWQM1-28 DERAILED 22 CARS WHILE MOVING FROM DES MOINES SUB TO OTTUMWA SUB MT1. NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BRC 755 CI CREW WAS SWITCHING CARS BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT AND THE NEW DEAL ON THE NORTH CID. THE CREW PULLED 13 CARS DOWN THE STRAIGHT AND CUT OFF FIVE CARS FOR SWITCHING. HELPER C. VOTTELER WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTRAL AVE. CROSSING AND CONDUCTOR PETRUGARO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE NEW DEAL SWITCH. CAR UT LX42139 WAS MOVED TO THE NEW DEAL, THEN DOWX86080 WAS KICKED TO THE STRAIGHT. TILX262701 AND TCIX500 8 WERE KICKED TOWARDS THE NEW DEAL. AFTER THE TWO CARS WERE RELEASED THE DOWX86080 ROLLED BACK DOWN THE STRAIGHT SIDE SWIPING-RAKING COLLISION-THE TILX262701.  


nearest_city: SUNNYSIDE
county: YAKIMA
railroad: CWA
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SECOND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
GIBBON CREW WITH LOCOMOTIVE CBRW 2282 SHOVED EAST WITH 16 LOADS RUNNING THROUGH THE WYE/MAIN SWITCH AT WHITE'S COTTON TRACK WHICH WAS NOT LINED FOR MOVEMENT.  THEY THEN PULLED WEST DERAILING ALL THE W HEELS OF BNSF 431962 AND ALL THE WHEELS ON THE B END OF BN 467780. NO INJURIES.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YEW26R-05 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 063.  WHILE PULLING AND MOVING THROUGH THE PUZZLE, JOB NOT ICED ENGINES PULLING HARD STOPPED MOVEMENT.  CREW FOUND 2 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS DE VIATION FROM UNIFORM TOP OF RAIL PROFILE.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE MOVERS WERE MAKING NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WITH A CONSIST OF THREE UNITS OUT OF THE SHORT EASY TRACK AND ON TO THE LEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE SHORT EAST/LEAD SWITCH AND THEN GO SOUTH ONTO THE OL D WEST TRACK.  IN THE PROCESS OF GOING NORTH UP THE LEAD THEY WENT TOO FAR AND RAN THROUGH THE LEAD/ OIL SPUR SWITCH WITH ONE OR TWO WHEELS OF THE FRONT TRUCK ON THE NORTH UNIT.  WHEN MOVEMENT WAS REVE RSED TO THE SOUTH, THE WHEELS THAT HAD RUN THROUGH SWITCH STARTED TRACKING DOWN OIL SPUR INSTEAD OF LEAD, CAUSING THE NUMBER ONE TRUCK TO GO ON THE GROUND.  


nearest_city: HAVANA
county: MASON
railroad: IMRR
date: 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SPRINGFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE PULLING EMPTY TRAIN OUT OF DYNEGY POWER PLANT (INDUSTRY TRACK), CREW HAD 2 CARS DERAIL SIX CAR LENGTHS NORTH OF DYNEGY DUMPER.  NO TRACK DEFECTS, NO CAR DEFECTS THAT CAN BE DETERMINED AFTER DERA ILMENT.  EVENT RECORDER DOWNLOAD WAS INCONCLUSIVE.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
C-ETMMHK018A WAS DEPARTING TRACK 111 TO THE WORK LEAD TO USTICK 1 WHEN THE TILX421246 DERAILED AROUN D THE SWITCH CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: JOHNSTOWN
county: WELD
railroad: GWR
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: LONGMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
GWR 101 WAS PULLING 71 CARS WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND STOPPED TO CUT OFF LOCOMOTIVE AND SET IT TO THE N ORTH PASS TRACK. WHEN THE CREW PULLED TRAIN AHEAD WITH SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE, AFTER MOVING 10 CARS TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGANCY. UPON INSPECTION TRAIN CREW FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED IN THE TRAIN. LINES 41 & 42 B EHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE. CARS HAD DERAILED 2100' BACK AND WERE ON THE GROUNG PRIOR TO THE CREW FIRST ST OPPING.   


nearest_city: PINGREE
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: RRVW
date: 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: EIGHTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
4 LOADS OF SOYBEANS DERAILED WHEN EASTBOUND TRAIN PASSED OVER TRACK THAT HAD BEEN UNDERMINED BY MUSK RATS; CAUSING THE RAIL TO BREAK.  CARS 7-10 BEHIND CONSIST DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
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 703 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2014 AND 4 CARS STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP 1000.70, CLINTON AV E CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Snow
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
EXHAUST STACK ON LOCOMOTIVE #4800 CAUGHT FIRE RESULTING IN THE EVACUATION OF TRAIN #7174 AT NEC MP # 58.5. INSPECTION INDICATED FAULTY INJECTOR.      


nearest_city: HILLSDALE
county: VANDERBURGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DECATUR
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CSXT 7387 CLIMBED THE RAIL AND DERAILED JUST BEFORE THE POWER SWITCH. AFTER DERAILING, THE ENGINE WA S PULLED 3104 FT UNTIL THE THE FIRST CURVE WHERE THE ENGINE AND 4 CARS TURNED OVER.      


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y-CHC2531-17, SHOVING CARS INTO 1107 TRACK, DERAILED 2 CARS AT POINT IF IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL.       


nearest_city: CASSVILLE
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: AURORA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
S-LPCTAC1-26 EXPERIENCED UDE AND CREW INSPECTION REVEALED THAT LADING IN CONTAINER ON BNSF 236038 HA D BEEN IMPROPERLY LOADED AND FOOT OF LADING HAD BREACHED FLOOR OF CAR AND PROTRUDED.      


nearest_city: EUNICE
county: LEA
railroad: TNMR
date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: LIVINGTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CREW WAS KICKING CARS FROM THE MAIN TRACK INTO TRACK 716 SIDING THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED WAS 2876 FEET , ON A DOWNGRADE OF 23% THREE CUTS OF CARS COLLIDED A SPEEDS EXCEEDING 19 MPH      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
LORAM WATER TRUCK COLLIDED WITH REAR OF THE RG319 RAIL GRINDER DAMAGING THE FRONT HYRAIL UNIT ON TRU CK.      


nearest_city: HAGERSTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
W&W MOVING SOUTH ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE WYE AT THE NORTH END OF VARDO YARD DERAILED THE 7TH THROUGH THE 10TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: BELLVILLE
county: AUSTIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Q LACATG1 14A REPORTS STRIKING A SEMI TRUCK ON A HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ELECTRICAL FLASH INCIDENT DAMAGED MU #1313, #1384 AND #1385 ON TRAIN #7828 LOCATED AT SECAUCUS.       


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
663-29 WAS PULLING INTO AKRON YARD WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG AND LOOKED BACK TO FIND ENGINE 305 D ERAILED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THEY FOUND CAR# AIPX 207, FPTX 84048, AND CSXT 137401 DERAILED, ALL DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH ROD.
02/2011 TRACK DAMAGE UPDATED, MAKING IT REPORTABLE. SUBMITTING WITH TH E FEBRUARY REPORTS.    


nearest_city: ISELIN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
OVERHEAD CATENARY WIRE DEFECT CAUSED DAMAGE TO MUS 1456, 1517, 1517, 1357, 1 531 1533 AND 1357 WHILE TRAIN #3703 WAS ENROUTE NEAR NEC MP 22.8.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EUREKA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
LER51-23 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS ON THE VAN LEER LEAD TRACK.  SEVERAL RAILCARS GOT OVER SWITCH THEN 2 R AILCARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  SWITCH WAS PREVIOUSLY OUT OF SERVICE AND SWITCH POINT CLAMPED. CLAMP WAS REMOVED TO TIE UP SYSTEM TIE GANG EQUIPMENT AND NOT REPLACED.  SYSTEM GANG USED A SPIKE ON THE SWITCH POINT AND THAT DIDN'T HOLD AND ALLOWED SWITCH POINT TO GAP OPEN.    


nearest_city: HOTCHKISS
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CEGWE9-28, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5964 WAS HEADING EAST AND STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG HAULING ROCK AT M P74.75 ON NORTH FORK SUB.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  TRACTOR TRAILER RIG DROVE AROUND DOWN GATES AT THE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK IN THE CENTER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE CEGWE9-28.  DRIVER WENT TO HOSPIT AL AND WAS TREATED/RELEASED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YSH50-08 DERAILED ON THE HOLLYWOOD EAST LEAD 3 CAR LENGTHS EAST OF THE 733 SWITCH WHILE MAKING A MOV E WITH 16 LOADS OF SAND.  UPON INSPECTION A BROKEN RAIL WAS FOUND ON THE SOUTH RAIL APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS FROM THE 733 SWITCH.     


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: ABS
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ABSR 131 CREW GOT ON TRAIN FROM CSXT AT 14TH ST ON NS MAINLINE.  UPON DEPARTURE OF THE TRAIN THE CRE W REPORTED THAT THE WAMX 4119 AND WAMX 4117 HAD FLAT SPOTS ON THE WHEELS.   THE TRAIN WAS BROUGHT TO TUSCALOOSA AND INSPECTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WAMX 4117 #2 AXLE HAS A 1 1/2" FLAT SPOT AN D THE WAMX 4119 #2 AND #3 AXLES HAVE 3" FLAT SPOTS.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THESE TWO LOCOMOTIVES WE RE MOVED WITH THE HANDBRAKES STILL ON WHILE THEY WERE ON THE CSX PROPERTY.  THIS SET OF POWER WAS DE LIVERED ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH WITH NO ISSUES OR FLATS SPOTS.  ALSO THE LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTION REPORTS FROM THE 7TH DID NOT INDICATE ANY ISSUES WHEN WE DELIVERED THEM TO THE CSX.  DUE TO THE NS REROUTE TRAIN THE POWER STAYED IN BIRMINGHAM UNTIL MONDAY OCTOBER 10TH WHEN THE TRAIN WAS BROUGHT TO US AT 1


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
M71303 WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF O01 TRACK TO DOUBLE OVER TO THE BACK OF M72103 IN C04. CONDUCTOR OF M 72103 WAS GOING TO STOP M71303 WHEN THEY GOT OUT OF THE SWITCH AND MAKE THE DOUBLE OVER TO HIS TRAIN . M71303 WAS HELD UP BY DISPATCHER AT S.E. SIGNAL ON SIDING WAITING ON HIRAIL TO CLEAR. DISPATCHER G AVE SIGNAL TO M71303 TO MOVE SOUTH AND CONDUCTOR ON M72103 ADVISED M71303 THAT HE WAS IN THE CLEAR T O GO AHEAD. M72103 ENGINEER THOUGHT HIS CONDUCTOR HAD MADE THE DOUBLE OVER TO THE REAR END OF HIS TR ACK AND WAS READY TO GO SOUTH. HE KNOCKED HIS TRAIN LINE BRAKE AND ENGINE BRAKE OFF AND STARTED TO R OLL OUT THE S.E. OF C04. M72103 CONDUCTOR ALERTED ENGINEER TO STOP MOVEMENT BUT RAN INTO THE SIDE OF M71303 BEFORE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.


nearest_city: FORT PAYNE
county: DE KALB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE RAILROAD TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN.       


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: M AND M
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
U26814 DERAILED THE REAR TWO CARS OF THE TRAIN WHILE PULLING ONTO LOOP 1 AT MCDUFFIE ISLAND. THE DER AILED CARS FROM U26814 SIDESWIPED N25014 STANDING ON LOOP 2. TASD = $34,835.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Q12911 PULLED THRU BLVD #1 THRU RAMP 4. Q12911 MADE A CUT ON THE HEAD 15 CARS, LINED SWITCHES INVOLV ED IN THE MOVE AND STARTED TO SHOVE HULSEY LEAD. WHILE SHOVING THE ENGINEER FAILED TO COMPLY WITH RU LE 421 MAKING A COUPLING IN THE EXCESS OF 7MPH DERAILING 3 CARS.     


nearest_city: CADE
county: ST MARTIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER WAS STOPPED ON TRACKS WAITING FOR STOP LIGHT TO CHANGE WITH A  CAR IN FRONT AND A CAR B EHIND, WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OFF OF CROSSING WITH TRAIN APPROACHING.  AS A RESULT, VEHICLE WAS STRUCK B Y AMTRAK TRAIN.     


nearest_city: PENNSAUKEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: SNJX
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 249 LRV 3520 TRAVELING SOUTH AT CP-45 THE OPERATOR REPORTED SOMETHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD AN D HE OBSERVED A CRACK IN THE WEST SIDE UPPER CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON WEST BELT SU
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
QPTNL-19 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR GATX46967 DERAIL AND RE-RERAIL ITSELF AT A C ROSSING.  TRACK AND RAILCAR DAMAGED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BROKEN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
JOB #393-394 LOCOMOTIVES LSRC 1171, 1164, 805 DERAILED CARS UELX65017, ADMX 52715, ADMX52643, ATLX76 203 AND UELX30302 BROKEN RAIL UNDER TRAIN 77 CARS MADE IT OVER DERAILING 78,79,80,81,82      


nearest_city: ELK GROVE VILLAGE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YPR 77-03 WAS SHOVING 36 CARS INTO ELK GROVE YARD WHEN 5 CARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED IN THE CURV E.      


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ON OCTOBER 30, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 8PM KG29/192 WAS PULLING OUT 21 CARS OUT OF H09 AT THE NORTH EN D OF BURNHAM YARD.   DUE TO THE H09/H10 SWITCH NOT BEING LATCHED PROPERLY 3 CARS DERAILED. THE FOURT H, FIFTH & SIXTH PLACE CARS FROM THE ENGINE.  LATITUDE 41.646349 AND LONGITUDE -087.525340 (LONGITUD E CORRECTED 1-31-12)    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: IC
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
REMOVE JOB, RCL95871-16, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING 40 CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF MOBILE YARD. TH EY KICKED TWO CARS TOWARD TRACK 6. THE GROUNDMAN THOUGHT THE 2 CARS COUPLED IN TRACK 6 AND GAVE THE REMOTE OPERATOR THE TO MAKE THE NEXT CUT. THEN THE CREW KICKED FOUR CARS TO TRACK 7. AFTER THE 4 CAR S WERE CUT OFF, THE 2 CARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY KICKED INTO TRACK 6 ROLLED SOUTH AND UTLX 647563 COR NERED CARS UTLX 647661 AND UTLX 647603 THAT WERE KICKED INTO TRACK 7. CARS DAMAGED WERE UTLX 647661, UTLX 647603 AND UTLX 647653 - NO DANGEROUS CARS WERE INVOLVED.  


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
QSHNL-10 MADE THEIR PICKUP AT REISOR YARD AND COUPLED TO THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN IN TRACK #2 USING T HE 112 CROSSOVER.  THEY STRETCHED THEIR TRAIN AND BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK SIX CARS TO CLEAR UP A ROAD CR OSSING.  WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK THE NORTH RAIL OF THE X-OVER ROLLED OVER 5 FEET WEST OF THE H EEL BLOCK CAUSING THE TRAILING WHEELS OF THE UP32257 TO DROP IN AND RIDE THE WEB OF THE RAIL.  THE T RAIN TRAVELED 300 FEET BEFORE THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE TRAIN WAS DERAILED AND SIGNALED THE ENG INEER TO STOP.  A TOTAL OF 7 CARS WERE DERAILED.  FIVE BEHIND AND 1 AHEAD OF THE UP32257.  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
BC31 CREW ON 25VB208 PULLING WEST ON CJ3 WITH ENGINE NS 2566 AND 55 X 3 6028T 10,850' WHEN THE C TRU CKS OF TTAX 554538 DERAILED OFF THE #7 SWITCHING AT CP HALSTED WITH 4 OTHER CARS.      


nearest_city: HUGHES SPRINGS
county: CASS
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 3 PIPE CARS IN THE VEALS YARD ON THE GREENVILLE SUBDIVISION. TN ESTIMATED DAMAGES - $ 8,620 EQUIPMENT, $30,727 TRACK.  KCS ESTIMATED $126 IN TRACK LABOR.      


nearest_city: PARIS
county: LAMAR
railroad: KRR
date: 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
PARIS SWITCHER DELIVERING 9 LOADS TO SPOT WHEN TRAILING CAR DERAILED AND TURNED ON ITS SIDE. NO ANCH ORS ON 75 LB RAIL CAUSED TIGHT GAUGE DUE TO SLEWED TIES AND RAIL RUN-IN. DERAILMENT OCCURED IN A CRU VE WITH LOW SIDE DROPPING IN AND HIGH SIDE CLIMBING OVER.     


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GILA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CTETE-07 CREW WAS SETTING OUT A CAR.  BRAKEMAN WAS IN POSITION AT THE END OF THE 706 TRACK FOR THE S HOVE.  CONDUCTOR LINED THE 705/706 SWITCH FOR 705 AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE CARS WEST.  CARS HIT BUMPER ON 705, DERAILING NINE CARS.  TUCSON POWER ELECTRIC COMPANY MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE SHOVING THE UP8045 (TRAILING UNIT), UP4759 AND UP7917 (LEADER) OUT OF THE SHO P AND OVER THE POWER SWITCH WHEN THEY DERAILED THE UP8045 TRUCKS 4, 5, 6 ON THE EAST/WEST LEG OF THE WYE.  AFTER REVIEWING ALL OF THE DATA INCLUDING THE TRACK STRUCTURE, LOMOTIVE WHEEL MEASUREMENTS AN D TRAIN HANDLING DATA PLUS HOLDING TWO REENACTMENTS, WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE UNIT DERAIL ED.  THE TRACK DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT OF THE DERAILMENT WITH THE POD BEING THE POINT OF THE SWITCH AN D UNIT BEING DRAGGED THRU THE FROG, ROLLING THE RAIL BEHIND THE FROG.  


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
GM03 PERFORMING ROUTINE HUMPING OPERATIONS IN AUTO MATIC ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK ALLOWED 2 EXTRA HEAVY LOADS OVER HUMP THAT COUPLED TO AND DAMAGED POTX 2975.      


nearest_city: ROCKLIN
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR (OF THE BR0509) WAS PLOWING BALLAST TO THE CENTER OF THE TRACK AND HI T A PIECE OF RAIL THAT WAS COVERED BY NEW BALLAST.      


nearest_city: EDISON
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
M-BARST01-22 DERAILED 3 LOCOMOTIVES ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO MOVEABLE POINT SWITCH FROG IMPROPERL Y LINED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RAILCAR CSS19027, IN A CUT OF CARS, HAD THE LOAD OF STEEL SHIFT INTO RAILCAR GATX66613.  NO DERAILME NT, CAR DAMAGES ONLY.      


nearest_city: WILLIMANTIC
county: WINDHAM
railroad: PW
date: 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
NECR TRAIN WAS PULLING SOUTHBOUND INTO PW YARD WITH 79 LOADED ETHANOL CARS WHEN THE 63RD CAR FELL BE TWEEN THE RAIL IN AN AREA OF WIDE GAUGE UNTIL THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  2 CARS ROLLED ON THEIR SIDES, BUT THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF PRODUCT.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: FULTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
R90771-31 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPOTTING PMC BIOGENIX.  THE CREW HAD A HOLD AT 11 CARS SHOVING TO SP OT AND THERE WERE 2 CARS ON SPOT.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS GIVING THE CAR COUNTS AND AT 10 CARS THE ENGINE ER DID NOT RESPOND ANYMORE.  THE CARS THEY WERE SHOVING HIT THE 2 CARS ON SPOT AND SHOVED UTLX 64054 9 OVER THE BUMPING POST DERAILING THE CAR.  CREW WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y29314 FAILED TO PROTECT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE AND A CUT OF CARS HE WAS CO NTROLLING PULLING NORTH OUT OF C28 TO COLLIDE WITH A CUT OF CARS SHOVING SOUTH INTO THE DEPARTURE YA RD.     


nearest_city: PITTSBURG
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: SKOL
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
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:
106 TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN SUDDENLY STARTED TO SLOW, THE CREW LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND ENGINEER SAW TRAIN HAD DERAILED. INVESTGATION FOUND 7 CARS HAD DERAILED WITH ALL STILL UP RIGHT.      


nearest_city: PEARSALL
county: FRIO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AMXAS-26, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP9539, TRAVELING NORTH STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG HEADING WEST ON FM 46 2.  DRIVER FAILED TO STOP AT FLASHING WARNING DEVICES AT CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSI TY HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO, TX.  CREW WAS NOT INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: ALTON
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DF25 SHOVING IN BLUFF TRACK WITH ONE ENGINE 18 LOADS DERAILED 4TH THRU 8TH HEAD CARS UPRIGHT AND IN LINE.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: MNNR
date: 2013-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
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:
CREW SHOVING UP MAIN INDUSTRIAL LEAD. CONDUCTOR AND STUDENT PROTECTING SHOVE RIDING ON LEAD CAR. ROL L OFF TRUCK HAULING SNOW ENTERED THE CROSSING CAUSING TRAIN TO HIT THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK TURNED ON IT S SIDE AND WAS SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET. CONDUCTOR AND STUDENT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.     


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: New York
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-Jan
narrative:
EQUIPMENT OFF TRAIN 644 EAST ON LOOP 1 REPORTED DERAILED. ENGINE 929 LEAD WHEEL CLIMBED HIGH RAIL OF 13 DEGREE CURVE DUE TO HIGH COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION ACCOUNT POOR DISTRIBUTION OF LUBRICANT FROM GRE ASER. 1 INCH WARP AT JOINT 10 FEET EAST OF POD ON LOW RAIL AIDED IN INCREASING THE L/V RATIO CAUSING THE LEAD WHEEL ON HIGH RAIL TO UNLOAD AND CLIMB.    


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
ENGINEER SWITCHMAN M. SAMUELS WAS LAYING UP A SEVEN-CAR PA-5 TRAIN CONSIST ON TRACK 7 IN 'A' YARD IN JOURNAL SQUARE.  SHE REPORTEDLY APPLIED THE TRAIN'S BRAKES WHILE ENTERING THE LAY-UP TRACK.  APPROX IMATELY FIVE CAR LENGTHS FROM THE BUMPING BLOCK, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES IN "FULL SERVICE."  THE TRAI N CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD.  SHE THEN PLACED THE BRAKES IN "EMERGENCY" APPLICATION. THE TRAIN SLID A ND STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK ON TRACK 7.  CAR EQUIPMENT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE; THE BUMPING BLOCK A ND ASSOCIATED TRACK EQUIPMENT SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: ROCKY MOUNT
county: NASH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS Y39330 SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK A29 WITH ENGINE CSXT 8451. Y39330 W AS RIDING THE 2ND CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE 59 CAR CUT WHEN HE WAS TOLD BY F72230 TO STOP THAT CARS W ERE ON THE GROUND. AFTER STOPPING Y39330 WALKED BACK TO THE HEAD AND SAW 7 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: OBLONG
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELING SOUTH WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND COULD NOT RECOVER. WAS NOTIFIED THAT TRAIN DER AILED. DID NOT SEE OR FEEL ANYTHING UNUSUAL BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY.      


nearest_city: FORT SUMNER
county: DE BACA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Z-SBDCHI7-22 DERAILED 16 CARS DUE TO HIGH WINDS. ALERT IN EFFECT FOR 50 MPH GUSTS. TRAIN CONTAINED A LL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BYLAS
county: GRAHAM
railroad: AZER
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: MAINLINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
108 TRAIN TRAVELING WESTBOUND WITH 10 LOADS AND 8 MTY'S. WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 1174.4 AND 7 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FORTVILLE
county: HANCOCK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
A SEMI TRUCK GOT STUCK ON THE ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY Q10615 GOING EAST ON # 1 MAIN. MOTORIST EXITED VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT.      


nearest_city: SHARONVILLE
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
60A PULLING EAST RAN THROUGH EAST END OF SH01 SWITCH AND THEN MADE REVERESE MOVE WEST TOWARDS SH07 R ESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF ENGINE BNSF 44 12 L,R 1,2, AND 3 WHEELS AND FIRST HEAD CAR CR 631584 L,R 1 AND 2 WHEELS IN THE SH     


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
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: 12-Nov
narrative:
YAL26-11 WAS SWITCHING INTO TRACK 21.  TTZX 8766 BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH MP 378062 WHICH WAS ALREADY IN THE TRACK AND DERAILED BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Y19107 HAD FINISHED THEIR FIRST CUT OF 16 CARS FROM A 65 CAR SWITCHLIST. THEY WENT INTO TRACK S03 FR OM THE NORTH END TO GRAB THEIR SECOND SWITCH CUT OF 14 CARS. BEFORE THE Y19107 CAME OUT OF S03 WITH THEIR SECOND CUT, A MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE, WHO HAD FINISHED INSPECTING S01 THE ADJACENT TRACK, REMOVED HIS BLUE FLAG AND LOCKED AND LINED THE S01 SWITCH AGAINST THE MOVEMENT OF Y19107 WITHOUT INFORMING THEM. Y19107 UNAWARE THAT THE MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE LINED THE SWITCH AGAINST THEM, PULLED OUT WITH THE IR SECOND CUT RUNNING THRU THE S01 SWITCH. AS THEY MADE THEIR FIRST SWITCH, 3 CARS WENT ON THE GROUN D AND SIDESWIPED A CAR IN TRACK S01. 


nearest_city: MONTPELIER
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LOCAL ASSIGNMENT L62 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 11 LOADS, AND 1352 TONS SHOVING WAST IN TRACK EY 3 WHEN UNT X 123601 ON ADJACENT TRACK EY 2 ROLLED INTO FOUL, RAKING 4 CARS IN THE SHOVE, AND DERAILING UNIX 123 601     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE GKCPNP-26 CAME ONTO THE NORTH BELT WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOT AG VALLEY CO-OP.  BEFORE SHOVING TH E REAR OF THE TRAIN ONTO THE AG VALLEY CO-OP LEAD THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCHES TO TRACK 825 THE CO-OP NORTH TRACK, AND HE LINED THE 819 TRAILING POINT SWITCH INTO 819 THINKING 819 WAS THE AG VALLE Y CO-OP LEAD THAT THE TRAIN WAS GOING TO BE SHOVED INTO.  THEY SHOVED THE REAR OF THE TRAIN INTO 825 TO MAKE THEIR FIRST CUT RUNNING THRU THE 819 SWITCH NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AND AFTER MAKING T HE CUT THEY PULLED THE TRAIN AHEAD TO LINE THE NEXT SWITCH DERAILING 5 CARS OF THE TRAIN.  


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: CM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 632-057 WAS OPERATING INTO YARD AT MILWAUKEE TO MAKE SETOUT AND LIFT CARS.  AS THEY WERE PROCE EDING DOWN THE MIDDLE TRACK TO EAST END OF YARD, A MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE NOTICED CAR DERAILED IN TRAIN AND CONTACTED GYM WHO ADVISED TRAIN TO STOP.  THE 57TH CAR IN TRAIN DBUX 301287 HAD DERAILED B-END TRUCK.  THIS CAR CONTAINED ETHANOL, BUT THERE WAS NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.    


nearest_city: BINGHAMTON
county: BROOME
railroad: DH
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
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:
YARD CREW DB11 COUPLED TRACK EB10 FROM THE N/E OF THE YARD AND PULLED IT OUT TO SHOVE BACK ON EM1 TO SPOT TRAIN 256-11. AT THE SAME TIME INBOUND TRAIN 257-10 WAS PULLING INTO EB05 THROUGH THE S/E CROS SOVERS FROM EM2. THE 45 CARS THAT DB11 WAS SHOVING BACK ON EM1 SEPERATED BETWEEN THE 18TH CAR, AEX 1 3748, AND 19TH CAR, CP 220450. THE 27 SOUTH CARS IN THE MOVEMENT DID NOT STOP WHEN THE HEAD-END MOVE MENT STOPPED RESULTING IN CAR CP 220466 CONTACTING THE REAR OF THE INBOUND 257-10 TRAIN AT CARS 19, 20 AND 21 BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE INBOUND 257-10 WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 8 MPH WHEN THEIR TRAI N WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE DB11 TRAINMAN WAS RIDING THE SHOVE TO PROTECT THE MOVEMENT AND THE DB11 C ONDUCTOR WAS ON THE HEAD-END OF THE MOVEMENT. THE SOUTH CAR IN DB11'S TRAIN, CP 220466, CAME IN CONT


nearest_city: JEFFERSON CITY
county: COLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: JEFFERSON CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
WJCJCB-17 WHILE PULLING EAST OUT OF YARD TRACK 1 JEFFERSON CITY YARD, JEFFERSON CITY SUB MP 124.5 RA N OVER DERAIL IN DERAILING POSITION RESULTING IN LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7158 AND LEAD TRUCK OF UP5224 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SWEDEBORG
county: PULASKI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Explosive-detonation
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
M-STLTUL1-06A DERAILED 27 CARS AT MP 151.9 WHEN TRAIN EXPERIENCE UDE. TR&D DETERMINED TRAIN MAKEUP I N ERROR WHEN COILED STEEL PLACED BEHIN EMPTY CARS. ADDITIONALLY, FORWARD PORTION OF TRAIN WAS ALLOWE D TO BUNCH (ENGINES IN DYNAMIC BRAKING) OVER CREST OF HILL AND REAR OF TRAIN STRETCHED CAUSING DERAI LMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
FC60 CREW FAILED TO ESTABLISH REMOTE ZONE AND DID NOT KNOW THE POSITION OF THE CROSSOVER SWITCH.       


nearest_city: LEAVENWORTH
county: LEAVENWORTH
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MKCMC-13 STRUCK CONTRACTOR OPERATED ON-TRACK BRUSH CUTTER THAT SET ON TRACK AHEAD OF ISSUED TRACK AN D TIME.      


nearest_city: MIDVALE
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 15 (1025-1020-OPERATOR 5565) AFTER LEAVING HISTORIC SANDY STATION (9000 S.) NORTHBOUND HAD A Y ELLOW ASPECT AT S8751 AND A RED ASPECT AT SIGNAL PIONEER 2.  TRAIN 15 (1025-1020) STOPPED PRIOR TO P IONEER 2 AND CONTACTED CONTROL AT 20:44HRS.  AFTER A BRIEF HOLDING PERIOD (APPROXIMATELY 2 MIN) TRAI N 15 WAS ISSUED A RED SIGNAL BYPASS ACCORDING TO RULE 11.09 TO PROCEED PAST SIGNAL PIONEER 2.  OPERA TOR 5565 WHILE PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND WAS CHECKING THE GCI ASPECTS FOR THE 8120 SOUTH AND 8000 SOUTH GRADE CROSSINGS WHEN HE SAW CAR 1001 (DARK, NO LIGHTS ON) ON THE ALIGNMENT AND PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY BRAKE MODE.  CONTACT WAS MADE TRAVELLING AT 31.9 MPH.  TRAIN 15 WAS CARRYING A TOTAL OF 6 PASSENGERS- 2 PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.


nearest_city: TYLER
county: SMITH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YTY50-16 TRAVELING NORTH ON TYLER INDUSTRIAL LEAD TRACK, HAD 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAIL ACCOUNT SEGMENT OF TRACK GAVE AWAY ACCOUNT WASHOUT BESIDE TRACK.      


nearest_city: CHATSWORTH
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: BLOL
date: 2010-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
HEAT KINK - TRACK APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT ON APPROACH.  TRACK SQUIRTED OUT UNDER LOADED CARS.       


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
228-05 WAS PULLING INTO BREWSTER YARD WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION THEY FOU ND WE 888670, WE 888676, AND WE 178758 DERAILED DUE TO THE SWITCH POINT WORN OR BROKEN.      


nearest_city: RAHWAY
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #7828 STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TRACK #1 FOULING THE TRACK THAT W AS TRAVELING WEST TOWARDS TRAIN. 1 INJURY, DAMAGED 1370.      


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MECHANICAL EMPLOYEES FAILED TO SECURE HAND BRAKE ON LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 9410 WHICH HAD BOTH BRAKE CYLIND ERS CUT OUT. ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED INTO CUT OF 3 OTHER LOCOMOTIVES BEING MOVED, STRIKING BNSF 9 889. LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 9889, SD70MAC, FUEL CAP 4840 GALS, RELEASED 8 GALS.     


nearest_city: MORGAN
county: MORGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
MNPRO-22 DERAILED ONE CAR ON THE NO. 2 EASTBOUND MAIN DUE TO SOFT ROADBED CONDITIONS.  RAIL = CWR       


nearest_city: BRIGHAM CITY
county: BOX ELDER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LCG46-23 CREW WAS MOVING NORTHBOUND ON TRACK 711 WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES WITH ENGINEER CONTROLLING FROM NORTH LOCOMOTIVE.  THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED INSIDE OF RAIL DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  MINOR TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARLEM LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE APPROACHING THE 31A SWITCH ON TRACK 3. THE SOUTHWEST SIDE DUAL RUBBER TIRE CAME INTO CONTRACT WITH THE WEST STOCK CROSSOVER RAIL.  CAUSING THE FLANGE OF THE HY-RAIL WHEEL TO CLIMB UP ONTO THE BA IL OF THE RUNNING RAIL AND OVER THE SWITCH POINT CAUSING THE CRANE TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: GUYMON
county: TEXAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AAMMLX-06 WHILE PULLING, ONE RAIL CAR, AN AUTORACK, CAUGHT FIRE.  THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS AN AUTO MOBILE INSIDE THE CAR.  CAR DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YNL29R-20 WAS SHOVING CAR TOWARDS BOWL TRACK 63 WHEN THE TTPX804738 (LINE 58 OF THE HUMP LIST) DERAI LED DUE TO BAD SWITCH POINT AT THE NUMBER 64 SWITCH CAUSING A TOTAL OF A 3 CAR DERAILMENT (CN 622352 LINE 57 AND TTPX811275 LINE 59).  DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3142-11 6 CARS AT A POINT OF WIDE GAUGE WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 2048. TRACK STRUCTURE WA S FOUND TO HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY PREVIOUS DERAILMENT IN THE SAME LOCATION 5 DAYS PRIOR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE NORTH STORAGE TRACK, TRAIN 90 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/124 AND 9 CARS DE RAILED LOCOMOTIVE E/124 DUE TO RAIL SPREAD UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSH321-08 WAS PULLLING NORTH FROM LONG 2 TO HOLLYWOOD#1 USING THE NORTH CROSSOVER SWITCH WHEN YSH121 -09 SHOVED IN TO THE SIDE OF THE 3RD AND 4TH CAR OF YSH321-08'S CONSIST.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YARD JOB WAS PULLING 80 CARS FROM C-YARD THROUGH THE SWITCHING LEAD WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCK ON THE L EAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED CONVERSELY DERAILING THE TWO TRAILING LOCOMOTIVES.  THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON T HE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE SWITCH POINT CAUSING THE WHEELS TO CLIMB AND FALL IN BEHIND THE SWITCH POINT.  THROUGH INVESTIGATION, TWO SCENARIOS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.  (1)  AT SOME POINT BETWEEN FRID AY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT, AN ENGINE TRAVELING THROUGH THE B/C CUTOFF CROWDED THE NORTH B/C CUTOFF S WITCH AFFECTING THE GEOMETRY OF THE SWITCH AND IT WORKED ITSELF LOOSE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND OR (2) AT SOME POINT SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN HANDLING THE SWITCH, SOMEONE DID NOT PROPERLY LATCH OR SECURE THE S WITCH HANDLE CAUSING THE POINTS TO MOVE UNDER MOVEMENT.  IT IS UNDETERMINABLE IF EITHER THE SWITCH W


nearest_city: OELWEIN
county: FAYETTE
railroad: IANR
date: 2012-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OELWEIN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW HAD STOPPED TRAIN IN THE YARD AND MADE A SET OUT OF 15 CARS TO A TRACK CALLED THE DEPRESSED TRA CK. THEY THEN RETURNED BACK TO THEIR TRAIN IN ORDER TO YARD THEM. AS THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS PO RTION OF THE TRAIN THE CREW NOTICED THE CARS WERE PULLING HARD AND JUST THEN THE TRAIN BROKE IN TWO. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND EIGHT EMPTIES HAD DERAILED AFTER TRAVERSING THROUGH A FACING PO INT SWITCH. THE EXTENT OF THE CAR DAMAGE WAS EXACERBATED DUE TO THE FACT THAT A NUMBER OF THE CARS H AD CORNERED CARS ON AN ADJACENT TRACK.  


nearest_city: LORDSBURG
county: HIDALGO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WESLDB-17 WAS PULLING INTO THE BALLOON TRACK AND DERAILED TWO CARS.  THIS WAS AN EMPTY BALLAST TRAIN BUT A PARTIAL LOAD HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE NORTHSIDE OF CAR SI919939 CAUSING IT TO BE LIFTED OFF THE R AIL AND RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  RAILROCK LLC MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: MURRAY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
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-Jan
narrative:
TEST TRAIN 51 WAS RETURNING TO THE MIDVALE TRAX YARD AFTER COMPLETING DECELERATION TESTING. TRAIN 51 WAS REVERSE-RUNNING SOUTHBOUND ON THE NORTHBOUND RAIL APPROACHING 5900 SOUTH GRADE CROSSING. WHILE PROCEEDING THROUGH 5900 SOUTH GRADE CROSSING A WHITE SATURN AUTOMOBILE TRAVEING WESTBOUND WENT AROUN D THE MEDIAN AND GRADE CROSSING ARM AND ILLEGALLY ENTERED THE GRADE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 51   


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
BNSF HBRCTUL-10 HAD MADE A HIND END DOUBLE USING 34 CROSSOVER FOR THE NORTH THOROFARE. AFTER COMPLET ING THE AIR TEST AND DEPARTING 114 AND 115 CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NORTH BALTIMORE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CARS WERE PARKED IN TRACK S5W WHEN AN 80 MPH GUST OF WIND CAME THRU AND TIPPED OVER 6 INTERMODAL CAR S WHICH WERE LOADED WITH EMPTY DOUBLE STACK CONTAINERS.      


nearest_city: BERKSHIRE
county: BERKSHIRE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON DUTY YARDMASTER LINED CROSS OVERS INCORRECTLY FROM U5 TO LOWER 5  FOR L42721 TO MAKE FINAL DOUBLE FOR OUTBOUND TRAIN. L42721 CREW AND  Y38420 UTILITY WERE TOLD BY YM THE ROUTE WAS LINED AND IT WAS OK TO SHOVE BACK TO HITCH. Y38420 WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVE AND MADE THE HITCH ON L5. L42721 COMPLETE D BRAKE TEST AND BEGAN PULLING WEST TO DEPART. THEY PULLED APPROX 15 CARS AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY. 4 9-50-51(AEX 12579-OCCX 5299-GACX8065)  CARS DERAILED ON U5 FACING POINT SWITCH INTO THE ADJACENT TK3 DERAILING 2 MORE CARS ON TK3(CSXT 227442 + TTZX 865489)  


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
WHEN THE CIMNA9-05 A WEST BOUND EMPTY COAL TRAIN STOPPED ON THE KEARNEY SUB THE LOCOMOTIVE UP5554 WE NT TO FULL LOAD AND WOULD NOT SHUT DOWN AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND FINALLY DIED.  THE UNIT SUFFERED DA MAGE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.     


nearest_city: LUCEDALE
county: GEORGE
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
EMPTY COAL TRAIN, C70771-18, HIT EASTBOUND SEMI-TRUCK THAT FAILED TO YIELD AT RAILROAD CROSSING. DRI VER WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL FACILITY. TRUCK SPILLED AN ESTIMATED 40-50 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AFT ER IMPACT. TRAIN SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LEAD UNIT, UP 7209 AND RAILCARS; GLFX 8197, 8063, 8286, 8263, 8 238, 8244, 8002, 8373, 8366, 8001, 8290, 8329, 8259, 8216, 8317, 3153    


nearest_city: THREE RIVERS
county: LIVE OAK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
BERRY CONTRACTING HAD A THIRD PARTY UNLOADING CONTRACTOR UNLOAD A TRAIN OF SUB BASE AT THEIR FACILIT Y.  THE UNLOADER LEFT THE PRODUCT IN THE FOUL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY CAUSING THE LEAD DP ENGINE TO STRI KE THE PRODUCT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAIL THE LEAD TRUCK.  THE ENGINE WAS THEN DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 60 0 FT TO THE SWITCH WHERE IT CAME UNCOUPLED FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN CAUSING THE TRAIN TO GO INTO E MERGENCY.  DERAILMENT.  BERRY CONTRACTING MAINTAINS TRACK   


nearest_city: HEMPSTEAD
county: WALLER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EUREKA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MHOWT-22, MOVING NORTH AT APPROX 40 MPH, LOST A DRAWBAR ON THE NORTH END OF 3RD CAR RESULTING IN DAM AGE TO UP97006 AND DAMAGE TO THE 4TH CAR, EQUX621026  WHEN 3 OF 4 BINS UNDERNEATH WERE PUNCTURED THU S SPILLING PLASTIC CONTENTS.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: ATHENS
county: HENDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ATHENS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
SURFACIND GANG 4319 WAS WORKING SPOTS ON THE ATHENS SUB.  THEY FINISHED ONE SPOT AND THE TAMPER (ATS 9611) OPERATOR MOVED TO THE NEXT SPOT MP 7.25 AND HE STOPPED.  HE INFORMED THE BALLAST REGULATOR (BR 1212) THAT HE HAD STOPPED AT MP 7.25 AND HE WAS PREPARING TO PLOT THE CURVE.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR ACKNOWLEDGED HIS TRANSMISSION.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR FINISHED DRESSING THE TRACK AND BEGAN TRAVELIN G TO MP 7.25.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR CAME AROUND THE CURVE AND SAW THE TAMPER AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE REGULATOR SLID INTO THE TAMPER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: IDAHO FALLS
county: BONNEVILLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: MONTANA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
LCT47-10 WAS PULLING FROM INDUSTRY THE SWITCH BROKE UNDERNEATH THE 5 CARS IN THE CONSIST CAUSING THE SWITCH POINTS TO FLOAT AND THE CARS TO DERAIL BETWEEN TWO TRACKS.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 22 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/121 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP239.38, ERIE ST CR OSSING.      


nearest_city: LA PLATA
county: MACON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
KG4LB-18 WHILE PULLING, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, THAT FAILED TO STOP ON BN SF MAINTAINED TRACK.  BNSF ID#: CH-0712-200.      


nearest_city: ESCANABA
county: DELTA
railroad: WC
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
L55081-08 WAS SHOVING 26 LOADS AND 14 EMPTIES ON SINGLE MAIN CWR TRACK.  THERE WERE 4-85' 46 TON COA CH ON THE HEAD END.  THE ENGINEER A MINIMUM BRAKE APPLICATION THEN STARTED TO SHOVE, HE INCREASED TH E BRAKE APPLICATION TO 10 POUNDS WHILE SHOVING.  THE ENGINEER MODULATED THROTTLE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD NOTCH APPROACHING THE ROAD CROSSING.  AFTER OCCUPYING THE ROAD CROSSING, THE ENGINEER INCREASED THR OTTLE TO NOTCH 4 THEN NOTCH 5 TO A SPEED OF 10.6 MPH WHEN THE TRAILING 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 4 COACH CAR S DERAILED.  THE TRACK PROFILE DESCENDING .14% GRADE 8 DEGREE CURVE.  DERAILED WERE UNITS CN 5715 & CN 9549 AND EMPTY COACH  CARS AC 5700, AC 5702, AC 5711 AND AC 5713.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS FO UND TO BE TRAIN HANDLING.


nearest_city: WEINER
county: POINSETT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MJBPB-26, WITH LEAD UNIT CSXT 8199, STRUCK A TRACTOR PULLING A TRAILER, DRIVER FAILED TO STOP AND WA S FATALLY INJURED.      


nearest_city: ALICEVILLE
county: PICKENS
railroad: AGR
date: 2012-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: MAGNOLIA
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-Dec
narrative:
210 CREW CUT OFF THEIR CARS ON THE MAINLINE AND WENT INTO THE SIDING TO PICK UP ADDITIONAL CARS, COU PLED ONTO 46 CARS, LACED UP BUILT AIR AND BEGAN THE PULL ONCE CARS WERE ROLLING, PUT THROTTLE IN IDL E, AND LET THE CARS PUSH HIM OUT OF SIDING, NO BRAKES APPLIED, NO THROTTLE, AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 24 00 FEET, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WITH 6 CARS DERAILED ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THE CURVE IN THE ALI CEVILLE SIDING   


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: PNWR
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CREW PULLING CUT OF CARS FROM SLIDING WHEN TILX290865 DERAILED FOLLOWED BY THREE ADDITIONAL CARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE.      


nearest_city: GRAYTOWN
county: OTTAWA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
15NB114 WESTBOUND WITH 4 UNITS 57 X 109 10256 TONS 10,099' DERAILED 123RD HEAD CAR SIRX 80067 B END. 38. PRIMARY CAUSE: EXCESSIVE FRICTION WEDGE RISE.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
BC06 SWITCHING EQUIPMENT ON SWITCHING LEAD BETWEEN TRACKS CT17 AND CT14 (12 LOADS, 12 EMPTIES WITH 1 ,947 TONS AND 1,369 FEET) CORNERED A ENDS OF BOTH SHPX 208725 AND DSSX 5427.  (NO DERAILMENT)      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YIT61-03 PULLING A CUT OF 96 CARS INTO TRACK SIX.  THE FIRST 12 CARS WENT DOWN THE LEAD WITH THE 13T H CAR STARTING DOWN TRACK ONE.  WHEN THE 13TH CAR GOT FAR ENOUGH INTO TRACK ONE IT PULLED THE 2 CARS OFF THE LEAD TOWARD TRACK ONE.     


nearest_city: ADA
county: PONTOTOC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CREW PULLED TRACK NORTH 1100 FEET BEFORE DETERMINING THAT REAR CAR WAS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVE ALED THAT CAR HAD BEEN EARLIER SHOVED OVER RAIL.  THIS CREW DID NOT HANDLE EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO NORTHW ARD PULL.  REVIEW BY DIVISION OFFICERS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH EARLIER CREW WAS RESPONSIBLE DERAIL MENT.    


nearest_city: GIBSLAND
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED A TREE TO FALL ON TOP OF 2 EMPTY TANK CARS IN THE GIBSLAND SIDING ON THE VICKSBURG SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, Y15001 HUMPING WHEN A CAR CUT TARGETED TO TRACK B47, DERAILED AT T HE 33-64 SWITCH AND WERE STRUCK BY THE THREE SINGLE CARS OVERSPEED,ALSO BEING HUMPED AFTER IT. 33-64 SWITCH FOUND TO HAVE BALLAST OBSTRUCTING SWITCH POINT HOWEVER SWITCH DID NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSIT ION WHEN OBSTRUCTED.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW DRAGGING LOADED COAL CARS WHEN CARS DERAILED DO TO POOR DRANAGE CAUSING SOFT ROADBED AND SWITCH GAP UNDER WEIGHT OF RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8744 ROSE UP WHILE TRAIN WAS OPERATING IN DC TERRITORY AND MADE CONTACT WITH FULT ON STREET OVERHEAD BRIDGE, CAUSING THE PANTOGRAPH TO PIERCE THROUGH THE ROOF OF CAR #8744.      


nearest_city: SUGAR LAND
county: FORT BEND
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LHT47-07 WAS DRAGGING CARS INTO TRACK 31 IN SUGAR LAND YARD WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
UT62-23 HAD BEEN WORKING WITH YG164-23 AND STOPPED THEM ON THE 1-4 LEAD OF THE EXTENSION TO CLEAR TH E HIGH DIVIDE SWITCH.  UT62-23 THEN CONTACTED YG166-23 WHO WAS ON EXTENSION 1 AND INSTRUCTED THEM TO SHOVE WEST WITH THE LINE-UP VERIFIED FOR 9 MAIN.  YG166-23 CONFIRMED THIS VIA RADIO AND THEN SHOVED WEST STRIKING YG164-23'S TRAIN ON THE LEAD.  1 CAR, BRAN6268 DERAILED ON EXTENSION 1, AND 1 CAR, BR AN5505 DERAILED ON EXTENSION 2.   


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LPJ02-19 WAS SHOVING WITH 6,000 FEET OF CARS.  THE ENGINEER SET THE TRAIN BRAKES AND THEN RELEASED T HEM.  WHEN THE CARS WERE SLOWING DOWN, AT THE TIME OF RELEASE, HE WAS IN THROTTLE 4.  HE INCREASED T O THROTTLE 5, THEN THROTTLE 7, BACK DOWN TO 5 AND THERE WAS A SPIKE IN THE ENGINE AMPERAGE.  A SET O F TRUCKS UNDER THE CN710835 CAME OFF THE RAIL WHILE SHOVING.    


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
AEGAS-15, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9285, STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS FOULI NG THE CROSSING.  NS9285 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF TRACTOR TRAILER INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: EDMOND
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
R-TEX7511-03 DERAILED WHEN PULLING INSIDE INDUSTRY ON INDUSTRY-MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN SPLIT 419/421 T RACK SWITCH. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY INDUSTRY TRACK MA CHINE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. UNABLE TO ASSIGN HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY AS TRACK M ACHINE OPERATOR IS NOT A BNSF EMPLOYEE.    


nearest_city: LUDINGTON
county: MASON
railroad: MQT
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN GOING EAST OVER SOUTH WYE SWITCH AT LUDINGTON WHEN THE CAR (OCCX 2413) CLIMBER OVER BROKEN SWI TCH POINT AND DERAILED. NEXT CAR ALSO DERAILED. SWITCH POINT WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND ALSO FOUND S TOCK RAIL NOT TO BENT PROPERLY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RELIEF IN SWITCH POINT AREA.     


nearest_city: OREGON
county: OGLE
railroad: IR
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE PULLING 23 LOADS OUT OF UNIMIN IN OREGO, CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING CAR AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE AN D SEEN EQUIPMENT DERAILING  AND TOLD ENGINEER TO STOP. WHEN MOVEMENT STOPPED TWO OF THE CARS FELL ON THERE SIDE AND 4 OTHER DERAILED.     


nearest_city: LAHOGUE
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: TPW
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS EAST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TPW-1 STOPPPED TO PICK-UP LOADS ANS SPOT EMPTIES. AFTER THEY MADE A PICK-UP, THE CONDUCTOR RODE THE SHOVE BACK DOWN THE MAIN.  HE THEN WALKED TO THE SIDE TRACK TO AWAIT THE EMPTIES THAT WERE TO BE SPO TTED. THE OTHER CONDUCTOR MADE THE CUT ON THE MAIN AND WAS GOING TO RIDE THE SHOVE TO SPOT.  ONCE TH E SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THE SIDE TRACK AND THE CREW BEGAN THEIR MOVE THEY COLLIDED WITH THE LEAD CAR SITTING ON THE MAIN IN THE FOUL.  THE CONDUCTOR MISTOOK A PAINTED BOND WIRE FOR A CLEARANCE MARKER A ND NEVER DOUBLE CHECKED TO ENSURE HE LEFT THE CARS ON THE MAIN IN THE CLEAR.  


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AFXAS-23 WAS YARDING TRAIN, PULLING THROUGH THE 10/12 CROSSOVERS WHEN 71ST AND 72ND CARS DERAILED AF TER SPLITTING THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
HOSTER WAS BRINGING ENGINE (NS 8700) TOWARDS THE TURNTABLE INTO THE ROUNDHOUSE WHEN THE GROUND EMPLO YEE WAS CALLING HIM IN TOWARDS THE TURN TABLE BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY DERAIL WAS STILL ON.      


nearest_city: SANBORN
county: BARNES
railroad: RRVW
date: 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS OPERATING FREIGHT TRAIN CONSISTING OF 40-0=5200 TONS GRAIN WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY UNEXPECTEDLY.  DRAWBAR CAME OUT OF CAR AND PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE HOPPER OF CAR #30 OF THE TRAIN, HIT THE AXLE OF CAR #31.  TWO LOADS OF SOYBEANS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FORT WORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS MAKE A SHOVING MOVE WHEN THEY SHOVED TWO CARS INTO TWO LOCOMOTIVES LEFT FOULING ON EAST END OF YARD.      


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-EVE202206,AFTER ADDING 2 CARS TO TRACK, ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH TRACK AND NOTED 4 CARS DERAILED. NO H AZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED 4 DIFFERENT CREWS PLACED CARS IN THIS TRACK AND OFFIC ERS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH CREW HAD ORIGINALLY DERAILED THE EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, PLCX 46899 STRUCK THE YARD SKATE AND CLIMBED THE SKATE. IT WAS INV OLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION WITH UCLX 16226, RESULTING IN PCLX 46899 DERAILING.      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: CC
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
UP TRAIN, YCB65, WAS CONDUCTING SWITCHING OPERATIONS ON THE CC'S DIAMOND. THE DIAMOND IS NOT TO BE U SED AS A SUPPLEMENTAL SWITCHING LEAD AS THEY WERE USING IT. THE TRAIN CONSIST WAS MADE UP OF 34 CARS NEAR THE HEAD OF THE TRAIN. THE CARS DID NOT HAVE AIR ON THEM WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE BUFFING. THE CARS THAT DERAILED IN THE CONSIST AT THE DIAMOND HAPPENED TO BE THE EMPTY CARS AHEAD OF THE BLOCK O F LOADED CARS. THE SWITCHING MOVE ACROSS THIS DIAMOND ALONG WITH THE LOADED CARS SLACK ACTION INTO T HE EMPTY CARS THAT WERE LOCATED ON THE DIAMOND RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT. NO EXCEPTION WAS TAKEN WI TH THE CC'S TRACK. UP ESTIMATED $29,755 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. RAILROADS DO NOT AGREE ON CAUSE. 


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Q49201 PULLING FROM TRACK F08 THROUGH T12 / T10 CROSSOVER TO TRACK T10 WHEN THIRD CAR FROM HEAD DERA ILED ON FACING POINT MOVEMENT OVER WEST END OF CROSSOVER. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SWITCH HAD BEEN P REVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY TRAIN A76801.     


nearest_city: FARGO
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PROSPER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
C-BTMCOBO-14 DERAILED 6 CARS WHILE PULLING ONTO PROSPER SUBDIVISION MAIN TRACK. INVESTIGATION REVEAL ED BROKEN RAIL CAUSED DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CONVERSE
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
MEYHD-01, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6643, STRUCK A LOW BOY TRAILER HUNG UP ON THE CROSSING.  TRAILER WAS CAR RYING A 75 TON CRANE.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OF TRACTOR TRAILER.  DRIVER EXITED TRACTOR TRAILER PRIO R TO IMPACT.  ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WERE INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CNAWI-21 WAS ENTERING WEST CHICAGO YARD AS A 2 BY 1 DPU WITH 135 LOADS.  ENTIRE TRAIN WENT THE INTEN DED ROUTE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REAR TRUCKS OF THE DPU (UP5914).  NO EXCEPTIONS WERE TAKEN REGAR DING TRAIN HANDLING OR SPEED.  UTILITY MAN WAS IN POSITION TO CALL TRAIN IN THE CLEAR.  1 DRUG POSIT IVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.    


nearest_city: TAFT
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA 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:
YAV39-10, WHILE SHOVING INTO A SPUR TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS, WITH 1 CAR BEING JACKKNIFED AND TURNED O VER ON ITS SIDE.  THE CREW ARRIVED TAFT SHANTY, CALLED THE DISPATCHER FOR TRACK WARRANTS, THEN MET F OR A JOB BRIEFING TO COMPLETE THE SPOTTING OF THE MLIAV-10.  THE FIRST MOVE WAS TO DRAG APPROXIMATEL Y 25 CARS SOUTH TO CLEAR UP THE YARD TRACK 910.  ONCE THEY WERE IN THE CLEAR, THE FOREMAN REQUESTED THE RED ZONE TO SECURE THE STANDING CUT.  WHILE THE FOREMAN WAS SECURING THE CUT, THE SWITCHMAN REMO VED THE EOT ON THE NORTH END OF THE YARD AND WAITED FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.  THE FOREMAN CLEARED T HE RED ZONE, PULLED THE PIN AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO MOVE AHEAD 8 CARS TO A STOP.  HE FOREMAN THEN LINED THE SWITCH IN THE SPUR TRACK, WHICH HE SAYS HE THOUGHT WAS TRACK 909 TO SHOVE CARS INTO T


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, CELX 23257 WAS HUMPED AS A SINGLE CAR THEN TWO CARS WERE HUMPED BEHIND IT . THE CELX 23257 STALLED IN THE SOUTH MASTER RETARDERS CAUSING THE TWO FOLLOWING CARS TO MAKE A HARD COUPLING INTO IT. DERAILING THE CELX 23257.     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW ON THE EOZOZ-24 UNKNOWINGLY RAN THRU THE 4 SWITCH GOING INTO THE DIESEL SHOP.  WHEN THEY BEGAN A REVERSE MOVE, THEY DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
561-28 WAS SHOVING NINE CARS DOWN THE LEAD, WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED A CAR HOPPING . HE IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO STOP THEIR MOVEMENT, UPON INSPECTION FOUND CAR#'S TILX 1 0610, MLLX 98329, AND UTLX 66742. DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN GAUGE ROD.

05/19/11 UPDATES EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO $7001.    


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 190 WITH  ENGINE 938 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE NEAR WASHINGTON, DC, DUE TOA DEFEC T INTHE LEVELING ROD WING PLATE LINKAGE.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN UKRDRJ-11, DERAILED A SET OF TRUCKS AT MP 152.3.  RERAILED ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES ENROUTE TO TAYLOR.  UPON NORTHWARD MOVE ON TAYLOR MAIN WAS GIVEN A ROLL-BY INSPECTION BY MFWEY-11 CREW WHERE SPARKS WERE REPORTED.  INITIAL INSPECTION FOUND NO EFFECTS BY BNSF CONDUCTOR.  A 2ND ROLL-BY INSPEC TION PERFORMED BY A UP CONDUCTOR AND UPON MOVEMENT A BROKEN WHEEL WAS SPOTTED BY THE UP CONDUCTOR ON MAINLINE AT TAYLOR.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $3,654.   


nearest_city: SYLACAUGA
county: TALLADEGA
railroad: EARY
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
EARY CONDUCTOR NOTTICED THTA A SWIRCH TARGET SHOWED THAT IS WAS LINED AGAINST MOVEMENT AND WALKED OV ER AND LINED IT. THE SWIRCH STAND HAD BEEN RUN INTO BY A CONTRACTOR AND BROKE THE FLAG AND WHEN THE FLAG WAS PUT BACK ON IT WAS PUT ON IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THE TRAINMAN SAID THAT HE HAD CHECKED THE SWITCH POINTS TO SEE IF THERY WERE CLOSED AND WAS MISTAKEN OF THE DIRECTION OF THE POINTS.  LATER T HE CREW PR0CEEDED TO SHOVE 10 CARS THROUGH THE SWITCH AND DUE A CLASS ONE AIR TEST ON THE TRAIN. WHE N MAKING A REVERSE MOVE AFTER COMPLETING THE AIR TEST DERAILED FIVE RAILCARS. PRIMARY CAUSE: EMPLOYE E LINED THE SWITCH AND DID NOT PROPERLY INSPECT IT. 


nearest_city: HEAVENER
county: LE FLORE
railroad: KCS
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SHREVEPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED FOUR CARS AND ONE ENGINE WHILE PULLING OUT TO START MOVEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAD DOUBLED OVER A SWITCH ON THE SHREVEPORT SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
ILXMN-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7413, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING. THE DRIVER PULLED ACROSS THE CROSSING AND STOPPED AT THE SERVICE ROAD STOP SIGN, TRAIN STRUCK THE TR AILER THAT WAS HANGING OVER THE TRACKS.  THE TRAIN WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN TIME.  NO INJURIES TO CRE W OR DRIVER.    


nearest_city: PADUCAH
county: MCCRACKEN
railroad: PAL
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW HAD BEEN SWITCHING CARS IN THE YARD WHEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED HE DIDN'T HAVE ALL HIS CARS AND NOTICED CARS HAD DERAILED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE SWITCH WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED OR CAME UNLATCHED DUE TO TRAIN MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: MARKHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R96991-30 WAS SWITCHING CARS ON THE SWITCHING LEAD AT THE NORTH END OF A-YARD. THE CREW WAS IN THE P ROCESS OF SHOVING CARS INTO MA05 AT THE TIME FOUR CARS ROLLED OUT AND IMPACTED OTHER CARS. IT WAS FO UND THAT THE CARS IN CC ROLLED INTO CARS THAT WERE SITTING IN THE FOUL ON MA02, TO BE SHOVED IN BY T HE LEAD SHORTLY AFTER. THE CARS IN CC THAT ROLLED OUT WERE CRGX 7654, GTW 187826, GTW 187902 AND CN 34271. THESE FOUR CARS HAD BEEN KICKED INTO CC BUT WERE NOT SECURED AND CRGX 7354 MADE IMPACT WITH T HE CARS IN THE FOUL. IMPACT OCCURRED BETWEEN MP 588640 AND NRLX 54183. THE CARS ROLLED OUT WHILE THE CREW WAS WORKING ON A DIFFERENT TRACK, 2 TRACKS OVER IN A-YARD. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BRAKEMAN FAIL ED TO PUT HANDBRAKES ON CARS TO INSURE EQUIPMENT DID NOT ROLL BACK INTO THE FOUL OF LEAD. CARS DAMAG


nearest_city: OWASSO
county: ROGERS
railroad: SKOL
date: 2013-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: TULSA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
SKOL 108 WAS NORTHBOUND IN TN 2 AT 6MPH IN 4 TRACK WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 30 LOADS.  THE CREW HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION AND CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND CARS 24-29 DERAILED.  AS T HE 24TH (SIRX 465131) CAR TRAVERSED THE 4 TRACK SWITCH FROM THE SOUTH LEAD, THE WEST SWITCH POINT BR OKE UNDER LOAD CAUSING THE TRAILING TRUCK TO CLIMB THE SWITCH POINT AND DROP TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE R AIL.  CARS 20-24 CLIMB THE POINT AND ALSO DROPPED TO THE OUTSIDE OF RAIL.  DOWNLOAD SECURED, NO EXCE PTIONS.  HULCHERS RERAILED.  SKOL MOW REPAIRED TRACK.  


nearest_city: CREWE
county: NOTTOWAY
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
FREE ROLLING CUT OF CARS ROLLED WEST OUT OF WY14 STRIKING CUT OF CARS BEING PULLED WEST OUT OF WY15 BY THE VC21.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN CE40 HUMPING WESTWARD ON TRACK WC11 SWIPED AND DAMAGED CAR (TILX 291016) ON PARALLEL TRACK WC5 7      


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Oct
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT717-12 PROCEEDED PAST A STOP SIGNAL AT NORTH JACK LONDON AND RAN INTO THE REAR OF AMT14- 12 WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE PLATFORM IN THE SIDING.  THE TOW LEAD UNITS ON AMT1717-12 DERAILED AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $440,811     


nearest_city: STAPLETON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
INDUSTRY PERSONAL SHOVING NORTH WITH A ONE ENGINE AND 10 CARS DERAILED 3 CARS AFTER MAKING A REVERSE MOVE THROUGH A PERVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MT AIRY
county: STEPHENS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
118.01-053.01-119.01-26G.31-914.01-211.01-203.01-221.02; DETOURED TRAINS: 214.01-213.31-222.01-AMTRA KS 020 AND 019. TRAIN 118P401 TRAVELING ON #2 MAIN TRACK WITH 43LDS, 42MTIMES, 6213TONS, 4562FT, DER AILING 21 CARS LINES 829 (8 LOADS AND 13 EMPTIES).     


nearest_city: ROCK SPRINGS
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: RAWLINS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN YRS51-12 DERAILED 6 CARS IN TRACK 501 IN ROCK SPRINGS YARD.  YRS51-12 HAD JUST SHOVED WEST INT O THE TRACK LIGHT POWER TO PULL THE TRACK.  AFTER MAKING THE COUPLE THE YRS51-12 STRETCHED EAST WITH A TOTAL OF 56 CARS.  WHILE STRETCHING, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THEY HAD GONE ON THE GROUND AND USING GOOD TRAIN HANDLING THE ENGINEER BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A STOP.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 3 M PH AT TIME OF DERAILMENT AND TRAVELED 429'.   


nearest_city: VENICE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Feb
narrative:
GDHUSL-09 DERAILED TWO UNITS AND 4 CARS WHILE YARDING TRAIN IN TRRA TRACK 75 ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.  T RRA MAINTAINS TRACK.  TRRA'S TRACK DAMAGES ARE $1,493.      


nearest_city: GLENDALE
county: MARICOPA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y-PHX2031-11 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 942 AT POINT WHERE GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE WIDE.  NO HA ZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HRS, MANAGER ON DUTY WAS NOTIFIFED OF CARS THAT WERE DERAILED ON THE EAST END OF TRACK 19.  THE YPD21R-11 WAS PULLING OUT A CUT OF 71 CARS IN TRACK 19 TO MAKE A CUT OF 44 CARS. THE YPD1R-11 PULLED DOWN, MADE THEIR CUT OF 44 CARS TO SWITCH.  WHILE SWITCHING, ANOTHER CREW REPORT ED CARS ON THE GROUND IN TRACK 19, WHICH THE YPD21R-11 HAD JUST PULLED TOWARDS THE EAST END.  INVEST IGATION DETERMINED THAT A BROKEN DRAFT SEAL ON THE UP31332 WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
BH13 COLLIDED WITH THE BH19 DUE TO IMPROPERLY PROTECTING A SHOVE WHILE COUPLING 15X30 CARS 2975 TONS 2614 FEET IN CY21 AT CALUMET YARD.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-SPM2012-01 WITH RCO TRAINEE AT CONTROLS WAS PULLING INTO 114 TRK OUT OF BOWL TRACK. CREW UNABL E TO STOP MOVEMENT AND ROLLED OUT OF RCO ZONE AND STRUCK M-MEMTUL1-01 ON MT 1 AND Q-LACATG1-27 ON MT 2. YARD CREW AND NOT CUT AIR INTO CORRECT NUMBER OF CARS IN CUT PER OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS. NO HA ZARDOUS MATERIAL WAS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
RCL Y-PAS1052-01 DERAILING WHILE SHOVING CARS FROM 2213 TO 22207 TRACK. DOWNLOAD OF ENGINE DATA SHOW S THAT LOCO SURGED CAUSING WHEEL LIFT, BUT SURGE WAS NOT CAUSED BY EMPLOYEE OPERATING RCL CONTROLS.      


nearest_city: LOGANSPORT
county: CASS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
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: 12-Dec
narrative:
34N. 16-20'17" 272.16-19'47" 15E.17-15'58" 13K.17-20'0 0" 19K.17-22'04" 935. 17-8'30" 18K. 18-12'30 (DETOURED) 240.16-9'00" 211.16-5'00" EASTBOUND 34ND 117 STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER AT CR 175W (484237K) DERAILING LEAD LOCOMOTIVES NS9963-NS9068-NS9717     


nearest_city: LA VETA
county: HUERFANO
railroad: SLRG
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
EASTBOUND WALSENBURG TURN WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE SLRG 115 TRAVELING AT 10 MPH WITH 32 CARS, 28 LOADS AN D 5 EMPTIES, WHILE PASSING BY MP 200.20 AT 11:48 P.M. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY. TRAIN DERAILED 8 CARS, FROM THE 6TH TO THE 13TH FROM THE HEAD END.     


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
0655 TOP OF EAST PULLED UP A CUT OF CARS ON THE RIVER LEAD. THEY DID NOT HEAR THEIR TRACK SIDE WARNI NG DETECTOR ON THE RADIO WHICH RESULTED IN THEM FAILING TO STOP SHORT OF THE RIVER LEAD DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HASTINGS
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-Jun
narrative:
Y-HAS1611-06 DERAILED 4 CARS IN YARD 103 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TLG      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
GA44 SHOVING SOUTH OFF THE WEST PULLBACK TOWARD FT04 WITH 24 LOADED AUTO RACKS WHEN THIRD, FOURTH AN D FIFTH CARS DERAILED IN THE VICINITY OF THE CAB TRACK SWITCH OFF THE WEST PULLBACK.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
THE YND36-11 CREW WAS PULLING REPAIRED CARS OFF OF TRACK 507 WHEN THE ARMN762221 DERAILED.  THE CAR EARLIER HAD A WHEEL CHANGE OUT AND THE CARMEN FAILED TO PROPERLY PLACE THE WHEEL BACK ON THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN #7844 REPORTED STRIKING A TREE NEAR PRINCETON JUNCTION DAMAGING HEADLIGHTS AND PANTOGRAPH OF L OCOMOTIVE #4409.      


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LLM21R-06 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS TO THE NORTH END OF TRACK 304 WHEN THE RCO OPERATOR MISJUDGED HI S SPOTTING ABILITY AND SIDESWIPED THE MLILI-06 TRAIN THAT WAS SETTING OUT A BAD ORDER IN HIS TRAIN O N THE NORTH END OF 303.  NOTHING DERAILED.     


nearest_city: WELLINGTON
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER 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-Jul
narrative:
CWEAQ 17, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7138, STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK TRAVELING SOUTH ON MILL STREET.  THE DRIVER DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD BEEN STRUCK AND LEFT THE SCENE, BUT LATER RETURNED.  NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR THE DRIVER.     


nearest_city: LA GRANGE
county: LEWIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-WQM2011-06 CARS INTO TRACK 0-14 FROM EAST END AND OUT PAST CLEARANCE POINT ON WEST END, STRIKING S TANDING M-GALKCK1-05      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
VR26 PULLING EAST WITH 1 UNIT (NS 3078) AND 2 SLUGS (NS 924, NS 929) RAN THROUGH THE SPLIT POINT DER AIL LOCATED ON THE NORTH LEAD DERAILING NS 3078 (ALL WHEELS) AND ON THE A END OF SLUG NS 924.      


nearest_city: NEGAUNEE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS SWITCHING FREIGHT FROM THE EAST END OF THE YARD.  THE CONDUCTOR TOLD THE ENGINE TO GO HEAD TO CLEAR THE SWITCH WHEN 7 FREIGHT CARS IN THE CONSIST.  AFTER THE SWITCH WAS CLEARED HE START ED HIM BACK.  THE 3 TAIL CARS CLEARED THE SWITCH WITH THE 4TH JUMPING OFF THE TRACKS DERAILING ATSF 312974 NOT DERAILED WAS DAMAGED AS RESULT OF DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: LINDEN
county: MARENGO
railroad: AGR
date: 2013-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW SHOVED FIVE CARS THROUGH SOUTH LINDEN SWITCH ON MAIN THEN PULLED AHEAD.  FIVE CARS DERAILED.       


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 7 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/72-E/12 AND 7 CARS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE, DERAILED 3 CARS AS A RE SULT OF A MUDSLIDE THAT HIT THE SIDE OF CAR 38039 DERAILING IT AND THE REAR 2 CARS.  AMTRAKS EQUIPME NT DAMAGE IS $69,000.00.     


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Y19522 WAS PULLING CARS FROM TRACK H11 ONTO THE N/E SWITCHING LEAD.  THE JOB FOREMAN NOTICED THAT CA RS HAD STOPPED MOVING BUT HIS REMOTE BOX SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL MOVING.  HE INITIATED A ST OP FROM THE REMOTE BOX AND THEN TRIED PULLING ON THE CARS AGAIN, BUT THE CARS DID NOT MOVE.  THE FOR EMAN AND SWITCHMAN THEN NOTICED THAT 3 CARS HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YARD CREW YH-27 OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SW #7003 ENROUTE WEST OFF TRACK B-8 AND THEN DERAI LED THE WEST AXLE OF #4023 SHOVING EAST THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MASPETH
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRACTOR TRALER WENT AROUND STOPPED CAR AND STOPPED ON CROSSING.  GATES CAME DOWN AND ENGINE 103 STRU CK TRAILER PORTION AND TOOK DOWN SIGNAL STATION.  DRIVER CLAIMED A KNEE INJURY      


nearest_city: ABILENE
county: DICKINSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: STRONG CITY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
G-ABIWHW9-28, WHILE SWITCHING IN YARD, SHOVED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH UNKNOWINGLY. CREW THEN REVERSED DIRECTION, SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MEMPHIS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
MNVPB-14 WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHILE DEPARTING THE YARD.  THE CONDUCTOR HEADED TO THE GROUND TO LOOK F OR A POSSIBLE REASON.  THE CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE TWO CARS ON THE GROUND 20 CARS FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN ON THE EAST END OF THE YARD.  CONDUCTOR STATED THAT THEY HAD RELEASED THE BRAK ES AND WERE LINED OUT OF THE YARD.  THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY ABOUT 7 TO 10 CARS WEST OF THE DERAIL O N THE MAIN, LEAVING SARGENT YARD.  CONDUCTOR FOUND THAT THE 83RD AND 84TH CARS HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE VANDALISM.  DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-28T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
Y-CSY1031-28, SHOVING CARS INTO TRK 7117, FOREMAN HEARD LOUD NOISE AND OBSERVED CARS GOING DOWN 7115 TRACK AND DERAILING.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE TRACK SWITCH NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.  LATE REPORTI NG ACCOUNT NOT NTFD BY FIELD UNIT 8-13-10.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
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-Dec
narrative:
THE YWC04-31 WAS SHOVING THE MWCRV-02 WEST OUT OF TRACK 314 IN DEPART MODE TO RECEIVING YARD TRACK 2 01.  TRAIN DERAILED SEVEN LOADED AUTO CARS AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES FROM THE HEAD END OF CUT AS IT TRAVEL ED THROUGH TRACK 577 (907 POCKET).     


nearest_city: HUNTINGBURG
county: DUBOIS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 375D913 WITH UTILITY EMPLOYEE ATTACHED SHOVING INTO EAST YARD #1 TRACK WITH 2 ENGS 58 CARS MAD E REVERSE MOVEMENT OVER WEST YARD LEAD SWITCH DERAILING 28TH THRU 31ST HEAD CARS, ALL EMPTY, AT WEST YARD LEAD SWITCH.     


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
BNSF REPORTED THE CREW ON THE CTSET-17 RAN THRU THE EAST SWITCH ON NO. 2 MAIN AT MP 55.8.  THE SWITC H WAS OUT OF CORRESPONDANCE AND THE DISPATCHER INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO HAND OPERATE THE SWITCHES NEED ED FOR THEIR WESTBOUND MOVEMENT ON NO. 2 MAIN.  THEY FAILED TO LINE THE MOVEABLE POINT FROG, RUNNING THRU AND DAMAGING IT.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK = DAMAGE $28,000    


nearest_city: MONONGAHELA
county: GREENE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR SURFACING TRACK ON THE MON LINE NEAR CP BECK, SNEEZED AND ACCIDENTALLY RAN INTO DAM AGED SWITCH MACHINE AT CP BECK.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 ON FEBRUARY 25, 2011, BNSF CREW ON THE BNSF-643, NORTH RAN THROUGH A RED BLOCK AND THROUGH THE SOUTH CROSSOVER AT 20TH STREET, ON THE MOFFAT TUNNEL SUBDIVISION ON MAINLINE 1.  TH E CROSSOVER WAS LINED AGAINST THEM AND IN RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH, THEY DAMAGED THE SWITCH POINT. NO DERAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: RAWLINS
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: RAWLINS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING, THREW THE WEST SWITCH OF RINER AND FAILED TO LOCK UP HIS WORKHEAD AND STRUCK T HE SWITCH CONTROL BOX; BREAKING THE LID, CRACKING THE MAIN BOX AND ALSO BREAKING THE HYDRAULIC CYLIN DER ON THE WORKHEAD.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IRSS
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ENGINEER & CONDUCTOR MOVING LIGHT ENGINE FROM SERVICE TANK STRUCK SIDE OF 1800 SWITCH CUT OF CAR PUL LING OUT OF NORTH END OF TRACK 809.      


nearest_city: CORNERSVILLE
county: MARSHALL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
X20309 TRAVELING NORTH ON S&NA NORTH SUBDIVISION DERAILED 16 CARS (AUTO RACKS) ON BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: SALEM
county: MARION
railroad: IC
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SALEM SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
M37161-24 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY WHILE YARDING TRAIN IN THE UP'S SALEM YARD.  CREW FOUND THAT GTW 305909 AND NKCR 860057 HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL.  UP ADVISED $3,713 IN TRACK DAM AGE.  CLAIMED BUT NOT ADMITTED.  THE IC'S MECHANICAL PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT THE GTW 305909 COULD'VE BEEN REPAIRED FOR APPROX. $5,000 BUT THE UNION PACIFIC CHOSE TO DESTROY THE CAR INSTEAD OF HAVING IT REPAIRED THUS MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE EVENT.  THE IC WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR THE C AR.  


nearest_city: PALESTINE
county: ANDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YPL53-08 WAS MOVING LITE POWER IN TRACK 001.  CREW OPERATING FROM 2ND UNIT.  FOOTBOARD INSTRUCTED EN GINEER TO SHOVE 2 CAR LENGTHS AND ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF FOULING TRACK AND RAN INTO SIDE O F INBOUND IHMHOR-07 CAUSING DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YHO32R-28 WAS GATHERING UP TRACK 312 FOR OUTBOUND TRAIN WHEN CREW FOUND 5 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO B YPASSED COUPLERS.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y-KCK22321-30 SHOVING INTO TRACK 212 TO A JOINT WITH CARS ALREADY IN TRACK. COUPLING SHOVED STANDING CUT OVER DERAIL. ALL CARS INVOLVED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y-PUE1021-21A SHOVING INTO 746 DERAILED 6 CARS AT A #8 TURNOUT ON INBOUND/OUTBOUND XOVER. CAUSE WAS DUE TO INOPERATIVE CUSHION UNDERFRAME DEVICE; I.E. BOTH CUSHION UNDERFRAME DEVICES WERE INOPERATIVE AND HAD SIGNIFICANT WEAR BHD COUPLER HORNS AND FACE OF BUFFER CASTING, PREVENTING CAR FROM NEGOTIATI NG TURNOUT.    


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YKD12R-08 HUMPED THE CITX151062 INTO TRACK 36 IN THE BOWL AT HINKLE YARD.  OVERSPEED OUT OF THE RETA RDERS CAUSED THE CAR TO MAKE A HARD JOINT AGAINST CNW128083 WHICH BUCKLED A PORTION OF THE CITX CAR' S FRAME AND RUTURED A COMPARTMENT AND SPILLING SEVERAL TONS OF POTASH ON TRACK.  NO DERAILMENT, DAMA GE ONLY.    


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: PAC
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE OAKLAND YARD CREW WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVE, SHOVING LOCOMOTIVE E/590 AND 5 CARS INTO 9 TRACK, # 9 SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED CAUSING 3 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CE43 HUMPING TRAIN 13GXX26 WITH 2 UNITS. 51, LOADS 38 EMPTIES AND 792 0 TONS ON TRACK WC04 PUSHED TH ROUGH RETARDER AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE 15NXX28 BEING PULLED OFF OF ONE LADDER FROM WC10 TRACK, RESU LTING IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGED TO TTZX 274198 FROM WC04, AND CARS PLCX 224065, PTLX 223672, AMOX 13191, UTLX 664236,HLSC 3116 & NS 408219 BEING PULLED ONE LADDER FROM WC10 TRACK.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE YNP33R-29 RCL CREW WAS SHOVING BAD ORDER CARS INTO THE VAN 2 TRACK WHEN THE DRAWBAR RETAINING PI N ON THE A END OF THE EDGX3394 FELL OUT ALLOWING THE CUT OF 17 CARS EAST OF IT TO ROLL FREE WITH THE B END DRAWBAR FROM THE EDGX3394 REMAINING ATTACHED TO THE COUPLER OF THE OVEX10466.  THE EDGX3394 A ND 13 OTHER CARS REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.  THE EDGX3394 IMPACTED THE OVEX10466 OF THE FR EE ROLLING CUT THAT HAD COME TO A STOP.  THE EDGX3394 AND OVEX10466 WERE DERAILED ROLLING THE RAIL.   


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Z-KCKNBY7-04 CAUSED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES WHEN IT STRUCK A SWITCH ENGINE IN TRACK 304.  THERE WERE NO HA ZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  CAUSE WAS SHOVING MOVEMENT FAILURE TO COMPLY AND IMPROPERLY LINED SWITC H.  ITSL LOCO7870 SUSTAINED $20,945 IN DAMAGES.     


nearest_city: GRAND ISLAND
county: HALL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
IG3OA-15, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7445, STRUCK AN SUV THAT STALLED ON THE CROSSING.  THE OCCUPANT DEPARTED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE COLLISION.  NO INJURIES OR DERAILMENT OCCURRED.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YNL69-02 WAS PULLING IN TRACK 203.  CAR PTTX136211 DERAILED ON THE SWITCH POINT GOING INTO TRACK 203 .  SWITCH POINT TENSION AGAINST STOCK RAIL OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.      


nearest_city: MYRTLE
county: UNION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
DRIVER FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CROSSING WARNING LIGHTS AND BELLS AND TRIED TO CROSS IN FRONT OF LSPR83 01-22I AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ON APRIL 29, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 5PM CRDX 15795 WAS HUMPED AND RELEASED FOR BC14.  THE CAR STALLED AND WAS IN THE FOUL.  GATX 17478 WAS HUMPED AND DESTINED FOR BC16 WHEN THE IMPACT OCCURRED.  EQUIPM ENT COSTS INCREASED; INVOICE RECEIVED 1-19-12.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE YDE55R-28 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING OUT 9 LOADED TANK CARS OF SYRUP INTO TRACK 407 AT THE NO RTH END OF WD640 YARD.  AS THEY WERE SHOVING INTO TRACK 407 AT 7.5 MPH, THE 5TH CAR (ADMX17298) TRAI LING SET OF WHEELS GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH, DERAILING THE CAR.  AS SOON AS THE FOREMAN NOTICED THE CAR HAD DERAILED, HE APPLIED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION ON HIS REMOTE CONTROL BOX TO STOP THE MOVEMENT. BY THE TIME THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP, 4 CARS HAD DERAILED.   


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DURING NOMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS A CUT OF CARS ROLLED FOR TRACK SPELS. THE CAR CUT STOPPED IN THE FOU L AND WAS CORNERED CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2011-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
R98171-24 HAD A SWITCHING INCIDENT IN WHICH TWO CARS CORNERED EACH OTHER. R98171-24 WAS SWITCHING ON THE NORTH END OF GEISMAR YARD WHEN THEY KICKED CAR IBPX 17505 TOWARDS GE05, CAR STOPPED AND ROLLED BACK TOWARDS SPLIT LEAD SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR HAD ALREADY LET TWO LOADED CARS GO, TILX 250678 WHICH WAS SOUTH CAR AND DBUX 250103 WHICH WAS NORTH CAR, TO TRACK GE07. THE SOUTH OF THE TWO CARS, TILX 25 06789, RAKED IBPX 17505 THAT WAS IN THE FOUL CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. THERE WERE NO EXPOSURES, D ERAILMENTS, INJURIES, OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.  


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0832 HOURS ON MAY 8, 2011, THE 0820 33RD STREET TO JOURNAL SQUARE VIA HOBOKEN INTER VAL TRAIN WAS MOVING INTO HOBOKEN TERMINAL ON TRACK 2.  AS THE TRAIN ENTERED THE TERMINAL, IT PASSED TIMING SIGNAL 94Z, AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE.  AN EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION WAS INITIATED APPROXI MATELY TWO SECONDS BEFORE LEAD CAR 853 STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK AT THE EAST END OF THE TERMINAL.  TH E LEAD CAR MOVED PAST THE 7 CAR MARKER, AND STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK.  THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT SEVER ELY DAMAGED THE BUMPING BLOCK, AND THE SURROUNDING CONCRETE ON THE PLATFORM AT THE NORTH END OF THE BUMPING BLOCK.  IN ADDITION, SEVERAL TURNSTILES WERE DAMAGED.  BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH RAILS ATTACH ED TO THE BUMPING BLOCK BROKE AWAY AT THE INSULATED JOINTS, AND WERE PUSHED 5 FEET EAST.  THE NO. 1


nearest_city: NENANA
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
EMPLOYEE OPERATING CB-6 TRAVELED DOWN HILL FROM 412.6 AND STOPPED AT NSS NENANA TO LINE BOTH HIS MAC HINE AND BR-18 INTO THE SIDING TO CLEAR THE SOUTH BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN.  WHILE SWITCHING THE EMPLOYEE NOTED THE BR-18 COMING DOWN THE HILL BEHIND HIM WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HIT THE CB-6 WHICH WAS STOPP ED AT THE SWITCH    


nearest_city: ROBINSON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS TAKING ATTEMPTING TO TAKE LOADS WHEN THE WHEELS LEFT THE RAIL AT THE SWITCH POINT. THERE WE RE NO MARKS BEHIND THE SWITCH POINT TO THAT WOULD INDICATE A GAPPED SWITCH.  IT APPEARS AS THOUGH TH E SWITCH HAD BEEN LINED UNDER THE MOVING CUT OF CARS ALLOWING THE HEAD PORTION OF THE CUT TO TAKE NO RMAL ROUTE AND THE REAR CUT TO TAKE THE REVERSE ROUTE.    


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: TCT
date: 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AT ABOUT 9AM SUNDAY APRIL 25, 2010 THE 7AM XTRA JOB USING LOCO NO. 36 WAS SWITCHING OUT A CUT OF CAR S ON THE EAST END OF THE 600 YARD. THE TRAIN SHOING 34 CARS PLUS LOCO, MOVING EAST INTO YARD TRACK 6 02 CUT OFF TWO CARS CLEAR OF THE LEAD, FOREMAN DID NOT SET HAND BRAKES ON THESE TWO CARS. THE TRAIN WITH 32 CARS PLUS LOCO, MOVED WEST TO CLEAR THE SWITCH POINT, FOREMAN LINED TURNOUT FOR TRACK 599 AN D GAVE SIGNAL TO MOVE EAST INTO TRACK 599 TO SET OUT 5 CARS. ONCE THE 5 CARS TO BE CUT OFF WERE CLEA R THE LEAD, MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED, FOREMAN PULLED PIN AND GAVE INSTRUCTION TO ENGINEER TO GO EAST WIT H THE 27 REMAINING CARS 
PLUS LOCO. WITHIN MOMENTS THE FOREMAN HEARD METAL SCRAPING AND REALIZED TH E TWO ARS PREVIOUSLY CUT OFF IN RACK 602 HAD
 ROLLED BACK TO FOUL THE MOVING TRAIN AND WERE IN CONT


nearest_city: BOSTWICK
county: PUTNAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
THE CREW ON THE T10418 WAS CALLED TO SPOT A LOAD AND PULL AN EMPTY TRAIN FROM SEMINOLE ELECTRIC.  TH E CREW PULLED THE LOADED TRAIN INTO THE INBOUND TRACK, TESTED THE HANDBRAKES, AND CUT AWAY FROM THEI R TRAIN.  THEY THEN COUPLED TO THE EMPTY TRAIN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK.  ON ARRIVAL, THE CREW WAS NOTIFI ED THEY NEED TO SET THE REAR CAR OUT TO THE J SPUR.  THE ROTARY COUPLER ON THIS CAR WAS ON THE WRONG END TO DUMP THE CAR.  THE CREW PULLED THE EMPTY TRAIN AHEAD APPROXIMATELY 40 CARS TO CLEAR THE J SP UR.  THEY THEN SHOVED APPROXIMATELY SIX CAR LENGTHS ONTO THE SPUR TO SPOT THE CAR, WITH PERMISSION F ROM THE SEMINOLE ELECTRIC EMPLOYEES.  THE CREW TIED AND TESTED THE HANDBRAKE ON THIS CAR, CUT AWAY, AND BEGAN TO PULL OUT OF THE SPUR WHEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT REVEALED


nearest_city: BILLINGS
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: MRL FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
MRL SWITCH CREW MAKING EASTWARD SHOVE IN OLD BILLINGS YARD SHOVED CAR OUT EAST YARD LEAD AND INTO PA SSING BNSF TRAIN V-CHCTAC1 03.  THIS SIDESWIPE RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT CAR DAMAGE BUT NO DERAILMENT OR UDE.  V CHCTAC1 03 WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ACICI-01 CREW WAS MAKING A MOVE ON THE WYE TO TAKE LIGHT POWER TO THE PMT.  WHEN THEY WENT PAST THE 19 POWER DERAIL, THE CONDUCTOR WAS NOT WATCHING HIS LINE-UP AND RAN THRU THE 801 SWITCH ON THE WEST END.  THE TRAIN WAS LINED FOR THE HIGH SIDE.  THEY CONTACTED THE CLERK FOR A ROUTE, BUT THE CLERK DI D NOT HAVE A ROUTE ON THE HIGH SIDE SO THE CREW HAD TO GO TO THE LOW SIDE.  WHEN THEY MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT, ONE AXLE WENT ON THE GROUND BECAUSE OF THE RUN-THRU SWITCH.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Fog
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
NS-BH37-08-WAS ON SOUTH RUNNER FOR 2 LEAD TO PARK ENGINES ON 1 LEAD POCKET-THE SIGNAL WAS GIVEN TO N S-BH37-FOR MOVEMENT, INSTEAD CSX-Q592-07 TOOK THE SIGNAL FOR THEIR MOVEMENT WHILE K-632-07 WAS CROSS ING IN FRONT OF THEM, THE Q592 SIDE SWIPED THE 4-5-6-7-8-9 & 10 TANK CARS-LOAD ETHELNOL-IN THE CONSI ST-DAMAGING CARS-NONE WERE DERAILED.    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WITH A DOUBLE LOCOMOTIVE UNIT, CREW 321 PULLED EIGHT LOADED (5 STEEL; 3 SCRAP) AND TWO EMPTY CARS NO RTH FROM TRACK 752.  PRIOR TO PULLING THE CARS, THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE THAT CSXT 482532, THE SEVENTH CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVES, HAD BEEN DERAILED (ONE SET OF WHEELS) BY THE OVER-HEAD CRANE IN THE BUILD ING, WHILE LOADING THE STEEL COILS ON THE CAR.  AS THE CREW PULLED, THE DERAILED WHEELS RODE ALONG T HE RAIL UNTIL THE CAR REACHED THE 751 / 752 SWITCH WHICH CAUSED TWO OTHER LOADED CARS OF STEEL TO DE RAIL AS WELL.  


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


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


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: GVSR
date: 2013-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
UPRR CREW DELIVERING 30 LOADED CARS TO GVSR WHEN LAST 5 CARS DERAILED JUST PAST 37TH ST. DUE TO WIDE GAGE.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: UNIVERSITY PARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR HEARD A NOISE DIVERGING OVER FROM 2 TO 2 AT 65TH STREET. THEY STOPPED TRAIN T O INSPECT PANTOGRAPHS AND THEY NOTICED THE PANTOGRAPHS ON CAR 9 WERE DAMAGED AND PANTOGRAPH WOULD NO T LATCH DOWN. THEY THEN RAISED "F" END AND CONTINUED UNTIL 95TH STREET WHERE MORE DAMAGE OCCURRED.     


nearest_city: DIGGINS
county: WEBSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: THAYER NORTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER FAILED TO CLEAR CROSSING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ACROSS HWY 60 EAST AND WAS STRUCK BY THE WESTBOUND Q-MEMLAC6-19A.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: HODGE
county: JACKSON
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
LASR111 WAS HEADED OUT OF ONTO TRACK 510 AND WAS BEGINNING TO CROSS A BRIDGE WHEN THE TRACK SPREAD D UE TO WIDE GUAGE AND THE RAIL ROLLED, CAUSING THE 8TH CAR TO DERAIL, FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT 4 CARS.  T HE 8TH CAR MADE IT OVER THE BRIDGE BUT THE BRIDGE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED DUE TO THE DERAILED CARS.  TW O CARS ON THE BRIDGE HAD TO BE DUMPED OVER THE SIDE IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE BRIDGE FOR REPAIRS.    


nearest_city: TONAWANDA
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NIAGARA
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-Feb
narrative:
Y23402 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 50 LOADED COAL HOPPERS INTO KENMORE YARD FROM THE WONALANCET RUNNER AT 7 MPH. THE CONDUCTOR HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN NOTICED THE CARS AHEAD OF HIM SHAKE AND START TO TIP. HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND JUMPED CLEAR. FOUR CARS ENDED UP ON THE GROUND WITH TWO ON THEIR SIDE NEAR THE ABC123 SWITCH ON THE EAST END OF YARD.    


nearest_city: WEST ORANGE
county: ORANGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LLB31-6 DERAILED ONE CAR (OFOX580019) IN THE PLANT AT TRINITY INDUSTRIES.  CREW COUPLED INTO TRACK 4 WITH CUT OF CARS AND SHOVED 2 CARS INTO THE CLEAR OF ADJACENT TRACK 5 IN ORDER TO SET CARS INTO THE ADJACENT TRACK.  THEY THEN CUT AWAY WITH CARS AND SHOVED INTO TRACK 5.  THEY CAME BACK LIGHT POWER TO TRACK 4, COUPLED INTO IT, AND STRETCHED THE COUPLING.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN KNOCKED OFF HAND BRAKES , AND COMMENCED PULLING ON THE TRAIN.  THE ENGINEER FELT SOME RESISTANCE, BUT ATTRIBUTED THAT TO BEI NG IN A CURVE.  AFTER CONTINUING TO PULL, THE ENGINEER THEN BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE ON THE GROUND. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND SAW THE B-END TRUCKS ON THE OFOX580019, WHICH WAS THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON THE REAR CAR, WERE BOTH ON THE INSIDE OF THE RAIL.  ALSO FPAX890291, ACTX55881, ACFX55884


nearest_city: ARCADIA
county: HANCOCK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
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-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 68KL305 TRAVELING EAST ON THE FOSTORIAL DISTRICT WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 61 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, AND 77 79 TONS DERAILED 33 CARS.  RAILROAD VERIFIED FRA TRACK CLASS & CONSIST SPEED.  BELOW ARE THE CAR NUM BERS THAT RELEASED HAZMAT, THE TYPE OF CHEMICAL THAT WAS RELEASED AND THE AMOUNT:
ADMX 030341, ETHY L, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030691, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030798, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT R ELEASED; TILX 195003, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030387, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 03 0874, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030917, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 025981, ETHYL, UNK NOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030680, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030107, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASE D; ADMX 030175, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030897, ETHYL, UNKNOWN AMT RELEASED; ADMX 030941,


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
28TP916-12'15" 27TP916-8'00" TRAIN 28TP916 PULLING EAST THROUGH RAIL HIGHWAY #1 WITH 44 LDS MOTIES 3 400 TONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE INTERMODAL TRAFFIC DERAILING 5 MULTI LEVELS, 13TH H/C TTGX 17TH THRU 20TH H/C. TTGX 157265, 994733, 980256 & 993171     


nearest_city: EAST DUBUQUE
county: JO DAVIESS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
H-NTWUL1-24 EXPERIENCED UDE AT MP 184.6. INSPECTION FOUND 12 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: CLINCHCO
county: DICKENSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
N43215 TRAVELING SOUTH ON KINGSPORT SUBDIVISION STRUCK A ROCK SLIDE AT MILEPOST Z 19.5. TWO LOCOMOTI VES AND FOUR CARS DERAILED AND TWO NON DERAILED CARS WERE DAMAGED BY ROCK SLIDE. THE INCIDENT RESULT ED IN INJURIES TO THE TRAIN CONDUCTOR.     


nearest_city: POWHATAN POINT
county: BELMONT
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
COGC526-08'00" CO8C527-8'00" COAC527-08'00" CO9C527-8'0'0" 4C09526 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 65 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 9957 TONS ON OHIO VALLEY MAIN RAILED THE 24TH (GEAX 000066), 25TH (GEAX 00014 7), 26TH (GEAX000147), 27TH (GEAX 000192), HEAD CARS AND DAMAGED THE 28TH (GEAX 00074) HEAD CAR.     


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-12 WHILE SWITCHING MADE JOINT ON GEOMETRY TEST CAR 87, REAR END .  CAR WAS THEN HANDLED AN D SUBSEQUENTLY COUPLED TO OTHER EQUIPMENT ON HEAD END.  DURING SWITCHING, HIGH-VALUE WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT AS A RESULT OF OVERSPEED COUPLING.  NOTICE OF THIS EVENT WAS RECEIVED LATE FROM FIELD.     


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Z-WSPLAC1-14 WAS DOUBLING 6 CAR LENGTHS TO 102 TRACK.  CONDR LINED 102 TRACK SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT THE N LINED DERAIL TO DERAILING POSITION IN ERROR.  WHEN SHOVE WAS COMMENCED, CREW DERAILED 2 CARS.  ALL EQUIPMENT WAS ARTICULATED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SANBORN
county: BARNES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
F-RRVW001-11 EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION FOUND FAILED DRAWBARR WHICH HAD FALLEN UNDER TRAIN DERAILIN G ONE PAIR OF WHEELS ON ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ON 9/27/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 0130AM CREW KG53/334 WAS SWITCHING CARS OUT AT THE EAST END OF THE RELAY YARD WHEN THEY KICKED 3 CARS INTO TRACK GR14 AND THEN KICKED 1 CAR FOR TRACK GR16 WHEN THE CARS IN GR14 ROLLED BACK AND CORNORED THE CAR (TTGX 991555) THAT WAS DESTINED FOR TRACK GR16.  THEY FAILED T O PROPERLY SECURE A HANDBRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR/S.            LONGITUDE 41.607205 AND LONGITUDE -087.4 84052   


nearest_city: PERRY
county: NOBLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK BNSF
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:
UPRR TRAIN MHOWT-25, WHILE TRAVELING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS.  INVESTIGA TION DETERMINED CAUSE AS BROKEN RAIL BASE.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $410,000.  CAR #: SHPX 240 289 CHLORINE RESIDUE 1 GAL VAPOR.  CAR #: TCIX 26006 COMBUSTILE LIQUID 92000 LBS.  CAR #: FMLX 20003 5 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 100 GAL.  CAR #: FMLX 17108 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 20 GAL.    


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
30 ~ YARD SWITCHING 
JOB 111 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A TRAIN, SET OUT A CUT OF CARS INTO TRA CK 109.  THE CONDUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD SET THE HANDBRAKES, AND CUT AWAY FROM THE CARS, HE LINED T HE SWITCH AND SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK 111 WHEN HE HEARD THE COLLISION.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 3 CARS WERE NOT PROPERLY SECURED 
INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED WITHIN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF 2013, DUE TO IMPROPER ESTIMATION OF CAR DAMAGES.  THE INITIAL CAR DAMAGES ESTIMATED ONLY AT $5000, AND WAS NOT R EPORTABLE.  HOWEVER, UPON REPAIRS TO THE CARS, THE INCIDENT IS NOW REPORTABLE, AS THE AMOUNT OF CAR DAMAGE HAS EXCEEDED THE REPORTABLE AMOUNT. 


nearest_city: MURRAY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 15 WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND APPROACHING THE 5900 SOUTH 300 WEST ON BLOCK 227A WHEN A SOUTHBOU ND MOTOR VEHICLE MADE AN ILLEGAL LEFT-HAND AT A RED STOP LIGHT AROUND CROSSING GATES IN THE DOWN POS ITION ONTO THE RAIL. TRAIN 15 WAS PLACED INTO EMERGENCY BRAKE MODE AND SOUNDED THE HORN, WARNING THE MOTOR VEHICLE OF AN APPROACHING TRAIN.  TRAIN 15 MADE CONTACT WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLE ON THE LEFT SI DE REAR DOOR.  THE VEHICLE ROLLED SOUTHBOUND ALONG THE NORTHBOUND RAIL COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET SOUTH OF THE GRADE CROSSING. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAS FOUND SIT TING ON THE BASE OF THE CATENARY POLE NEAR THE VEHICLE.  THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE T O A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH HEAD INJURIES IN STABLE CONDITION.


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YSP24-31 CONDUCTOR LINED THE NORTHEND OF THE NSL SWITCH, CARS RAN THROUGH SWITCH WHEN MOVED.  CONDUC TOR REQUESTED THAT ENGINEER SHOVE BACK TO CLEAR THE #4 CROSSOVER SWITCH.  ONCE HE CLEARED THE CROSSO VERS, CONDUCTOR LINED THE CROSSOVERS TO THE DESIRED MOVEMENT.  TRAIN WAS PULLED ABOUT 2 CAR LENGTHS AND IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CARS ASHX001209 AND ASHX001629 HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: SAINT ALBANS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CN
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
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-Dec
narrative:
CN TRAIN, M32421-07, WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES 26 LOADS 4 EMPTIES WAS YARDING TRAIN ON TRACK 104 IN ST AL BANS YARD ON THE NECR WHEN THEY DERAILED FOUR CARS OF LPG (PROX 34327, PROX 32882, PROX 32263, CGTX 65445). CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL - HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OR LEAK. N ECR REPORTED $20,000 IN TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: VALDOSTA
county: LOWNDES
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: THOMASVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
G28611 WAS SHOVING THE MAIN TRACK IN ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND WITH CARS WHEN THE AIR WENT DOWN. UPON I NSPECTION THE CARS STREAMLINED IN THE CURVE DERAILING 15 CARS.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
301 CREW MOVING EAST WITH THREE UNITS LIGHT FROM DIT TOWARDS WESTBOUND YARD DERAILED TRAILING TRUCK OF LEAD UNIT NS 3377 AND LEAD TRUCK OF MIDDLE UNIT BNSF 9907 AT P LEAD SWITCH "B" ENDS OF BOTH LOCOM OTIVES.     


nearest_city: SOUTH FORK
county: CAMBRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
HI-RAIL TRUCK 705602 STRUCK IN REAR BY BR05064B AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ACCOUNT EMERGENCY BRAKE INOP ERATIVE DUE TO IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF BRAKES.  ITEM 30:  MANUAL BLOCK.      


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE 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:
YAL01R-07 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON TRACK 2.  THE CREW PROCEEDED OUT OF TRACK #2 EAST.  RAN THRU SWITCH #4 ON THE EAST END.  MADE A REVERSE MOVE AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ITASCA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AT 00:20 2G35-08 DERAILED 4 OF 7 CARS AT M.P. 21.00 ON THE ELGIN SUB. 2G35 HAD JUST PULLED WESTBOUND 1 MILE PRIOR OUT OF INDUSTRY BEFORE TRAIN DERAILED. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WILL BE REPORT ING $5,557.46 IN EQUIPMENT COST.     


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
W94328 WAS TRAVELLING EAST INTO TRACK N45 WHEN THEY DERAILED THE REAR 5 CARS OF THEIR 34 CAR CONSIST ACCOUNT GAPPED SWITCH POINT. CARS WERE GATX 202789, PNPX 1204, PNPX 1044, PNPX 1126, ALL WHEELS, AN D UTLX 67019, L&R 1,2 WHEELS.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB,  RCL91771-15, WAS HUMPING CARS IN HARRISON YARD WHEN THEY RELEASED TWO CARS FOR M026 WHICH STALLED AT THE HI SWITCH.  THEY THEN RELEASED TANK CAR WPHX 4002 DESTINED FOR TRACK M025 THAT ACTUALLY COUPLED ONTO THE PREVIOUS CARS THAT WERE DESTINED INTO TRACK M026.  THE CREW THEN PULL ED THE PIN ON THE NEXT CAR, CEFX 32291, WHICH WAS DESTINED FOR TRACK M027 AND IT CORNERED WPHX 4002 WHICH DID NOT CLEAR INTO TRACK M026. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO CEFX 32291 AND NOTHING DERAILED.  INVEST IGATION FOUND THAT HPCS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT TRACK M026 WAS OUT TO FOUL AND LINED THE ROUTE FOR M027 WHICH ALLOWED THE CORNERING OF WHPX 4002 TO HAPPEN. 


nearest_city: EL CENTRO
county: IMPERIAL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CALEXICO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE MWCEC-19 AFTER BEING TIED DOWN IN THE YARD WAS VANDALIZED .  THE UP5471 WAS LIT ON FIRE AND BURN ED AND THE UP2286, UP1394, AND THE UP5399 WERE VANDALIZED.  DPU UNIT WAS NOT VANDALIZED.  THIS INCID ENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY UP POLICE, INC. NO. 13096191.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE RAN THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH AND PULLED AHEAD CAUSING A TWO CAR DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: CISCO
county: EASTLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
MFWWC-10 MOVING WESTBOUND HAD UDE AND RAILCAR ETCX430060 DERAILED ON SINGLE MAINLINE.  RAIL = CWR       


nearest_city: JAL
county: LEA
railroad: TNMR
date: 2011-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR WAS AT A CROSSING GIVING A ROLL BY WHEN THE ENGINEER TRANSMITTED OVER THE RADIO "I DON 'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT I STOPPED."  THE CONDUCTOR INVESTIGATED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 9 CARS HAD DER AILED.  THE TRAINLINE NEVER BROKE SO IT NEVER WENT INTO EMERGENCY.     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: KO
date: 2010-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
KORR 110 WAS BUILDING A GRAIN TRAIN AT DEBRUCE ELEVATOR. CREW TIED INTO TAIL 1 AND TAIL 2 GRABBING A PPROXIMATELY 50 CARS AND SETTING THEM OUT TO THE MAIN LINE, AFTER SETTING THESE CARS OUT, THEY RETUR NED TO TAIL 3 TRACK THAT HELD AROUND 50 CARS WITH A CUT TOWARDS THE REAR. CONDUCTOR SENT CONDUCTOR T RAINEE TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN TO PROTECT THE SHOVE AND MAKE THE JOINT. CONDUCTOR TRAINEE INITIATED MOVEMENT BACK UPON ARRIVAL OF THE SWITCH HE STATED THE SWITCH WAS LINED AND CALLED THE ENGINEER BAC K TO THE JOINT. AFTER MAKING THE JOINT, THE CREW PULLED AHEAD TO DOUBLE THE MAIN LINE AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CREW WALKED BACK TO FIND 3 LOADED GRAIN CARS DERAILED. 


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2011-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AT 10:30 AM NS LOADED AUTO RACK TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE WESTBOUND MAIN AT WR INTERLOCK ER, 4 CARS DERAIL ED BETWEEN COMMON WEALTH CROSSING AND NEIDRINGHAUS.   THE INVESTIGATION REVELED TH AT JUST PASSED WR A ONE FOOT SECTION OF THE RAIL BROKE AT THE HEAD OF THE RAIL CAUSING ETTX 710487 T O DERAIL ALONG WITH THE ETTX 70040 ETTX 700622  AND ETTX 711092.  IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE BR OKEN RAIL WAS ON NORFOLK SOUTHERN PROPERTY AND THE TRAIN TRAVELED ANOTHER APPROXAMITLY 1000 FT BEFOR E THE TRAIN CAME TO REST ON TRRA PROPERTY.  


nearest_city: SANDUSKY
county: SANDUSKY
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
15NB118 WITH 4 UNITS AND 14 X 94 WBD ON MAIN #2 CROSSING OVER TO MAIN #1 AT CP244 AT 33MPH EXPERIENC ED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. TOTAL OF 12 CARS DERAILED POSITIONS 32-43 IN THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
D5RD512 PULLING WEST INTO TATE & LYLE INDUSTRY TRACK #4 DERAILED STLX 6248 (2ND H/C), STLX 6231 (3RD H/C), CRDX 6136 (4TH H/C), STLX 6001 (5TH H/C), HMBX 292920 6GX 759339 (7TH H/C) ACCOUNT SWITCH POI NT OPENED UNDER MOVEMENT ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK.     


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
*RCL - BOTTOM OF EAST RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WEST AT THE EAST CROSSOVERS CAUSING MRL 1102 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Feb
narrative:
GDHUSL-09 WAS PULLING SOUTH INTO TRACK 75 WITH 102 CARS TO DOUBLE TO TRACK 82 ON THE SOUTH END.  THE 4TH AND 5TH LOCOS AS WELL AS THE FOUR HEAD CARS DERAILED IN TRACK 75 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL ACCT OF A TRANSVERSE FUSION.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: FULTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
R90771-23 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING OUT SPOT CARS FROM MH03 INTO WHICH WAS A CLEAR TRACK.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS TO SHOVE 2 CARS INTO THE CLEAR TRACK AND TIE 2 HANDBRAKES TO USE AS A BUMPING POST. UPON SHOVING ONE OF THE CARS INTO THE CLEAR TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR ASKED THE ENGINE FOR SLACK AND PULL ED THE PIN ON GATX 206803, FORGETTING THAT THE TRACK WAS CLEAR.  CONDUCTOR FORGOT THAT HE DIDN'T SHO VE THE 2 CARS INTO TRACK FOR THE BUMPING POST WHICH ALLOWED THE GATX 206803 TO ROLL THROUGH THE TRAC K, HIT THE DERAIL AND DERAIL ONTO ITS SIDE.  CREW WAS TESTED, RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  


nearest_city: MICHIGAN CITY
county: LA PORTE
railroad: NICD
date: 2013-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
WHEN PULLING CAR 27 OUT OF THE SHOP ON TRACK #3 THE "F" END PANTOGRAPH WAS IN THE RAISED POSITION. AS THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED OUT WITH THE "B" PANTOGRAPH ON THE OUTSIDE CANTENARY.  AS THE CAR PROCEE DED EAST OUT OF THE SHOP THE "F" END PANTOGRAPH CRASHED INTO THE IRON BEAM AND GOT WRAPPED UP IN THE CANTENARY.    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
NS 46732 FREE ROLLED FROM THE SOUTH KICKBACK INTO TRACK MT17 BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH NS 41915 RESULTI NG IN THE DERAILMENT OF THE L1 & L2 WHEELS OF NS 46732 AND THE L4S 41915      


nearest_city: COZAD
county: DAWSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE GSPGCD-16 WAS SHOVING 26 CARS EAST INTO TRACK 754 IN A MOVE TO SPOT CARS TO GAVILON GRAIN ELEVAT OR WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE WEST END OF THE CONSIST.  AS THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE THE UP5918 MOVED EASTWA RD AT THE WEST END OF THE TRACK THE RAIL ROLLED DERAILING IT AND THE UP7204 DUE TO WIDE GAGE FROM DE FECTIVE OR MISSING FASTENERS.  GAVILON FERTILIZER MAINTAINS TRACK.  DAMAGE = $1000    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CW 44 MOVING EASTWARD WITH 1 UNIT, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 0 TONS ON #3 LADDER TRACK, RAKED THE 1ST HEAD CAR (GRW 90878) ON WC 525 TRACK.  UNATTENDED CAR THAT WAS HIT (RAKING COLLISION) BY CW44.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
VR32 PULLING WEST ACROSS THE SOUTH HUMP WITH 14 LOADS, 79 EMPTIES, 457 1 TONS DERAILED THE 11TH & 12 TH HEAD CARS (EMPTY GONS) OF CUT WHEN NORTH LEAD WHEEL, TRAILING TRUCK OF NW 97194 MOUNTED EXCESSIVE LY WORK FROG POINT, DERAILING NS 9194980.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YGP60-20 WAS TRAVELING ON PTRA MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN CREW MEMBER LINED SWITCH UNDER LITE POWER MOVE CAUSING ONE UNIT TO DERAIL.  CROSSOVER WAS FROM PTRA TO UPRR TRACKS.  UPRR ALSO HAD $1320 IN TRACK D AMAGES.  PTRA ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $4,500.  1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACT OR.    


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
PULLING 24 LOADS EAST OUT OF EAST WYE.  FELT HEAVY JERK AT 8 MPH, BRINGING TRAIN TO STOP, BUT NOT IN ITIATING AND UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION.  WALKED BACK TO INSPECT, FOUND 19TH, 20TH, 21ST CAR ON GROUND, DUG DEEPLY INTO TRACK STRUCTURE/BALLAST FOULING THE EAST SWITCH OF EAST WYE.  ABOUT 160 FEE T OF TRACK DAMAGE SOUTH OF EAST WYE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: EDWALL
county: LINCOLN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
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:
M-SPOEVE1-01 STOPPED IN SIDING EDWALL TO SWITCH ELEV. CREW NEEDED TO BACK TRN TO CLEAR ELEV TRK SWIT CH; ENGR DID NOT CHARGE TRN LINE PRIOR TO MOVE, RESULTING IN WHL LIFT AND DERAILMENT OF ONE CAR THAT WENT UNNOTICED.  WHEN TRAIN ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE EDWALL, THIS CAR AND 17 OTHERS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: HINTON
county: PLYMOUTH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CN'S TRAIN, 3CNSXJ-17, WITH LEAD UNIT CN5739, STRUCK A WHITE CHEVROLET 3500HD TRUCK AFTER IT DROVE A ROUND A BROWN FORD TRUCK WITH A TRAILER AT THE CR-60/MAIN STREET CROSSING AND ATTEMPTED TO TRAVEL AR OUND THE ACTIVATED CROSSING MECHANISM IN HINTON, IA.  THE WHITE TRUCK COLLIDED WITH THE BROWN TRUCK AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CROSSING EQUIPMENT.  TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE WHITE TRUCK WERE TRANSPORTED WITH MINOR INJURIES.  CC EQUIPMENT DAMAGES: $1622   


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CIC
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR OF JOB 14 STOPPED TO ALIGN TRACK SWITCHES FOR HIS TRAIN TO SHOVE INTO THE CLEAR ON A C LEAR TRACK.  WHILE WALKING AHEAD OF HIS TRAIN HE LOOKED BACK AND SEEN HIS TRAIN WAS SHOVING DOWN THE WRONG TRACK AND STRUCK A STANDING TRAIN WITH LOCOMOTIVES ATTACHED.  HE REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO ALIGN ONE OF THE SWITCHES.  TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND A BOX CAR OF THE STANDING TRAIN WERE DERAILED.  LOC OMOTIVES WERE DAMAGED AND RAIL WAS ROLLED OVER UNDER THEM.  THE LEAD CAR, UTLX 203857, STRUCK CIC 12 5 RESULTING IN CIC 125, CIC 123, AND CIC 8004 BEING DERAILED.  NO DAMAGE TO THE TRAIN THAT WAS MOVIN G. 


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TWO CARS BYPASS COUPLERS DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS RESULTING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TOLUCA
county: MARSHALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Z-WSPALT9-06 MOVING WEST ON MT1 WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MTL S WERE RELEASED.  TRAIN CONSISTED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
680-031 WAS STOPPED AT RED SIGNAL ON THE OUTBOUND AT WEST WYE WAITING INSTRUCTIONS TO YARD HIS TRAIN .  TRAIN WAS RELEASED AND WAS PULLING INTO KNOCHE YARD OFF THE OUTBOUND TRACK GOING INTO 901 TRACK. AS THE POWER STARTED OVER THE POWER SWITCHES TO ENTER 901 FROM THE MAIN LINE, THE R-4 WHEEL ON THE THIRD UNIT (NREX 8096) APPARENTLY CLIMBED THE SWITCH CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DERAIL.  FIELD #12 - KANS AS CITY TERMINAL.  FIELD #30 - TYPE OF TERRITORY IS 1. SIGNALED, 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK.   


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW SHOVING INTO TRACK 5 DERAILED AT TRACK 2 SWITCH. INVESTIGATION INDICATED ELECTRIC SWITCH MECHAN ISM FAILED ALLOWING SWITCH TO OPEN UNDER MOVEMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
15VC304: 04'00 14GC205:12'00" 14GC205: 12'00" 15VC304 OPERATING WESTWARD WITH 5 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 1 EM PTIES, AND 980 TONS ON 9 YARD LADDER TRACK, DERAILED THE 5TH UNIT. (NS 5360).      


nearest_city: GROSSE TETE
county: IBERVILLE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
QLINSB-06, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4521, STRUCK A ROAD GRADER WHICH HAD STOPPED ON CROSSING FOULING MAINLIN E.  UP4521 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  DRIVER OF ROAD GRADER FATALLY INJURED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y39005 WAS HUMPING OUT OF R06 WHEN KBSR 78672 AND KBSR 35134 DERAILED ON A JOINT DUE TO MISMATCHED R AIL-HEAD CONTOUR.      


nearest_city: STEVENSON
county: SKAMANIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 1 CAR WHEN COUPLER RETAINER PIN/CROSS KEY SEPARATED FROM CAR ALLOWING DRAWBAR TO FALL FROM CAR.  2 ADDITIONAL CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM STRIKING DRAWBAR PARTS.  NO HAZARDOUS INVOLVED O R RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BROWNWOOD
county: BROWN
railroad: TXR
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TXR CREW SHOVED 85 CARS OUT BNSF TRACK 114 AND FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL, CAUSING 4 CARS TO DERAIL.       


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y29212 WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE OVER THE APEX OF THE HUMP WITH 39 CARS TO CLASS TRACK 063, COUPLE TO 7 LOADS AT THE WEST END OF THE TRACK AND SHOVE TO DROP THE 23 LOADED COIL GONDOLAS THEN CUT AWAY AND COME HIGH.  FOREMAN SHOVED OVER, COUPLED, AND SHOVED THE CARS IN THE CLEAR, UNCOUPLING THE CARS IN MOTION AT APPROXMATELY 1.7 MPH.  IN THE MEAN TIME THE Y29612 WAS COUPLING UP TRACK 064 AND WAS TOLD CLASS TRACK 063 WAS BEING SHOVED TOWARDS THE EAST END. THE Y29612 DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION FOR HEAD R OOM AND PULLED INTO THE FOUL OF TRACK 063 WITH HIS LOCOMOTIVE.  THE CUT OF CARS IN 063 ROLLED OUT ON THE FOUL OF TRACK 064 AND SIDE SWIPED THE CSXT 8474. THIS RESULTED IN DERAILING 4 CARS IN 063, AND THE CSXT 8474 IN TRACK 064. RCOF FAILED TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGMENT WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP HIS CUT PRI


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WHILE SPOTTING 20 LOADS TO TATE & LYLE SOUTH PLANT, D96D119 DERAILED 3 COVERED HOPPERS (ALL WHEEL) D UE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: PIKEVILLE
county: PIKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: COAL RUN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
U72705 CREW BOARDED HEAD END AND PULLED THEIR TRAIN. THE TRAIN WAS PULLED THRU A SWITCH THAT WAS PRE VIOUSLY RAN THRU BY ANOTHER CREW CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA
county: LOWNDES
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: TUSCALOOSA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
GTRA DERAILED ONE ENGINE ON KCS TRACK ON THE TUSCALOOSA SUBDIVISION.  GTRA MECHANICAL REPAIR COSTS E STIMATED AT $40,000.      


nearest_city: SOMERVILLE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LATE REPORTING-  ENTERED AS A 6180.97 AND WAS WAITING ON  INFO REGARDING THE COST OF REPAIRS. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE FINAL COST WILL BE DECIDED SO I AM SUBMITTING THE 54 REPORT.
COACH BEING SHO VED INTO CRMF HIT A YELLOW SAFETY RAILING THAT WAS LEANING IN TOWARD THE TRACK. DAMAGE TO THE TRAP A ND THE RAILING. REPAIR COSTS STILL PENDING. THE COACH WAS REPAIRED USING A SPARE TRAP FROM THE MBTA. THE COST OF THE TRAP IS STILL IN QUESTION. ONCE DETERMINED THE REPORT WILL BE UPDATED.

LABOR CHA RGES =642.96 

ROTEM AND THEIR OEM WANT TO CHARGE US 15,000 FOR THE TRAP.  NEGOTIATION ARE ONGOING REGARDING THAT AMOUNT. 


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
M-EVEVAW1-05 DERAILED 4 CARS AS THEY WERE DEPARTING FROM SIDING TRACK DUE TO ROADBED SETTLED OR SOFT .      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ATW53038 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 03 AND CROSSED COUPLERS WITH UTLX300471.  STEEL FROM ATW53038 SHIFTED INTO UTLX300471.  NOT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HARRISON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
A 4000LBS. INSULATOR FAILED ON TRACK #3, AT CATENARY 184, ALLOWING FLUERY BREAKER TO DROP INTO FOUL AND ENGAGE PANTOGRAPH OF THE FOUTH HEAD CAR, #8846.      


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-ABQ1031-18 SHOVING 40 CARS INTO 107 TRACK NOTED DIFFICULTY MOVING. INSPECTION REVEALED 5 CARS DERA ILED.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY REGULATOR IMPACTED A MAINTENANCE OF WAY TAMPER WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 6301 DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ON TRACK EQUIPMENT RULES.      


nearest_city: SALINA
county: SALINE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1543 YARD JOB YSN48-23 WITH LEAD UNIT LLPX2204 DERAILED SIX CARS.  CREW HAD PULLED 32 EMPTY CARS FROM TRACK #2 TO SWITCH 9 CARS TO TRACK #1 USING TRACK 14 AS RUNNER.  ENGINEER ON LEAD ING END OF PULL FAILED TO SEE CROSSOVER SWITCH LINED AGAINST MOVE AND RAN THROUGH.  THEN REVERSED MO VEMENT AT DIRECTION OF EMPLOYEES PROTECTING SHOVING MOVEMENT DERAILING SIX CARS.  CARS DERAILED ON C ROSSOVER MOVE TO THE NORTH TRACK #44 CLIMBED CROSSING THEN TRAVELED SOUTH FOULING THE MAINLINE.   


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, TCIX 175170 WAS HUMPED TO CLASS TRACK 57, RBOX 30726 AND RBOX 34705 DOUBL E CAR CUT WERE HUMPED TO CLASS TRACK 58 CORNERING THE TCIX 175170 ON TRACK 57.      


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-NEW3012-05 BYPASSED COUPLERS DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS WHILE KICKING CARS DERAILING 1 CAR WH ICH WAS DETECTED WHEN TRACK WAS PULLED.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CE 40 HUMPING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 17 LOADS, 72 EMPTIES, 4572 TONS ON WC 11 TRACK, DAMAGED THE 26T H (TBOX 670583), 29 (PLMX 1037067), 30TH (GATX 76154), 31ST, 32ND (GATX 57206), AND 33RD (SHPX 20481 3) CARS WHEN THEY SIDESWIPED AND DAMAGED THE 27TH CAR (TILX 291016) ON TRACK 507.     


nearest_city: ROSEBURG
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: CORP
date: 2011-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
JOB 100 HAD JUST SPOTTED INDUSTRY, ENGINEER CHANGED ENDS AND WAS TOLD BY CONDUCTOR TO HEAD BACK TO Y ARD AND TIE UP AGAINS A CUT OF CARS IN TRACK 6058. CONDUCTOR DROVE BACK TO YARD AND LINED SWITCH FOR 6058 AND WAITED FOR LIGHT POWER TO RETURN, DURING THE 4 MILE TRIP BACK THE ENGINEER FELL ASLEEP AND RAN INTO CUT OF CARS IN 6058 TRACK AT 21 MPH.    


nearest_city: LIMA
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
FOREIGN CREW ON TRAIN WL30 SWITCHING CARS IN LIMA YARD PULLING CARS EAST ON ADGATE LEAD MADE A REVER SE MOVE RUN THROUGH SET OF CROSSOVERS RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF THREE CARS.      


nearest_city: MUSCATINE
county: MUSCATINE
railroad: DME
date: 2011-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
BU82 WAS SHOVING 59 COAL LOADS TO SPOT AT THE POWER PLANT WHEN THE FIRST 11 WENT OVER THE RAIL AND T HEN A SET OF TRUCKS ON THE MPWX 94025 WENT ON THE GROUND WITH THE NEXT CARS TO FOLLOW - MPWX 94100, 98108, 98016, 94065, 98007 AND 94016, THEN THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  FIELD #12. OTTUMWA SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30. TYPE OF TERRITORY:   2. NON-SIGNALED, 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK.    


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
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-Feb
narrative:
DD03 PULLING WEST OUT OF EB09 TO TRANSFER CARS TO WB YARD DERAILED 5 LOADS, WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MO VEMENT.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE YRV29R-26 CREW HAD HANDLE OF 71 CARS AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING BACK TO PICK UP AN ADDIT IONAL 35 CARS.  THEIR CUT CONSISTED MAINLY OF EMPTY FLATS WITH 13 LOADED SCRAP CARS ON THE WEST END. WHILE PULLING, THE EMPTIES BUNCHED UP, WHEN THEY CAME TO A STOP THE LOADS RAN INTO AN EMPTY FLATCA R CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.  THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THEY HAD DERAILED AND STARTED THEIR SHOVE BACK INTO 29 RAIL TO PICK UP THE ADDITIONAL CARS, 3 OF THE EMPTY FLATS JACKKNIFED COLLIDING WITH A CUT OF CARS O N TRACK 116 THAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SHOVED INTO THE DEPARTURE YARD.  THREE CARS DERAILED O N TRACK 118 AND TWO CARS DERAILED ON TRACK 116. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
AS TRAIN #400 WAS ARRIVING AT LASALLE STREET STATION ON TRACK #4 IN THE EXTREME COLD THE ENGINEER AP PLIED THE BRAKES BUT, THE TRAIN DID NOT SLOW DOWN. AS A RESULT THE TRAIN STRUCK THE BUMPING POST CAU SING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: HELENA
county: LEWIS AND CLARK
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: THIRD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
EASTBOUND MERCHANDISE TRAIN COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SUFFERED A RUN IN DUE TO POOR TRAIN HANDLING WH ICH CAUSED SUFFICIENT BUFF FORCES TO DERAIL CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN ON A SHARP CURVE.      


nearest_city: SALINA
county: SALINE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: TRIGO IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE YSN48-07, LEAD UNIT UP6281, OPERATING ON SCOULAR INDUSTRY TRACKS OFF TRIGO IND LEAD, MP 491.50. PULLED 4 AND 5 TRACK AND IN PROCESS OF PULLING #3 TRACK WITH 60 LOADS OF GRAIN AND THE 54TH CAR BEH IND THE ENGINES DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE RESULTING IN THE NEXT 4 CARS DERAILING BEFORE ENGINEER NO TICED HARD TO PULL AND STOPPED TO INSPECT.  NO ISSUE WITH SPEED OR TRAIN HANDLING, SPEED WAS 3 MPH, THROTTLE 3.  ALL CARS UPRIGHT.  TRACKS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY SCOULAR   


nearest_city: MADISONVILLE
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
V23606 TRAVERSING OVER NORTH END OF OLD SHOP CROSSVER, DERAILED 12 CARS DUE TO SWITCH BEING OUT OF A DJUSTMENT CAUSED BY CSX EMPLOYEE TAMPERING WITH SWITCH STAND.      


nearest_city: WALDENBURG
county: POINSETT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MPIPB-21, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8646, STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE SH 14 CROSSING AND WENT AROUND THE GATES.  DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  THE DRIVER WAS ISSUE D A CITATION.     


nearest_city: LIMON
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: LIMON SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CBRPA-13 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON SINGLE MAINLINE WHEN A BROKEN AXLE FROM CNW 15014 CAUSED 26 CARS TO D ERAIL.  TWO CARS WERE RERAILED AND 24 WERE CLEARED.      


nearest_city: GRAND RIDGE
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PA
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-Jan
narrative:
Q60613 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE MAIN LINE ON THE PA SUBDIVISION ON THE JACKSONVILLE DIVISION.  THE TRAIN HAD SLOWED FOR A FALSE/PARTIAL ACTIVATION FAILURE AT MILEPOST 00K799.8      


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ON THE ZBRTM-13 DERAILED AND RERAILED WHEN THE TRAIN ENTERED THE TRANSFER YARD, TRANSFER TRACK 7.  THE CREW PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY WHEN THEY FELT THE LEAD TRUCKS ON THE ENGIN E FALL DOWN.  THE ENGINE RERAILED ITSELF BY THE TIME THE TRAIN STOPPED.  THERE WERE NO CARS ON THE G ROUND.  PORT OF TACOMA MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: MICHIGAN CITY
county: LA PORTE
railroad: NICD
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
OPERATOR COULD NOT STOP LOCOMOTIVE AND IT TRAVELED THROUGH THE BUMPING POST AND OFF THE END OF THE T RACK.  CREW FAILED TO DO ANY TYPE OF SET AND RELEASE BRAKE TEST PRIOR TO MOVING.      


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A PRIVATE CITIZEN NOTIFIED RMCC OF SPARKS COMING FROM AN EASTBOUND TRAIN ON THE KEARNEY SUB NEAR ELM CREEK, NE.  THERE WERE TWO TRAINS IN THE AREA, BOTH WERE STOPPED AND INSPECTED.  THE CBMNN-18 GOT S TOPPED AT ODESSA AND CREW DISCOVERED A TRACTION MOTOR ON THE UP5910 WAS ON FIRE THAT WAS PUT OUT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  THE FIRE DAMAGED THE TRACTION MOTOR DUCT WORK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MIDVALE
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
AS TRAIN 21 WAS IN ROUTE BACK TO THE YARD NORTHBOUND FROM SANDY CIVIC CENTER THE OPERATOR ENCOUNTERE D A RED SIGNAL AT SUGAR 2 INTERLOCKING. AFTER RECEIVING A RED SIGNAL BYPASS FROM THE CONTROLLER THE OPERATOR PULLED UP TO THE SWITCH, STOPPED AND VERIFIED THE SWITCH POINTS WERE LINED FOR A CROSSOVER MOVE AND PROCEEDED APPROXIMATELY A FULL CAR LENGTH BEFORE THE FRONT TRUCK OF THE LEAD CAR DERAILED.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN YDYT331-02 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS DAMAGING MA INLINES 1 AND 2.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS IMPROPER USE OF THROTTLE POWER.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGED = $95,094.00     


nearest_city: SEALY
county: AUSTIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW ON TRAIN FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FROM LCRA COAL PLANT TO UPRR MAIN TRACK AND RAN THROUGH SAME, DA MAGING SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MARBLE ROCK
county: FLOYD
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS OPERATING ON MAIN TRACK IN A 10 MPH SPEED RESTRICTION. A DEPUTY SHERIFF WAITING AT A CROSSI NG NOTICED A SET OF WHEELS WAS DERAILED. HE IMMEDIATELY PHONED OUR DISPATCHER WHO IN TURN NOTIFIED T HE CREW TO BRING THEIR TRAIN TO A STOP. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOW MOVING OVER A STORAGE TRA CK SWITCH, FIVE ADDITIONAL CARS WERE DERAILED. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO HARMONIC ROCK AND ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAUSE WAS THE FACT THAT THE ENGINEER WAS HANDLING THE TRAIN AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 MPH AND 14 MPH.  


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
M-LAUPAS1-20A WHILE ENTERING TRACK 2206 TRAIN DERAILED LINES 70, 71 AND 72 ON WEST RECEIVING TRACK 6 SWITCH.  LOCOMOTIVE CAMERA DOWNLOAD REQUESTED AND APPROVED BY GM.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELE ASED.     


nearest_city: HULETT
county: CROOK
railroad: DME
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
B01 CREW WAS PROCEEDING AFTER SWITCHING OUT CLAY PLANTS WHEN THE LAST FOUR CARS ON THE TRAIN DERAILE D.  ALL FOUR CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE.  FIELD 12 = BLACK HILLS.  FIELD 30 = 2-NONSIGNALED, 2-DIRECT T RAIN CONTROL, P-TRACK WARRANT CONTROL.     


nearest_city: GALENA PARK
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CLINTON IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YGP70-10 WAS SWITCHING ON THE WEST END OF FIDELITY YARD AND KICKED ETCX29012 DOWN THE MAINLINE, THEN ROLLED THE NS192829 DOWN TRACK 402.  ETCX29012 DID NOT MAKE THE JOINT ON THE CARS ON THE MAINLINE A ND BEGAN ROLLING BACK WEST.  THE ETCX29012 ROLLED INTO THE END OF NS192829 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CA RS.  NO DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
G88816 PULLED 3 ENGINES AND 68 CARS INTO RUSSELL TERMINAL OFF THE NORTHERN SUB. A TOTAL OF EIGHT CAR S WERE DERAILED BETWEEN THE EAST END OF THE NORTH LEAD AND THE N19/N20 SWITCH ON THE WEST END OF THE NEW YARD. DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY WIDE GAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CROSSTIES.     


nearest_city: WAXAHACHIE
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MFWEW-05 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND SEVERA L RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR (SUNKINK).      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MWCFR-25 WHILE HANGING ONTO 9 CARS FROM THEIR TRAIN DUE TO A HIGH DIMENSION LOAD, COUPLED TO THEIR F ILL ON THE 50 LEAD AND DOWN INTO TRACK 5.  THE CREW DECIDED TO SHOVE BACK TO CLEAR THE CROSSING.  CO NDUCTOR PROCEEDED TO THE REAR OF THE FILL ON FOOT.  ONCE TAKING UP A POSITION ON THE REAR, CREW SHOV ED TO THE SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 236 FEET.  THE ENGINEER COULD NOT MOVE THE CARS ANY FURTHER AND UPON I NVESTIGATION BY THE CONDUCTOR, 5 LOADS WERE DERAILED OVER 1 TRACK SWITCH AND DOWN THE LEAD.   


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
C78361-27, LOADED COAL TRAIN, HAD DOUBLED UP THEIR TRAIN IN LAND YARD AND AIR TEST WAS COMPLETED. TH E TRAIN WAS PULLING DOWN TO THE SIGNAL TO DEPART AND WHEN NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER CREW THAT THEY HAD SPA RKS COMING FROM THEIR TRAIN. ENGINEER PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND IT WAS FOUND THAT FOUR LOADED COA L CARS (DEEX 990745, DEEX 60326, DEEX 6104, DEEX 4815) DERAILED ACCOUNT RAIL SPREAD DUE TO INSUFFICI ENT SPIKES.   


nearest_city: EOLA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-EOL1032-25 KICKED 3 CARS INTO 3304 TRACK BUT DID NOT TIE HAND BRAKES. CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND INTO SIDE OF BALANCE OF CUT AS CREW SWITCHED TO 3303 TRACK.      


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
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:
AN AMTRAK CONTRACTOR WAS OPERATING A COMMISSARY TRACTOR OVER THE CROSSING ON 18 TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 178S EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
M37161-19 WAS SHOVING FROM 3 THOROFARE THROUGH CROSSOVER TO 4 THOROFARE TO 18F YARD HOLDING ONTO HEA D END OF TRAIN.  THEY HAD 44 CARS WHEN 33 OF THE CARS CLEARED THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES AND FROGS AND T HEN CWRX 605230, CWRX 601519, CWRX 165001 DERAILED ACCOUNT EXCESSIVE THROTTLE APPLICATION CAUSING CA R TO CLIMB/HOP ON TOP OF SOUTH FROG.    


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
NEW HAVEN SWITCHING CREW (NHS1) SHOVING THREE CARS INTO DESIGNATED MECHANICAL TRACK 42 MADE A HARD H ITCH WITH STANDING EQUIPMENT, DAMAGING COUPLER AND DRAW BAR ON CARS 8917 AND 9000.      


nearest_city: N FOND DU LAC
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: WC
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: NEENAH
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-Nov
narrative:
YFY128-01 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS. CREW HAD A HOLD OF 24 CARS, SHOVING ON THE HYD RO LEAD WHEN GCCX 600089, IPSX 78576, GCCX 600200 AND GCCX 600147 DERAILED FRACTURE ON TRACK N059.      


nearest_city: WESTPHALIA
county: ANDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
MFWKC-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8643, STRUCK A GOOSENECK TRAILER BEING PULLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH FAI LED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN ON THE GEORGIA/COUNTY ROAD CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER O F PICKUP TRUCK.  UP8643 DAMAGED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: GREYBULL
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-GRW3021-15, SHOVING CARS INTO 107 TRACK DERAILED 1 CAR AT 104 TRACK SWITCH DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL.      


nearest_city: WATTSVILLE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ATN
date: 2013-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:  THE Z-411 CREW WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE BIRMINGHAM SUB WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 701.7 . THE CREW FOUND THAT CARS 38 THROUGH 48 HAD DERAILED AND THREE OF THE CARS ARE ON LAYING THEIR SIDE. 
FINDINGS FROM REENACTMENT:  Z-411 WAS THE SECOND TRAIN TO TRAVEL IN THIS AREA TONIGHT, IT WAS FOLLOWING Z-389.    


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: GIMY
date: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
SHOVING NORTH IN S32 W/12 CARS.  6TH CAR R6 WHEEL FLANGE RODE UP ON HILLTOP SWITCH DERAILING WHEELS OF 3RD TRUCKS.      


nearest_city: KENT
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
R-NWE7091097, SHOVING 41 LOADED AUTO RACKS TOWARD AUTO FACILITY, DERAILED 4 CARS AT 6025 TRACK SWITC H DUE TI WORN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: EAST POINT
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
GE07 SHOVING NORTH INTO IY16 TO COUPLING WITH 2 UNITS, 28 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 1200 TONS, DAMAGING 28HC , TCSZ 463197 AND BOGIES, TCSR 4191 AND TCSR 3197. NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: MNNR
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MNNR JOB 88 PULLED OFF TRACK 1012 AT NORTHTOWN AND DOUBLED TO TRACK 1011 WHEN CONDUCTOR CLAIMED HE C UT IN AIR AND REMOVED HAND BRAKES, THEN PROCEEDED TO PROTECT SHOVE IN TO TRACK CAR ICE 66022 DERAILE D ON THE SWITCH CUASING 4 CARS TO DERAIL     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: FULTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R90771-29 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND SOUTHERN COTTON OIL FACTORY. THE CR EW HAD CALLED THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL'S TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO ENTERING THE PLANT. THE CREW WAS CLEARED BY THE COORDINATOR TO ENTER THE PLANT AND HAD SHOVED INTO TRACK #2. THE CREW LINED THE PROPER ROUTE INTO THE PLANT AND SHOVED INTO THE PLANT AND COUPLED TO 8 STANDING CARS. THEY WERE PULLING OUT OF THE PLANT ON TRACK 2 WHEN ADM'S TRACK MOBILE FAILED TO STOP SHORT ON TRACK 7 AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF PROX 77120 ON R90771-28. THE ENGINEER NOTICED CARS STARTIN G TO DERAIL AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT, DERAILED ON THE TRAIN WERE PROX 77120, NDYX 12555 AND CRGX 163 39. THE TRACK MOBILE WENT INTO THE DITCH AND ADMX 23675 WAS DERAILED. THE OPERATOR OF THE TRACK MOBI


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW SHOVING 55 LOADED COAL CARS SOUTH OUT OF MCDUFFIE RADCLIFF YARD TRACK 1 TO CAR DUMP WHEN RAILED ROLLED OVER IN CURVE DERAILING 4 CARS AND CSX 934 ENGINE.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT RAIL BUCKL ED AND ROLLED OVER IN THE CURVE.     


nearest_city: BLUE ISLAND
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Oct
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING 40 CARS INTO CRL RUNNING TRACK CONDUCTOR OBSERVED SPARKS COMING FROM TRAIN.  TRAIN THE N WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND STOPPED.  CONDUCTOR WALKED UP AND FOUND 6 LOADS DERAILED.  POD SHOWS OLD V OID IN RAIL AND BROKE UNDER LOAD CAUSING TRAIN TO DERAIL.  CARS DERAILED AND REPAIRED BY CRANEMASTER S.    


nearest_city: BRUCETON
county: CARROLL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS AT BRUCETON YARD THE M79203 LEFT A CAR IN THE FOUL OF ANOTHER TRACK WHIC H WAS SIDESWIPED BY THE FOLLOWING CAR.      


nearest_city: SCAPPOOSE
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: PNWR
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE WAUNA TURN (477-04) WAS WEST BOUND ON THE ASTORIA DISTRICT, THE 49TH CAR (WPRR 6025) HAD A JOURN AL FAILURE TO R-4 AT MP 10.1, CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.  THE CAR TRAVELLED TO MP 12.6 WHERE IT STRUCK A LOADED DENATURED ALCOHOL TANK AT THE EAST END OF  HOLBROOK SIDING.  THE IMPACT CAUSED 6 CARS ON THE ASTORIA MAIN TRACK TO DERAIL. TOTAL COST FOR ASTORIA MAIN TRACK: EQUIPMENT $35,273 AND TRACK DAMAGE 398718   


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YCB45-13 MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT TO THE EAST TO TIE ONTO THE WEST END OF TRACK 613 WITH LIGHT POWER. THE CREW MADE THE COUPLING, STRETCHED THE JOINT AND CUT THE AIR IN.  THEY STARTED PULLING WESTWARD TO MAKE A CUT ON THE HEAD 16 CARS.  THEY REACHED 4MPH BEFORE THE CARS WERE DRAGGED TO A STOP.  THE CREW WALKED BACK TO CHECK THE TRACK AND FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE.    


nearest_city: BEATTYVILLE
county: LEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: EK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
T24120 FOUND THE 5 REAR CARS DERAILED. CSXT 377577, CSXT 377788, CSXT 399132, CSXT 376155 ON THEIR S IDE. 100TH CAR CSXT 400868 DERAILED UP RIGHT AND IN LINE.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YAR42-06 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO AN AIRHOSE BEING CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SWITCH POINT.       


nearest_city: EMIGRANT GAP
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE CSTPV-14, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP5684 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO UNDESIRED EMER GENCY.  SINCE THEY WERE TRAVELING MORE THAN 20 MPH, HAD LESS THAN 5000 TRAILING TONS, THE AIR WAS IM MEDIATELY RECOVERED, AND THEY HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY SLACK ACTION.  A WALKING INSPECTION OF THE TRA IN WAS NOT PERFORMED.  AFTER THE AIR WAS RECOVERED, THE CREW PULLED EAST 2258 FEET AND TOOK UNDESIRE D EMERGENCY AGAIN.  THE AIR WOULD NOT RECOVER THIS TIME AND A WALKING INSPECTION FOUND THE TRAIN SEP ARATED WITH ONE CAR DERAILED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A STUCK BRAKE VALVE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUN T OF TREAD BUILDUP WHICH CAUSED THE UP40751 TO DERAIL. 


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: VERMILION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y29322 WAS SHOVING 37 CARS IN TO PLANT WHEN THE 13TH THRU THE 17TH CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT TRUCK BOLSTE R STIFF, IMPROPER LATERAL OR IMPROPER SWIVELING.      


nearest_city: EDDYSTONE
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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:
Q40917 HAD AN UDE. AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 93RD THRU 95TH CARS DERAILED IN A GENER AL PILE-UP.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS SGAX1045-A LOADED TANK CAR-DESTINED FOR 15WCLS-STRUCK UTLX667230-A LOADED TANK CAR THAT WAS HUMPED INTO 14WCLS BUT REMAINED IN THE FOUL OF 15WCLS. BOTH TANK CARS DAMAGED-BUT NOT DERAILED. NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YNP21R-30 HUMPED THE SOO16841 INTO EAST HUMP #4 FINALS WHERE IT DERAILED ON CURVE DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES AND CROSS LEVEL OF TRACK BEING IRREGULAR AT JOINTS.  THE NEXT CAR BN2176 34 WAS RELEASED STRIKING THE SOO16841 KNOCKING THE WHEELS OFF THE BN217634 AND PUSHING THE SOO16841 INTO THE FINALS.  TWO ADDITIONAL CARS WERE RELEASED - SOU531769 & 
BNSF723288 - STRIKING THE BN2176 34   


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MKCCB-26 WAS CROSSING OVER FROM MAINLINE THREE TO MAINLINE TWO WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND SEVEN RAILCARS DERAILED UPRIGHT.  DERAILMENT CAU SED INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES IN CURVED TRACK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXCESSIVE WEDGE RISE ON CAR MP 950068 BUT WITHOUT GOUGING COLUMNS OR HOLLOWED WHEELS, COMBINED WITH THE EFFECTS OF EXCESS IVE ON-LINE EDBA (1) WHICH DID NOT EXCEED 97% DYNAMIC BRAKING EFFORT, AND VOIDS IN LOADING OF COILED STEEL IN COVERED GONDOLAS.  


nearest_city: BAINVILLE
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
H-SPONTW1-23 EXPERIENCED UDE AND INSPECTION REVEALED 4 CARS DERAILED. INVESTIGATION INDICATED CONTEN TS OF BNSF 729196 LOADED HIGHER WITHIN CAR THAN MARKED LIMITS, CAUSING RIDE ISSUES LEADING TO DERAIL MENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MFWSA-23 WAS SHOVING ON SOUTH LEG OF WYE CONNECTING TRACK TO WACO SUB, TOWARDS SMITHVILLE INTO TAYLO R YARD.  DERAILING 1 SET OF TRUCKS ON "A" END OF CAR AT APPROXIMATELY MP 919.14.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 21 WITH ENGINE 102 AND 8 CARS DERAILED THE ENGINE AND 1 CAR ON THE TRRA RAILROAD AT GRATIOT ST REET IN ST. LOUIS, MO. THE ENGINEER FAILED TO HAND LINE THE #1 CROSSOVER SWITCH AS INSTRUCTED BY THE DISPATCHER.     


nearest_city: SPARTA
county: MONROE
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
811-022 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE DIAMOND AT GRAND CROSSING AT APPROX 0415 WHEN A WEST BOUND BNSF TRAI N OBSERVED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A CAR ON THE GROUND ON 811S TRAIN. THEY IMMEDIATELY PUT TRAIN IN EM ERGENCY AND WENT BACK TO INSPECT. AFTER STOPPING THE CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE 106TH CA R WAS LEANING AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE SOUTH. THE CAR HAD DAMAGE TO THE LEADING END AS IF I T HAD STRUCK SOMETHING. ES TMSS FOUND UPON INSPECTION THAT THE CAR HAD HIT THE OVER PASS FOR HWY 16, THE EAST SWITCH STAND TARGET AT SPARTA MP 255.5, AND SEVERAL GRADE CROSSING WARNING LIGHTS EAST OF LACROSSE (MP 269.48, MP 267.31, MP 266.31, MP 260.48, MP 259.53, MP 254, MP 252.41). THE CAR (COLX42 01) WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COAL STUCK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAR (AFTER BEING R


nearest_city: MONTCLAIR
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
A CREW WAS MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH YARD TRACK 1 AT MONTCLAIR WITH THE CONDUCTOR ON POINT AND THE ENG INEER ON THE EAST UNIT OF A 2-UNIT CONSIST.  THE CONDUCTOR SAW SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED FOR THEIR MOVE AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE SWITCH AND FOUND IT TO BE GAPPED, BUT DID NOT THINK THEY HAD GOTTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SWITCH, SO HE ASKED THE ENGINEER TO PULL A HEAD.  AS MOVEMENT STARTED EASTWARD, THE WEST AXLE OF THE WEST UNIT DERAILED.   


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-VAW3232-26 SET 3 CARS TO TRACK 4553 TO CLEAR TRACK 4554, SETTING 1 HANDBRAKE.  WHILE SHOVING O THER CARS TO 4554, CREW NOTICED THE 3 CARS MOVING ON THEIR OWN.  CUT SIDESWIPED HEAD 2 CARS OF SHOVI NG MOVEMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MAQUON
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
G-ANDPGT9-21 DERAILED 7 CARS AND THE DP LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR BUCKLED/SUNKINK.       


nearest_city: TORRANCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: HARBOR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-THC3811-24A DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED TRACK AND TRACK STRUCTURE DAMAGE WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRA CK D13 DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL SHOVE MOVEMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SOUTH PEKIN
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: IC
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L55491-04 PULLED NORTHWARD INTO SIDING AT SOUTH PEKIN WITH 18 CARS.  THEY LEFT THE SOUTH SWITCH LINE D FOR THE SIDING.  THEY THEN CUT LEAD CAR AWAY AND SECURED THE TRAIN IN THE SIDING AND PROCEEDED NOR TH OUT OF THE SIDING, LEAVING THE NORTH SWITCH LINED FOR THE SIDING AND WENT TO WORK AT THE INDUSTRY .  AFTER COMPLETING THE INDUSTRY WORK, THE CREW HEADED BACK SOUTH TOWARDS THEIR TRAIN IN THE SIDING WITH TWO ENPTIES.  WHEN THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 6 CARS AWAY FROM THE SWITCH LEADING INTO THE SIDING WHERE THEY HAD SET OUT THE 17 CARS, THEY REALIZE THE SWITCH WAS NOR PROPERLY LINED AND COLLIED WITH THEIR TRAIN STANDING IN THE SIDING.  ENGINE, IC 9565, AND CAR SHPX 496374, ATGX 23671, ICG 767049 WE RE ALL DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED.  CREW WAS D&A TESTED.


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ONE CAR WAS SWITCHED INTO FT16 AND INSUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES APPLIED. CAR ROLLED OUT AND MADE CONTACT WITH A CUT OF CARS ON THE LEAD AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MALVERN
county: HOT SPRING
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
LWS52-08 WAS SOUTH BOUND AND WAS STOPPED ON THE NLRK MAIN LINE AT THE NORTH END OF MALVERN TO LINE T HEIR ROUTE INTO THE YARD.  AFTER THE BRAKEMAN LINED THEIR ROUTE INTO THE YARD, HE STAYED ON THE GROU ND WHILE THEY PULLED INTO THE YARD.  THEY TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 3961 FEET AND STOPPED FOR THE BRAKE MAN TO LINE BEHIND WHICH WAS GOING TO RIDE REAR UP.  THE BRAKEMAN TOLD THE ENGINEER TO TAKE IT AHEAD .  AFTER TRAVELING 140' THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE TRAIN BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PULLING AS HE EXPECTED IT SHOULD AND HE ASKED THE BRAKEMAN TO WALK THE TRAIN.  THIS IS WHEN THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT NINE CARS HAD FALLEN INSIDE THE RAIL.  DERAILMENT 


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z
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:
JOB 16 WAS PULLING OUT OF ASPA YARD ON TO CSX MAIN LINE WHEN TASD 15 CONTACTED TASD 16 BY RADIO  STA TING TO JOB 15 THAT THE NORTH END OF THEIR TRAIN WAS DERAILED DUE TO RAIL SPREADING UNDER THE CARS.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: JACKSONVILLE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y39101 FAILED TO PROPERLY SWEEP HIS RCZ RESULTING IN A RUN-THRU SWITCH AND SUBSEQUENT DERAILMENT. 5 HAZARDOUS TANK CARS OVERTURNED. CAR UTLX 57885 RELEASED APPROX 20,522 GALLONS OF CRUDE SULFATE TURPE NTINE, STCC 4910186.     


nearest_city: BELLMEAD
county: MCLENNAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
LBR53-21 WAS MOVING ON TRACK 125 (SCALE TRACK) IN BELLMEAD YARD WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IMPR OPER SUPER ELEVATION OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YJTS-22 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING 16 CARS OUT OF JS15 AND SET 3 CARS TOWARDS THE SOUTH YARD LE AD WHICH WAS LINED FOR JS19.  THE JOB LATER COUPLED 3 MORE CARS TO THE 3 STANDING ON THE LEAD AND ST ARTED TO SHOVE INTO JS19 WHEN THE LEADING CAR (CWBX 300109) AND FIRST TRUCK OF THE SECOND CAR (PROX 31334) WERE SHOVED OVER A DERAIL.  THE DERAIL WAS POSITIONDED ON THE EAST RAIL WHICH CAUSED THE DERA ILED CAR TO CONTACT CNA 750225, A CRANE CAR THAT WAS STANDING IN TRACK JS18.  INVESTIGATION FOUND TH AT THE TRACK DEPT. HAD SPIKED THE SWITCH TO GO INTO TRACK JS19, WHICH WAS OUT OF SERVICE DUE TIE CON DITION AND A BROKEN RAIL, INSTEAD OF JS18. 


nearest_city: CAYUGA
county: VERMILLION
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: C E & D
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
N51011 WAS TRAVELING THROUGH TRACK 5, AND SIDE SWIPED A SINGLE CAR IN TRACK 4. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO E NGINE BUT NO DAMAGE TO CAR.      


nearest_city: SUNBURY
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
B29B405 WAS TRAVELING WBD ENROUTE TO STREATOR WITH 23X80 5833 TONS 6648.  TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDES IRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  WHILE INSPECTION CONDUCTOR FOUND LINES 38-52 IN THEIR CONSIST DER AILED.     


nearest_city: SHAFTER
county: KERN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 717 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/54 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A TOW TRUCK BOOM AT MP902.99, CHERRY AVE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
VR02 TRIMMING IN FULL AUTOMATIC, SHOVING EAST ON CT28 WITH 1 UNIT, 2 SLUG, 18 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES DERAI LED 4 CARS WHEN THE 28/29 SWITCH CREW UNDER MOVEMENT ALLOWING 0 ROUTE TOWARD CT29.      


nearest_city: NORTH BALTIMORE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y29028 RC OPERATOR AT THE WEST END OF THE NORTH BALTIMORE SUPPORT YARD TRACK 5 ENTERED ONTO THE PROC ESSING LADDER IN A WESTWARD DIRECTION INTO THE SIDE OF THE WESTBOUND Q11327 DEPARTING FROM THE WEST 2 SUPPORT TRACK, DERAILING CSXT 8425.     


nearest_city: CREWE
county: NOTTOWAY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
VC21MOVING WEST ON WEST YARD LEAD RAN-THROUGH MAIN LEAD SWITCH, THEN REVERSED OVER SAME DERAILING 5 CAS.      


nearest_city: WETUMKA
county: HUGHES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CREEK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
C-BKMMAH0-41 A DUMP TRUCK STRUCK TRAIN AS IT OCCUPIED A HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO A RAIL CAR.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: MONROE
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND. THE TRAIN WAS PICKING UP SPEED AND ENGINEER SET A MINIMUM SERVICE A PPLICATION OF THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE. WITHIN ABOUT 10 SECONDS TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND SLID TO A S TOP.  UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND 36 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: STANDARD
county: WALKER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 320 MOVING EAST ON THE MAIN TRACK AT 13 MPH WITH 3 UNITS, 46-56-7784 TONS, 5828 FEET DERAILED 90TH THROUGH THE 102ND HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/9/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1PM KG11 CREW WAS SHOVING TRACK GR07 TO SPOT.  THEY SHOVED PAST THE FOULI NG POINT ON EAST END RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LAST 3 CARS ON THE TRACK  (TTGX 941516, TTGX 159714, TTGX 986807)DUE TO FAILURE TO PROTECT THE SHOVE.  THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OTHER EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: ASHTON
county: OSCEOLA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
MCBVP-30, NORTHBOUND AT MP 203.4 HAD CROSSED 250TH STREET AT 38 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGEN CY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND 23 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: KENNER
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, C75691-24, WAS OPERATING AT 8 MPH IN THE 1ST NOTCH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERG ENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND CARS: BBFX 64934, BBFX 64917, ADLX 121118, SCWX 9765, SCWX 9137, SCWX 9817, SCWX 9263, SCWX 9260, SCWX 9421, SCWX 9163, SCWX 9778, SCWX9805, SCWX 9786, SCWX 9 303, SCWX9613 DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN WHEEL TREAD ON BBFX 64934.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LGFC5521-16, BNSF LOCAL, WAS SWITCHING ON THE SOUTH END OF YARD 8 IN TRACK 7 WHEN THEY DERAILED 4 CA RS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  UPRR MAINTAINS TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $2,000.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YHO10R-13 SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 20 FROM NORTH END AND CARS STARTED GOING INTO TRACK 18 WHEN SWITCH LINED UNDER CUT.  DERAILED FOUR CARS.  JOB WAS IN TRIM FOR TRACK 20 ON COMPUTER.  FURTHER INVESTIGA TION SHOWED THAT THERE WERE SOME BARE WIRES IN THE SWITCH BOX FOR TRACK 18 THAT TOUCHED, CAUSING THE SWITCH TO THROW FOR TRACK 18 ON ITS OWN UNDER CUT OF CARS THAT WERE BEING SHOVED INTO TRACK 20.    


nearest_city: DURKEE
county: BAKER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
THE OGRT4-23 WAS TRAVELING 23 MPH ASCENDING GRADE WHEN 14 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DISTURBED TRACK.  RAI L = CWR      


nearest_city: YULEE
county: NASSAU
railroad: FCRD
date: 2013-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TWO CARS DERAILED ON TRACK 3.  THE SWITCH WAS LINED AND LOCKED PROPERLY AND CAUSE OF DERAILMENT NOT DETERMINED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE NYP39R-WAS SHOVING 27 BAD ORDER CARS TO THE BAD ORDER SET OUT TRACK 565 WHEN THEY DERAILED ON TH E #7 CROSSOVER GOING FROM THE SOUTH PULLBACK TO THE NORTH PULLBACK. THEY DERAILED THE UPY837 AND THE CWEX2322, THAT WERE BAD ORDERED FOR AN UNBALANCED LOAD, WHEN THE RAIL WAS FORCED OUT TWO INCHES DUE TO DEFECTIVE TIES, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO FALL OFF TRACK. THE CTRN100650, BAD ORDERED FOR SHELLED TR EAD, DERAILED AND THEN RERAILED ITSELF. THE #7, 8 AND 9 SWITCHES WERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS SEVERAL FEE T OF TRACK.  


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, YKKS05-27, WAS HUMPING CARS IN KIRK YARD WHEN DWC 627675 WAS DERAILED AND UTLX 665774 DA MAGED. WHILE HUMPING KS01, THREE CARS DESTINED TO CLASS 14 CORNERED DWC 627675 THAT HAD BEEN BLOWN I NTO THE FOUL OF CLASS 14 DUE TO HIGH WINDS. THE WIND WAS COMING FROM THE SW AT 40 MPH WITH GUST SPEE DS UP TO 52.9 MPH. UTLX 665774 SUSTAINED DAMAGE BUT NOT DERAILED WHEN IT CORNERED DWC 627675 CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. REVIEW OF THE VIDEO INDICATES THE CARS WERE STOPPED BY THE WIND AND BLOWN BACK INTO T HE FOUL OF CLASS 14 DURING  THE SWITCHING PROCESS.  


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1032-17 CAR DAMAGES DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS IN AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION YARD.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
U-ALRHUT9-06 SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH LINED AGAINST THEM, THEN PULLED AHEAD DERAILING 3 CARS WHEN SWITC H SPLIT.      


nearest_city: CULLISON
county: PRATT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PRATT 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-Aug
narrative:
ZCIG1-15, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7678, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG THAT STOPPED AT THE SW 10TH AVENUE CRO SSING AND THEN PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: DADE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
142-3'30", 179-13'07", 367.07 - 3'50", 59W-7'3O", 164.08 -4'06", 129.07 - 17:55", 367.08-4'09" 142A6 07 TRAVELING NORTH AT 38 MPH WITH 3 UNITS, 56-578385 TONS EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGVICINITY OF TRENTON, GA. INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN REVEALED THE 70TH THROUGH TH HEAD CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: NORTH KINGSTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: MBTA
date: 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
subdivision: NHB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #8802 OPERATING EAST TOWARD PROVIDENCE RI RAN THRU A  STOP INDICATION AT STONEY INTERLOCKING
 THE ENGINEER REALIZED THAT THE TRACK WAS NOT LINED FOR HIS TRAIN AND STOPPED THE TRAIN WITHIN THE FR OG. 
HE THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE AND THE FIRST TRUCK OF COACH 1714 WENT PAST THE SWITCH POINT AND S PLIT THE SWITCH 
ON THE REVERSE MOVE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED ON THE MOVEABLE POINT FROG. ESTIMATE D COST REPAIRS TO TRACK IS 50,000   


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-NTW2112-28 HUMPED AEX 14560 INTO TRK 2037.  SIDEFRAME WEDGE EAST END OF CAR BROKE IMPACT AT JOINT. WHEN TRACK WAS PULLED, WHEELS OF THIS TRUCK DERAILED, THEN CAME OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK AT TRACK 2037 SWITCH.  CAR WAS PULLED APPROX 25 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE DERAILMENT WAS SEEN, DESTROYING 2 SWITCH STAND AND 4 HEAD BLOCKS.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CRANE OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING WITH A LOAD.  HE HAD THE CRANE TURNED INTO AN ADJACENT TRACK; HE STARTE D TO MOVE THE CRANE WITHOUT ALIGNING IT WITH THE TRACK HE WAS OCCUPYING.  THE ADJACENT TRACK HAD STA NDING CARS IN IT; AS HE PASSED THE STANDING CARS HE COLLIDED WITH ONE OF THEM.  HE WAS THROWN AGAINS T THE CAB OF THE CRANE AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS NECK, BACK, RIGHT ELBOW AND RIGHT SHIN.    


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, HTUDYT1-04, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF5112, WAS TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN TRAIN H AD 4 RAILCARS DERAIL WHILE MOVING FROM DFW SUB THROUGH THE EAST WYE.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SUNKINK. BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES = $13,000     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CREW FOR H-GALKCK2-23, WHILE SHOVING OFF NORTH PIT LEAD TO RT1 TRACK WITH LITE ENGINES DERAILED WHEN RAN OVER DERAIL THEY FAILED TO REMOVE, RUPTURING FUEL TANK ON ONE UNIT. BNSF 912: C40-8W, CAP 5000 GALLONS. RELEASED 4000 GALLONS DIESEL FUEL.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
213P408, PULLING NORTH WITH 3 UNIT LITE ENGINE CONSIST ON READY TRACK #6, DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF NS 9261      


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
LAV04-10 WHILE TRAVELING ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  UNITEC INDUSTRIES MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSONVILLE
county: CLARK
railroad: LIRC
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING NORTH INTO TRK 302 AT JEFF YARD AND DERAILED 6 CARS - 10TH THROUGH 15TH HEAD CARS D JJX 1401  HLMX 4185  CSXT 161759  CSXT 161713  AOK112362 AND KCS 161033      


nearest_city: CAMP PENDLETON
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
M-SDGBAR1-13 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE MAKING A SET OUT AND PICK UP DUE TO SWITCH NO LATCHED OR LOCKED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RUFFIN
county: ROCKINGHAM
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 36QP201 TRAVELING NORTH  ON MAINLINE DERAILED LINES 71 THROUGH 83 DUE TO BROKEN WHEEL ON CAR N S 451066 (LINE 71).      


nearest_city: RED BANK
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ARCING REPORTED FROM F-END OF PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4607 ON TRAIN #3222. DAMAGED COLLECTOR ON PA NTOGRAPH DUE TO POSSIBLE CATENARY DEFECT NEAR NJCL MP 15.9.      


nearest_city: ASHEVILLE
county: BUNCOMBE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
ASHEVILLE YARD CREW PA20 SHOVING EAST IN ASHEVILLE YARD TRACK 5 DERAILED CARS CR 49661, NW 144584, N W 013670, NS 300480, AND SOU 134744.      


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE YCI20-16 CREW WAS OPERATING LIGHT POWER FROM THE RAMP TO THE BOWL TRACK 19 WHEN THEY WENT OVER T HE 20 SWITCH BY 15 FEET.  FIVE AXLES ON THE UP8365 DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED METAL DEBRIS (MET AL BRACKETS, FILINGS, ETC.) IN THE FLANGE CAUSING DERAILMENT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN CBKMDOL1-03A WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF8905 DERAILED 8 RAILCARS WHILE TRANSVERSING ON THE WYE ON TO TRINITY RAIL EXPRESS (TRE), FROM THE DUNCAN SUBS, UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK.  INVESTIGATION SHOWS CAU SE AS WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $287,926.00.  TRE INCIDENT #2010010 TRE ESTIMATED STRUCTURE DAMAGE = $200,000.00.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: OFFERMAN
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: JESUP
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
SEMI TRUCK WITH LOW BOY TRAILER WAS CROSSING TRACKS AT COUNTY ROAD 104 WHEN TRAILER CAME DETACHED FR OM TRUCK AND BLOCKED RAILROAD TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY NORTH BOUND Q10131. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSIN G: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
B07B322 FLAT SWITCHING WITH 2 UNITS AND 4 X 8 WHEN DBUX 250321 BYPASSED WITH SHPX 202168 SPREADING H E RAIL AND DERAILING BOTH CARS PLUS 2 OTHER CARS.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AUXILIARY WIRE OF CATENARY SYSTEM BECAME SLACK DUE TO EXTEREMLY HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, ALLOWING Y ELLOW HORN OF CAR TO RIDE OFF WIRE AT CATENARY 819, RESULTING IN DAMAGES TO THE CATENARY SYSTEM AND THE PANTOGRAPHS OF CARS 8900 AND 8951.     


nearest_city: ROACHDALE
county: PUTNAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING INTO THE B&O SIDING WITH 89 EMPTY CARS WHEN THE 75TH CAR DERAILED AT THE SWITCH. T HIS CAUSED SEVEN CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
MCXLI-04, WHILE HEADED NORTHBOUND ON THE #2 MAIN LINE WHEN THE CREW FELT UNUSUAL MOVEMENT.  SHORTLY AFTERWARDS CREW EXPERIENCED UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE HEAD 71 CARS ON THE RAIL, FOLLOWED BY THE 13 DERAILED CARS (THE 72ND THROUGH 84TH CARS IN THE TRAIN).    


nearest_city: MAUMELLE
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
QNLNP-14 DERAILED 21 RAIL CARS AT MP 352.8.  FRESHLY TURNED WHEELS GROOVES ON TREAD, COUPLED WITH TH E FRESHLY GROUND RAIL IN A 3 DEGREE CURVE WITH 4 INCH ELEVATION ON HIGH SIDE, ALLOWED WHEELS TO CLIM B THE RAIL, L4 WHEEL.  1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
FOLLOWING OVER THE POWER LEAD OVERPASS WITH SIX LOADED BALLAST CARS WITH NO AIR HOOKED UP TO THEM. IN A EFFORT TO SLOW THE CONSIST THEY PUT THE LOCOMOTIVE INTO EMERGENCY BUT THE CONSIST WAS TRAVELING 12 MPH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERPASS AND 16 MPH WHEN IT IMPACTED WITH THE UPY7217.  NO DERAILMENT, DAMAGE ONLY.    


nearest_city: MINA
county: EDMUNDS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW ATTEMPTED TO PULL TRAIN THAT HAD BEEN SITTING IN SIDING FOR 4 DAYS DURING SNOW STORM DERAILED 4 CARS ON HARD DRIFT SNOW. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RLSD.      


nearest_city: PITTSBURGH
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: AVR
date: 2013-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: WP
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AVR 1 CREW SWITCHING TRAIN IN GLENWOOD YARD WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT OF DEFECTIVE CROSS TIES IN A 12 DEGREE CURVE.      


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: TMBL
date: 2013-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
WHILE A UNION PACIFIC CREW WAS PULLING INTO TACOMA RAIL YARD TO DELIVER A TRAIN THEY WERE HEADING EA ST AND A 3 FOOT SECTION OF RAIL BROKE UNDERNEATH THEIR TRAIN, CAUSING 5 INTERMODAL RAILCARS TO DERAI L MID TRAIN. ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $25,000.00.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Q55916 CAME INTO YARD AND PUT ITS CUT AWAY IN R07. Y39516 BROUGHT THE CUT IN R07 TO THE HILL TO BE H UMPED. LINE 14, CSYX 13160, IN THE CUT WAS HUMPED AND WENT THROUGH THE MASTER RETARDER AT 18.6 MPH A ND STOPPED IN B18. LINE 15, CSXY 12571, AND LINE 16, FURX 854235, WERE HUMPED NEXT AND WENT THROUGH THE MASTER AT 19.1 MPH HITTING CSXY 13160. CAUSE OF THE OVER SPEEDS WERE THE AUTOMATIC HUMP RETARDER FAILED TO SUFFICIENTLY SLOW THE CARS DUE TO FOREIGN MATTER ON WHEELS. NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.   


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: COCHISE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: LORDSBURG SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE MFWWC-24 DERAILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS AFTER THE CROSSKEY FELL OFF OF THE DRAWBAR CAUSING THE DRAWB AR TO TUMBLE UNDER THE CAR.      


nearest_city: CLARKSVILLE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CWTNW-30 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR ETRX750157 DERAIL ACCOUNT BROKEN AXLE AT THE BEARING.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, CAR GATX 89279 CORNERED EAMX 25712 WHILE CARS WERE IN ROUTE TO 32 TRACK, ONE CAR WENT TO 32, THE OTHER TO 33 AND THE CARS CORNERED. CARS WERE DISCOVERED IN OUTBOUND T RAIN AFTER BEING TRIMMED OUT OF THE BOWL. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DAMAGE FOUND THAT THE HPCS SYSTEM C HOSE A REROUTE FOR EAMX 25712 THAT WAS ADJACENT TO GATX 89275 WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE RERO UTING OF CARS AN ADJACENT TRACK OF THE CAR AHEAD.   


nearest_city: DONIE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
C-NAMDOL0-02 WAS CLEARED TO DEPART PLANT BUT HL&P PLANT OPERATOR HAD FAILED TO RELEASED WHEEL CHOCKS , RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: LOVELOCK
county: CHURCHILL
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 5 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/43-E/177 AND 10 CARS WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP318.6, US HWY 95.      


nearest_city: CLUTE
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
DOW CHEMICAL SWITCHER DERAILED ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK AND DRAGGED RAILCAR CCBX72128 ONTO UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, DAMAGING SWITCH AND TRACK.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS CAR IMPROPERLY LOADED BY DOW.  DOW CHEMICALS MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: TRABER
county: PICKENS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 172P408 MOVING NORTH ON MAIN ONE DERAILED 73RD THROUGH 96TH CARS IN THEIR TRAIN.  ITEM 10: CAR S RELEASING HAZMAT:  GATX 31954 - ETHYLENE GLYCOL - CAPACITY 195,700; LOAD 180,000 LIQUID POUNDS REL EASE APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS OF MATERIAL.  GATX 3171- ETHYLENE GLYCOL - CAPACITY 196,000; LOAD 186 ,150 LIQUID POUNDS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF MATERIAL.  UTLX 48111 -  ETHYLENE GLYCOL CAP ACITY 205,000; LOAD 180,000 LIQUID POUNDS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 19,353  GALLONS OF MATERIAL.  DOWX 73599 - ISOPROPANOL - CAPACITY 205,400; LOAD 171,200 LIQUID POUNDS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 1000  GALL ONS OF MATERIAL.  DOWX 73531 - ISOPROPANOL - CAPACITY 204,700; LOAD 171,000  LIQUID POUNDS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 17,098 GALLONS OF MATERIAL.


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: DRIR
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ITEMS MARKED "NA" OR BLANK ARE ITEMS PERTAINING TO BNSF OPERATIONS AND ARE UNKNOWN TO DENVER ROCK IS LAND RAILROAD      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y-LAL3011-13 DERAILED WHEN SHOVING INTO 123 TRACK THRU SWITCH THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.       


nearest_city: ALEXANDER
county: MORGAN
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEE OPERATING MULTI-CRANE #07019 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF CRIB ADZER #09001 R ESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION AT MP 438.9      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THERE WERE 26 CARS ON 08 ECLS WHEN CAR POSITION 12 DERAILED. THERE WERE 9 LOADS AND 6 EMPTIES WHICH WERE HUMPED INT0 CAR IN POSITION 12 WHICH CAUSE MOST OF THE DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: MAYSVILLE
county: MASON
railroad: TTIS
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THREE EMPTY COAL HOPPER CARS WERE SHOVED OVER THE END OF #2 TRACK AT AN UNLOADING FACILITY.  THE CAR S WERE SHOVED PAST THE END OF THE TRACK.  THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: DUPO
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
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-Aug
narrative:
YDU21 31 SHOVED SOUTH WITH 22 INTERMODAL LOADS INTO TRACK 209 TO MAKE A JOINT INTO 28 LOADS.  THE CR EW MADE THE JOINT AND BEGAN TO PULL NORTH.  THE SWITCH MAN TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP THE MOVEMENT AF TER GOING NORTH APPROXIMATELY 487 FT.  WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED 4 LOADED INTERMODAL CARS WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED AND UPRIGHT.  DTTC 620912/DTTB 732884/FEC 70259/DTTA 766426.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO B E MISSING SPIKES/FASTENERS.   


nearest_city: RIPARIUS
county: WARREN
railroad: SNC
date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: ADIRONDACK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
01/17/2013 @18:18 SNC XTRA-17 DIVERGED FROM THE MAINLINE AND INTO THE SIDING AT RIPARIUS. THE LOCOMO TIVE, SNC 8524, WAS RUNNING LONG END FORWARD AND THE ENGINEER BRAD PETERSON, PLACED THE TRAIN INTO E MERGENCY ONCE HE NOTICED THE TRAIN WAS DIVERGING. THE TRAIN TRAVELLED 140 FEET INTO THE SIDING WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A BALLAST REGULATOR THAT HAD BEEN PLACED THERE BY MAINTENANCE OF WAY. THE TRAIN PU SHED THE REGULATOR 368 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT THE GATE HAD BEEN DAMAGED EARLIER IN THE DAY BY A COMPANY EMPLOYEE, AND THE LOCK FOR THE SWITCH WAS ALSO LOCATED ON THE HEAD BLOCK OF THE SWITCH NEXT TO THE KEEPER. -THIS REPORT COVERS THE TRAIN' S PORTION OF THE COLLISION-


nearest_city: NEW IBERIA
county: IBERIA
railroad: LDRR
date: 2010-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
DERAILMENT ON OTHER PROPERTY-WHILE ASCENDING HILL AFTER BRIDGE, SLACK FELT. UPON INSECTION, FOUND RE AR CAR HAD DERAILED AND DRAGGED OVER BRIDGE.      


nearest_city: EDDYVILLE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: PNWR
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TOLEDO HAULER DRAILED REAR 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 HEAD CARS AT MP 739.45 ON TOLEDO DISTRICT. DUE TO BRO KEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FT BENTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
G-GRFGRF1-24, WHILE PULLING INTO GREAT FALLS FROM FT. BENTON SUBDIVISION, DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN STOPP ING FOR SWITCH.  CREW APPLIED DYNAMIC BRAKES WHILE REAR OF TRAIN WAS ROUNDING A CURVE, CREATING ENOU GH SLACK TO DERAIL REAR 2 CARS OF TRAIN.     


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
R98271-20 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE: 2 CARS KICKED TO GE0 3 (UTLX 662191), 1 CAR KICKED TO GE06, 1 CAR TO GE02 (RCRX 1761), 1 CAR TO GE04 AND 2 MORE CARS WERE KICKED TO GE02 (RCRX 1421, GATX 88635).  THE NEXT 2 CARS ON THE SWITCH LIST NEEDED TO GO TO GE03 AN D THE CREW HAD TO SHOVE GE03 TO MAKE ROOM TO HOLD THE BALANCE OF THE CARS ON THE LIST.  WHEN THE BRA KEMAN RODE THE CARS TO THE COUPLING TO MAKE ROOM HE NOTICED THAT THE NORTH CAR, UTLX 662191, IN GE03 HAD BEEN CORNERED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRST CAR KICKED INTO GE02 (RCRX 1761) AND THE 2ND C AR KICKED INTO GE02 (RCRX 1421) HAD CORNERED THE UTLX 662191 IN GE03.  ALL THREE CARS WERE LOADS OF HAZ MAT, NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.  TESTING WAS DONE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KALAMAZOO
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AMTRAK LOCOMOTIVE HAD FIRE IN SUMP OF UNIT AMTK #30. FIRE DEPT WAS DISPATCHED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE.       


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
SWITCH OPERATED UNDER CAR GATX088893 CAUSING THE WEST TRUCK TO TRAVEL DOWN CT14 AND THE EAST TRUCK T O TRAVEL DOWN CT15.  THE EAST TRUCK STRUCK CAR NW176464 ON CT15.  AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION, CARS GATX088893 AND SHQX006754 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN MKSTU-16 COMING INTO YARD BRAKED TOO HARD ON THE HEAD END RESULTING IN 5 EMPTY AUTO RACKS DERA ILING ALONG WITH THE 4 LOADED CARS FOLLOWING.  TRAIN WAS GOING OVER THE MAX SPEED FOR THE TRACK CLAS S.     


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: K O
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL1042-18, SHOVING INTO 507 TRACK, DERAILED 4 CARS NEAR 502 SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RE LEASED.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
EXTRA YARD CREW OPERATED ALP #4516 IN ELECTRIC MODE THROUGH AN UNWIRED CROSSOVER WHILE ENROUTE EAST BETWEEN THE NORTH RUNNER AND MU LEAD AT THE MMC.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE HOSTLER ATTENDANT WAS OPERATING FROM THE WEST UNIT, THE UP7820 AND WAS COUPLED TO THE UP4497, UP 7868.  HE MOVED EAST OUT OF MAKEUP 1 TRACK AND MADE A HOOK TO THE DEAD UP7375, WHEN HE STARTED PULLI NG BACK WEST INTO MAKEUP 1 THE UP7375 DERAILED.  AFTER INVESTIGATION NO CAUSE COULD BE DETERMINED TH AT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: HUNTINGBURG
county: DUBOIS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
792D914-7'55" 224D913-2'45" 319D914-0'45" 052D909-0'40" 792D914 MOVED 13 MILES WITH THE REAR 3 DP UN ITS NS 2638-6645 PULLING AGAINST THE LEAD 2 UNITS NS 1046-1057 RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO ALL WHEELS ON ENGINES NS 2638     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS HUMPING TRACK BC43.  THREE LOADED GONS WITH PIPE LOADED HIGHER THAN THE GON THRESHOLD.  STR UCK GATX 65652 AND DENTED THE BODY OF THE TANK CAR.  LOADS SHIFTED ON IHB 406, IHB 3195, AND IHB 476 .     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED LEAVING GALESBURG YARD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A RAIL BRACE THAT WAS SHARED BY THE ST OCK RAIL AND SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR HAD MISSING WEDGE WHICH REDUCED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POINT P ROTECTOR AND ALLOWED THE WHEEL SETS TO IMPACT THE SWITCH POINT.     


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CSX TRAIN, Y3051, WAS PULLING OUT OF NM02 USING THE OUTBOUND LEAD WHEN THE RAIL BROKE DERAILING 7 HA ZARDOUS CARS (UTLX 13882, GATX 5504, UTLX 953272, GATX 54139, CCIX 6201, GATX 6773, TILX 160209) WIT H NO INJURIES, LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.  CSXT ESTIMATED $105,000 DAMAGE TO CARS.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y-KCK2022-12 HUMPED EMPTY ARTICULATED INTERMODAL CAR BNSF 239344 TO 2056 TRACK. CAR RODE UP THROUGH RETARDED AND DERAILED. CUT BEING HUMPED CONTAINED OTHER ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
NIT CREW SHOVING 12 EMPTY CARS FROM BACK GATE #4 IN WEST DIRECTION TOWARDS HAMPTON BLVD. DERAILED BR AN 7303 R1,2,3 & BRAN 4731 LO1,3,4 & R1,2,3,4.  NO NORFOLK SOUTHERN CREW INVOLVED - INDUSTRY CREW (U NKNOWN OF INDUSTRY PERSONNEL INVOLVED).     


nearest_city: CRAWFORD
county: DAWES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: BUTTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
B-LPCSEA5-04 WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAND-OPERATE DUAL-CONTROL SWITCH. CREW OPERATED SWITCH BUT FAILED TO LINE MOVEABLE POINT FROG, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
H-KCKDEN1-14DERAILED WHILE DOUBLING 25 CARS OVER FROM 9 TRACK TO 7 TRACK IN YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE YNL33R-17 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO RAIL 207 WHEN THE 16TH CAR FROM THE HEAD DERAILED DUE T O A SWITCH GAPPED WITH OBSTRUCTION, WHICH CAUSED NINE (9) OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: URBANA
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2012-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHAMPAIGN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
L59091-15 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE A-YARD AND HAD LEFT A CUT OF 15 CARS UNATTENDED WITH HANDBRAKE A PPLIED ON TRACK CA11. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS FROM TRACK CA13 WHEN THE CARS THEY LE FT IN TRACK CA11 ROLLED OUT INTO THE SIDE OF THEIR TRAIN, DERAILING TILX 254379. TILX 254379 DAMAGED THREE CARS (SSW 65097, ATW 300657, TR 406261) THAT WERE BEING PULLED BY L59091-15. THERE WERE NO IN JURIES AND NO SPILLS. CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH SHOE OF CAR 8516 WAS DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECT TO OVERHEAD WIRE AT CP 261, TRACK 4. TRAIN TRA VELED ALL THE WAY TO CP 235 WHERE IT ENGAGES THE WIRE AND FLIPPED THE SHOES. PANTOGRAPH WAS TORN OFF WHEN IT WENT THROUGH CP 234 ON TRACK 1.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y-TULR106-08 PULLING EAST OUT OF BOWL TRACK 34 WAS STRUCK BY CARS SWITCHED INTO BOWL 38 BY Y-TUL1021 -08. CARS HAD STRUCK SKATES IN BOWL 38 AND KNOCKED SKATES OFF TRACK, ALLOWING CARS TO ROLL FREE.      


nearest_city: GARRETT
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CSMLGH-07, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7081, STRUCK AN SUV WHICH WAS STALLED ON THE COUNTY ROAD 3740 CROSSING. UP7081 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF SUV INJURED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: GVSR
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
GVSR 206 DELIVERING 46 EMPTY GRAIN CARS TO UP YARD.  2ND UNIT IN CONSIST CLIMBED SWITCH POINT ON THE POINT ON THE 213/214 SOUTH END LEAD SWITCH, GVSR 1007 DERAILED LEAD SET OF TRUCKS.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW PULLED 32 CARS SOUTH ON THE CRL MAIN ACROSS 106TH STREET TAKING THE LINEUP ONTO THE NORTH STORA GE TRACK.  CREW PULLED 15 CAR LENGTHS ALONG TRACK WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTED THAT HIS TRAIN FELT HEAVY FOLLOWED BY A 'TUG'.  MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.  CREW NOTICED THAT CARS APPEARED TO BE DERAILED AND SO A PPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  UPON INSPECTION CREW REPORTED THEY HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YNL20R-08 WAS DRAGGING OUT OF BOWL 52, WHILE THE YNL24R-08 WAS DRAGGING OUT OF BOWL 41.  BOWL 52 AND 41 SHARE THE SAME LEAD.  YNL24R WAS AHEAD OF THE YNL20R THREE CARS FROM CLEARING THE BOWL RAIL 52 S WITCH.  THE YNL20R FAILED TO GET STOPPED IN TIME AND SIDESWIPED THE YNL24R.     


nearest_city: BOCA RATON
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: MIAMI
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
VEHICLE STOPPED ON CROSSING AND TRI-RAIL P66826 STRUCK IT. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARN ING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS). TRI-RAIL DAMAGES ARE $65796.00.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
UP TRAIN F-GSAKHO-01 WAS OPERATING OUT OF THE GAUNTLET TRACK ONTO CHOCTAW MAIN TRACK 1, THEN THROUGH THE SWITCH LEADING TO UPRR FORT WORTH SUB WHEN CMO 20917 GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH POINTS, RESULTING IN 3 CARS BEING RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CRW FOREMAN WAS GRAVITY SWITCHING 11 LOADED RAILCARS WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STOP RAILCARS AND WA S UNABLE TO STOP THE CUT OF RAILCARS.  THE RAILCARS STRUCK A PERMINENT DERAILER PLACED AT VIADUCT RO AD IN THE PORT OF CHICKASAW. RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF TWO LOADED RAILCARS.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
MKBHO-09 CREW WAS TAKING LIGHT POWER UP4508/UP5489 TO ROUNDHOUSE.  CREW HEADING SOUTH DOWN RACE TRAC K.  SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT DOWN 400 LEAD.  AS THEY WENT OVER 190 SWITCH ENGINES STARTED HEADING DOWN WRONG TRACK AND TOWARDS ROUNDHOUSE DERAIL.  CREW PLUGGED TRAIN BUT WENT OVER DERAIL, D ERAILING LEADING WHEELS OF UP4508.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT YHO12R-09 BRAK EMAN LINED THE SWITCH WITH THE COMPUTER AT THE NORTHWEST SHANTY WHILE SHOWING STUDENT HOW TO LINE SW ITCHES WITH COMPUTER WITHOUT KNOWING THERE WAS A POWER MOVE COMING, WHICH CAUSED THE MKBHO-09 POWER TO GO DOWN THE WRONG TRACK AND OVER THE DERAIL.  MKBHO CREW DID NOT CONTACT YHO12R JOB TO LET THEM K NOW THEY WERE COMING AS PER SITE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS.


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BARBOURS CUT IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LHU45R-05 ALLOWED JOB LHU09-05 INTO RCL ZONE NUMBER 2.  CREW FAILED TO PROVIDE POINT PROTECTION WHIL E ANOTHER TRAIN IN ZONE.  LHU45R-05 STRUCK THE LHU09-05 DERAILING SEVERAL RAILCARS ON UP TRACKS.  AL SO CAUSING DAMAGE TO PARALLEL PTRA TRACKS THAT WERE UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME.  BOTH LHU45R-05 & LHU09- 05 WERE CREWED WITH UP CREWS.  PTRA ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES = $3,000    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SETTEGAST IND LD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CAR SRIX050611 FOUND DAMAGED IN OUTBOUND TRACKS WITH DAMAGE TO END SILL.  NO MATE CAR WAS EVER FOUND IN THE YARD.      


nearest_city: NEW BRAUNFELS
county: COMAL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
MFWX-25 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE AUSTIN SUB MAIN #2 DERAILED 3 CARS, GNWR206001, GNWR205994, CNW9 2151 ACCOUNT AIRHOSE CAME UNCOUPLED BETWEEN CNW92258 AND MP273118 CAUSING CENTER SILL TO BREAK ON TH E B END OF WP86200. THE CENTER SILL HAD AN AAR PATCH APPLIED ON THE LEFT SIDE.  THERE WAS 40% OLD BR EAK ON THE CENTER SILL.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z
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: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
UPON INSPECTION IN THE RIP TRACK THE ETTX801216 WAS FOUND WITH CROSSED DRAWBAR DAMAGE.  IT IS UNKNOW N WHEN, WHERE OR WHAT OTHER CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AS NO OTHER CAR WAS FOUND WITH DAMAGE.  THE C AR WAS NOT DERAILED.     


nearest_city: PITTSBURG
county: CAMP
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
GSRKPG-10, SHOVING 75 CAR LOADED GRAIN TRAIN INTO INDUSTRY.  CAR CNW178312 CLIMBED FACING POINT MAIN TRACK SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 6 LOADED CARS AND TRACK DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
MCHNP-02 BURNED OFF JOURNAL R3 CAUSING CAR LT8170 TO DERAIL.  CREW WAS NOTIFIED BY DRAGGING EQUIPMEN T DETECTOR AT MP 214.9.  TRAIN STOPPED, MANAGER AND HULCHER RESPONDED, WHEELS REPLACED, TRAIN CONTIN UED WEST.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SHERMAN
county: GRAYSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L-TEX6341-15 DERAILED 2 CARS AT DERAIL IN 7702 TRACK WHEN CONDUCTOR FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL PRIOR TO SHOVE. LEADING DERAILED CAR CAME TO REST LEANING AGAINST CAR IN 7701 TRACK      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y-TUL3011-06 CARS CORNERED EACH DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS DUE TO KICKING CARS, INADEQUATE PRECAUTION S.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIASL WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CACHE
county: COMANCHE
railroad: SLWC
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON THE LAWTON SUB WEST OF CACHE, OK, JOB 101 WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTI ON OF THE TRAIN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE 78TH THROUGH 88TH CAR HAD DERAILED. 3 CARS UPRIGHT AND 7 ON TH EIR SIDE. AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE DOWNLOADS AND INSPECTION OF THE TRACK AND CARS IT WA S DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS THERMAL MISALIGNMENT. THE TRACK HAD BEEN INSPECTED THRU SEDAY BEFORE BY INSPECTOR AND NO DEFECTS WERE DETECTED. THE TRAIN CREW DID NOT SEE ANY SIGN OF SUN K INK HAS THEY WENT OVER THE AREA. THE TEMPERATURE THAT DAY WAS 83 DEGREES. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.  


nearest_city: BEAVER CITY
county: FURNAS
railroad: NKCR
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW PICKED UP TRAIN WEST OF BEAVER CITY HEADING EASTBOUND AND TRAVELED APPX 3 TO 4 MILES WHEN 6 CAR S DERAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN. CNDUCTOR AND SIGNAL MAINTAINER (THAT WAS WORKING ON THE GATES ) GAVE ROLL BY AT THE CROSSING. THERE IS 29 CARS AHEAD OF THE DERAILED CARS AND 12 BEHIND.     


nearest_city: LIVINGSTON
county: PARK
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
H-KCKPAS9-09 PROCEEDING WESTWARD WITH HELPER ON REAR DERAILED, FOUR REAR CARS AT THE LIVINGSTON HUMP SWITCH.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: ROGERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TUL3021-19 PLACED 26 CARS ON WEST END OF TRACK 1103 BUT FAILED TO SECURE THEM.  CARS ROLLED WEST A ND STRUCK Y-TUL7534-19 WITH LIGHT POWER AT DIESEL LEAD SWITCH, EAST END.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REL EASED.  SPEED VERIFIED ON THE CUT OF CARS.     


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: TALLAHASSEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Q60616 UDE AFTER AIR HOSE SEPARATION BETWEEN ACFX 58087 AND HS 30394 CAUSING THE LEAD CAR GPLX 74440 LOADED WITH PLASTIC PELLETS TO COME OFF CENTER. THE BOTTOM CHUTE HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND PRODUCT SPILL ED OUT ON THE TRACK.     


nearest_city: MORRISON
county: OSAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
2CNACS-03 TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON MAIN TRACK 1 ON THE JEFF CITY SUB EXPERIENCED A UDE, DERAILING 50 LOADED COAL CARS.  A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS LOOKED AT ALL ASPECTS FOR CAUSATION.  TH E TEAM EXAMINED ENGINEERING INSPECTION RECORDS, TRACK GEOMETRY, CAR DATA AND FIELD INSPECTION RECORD S.  MECHANICAL INSPECTIONS AND WHEEL PROFILES WERE DONE ON THE HEAD 5 CARS OF THE TRAIN AS WELL AS F IELD INSPECTIONS OF ALL COMPONENTS ON SITE.  EVENT RECORDER DATA WAS ANALYZED FOR ANY TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES.  THE TEAM CONCLUDED THAT NEITHER HUMAN FACTOR TRAIN HANDLING NOR MECHANICAL WAS CONTRIBUTOR Y TO THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.  THE TEAM WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER THE WEST FROG ON MAIN TRACK 1.  BA SED ON THE FACTS, THE TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRACK AT THE FROG


nearest_city: FARMINGDALE
county: NASSAU
railroad: LI
date: 2011-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
INTOXICATED FEMALE DROVE AROUND LOWERED GATES IN FARMINGDALE AND CAR WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 2070.       


nearest_city: SULPHUR SPRINGS
county: HOPKINS
railroad: BLR
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
DURING YARD SWITCHING WHILE PULLING A TRACK OF CARS APPROX. 13 CARS . FIELD SIDE RAIL BROKE, DE-RAIL ING 3 CARS      


nearest_city: SAN SABA
county: SAN SABA
railroad: GCSR
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CONDUCTOR CAME OVER THE RADIO AND SAID HE NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE BRIDGE. SO HE DOUBLED BACK TO CHE CK OUT. ENGINEER REDUCED SPEED WHILE CONDUCTOR CHECKED IT OUT WHILE ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR TALKING O N THE RADIO. ENG. SPEED INCREASED TO 10MPH. ENG HAD JUST CROSSED SAN SABA RIDGE, WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, ENGINEER WALKED TRAIN-PUT OUT SMALL TIRE TIED UP.    


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL HUMP JOB, Y19827, WENT TO TRACK B46 TO PULL 10 CARS FOR REHUMP, AFTER MAKING TWO COUP LINGS IN TRACK, RCOF THEN SHOVED BACK 23 FEET, STOPPED MOVEMENT, THEN SHOVED BACK AN ADDITIONAL 36 F EET AT A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 1.1 MPH ROLLING OFF CARS THAT WERE REMAINING IN B46.  CUT OF CARS ROLLED O UT OF THE WEST END OF B46 THROUGH EXIT RETARDER STRIKING CUT OF CARS IN B47 FOULING THE WEST END OF B46. CUT OF CARS IN B47 HAD PREVIOUSLY ROLLED OUT IN FOUL DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS.   


nearest_city: MACON
county: JONES
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
G10G830 SHOVING NORTH WITH 3 UNITS ENGINE CONSIST IMPACTED STANDING CUT OF CARS, DERAILING ENG NS 63 35.  #28 - LOCOMOTIVE WAS EXCEEDING TRACK SPEED AS THE LOCOMOTIVE LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY - RESULTI NG IN THE COLLISION.     


nearest_city: ALUM CREEK
county: KANAWHA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: COAL RIVER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
U61222 EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE TRAIN BRAKES. UPON CONDUCTOR WALKING THE TRAIN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR 9 CARS OF TRAIN WERE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: PATH
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012, AN AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL (ATC) WORK TRAIN, CONSIST: (VERMEER MACHINE 72200-VERMEER MACHINE 14314- FLAT CAR 72512 - FLAT CAR 162 - FLAT CAR 163 - FLAT CAR 164 -FLAT CAR 1 5613 - FLAT CAR 72506 - VERMEER MACHINE 72205 - VERMEER MACHINE 14316) WAS ASSIGNED TO PERFORM ATC W ORK IN SOUTH STREET YARD.  THIS EQUIPMENT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DIADONE ALDRIDGE JOINT VENTUR E CONTRACTORS.  THERE WERE NO PATH EMPLOYEES EITHER OPERATING, OR DIRECTING ANY MOVEMENTS OF THIS CO NSIST.

AT APPROXIMATELY 5:24 PM, THE CONSIST WAS MOVING WEST UP A GRADE ON TRACK H10, WHEN BOTH A XLES OF FLAT CAR 164 DERAILED TO THE SOUTH.  AS THE DERAILED CAR MOVED ALONG THE TRACK, THE WHEELS C ONTACTED THE 3RD RAIL.  THE CONSIST CONTINUED TO MOVE ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 FE


nearest_city: GREENWOOD
county: GREENWOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Y20105 MAKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT FROM M09 TO THE LEAD COUPLING CARS, LINED IMPROPER SWITCH CAUSING D ERAILMENT OF 5 CARS.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
GM23 SHOVING NORTH IN RT01 WITH 3 UNITS, 57 LOADS, 53 EMPTIES, 9200 TONS WHEN KNUCKLE BROKE ON NOKL 833130, XXHC, ALLOWING 26 CAR CUT TO ROLL FREE, STRIKING CONSIST OF GM21 HUMPING FROM ADJACENT TRACK , RT02.     


nearest_city: CROWLEY
county: ACADIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: CROWLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
R-GFC3011-02 MADE SETOUT INTO 021 TRACK AND SHOVED CARS ALREADY IN TRACK THROUGH SWITCH AT OTHER END OF TRACK, DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE PULLING FROM RIP TRACK 6, Y-NTW3012-02 DERAILED 3 CARS AT POINT OF BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


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:
B-END PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4407 WAS TORN OFF WHILE TRAIN #3235 WAS ENROUTE WEST AT NJCL MP 22.9 DUE TO WIRE DAMAGE ON TK #1 DAMAGING ENGINE AND 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
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-Aug
narrative:
WHILE EXITING THE EAST PORTAL OF HOWARD STREET TUNNEL, Q43804 DERAILED CARS.  DERAILED CARS 11 AND 1 2 WERE OUTSIDE WHILE DERAILED CARS 35 THROUGH 45 WERE STILL INSIDE THE TUNNEL.      


nearest_city: MCKEES ROCKS
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: POHC
date: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MCKEES ROCKS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING EASTBOUND WITH ONE CAR TO COUPLE UP TO 50 CARS TO GET 28 CARS TO TAKE TO NEVILLE I SLAND. CONDUCTOR STOPPED MOVEMENT TO LINE CROSSOVER SWITCHES TO BE LINED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL. CONDUCT OR FAILED TO LINE EASTBOUND SWITCH RESULTING IN A RUN THRU SWITCH CAUSING A DERAILMENT WHEN THE CREW REVERSED. ENGINEER'S FAILURE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT AND STOP SHORT OF A SWITCH WITH IMPROPERLY FITTED POINTS AND A RED BANNER INDICATING THAT THE SWITCH WAS NOT LINED FOR INTENDED ROUTE. ENGINEER HAD AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE SWITCH AND SWITCH BANNER FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE CAB FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 CAR LENGTHS AS MOVEMENT APPROACHED SWTICH. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-CHI1201-14A CREW WAS SWITCHING CARS FOR THE Q- CHIST06-14 TOWARDS TRACK 243.  UPON MAKING THEIR LI NEUP TOWARDS 243, THE HELPER FAILED TO THROW THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THE HUMP TO THE WEST LEAD.  O NCE MOVEMENT INITIATED, HE SHOWED DOWN INTO EMPTIES BEING CONTROLLED BY THE CHI107, DERAILING TWO CA RS.    


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YPX30R-17 WAS MOVING IN AN EASTWARD DIRECTION DOWN THE FREIGHT LEAD TOWARD THE MAIN LINE.  THE FOT-I N-TRAINING IN CONTROL OF THE REMOTE CONTROL MOVEMENT STOPPED AT CLEARANCE POINT TO LINE THE SWITCH F OR MOVEMENT ONTO THE MAIN LINE IN ORDER TO SET OUT 17 CARS INTO NUMBER ONE TRACK.  THE FOT-IN-TRAINI NG , AFTER STOPPING, FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT ONTO THE MAIN.  A CUT OF 28 CARS WERE PULLED EASTWARD THROUGH THE SWITCH AND THEN A REVERSE MOVEMENT WAS MADE WESTWARD RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF S IX CARS DERAILING.  


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
UP CREW WAS TRAVELING WESTWARD THROUGH CP GASPUR. THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN THE OK TO PROCEED BY A MAINTEN ANCE OF WAY CREW THAT HAD BEEN WELDING A SWITCH. THEY HAD TRAVELED 8 CAR LENGHTS OVER THE SWITCH WHE N THE ENGINEER HEARD A RADIO DIRECTIVE TO STOP THE TRAIN. THE 9TH THOUGH 16TH CARS HAD DERAILED AT T HE SWITCH THE THE MOW CREW HAD BEEN WORKING ON.    


nearest_city: EDGEWOOD
county: VAN ZANDT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RPHRV-15 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE, HAD A CROSS KEY FALL OUT OF RAILCAR WP10348.  TRAIN IN CURRED A SEPARATION AND THE REAR SEPARATED PORTION OF TRAIN STRUCK THE HEAD SEPARATED PORTION, DERAI LING SEVERAL CARS.  AFTER THOROUGH REVIEW OF CAR COMPONENTS RECOVERED, TRACK MEASUREMENT TAKEN AND E VENT RECORDER DOWNLOADS.  WERE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE CROSSKEY FAILURE WAS A RESULT OF FATIG UE OR A SLACK EVENT, CROSSKEY COMPONENTS SENT TO THE LAB SHOWED AGE FATIGUE AND WEAR BUT NO DEFECTS WERE PRESENT IN THE METALLURGY AND WE RULED NON-CAUSATIVE.  TRACK WAS NOT CAUSATIVE OR CONTRIBUTORY TO THE INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR 


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YBA76-17 HAD FINISHED PULLING EMPTIES OUT OF TRACK 784 AND WAS SHOVING 68 LOADS OF WHEAT BACK INTO T RACK 784.  FOREMAN WAS RIDING POINT FOR PROTECTION WHEN HE SAW THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND MOVEMENT STOPPE D AS THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  HE SAW 2 CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE 7 90 SWITCH THAT COMES OFF TRACK 784 HAD NOT BEEN LOCKED INTO POSITION AND HAD FREE ROAMING POINTS.  T HE FOREMAN STATED HE NEVER THREW THE SWITCH.  IT WAS FOUND THAT A LONG SHOREMAN HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE SWITCH EARLIER THAT NIGHT AND LEFT SWITCH OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND DID NOT LOCK IT INTO POSITIO N WHICH RESULTED IN THE 3-CAR DERAILMENT.  COLUMBIA GRAIN INTERNATIONAL MAINTAINS TRACK. 


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #767 ROUTED FROM TRACK I TO TRACK 4 AT CP-1. CREW REPORTED THAT SECOND CAR #4124 HAD DERAILED.       


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
GSSIHP-28 WAS SETTING OUT BAD ORDER LOCOMOTIVE UP5909.  CREW HAD SET HANDBRAKE ON LOCOMOTIVE, CHOCKE D WHEEL AND PULLED LEVER AND CUT AWAY FROM UP5909.  LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED FREE AND DERAILED.  INVESTIGAT ION DETERMINED CAUSE WAS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE ENGINE.  CONDUCTOR FILLED OUT 52032 ON 3/01/10 C LAIMING HE INJURED HIS BACK, HIP, KNEES AND SHOULDER.  CONDUCTOR STATES HE JUMPED FROM THE LOCOMOTIV E WHEN IT BEGAN TO ROLL.   


nearest_city: MOUNT HOLLY
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y32109 WAS STOPPED ON ALUMAX LEAD COVERING THE HIGHWAY 52 CROSSING WHEN A VEHICLE STRUCK THE TRAIN.       


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y19423 RCO OPERATING CSXT 2661 ON TRACK E13 IN WALBRIDGE YARD IN THE EAST DIRECTION WAS SHOVING 36 C ARS AND FAILED TO CONTROL EQUIPMENT WHEN COUPLING TO STANDING EQUIPMENT ON THE EAST END OF E13. THEY SHOVED TRACK OUT TO FOUL AND SIDESWIPED Y19723 DERAILING ONE CAR AND DAMAGING TWO OTHERS.  DAMAGES: Y19723 = $2319; Y19423 = $11344.    


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ROAD SWITCHER DEPARTING YARD DERAILED 2 CARS IN TRAIN AT SOUTH LEG OF WYE SWITCH. SWITCH WAS FOUND T O HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH, CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: BRADFORD
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
GSBFCL-15 PULLING OUT OF TRACK 753.  CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE REAR CAR WHEN IT DROPPED BETWEEN THE R AILS CAUSING THE 7 REAR CARS TO DERAIL.  AS CARS STARTED TO TIP OVER, CONDUCTOR JUMPED IN THE CLEAR OF THE DERAILING CARS AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT HEEL.     


nearest_city: DUNKIRK
county: CHAUTAUQUA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK P04812 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON NUMBER TWO TRACK WHEN IT STRUCK A SEMI THAT HAD GONE AROUND THE CROSSING GATES ON MIDDLE ROAD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PLEASANT HILL
county: POLK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
R-NEB4661-19 WHILE SWITCHING INDUSTRY RAN THROUGH 102 TRACK SWITCH WITH LIGHT ENGINE, THEN REVERSED DIRECTION AND SPLIT SWITCH, DERAILING 2 UNITS, NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
MECH HOSTLERS SHOVING SOUTH FROM 3 HOUSE WHEN THEY RAN OVER BLUE FLAG DERAIL, DEAILING ENGINE NS 724 .      


nearest_city: BRYAN
county: BRAZOS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
RHTIP-10 WAS SHOVING KNIFE RIVER TRACK 727 WHEN SEVERAL CARS DERAILED DUE TO SOFT ROADBED IN TRACK A ND INSUFFICIENT BALLAST.  KNIFE RIVER MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MENDOTA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL2012-04 HUMPED CAR INTO BOWL TRACK 2028 THAT BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH CARS IN TRACK, DRAILING THIS CAR.      


nearest_city: LITTLEROCK
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
QRVWCB-26 WAS TRAVELING SOTHBOUND WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO WIDE GAGE TRACK CONDITION.  CONDUCTOR WAS CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE CHLORINE EXPOSURE.  EMPLOYEE WAS NOT INJUR ED/ILL AND WAS ONLY CHECKED AS A PRECAUTION.  NO 52032 COMPLETED.  THERE WAS NO LEAK DETECTED THEREF ORE NO EXPOSURE (INHALATION PROTOCOL).    


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NOPB
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CENTRAL AVE DERAILMENT THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2013, CONCLUDED THAT THE DERAILMENT WAS THE RESULT OF WHEEL LIFT ON RAILCAR AIGX 520 221 APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 24 INCHES B EFORE THE FROG POINT OF THE FIRST TURNOUT OF THE EASTBOUND MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL AVE CROSSOVER. THE INVESTIGATION TEAM CONCLUDED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE WHEEL OF AIGX 520 221 TO GET OUT OF THE GUARD RAIL PRIOR TO REACHING THE FROG POINT A BUFFING FORCE FROM THE TRAILING RAILCARS BUNCHED THE EMPTY AIGX 520 221 AND LIFT THE WHEEL OUT OF THE GUARD OF THE GUARD RAIL.  THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT THE FROG POINT WAS STRUCK BY THE FLANGE.  MEASUREMENTS TAKEN POST DERAILMENT INDICATE THAT ALL TRACK MEASURE ABLE COMPONENTS IN THE TURNOUT WERE WITHIN COMPLIANCE.  ON THE TURNOUT WHERE THE INITIAL DERAILMENT


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
PORT OF BEAUMONT STRUCK THE SOUTH END OF THE NECHES RIVER BRIDGE ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION. NO KCS CREW OR ON-TRACK EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WHILE STOPPING TO MAKE CUT, CREW DERAILED 1 WHEEL ON 1 CAR, UNDETECTED. CREW THEN MADE PULL SWITCH R ESULTED IN RAIL ROLL OVER, DERAILING BALANCE OF CARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINEER HAD UNCHARGED BRAKE PIPE AND USED HEAVY INDEPENDENT TO MAKE STOP, RESULTING IN SLACK RUN-IN AND INITIAL DERAILMENT . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW SHOVING TRAIN INTO YARD TRACK 1141 DERAILED AT SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: CALEDONIA
county: RACINE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE CBTSH-17 WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH, WHEN UNDER THE TRAIN RAIL BROKE CAUSING 19 LOADED COAL CARS TO DERAIL SPILLING OVER AND TEARING UP A SECTION OF TRACK AT MILEPOST 67.42 ON THE MILWAUKEE SUB.     


nearest_city: EVERGREEN
county: CONECUH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
N24718 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS SITTING ON CR 26 CROSSING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED AT THE TIME O F IMPACT. THE IMPACT FROM N24718 CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STRIKE A00321 THAT WAS SITTING IN THE SIDING AT WILCOX, CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO CARS IN A00321 CONSIST. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNIN G.    


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3969 REPORTED F-END COLLECTOR HEAD OF PANTOGRAPH DAMAGED ON LOCOMOTIVE #4607 DUE TO BROKE N HANGERS.      


nearest_city: ENTERPRISE
county: CLARKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
55W-4'00, 22Q-4'55", A57-5'00", 172-2'00".  AMTRAK20-05".  LOCOMOTIVE NS E9317 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IN THE CONSIST OF TRAIN 55WA831.      


nearest_city: BRAGGS
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
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-Jul
narrative:
CEYMS9-27 WAS PULLING OUT OF BRAGGS SIDING WHEN TRAIN HAD 11 RAILCARS DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION REVEALE D CAUSE AS DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES.      


nearest_city: BREMO BLUFF
county: FLUVANNA
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
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-Nov
narrative:
N63904 WAS ENTERING THE SIDING AT BREMO TO SPOT COAL TRAIN AT DOMINION POWER. WHILE ENTERING SIDING CAR TILX 50717 DERAILED R3 WHEEL WHICH DROPPED IN AND DISTURBED THE WHEEL RAIL RELATIONSHIP 225 FT I NSIDE THE INDUSTRY TRACK. DERAILMENT INCLUDES CARS 11 THROUGH 24, WITH CARS 11 THROUGH 18 RESTING ON THEIR SIDE AWAY FROM MAINLINE.    


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DUNCAN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GSCOHP-20, LEAD UNIT UP6882 TRAVELING SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 19 MPH DERAILED ON THE SAGINAW INTERLOC KER AND COMING TO STOP AT MP 606.  A TOTAL OF 14 LOADED GRAIN CARS DERAILED.  THIS IS A TRACK CAUSED DERAILMENT DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL NOT AT JOINTS.  NO DAMAGE ON BNSF SIDE OF INTERLOCKER PER M TM.    


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: MACZ
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
MACZ TRAIN 9552 CONSISTING OF 1 ENGINE AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO STRIKING BROKEN L-TYPE INSULATOR.      


nearest_city: GOWRIE
county: WEBSTER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: TARA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
GBEB7G-21 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND, THE CREW SAW THAT EOT WAS FLASHING AND THEN THEY FELT A TUG ON THE TRAIN AND IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW HAD A BROKEN KNUCKLE BEHIND FIRST CAR BEHIND LOCOMOTIVE IN CONSIST.  CONDUCTOR REPLACED KNUCKLE AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE BACK TO TRAIN AT WHICH POINT FOUND CA RS ON THE GROUND DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
NS CREW ON TRAIN WAS MOVING TRAIN FROM TRACK AV2 TO NS YARD IN MERIDIAN, MS WHEN THEY DERAILED A DP ENGINE ON THE KCS MAINLINE.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CARS, CREW WAS SHOVING IN TO EPIC LEAD, CARS DERAILED ON BROKEN RAIL (PREVIOUSLY DAM AGED IN DIRT CROSSING)      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE #1001 DERAILED DUE TO SPREAD RAIL AS A RESULT OF UNSECURED TIES DURING MM-10 YARD MOVE TO PULL A DRAFT OF CARS FROM CAR SHOP TO TRACK #1 AT MMC.      


nearest_city: COTTER
county: BAXTER
railroad: MNA
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
ENGINEER BACKED TRAIN UP 720 FEET WITHOUT PROTECTION ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  RUNNING THROUGH SOUT H SIDING SWITCH.  BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING DETERMINED THE ENGINEER WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE.  CONTRACTO R WAS IN THE DEPOT AT TIME OF BACK-UP MOVE BUT FAILED TO VERIFY LOCATION OF REAR OF TRAIN AFTER DETE RMINING THAT AN UNPROTECTED SHOVE HAD BEEN MADE.    


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
REMOTE TIN MILL CREW CONSISTING OF AN RCO FOREMAN AND HELPER, OPERATING GRW 324-310 DERAILED FOUR (4 ) LOADED COIL CARS AT SWITCH CROSSOVER 14S LEAD TO 2S LEAD. THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 2 0 LOADED COIL CARS SOUTHBOUND FROM PROTEC YARD FOR HEADROOM IN ORDER TO SHOVE THE 20 CARS NORTH INTO TRACK 6S. THE RCO FOREMAN OPERATED SWITCH CROSSOVER 14S LEAD TO 2S LEAD, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, LINING THE ROUTE FOR 2S LEAD. THE RCO FOREMAN THEN POSITIONED HIMSELF AT THE FACING SWITCH (SWITCH 2S-14S) IN ORDER TO LINE THIS SWITCH TOWARDS 6S ONCE THE 20 CAR CONSIST CLEARED THIS SWITCH. THE HELPER WAS CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT WHILE RIDING ON THE SOUTH END OF GRW 324 TO PROVIDE POINT PROTECTION. THE G RW 324-310 AND SIX (6) CARS TRAVELED SOUTH OVER SWITCH 14S LEAD TO 2S LEAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE SEV


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, C76691-01 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AT 5 MPH, THROTTLE 5, WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE JCT, MP 54.8. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INSPECT THE TRAIN AND FOUND 5 LOADED COAL CARS DERAILED. FSTX 5838, CPOX 10142, PSTX 2055,PSTX 2136 AND JSCX 6732. INVESTIGATIO N INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THE CAUSE TO BE A WORN SWITCH POINT LOCATED AT THE SPRING SWITCH. MAIN L INE TRACK WAS CWR.   


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CREW WAS SPOTTING ADM COAL TRAIN INSIDE ADM FACILITY AND STRUCK CARS THAT WERE OUT TO FOUL.  THIRD P ARTY TRACK COSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT $2,500.  FIELD 12 = DAVENPORT.  FIELD 30 = 2-NOT SIGNALED; 5-OTHE R THAN MAIN TRACK.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LONGVIEW SWITCHING CREW (Y-LVJ2011-24A) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 71 CARS SOUTH ON TRACK 5010 TO SPOT WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED MOVING.  THE TRAIN DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY FOREMAN WALKED THE TRAIN A ND DISCOVERED (11) CARS HAS DERAILED AT A BREAK IN THE TRAIN AND WAS RIDING THE WEB OF THE RAIL AND RERAILED TWO OF THE CARS AT THE CROSSING.    


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN CSVLV1-12 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS AT CP GASPAR.  THE TRAIN GOT THROUGH THE CROSSOVE RS WITH THEIR THREE ENGINES AND NINE CARS AND THEN THE TENTH CAR FROM THE HEAD END PICKED A BAD SWIT CH POINT AND DERAILED EIGHT CARS.  PHL MAINTAINS TRACK.  PHL ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $300,000.     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVES E/909-E/905 OPERATING SOUTH ON 23 TRACK AT THE MOTOR PIT FAILED TO STOP PRIOR TO STRIKIN G THE FIXED DERAIL ON THE NORTH END OF TRACK 23 CAUSING LEAD AXLE ON E/909 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
DISPATCHER AUTHORIZED K-BAMBAM4-08 TO PASS STOP SIGNAL BUT DID NOT INSTRUCT CREW TO HAND OPERATE DUA L CONTROL SWITCH THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, RESULT IN SWITCH AND MOVEABLE POINT FROG BEI NG RUN THROUGH. NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.     


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
SWITCH 38/3E WAS NOT FULLY LATCHED AND LOCKED IN KEEPER FOR NORMAL MOVE, WHICH ALLOWED FOR SWITCH PO INT TO OPEN UNDER MOVEMENT OF CDOT TRAIN #9761, RESULTING IN EAST TRUCK OF CAR 1772 TO TRAVEL WEST O N TRACK #33 AFTER LEAD ENGINE #840 AND WEST TRUCK OF CAR #1772 TRAVELED WEST ONTO TRACK #38, RESULTI NG IN DERAILMENT OF SAME.    


