# railroad_data

nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
IHB'S CREW, NP9-03, WAS PULLING THEIR TRAIN INTO UP'S YARD AT THE SOUTH MELROSE ENTRANCE WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED. IHB'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE=$40,000.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YNL12R-29 DERAILED TWO CARS WHILE SHOVING SOUTH ON THE 100 YARD LEAD.  THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNNING TRACK TO MAIN TRACK X-OVER WAS RUN THROUGH BY THE YNL12R-29 JOB WHILE PULLING NORTH ON THE SAME LEAD .  CREW RAN BY RED SIGNAL PRIOR TO RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM.     


nearest_city: MONTPELIER
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: RRVW
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE TWO REAR CARS (LOADS OF CORN) DERAILED WHILE TRAIN WAS OPERATING DOWN MAIN LINE TRACK DUE TO CRO SSLEVEL AND SOFT TRACK CONDITIONS.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YCBOM-26 WAS PULLING NORTH WITH THE LAST CUT OF 27 RAILCARS FOR THE OPPD PLANT WHEN THREE LOADED COA L CARS AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED DUE TO 5 & 1/4 INCH CROSS LEVEL DEVELOPED FROM WATER MOVING UNDE R THE ROADBED.  INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: SANTA CLARITA
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRUCK-TRAILER BECAME HIGH-CENTERED ON PRIVATE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 271.    INJURIES UPDA TED AS RECEIVED.  QUES. 37 REVISED 11/30/12.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSA34R HAD PULLED 50 CARS OUT OF TRACK 4 AND LACKED CLEARING THE TRACK BY 4 CARS WHEN RCL ENGINES ST OPPED DUE TO A NO PUCK READING.  FOREMAN WENT TO THE SOUTH END TO RESET THE UNITS AND OVERRODE THE P SP PROTECTION TO PULL SOUTH TO CLEAR 4 RAIL.  BEGAN TO PULL SOUTH FROM THE GROUND AND COULD NOT STOP THE CUT SHORT OF THE 103 SWITCH.  FOREMAN WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH AND PI TCHED THE CONTROL TO THE HELPER ADVISING THE HELPER THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.  HELPER BEGAN A REVERS E MOVE RESULTING IN THE CARS DERAILING AT THE RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: BERWYN
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
U-ALNDM01-29 HAD PICKED UP 1 CAR AND WAS RETURNING TO TRAIN WHEN DERAILED 1 UNIT AND 1 CAR AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE WHERE SOFT TIES HAD ALLOWED RAILS TO SEPARATE AS LOCOMOTIVES NEGOTIATED TURNS IN RAIL.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS Y29227 KICKED 2 LOADED CARS (MCEX 95359 AND SHPX 207118) IN EXCES S OF FOUR MILES PER HOUR INTO THE WEST END OF TRACK E10 TO COUPLE UP WITH 2 EMPTY FLAT CARS ON THE W EST END OF THE TRACK. AS THE 2 LOADED CARS ENCOUNTERED THE 1ST FLAT CAR QTTX 131454, THE SHPX 207118 AND THE QTTX 131454 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE PERFORMING A LOCOMOTIVE MOVE WITH E/122 FROM SOUTH TRACK 7 TO SOUTH TRACK 8, ENGINE UNIT 122 D ERAILED AT THE #2 SWITCH LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE DIESEL SHOP FACILITY.  THE CAUSE OF THE DER AILMENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,000.00.     


nearest_city: CHEMULT
county: KLAMATH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: OREGON TRUNK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
H-PASBAR1-13 DERAILED ONE CAR DUE TO BROKEN COUPLER RETAINING PIN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: DGNO
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SHERMAN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DENISON 1 JOB PULLING 22 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY WITH 6 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE LINE FROM UP RAY YARD.  ENGINEE R FELT THE TRAIN STARTING TO SLOW DOWN.  AT THIS TIME HE RELEASED THE FIRST SERVICE AND MOVED THE TH ROTTLE TO IDOL AND HIS TRAIN CAME TO A STOP.  UPON INSPECTION CREW FOUND CARS 3 THROUGH 13 WERE DERA ILED.  ONCE RERAILED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A PULL APART AT ON  OF THE INSULATED JOINT BAR S AND WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: HURLEY
county: GRANT
railroad: SW
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: WHITEWATER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
EAST BOUND TRAIN OPERATING ON MAIN LINE IN RESTRICTED LIMITS.  REAR SIX CARS DERAILED ON SOFT TRACK AT SUN KINK LOCATION.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YSA31R-09 WAS WORKING THE NORTH END OF THE YARD.  CREW SHOVED A CAR TO TRACK 5 TO CLEAR THE NORTH EN D OF TRACK 5, THUS SHOVING THE SOUTH CAR IN THAT TRACK TO FOULD THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5.  THE YSA30 R-09 WAS MOVING FROM TRACK 13, GOING SOUTH, AND SIDESWIPED THE CAR FOULING IN THAT TRACK.  1 DRUG PO SITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.    


nearest_city: BRYN MAWR
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 546 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT MU 347 DUE TO STRIKING TREE ON THE TRACKS AND CA USING MESSENGER WIRES TO PART IN HALF AND FALL TO THE GROUND ON #1 TRACK. HEAVY WIND AND RAIN CAUSED TREE TO BREAK IN HALF AND FALL ONTO #1 TRACK.     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE Y192 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING 12 CARS OUT OF C44 INTO TRACKS C14 AND C8. THE CREW STOPPED AND LINED THE WEST END LEAD SWITCH FOR TRACKS C3-C14 TOWARDS TRACKS C-8 AND C14. AS THEY TRAVERSED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE SWITCH THE SRLX 2436 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ON JUNE 17, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0027 HOURS, WHILE ENTERING BLUE ISLAND YARD IN RIVERDALE, ILLINOI S, IHB RUN 632 WAS ON NO. 2 MAIN ENTERING THE NORTH LEAD AND DERAILED THREE RAIL CARS AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING.     


nearest_city: MISSOURI CITY
county: FORT BEND
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
MLDEW-02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4947, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG.  THE CREW ADVISED THAT AS THEY CAME U P ON THE CROSSING THEY SAW A ROCK TRUCK CLOSE TO THE CROSSING BUT NOT FOULING THE CROSSING.  THE GAT ES CAME DOWN ON THE HOOD OF THE ROCK TRUCK.  AFTER THE GATES CAME DOWN ON THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK PULLED FORWARD, FOULING THE CROSSING WITH THE TRAILER.  THE CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  THERE WERE NO DERAILMENTS.  BOTH CONDUCTOR & ENGINEER WERE TRANSPORTED TO HO SPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  NO INJURIES TO THE TRUCK DRIVER.  


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YVRN-335 WAS SPOTTING EMPTY CAR @ BAKER COMMODITIES #3583 WHEN OVERHEAD CATWALK FELL DOWN DUE TO DEF ECTIVE LATCH, THEN GOT CAUGHT ON ENGINEER SIDE WINDOW, CAUSING WINDOWS TO SHATTER. CATWALK WAS BENT AT ONE END AND CAUGHT LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1203 WINDOW, THEN BECAME LODGED.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2010-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Aug
narrative:
0730 CREW SWITCHING CARS OUT OF CAL-WEST AND IRONDALE YARDS WERE PULLING NORTH ON THE FENCE TRACK WI TH 17 CARS AND PROCEEDED THROUGH THE LEFT HAND TURNOUT ON TO THE SOUTH STORAGE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED 5 CARS FROM LINE 7 TO LINE 11 IN THE CONSIST.  RAILCARS CSYX 12530, CITX 702599, CITX 70216 6, CYSX 12503 AND CITX 701223.  POD FOUND TO HAVE A MISMATCHED JOINT.    


nearest_city: LATHROP
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
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-Nov
narrative:
THE LRS46-23 WAS SHOVING INTO WEST END OF THE BEST RUNAROUND.  CREW HAD A 10-CAR HANDLE AND 15 SPOT CARS FOR SIMPLOT AS THEY SHOVED INTO TRACK 120.  THE BRAKEMAN RIDING THE POINT NOTICED DIRT RISING I N THE AIR SEVERAL CARS BEHIND AND STOPPED THE MOVE.  UPON INSPECTION, THE L3 WHEEL ON THE SECOND CAR FROM THE POINT DERAILED FIRST.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AT THE VERY WEST END OF TH E SIDING AT THE TOP OF A GRADE.  AS THE CARS WERE SHOVED INTO THE SIDING, THE OUTSIDE RAIL ROLLED AL LOWING THE OPPOSITE WHEEL TO DROP INSIDE TO THE GROUND.  TRAILING WHEELS CONTINUED TO DROP INSIDE DE RAILING 6 CARS.  TRAIN SPEED DID NOT EXCEED 5 MPH.  THE BRAKEMAN STATED NO HAND BRAKES WERE APPLIED PRIOR TO SHOVE.  NO SWITCHES WERE INVOLVED.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY RAISED SPIKES WHICH ALLOWED TH


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
M-TULENI1-29 DERAILED 4 CARS WHEN PULLING INTO TRACK 1004 DUE TO BROKEN WHEEL FLANGE ON A CAR.       


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YEY18-27 ON THE WEST END OF EAST YARD KICKED 2 CARS INTO TRACK 14.  THIS TRACK HAD ANOTHER 23 CARS A LREADY IN IT.  TRACK 14 WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED BY THE YEY37-23 CREW PRIOR TO HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN.  WH EN THE YEY18-27 CREW CAME BACK TO WORK AND STARTED TO KICK CARS INTO TRACK 14, DUE TO NOT ENOUGH HAN DBRAKES BEING APPLIED, THE TRACK ROLLED OUT WHILE THE JOB WAS SWITCHING.    


nearest_city: WORTHINGTON
county: NOBLES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MVPNP-31 MADE A 68 CAR PICKUP AND COMPLETED THE INITIAL TERMINAL AIRBRAKE TEST, THEY CLEARED THE MAI NLINE TO LET TRAIN UEADLS-27 PASS.  MVPNP-31 WAS GOING TO DOUBLE THE PICKUP BACK TO THE SIDING.  THE CONDUCTOR GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO GO AHEAD, THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE YARD SWITCH BACK TO THE TRAIN IN T HE SIDING AND GAVE A CAR COUNT BACK TO THE TRAIN.  THE PICKUP WAS SITTING ON THE SPRING SWITCH WHEN THE REVERSE MOVE BEGAN.  4 CARS DERAILED.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: LEWIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE UGLPS-3 RAN OVER A RIGID SWITCH AND MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT OVER SWITCH DERAILING 3 STACK CAS.  PU GET SOUND & PACIFIC RR EST TRACK DAMAGE: $30,000      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CCPN CREW PULLING EMPTIES ON TRACK 683 TO CLEAR THE SWITCH TOWARD ADM WHEN BRAKEMAN OBSERVED ADM CRE W SHOVING CARS IN TRACK 668.  ADM CREW SIDE SWIPED THE CCPN, DERAILING 10 CARS.      


nearest_city: ELSBERRY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
H-MEMGAL2-24 DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 16 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEAS ED.      


nearest_city: BOONE
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN STOPPED AT DED MP 603.6. INSPECTION FOUND THAT UNIT BNSF 7689 #5 TRACTION MOTOR WAS HANGING BE LOW TOP OF RAIL. SUBSEQUENT MOW TRACK INSPECTION FOUND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SWITCHES AT SOUTH BAXTE R AND NORTH AVONDALE. TRAIN DID NOT DERAIL. SEE ALSO CO-1110-108, FIRST INCIDENT THIS TRAIN.     


nearest_city: LAWRENCEVILLE
county: GWINNETT
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ABBEVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A45030 CREW WAS TAKING THE Q69830 TRAIN NORTHBOUND WHEN THE REAR FOUR CARS OF THE TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO BUCKLED TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
QLINSL-18 CREW, WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON TO THE HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE, DERAILED THE 3RD AND 4TH CARS FR OM THE REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN.  THESE CARS WERE FOUND TO HAVE CLIMBED THE SWITCHPOINT AT THE CROSSO VER.  THE CARS WERE PULLED ALL THE WAY UP THE BRIDGE KNOCKING OFF CLIPS AND RIDING THE INSIDE IF THE TRACK.  NOPB MAINTAINS THIS TRACK.    


nearest_city: HOLLOWAY
county: SWIFT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: APPLETON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
G-HWMMNS9-19 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 911 DUE TO INDUSTRY PERSONNEL PREVIOUSLY RUN NING THROUGH SWITCH WHEN THEY SHOVED CARS INTO THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ST PAUL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
H-GALNTW1-20 DERAILED 7 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 8005.  CAUSE UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.       


nearest_city: MORROW
county: ST LANDRY
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ALEXANDRIA 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: 14-Jan
narrative:
QASLI-24 WAS DEPARTING MORROWS SIDING TRAVELING SOUTH AT A SPEED OF 19 MPH, WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND CARS THAT WERE DERAILED.  DERAILMENT      


nearest_city: OSSEO
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MONTICELLO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
L-TWI8451-26I LIGHT POWER WAS MOVING SOUTH STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WENT THROUGH THE CROSSING I N FRONT OF THEM. SIGNAL BUNGALOW WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAILER.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-TPL3051-14 WAS SHOVING 2 ENGINES INTO ROUNDHOUSE. CREW FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF WHEEL STOPS ON TRK 529 AND SHOVED OVER. NO DERAILMENT, BUT LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1536 SUSTAINED REPORTABLE DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: BLUEFIELD
county: MERCER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 814V411 - 6 HRS 35 MINS; TRAIN 188V410 - 1HR -0 MIN; TRAIN 814V410 - 3HRS 0 MIN; TRAIN 766V410 - 3HRS O MINS 814V411 WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON MP N353.3 DERAILED CAR NS 027296. BROKEN L4 ON 14TH C AR.     


nearest_city: MERCED
county: MERCED
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 702 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/6962 IN LEAD, 3 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/175 IN THE REAR, STRUCK A S EMI-TRACTOR TRUCK AT MP1070.19, EL CAPITAN WAY CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL94071-10, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING OUT 116 CARS WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES, UNIT IC 9616 IN THE LEAD.  DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATION, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND IT WAS FOU ND THAT 6 CARS HAD DERAILED AND SIDE SWIPED TRAIN A43291-10 THAT WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND UP THE NON CONNAH TRACK.  THIS SIDESWIPE CAUSED 7 CARS ON A43291-10 TO DERAIL, 4 CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDE.  INVE STIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND DISTINCTIVE RAIL BURNS IMBEDDED IN THE TRACK OVER A 60' SECOND W HICH CAUSED THE RAIL TO BREAK IN TWO PLACES UNDER LOAD.  THE CAUSED OF THE RAIL BURNS LEADING TO THE BROKEN RAIL WAS DUE TO THE REMOTE ENGINES SPINNING UNDER LOAD, WITH UNIT IC 9616 BEING THE CONTROLL ING UNIT.  CARS DERAILED:  WC 27662,WC 27274, WC 27831, WC 27742, ALM 5848 AND WC 20414 ON TRAIN RCL


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-NYF2101-04, WHILE PULLING 44 CARS FROM TRACK 9110, DERAILED 5 CARS AT A BROKEN RAIL UNDER THE CUT. DERAILED CARS LEANED AND SIDESWIPED LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1227 ON Y-NYF2081-04 SWITCHING ON ADJACENT TRA CK, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: GRANTVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KANSAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
MNPL-23 WHILE SHOVING AT 6 MPH THE ENGINEER WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP THE TRAIN.  THE ENGINEER THEN PLA CED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, MADE AN AUTOMATIC BRAKE REDUCTION, AND APPLIED THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE IN A PERIOD OF 6 SECONDS (54 FEET) RESULTING IN CAR DAMAGE.  CAR DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT/TRACK DAMAGES     


nearest_city: COVINGTON
county: COVINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
T67729 WORKING COVINGTON COAL FACILITY LEFT 1 CAR, HCSX 140077, OUT TO FOUL ON EAST END #5 TRACK. TH EY THEN SHOVED 24 CARS INTO #6 TRACK SIDESWIPING THE CAR LEFT OUT TO FOUL.      


nearest_city: WINSTON SALEM
county: FORSYTH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BRAKEMAN SET BOX FCRD 000209 TO THE MAIN LINE ON THE K-LINE.  HE MOUNTED THE CAR TO DROP IT WEST OF THE SWITCH (AT A TIMETABLE DESIGNATED LOCATION).  BRAKEMAN COULD NOT CONTROL CAR WITH HAND BRAKE DER AILING CAR WHEN IT COUPLED TO STANDING EQUIPMENT.  FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED VERIFIED BY RAI LROAD.    


nearest_city: CORNING
county: STEUBEN
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARRISBURG
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:
FORIEGN LINE CREW B&H 0104 PULLING NORTH WITH B&H 422, 21 LOADS, 54 EMPTIES, 4934 TONS DERAILED 6 CA RS ON LEASED LINE (NS MAINTAINED TRACK).      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TASD REPORTING ONLY TRACK DAMAGE FOR THIS DERAILMENT.  CSX TRAIN DERAILED WITHIN THEIR LIMITS BUT CA USED TRACK DAMAGE TO TASD PROPERTY.  AGAIN REPORTING ONLY TRACK DAMAGE CAUSED BY CSX DERAILMENT REPO RT 000073312.     


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
UP SWITCH JOB YSE61R20 RAN THROUGH SWITCH 978BN, WHICH WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT.  LOCOMOTIVE AND FIRST TWO CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: IOLA
county: GRIMES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
C-CKMI0G0-40 HAD UNLOADED LAST CAR BUT DP LOCO HAD NOT CLEARED WHEN DUMPER POSITIONING ARM ACTIVATED AND STRUCK LOCOMOTIVE, DAMAGE AND DERAILING UNIT.      


nearest_city: WISHRAM
county: KLICKITAT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
H-PASBAK1-30A TRAIN WAS PROCESSING WEST ENTERING WISHRAM YARD WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED 6 CARS ON THE FROG OF 2/3 SWITCH.  TRAIN DERAILED ON A LARGE BOULDER THAT APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK TRAIN AT MP 108.8 AND WAS LODGED BETWEEN THE CENTER SILL, HOPPER AND NORTH RAIL UNTIL TRAIN BEGAN ENTERING THE YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: ROWAN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING EAST AROUND THE EAST WYE TRACK WITH 2 UNITS AND 3 LDS, LOCAL P62 DERAILED THE 2ND AND 3RD CARS BOTH ENDS.  FPAX 200496 AND ACFX 67116.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CE25 HUMPING WESTWARD WITH WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 38 LOADS, 67 EMPTIES, 7024 TONS ON WC 505 TRACK, D ERAILED THE 1ST (GIMX 639561), 2ND (NRLX 527611), 3RD (HSTX 13021), 4TH (NS 20) (ND 201083), 6TH (NS 194122), AND 8TH (UTLX 649401) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
WHILE THE YWC36-18 WAS BUILDING THE MWCLB-18, THE CREW WAS MAKING AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT AND THE SWITC HMAN ON THE JOB INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO STOP.  TRAIN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY STRETCHED OUT.  WORKING WITH 25 CARS OF AIR ON THE HEAD END AND ENGINE BRAKES, THE ENGINEER APPLIED THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE WITH A 16 PSI REDUCTION AND SET THE ENGINE BRAKES.  THIS CAUSED THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN TO ACT AS A LA RGE RETARDING FORCE CAUSING THE SLACK OF THE TRAIN TO COME IN AND LIFT THE TWO CARS THAT WERE GOING THRU THE CROSSOVERS AT TRACK 312.  THIS RESULTED IN DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: SAN DIEGO
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 583 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 6900 IN THE LEAD, 5 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/821 TRAILING, STRUCK A TR UCK AT SORRENTO VALLEY RD CROSSING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRAIN 583.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $29,585.00.     


nearest_city: PALMDALE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2011-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DRIVER NODDED OFF THE WHEEL AND ROLLED INTO CROSSING AT SIERRA HIGHWAY AND STRUCK TRAIN 201.  DAMAGE REPORT RECEIVED 9-6-11.  FRA FORM 6180.57 UPDATED TO REFLECT DAMAGE REPORT TO BE FILED.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2012-13 DERAILED ONE CAR AND CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGES WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 3012.  CAUSE UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE YMY16X-20 KICKED A CAR INTO TRACK 7.  BOTH THE FOREMAN AND THE SWITCHMAN HEARD A JOINT AND AGREE D THAT A JOINT HAD BEEN MADE.  THEY CONTINUED WITH THEIR SWITCH LIST AND SHOVED DOWN THE LEAD TO KIC K A CAR DOWN INTO TRACK TEN.  THEY KICKED THEIR CAR INTO TRACK 10 AND MADE THEIR WAY BACK DOWN THE L EAD TO KICK ANOTHER CAR INTO TRACK TEN.  THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 19 CARS IN THE CUT LEFT.  AS THEY CAME DOWN THE LEAD, THE PREVIOUS CAR THEY HAD KICKED IN TRACK 7 ROLLED OUT.  THE LAST THREE CARS OF THEIR CUT SIDESWIPED THE FREE ROLLING CAR DERAILING IT.  DERAILMENT  


nearest_city: CARSON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: DOLORES IND LD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LOI21-30 WAS PULLING NORTH THROUGH THE 906-903 CROSSOVERS WHEN THE SECOND AND THIRD TRI-LEVEL FROM T HE ENGINE CLIMBED THE RAIL ON THE CURVE AND DERAILED.  NO OTHER CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BORDENTOWN
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 15:41 ON SUNDAY 17 OCTOBER 2010, SOUTHBOUND TRAIN #278, LRV 3515 REPORTED STRIKING A DOWNED TREE AT RR MP 24.8 RESULTING IN FRONT END DAMAGES TO LRV INCLUDING DISABLING DAMAGE TO THE LRV COUPLER ASSEMBLY. TRAIN MOVEMENT IN THE AREA WAS SUSPENDED AND A BUS BRIDGE BETWEEN ROEBLING AND BORDENTOWN STATIONS WAS ESTABLISHED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE LRV OPERATOR. 2 PASSENGERS, O F THE 34 ON THE BOARD THE LRV, REPORTED NECK/BACK INJURIES AND A KNEE INJURY AS A RESULT OF THE COLL ISION WITH THE TREE. THE 2 PASSENGERS REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. RIVER LINE TRACK AND SIGNAL STAF F REMOVED THE TREE FROM THE AREA TO FACILITATE RESPONSE EFFORTS. DUE TO THE REMOTENESS OF THE AREA I N WHICH THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, A SECOND NON-REVENUE LRV WAS BROUGHT TO THE ADJACENT TRACK AND ALL OF


nearest_city: SPRING
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
GLERBE-05, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5872, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER AT MILE POST .91.  THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELIN G SOUTH AS WELL AND MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN WITHOUT STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN TO ENTER CEMEX AND WAS STRUCK IN THE MIDDLE TO REAR OF THE TRAILER CARRYING DRY CEMENT MIX.  THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 26 MPH AT POINT OF COLLISION AND THE DRIVER WAS UNHARMED AND REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  DRIVER WAS ISS UED A CITATION.  THIS IS RECOLLECTABLE.  NO DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: TORNILLO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z
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-Sep
narrative:
AMTK1-21, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK5, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS DRIVEN AROUND THE CROSSING GATES AT F ARM ROAD 3380.  DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS FATALLY INJURED.  NO UPRR TRACK OR SIGNAL DAMAGE.  AMTK'S ESTI MATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $40,291.  AMTK'S ID#117206.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SAN FERNANDO
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY
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:
DUMP TRUCK BECAME STUCK BY CROSSING GATES, BACKED-UP, THEN PROCEEDED FORWARD AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 266      


nearest_city: CABAZON
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: YUMA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE MECWC-26 REPORTED THE UP7720 WAS ON FIRE.  CABAZON FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED AND EXTINGUISH ED FIRE.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL 94971-06, WAS SWITCHING JX33 WITH 21 CARS. REMOTE OPERATOR GRAVITY DROPPED A LOADED BOXCAR, CNA 406165, INTO JX07 THAT WAS A CLEAR TRACK ALLOWING IT TO ROLL OUT AND STRIKE GACX 470439, A LOADED HOPPER ON M30271-06. CNA 406164 WAS LOADED WITH ROLLED PAPER AND DRAILED ON ITS SI DE (CAR WAS DESTROYED). GACX 470439 WAS A HOPPER LOADED WITH AMMONIA NITRATE AND WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED. NO INJURIES, LEAKS OR EXPOSURE. RAILROAD VERIFIED THE CONSIST SPEED & FRA TRACK CLASS.   


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
UPRR LOADED COAL, H75091-20, DESTINED FOR THE PLAINES COAL FACILITY WAS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM MAIN 2 TO THE RUN THRU TO THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE TO GO OFF TO H YARD.  THE CREW TONED UP THE DTMF SWITCH A T WOODRUFF TO LINE THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE FOR THEIR ROUTE.  THIS IS A FACING POINT MOVEMENT.  THE U P CREW FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF A RED SWITCH POINT INDICATOR WHICH REQUIRES A STOP AND INSPECT FOR PR OPER POSITION.  THE SWITCH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LINING NORMAL WHEN THE UP COAL TRAIN ENTERED THE SW ITCH, WHICH WAS NOT FULLY THROWN.  THIS CAUSED ENGINES, UP 7260 AND UP 6232, AND LOADED COAL CARS  C WEX 9502, CWEX 9613 AND CWEX 1900 TO DERAIL AT THE DTMF SWITCH.  THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ADVISED $4,185 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/15/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1125PM KG27 CREW WAS GOING INTO TRACK 9 AT OSBORN WITH LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE IHB 8811 THAT DERAILED AT THE SOUTH END DUE TO BROKEN FLANGE.      


nearest_city: FOREST PARK
county: CLAYTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INDUSTRY PERSONNEL CAUSED PINE-OIL FIRE ON INDUSTRY PROPERTY, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO 04 LOADED UNATT ENDED RAILCARS. NO NS CREW INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 11 32 HOURS, TRAIN #246 LRV 3508, REPORTED COLLIDING WITH AN AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACK AT NECK ROAD GRADE CROSSING IN BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP. T RAIN 3246 WAS A SINGLE UNIT CONSIST, PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND (RAILROAD DIRECTION), WITH FIFTY (50) PAS SENGERS ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO (0) INJURIES REPORTED BY THE LRV OPERATOR, OR THE DRIVER OF THE AUTO MOBILE.NEW JERSEY TRANSIT POLICE WAS ON THE SCENE. THE REPORT NUMBER FOR THIS INCIDENT IS 1101537. T HE LRV SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRICAL COUPLER HEAD AND ANTICLIMBER COVER AS WELL. AS DAMAG E TO THE FIBERGLASS CAR BODY END CAP. ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED ACCORDING TO DESIGN WITH THE ACTIVATION OF THE GRADE CROSSING WARNING SYSTEMS INCLUDING GATES, BELLS, AND FLASHERS. THE LRB BRAKING SYSTEM


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Feb
narrative:
YARD JOB Y39117 WAS PULLING UP TRACK E02 TO MAKE UP OUTBOUND TRAIN Q511.  THE CUT CAME TO A STOP. UP ON INSPECTION SIX CARS WERE ON THE GROUND WITH APPROX 250 FEET OF RAIL MISSING.  TWO HAZARDOUS MATER IAL CARS CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID WERE DUG INTO THE GROUND BUT NOT LEAKING.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEA LED THAT A TRANSVERSE BREAK IN THE RAIL OCCURRED RESULTING IN A PIECE OF RAIL COMING UP AND STRIKING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAD CAR AND PENETRATING THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. THIS THEN RESULTED IN THE THE R AIL IN FRONT OF THE BREAK TO ROLL TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACK AND THE FOLLOWING FOUR CARS TO DIG I NTO THE GROUND. 


nearest_city: LAPLACE
county: ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
railroad: IC
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LIGHT ENGINE STRUCK SEMI-TRUCK THAT DID NOT STOP AT THE HWY. 3217 CROSSING. FLASHERS WERE OPERATING PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. IMPACT CAUSED ENGINE, IC 9560, TO DERAIL AND TRUCK TO TIP OVER. DRIVER AND TRAI N CREW WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD. TRACK IS CWR    


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: KO
date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE KORR 110 JOB WAS EN ROUTE TO THE BNSF WICHITA YARD FOR INTERCHANGE. AS THE TRAIN PASSED MP 481.6 A SINGLE RAIL CAR DERAILED THE THIRD WHEEL ON THE LOW SIDE OF  THE CURVE. TRAIN CONTINUED ANOTHER T ENTH OF A MILE ENTERING SANTA FE ST.  AT WHICH TIME A SECOND AND A THIRD WHEEL FROM FROM THE SAME CA R DERAILED. THE TRAIN THEN CONTINUED ANOTHER TENTH OF A MILE CROSSING THROUGH LINCOLN ST. AND THEN C LIMBING OVER A FROG OF THE KO SOUTH YARD LEAD.  THE CAR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL EASTBOUND WITH 3 WHEELS ON THE GROUND FOR ANOTHER 1/4 MILES ENTERING THE BNSF M/L ON THE ARK CITY SUB AT WHICH TIME THE RAIL ROLLED AND BROKE RESULTING 8 TOTAL CARS DERAILING AT MP 213.2 UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SPREAD GAGE AT MP 481.6 RESULTED IN THE WHEEL DERAILING ON SHPX 204966. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Y22024 DERAILED CAR ON A CURVE OF THE MARLEY NECK BRANCH BETWEEN PENNINGTON AVE AND BENHILL ST.       


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
BH42 PULLED WEST OVER PULLMAN INTERLOCKING WITH NS 8811 AND 21 X 67. NS 255551 AND NW 177350 DERAILE D ACCOUNT EXCESSIVE TREAD BUILD UP DUE TO STICKING AIR PER DMMO ALLEN.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON THE FL33 CREW SHOVED 7 CARS OFF ON NORTH RECEIVING #1 AS HE SAW IT WAS CLEAR AND WOULD HOLD 7 CARS.  THE TRACK SHOWS OUT OF SERVICE ON YARDMASTER TURNOVER AND CONDUCTOR DID NOT ASK YARDMA STER FOR PERMISSION TO SET THE SEVEN CARS OFF ON NORTH RECEIVING #1.     


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TK20 HUMPING 25 LOADS, 21 MTYS,3,879 TONS AND 2.264 FEET WHEN CUTS OF EXTRA HEAVY LOADS WERE HUMPED INTO CT19 FORCING A CUT OF 8 MY CARS THROUGH THE SKATES RAKING  TK21 ENGINES NS 2389 AND NS 954 WHIC H WERE SHOVING TO A COUPLING IN CT18.     


nearest_city: RANGER
county: EASTLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
WOCLDB-10 WAS TRAVELING ON MAIN LINE AND RAILCAR SI919488 DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED RAILCAR WAS PARTIALLY LOADED IMPROPERLY WITH BALLAST.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: COOKEVILLE
county: PUTNAM
railroad: NERR
date: 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRACK BLEW OUT UNDER THE TRAIN LOAD DUE TO THE HEAVY AMOUNT OF RAIN AND WATER AROUND THE TRACKS       


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: WSOR
date: 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MILWAUKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRACK MACHINE WAS TRAVELING TO WORK AREA.  WORK HEAD OF MACHINE WAS NOT PROPERLY PINNED IN PLACE FOR TRAVELING.  WORK HEAD OF MACHINE DROPPED DURING TRAVEL, DERAILING MACHINE AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAM AGE TO WORK HEAD.  

FOR BOX 31A ABOVE, THE COMPLETE INITIAL AND NUMBER FOR THIS MACHINE IS "WSOR AA1"    


nearest_city: ENGLISH
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN 167D901 OPERATING ON CLEAR SIGNAL WITH 3 UNITS 29 LOADS 15 MTYS DERAILED 33RD THROUG H 39TH HEAD CARS ON MAIN LINE.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YEW13-19 WORKING WITH REMOTE DOUBLED 13 CARS IN TRACK 215 TO TRACK 214.  THE OPERATOR FORGOT TO STRE TCH THE JOINT WHICH LEFT HIS BOX IN THE WEST SHOVING DIRECTION.  HE THEN GOT A RIDE TO THE TOP OF TH E CREST WHERE HE WENT INSIDE THE SECOND FLOOR TO LOOK AT THIS LIST.  WHILE LOOKING AT IT HE PUT HIS TRAIN INTO MOTION.  IT SHOVED WEST THROUGH 2 SWITCHES.  HE THEN PULLED THE CARS BACK TO THE CREST BU T THE REAR 3 CARS WENT ON THE GROUND.   


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING LOADED RAIL CARS INTO YARD NORTH 7 TRACK WHEN RAIL BROKE AND CAUSED RAIL CARS TO DE RAIL.      


nearest_city: HUTCHINSON
county: RENO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
WHILE H-PUEKCK1-26A WAS STOPPED, VEHICLE RAN INTO THE SIDE OF TRAIN, STRIKING SRIX 33684 AT A CROSSI NG. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CENTRAL SQUARE
county: OSWEGO
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: ST LAWRENCE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
WORK TRAIN O03514 WAS DROPPING BALLAST AT A PREVIOUS WASHOUT SIGHT THAT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 12, 2013 . THE TRACK COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH 5 LOADED BALLAST CARS RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  THE ENTIRE ROADBED IS COLLAPSED ON BOTH SIDES.     


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
U-FTLRIC1-08 LITE LOCOMOTIVES PASSED CONTROLLED SIGNAL WITHOUT AUTHORITY AT DAVIS AND RAN THROUGH DU AL-CONTROL CROSSOVER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 184 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/910-E/937 AND 7 CARS STOPPED AT MP48.4 WITH PANTOGRAPH MISSIN G ON ENGINE 937 AND THE PANTOGRAPH TWISTED ON ENGINE 910 AS A RESULT OF A CATENARY POWER OUTAGE.  AM TRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $17,678.00.     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
END OF CAR CUSHION UNITS BETWEEN THE 5TH & 6TH HEAD CARS COMPRESSED CAUSING INSUFFICIENT LATERAL MOV EMENT BETWEEN CARS TO NEGOTIATE THE #10 TURNOUT CAUSING CARS TO LIFT OFF RAIL.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SCOTTSLAWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y30316 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK #1 IN CSXI, AFTER SETTING OUT A BAD ORDERED CAR INTO TRA CK #2. THE FOREMAN ALIGNED THE SWITCH INTO #1 AND BEGAN HIS SHOVE. THE ENGINEER NOTICED THAT THE CAR S WERE HARD TO SHOVE AND STOPPED THE MOVE. THE FOREMAN STARTED TO WALK TO THE NORTH END AND DISCOVER ED CARS DERAILED AND THE DERAILED CARS THEN STRUCK A SINGLE CAR STANDING IN TRACK #2.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE RCL CREW YNP81R-20 WAS TRIMMING THE MNPRO-20, ORDER OF TRACKS 46, 48, 50.  AFTER TRIMMING TRACK 46 AND 48 AND DOUBLING TO TRACK 50, A BROKEN TIE DOWN CHAIN GOT CAUGHT IN THE 38 SWITCH AND CAUSED T HE WHEELS OF THE HS72152 TO GET BEHIND THE POINTS OF THE SWITCH WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN IT DERAILING ALONG WITH THREE ADDITIONAL CARS.    


nearest_city: LYNDON
county: WHITESIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE MPRDM-24 DERAILED 1 CAR ON MAIN TRACK 2 DUE TO TREAD BUILDUP FROM STICKING BRAKES.  THE RETAININ G VALVE WAS IN SLOW RELEASE POSITION WHICH THE CARMAN INSPECTORS MISSED ON OUTBOUND INSPECTION PROCE SS.     


nearest_city: CORCORAN
county: TULARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: BAKERSFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 713 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2005 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER AT MP934.23, AVE NUE 56 RD CROSSING CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEAD UNIT E/2005.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
HELPER ON EXTRA YARD ENGINE FOUND 103 TRACK SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THRU WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LINE.  ROD S WERE BENT AND SWITCH POINTS GAPPED.  INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CREW RAN THRO UGH THE SWITCH.     


nearest_city: SAN FERNANDO
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE RVUVU-26 WAS DEPARTING OUT OF THE VULCAN LEAD AT SUN VALLEY WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 2245, THE DUMP DOORS ON THE CARS STARTED TO OPEN.  VULCAN MATERIALS INDUSTRY FAILED TO DISCONNECT POWER TO THE SHO ES THAT OPEN THE DUMP DOORS.  EACH DOOR WAS OPEN AS THE TRAIN PULLED OUT OF THE TRACK.  DEBRIS FROM THE CARS STARTED TO SPILL OUT AND CAUSED TWO CARS TO DERAIL.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON VULCAN MATE RIALS PROPERTY WITH DAMAGE ALSO DONE TO METROLINK (SCAX) PROPERTY.  ESTIMATED SCAX DAMAGE = $29,659. SCAX ID 092611.  VULCAN MATERIALS CO. MAINTAINS TRACK.  


nearest_city: FAIRVIEW
county: RICHLAND
railroad: YSVR
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: SIDNEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LOCAL INBOUND TRAIN WAS ON OLD MAIN TRACK AS THE NEW MAIN TRACK AT MUSKET HAD NOT BEEN PUT INTO SEVI CE.  THIS CREW WORKING ON A WORK BETWEEN TRACK WARRANT MADE A SHOVING MOVE OVER A CROSSING AND TO TH E NORTH THROUGH THE NEW MAIN TRACK SWITCH, CUT OFF 25 CARS LEAVING THEM THROUGH THE SWITCH BUT CLEAR OF THE CROSSING.  RETURNED TO MUSKET TO FINISH THEIR SWITCH.  2.5 HOURS LATER THE CREW SHOVED BACK TO A HOOK ON THE 25 CARS LEFT NORTH OF THE CROSSING.  AFTER BUILDING ENOUGH AIR PULLED THE TRAIN AHE AD TO CLEAR THE CROSSING AND PERFORM A CLASS 1 AIRTEST.  WHILE PULLING, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THE SP ARKS AND HAD THE ENGINEER PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  THIS RESULTED IN 3 LOADED CRUDE OIL TANK CA RS DERAILING


nearest_city: BOCA RATON
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: SFRV
date: 2013-01-26T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Jan
narrative:
HIGHWAY VEHICLE BROKE THROUGH CROSSING GATE AND THEN STOPPED ON ML2 WITH NO OBSTRUCTION AND WITH ADE QUATE TIME TO PROCEED OFF THE CROSSING. TRAIN STRUCK THE VEHICLE, PUSHING IT APPROX 1/2-MILE. VEHICL E OPERATOR EXPIRED FROM MULTIPLE FATAL INJURIES.     


nearest_city: WILLIAMSON
county: MINGO
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YARD CREW UW43 DERAILED CARS DEEX 6898 "B" END ALL WHEELS AND ISGX 1053 "B" END ALL WHEELS ACCOUNT N OT PROPERLY SECURING EQUIPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 105A      


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YPRBRC-10 WAS DOUBLING UP TRACKS IN YARD 4 WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED ON THE LEAD DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.       


nearest_city: PORT ALLEN
county: WEST BATON ROUGE
railroad: PGBX
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING TOTAL OF 12 CARS OUT OF TRACK 858 TO TRACK 849 TO DELIVER OUTBOUND CARS TO UPRR, TH E SECOND CAR FROM LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED CAUSING THE THIRD CAR AS WELL TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: WINFIELD
county: COWLEY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BNSF LOCAL-9 WERE SHOVING 21 CARS TO #7 TRACK; IN THE PROCESS THE R-1 WHEEL OF THE THIRD CAR (FURX 8 28326) A LOADED COVERED HOPPER PICKED THE #6 TRACK SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED CAUSING THE 4TH CAR (PT LX 14723) B-END TRUCKS TO DERAIL TOO. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE R-1 WHEEL ON THE FURX 828326 HAD A THIN-FLANGE.    


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-STL322220, SHOVING EAST ON INDUSTRY TRACK THAT IS MAINTAINED BY BNSF, DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO I CE AND SNOW BUILDUP OVER TRACK.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
GM21 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC WITH 3 UNITS, 45 LOADS, 57 EMPTIES, 6350 TONS, WHEN 5 CARS STALLED IN GROU P 1 RETARDER, FOULING LEAD, ALLOWING GATX 66410 TO CORNER NS 120355.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE STANLEY YARDMASTER INSTRUCTED INBOUND TRAIN CREW OF Q50808 (CSXT ? 7873) TO ADD THEIR INBOUND TR AIN WITH 30 CARS TO SOUTH END OF RECEIVING TRACK R-08 WITH 52 CARS AND NO AIR AND SHOVE TRAIN INTO C LEAR. THE CREW OF THE Q50808 CALLED THE STANLEY YARDMASTER ON THE RADIO AND ASKED IF HE COULD SEE TH E REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN IN THE CAMERA AND THEY ASKED IF THEY HAD ROOM TO SHOVE THE TRAIN IN QUIETL Y. THE STANLEY YARDMASTER ADVISED THE CREW VIA THE RADIO THAT THE REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN WAS UNDER THE 795 OVERPASS AND THAT THEY HAD 20 ? 25 CAR LENGTHS OF ROOM AND THAT IS WAS OK. THE YARDMASTER DI D NOT CHECK HIS INVENTORY WHEN IN FACT TRACK R-08 HAD 103 CARS NOT 52 CARS AS HE ADVISED THE CREW OF Q50808. THE CREW OF Q50808 DID NOT PROTECT THEIR SHOVE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN  Q50808 SHOVEING OUT T


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CSX U2240-03 WAS DRAGGING TRAIN INTO MCDUFFIE RADCLIFF YARD TRACK 1 WHEN THE 22ND CAR IN THE TRAIN D ERAILED CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF 5 CARS. INVESTIGATION WAS DETERMINED THAT A WORN FLANGE ON FIRST C AR INVOLVED GGPX 2074 WAS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMENT.  TASD IS ONLY REPORTING TRACK DAMAGE FOR THIS DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW HANOVER
railroad: WTRY
date: 2012-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CONDUCTOR PROTECTING THE MOVE DID NOT DOUBLE CHECK THE SWITCH AND RAN THROUGH IT. CONDUCTOR DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE RUN THROUGH SWITCH AND GAVE COMMANDS FOR TRAIN TO PULL BACK THROUGH THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK2012-29 DERAILED 2 CARS IN TRACK 2027 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS DUE TO AUTOMATIC CONTROL SY STEM SWITCH FAILURE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN 716 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/8305 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/2012 IN THE REAR STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP1012.11, A PRIVATE CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,459.00.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
BNSF'S TRAIN, BN4-24, WAS SHOVING 29 EMPTIES AND 1 LOAD FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST THROUGH TIME FREIG HT #4, INTO UP CLINTON YARD TRACK 8 AND UPON SHOVING IN THEY NOTICED THEIR HEAD CAR HAD DERAILED AND THEY STOPPED.  UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS 10 POUNDS OF AIR SET WHILE SHOV ING THE CARS, APPROXIMATELY 1000 AMPS PER MOTOR (2 MOTORS), AND THAT THE BUFF FORCES POPPED THE LEAD CAR OFF THE RAIL AT THE FROG THAT ENTERS THE TIME FREIGHT #4 AT THE EAST END.  MECHANICAL AND TRACK STANDARDS WERE ALL TO STANDARD.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $2300  


nearest_city: AUSTELL
county: COBB
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
334G111 TRAVELING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 3 UNITS, 55 LOADS, 56 EMPTIES, 8662 TO NS, DERAILED GBRX 935011, 2HC.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO NEFF YD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MDMKC-24 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH BY UNKNOWN EQU IPMENT.      


nearest_city: GILA BEND
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GILA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
ZAILC-14, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7406, TRAVELING WEST WAS APPROACHING A PRIVATE CROSSING WITH NO CROSSING GATES AND ONLY STOP SIGNS.  THE ENGINEER STARTED SOUNDING THE WHISTLE AT THE WHISTLE BOARD AND NOTIC ED A FRONT END (HAY) LOADER TRAVELING WEST ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD.  IT THEN TURNED LEFT (SOUTH) ONTO T HE CROSSING.  THE ENGINEER KEPT SOUNDING THE WHISTLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES.  IT WAS THEN APPA RENT THAT THE FRONT END LOADER WASN'T GOING TO STOP AND WHEN THE TRAIN CREW LOST SIGHT OF IT, THE EN GINEER PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.  


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
24MH214 PULLING SOUTH WITH NS 9431 PLUS 2, WITH 24 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 2799 TONS ON BANK TRACK DERAILE D 1 ENGINE AND 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
732-24 WAS PULLING EAST BETWEEN THE WEST LOOP AND CORNER TRACK IN BREWSTER WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE TRAIN WAS PULLING HARD. THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND WE 400049, NOKL 320414, WE 400029, WE 400090, WE 400093 AND WE 4000041 HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: FORT TOWSON
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ASHDOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
KRTHUVA2-18, 2 MAN CREW, PULLING 103 LOADS AT 3 MPH WESTBOUND WHEN THE 18TH CAR FROM THE REAR END OF THE TRAIN FELL INSIDE THE GUAGE OF THE RAIL.  BEFORE THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED THE REAR SET OPF TRUCKS FROM THE 19TH CAR FROM THE REAR END DERAILED ALONG WITH THE 17TH, 16TH, AND LEADING SET OF TRUCKS ON THE 15TH CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING OVER TANGENT TRACK WITH NO HAZMAT.  T HE PORTION OF THE TRAIN THAT DERAILED WAS BETWEEN A BRIDGE AND THE A CROSSING AT GRADE.  ALL CARS RE MAINED UPRIGHT.  HULCHER SERVICES WAS CONTRACTED TO CLEAR THE DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: GLOBE
county: GILA
railroad: AZER
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: MAINLINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
107 CREW DERAILED 7 LOADED ANODE CARS AT MP 1224.5 HEADED EAST TO GLOBE DUE TO BAD TIES AND WIDE GAG E      


nearest_city: ALLENTOWN
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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-Oct
narrative:
HA63 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 9X77 CONSIST 3893 TONS SHOVING EAST DERAILED ONE CAR AND DAMAGED ANOTHER.       


nearest_city: GOLCONDA
county: HUMBOLDT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: ELKO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
QRVNPP-07 HEADED EAST ON MAIN TRACK 2 DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO BURNED OFF JOURNAL ON CAR EEC245.       


nearest_city: ARDMORE
county: FALL RIVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRACK INDICATIONS REMAINED IN BEHIND C-CRMMH00-03. TRAIN WAS STOPPED AND INSPECTED, FOUND R-3 WHEEL ON RWSX 94962, LINE 52, BROKEN TREAD.  RESULTED IN 20 RAIL BREAKS BETWEEN MP 466.9 AND MP 454.8 CAR DID NOT DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
U-PANPTN0-08 DERAILED WHILE PILLING INTO WEST END OF 5204 TRACK AT POINT WHERE ROADED HAD SETTLED.       


nearest_city: KILGORE
county: GREGG
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LOCAL POLICE REPORTED TRAIN H-DYTGAL1-29 APPEARED TO HAVE CAR DERAILED. TRAIN STOPPED AT MP 6.1 AND INSPN REVEALED ONE CAR DERAILED. TRACK INSPECTION REVEALED POD AT MP 10.35. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS W ERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
L50075-24 WAS PERFORMING HUMPING IN HARRISON YARD WHEN UTLX 600004 STALLED ON THE HILL DUE TO A BAD SLACK ADJUSTER. WHEN THE CAR STALLED HPCS THREW UP PROTECTION TO RE-ROUTE THE FOLLOWING CAR NATX 400 207. THE UTLX 600004 WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR OF THE TRACK THAT THE HPCS RE-ROUTED NATX 400207 TO, WHICH IN CAUSED NATX 400207 TO CORNER UTLX 600004. BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED BUT NOTHING WAS DERAILED IN THE DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: EL DORADO
county: UNION
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LKA31-07 CREW WAS SETTING OUT 16 CARS FROM THE MAIN LINE TO THE SIDING WHEN CONDUCTOR GAVE ENGINEER 5 CAR COUNT FOR REVERSE MOVE AND ENGINEER REPEATED SHOVE BACK ONE, FIVE (15).  CONDUCTOR GAVE ENGINE ER THAT WILL DO, BUT RADIO FAILED.  ENGINEER STOPPED IN SEVEN CARS BECAUSE HE DID NOT HEAR ANOTHER C AR COUNT.  REAR OF CUT ROLLED THROUGH SPLIT SWITCH DERAIL AND DERAILED 5 CARS.  RADIO WAS VERIFIED B AD.   


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-SEA2351-18 PULLED THRU SIG 3 TRACK, MADE CUT, PULLED ONTO LEAD TO SHOVE BACK TO SIG 2 TRACK.  DURI NG THE SHOVE, CREW EXPERIENCED UDE AND FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED AT SIG 2/3 SWITCH.  ALL CARS HANDLED WE RE ARTICULATED.     


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YARD ENGINE ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE CARS IN TRACK 7104 TRK BUT DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE WAS GAP BETWEEN CUTS IN TRACK. WHEN SHOVE ATTEMPTED, CUTS IMPACTED AND COUPLERS BYPASSED, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
IDILB-11, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8649, STRUCK A TRUCK WHICH WAS STALLED ON CROSSING AND FOULED TRACK PRIOR TO GATES BEING ACTIVATED.  DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  NO CREW INJURIES.  UP8649 AND UP4979 S USTAINED DAMAGE.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED INSIDE THE ALON ASPHALT PLANT.  UP MAINTAINS THE TRACKS.     


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: IAIS
date: 2013-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: ONE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
IAIS TRAIN OPERATING ON A TRACK WARRANT STUCK A CP HY-RAIL TRUCK AT FAIRMONT STREET IN DAVENPORT, IO WA. THE CP EMPLOYEE HAD SET ON TO THE IAIS MAIN TRACK THINKING IT WAS CP TRACK. THE CP EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS ON THE WRONG RAILROAD (PRIOR TO THE TRAIN ARRIVING) AND WAS IN THE PRO CESS OF SETTING HIS HY-RAIL OFF THE TRACKS. WHEN WE APPROACHED THE CROSSING THE CP EMPLOYEE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF SETTING OFF AND DIDN'T GET OUT OF HARMS WAY UNTIL JUST A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. TH ERE WASN'T ANY ATTEMPT MADE BY THE CP TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO THE IAIS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. CP HY-RAIL HAD APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS DIESEL AND HYDRAULIC  FLUID SPILL ON TO THE GROUND. 


nearest_city: WAYNESBURG
county: GREENE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
N06 MOVING SOUTHWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 115 EMPTIES, AND 3300 TONS ON ONE MAIN TRACK, DERAILED T HE 52ND (NS 048460).      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL 94971-30, KICKED TANK CAR UTLX 647639 DESTINED FOR TRACK JX02 WHILE THE TRACK WAS LI NED FOR JX01. THE CAR TRAVELLED TO THE SOUTH END OF OF JX01 AND IMPACTED THE SIDE OF TRAIN L56271-30 , WHICH WAS DEPARTING THE YARD ON TRACK JX33. UTLX 647639 HIT SLR 3111 AND ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. THE CAR WAS INITIALLY DESTINED FOR JX02 WHICH HAD 44 CARS IN THE TRACK BUT THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH FOR TRACK JX02 FROM THE PUSH BUTTON SHANTY CAUSING THE CAR TO ROLL INTO THE CLEAR TRACK JX01. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO CAR SLR 3111. CONDUCTOR ON RCL 94971-30 WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, RESULTS W ERE NEGATIVE. 


nearest_city: PORT NECHES
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WATX
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW PULLING 11 EMPTIES 1 LOAD FROM INDUSTRY TO MAIN FOR OUTBOUND SIDING HAD 6 CARS FOR INDUSTRY.  S WITCHMAN RELEASED BRAKES ON CARS IN SIDING THAT ROLLED INTO CUT BEING PULLED OUT DERAILING 4 CARS NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
BNSF JOB MGALCLI1-10A WAS SHOVING 73 CARS INTO TRACK 8 WHERE THEY PUT AWAY 58 RAILCARS.  IN THE PROC ESS OF SHOVING THEIR INITIAL 73 CARS, THE HEAD CAR DERAILED.  THEY CONTINUED THEIR MOVES UNAWARE THA T THEIR HEAD CAR HAD DERAILED PULLING AHEAD AFTER MAKING THEIR CUT IN TRACK 8, THEN SHOVING THE REMA INDER OF THEIR CARS INTO TRACK 11 WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THAT THEIR HEAD CAR WAS ON THE GROUND 76 8 FEET AFTER INITIATING MOVEMENT INTO TRACK 11.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ESTIMATE = $200   


nearest_city: CRAWFORD
county: DAWES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 5916 HAD BEEN SETOUT FOR REPAIRS ACCT BLOW TURBO AT 0200. APPROXIMATELY 0300, ENGINE WAS NOTED TO BE ON FIRE AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
M-SPOEVE1-12 SETOUT 1 BAD ORDER, THEN BEGAN TO DEPART WHEN YARD CREW NOTED DERAILMENT AND INSTRUCTED CREW TO STOP. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MUNDELEIN
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: WAUKESHA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
M34841-25 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 40.5.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTOR THE TRAIN AND FOUND CCBX 71712 DERAILED UPRIGHT.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LOAD OF PLASTIC HAD A D EFECTIVE WHEEL WHICH ULTIMATELY CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL2082-03 DERAILED 3 CARS SHOVING INTO RAMP 304 TRACK. CAUSE VERIFIED BY EVENT RECORDED DOWNL OAD TO BE ENGINE FAULT THAT CAUSED LOCOS TO LOSE TRACTION AND SET AUTO AND INDEPENDENT BRAKES. SLACK ACTION RESULTED IN WHEEL LIFT ON 1 MTY CAR. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: WARWICK
county: KENT
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
WORK TRAIN EXTRA DERAILED BALLAST CAR C/11862 WHILE OPERATING OVER AREA OF PREVIOUSLY DUMPED BALLAST .      


nearest_city: CONNERSVILLE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
J77910 WAS RETURNING TO CONNERSVILLE TO PUT AWAY THEIR TRAIN IN SALTERS STORAGE TRACK. WHEN THE CREW JOB BRIEFED THEY AGREED TO PULL TO THE EAST END AND SHOVE 64 CARS INTO THE STORAGE TRACK. CONDUCTOR GOT ON THE GROUND ON THE EAST END, PULLED THE TRAIN BY LINED SWITCH AND DERAIL AND SHOVED BACK COUN TING DOWN THE CARS BUT NOT RIDING THE SHOVE. CSYX 13000 HIT THE DERAIL ON THE WEST END OF SALTERS AN D TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE FOLLOWED BY THE CSYX 12475 SHOVING INTO IT CAUSING FURTHER DAMAGE TO TRACK .  


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CREW ASSIGNED TO KB29, RUN 594, WHILE PULLING OUT BNY7 FROM WEST END TO HUMP, RAIL BROKE UNDERNEATH CARS CAUSING 7 CARS TO DERAIL.  THE CARS DERAILED INTO CARS STANDING IN 8 NORTH CAUSING DAMAGE TO 4 CARS IN 8 NORTH; GATX 22176 (E), UTLX 650036 (E), GATX 32877 (E), UTLX 92168 (E).     


nearest_city: NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: DANBURY BRANCH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
ENGINEER FAILED TO OBSERVE THE MOTOR STOP SIGN NORTH OF CP400, ALLOWING THE PANTOGRAPH OF CAR 9158 T O DISENGAGE THE WIRE AND RISE TO ITS FULL EXTENT.  ON THE SOUTHBOUND MOVE, THE PANTOGRAPH RODE THE T OP OF THE MESSENGER WIRE AND STRUCK THE FEEDER, CAUSING THE PANTOGRAPH TO BEND BACKWARDS AND COME IN TO CONTACT WITH THE TROLLEY WIRE, BREAKING 12 HANGARS.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y-PEA3211-24 PULLED FROM 1435 TRACK BUT FAILED TO NOTE SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVE AND RAN T HROUGH SWITCH. ON SHOVING BACK, CREW SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: PAULDING
county: PAULDING
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
306I323-9'15", 145I324-5'0", 261I324-7'40", 218L32 272 24-4'45", S66L324-8'00" TRAIN 306L323 TRAVELI NG LOCOMOTIVES, 150 LDS, 12MTYS AND 18743 TONS WHEN 155TH HEAD CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN WHEEL.      


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GLENWOOD SPRINGS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE MRONY-23 WAS DEPARTING GRAND JUNCTION YARD VIA THE SHORT POCKET TO THE EAST LEAD WHEN THE DPU DE RAILED ABOUT 5' PAST THE SWITCH POINT.  THE STOCK RAIL WAS UP OUT OF THE TIE PLATES AND ALLOWED THE LOCOMOTIVE TO FALL BETWEEN.  THE UNIT PULLED THE ADJACENT CAR OFF THE RAIL AS WELL.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE QPDRV-04 WAS DEPARTING ALBINA YARD USING THE RUNNER TRACK TO GO SOUTH ON MAIN ONE ON THE BROOKLY N SUB.  WHEN PASSING THE LDC COMMODITIES (AKA GLOBE DOCK) CROSSING, THE CREW FELT THE LEAD LOCOMOTIV E JUMP AND DERAILED ON TO THE GROUND.  THE DOWNLOAD SHOWS THE CREW STOPPING 167 FEET LATER.  TRAIN D ID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY.  THE LEAD TRUCK ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AND THIRD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.    


nearest_city: JULIAN
county: BOONE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: COAL RIVER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING ON COAL RIVER SUBDIVISION N97626 EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. UPON WALKING TRAIN THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE REAR CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SPRING LAKE
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN #4772 STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE WHILE ENROUTE EAST AT THE MONMOUTH AVE CROSSING AFTER VEHICLE REPORTEDLY DROVE AROUND GATES INTO PATH OF TRAIN. DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED. SUICIDE AS PER MONMOU TH COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MPIPAX-25 CREW DELIVERED TO MANCHESTER YD IN TRACKS 12 THEN 8.  ZERO HANDBRAKES FOUND IN TRACK 12. 3 HANDBRAKES FOUND ON SOUTH END OF TRACK 8.  JOB 241 SWITCHED FIRST 15 CARS (OUT OF 44) IN TRACK 12 AFTER MAKING STANDING CUT.  RETURNED TO CARS IN TRACK 12 AND PULLED CUT TO SWITCH REMINDER.  HELPER SAW REAR CAR PLCX 92452 WAS PERPENDICULAR TO TRACK AND BRUSHING AGAINST CARS IN TRACK 9.  AFTER CUT WAS MADE IN TRACK 12 BY JOB 241, REMAINDER OF TRACK ROLLED OUT SOUTH DUE TO NO SECUREMENT.  REAR CAR WENT OVER DERAIL ON S/E OF TRACK 12 AND CONTINUED MOVING FOR 5 CAR LENGTHS.  FAILURE OF UP CREW TO APPLY SECUREMENT ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK CAUSED ROLL OUT/DERAILMENT.  THIS YARD REQUIRES 4 HANDBRA KS TO BE APPLIED ON SOUTH END OF TRACK.


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CONDUCTOR, DAVID SIEK, WAS COUPLING 19ECLS AND BUMPED OUT THE THREE HIND CARS ON THE TRACK FOULING 1 8ECLS-THE HIND CAR, SMNX902 WAS STRUCK BY A LOADED TANK CAR-CPDX102032-WHICH WAS HUMPED INTO 18ECLS.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GRANITE CITY IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
UPRR'S YMA53-02 WAS SWITCHING CARS AT U. S. STEEL AND DERAILED TWO LOADED CARS DUE TO BROKEN/WORN SW ITCH POINT.  ALSO DAMAGED IN THE DERAILMENT WAS A PORTION OF TRACK MAINTAINED BY ALTON & SOUTHERN RA ILWAY.  U. S. STEEL MAINTAINS SWITCH.  ALS TRACK DAMAGES ARE $6822     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
ON 7/2/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 545PM KB25/528 CREW WAS SWITCHING IN THE YARD AND LEFT BC14 IN THE FOUL W HEN THEY KICKED A CAR (BNSF 314005) TOWARD TRACK BC15 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEAD CAR IN TRACK 14 (NT RX 1034).  EQUIPMENT COSTS INCREASED PER INVOICE RECEIVED 1-19-12.    LONGITUDE ADJUSTED 2-28-12.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: DOLORES IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE IEWLB-21 CREW HAD PULLED THROUGH 907 AND SECURED THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS AT THE REAR AND MADE THE CUT.  ENGINEER PULLED AHEAD AND STOPPED TO LINE ONE SWITCH AT THE ROUNDHOUSE. THE CREW PROCEEDED SOUTH PAST THE ROUNDHOUSE LEAD.  THE ENGINEER STATES HE DID NOT SEE THE TARGET A ND DID NOT LOOK AT THE SWITCH POINTS.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THEM INTO TRACK 906 AND THEY STARTED A RE VERSE MOVE.  THE TRAIN WENT APPROXIMATELY 4 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE THE LOI13-24 CREW CALLED ON THE RADIO THAT THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.  


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
B022 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 3327 AND 0 X 33 INTO TRACK #8 AND OUT THE OTHER DERAILING CARS ON THE LEAD .      


nearest_city: LANDOVER
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 2153 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2017 DUE TO 50% FATIGUE BREAK IN THE CATENARY LINE.       


nearest_city: GARDENDALE
county: LA SALLE
railroad: GRD
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
MSAG05 WAS PULLING INTO THE GARDENDALE RAILROAD.  ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR  UP TO PULL INTO GRD Y ARD.  THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS ON THE LEAD UNIT PICKED  THE GRD LOCOMOTIVE TRACK  SWITCH WHICH  RESU LTED GETTING THE 2ND SET OF TRUCKS ON THE LEAD UNIT AND ALL TRUCKS ON THE SECOND UNIT ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: WISCONSIN RAPIDS
county: WOOD
railroad: WC
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YWY018-08 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 8 LOADED TANK V752 (NEW PAGE CLAY SHED) AT APPROX. 4 MPH FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUPLING INTO 5 CARS ALREADY ON THE TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR WAS COUNTING DOWN THE SHOVE MOVEMENT. AT 1/2 CAR LENGTH TO THE COUPLING. THE CONDUCTOR REALIZE THAT THEY WERE SHOVING TOO FAST AND TOLD THE ENGINEER "THAT WILL DO". THE ENGINEER PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY BUT GATX 64762 STILL MADE CONTACT WITH BUMPING POST. THE COMBINATION OF THE DESCENDING GRADE, THE SLOSHING TANK LOADS AN D SLACK RUNNING OUT CAUSED A SLIGHTLY HARD COUPLING DAMAGING 2 RAILS., CONCRETE AND BUMPING POST. NO DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. 


nearest_city: PASADENA
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
M-TEAPTX-16 RAN THROUGH SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LINED FOR THEIR MOVE WHEN CREW MISTOOK INDICATION OF SWI TCH POINT INDICATOR FOR AN APPROACH SIGNAL INDICATION. NO CARS DERAILED BUT SWITCH EXTENSIVELY DAMAG ED.     


nearest_city: COCHRAN
county: BLECKLEY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 394G905 TRAVELING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 1 UNIT, 9 LOADS, 34 EMPTIES, 220 1 TONS, DERAILED R&L 1 WHEEL OF LEAD ENG NS 2651 AFTER STRIKING DOWNED TREE.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM3222-05 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD 2021 DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS.  NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PROVO
county: UTAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
MNYRO-23 DERAILED ON MAIN 1 AND THE DERAILMENT WENT OVER TO MAIN 2.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BE EN MECHANICAL CAUSED.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
T90T817-1'30" T90 WAS SHOVING SOUTH INTO CT02 WITH LIGHT ENGINE NS 3205 WHEN WHEELS L6 AND R6 DERAIL ED.      


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-13T00:00:00Z
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-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SETTING OUT CARS FROM MAIN TRACK TO NORTH LEG OF WYE TRACK, CUT DERAILED AT BROKEN SWITCH POIN T. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTHUMBERLAND
county: NORTHUMBERLAND
railroad: NSHR
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NSHR3 CREW RAN BACK IN ON A CUT OF CARS THAT THEY JUST CUT AWAY FROM DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SWITCH BEING REALIGNED. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CUT OF CARS THAT WERE IMPACTED.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
UPRR'S CNAPL-15 SHOVING ONTO PLAINES INDUSTRIAL LEAD, DERAILED ONE LOADED COAL CAR WHEN CREW SHOVED OVER DERAIL.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY EJE.  ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES FOR EJE ARE $780.  DERAILMENT ALS O CAUSED DAMAGE TO MIDWEST GENERATION INDUSTRY TRACKS ADJACENT TO THE EJE TRACKS.  ESTIMATED TRACK D AMAGES FOR INDUSTRY ARE $11,575.    


nearest_city: DENAIR
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 701 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/C2011 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP1083.80, GREER RD CROSSING.  THE PICK-UP TRUCK WAS BACKING UP WHEN STRUCK BY THE TRAIN; THE DRIVER THEN FLED THE SCEN E.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $14,850.00.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YHO13R-03 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS NORTHBOUND INTO TRACK 316.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED TO 3 RAILCARS DUE TO SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE ON RAILCAR UTLX640252.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Z-WSPNBY9-22 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE WHILE SHOVING ON TO THE LEAD DUR IMPROPE RLY LINED DERAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YNL39R-31 WAS DRAGGING 30 CARS OUTOF 202 TO DOUBLE IT OVER INTO 203.  IN DOING SO, THE 3RD AND 4TH C AR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE M405, L/V.      


nearest_city: IMPERIAL
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
H-GALMEM9-10 EXPERIENCED UDE AND CREW INSPECTION FOUND DERAILMENT FROM BURNED OFF JOURNAL. NO HAZARD OUS MTLS WERE RELEASED BUT ROCK COMMUNITY FD EVACUATED 19 HOMES (UNKNOWN NUMBER OR PERSONS, EST 50) FOR APPROX. TWO HOURS AS A PRECAUTION.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
PRS CONTRACT CREW WAS MOVING LIGHT POWER, UP4001, SOUTH INTO THE 400 YARD GOING ACROSS THE 410 SWITC H, HAD A SET OF TRUCK GO ON THE GROUND.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU. PAC RAIL SERVICES MAINTAINS TRACK.  PAC RAIL ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $10,000.     


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
UPRR CREW HANDLING BNSF TRAIN U-CHEALN5-29 DERAILED ONE TRUCK OF UNIT 9586. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE MISMATCHED WHEEL DIAMETER ON #3 AXLE OF LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: FINNEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK #3 EXPERIENCED TRAIN SEPARATION WHILE BRAKING.  REAR PORTION, LEAD CAR AMTK 800148, OVERTOOK HEAD PORTION, REAR AMTK 800149, DAMAGING BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: OLD BRIDGE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SA33 WAS PULLING WEST WITH 34 LOADS 0 MTYS 3689 TONS AND 1 UNIT WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE CSXT4441 AND 3 C ARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-NAMDUB0-25 DERAILED 3 CARS AT THE 201 TRACK SWITCH ON LEAD WHILE PULLING INTO 204 TRACK FROM MT 1.       


nearest_city: JAMESTOWN
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE SHOVED CUT OF CARS THROUGH 4203 TRK SWITCH, THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT AND SPLIT SWITC H WHICH RESULTED IN 3 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: CHESAPEAKE
county: CHESAPEAKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PORTSMOUTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
WHILE F78206 WAS PULLING INTO BERKLEY YARD THE WHEELS OF LEAD ENGINE CSXT 7776 GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH POINTS DERAILING ALL WHEELS OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. THIS WAS A FACING POINT MOVE. NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH BELT LINE DAMAGES ARE $9132.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
METRA TRAIN 7452 OPERATING CAB CAR 8530 IN THE LEAD, 5 CARS AND E/411 TRAILING DERAILED THE 5TH AND 6TH CARS IN THE CONSIST BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO GRADE FORM CP CANAL TO STATION THAT NORMAL BUFF FORCES OF TRAIN IDLING DOWNHILL WITH ENGINE LOCATED ON REAR CAUSED WHEEL TO UNLOAD DUE TO SUPER ELEVATION OF TRACK AS WELL AS WORN RAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF TRACK ALLOWING WHEEL OF COACH TO CLIMB THE RAIL AN D DERAIL.  AMTRAKS MOW DAMAGE IS $40,000.00.  METRAS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $31,700.00.   


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-OKCL021-27 MADE GRAVITY SWITCH MOVE. CREW MEMBER UNABLE TO STOP CAR BEFORE ROLLING OUT OF TRACK DU E TO DEFECTIVE HAND BRAKE. CREW MEMBERS DID NOT CHECK BRAKE PRIOR TO MAKING MOVE.      


nearest_city: KENSAL
county: FOSTER
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
293-05 ENCOUNTERED 3 WASHOUTS FROM FLASH FLOOD DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH CAUSE D 2 LOCOMOTIVES & 33 CARS TO DERAIL IN 2 SEPARATE LOCATIONS OF THE TRAIN. CREW WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF LEAD LOCOMOTIVE - CP 9754 WHICH WAS ON ITS SIDE & GO TO THE SECOND UNIT CP 9542 & CALL FOR HELP. ENGINEER & CONDUCTOR TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL. APPROXIMATELY 1500 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL RELEASED FR OM LEAD LOCOMOTIVE & 1 CAR OF SOYBEAN OIL RUPTURED. NO HAZMAT LOADS INVOLVED. SPEED RECORDED AT TIME OF DERAILMENT 37.8 MPH. FIELD #12 - CARRINGTON SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NOT SIG NALED, 2. DIRECT TRAIN CONTROL, P. TRACK WARRANT CONTROL, Z - WASHOUT- FIELD 49 CWR 


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y-SEA3201-25 KICKED 2 CARS INTO 6 TRACK, THEN KICKED 3 CARS TO 7 CARS TO 7 TRACK. AS THE 3 CARS MOVE D TOWARD 7 TRK, THE 2 CARS FROM 6 TRACK ROLLED BACK OUT INTO FOUL AND WERE STRUCK BY THE 3 CARS FOR 7 TRACK.  NO CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ISELIN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
NJTR 7845 FOUND A DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH AND MISSING CARBON STRIPS ON CARS 1443 AND 1347 DUE TO LOSS OF CATENARY POWER ON TRACK #4 AT METROPARK.      


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


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
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:
UP INTERCHANGE JOB DERAILED TWO CARS ON THE WHILE APPROACHING TEXARKANA YARD ON THE SHREVEPORT SUBDI VISION. UP INCIDENT #0911LK024 WITH EQUIPMENT DAMAGES OF $13,356.      


nearest_city: BABYLON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: LI
date: 2011-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YE33 WAS COUPLING 12 CARS TO 10 CARS ON #4 TRACK IN BABYLON YARD WHEN COUPLED TWO CARS SHIFTED TO TH E NORTH WHICH SHIFTED THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
232 - 6'15" TRAIN 232G229 SHOVING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 2 UNITS, 19 LOADS, 0 E MPTIES, 2900 TONS, DERAILED DTTX 62689, 3HC AND DTTX 745638, 4HC.      


nearest_city: ALMA
county: WABAUNSEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MWTKC-13, WITH LEAD UNIT FXE4602, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG THAT WAS STUCK ON THE 4TH STREET CROS SING.      


nearest_city: PORT ARTHUR
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: RASX
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
DERAILED CTCX 710161 (L-4) AND GATX 63673 (L-1,2,3,4 R-1,2,3,4) DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  FINAL COST RECEIV ED FROM CUSTOMER ON 8/5/2011  (ORIGINAL ENTRY MADE 8/8/2011 WITH WRONG INCIDENT DATE, CORRECTIONS MA DE TODAY 1/31/14)SH     


nearest_city: ALTOONA
county: BLAIR
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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-Sep
narrative:
Z50C111 PULLING EAST WITH 2 UNITS, 130 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 18,431 TONS ON #1 YARD TRACK DERAILED THE 3 2ND THROUGH 38TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: DE RIDDER
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: TIBR
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THE DERIDDER TURN WAS HEADED EAST TOWARDS THE IP YARD TO SPOT UP 40 ROCK CARS FOR APECK CONSTRUCTION . AT 01:40 THIS MORNING THEY WERE TRAVELING ON THE MAIN LINE AT 8 MPH NEXT TO THE BOISE SIDING WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH WAS LINED TOWARDS THE CROSSOVER TOWARDS A STANDING CUT OF CARS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. ENGINEER PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DISTANCE TO SAFELY STOP THE TRAIN BEFORE THE COLLISION. THE WAMX 4015 WAS THE LEAD ENGINE WHICH STRUCK AND D ERAILED 3 GONDOLAS IN THE SIDING, BOTH LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED AND THE LEADING SET OF TRUCKS ON THE ROC K CAR BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED. 


nearest_city: MARSHFIELD
county: MARATHON
railroad: WC
date: 2011-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK WITH TRAILER THAT STALLED ON THE GRADE CROSSING AT MANN RD. THE OCCUPANT S OF THE VEHICLE HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE BEFORE IMPACT. BUNGALOW AND SIGNALS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO IMPA CT.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
METRA TRAIN 2222 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BACK PORTION OF LOCOMOTIVE E/411 AS A RESULT OF AN 18 X 2 S LAB OF CONCRETE THAT FELL FROM THE CEILING OF CHICAGO UNION STATION ONTO THE LOCOMOTIVE UNIT.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y-ELP2021-28 WITH 2 YD ENGS & HDLG 8 CARS & 2 DP UNITS STOPPED CUT ON LEAD AT 116 TRK SWITCH. CREW C UT OFF DP UNITS TO PLACE ON ANOTHER TRK BUT FAILED TO SET SUFFICIENT BRAKES ON STANDING CUT TO HOLD. CUT ROLLED AND STRUCK 2 LOCOMOTIVES ON TRK 151, DERAILING 4 CARS ON IMPACT.     


nearest_city: CALDWELL
county: BURLESON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
V-SNTBLU1-11 OVERRAN CONTROLLED SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION AND RAN THROUGH DUAL CONTROLLED SWITCH WITHI N CONTROL POINT, RESULTING IN DAMAGES TO SWITCH MACHINE AND RODS.      


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
ZYCLD-17, WITH LEAD UNIT KCS4013, WAS STRUCK BY A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG, THAT RAN OFF THE ROAD AND STR UCK THE SIDE OF CAR TTAX556722 APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET EAST OF THE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES.  NOTHING D ERAILED.     


nearest_city: OROVILLE
county: BUTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE WRVELB-20 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN BETWEEN THE OROVILLE SIDING AND THE YARD TRACKS MAKING BACK AND FORTH MOVES OVER THE CONTROL POINT AT F204.  A SIGNAL INSPECTOR WAS WORKING INSIDE THE SIGNAL CABIN AT THIS CONTROL POINT AND KNEW THE TRAIN WAS THERE SWITCHING THEIR TRAIN OUT.  HE TESTED THE MAIN TR ACK SWITCH AT F204, WHICH CAUSED THE SWITCH TO LINE UNDERNEATH THE MOVING TRAIN CAUSING 7 CARS TO DE RAIL.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y-SPO2021-27 SWITCHED CARS TO 1611, THEN STRETCHED TRK TO ENSURE ALL COUPLING WERE COMPLETE. DURING THIS MOVE, ONE CAR DERAILED. CREW SUBSEQUENTLY SHOVED TRACK TO HOLD 2 MORE CARS AND DISCOVERED 2 CAR S DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CLAUDE
county: ARMSTRONG
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW REPORTED FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF SECOND UNIT BNSF 1016. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EX TINGUISHED FIRE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED MISSING L1 FUEL CAP AS CAUSE FOR FIRE. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTIC ULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YARD ENGINE ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE EAST INTO TRACK 207 WITHOUT RELEASING AIR BRAKES, RESULTING IN ONE CA R DERAILING. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. 
      


nearest_city: WOODS CROSS
county: DAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YSC53-16 SHOVED INTO AN INDUSTRY TRACK BELONGING TO ERGON ASPHALT TO PULL CARS.  AS THEY BEGAN TO PU LL FORWARD THE SWITCH POINT ON THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL BROKE APPROXIMATELY 1 AND A HALF INCHES.  THE WHEELS CLIMBED UP THE DERAIL AND FELL OUTSIDE THE RAIL AND ON THE GROUND.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY IN DUSTRY.    


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
LWE01R-20 WAS ON THE WORKING LEAD WAITING ON ZAILC TO CLEAR SO THEY COULD PULL OUT AND ACTIVATE ZONE 2 ON EAST END OF YARD TO SPOT THE EAST RAMP AT AI PLANT.  THE CREW HAD LINED THE SIDING SWITCH AND DERAIL FOR ZAILC TO PULL THRU AND LINED BOTH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AFTER THEY VERIFIED TRAIN CLEARED. THEY CALLED YARDMASTER TO ACTIVATE ZONE 2 AND AT THAT TIME THE ZAILC CREW LINED THE DERAIL BACK FOR DERAILING POSITION.  LWE-1R CREW DID NOT HEAR THIS ON RADIO AND ONCE THEY RECEIVED PERMISSION TO ENT ER ZONE PULLED AHEAD AND RAN THRU DERAIL WHICH DERAILED BOTH ENGINES.  


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: AUGUSTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y19017 EMPLOYEE RAN THRU THE A14 SWITCH WHILE PULLING OUT OF A15 THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAIL ING ONE ENGINE AND ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE LFB46-09 WAS PULLING 81 INDUSTRY/INTERCHANGE CARS ON THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE.  THEY DERAILED ELE VEN CARS JUST NORTH OF THE ROAD CROSSING ON THE WYE AND UP TO JUST PAST THE SWITCH AT THE NORTH END OF THE WEST LEG DUE TO WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
UP TRAIN F-CTSET1-23C WAS INSTRUCTED BY DISPATCHER TO HAND OPERATED SWITCHES ON MAIN 2 TRACK. CREW F AILED TO LINE MOVABLE POINT FROG, RUNNING THROUGH AND DAMAGING FROG.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
LHR04R-12 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 411 AND JOB HAD APPLIED 2 HAND BRAKES ON RAILCARS.  JOB ST OPPED AND SHOVED ON LEAD HAVING SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAIL WHILE PASSING THE 409 SWITCH.  SWITCH LINED FROM LEAD BACK TO TRACK 409 CAUSING DERAILMENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LATCHED BUT UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH JOB LAST HANDLED SWITCH AS THIS WAS THE JOB'S FIRST MOVE DOWN THE LEAD .   


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: SLWC
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
JOB 105 SHOVING EAST IN TRACK 6508 WITH APPROX 25 CARS TO SWITCH CUSTOMER. ATM LET CONDUCTOR OUT AT EAST END OF TRACK 6508 TO LINE ALL SWITCHES IN TO CUSTOMER TRACK. PER ENGINEER STATEMENT, CONDUCTOR TOLD HIM THAT ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED PROPERLY,GAVE CAR COUNTS TO THE JOINT IN CUSTOMER TRACK. AFTER JOINT WAS MADE CONDUCTOR GAVE THE ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS TO PULL AHEAD ABOUT 12 CARS TO SET EMPTY CA RS OVER. AFTER TRAVELING 8 CARS THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION THE 8-9 CARS WERE FOU ND DERAILED AND 1 CAR ON ITS SIDE. 4 OTHER CARS WERE STILL ON TRACKS BUT EITHER LEANING OR HAD BEEN STRUCK AND DAMAGED. 


nearest_city: DARIEN
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
DRIVER WAS TRAVELING EASTWARD ON CAMP AVENUE WHEN THE CROSSING ACTIVATED. DRIVER DID NOT STOP UNTIL CROSSING ARM WAS ON TOP OF HIS VEHICLE. DRIVER THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BACK OFF THE CROSSING, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL TO DO SO AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN 1745.     


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CSX TRAIN C764 WAS PUL;LING INTO MORRISVILLE YARD WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL CAUSING 8 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BINGHAMTON
county: BROOME
railroad: CP
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: FREIGHT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT DB21 WAS BUILDING TRAIN 253.  CONDUCTOR FOREMAN WAS STANDING AT MIDDLE CROSSOVER SWITCH. CARS PASSED BY CONDUCTOR & HE DID NOT DETECT THERE WAS AIR APPLIED TO THIS CUT.  TRAIN BEGAN SHOVE BACK TO DOUBLE TO THE REST OF THEIR TRAIN ON #1 WEST TRACK WHEN THE 89TH CAR IN THE SHOVE (GMRC 2419 4- EMPTY BOXCAR) DERAILED 1 TRUCK & RIGGING DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFF ACTION.  THE DRAGGING EQUIPMENT HI T THE LATCH ON SDPX 96191 (LOADED COVERED HOPPER) WHICH RESULTED IN SOYBEAN SPILL NEAR THE SUSQUEHAN NA RIVER, BUT NOTHING ENTERED THE WATER.  


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING NORTH OFF OF THE MIDDLE LEAD INTO TRACK 205, THE YNL29R-25 DERAILED 2 CARS AND DAMAGED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TRACK AND 3 SWITCHES.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAILURE OF THE ON-BOARD L OCOMOTIVE COMPUTER.     


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
V-BIRBSBD1-22 DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN PULLING ON TO LEAD TRACK 11 TO MAIN 5 TRACK AT CROSSOVER SWITCH D UE TO THE SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LATCHED.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WE RE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GEORGE WEST
county: LIVE OAK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
GLCSCC-11 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE CORPUS CHRISTI SUB WHEN CREW FELT A TUG AND TRAIN WENT INTO EME RGENCY.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 19 MPH IN THROTTLE 6 WITH NO AIR SET.  8 CARS WERE DERAILED AT MP 85 .5.     


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: HARFORD
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRAIN 140 DELAYED ACCOUNT LOCOMOTIVE E/934 REPORTED WITH REAR-PANTOGRAPH DAMAGED AND RIPPED OFF.  CA TENARY WIRES REPORTED DAMAGED AND DOWN AT MP66.46 WITH DOWNED WIRES FOULING NO.2 AND NO.3 TRACKS AND OVERHEAD WIRE SAGGING ON NO.4 TRACK.     


nearest_city: KEEWATIN
county: ITASCA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
U-SUPKET1-95 HAD BOTTOM DUMP DOOR OPEN ON BNSF 617804 WHILE TRAIN WAS LOADING. PRODUCT SPILLED OVER RAIL DERAILING OTHER CARS AS TRAIN PULLED FORWARD.      


nearest_city: EDMONDS
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRACK INSPECTOR HYRAILING, INSPECTING FOR MUD SLIDES, WAS STUCK BY MUD SLID ON REAR OF HIS RAIL TRUC K.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MNPWC-22 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 206 WHEN 9 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES.       


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
DWP CREW WAS DELIVERING CARS TO UP MAINTAINED YARD.  CREW WAS SHOVING SOUTH TOWARDS TRACK 18.  31 CA RS MADE IT OVER THE SWITCH WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED PRIOR TO THE SWITCH.  TWO OF THE FIVE CARS DERAILED CONTAINED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.  AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DW P CREW WAS AT FAULT FOR DERAILMENT.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE BRAKES.  DULUTH, WINNIPEG & PACIFIC RAILWAY ESTIMATED CAR DAMAGE $20,375   


nearest_city: SHERMAN
county: GRAYSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
OPPOSING TRAIN, DERAILED AT SOUTH SWITCH. TREAD BUILDUP WAS FOUND ON ATSF 314142 WHICH LED TO DERAIL MENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
ZMQLC-31, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7416, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT STOPPED ON THE NOGALES ST CROSSIN G.  THE TRAILER WAS FOULING THE TRACK.  AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION A CONTAINER THAT WAS ON THE TRA ILER BECAME DISLODGED CAUSING IT TO LAND ON TOP OF A NISSAN ALTIMA, WHICH WAS STOPPED ALONG SIDE OF THE TRAILER, AND ON A BMW VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE ALTIMA. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED AND CHP ADVISED THAT BOTH DRIVERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.  THE D RIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES.  


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
ENGINEER OPERATED ELECTRIC TRAIN ON TO NON-ELECTRONIC TRACK, DAMAGING LEAD PANTOGRAPH ON CAR 9198.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: KCT
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KANSAS CITY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING OUT OF ARMOURDALE YARD ON TRACK 362 (OUTBOUND) AND CLIMBED THE 1411 SWITCH POINT D ERAILING THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  2ND SET OF TRUCKS ALONG WITH 2 LEAD CARS OF TRAIN CONTINUED OVER THE SWITCH POINT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO ISSUES WERE FOUND WITH WHEELS ON LEAD L OCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: PARMA
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
W01423 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE CLEVELAND SHORTLINE AND THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AS THEY WER E GOING THROUGH THE INTERLOCKING AT CP 17. A WALKING INSPECTION FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LA CROSSE
county: LA CROSSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ST CROIX
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
V-CHCTAC1-07 DERAILED 6 CARS AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TRAIN CON TAINED ARTICULATE EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LASR 222 WAS WORKING IN THE MINDEN YARD AFTER A MORNING JOB BRIEFING OF THE WORK ASSIGNED FOR THE DA Y LASR 222 CREW CHANGED THE WORK AND JOB BRIEFED WITH THE CREW JOB BRIEFED WITH THE CREW WORKING CUS TOMERS ON THE SOUTH END OF MINDEN YARD BUT WERE NOT TOLD THAT MOW WAS WORKING ON THE SOUTH WYE LASR 222 DID NOT JOB BRIEF WITH THE TRAINMASTERS WHEN THEY CHANGED THEIR WORK ASSIGNMENT LASR 222 JOB BRI EFING CONSISTED OF PULLING 19 CARS OUT OF 5 RAIL HAVING THE BRAKEMAN LINE THE FIVE SWITCH BACK FOR T HE LEAD WHEN THEY CLEARED THEN WALK TO THE SOUTH WYE AND PROTECT THE SHOVE THE CONDUCTOR WOULD DOUBL E THE CARS TO THE MAIN AND SOUTH WYE AND THEY WOULD SHOVE THE CARS TO THE CLEAR BRAKEMAN STATED WALK ED 10 CAR LENGTHS UP THE SOUTH WYE AND COULD SEE FOR ANOTHER 10 CARS BRAKEMAN RELAYED THIS INFORMATI


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: XTGS
date: 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CREW SET OVER CUT OF CARS IN TRACK #890 AND PULLED BACK TO CLEAR SWITCH.  CREW LINED SWITCH AND BEGA N TO SHOVE DOWN #844 LEAD WHEN MBLX34077 ROLLED BACK AND WAS RAKED BY XOMX100363, LEAD CAR OF SHOVIN G MOVEMENT.  MBLX WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN/DEFECTIVE HANDBRAKE WHICH DID NOT HOLD IT IN PLACE.     


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
ENGINES 914 AND 737 WERE BEING SHOVED IN WILMINGTON SHOPS WHEN BOTH ENGINES DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAU GE DUE TO BOLT SHEERED UNDER TIE PLATE.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CAR DAMAGE ONLY.  LOADED TANK CAR WAS FOUND DURING OUTBOUND INSPECTION IN PERIMETER TRACK WITH EVIDE NCE OF CORNERING DAMAGE DURING HUMP OPERATION.      


nearest_city: RANCHO CORDOVA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN GABRIEL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
R-CAL5011-21 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1352 DUE TO LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE ON CURVE EXC ESSIVE DUE TO TRAIN MAKE-UP.      


nearest_city: SHAFTER
county: KERN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 714, OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/8302 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/56 IN THE REAR, STRUCK A SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP 905.80, SHAFTER AVE CROSSING CAUSING UNIT C/8302 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: COLFAX
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE AGBMI-16 WAS WEST BOUND LEAVING COLFAX TRAVELING AT 17 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE RIGGING ON THE CAR FOU RTH FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN DROPPED DOWN ON THE LEADING TRUCK BETWEEN THE AXLE 1 AND AXLE 2, DERA ILING THE TRUCK.  SINCE THIS DID NOT CAUSE AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION, THE CAR WAS DRAGGED A PPROXIMATELY 0.7 MILES BEFORE THE TRAILING TRUCK WAS DERAILED AS WERE THE THREE REAR CARS ON THE TRA IN, TIPPING OVER ONTO THEIR SIDES.   


nearest_city: HUDSON
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: New York
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 G05125 TIED ON TO 70 LOADED GRAIN CARS. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO MAKE A STANDING CUT ON THE 35 HEAD CAR. AFTER CHECKING THE SWITCHES ON THE YARD LADDER HE SECURED THE CUT OF CARS TO BE LEFT BE HIND.  THE THEN WALKED UP TO THE CUT AND MOUNTED THE LAST CAR OF THE CUT TO RIDE IT NORTH TO TRACK F OUR. HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL NORTH AND AFTER GOING ABOUT FOUR CAR LENGTHS HE HEARD UNUSUA L NOISE AND ORDER THE ENGINEER TO STOP. HE SAW CARS DERAILING IN FRONT OF HIM. AN EMERGENCY BRAKE AP PLICATION OCCURRED AND HE SAW THAT THE SIDING SWITCH AND THE TRACK TWO SWITCH HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH . 


nearest_city: CAPE GIRARDEAU
county: CAPE GIRARDEAU
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
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:
WESTBOUND TRUCK-TRAILER WENT AROUND FOREMAN FLAGGING AND STRUCK THE MOW EQUIPMENT TAMPER OCCUPYING T HE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: CAREY
county: WYANDOT
railroad: WE
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CAREY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
571-06 TRAIN WAS SHOVING CARS FROM THE MAIN TRACK TO THE C&O TRACK AT THE EAST END OF CAREY YARD. WH ILE SHOVING THE CREW NOTICED DUST AND BROUGHT THE MOVEMENT TO A STOP. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CREW HAD DERAILED A TOTAL OF 19 CARS IN WHICH 12 OF THEM RERAILED THEM SELVES.     


nearest_city: GRIFFIN
county: SPAULDING
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
G05G803 PULLING SOUTH ON NS INDUSTRY LEAD WITH 01 UNIT, 03 LOADS, 01 EMPTY, 352 TONS, DERAILED 3RD A ND 4TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE CREW PULLED NINE (9) LOADED COKE CARS FROM 17A AND PROCEEDED SOUTH DOWN THE CENTER TRACK (#2 STA TION LEAD) WITH GRW LOCOMOTIVE 307-T8.  THE YARD-FOREMAN WAS POSITIONED ON THE LOCOMOTIVE PROVIDING POINT PROTECTION WHILE THE HELPER WAS POSITIONED AT THE FOUR (4) NEW YARD SWITCH.  THE YARD-FOREMAN WAS IN CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT.  HE STATED THAT HE STOPPED MOVEMENT ONCE HE HEARD SOME NOISE AND NOT ICED THE CARS OFF THE RAIL.  THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) CAR LENGTHS SOUTH OF T HE 15A SWITCH.  THE TRACK IN QUESTION WAS INSPECTED AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE WIDE GAUGE ON THE EAST END OF THE 15A FROG. 


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MBTA TRAIN 32 DERAILED ONE CAR ON AMTRAK TRACK IN BOSTON, MA.  AMTRAK DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A T HIN FLANGE ON MBTA CAR 749, WHICH CAUSED SWITCH DAMAGE, WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO DERAIL.      


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


nearest_city: LIBERTY
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE 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-Sep
narrative:
MLIEW 13, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9943, STRUCK A 18 WHEELER LOW BOY TRAILER AT A PRIVATE CROSSING.  THE 18 WHEELER WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO ACROSS PRIVATE CROSSING WHEN THE TRAILER BECAME HI CENTERED ON THE CROS SING.  THE TRAIN WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY AND CAME TO A STOP AFTER IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO THE CREW, BUT THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.    


nearest_city: ROCKVILLE
county: BATES
railroad: MNA
date: 2013-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CLINTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CBTLU9-28 DERAILED 2 DP LOCOMOTIVES AND THREE CARS WHILE PULLING INTO THE COAL PLANT AT LADUE.  TRAC K BUCKLED UNDER THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON NJTR MU # 1421 CAME OUT FROM UNDER WIRE DUE TO KUPLER SECTION OUT OF ALIGNMENT IN CATE NARY WHILE TRAIN # 3719 WAS ENROUTE WEST AT MORRIS INTERLOCKING.      


nearest_city: MARSHALL
county: HARRISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RMVSHQ-24 HAD STOPPED TO ALIGN THE SIDING SWITCH.  WHEN THEY STARTED MOVING ENGINE UP9647 DERAILED O N A SPOT WHERE THE WELDERS HAD BUILT UP THE HEAD OF THE RAIL TO MATCH A JOINT OF NEW RAIL.  LEADING WHEELS R/L 6 CLIMBED THE RAIL AND DERAILED TO THE OUTSIDE OF RAIL RESULTING IN 2 ENGINES AND 1 CAR D ERAILING WHEN REAR OF TRAIN STARTED INTO LOUISIANA SIDING ONE MILE DOWN THE TRACK.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
C-BTMPHH0-46 DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO LONG 3 TRACK. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT SWITCH P OINT DID NOT REMAIN IN FIRM CONTACT WITH STOCK RAIL DUE TO TACONITE BUILDUP NEAR POINTS ON TIE PLATE S.     


nearest_city: CADE
county: ST MARTIN
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SOU
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:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/824-E/2 AND 9 CARS STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VAN AT MP133.0, SH LA 92 CROSSING.  HIGHWAY USER WAS TRAPPED ON THE TRACKS BETWEEN 2 VEHICLES AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OFF CROS SING.  TRAIN 1 STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND THEN THE VEHICLE STRUCK A SECOND VEHICLE.   AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $21,867.00.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
MNVPB-02 DERAILED REAR 4 CARS AS THEY WERE DEPARTING SARGENT YARD AT THE 45/41 SWITCH.  EXCESSIVE SP EED WHILE TRAIN IS WITHIN YARD LIMITS DEPARTING YARD.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: SFRV
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
OPERATOR OF 2008 GMC COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATED DELIVERY TRUCK DROVE THROUGH THE CROSSING GATE AND STOP PED WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE FOULING THE TRACK AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY THE NORTHBOUND TRA IN. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. TRAIN SUSTAINED MULTIPLE POINTS OF DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YFW19R-06 MADE A JOINT ON THE EAST END OF 29 BOWL.  THEN THEY PULLED IN THE EASTWARD DIRECTION.  THE BYPASSED COUPLERS BETWEEN THE NS451160 AND THE AOK027693 CAUSED THE AOK027693, SAMK40037, FLOX79351 , AND CRDX14270 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: ASHDOWN
county: LITTLE RIVER
railroad: KRR
date: 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
KRYHOHO1-17 PULLING WESTBOUND WITH 40 EMPTIES, NO LOADS AND NO HAZ-MAT DERAILED 1 WHEEL SET AT THE B OTTOM OF A VERTICAL CURVE AT MP 782.4. AT MP 776.1 CARS 30 THROUGH 19 OVERTURNED AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
HOSTLERS DOUBLED 4 LOCOMOTIVES TOGETHER WHEN MOVED  FROM SERVICE TRACK 1 ON TURNTABLE LEAD OVER A FA CING POINT SWITCH. SWITCH POINTS WERE WORN AND 2ND-3RD UNITS DEARILED.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: ACEX
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
DURING EXTREMELY FOGGY CONDITIONS , THE DRIVER SWERVED OFF THE ROAD ABD ONTO THE MAIN TRACK 1 TO OVE RT A HEAD ON COLLISSION BY ANOTHEER VEHICLE HEADING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO CALL FOR HELP. ACE07 WAS OPERATIONG AT MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED SPEE(79MPH)WHEN IT COLLIDE D WITH HE VEHICLE. TRAIN OPERATOR SOUNDED THE EMERGENCY HORN AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE VEHICLE AND THE N PLACED TGHE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.   


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
7 WEIGHER WAS TAKING THE SIDING WESTBOUND WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON THE 27TH CAR DERAILED (HPJX 30 117) AND THE LEADING TRUCKS ON THE 28TH CAR DERAILED (HPJX 30106) IN THAT SWITCH AREA. #36 - EQUIPME NT DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED UNTIL FINAL REPAIRS ARE MADE.     


nearest_city: LORDSTOWN
county: TRUMBULL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
COUPLE DRAW HEAD DEFECTIVE CAUSING CAR TO FAIL TO PROPERLY SLUE IN THE DIRECTION THE CARS AHEAD WERE BEING SHOVED IN.  TTGX 986244 LEAD SET OF TRUCKS CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION CLIMBING OVER OU TSIDE RAIL.  REAR SET OF TRUCKS WENT IN THE DIRECTION THE CARS WERE LINED FOR.  ALSO, THE TRAILING C ARS  WENT IN THE DIRECTION THE MOVEMENT WAS LINED FOR.    


nearest_city: HUFFMAN
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
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-Jul
narrative:
AEGLI-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4080, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN .  IMPACT ON TRACTOR PORTION OF RIG.  UP4080 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  FATAL INJURIES TO DRIVE R OF TRACTOR TRAILER RIG.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LWE06R-11 SHOVING INTO TRACK 4 ON THE WEST END OF REISOR WHEN THE 10TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END PICKED THE POINT OF TRACK 4 AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WESTVILLE
county: PORTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARRETT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Q16105 STRUCK DEBRIS FROM AN EARLIER TRAIN COLLISION INVOLVING TRAINS Q39506 AND K68303. THE COLLISI ON OCCURRED ON #2 MAIN AND DEBRIS WAS FOULING #1 MAIN.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IMSA
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Apr
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:35 AM, JOB 14 BROUGHT A LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST (ZG4TU 17) WEST TO EAST, OUT OF TRACK 605 TO THE YARD IN A REVERSE MOVEMENT. THE JOB 14 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO VERIFY THAT THE EAST 60 5 SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THE MOVEMENT. THE SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST MAD E A TRAILING POINT MOVE THROUGH THE SWITCH, RESULTING IN A RUN THROUGH SWITCH. JOB 14 DID NOT REALIZ E THAT THE SWITCH WAS RUN THROUGH AND THEREFORE, IT WAS NOT REPORTED. AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 AM, JOB 16 WAS BRINGING INBOUND POWER FROM THE YARD INTO TRACK 603. THE JOB 16 CONDUCTOR CHECKED THE LINE-UP INTO 603. THE 605 SWITCH APPEARED TO BE LINED FOR THE MOVMENT, SO THE SWITCH WAS NEVER INSPECTED, B ECAUSE IT WAS NOT OPERATED. WHEN THE 5 UNIT CONSIST WENT OVER THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH EAST 605 SW


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


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: ABERDEEN
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:
G-MIIGSD4-06, WHILE SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK TO SPOT CARS, DERAILED 6 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: LA GRANDE
county: UNION
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE MHKNP-18 WAS TRAVERSING EASTBOUND WITH 15 LOADS WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  IDAHO NORTHERN & PACIFIC RR TRACK DAMAGE: $6255      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
D&I RR CREW, WITH RSXBS-23, WAS SHOVING OFF THE DAKOTA CITY INDUSTRIAL LEAD TO THE UPRR YARD FOR DEL IVERY WHEN THEY DERAILED 4 RAILCARS ON THE BNSF TRACK AND SHOVED THE DERAILMENT ONTO UPRR TRACK.  D& I RR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RERAIL.   D&I EQUIPMENT DAMAGE =$34,275.  BNSF TRACK DAMAGES $17,200.  UP TR ACK DAMAGE=$72,659.    


nearest_city: ELTON
county: JEFFERSON DAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
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-Jul
narrative:
ZATLC17, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4654, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT A P RIVATE CROSSING.  UP4654 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUCK FATALLY INJ URED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
YBG61R-05 WAS PULLING RAILCARS OUT OF TRACK 007.  RAILCAR GPLX76637 CLIMBED THE #102/107 FROG AND DE RAILED ALONG WITH SEVERAL RAILCARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
M72419 CAME DOWN SOUTHEND LEAD IN SIBERT YARD AND USED POCKET SWITCH ON LEAD TO ACCESS TRACK S17. Y2 9119 CONTINUED THEIR WORK ON THE LEAD BY GETTING ONE CAR OUT OF TRACK S12 AND 20 CARS OUT OF TRACK S 14. Y29119 PROCEEDED UP THE LEAD AND RAN THE POCKET SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM. Y29119 THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE BACK INTO TRACK S16 AND DERAILED 3 CARS.    


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M-GALCNI1-04 ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE 39 CARS TO MIDDLE TRK 7 BUT FAILED TO LINE SWITCH AND SHOVED INTO MI DDLE TRK 9 INTO STANDING CUT OF CARS IN ERROR, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEA SED.     


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WICHITA FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y-NYF1071-30 FAILED TO LINE SPLIT POINT DERAIL PRIOR TO SHOVING CARS INTO INDUSTRY, RUNNING THROUGH DREAIL. CREW REVERSED AND DERAILED CARS ON SPLIT POINT.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
RCO CREW Y39110 SWITCHING AT WE OF PARSONS YARD AND NOTICED 3 CARS DERAILED. OBJECT ON OR FOULING TR ACK - SCRAP METAL IN YARD LEAD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: SELMA
county: DALLAS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
AS20 SHOVING TO NORTH END OF TRACK #1 SHOVED THRU POND TRACK SWITCH.  CREW MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT IN TRACK #1 THRU PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH DERAILING 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: HOMESTEAD
county: IOWA
railroad: IAIS
date: 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
IAIS CREW WAS SHOVING BACK TO PICK UP CONDUCTOR WHEN TRAIN DERAILED.  THE DERAILMENT WAS ON PART OF THE CIC TRACK AND CARRIED OVER TO THE IAIS TRACK, SO BOTH RAILROADS HAVE INDIVIDUAL TRACK COSTS.  CI C TRACK COST IS $22,939 AND IAIS TRACK COSTS ARE $39,247.  CAUSE CODE T199 EXPLANATION:  THE LOCATIO N OF THE INCIDENT CONSISTS OF A SHORT AND STEEP ASCENDING GRADE OF APPROXIMATELY +3% THAT TRANSITION S ABRUPTLY TO A -1% GRADE.   


nearest_city: SANTA FE SPRINGS
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN BERNARDINO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE CREW OF R-CAL0081-01I WAS SHOVING 8 CARS INTO STANDING CUT OF 5 CARS AT BRENTAG INDUSTRIES WHE N CAR ECUX 405455 WENT THROUGH THE BUMPER DERAILING 1 TRUCK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.
 

     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BRC LOCOMOTIVE 533 MOVED FROM 39 WEST CLASS. THE CREW FAILED TO SECURE THE HAND BRAKE ON THE LOCOMOT IVE AND THE LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF THE 2359 WEST ASSIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GM22 SHOVING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 2 UNITS, 11 LOADS, 38 EMPTIES, 2790 TONS, D ERAILED 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: PERRYVILLE
county: CECIL
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 177 WITH ENGINE 924 AND 9 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 924 DUE TO WORN CARBON STRI P ON PANTOGRAPH HEAD.      


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
BNSF CREW YLAC 203 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK #6400. AS THE LEAD ENGINE TRAVERSED THE WEST MOST RIGID SW ITCH THE REAR TRUCK OF THE LEAD ENGINE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN M39731-29 WAS TAKING TWO ENGINES TO THE ROUNDHOUSE. THEY WERE GIVEN PERMISSION INTO THE REMOTE ZONES FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL OPERATOR ON YKHS04-29 AND EXECUTED THEIR MOVE. THE CONDUCTOR LINED DI XIE/SOUTH HUMP LEAD SWITCH BACK TOWARDS DIXIE LEAD WHICH LINED THE ROUTE AGAINST THE RCO'S MOVEMENT. THE CONDUCTOR THEN LINED THE NORTH HUMP LEAD SWITCH BACK FROM THE SOUTH HUMP LEAD. AFTER THE MOVEME NT WAS COMPLETED THE CONDUCTOR GAVE THE ZONE BACK AND CONFIRMED THAT THE SWITCHES WERE LINED BACK FR OM HIS MOVEMENT. THE RCO COMMENCED HIS WORK BY PULLING 146 CARS    (WHICH INCLUDE ONE 5-PARK/ARTICUL ATED CAR) FROM KS01 THROUGH THE NEW CONNECTION TOWARDS BROADWAY. THE CARS, UNKNOWINGLY, RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH AT BROADWAY. THE RCO ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE THE CARS UP THE HILL TO BE PROCESSED, THUS MAKING


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 TO PROPERLY SECURE A HANDBRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR/S.
LATITUDE 41.607205 AND LONGITUDE -087.484052    


nearest_city: MONTROSE
county: JASPER
railroad: MSR
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MSR111 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 26 CARS.  AT MILEPOST 147.7, CARS 18 - 23 DERAILED DUE TO A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT WHICH OCCURRED UNDER THE TRAIN DUE TO A LACK OF ANCHORS.      


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
SILSBEE YARD SWITCHER HAD KICKED ONE CAR INTO TRACK 3 IN SILSBEE YARD.  CAR APPEARED TO MAKE A JOINT AND SIT, HOWEVER THE PIN DID NOT FALL ON CAR NUMBER WLPX 58062 AND IT SLOWLY ROLLED BACK TOWARD THE SWITCHING LEAD EAST.  CONDUCTOR HEARD THE JOINT AND ASSUMED THAT THE CAR WAS SECURED AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF KICKING 3 MORE CARS INTO TRACK 1, WHEN THE FREE ROLLING CAR STRUCK THE LAST CAR IN HIS C UT CAR WLPX 458038.
   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE CNNBM-22 WAS DEPARTING WESTBOUND OUT OF TRACK 288 WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED THEY WERE DERAILED AND STOPPED THE TRAIN.  UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND TWO CARS DERAILED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EARL IER WHEN THE CAR DEPARTMENT HAD CHANGED OUT SOME WHEELS THEY FAILED TO PROPERLY SET THE WHEELS BACK ON THE RAIL.  THE TWO DERAILED CARS WERE DRAGGED A LONG DISTANCE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TRACK DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: ROCK ISLAND
county: ROCK ISLAND
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR KICKED CAR INTO #6 TRACK JOINT.  CAR DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE JOINT AND UNKNOWN TO CONDUCTOR, ROLLED BACK OUT ONTO MAIN. WHEN CONDUCTOR TRIED TO KICK ANOTHER CAR INTO #7 TRACK, IT STRUCK THE FIR ST CAR THAT HAD ROLLED BACK ONTO THE MAIN.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
UP CONDUCTOR LINED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH UNDER HIS LOCOMOTIVE DERAILING THE LOCOMOTIVE AND DAMAGING T HE SWITCH, ROLLING THE RAIL AND SHIFTING 25 CROSSTIES.      


nearest_city: IRONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AB86 PULLING WITH 2 UNITS, 34-7-4405, WAS STRUCK BY KCS 61085 IN CT21 DERAILING KCS 61085 AND MB 713 5 AND ALSO DAMAGED NS E5213, NS E2363, AND SDWX 10158.      


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


nearest_city: STERLING HEIGHTS
county: MACOMB
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
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: 11-May
narrative:
FD34 WAS DOUBLING S.H.A.P. LOADING DOCKS WHEN 2 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN SWITCH CONNECTING OR OPE RATING ROD.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YBEY55-14 RAN AROUND THEIR CARS, TEN TOTAL, AND WAS HEADING NORTH TO WORK ANOTHER INDUSTRY WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT 3 CARS WERE ON THE GROUND ON THE INDUSTIAL LEAD.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS TRACK RELAT ED DUE TO WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN AMLSJR-18, WHILE TRAVELING ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS IN TRAC K 205.  JOB WAS PULLING THROUGH TRACK AND SHOVED BACK AND DERAILED.  TOYOTA MOTORS MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-BIR3041-06 WHILE PULLING 29 CARS FROM 4101 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO SOFT ROADED. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: TILLAMOOK
county: TILLAMOOK
railroad: OCSR
date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE #6139 WAS SHOVING 7 CUT OF MOM CARS ACROSS THE BRIDGE WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT AN UNSUNG MO VEMENT.   AFTER STOPPING AND INSPECTING THE TRAIN THE BRIDGE WAS TURN TO HAVE HAD ONE SPAN COLLAPSE.      


nearest_city: PALESTINE
county: ANDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YPL53-24 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM RIP TRACK 519 WHEN FOREMAN NOTICED DUST AND HAD MOVEMENT STOPPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL BASE.      


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: VILLA GROVE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ZYCLD-09 MOVING SOUTH ENTERING SIDING WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND DERAILED 10 LOADED CARS. CAUSE WAS DET ERMINED TO BE HIGH WIND VELOCITY.      


nearest_city: COUSHATTA
county: RED RIVER
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 14 EMPTY CARS WHILE IN THE SIDING AT COUSHATTA, LA ON THE ALEXANDRIA SUBDIVISION.       


nearest_city: WESTBY
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: DMVW
date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
29. NON- RAILROAD (ELEVATOR)  EMPLOYEES RAN CARS THREW IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  WHEN DMVW TRAIN MOV ED CARS BACK AGAINST SWITCH, CARS AND ENGINES DERAILED.      


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: CASCADE
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-May
narrative:
H-BARVAW1-15 DERAILED 1 CAR AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE PULLING OFF UPRR TRACKS.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SUFFERN
county: ROCKLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
H56H630 ENGINEER WAS GIVEN THE RADIO INSTRUCTION TO SHOVE AS "EASY ENGINE LENGTH" BY THE H56H630 CON DUCTOR.  THE H56 ENGINEER NOTICED OUT TO THROTTLE POSITION 7 AND THEN LEFT THE CAB OF THE LOCOMOTIVE TO REMOVE THE HANDBRAKE THAT WAS SO.  THE ENGINE RAPIDLY ACCELERATED FROM A STOP TO 11 MPH AND STRU E THE PARKED NEW JERSEY TRANSIT 1126 IN THE SIDE OF THE CONTROLLING CAB CAR. SPEED WAS 11 MPH AT IMP ACT - LOCOMOTIVE WAS ACCELERATING WHILE CONTROL PANEL WAS UNATTENDED.   


nearest_city: LISBON
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
ZG2BR-28, COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE WHICH WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON GILLETTE LANE AND FAILED TO YIEL D TO THE WESTBOUND TRAIN.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS EJECTED, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.      


nearest_city: LOCKHART
county: CALDWELL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
ROGJV-14, TRAVELING NORTH ON THE LOCKHART SUB EXPERIENCED UDE AT MP33.  INSPECTION OF TRAIN FOUND CM HX236285 CENTER SEAL BROKE BEHIND CAR BODY BOLSTER.  CENTER SEAL SEPARATED FROM CAR BODY.  TRUCKS RE MAINED ON RAIL.  CAR DUMP DOORS SLID ON RAIL, PREVENTING DERAILMENT.  WEIGHT OF PRODUCT CAUSED TWO O F DUMPED DOORS TO GROVE, DUE TO WEIGHT, PREVENTING DERAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
NP05 DELAYED 2'45"-2:25PM NP05 SHOVING 4 LOADS EAST ON NORFOLK INDUSTRIAL PARK LEAD TRACK WHEN NS 72 1 AND NS 3041 DERAILED.      


