# railroad_data

nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CALIENTE 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-Aug
narrative:
LUM49-10 PULLED WEST ABOUT 10-15 CARS AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP THEY HAD SERVE RUN IN THAT CAUSED E MPTY GONDOLAS TO DERAIL.  UNAWARE OF THE DERAILMENT THE CREW MADE A CUT AND PULLED WEST AN ADDITIONA L 40 FEET BEFORE THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  6 CARS DERAILED.  ONE WAS A LOADED HAZMAT CAR. CAR# : UTLX 209957 ALCOHOL 1-2 GALLONS.    


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: CLARKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AGR TRAIN 071 MOVING SOUTH, 20 MPH WITH 3 UNITS, 65-66-0402 TONS, DERAILED THE 69TH AND 92ND THROUGH THE 104TH HEAD CARS ON THE MAIN TRACK.  AGR TRAIN AND CREW      


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
M-ENITUL1-20, POWER ONLY, LINED SWITCH AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT IN ERROR.  CREW THEN RAN THRU SWITCH, REVERSED DIRECTION AND DERAILED UNIT BNSF 5345.      


nearest_city: HOLLIS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
EXTRA 508 WEST WAS TRAVERSING THROUGH B TRANSFER IN HILLSIDE YARD AND DERAILED DUE TO SPREAD RAIL.       


nearest_city: MONTGOMERY
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN Q61217 WAS TRAVELING NORTH TO ATLANTA LEAD LOCOMOTIVE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND CREW ALLEGED INHALED SMOKE.  BOTH EMPLOYEES COMPLAINED OF INJURIES DUE TO SMOKE INHALATION.      


nearest_city: CARYVILLE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
T35T321, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL LOADS OUT OF THE WEST INDUSTRY STUB TRACK, ERRONEOUSLY RELEASED 3 OF 6 APPLIED HAND BRAKES ON A CUT OF CARS LOCATED IN THE EAST INDUSTRY STUB TRACK, CAUSING THE CUT T O ROLL SOUTH INTO THEIR TRAIN, HE SOU 134144, NS 200046, NS 200204, NS 200100, SOU 133153 DAMAGING T HE NS 200520.    


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: MUSKOGEE SPUR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE BNSF LOCAL JOB LBNMUJ-12 PULLED THE EMPTY COAL TRAIN CMUNA9-12, UP7152 OUT TO THE MAINLINE AT MU SKOGEE.  IN THE PROCESS THE BNSF ENGINEER USED EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENT BRAKE, AND KICKED THE AIR OFF I N THE CURVE CAUSING ONE CAR (DRGW 12458 DAMAGE $14,552) TO DERAIL AT MP 96.11.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAG E = $2,200.  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: KEITHVILLE
county: CADDO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LUFKIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
FOREIGN UPRR TRAIN M-PBSR1-30 IMPACTED THE E-MLMNAM0-16 HEAD ON RESULTING IN 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR DERAILED ON THE M-PBSR1-30 AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 11 CARS DERAILED ON THE E-MLMNAM0-16A DUE TO IMPRO PERLY LINED SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YNY37R-18 WAS SWITCHING RAILCARS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD.  JOB HAD 1 RAILCAR ROLL OUT FROM TRAC K 009 AND OVER DERAIL TURNING OVER ON SIDE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE R AILCARS.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: DME
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KC METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE ENTERING THE UP'S ARMOURDALE YARD. B91 CREW WAS STRUCK HEAD ON BY AN OPPOSING KAW TRANSFER MOV EMENT DEPARTING ON THE SAME TRACK DERAILING BOTH ENGINES AND TWO CARS OF KAW TRANSFER.  DM&E EMPLOYE E WAS INJURED. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON UNION PACIFIC TRACK. KAW TO REPORT EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. UPRR TO REP ORT TRACK DAMAGE.  HUMAN FACTOR FORMS 6180.78 AND 6180.81 WERE FILLED BY KAW RAILROAD.    


nearest_city: DRAVOSBURG
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CREW HAS HAULING 22 LOADED SLAB RACKS WITH 3 UNIT CONSIST. THE 9TH CAR, URR 737, PICKED RIGHT HAND O F 1 STORAGE SWITCH AND DERAILED. MOVEMENT CONTINUED 475 FT SOUTH BEFORE REVERSING NORTH. WHEN CONSIS T WAS SHOVED 900FT NORTH, APEX 804,815 AND URR714 DERAILED IN THE CROSSOVER OF RUNNER/EAST LEAD DUE TO LATERAL FORCE IN CURVE. DERAILMENT RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE. CREW WAS D&A TESTED.    


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
MKSWT-29 TRAVELING SOUTH ON LOST SPRINGS SUB WHEN IT EXITED THE MAIN TO YARD 3 TRACK 10 TO YARD TRAI N.  IT ENTERED TRACK 604 AND STOPPED TO LET THE CONDUCTOR OFF THE TRAIN TO HANDLE THE SWITCHES AND S HOVING MOVE.  AFTER STOPPING, THE TRAIN WENT ABOUT 400' AND WENT INTO UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  THE COND UCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED ON HIS TRAIN AND 1 CAR DAMAGED IN A STANDING CUT OF CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS TCS FAILURE TO DETECT CAR PLA CEMENT ERROR.  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
0100XYT TRAVELING NORTH ON MT1 CROSSED SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY WENT INTO EMERGENCEY. CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE 47 TO 55 CAR DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN TRACK. RAILROAD HAS VERIFIED CONSIST SPEED A ND FRA TRACK CLASS.     


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
G-MNXTCY7-09 DERAILED 8 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE. SHPX 208400 STCC 4909159, UN 1170, 2 GALLONS RELEASED . SHPX 209740 STCC 4909159, UN 1170, 2 GALLONS RELEASED. 14 CIVILIANS EVACUATED FOR 2 HOURS.      


nearest_city: BEAVER
county: RALEIGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW CALLED TO MOVE LOADS FROM RALEIGH TO QUINNIMONT WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED DU ST FLYING FROM TRAIN. AT THAT TIME HE PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. INSPECTION REVEALED 13 CARS AND 1 E NGINE DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BIRDSEYE
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
C&S MAINTAINER #1 STOPPED HY-RAIL VEHICLE #311332 AT THE WEST END OF TASWELL MP 220.4W ON THE MAINLI NE WHEN C&S MAINTAINER #2 IN HY-RAIL VEHICLE #311320 TRAVELING WESTBOUND FAILED TO STOP SHORT CAUSIN G A COLLISION DAMAGING THE RCLE #311332 AND THE FRONT OF VEHICLE.     


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MEWEY-04, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7672, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS STOPPED IN THE M IDDLE OF THE CROSSING.  TRAIN IMPACTED THE REAR END OF THE TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OF TH E TRAIN CREW.     


nearest_city: HINSDALE
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSO
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
A-12041-10S VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN SNOW ON CROSSING AS SHE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH OVER THE RAILROAD TR ACKS.  DRIVER STATED SHE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT.  SHE SAW TRAIN 1204 APPROACHIN G FROM THE WEST AND EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO COLLISION WITH THE EASTBOUND TRAIN ON MT2.     


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: ET
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-Oct
narrative:
URR CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 19 LOADED CARS TO 1G TRACK AT EDGAR THOMSON BLAST FURNACE. TH E 17TH CAR FROM THE ENGINE URR 2486 DERAILED L4, R4 URR 2448 DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF B-END TRUCK, AND URR 2265 DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF A-END TRUCK. A 5 FOOT SECTION OF BROKEN RAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF T HE TRACK WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT. DAMAGE RESULTED TO 2 DOORS OF URR 2265. S EVERAL STRUCTURAL BEAMS ON THE TRESTLE WERE CRACKED OR BROKEN.   


nearest_city: BUSHNELL
county: SUMTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
18 WHEEL CEMENT TRACK LOST CONTROL TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER TRUCK AND SKIDDED OFF TH E HIGHWAY. TRUCK ENDED UP ON THE MAINLINE KNOCKING THE TRACK OFF CENTER. TRUCK WAS THEN STRUCK BY K8 4308     


nearest_city: PORT JEFFERSON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: LI
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 656 PULLED INTO PORT JEFF YARD #9 TRACK AND ENGINE 404 STRUCK BUMPER BLOCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO T RACK AND ENGINE.  THIS ALSO CAUSED SECOND CAR 4112 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y19019 WAS PULLING A 49 CAR CUT SOUTH FROM TRACK S04. THEY WERE ENROUTE TO THE STATE DOCKS LEAD TO S HOVE INTO THE HIGH SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE. CAR NOKL 570147 LOADED WITH 60 INCH PIPES STRUCK CAR PTT X 142074 ON S05 LOADED WITH 60 INCH PIPES, DRAGGING IT SOUTH TO THE S04/S05 SWITCH WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH NOKL 570130 WHICH WAS IN THE CUT ON S04. BOTH PTTX142074 AND NOKL 570130 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NPB
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
NB01 SHOVING SOUTH DERAILED THE HEAD 7TH - 8TH - 9TH - 10TH - 11TH CARS ON SHOVE MOVE.  WIDE GAUGE, DEFFECTIVE CROSSTIES.      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: ABERDEEN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
RCO-YSIO1122-03 DERAILED 7 CARS AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO 4 CARS ON ADJACENT TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LOCAL 950, USING LOCOMOTIVE FEC 435, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE NORTH LADDER AT MP 298, WEST PALM BE ACH YARD, WHEN FEC 435 DERAILED.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE CROSA9-05 A EASTBOUND UPRR LOADED COAL TRAIN WAS OPERATING ON BNSF NO. 3 MAIN TRACK ON THE ORIN SUB AT MP43.5 WHEN THE UP5945 BRAKE GRIDS CAUGHT ON FIRE DAMAGING THE GRID STACKS, BLOWERS AND ASSOR TED WIRING.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT ONLY DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.  BNSF MAINTAINS THE TRACK, DAMAG E = $0.    


nearest_city: NEW BRUNSWICK
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3862 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE HORN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MU #1464 DUE TO A CATENARY DEFECT LOCATED AT MP36.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
RUN 590 HUMPING BLUE ISLAND NORTH YARD 7 TRACK SENT PAIR FOR BC 08. AUTOMATIC HUMP RETARDER FAILED T O SUFFICIENTLY SLOW PAIR OF CARS CAUSING LEAD CAR (UTLX 664766) TO CORNER SINGLE CAR (GATX 96275) PR EVIOUSLY HUMPED FOR BC 07.     


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
REMOTE JOB PL22 COUPLING TO CT41 WITH 0-39-1361. WHEN CRGX 7242 WAS CORNERED BY CR 628762 BEING HUMP ED IN CT42 DERAILING CRGX7242 AND DAMAGING CR628762.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EVERMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN FAILED TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT AND ALLOW RAILCAR GNWR 25049 TO STRIKE UTLX 66 6789      


nearest_city: AMES
county: LIBERTY
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK VEHICLE AT MP 316.09 AMES, TX ON THE UP LAFAYETTE SUBDIVISION. UP REPORTED SIGNAL DAMAG E OF $19,000 UNDER UP INCIDENT NUMBER 0112HO009. DRIVER WAS INJURED AND PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURE D AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.     


nearest_city: IOWA PARK
county: WICHITA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: RED RIVER VALLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-ALTAMS1-26A STRUCK A PICK UP TRUCK WHICH WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER OF THE PICK UP WAS PULLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT.      


nearest_city: TIOGA
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Z-SSECHC2-14 DERAILED 13 CARS WHILE TRAVERSING MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WIND VELOCITY.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: INRD
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
A CREW FOUND ONE CAR ON ITS SIDE DERAILED.  UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT FOUR CARS ROLLED ABOUT 200 YARDS AND HIT THE DERAIL. ONE CAR DERAILED. IT APPEARS SOMEONE PULLED THE PIN ON THE CARS.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YGP70-29 WAS FLAT SWITCHING.  JOB KICKED 2 RAILCARS INTO TRACK 001.  CREW THOUGHT CARS MADE JOINT. KICKED ONE CAR INTO TRACK 002.  JOB MOVED EAST AND WAS STRUCK BY RAILCARS WHICH HAD BEEN KICKED INTO TRACK 001.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO COUPLE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YFW10R-20 WAS HUMPING CARS.  DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, SEVERAL CARS DERAILED ON HUMP LEAD AC COUNT COUPLER SHANK BROKE ON CAR UP74112 CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: LYNXVILLE
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TP-07 TRAVELING TO START WORK, SPIKER STOPPED BUT ACHOR SQUEEZER FOLLOWING FAILED TO STOP AND COLLIE D WITH THE SPIKER. INSPECTION FOUND NO MECHANICAL CAUSE FOR INCIDENT.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MIDWAY BNSF
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YSP52-19 COUPLING LOCOMOTIVE LLPX2284 TO NS9361 WHEN THE DRAWBAR OF NS9361 WENT OVER THE TOP OF LLPX 2284 DRIVING THE KNUCKLE AND DRAFT GEAR DOWN DAMAGING THE SHOVEL, STAIRS AND UNDER CARRIAGE OF LLPX2 284     


nearest_city: ELWOOD
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RCO JOB Y-LPC3022-13A, WHILE PULLING CUT FROM 4305 TRACK, MADE FULL SET ON AUTOMATIC BRAKES.  THIS A LLOWED THE QUICK SERVICE FEATURE TO REACT AND ELIMINATE BAILOFF OF ENGINE.  SUBSEQUENT RUN-IN DERAIL ED HEAD CARS.  CREW,  UNAWARE OF DERAILMENT, MADE CUT AND THEN PULLED AHEAD 1171 FEET, DERAILING ADD ITIONAL CARS.  17 CARS TOTAL WERE DERAILED.  NO ARTICULATED CARS INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVE MOVE OUT OF MCDUFFIE YARD.  EMPLOYEE WAS ON POINT ROUNDING CURVE SAW A DERAI L PLACED ON RAIL BY CSXT MAINTENANCE WITHIN TASD LIMITS.  TRAINMAN ATTEMPED TO STOP HIS TRAIN BEFORE HITTING DERAIL BUT RAILCAR HIT THE DERAIL CAUSING TWO RAILCARS TO DERAIL.  AFTER INVESTIGATION IT W AS DETERMINED DERAIL WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY WITHIN TASD LIMITS WITHOUT PROPER PERMISSION FROM TASD .   


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
H23H212 WITH 2 UNITS, 14 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES AND 1840 TONS PULLING WEST ON LITITZ INDUSTRIAL LEAD TRACK DERAILED HPJX 052339, CRDX 013515, AND NATX 310232 BECAUSE OF BROKEN RAIL ON FOREIGN LINE      


nearest_city: MORRISTOWN
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN DOUBLED UP TRACKS IN THE SILO-YARD AT MORRISTOWN AND PULLED DOWN THE MAIN LIN E TO PICK UP CARS AT NABISCO LEAD. AFTER LINING ALL SWITCHES AND DERAILS THE CREW SHOVED UP HILL INT O THE NABISCO LEAD AND COUPLED INTO THEIR CUT TO BE PULLED. THEIR NEXT MOVE WAS TO PULL AHEAD AND AF TER MOVING 470 FEET THE TRAIN IS IN EMERGENCY AND UPON INVESTIGATION THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED TURNING TWO CARS ON THEIR SIDE AND DAMAGING FOUR OTHERS DUE TO SWITCH LUG BEING BROKEN.   


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IMSA
date: 2012-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
JOB 12 MOVED LIGHT POWER FROM 316 TO 809 ON THE SOUTH END VIA THE 53 CROSSOVER. THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SOUTH 53 CROSSOVER FOR STRAIGHT RAIL, BUT LEFT THE NORTH 53 CROSSOVER FOR CROSSOVER MOVEMENT. WH EN THEN CREW PULLED OUT OF 809, THEY USED THE 52 CROSSOVER, INSTEAD OF THE 53. THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT VERIFY THE LINE-UP, LEAVING THE NORTH 53 CROSSOVER AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT. THE CREW SHOVED 40 CARS FOR A CUT INTO 401, RUNNING THROUGH THE NORTH 53 CROSSOVER SWITCH. THE CUT WAS MADE AND THE ENGINEER PULLED AHEAD 5-6 CARS. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. IT WAS THEM DISCOVEREDTHAT 6 WELLS WERE ON TH E GROUND. 


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LHU35-16 WAS HUMPING CARS AT STRANG YARD.  THE JOB HUMPED A CUT OF TWO CARS, TWO CARS AND A SINGLE I NTO TRACK 4.  WHEN THE SECOND CUT OF TWO COUPLED TO THE FIRST CUT (SOUTH MOST) IN THE TRACK, THE CAR IN THE EXTREME SOUTH END, EQUX13065, SEPARATED FROM THE CAR IT WAS COUPLED TO AND WENT PAST THE SKA TES.  THE CAR ROLLED INTO AND CORNERED THE CONSIST THAT LHU12R-16 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 5 DAMAGIN G TWO CARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE SKATES NOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT.   


nearest_city: TUSCALOOSA
county: TUSCALOOSA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
A38 DERAILED 12 CARS AT TUSCALOOSA WHILE MAKING A PICK UP (NS 120252, SSEX 300110, NS 200754, DJJX 9 916, DJJX 9944, DJJX 9913, NOKL 380584, TFM 68026, SOU 114052, SOU 114211, ACFX 73920, ORTX 93038).      


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
M-PASCEW1-09 DERAILED 4 CARS STOPPING IN B YARD TO MAKE SET OUT.  REVIEW BY DIVISION SUPERVISORS IND ICATES TRAIN WAS OPERATING WITHIN TRAIN HANDLING STANDARDS AND NO HFI WAS ASSIGNED TO CREW.  NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  CAUSE CODE SELECTED AS CLOSEST MATCH TO EVENTS.     


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: LAURENS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER WAS PROCEEDING OVER CROSSING WHEN GATES CAME DOWN AND GOT BETWEEN THE CAB AND TRAILER DISABLING THE TRACTOR TRAILER. DRIVER EXITED TRACTOR TRAILER AND TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY Q614 27. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS ).    


nearest_city: WILMORE
county: CAMBRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
934C209 TRAVELING WEST WITH 2 UNITS, 60 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 7875 TONS ON PITTSBURGH MAIN TRACK #3 DERAILED 12 CARS.      


nearest_city: CHINESE CAMP
county: TUOLUMNE
railroad: SERA
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SONORA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
4 CARS OF 8-CAR LOADED TRAIN DERAILED WHILE DESCENDING 10 DEGREE CURVE ON 2.65% DOWNGRADE. BEFORE DE SCENDING, BRAKES WERE SET AT 12 LB REDUCTION. AT TIME OF DERAILMENT TRAIN SPEED WAS 12 MPH AND ENGIN EER WAS USING STRETCH (POWER) BRAKING IN RUN 5 AND DYNAMIC BRAKING. DURING DERAILMENT OUTER RAIL OF CURVE TURNED OVER, AND INNER RAIL WAS BROKEN.  PRINCIPLE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT APPEARS TO BE IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING. RULES AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS NOT FOLLOWED ARE (1) EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR EXCEPTED TRA CK [12 MPH], (2) NO RETAINER VALVES SET ON CARS AS REQUIRED [MINIMUM OF 2 FOR 8-CAR TRAIN IN AREA BY SERA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS], AND (3) USING STRETCH BRAKING BEYOND ALLOWED THROTTLE SETTING [STRETCH BRAKING PROHIBITED BEYOND RUN 4, UP AIR BRAKE AND TRAIN HANDLING RULE 33.6.3(F)]. TRACK CONDITION IN


nearest_city: HEALY
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 20MPH, OPERATOR OF R842, A HIRAIL TRUCK, FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A MANDATORY DIRECTIVE TO RESTORE THE SSS USIBELLI TO THE NORMAL POSITION. THE TRUCK ENTERED THE SIDING AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE REAR CAR OF TRAIN 183N AT A SPEED OF 15MPH.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE YNP37R-12 CREW WAS COMING OUT OF THE WEST BOWL WITH CARS FROM WEST BOWL 33 AND 34.  THE FOREMAN WAS RIDING THE CARS OUT OF THE BOWL AND STOPPED THE CARS WHEN THE LAST CAR WAS BY THE TRIM TOWER IN ORDER TO GET OFF.  AFTER GETTING OFF THE EQUIPMENT, THE FOREMAN THEN BEGAN MOVEMENT OF THE CARS EAST WARD TO CLEAR UP THE SWITCH FROM THE BOWL TO THE FORWARDING YARD.  WHEN THE MOVEMENT OF THE CUT BEGA N EASTWARD, THE KNUCKLE BETWEEN THE CNA712469 AND THE UTLX77349 BROKE CAUSING THE CONSIST TO SEPARAT E.  THE LOCOMOTIVES KEPT MOVING THE CARS EAST OF THE UTLX77349 EASTWARD UNTIL THE PORTION ON THE WES T CLEARED THE SWITCH FROM NORTH PULLBACK TO THE FORWARDER YARD.  AFTER 45 SECONDS THE WEST CUT OF CA RS COLLIDED WITH THE EAST CUT AND CAUSED THE RAIL TO WIDEN, DERAILING THE TWO CARS.  NOT KNOWING THE


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YKS05R-02 ALLOWED THE 0436-02 HOSTLERS TO ENTER THEIR RCL ZONE.  THE HOSTLERS LINED THE #2 SWITCH, B UT FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AFTER CLEARING.  THE YKS05R-02 PULLED THR OUGH THE SWITCH, WHICH WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT, AND SHOVED BACK RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS.    


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MGRPC-17 CAME INTO TRACK 308 WESTBOUND.  FAILED TO LINE THE 308/305 SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT WEST I NTO TRACK 217.  THEY PULLED THROUGH THE SWITCH WITH 2 UNITS AND 8 CARS, STOPPED AND SHOVED BACK 5 CA RS DERAILING 3 CARS TOWARD TRACK 305.     


nearest_city: PILOT POINT
county: DENTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
MKCFW-18 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR CRDX21839 DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS IRREGULAR CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: LUDLOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NEEDLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
G-HDNSWA9-20 DERAILED 9 CARS, Z-LACLPK9-22 DERAILED 8 CARS.  G-HDNSWA9-20  DERAILED WHEN LEAVING SID ING AND CARS FOULED MAIN 1 TRACK.  Z-LACLPK9-22 STRUCK THE DERAILED CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WE RE RELEASED.  CAUSE WAS TRACK WIDE GAUGE.     


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRACK MA 12 WITH 30 CARS ROLLED NORTH OUT OF MA 12 RAKING THE REAR CAR ON TRAIN R96791-14. AS A RESU LT OF THE RAKING, THE REAR CAR DDTX 620186 DERAILED AS WELL AS THE CAR THAT IMPACTED IT, DDTX 756919 . UPON INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IT WAS FOUND THAT JOB R97291-14 HAD PREVIOUSLY SHOVED TRACK M A 12 TWENTY CARS SOUTH INTO THE TRACK. THE BRAKEMAN THEN APPLIED TWO LIGHT HANDBRAKES TO TWO INTERMO DAL CARS AND MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE CUT WAS STATIONARY. THEY PULLED OUT OF THE TRACK AND ST ARTED TO KICK A CAR INTO THE "CC" TRACK. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES THE CUT OF CARS STANDING ON T HE TRACK MA 12 ROLLED OUT AND INTO THE SIDE OF R96791-14 AS IT DEPARTED ON TRACK MA09. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HAND BRAKES APPLIED TO HOLD THE 30 CARS ON GRADE. THE BRAKE


nearest_city: HEREFORD
county: DEAF SMITH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
R-KAN0021-22 TIED CUT OF 4 CARS DOWN ON SWITCHING ;LEAD BUT DID NOT VALIDATE THAT BRAKES WOULD HOLD. BRAKE THAT WAS SET WAS INSUFFICIENT AND CARS ROLLED, CORNERING CUT THAT WAS BEING SWITCHED.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS WORKING ON CSX TRACKS AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY CSX DISPATCHER TO LEAVE OUT THE LONG PCOK ET WHEN THE CSX CREW SHOVED BACK INTO THEM.  THE CSX CREW FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH TO TRACK 5 AND S HOVED INTO THE TRAILING ENGINE (INRD9003) AND THE FIRST CAR IN THE CONSIST.     


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZATLC-12, LEAD UNIT UP4815, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING THE NO 1 AND NO 2 MAIN TRA CKS.  THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL.  THE CONDUCTOR REPORTED INJURIES.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: SUPERIOR BNSF
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
ZCHEM-11 PULLED TRAIN OUT OF TRACK 3 AND THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCH FOR THE LEAD TO TRIPLE CROWN TRACK 701.  CONDUCTOR THEN WALKED BY THE 4/5 SWITCH TO GET TO THE 701/702 SWITCH.  CONDUCTOR LINED THE TRIPLE CROWN TRACK FOR 701 AND GOT INTO THE CAB TO POSITION HIMSELF ON THE GROUND IN POSITION TO WATCH THE SHOVE 30 CARS AHEAD OF THE MOVE.  CONDUCTOR VERIFIED THAT TRIPLE CROWN EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE CLEAR AND READY TO SHOVE.  CONDUCTOR GAVE HIS POSITION, THE DISTANCE, DIRECTION AND THAT HE WAS ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT THE SHOVE AND STARTED THE ENGINEER BACK 30 CARS.  ENGINEER STATED CARS TRAV ELED 5 TO 6 CAR LENGTHS AND HE LOST AIR.  THE LEAD CAR OF SHOVE - TCSZ364163 COLLIDED WITH THE UP203 1 AND DERAILED IN TRACK 4.  CONDUCTOR REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOT LINED THE 4/5 SWITCH FOR THE LEAD AND


nearest_city: MONT BELVIEU
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y-DYT3011-11 WHILE SWITCHING PRIVATE INDUSTRY DERAILED 1-PR OF WHEELS AT 709/710 SWITCH ON SHOVING M OVEMENT. DRLMNT NOT DETECTED UNTIL CREW SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED CAR BACK THROUGH SWITCH AND ON TO UPRR M AIN TRACK. DAMAGES TO INDUSTRY AND UP TRACKS. NO HAZ-MAT RELEASE. INDUSTRY TRACK DAMAGE - $12,000. UNION PACIFIC TRACK DAMAGE - $3,440    


nearest_city: CONROE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
IPHEWR-12 LEAD UNIT UP9794, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON THE PALESTINE SUB WHEN THEY WENT INTO EMERG ENCY AT MP 192.5.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND 2 CARS ON THE GROUND, DTTX-59739 AND DTTX-745264 W ITH TREAD BUILDUP ON THE WHEELS.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: WAYZATA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
G-LEMDUL8-18 CAUSED LOCOMOTIVE AND SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO DRAGGING THE PILOT ON THE DP UNIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 23 MILES.      


nearest_city: OAK FOREST
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
VEHICLE DELIBERATELY DISREGARDED AND DROVE THROUGH THE ACTIVATED GRADE CROSSING WARNING MECHANISM AN D STRUCK EASTBOUND TRAIN #420 AT THE CENTRAL AVE CROSSING CAUSING CAB CAR #8553 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: IDEAL
county: MACON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Q64826 WAS OPERATING IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION AND REPORTED ROUGH TRACK TO THE DISPATCHER AT ANB 740 .4.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. CON DUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 32 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: SAN CARLOS
county: GILA
railroad: AZER
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: MAINLINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE 107 CREW OPERATING SHORT HOOD FORWARD IN AN EAST DIRECTION ON THE MAINLINE SUBDIVISION IN PERIDO T, AZ TURNED AND LOOKED BACK IN A WEST DIRECTION TO INSPECT THEIR TRAIN AND WITNESSED SPARKS COMING OUT FROM THE SECOND CAR AND STOPPED THE TRAIN. THE ENGINEER STATED THAT HE WAS OPERTING AT 10 MILES PER HOUR IN DYNAMIC BRAKE AND DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL HE BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A STOP AND HE FELT A SHORT TUG AND THE TRAIN STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR DIS COVERED 10 RAIL CARS HAD DERAILED.  


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-GRF3111-15 DERAILED 5 CARS WHEN THEY KICKED CARS INTO TRACK 105 THAT PUSHED THE CARS AT THE END OF THE TRACK INTO A STANDING CUT OF CARS DUE TO INADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS WHILE KICKING CARS.      


nearest_city: BEAVER FALLS
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CE01 PULLING EAST WITH 3 UNITS, 51 LOADS, 4 EMPTIES, AND 6822 TONS EC51 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS.       


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 ON 12/28/13 SWITCH CREW ASSIGNMENT GH11 REPORTED FINDING DAMAGED CARS ON FT0 4 TRACK.  CARS HAD LAST BEEN HANDLED BY SWITCH CREW GH31 EARLIER ON 12/28.  GH31-27 SHOVED FT04 TO H OLD APPROXIMATELY 30 CARS & SECURED TRACK WITH THREE HANDBRAKES.  CREW SWITCHED A CUT  OF 2 EMPTY TA NK CARS- THE COCX 286061, A 38' EMPTY TANK CAR, BEING THE FIRST EASTWARDLY CAR IN MOTION.  CREW THEN CUT IN MOTION AN ADDITIONAL 4 LOADED CARS INTO TRACK FT04 & ANOTHER 5 CARS (3 LOADS, 2 EMPTIES), CU T IN MOTION, INTO TRACK FT04.  THE SHORT TANK CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT.  ESTIMATED SPEED O F IMPACT WAS 8-9 MPH. 


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y29015 WAS IN TRACK R06 PREPARING THE TRACK OF 116 CARS TO BE HUMPED.  THE RCO FOREMAN RECEIVED PERM ISSION FROM THE HUMP YARDMASTER TO LINE SWITCHES AND SHOVE THE CUT TO THE HUMP. AFTER RELEASING THE HANDBRAKES AND LINING HIS ROUTE, THE FOREMAN BEGAN WALKING NORTH TOWARD THE HUMP AND INSTEAD OF PLAC ING THE RCO SELECTOR SWITCH INTO THE REVERSE POSTION TO SHOVE NORTH HE PLACED THE SWITCH IN THE FORW ARD POSTION WHICH CAUSED THE CUT TO PULL SOUTH. THE RCO FOREMAN FAILED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WI TH THE CUT AND ALLOWED THE CUT TO TRAVEL SOUTH 11 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE REALIZING THAT THE CUT WAS TRAV ELING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. DURING THIS SOUTHWARD MOVE HE RAN THRU THE R06 SWITCH AT THE SOUTH END AND SIDESWIPED Y30415 THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE LEAD AT THE SOUTH END OF THE RECEIVING YARD. THE SIDE


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
SHPX 205592 & SHPX 207285 WERE STANDING IN 009 CLASS TRACK WHEN STLX 9273 WAS HUMPED INTO THE SAME T RACK. JUST MINUTES BEHIND, HUMPED AT 05:05:24 INTO THE SAME TRACK WERE STSX 51137 AND STSX 52182 A ( 2) CAR LOADED CUT WHEN A SEVERE OVERSPEED OCCURED THROUGH THE MASTER AND GROUP. THESE CARS CAME OUT OF THE GROUP AT 19.49 MPH AND 7.43 WAS THE REQUESTED SPEED = 12.06 DIFFERENTIAL. IMMEDIATLY BEHIND T HAT STSX 61337 WAS HUMPED AT 05:05:48 INTO 009 CLASS TRACK  AND IT TOO INCURRED A SEVERE OVERSPEED A T 19.61 MPH. THESE OVERSPEEDS CAUGHT UP TOO ONE ANOTHER AND HIT THE THREE STANDING EMPTY CARS KNOCKI NG THEM OUT OF 009 CLASS TRACK AND ON TO THE SOUTH PULLER. THE (3)LOADED CARS CAUGHT UP AGAIN AND AL L 6 WERE MOVING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 10MPH WHEN THEY RAN OFF THE END OF THE SOUTH PULLER AND DER


nearest_city: CARRIZOZO
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AN INTERMODAL CAR ON THE IMNLB-29 DERAILED DUE TO STRONG WINDS.  CONTAINERS ON ANOTHER CAR SHIFTED B UT THE CAR DID NOT DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE TEMPERATURE & WEATHER.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LPJ02-17 WAS DEPARTING ON OUTBOUND #2 AND RAN OVER A FIXED DERAIL.  CNW8701 & CNW8646 DERAILED.       


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRFX 1449 THROUGH MASTER, GROUP FIVE AND TANGENT RETARDERS AT 17 MPH. CAR ROLLED INTO AND THROUGH TR ACK 2046, IMPACTING CARS BEING FROM 2045 TRACK BY Y-KCK1062-03. NO DERAILMENT AND NO HAZARDOUS RELEA SE.     


nearest_city: FAIRMONT
county: FILLMORE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
J-HYRAILX-18 - TRACK INSPECTOR MOVING EAST BOUND BNSF UNIT APPROACHING A CROSSING AND WENT TO STOP B UT UNIT SLID ON RAIL AND HIT THIRD PARTY VEHICLE THAT WAS CROSSING INTERSECTION, THIRD PARTY DID NOT STOP FOR STOP SIGN AT CROSSING.     


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
267D612 YARDING TRAIN IN TRIPLE CROWN FACILITY SHOVED INTO TC#3 AND FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF STANDING CUT OF TRIALERS.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
U-BNTDEF1-17 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE SHOVING ON CONNECTION TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
OVERSPEED CAR GATX 22537 SEQUENCE 3 IN HUMP CUT DESTINED FOR TRACK 54 CORNERED CAR HPJX 758101 SEQUE NCE 1 OF THE SAME CUT THAT STALLED IN TRACK 52, DUE TO THE 51 SWITCH PRESENCE DETECTORS FAILURE TO S EE CAR.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: CLC
date: 2010-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE TRAIN CREW CALLED THE LOG STACKER YARD FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THEIR CUT OF CARS THROUGH THEIR YA RD TO NORPAC.  ONCE THEY RECEIVED PERMISSION, THEY PROCEEDED THROUGH THE STACKER CROSSING TO SHOVE T HE CARS TO THE NORPAC PEROXIDE TRACKS.  THE BRAKEE AND CONDUCTOR WERE RIDING A LOADED PEROXIDE TANK CAR THAT WAS AT THE END OF OF THE CUT OF CARS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE SHOVE.  ONCE THE REAR OF THE T RAIN WAS ON THE CROSSING, THE BRAKEE AND CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT A LOADED LOG STACKER TRUCK (#988) WA S NOT SLOWING DOWN.  THE TWO EMPLOYEES JUMPED FROM THE END OF THE TANK CAR.  THE LOADED STACKER TRUC K HIT THE SIDE OF THE END TANK CAR, GATX 78546 WHICH WAS CARRYING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 40 STRENGTH.  TH E LOADED TANK CAR WAS PUNCTURED AND RIPPED OPEN BY THE STACKER TRUCK AND THE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN TH


nearest_city: LOUDON
county: LOUDON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
131T527 SET OUT 20 CARS AT LOUDON, DEPARTING WITH 33-46-5769-4808F AND TRAVELED 2801F WHEN BRAKES IN EMERGENCY ACCOUNT SLACK BUILDUP ON CR 587057 DERAILING 5 CARS WHICH STRUCK 4 CARS ON ADJACENT "TOP OF HILL" TRACK. (THESE CARS DERAILED)     


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
L57191-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING THEIR 92 CARS TRAIN EASTWARD IN TRACK WA15 AND OUT THE EAST END ON THE LEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAR CROSSING AT THE WEST END TO PERFORM A BRAKE TEST.  THE CONDUCTOR L INED THE SWITCHES BUT DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE EAST CAR (CGTX 23517) IN TRACK WA13 WAS IN THE FOUL. THE SHOVE WAS BEING WATCHED BY THE CONDUCTOR AND A CARMAN.  L57191-14 RAKED CGTX 23517 THAT WAS OUT TO FOUL CAUSING DAMAGE TO 28 CARS ON THEIR TRAIN ALONG WITH DAMAGING CGTX 23717.  NO CARS WERE DERAI LED OR LEAKING.  CARS DAMAGED: CGTX 23517, WC 315, TILX 318704, TILX 199843, TILX 318747, TILX 19443 8, TILX 318748, TILX 194428, TILX 194458, TILX 194440, CRGX 8733, CRGX 8600, CITX 702817, CITX 70000 4, ICG 766783, TLCX 30692, CGEX 1004, CITX 702671, IC 798022, CITX 700199, CGEX 1781, CGEX 1245, PRO


nearest_city: TEHACHAPI
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
QRVWCB-05 WAS ASCENDING A 2.2% GRADE AT 10 MPH WHEN THE ETTX852041 DERAILED THE NUMBER 3 AND 4 AXLES AT MILE POST 358.05.  THE CAR TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND RE-RAILED ITSELF BEFORE REACHING THE CABLE CROSSOVER SWITCH AT MP358.5 ON THE NUMBER 1 TRACK.  TRAIN TRIPPED THE DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR AT MP 359.5.  CREW STOPPED AND INSPECTED TRAIN FINDING A BROKEN WHEEL BEARING ON AXLE NUMBE R L3 AND DAMAGED BRAKE RIGGING.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-LAC1022-23 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE PULLING CUT OF CARS. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.       


nearest_city: BLUE EARTH
county: FARIBAULT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: FAIRMONT SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GDFTBL-26 TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND AT 19 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE TRAIN HAD DERAILE D THE 45TH CAR OF THEIR TRAIN (UP76188) ON THE CURVE IN BLUE EARTH, MN.  THIS RESULTED IN A TOTAL OF 17 CARS DERAILING - 7 OFF OF THE RAIL AND 10 ON THEIR SIDES CAUSED BY A BROKEN BOLT HOLE.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
L50077-19 COUPLED TRACK M033.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO REMOVE THE NORTH SKATE WHICH CAUSED CAR LW 10 11 TO DERAIL APPROXIMATELY 14 LENGTHS SOUTH OF WHERE THE SKATES WERE TO BE REMOVED.  THIS DERAILED W HEELS R AND L 1 AND 2 ON LOCOMOTIVE GTW 5828 AND ALL WHEELS ON LW 1011.  CAR DWC 409447 WAS NOT DERA ILED BUT WAS DAMAGED.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YRO22R-28 WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS OUT OF TRACK 29 ON THE RG RUNNER TO SHOVE BACK TO MAIN 2.  FOREM AN OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM THE DISPATCHER TO ENTER THE MAIN.  THEY BEGAN PULLING THE REST OF THE WA Y OUT OF THE RG RUNNER AND ABOUT 8 CARS WENT OVER THE SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM FOR THE UP RUNNER.  FOREMAN STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES LINED AGAINST HIM.  FOREMAN THEN PITCH ED CONTROL TO THE SECONDARY RCO OPERATOR AND THEY BEGAN SHOVING BACK THRU THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SW ITCH DERAILING 4 CARS.  


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 29 DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, CAR ON THE YWC30R-05 CLIMBED THE RAI L DUE TO TRACK ELEVATION ISSUES CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MISSOULA
county: MISSOULA
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FOURTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN CREW MADE JOINT ON 6 EMPTY CARS, WEST CAR CLIMBED UP AND INTO THE EAST CAR IN THE TRACK SPEED WAS NOT EXCESSIVE, BUT TRAIN FORCES SEEM TO HAVE CAUSED THE CAR TO CLIMB.      


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
S-HOULAC1-14C WAS WESTBOUND INTO TRACK 5202 WHEN THEY FELT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS SLACK RUNNING IN TH EN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND THE TRAIN ON THE GROUND. DERAILE D CARS STRUCK BNSF 5281 THAT WAS SITTING ON ADJACENT TRACK. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO HTS
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO HEIGHTS IND
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-Nov
narrative:
AFTER SHOVING INTO VESUVIUS INDUSTRY TRACKS, THE YCH81R-12, THE UPY1389 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE A T SWITCH 760.  INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LITE ENGINE MOVE IN METRO NORTH YARD WITH ENGINES E/21-E/110 DERAILED E/21 ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE ON TRAC K 29 DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITION.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING SWITCH LIST 44 THE 17 RETARDER FAILED TO PROPERLY RETARD THE SHPX458909 RESULTING IN A N IMPACT ON THE CNW490706 BUCKLING THE B END OF THE CAR.  SHPX458909 WAS A 126 TON LOAD OF GLUTEN.      


nearest_city: SCOTTSBLUFF
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
R-PWR8941-16 DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: PERSONS
county: RAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED STRUCK BALLAST REGULATOR IN THE SIDE ON THE CROSSING.       


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WHEN HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC PRO YARD SYTEM, EEC 61188 MISMATCHED WITH CP 390343 DAMAGING THE L4 CORNER S OF EACH CAR.      


nearest_city: NEWINGTON
county: FAIRFAX
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DISPATCHER MISROUTED AMTRAK 97 ON OUT OF SERVICE TRACK. TRAIN STRUCK LARGE PILE OF BALLAST WHICH CAU SED LEADING TRUCK ON LEAD LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: KEARNEY
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE GSKRGH-23 WAS PULLING A 102 CAR LOADED GRAIN TRAIN SOUTH OUT OF PEAVEY GRAIN ON THE KEARNEY INDU STRIAL LEAD.  AS THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE MAINLINE IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INV ESTIGATION THEY FOUND THEY HAD DERAILED SIX CARS DUE TO BAD TIE CONDTION.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT W AS APPROXIMATELY 160 FEET NORTH OF THE 27TH STREET CROSSING.    


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
VR02 WAS HUMPING IN FULL AUTOMATIC OUT OF RT 13 WHEN LOADS (SINGLE CAR CUTS) WERE HUMPED INTO CT 52 PUSHING NW 18029 THROUGH THE SKATE AT THE EAST END LEAD OF TNW THE LEAD INTO FY02. OVER THE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SMITHBORO
county: BOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BEARDSTOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Q63921 TRAVELING WEST FROM AVON TO E. ST LOUIS WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT QS 186 SMITHBORO IL. UPON INSP ECTION CARS 11-28 WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED. BNSF ESTIMATED DAMAGES $376,500.00. CAR ACFX 73248, COM MODITY -PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL LEAKED ABOUT 1 GALLON, STCC CODE- 4910164.     


nearest_city: ERWIN
county: UNICOI
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: KINGSPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y203-28 NORTH END YARD JOB COUPLED LIGHT ENGINE TO 11 LOADS FOR Q69728 SITTING IN THE NORTH END OF T RACK E08. AFTER COUPLING THEY SAT FOR 7 MINUTES WAITING FOR Y220-28 TO CLEAR UP. THEY STARTED TO PUL L NORTH WHEN REAR 6 CARS ROLLED OUT THE SOUTH END STRIKING Q693-28 AND A CAR ON ADJACENT TRACK, DERA ILING 4 CARS.    


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


nearest_city: MURRAY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 30 WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND ON THE NORTH-SOUTH LINE THROUGH THE GRADE CROSSING AT 5900 SOUTH AND 300 WEST.  A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE (2009 RED HONDA CRV) TRAVELING AHEAD OF THE TRAIN MADE AN ILLEGA L LEFT-HAND TURN AT 5900 SOUTH AND 300 WEST THROUGH THE OPEN NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE GRADE CROSSIN G ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND RAIL OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ALIGNMENT. TRAIN #30 AND THE VEHICLE MADE CONTACT NORT H OF THE WEST CROSSING ARM AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE GRADE CROSSING ON THE SOUTHBOUND RAIL. THE VEHICLE BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THE CEMENT BARRICADES SOUTH OF THE IMPACT POINT.  

THE OPERA TORS OBSERVED SOLID GRADE CROSSING INDICATORS (GCI) CONFIRMING THE GATES WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION J UST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE CROSSING DOWNLOAD AND THE TRAIN VIDEO BOTH CONFIRMED THE GATES WERE O


nearest_city: ROSEMOUNT
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ROSEPORT IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LTB85-24 KICKING CARS.  CREW KICKED TOBX889061 INTO TRACK 747, SET CARS OVER TO TRACK 5 AND CAME BAC K WITH 13 CARS TO COUPLE NATX160136 INTO STANDING TOBX889061.  CONDUCTOR STATED HE COUPLED, STRETCHE D AND CUT AWAY FROM THE NATX160136. THE CREW THEN SHOVED 12 REMAINING CARS BACK TO TRACK 5 WHEN THE ENGINEER SAID THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CAR THAT WAS KICKED DID NOT MAKE, WHEN CREW COUPLE D AND STRETCHED THE JOINT.  CREW PULLED THE CARS APART BUT FAILED TO REALIZE THE TRACK WAS NOT TOGET HER.  CARS NATX160136 AND TOBX889061 ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK LOCOMOTIVES UP2070 AND UP3247 RESULTING I N DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #3806 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE FOULING TRACK #1 WHILE ENROUTE EAST ON THE NEC NEAR MP 53.6 CAUSING DAMAGES TO COACH #1394 AND THREE CREW INJURIES.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-TUL3021-17 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD BOWL TRACK TO FAILURE TO REMOVE A TRACK SKATE .  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DE QUEEN
county: SEVIER
railroad: DQE
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 75 LOADED ROCK CARS UP THE CONNECTION WHEN THE OUTSIDE RAIL KINKED AT SOUTH END OF BRIDGE, CAUSING SIX CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BATTLE CREEK
county: CALHOUN
railroad: GTW
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
C76491-25, LOADED COAL TRAIN, WAS DEPARTING EASTWARD OUT OF THE EAST YARD AT THE EAST END WHEN THEY DERAILED 4 CARS: WSCX 8764, JSCX 6650, CPOX 10476 AND FSTX 5829.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE L-4 W HEEL ON JSCX 6650 DROPPED INSIDE THE NORTH RAIL OF TRACK PULLING THE OTHER 3 CARS OFF.     


nearest_city: ALEDO
county: PARKER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAIRD SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
MTUDA-15 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND.  AT CPT261 THE DISPATCHER COULD NOT GET THEM A SIGNAL AND FLAGGED THEM FROM THE MAIN INTO THE SIDING FOR EASTBOUND MOVEMENT.  THEY PROCEEDED TO THE EAST END AND MET I MNLB, A WESTBOUND TRAIN ON THE MAIN.  THE DISPATCHER THEN GAVE MTUDA A SIGNAL FROM THE SIDING FOR EA STBOUND MOVEMENT.  THE CREW WAS STILL AT RESTRICTED SPEED UNTIL THE LEADING WHEEL KNOCKED DOWN THE S IGNAL AT CPT260.  THE CREW ON THE MTUDA-15 ENCOUNTERED THE DERAILS IN THE SIDING, CAUSING THEM TO DE RAIL.  THE ENGINEER WENT TO THE E/R BECAUSE HE WAS SORE AND HAD BRUISES ON HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT H IP. 


nearest_city: NIAGARA FALLS
county: NIAGARA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y19022 WAS SHOVING TRACK 608 IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO MAKE ROOM ON THE TRACK FOR MORE CARS. DURIN G THE SHOVE MOVE THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT TAKE A PROPER POSITION AHEAD OF THE MOVE AND PROCEEDED TO SHO VE THE CARS.  THE CARS WERE SHOVED OUT FOUL OF THE EAST END INTO THE Y12522 WHICH WAS HANDLING CARS ON THE EAST END LEAD. THIS RESULTED IN THE Y19022 EAST CAR (ECQX 57600) ON TRACK 608 TO COME INTO CO NTACT WITH THE Y12522 ON LEAD DERAILING BOTH THE CSXT 496880 AND THE ECQX 57600. THE IMPACT ALSO CAU SED DAMAGE TO HOKX 132151 WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE ADJACENT TRACK 607.  


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: GREENE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
APW1-08 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAINLINE ONE, WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED INTO THE IG3OA-08, WHICH WA S TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE TWO.  CNAPW1-08 DERAILED 14 LOADED RAILCARS, CAUSING THE IG3OA-08 TO DERAIL 11 EMPTY RAILCARS.     


nearest_city: FITCHBURG
county: WORCESTER
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK THE BUNTER AS IT ENTERED FITCHBURG STATION. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS REPORTED. LEAD TRUCK OF LOCOMOTIVE RODE UP OVER THE BUNTER WHICH CAUSED IT TO DISLODGE FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE. N O DAMAGE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS YET BUT WILL MOST LIKELY BE ABOVE THE FRA THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: DE KALB
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN Q46121 STRUCK A MARTA BUS THAT WAS STUCK ON CROSSING. THE DRIVER AND FOUR PASSENGERS HAD EVACU ATED THE BUS PRIOR TO IMPACT. AGE OF BUS DRIVER UNKNOWN. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNIN G AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.     


nearest_city: OLATHE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRACK SUPERVISOR, OPERATING WITH TRACK AND TIME AUTHY BEHIND H-KCKTUL1-09 ON MT1, FAILED TO STOP AND IMPACTED REAR CAR OF STOPPED TRAIN.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ST PAUL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3522-03 DERAILED 2 CARS IN TRACK 6044 DUE TO UNIDENTIFIED TRESPASSER HAD THROWN A SWITCH UN DER THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: OSHKOSH
county: GARDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SOUTH MORRILL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
ON 4/11/13 AT ABOUT 14:05 HOURS THE CCDWB9-10 WAS FOUND TO HAVE LEFT THREE TRACK LIGHTS BEHIND IT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THREE BROKEN RAILS WERE FOUND AT EACH LIGHT LOCATION.  THE TRAIN WAS STOP PED AND INSPECTED AND THE ETRX750642 WAS FOUND TO HAVE MISSING TREAD, AND BROKEN RIM ON THE R4 WHEEL .  BEHIND THE BROKEN PART WAS A RUSTED PORTION INDICATING A PREVIOUS DEFECT CAUSING THE BREAK.  THER E WAS NO DERAILMENT ONLY TRACK DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW SHOVED 78 CARS WEST OFF THE DEXTER LEAD TO COUPLE TO 40 CARS ON #3 PORT PERRY.  THE CONDUCTOR F AILED TO INSURE THE #1 DEXTER SWITCH WAS LINED PROPERLY CAUSING MOVEMENT THROUGH THE MIS-ALIGNED SWI TCH, DAMAGING SWITCH.  CREW NOW HAD A TOTAL OF 118 CARS AND AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT WAS INITIATED; THE 64TH CAR FROM LOCOMOTIVE CSXT 830377 (WEST TRUCK) STARTED EAST DOWN #1 DEXTER (DUE TO DAMAGED SWITCH ) HAULING 54 CARS BEHIND IT, AS THE EAST TRUCK OF CSXT 830377 TRAVELED EAST ON THE DEXTER LEAD.  CRE W WAS UNAWARE OF THIS SITUATION.  WHEN THE CREW SHOVED WEST TO DEPART, TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  A TOTAL OF 12 CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED.  CARS DERAILED:  CSXT 830177, 812306, 830377, 832854, 349074, 819824, 822619, 832566, HLMX 87612, CSXT 832564, 811076 AND URR 2345.  CREW WAS D&A TESTED UNDER CO


nearest_city: NEW LONDON
county: WINDHAM
railroad: NECR
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
608 CREW PULLING 41 LOADS ONTO TRACK 962 CUT THE NORTH 18 CARS AND HEADED DOWN TRACK 992 WITH REMAIN ING 23 CARS, SECURED TRACK HEAD PIN AND WENT OFF DUTY IN MONTVILLE, CT.  THE NEXT AFTERNOON, WHEN TH E CREW WENT BACK ON DUTY, THEY HEADED TO NEW LONDON TO MEET THE P&W COMING IN WITH 80 EMPTY ETHANOL CARS.  WHEN THEY HEADED BACK THROUGH NEW LONDON, THEY PASSED THE LOADED ETHANOL TRAIN & NOTICED 5 CA RS HAD DERAILED THE NIGHT BEFORE WHILE BEING YARDED.   


nearest_city: MODESTO
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: MET
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRACK NO. 0711 POWER SWITCH WAS LINED UNDER THE SSW BOXCAR ACCOUNT LOOP PROTECTION WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT TURNED OFF AND THROWN UNDER THE CAR.      


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YAL02R-28 KICKED MSRC2375 INTO TRACK 13.  CAR BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH ACFX94675 AND SEVERAL CARS DERA ILED.      


nearest_city: ADAIRSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Q59522 WENT INTO EMERGENCY, WHEN THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN, HE FOUND THAT THE UTLX 645259 WAS M ISSING THE #2 AXLE. THE AXLE WAS FOUND NEXT TO THE 55TH CAR IN THE TRAIN WITH ROLLER BEARING FAILURE . INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO OVERHEATING.     


nearest_city: EASTERLY
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
SANDERSON FARMS CREW WAS IN INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK 774 TO GET RAILCARS TO UNLOAD.  INDUSTRY CREW HAD 7 RAILCARS ROLL FREE AFTER RELEASING HANDBRAKES AND RAN THROUGH DERAIL.  THREE RAILCARS DERAILED .  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE RAILCARS BY NON-RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: PALMER
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: MCER
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT THE SOUTH END OF THORNDIKE CURVE AT 1500 HRS LOCO 960 WITH 18 EMPTIES/2 LOADS (CAR #16 & 17 WERE LOADS) TRAVELING SOUTH DOWNGRADE. LAST 5 CARS #16 FWTX 620059 LOADS OF C&D NOT D ERAILED, #17 FWTX 620017 LOAD OF C&D DERAILED REAR TRUCK, #18 WC 20443 EMPT DERAILED BOTH TRACK, #19 WC 21021 EMPTY DERAILED FRONT TRUCKS, #20 WC 21281 EMPTY NOT DERAILED.    


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LHU35R-21 WAS HUMPING RAILCARS WHEN RAILCARS RACX82271 AND GATX207555 DERAILED ON THE HUMP LEAD.  CA USE DETERMINED AS RACX82271 HAD B END TRUCK SIDE ROLLER BEARINGS OUT OF PLACE.  RAIL = CWR      


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


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-KC1012-19 HUMPED ALAB 312531, LEAKING GRN PRODS ONTO RETARDERS.  THIS CAR FOLLOWED BY ALAB 172697, SAME, THAT RETARDER FAILED TO SLOW ACCOUNT WHEELS CONTAMINATED FM LEAK OF CAR AHEAD.  CAR ROLLED TH RU 2057 TRACK, OUT EAST END ACCOUNT NO SKATE APPLIED TO TRACK, STRIKING CP 521885 CARLD PIPE PREVIOU S LEFT BY ANOTHER CREW.  BOTH CARS DERAILED.  RCO WAS INVOLVED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASE D.   


nearest_city: ST FRANCIS
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
B-LACWSP1-23 STRUCK THE REAR OF S-LHTLPC2-23 RESULTING IN A 4 CAR DERAILMENT ON THE B-LACWSP1-23.  T HE DERAILED CARS WERE FOUND FOULING MAIN 1 TRACK AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY THE Z-WSPSBD7-24 DU E TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNAL.  FRA INSPECTOR AGREED ALL TO BE LINKED AS ONE EV ENT.    


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
MOVE TEAM WAS HEADING EAST ON TRACK 3 WHEN RAIL UNDER #1 TRACTION MOTOR BROKE DERAILING THE UP8312.       


nearest_city: NEWPORT
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAINS 176 AND 2117 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO FATIGUE BREAK ON CROSS TRACK FEEDER TAP AT 22 S SWITCH.      


nearest_city: NIAGARA FALLS
county: NIAGARA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y19022 WAS SHOVING TRACK 608 TO MAKE ROOM ON THE TRACK FOR MORE CARS. THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT TAKE A P ROPER POSITION AHEAD OF THE MOVE AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE THE CARS.  THE CARS WERE SHOVED OUT FOUL OF THE EAST END INTO Y12522 WHICH WAS HANDLING CARS ON THE EAST END LEAD. Y19022 EAST CAR (ECQX 57600) ON TRACK 608 CAME INTO CONTACT WITH Y12522 ON LEAD DERAILING CSXT 496880 AND ECQX 57600. IMPACT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOKX 132151 WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE ADJACENT TRACK 607.   


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSJ65R-03 WITH LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES, WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN AROUND A CUT OF CARS.  THE CREW FAILED TO SE CURE THE CARS AFTER THEY CUT AWAY, ALLOWING THE CUT OF CARS TO ROLL INTO THE LOCOMOTIVE AND PUNCTURE THE FUEL TANK.  ESTIMATED FUEL SPILL OF 800 TO 1000 GALLONS.  EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: OTTUMWA
county: WAPELLO
railroad: DME
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 170-20 PULLED INTO 1 TRACK AT THE NORTH END OF OTTUMWA YARD.  THEY WERE BLOCKED BY A U.P. TRAI N ON 2 TRACK AT THE SOUTH END.  THEY HAD THE U.P. TRAIN BLOCKED AT THE NORTH END.  THEY MADE A CUT O N THE REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN, PULLED AHEAD SO THE U.P. TRAIN COULD PULL THROUGH THE CROSSOVER SWITC HES AT THE NORTH END OF THE YARD AND LEAVE TOWN.  THE U.P. TRAIN WAS HEADING NORTH TO DAVENPORT.  AF TER THE U.P. TRAIN LEFT, THEY LINED THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AND BACKED UP AND TIED ON TO THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN AND STARTED TO PULL SOUTH TO LEAVE TOWN.  THEY DID NOT LINE 1 TRACK S WITCH BACK AFTER THE U.P. TRAIN LEFT FROM 2 TRACK AND SHOVED THROUGH IT.  WHEN THEY STARTED TO PULL SOUTH, THE REAR CARS STARTED TO TRACK DOWN THE LEAD INSTEAD OF 1 TRACK CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.  DERA


nearest_city: TROY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WELDING TRUCK MOVING EASTWARD ON WET RAIL, EXITING CURVE, COLLIDED WITH SPIKING MACHINE WHEN UNABLE TO STOP.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YPB37R CREW GATHERED UP 3 CARS OUT OF BOWL 29 AND DOUBLED OVER TO BOWL 23.  AS THEY WERE COUPLING UP BOWL 23, THEY BEGAN TO SHOVE NORTHBOUND TO COUPLE INTO THE LAST CAR IN THAT TRACK.  THE REMOTE CONT ROL OPERATOR NOTICED THAT THE CAR HE WAS RIDING BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND COULD HEAR THE LOCOMOTIVES BO G DOWN.  AT THAT POINT, HE STOPPED MOVEMENT AND WENT BACK TOWARDS THE LOCOMOTIVE TO SEE WHAT THE PRO BLEM WAS.  THAT IS WHEN HE FOUND 2 CARS ON THE GROUND.  THE BOTTOM DOOR ON THE CNW 201763 HAD FELL O FF AND WAS DRAGGED UNDER THE CAR UNTIL IT HIT A HARD TIE AND THEN IT JOLTED THE CAR ENOUGH TO MAKE I T DERAIL. 


nearest_city: RAVENSDALE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: STAMPEDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
BOOM TRUCK WHILE HYRAILING STRUCK A BRIDGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOOM AND BRIDGE DUE TO FAILURE TO L OWER BOOM.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: HESR
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LSRC WAS OPERATING OVER HESR MAIN LINE WHEN TRAIN LOST SPEED AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INSPECTION SH OWED CSXT 259207 DERAILED AND 4 OTHER CARS DERAILED BEHIND IT.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: ADAMS
railroad: CFE
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
FWDC CONDUCTOR PULLED SUGAR 2 SOUTH CONSISTING OF 5 CARS. CONDUCTOR SET UTLX 661944 OVER TO SUGAR 1 SOUTH BUTTING THE KNUCKLE AGAINST THE CARS ALREADY IN SUGAR 1 SOUTH. CAR WAS SECURED CREW PULLED PAS T SUGAR 1/2 SOUTH SWITCH CREW INITIATED SHOVING MOVE BACK INTO SUGAR 2 SOUTH AND GATX 200374 SIDE SW IPED UTLX 661944 STANDING ON SUGAR 1 SOUTH IN FOUL    


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
DD21 FREE ROLLED GATX 63274 INTO WB 14 WHEN COUPLERS MISMATCHED WITH TTGX 961761. SUBSEQUENT SWITCHI NG INTO SAME TRACK CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SCOTTSLAWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y20317 PULLED INTO #8 TRACK, COUPLED TO #5 TRACK IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOVE CARS INTO #5 TRACK. UPON DOI NG SO, HE SHOVED THE REAR OF #5 TRACK INTO A STANDING CUT OF CARS ON THE SOUTHVAN LEAD, DERAILING TH E CUT OF CARS STANDING IN THE VAN LEAD.     


nearest_city: GRAYLING
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: MACKINAW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
JOB #303 LOCOMOTIVE # LSRC4302 LSRC1171 DERAILED CARS LSRC343013, LSRC43017, LSRC343001, LSRC343051, LSRC5914 AND LSRC5914 PULLING INTO THE SCALE TRACK CONDUCTOR WAS COUNTING DOWN TO MAKE A THREE CAR CUT FELT A HARD PULL AND STOPPED ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: SOUTHPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
DUCCI CONTRACTORS STANDING ON STRAND BRACKET ASSEMBLY, ADJUSTING INTERLOCKING LIGHTING FOR CP 248, D ISLODGED STRAND BRACKER ASSEMBLY SPACER BLOCK, ALLOWING SPAN WIRE TO GO SLACK ON TRACK 4 AT CATENARY 652, ENGAGING LEAD PANTOGRAPH OF POWER CAR 2034 OF AMTRAK TRAIN 2154.     


nearest_city: LAJOYA
county: SOCORRO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
M-ELPBEL1-21 DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO OVERHEATED JOURNAL.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO H AZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEW MARTINSVILLE
county: WETZEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
H72523 SET OFF SEVEN CARS IN SIDING. THE CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE HANDBRAKES AND THE CARS ROLL ED OFF CURVE TRACK AND STRUCK FOUR CARS ON H72523 IN THE SCALE TRACK. INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVE ALED THAT CREW IMPROPERLY PERFORMED A STANDING BRAKE TEST. THE TEST ONLY LASTED FOR 42 SECONDS.     


nearest_city: OLEAN
county: CATTARAUGUS
railroad: WNYP
date: 2011-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: New York
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:
YARD SWITCHING. SHOVE MOVEMENT INTO TRACK 31ST CAR DERAILED, PICKING SWITCH POINT ALONG WITH THREE O THERS. DERAILED CARS CARRIED PARRAFFIN WAX (NON HAZARDOUS) WITH ELEVATED TEMPERATURE PLACARDS (HOT).      


nearest_city: KENTON
county: HARDIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE H71828 CREW BROUGHT 51 CARS BACK FROM TOLEDO AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THEM ON TO THE E RIE WEST INDUSTRIAL TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. UPON WALKING THE TRAIN THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 29 TO 33 CARS DERAILED. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THE FIRST WHEEL BEING DER AILED IN THE BODY OF THE CURVE JUST OFF THE MAIN AND THE REST OCCURING AFTER A FROG FOR THE EAST/WES T SWITCH. DOWNLOAD SHOWS THE 5MPH SPEED RESTRICTION ON THE CURVE WAS COMPLIED WITH AND NO EXCEPTIONS WERE TAKEN TO THE TRAIN HANDLING. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION PENDING TA-5'S AND TA-6 UNDER LOAD . 


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE PORT OF PALM BEACH CREW WERE PULLING THEIR PIGS INTO THE PORT FOR TROPICAL WHEN THEY DERAILED FE C 300627, FEC 4498, 4474, 4448 AND 300555.  ENGINEER DID NOT HAVE TRAIN LINE CHARGED AND WAS OPERATI NG THE LOCOMOTIVE ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL THE SPEED USING THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE ON THE LOCOMOTIVE WHIC H CAUSED BUFF ACTION WHEN TRAVERSING THE CURVE AT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WER E SUSTAINED.   


nearest_city: MULESHOE
county: BAILEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
L-KAN0311-30 DERAILED ONE CAR AT 4228 SWITCH.  TARGET INDICATED SWITCH LINED FOR MOVEMENT BUT SWITCH WAS COCKED ALLOWING CAR TO SPLIT SWITCH.  THIS IS HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AREA.  UNABLE TO NAME RES PONSIBLE PARTY THIS ACCOUNT.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AMQARR-27 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE AUTOMATIC BRAKING.       


nearest_city: WELLFLEET
county: LINCOLN
railroad: NKCR
date: 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: WALLACE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 50 CARS WEST ON THE WALLACE SUBDIVISION. TEMPERATURE WAS NOT WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE S UN KINK.  HOWEVER ENGINEER INADVERTANTLY LEFT MINIMUM REDUCTION ON BRAKEPIPE WHEN UNECESSARY FOR BRA KING PURPOSES CAUSING WHEELS TO HEAT UP THUS TRANSFERING HEAT TO RAIL RESULTING IN THERMAL MISALIGNM ENT.    


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MPSMHS-07, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8652, STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK HAULING A LOAD OF PIPE.  THE CREW NOTICED THE TRUCK WAS PARKED ON THE CROSSING OVER A 1/2 MILE BEFORE THEY REACHED THE CROSSING.  THE ENGINEER BEG AN SOUNDING THE WHISTLE AT THAT TIME (41 SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT).  AT RIGHT AROUND 1/2 MILE FROM THE CROSSING, THE ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY (APPROXIMATELY 29 SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT).  THE TRUCK WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AND WAS PUSHED FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS BEFORE THE TRAIN CAM E TO A STOP.  THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  THE OTHER LOCOMOTIVES SUFFERED M INOR DAMAGE AS WELL.  THE LEADER (UP8652) WAS SET OUT AT MIDLAND PLASTIC TRACK.  THE DRIVER WAS OUTS IDE OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF COLLISION.  HE STATED HE GOT HUNG UP ON THE CROSSING AND WAS THERE


nearest_city: MARION
county: GRANT
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LN16 SHOVING WEST ON GOODMAN YARD LEAD WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 7 LOADS, 11 EMPTIES, AND 1292 TONS COLLIDE D WITH EQUIPMENT LEFT IN THE FOUL ON 25 TRACK DERAILING ONE CAR.  THIS REPORT REFERENCES THE LN16 CO NSIST INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS THE CSXT 496274 DERAILED AT THE 25 POCKET SWITCH ALL WHEELS STRIKIN G AND DAMAGING THE 25 POCKET AND 19 POCKET GROUP RETARDERS. THE #25 SWITCH FAILED TO REMAIN IN THE N ORMAL POSTION FOR THE INTENDED MOVEMENT INTO #19 POCKET.     


nearest_city: SHERWOOD
county: DEFIANCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE TO DBUX 160114. THE CAR WAS JACKED UP TO CHANGE OUT WHEEL SET AND THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING CAR TO FALL ON TRUCKS CAUSING DAMAGE. THE CAR DID NOT DERAIL.      


nearest_city: PEARLAND
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y-PEA3011-05 WAS SPOTTING CARS TO RAMP 1 TRACK FROM INBOUND ARTICULATED TRAIN THROUGH 1421 TRACK SWI TCH, WHICH HAD BEEN SPIKED EARLIER ACCOUNT DAMAGED.  PULLING FROM RAMP 1 TO SPOT RAMP 2, CREW NOTED DERAILED CARS.  1421 SWITCH POINTS HAD GAPPED WHILE SPIKED CAUSING DERAILMENT.  ALL ARTICULATED EQUI PMENT.    


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
14NC319 HEADING EAST WITH 6 UNITS.  54 LOADS, 60 EMPTIES, AND 4946 TONS ON EC51 TRACK DERAILED 8 CAR S.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYPORT LOOP IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
LHU03-20 WAS PERFORMING SWITCHING ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUN T TRACK GEOMETRY. BAKER PETROLITE MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: DICKERSON
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
D76531 SHOVING WEST TO PUT 19 CARS IN TRACK E. THE CONDUCTOR STOPPED THE TRAIN, GOT OFF AND PROTECTE D THE ROAD CROSSING IN INDUSTRY. HE TOLD ENGINEER THAT THE ROAD WAS CLEAR KEEP COMING BACK AND HE WA S IN THE CLEAR SWITCHES WERE LINED, GOOD FOR 22, 11,5, AND 2 AND THEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. AFTER INTERVIEWING THE CREW THE CONDUCTOR SAYS HE ONLY WALKED ? WAY BACK BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE TRA CK HELD 19 CARS. TRACK E ONLY HOLDS 15 CARS. AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND HE HAD SHOVED CAR NEMX 71 THROUGH THE BUMPER BLOCK AND THE NOISE BARRIER WALL.  


nearest_city: CLEARFIELD
county: DAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SALT LAKE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LUS41-19, WAS SHOVING 4 CARS INTO TRACK 894 WHEN SWITCH POINT BROKE ON THE SWITCH LEADING INTO 894, DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YPRP1-23 (YP8902-23) WAS PULLING EAST FROM TRACK 320 IN YARD 2 WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN R AIL.      


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: PMSW
date: 2011-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
PSC YARD JOB WAS SPOTTING TO ATTEBURY GRAIN. THE MOVE HAD GONE 14 CARS INTO ATTEBURY TRUCK WHEN RAIL BROKE AND CAR CEFX 71142 DERAILED CAUSING MORE RAIL TO SPREAD AND DERAILED TWO MORE CARS. WEATHER W AS VERY COLD OUTSIDE TEMP 25 DEGREES COMBINED WITH HEAVY LOADS, OLD 90LB RAIL CAUSING RAIL TO BREAK AND CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
ON 6/23/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1245AM KG51/330 CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 27 CARS AND THE SWITCH WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP CAUSING A RAKING COLLISION ON 4 LEAD INTO THE 332/KG52 JOB THAT WAS MOVING WEST O N 4 LEAD WITH 6 CARS.  CP 246056 RAKED THE (TTGX 254072) CAR AND THEN (TTGX 603540) CAR.   EQUIPMENT COSTS ON TTGX 254072 WENT FROM $14,684 TO $11,131, 1-9-13.  EQUIPMENT COSTS ON CP 546056 INCREASED TO $41,999, 1-9-13.  EQUIPMENT COSTS ON TTGX 603540 WAS ONLY $3,553.  TOTAL FOR EQUIPMENT COSTS AS O F 1-9-13, $56,683.  


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2011-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-DYT2311-22 SHOVING INTO SOUTH END 616 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO 1 15/16 PROFILE DIP IN TRACK JU ST AHEAD OF SWITCH POINT ALLOWING SHELF COUPLERS TO HAVING UP AS SWITCH WAS TRAVERSED .      


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING TRACK WR8, SINGLE CAR CUT WAS TO GO TO TRACK W30, CAR MISROUTED AND WENT TOWARD TRACK W26, CORNERING ANOTHER CAR ON W25.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE QPVS8J-07 DERAILED TWO CARS IN TRACK 17.  AFTER MAKING A PICKUP, THE CREW SHOVED EASTWARD INTO T RACK 17 BACK TO THEIR TRAIN.  THE CONDUCTOR GAVE INCORRECT CAR COUNT TO THE ENGINEER.  CONDUCTOR STA TED 10 CARS TO GO AND MOMENTS LATER SAID "THAT WILL DO."  AT THE TIME, THE TRAIN STRUCK THE STANDING CUT OF CARS CAUSING A DERAILMENT.  THE CAR THAT WAS STRUCK WAS AN EMPTY BULK HEAD FLAT.  THE WEST T RUCKS DERAILED.  THE LEADING CAR IN THE SHOVING MOVEMENT WAS A LOADED BOX CAR.  THE EAST SET OF TRUC KS DERAILED.  THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: DELRAN
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AT 8:05 AM THE OPERATOR OF TRAIN #221 LRV 3506 MADE AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION TO THE CONTROL CENTER STATING THAT HIS TRAIN HAD STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK AT MAIN ST CROSSING IN DELRAN. NJ.  THE PICKUP TRUC K WAS FACING NORTHBOUND ON RIVER.  WAITING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ACROSS THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS ON MAIN ST. A CAR TRAVELING NORTHBOUND, REAR ENDED THE PICKUP TRUCK PUSHING IT ONTO THE TRACKS AT THE CROSSING.  KNOCKING DOWN A HIGHWAY CROSSING FIXTURE.  WHICH LANDED ON TO TOP OF TRUCK. THERE WERE 50 CUSTOMERS ON BOARD, WITH 1 REPORTED INJURY.  THE VEHICLE OPERATOR REPORTED NO INJURY .  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CAR BODY, IN ADDITION TO THE WINDSHIELD BEING BROKEN WHEN THE HIGHW AY CROSSING FIXTURE STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD.  THE DRIVER OF BOTH AUTO VEHICLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPIT


nearest_city: NORA SPRINGS
county: FLOYD
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
NOTE - THE IANR DID NOT HAVE ANY ON-TRACK EQUIPEMENT INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT. CP TRAIN B33 PULLIN G 128 CAR TRAIN WAS TRAVERSING THROUGH THE TRANSFER SWITCH  WHEN SIX CARS DERAILED AT OR NEAR SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN TRACK DAMAGE TO BOTH IANR AND DME TRACKAGE. ALL CARS WERE UPRIGHT.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YFW25R-27 WAS OUT ON THE MIDDLE LEAD READY TO SHOVE TRACK 303.  THE YFW40R-27 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE BOWL TRACK AND WAS TOLD HE LINED UP OUT THE INSIDE LEAD.  THE TRIM SHANTY ALSO TOLD THE YFW25R-27 T HAT THEY WERE LINED UP TO SHOVE WHEN THE NUMBER 3 SWITCH WAS NOT LINED AND LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH THE YFW40R-27.  PER RAILROAD, THIS WAS A TRAINING MOVE - NUMBER OF ENGINEERS VERIFIE D.   


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
R-NEB4561-31 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK 1520 DUE TO JOINT BOLTS BROKEN OR M ISSING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SAN DIEGO
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
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-Feb
narrative:
M-BARSDG1-07A DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GURDON
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
LWS52B-20 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE YARD THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO MAIN #2 WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED CAUSING THE TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY.      


nearest_city: ARMINTO
county: NATRONA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
H-DENLAU1-06A LOW SPEED COLLISION BETWEEN NORTHBOUND TRAIN AND SOUTHBOUND U-GRWCHE5-06A.  TRAIN H-DE NLAU1-06 AFTER CLEARING MAIN TRACK AT SOUTH SIDING SWITCH AT ARMINTO FAILED TO STOP AT THE NORTH END OF SIDING STRIKING THE 2ND UNIT OF THE SOUTHBOUND TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: SUNSET
county: DAVIS
railroad: UFRC
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INDIVIDUAL IN PICK-UP TRUCK DROVE UNDER A DOWN GRADE CROSSING ENTRANCE GATE, STOPPED ON THE MAINLINE , AND WAS STRUCK BY A SOUTHBOUND TRAIN (CAB CAR FORWARD) RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRUCK A ND FATAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. THE DEATH WAS RULED A SUICIDE BY THE UTAH STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.    


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: WC
date: 2013-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YJTS31-04 WAS KICKING CARS INTO JN04 AT THE NORTH END OF JOLIET YARD WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TWO HAZMAT CARS (WPHX2002 UTLX668108) HAD SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DURING COUPLING.  THERE ARE NO LEAKS AT THIS TIME AND CARS ARE NOT DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE CREW D ROPPED 3 LOADED CARS FROM THE MIDDLE/NORTH YARD SWITCH INTO TRACK JN04 WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF SPEC IAL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE TIMETABLE.   


nearest_city: ELRAMA
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
N15C408 SWITCHING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 5 EMPTIES, AND 50 TONS ON RUNNER TRACK, DERAILED THE 1ST UNIT (NS 9930).      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON TERMINAL 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-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK AN 18-WHEELER ON UPS HOUSTON TERMINAL SUBDIVISON.  THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  UP REPORTED $23,100 IN TRACK DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
GN04 PERFORMING REGULAR SWITCHING OPERATION INTO NY06 WITH 01 UNIT, 15 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES, 2133 TONS, DERAILED EEC 704 AND NS 454312, RESULTING IN DAMAGE OF 2 EMPTY CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: KNOX
county: STARKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
233=3'30' TRAIN 233L420 WITH 3 LOCOMTIVES, 44 LOADS, AND 8206 TONS MOVING WEST ON CHICAGO DISTRICT S TRUCK HI RAIL VEHICLE #310321 ON MAIN ONE IN VIOLATION OF TRACK AUTHORITY.      


nearest_city: CHARLOTTE
county: MECKLENBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: CHARLOTTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y22203 OPERATED THRU AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH AND THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN A DER AILMENT.      


nearest_city: SLATON
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW PULLED 13-CAR CUT FROM 4302 TRACK. CONDUCTOR LINED SWITCH FOR LEAD, THEN MISTAKENLY LINED BACK FOR 4302 TRACK. CREW SHOVED BACK INTO 4302 INSTEAD OF INTENDED TRACK, STRIKING REMAINING CARS IN TRA CK AND DERAILING 2 CARS IN MOVING CUT. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: BLASDELL
county: ERIE
railroad: SB
date: 2013-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFALO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT 104 CUT AWAY FROM CAR GATX 33392 WITHOUT PROPERLY SECURING THE HANDBRAKE.  WHEN THE AIR BLED OFF THE CAR, THE BRAKES RELEASED ALLOWING IT TO ROLL INTO A STANDING CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: FAIRLESS HILLS
county: BUCKS
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
MO3 PULLING 15 LOADS ONTO RA3 WHEN 3RD THRU 10TH CARS DERAILED AS A RESULT OF A RAMPED SWITH POINT.       


nearest_city: MOUNTAIN TOP
county: LUZERNE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
12T9906 SHOVING SOUTH WITH NS 8409 PLUS 2, 29 LOADS, 4 EMPTIES, 3581 TONS DERAILED 6 CARS ON RBMN PE NOBSCOT YARD 5 TRACK.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YDV71R-04 WITH AN ENGINEER, WENT INTO THE NORTH END OF 18 TRACK LIGHT POWER TO COUPLE UP TRACK.  AFT ER MAKING A JOINT ON THE NORTH CAR, THE SWITCHMAN HAD THE ENGINEER STRETCH THE CUT.  AFTER PULLING A HEAD 5 CARS, MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED DUE TO SOUTH CARS NOT COUPLED.  SWITCHMAN WALKED TO CAR NEEDING A JOINT, STARTED THE ENGINEER MOVING BACK 10 CARS, THEN 2 AND THEN STATED THAT WILL DO (STOP), AT THE SAME TIME, YDV34R-04 WAS PULLING CARS DOWN THE SOUTH END OF THE LEAD, WHEN THE FOREMAN NOTICED THE C ARS ROCKING.  DV34R FOREMAN STOPPED BOTH JOBS.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CARS IN 18 TRACK ROLLED OUT TO FOUL AND SIDESWIPED DV34S CUT. 


nearest_city: WASHINGTON BORO
county: LANCASTER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN 1 WAS STRUCK BY UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT THE CHARLESTOWN ROAD CROSSING.  S HORTLY AFTER STRIKING THE 12G.  THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY THE 37AH016 TRAVELING WEST ON MAIN 2.  AFT ER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVER VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED AND WAS A RENTAL VEHICLE THAT WAS REPORTED STOLEN.  HWY-USER INFORMATION UNKNOWN.    


nearest_city: PROVIDENCE FORGE
county: NEW KENT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN P06725 STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK THAT FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AT CROSSING. THE DRI VER DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
NJT TRAIN 3800 WITH LOCOMOTIVE 4640 AND 10 CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO UNIT 4640 DUE TO AMTRAK CATENARY DEFECT (OLD FATIGUE ON AUXILIARY WIRE).      


nearest_city: LONG BRANCH
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW #MM-08 OPERATED FROM LONG BRANCH TO THE MMC DURING A SHOP MOVE WITH THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE APPLI ED TO UNIT #4608 RESULTING IN BURNED BRAKE GEAR.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 91 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/73-E/809 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A VEHICLE HIGH CENTERED ON THE TRAC K AT MP A501.0.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $13,537.00.      


nearest_city: WELLINGTON
county: LORAIN
railroad: WE
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: HARTLAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
707-26 WAS PULLING INTO WELLINGTON FAIRGROUND TRACK IN THE WEST DIRECTION WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO E MERGENCY AND THE CONDUCTOR SAW SPARKS ABOUT 5 OR 6 CARS DEEP INTO THEIR TRAIN. CONDUCTOR INSPECTED T HE TRAIN AND FOUND CAR#'S NRLX 527657, ZVBX 528158, ZVBX 97009, CEFX 32695, ZVBX 526278, AND CEFX 32 123 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: ELM CITY
county: WILSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
F73314 WAS PULLING AROUND CURVE ENTERING FIRESTONE INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO SWITCH CUSTOMER WITH CARS. W HILE PULLING AROUND CURVE CAR DERAILED DUE TO SUPER ELEVATION BEING OUT OF LIMITS.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Q54915 WAS PULLING OUT OF SOUTH END OF D06 TO HANG AN EOT. ENGINEER USED EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENT BRAKE CAUSING THE RAIL TO ROLL DROPPING IN THE WHEEL OF AOK 19235. AFTER HANGING THE EOT CREW PULLED SOUT H AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.     


nearest_city: SHARON
county: MERCER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
12MC725: 5'00" 11MC725: 4'30" 11MC725 TRAVELLING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 31 EMPTIES, 1023 TO NS ON MAIN TRACK, DERAILED THE 1ST (NS 2646) AND 2ND (NS 9338) UNITS.      


nearest_city: CRYSTAL CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: STE GENEVIEVE IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LSH08-23 DERAILED CARS MWCX460306 AND HPJX19501 WHILE MOVING ONTO BNSF CONNECTION TRACK.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ON UPRR TRACKS.  HOWEVER, THE BNSF CONNECTION TRACK WAS DAMAGED. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE DEFLECTION BETWEEN THE STOCK RAIL AND SWITCH PLA TES.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES ARE $10,150    


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-SBD1012-24 OPERATING CONVENTIONALLY FAILED TO SECURE SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE WHICH ROLLED FROM TRACK , STRIKING REMAINING LOCOMOTIVES IN LIGHT CONSIST.  NO DERAILMENT BUT LOCOMOTIVES WERE DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: MEYERSDALE
county: SOMERSET
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: KEYSTONE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Q36828 REPORTED 2 CARS DERAILED, ONE CAR IS SIDEWAYS, THE OTHER IS FLIPPED OVER. CAR NORX 2597 WAS R EPORTED AS HAVING THE DRAWHEAD RIPPED OUT, CAR NORX 7218 AND CAR NORX 8093 ARE THE TWO DERAILED CARS .     


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y-CEI1011-11 WHILE SWITCHING DERAILED 4 CARS AT 2020 TRACK SWITCH DURING SHOVING MOVE WHEN SPLIT SWI TCH.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
EAST END HOSTLER AND ATTENDANT WITH THE UPY1221, UPY915, UP6313, UP6522, UP5121, UP6229 WERE IN SHOP TRACK 4.  ANOTHER 2 MAN CREW CAME OUT OF SHOP TRACK 7 WITH THE UP5152 MOVING EAST AND STOPPED FOULI NG THE SWITCH FOR THE RUNNER.  THE EAST END CREW CAME EAST OUT OF TRACK 4 AND RAN INTO THE UP5152 AT THE SWITCH DUE TO THE UP5152 FOULING THE SWITCH AND THE FAILURE OF THE CREWS TO COMMUNICATE.  THE U P1221, E-M SW1500-72, RETENTION TANK CAPACITY 25 GAL., SPILLED 5 GAL. OIL/WATER MIXTURE.  UP 5152, E -M SD70M-04, FUEL TANK CAPACITY OF 4,900 GAL. SPILLED 20 GAL. DIESEL FUEL.  


nearest_city: GRAND ISLAND
county: HALL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YGI62-01 WAS MAKING A MOVE INTENDED FOR TRACK 9 AND THE FOOTBOARD YARDMASTER PINNED THE UP218256 DOW N THE LEAD AND STRUCK THE UP41202 WHICH WAS LEFT OUT TO FOUL IN TRACK 10, DERAILING AND DAMAGING UP2 18256.  UP41202 WAS NOT DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: ALTAVISTA
county: PITTSYLVANIA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
AMTK 020 - 35", 217 - 50", 213 - 50".  AMTRAK 020 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON MAIN #1 TRACK STRUCK THE G ATE THAT WAS LEANING INWARD, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY STRUCK BY UNKNOWN SOURCE.  LEAD ENGINE AFTER RUNNING OVER GATE ARM CAUSED A BRAKE PIPE PRESSURE LEAK, LYNCHBURG MECHANICAL ASSISTED TO MAKE REPAIRS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YHO31R-07 WAS SHOVING RAIL CARS INTO TRACK 003 WHEN 2 RAIL CARS FROM TRACK 005 ROLLED OUT STRIKING T HE RAIL CARS FROM THE YHO31R-07.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF H ANDBRAKES DUE TO THE ROLL-ABILITY INCREASING FROM THE RECENT TIE PROJECT AT THIS LOCATION.  NO RULE VIOLATION OR DISCIPLINE AS CREWS WERE COMPLYING WITH LOCAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING PROPER NUMBER OF H ANDBRAKES NEEDED DURING THE HUMPING OPERATIONS.  AFTER THE TIE GANG PROJECT, ADDITIONAL HANDBRAKES A RE NEEDED AND THOSE INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.  


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL9537102, WAS SHOVING #1 TRACK WITH CUT TO MAKE 15 CARS OF ROOM ON THE NORTH L EAD END.  TWO LONG FLATCARS, PTTX 140501 AND PTTX 252775, DERAILED ACCOUNT LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE ON CURVE EXCESSIVE DUE TO CAR GEOMETRY.  POSITION OF FIRST INVOLVED UNIT IN TRAIN IS UNKNOWN.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TUL3021-29, WHILE PULLING 33 CARS FROM BOWL 38 TRK, FOUND ONE WHEEL ON MRS 2613 DERAILED.  INVESTI GATION REVEALED THAT HUMP RETARDERS HAD FOREIGN MATERIAL BUILDUP FROM PREVIOUSLY HUMPED CARS WHICH A LLOWED THIS CAR TO ROLL OVERSPEED DOWN AND DERAIL IN BOWL TRK FROM OVERSPEED COUPLING.     


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3892 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE ON LOCOMOTIVE E/4601 DUE TO AN APPARENT ICE BLOCK IN THE CATENARY.  NJTRS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,175.00.      


nearest_city: TALKEETNA
county: MATANUSKA SUSITNA
railroad: ARR
date: 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO BROOM OFF A SECTION OF TRACK BEHIND THE TAMPER, WHEN HE STOPPED, ABOUT 20 FEET BEHIND THE TAMPER, HE SURVEYED THE AREA AND DETERMINED HE NEEDED TO PULL AHEAD ANOTHER 5 FEET. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE BALLAST REGULATOR FORWARD, THE MACHINE LURCHED A HEAD AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE REAR OF THE TAMPER. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DEFECTIVE TRA VEL CONTROLLER.   


nearest_city: CALIFORNIA
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
742C403: 19'00'' 742C403 PULLING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 100 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 13000 TONS ON WB 108 TRACK, DERAILED THE 50TH (APEX 030137), 51ST (APEX 301183), 52ND (APEX 030360), 57TH (APEX 030364), 58TH (APEX 030170), AND THE 59TH (APEX 0301183) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ON 7-24-12 AT APPROXIMATELY 0856 TWO GRW HOT METAL REMOTE CONTROL ASSIGNMENTS COLLIDED NEXT TO #6 BL AST FURNACE JUST SOUTH OF THE NORTH #7 CROSSOVER SWITCH. THE 0630 HMRCL 11 ASSIGNMENT USING LOCOMOTI VE GRW 320 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANDLING THREE IRON LADLES FROM #6BF.   THE OPERATOR OF THE 0800 HM RCL 14 ASSIGNMENT WAS USING LOCOMOTIVE 317.  GRW 317 WAS SHOVING TWO EMPTY IRON LADLES (170 AND 191) SOUTH ON 5C LEAD. THE GRW 317 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE STOPPED NORTH CLEAR OF #7 CROSSOVER. HE THEN LINED BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE GRW 320. HE THEN INFORMED TH E GRW 320 OPERATOR THAT MOVEMENT WAS LINED THROUGH #7 CROSSOVER FOR THE GRW 320. WHILE STANDING NORT H OF THE SOUTH #7 CROSSOVER SWITCH THE GRW 317 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE THEN CONTINUED WITH MOVEMENT


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING TO DELIIVER IN TRACK 803 WHEN LEAD TWO CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL IN SECOND TURNOUT OF TRACK 803 (EXEL).      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BLUE ISLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Q19201 WITH LEAD ENGINE CSXT 5419 REAR ENDED K25330 AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED INTO E94531. FURX 3210 28 LEAKED APPROX 200 POUNDS OF WASTE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, SOLID (STCC 4845195).      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
REMOTE HUMP ASSIGNMENT, RCL92771-12, CORNERED 2 CARS ON THE MEMPHIS HUMP AT THE NORTH END.  DURING N ORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS TRACK M040 BECAME FULL AND THE HUMPMASTER FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS FULL AND ROUTED 8 CARS INTO A TRACK THAT CONTAINED 27.  THE FIRST 2 CARS WERE RELEASED, ARRIVED IN THE T RACK AND FOULED TRACK M041, NEXT 3 CARS ARRIVED IN THE TRACK AND FOULED THE LEAD.  WHEN THAT HAPPENE D, THE HPCS SYSTEM REALIZED THE TRACK WAS FOULING TRACK M041 BUT DID NOT REALIZE THE LEAD WAS FOULED AND ATTEMPTED TO RE-ROUTE THE CARS CAUSING GATX 56422 TO IMPACT GATX 24667.  BOTH RESIDUE CARS WERE DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED. 


nearest_city: GLENWOOD SPGS
county: GARFIELD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GLENWOOD SPRINGS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, H-PVODEN1-28A, HAD A BROKEN WHEEL ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WHILE ON UP MAINLINE TRACK.  NO DERAILMENT AND NO TRACK DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: PASCAGOULA
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
M72312 WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF 84 CARS ON INDUSTRIAL LEAD AT ORCHARD ROAD. THE CONDUCTOR KICKED THE F IRST CAR IN THE CONSIST (ACFX 220029) INTO THE RUNAROUND TRACK. ACFX 220029 TRAVELED THE ENTIRE LENG TH OF THE RUNAROUND TRACK AND STRUCK THE 27TH CAR IN HIS TRAIN (CPDX 101145) NEITHER OF THE TWO CARS WERE DERAILED.    


nearest_city: CHESAPEAKE
county: CHESAPEAKE
railroad: NPB
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
F78206 PULLING INTO TRACK BE14 WITH 47 CARS AND DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF ENGINE CSX 7776.  CSX EQUIPME NT DAMAGE $1,326.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: FAIRFAX IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YFX82-02 WHILE SETTING OUT A CABOOSE, BY-PASSED COUPLERS ON A CAR ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  NO DERAILME NT, CAR DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-LAL2021-05 KICKED ONE CAR INTO 123 TRACK BUT FAILED TO NOTE THAT IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACK.  YARD ENGI NE THEN KICKED 2 CARS TOWARD 128 TRACK BUT THEY WERE STRUCK BY CAR ROLLING OUT OF 123 TRACK.  NO HAZ ARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: CANADIAN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: OKLAHOMA CITY 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-Jun
narrative:
RCKOK-06, LEAD UNIT UP 1913 WAS TRAVELING WEST CROSSING MORGAN ROAD WHEN A COMMERCIAL TRUCK WENT PAS T FLASHING CROSSING LIGHTS, STRIKING LEAD UNIT OF THE TRAIN.  THE LEAD UNIT (UP 1913) SPILLED 300 GA LLONS OF FUEL CAUSED BY THE COLLISION.  NO DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE 29018 RCF OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM THE TOWER #2 YARDMASTER TO DOUBLE TRACK 16 TO TRACK 22. THE R CF OF THE Y29018 CONTACTED THE Y28118 UTILITY OPERATOR FOR HEAD ROOM TO MAKE THE DOUBLE. THE Y28118 UTILITY FORMAN GRANTED THE Y29018 THE NORTH LEAD TO THE SOUTH PULLER.THE Y19318 WAS USING THE SOUTH PULLER LEAD SHOVING A CUT INTO DEPARTURE YARD #7 IN A WEST DIRECTION. THE Y29018 AFTER RECIEVING HEA D ROOM BEGAN HIS PULL IN A EAST DIRECTION SIDESWIPING THE Y19318 THAT HAD NOT YET CLEARED THE SOUTH PULLER LEAD. THE Y28118 UTILITY FORMAN DID  


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: MORRILL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE CREW ON THE CEBJK9-28 PASSED A SIGNAL DISPLAYING STOP INDICATION AT CPW113 IN NORTHPORT WHEN THE Y MISTOOK THE MAINLINE SIGNAL AS THEIRS AND STARTED MOVEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THE 101/102 LEAD SWITCH DAMAGING IT.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT, A RUN THRU SWITCH ONLY.     


nearest_city: LIDGERWOOD
county: RICHLAND
railroad: DMVW
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ILSX1389 CREW WAS PULLING 25-0 CORN FROM SOUTH ELEVATOR TRACK AT LIDGERWOOD, ND.  WHEN TRAIN WENT IN TO EMERGENCY, HEAD TWO CARS OF TRAIN DERAILED AND ROLLED INTO THE DITCH.  THIRD CAR HAD SAFETY APPLI ANCE DEFECTS.  CAUSE WAS VERTICAL SPLITHEAD.     


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE MOVEMENT BEING OPERATED BY 2 LOCOMOTIVE MOVERS, RAN THROUGH THE TOP END SWITCH AND WAS PULLED BACK THROUGH DERAILING TWO LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: LEWISTON
county: NEZ PERCE
railroad: GRNW
date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: RIPARIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
NIGHT SWITCH TOOK EMPTY CARS OUT OF TRACK 12 AND 10 THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOVE THEM DOWN THE HIGHSIDE L EAD.  THE CONDUCTOR STATES HE WAS RIDING THE SHOVE, HOWEVER THE PREVIOUS CREW LEFT CARS OUT TO FOUL ON THE WEST END OF TRACK 5 RESULTING IN A SIDE SWIPE COLLISION DERAILING TWO CARS.  CONDUCTOR WAS RI DING NORTH SIDE OF THE SHOVE AND STATES HE DID NOT SEE CARS FOULING.    


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MORGAN
railroad: SCS
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHERE IT OCCURRED - MP F72 - MADISON GA. ON 1-21-10 I WAS ENGINEER ON SOUTHBOUND TRAIN LEAVING MADIS ON GA. WITH ONE ENGINE SCS 8795, AND SIXTEEN CARS.  I WAS TRAVELING AT 8 MPH WHEN I MADE A 10 POUND BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION.  THE TRAIN CAME TO A QUICK STOP.  THERE WAS NO TUGGING FROM THE CARS BEHIND US , AND THE AMP METER WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING UNUSUAL.  THE CONDUCTOR TIED DOWN THE TRAIN, THEN WE BOTH WALKED ON INSPECTED THE TRAIN TO DISCOVER THAT THE BOTTOM TWO CARS HAD DERAILED.  ON 1-21-10 I WAS CONDUCTOR ON THE SOUTHBOUND TRAIN LEAVING MADISON GA WITH 16 CARS 2 LOADED 14 EMPTIES.  AT MILE POST 72 IN A DOWN HILL CURVE I HEARD THE ENGINEER MAKE A BRAKE REDUCTION AND SOON AFTER THE TRAIN MADE A QUICK STOP I TIED 4 BRAKES AND THE ENGINEER AND I WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE BOTTOM 2 CARS ON T


nearest_city: TRUCKEE
county: NEVADA
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 6 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/6-E/134-E/71 AND 8 CARS STRUCK A BOULDER ON THE TRACKS AT MP212. 6 CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE UNIT E/6.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $50,000.00.      


nearest_city: YAZOO CITY
county: YAZOO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: YAZOO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 59 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/94 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP172.30, GRAND AVE CRO SSING.      


nearest_city: MARCUS HOOK
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
FC66 WAS SHOVING ON SOUTHBOUND WHEN THEY WENT THRU PLUG TRACK IN ERROR SIDEWIPPING CUT OF CARS ON PO CKET TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LEAD WHEEL LEAD END OF 43RD HEAD CAR BRAN 2004 LIFTED OUT TO HIGH SIDE OF 14 DEGREE RIGHT HAND CURVE DURING 4 MPH COUPLING.      


nearest_city: MILLIKEN
county: WELD
railroad: GWR
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE UP CREW WAS SHOVING THE LOADED WESTPLAINS GRAIN TRAIN (GSKLCC-14) FROM INTERCHANGE THROUGH THE N ORTH LEG OF THE MILLIKEN WYE, THE 39TH CAR FROM THE ENGINES DERAILED AT THE SWITCH, DERAILING THE 39 TH THROUGH 35TH CARS IN SEQUENCE.  CARS ARE UPRIGHT AND WILL BE RE-RAILED BY GWR FORCES AND RMS CRAN E SERVICE.  DOWNLOADS OF LOCOMOTIVES (UP 6868 & UP 6340) HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM UP AND CURRENTLY H AVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED. CARS DERAILED WERE AS FOLLOWS; UP 93137 (R1 WHEEL), UP 93128 (AXELS 2,3,4), U P 93044 (ALL AXELS), FURX 840899 (B END ALL EXELS). CONTRIBUTING CAUSE FOUND TO BE LATERAL DRAW BAR FORCE, EXCESSIVE IN TURNOUT. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL TURNOUSTS ON THE GWR IS FIVE (5) MPH, UP R EPORTS SPEED AT SEVEN (7) MPH. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD OPERATING RAILROAD WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TH


nearest_city: ETTER
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
UNIT GRAIN TRAIN DELIVERED BY BNSF AT 10:30 PM 11/14/2010 ON MAIN LINE AT ETTER, TX.  RESTRICTED LIM ITS IN EFFECT.  RAN THROUGH THE MAIN LINE EAST LEAD SWITCH WHILE DELIVERING TRAIN, NOT REPORTED.  TX NW CREW BOARDED TRAIN AT 0930 AM 11/15/2010 AND BEGAN SHOVING 100 CARS TO THE WEST TO SPOT 50 CARS T O DEBRUCE GRAIN.  SHORTLY AFTER SHOVE MOVEMENT BEGAN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AS A RESULT OF THREE CARS DERAILING AT THE RUN THROUGH SWITCH.   


nearest_city: CRESSON
county: HOOD
railroad: FWWR
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 16 EMPTIES DOWN TRACK 2407 RVPR 3432 DERAILED (BROKEN RAIL) AND ONE SET OF TRUCKS W ENT DOWN TRACK 2402 CAUSING OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB04 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 5 LOADS, 18 EMPTIES HUMPED STSX 4278 INTO CT30 BYPASSING COU PLERS WITH CITX 700635 DERAILING ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL3012-21, DERAILED 1 CAR AND DAMAGED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 115 SHOVED OUT THE END OF THE TRACK AND IMPACTED THE BARSTOW TO TEMPLE TRAIN THAT WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 117.      


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN GABRIEL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
R-CAL9011-13 FAILED TO LINE ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED MAIN TRACK SWITCH AFTER OBTAINING AUTHORITY TO ENT ER MAIN TRACK DAMAGING SWITCH WHEN RAN THROUGH.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
SWITCH CREW Y-BEL3042-20A RCO JOB, WHILE SWITCHING OUT A CUT OF CARS FOREMAN ON THE JOB FAILED TO LI NE SWITCHES AND CROSSOVERS FOR MOVEMENT CAUSING CAR BRAN 2145 TO IMPACT CAR AGR 6182.      


nearest_city: WHITEWATER
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
WESTBOUND CWETS-02 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MILE POST 5.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 8 DE RAILED CARS TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  ALL CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT.  THE REAR (EAST) TRUCK ON EAC H OF THE DERAILED CARS WERE ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MENDOTA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y-GAL3042-01 WAS STRUCK BY A CAR THAT WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 2012 BY Y-GAL3022-01 AS THEY WERE PULLIN G OUT OF TRACK 2011 DUE TO YARD SKATE FAILURE TO STOP CARS.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AND APPROCHED THE BRIDGE OVER THE GENEVA DIVISION MAIN TRACK 2 WITH A PINK MESSAGE CAR IN THE CONSIST. THE CAR TIPX804378 TRUCK THE BRIDGE AT THAT LOCATION.      


nearest_city: TRUCKEE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
REGULATOR BR002,2 FAILED TO STOP AND STRUCK A SECTION TRUCK THAT WAS CAUGHT ON THE MAIN TRACK CAUSIN G DAMAGE TO THE UNOCCUPIED TRUCK.      


nearest_city: FLORENCE
county: FREMONT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: TENNESSEE PASS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0715 ON THE TENNESSEE PASS, ROCK & ROLL INC'S LRR8AJ-28 TRAIN WAS TRAVELING EASTBOU ND AT 38 MPH AND DERAILED 10 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  RRRR SHOWS $400,000 FOR EQUIPMENT DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LHU24-24 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS ON THE NAVIGATION LEAD TO SPOT UP INDUSTRIES.  WHILE SHOVING JOB HAD 1 RAILCAR AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAIL DUE TO WORN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ATCHISON IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YSJ60R-10 WHILE SWITCHING, KICKED TANK CAR TILX291635 INTO TRACK 452 AND KICKED ANOTHER CUT OF CARS (TILX291631 AND TILX291634) INTO TRACK 100.  TILX291635 ROLLED BACK AND STRUCK TILX291634 THEREBY CA USING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.     


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SALT LAKE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MOGRO-29 WAS SHOVING 85 CARS INTO TRACK 104 WHEN 13 CARS DERAILED DUE TO MISMATCHED RAIL IN TRACK 10 4 TURNOUT.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ZCSLT-06 WAS WESTBOUND THROUGH NEW COAL 8 TRACK.  THE HEAD END AND 12 CARS PASSED THROUGH THE RACK W HEN THEY DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
WELDER PILOTING SLOT TRAIN RELEASED TRACK WARRANT AUTHORITY BUT FAILED TO RESTORE MAIN TRACK SWITCH TO NORMAL. M-LAUSHM1-18 UNAWARE OF OPEN SWITCH, UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO SWITCH AND COLLIDED WITH SLO T TRAIN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  OPERATION ON "OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK".  RAILROAD VERIFIED CONSIST SPEED AND FRA TRACK CLASS.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: FULTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
R90771-14 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN HOLLYWOOD YARD.  THEY HAD TAKEN LIGHT ENGINE AROUND THEIR PMC SPOT, DURING THEIR TRIP TO THE NORTH END OF TRACK, THE CREW STOPPED, CLOSED THE ANGLE COCK AND PULLED A PI N ON THE 3 NORTH CAR IN TRACK MH07.  THE CREW THEN FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE REMAINING 3 CARS TH AT WERE LEFT IN TRACK MH07.  ONCE THE CREW PULLED OUT THE NORTH 3 CARS THEY WENT TO MH06.  THE REMAI NING 3 CARS IN MH07 STARTED ROLLING NORTH AND UTLX 68587 STRUCK THE ENGINE, GTW 5848 AND CAR SRIX 80 406 AS THE CREW SHOVED INTO MH06.  THE ENGINE AND BOTH CARS DERAILED.  THE CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE , ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-CHC1131-10 HANDLING 11 CARS MOVING ON LEAD 1 WITH 11 CARS WAS STRUCK BY A-1230-1-10 (LITE ENGINE) OPERATING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. CREWS UNABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AS TRACK PASSED UNDER CANAL ST BRIDG E AND AROUND A CURVE. NEITHER CREW WAS ABLE TO STOP COMPLETELY PRIOR TO IMPACT. NO FUEL WAS RELEASED .    


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: FINNEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
X-FTXGDN9-22 DERAILED 2 CARS AND DAMAGED 2 ADDITIONAL CARS WHILE SHOVING IN TO TRACK 4016 DO TO FAIL URE TO COMPLY DURING SHOVING MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: OCEAN SPGS
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
DRIVER OF SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) FAILED TO YIELD AT CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY W83801. DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. VEHICLE SPEED UNKNOWN. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CARS ON TRACK 64 WERE CUT OFF IN MOTION AND STRUCK CARS ON TRACK 63 THAT WERE OUT TO FOUL ON THE EAS T END.      


nearest_city: BIG STONE CITY
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING CARS TO INDUSTRY FOR SPOTTING AND FRESH SNOW/ICE OVER TRACK CAUSED WHEEL LIFT ON A CAR. DERAILED EQUIPMENT IMPACTED STANDING EQUIPMENT ON ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y39605 WAS PULLING SOUTH OUT OF C65 TRACK WHEN THE SOUTH END CAR IN C64 TRACK KNOCKED OFF THE SKATES WHILE ROLLING INTO THE TRACK AND ROLLED OUT INTO THE CUT PULLING OUT OF C65. THE CGRX 21334 WHICH W AS THE SOUTH END CAR IN C64 SIDESWIPED THE 5TH CAR IN C65. THIS CAR WAS THE FBOX 504502. THIS CAUSED THE CGRX 21334 TO DERAIL    


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YLT67-11 HEADING INTO YARD TRACK 1 OFF PALESTINE SUB DERAILED 7 CARS IN TRAIN IN YARD TRACK 1 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  DERAILED CARS STRUCK STANDING CUT OF EQUIPMENT IN ADJACENT YARD TRACK 2 SIDESWIPING 3 AND DERAILING 1 OF THE THREE.  CAR #: UTLX 30633 150 GALLONS ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER.     


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: HALL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LOCAL P16 WHILE SHOVING NORTH INTO TRACK #5 DERAILED EMPTY TANK CAR CTRX 23502 AXLES 3 & 4 ALL WHEEL S.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE YNP41R-04 HUMPED THE TILX170349 AND DUE TO A RETARDER FAILURE IT GOT STUCK IN THE RETARDER.  THE NEXT CAR HUMPED THE GATX71474 IMPACTED WITH THE TILX170349 IN THE RETARDER SHOVING IT INTO THE FINA LS.  THIS KNUCKLE TO KNUCKLE IMPACT CAUSED THE A-END TRUCK OF THE TILX170349 TO DISCLODGE FROM THE C ENTERPLATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR.  NO DERAILMENT.  DAMAGE ONLY.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: AMBRIDGE
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
10GC206 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 61 LOADS, 24 EMPTIES, 7845 TONS ON #1 FT. WAYNE LINE DERAILED THE 72ND (TBOX 670314) HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YPC02-30 WAS PULLING 38 CARS OUT OF TRACK 201 OVER THE POINT OF A WIDE GAUGE AT PLANT CROSSING AT MP 214.9 WHEN THEY DERAILED 6 CARS FOULING MAIN TRACK 3.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
UPON DEPARTURE THE 17TH HEAD CAR NS 657204 B END TRUCK CLIMBED A JOINT 40 FEET BEYOND SHOP TRACK SWI TCH AND TRAVELED 5100 FEET TO #8 FORWARDING YARD SWITCH CAUSING MULTIPLE DERAILMENTS.      


nearest_city: BATAVIA
county: KANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
R-CHI8451-08 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE SPOTTING CARS AT AN INDUSTRY DUE TO SHOVING THROUGH THE WHEEL STOP S AND STUB AT THE END OF THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: SPRING
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
ASPERSR-06 CREW WAS ON THEIR LAST DOUBLE OVER OF 3 TRACKS.  THEY HAD MAIN TRACK AUTHORIZATION TO DRA G OUT AND FINISH BUILDING THEIR TRAIN.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS POSITIONED AHEAD OF THE MOVE TO COUPLE THE TRAIN.  WHEN THEY WENT NORTH, THE ENGINEER GOT OFF THE LEAD UNIT TO LINE THE DERAIL, BUT DID NOT LI NE THE MAIN LINE SWITCH.  THEY RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH GOING NORTH, THEN SHOVED BACK OVER THE SAME MA IN LINE SWITCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A JOINT ON TRACK 465, DERAILING TTGX989144.   


nearest_city: WATSEKA
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: TPW
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS EAST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELING EAST WITH 61 LOADS AND 45 EMPTIES AT 10 MPH DUE TO HEAT RESTRICTIONS.  THE E NGINEER STATED THAT THE TRAIN STARTED SLOWING DOWN GRADUALLY, WHEN THE TRAIN DROPPED BLEOW 5 MPH HE THROTTLED UP TO REGAIN SPEED BUT IT DID NOT HELP.  HE PUT THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND THE TRAIN CAME TO A SMOOTH STOP WITH NO SLACK ACTION.  AFTER THE CONDUCTOR INVESTIGATED HE FOUND THE REAR 6 CARS OF T HE TRAIN HAD DERAILED.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AGBMI-14 TRAVELING WEST THRU THE YARD ON NO. 1 MAIN THRU THE CROSSOVERS TO NO. 2 MAIN, TO NO. 3 MAIN AND ONTO THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE INTO EAST RECEIVING 1 WHEN IT DERAILED THE TTGX851235 AND TTGX160 798 DUE TO CROSSLEVEL OF TRACK IRREGULAR NOT AT A JOINT.  POINT OF DERAILMENT NORTH LEG OF THE WYE.     


nearest_city: RAVENA
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
NORTHBOUND Q43415-X09215 A COMBO TRAIN, WAS OPERATING ON THE SINGLE TRACK MAIN IN THE VICINTIY OF RA VENA, NEW YORK NEAR MILE POST QR 128, WHEN THE TRAIN EXPEREINCED A U.D.E. - 27 CARS DERAILED .      


nearest_city: MURRAY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 12 WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND THROUGH THE GRADE CROSSING AT 6100 SOUTH IN MURRAY. SOUTHBOUND VE HICLE ON 300 WEST WITH A SINGLE OCCUPANT MADE AN ILLEGAL LEFT TURN, DROVE AROUND THE WARNING GATE FO R EB TRAFFIC, AND WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT REAR DOOR BY THE TRAIN.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRAN SPORTED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: MUSCOGEE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
187G619 - 18'00" 334G619 - 21'00" 187G619 PULLING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 3 UNIT S, 29 LOADS, 41 EMPTIES, 4603 TONS, DERAILED BOTTOM ENGINE NS 8741, AND HEAD 19 CARS.  CAR GATX 2036 46 RELEASED 165510 LBS. OF DI-TERT-BUTYLPHENOL.     


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PUEBLO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y-PUE2021-25 DERAILED 6 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 412 DUE TO A COMBINATION OF TRACK AND EQUIPMEN T DEFECTS NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS Y39413 DERAILED FOUR CARS WHILE SHOVING TO THE HILL OUT OF TRACK R07.       


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: BARR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Q01008 WAS TRAVELING ON THE BARR SUB #2 MAIN EASTBOUND WHEN THEY STRUCK THE 39TH CAR THAT HAD DERAIL ED OFF OF CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE RR TRAIN E49206 AT MILLER SIDING AND FOULED THE #2 TRACK. ARTICULATED CARS WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONSIST.     


nearest_city: SAINT ANTHONY
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
UP YARD ENGINE PULLING INTO YARD FROM BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. 
      


nearest_city: GLENDORA
county: TALLAHATCHIE
railroad: IC
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SEMI-DRIVER STOPPED AT THE HWY.32 CROSSING AND THEN DROVE INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAIN. TRAIN STR UCK TRAILER PORTION OF TRUCK. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. IMPACT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEAD ENGI NE CN 5730 AND DESTROYED THE SIGNAL MAST.     


nearest_city: N FOND DU LAC
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: WC
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: NEENAH
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:
XYARD1-17 WAS DOUBLING 29 CARS TO 47 CARS IN TRACK N068 ON THE SOUTH END. THE CONDUCTOR STRETCHED TH E TRACK SOUTH 10 CARS AND WHEN HE SAW THE TRACK WAS TOGETHER, HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. IT WAS FOUND THAT EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCES CAUSED TWO EMPTY CARS, TTGX 853730 AND TTGX 160083, TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CEN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVES E/71-E/108 WERE REPORTED WITH HEAVY SMOKE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PORTAL IN THE S&I BUIL DING.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TURBO ON ENGINE UNIT 71 WAS RUNNING ON ITS OWN OIL CAUSING HEAVY S MOKE.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING UP HILL TO SPOT ATLANTIC COAST ASPHALT WHEN SOU 105182, NS 152231 AND SOU 101876 DE RAILED ALONG WITH LOCOMOTIVE 432.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
IHB 622 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 25WDEP-CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY ESTABLISH SWITCH LINE UP RESULTING IN A R UN THROUGH SWITCH CAUSING DERAILMENT OF BNSF56126-FURX816065-BNSF450076-NAHX60872 & TRACK DAMAGE.
      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KC METRO KANSAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
YKS21R-21 SWITCHED CARS INTO TRACK 11, THE TRACK ROLLED OUT THE EAST END AND INTO THE SIDE OF CARS T HAT WERE ON THE LEAD.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH CREWS WERE COMPLYING WITH ALL RULES AND LOCAL INS TRUCTIONS.  SECUREMENT PROCEDURE IN THE BOWL WAS CHANGED TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS.     


nearest_city: FLAT ROCK
county: WAYNE
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
E24661-24 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING 32 LOADS OF AUTOS FROM FOCUS AND HEADING INTO FLAT ROCK YARD. THE 11TH CAR IN THE CUT TTGX 254003 DERAILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS AT THE SWITCH TO TRACK TR-12.  IT W AS FOUND THAT THE CREW RAN THRU THE SWITCH AND THEN PULLED THE CARS OVER THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWI TCH.  BOTH THE INDUSTRY AND RAILROAD SUSTAINED TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, UP78367 DERAILED WHEN IT RAN OVER A PORTABLE DERAIL PLACED BY THE MOW GRO UP.      


nearest_city: JUNCTION CITY
county: TALBOT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVING HIS TRAIN ON TRACK 1 AT MARTIN MARIETTA AND FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH PROPERLY AT THE CROSSOVER SWITCH BETWEEN TRACK 1 AND TRACK 2 CAUSING THE REAR OF THE TRAIN HE WAS SHOVING TO GO THROUGH THE CROSSOVER AND STRIKE EQUIPMENT IN TRACK 2.  THE INCIDENT CAUSED THE REAR CAR TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE AND CAUSED THE SECOND TO THE REAR CAR TO DERAIL THE REAR TRUCKS.  IT ALSO DAMAGED 2 CARS IN TRACK 2 THAT WERE STRUCK BY THE EQUIPMENT BEING SHOVED.   


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AFXAS-23 DERAILED TWO CARS WHILE YARDING TRAIN AT ALTON & SOUTHERN.  ALS MAINTAINS TRACK.  TRACK DAM AGES ARE $13,829.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
R-SPR8371-14 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING 39 CARS INTO INDUSTRY TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING TRAIN INTO TRACK 134, SIX CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL ON SOUTH RAIL OF TRACK 134 .      


nearest_city: ANDERSON
county: MADISON
railroad: CEIW
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CEIW CREW FOLLOWED J798 THRU SIDING AND WAITED FOR THEM TO SHOVE IN #1 YARD TRACK THEN PULL 2 CARS O UT OF #3 ON WEST END.  AFTER J798 CLEARED THE WEST END CEIW CREW SHOVED EMPTY CARS IN #8 TRACK THEN PULLED 11 CARS OUT OF #3 AND SET 1 CAR TO LEAD TRACK AND PUT THE REMAINING CARS BACK IN #3 TRACK.  C EIW CREW RAN THRU SIDING TO EAST END AND STARTED TO SWITCH CEIW CARS FROM EAST END.  CEIW CREW AIRED UP 22 CARS AND STARTED PULLING EAST OUT OF #3 TRACK ON THE SIDING.  CEIW CREW PULLED APPROX. 10 OR 12 CAR LENGTHS AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  TIME WAS 23:12.  UPON A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY CE IW AND CSXT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CAR CTRX 21529 WAS ALREADY DERAILED PRIOR TO CEIW CREW MOVING TH E CAR.


nearest_city: HYSHAM
county: TREASURE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FORSYTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
FARM TRUCK FAILED TO YIELD FOR APPROACHING TRAIN AT CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK  BY TRAIN H-LAUNTW1-12A.       


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Q21922 ON #1 MAIN IN INTERLOCKING WHEN TRAIN BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, ENGINEER ASK CONDUCTOR TO GO BACK A ND PUT 2ND ENGINE ON LINE. CONDUCTOR REPORTED SMELLING SMOKE AND POSSIBLE ENGINE ON FIRE, AFTER STOP PING TRAIN TO INVESTIGATE HE DETERMINED ENGINE 1301 AND HEAD 28 CARS HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: CLAYTON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 170-05 WAS PROCEEDING SOUTHBOUND AND ENCOUNTERED A TRAIN LINE INDUCED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES.  UPON INSPECTION OF TRAIN, CREW FOUND 15 CARS DERAILED.  ONE CAR LEAKING POTASH.  ONE H AZMAT EMPTY NOT COMPROMISED.  FIELD #12 MARQUETTE SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY:  2. NON SIGNALED, 2, DIRECT TRAIN CONTROL, P. TRACK WARRANT CONTROL.    


nearest_city: BROWNWOOD
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
S-HOUSCO4-16 PASSED RESTRICTING SIGNAL AND STRUCK H-LALSLA9-15 WHILE THIS TRAIN WAS PULLING ONTO MAI N TRK THRU 348 XOVER. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. S- HOUSCO4-16 CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUI PMENT.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
AARWX-03 WAS BUILDING TRAIN ON EAST LEAD TRACK AT ARLINGTON WHEN TRAIN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED.  EVENT R ECORDER SHOWS EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENT BRAKE USAGE WHILE COUPLING TRACKS TOGETHER.  THIS CAUSED WHEEL L IFT CAUSING DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
IDUSE-11 DEPARTING EAST YARD OUT OF CROSSOVER, WHEN THE HEAD CAR OF A THREE CAR ARTICULATED PIGGYBAC K, DERAILED FROM TRUCK HUNTING AND CLIMBING THE RAIL AT THE SWITCH POINT.  SWITCH POINT WAS WORN AND HAD LITTLE MOVEMENT, BUT THE TRUCKS ON DTTA729568 AND DTTC729568 WERE NOT TRACKING STRAIGHT.  DTTA7 29568 THEN STRUCK THE ARMN933962 ON ADJACENT TRACK, DERAILING IT AND 2 OTHER CARS.    


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BRSR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB 310 WAS DOUBLING OUTBOUND TRAIN TOGETHER BETWEEN SIT YARD LEAD AND CENTRAL YARD LEAD.  WHILE MAK ING THE FINAL PULL ON THE SIT YARD LEAD, WITH 47 CARS, THE TRAILING TRUCKS OF THE LAST CAR IN THE CO NSIST (INTX 462140) GOT ON THE GROUND AT 832 SWITCH.  THE TRAILING TRUCKS BEGAN TO TRAVEL DOWN TRACK 832 WHILE THE LEADING TRUCKS CONTINUED TRAVELING WEST ON SIT YARD LEAD.  THE WEST BOUND MOVEMENT OF TRAIN ON SIT YARD LEAD FORCED THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON INTX 462140 TO JUMP FROM TRACK 832 TO 831.  AT THIS POINT THE "B"END OF INTX 462140 IMPACTED A STATIONARY GONDOLA CAR (NAHX) ON "B" END.  THIS IMP ACT CAUSED ALL 4 AXLES ON NAHX 802529 TO GET ON GROUND.  THE FORCE FROM THE TWO ENDS OF INTX 462140 TRAVELING ON TWO SEPARATE TRACKS CAUSED THE NORTH RAIL ON THE  SIT YARD LEAD TO ROLL OVER RESULTING


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
SURFACING GANG WAS TRAVELING INTO THE CLEAR.  REGULATOR OPERATOR FAILED TO ENSURE THE PLOW WAS LOCKE D IN RAISED POSITION, ALLOWING PLOW TO STRIKE AND DAMAGE SWITCH MACHINE. QUESTION 44 ENGINEER AND OP ERATOR HOURS WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YSH50-04 WAS MAKING A SWITCHING MOVE ON THE EAST END OF HOLLYWOOD YARD.  THEY WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE YARDMASTER TO DOUBLE OVER 42 CARS FROM TRACK 8 TO TRACK 3.  IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS MOVE THEY DERAILED 1 CAR IN TRACK 3.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS 9 FEET PAST THE POINT OF THE FROG AT THE CR OSSOVER BETWEEN TRACK 4 AND 3 DUE TO RIGGING DOWN OR DRAGGING ON CAR.    


nearest_city: MINOT
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-MIN2012-11 KICKED 2 CARS TO HUMP 1 TRACK. CARS WERE NOT TIED DOWN AND ROLLED BACK INTO LOCOMOT IVES, DAMAGING SAME. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
VEHICLE DRIVEN BY OWEN GLOTZER EAST ON TIMUQUANA ROAD STOPPED ON CROSSING.  AMTRAK P05216 TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH STRUCK THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.  NO INJURIES. CROSSING DOT# 620891F      


nearest_city: CRAFTON
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: POHC
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
GDS-14 CREW DOUBLED TO FIVE CARS ON THE GIANT EAGLE STUB TRACK. CUT IN THE AIR, RELEASED THE HAND BR AKES, AND STARTED TO PULL WEST WHEN THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE 10 CAR FELL IN GAUGE. THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE 11TH CAR HEARD THE DERAILMENT AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO STOP AS THE 11TH CAR DERAILED. THE CONDUCTOR DISMOUNTED AND RAN CLEAR OF THE TRAIN AS THE 10TH CAR STARTED TO ROLL OVER PULLING THE 9T H CAR OFF THE TRACK AND ON ITS SIDE. (CREW ONLY TRAVELED 6 CARS FROM START TO STOP)   


nearest_city: MARINGOUIN
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE LLM31R-22 SWITCHMAN FAILED TO PROTECT HIS POINT WHILE DOUBLING OVER TRACK 19 TO 29 WITH THE LLM3 3R-22 OCCUPYING ZONE 2.  LLM31R-22 STRUCK THE LLM33R-22 WHILE THEY WERE SHOVING THROUGH THE OLD WAY (106) SHOVE LEAD, CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 5 CARS TO DERAIL.     


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


nearest_city: COLORADO SPGS
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
US ARMY/FT. CARSON WAS OPERATING LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE 4653 NORTHWARD INTO TRACK 836 AT KELKER, CO WHEN T HEY RAN OVER FLOP-OVER DERAIL, DERAILING LEAD TRUCK ON LOCOMOTIVE.  INDUSTRY CREW, INDUSTRY LOCOMOTI VE ON UP INDUSTRY TRACK.     


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-OKC3061-19A SHOVING BACK WITH 60 CARS TO MAKE A JOINT IN 1235.  AFTER MAKING FIRST JOINT CAR CTCX 725123 DERAILED CAUSING FOUR MORE CARS TO DERAIL ALSO.
      


nearest_city: ALBIN
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: YODER 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-Aug
narrative:
CATDK-03, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6777, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG AS IT APPROACHED THE CROSSING AT A HIG H RATE OF SPEED, DRIVER LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD.  TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION CUTTING IT IN HALF .     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MACARTHUR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
MASKC21 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE MACARTHUR BRIDGE-WESTBOUND TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS. THIS TRAIN WAS APPROACHING UP TRAIN CNANK9-19 ON OPPOSITE TRACK. BEFORE THE MASKC21 COULD STOP DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE FIRST 10 CARS ON THE CNANK-19.     


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 1187 (DEADHEAD), MAKING EAST BOUND REVERSE MOVE FROM TRACK 69 INTO FRONT LEAD 17, SIDESWIPED S TANDING EQUIPMENT MNCW008933 (M-4 TRIPLET) ON TRACK 1 WEST.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, GACX 7412 (LOAD OF SUGAR) HUMPED AS A SINGLER CAR CUT TO TRACK B16 WITH CONTAMINATED WHEELS RESULTING IN SEVERE OVERSPEED EXITING GROUP RETARDER AT 16.9 MPH. GACX 741 2 WAS FOLLOWED BY TCMX 350467 SINGLE CAR CUT TO TRACK B19 RESULTING IN SEVERE OVERSPEED EXITING GROU P RETARDER AT 16.6 MPH STRIKING DBCX 837 (EMPTY TANK) STANDING IN B19 CAUSING DBCX 837 TO STRIKE TTG X 988560 (LOADED AUTO). TCMX 350467 WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY A TWO CAR CUT TO B19 GACX 8070 (LOAD OF SUG AR) AND TCMX 350490 (LOAD OF SUGAR) OVERSPEED EXITING GROUP RETARDER AT 13.9 MPH STRIKING TCMX 35046 7. DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT, NO DERAILMENT. CAR DEPARTMENT INBOUND INSPECTION IN RECEIVING YARD DID NOT I DENTIFY CONTAMINATED WHEELS.


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE QRVWCX-10 TRAVELING SOUTH HAD PROCEED INDICATION DOWN OFF THE CUT-OFF AT PEPPER TO GO DOWN MAIN TWO.  TRAIN WAS GIVEN A ROLL-BY INSPECTION BY THE CAR DEPT AT DIKE SIDING WITH NO EXCEPTION.  AS THE TRAIN BEGAN TO COME OFF THE GRADE WAS CONTACTED BY THE TRIM YARDMASTER THAT THEY WERE ON THE GROUND AND HAD ALREADY GONE INTO EMERGENCY.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO TREAD BUILDUP.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS NORTH OF MP492 MOHAVE SUB STOPPED AT MP537 ALHAMBRA SUB.   


nearest_city: ANGUS
county: NAVARRO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
ZYCLD-01 HAD TRAIN GO INTO EMERGENCY.  TRAIN WAS HEADING DOWN DECLINE AND 1 CAR SHIFTED EASTWARD SHO VING 1 CAR OFF THE RAIL.  DERAILED CAR STRUCK SEVERAL CARS IN SIDING.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MLIFW-22 PULLING INTO TRACK 6 ON THE EAST END WITH A REAREND SETOUT.  AS TRAIN WAS PULLING IN THE TR ACK DERAILED THE 26TH CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE 125 CAR TRAIN.  CAR SOU114255 DERAILED WHEN IT CLIMBE D THE POINT OF THE TRACK 6, FALLING IN BEHIND THE HEEL FILLER AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGING TRACK ON THE LEAD.  THE CAR THEN TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 220 FEET BEFORE STOPPING AND SIDESWIPED THE FIRST CAR IN TRACK 7 RAIL.   


nearest_city: LABADIE
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WHILE UNLOADING UP'S CETWL9-23, MIDLAND RAIL CREW STRUCK A SHAKER AT LABADIE POWER PLANT AND DAMAGED TWO UP LOCOMOTIVES.  NO DAMAGE TO INDUSTRY'S EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: COZAD
county: DAWSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CBTNT-21, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5674, STRUCK AN EMPTY GRAIN TRACTOR TRAILER AT A PRIVATE CROSSING.       


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR3022-29 REPORTED SPOTTING 3 CARS DERAILED ON TRIM 1 TRACK. INVESTIGATION FOUND DRAWBAR CENT ER SEAL ASSEMBLY FAILURE ON FIRST DERAILED CARS WITH APPROXIMATELY 20% OLD BREAK. NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN KICKED A CAR INTO TRACK 6 WHERE IT STRUCK A CENTER DIVIDER THAT HAD FALLEN OFF OF ANOTHER CAR.       


nearest_city: MARSHALL
county: HARRISON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
RMRMR-15 WAS SPOTTING 60 LOADS INTO LONGVIEW ASPHALT WHEN THE RAIL TURNED OVER ON TRACK 761 DERAILIN G 4 LOADS OF ROCK.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TK20 WITH 48 LOADS AND 8 MTYS, HUMPING OUT OF RT11 WHEN 12 LOADS - 2 CAR CUTS WERE HUMPED INTO CT29, FORCING STLX 6280 AMD STLX 5238 THROUGH THE SKATES, DOWN THE LEADING PAST THE DERAIL. BOTH CARS DER AILED, ALL WHEELS.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
HUMP TRAINMASTER WHILE HUMPING CARS DIVERTED CARS FROM 1447 TRK WHICH WAS FULL TO 1446 TRK, THEN ATT EMPTED TO SEND 2 MORE TO 1447. ONE OF THESE CARS REMAINED IN FOUL AND WAS SIDEWIPED BY FOLLOWING  CA R. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TTR DOUBLING CARS FROM TK 4 TO TK 1 USING CSX EXPORT LEAD, WHILE SHOVING INTO THEIR YARD DTTX 743703 DERAILED AT MAX LEAD TRACK . TTR ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE $25,000.00.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MEMPHIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
RCL94071-19 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS AT HARRISON YARD.  SCMX 2953 WAS RE-ROUTED FROM TRACK 24 TO TRACK 23 BECAUSE HPCS WAS SHOVING TRACK 24 WAS  FOULED BY 23.  THE NEXT CAR, UTLX 12343 , WAS DESTINED TO TRACK 5.  IT CORNERED SCMX 2953 ACCOUNT SCMX 2953 DID NOT CLEAR THE LEAD.     


nearest_city: CHAMPAIGN
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
L55192-17 WAS SWITCHING AT THE NORTH END OF CHAMPAIGN A-YARD. THE CREW TIED ON TO TRACK CA14, STRETC HED IT, AND KICKED IT IN TO HOLD 7 CARS. THEY THEN KICKED ONE CAR TO TRACK CA9 AND TWO CARS TO TRACK CA11. THE CONDUCTOR THEN LET A LOADED TANK CAR, UTLX 664274, ROLL TOWARDS THE RIP TRACK. THE BRAKEM AN, WHO WAS STANDING AT THE 13 SWITCH, MOUNTED THE TANK CAR TO OPERATE THE HAND BRAKE. WHILE RIDING THE CAR TOWARDS THE 14 SWITCH, HE NOTICED THAT 14 TRACK WAS ROLLING TOWARDS THE LEAD. THE BRAKEMAN D ISMOUNTED THE CAR AND THE TANK CAR IMPACTED THE GTW 127060, A LOADED BOXCAR THAT ROLLED OUT CAR CA14 TRACK.THE L3 AND L4 WHEELS WERE DERAILED ON THE GTW 127060. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE CA USE OF THIS DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HANDBRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING CUT OF CARS FROM HOLDING YARD VIA HIGHLINE TO GRAIN ELEVATOR WHEN FIVE CARS DERAILE D IN CURVE ACCOUNT WEAK TIE CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAINLINE SWITCH AND SWITCHING LEAD. MAIN TRACK IS LEV EL WITH A LEFT TURNOUT THAT FIRST DIPS, THEN ASCENDS AT 1%. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CURVE INTO TH E SWG LEAD GRADE CHANGE AND DRAWBAR POSITION CONTRIBUTED TO WHEEL LIFT THAT RESULTED IN DERAILMENT. NO TRAIN HDLG ISSUES NOTED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE YPC03-09 WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE INTO TRACK 312.  CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE HIS ROUTE PROPERLY, WAS ACTUALLY LINED INTO TRACK 306.  THE CARS WERE SHOVED INTO A STANDING CUT OF CARS INTO 306 RESUL TING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 2 CARS ON THE LEAD IN THE CROSSOVERS.     


nearest_city: HOLLISTER
county: TANEY
railroad: MNA
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MNA 4044 WAS THE LEAD LOCO ON THE MNLCAGR.  CREW NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF LOCOMOTIVE.  STOPPED TR AIN.  FIRE DEPT EXTINGUISHED FIRE.      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
H-GALMEM9-03 DERAILED 15 CARS APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. ENGINEER WAS SLOWIN G TRAIN USING DYNAMIC AT TIME OF INCIDENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BALL GROUND
county: CHEROKEE
railroad: GNRR
date: 2013-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GNRR SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILMENT DUE TO TRACK CONDITIONS THAT HAD RECENTLY DETIRERIATED DUE TO BAD WEATHER AND EXCES SIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
14GC204 AND 10GC205 CW27 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS,  42 LOADS, 23 EMPTIES, AND 6179 TONS ON 5/6 PULLOUT TRACK, DERAILED THE 17TH THROUGH 22ND HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: FOUR OAKS
county: JOHNSTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRACK INSPECTOR WAS HI-RAILING ON THE SOUTH END SUB WITH THE CONTRACTORS SRS506 VERIFICATION VEHICLE . THE TRACK INSPECTOR AND THE VERIFICATION VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY CHECKED A SUSPECTED DEFECT AND THEN CO NTINUED HEADED IN A SOUTH DIRECTION TO THE NEXT SUSPECTED DEFECT. TRACK INSPECTOR WAS STOPPED AT N B AKER ST. ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO CLEAR, WHEN THE VERIFICATION VEHICLE, SRS506, STRUCK TRACK INSPECTORS T RUCK FROM THE REAR AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. A FEW DAYS LATER THE TRA CK INSPECTOR COMPLAINED OF BEING SORE AND HAVING BACK PAIN AND WAS TAKEN TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. CONT RACTORS VERIFICATION VEHICLE $10K DAMAGES AND CSX MOW VEHICLE,CSXT 94335, DAMAGES $40K. 


nearest_city: COLFAX
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE MRVNP-13 WAS EASTBOUND ON THE NO 2 MAIN TRACK COMING INTO COLFAX, CA AT WHICH TIME THERE A "NO C OMMUNICATION" ERROR BETWEEN THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AND THE CONTROLLING DPU, UP8414, THAT WAS STUCK IN T HROTTLE 8.  THE ENGINEER WENT BY AN APPROACH SIGNAL AND BEGAN TO SET AIR IN ANTICIPATION OF A STOP I NDICATION AT CP RV140.  THE ENGINEER MADE A MINIMUM REDUCTION ON THE BRAKE PIPE AND 24 SECONDS LATER THE TRAIN TOOK EMERGENCY CAUSED BY THE DPU DROPPING THEIR LOADS TO ZERO EFFORT IN RESPONSE TO THE B RAKE REDUCTION.  THIS CAUSED THE DRAWBAR ON A CAR, 29 DEEP FROM THE HEAD END, TO FAIL AND DERAILED I TSELF AND THE CAR BEHIND, LINE 30 FROM THE HEAD END. 


nearest_city: TAMPA
county: HILLSBOROUGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Q44111 WAS GIVEN PERMISSION BY STOP SIGNAL, AFTER PASSING SOUTH TAMPA SIGNAL Q44111 WENT INTO EMERGE NCY, CREW FOUND THE 18 - 22 CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: TWO HARBORS
county: LAKE
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LOADED TACONITE TRAIN U78982-30, WITH 3 ENGINES AND 116 LOADS, WAS TRAVELING SOUTHWARD AT APPROX. 14 MPH ON CWR MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN THEY STRUCK AN EMPTY TACONITE TRAIN, U78983-30, WITH 3 ENGINES AND 118 EMPTIES, WHICH HAS TRAVELING NORTHWARD AT APPROX. 29 MPH ON THE SAME TRACK. INVESTIGATION INTO T HE COLLISION FOUND TRAIN U78982-30 HAD AUTHORITY REQUIRING THEM TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF U 78983-30 AT HIGHLAND BEFORE PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD. U78982-30 FAILED TO WAIT AND THAT CAUSED BOTH TRAI NS TO OCCUPY THE SAME TRACK GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THE COLLUSION DERAILED A TOTAL OF 3 LOCOMOT IVES AND 14 CARS ON THE TWO TRAINS INVOLVED. HOWEVER, ALL 6 LOCOMOTIVES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND WERE DESTROYED. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 5 EMPLOYEES INJURED IN THIS COLLUSION - THREE ON TRAIN U7


nearest_city: ESCALON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CREW ON Z-WSPNBY8-30 FAILED TO STOP FOR SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION, RUNNING THROUGH AND DAMAGING DUAL-C ONTROL SWITCH.  NO DERAILMENT.  TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: EVANSTON SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YOG53R-05 WAS PULLING SOUTHWARD ON THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE AS THE YOG15R-05 WAS PULLING WESTWARD ON THE WORKING LEAD WHICH CONNECTS THE NORTH AND SOUTH LEG OF THE WYE.  THE FOREMAN OF THE YOG53R-05 W AS STANDING AT THE SWITCH CONNECTING THE WORKING LEAD AND THE NORTH LEG TO LINE FOR THE YOG15R-05 WH EN THEY CLEARED.  AS THE YOG15R-05 SLOWED THEY BROKE A KNUCKLE 16 CARS FROM THE EAST END OF THEIR TR AIN CAUSING A CUT OF 42 CARS TO ROLL INTO THE REAR 2 CARS OF THE YOG53R-05 DERAILED THE 3 WEST CARS OF THE 42 CAR CUT.  


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: RLAX
date: 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE CONDUCTOR OF THE CREW KICKED (RELEASED ) 4 CARS INTO TRACK 23.  AS TH E CARS ROLLED FREELY, COLLIDED INTO A STANDING BLOCK OF 12 CARS.  DURING THE ENSUING IMPACT, THE COU PLER ON EACH CAR BYPASSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH TANK CARS.  THE CAR THAT COLLIDED INTO THE STANDING CAR WAS PLMX137370.  THE CAR THAT WAS STRUCK WAS GATX 28381.  NO RELEASE OF LADING FROM EITHER TANK CAR.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YNP06R-17 WAS TRIMMING THROUGH EAST TRIM 3 TO TRIM 2 TO EAST DEPARTURE 2.  THE HELPER PULLED EAST TO CLEAR THE #39 SWITCH AND GET A CAR COUNT THEN STOPPED AND PITCHED THE RCL CONTROL TO THE FOREMAN TH AT STARTED WESTWARD MOVEMENT THAT RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 10 CARS DUE TO BUFFING OR EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION, TRAIN MAKE-UP.    


nearest_city: UNION CITY
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: AWP W OF A
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
A74529 STRUCK A SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON CROSSING RESULTING IN DAMAGES TO CROSSING SIG NAL AND LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: SUGAR CREEK
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
M-KCKGAL1-02A ON MT3 DERAILED 1 CAR AT MP 443.92, WHICH REMAINED IN TRAIN TO MP 443.16 WHERE IMPACTE D SWITCH AND STRUCK ENGINES OF STANDING TRAIN ON AUXILIARY TRACK.  CAR PPRX 55151, STCC 4909190, UN1 206, RELEASED 22900 GALLONS - HEPTANES.  FRA CONSIST SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.     


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Q49101 PULLING IN RECEIVING TRACK R08 WITH 115 CARS WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. FOUND CARS FROM HEAD DERAILED AND ON SIDES AT EAST END OF TRACK ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: COLLEGE STATION
county: BRAZOS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: NAVASOTA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MFWLI-29, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5170, STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE HOLLEMAN DRIVE CROSSIN G.  DRIVER EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
FOUR CAR CUT OF EMPTY TANK CARS ON 03WCLS BEHIND A SINGLE CUT.THE 4 CAR CUT DIED ON EAST END. THE SI GNAL CAR CUT WENT PAST THE GROUP RETARDERS AND CORNERD THE CAR. NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YPB01R-08 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING TRACK 7 IN THE LOCAL YARD.  LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON SP337691 SPLIT TH E SWITCH POINT DUE TO DEBRIS IN THE SWITCH POINT FROM SCRAP CARS TRAVERSING OUT OF THE LOCAL YARD TO BE DESTROYED.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN YDYT2831-30 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS.  CAUSE DETERMIN ED AS SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE INSUFFICIENT.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $7000.00      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
DL43 SHOVING 52 CARS WEST ON B YARD LEAD WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT T CAUSING 24TH-21ST H/C (CRC X 8003/ GATX 206906/ CRGX 7466/ UTLX 643151) TO DERAIL      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW SHOVING 25 CARS INTO TRACK 9 DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN SWITCH GAPPED UNDER MOVEMENT. NO HAZARDO US MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CREW MM-16 WAS OPERATING OVER THE UNWIRED CROSSOVER FROM THE 25 YARD TRACK TOWARD MU LEAD AND PANTOG RAPH CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE WIRE ON 1502 AND 1503.      


nearest_city: WESTWEGO
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: WESTBANK IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YWG54 DERAILED WHILE PULLING 20 CARS OUT OF TRACK 50.  THE CREW WAS PULLING 20 CARS FOR THE UAVBRR T RAIN, WHEN THE 17TH AND 20TH CARS DERAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF STRAIGHT TRACK.  THE FRONT SET OF TRUCKS ON THE 17TH CAR CCBX72697 DERAILED, THE 18TH AND 19TH CARS ARE STILL ON THE RAIL AND THE 20TH CAR D OWNX67496 HAS ALL 8 WHEELS ON THE GROUND.  THERE WAS A 4-5' PIECE OF BROKEN RAIL THAT IS IN PIECES. IT WAS POINTED OUT THE RUST IN THE BREAK INDICATING AN OLD CRACK THAT JUST GAVE WAY UNDER THE TRAIN .  DERAILMENT  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q-CHILAC6-21 DEPARTING FROM TRACK 245 DERAILED DP LOCOS APPROXIMATELY 1000 NORTH OF THE SOUTH SWITCH OF TRACK 245 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEA SED.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
G-HUTBRC8-30 DELIVERED TO BRC.  CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO PULL UP #5 LEAD AND THEN SHOVE INTO 36E TRACK .  CREW FAILED TO NOTE THE 35/36E SWITCH WASN'T LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AND SHOVED INTO 35E IN ERRO R.  BEFORE CONDUCTOR WAS IN POSITION TO PROTECT SHOVE, MOVEMENT SHOVED OUT OF TRACK AND INTO BRC 153 0 JOB, DERAILING 3 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CBTRD9-13 FAILED TO STOP FOR SIGNAL DISPLAYING STOP INDICATION AT MP 55.8, CAUSING TRAIN TO RUN THRU SWITCH AND SWING NOSE FROG IMPROPERLY LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SWITCH AND SWING NOSE FROG.  NO DERAILMENT.  RUN THRU SWITCH.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $61,200.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YPR35R-31 WAS HANDLING 69 CARS WHEN 11 CARS DERAILED DUE TO AN AIRHOSE IN THE HEEL BLOCK AT THE 54 S WITCH.      


nearest_city: ANGLETON
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LHE04R-27 WAS DRAGGING OUT OF TRACK #6 WITH 64 CARS & RAN THROUGH THE 13 SWITCH WITHOUT REALIZING WH AT THEY HAD DONE.  CREW HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN THE LHE07-27 PERMISSION TO ENTER THE RCL ZONE TO YARD T HE TRAIN IN TRACK #1.  THE LHE04R-27 WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LINED SWITCH BACK FOR THEIR MOVE PRIOR TO DRAGGING OUT OF TRK #6, BUT FAILED TO DO SO CAUSING A HUMAN FACTOR DERAILMENT.  WHEN THEY MADE A REV ERSE MOVE BACK THROUGH THE SWITCH THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH WHILE SHOVING NORTH.   


nearest_city: COLLINSVILLE
county: HENRY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 961V826 PULLING NORTH THRU MAINLINE CROSSOVER AT PAYNE YARD DERAILED 2ND THRU 6TH HEAD CARS.       


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE CREW OF THE CWBRO9-09 WAS MAKING AN EASTWARD SHOVING MOVEMENT ON THE NEW WAY TO TRACK 279.  THE "A" CROSSOVER WAS LINED FOR THE NEW TO THE OLD WAY AND THE SWITCH TO TRACK 279 IS WEST OF THE EAST E ND OF THE CROSSOVER.  THE CREW SHOVED EAST OF THE SWITCH THEN THRU THE EAST END OF THE "A" CROSSOVER THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  WHEN THEY MADE A WESTWARD MOVEMENT TO GET LINED INTO TRACK 279 THE TRAIN SPLIT BETWEEN THE NEW WAY AND THE OLD WAY, DERAILING ONE CAR THAT STRUCK A LIGHT POLE, KNOCKING IT OVER.  


nearest_city: RALSTON
county: CARROLL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
AGBMI-09 WAS OPERATING WEST BOUND WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED TRAIN CONTROL AT MP 244.2 AND WENT INTO SUPP RESSION.  AS THE CREW CAME UP TO MP 244.7, THE SIGNAL HAD DROPPED TO RED.  AS THE CREW APPROACHED TH E CROSSING THEY NOTICED THE ELEVATORS ENGINE ON THE MAIN LINE AND PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY. THEY COLLIDED WITH THE ELEVATORS ENGINE THAT HAD ROLLED OUT OVER THE DERAIL AND ONTO THE MAIN LINE. WHEN THEY MADE CONTACT, THE TRAIN PUSHED THE ELEVATORS ENGINE UP THE TRACK UNTIL THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND THE LEAD ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE TRAIN.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: AULT
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
AGBDV-16, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7043, STRUCK A WESTBOUND SEMI-TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING ON WE LD COUNTY RD 80.  TRUCK DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
FO15 CREW WAS PULLING OFF #6 CLASS.  CARS WERE BYPASSED, STOPPED DUE TO NO HEAD ROOM AND SHOVED BACK .  TTZX 85439 DERAILED ON INERT RETARDERS SHOVING WEST.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YNP12R-21 CREW WAS PULLING A TRIM OUT OF WEST BOWL 28.  IT HAD CROSSED DRAWBARS BETWEEN CARS CRYX005 545 AND CRYX003320 THAT SEPARATED CAUSING THESE TWO CARS TO DERAIL WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: OTEGO
county: OTSEGO
railroad: DH
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: FREIGHT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 253-07 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON FREIGHT MAIN LINE.  CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED SMOKE COMI NG FROM THE 34TH CAR IN THE TRAIN AND ADVISED THE ENGINEER TO STOP THE TRAIN FOR INSPECTION.  CONDUC TOR FOUND 34TH CAR, CRDX 11054, DERAILED WITH A BURNED JOURNAL ON AXLE R1.     


nearest_city: PEARL
county: RANKIN
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MERIDIAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING, TWO CARS SIDESWIPED ANOTHER CAR THAT HAD NOT CLEARED THE TRACK ON THE MERIDIAN SUBD IVISION.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: UP
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 TOOK TRAIN FROM SOUTH YARD TO THE BRIDGE TO THE WESTBOUND LANE VIA XOVER.  ALL OF THE TRAIN GOT THROUGH THE XOVER EXCEPT THE 3RD AND 4TH CAR FROM THE REAR.  IT CLIMBED THE POINT ON THE SWITCH AND FELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK RIDING THE SIDE OF THE RAIL ALL THE WAY UP THE BRIDGE.  C LIMBED DUE TO MISMATCHED TRUCKS ON NS194715.  NOPB MAINTAINS TRACK.  NOPB ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $ 25,000.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: DELRAY BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: FEC
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS STUCK ON TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE NE 2ND STREET CROSSING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.
      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
MSAFW-25, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8566, STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK TRAILER TRAVELING EAST ON IH-35 NB FR ROAD (PA NAM EXPRESSWAY).  TRUCK SAW THE TRAIN COMING BUT THOUGHT HE COULD BEAT THE TRAIN, BUT THEN CAME UP T O SLOW TRAFFIC AHEAD.  THE TRAIN WAS PUT INTO EMERGENCY AND HIT THE EMPTY TRAILER OF THE SEMI.  THER E WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.  THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.    


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
L55372-06 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS WHEN THEY KICKED CARS INTO TRACK JX16 WHICH HAD 5 LOADED HAZARDOUS CARS STANDING IN IT. THE IMPACT WITH TIMX 201032 CAUSED THE LOAD TO SHIFT ON GON X 340250 CAUSING DAMAGE TO TIMX 201032, GONX 340250 AND TFM 55342. THERE WERE NO LEAKS, EXPOSURE OR INJURIES. NOTHING WAS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Q-LBALPC1-21 DEPARTING FT MADISON FROM 202 LEAD DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED . NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-DYT3811-31A SHOVED CARS IN TRACK 605 SOUTH IN TRACK WHILE PROTECTED BY UTILITY SWITCHMAN.  AT THE SAME TIME Y-DYT3311-31 WAS SHOVING CARS NORTH ON 9 TRACK LEAD.  Y-DYT3811 SHOVED THROUGH SOUTH END OF 605 TRACK AND COLLIDED WITH Y-DYT3311, DERAILING 4 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE. CMC TRACK DAMAGE 615.1    


nearest_city: CALERA
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
K997 WAS DEPARTING VULCAN MATERIALS WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 100 LOADS OF ROCK. CREW STOPPED AT THE SO UTH END OF VARNONS SIDING TO LINE THE DERAIL AND POWER SWITCH TO ENTER CALERA SIDING AND PROCEED SOU TH. THE TRAIN PULLED APPROXIMATELY 14 CARS OVER THE SPIRAL TURNOUT WHEN THE 15TH CAR DROPPED INSIDE THE GAGE OF THE RAIL CAUSING THE FOLLOWING 7 CARS TO ALSO DROP IN.    


nearest_city: HOBBS
county: LEA
railroad: TNMR
date: 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
AS THE CREW WAS FLAGGING A CROSSING AND THE TRAIN WAS PULLING THROUGH, THE CONDUCTOR SAW A CARS SWAY ING AND SPARKS FLYING.  AFTER VERBALLY TELLING THE ENGINEER TO STOP VIA RADIO THE TRAIN WENT INTO EM ERGENCY.  THE CREW WENT BACK TO ACCESS THE SITUATION.     


nearest_city: WHITEHALL
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: CLP
date: 2012-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
CLP 263 WAS SHOVING THEIR TRAIN IN THE SOUTH END OF TRACK ONE IN WHITEHALL YARD. WIDE GAUGE AND DEFE CTIVE GAUGE RODS CAUSED TWO LOADED SLURRY TANK CARS, ONE LOADED HOPPER AND TWO EMPTY SALT CARS TO DE RAIL. THE DEFECTIVE TRACK STRUCTURE WAS JUST NORTH OF THE DERAIL ON LADDER AT THE SOUTH END OF THE Y ARD.    


nearest_city: KEITHVILLE
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LUFKIN 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-Aug
narrative:
MPBHO-10, WITH LEAD UNIT CSXT201, WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH WA S FOULING CROSSING. DRIVER INJURED. CSXT201 DAMAGED AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AFTER DOUBLING CT38 TO CT46 VR34 PULLING WEST OUT OF CT46 DERAILED THE EE CARS ACCOUNT PREVIOUS MISM ATCH COUPLING IN CT CT38 DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS.      


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: TOPEKA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LMF40-08 WHILE SWITCHING, TANK CAR BUCKLED DUE TO FORCE OF IMPACT WITH CUT OF CARS.  CAR DAMAGE ONLY , NO DERAILMENT.  CAR# UTLX 25750 10,000 GALLONS SULFURIC ACID.      


nearest_city: WHITE SPRINGS
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
G69 SHOVING NORTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 3 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 15 EMPTIES, 800 TONS, DERA ILED 2ND ENG NS 5276.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
BK-91 SHOVED 11 LOADED SAND CARS INTO 3 TRACK AT EAST YARD, STOPPED THEM AT THE 2/3 SWITCH, AND LET THEM DRIFT INTO THE TRACK.  THEY WENT UP ON THE LEAD AND SWITCHED A FEW CARS DOWN THE LEAD AND THEN LET TWO MORE LOADS OF SAND GO INTO 3 TRACK.  THEY PINNED A COUPLE MORE CARS DOWN THE LEAD AND THEN L ET TWO MORE LOADS OF SAND GO INTO 3 TRACK.  THEY PINNED ONE MORE LOAD OF SAND INTO 3 AND THEY WERE D ONE WITH THAT CUT.  WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO 1 TRACK FOR ANOTHER CUT, THEY NOTICED THAT NRLX 32041, TH IRD CAR FROM THE EAST END, WAS DAMAGED.  


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
DUE TO AN UNEVEN LOAD IN CAR #1355, WHICH PLACED ADDED WEIGHT ON THE LOW SIDE OF THE CAR AND CONTRIB UTED TO HARMONIC ROCKING, RESULTING IN THE SOUTH WHEEL OF THE LEAD TRUCK TO CLIMB OFF THE SOUTH RAIL , DERAILING SAME.     


nearest_city: BARTONVILLE
county: PEORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CNAKI-02 WAS SOUTHBOUND AT 25 MPH AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 79.2 AFTER RAIL BREAKING UNDER THE 8 TH CAR, CAUSING THE HEAD 20 CARS AND THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: WINDHAM
county: WINDHAM
railroad: PW
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
ETHANOL EXTRA WAS TRAVELING EAST FROM WILLIAMANTIC CONNECTICUT WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MIL EPOST 20 ON THE WILLIAMANTIC BRANCH. FOUR CARS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL DERAILED THREE ROLLED DOWN AN EM BANKMENT.     


nearest_city: SOUTH FULTON
county: OBION
railroad: IC
date: 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q19491-19 WAS DEPARTING FULTON YARD ON MAIN #2 AT 25 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CON DUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 5 CARS - DTTX 680361, FEC 71200, DTTX 430002, DTTX 454029, DDTX 759051 - DERAILED ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL ON THE EAST RAIL OF MAIN #2.     


nearest_city: KEMMERER
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: POCATELLO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE GSB2EE-14, LOADED GRAIN TRAIN, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON CLEAR SIGNAL INDICATION WHEN IT EXPERI ENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF TRAIN BRAKES.  UPON INSPECTION CONDUCTOR FOUND 35 CARS D ERAILED.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT A VERTICAL SPLIT RIM ON WHEEL OF CAR CTRN100427.     


nearest_city: CHETEK
county: BARRON
railroad: WN
date: 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: CHIPPEWA FALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
BROKEN JOINT BAR CAUSED RAIL TO SEPARATE CAUSING DERAILMENT.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY ONCE CARS DE RAILED.      


nearest_city: STRATFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
AT CATENARY 848, TRACK 3, AN 80% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK UNDER CLIP OF AUXILIARY WIRE AT UNDERPASS OF LONG BROOK AVENUE FAILED UNDER PREVIOUS MOVEMENT OF TRAIN #6573, ALLOWING AUXILIARY WIRE TO DROP IN THE FOUL, ENGAGING PANTOGRAPH OF CAR 8412, TRAIN #6750, DAMAGING SAME.     


nearest_city: SNYDER
county: KIOWA
railroad: GNBC
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
BNSF CREW SHOVED 52 LOADS AROUND SOUTH LEG COUPLING INTO 48 LOADS ON THE MAIN. CREW PULLED TRAIN FOR WARD DERAILING 5 CARS 9(#53-#57). GNBC SOUTH LEG SWITCH WAS FOUND LINED FOR THE MAIN. CREW RAN THROU GH SOUTH LEG SWITCH AND THEN MADE A FACING POINT MOVE.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Q57727 WAS INSTRUCTED TO COME DOWN THE MAINLINE AND SHOVE INTO TRACK S02. THE CONDUCTOR GOT ON THE R EAR OF THE MOVEMENT AND BEGAN GOING NORTH. DUE TO THE ENGINEER NOT HAVING ALL ENGINES ON LINE THE 15 TH CAR FROM THE HEADEND DERAILED IN THE CROSSOVER CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION OF DERAILING 6 MORE CARS AND ONE ENGINE.    


nearest_city: ALPHA
county: HENRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARSTOW
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
H-PASGAL9-09 DEPARTING FROM CREW CHANGE REVEALED TRAINS BRAKES, UNABLE TO MOVE. INSPECTION REVEALED SOU 99313 CARBODY HAD SEPARATION FROM TRUCK, DERAILING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRIM JOB WITH 42 CARS DOUBLED INTO TRACK 034 WHICH CONTAINED 38 CARS AND BEGAN PULLING TRACK WESTWAR D WHEN SIDESWIPED FOULING CAR ON ADJACENT TRACK WHICH DERAILED ON ITS SIDE AT THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: LEWISVILLE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF 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-Aug
narrative:
IMNLB 27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7364, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACK ON THE KING S STREET CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-KCK1311-13 WORKING WITH UTILITY EMPLOYEE FAILED TO LINE SWITCH AND SHOVED INTO RCO JOB Y-KCK1321-1 3.  NO DERAILMENT BUT CARS DAMAGED.  CUTS CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: GRAHAM
railroad: AZER
date: 2013-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: MAINLINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AZER 109 CREW HEADING WESTWARD WITH 25 LOADS AND 8 EMPTIES WHEN CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE ENGINEE R IMMEDIATELY SUSPECTED A BROKEN RAIL AND APPLIED FULL SERVICE. TRAIN CAME TO A STOP WITH 3 EMPTIES AND 12 LOADS DERAILED. FOUR OF THE 12 HAZMAT CARS THAT DERAILED SPILLED ABOUT 155 TONS OF COPPER CON CENTRATE ON THE GROUND. THE FOUR CARS THAT DUMPED WERE AZER 910152, AZER 910349, AZER 910251 AND AZE R 910398. THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR HOW MUCH DUMPED FROM EACH CAR IS NOT AVAILABLE.   


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
NS 473068 DERAILED WITH THE MASTER RETARDER IN MANUAL DUE TO  STALL AND STOP HUMP MESSAGE.  BLOW BAC K PROTECTION.      


nearest_city: MANITOU
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
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-Dec
narrative:
T10814 LOADED COAL TRAIN GOING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MORGANFIELD BRANCH TO ATKINSON YARD DERAILED 13 CAR S STARTING WITH THE 22ND HEAD CAR THROUGH THE 34TH CAR.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
FURX 738194 WAS THE FIRST CAR IN THE CUT AND FLAGGED AS A BAD ROLLER OUT OF THE MASTER. THE AVERAGE ROLLING RESISTANCE IN THE YARD FOR TODAY WAS 11.24. THIS CAR MEASURED AT A 32.03. IT ENTERED THE MAS TER AT 11.0, WITH THE REQUEST OF 16 AND EXITED THE MASTER AT 14.6. IT ENTERED THE GROUP AT 12.5 LESS THAN THE EXIT REQUEST SPEED OF 13.2 AND LEFT AT 9.2. THE CAR STALLED BEFORE IT REACHED THE TANGENT.    


nearest_city: COOSA
county: FLOYD
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CONTRACTOR REPAIRING SOU 524773 CAUGHT LANDING (RECYCLED PAPER) ON FIRE DAMAGING THE RAILCAR AND CAU SING LANDING DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YNP42R-15 WHEN THE FOREMAN MANUALLY INTERVENED WITH THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM HE REMOVED THE BLOC K OFF OF EAST BOWL 154 THAT RESULTED IN THE CRGX8273 BEING RELEASED INTO EAST BOWL 153 WHERE IT IMPA CTED WITH THE TBOX661038 ALREADY IN TRACK.  NO DERAILMENT CAR DAMAGE ONLY.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: OGDEN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MROHK-09, WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  TRAIN STOPPED, CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT A DUMP TRUCK HAD RUN INTO THE 7TH AND 8TH CARS OF THE TRAIN CAUSING D ERAILMENT OF 16 CARS.  DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS FATALLY INJURED.     


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
GY-22-22 WAS DOUBLING OUT OF THE STRIP, USED 6 LEAD FOR HEADROOM TO SHOVE 36 LOADS INTO THE D-YARD. THEY PASSED THE 6 LEAD SPRING WITCH WHICH WAS LINED FOR 4 LEAD. WHEN THEY SHOVED BACK, THE DTTX 7424 19 (LOADED 5 WELL ARTICULATED FLAT) DERAILED. SOO MAINTAINS TRACK AT THIS LOCATION, METRA (NIRC) MAI NTAINS SIGNALS AT THIS LOCATION & THERE WAS ALSO APPROXIMATELY $6,000 SIGNAL DAMAGE. ON 9/25 RECEIVE D NOTIFICATION THAT SIGNALS ARE INDEED MAINTAINED BY METRA & NOTIFICATION SENT ADVISING OUT INCIDENT NUMBER, REQUESTING THEIR DATA FOR REPORTING. CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED FLAT CARS WITH A TOTAL O F 71 BAYS. 


nearest_city: COLFAX
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
IG3OA-17 WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON MAIN TRACK 1 ON THE ROSEVILLE SUBDIVISION BEGAN AN ENTRY SPIRAL INT O A 10 DEGREE TURNOUT AT MP143.75.  AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT, THE HEAD END WAS ASCENDING UP A . 38 PERCENT GRADE WHILE THE BODY OF THE TRAIN WAS DESCENDING A 2 PERCENT GRADE WHEN CAR DTTX620283, A 3 WELL STRAIGHT DRAWBAR INTERMODAL CAR DERAILED.  THE 1G3OA-17 WAS OPERATING WITH 32 EQUIVALENT DYN AMIC BRAKE AXLES ON THE HEAD END GOING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH.  AS THE DTTX620283 BEGAN THE ENTRY SPIR AL AT MP143.75, THE #5 AND #6 WHEEL SETS GOT ON TOP OF THE RAIL LEADING TO A DERAILMENT.  INVESTIGAT ION FOUND EVIDENCE OF BUILT UP TREAD ON BOTH WHEEL SETS AND SLAG IN THE TREAD MARKS OF THE RAIL TIES .  AS THE 1G3OA-17 CONTINUED TO MOVE WEST, CAR DTTX743489, A 5 WELL ARTICULATED CONNECTION INTERMODA


nearest_city: CLINE
county: UVALDE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
WVBTKB-02 HEADING TOWARD INDUSTRY DERAILED WHEN A PARTIAL LOAD CAUSED THE WHEEL TO CLIMB THE OUTSIDE RAIL OF A CURVE.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 7 MPH.  UPRR MAINTAINS TRACK WHERE DERAILMENT OCCURRED, HO WEVER MARTIN MARIETTA INCURRED THE TRACK DAMAGE.  MARTIN MARIETTA ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $15,000.     


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YIT61X-05 WAS TRAVELING NORTH, WHEN CREW FELT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS "NORMAL" SLACK ACTION AND THE TR AIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THAT THE REAR FOUR CARS HAD DERAIL ED.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
NDYX 821732 WAS HUMPED AT 20:12. THE REQUESTED SPEED AT THE MASTER WAS 9.00 AND IT LEFT THE MASTER A T 8.99. SHPX 207109 WAS HUMPED 23 SECONDS LATER. THE REQUESTED SPEED AT THE MASTER WAS 9.00 AND THE EXIT SPEED WAS 9.00. NDYX 821732 HAD A REQUESTED SPEED IN THE GROUP OF 8.10 AND EXITED AT 7.60 A -0. 50 SLOWER THAN REQUESTED. SHPX 207109 WAS REQUESTED AT 8.50 AND EXITED AT 8.49. -0.01 SLOWER THAN RE QESTED. SHPX 207109 OVERTOOK THE NDYX 821732 AT THE C23 SWITCH. SHPX 207109 SIDESWIPED THE NDYX 8217 32  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YHO26-05 TRAVELING AS LIGHT POWER MOVED PAST S/E 406 SWITCH FOR HEAD ROOM, IN THE PROCESS RUNNING TH RU 405 SWITCH WITH LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON TRAILING UNIT.  THE LITE POWER PRECEDED NORTH INTO 406 DERA ILING #1 AXLE ON TRAILING UNIT.     


nearest_city: NEWPORT NEWS
county: NEWPORT NEWS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PENINSULA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE Y20122 WAS SHOVING A LOADED TRAIN FROM R3 TO DTA WHEN THE 1 SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED DUE TO A BROK EN RAIL AT THE HUMP.      


nearest_city: HAYSI
county: DICKENSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: KINGSPORT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Q69722 WAS MOVING WHEN CAR DERAILED IN TUNNEL. TRAIN TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 6,864 FT. WHEN EXPERIENC ED AN UDE. INSPECTION REVEALED THE 36TH THROUGH 53RD HEAD CARS DERAILED, ON SIDES AND OVER EMBANKMEN T ALONG RIGHT OF WAY. AN ESTIMATED 1114 GALLONS OF PROPIONIC ACID, STCC 4931496, WAS RELEASED FROM C AR ETCX 623811 AS A RESULT OF DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB WAS SHOVING A CUT OF TEN CARS INTO C11.  WHEN DTTX 785461 ENTERED THE TRACK, THE SWITCH POINT BR OKE AFTER THE FIRST TWO SETS OF TRUCKS TRAVERSED THE SWITCH RESULTING IN DTTX 785461 AND DTTX 721238 DERAILING.     


nearest_city: BRIGHAM CITY
county: BOX ELDER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: OGDEN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LCG46 PULLED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 72 CARS OVER THE EAST PASS SWITCH.  WHEN THEY RAN AROUND THEIR TRAIN TO PUT POWER AWAY IN THE EAST PASS, AXLE 4 ON THE UP3563 PICKED SWITCH ON THE SOUTHEND OF THE EAST P ASS.  THIS CAUSED THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS ON THE UP3563 AND LEAD SET ON THE UP2412 TO DERAIL.  HUMA N FACTOR CAUSE HAS BEEN RULED OUT.    


nearest_city: PEORIA
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 402D501 TRAVELING ENGINE LITE WEST ON MAIN #1 ON TZPR WHEN SWITCH POINT BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT D ERAILING THE 2ND UNIT NS 2707 (R4, R5, R6) AND (L4, L5, L6).      


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-MUS1511-07 RAN THROUGH 58-TRACK SWITCH WHILE SWITCHING. CREW THEN SHOVED BACK AND SPLIT SWITCH DER AILING ONE LOCOMOTIVE. NO FUEL WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE YNP47R-23 RCL CREW HUMPED THE GTW126126 INTO WEST BOWL 34 WHERE IT CROSSED DRAWBARS AND IMPACTED WITH THE UP980618 ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  BOTH CARS DERAILED ROLLING THE SOUTH RAIL.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YRO32R-28 WAS SWITCHING CARS INTO TRACK 47 WHEN ONE LOCOMOTIVE UP725 DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: ROSEDALE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: PHILADELPHIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Q40927 STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING AND DROVE INTO THE PATH OF THE TRAIN. THIS CAUSED A TRAIN DERAILMENT AND AN EXPLOSION THAT DAMAGED MANY NEARBY BUSINESSES AND HOMES. UNPX 128076 HAD AN ESTIMATED 218,279 POUNDS OF SODIUM CHLORATE RELEASED AS A RESULT OF THIS CROSSING ACC IDENT AND DERAILMENT.  THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, BUT NO ONE REPORTED TO THE OUTREACH CENTER THAT WAS SET UP FOR ANY BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS THAT WANTED TO EVACUATE.   


nearest_city: SOUTH ROYALTON
county: WINDSOR
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 55 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/195 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS, AND E/108 TRAILING WAS STRUCK IN THE S IDE OF THE SECOND CAR 82705 BY A SLIDING AUTOMOBILE AT CROSSING.  THE VEHICLE SLID ON A PATCH OF ICE ON THE ROADWAY.     


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MPRSS-12 TRAVELING TOWARD YARD, WHEN THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CREW REPORTED HAVING THE HEAD TH REE CARS DERAILED.  AFTER INSPECTED THE TRACK IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FIRST CAR HAD DERAILED 4900 FEET PRIOR TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE TRAIN HAD BEEN STOPPED BY THE UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  THE POINT OF DE RAILMENT WAS THE ROBERTS STREET INTERLOCKING, FROM THE POINT OF DERAILMENT THE TRAIN CROSSED THE DRA WBRIDGE AND THEN IT ENCOUNTERED THE ONE/TWO SWITCH.  AT THE ONE/TWO SWITCH THE TRAIN WAS LINED FOR O NE TRACK BUT THE DERAILED CAR PUSHED OVER THRU TO TWO TRACK.  THIS APPEARS TO BE WHERE THE SECOND AN D THIRD CARS WERE DERAILED.  DYNAMIC BRAKES ON LOCOMOTIVE WERE NOT RESPONDING AND WERE SURGING. 


nearest_city: SAVANNA
county: CARROLL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
NUMEROUS TRACKS AND EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WHEN PLUMB RIVER FLOODED SAVANNA YARD, SUBMERGING AND DAMAGIN G TRACKS AND EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: FREEPORT
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: RASX
date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DERAILED UTLX 600241 (A-END ALL WHEELS) AND DOWX 6276 (ALL WHEELS) DUE TO CROSS EVELATION. NO COST T O RAILSERVE. CUSTOMER WILL COVER ALL COST.      


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: TOPEKA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LMF42-28 WHILE SHOVING, DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO FAILURE OF CREW TO REMOVE CHOCK.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.       


nearest_city: WINNEMUCCA
county: HUMBOLDT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE LRG49-03 HAD A HOLD OF 32 CARS AND WERE MAKING A SHOVING MOVE WEST INTO YARD TRACK 2 TO GET RID OF 25 CARS OF SLUFF INTO THE CLEAR RAIL.  AS THEY WERE SHOVING, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED A CAR ABOUT 10 CARS BACK WEST OF THE CLEARANCE CONE OFF TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND BROUGHT THE MOVE TO A STOP.  INVESTI GATION FOUND A 4 FEET 4 INCH SECTION OF THE SOUTH RAIL HAD SHATTERED IN TRACK 2.  RAIL WAS MADE IN 1 918.  A TOTAL OF 8 CARS DERAILED TO THE SOUTH AND SIDESWIPED 4 CARS THAT WERE IN TRACK 3.   


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE 11:15 PM JOB WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPOTTING THE RAMP WITH TRAIN 222 WHEN THEY DERAILED FEC 142, TTRX 360973, TTRX 370735, FEC 70901, DTTX 742097, TTRX 360439 AND TTAX 653347 AT THE NORTH END OF CR ANE PAD #4 SWITCH.  IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE CROSSTIES THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT .    


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
INFX 408160 & INFX 405243 WERE HUMP AS A 2 CAR CUT DESTINE FOR 16 CLASS TRACK IN GROUP 2. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF STALLING GOING INTO GROUP 2 WHEN NATX 250911 CAUGHT UP, COUPLED AND CONTINUED PUSH ING THEM INTO GROUP 2. GATX 66647 WAS HUMPED AND DESTINED FOR 9 CLASS TRACK IN GROUP 1 AND CORNERED NATX 250911 WHICH HAD NOT CLEARED THE HUMP LEAD YET.    


nearest_city: HEALY
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 27, 2011 AT OR ABOUT 1:35 P.M. A FREIGHT CONDUCTOR ON EMPTY COAL TRAIN SECURED AND TESTED HAND BRAKES(5) ON THE NORTH END OF A 35 CAR TRAIN. AFTER COMPLETING LOCAL SWITCHING, THE CONDUCTOR COUPLED INTO THE NORTH END OF STANDING EQUIPMENT. CONDUCTOR FAILED TO RELEASE HAND BRAKE SECUREMENT BEFORE STARTING MOVEMENT. TRAIN MOVED APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET WITH HAND BRAKES APPLIED WHICH RESULT ED IN SLID FLAT WHEELS ON THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT: TNM 20103, ARR16318, ARR 16007, ARR 61990 AND CEF X 62055.  


nearest_city: NEW ALBANY
county: UNION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
U-KEEBIR1-42 WAS STOPPED BY DED AT MP 557.4 INSPN OF TRN FOUND ONE CAR DERAILED WITH BOTTOM DOORS OP EN AND TACONITE LEAKING; FURTHER INSPN DETERMINED THAT CAR HAD BROKEN WHEEL RIM ON B-END OF CAR. TRA CK INSPN REVEALED DAMAGED TO SEVERAL ROAD CROSSINGS, ONE MAIN TRACK SWITCH AND THE DED.     


nearest_city: WEST FRANKFORT
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MARION SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
LSG54-11, WITH LEAD UNIT UP1945, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK AT THE ELM STREET CROSSING.  THE CREW STATED THAT THE DRIVER DROVE AROUND 3 VEHICLES THAT WERE STOPPED FOR THE CROSSING AND CONTINUED AROUND THE CROSSING GATES.  THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE AND CROSSING GATES.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-13T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
U23909 SHOVING IN BAYSIDE LEAD TO LOOP #1 DERAILED A TOTAL OF 5 CARS LINES 32 - 36 IN IS TRAIN. ALL CARS UP RIGHT AND IN LINE. DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: AUSTELL
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: EAST END
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 19 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/5-E/93 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP650.45, SPRING ST CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $11,907.00.      


nearest_city: HAYS
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SHARON SPRINGS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
MSIDV-15 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND AT MP 288.25 WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED ML SWITCH FOR TRACK 22-141.  TH E SWITCH WAS LEFT OPEN BY THE LDG89-15 CREW WHO USED IT AT APPROXIMATELY 00:45 HOURS.  SEVERAL CARS WERE TIED DOWN ON TRACK 740, SET OUT BY THE LDG89-15 ON A PREVIOUS SHIFT WHICH THE MSIDV-15 COLLIDED INTO AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH.  CHANGED TO MAINLINE INCIDENT PER NORTHERN REGION REQUEST.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE FRA TRACK CLASS & CONSIST SPEED.   


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YKS21R-28 WHILE SWITCHING, KICKED 1 CAR DOWN THE LEAD FOR BOWL 11 AND CORNERED THE PREVIOUSLY SWITCH ED CAR THAT DID NOT CLEAR BOWL 12.  THE POWER SWITCH FOR BOWL 11 SHOULD NOT HAVE THROWN, SINCE THE C AR THAT HAD NOT CLEARED WAS STILL ON THE BOND.     


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YNL33R-05, HUMPED A CUT OF THREE CARS ON THE AUTOMATED HUMP TO BOWL TRACK 33, CPDX582037, GATX26787, GATX24931. A FOLLOW-UP CAR, UTLX 902575, WAS THEN HUMPED TO TRACK 35. THE 3 CARS GOING TO 33 HAD NO T CLEARED TRACK 35. WHEN THE CAR DESIGNATED TO TRACK 35 ENTERED THE GROUP AND WAS LINED TOWARD BOWL TRACK 35 STRIKING THE CARS DESIGNATED FOR TRACK 33 CAUSING DAMAGE TO GATX24931 AND UTLX902575.    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-18, SHOVING CARS TO HUMP CREST, DERAILED 4 CARS WHEN CUT APPROXIMATELY HALF OVER HUMP AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: OTTUMWA
county: WAPELLO
railroad: DME
date: 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
B82 LOCAL KICKED GATX 95966 INTO 4 TRACK, CHECKED CAR AND IT WAS SITTING STILL.  PULLED EASTWARD ON LEAD TWO CAR LENGTHS AND AGAIN CHECKED GATX 95966 AND IT WAS SITTING STILL.  LINED SWITCH, WALKED TH REE CAR LENGTHS UP LEAD AND KICKED MLSX 20600 ALONG WITH TWO OTHER CARS INTO 5 TRACK.  GATX 95966 HA D ROLLED OUT TO FOUL 5 TRACK AND CORNERED MLSX 20600.  CARS DID NOT DERAIL, BUT WERE DAMAGED.  CRV I TEM B PER C. NEWTON.   


nearest_city: BEXLEY
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
LOADED (SAND) CAR BTCX 222 WAS FOUND AT WATKINS YARD WITH SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE B END.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE THE STRESSES OF REPETITIVE IMPACTS DURING FLAT SWITCHING OP ERATIONS.     


nearest_city: ALBERT LEA
county: FREEBORN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MSSDM-06, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND, WENT OVER A HEAT CAUSED THERMAL MISALIGNMENT RESULTING IN THE DERAIL MENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: HURON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB05 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 5 CARS HUMPING INTO CT34 WHEN COUPLERS BETWEEN NW 97059 A ND AEX 7267 RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: SFRV
date: 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
PORTABLE DERAIL PLACED ON TRACK ON PREVIOUS DAY, TO PROTECT CONTRACTOR WORKING ON WASH RACK, WAS NOT REMOVED UPON COMPLETION OF WORK AT 1430. SWITCHING MOVE WAS CONDUCTED AT 0138 THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THE GROUND MAN FAILED TO BE IN POSITION TO PROTECT THE SHOVING MOVE BY IDENTIFYING THE DERAIL S TILL IN PLACE, RESULTING IN ONE TRUCK GOING OVER DERAIL AND DRAGGING OVER 300 FEET ON THE GROUND    


nearest_city: ADAMS
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ADAMS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YAD81-08 SHOVING 58 CARS INTO TRACK 8.  THE 17TH CAR FROM LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AS A RESULT OF THE COU PLERS BEING HORNED CREATING LATERAL PRESSURE DURING THE SHOVING MOVEMENT.  CAR THEN SIDESWIPED 2 CAR S IN TRACK 9 AND IMPACT WITH CARS IN TRACK 9 CREATED LATERAL PRESSURE AND TURNED THE SOUTH RAIL ON T RACK 8 OVER DERAILING THE 16TH CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
DI01-22 WAS SHOVING INTO #9 TRACK WITH 17 CARS WHEN THE CARS CAME TO A STOP. UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND CAR #'S NS 201683, CR 585007, ICG 246610, TR 527171, NW 188478, NW 189851, CR 587838, NYC 580 037, GRW 87772, GRW 87769 ALL DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: VERMILION
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: C E & D
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF DANVILLE IL, AND BLEW CAR NUMBER AEX 8627 FROM THE Q59717 INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD.      


nearest_city: GIBBS
county: ADAIR
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
HIRAIL EQUIPED ROTARY DUMP TRUCK WHILE ON TRACK MAKING BACKING MOVEMENT, DERAILED WHEN REAR HIRAIL W HEEL FEEL FROM HIRAIL APPARATUS.      


nearest_city: HUEYTOWN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BHRR
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM TERM FF
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
1 COAL WAS SHOVING 49 EMPTY BN HOPPERS THROUGH THE LOADOUT STATION AT CLEVELAND CLIFFS MINES. THE CO NDUCTOR WAS PROVIDING POINT PROTECTION. AFTER GOING APPROX. 25 CAR LENGTHS, THE CLEVELAND CLIFFS LOA DOUT OPERATOR NOTICED 4 CAR HAD DERAILED, AND INSTRUCTED THE TRAIN CREW TO STOP. THE CAUSE OF THE DE RAILMENT WAS DUE TO TRACK DESIGN FOR THE OPERATION AND WORN SWITCH POINT ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO CLIMB ON THE SWITCH POINT. INDUSTRY MAINTAINS AND CONTROLS THIS TRACK, AND IS ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILLITY F OR THE DERAILMENT, NO COSTS WILL BE ASSESSED TO WATCO.  


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MFWWC-23, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8182, WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE TRAIN STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE THAT HAD DRIVEN OFF THE CR1140 CROSSING BY APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF AUTOM OBILE FATALLY INJURED.  TIR INDICATED COLLISION OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OFF THE CROSSING.  RA IL = CWR    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y19031 WAS IN A PULLING MOVEMENT WITH 17 CARS. IT WAS ON 6 OUTBOUND WHERE IT RAN ACROSS WIDE GAGE. T HE 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH CARS DERAILED WHILE PROCEEDING ONTO THE SCALE RUNAROUND. RCRX 1542 LR 1-4, RC RX 1046 LR 1-4 AND SBD 481863 LR 3-4 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BALDWIN
county: LAKE
railroad: MQT
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW KICKED 2 EMPTY CARS DOWN MAIN LINE TO A COUPLING CONDUCTOR GOT ON POINT AND WAS RIDING SHOVE IN TO YARD WHEN ENGINEER NOTICED THE 2 CARS HAD NOT COUPLED AND WERE ROLLING BACK TOWARD THEIR TRAIN. MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED AND 2 ROLLING CARS RAN INTO SIDE OF STANDING TRAIN CAUSING A RAKING COLLISION.     


nearest_city: GUERNSEY
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING TRAIN INTO YARD, CREW EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION REVEALED 3 CARS DERAILED AT 281 TRAC K SWITCH DUE TO STIFF TRUCK ON GGPX 120540.      


nearest_city: MASCOT
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT OPERATOR FAILED TO ENSURE THE AUTOMATIC DERAILS WERE REMOVED PRIOR TO MOVEMENT ON THE LAUNDRY TRACK, DERAILING 5 AXLES OF NS 3285.  NO TRANSPORTATION INVOLVEMENT.      


nearest_city: LOMA LINDA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WHILE CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN TRACK 1 TO MAIN TRACK 2 THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE WEST END OF THE CROSSO VER SWITCH UNDERNEATH THE BRAC4578 CAUSING THE 2-BAY DERAILMENT OF THE ITIMN7-28.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y29511 RCO FOREMAN PLACED SEVEN CARS IN THE NORTH END OF TRACK 013, CARS ROLLED OUT STRIKING LOCOMOT IVE CSXT 1166.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-22 HUMPED CAR INTO BOWL TRACK 2001 WHICH STOPPED IN CURVE AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY FOLLOWING CAR, DAMAGING BOTH BUT DERAILING NEITHER.      


nearest_city: HOLLIS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
L/E 17 CREW COUPLED A SIX CAR CONSIST TO A TWO CAR CONSIST.   AFTER COUPLING, THE TRAIN MOVED WEST A ND 3 CARS DERAILED DUE TO THE CONDUCTOR NOT CHECKING THE POINT OF THE SWITCH AND THE TRAIN TOOK TWO DIFFERENT RAIL ROADS.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
WMAHJD-14 WAS PULLING OUT OF RIVERFRONT YARD WHEN CREW FELT TRAIN DRAG AND SLOW DOWN.  TRAIN STOPPED AND CREW INVESTIGATED.  SEVERAL RAILCARS HAD DERAILED AT CROSSOVER TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.      


nearest_city: TRONA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: TRC
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
OPERATOR OF BALLAST REGULATOR HAD STOPPED REGULATOR. HE WAS SETTING UP TO LOWER THE RIGHT WING TO ST ART REGULATING THE BALLAST AND REMOVING THE VEGETATION.   FELT A SUDDEN JOLT AND TURNED TO SEE HYRL 6183 UNDER BROOM ASSEMBLY OF THE REGULATOR.     


nearest_city: AUSTIN
county: TRAVIS
railroad: CMTY
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EAST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
JOB 111 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND THROUGH AUSTIN JUNCTION WITH 72 LOADED CARS.  A 10-12 FOOT SECTION OF RAIL BROKE UNDER LOAD CAUSING RAILCARS 52-57 IN THE TRAIN TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: VALLEJO
county: SOLANO
railroad: SFBR
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS THE RADIUS OF THE CURVE ON ALSTOM'S TRACK.  IT WAS NOT BUILT TO SPEC AND THE COMPANY THAT BUILT IT WILL BE RE-ALIGNING IT.  THE CAR WAS IN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE COUPLER POCKET WHICH MADE THE DRAW BAR STIFF AND HARD TO SWING.  THE COUPLER P OCKET WAS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DERAILMENT.  TRACK DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.  THE CAR WILL BE GETTING ITS W HEELS, AXLES AND BRAKES REPLACED.   


nearest_city: BENKELMAN
county: DUNDY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 6 WITH ENGINES 174 AND 100 AND 10 CARS STRUCK A DEMOLITION CRANE WHICH WAS FOULING THE TRACK C AUSING BOTH ENGINES AND 6 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DELL
county: BEAVERHEAD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
MPCSB-25, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6933, STRUCK A TRACTOR PULLING A TRAILER AND TWO HAY TRAILERS AT A COUNTY ROAD CROSSING.  THE TRACTOR DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.  DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO 3 LOC0OMOTIVES A ND 21 CARS DUE TO THE TRACTOR AND TRAILERS RAKING THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN AS IT PASSED.  DRIVER WAS FA TALLY INJURED.    


nearest_city: ERWIN
county: UNICOI
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: BLUE RIDGE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y20330 WAS SHOVING BACK INTO E01, THREE CARS DERAILED, WHEEL CLIMBED RAIL DUE TO EXCESSIVE TREAD BUI LD UP.      


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YBG61R-21 HAD GONE INTO SIDING AND PICKED UP A CUT OF RAILCARS AND DOUBLED OVER TO TRACK 005.  JOB M ADE JOINT AND STRETCHED.  JOB STARTED SHOVING AND RAILCARS BEGAN TO DERAIL.  DERAILED RAILCARS STRUC K RAILCARS IN TWO ADJACENT TRACKS.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS ENGINEERING DESIGN OR CONSTRUC TION AND RAPID ADJUSTMENT OF THROTTLE POWER.    


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LLM21R-20 COUPLED A CUT OF CARS IN BOWL AND WHEN HE COUPLED SHOVED CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF THE BOWL, CAUSING HIS REAR CAR TO BE CORNERED WHILE A CAR WAS BEING HUMPED INTO THE BOWL.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALAMEDA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE PHL1030 EXTRA JOB HAD PULLED 4 LOCOMOTIVES ONTO THE TOYOTA LEAD WHILE THE LOG11R WAS SWITCHING W ITH AN RCO ZONE ACTIVATED.  THE LOG11R RAN INTO THE REAR OF THE STATIONARY LOCOMOTIVES DERAILING 1 L OCOMOTIVE.  PACIFIC HARBOR LINE EST TRACK DAMAGE: $3724     


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ANGORA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-ALN2041-21 WHILE SHOVING TRACK 232 FOR ROOM SHOVED LAST CAR IN TRACK OVER WHEEL STOPS AT SOUTH END OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: THERMOPOLIS
county: HOT SPRINGS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H-LAUDEN1-11 STRUCK BOULDER IN FOUL OF MAIN TRACK THAT WAS RESULT OF ROCK SLIDE, DERAILING 2 ENGINES AND 4 CARS.  UNIT BNSF 4702 CAME TO REST IN WIND RIVER.  LOCO BNSF 4702, C44-9W, FUEL CAP 5300 GAL, RLSD 3100 GAL.  LOCO BNSF 4580, C44-9W, FUEL CAP 5300 GALS, RLSD 3800 GALS.     


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
HI-RAIL VEHICLE PILOTING ON-TRACK MACHINES TO WORK LOCATION STOPPED TO LINE SWITCH AND WAS STRUCK BY FOLLOWING TAMPER WHO WAS UNABLE TO STOP HIS MACHINE BEFORE IMPACT.      


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
GNWR7157 WAS FOUND UPON INSPECTION ON THE REPAIR TRACK TO HAVE A-END SHEET BENT AND TORN.  NOT DERAI LED.      


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
IHJNS-28 WHILE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON MAINLINE #1STRUCK THE REAR END OF ILBMNB-29 WHICH WAS STOPPED ON THE MAINLINE.  INCIDENT CAUSED LOCOMOTIVES AND RAILCARS TO DERAIL.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS AUTOMATI C BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL INDICATION DISPLAYED STOP INDICATION - FAILURE TO COMPLY.     


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
R96991-16 WAS PULLING MA19 WITH 63 CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF A-YARD ONTO THE SWITCHING LEAD AND T AKING HEADROOM AT THE CENTER STREET SWITCH ONTO THE ENGINE THOROUGHFARE.  AS THE JOB PULLED OUT , TH E ENGINEER DID NOT SEE JOB R96591-16 SWITCHING JUST NORTH OF THE CENTER STREET SWITCH ON THE ENGINE THOROUGHFARE.  THE ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP IN TIME AND COLLIDED WITH 9 CARS SET OUT BY R96591-16 ON THE ENGINE THOROUGHFARE AND SHOVED THEM NORTHWARD INTO THE SIDE OF R96591-16.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE FIRST CAR TO FALL ON IT'S SIDE INTO THE DITCH AND THE SECOND AND THIRD CARS DERAILED UPRIGHT.  THE CREW WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  NO INJURIES OR HAZARDOUS CARS WERE INVOLVED.  NO DAM AGE TO ENGINE INVOLVED.


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y29621 WAS HUMPING R02 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HUMP. YARDMASTER NOTICED THE WHEEL DETECTOR WAS GIVI NG HIM TROUBLE AND CAUSING MISROUTES. HE CALLED THE MAINTAINER AND REPORTED IT. THE MAINTAINER WENT AND LOOKED AT THE WHEEL DETECTOR AND INFORMED THE YARDMASTER HE NEEDED A LITTLE TIME TO WORK ON IT. THE MAINTAINER GIVE THE OK TO FINISH THE FEW CARS HE HAD LEFT AND THEN HE WOULD MAKE THE REPAIRS. WH EN HE RESUMED HUMPING CONDUCTOR Y29621 PULLED A DOUBLE (CSXT 292989 AND CSXT 291238)AND THE AS THE C ARS WERE DESCENDING DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS B63 THE EAST MOST CAR (CSXT 291238) TRIED TO GO IN TWO DIF FERENT DIRECTIONS AT THE B01-B64 SWITCH ON THE NORTHSIDE. THE WEST SET OF TRUCKS WENT TO THE SOUTH S IDE AND THE EAST SET OF TRUCKS WENT TO THE NORTH SIDE CAUSING THE CAR TO TURN SIDE WAYS AND DERAIL.


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
EMPTY HOPPER CAR WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 058 AND WAS KNOCKED OUT WEST END OF TRACK WHEN STRUCK IN TRAC K BY LOADED COIL CARS.  WHEN EXITED 058, STRUCK SIDE OF ENGINE ON LEAD COUPLING TRACK 059.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YFW34R-10 WAS PULLING A CUT OF RAILCARS FROM TRACK 103 TO TRACK 215.  AS JOB WAS PULLING OUT THROUGH THE 4 - 5 SWITCH AND BACK THROUGH THE 6 - 7 SWITCH WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED AT THE #6 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: KINGSPORT
county: HAWKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y32508 KICKED FIVE CARS INTO A CLEAR TRACK N09. THE CARS ROLLED OUT OF N09 INTO Q69708 AT NORTH END OF N09 RESULTING IN SIDESWIPE.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: WHITESIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-24T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Feb
narrative:
MPRST-24 WAS PULLING WEST THROUGH YARD 5 INTO TRACK 6 WITH 72 CARS WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BRO KEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YRV32R-07 WITH LOCOMOTIVE UPY894 WAS REPORTED TO BE ON FIRE BY A PASSING CITIZEN.  FIRE SERVICE RESP ONDED AND CONFIRMED THE REPORT.  IT IS SUSPECTED THAT A FUEL LEAK CAUSED THE FIRE.  THE LOCOMOTIVE S USTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PERFORMING HUMPING OPERATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ENGINE 454 WITH CAR 34951 WAS SHOVING IN LOS ANGELES YARD AND DERAILED BOTH LEAD AXLES DUE TO A REVE RSED-LINED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
412C408 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 77 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 8162 TONS ON 6 YARD LADDER TRACK, DERAIL ED THE 67TH (NS 802621), 68TH (NS 316687), 69TH (NS802567), 70TH (NW 13344), AND THE 71ST (NS 802741 ) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y-CHI1201-05 DERAILED 3 CARS IN TRACK 225 DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFFING OR SLACK ACTION.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YWC10R-11 WAS SHOVING EAST ON TRACK 412 WHEN A CUT OF CARS WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND CAME TO AN EASY S TOP.  IT WAS OBSERVED THAT CARS 24 THRU 29 WERE ON THE GROUND.  IT IS SUSPECTED THAT DEFECTIVE TIE C ONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE.     


nearest_city: OLYMPIA
county: THURSTON
railroad: TMBL
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TACOMA RAIL WAS OPERATING ON UNION PACIFIC TRACK. 
INSPECTION OF SPRING DER AIL SHOWED APPARENT SHAVING/SHEERING. THERE WAS ALSO NO VISIBLE LUBE OIL, GREASE OR SLUDGE BUILD UP. THERE WERE SEVERAL ROTTING TIES ALONG WITH MULTIPLE SPIKES PULLED UP/OUT.

THE INFORMATION IN Q#2 2 & 28 ARE CORRECT.
THE SPEED OF THE TRAIN WAS FOUND TO BE AT 13 MPH, THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED SPEED IS 10 MPH.

UPDATED Q#38 PRIMARY CAUSE CODE TO H606, DELETED Q#39 NO CONTRIBUTING CAUSE CODE   


nearest_city: DELLROSE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Q20131 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE S&NA NORTH MAIN AT MILEPOST OBA 256.9 DEFECT DETECTOR GAVE THE CRE W MULTIPLE DRAGGING EQUIPMENT ALERT. CREW STOPPED TRAIN AND THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE ENTIRE TRAIN , WALKING THE ENGINEER SIDE BACK AND RETURNING TO THE ENGINE ON THE CONDUCTOR SIDE. CONDUCTOR STATED HE FOUND NOTHING. AFTER TRAVELING 10.2 MILES THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AN D FOUND 16 CARS DERAILED AND THE INVESTIGATION FOUND A BROKE WHEEL ON CSXT 481906.   


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN BUILD: 339 - 6'00", 16T - 1'00", AB02 - 1'00", 329 -1'00" AB02 DERAILED THE 6TH H-CAR, PTTX 14 1185 (BOTH ENDS) AT THE #1B CROSSOVER WHILE SHOVING OUT OF THE WEST PULLBACK.      


nearest_city: WHITING
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES FROM ARCELOR MITTAL WERE SHOVING CARS INTO MARKS #1 FROM THEIR PLANT. WHILE COMPL ETING THEIR WORK AND MAKING THE SHOVE MOVEMENT THEY SIDESWIPED 3 CARS ON WC'S MARKS #2 TRACK CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL IN THEIR CUT. GTW 187973 AND GTW 188264 WERE DERAILED ON THE CUT THAT THE INDUSTRY WAS SHOVING AND SIDESWIPED WERE: GTW 188191, GTW 187774, AND GTW188135 STANDING IN THE TRACK. NO RA ILROAD EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. INDUSTRY IS RESPONSIBLE.   


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y39721 HUMPED CAR CRDX 13311 TOWARD TRACK 007 WHEN AN OVER-SPEED OCCURRED. THE CAR WAS REQUESTED OUT OF THE MASTER RETARDER BY THE PROYARD SYSTEM @ 9.60 MPH, IT ACTUALLY CAME OUT @ 15.51 OR 5.91 OVER PROJECTION. THE CAR THEN WAS REQUESTED BY THE PROYARD THROUGH THE GROUP RETARDER @ 8.88 MPH, IT ACTU ALLY CAME OUT @ 19.12 OR 10.24 OVER PROJECTION. CAR CRDX 13311 CONTINUED INTO TRACK 007 AN ADDITIONA L 1,100 FEET BEFORE COUPLING INTO UTLX 663742. LAST RECORDED SPEED WAS 19.98 MPH OVER THE #7 SWITCH. THE DAMAGE INCURRED DURING THE HARD COUPLING.  


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: CC
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH AT MP 516.4 AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE DERAILING 4 LOADS AND 3 EMPTIES.  UNION PACIFIC ADVISED $44,525 IN TRACK & EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
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-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 2170 LOST HEAD END POWER AND PROPULSION DUE TO THE CATENARY WIRES ON MAIN TRACK 2 WERE DOWN. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WERE 2 BROKEN PANTOGRAPHS ON POWER CAR PC/2024 AND PC/2021.      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
MKCCB-29 WAS COMING OFF THE MAINLINE 4 ON THE FALLS CITY SUBDIVISION THROUGH THE TURNOUT TO 3 POCKET AND WENT INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND TEN RAILCARS DERAILED , THREE OF THEM ON THEIR SIDES.     


nearest_city: ANCHO
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
GSMRJN-30 ENCOUNTERED A WASHOUT DUE TO FLOODING WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF THE HEAD 5 CARS BEHIN D THE LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y39124 WAS HUMPING CARS OFF TRACK ER3, AFTER HUMPING CARS Y391 WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE EASTBOUND YARDM ASTER TO SHOVE THE NEXT 38 CARS INTO TRACK E14. AFTER MAKING THE COUPLE Y391 BEGAN TO SHOVE INTO THE TRACK HE WALKED TO THE WEST END WHEN HIS CUT CAME TO A STOP. Y391 WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD SHOVED I NTO THE SIDE OF Q37825 WHO WAS BEGINNING TO PULL OUT OF E09 TRACK AND DOUBLE OVER TO E10. Y391 HAD S HOVED INTO PROX 24101 OF Q378 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND DERAILED THE NEXT HEAD CAR P ROX 24073. DURING THIS, THE EAST TWO CARS IN E14 DERAILED WHICH THEN FELL INTO THE EAST CUT OF CARS IN E15 AND DERAILED IT ALONG WITH THE EAST CUT OF CARS IN E16. 


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GLGVGV-15 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS ON GVSR MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN TRAIN CAME TO STOP.  INVESTIGATION REVE ALED 4 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  GVSR MAINTAINS TRACK.  GVSR ESTIMATED TRACK DAM AGE = $17,999     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YNP25R-11 PULLED OUT OF EAST BOWL 157 AND IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO EAST BOWL 153 THRU THE C CR OSSOVER THEY DERAILED 6 CARS DUE TO THE STOCK RAIL HAVING INSUFFICIENT FASTENERS ALLOWING THE SWITCH POINT TO GAP.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YLT51-25, SHOVING 11 CARS WEST ON GEN PAK LEAD AT GREGGTON, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE - TIE CONDITION.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
MISSING RAIL FASTNERS CAUSED RAIL TO CANT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF MIDDLE TWO SETS OF TRUCKS OF TW O-UNIT ENGINE CONSIST.      


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
JOURNAL OVERHEATED ON SELF-PROPELLED CRANE AND BURNED OFF, CAUSING WHEEL TRUCK TO SAG AND CATCH CROS SING PLANK WHICH WAS DRAGGED TO THE NEXT CROSSING WHERE IT CAUSED DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
MPBFW-02, WITH LEAD UNIT FXE4649, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING THE MAIN LINE.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OF THE TRUCK TRAILER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y29230 FAILED TO PROTECT THE LEAD END OF A CUT THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRETCH THE SLACK ON. THE F OREMAN DOUBLED C01 TO C05. AFTER MAKING THE COUPLING IN C05 THE FOREMAN MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE LEFT IN HIS ZONE. AS THE MOVE WAS PERFORMED Y29230 COLLIDED WITH Y29130 DERAILING 2 CARS AND DAMAGING A L OCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: ISHPEMING
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: BLUEBERRY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
L54081 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE MINERAL RANGE RAILROAD'S MAIN LINE WHEN 9 EMPTY CARS DERAILED ACCOU NT AN ANGLE BAR BROKE UNDER THE TRAIN.  DERAILED WERE: BCOL 90108, SSAM 33254, IC 97352, IC 387453, CN 198450, CN 157249, BCOL 90530, WC 33028, IC 387365.  MINERAL RANGE RAILROAD ADIVSED $56,196 IN TR ACK DAMAGE ON THE BLUEBERRY SUBDIVISON.    


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: HARRIS
railroad: RCXM
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ON NOVEMBER 1, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 PM IN EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PLANT IN BAYTOWN, TX, TWO RAIL CARS SIDE SWIPED CAUSING ONE TO DERAIL AND LAY ON IT'S SIDE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE UPRR MAINL INE, I.E. INDUSTRY LEAD. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE RAILCAR AND CREW MEMBER STAT EMENTS COLLABORATING THAT THE HAND BRAKE WAS SET; THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT AT THIS POINT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED AS MECHANICAL FAILURE, HUMAN ERROR OR COMBINATION THEREOF.   


nearest_city: SPRING
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
IDUHOR-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP9813, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WITH A LOAD OF PIPES THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE CROSSING, WAITING FOR A RED LIGHT TO TURN. IMPACT WAS ON THE TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  UP9813 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTH EAST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
FO03 CONDUCTOR SHOVED IN ON 4 CLASS TO LEAVE 5 CARS AND AS HE SHOVING, 4 CARS FROM THE HEAD AND BEGA N TO DERAIL. SPEED EXCESSIVE. CONSIST WAS OVERSPEED FOR THE SPECIFIED TRACK CLASS.      


nearest_city: RIDGECREST
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONE PINE 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:
THE TRONA RAILWAY WAS SHOVING CARS EASTWARD ON UP MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN A BROKEN RAIL CAUSED 7 CARS TO DERAIL.  TRONA RAILWAY'S INC ID 12114.  TRONA RAILWAY'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $14,000      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW BO62 TIED ON TO THE WEST END OF FS#2 AND PULLED WEST APPROXIMATELY 5 CAR LENGTHS.  THE REA R CAR DERAILED AND PUSHED ANOTHER CAR OFF OF FS#4 DUE TO THE REAR AXLE BEING OVER THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THOUGH SWITCH.     


nearest_city: KEYSTONE
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
3CEBJK9-14 DERAILED 35 LOADED COAL CARS DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE ON CAR JECX1409.  CAR JECX1167 WAS DAMA GED, HOWEVER DID NOT DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
L-GFC5521-02F, WHILE SHOVING 3 CARS INTO TRACK, DERAILED ONE CAR AT SWITCH WHEN SWITCH POINTS GAPPED UNDER CUT DUE TO WIDE GAGE.      


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
GH-13 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE F-YARD. THEY KICKED 450588 INTO A CLEAR TRACK WITH NO HAND BRAKES. T HE CAR CAME OUT THE EAST END OF F14 TRACK AND STRUCK A CONSIST ON TRACK F15 DERAILING A TOTAL OF THR EE CARS.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
KCS TRAIN GKRNLJ-04 WITH LEAD UNIT KCSM4548 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 3 RAIL CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE AT CROSSOVER FROM MAIN LINE #1 TO MAIN LINE #2.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SNUBBING ON RAILCAR.  KCS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES = $171,000.00.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: RUPERT
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: EIRR
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: TWINFALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
AT 0935 APRIL 20 THE DOKIE FLIP WAS KICKING CARS INTO THE YARD AFTER SHOVING CARS INTO TRK 142 HAD P ULLED BACK UP ONTO THE LEAD AND KICKED ONE BOX CAR TO THE 143 TRK THEN NOTICED THE 142 TRK WAS ROLLI NG OUT AFTER PIN HAD BEEN PULLED.  CARS SIDESWIPED, NO DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WEST END PULLER BE25 WITH 2 UNITS AND 24 CARS PULLING WEST OUT OF CT 69 WHEN THEIR CUT WAS IMPACTED ON THE NORTH SIDE BY 10 CARS THAT HAD ROLLED OUT OF CT66.      


nearest_city: DOLTON
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YCS14-07 PULLED TRK 807 TO SHOVE INTO TRK 803.  PULLED SOUTH OF POWER AND LINED SWITCH, THEN DROVE T O 803 AND LINED THAT SWITCH.  ENGINEER ASKED FOR VERIFICATION OF LINEUP AND WAS APPROVED.  STARTED S HOVE AND FOUND OUT THE BRIDGE SWITCH FOR 803 WAS NOT LINED FOR HIS MOVEMENT.  FOREMAN HAD LEFT MOVE TO GO TO REAR OF 803 TO WATCH SHOVE AND DID NOT KNOW THE SHOVE WAS GOING INTO 805 NOT 803.  SHOVE WE NT OVER DERAIL AND IMPACTED CARS IN 805, DERAILING DTTX 620940.   


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
OPERATOR OF THE SDAG0317 SPIKER ALLEGES THE BRAKES FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE MACHINE TO COLLIDE WITH T HE AASQ1006 ANCHOR SQUEEZER; WHICH THEN HIT THE ATS1012 TAMPER.      


nearest_city: CAMERON
county: CALHOUN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: ORANGEBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
F71707 STRUCK A LOG TRUCK ON CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MAR KINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE YNP42R-29 RCL CREW WAS PULLING REPAIRED CARS OUT OF THE EAST MINI RIP 02/555 VIA THE UPFE OK SPU R TRACK 02/553.  AFTER TRAVELING ALL THE WAY THRU THE 553 TRACK HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR CAR WAS LEA NING AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE REAR 3 CARS IN THE CUT DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSS TIES.  THE CARS HAD BEEN PULLED APPROXIMATELY 1300' AFTER THEY HAD DERAILED CAUSING TRACK SUBSTANTI AL DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: ANAPRA
county: DONA ANA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: LORDSBURG SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT2-14 COLLIDED WITH BOULDERS THAT FELL ONTO TRACKS.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  DAMAGE TO LOCO MOTIVE AMT000040 IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,994.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
RELAY #XT-34 DERAILED COACHES #7200 AND #7244 WHILE ENROUTE EAST OVER SWITCHES #113 AND #115 FROM TR ACK #8 HILL TO TRACK #13.      


nearest_city: MONUMENT
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BNSF CREW, ON ESLPCKM010, RECEIVED VERBAL FORM A 10 MPH SPEED RESTRICTION FOR ROUGH TRACK BETWEEN MP 59.0 AND MP58.4.  WHILE PULLING INTO SIDING, CREW RECEIVED WHEEL SLIP INDICATION ON REAR DP UNIT AND STOPPED TRAIN JUST NORTH OF BAPTIST ROAD.  UPON REACHING REAR OF TRAIN, CREW FOUND THAT BNSF9333 HA D DERAILED ALL 6 AXLES, THIS WAS CAUSED WHEN CONSECUTIVE CONCRETE TIES AT MP58.73 EXPLODED UNDER TRA IN CAUSING RAIL TO SPREAD ALLOWING BNSF9333 TO DROP BETWEEN RAILS.  UNIT WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1 800 FEET DAMAGING TRACK AND BAPTIST ROAD CROSSING.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: BANGOR
county: VAN BUREN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AMTRAK P37027 EASTBOUND AT MILEPOST CG 58.8 ON GRAND RAPIDS SUB STRUCK DEBRIS LAYING ON RAIL. THERE WAS 3 JOINT BARS, A MU CABLE, AND SEVERAL STONES PLACED ON THE RAIL. WHEN AMTRAK STRUCK THE DEBRIS O NE OF THE JOINT BARS PUNCTURED THROUGH THE FLOOR OF THE 1ST CAB CAR CAUSING A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE. PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED OFF THE CAR AND FIRE CONTAINED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.    


nearest_city: BATTLE CREEK
county: CALHOUN
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
L50261-29 WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS ON THE EAST SWITCHING LEAD.  WHILE DOING SO THEY WERE SWITCHIN G THROUGH THE EAST THOROUGHFARE CROSSOVERS ACCOUNT ANOTHER TRAIN AHEAD WEST OF THE EAST SWITCHING LE AD CROSSOVER SWITCH PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE.  THE EAST CROSSOVER SWITCH WAS LEFT LINED FOR MOVEMENT BY CARMEN FOR PROTECTION.  L50261-29 OPERATED THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH (EAST THOROUGHFARE XOVER).  THE ENGINEER DID NOT CHECK THE SWITCH CONFIGURATION.  AS A RESULT L50261-29 DERAILED UELX 3 0133 AND TTZX 865240 WHEN THEY SHOVED THRU THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH.  IN TURN, THE DERAILED CA RS SIDESWIPED CARS FEC 110650, TTGX 995973, TTGX 912605, GTW 126672, GTW 127097 THAT WERE IN TRAIN K 52161-30 WORKING ON THE WEST SWITCHING LEAD.  NO INJURIES OR HAZARDOUS ARE INVOLVED WITH INCIDENT.


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LSV03-15 HAD SHOVED 5 CARS INTO TRACK 5.  THE CREW PULLED AHEAD AND CONTINUED TO KICK CARS INTO TRAC K 4 AND 6.  WHEN THEY RETURNED TO TRACK 4 A SECOND TIME TO KICK ADDITIONAL CARS, THE UNSECURED CAR I N TRACK 5 ROLLED DOWN AND FOULED TRACK 4 RESULTING IN A COLLISION OF DRGW10039 AND THE TILX150393.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP25R-18 RCL CREW ADDED 16 CARS FROM EAST BOWL 50 TO EAST BOWL 36.  WHEN ADDING THE CARS, THE F OREMAN RODE THE POINT OF THE FULL CUT OF 30 CARS TO THE WEST END OF EAST BOWL 36.  THEY THEN WENT TO OTHER TRACKS TO COUPLE THEM UP.  UPON RETURNING TO EAST BOWL 36 AND WHEN THEY BEGAN TO PULL THE CAR S, 8 CARS DERAILED DUE TO THE CONDITION WITH 3 OF THE 8 CARS RERAILING THEMSELVES.    


nearest_city: NEW BRAUNFELS
county: COMAL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RIPHT-04 WAS SPOTTING EMPTY CARS INTO COLORADO MATERIALS INDUSTRY TRACKS.  TRAIN SPOTTED UP 1ST TRAC K.  MADE CUT AND BEGAN TO SPOT 2ND TRACK WHEN A CAR JUMPED FROG AND DERAILED, THEN STRIKING ONE CAR IN A CUT IN THE ADJACENT TRACK.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE BUILDUP OF ROCK ON FROG/TRACK.  COLORADO MAT ERIALS MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
PINUP CREW SP721B WAS PULLING EQUIPMENT FOR TRAIN 29 SOUTHWARD FROM TRACK 8 S&I TRACK TOWARD THE EAS T LEG OF THE WYE.  THE FIFTH CAR, DINER C/38032, DERAILED WHILE TRAVERSING THE 614 CROSSOVER IN WYE BRIDGE SWITCHING CENTER.  THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS AND FIELD INVESTIGATIO N IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS DERAILMENT.  AFTER EXAMINING THE TRACK REPORTS, MECHANICAL REPORTS, AND TRANSPORTATION REPORTS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE WHICH WOULD PROVE CONCLUSIVE IN DETERMINI NG A CAUSE.  THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INSTALLING APPROPRIATE TRAIN MONITORING DEVICES ON ALL YARD EN GINES, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETERS AND EVENT RECORDERS.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $250,000.00. 


nearest_city: PEARL
county: HINDS
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YARD JOB WAS KICKING CARS INTO TRACK 7 IN JACKSON YARD WHEN THE KICKED CARS CAME OUT OF THE TRACK AN D SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER CAR. THE ENGINEER OF THE LJA208-21 WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: UNIVERSITY PARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
WHILE TRAIN #105 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND NEAR 63RD STREET, CARS #1629 AND #1550 HAD THEIR PANTOGRAP HS DAMAGED DUE TO HANGING WIRES FROM A DEFECTIVE CATENARY STRUCTURE.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR MILL
county: KENTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Q69903 WAS PULLING THRU TRACK A01 WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. RAIL WAS DISCOVERED TO BE B ROKEN BY THE TRACK INSPECTOR ONE HOUR BEFORE Q69903 ENTERED TRACK.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M-GALSEL1-03 DEPARTING FROM YARD DERAILED ON 40 SWITCH ACCOUNT SWITCH POINT WORN. NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YKMSO-2 WAS YARDING A COAL TRAIN AT THE RIVER YARD.  THE CREW LINED THE ROUTE FOR THEIR MOVEMENT BUT DID NOT TAKE OFF THE DERAIL AND DERAILED TWO ENGINES BNSF 4925 AND BNSF 4034.  THE CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  EMPLOYEES FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THE POSITION OF THE DERAIL AN D TO STOP THE MOVEMENT WITHIN ONE-HALF THE RANGE OF VISION.  GRW ADVISED $29,558 IN TRACK DAMAGES.    


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: STARK
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
12VC619-09'00" 15VC319 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 5 UNITS, 68 LOADS, 42 EMPTIES, AND 9835 TONS ON FORT WA YNE MAIN 2 TRACK, DERAILED THE 92ND THROUGH 96TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: HESPERIA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
R-CAL0041-19, SHOVING TO JOINT ON CARS STANDING CLOSE TO DERAIL, FAILED TO LINE AND SUBSEQUENTLY PUL LED CARS OVER DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW MARTINSVILLE
county: WETZEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: OHIO RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
H72326 CONDUCTOR WAS KICKING CARS INTO #2 AND #3 TRACK. AFTER KICKING CARS INTO #2 TRACK, CONDUCTOR KICKED CARS INTO #3 TRACK AND CARS FROM #2 TRACK ROLLED OUT AND SIDESWIPED THE NEXT CUT OF CARS GOIN G INTO #3 TRACK.     


nearest_city: WASCO
county: WASCO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS WERE ASSIGNED TO MOVE A GEISMAR 360 AND JOHN DEERE SPEED SWING FROM MP85 TO MP10 3, TO STAGE FOR A RAIL RELAY PROJECT.  THE SPEED SWING OPERATOR SET THE MACHINE ONTO THE RAIL AT THE ROAD CROSSING AT MP85.11 AND PROCEEDED EAST.  THE OPERATOR FOR THE GEISMAR 360 SET ON BEHIND AND AL SO BEGAN TO TRAVEL EAST.  EMPLOYEES STATED THAT THEY DISCUSSED MAINTAINING SPACING AND WOULD STAY IN CONTACT VIA RADIO.  AT APPROXIMATELY MP93.20 THE ENGINE ON THE SPEED SWING BEGAN TO HESITATE AND TH EN FAILED BRINGING THE EQUIPMENT TO A STOP.  WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE MACHIN E, HE FELT AN IMPACT FROM BEHIND.  THE GEISMAR HAD IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE SPEED SWING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE TO THE TRACK.


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YSL73R-17 SPOTTING CARS AT ITALGRANI DERAILED AND OVERTURNED ONE LOADED CAR WHEN THEY FAILED TO STOP FOR THE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 2207 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2033 DUE TO MISSING CLIP AND DAMAGED SR RODS IN CATEN ARY.      


nearest_city: MERRYVILLE
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: TIBR
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE DERIDDER TURN WAS HEADED EAST BOUND TOWARDS DERIDDER WITH 40 LOADED ROCK CARS. THE ENGINEER HAD FELT A TUG AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE 28TH-32ND CARS HAD DER AILED.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RAIL HAD BROKE (ORDINARY BREAK) UNDER THE TRAIN CAUSING THE DERAILMENT . 
    


nearest_city: FARMINGTON
county: ST FRANCOIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: STE GENEVIEVE IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LSH11-01 DERAILED THREE LOADED CARS WHILE OPERATING ON THE STE. GENEVIEVE INDUSTRIAL LEAD DUE TO WID E GAGE.      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TC46 HUMPING CS #167T609 WITH 94 CARS OUT OF RT11 WHEN MISMATCHED COUPLING OCCURRED BETWEEN SOU 8870 7 25TH H/C AND NS 255097 24TH H/C.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: BALTIMORE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q43827 WHILE TRAVELING EAST THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS FROM #2 MAIN TO #1 MAIN DERAILED 7 CARS IN BALTIM ORE TERMINAL AT THE CARROLLS INTERLOCKING.      


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILROAD'S LCOR2J-28 WAS PULLING NORTH ON UP'S TRACK 304 WHEN 6 CARS TOWARD THE REAR OF TRAIN DERAILED IN THE PUZZLE AT THE NORTH END OF YARD.  CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILRO AD EQUIPMENT DAMAGE:  $1237.00     


nearest_city: CHARLOTTE
county: MECKLENBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y30226 COUPLED TO THE FREEZER LEAD TO SWITCH 5 LOADS. THE CONDUCTOR PULLED 16 LOADS OUT OF THE FREEZ ER LEAD AND SET 4 LOADS OVER TO THE P&N MAIN. THE CONDUCTOR THEN PULLED THE REMAINING 12 LOADS TO TH E PASS TRACK SWITCH AND SET OUT THE BOTTOM CAR. HOLDING TO 11 LOADS THE CONDUCTOR STARTED A SHOVE MO VEMENT INTO THE FREEZER LEAD. WHILE SHOVING THE REAR OF HIS TRAIN STRUCK AND DERAILED A SOU 530292 T HAT THE CONDUCTOR HAD SET OUT ON THE P AND N MAIN.   


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MMTCL-05 PULLED SIX RAILCARS FROM THE EAST END OF TRACK 18 IN BEVERLY RAILYARD TO SET ONE RAILCAR IN TO TRACK 19 THEN COMPLETE THEIR SCHEDULED 33 RAILCAR PICKUP.  PRIOR TO PULLING OUT OF TRACK 18, THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO APPLY SUFFICIENT HANDBRAKES TO THE REMAINING 27 RAILCARS WHICH RESULTED IN THE U NCONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF THOSE RAILCARS.  THE CUT OF RAILCARS ROLLED INTO THE RAILCARS THE CREW WAS H ANDLING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TWO RAILCARS.  NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.   


nearest_city: GUTHRIE
county: MCHENRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: K O
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
U-SAPSTN0-38 DERAILED 9 CARS AND 2 DP LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AT THE 98TH CAR NO T AT A CROSSING.  VEHICLE WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE TRACK CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGES.  NO HAZARDOUS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 YPU79-19 WAS PULLING 46 CARS OUT OF ROGER 7 HEADING WEST.  SEVENTEENTH CAR DE RAILED WEST SET OF TRUCKS ON B END OF CAR CAUSING EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CARS TO DERAIL BOTH SETS OF TRUCKS.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: KENTON LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE YPD22R-11 WAS PULLING TRACK 11 WHEN THE TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE DERAIL ON THE LEAD AND STOPPED.  T HE SWITCHMAN PITCHED THE MOVE TO THE FOREMAN WITHOUT TELLING HIM THAT THE SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THROUG H.  THE FOREMAN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILING ONE LOCOMOTIVE.  UNION PACIFIC MAINTAINS THE TRACK S.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW ON Y-DYT2311-09 PULLED FROM NEW MAIN TO OLD MAIN AND RAN THRU SWITCH.  WHICH SHOVED CARS TOWARE D 610 TRK, 8 CARS DERAILED AT RUN-THRU SWITCH AND CONTINUED INTO YARD DAMAGING THE SWITCH ON TRACK 6 1     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C-BKMSLC0-66, DEPARTING FROM SOUTH 1 TRACK THROUGH GRAIN YARD LEAD TRACK, DERAILED 7 CARS AT ARRIVAL TRACK 4 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: TUSCUMBIA
county: COLBERT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRUCK PULLING TRAILER STOPPED ON CROSSING.  TRAIN A87 STRUCK THE REAR OF THE TRAILER.  AGE VERIFIED.       


nearest_city: SHELDON
county: O BRIEN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MCBVPX-31 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND 23 CARS AT THE RE AR OF THE TRAIN DERAILED.  EAST RAIL NORTH OF THE RITTER ELEVATOR WAS SHATTERED AT THE FROG GUARD RA IL.  CAUSE OF INCIDENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3142-16 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING FROM 2013 ONTO LEAD.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL EASED.      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: DAIR
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS BEING SHOVED TO THE UNION PACIFIC INTERCHANGE TRACK WITH BRAKEMAN PROTECTING THE REAR OF T HE TRAIN.  FIFTY LOADED CARS HAD PASSED OVER LOCATION OF DERAILMENT PRIOR TO DERAILMENT OCCURRING. POSITIONS 37, 36 AND 35 DERAILED AND MANAGED TO RERAIL THEMSELVES.  POSITION 34 WAS UNABLE TO RERAIL , DERAILED, AND CAUSED POSITIONS 33-31 TO DERAIL.  EVENT RECORDER SHOWED NO DATA THAT WOULD LEAD TO HUMAN FACTOR CAUSE DETERMINATION.  DERAILMENT BEGAN ON BNSF TRACKAGE AND CONTINUED ONTO UNION PACIFI C TRACKAGE (UP INCIDENT NUMBER 0710CB018).  


nearest_city: DAVIS
county: YOLO
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 544 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 8308 IN THE LEAD, 3 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/2003 IN THE REAR, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT MISTAKENLY DROVE OFF OF COUNTY RD 105, ONTO RAILROAD TRACKS AND GOT STUC K AT THE SWITCH CAUSING CAB CAR 8308 TO DERAIL.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWING GPS.  AMTRA KS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT $100,000.00.    


nearest_city: HOLLIS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
WORK TRAIN MAKING WESTBOUND MOVE INTO YARD WHEN 6TH AND 7TH CARS DERAILED DUE TO OVERLOADED CAR CAUS ING THE RAIL TO FAIL AND ROLL DERAILING THE CARS.      


nearest_city: KEYSER
county: MINERAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
N73528 PULLED EAST INTO THE EAST YARD AND DERAILED 6 CARS AND DAMAGED CSXT 787 AT THE RC1-RC2 SWITCH .      


nearest_city: PASCAGOULA
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
M72226 HAD TO PLACE CARS ON TRACK 32 AT CHEVRON. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK HALFWAY ON ADJACENT ROAD AND FELT HE HAD CLEAR VIEW OF TRACK 32. HE STATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE CLEAR TO HIM. HE STATES THAT HE NEVER OBSERVED ANY BLUE FLAGS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS VANTAGE POINT. HE INSTRUCTED HIS ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK USING CAR COUNTS AND AFTER NOT HEARING ANYTHING UNUSUAL HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO ST OP THE MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR STATES THAT HE LOOKED AND NOTICED HE NEEDED ANOTHER ? CAR LENGTH TO CLEAR UP. HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK THE ADDITIONAL ? CAR LENGTH AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. BOTH ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR STATE THAT THEY DIDNT HEAR OR FEEL ANYTHING UNUSUAL. CONDUCTOR FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THERE WERE 3 CARS ON THE BOTTOM OF TRACK #32 AND THAT WHEN HE SHOVED BACK HE SHOVED THE


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: SCAX
date: 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN GABRIEL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
BNSF BRAKEMAN FAILED TO THROW SWITCH.  BNSF ENGINEER DIDN'T REALIZE SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST HIM.       


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
FP19 WAS PULLING OFF NEW DEPARTURE CROSSOVER WHEN THREE CARS DERAILED. THEY STRUCK THREE CARS ON THE EAST YARD LEAD, CAUSING THOSE THREE CARS TO ALSO DERAIL. THE EAST YARD LEAD HAS $1,500.00 TRACK DAM AGE AND THE PT. RICHMOND XOVER HAD $500.00 TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: DUNNING
county: BLAINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
C-BTMSFK0-26 FAILED TO STOP AT SIGNAL INDICATING STOP AND PROCEED AND STRCK REAR OF C-BKMRTR1-40 IN BLOCK HEAD. NO INJURIES TO CREW, NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELESASED.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R-COL-8053-05 RECEIVED AUTHORITY FROM UP DISPATCHER TO PASS SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION, BUT FAILED TO H AND OPERATE POWER SWITCH WITHIN CONTROL POINT (NEW SWITCH, NO POWER APPLIED TO OPERATE REMOTELY). NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED BUT SWITCH WAS DAMAGED WHEN RUN THROUGH.     


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GATX 32529 WAS HUMPED INTO B20 THEN IFRX 1482 AND IFRX 979 WERE HUMPED BEHIND IT. THE FIRST CAR WAS HANGING OUT OF B20 AND THE SWITCH LINED THE TWO CARS FOR B21 CAUSING SIDE SWIPE.      


nearest_city: BISMARCK
county: BURLEIGH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN C-ABMBEN1-23A WAS TRAVELING E/B WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO F IND THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED AND STATED A SMALL GLASS FIRE.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RAILCAR MP267650 FOUND BY CAR DEPARTMENT IN OUTBOUND TRACK DAMAGED, BUT NOT DERAILED.  CAUSE AND LOC ATION OF DAMAGES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.      


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
NS TRAIN BH42, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN MARKHAM YARD.  THE CONDUCTOR AND TRAINEE LINED ROUTE INTO MA17, MOUNTED THE LEADING CAR AND BEGAN SHOVING TOWARD TRACK MA18.  WHILE DOING SO , NEITHER EMPLOYEE PROPERLY CHECKED THE CLEARANCE IN THE TRACK MA 19 RESULTING IN 7 CARS ON THEIR SI DE SWIPING NKCR 3866 ON TRACK MA19.  BOTH NS EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO SAFELY DISMOUNT THE LEADING CAR PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH TRACK MA19.  NO DAMAGED REPORTED TO NKCR 3866 STANDING IN THE CUT OF CA RS ON TRACK MA19.  THE NS ADVISED $45,100 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEMS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CONDUCTOR WAS DOULBING UP 44WCLS TO 42WCLS THEY CAME OFF 44 WCLS MAKING A JOINT THEY DERAILED HALF O F THE CAR LENGTH WEST OF THE WEST END OF 41 CROSSOVER DUE TO A MACHANICAL PROBLEM.      


nearest_city: NATIONAL CITY
county: IOSCO
railroad: LSRC
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
JOB #326A LOCOMOTIVE #1174 AND #1169, CARS THAT DERAILED MQRX 1007,MQRX 1046, MQRX 1020, CYDX 676, C YDX 215, MQRX 1006; WHEEL CLIMBED HIGH SIDE OF CURVE IN SWITCH AREA BETWEEN SWITCH POINT AND FROG NO MISMATCHED JOINTS CLIMBED IN MIDDLE OF RAIL. BROKEN SPRING WAS NOTED ON MQRX 1007     


nearest_city: MONONA
county: CLAYTON
railroad: CP
date: 2013-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN (470EA22) DERAILED 20 CARS OF 96 CAR TRAIN. TRAIN SLOWED AND STOPPED WITHOUT EMERGEN CY BRAKE APPLICATION. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CARS WERE INVOLVED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FRA CAUSE CODE T199 - OTHER TRACK GEOMETRY DEFECTS. RAIL ROLL OVER DUE TO A COMBINATION OF MARGINAL TIE CONDI TIONS AND DRY RAIL IN A 8D 30 M CURVE. SPIKE HOLES WERE NOT ELONGATED AND SPIKES DID NOT PUSH THROUG H THE TIES.   


nearest_city: WILLIMANTIC
county: WINDHAM
railroad: NECR
date: 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
610 TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING SOUTHBOUND INTO PW INTERCHANGE WITH 78 LOADED ETHANOL CARS WHEN THE 63RD CAR FELL BETWEEN THE RAIL IN AN AREA OF WIDE GAGE UNTIL THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  2 CARS WERE ROLLED OVER ON THEIR SIDES, BUT THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF PRODUCT.     


nearest_city: BRUSH
county: MORGAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CHAIN DRAGGING FROM EMPTY EQUIPMENT CARS CAUGHT BETWEEN SWITCH POINTS AS H-DENGAL9-02 WAS PULLING FO RWARD TO MAKE PICKUP.  POINTS GRAPED, LEADING TO 3 CARS DERALING ON SUBSEQUENT SHOVE MOVE OVER SWITC H.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LAKE CITY
county: FLORENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: CHARLESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q41030 STRUCK A FUEL TANKER THAT STALLED AT CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: AMHERST JUNCTION
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WC
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: NEENAH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M34241-26 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON SINGLE LINE MAIN TRACK WHEN THE DEFECT DETECTOR AT MP 273.3 INITIAL ED AN ALARM ON GLNX 23445 FOR HOT AXLE. THE CREW CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE TRAIN SOUTHWARD APPROXIMAT ELY 5 MILES WITH INTENTIONS OF PULLING THE TRAIN BETWEEN THE SWITCHES AT NELSON SIDING FOR AN INSPEC TION. AFTER TRAVELING 0.9 MILES PAST THE DETECTOR, THE R3 JOURNAL BURNT OFF CAUSING THE CAR TO DERAI L. CAR WAS A LOAD OF HEAVY FUEL OIL, NO LEAK OR EXPOSURE. THE CREW WAS TESTED, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGA TIVE.  


nearest_city: JONESBORO
county: CRAIGHEAD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: WYNNE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
AMNGFR-09 WITH LEAD UNIT UP4791 WITH TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR TTGX983539 DERAIL DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT DUE TO SUNKINK.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOAKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-HVRPAS1-13 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK 9912 DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.  N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SEABROOK IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE LHU26-25 CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 706 WITH 1 CAR AND 2 ENGINES.  THE EQUIPMENT DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE CAUSED BY WEAK TIES.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY INDUSTRY      


nearest_city: STILWELL
county: JOHNSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CMUBT9-05 WHILE PULLING, STRUCK THE REAR DPU OF THE CFGNA9-08 DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICT ED SPEED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CENTERVILLE
county: CHESTER
railroad: ESPN
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: WILMINGTON NORTHERN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN WAS HEADING NORTH COMING OFF A CURVE AND HEADING SLIGHTLY DOWN GRADE. ENGINEER'S BRAKING CAUSE D SLACK TO RUN IN AND ROCK BOX CAR LOADED WITH PULP BOARD OFF RAIL IN CURVE WITH STEEP ROAD BED. BOX CAR WENT ON ITS SIDE PULLING NEXT CAR (HIGH SIDED ON LOADED WITH SCRAP) OFF RAIL AS WELL AND SENDIN G, TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NICD
date: 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR HEARD A NOISE DIVERGING OVER FROM 2 TO 2 AT 65TH STREET.  THEY STOPPED TRAIN TO INSPECT PANTOGRAPHS AND THEY NOTICED THE PANTOGRAPHS ON CAR 9 WERE DAMAGED AND PANTOGRAPH WOULD N OT LATCH DOWN.  THEY THEN RAISED "F" END AND CONTINUED UNTIL 95TH STREET WHERE MORE DAMAGE OCCURED.     


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LCF33-27 WAS SWITCHING DANGEROUS TANK CARS BACK INTO TRAIN AND AFTER COVERING WITH BUFFER CARS, THEY STRETCHED TRAIN AND THEN BEGAN MOVING A SHOVING MOVE WITH CONDUCTOR PROTECTING POINT.  AFTER TRAIN CAME TO ABRUPT STOP AFTER MOVING APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS, INSPECTION FOUND THAT 4 CARS HAD DERAI LED.    


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2012-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WE HAD JOB 310 WORKING IN THE EAST YARD DIGGING OUT 21 CARS FOR THE NEXT DAY TRAIN WHILE WE HAD JOB 311 WAS WORKING ON THE WEST END OF THE YARD SWITCHING OUT THE TANK INBOUND OUT OF TRACK 1 OF THE R/D TRACKS.  JOB 311 CAME EAST IN THE SIT YARD TO SIT 3 OXBOW CARS OUT IN THE CLEAR AND PULLED BACK UP WEST TO TRACK 1 GOT 3 MINI SPOTS AND CAME BACK EAST TO SET THOSE THREE CARS IN THE SIT YARD LEAD.  T HERE WAS A TOTAL OF 6 CARS SEATING ON THE SIT YARD LEAD AFTER THIS MOVE.  THEY THEN TRAVELED WEST TO GO BACK TO TRACK 1 TO GET THE REMAINING 7 CARS TO GET THERE TRAIN CONSIST TOGETHER TO GO BACK ACROS S TO THE TANK SIDE.  DURING THE TIME JOB 311 WAS WORKING UP WEST ON THE SIT YARD LEAD JOB 310 WAS WO RKING IN THE EAST YARD USING TRACK 13 TO THE CENTRAL YARD LEAD.  FROM THE TRACK 13 SWITCH TO THE SIT


nearest_city: SODA SPRINGS
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Snow
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW ON THE 6WTKTKF-24 HAD STOPPED ON THE MAIN TRACK TO PICK UP A FEW MOW EMPLOYEES AND FAILED TO CO MMUNICATE THAT TO THE CREW ON THE 5WTKTKF-24 WHO WAS WORKING BEHIND THEM.  THE 5WTKTKF-24 CAME AROUN D A CORNER AND WITH 100 FEET OF VISIBILITY SAW THE EQUIPMENT STOPPED.  THE CREW ATTEMPTED AN EMERGEN CY STOP, BUT WERE UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE STRIKING THE 6WTKTKF-24.  RAIL = CWR.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE TIME ON DUTY FOR CREW - THEY WERE WORKING A SNOW EMERGENCY.   


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: IC
date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL95871-22, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING CARS OFF TO THE TASD THROUGH YARD TRA CK MO24.  THE CREW SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 40 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR I NSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THAT 3 CARS HAD DERAILED SOUTH OF THE FROG AND GUARD RAIL.  SHPX 432750 , UNPX 127073 AND AGR 6208 - ALL THREE CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION ACCOUNT L/V CARS AOK 11 1379 AND AOK 111419 WERE DAMAGE BUT NOT DERAILED.   


nearest_city: LAKE PLACID
county: HIGHLANDS
railroad: SCXF
date: 2013-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PALMDALE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER HEADED EAST ON STATE ROAD 70 WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TRYING TO AVOID HITTING TRAI N SHOVING OVER CROSSING BUT STILL RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: UP
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:
YTX53-15 TAKING A CUT OF 16 CARS TO THE KCS FOR INTERCHANGE.  POWER & 10 CARS PASSED OVER FACING POI NT SWITCH BEFORE SWITCH POINT BROKE UNDER TRAIN RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 2 CARS.  CAUSE WAS BROKEN SWITCH POINT.  KCS ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $20,875.00.     


nearest_city: SAVANNA
county: CARROLL
railroad: DME
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
B-67 WAS SWITCHING 273-15 ON EAST END OF SAVANNA.  WHEN MAKING A DOUBLE FROM 2-TRK TO 1-TRK THE ENGI NEER PULLED AHEAD 2-3 CARS AND NOTICED DUST.   HE STOPPED THE TRAIN AND THE CREW SAW THEY HAD 7 CARS ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: ISRR
date: 2012-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ON 11/16/12 AT 2100 HRS, ISRR TRAIN CREW OPERATING A UNIT GRAIN TRAIN RECEIVED IN INTERCHANGE FROM C SX AT INDIANAPOLIS, IN AND
OPERATING ON CSX MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED IN A 9 DEGREE CURVE. ISRR CRE W TOOK CHARGE OF THE TRAIN ON THE WEST END OF THE WEST KRAFT
RUNNER, LOCATED ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM T HE POINT OF DERAILMENT. FROM THE POINT OF DERAILMENT THE TRAIN CONTINUED AN ADDITIONAL 100
FEET BEF ORE COMING TO REST.  CSX AND ISRR FORCES INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND CONCLUDED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A WIDE GAUGE 
DERAILMENT DUE TO MISSING OR DEFECTIVE TIES.  ISRR HAD RA LEGAL REVIEW THE INTERCHANG E AGREEMENTS, DUE TO THE CAUSE IDENTIFIED
ALL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BELONG TO CSX. 


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
LUM49-05 WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO THE VALLEY 200 YARD, CONDUCTOR SIDESWIPED A CAR THAT WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR OF THE MOVE WHICH RESULTED IN A 1 CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
LPJ02-29 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 213 WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE O F THE DERAILMENT WAS WIDE GAUGE, DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: ROGERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW EXPERIENCED UDE, ON INSPECTION FOUND ONE CAR DERAILED WITH TRUCKS OUT FROM UNDER ONE END OF CAR . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LVA50-22 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 054 WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN TR ACK.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, Y15001 HUMPING WHEN A CAR CUT TARGETED TO TRACK B47, DERAILED AT T HE 33-64 SWITCH AND WERE STRUCK BY THE THREE SINGLE CARS OVERSPEED, ALSO BEING HUMPED AFTER IT. 33-6 4 SWITCH FOUND TO HAVE BALLAST OBSTRUCTING SWITCH POINT HOWEVER SWITCH DID NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POSI TION WHEN OBSTRUCTED.    


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-LAL3011-19 MADE CUT ON 101 TRACK, PULLED CUT FROM TRACK AND SHOVED BACK INTO 124 TRACK. CREW FAILE D TO SET HAND BRAKES ON CARS LEFT STANDING IN 101 TRACK, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO ROLL AND COLLIDE WITH CUT BEING HANDLED, STRIKING LOCOMOTIVES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CROFTON
county: CHRISTIAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: HENDERSON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Q59723 REPORTED AT 0621 THEY WERE HIT BY THE DEFECT DETECTOR AT MP 00H 245.9 FOR DRAGGING EQUIPMENT. THE PREVIOUS DETECTOR AT MP  00H 251.9 AFTER DOWN LOADING SHOWED A CLEAN RECORD. THE CONDUCTOR WALK ED THE TRAIN AND REPORTED BACK AT 0700 THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH A CAR PULLED APART, POSSIBLE BOLSTER P IN SHEARED OFF.  CAR IS STILL SITTING ON THE TRUCKS BUT THE THIRD SET OF TRUCKS ARE SIDEWAYS.    


nearest_city: OTTAWA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
USJ 1 WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF US SILICA 3 TRACK.  CONDUCTOR WITNESS THE CAR DERAIL AND TRAIN SEPARAT E.  HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NILES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE YOA31R-30 WAS SWITCHING ON THE 60 LEAD HAD AN RCO ZONE, GAVE UP THE ZONE TO ALLOW ANOTHER TRAIN TO ENTER THE YARD AND ALSO TO ALLOW THE YOA71R-30 TO GO BY AND FINISH THEIR WORK.  THE YOA31R-30 AFT ER GIVING UP THE ZONE CONTINUED TO PULL OUT OF THE BOWL NOT PROTECTING THE POINT AND SIDESWIPED THE UP699 AND THREE BOX CARS ON THE YOA71R-30.  UP699 (EMD GP-38-2) FUEL CAPACITY 3600 SPILLED APPROXIMA TELY 25 GALLONS DIESEL FUEL   


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 134 WITH ENGINE 650 AND 8 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO A FATIGUE BREAK TO THE STEAD Y SPAN BETWEEN TRACKS 2 AND 3.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
YFW25R-28 WAS PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 34 AND DERAILED 3 CARS RESULTING FROM DRAWBARS BEING BY-PASSED .      


nearest_city: SAPULPA
county: CREEK
railroad: TSU
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE UNIT #104 WAS PULLING FOURTEEN EMPTY CARS NORTH TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.  UTLX 643988 TANK CAR WHICH WAS THE 11TH CAR BACK FROM LOCOMOTIVE HAD A TRUCK AND WHEELS DERAIL AT A LOW SPOT IN TRAC K.  THE TRUCK AND WHEELS RERAILED AT A CONCRETE SURFACE CROSSING FURTHER NORTH.  WHEELS OF DERAILED TRUCK TO BE CHANGED OUT DUE TO TRAVELING FURTHER THAN 200 FOOT OFF OF RAIL.  DAMAGED TIES WERE REPLA CED AND LOW AREA WAS RAISED AND TAMPED.   


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
SEMI TRUCK LEAVING COORS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY FAILED TO YIELD TO EASTBOUND TRAIN S-CLOPTR5-03A. TRAI N STRUCK REAR TRAILER OF SEMI AT A CROSSING.  TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT AND NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: WOODLAND
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK 508 DERAILED LEAD UNIT WHILE MAKING CROSSOVER FROM MT2 TO MT1. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED DUAL- CONTROL CROSSOVER SWITCH FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YWC44-25 WAS PULLING THE REAR OF THE MWCFR-26 EASTWARD, DOWN TRACK 313 IN IDLE, COASTING AT 10 MPH. AT THE TIME OF THE STOP, THE CREW WENT FROM 10 MPH TO 2 MPH CAUSING A DERAILMENT AFTER THE RUN-IN O N THE HEAD END.  AFTER STOPPING, A REVERSE MOVE WAS MADE AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS STRU CK THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP570 ON AN ADJACENT TRACK CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: PAINTSVILLE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
V28019 STRUCK MUD/ROCK SLIDE ON NO1 MAIN AT CMG 65.5.  CREW IS OK. MUD/ROCK SLIDE BLOCKING BOTH MAIN TRACKS AT CMG 65.5.  V28019 RAN INTO SLIDE, WITH ROCKS UNDER ENGINES AND AGAINST CARS.  THE TRAIN W AS OPERATING ON BIG SANDY MAIN TRACK NUMBER ONE ON A CLEAR SIGNAL INDICATION AT A RECORDED SPEED OF 27 MPH.    


nearest_city: RENSSELAER
county: JASPER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
SEMI FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING EQUIPPED WITH STOP SIGN AND DROVE INTO PATH OF AMTRAK P31703. AMTRAK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,000.00.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-LIN3052-15, SHOVING CARS TO RIP TRACKS, DERAILED 8 CARS AT 731 TRACK SWITCH.  THESE CARS IMPAC TED CARS ON M-LINTUL1-16 STANDING IN YARD DERAILED 14 FROM THIS TRAIN, RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 22 CA RS DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 704 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR CC/8310 IN THE LEAD, 3 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/2011 IN THE REAR, STRU CK AN UNOCCUPIED VAN AT MP895.20, HAGEMAN RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BAINVILLE
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
A SEMI TRUCK DROVE AROUND THE GATES AT A CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY THE Z-CHCPTL9-15. SEMI DRIVER'S VIEW WAS OBSTRUCTED BY A GRAIN TRAIN STANDING ON MAIN 2. NP HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LHU03-02 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 201 ONTO HUMP LEAD TRACK 121.  RAILCAR XOMX710314 CLIMBED F ROG CAUSING DERAILMENT.  RAILCAR NATX71821 WAS FOLLOWING AND DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS MISAGLIG NED FROG ON HUMP LEAD.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
L16310 CREW HAD CUT AWAY FROM THEIR HEAD 19 CARS THAT WERE INBOUND FROM STATEN ISLAND, LOCATED ON PO RT NEWARK TRACK 1. OPERATING LITE ENGINE TO PNCT YARD EAST TRACK. THEY PROCEEDED TO DOUBLE 12 CARS O FF THE EAST TRACK ONTO 10 CARS ON WEST TRACK. THE CREW PULLED THE 22 CARS OFF THE WEST TRACK (LENGTH APPROX 4800 FEET) AND CUT THE CARS OFF IN THE CLEAR ON ELEVEN LEAD TRACK; JUST SOUTH OF THE SIGNAL AT CP PN.  THIS MOVE ELIMINATED THE LONG DOUBLE FROM PORT NEWARK YARD TRACK 1 BACK TO THE PNCT YARD. ONCE THEY WERE COUPLED BACK ONTO TRACK 1 AND THEIR TRAIN AIRBRAKES WERE CHARGED, THE CREW BEGAN T O PULL NORTH TOWARDS CP PN ONTO THE NORTHERN CONNECTION TO DOUBLE THE 19 CARS (LENGTH APPROX 4200 FE ET) ONTO THE 22 CARS LEFT ON TRACK 11 LEAD.  DURING THE SHOVING MOVE SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN CONNECT


nearest_city: BEATTYVILLE
county: LEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: EK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
N14306 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND DISCOVERED 29 LOADS DERAILED STARTING WITH 11TH CAR BEHIND ENGINE.       


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: HALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
"PUP" TAMPER OPERATOR MOVING THROUGH TURNOUT; BALLAST REGULATOR MOVING ON MAIN TRACK FAILED TO STOP AND SIDESWIPED TAMPER IN TURNOUT.      


nearest_city: DE QUINCY
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
LLC14-02, WHILE PULLING THREE LOADED CENTER BEAMS OUT OF THE PLANT, DERAILED THE LEADING TRUCK AND 2 WHEELS ON THE TRAILING TRUCK OF THE SECOND CAR DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  THE WHEELS ON THE LEADING TRUCK F ELL INSIDE THE LOW SIDE OF THE CURVE, FORCING THE LEADING WHEELS ON THE HIGH SIDE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE RAIL.  TEMPLE INLAND MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SWD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 11 WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/99-E/510 AND 4 CARS WAS SWITCHING IN THE YARD AND PROCEEDED THROUGH SWIT CH 103 AT THE NORTH END OF THE WASH LEAD.  AS THE LAST CAR 32019 WAS PASSING THE SWITCH, THE SWITCH FOR 101 TRACK WAS ALIGNED IN ANTICIPATION OF FOLLOWING THE SWITCH MOVE.  THE LAST TRUCKS OF THE NORT H END OF C/32019 WERE NOT YET CLEARED AND BY THROWING THE SWITCH THE NORTH END OF CAR WENT DOWN 101 TRACK WHILE THE SOUTH END WENT DOWN THE WASH LEAD DERAILING THE CAR.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $2 4,206.00.  


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CSX YARD JOB Y13131 WAS SHOVING INTERMODAL TRAIN Q19431 NORTHWARD INTO RAMP TRACK 2 WHEN THE RAIL BR OKE UNDER THE MOVEMENT DERAILING DTTX 656658 AND DTTX 645682. THE DERAILED CARS SIDESWIPED TWO CARS IN RAMP TRACK 3. THESE DAMAGED CARS WERE FEC 72311 AND DTTX 620885.     


nearest_city: CHATFIELD
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 179L814 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 44 LOADS, 53 EMPTIES, AND 6328 TONS WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE SAND USKY DISTRICT MAIN WHEN THE 96TH AND 97TH HEAD CARS DERAILED JUST EAST OF THE WLE DIAMOND IN CHATFIE LD, OH     


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN -PIER-6:00 NS -41306 WAS RELEASED OFF TRACK BY-06.  NS-41306 BYPASSED COUPLERS RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: OSHKOSH
county: GARDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE UNDERCUTTER UP902052 WAS STOPPED AT MP 65.25 ON THE NO. 1 MAIN DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. THE 2WNPNP B-26 AN EASTBOUND EMPTY BALLAST TRAIN STRUCK THE DISCHARGE BOOM OF THE UNDERCUTTER THAT WAS FOULING THE NO.2 MAIN WITH LEAD UNIT THE UP8251. THE DISCHARGE BOOM ON THE UNDERCUTTER WAS BLOWN FOUL OF THE TRACK BY HIGH WINDS WHEN IT DID NOT GET SECURED PROPERLY BEFORE THE STORM HIT.    


nearest_city: HAINES CITY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRACKTOR TRAILER DID NOT CLEAR THE TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY AMTRAK P09805 ON THE END OF THE TRAILER.       


nearest_city: SHARON
county: NORFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 177 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/658 AND 8 CARS TRAVELING WEST ON TRACK ONE ENCOUNTERED WIRE HA NGING AT MP211.7.  THE PANTOGRAPH WAS DROPPED BEFORE STRIKING THE WIRE BUT THE WI-FI ANTENNA ON THE CAFE CAR 43367 SNAGGED THE WIRE AND PULLED DOWN ABOUT 800 FEET OF WIRE ARMS AND CANTILEVERS.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
M-TPLLAL1-21D DERAILED 4 CARS AT UP INTERLOCKING. ONE RAIL OF INTERLOCKING WAS DETERMINED TO BE MISA LIGNED AND HIGH, CAUSING DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RLSD. UP TRACK DAMAGE - $0 KCS TRACK DAMAGE - 58496     


nearest_city: BLAIRSVILLE
county: INDIANA
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
518C210 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 1 LOAD, 42 EMPTIES, 1390 TONS ON BLAIRVILLE INDUSTRIAL TRACK, DERAILED THE 25TH (NS 390724), 26TH (NS 390724), 27TH (NS 3914), (NS 390725), 29TH (NS 376241) AND 3 OTHER (NS 376184) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: ROCK SPRINGS
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE YRS51-01 WAS PULLING 24 CARS OUT OF TRACK 405, ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL AND CAUSED 4 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTONVILLE
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: HENDERSON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE 71ST CAR OF TRAIN Q59216, LIFTED ON TOP OF THE RAIL THEN DROPPED TO THE OUTSIDE FOR 4 MILES THEN 15 CARS TURNED OVER AT NORTONVILLE, KY.      


nearest_city: BRIDGE CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
GSWWTH-13 DERAILED IN WEST WEGO TEN YARD IN TRK #55.  THE CREW HAD JUST PULLED THEIR TRAIN OUT OF TH E CARGILL ELEVATOR TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN THEY CAME TO A STOP TO CONDUCT A BRAKE TEST IN TRACK #55 .  THE CONDUCTOR WAS WALKING THE TRAIN WHEN HE NOTICED THAT 2 CARS HAD DERAILED.  BOTH SETS OF TRUCK S ON THE A-END OF UP75385, AND THE B-END OF CMO20230 HAD DERAILED.  THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF DRAGGING THE CARS INTO WEGO RESULTED IN A MODERATE AMOUNT OF TRACK DAMAGE PRIMARILY TO THE CROSSTIES THAT TH E WHEELS WERE HITTING AS THE EQUIPMENT WAS BEING DRAGGED.  THE DERAILED CARS TRAVELED AT LEAST 2500 FT FROM THE POD TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE TRAIN STOPPED.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON STRAIGHT TR ACK.  MOP DOWNLOADED THE LOCOMOTIVE AND FOUND MOVEMENT WAS MADE AT 3 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILME


nearest_city: WALSENBURG
county: HUERFANO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: SPANISH PEAKS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
U-CPSPAS1-01 HANDLING UNIT TRAIN OF WIND TURBINE PARTS DERAILED 1 CAR.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT FRA ME OF BLADE WAS NOT LOCKED INTO POSITION, WHICH ALLOWED WIND TO CATCH BLADE AND BLOW FROM DECK OF CA R, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y-TUL3011-19 WHILE HUMPING CARS, 1 CAR IMPACTED 2ND CAR DERAILING ONE AND DAMAGING BOTH.  RETARDERS FAILED TO SLOW 2ND CAR ACCOUNT WET RAIL FROM EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3021-12, WHILE PULLING 13 CARS WEST OUT OF 128 TRACK, IMPACTED M-AMALUB1-12 AS THIS TRAIN P ULLED OUT OF 108 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE Y29018 STARTS HUMPING A CUT OF CARS. THE YARDMASTER HUMPS TWO SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29. THE LAST CAR IN THE TRACK WAS NOKL 725237. HE THEN HUMPS TTZX 85726 INTO C29 AND IT BYPASSES NOKL 725237 RES ULTING IN A DERAILMENT. NEXT THE YARDMASTER HUMPED 2 MORE SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29 FOLLOWING THE TTZ X 85726. THE LAST CAR, TTZX 865549, WAS HUMPED INTO C29 AND WAS FOULING THE LEAD DUE TO THE CARS AHE AD BEING DERAILED FROM A BYPASS COUPLER. THE YARDMASTER THEN ATTEMPTS TO HUMP CRGX 8274 TO TRACK C32 . SEVEN SECONDS LATER HE OVERRIDES THE STALL THINKING THE CARS IN C29 WERE IN THE CLEAR AND SIDESWIP ES TTZX 865549 THAT IS OUT OF THE FOUL IN C29. 


nearest_city: BYLAS
county: GRAHAM
railroad: AZER
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: MAINLINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
AZER 107 CREW HEADING EASTWARD ON MAINLINE SUBDIVISION ENCOUNTERED A WASHOUT BRIDGE AT MP 1181.1. TH REE LOCOMOTIVES IN THE CONSIST DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MCGEHEE
county: DESHA
railroad: AKMD
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC CREW AND CONSIST DERAILED FIVE CARS OF A FIFTY SEVEN CAR CONSIST WHILE SWITCHING FROM YARD TRACK 2 TO YARD TRACK 3 AS A RESULT OF WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS Y19618 WAS HUMPING CARS INTO BOWL. RAILCAR TAEX 269 AFTER EXITING GROUP MA STER STALLED AT THE SWITCH TO ENTER 001 CLASS AND WAS STRUCK BY RAILCAR DESTINED FOR 003 CLASS AND W AS CORNERED CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH RAILCARS WITH NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YPB03R-21 WAS HUMPING A CUT OF CARS WHEN THE GATX 89217 WENT INTO BOWL 39 AND CAR GATX 56756 CAUGHT UP WITH IT AND BY-PASSED COUPLERS DERAILING ALL WHEELS ON BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: ABILENE
county: DICKINSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: STRONG CITY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
G-SNABNT9-19 DEPARTING FROM 7110 TRACK DERAILED. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE AND MISSING SPIKES .      


nearest_city: POTTSTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
PUSH-PULL LOCAL ASSIGNMENT H49 SHOVING WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES, 0 LOADS, 3 EMPTIES FROM STOWE YARD TOWA RD MAIN 1 THROUGH DOUBLE SET OF CROSSOVERS DERAILED EMPTY BOXCAR CPAA 42471 AND NS 5263 DUE TO TRUCK CENTER PLATE ON CPAA 42471 WAS WORN TO THE EXTENT WHERE TRUCK WOULD NOT SLEW PROPERLY THROUGH CROSS OVER.    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEMS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
JOB 1440 WAS SHOVING 11 WEST RECEIVING  TOWARDS THE HUMP WHEN CARS 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 DERAILED DUE T O TRACK CAUSE.      


nearest_city: DOWNING
county: ST CROIX
railroad: WC
date: 2013-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MINNEAPOLIS
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:
A TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER LOADED WITH MANURE FAILED TO YIELD AT THE 150TH AVE. GRADE CROSSING AND WA S HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAIN.  IMPACT CAUSED MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER AND DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK, LO COMOTIVE AND TRACKS.  CROSSING IS MARKED WITH CROSSBUCKS AND YIELD SIGNS.     


nearest_city: PARSONS
county: LABETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PARSONS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MKCLI-08 WAS STOPPED IN TRACK 041 CLEAR OF MAINLINE/BYPASS SWITCH.  UEIHPL-07 ENTERED BYPASS TRACK. MKCLI-08 CREW RELEASED HANDBRAKES AND BEGAN TO PERFORM SETOUT.  MKCLI-08 RAILCARS ROLLED BACK STRIK ING UEIHPL-07 TRAIN.  NO DERAILMENT.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAIN/YARD CREW IMPROPER.     


nearest_city: WELLBORN
county: BRAZOS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CEYKH9-06, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6317, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING CR219 STRAUB ROAD CR OSSING. IMPACT ON TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  CREW MEMBER INJURED. UP6317 DAMAGED.  DRIVER WAS NOT IN V EHICLE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.     


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZYCMX-29 TRAVELING SOUTH ON CHESTER SUB WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, 48 LOADE D CARS WERE DERAILED.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY EXTREME ENV IRONMENTAL CONDITIONS/TORNADO.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-DYT2311-22 SHOVING INTO SOUTH END 616 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO 1 15/16 DIP IN TRACK JUST AHEAD OF SWITCH POINT ALLOWING SHELF COUPLERS TO HANG UP AS SWITCH WAS TRAVERSED. CMC ADDED CONTRIBUTING CAUSE M405, WHICH BNSF DOES NOT UNLESS TR&R INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THE YRV14R WAS ON THE 118 LEAD CLEAR OF CROSSOVERS TO SHOVE INTO DEPARTURE YARD TRACK 01-308.  FOREM AN WAS ON THE POINT PROTECTING MOVE.  THE SWITCHMAN WAS AT THE KIOSK JOB BRIEFING WITH THE YRV15R FO REMAN.  THE YRV15R HAD SWITCHING TO DO USING THE 117 LEAD BEFORE THE YRV14R COULD MAKE THEIR SHOVE. THE JOB BRIEFING WAS THE YRV15R WOULD INFORM THE YRV14R WHEN THEY WERE CLEAR OF LEAD.  FOREMAN ON T HE YRV15R ANNOUNCED ON THE RADIO THEY WERE IN THE CLEAR.  SWITCHMAN ON THE YRV14R GOT LINED UP AT TH E KIOSK AND CALLED ON THE RADIO TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HE LINED UP 118-117-308 START THE SHOVE.  FOREMA N WAS ON THE POINT OF SHOVE AND CAME TO A STOP AT TRACK 308.  ON THE RADIO, HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS READ Y TO SHOVE 308 WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO STOP.  FOREMAN ON THE YRV15R THOUGHT THE YRV14R WAS USING THE 117


nearest_city: DIBOLL
county: ANGELINA
railroad: TSE
date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ON OCTOBER 3, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, A TRANSFER TRAIN CONSISTING OF ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND FIV E CARS DERAILED. AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 3 MPH. THERE WERE NO IN JURIES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND TEMPERATURE WAS 70 DEGREES F. THE ENGINEER REPORTED THAT SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE MLK STREET RAIL CROSSING AND TRA VELING NORTHWARD ON TRACK NUMBER THREE, HE FELT THE LOCOMOTIVE VIBRATE AND KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS W RONG. THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE TRAIN AND ASKED HIS CONDUCTOR TO INSPECT THE TRAIN. THE CONDUCTOR WAL KING SOUTHWARD DOWN THE TRAIN FOUND THE 3RD AND 4TH CARS DERAILED. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT T HE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO WIDE GAGE AND DEFECTIVE TIES. THERE WAS NO DRUG AND ALCOHOL TEST CONDUCTED.


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YKC17R-28 WHILE SHOVING A POWER SWITCH THREW UNDER THE CUT OF CARS CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.       


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM1712-26, SHOVING INTO 116 TRACK, DERAILED 1 5-PACK CAR AT ICE/SNOW COVERED SWITCH. THIS ART ICULATED CAR STRUCK A TELECOME LIGHT STRUCTURE, AN INTER MODAL CONTAINER SCANNER AND A SOLAR SWITCH, DAMAGING OR DESTROYING THEM.     


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: CSX
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:
C76408 PULLING FROM CP MA TO GO INTO MORRISVILLE ON CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS TRACK WITH NEW INBOUNDS FO R INTERCHANGE DERAIL EIGHT CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: ATTICA
county: SENECA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 851 WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE, 160 EMPTIES, AND 4883 TONS TRAVELING EAST ON SANDUSKY MAIN # ONE DERA ILED 47TH HEAD CAR AT MILEPOST S91.8 TRAVELING TO MILEPOST S82.6 WHERE THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY .     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YDE28R-27 WAS PULLING NORTH OUT OF TRACK 13 WITH 46 CARS WHEN THE KRL204002 DERAILED.  THE CAR WAS D RAGGED UP THE LEAD AND PAST 37 BLOCK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE TRUCK DID NOT MANEUVER WITH THE CURVATURE OF TRACK WHILE ENTERING THE LEAD AND FORCED THE WHEEL OVER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVE.    


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE YPC01-19 WAS BUILDING THE QPCNPP-19 ON THE NORTH RUNNER AT POCATELLO YARD.  THE CREW HAD 3 LOCOM OTIVES AND 70 CARS ON AIR ON THE HEAD END OF THE CUT AND APPROXIMATELY 50 CARS ON THE REAR OF THE TR AIN THAT WAS OFF AIR.  THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAGGING THE TRAIN EASTBOUND ON THE NORTH RUNN ER TOWARDS EAST END OF THE YARD TO POSITION FOR THE CAR DEPARTMENT TO AIR TEST.  THE TRAIN WAS MOVIN G APPROXIMATELY 7 MPH WITH AIR SET ON THE HEAD END CARS AND THE ENGINEER FULLY APPLIED THE INDEPENDE NT BRAKE.  THE HEAD PORTION OF THE TRAIN STOPPED AND THE HEAVY REAR PORTION (OFF AIR) SLAMMED INTO T HE HEAD PORTION.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN A 2-CAR DERAILMENT AND APPROXIMATELY 70 FOOT OF ROLLED RAIL .  NO INJURIES.


nearest_city: KRUM
county: DENTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Z-WSPALT9-12, WHILE MAKING READ-END SETOUT TO KCS AND PICKUP, FAILED TO LINE DUAL-CONTROLLED SWITCH THAT WAS BEING HAND OPERATED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. CREW SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH AND MADE JOINT, THEN REV ERSED DIRECTION, SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HA ZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: FREEPORT
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LHF44R-21 HAD DOUBLED 15 CARS OUT OF TRACK 11 TO 11 CARS OUT OF TRACK 12 TO COMPLETE AN AIR TEST ON THE 26 LOADS & PULL THEM OUT TO HOSKINS JCT.  CONDUCTOR HAD CONTROL OF THE BOX WHEN HE WALKED UP TO THE HEAD END OF THE CUT & PUT THE REVERSER IN THE WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING THE TRAIN TO GO BACKWARD & RUN THROUGH THE BUMPER AT THE REAR OF THE TRACK.  THE CAR'S LEADING TRUCKS CAME OFF WHEN IT DERAILE D INTO A DITCH & THE BODY OF THE CAR RAN INTO THE CONCRETE ROAD LOCATED BEHIND THE DITCH.  SHINTECH MAINTAINS TRACK.  


nearest_city: NEW CANAAN
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #1794 STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK ON TRACK #1 AT NEW CANAAN STATION, DERAILING THE LEAD TRUCK OF CAR #9002.      


nearest_city: MILES CITY
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FORSYTH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CITIZEN REPORT TO NOC OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH ONE CAR ON H-LAUNTW9-29. DISPATCHER STOPPED TRAIN AN D CREW INSPECTED, FINDING BROKEN WHEEL ON ONE CAR. CREW ATTEMPTED TO SETOUT CAR IN TRACK 1048 AT TUS SLER WHEN CAR DERAILED IN TURNOUT. TRAIN HAD BEEN SETOUT CAR IN TRACK 1048 AT TUSSLER WHEN CAR DERAI LED IN TURNOUT. TRAIN HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY MRL AT LAUREL AND WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED AGAIN UNTIL MANDAN.   


nearest_city: SHEFFIELD
county: BERKSHIRE
railroad: HRRC
date: 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
NX 12 TRAVELING NORTH WITH 31 CARS IN CONSIST.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  6 CARS DERAILED ONTO THE IR SIDES.  1 CAR DERAILED BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT.  CAUSE FOUND TO BE BROKEN RAIL.  VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD .  NORMAL OPERATION RESUMED FOLLOWING RERAILING AND TRACK REPAIR.     


nearest_city: RED BLUFF
county: TEHAMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
A 1998 DODGE 1500 PICKUP TRUCK WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON TYLER ROAD AND WENT AROUND GATES AND WARNI NG LIGHTS, WAS STRUCK BY THE SOUTHBOUND AMTK11-20 WHICH WAS TRAVELING AT 68 MPH.  LEAD UNIT AMTK203. DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS FATALLY INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO THE CREW NOR AMTRAK PASSENGERS.  THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE NORTH RAWSON SWITCH.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $12,809.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MRL CREW OPERATING MRL ENGINE PULLING INTO WEST YARD LEAD SIDEWIPED BNSF LITE POWER AT FOULDING POIN T OF WB13 AND WB14 TRACKS. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BUCK CREEK
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
DL25 FLAT SWITCHING WITH 25 LOADS AND 11 MTYS DERAILED/DAMAGED 9 LDS AND 3 MTYS WHEN CUT STRUCK STAN DING CARS IN TRACK SA04.      


nearest_city: VIRGINIA
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
U79382-26 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING IN THE MINOREA LOAD OUT POCKET WHEN 8 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN DOOR ARM CAUSING PELLETS TO SPILL ONTO TRACK.  DERAILED WERE DMIR 51505, DMIR 52860, DMIR 52 754, DMIR 52600, DMIR 52565, DMIR 51727, DMIR 52156 AND DMIR 51592 - ALL CARS WERE DESTROYED.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-30 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING OVER 423A SWITCH DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SCRANTON
county: LACKAWANNA
railroad: DL
date: 2013-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LEAD AXLE OF 6TH CAR OF 19 CLIMBED OVER RAIL JUST WEST OF THE NAY AUG SWITCH -MP 131.45- ON ONE PERC ENT DOWNGRADE AND CONTINUED TO NEAR SCRANTON SIGN AT 132.85 BEFORE CREW FELT TRAIN SLOWING AND NOTIC ED CARS 6 AND 7 AT 30 DEGREE ANGLE. WHEN TRAIN STOPPED, CARS 6 THROUGH 16 HAD COME OFF THE RAIL, TWO ANGLED AND THE REST UPRIGHT AND STRAIGHT. ALL CARS REMAINED COUPLED. 
TRAIN SPEED AT THE POINT THE FIRST CAR DERAILED AT MP 131.45 IS 30MPH, BUT WESTWARD TRAINS ARE ALREADY SLOWING TO PREPARE FOR 10 MPH SPEED AT STATION SIGN RIDGE MP 132.12.  
INVESTIGATION HAS SHOWN THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF CARS WI LL EXHIBIT HARMONIC ROCKING THROUGH THE MP 132.4 AREA. THAT FACT AND THE SEVERE HEAD WORN RAIL HAVE NECESSITATED SPEEDS TO NOW BE REDUCED TO 10 MPH.
RE ITEM 30 - THE TYPE OF TERRITORY/METHOD OF OPERA


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
PL43 STARTING TRACK CT11 IN TANGENT TRACK WHEN BYPASS COUPLING BETWEEN CARS AOK 21565 AND KCS 127256 CAUSED CARS TO DERAIL AND RAIL TO ROLL - CAUSING NS 6196, AOK 21565, KCS 127256, TILX 648221 AND TI LX 638794 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE YPD21R-08 WAS SHOVING 17 CARS INTO TRACK 12.  THEY TIED ONTO 6 CARS THAT WERE IN TRACK 12 AND ST RETCHED THE JOINT.  CREW PROCEEDED TO SHOVE ALL CARS IN THE CLEAR ON TRACK 12 WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED BY A CREW MEMBER WHO NOTIFIED THEM THEY HAD DERAILED.  NO BROKEN RAIL WAS INDENTIFIED.  EVIDENCE WA S FOUND OF A CROSS DRAWBAR INCIDENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CREW ON THE YPD72R-07 HAD PLAC ED CARS INTO TRACK 12.   


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YARD FOREMAN FAILED TO APPLY HANDBRAKE TO A RAIL CAR THAT HE SAT OUT IN THE NE OF TRACK K01, RESULTI NG IN THAT CAR ROLLING NORTH AND SIDESWIPING ANOTHER RAIL CAR ON THE SWITCHING LEAD.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CUSTER
railroad: FMRC
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SUNBELT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CREW CUT CARS ON MAIN. WENT INTO WEST END OF WEST PASS AND PULLED ONE CAR, PLACING THE SINGLE CAR TO THE MAIN. SHOVED BACK INTO WEST PASS AND RAKED THE CARS SITTING ON THE MAIN LINE. THE CREW CONSISTE D ON AN ENGINEER, CONDUCTOR AND CONDUCTOR TRAINEE. CONDUCTOR JOB BRIEFFED TWICE WITH TRAINEE TO ENSU RE CARS ON MAIN WERE PAST THE CLEARANCE POINTS. TRAINEE VERIFIED CARS WOULD CLEAR. TRAINEE HAS OVER 300 HOURS OF OJT TRAINING.   


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YARD CREW WS701A PULLED ONE CAR (43364) OUT OF NORTH END OF 15 SHOP AND SPOTTED IT 28 FT. 6 IN. NORT H OF THE FOULING POINT LOCATED BETWEEN THE 928 SWITCH.  YARD ENGINE E/793 WAS SPLIT AWAY FROM THE CA R AND WENT NORTH TO MAKE A REVERSE MOVE INTO 7 S&I.  WHEN COMING SOUTH, THE YARD ENGINE STRUCK B-END WEST SIDE OF THE CAR.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $75,400.00.    


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
BE25 PULLING WEST OUT OF CT-64 WITH 3 LOADS X 38 EMPTIES X 1680 TONS.  WHEN THE NS 6143 HAD A COLLIS ION WITH THE UTLX  672055 THAT ROLLED OUT IN THE FOUL OF CT-64 CAUSING THE UTLX 672055 TO DERAIL AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE 7 CARS.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1052-10 WHILE DOUBLING CUT AND PULLING FROM 2028 TRACK WAS SIDESWIPED BY CARS ROLLING OUT O F 2034 TRACK.  CREW OF RCO Y-KCK1022-10 HAD PLACED SKATES IN 2034 TRACK WHICH SLID AND DID NOT HOLD CARS BEING HUMPED TO TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  MECHANICAL INTERFACE RAISED COSTS ABO VE REPORTING THRESHOLD.    


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C93C504 SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 4 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 0 TONS ON THE ALEX TRACK DERAILED THE 4TH UNIT (BN 8893).      


nearest_city: EFFINGHAM
county: EFFINGHAM
railroad: IC
date: 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
R93091-08 HAD A HOLD OF 17 CARS AND TIED ONTO ANOTHER 16 CARS THAT WERE SITTING IN THE EAST WYE. THE CONDUCTOR MADE AIR HOSE AND CUT IN AIR. HE THEN TOLD THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE 20 CARS, GOOD FOR 40 CAR S. THE ENGINEER SHOVED THE CUT ABOUT 4 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WAS THAT T HE LAST 2 CARS, GATX 10817 & CN 415412, WERE DERAILED. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE. BRAKEMAN WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE BRAKEMAN SAW T HE DERAIL THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE TRACK BY CSXT TRACK FORCES, WITHOUT ADVISING THE RAILROAD, AND FAILED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT SHORT OF THE DERAIL. 


nearest_city: CLIFTON FORGE
county: ALLEGHANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y39003 FAILED TO SECURE AND TEST HANDBRAKES ON CARS LEFT STANDING IN TRACK M09. THE CARS IN M09 ROLL ED OUT STRIKING CARS BEING PULLED BY Y39003 IN M08 RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: KUNA
county: ADA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MNPHK-20 TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT A RECORDED SPEED OF 30 MPH DERAILED 9 CARS AT APPROXIMATELY MP 441.7 5.  EIGHT CARS WERE DERAILED ON THEIR SIDE WITH 1 CAR DERAILED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION WITH ONE SET O F TRUCKS ON THE GROUND.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED  TO HAVE BEEN A SEVERE MICRO BURST OF WIND DUE TO THUN DERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA.  SEVERAL PHONE POLES WERE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AS WELL BU ILDING DAMAGE IN THE GENERAL AREA.  WINDS WERE RECORDED IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THERE WAS MINIMAL TRAC K DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/145-E/54 AND 7 CARS WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP200.90, RI TTIMAN RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
NJT TRAIN X371 SUFFERED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS CAUSING FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO BECOME DETA CHED FROM MESSENGER WIRE.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK2062-24 WHILE PULLING ON EAST LEAD WAS STRUCK BY CUT OF CARS FROM BOWL WHEN SKATE FAILED TO STOP CARS.      


nearest_city: BAKER
county: FALLON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
HI-RAIL VEHICLE WITH TRACK AUTHORITY BEHIND TRAIN G-BDEINB9-09 IMPACTED REAR CAR OF TRAIN AS IT WAS MOVING, DESTROYING ETD AND CAUSING UDE.      


nearest_city: FAYETTEVILLE
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: AR
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, CONDUCTOR LOCHRIE WAS BACK IN THE MOMENTIVE YARD, EXACT LOCATION UNKNO WN.  ENGINEER BOWEN WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE#400 WITH TH LOGN HOOD AND 2 EMPTY TANKCA RS BLOCKING HIS VIEW OF THE LOADED CAR ON THE MAINLINE.  BRAKEMAN SESSOMS WAS HANDLING THE SWITCHING MOVE SHOVING BACK TO SPOT CARS ON THE CBP SIDING.  THE MOVE BEGAN WITH THE BRAKEMAN SHOVING TWO EMP TY CARS INTO THE CBP SIDING IN ORDER TO OUT LOADED CAR TILX 252012.  AFTER COUPLING TO THE LOAD, SES SOMS PULLED TEH CAR OUT RELEASING THE HANDBRAKE BUT NOT COUPLING AIR.  AFTER PULLING THROUGH TEH SWI TCH HE SHOVED THE LOADED CAR IN TO THE CLEAR AND CUT OFF THE CAR ON THE MAINLINE WHICH IS ON A SLIGH T DOUWNGRADE, FAILING TO SET THE HANDBRAKE.  THE EMPTY CARS WERE AGAIN PULLED BY THE SWITCH AND THE


nearest_city: EOLA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
UTILITY EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED DERAILED EQUIPMENT AND RAIL ROLLED OVER IN TRACK 3309. INVESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH YARD ENGINE LAST SWITCHED IN THE TRACK. APPARENT CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS BYPASSED COUPLED, BUT NO HUMAN FACTOR ASSIGNMENT WILL BE MADE AS UNABLE TO NAME CULPRIT CREW.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-HOU2131-02 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE WHILE SOVING INTO YARD TRACK 843 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INTO D-1 Y29126 FAILED TO WATCH THE SHOVE LIGHT. THIS ALLOWED THEM TO SHOVE OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF D-1 AND INTO A DEPARTING Q53926 COMING OUT OF D-3.      


nearest_city: MARSHVILLE
county: UNION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Q61625 WAS TRAVELING NORTH  WHEN THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY DUE TO THE 79TH AND 80 TH CAR SEPERATING. 1254 FEET AFTER THE SEPERATION THE 79TH AND 80TH CAR DERAILED DUE TO THE ENGINEER FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONSIST DYNAMIC BRAKING, AS REQUIRED.     


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-TPL2022-03 STRETCHED CARS IN TRK 117, RLSD AIR AND MOVED NORTH IN TRK.  CREW NOTICE THAT SOUTH CAR OF CUT, UTLX 609117 LOAD MOLTEN SULFER, HAD UNCPLD AND ROLLED SOUTH OVER DERAIL ONTO MT1 WHERE IT I MPACTED LD UNIT BNSF 499 OF H-LALSLA9-02 THAT WAS DEPARTING ON THIS TRK. DEFECTIVE PIN LIFTER ON BN 580482 THAT UTLX 60917 WAS COUPLED TO ALLOWED TO ROLL AWAY.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.    


nearest_city: MOGADORE
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TC22 WAS STOPPED ON CLEVELAND AVENUE WITH THEIR TRUCK LIGHTS AND STOBE LIGHT ON, TO SET OFF OF THE T RACKS. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE FRONT OF THE TRACK CAR FLAGGING TRAFFIC AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE BACK PUTTING THE HI-RAIL EQUIPMENT ON THE TRACK UP, WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A RED FORD RANGER. THE DRIVER OF THE RED FORD RANGER WAS CITED FOR OPERATION WITHOUT REASONABLE CONTROL.    


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2012-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 4857 ARRIVING IN LONG ISLAND CITY YARD WAS TRAVERSING 9/12 DIVIDER SWITCH WHEN THE FOURTH CAR #7210 DERAILED. NO EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YPB24R-19 WAS DRAGGING A CUT OF 53 CARS SOUTH OF BOWL 46 ONTO THE 40 LEAD. NS166169 WAS HUMPED INTO BOWL 45 BY THE YPB25R-19 JOB AND ROLLED OUT THE SOUTH END OF THE BOWL, AND ONTO THE 40 LEAD AND INTO THE YPB25R'S CUT.  THE CUT BROKE IN TWO.  THE MWCX460164 WAS WHERE THE NS166169 COLLIDED AND IT WAS DERAILED AND TURNED OVER ONTO ITS SIDE.    


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Aug
narrative:
ALCOA IN PLANT CREW TRAVELING FROM SOUTH PLANT TO NORTH PLANT ON THEIR TRACKS WHEN HARMONIC ROCKING AND MISSING SIDE BEARING ON CAR 2420 R SIDE DERAILED RESULTING IN 2 INGOT SLABS 2X6X25 AT 43.000 LBS COMING OF CAR AND DAMAGING NS ADJ AT MP 12.4 KA.  NO NS CREW INVOLVEMENT.  NO NS DERAILMENT ONLY DA MAGE TO NS TRACK    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE YLA41-15 PULLING EAST OF OF PIG 10.  ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP AND COLLIDED WITH THE ZLCBR-16 AT T HE DIVIDER SWITCH.  THE ZLCBR-16 WAS MOVING NORTHBOUND TOWARDS MAIN STREET FOR THE AIR TEST AT THE T IME OF COLLISION. TRAIN SPEED OF THE YLA41-15 AT TIME OF IMPACT WAS 11 MPH.  LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER BLA CKED OUT PRIOR TO IMPACT DUE TO AN UNKNOWN MEDICAL CONDITION.    


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE 312 CREW WAS SETTING THE BOTTOM CAR IN 211 TRACK OVER TO 212 TRACK AND THE PROCESS OF SHOVING BA CK INTO 211 TRACK DERAILED @101 SWITCH WEST END.  THE CLOSURE RAIL OF 101 SWITCH HAD A HEAD WEB SEPE RATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE WHEELS DROPPING OFF THE HIGH SIDE ON THE CLOUSRE RAIL, CAUSING 4 CARS T O DERAIL.

#30 - TYPE OF TERRITORY - Z. OTHER - LOCATION OF DERAILMENT WAS IN YARD LIMITS AT 6 MPH    


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2011-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YJRS01-02 WAS SWITCHING CARS OFF THE SOUTH YARD LEAD. THEY RELEASED 1 EMPTY TOWARDS JM07 AND THEN LA TER RELEASED 4 LOADS INTO THE SAME TRACK. THEY THEN SHOVE INTO TRACK JM07 TO TAKE ROOM; COUPLED TO T HE LOADS STRETCHED THE TRACK AND SHOVED NORTH. AFTER SHOVING APPROX. 5 CARS LENGTHS THE BRAKEMAN OBS ERVED EMPTY HOPPER CAR UTCX 49791 CANTING TO ONE SIDE. HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND FOUND THE B-END T RUCK HAD DERAILED ALL WHEELS DIE TO CAR INTEGRITY FAILURE. UTCX 49791 WAS PREVIOUSLY BAD ORDERED AT KIRK YARD AND MOVING TO HOME SHOP FOR REPAIR. CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ENGINE DOWNLOADS SECURED . 


nearest_city: SARONVILLE
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HASTINGS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
H-LINPV01-26 STRUCK A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT THAT WAS FOULING MAIN 1 TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LO COMOTIVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Q-CLOHOU3-28 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 1448 DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL. TRAIN WAS H ANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: UNION CITY
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
A TRACTOR-TRAILER WAS STOPPED ON CROSSING WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR SO TRUCK COULD MAKE A LEFT TU RN. Z16129 STRUCK THE TRUCK AS IT WAS ON MIDDLE OF CROSSING. THE TRUCK WAS CARRYING A NON HAZARDOUS SHIPMENT OF N-T-BUTYL-2-BENSOTHIAZOLESULFENAMIDE THAT SPILLED ON THE ROAD. THE TRAIN ENGINEER SUSTAI NED A MINOR INJURY. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO STOP AT A RAILROAD CROSSING.    


nearest_city: OSHKOSH
county: WINNEBAGO
railroad: WSOR
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING CARS ON INDUSTRY TRACK TO SPOT WHEN CARS DERAILED.

TRACK DENSITY SHOWN IN BOX 2 3 IS FOR THE MAIN TRACK ADJACENT TO THE INDUSTRY TRACK.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
EDYLIM-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8232, WHILE CONDUCTING A POWER MOVE, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT W AS CARRYING A CRANE WHICH WAS HUNG UP ON A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: SURREY
county: MCHENRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Z-SSECHC1-09, MOVING EAST ON MAIN TRACK, INCURRED BROKEN CENTER SILL ON TTAX 553732.  CAR DID NOT DE RAIL.  TRAIN HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: BINGHAMTON
county: BROOME
railroad: CP
date: 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SUNBURY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
DB21 WAS SHOVING SOUTH ON 1 WEST TO SWITCH 39 WHEN THE 24TH CAR FROM THE LEADING END OF THE MOVE DER AILED ON THE BACK LEAD SWITCH WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.  THE RAILROAD WAS UNABLE TO DET ERMINE WHICH CREW ACTUALLY CAUSED THE SWITCH TO BREAK, SO CP WILL NOT BE FILING FORM 6180.78 OR 6180 .81 REPORTS FOR THIS ACCIDENT.    


nearest_city: OLYMPIA
county: THURSTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: OLYMPIA IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TACOMA RAIL CREW HAD A TRAIN GOING EAST ON THE LEAD AT MP 5.6 ON THE OLYMPIA INDUSTRIAL LEAD AND DER AILED 2 CARS.  THERE IS A SPRING SWITCH THAT PROVIDES DETAIL PROTECTION FOR CARS ROLLING WEST TOWARD S THE PORT.  THE SPEED OF THE TRAIN WAS FOUND TO BE AT 13 MPH, THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED SPEED IS 10 MP H.  UP OWNS AND MAINTAINS TRACK ON THE OLYMPIA INDUSTRIAL LEAD.  TMBL REPORTS EQUIPMENT DAMAGES OF $ 1794   


nearest_city: MAUPIN
county: WASCO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
V-RICPTL4-26 WAS STRUCK BY ROCK SLIDE WHICH IMPACTED THE 2ND AN 3RD CARS BEHIND LOCOMOTIVES, RESULTI NG IN CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
S-LALSLA1-12 PULLED INTO 2104 TRACK TO YARD TRAIN. CREW STOPPED AND LINED OUT OF 2104 TO MAKE DOUBLE , PULLED AHEAD 5 CAR LENGTHS AND EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED 6 CARS DERAILED. INVES TIGATION DETERMINED THAT LATERAL FORCES IN CURVE CAUSED DERAILMENT, BUT DID NOT ASSIGN HF RESPONSIBI LITY TO CREW BECAUSE NO TRAIN M/U RESTRICTIONS EXIST WITHIN THE YARD.    


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: MILLARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CVSMA-17 COAL TRAIN TRAVELING ON MAIN TRACK RECEIVED A DRAGGING INDICATION ON THE INDICATION ON THE DETECTOR AT MP 604.6. ENGINEER STOPPED THE TRAIN AND CONDUCTOR PERFORMED AN INSPECTION. DURING THE I NSPECTION DISCOVERED NVPX 1006 HAD DERAILED 1 SET OF WHEELS. THIS WAS THE SIXTH CAR AHEAD OF THE REA R DPU LOCOMOTIVES. POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS MP605.67.    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN A-5-1-09 WAS MOVING FROM MAIN TRACK TO COAL LEAD THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO SOUTH LEAD EN ROUTE AMTRAK DEPOT WHEN TRAIN WENT EXPERIENCED UED. CREW INSPECTION FOUND ONE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MULLENS
county: WYOMING
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
U85U309 WHILE PULLING EAST FROM #4 CLASS YARD DERAILED 17 CARS, 16 OF 17 RERAILED AT GUARDRAIL AND F ROG,      


nearest_city: TRINITY
county: TRINITY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
QHONL-26 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE WHEN RAILCAR GAMX6419 HAD SLAG BUILDUP ON WHEEL CAUSING TH E RAILCAR TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, GWRKCP19-23, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE BNSF4560, DERAILED ONE CAR ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK WH ILE MOVING FROM UPRR YARD THROUGH CROSSOVER TO KCS YARD.  POINT OF DERAILMENT ON UPRR TRACK.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS IMPROPER SUPER ELEVATION OF TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $4,500.  KCS EST IMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $66,500.  KCS INCIDENT # 10032602    


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-03-30T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 712 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 6961 IN THE LEAD, 4 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/59 IN THE REAR, STRUCK A N AUTOMOBLE AT MP1015.12, AVENUE 12 ROAD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2010-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW SWITCHING CARS OUT OF IRONDALE TRACKS 8 AND 10. AFTER SWITCHING CARS INTO TRACK 8, THE CREW CAM E OUT OF THE TRACK AND TIED ON TO CARS ON TRACK 10. WHILE DOING SO THE CONDUCTOR HEARD THE CARS ROLL ING OUT OF TRACK 8 AND MADE A CUT ON ADMX-17186 IN AN ATTEMPT TO PULL CLEAR OF TRACK 8 TO AVAOID A C OLLISION. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO PULL CLEAR OF TRACK 8 WHICH RESULTED IN ADMX-50047 ROLLING OUT OF T RACK 8 AND STRIKING THE THE SIDE OF ADMX-17186.   


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: TRE
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER STATED UNKNOWN OTHER HIGHWAY USER RAN HIM OFF THE ROAD CAUSING HIS TRACTOR TRAILOR TO G ET STUCK NEXT TO TRACK.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TRACTOR TRAILOR WAS STRUCK IN TH REAR BY THE WSTBOUND COM MUTER.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
RCL Y-KCK1-42-11, PULLING OUT OF BOWL 2009, WAS STRUCK BY CARS FROM 2034 TRACK.  CARS ON 2034 TRACK MOVED WHEN SKATE SLID THEN FELL FROM RAIL, ALLOWING COLLISION TO OCCUR.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN #X166 PASSED STOP SIGNAL #30E WITHOUT PERMISSION AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH TRAIN #1701 ON TRAC K #5 AND DERAILED #X166 CARS #6705, 6575, 6585 AND DAMAGED LOCOMOTIVE #4212 ON TRAIN #1701.      


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 717 (ENGINE 2004 AND 4 CARS) COLLIDED WITH TRAIN 14 (ENGINES 47 AND 58 AND 11 CARS) IN THE OAK LAND STATION.      


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. DERIALED CARS LEANED AND SIDESWIPED LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1227 ON Y-NYF2081-04 SWITCHING ON ADJACENT TRA CK, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO Y-SBD3022-14 ENTERED MT3 WITHOUT AUTHORITY AND WAS STRUCK BY ONCOMING Q-CHILAC6-12. Q-CHILAC6-12 CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
BE44 PULLING 13 CARS OUT OF RP01 TOWARDS THE PIG TAIL TRACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE MOVE NS 711 8 WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CUT CAUSING THE 7118 TO HAVE A RAKING COLLISION WITH THE BE66 ( DERAILING T WO CARS) PULLING ON NORTH DRILL.     


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TORNADO AND STRONG STRAIGHT WINDS BLEW CARS FROM TRACKS 956  AND 957 TO BLOW EAST PAST FOULING POINT RESULTING IN SIDEWIPED EQUIPMENT WITH 2 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: YUMA
county: YUMA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: YUMA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN QWCEW-26 WAS INSPECTED BY THE CREW OF THE WESTBOUND TRAIN MFWWX-22 AND FOUND THE REAR LOCOMOTI VE UP8367 HAD BEEN ON FIRE.  LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTION REVEALED UNIT HAD FIRE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF AN E XHAUST LEAK.     


nearest_city: NEW WASHINGTON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: WE
date: 2013-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CAREY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
732-19 WAS PULLING OUT OF NEW WASH SIDING WHEN THEY DERAILED CAR# CSYX 12634, BNGX 30196, AND CSXY 1 3088 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.
06/13 UPDATING TRACK DAMAGE FROM $13901 TO $67528.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE YRV24R-24 WAS SHOVING THROUGH 117/118 CROSSOVER INTO DEPARTURE YARD TRACK 01-307 AND DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO SWITCH FAILURE (UTLX600666 & UTLX60034).      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1012-07 MAKING SHOVING MOVE INTO TRACK 307 EXPERIENCED BROKEN KNUCKLE IN CUT THAT ALLOWED E AST END OF SHOVE TO ROLL FREE AND OVER BUMPER POSTS ON THIS STUB TRACK. TWO CARS WERE DERAILED. NO H AZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: GREENE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CNAPW1-08 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAINLINE ONE, WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED INTO THE IG3OA-08, WHICH WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE TWO.  CNAPW1-08 DERAILED 14 LOADED RAILCARS, CAUSING THE IG3OA-0 8 TO DERAIL 11 EMPTY RAILCARS.     


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-30T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
DRIVER OF AUTOMIBILE SAW LOWERED CROSSING GATES TOO LATE. HIT BRAKE AND SWERVED TO LEFT AND STRUCK S IDE OF A-712.      


nearest_city: SIBLEY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
SURFACING GANG MOVING WESTWARD. REGULATOR AND PUP TAMPER STOPPED; JACKSON TAMPER FOLLOWING FAILED TO STOP AND COLLIDED WITH PUP TAMPER.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL2022-06 PULLING UT WITH JORDAN SPREADER IN CUT. WING ON SPREADER WAS LOOSE AND STRUCK AND D MGD SWITCH MACHINES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT FASTENER BOLT HOLDING CHAIN THAT RETAINS WING HAD B ROKEN IN TRANSIT TO GALESBURG. INVESTIGATION UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF SPREADER LEFT PRIOR TERMINAL WIT H BROKEN BOLT OR PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPN OF BOLT PREVIOUSLY TO ARRIVAL GALESBURG.    


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
DRILL CREW DERAILED EAST TRUCK OF #6570 AND WEST TRUCK OF #6540 ENROUTE FROM PIER ON TRACK #122 IN H OBOKEN TERMINAL AFTER #6540 UNCOUPLED FROM #6570.      


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN WAS OPERATING WEST BOUND NEAR MP 89.9 TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN A ND DISCOVERED THE WEST TRUCKS ON THE 70TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END HAD DERAILED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-29 RAN THROUGH SOUTH SIDING SWITCH WHILE USING DUAL-CONNECTION SWITCH IN HAND OPERATION.       


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: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
A CUT OF TWO LOADED GONDOLAS OF SAND WERE HUMPED INTO TRACK 031 WHICH ALREADY HAD 8 CARS STANDING IN THAT TRACK.  WHEN JOINT WAS MADE, IT SHOVED THE WEST CAR, AN EMPTY HOPPER CAR, OUT THE WEST END OF TRACK 031 WHICH COLLIDED WITH YAS222 WHICH WAS DOUBLING OUT ON THE LEAD FROM TRACK 033, CAUSING RAKI NG DAMAGE TO 20 RAIL CARS.    


nearest_city: BEMIDJI
county: HUBBARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
M-GFDCSL1-05 LINED DERAILED CORRECTLY FOR SWITCHING OPERATIONS. SEVERAL CARS MOVED OVER DERAIL BEFOR E A-END OF ATSF 621142 DERAILED AT SWITCH POINT (SPLIT POINT DERAIL).      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
E-SLCBKM2-89 DERAILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON LEAD ENGINE AT MINE POCKET TRACK SWITCH ACCOUNT GAPPED SW ITCH POINT THAT WAS ALSO WORN AND JAGGED.      


nearest_city: EAST HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: PW
date: 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NHB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
P&W TRAIN CHFP DERAILED THREE CARS (POSITION NO.'S 73, 74 AND 75) WHILE SHOVING THE TRAIN INTO CSX F RESH POND YARD AT SHORELINE JCT.      


nearest_city: ROCK ISLAND
county: ROCK ISLAND
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
PULLING TRAIN THROUGH THE BNSF FARMALL DERAILED 8 CARS MID TRAIN.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED BY THE I AIS TO BE TRACK CONDITIONS.  IAIS PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION BNSF AND THEY BELIEVE IT WAS TRAIN HANDLI NG.  IAIS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THEIR CLAIM, THE CAUSE IS NOT DETERMINING WHO PAYS FOR THE DERAILMENT IAIS HOLDS THE BURDEN REGARDLESS.  SEVERAL IAIS TRAIN HANDLING EXPERTS HAVE REVIEWED THE DOWNLOAD AN D DID NOT TAKE ANY EXCEPTIONS.   


nearest_city: PINEVILLE
county: WYOMING
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
U81U530 PULLING WEST IN #2 TRACK WITH 9 LOADS WAS STRUCK BY A CUT OF 25 CARS WHICH ROLLED OUT OF #2 TRACK AT KEPLER MINE      


nearest_city: CHAMPAIGN
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHAMPAIGN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
L55190-28 WAS SWITCHING IN THE YARD WHEN THEY LET 8 CARS ROLL FREE TOWARDS TRACK 1C.  THEY THEN KICK ED 1 CAR TOWARDS TRACK 1C BEFORE THE CUT OF CARS GOING INTO TRACK 1C HAD CLEARED THE LEAD CAUSING RC RX 1418 TO IMPACT ADMX 25380.     


