# gpkg_spatial_ref_sys

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description: longitude/latitude coordinates in decimal degrees on the WGS 84 spheroid
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# railroad_data

nearest_city: EDINBURG
county: JOHNSON
railroad: LIRC
date: 2014-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN ON MAINLINE AND PROCEEDED TO THE 'WOODS' TRACK LITE ENGINE. AFTER WORKING T HE AIR THEY PULLED OUT OF THE WOODS TRACK AND DOUBLED TO TRACK #1. WORKED AIR AND STARTED PULLING TR ACK #1 OUT TO DOUBLE BACK TO MAINLINE. THE NAYX 830386 (3RD CAR) AND THE NAHX 480053 (4TH CAR) DERAI LED AT THE 'TIPPLE" SWITCH. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 1-3-14 AT APPROX 0 200 IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT CA-02 RAN THROUGH A SWITCH THAT THE CONDUCTOR IMPROPERLY LINED. THE CA-02 CUT AWAY FROM THEIR TRAIN ON THE MAILINE, CONDUCTOR WILLIAMS CLEANED THE SNOW FROM THE MAINLIN E SWITCH LEADING INTO KOKOMO GRAIN AND LINED THE SWITCH. CREW THEN MOVED NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE 'TIPP LE' SWITCH AND STOPPED. THE CONDUCTOR SWEPT THE SNOW OUT OF THE 'TIPPLE' SWITCH AND LINE THE SWITCH


nearest_city: NORTH BERGEN CP
county: HUDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y33704 WAS MAKING A SHOVE MOVE IN NORTH BERGEN YARD INTO TRACK 4 WITH 1531 FEET OF EMPTY INTERMODAL CARS GOING SOUTH.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK GIVING CAR COUNTS PROTECTING THE SHOVE.  WHILE HALF WAY INTO THE TRACK THE ENGINEER FELT A HARD PUSH AGAINST THE ENGINES AND KNOCKED OFF THE THROTTLE AND CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP.  HE ASKED THE CONDUCTOR IF HE MADE A HITCH ONTO CARS ON THE TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED FURTHER UP THE TRACK AND RECONFIRMED THAT THERE NO CARS AND NO H ITCH MADE.  HE REINSTRUCTED THE COMMAND TO INITIATE THE SHOVE MOVE AGAIN.  THE ENGINEER EASED ON THE THROTTLE TO SHOVE SOUTH AND FOUND THE TRAIN TO BE HARD TO SHOVE AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.  WHILE WA LKING THE CARS TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 3 CARS ON THE GROUND.


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING TRAIN 8808, ENGINEER FAILED TO AHDERE TO LIMITATIONS CONCERNING TRAIN SPEED AT WHICH THE TRAIN WAS OPERATED EXCEEDED THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED LIMIT BY AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS.      


nearest_city: BONANZA
county: LE FLORE
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: HEAVENER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN DAMAGED TWO CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF AN INDUSTRY WHEN AN ARM HAD BEEN LEFT DOWN ON THE HEAVEN ER SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: BEAR CREEK
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: BALTIMORE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE FOREMAN ON THE Y23111 DID NOT PROTECT A SHOVE MOVE INTO T08 AND RAN THRU T05-08 AND T07-08 SWITC HES.  ONCE THE TRAIN STARTING PULLING FORWARD, THREE ARTICULATED CARS BEGAN TO DERAIL, STRIKING A CU T OF STANDING CARS IN T06 AND THE DERAILED CARS ENDED UP IN 3 TRACKS (T06, T07, AND T08).     


nearest_city: WHEATLAND
county: MONROE
railroad: RSR
date: 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: MAIN LINE
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-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN GW1 OPERATING ON THE RSR MAIN LINE WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES, 68 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY, DERAILED THE 20TH THROUGH 39TH HEAD CARS WHEN THE EAST RAIL BROKE WHILE UNDER LOAD.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARLEM LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
NORTHBOUND TRAIN #1404 TRAVELING ON TRACK 1 STRUCK A BRIDGE PLATE AT WILLIAMS BRIDGE STATION.       


nearest_city: TRANSFER CON CP
county: DECATUR
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: BAINBRIDGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y10121 WAS SHOVING 34 CARS AND TWO ENGINES ON THE PORT TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVE FROM THE BOTTOM TO PROTECT A ROAD CROSSING. HE TOLD THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK FIVE CARS TO COVER C ROSSING AND THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. THEY SHOVED BACK FIVE CARS AND STOPPED, THE CON DUCTOR RETURNED TO THE HEAD TO CUT OFF SOME CARS AND WORK INDUSTRY. THEY PULLED AHEAD THREE CARS AND THE TRAIN STOPPED. THE CONDUCTOR RETURNED TO THE BOTTOM FINDING THREE DERAILED CARS. THEY HAD RUN T HRU THE SWITCH CAUSING DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: EAST BIG FOUR YARD
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y29724 WAS PULLING WEST OUT OF TRACK 048 BACK TO THE HUMP WITH 2 ENGINES AND 5 CARS WHEN THE GROUP 6 RETARDER FAILED AND GRABBED THE CARS WHICH FORCED THEM ON TOP OF THE RETARDER AND THEY DERAILED ONC E THE GOT TO THE END OF THE RETARDER.     


nearest_city: INDUSTRIAL CANAL CP
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y33125 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 79 CARS NORTH THROUGH THE RDX CROSSOVER INTO R1A/RD1 TO SPOT TH E CARS AT THE NORTH END OF RD1. DURING THE SHOVE MOVE CAR ATW 21023 WITH THE B-END LEADING HAD THE A IR HOSE DRAGGING ON THE LEADING END. THE AIR HOSE AND BRAKE PIPE SUPPORT CAUGHT IN THE FROG ON THE S OUTH SWITCH OF THE RDX CROSSOVER. THE AIR HOSE AND SUPPORT BRACKET WERE LODGED INTO THE FLANGE WAY O F THE FROG AND WAS RUN OVER CAUSING KWT 6012 TO DERAIL AS  Y33125 CONTINUED TO SHOVE NORTH. THE CAR TRAVELED ON THE GROUND FOR A TOTAL OF 2,250 FEET. A TOTAL OF TEN CARS WERE DERAILED.  


nearest_city: WILLARD WEST
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Q35331 PULLED 156 CARS INTO WEST RECEIVING 5, LEFT THE REAR 53 AND SET ANOTHER 48 OVER TO WEST RECEI VING 4. AFTER SECURING 4 AND CUTTING AWAY FROM THE CARS CONDUCTOR LINED HIS ROUTE TO SHOVE BACK INTO WEST RECEIVING 3 WITH THE REMAINING 55 CARS. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE NEW WAY SWITCH FOR HI S MOVEMENT RESULTING IN A RUN THRU SWITCH DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION OS
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: JACKSONVILLE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q17004 RAN THRU THE SHOP TRACK SWITCH ON THE NORTH END OF H-YARD AND MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILI NG THREE INTERMODAL CARS.      


nearest_city: PENSACOLA CROSS CP
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
M73302 WAS COMING SOUTH THROUGH RD2 LITE ENGINES SO THEY COULD PUT THEIR ENGINES ON THE SOUTH END OF 4DR. CREW STOPPED TO LINE THE RD1/RD2 SWITCH WHICH WAS AGAINST THEIR MOVE. AFTER LINING THE SWITCH THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP. WHILE MAKING A BACKING MOVE THE LITE ENGINES SIDES WIPED THE Q60501 WHICH WAS DEPARTING ON #1 TRACK IN A SOUTH DIRECTION.    


nearest_city: NORTH BERGEN CP
county: HUDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y22007 TIED ONTO TRACK 3 AND CAME OFF WITH SIX COACH CARS AND ONE BOX CAR THEN PROCEEDED TO COUPLE T HOSE 7 CARS TO TRACK 2 WHICH HAD THIRTY FIVE CARS ON IT. CONDUCTOR SHOVED APPROX 180 FEET AND NOTICE D THE THIRD CAR IN THE CONSIST DERAILED AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND THREE CAR S DERAILED.    


nearest_city: TRIDENT
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: HENDERSON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
T10221 MADE A SOUTHBOUND MOVE FROM ATKINSONS SOUTH 2 YARD TRACK AND DRAILED ON A BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN Q70419 OPERATING NORTH BOUND ON METRO NORTH NUMBER 2 MAIN TRACK DERAILED THE 11TH THRU 20TH HE AD CARS AT MILE POST 10 BETWEEN MARBLE HILL AND SPUYTEN DUYVIL STATION PLATFORMS. METRO NORTH IS REP ORTING TRACK DAMAGES OF 869,260.00.     


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN Q70419, OPERATING NORTHBOUND ON TRACK 2, DERAILED THE ELEVENTH THROUGH  TWENTIETH HEAD CARS BE TWEEN MARBLE HILL AND SPUYTEN STATION PLATFORMS.      


nearest_city: SHANNON
county: RICHLAND
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: VICKSBURG
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN CREW REPORTED THAT DRAWBAR CAME OUT, THERE IS TIE DAMAGE AND BRAKE RIGGING IS TORN FROM UNDER CARS.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK -QUEENS
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 2158 DERAILED LEAD UNIT 2007 AT 845 SWITCH AT HAROLD INTERLOCKING ON THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD DUE TO OPERATING PAST A STOP SIGNAL.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK -QUEENS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 507 STRUCK A SANITATION TRUCK AT COMMERCIAL AVENUE CROSSING ON MONTAUK #1. TRUCK WAS STOPPED O N THE CROSSING. DAMAGE TO CAR 5003.      


nearest_city: CURTIS PARK
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 2151 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO PARTED INSULATOR PIPE HANGIN G BELOW THE CATENARY.      


nearest_city: METROPARK
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 127 WITH ENGINE 953 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 953 DUE TO FATIGUE BREAK IN TROLLEY WIRE JUST EAST OF 29 CLIP.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD WAS OPERATING A 33 CAR LOADED STONE TRAIN FROM OAK POINT YARD TO NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC'S FRESH POND YARD ON THE FREMONT INDUSTRIAL. THE TRAIN DERAILED 6 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. P&W DAMAGE ESTIMATE IS 13760.00     


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: PW
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
P&W TRAIN AND CREW OPERATING A LOADED STONE TRAIN FROM OAK POINT YARD TO FRESH POND YARD IN NY, DERA ILED 6 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK QUEENS
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 2158 WENT PAST A STOP SIGNAL AT 850E SIGNAL AND DERAILED OVER 845 CROSSOVERS EAST OF TH E SIGNAL.      


nearest_city: IMMERMERE
county: ERATH
railroad: FWWR
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
WHILE PROCEEDING EAST AT MP 63.8 DUBLIN SUB, CREW SAW SPARKS AND STOPPED TRAIN.  THREE LOCOMOTIVES A ND SIX CARS WERE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: REPUBLIC
county: MERCER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
R-TWI8001-21I CREW WAS PULLING CUT OF CARS OUT OF INDUSTRY WHEN ENGINEER NOTICED THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE SLOWING DOWN, HE THROTTLED DOWN AND THE TRAIN STOPPED. HE ADVISED CREW TO WALK TRAIN AND THEY FOUND THE CARS DERAILED. ROADMASTER INSPECTED AND THE SWITCH POINTS HAD A GAP AND COULD SEE WHERE TH E CARS HAD PICKED THE SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL.    


nearest_city: DISPUTAN
county: SUSSEX
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
V62 COUPLED 11 EMPTIES TO 36 EMPTIES IN TRACK #5. AFTER MAKING SOLID IN TRACK #5, THE CREW PULLED WE ST WHEN THEY NOTICED THE REAR CAR DWSX 2059 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK -BRONX
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8506 DID NOT PROPERLY LATCH DOWN AT CHANGEOVER AT PELHAM AND CAME INTO CONTAC T WITH THE MELROSE TUNNEL CEILING.      


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: KENAI PENINSULA
railroad: ARR
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 15, 2010 AT 9:30 PM AST. NORTHBOUND ALASKA RAILROAD (ARR) EMPTY COAL TRAIN 181N DERAILED TWO EMPTY CARS AT MP 54.61 IN THE PLACER BLOCK.  THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZER SPEED IN 49 MPH.  THE TRAIN WAS OPERATING AT 34 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW MEMBERS O R HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  DAMAGES TO THE EQUIPMENT WERE TO BE ESTIMATED AT 7,900 TRACK DAMAGE S 7,000 TOTALING 14,900.  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE TRAIN'S CONDUC TOR TO PROPERLY RELEASE THE HAND BRAKE ON ARR 16231 PRIOR TO TRAINS DEPARTURE FROM SEWARD, ALASKA CA USING 7-9 INCH FLAT SPOTS ON THE WHEEL WHICH LIFTED IT OFF THE RAIL WHILE TURNING. 


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
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-Sep
narrative:
THE YNP4R-14 CREW WAS TRIMMING IN THE EAST BOWL AND AS THEY WERE DOUBLING TRACK 127 TO 129 FIVE CARS HAS PASSED OVER THE 126 SWITCH WHEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NCUX11279 PASSED OVER THE SWITCH AND PIC KED THE SWITCH DERAILING ITSELF AND THE DBUX302830.     


nearest_city: ROCK SPRINGS
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW SHOVED 10 CARS OUT OF C TRACK WITH 3 ENGINES UP THE HILL ABOVE THE RUNNING RAIL SWITCH.  THEY T HEN PULLED DOWN THE HILL INTO C TRACK.  THEY CUT OFF THE REAR ENGINE AND MOVED IT OVER TO THE RUNNIN G RAIL TO THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN AS THE DPU ENGINE.  THE ENGINEER WENT BACK TO THE REST OF THE POWE R TO PROCEED THROUGH C TRACK TO THE OTHER END.  HE THEN REALIZED THAT HE FORGOT TO CUT OUT THE CAB S IGNALS AND DECIDED TO BACK UP TO GET THEM.  IN DOING SO HE BACKED UP INTO HIS DPU ENGINE SIDESWIPING IT AND CAUSING DAMAGE.  SOLVAY CHEMICAL MAINTAINS TRACK.  


nearest_city: SALEM
county: MARION
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SALEM SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CN/IC'S ASMSHJ-25 TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY AND DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE YARDING THEIR T RAIN INTO UPRR SALEM YARD.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL.  CN/IC'S EQUIPMENT DAMAGES ARE 16821     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YBM21R-10 HAD 46 CARS AND WAS SHOVING EAST IN TRACK 207 WHEN A CUT OF 17 CARS SEPARATED AND ROLLED O UT THE EAST END OF TRACK 207 IMPACTING THE SIDE OF THE LLG12-10 WHICH WAS DOUBLED OUT ON THE LEAD FR OM TRACK 204.  THE CREW HAD COUPLED A CUT OF 29 CARS, WHICH HAD BEEN PULLED FROM THE BOWL INTO A CUT OF 17 CARS WHICH HAD BEEN SECURED AT THAT LOCATION BY THE INBOUND LLB06-09.  THE REMOTE OPERATOR WA S AT THE JOINT WHEN HE COUPLED AND STRETCHED FOR 115 FEET BEFORE SHOVING THE TRACK.  THE CARS SEPARA TED AT THE LOCATION THE INITIAL JOINT HAD BEEN MADE.  UPON COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION, CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.  THE ENGINE DOWNLOAD AND VIDEO DOWNLOAD SHOWS A GOOD JOINT AND STRETCH WAS MADE O N EQUIPMENT BEFORE THE SHOVE WAS MADE.  MECHANICAL MADE AN INSPECTION ON COUPLERS AND FOUND NO EXCEP


nearest_city: TORNILLO
county: HUDSPETH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN ISALB-01 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND APPROACHING EAST END OF ISER WHEN MID 33 CARS DERAILED WHILE TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING AT 36 MPH UPHILL.  CAUSE WAS DUE TO A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL OFF THE CAR AND CAUS ED THE WHEEL OF THE DTTC 742955 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON THE ILBOA-02 ARRIVED TO OAKLAND YARD AND STOPPED AT THE #6 RADIO-CONTROLLED SWITCH LEAD ING INTO PACKER #5.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN GOT OFF AND PUSHED THE BUTTON WHICH REVERSED BOTH ENDS OF TH E CROSSOVER AND WALKED TO THE OTHER END OF THE CROSSOVER.  AS THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE (UP7607) WAS ON TH E SWITCH, THE CONDUCTOR PUSHED THE BUTTON ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CROSSOVER, THROWING THE SWITCH UNDER THE FRONT AND REAR TRUCKS OF THE UP7607, CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: NORTHBROOK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CCDPP-02 WAS TRAVELLING NORTH AND DERAILED 32 LOADS OF COAL.  TWO TRAVELERS ON THE ROAD BELOW WERE F OUND FATALLY INJURED.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
SHOVING NORTH ON 700 TRACK TO 782 WITH 13 LOADED OHC'S.  THE 9TH AND 10TH CARS DERAILED ON 700/779 S WITCH.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2002-23 DERAILED 1 CAR WHEN HUMPED DUE TO A FLOP OVER DERAIL LEFT ON TRACK AFTER MAINTENANC E WAS COMPLETED.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
BE41 HUMPING WITH 33X27X3792 WITH 14 EXTRA CAR INTO TRACK 32 WHICH HAD 11 CARS.  REPETITIVE IMPACT O F THE EXTRA HEAVY CARS AS A SINGLE CUT, BUMPED HEAD CAR IN CT32, NS 200813, STRIKING THE 22ND HEAD C AR IN CT32 NS 200813, STRIKING THE 22ND HEAD CAR IN CT36 BEING PULLED OUT BY BE47.  BE47 WAS PULLING CT36 WITH 21X19X3007 WHEN ADMX 53024 WAS STRUCK DUE TO REPRESSIVE IMPACT.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MACARTHUR BRIDGE TRR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CNANK9-19, TRAVELING EAST ON THE MACARTHUR BRIDGE, ON #1 TRACK.  THEY OBSERVED SPARKS AND TWO DERAIL ED CARS ON THE PASSING MASKC-21 TRAVELING WEST ON #2 TRACK.  THE TWO DERAILED CARS SIDESWIPED 2 LOCO MOTIVES AND 10 CARS ON THE CNANK9-19, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES TO EITHER CREW .  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY TRRA.  TRRA'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES=$29,478.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TRAIN MAKE-UP, TRAIN HANDLING, CAR AND TRACK, WERE WITHIN COMPANY OPERATING RULES, STANDARDS AND PRACTICE S, COMBINATION DERAILMENT, MARGINAL CAR AND MARGINAL TRACK.  SLIGHT SLACK ADJUSTMENT AT THE TIME THE CARS PASSED THROUGH THE FROG AND GUARDRAIL RESULTED IN WHEEL LIFT AND DERAILMENT OF THE TRAILING SE T OF TRUCKS ON CAR NOKL822401 AND THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON CAR NOKL827169.


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
R-CHI8801-07 STOPPED FOR STOP SIGNAL ON BRC. CREW RECEIVED VERBAL AUTHORITY FROM BRC DISPATCHER TO P ASS SIGNAL BUT FAILED TO NOTE THAT DUAL CONTROLLED SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST MOVEMENT OVER SWITCH, TH EN DERAILED 4 CARS WHEN REVERSED MOVEMENT OVER SWITCH.     


nearest_city: NORTH VERSAILLES
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNION RAILROAD CREW #76C-3 WAS USING 4 UNIT CONSIST (URR-15 19-24-30) WITH LOCOMOTIVE URR #30 AS THE LEAD UNIT; CREW WAS HAULING 90 LOADS OF ORE AND CABOOSE C-107 SOUTH ON THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN TRACK DI VERGING SOUTH WEST OFF THE MAIN TRACK ONTO THE DEXTER LEAD AT THE 111 POWER SWITCH SPEED WAS 7.3 MPH .  CREW WAS MOVING A MEDIUM APPROACH ASPECT AT SIGNAL 110 SIGNAL 
CONTROLS SOUTHWARD MOVEMENTS OVER THE 111 SWITCH). URR 50C-3 CREW USING A TRIPPLE UNIT CONSIST (URR #16 LEAD UNIT) WAS 
HAULING 41 E MPTY SLAB CARS NORTH ON THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN TRACK APPROACHING A STOP INDICATION AT SIGNAL 112 (SIGNA L CONTRO
L NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OVER THE 111 SWITCH).  ENGINEER OF THE 50C-3 CREW FAILED TO STOP HIS TRAIN AT SIGNAL 112 (SIGNAL 
DISPLAYING A STOP INDICATION).  WHILE TRAVELING AT 6 MPH LEAD LOCOMOTI


nearest_city: LEXINGTON
county: DAWSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LFG15-09 HAD NINE CARS THEY HAD PULLED OUT OF THE READY TRACK OF TYSON FOODS AND WERE HEADED DOWN TH E IBP#3/TYSON LEAD WHEN THEY CAME AROUND A CURVE AND NOTICED THAT A TYSON FOODS CREW HAD PULLED OUT ONTO THE LEAD THEY WERE OPERATING ON.  THE LFG15-09 WAS UNABLE TO STOP THEIR MOVEMENT AND STRUCK THE SECOND CAR IN THE TYSON FOODS CUT OF FOUR CARS BEING MOVED BY A TRACKMOBILE, DERAILING THREE CARS I N THE CUT AND THE TRACKMOBILE.  ONE OF THE DERAILED TYSON CARS THEN STRUCK AND DERAILED A CAR ON AN ADJACENT TRACK.  THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, UP521, OF THE LFG15-09 WAS ALSO DERAILED AND DAMAGED.  TYSON F OODS MAINTAINS TRACK.  TYSON FOODS LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE = $_____. 


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
FL51 WAS SHOVING INTO MARATHON "B" TRACK WHEN TWO CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE/DETERIORATED TIES.       


nearest_city: PALESTINE
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: INRD
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
STOPPED TRAIN AT YARD TO GET PAPERWORK. ONCE COMPLETED, STARTED SOUTH WENT APPROXIMATELY A MILE AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION FOUND 13 CARS DERAILED SIDESWIPING THREE TANK CARS IN ADJAC ENT TRACK.     


nearest_city: ROCKY MOUNT
county: NASH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y29229 ENTERED THE SOUTH END OF TRACK A16 WITH CARS. AFTER SHOVING THE CARS INTO A16, THE RCO FOREMA N PLACED 6 CARS IN THE TRACK AND CUT AWAY TO CONTINUE SWITCHING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1905, THE 6 CARS I N A16 ROLLED NORTH INTO THE Y29029 ZONE. WHILE HOLDING ONTO A CUT OF 17 CARS IN THE NE SWITCHING LEA D, THE Y29029 REALIZED THAT THE 6 CARS IN A16 WERE GOING TO SIDE-SWIPE HIS CUT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVO ID THE COLLISION, THE Y29029 SET HIS ENGINE TO PULL HIS 17 CARS NORTH. PRIOR TO HIS ENGINE ACHIEVING A NORTHWARD MOTION, THE CUTS STRUCK EACH OTHER DERAILING ALL FOUR WHEELS OF THE Y29029 CAR CSXT 158 803, AND THE  RRRX 407. THE INVESTIGATION TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE Y29229 FOREMAN FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE 6-CAR CUT IN A16.


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
174 PULLING OUT OF RT 04 WHEN THE TBOX 661371 AND TBOX 665038 DERAILED GOING OVER THE TURNOUT ON THE OUTER TRACK RESULTING IN A RAKING COLLISION DERAILMENT WITH THE BE21 HUMPING ON THE HUMP LEAD.      


nearest_city: WALTON
county: BOONE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. PRIOR TO PULLING SOUTH OF WY03, TD20 LINED WY04 AND WY06 FO R THEIR MOVE AND PULLED SOUTH TO CLEAR THE WY03 SWITCH. TD20 THEN PROCEEDED TO LINE WY03 TOWARD WY02 TO PICK HIS FILL. TD20 SHOVED NORTH INTO WY02 AT WHICH POINT THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AS A RES ULT OF DERAILING THREE CARS.    


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
F068 CREW WAS HUMPING A TWO CAR CUT TOWARDS TRK. 14 AND THEN A THREE CAR CUT TOWARDS TRK. #16. THE T WO CAR CUT DID NOT CLEAR AND THE THREE CAR CUT CAME DOWN BEHIND SIDESWIPING TRK. # 14.      


nearest_city: RIDGECREST
county: KERN
railroad: TRC
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:
TRC CREW WAS BEGINNING THE 43 CAR SHOVE EAST ON THE UP MAIN. AS THE TRAIN WAS PROCEDING DOWN THE TRA CK, THE LEFT HAND CLOSURE RAIL FOR THE EAST UP 603 TRACK SWITCH BROKE.  IMMEDIATELY, WHEELS OF AJPX 6607 CAME OFF RAIL AND THE NEXT SIX CARS ALSO DERAILED.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS WORKING AROUND MP 13.50 ON MAIN #2.  HE HAD BEEN USING THE WING AND T HEN STARTED TO USE THE BROOM WITHOUT LOCKING THE BROOM UP.  HE WAS NOTIFIED OF APPROACHING TRAIN ON MAIN #1 AND STOPPED THE REGULATOR, TURNED THE BROOM OFF, SET THE PARKING BRAKES AND WAITED FOR THE T RAIN TO GO BY SO HE COULD RESUME WORKING.  EMPLOYEE DIDN'T SEE THE WING WAS STILL HANGING DOWN UNTIL THE PASSING TRAIN HIT IT.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: PAL
date: 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE MAIN LINE WHEN 13 CARS DERAILED.  A CHEMICAL RELEASE WAS DETEC TED AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE INSTITUTED.

#10 = GATX 57789 - STYRENE 11,464 LBS RELEASED & UT LX 953044 - BUTADIENE 161,329 LBS RELEASED     


nearest_city: DUBUQUE
county: DUBUQUE
railroad: DME
date: 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CREW  WAS PULLING OUT HAD MOVED ABOUT 15 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CREW FOUND THE 29T H AND 30TH CARS TIPPED OVER AND THE 31ST CARS TRUCKS ON THE B END ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: SOLEDAD
county: MONTEREY
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: COAST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/146-E/510 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP138.22, A PRIVATE CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $18,205.00.      


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YPR11R-05 WAS PULLING OUT OF BOWL TRACK 8 TO DOUBLE TO BOWL TRACK 12.  THE HEAD END SWITCHMAN WAS CO NTROLLING THE MOVEMENT.  HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT, THEN WALKED HIS LINEUP TO ENSURE THE SWITCHES WERE PROPERLY LINED FOR THE MOVEMENT.  HE OVERLOOKED ONE SWITCH AND MADE MOVEMENT OVER IT WITHOUT PROPER LY LINING IT.  AFTER THE LOCOMOTIVE AND 6 CARS HAD PASSED THE SWITCH HE STOPPED, PITCHED CONTROL TO THE OTHER SWITCHMAN AND THEY SHOVED BACK TOWARD TRACK 12.  FOUR CARS DERAILED.   


nearest_city: DURAND
county: SHIAWASSEE
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
L50261-06 WAS DEPARTING DURAND TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT APPROX. 5 MPH ON MAIN TWO WHEN IT WENT INTO EM ERGENCY. AFTER INSPECTING THE TRAIN IT WAS FOUND THAT 12 CARS WERE DERAILED ON THE MAIN LINE. THREE OF WHICH ARE ON THEIR SIDES. A TOTAL OF 10 HAZARDOUS CARS WERE DERAILED, 2 OF THE DERAILED CARS LEAK ED APPROX. 947 GALLONS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID. THERE WAS AN EVACUATION OF 72 PEOPLE THAT LASTED APPROX . 22 HOURS. THE CARS INVOLVED WERE GATX 60995 (APPROX. 10 GALLON LOSS) AND GATX 61247 (APPROX. 937 G ALLON LOSS). IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE. CREW WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE DERAILMENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED BEFORE THE CREW MADE THEIR SET-OUT AT DURAND AND DEPARTED WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGEN


nearest_city: NEW BRUNSWICK
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
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:
AMTRAK CATENARY DEFECT LOCATED AT NEC MP 36 CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HORN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MU #1464 ON TRAIN #3862 WHILE ENROUTE EAST.      


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
WHILE YARD TRAIN, L-CAL0111-02 DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN STIFF TRUCK BOLSTER CREATED LATERAL FORCE ON HIG H SIDE OF RAIL CAUSE RAIL TO ROLL OVER.      


nearest_city: SAUK RAPIDS
county: BENTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
V-PTLCSX3-10 STRUCK OCCUPIED VEHICLE NOT AT HIGHWAY CROSSING, FATALLY  INJURING LONE OCCUPANT.       


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: TCT
date: 2012-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 9PM ON OCTOBER 17, 2012, THE CREW OF LOCOMOTIVE 35 SHOVING 8 TANK CARS LOADED WITH STYRENE MONOMER (STCC 4907265) INTO TRACK 602 MOVING IN AN EAST TO WEST DIRECTION.  THE SWITCH OUT O F 603 THAT FORMS THE LADDER ON THE EAST END OF THE YARD WAS LINED FOR THE LEAD AND THE NEXT SWITCH W AS LINED FOR TRACK 602.  AS THE THIRD CAR IN THE TRAIN MOVED OVER THE LEAD SWITCH POINT, THE LEADING AXLE CLIMBED OR PICKED THE SWITCH POINT ON THE LEAD SWITCH.  OBSERVATIONS AFTER THE DERAILMENT INDI CATE A 1/8" GAP OF THIS POINT WITH NO SWITCH POINT DAMAGE.  IT DID NOT APPEAR THE SWITCH WAS "SPLIT" AS THE FOLLOWING AXLES "TOOK" THE SWITCH PROPERLY.  THE GAP MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ACTOR WHEEL DROPPING-IN OR THE POINT MAY HAVE BEEN GAPPING AND THE ACTOR WHEEL JUST RODE UP THE POINT.  THIS WH


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WHILE YARDING TRAIN FROM THE MAIN TRACK TO GRAND JUNCTION YARD, THE MRONY-24 DERAILED THEIR LEAD TWO LOCOMOTIVES ON THE WEST BOWL 3 SWITCH.  THE SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.  CREW WHO ORIGI NALLY RAN THROUGH SWITCH COULD NOT BE FOUND.  CREW ON THE MRONY-24 WAS NOT DISCIPLINED FOR THE SWITC H THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.    


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE ENGINEER ON R95291-17 BEGAN MOVING EAST WITH LIGHT ENGINE, CN 8827, ON TRACK HA04. TRAIN R94491- 17 WAS STOPPED ON THE HAWTHORNE LEAD EAST PREPARING TO SHOVE EAST OUT OF THE YARD WHEN CN 8827 STRUC K GATX 13283 AND ACFX 84735, RESIDUE CARS ON R9441-17. NO EQUIPMENT WAS DERAILED IN THE IMPACT. THE CREW WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. ENGINEER FAILED TO COMPLY WITH USOR 520 - MOVED THE L OCOMOTIVE WITHOUT ENSURING THE ROUTE WAS CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTION AND FAILED TO STOP IN HALF THE RANGE O F VISION.  


nearest_city: ELMO
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
MDANL-19 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR GPFX10782 DERAIL ACCOUNT BURNT OFF JOURNAL.       


nearest_city: LAKE HOPATCONG
county: MORRIS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #X86 OPERATED THROUGH A SPLIT DERAIL WHILE ENROUTE EAST ON A TRACK LOCATED AT MORRIS JUNCTION CAUSING DERAILMENT OF CAB CAR #6016 AND CAR #5557.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Q63707 DERAILED SEVEN CARS IN TRACK P12 ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL ON THE NORTH RAIL. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON TANGENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: FAIRVIEW
county: RICHLAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
U-DNDMII0-01 DERAILED AT SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN RUN THRU PREVIOUSLY BY INDUSTRY CREW WHEN SETTING TRAI N. NO HUMAN FACTOR CAN BE ASSIGNED AS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES AT FAULT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEA SED.     


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE YHK33R-08 WAS STOPPED AND STRETCHED OUT ON TRACK 39 OVER SWITCH.  THE CUT OF CARS THAT WERE IN T RACK 38 ROLLED OUT DUE TO DOWDIES FALLING TO KEEP CARS IN TRACK DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Snow
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Z-LACNYC9-11 PASSED CONTROLLED SIGNALED IN STOP POSITION AT WEST FORT MADISON AND IMPACTED REAR OF U PRR TRAIN F-ZCIG1-11. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. BOTH TRAINS WERE ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: PETROLIA
county: BUTLER
railroad: BPRR
date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW BT-3 SET ONE CAR TO THE NORTHERN SUB MAIN AT INSPECTION INDUSTRY WHILE SWITCHING, THE CAR ROLL ED BACK INTO THE MOVING TRAIN.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
EXTRA HEAVY CITX 775309 ROLLED OUT OF THE WEST END OF CT 21 PAST INERTS INTO THE FOUL OF LEAD IMPACT ING BC26 PULLING FROM CT22      


nearest_city: OAKLEY
county: LOGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SHARON SPRINGS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
FRONTIER AG ELEVATOR COLLAPSED, DERAILING A CUT OF 10 CARS SITTING ON UP MAINTAINED STORAGE TRACK.       


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
SINGLE CAR CUT ROLLED OUT OF TRACK W6 INTO THE SIDE OF FP50 TRAIN SIDEWIPING THE UTLX 903168.       


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


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON 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-Nov
narrative:
YBV71-13 WAS PULLING OUT OF TWO TRACK IN BEVERLY YARD.  THE NORTH RAIL BROKE, DERAILING EQUX12131, W HICH ALSO DERAILED UTCX632204 AND CRGX16201 AT THE FROG ON THE EAST END OF THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: UP LITTLE ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: RR Grade Crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
H-DYTMEM1-30A WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON UP MAINTAINED TRACKS WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A KCS GANG TRUCK, WH ICH WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THEIR MAIN TRACK.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: PERRY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YDM06-23 PULLING CARS WEST ON #4 TRACK TO CUT BEHIND 30 CARS, WHEN THREE CARS DERAILED AFTER PULLING TRACK APPROXIMATELY 15 CAR LENGTHS.  TWO OF THE THREE CARS THAT DERAILED ENDED UP LEANING AGAINST T WO LOADED CARS ON #5 TRACK.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YARD CREW #MM-26 OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH #2253 ENROUTE WEST ON THOROUGHFARE AND DER AILED ENGINE #4022 ENROUTE EAST THROUGH SAME SWITCH.      


nearest_city: FRANKLIN
county: SIMPSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: MAIN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q52513 STRUCK ROLLING EQUIPMENT MFCX 851370 AT MP 000133.2 ON MAIN TRACK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THA T TWO JUVENILES HAD RELEASED THE HANDBRAKE ON MFCX 851370 THAT WAS SPOTTED IN PERDUE AGRI-BUSINESS A T MP 134.0. THE CAR ROLLED NORTH OUT OF THE INDUSRTY TRACK, STRUCK THE DERAIL, BUT DID NOT DERAIL, A ND CONTINUED OUT ONTO THE MAIN TRACK RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
AT APPROX 0900 INBOUND 285 WAS APPROACHING WEST END OF YARD HEADING EAST. AFTER STOPPING AT BLGET IN TRUCTIONS. THEY BEGAN PULLING AND THE 1ST 6 CARS DERAILED GOING OVER THE #5 LEAD SWITCH OFF #2 (WEST ) MAIN. THE HEAD 3 CARS RERAILED THEMSELVES ON A FROG. SIGNAL MAINTAINER STOPPED THE MOVE, AS HE WAS WORKING IN THE AREA AND SAW THE CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: HERCULANEUM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
LSH08-17 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND FOUND 3 CARS DERAILED AND PARTIALLY ON THEIR SIDE AND ANOTHER 2 CAR S WHICH WERE DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT .     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 164 MOVING NORTH, 14 MPH, ON THE AGS MAIN TRACK WITH 8 UNITS, 97-36-12320, DERAILED THE 8TH TH ROUGH THE 17TH CARS, THE 25TH THROUGH THE 36TH CARS, AND THE 87TH THROUGH THE 95TH HEAD CARS.  38. P RIMARY CAUSE:  FAILURE TO TAKE PROPER ACTION IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUOUS ALARM CAUSE BY LOCKED WHEELS ON INSULATED LOCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: WYOMING
county: KENT
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: GRAND RAPIDS TERMINA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Q32614 WAS TRAVELING DOWN TRACK 41 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN IT WAS FOUND THAT 11 CARS HAD DERAILED, SEQUENCE 12 THRU 22 OF THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y30501 PULLING 33 CARS FROM CN MAYS YARD DERAILED LINES 10 THROUGH 16 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL ON THE CN OUTBOUND LEAD AT THE SOUTH END OF MAYS YARD. LINE 10 WAS UPRIGHT (GATX 6733), LINES 11-14 WERE ON T HEIR SIDES (UTLX 13882, GATX 5504, UTLX 953272, GATX 54139), LINE 15 WAS LEANING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGL E (TCIX 6201), LINE 16 WAS UPRIGHT (TILX160209). ALL SEVEN CARS WERE LOADED TANK CARS CARRYING HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS. IC TRACK DAMAGE = $1500.   


nearest_city: FRENCH CAMP
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TAMPER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING BALLAST REGULATOR (BR 1004) WHEN HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SWITCH MOTOR THAT CONTROLS THE MAIN CROSSOVER FROM MAIN 1 TO MAIN 2.  REGULATOR WAS FACING SOUTH ON MAIN 1, OPERATOR WAS FACING MAIN 2 WATCHING HIS WING THAT WAS IN THE GROUND.  HE SAW THE SWITCH MOTOR, SLOW ED TO STOP ABOUT 6-8 INCHES AWAY FROM IT.  HE REPOSITIONED HIS WINGS TO START FILLING IN THE TRACK H EADING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.  WITH THE SEAT SWIVELED TO THE LEFT, CONTROLLING THE WINGS WITH THE J OYSTICK IN HIS LEFT HAND, HE REACHED FOR THE PROPEL LEVEL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.  AS HE PULLED THE DET ENT TO RELEASE THE PROPEL LEVEL, THE MACHINE JERKED IN REVERSE BEFORE QUICKLY MOVING FORWARD.  THE R EVERSE MOVEMENT CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH MOTOR HOUSING.


nearest_city: CONCORD
county: MERRIMACK
railroad: NEGS
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Hampshire
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE CONSIST (ONE LOCO) WAS SOUTHBOUND AT APPROX 6 MPH AND HAD JUST CROSSED THE MERRIMACK RIVER BRIDG E (5MPH RESTRICTION) WHEN LOCO DERAILED JUST OFF BRIDGE DUE TO ICE BUILD UP CAUSED BY ILLEGAL SNOWMO BILE USE OVER TRACK AT PRIVATE CROSSING (IN A SLIGHT CURVE AND SUPER ELEVATED SPOT). LOCO RODE UP AN D DOWN AN EMBARKMENT ONTO ITS ROOF IN DEEP SNOW PACK.    


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YDM06-23 DOUBLING UP 4 TRACKS, 127 CARS TOGETHER, AFTER MAKING LAST DOUBLE CREW STARTED PULLING OFF YARD TRACK TO SET TRAIN TO DEPARTURE TRACK.  THE 15TH - 23RD CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL ON MAI NLINE WEST OF 18TH STREET.  IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD MAINTAINS TRACK.  IAIS ESTIMATED DAMAGE OF $87, 399    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE 1559 EY ASSIGNMENT, ENGINE NUMBER 582 DOUBLE 79 CARS FROM ECLS YARD PULLED INTO 41 EDEP TO SET 2 3 CARS ON 42 EDEP USING 40 CROSSOVER 6 LEAD FOR HEAD ROOM TO MAKE THE MOVE. WHEN MOVING EAST 4 CARS TO CLEAR SWITCH AND STARTED TO SHOVE INTO 42 EDEP CARS 5 TO 9 FROM LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO RUN TH RU THE 35 CROSSOVER SWITCH.    


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-18 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED 30 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RIM ON MRL 110 10. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DOTHAN
county: HOUSTON
railroad: BAYL
date: 2010-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
HAZMAT/DOTHAN YARD JOB PULLING 10 LOADED CARS FROM TRACK #1.  DERAILED THE 5TH-8TH (INCLUSIVE) HEAD CAR DUE TO WORN CLOSURE RAIL.  08-17-10 PER CITI, MISC COSTS ($6000) ARE FOR RERAILING.  THEREFORE I T IS NOT FRA REPORTABLE.  03-23-11, INCIDENT HAD CHANGED TO FRA REPORTABLE DUE TO COST HAS NOT EXCEE DED FRA THRESHOLD.  REVISION WILL BE SENT TO FRA.    


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 020 STRUCK TREES FOULING THE MAIN TRACK THAT HAD FALLEN DUE TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, D AMAGING AMTRAK LOCOMOTIVE AMTK 0196.      


nearest_city: IDABEL
county: MCCURTAIN
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ASHDOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
136 CAR EMPTY COAL TRAIN TRAVELING WESTBOUND WITH 2 MAN CREW ON TANGENT TRACK AT 9MPH WHEN THE ENGIN EER FELT THE TRAIN TIGHTEN AND STOPPED TRAIN FOR INSPECTION.  UPON INSPECTION BY THE CONDUCTOR 20 CA RS WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED.  AT INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEADING SET OF WHEELS ON THE LEADING SET ON THE 36TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED AT MP 735.6 ON TANGENT TRACK.  THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO TRAVEL TO MP 727.9 WHEN THE ENTIRE TRUCK SET DISLOGDED TRUCK-SET.  TR AIN WAS STOPPED AT MP 727.5  


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: NSWS
date: 2010-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ON 09-06-10 YML01-06 CREW MOVED CARS AND POWER CONSIST FROM SUPPORT YARD TO NORTH YARD VIA A CROSSOV ER FROM S. LEAD (110) TO N. LEAD (109) ON EAST END OF YARD. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE BOTH CROSSO VER SWITCHES FOR SAME DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT AFTER THE MOVE WAS COMPLETED. YML01-06 BEGAN A SECOND MO VE ON A DIFFERENT POWER CONSIST AND PROCEEDED WITH A SWITCH MOVE TO PULL 12 LOADS OUT OF 857. THE EN GINEER FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE CROSSOVER SWITCH LINED AGAINST HIS MOVE, RESULTING IN A RUN THROUGH S WITCH. THE MOVE PULLED 5 CARS THROUGH THE SWITCH AND STOPPED WITH THE 6TH CAR'S EAST TRUCKS THROUGH THE SWITCH AND IT'S WEST TRUCKS ON THE CROSSOVER. THE CREW REVERSE MOVEMENT APPROXIMATELY 500 FT RES ULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF THE 6TH AND 7TH RAILCARS.


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: CSS
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: BAILLY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AF17 CREW WHILE SWITCHING IN ARCELOR MITTAL 430 YARD WAS SHOVING 52 CARS INTO TRACK 19 TO MAKE A JOI NT WHEN TRAIN DERAILED ON THE LEAD. FOUR LOADED FLAT CARS OF STEEL PLATE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
R9167-10 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COUPLING MO26 ON THE SOUTH END OF THE BOWL. AFTER THE TRACK WAS COUPL ED, THE CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE THE TRACK BACK IN AND CUT AWAY. THE YARDMASTER NOTIFIED THE CRE W THAT HE WOULD PROTECT THE SHOVE USING THE CAMERA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION. THE SHOVING MOVE EXCEEDE D TRACK CAPACITY RESULTING IN A SIDEWIPE WITH CARS ROLLING ON THE HUMP END. BNSF 314161 DERAILED WHE N IT CORNERED LCGX 819 AND ICG 786802.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE YNP39R-25 RCL VAN YARD CREW WAS MAKING AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT ON THE VAN YARD LEAD AND DERAILED TH E UP837 WHEN THEY RAN OVER THE 1-3 LEAD SWITCH THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU WHEN MAKING A WESTW ARD MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS CARS BEING HUMPED INTO 38ECLS RECORDED OVERSPEEDS DUE TO SUGAR WHIC H WAS MELTED INTO A SYRUP ON THE WHEELS WHEN THE CARS IMPACTED INTO EACH OTHER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CARS.     


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YNL06R-25 WAS STRUCK BY A CUT OF CARS, UTCX59496 AND GAPX9011, THAT WERE HUMPED INTO BOWL 56 AND ROL LED OUT THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK, DAMAGING AEX17392 AND LOCOMOTIVE UP3555.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
H-BRCTUL1-23 DERAILED 3 LOCOMOTIVES WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 2 DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: STEVENSON
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CREW OF V23612 SHOVED 48 CARS 3 CAR LENGTHS INTO THE WEST 45 CAR TRACK WHICH THEN STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE REST OF THEIR TRAIN IN THE EAST 45 CAR TRACK DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: CLAXTON
county: EVANS
railroad: GC
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
L782 TRAVELING WEST BOUND AT APPROX 23 MPH. TRAIN CONSISTED OF 2 LOCOS, 5 LOADS & 15 EMPTY CARS. HOR N WAS SOUNDED FOR CROSSING AT MP 542.3 LOADED DUMP TRUCK TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON COUNTY RD 93 FAILE D TO STOP & IMPACTED THE LEFT CENTER OF THE LEAD LOC     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT512-03, WITH LEAD UNIT CDTX2005, STRUCK AN ACE TRANSIT BUS THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE 6 6TH AVENUE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE BUS PRIOR TO IMPACT.  BUS AN ACCORDIAN STYLE WAS STRUCK IN THE MIDDLE AND RIPPED IN 2 PIECES.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $65,000.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LAMBERTON
county: REDWOOD
railroad: DME
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: TRACY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
277-01 WAS PROCEEDING WEST APPROACHING CROSSING WHEN CREW OBSERVED A JOHN DEERE FARM TRACTOR PULLING 2 CORN WAGONS NORTHBOUND ON WEBSTER AVE.  DRIVER OF FARM TRACTOR APPEARED TO BE SLOWING FOR CROSSIN G, BUT CONTINUED ONTO & WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN RESULTING IN FATAL INJURY TO DRIVER OF TRACTOR.     


nearest_city: JONESBORO
county: CRAIGHEAD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ZYCMQ-01, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP4383, TRAVELING SOUTH AT 60 MPH STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK THAT FAILED TO YIELD AT THE CROSSING.  THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE THAT DERAILED AT IMPACT ALOND W ITH SECOND LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD THREE CARS.  CONDUCTOR SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS NECK UPON IMPACT. DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: SEGUIN
county: GUADALUPE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE LAU07-22 WAS SHOVING INTO CMC STEEL PLANT.  THE CONDUCTOR SHOVED INTO THE WRONG TRACK INSIDE THE FACILITY, AND AFTER TALKING WITH A FOREMAN FROM CMC STEEL, TOLD THE ENGINEER TO TAKE THE TRAIN AHEA D TO GET TO THE CORRECT TRACK.  THE ISSUE WAS THAT WHEN THE UPRR CONDUCTOR SHOVED INTO THE WRONG TRA CK, HE HAD RUN THROUGH A SWITCH.  WHEN THE JOB STARTED PULLING FORWARD, DUE TO THE RUN THROUGH SWITC H, THE CARS STARTED GOING DOWN A DIFFERENT TRACK THAN WHAT THE HEAD PORTION AND THE LOCOMOTIVES WERE GOING DOWN.  THIS CAUSED 3 CARS TO DERAIL.  CMC STEEL MAINTAINS TRACK  


nearest_city: OGALLALA
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
IG1CIR-08, A WESTBOUND INTERMODAL TRAIN OF ARTICULATED CARS, CARRYING EMPTY CONTAINERS WAS STOPPED O N NO. 1 MAIN AT MP326 DUE TO HIGH WIND WARNINGS.  AS THE ZSCCS-10 AN EASTBOUND, PREMIUM INTERMODAL, WAS GOING BY ON NO. 2 MAIN, HIGH WINDS BLEW CONTAINERS FROM THE IC1CIR-08 IN THE ZSCCS-10, CAUSING D AMAGE TO BOTH TRAINS AND A SIGNAL MAST.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  DAMAGE ONLY.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
AEGAS-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5516, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK WHO FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING. NO PERSONAL INJURIES.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW DERAILED LEAD LOCOMOTIVES AT WEST END OF EAST RECEIVING YARD PULLING INTO TRK 2210. INVESTIGATI ON REVEALED ICE/ SNOW BUILDUP OBSTRUCTING FACING SWITCH POINTS THOUGH CREW REPORTED THAT SWITCH INDI CATED LINED FOR 2210 (SWITCH POINT INDICATOR) AND VERIFIED BY SIGNAL LOGS.     


nearest_city: MANLY
county: WORTH
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 19 CARS INTO INDUSTRY TRACK #55 (THINKING THEY WERE SHOVING INTO TRACK #54). THE SH OVING MOVE WAS NOT BEING PROTECTED WITH A PERSON ON THE POINT OF SHOVE. AS THEY NEARED THE END OF TH E TRACK WITH THE MOVEMENT A RAKING COLLISION OCCURRED WITH A CAR SITTING ON THE OPPOSITE LEAD. IT SH ALL BE NOTED THAT AS THE MOVEMENT BEGAN, THE ENGINEER ASKED THE CONDUCTOR IF HE WAS OBSERVING THE MO VEMENT. PRIOR TO MAKING THE SHOVING MOVEMENT, THE CONDUCTOR HAD DRIVEN A VEHICLE TO THE OPPOSITE END OF TRACK #54 TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS AMPLE ROOM TO MAKE THE SHOVE. HE DETERMINED THAT IN FACT THE RE WAS SUFFICIENT ROOM. 
 (NEITHER OF THE CARS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WERE DERAILED, HOWEVER BOTH SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO SAFETY APPLIANCES AND TO THE OUTER SHELLS OF CAR BODIES). 

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nearest_city: ST CHARLES
county: LEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
C82109 WAS OPERATING ON THE NS RR WITH 3 UNITS AND 53 LOADS OF COAL LOADED AT BENEDICT MINE. WHILE S HOVING THE 53 LOADS INTO KEMMER GEM SPUR, THE 26TH THRU 21ST HEAD CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL . UPON DERAILING THE 24TH HEAD CAR STRUCK A TAXI PARKED BESIDE THE TRACK. NS TRACK COSTS $55,520.00.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
YSA19R-23 SWITCHMAN HAD GIVEN PERMISSION FOR THE YSA24-23 SWITCHMAN TO ENTER ZONE 1 TO MAKE SOME POW ER MOVES OUT OF THE DIESEL SHOP IN A FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION.  YSA24 SWITCHMAN TOLD THE ENGINEER O VER THE RADIO THEY HAD PERMISSION, LINED THE SWITCHES NEEDED AT THE SOUTH END COMPUTER AND PROCEEDED WITH THE FIRST MOVE.  YSA19R WENT INTO THE CLEAR IN TRACK 24 AND TIED DOWN/SHUT DOWN THEIR ENGINES FOR THE DIESEL SHOP TO WORK ON THEM AND BUSSED TO THE YARD OFFICE FOR THEIR MEAL PERIOD.  WHEN THE Y SA24 CAME BACK TO COMPLETE THE SECOND MOVE OUT OF THE SHOP, THE POWER WAS NOT READY AND THEY ALSO WE NT INTO THEIR MEAL PERIOD.  BOTH CREWS AT ONE POINT WERE IN THE LUNCH ROOM AT THE SAME TIME BUT NO D ISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO WHETHER THE YSA25 WAS CLEAR OF YSA19R'S ZONE.  YSA19R CAME OUT OF BEANS, REL


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
RCO Y-DYT2512-16 DERAILED ONE CAR AND CAUSED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WHEN THEY SHOVED INTO THE BERM AT THE END OF THE TRACK DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL THE SHOVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LY12 ATTEMPTED TO GRAVITY DROP CAR CLEX 23204 WHEN THE HANDBRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE CAR RESULTING IN CAR STRIKING DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BELVIDERE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BELVIDERE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ABEIH-10 WAS HEADED WEST INTO TRACK 2 WHEN MP642724, 11 CARS FROM THE ENGINES DERAILED 1 SET OF WHEE LS.  THE NEXT CAR STAYED ON THE RAIL.  THE FOLLOWING 5 CARS DERAILED AND SIDESWIPED TTGX941452 ON TR ACK 3.     


nearest_city: COLORADO SPGS
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WHILE NUMBER FIVE TRACTION MOTOR WAS DRAGGING EQUIPMENT, THE DETECTOR AT COLORADO SPRINGS WENT OFF A ND THEY STOPPED AND INSPECTED AND FOUND NOTHING AND PROCEEDED.  IT APPEARED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL AND DAMAGED SWITCHES FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO KELKER, WHERE A BNSF CREW DRAGGED THEIR TRAIN APPROXIMATEL Y 68 MILES ON UNION PACIFIC MAINTAINED TRACK.  BNSF'S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $11,600.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON THE AGBML-11 WAS MAKING A COUPLING ON SOME POWER IN A CURVE.  DRAWBARS MISMATCHED CAUSI NG LATERAL FORCES AND DAMAGE TO DRAWBARS ON THE LOCOMOTIVES.  NO LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WINCHESTER
county: WINCHESTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: SHENANDOAH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CUSTOMER INTERFERENCE.  MILLER MILLING CLEARED D79004 TO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY.  AFTER PROPER COUPLIN G TO EMPTIES, TRAIN SHOVED AN ADDITIONAL THREE CARS.  THE CUSTOMER HAS AN AUGER LOADER ON TOP OF THE CAR BEING COUPLED TO.  THE SHOVING MOVEMENT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THREE COVERED HOPPERS BY THE AUGER LOADER.    


nearest_city: CONNELLSVILLE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
V77703 WAS TRAVERSING THROUGH GREEN JUNCTION ON THE 4TH RAIL, THE 18TH CAR CSXT 394093 CLIMBED THE S WITCH POINT AT THE NUMBER 23 SWITCH. THE NDDYX 951046, HLMX 140975, CSXT 398438, CSXT 398944, HJVX 1 40017, AND THE PMRX 1310 ALSO DERAILED.     


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 168TA12 WAS YARDING INTO THE B-YARD WHEN CREW RECEIVED ALERT FROM 161TA12 CREW MEMBER THAT A C AR WAS ON THE GROUND AT WHICH TIME ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: GSWY
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Z289 CREW BRINGING INBOUND TRAIN OF 32 CARS BACK FROM CSX WHEN RAIL OPENED UP DERAILING 9 CARS.       


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONG BEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y-THC3811-15 DERAILED ONE CAR DUE TO FAILURE TO REMOVE A DERAIL BEFORE SHOVING INTO TRACK 401.       


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y-BEL2032-21 IMPACTED RCO Y-BEL2012-21 RESULTED IN 3 CARS DERAILED AND DAMAGED DUE TO THE Y-BEL2032- 21 FAILURE TO PROTECT SHOVE MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
186L419 PULLING EAST WITH 42 X 1 OUT OF TRACK 34 AND RAN THROUGH THE 3 LEAD SWITCH AT THE BRC RR.  C REW THEN SHOVED WEST INTO TRACK 28 DERAILING 3 CARS ON THE 3 LEAD POCKET SWITCH.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA1022-04 DERAILED 1 CAR WHEN CREW FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT AND SHOVED THROUGH SWIT CH, THEN SPLIT SWITCH ON REVERSE MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: CANAAN
county: LITCHFIELD
railroad: HRRC
date: 2013-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WITH A CONSIST OF 23 LOADS, NX-112 ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL. THE 17TH CA R ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE. CAUSING AND ADDITIONAL CARS TO DERAIL. THE DERAILED HAZMAT LOAD DID NOT R ELEASE ANY MATERIAL. NORMAL OPERATIONS RESUMED FOLLOWING CLEAN UP AND REPAIR TO TRACKS.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: 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: 13-Feb
narrative:
DB06 PULLING OUT OF EASTBOUND 32 TRACK DERAILED 25TH THROUGH 28TH HEAD CARS. THE 27TH HEAD CAR DAMAG ED ENGINE WAS NS 4609 THAT WAS TIED DOWN ON ADJACENT EASTBOUND POCKET TRACK.      


nearest_city: BOONVILLE
county: WARRICK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
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:
SOUTHBOUND COAL TRAIN 438D920 TRAVELING AT 10MPH WITH 3 ENGS 83 LOADS 0 MTYS DERAILED THE 13TH THRU 19TH HEAD CARS AT MP 14.5 BY.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
IOWA NORTHERN CREW WAS SETTING OUT CARS AT THE INTERCHANGE. THE IANR CREW MADE THE SHOWING MOVEMENT WITHOUT A CREW MEMBER PROTECTING THE POINT AND ATTEMPTED TO SET OUT 40 CARS ONTO A 35 CAR CAPACITY T RACK. THEY SHOVED THRU THE SWITCH ON THE WEST END AND SIDESWIPED THE REMINDER OF THEIR TRAIN ON THE MAIN LINE DERAILING TILX 637437, TILX 637473, TILX 636044, TILX 637443. THE IANR REPORTED APPROX. $4 3,000 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
ADESP-10 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED WHEN RAILCAR CLIMBED SWITCH POINT.  C AUSE DETERMINED AS IRREGULAR CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YCL69-13 ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE 65 RAILCARS TO THE CP YARD WHEN THEY DERAILED 9 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAU GE.      


nearest_city: DESTREHAN
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L51671-19 WAS PROCEEDING NORTH ON THE CWR MAIN LINE, ACCELERATING TO TRACK SPEED RUNNING AT 19 MPH I N THROTTLE 8 WHEN THEY FELT A TUG AND THE RAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE TRAIN CAME TO TO STOP AND TH E CREW FOUND THAT EIGHT CARS HAD DERAILED. CARS CRGX 7861, TILX 290975, DUPX 26469 AND GATX 35354 WE RE ON THEIR SIDES. CARS CRGX 29104, GACX 7466, DUPX 26469 AND UTLX 642037 WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT. TWO OF THE CARS INVOLVED WERE HAZARDOUS CARS BUT THERE WAS NO RELEASE. LOCAL AUTHORITIES EVACUATED APPR OX. 15 FAMILIES FOR APPROX. 4 HOURS AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERMIN ED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL.  CARS SCRAPPED WERE:  CRGX 7861, TILX 290975, GATX 35354, GACX 7466, DUPX 22 010, DUPX 26469.


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM1712-17 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE COUPLING YARD TRACK 2041 TOGETHER DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y21018 CREW PLACED 5 HOPPER CARS ONTO TRACK 5 AT CARGILL. TRACK 5 ALREADY HAD 2 CARS THAT CONDUCTOR KNEW ABOUT. THERE WERE 5 TANK CARS IN TRACK THAT CONDUCTOR DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. AS THE Y21018 CONDUCT OR SHOVED THE 5 HOPPERS TO TRACK 5, THE CONDUCTOR TIED ONTO THE 2 CARS HE WAS AWARE OF, AND THEN BEG AN SHOVING INTO THE CLEAR ON THE NORTH END. CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVE AROUND CURVE INTO TRAC K 5 AND WITHOUT KNOWING, HIT THE 5 CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK SHOVING THEM APPROX. 100 FT PAST C LEARANCE POINT. AT THIS POINT TRACK 5 NOW HAS 12 TOTAL CARS AND IS FOULING THE ADJACENT TRACK (CARGI LL MAIN) AT THE SOUTH END. CONDUCTOR ASSUMES THAT THE TRACK ONLY HAS 7 CARS IN IT. Y21018 THEN CUTS AWAY FROM CARS IN TRACK 5, EXITS THE TRACK, AND PROCEEDS SOUTH DOWN THE CARGILL MAIN TRACK TO RUN AR


nearest_city: NORTH BERGEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y22021 WHILE SWITCHING CARS IN THE NORTH END OF NORTH BERGEN YARD, CONDUCTOR FAILED TO ENSURE THAT T ILX 250877 WAS IN THE CLEAR OF TRACK 3 WHILE KICKING CAR BFTX 10070 INTO TRACK 2 RESULTING IN A SIDE SWIPE.     


nearest_city: BRUNSWICK
county: FREDERICK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: METROPOLITAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
B21104 SHOVED THE LAST CAR OF THEIR CUT, AOK 19090, EAST INTO THE FOUL OF A/B16 TRACK AND SIDESWIPED UTCX 51424 OF Q37003 THAT WAS STANDING ON THE SOUTH LEAD.      


nearest_city: MISSOULA
county: MISSOULA
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
PIN THAT HOLDS VERTICLE DRAWBAR IN BROKE AWAY AS CREW SHOVED IN CAUSING WHEELS TO DERAIL.
*30 - O= RADIO RULES      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
GRINDING TRAIN OPERATED BY HARSCO, A CONTRACTOR, WAS EASTBOUND IN CONTROL POINT A-291 ON 2 TRACK ON A TRACK AND TIME PERMIT WHEN A BRACKET WHICH HOLDS UP HEAVY GRINDING MOTORS BROKE ON 1 SIDE. THIS CA USED MOTORS TO DROP DOWN AND GET WEDGED IN BETWEEN POINT AND STOCK AT THE HEEL BLOCK. WHEN IT GOT WE DGED IN WITH TRAIN MOVING EAST IT RIPPED THE OTHER BRACKETS OFF CAUSING MOTORS TO DROP ONTO GRINDING BUGGY WHICH DERAIL. IT PUSHED THE MOTORS NORTH TO OUTSIDE OF TRACK STRIKING SWITCH MACHINE AND JUNC TION BOX ALONG WITH POINT DETECTOR ROD. WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED IT THREW A BK OR SHUNT INTO 1 TRACK C AUSING SIGNALS TO GO RED. 


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TWO LOADED COVERED HOPPERS WERE HUMPED AS A DOUBLE, OVERSPED THRU RETARDERS AND STRUCK A SINGLE LOAD ED HOPPER, DAMAGING BEYOND REPAIR.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
R-SPR4671-02 DERAILED 5 CARS ON 1012 TRACK WHEN RADIO CONTROLLED SWITCH LINED UNDER TRAIN. INVESTIGA TION REVEALED SWITCH COMMUNICATION FAILURE DUE TO PD LOOPS NOT WORKING AS INTENDED, ALLOWING SWITCH TO OPERATE WHILE OCCUPIED. HAZ-MAT RELEASED - CAR CEFX 72849, UN1942, STCC 4918311, RELEASED 200 SOL ID - POUND OF AMMONIUM NITRATE.    


nearest_city: THORNDIKE
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: MCER
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
HEADING SOUTH WITH 9 CARS AT 1615 FELT A SLIGHT JERK AND THE TRAIN STARTED TO LOSE SPEED. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AS THE ENG. WAS REACHING FOR THE AUTOMATIC. TRAIN CAME TO STOP, I GOT OUT AND CA LLED THE DISPATCHER. FIRST 3 LOADS STAYED ON RAIL NEXT 2 LOADS AND 3 EMPTIES WENT ON THE GROUND AND THE LAST EMPTIE STAYED ON THE RAIL.    


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
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:
624-16 WAS MAKING A CUT ONTO THE CARS IN # 2 TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP WEST. AS THEY PULLED WEST FROM #2 LOCOMOTIVE 4602 WENT OVER 8 HOUSE SWITCH HEADED UP THE LEAD AND T HE EAST TRUCK UNIT AS WELL AS ALL THE REST OF THE MOVE PROCEEDED INTO 8 HOUSE. THIS CAUSED 4602 TO S TRATTLE BOTH TRACKS LOCO 100, TILX 33314, MQRX 113170, MQRX 113364, AND WSSX WERE ALL DERAILED IN 8 HOUSE. 10/2012 TRACK DAMAGE UPDATED TO $22985.   


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HASTINGS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-HAS3611-15 TIED 5 HANDBRAKES ON CARS IN 101 TRACK, CUT AWAY.  LATER, CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND STRUCK CUT ON LEAD THAT YARD ENGINE WAS NOW HANDLING.  NO HFI NAMED AS CREW SET CORRECT NUMBER OF HA NDBRAKES PER OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS.  INSTRUCTIONS NOW AMENDED FOR EXTRA HANDBRAKES FOR MULTIPLE L OADED TANK CARS AND IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
L50791-02 WAS SHOVING EAST WITH 11 CARS DOWN THE LADER TRACK WHEN THEY IMPACTED TILX 220138 WHICH WA S SITTING IN THE FOUL ON HA07. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED DOWN THE LADDER TRACK AND LINED THE MOVEMENT INT O HA13. HE WALKED BY TILX 220183 WHICH WAS THE WEST CAR IN HA07 AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS CLOSE T O THE LADDER TRACK BUT DID NOT MEASURE FOR CLEARANCE. ONCE HE LINED THE SWITCHING HA13, HE INSTRUCTE D THE ENGINEER HE WAS CLEAR TO SHOVE 20 CARS TO A PICK UP. AS THE REAR CAR, NATX 20119, TRAVERSED OV ER THE HA07 SWITCH, THE CONDUCTOR VIEW WAS BLOCKED BUT HE HEARD THE CAR RAKE TILX 220138 AND TOLD HI S ENGINEER TO STOP. WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP, 4 CARS (NATX 20119, NATX 200102, TILX 201102 AND NCLX 162) HAD IMPACTED TILX 220138. THERE WAS NO CARS DERAILED, LEAKS OR EXPOSURES DUE TO THE INCIDE


nearest_city: SILVERBOW
county: SILVER BOW
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE MPCSB-09 WAS SHOVING INTO THE RARUS RR'S TRANSFER TRACK WITH 16 CARS.  THE 16 CARS MADE IT THROU GH BUT THE 3 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE TRACK CONDITIONS.  RARUS MAINTAINS TRACK.  RARUS EST TRACK DAMAGE: $4268.00     


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
DURING SWITCHING, 1 FLATCAR CONTAINING WHEELSETS AND WHEELS ROLL OFF CAR, DERRAILING THIS CAR. CAR T HEN STRUCK 4 CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK DERAILING THEM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CARLOAD WHEELS HAD N OT BEEN TIED DOWN ADEQUATELY RESULTING IN WHEELS ROLLING FROM CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEA SED.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
IHODU-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4707, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  59 YE AR OLD MALE TRUCK DRIVER INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  DEBRIS FROM THE TRACTOR TRAILER SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK ANOTHER NEARBY VEHICLE CAUSING INJURY TO THAT FEMALE VEHICLE OCCUPANT.  2ND VEHICLE WAS NOT STRUCK BY THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: GREENWOOD
county: GREENWOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y30106 DERAILED CARS ON THE B-END SWITCHING LEAD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FIRST CAR IN CONSIST UT CX 46866 LOAD OF PLASTIC PELLETS HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY LOADED AND THE SECOND CAR IN CONSIST NAHX 58041 9 LOAD OF PLASTIC PELLETS HAD BEEN OVERLOADED.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Z-SSECHC2-09 WITH ASSISTANCE OF UTILITY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS LINING SWITCHES FOR A SHOVING MOVE, SHOVED THROUGH WEST SWITCH OF WEST CROSSOVER AT MP 5.3 ON MAIN 2 TRK WHICH UTILITY EMPLOYEE FAILED TO LINE. TRAIN WAS HDLG ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YARD CREW MM-50 OPERATED OVER DERAIL WHILE ENROUTE WEST ON TRACK #5 LOCO CAUSING DERAILMENT OF THREE AXLES ON ENGINE #4139.      


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DURING THE 24 HOUR INSPECTION WHILE CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PANTOGRAPHS, THE ALIGNMENT LIN K ASSEMBLY WAS PULLED OUT OF THE AIR CYLINDER. THIS CAUSED THE AIR CYLINDER TO FALL ONTO THE ROOF OF MOTOR 909 CAUSING THE CATENARY TO GO TO GROUND AND DE-ENERGIZE.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
A HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE HOSTELING A SET OF LOCOMOTIVES TO THE FORWARDING YARDS VIA THE POWER LEAD O VERPASS AND DERAILED THE UP7082 WHEN THEY TRAVERSED OVER A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH THAT WAS UN NOTICED.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL3042-15, PULLING OUT EAST END OF BOWL 2048 TRACK, DERAILED 5 CARS. INSPECTION REVEALED BYPA SSED COUPLERS DURING EARLIER HUMPING THAT "WELDED" CARS TOGETHER UNTIL CARS MOVED THROUGH FIRST TURN OUT LEAVING TRACK 2048.     


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
OPERATOR MOVED TAMPER FORWARD WITHOUT LOCKING WORKHEADS AND STRUCK SIGNAL SCANNER RESULTING IN SIGNI FICANT DAMAGE TO THE SCANNER.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
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-DEN2051-17 PULLED CUT OF CARS FROM 6 TRK TO DOUBLE TO 4 TRK.  CREW LINED SWITCH TO 3 TRK INSTEAD O F 4 TRK; ALSO FAILED TO NOTE THAT XOVER BETWEEN 2 AND 3 TRKS WAS LINED FOR 2 TRK, RESULTING SIDESWIP E OF CARS IN TRK 2.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
GA43-3'30" GA43, WHILE SHOVING SOUTH ON THE WEST PULLBACK WITH 1 UNIT, 13 LOADS, 2 EMPTIES AND 2040 TONS, DERAILED THE #2 AXLE OF LOCOMOTIVE NS 5552.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2012-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
WHILE CREW WAS SWITCHING FROM EAST END OF COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD, THEY FAILED TO ASCERTAIN THE AMOUNT OF ROOM THEY HAD IN THE TRACKS THEY WERE SWITCHING INTO ULTIMATELY CAUSING A SIDESWIPE ON THE WEST END OF TRACK 220 AND 221.     


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THE 222 JASPER TURN PULLED 89 CARS OUT OF 107 TO HANG THE REAR END DEVICE, AND THEN SHOVED TO CLEAR OF THE WORKING LEAD.  THE CONDUCTOR HUNG THE REAR END DEVICE AND RODE THE SHOVE TO A STOP APPROXIMAT ELY 2.5 CAR LENGHTS FROM THE DERAIL ON THE WEST END OF 107.  AFTER MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED THE CONDUCTO R CALLED FOR A SET AND RELEASED THE HANDBRAKES ON THE TRAIN, THEN PROCEEDED TO WALK THE SET.  AFTER THE CONDUCTOR VERIFED THE SET, HE PROCEEDED TO LINE THEM OUT AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO RELEASE THE BRAKES.  AFTER THE BRAKES RELEASED THE SLACK ROLLED OUT CAUSING THE REAR TRUCKS OF THE 89TH CAR TO ROLL OVER THE DERAIL.  THE 222 PULLED THE TRAIN OUT OF THE YARD, AND THE DERAILED CAR RERAILED ON 106 SWITCH FROG. CONDUCTOR VISIBILY INSPECTED THE RELEASE AND DID NOT SEE THE DERAILED CAR AS IT RE


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL3022-11 WHILE HUMPING ONE CAR INTO 2017 TRACK EXPERIENCED STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT BLEW CAR B ACK OUT OF TRACK INTO FOUL OF LEAD. NEXT CAR HUMPED STRUCK THIS CAR, AND 3RD CAR HUMPED IMPACTED BOT H AHEAD, DERAILING LEAD TRUCKS ON LEAD CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: HARFORD
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 2160 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/2022 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS AND E/2011 IN THE REAR WAS STOPPED AT MP 65.5 ON # 2 TRACK WITH PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE ON ENGINE UNIT 2022 AND ENGINE UNIT 2011 DUE TO A CAT ENARY POWER OUTAGE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $17,678.00.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
SJVR CREW WORKING ON THEIR LEADED TRACKS MAINTAINED BY BNSF STRUCK CAR LEFT IN FOUL.  NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS INVOLVED OR RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GLORIETA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-ABQ2011-23 DERAILED AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 188. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WE RE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WALLINGFORD
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 141 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/40 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP10.57, TOELL ES RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
HOBOKEN EXTRA CREW WAS ENROUTE EAST WITH 11 CARS TO TRACK #94 LEAD WHEN COACH #7506 DERAILED ON THE EAST END CLEAR OF THE MAIN.      


nearest_city: PERHAM
county: OTTER TAIL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
S-TACCHC1-02A EAST BOUND TRAIN ON MAIN TWO, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT 6TH AVE CROSSING IN PERHAM B NSF 5491 RELEASED 100 GALLONS OF FUEL.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WORK TRAIN CREW KN-716 SHOVING DRAFT OF 11 HERZOG HOPPERS DERAILED THE 5TH CAR C/6312 IN RACE ST YAR D.  DUE TO A VERTICAL FLANGE, THE WHEEL OF C/6312 LIFTED UP OFF OF THE RAIL CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: OSAWATOMIE
county: MIAMI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CMUBT9-08, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5678, WHILE SITTING ON MAIN TRACK #1 AT OSAWATOMIE WAS STRUCK BY A PICKU P TRUCK.  INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR AT A CROSSING.  IMPACT WAS ON LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP5678 AND APPROXIMAT ELY 250 FEET FROM PACIFIC STREET CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: STAPLES
county: TODD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
EASTBOUND AMTRAK 8 1-04 TRAIN STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP ON MP 133.43 ON SINGLE MAIN TR AIN.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING LIGHT POWER TO PCT TO PULL CARS. COMING AROUND A CURVE, THE ENGINEER COULD NOT SEE FROM HIS SEAT AND HIS CONDUCTOR WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FIREMAN'S SEAT GAVE HIS ENGINEER A 15 CAR COU NT. THE CONDUCTOR THEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE MOVEMENT TO LOOK AT PAPERWORK. IMPACT OCCU RED WHEN THE LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE HIT EMPTY CARS ON THE TRACK. NOTHING DERAILED AND THE EMPTY CARS WERE NOT DAMAGED, BUT THE PHL80 WAS DAMAGED WHEN ITS COUPLER AND DRAW BAR PUSHED ALL THE WAY BACK INTO TH E UNIT.  


nearest_city: COOLIDGE
county: PINAL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRACK SUPERVISOR HI-RAILING IN TRUCK 65570 TRAVELING EASTBOUND SHUNTED TRACK TO ACTIVATE FLASHERS AN D GATES.  SAW THE FLASHERS WORKING AND ASSUMED GATES WERE ACTIVATED AND PROCEEDED TO CROSSING.  APPR OXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE CROSSING SAW A VEHICLE COMING TOWARD THE CROSSING AND SAW THAT THE GATES WERE NOT DOWN.  APPLIED BRAKES AND SLID ONTO THE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY NORTHBOUND ONCOMING VEHI CLE.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
RCO U-PAS1082-22 INITIATED MOVEMENT IN WESTWARD DIRECTION IN ERROR AND IMPACTED LUMBER CAR, DERAILIN G SAME. CREW INCORRECTLY SELECTED REVERSE ON BELTBACK INSTEAD OF FORWARD POSITION.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YAS321 WAS COMING BACK 4 PERIMETER TO 3 LEAD AND STOPPED IN CLEAR FOR YAS322 TO PASS.  RCO SWITCHMAN GOT ON GROUND, WALKED TO SWITCH TO LINE AFTER YAS322 CLEARED AND WAS BRINGING ENGINE UP TO HIM AND DID NOT STOP PRIOR TO RAKING INCIDENT.     


nearest_city: MOJAVE
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
LOP53-26 WAS SHOVING 31 CARS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN TRACK ONE WHEN THE THIRD CAR AND THE FOURTH CAR CLIMBED THE GUARD RAIL AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y-INB8351-03 IMPACTED RCO Y-INB3362-03 LOCOMOTIVE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TRACK 213.  BOTH LOC OMOTIVES WERE DAMAGED.  CAUSE WAS FAILURE TO COMPLY SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-DYT2111-20A FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF CLEARANCE POINT ON THE SOUTH END OF DAYTON 605 TRACK AND IMPAC TED THE SIDE OF THE LEAD UNIT ON THE Y-DYT2311-20A.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: VINE HILL
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y19925 SHOVING INTO TRACK B53 WITH 33 CARS. AFTER THE CREW HAD SHOVED 10 CARS OVER THE B50/B56 SWITC H THE 25TH CAR IN THE TRAIN DERAILED AT THE B50/B56 SWITCH DUE TO THE SWITCH BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT .     


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-GAT2011-04 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING CARS THROUGH TRACK 6201 AT A POINT OF WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: SANDUSKY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
801NB101 W/2 ENGINES, 0 LOADS, 105 EMPTIES, 3284 TONS AND 5437 FEET SHOVED EAST AND LEAD CAR STRUCK REAR CAR IN TRAIN 65A CAUSING DAMAGE AND DERAILMENT IN BOTH TRAINS.      


nearest_city: BIENVILLE
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ON MARCH 1, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1502 HOURS,THE LASR 111 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE HODGE SUBDIVISI ON AT A SPEED OF 9MPH. TRAIN CONSIST WAS 3 LOCOMOTIVES,37 LOADS AND 5 EMPTIES . THE TRAIN WENT INTO THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION AT MP 12.1.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE  TRAIN, THE 30TH 31ST CARS WAS FOUND D ERAILED AND ON THEIR SIDE, 32ND CAR DERAILED AND WAS BEING HELDED UP BY A TREE AND THE 33RD CAR A EN D TRUCKS HAD DERAILED. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT TO BE BROKEN RAIL, CAUSED BY A DETAIL FRACTURE (INTERNAL).   SPERRY CAR REPORT, 02-2012, DID NOT SHOW ANY DEFECTS AT MP 12.1.  TH E TRACK WAS INSPECTED FEBRUARY 26, 2013 WITH NO DEFECTS REPORTED AT MP 12.1. 


nearest_city: LEWIS AND CLARK VILL
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
X-GATNEN9-03, WHILE BACKING TO PICKUP CREW MEMBER, SHOVED TRN FROM SIDING PAST CONTROLLED SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION AND ONTO MAIN TRACK WHERE WAS STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAIN, X-RICCNB7-03. CREW FAILED TO C OMPLY WITH GCOR 6.6.     


nearest_city: DULUTH
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
R92181-03 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT APPROX. 19 MPH WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 51 EMPTY CARS WHEN 18 CARS DE RAILED. TWO CARS CAME OFF THE RUN DOWN TRESTLE AND LANDED IN A WOODEN AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THAT THE TRAIN WAS DESCEN DING DOWN A 2.1% GRADE WITH 51 EMPTY SIDE DUMP CARS THAT HAD APPROX. 15,000 POUNDS OF CARRY BACK IN THE EAST SIDE OF EACH CAR WHEN DMIR 2192 REACHED LEVEL TRACK ON THE BRIDGE CAUSING THE WEST WHEEL ON THE LEAD TRUCK TO UNLOAD THE DERAIL. DERAILED WERE DMIR 2203,2137, 2192, 2163, 2164, 2122, 2205, 21 15, 2208, 2132, 2220, 2158, 2147, 2161, 2143, 2199, 2153, 2153, 2136 


nearest_city: KETTLE FALLS
county: STEVENS
railroad: KFR
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
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-May
narrative:
KETTLE TURN (KFBN) WAS PULLING SOUTHBOUND THROUGH KETTLE FALLS YARD.  THE 16TH CAR IN TRAIN RAN OVER A BROKEN RAIL AT THE NORTH YARD CROSS-OVER AND DERAILED A TOTAL OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCL Y-MEM2122-10 PULLING 4 CARS FROM 2026 TO DOUBLE TO 2045 TRACK DERAILED ALL 4 CARS.  REVEALED EVI DENCE THAT CAR HAD STEERING PROBLEM SUPPORTED BY IRREGULAR WEAR OF ONE OF THE WHEELS WITH EVIDENCE O F SHARP FLANGE ON ONE WHEEL/NORMAL WEAR ON THE OTHER.  ALSO,SCUFF MARKS NOTED ON RAIL COMING OUT OF CURVE PRIOR TO POD.  NO EVIDENCE OF TIE MOVEMENT,  NO PLATE CUTTING OR CANTED RAIL.    


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
CARS IN 110 TRACK ROLLED ONTO THE LEAD AND STRUCK OTHER CARS ON LEAD. INVESTIGATION THAT RCO JOB Y-T PL1032-29 HAD PLACED CARS INTO 110 TRACK BUT FAILED SECURE THEM, ALLOWING CARS TO ROLL OUT.      


nearest_city: NEGAUNEE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: WC
date: 2010-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
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:
LSI CREW IN LSI EAGLE MILLS YARD WAS MAKING A BLIND SHOVE WHEN THEY COLLIDED WITH THE SECOND LOCOMOT IVE, CN 5526, OF A LITE CONSIST STOPPED ON THE #1 TRACK.  THE CAR THAT COLLIDED WITH THE WC'S LOCOMO TIVE WAS A LOADED TANK CAR, PROX 32733, . CONTAINING LPG.  THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT SET UP A HALF M ILE EVACUATION PERIMETER.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND 
THAT THE LOADED TANK CAR WAS NOT LEAKING.  ENGINE, CN 5536 WAS LEAKING FUEL FROM THE TANK RESULTING FROM THE COLLISION.  LSI REPORTED $2,078 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND $12,350 IN TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW BO18 PULLING 44 CARS OUT OF THE EAST RUNNER DERAILED THE HEAD TWO CARS ACCOUNT RUN THROUGH SWIT CH.      


nearest_city: HODGE
county: JACKSON
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LASR 131 WAS SWITCHING ROCKTENN.  THE CREW HAD SET 14 EMPTY SPOT CARS TO THE MAIN LINE.  THEY WENT B ACK AND PICKED UP THE PULL CARS AND DOUBLED TO THE MAIN LINE.  THE CONDUCTOR  LACED THE HOSES AND UN TIED THE BRAKES.  THE CREW STARTED TO PULL WHEN THE CONDUCTOR HEARD A NOISE AND HAD THE ENGINEER COM E TO A STOP.  THEY FOUND THAT FOUR CARS HAD DERAILEDL,  THREE LOADED AND ONE EMPTY.  THE INVESTIGATI ON FOUND A THE CREW SHOVED ON THE CARS AND HAD NO MOVEMENT WHILE THEY SHOVED.   THE FORCE OF THE SHO VE CAUSED THE RAIL TO ROLL.  WHEN THE CREW PULLED THE CARS, THE 12, 13, 14, AND 15TH CAR DERAILED DU E TO THE ROLLED RAIL. 


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AT EAST END OF D- YARD LEA/NEW YARD LEAD, 4 CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 2012 THROUGH GROUP 1 SWITCH ONT O NEW LEAD WHERE THEY SIDESWIPED Y-NTW3142-24 MID-TRAIN. EAST END RETARDER FAILED TO HOLD CARS FROM ROLLING, AND HAND SKATE PLACED ON TRACK WAS THROWN OFF TRACK BY THE ROLLING CARS.     


nearest_city: PASADENA
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
JOB 237 WAS DRAGGING OUT TRACK 9 TO DOUBLE UP TRAIN WHEN LINE 15, UTLX660255 DERAILED DUE TO GUAGE I SSUES FROM WORN TIES DUE TO PUMPING MUD CAUSING 5 OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YAS224 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 020 WITH 16 CARS AND WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF TRAIN BY TWO LOADED H OPPERS THAT HAD ROLLED THRU A CLEAR TRACK 022 AND CAME OUT ONTO THE LEAD, DERAILING 6 CARS FROM 020 AND TWO LOADS FROM 022.     


nearest_city: OSAWATOMIE
county: MIAMI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MNPFW-03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP8217 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE EXPERIENCED UDE AND DERAILED SEVER AL RAILCARS.  NO EXCEPTIONS TAKEN TO THE TRACK MEASUREMENTS, NO MECHANICAL DEFECT NOTED OR TRAIN HAN DLING EXCEPTION TAKEN.  CENTRALIZED FUNCTIONS ARE FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT FOR FAILURE ANA LYSIS.  CAR#: TGOX 1918, FUEL OIL - 3000 GAL RELEASED.    


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE YBA74R-24 HAD MADE A JOINT AGAINST 29 CARS THAT WERE IN TRACK 704.  THE CREW THEN MADE A SOUTHWA RD MOVE.  AFTER PULLING 450 FEET, THE CREW FELT CONSIST PULL TWICE AND THEN PLACED THE RCT IN EMERGE NCY.  FIVE CARS IN TRACK 704 HAD DERAILED, IMPACTED THE RTIX506 THAT WAS IN TRACK 701 CAUSING IT TO ALSO DERAIL.  AFTER INVESTIGATION, THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH B Y THE YBA74R-17 WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WAS THE SAME CREW.   


nearest_city: CLARK
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WHEEL FAILURE OF 28TH HEAD CAR - UTLX-48562 19G WITH 2 ENGINES AND 18X115 CONSIST 6508 TONS PULLING WEST ON LEHIGH LINE TRACK #1 DERAILED ONE CAR AT MP LE 19.9.  (UTLX-48562)
      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
LHU22R-16 WAS GATHERING UP TRACK 008. AFTER MAKING A COUPLE OF JOINT, JOB PULLED AHEAD. JOB PULLED O UT OF TRACK 008 AND BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK INTO TRACK 008 WHEN RAILCAR GOING OVER TRACK 006 SWITCH DERA ILED. CAUSE DETERMINED AS MANUFACTURER DEFECT ON SWITCH. SWITCH BECAME UNLATCHED DUE TO DEFECTIVE FO OT LATCH.    


nearest_city: HYSHAM
county: TREASURE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW ON M-DILLAU1-08 RAN THROUGH SWITCH AT WEST HYSHAM WILL CONDUCTING LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST SWITCHING MOVES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED AND NO CARS OR LOCOS DERAILED.
      


nearest_city: BURKVILLE
county: LOWNDES
railroad: MNBR
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN L126-11 HAD LOCOMOTIVE BL 500 CATCH FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE CARRYING 85 CAR S UPHILL. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND LOCOMOTIVE SET OUR OF CONSIST.      


nearest_city: HITCHCOCK
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED WHILE PASSING OVER HAND-OPERATED SWITCH. SWITCH ROD WAS NOT SECURED ND WAS NOT CONNEC TED TO SWITCH STAND RESULTING IN SWITCH POINTS LINING UNDER TRAIN. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED O R RLSD.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PENINSULA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE Y31803 WAS MAKING A MOVEMENT OUT OF THE CAB TRACK. WHEN DOING SO RAN THRU THE E16 SWITCH, AND TH EN MADE A  MOVEMENT TOWARDS E18 THAT RESULTED IN A DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YMY36R-18 SOUTH END SWITCH CREW HAD NORTH END SWITCH CREW WATCH THEIR SHOVE, NORTH CREW MISUNDERSTOO D THE MOVE AND SOUTH END SHOVED OUT SIDESWIPING EDIFWM-19 LITE POWER MOVE.      


nearest_city: LYNDHURST
county: BERGEN
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H8R WITH 2 ENGINES AND 7XO CONSIST 110 TONS LEFT 2 LOADED CARS ON TRACK #3 LEAD UNSECURED RESULTING IN 2 LOADED COVERED HOPPERS ROLLING EAST AND DERAILING.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
C77671-08, A LOADED COAL TRAIN, STRUCK A HYRAIL TEST TRUCK AT MP 390.3 ON THE SHELBY SUBDIVISION ON MAIN 1 BETWEEN AULON AND PROSPECT. THIS COLLISION RESULTED IN DERAILMENT AND DAMAGE TO THE HYRAIL TE ST TRUCK. NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE TRAIN CREW, THE ENGINEERING EMPLOYEE OR THE OPERATOR IN THE HYRA IL (HYRAIL OCCUPANTS HAD EXITED VEHICLE BEFORE IMPACT). THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED FIVE MILES NORTH OF H ARRISON YARD IN ABS NON-CONTROLLED YARD LIMITS SPEED LIMIT 30 MPH. THE GENERAL YARDMASTER GAVE THE H YRAIL TEST TRUCK ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATE FROM PROSPECT TO LEEWOOD ON MAIN 1 NORTHWARD AT 082 3 HOURS, THEN AT 0846 HOUR, GAVE C77671-08 ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATE FROM AULON TO PROSPECT ON MAIN 1 SOUTHWARD. C77671 08 ENTERED ABS YARD LIMITS ON CLEAR INDICATION AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OPE


nearest_city: ELYRIA
county: LORAIN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 48 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/112-E/16 AND 12 CARS SUSTAINED A DIESEL FUEL LEAK FROM LEAD UN IT E/112 THAT CAUSED THE UNIT TO CATCH  FIRE.      


nearest_city: SPARROWS POINT
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: PBR
date: 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CREW COUPLED 10 CARS FROM M-6 TO 42 CARS M-5 ON THE NORTH END OF THE YARD THEN, SHOVED BACK OFF OF M-5 TO COUPLE TO THE 21 CARS ON 1119 TRACK. THE CREW PULLED THE 21 CARS FO RM 1119 NORTH THROUGH THE BROKEN SWITCH AT M-6 (CARS WENT UP M-5&6). THE CREW THEN SHOVED BACK AND C OUPLED TO 16 CARS ON 1117. THE CREW WAS GIVEN THE OK BY CAR REPAIR TO PROCEDE WITH THE TRAIN, CREW P ULLED AHEAD 3 CARS AND WAS TOLD TO STOP BY CAR REPAIR. AFTER THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETREMINED THA T THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE M-6 SWITCH AND CAR REPAIR DID NOT PERFORM A PROPER INSPECTION OF THE TRAI N. 


nearest_city: CARMI
county: WHITE
railroad: EVWR
date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF SIDING WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW STARTED WALKING TRAIN AND FOUND 9 CARS HAD DERAILED AND 2 OF THEM HAD HIT TRAIN SS1-18 SITTING ON THE MAIN LINE.  NO INJURIES REPOR TED.     


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
ZMQLC-01 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD UP7467 CATCH ON FIRE.  AIR COMPRESSOR CIRCUITRY CAUG HT ON FIRE AND SPREAD INTO MOTOR COMPARTMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: BROOKLYN
county: KINGS
railroad: LI
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
ENGINEER CHECKED SIGNAL, THOUGHT HE HAD A RESTRICTING, PROCEEDED EAST THROUGH 4E SIGNAL AT STOP AND DERAILED OVER 42 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YFW31R-04 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF RAILCARS WHEN A CAR DERAILED IN CROSSOVER SWITCH.  THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK THE CUT BEING MOVED BY THE YFW33R-04.  IT IS BELIEVED A SLACK EVENT CAUSED WHEEL TO CLIMB BUT THE TRAIN HANDLING (RCO) WAS COMPLIANT WITH OPERATING RULES.     


nearest_city: RAYLAND
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
634-14 WAS SWITHING THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE WHEN THEY SHOVED THROUGH THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL AND THE N PULLED NORTH DERAILING CAR# PPGX 75259, PPGX, 1854, PPGX 1910, AND WE 17870.      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: BIG HORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
C-LOADGI0-59 DAMAGED  RAIL CAR WHILE THEY CORNERED THE CAR AFTER LEAVING THE CAR IN THE FOUL WHILE S WITCHING.      


nearest_city: WINFIELD
county: COWLEY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
UNIT SAND TRAIN WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND FROM LAFARGE TO WINFIELD. THE REAR OF THE TRAIN WAS IN A DEC REASING GRADE AS THE HEAD END  OF THE TRAIN JUST LEVELED OUT, WHERE THE ENGINEER RELEASED THE AUTOMA TIC BRAKE AND PLANNED TO CONTROLLING THE SPEED USING THE DYNAMIC BRAKES. AS THE RELEASE WENT THROUGH OUT THE TRAIN AND THE SLACK ROLLED IN SHOVING THE TRAIN FROM 6 MPH TO 9 MPH IN 1 SECOND. 
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LINES 66 TO 70 DERAILED   


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE ENGINEER ON THE B24502 MOVED HIS LOCOMOTIVE INTO THE FOUL OF THE HO YARD LEAD, STRIKING THE Y395 01 LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: MANKATO
county: JEWELL
railroad: KYLE
date: 2013-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: BELLVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
KYLPHSA1-01 EASTBOUND DERAILED ON THE EAST SWITCH AT MANKATO SIDING RESULTING IN 7 LOADED CARS DERAI LING.      


nearest_city: WILLOW SPRINGS
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-WSP2012-23 , SHOVING INTERMODAL TRAIN TO TRK 1713, DERAILED 3 CARS ON CP 151 LEAD. CAUSE DETER MINED BE IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR, WEIGHT DEFERENTIAL BETWEEN L1 AND R1 OF 8000 LBS, COMPOUNDED BY ELEV ATION IN TRACK OF 1.5 INCHES. CREW HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: PLANO
county: KENDALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
AMTRAK 3 TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN THEIR SECOND LOCOMOTIVE SNOW PLOW CAUGHT THE RUBBER MATERIAL THAT LAYS BETWEEN THE TRACKS.      


nearest_city: ROSS
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Z-CHCPTL9-10A - DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP DUE TO PACKED SNOW AND ICE ON THE ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY T RAIN AT CROSSING. TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER BUT NOT THE VEHICLE TOWING IT.      


nearest_city: SACRAMENTO
county: SACRAMENTO
railroad: SCRT
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
VEHICLE TRAVELED EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANES, AROUND THE CENTER ISLAND AND AROUND THE CROSSING GATES; IGNORED THE CROSSING ARMS, CROSSING AUDIBLE WARNINGS, AND CROSSING FLASHING LIGHTS, INTO THE PATH OF THE APPROACHING NORTHBOUND TRAIN.  THE TRAIN OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO IMPACT.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1062-27 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING FROM 4097 TRACK DUE TO SWITCH POINT CLAMP BRAKING AFT ER 20 CARS HAD PASSED OVER THE SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ERIE
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: ERIE WEST
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CSXT 2546 WAS THE THIRD UNIT IN CONSIST FACING EAST. WE FOUND THE SECOND AXLE IN THIS UNIT TO WHAT A PPEARS TO HAVE A BROKEN AXLE. WHEEL HAD EXTREME WEAR MARKS BOTH ON THE WHEELS THEMSELVES AND THE SID EFRAMES. THIS AXLE DERAILED AT QD 84.3 AND TRAVELED TO QD 89 WHEN IT HIT A SWITCH AND A FROG CAUSING THE LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL AND THE NEXT FIVE RAIL CARS ALSO TO DERAIL. FOUR OF WHICH ENDED UP ON THEI R SIDES SPILLING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS ACROSS #2 MAIN AND ON TO THE NS #1 MAIN.   


nearest_city: LEONARD
county: CASS
railroad: RRVW
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
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-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 4 LOADS OF SOYBEANS ON MAIN LINE TRACK ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.  THE FOUR CARS WERE TIPPE D ON THEIR SIDES.  SIX CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Y22422 WHILE SWITCHING AUTO RACKS AT THE SELKIRK TOP END, EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVE IN TRACK 16 RESULTING IN SIDESWIPE AND DERAILMENT OF A CUT OF  AUTO RACKS ON TRACK 18, AS WELL AS CAUSING DAM AGE TO 7 AUTORACKS ON TRACK 19 WHEN THE Q28522 DEPARTED.     


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: RANKIN
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MERIDIAN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE BACKING DOWN THE EAST LEAD, A KNUCKLE BROKE ON A CAR CAUSING IT TO ROLL DOWN THE TRACK.  ONE C AR DERAILED AND SEVERAL WERE SIDE SWIPED IN THE PROCESS.      


nearest_city: MIAMI
county: ROBERTS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-21T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Apr
narrative:
H-BARTUL1-19 STOPPED FOR STOP SIGNAL, THEN PULLED AHEAD TO CLEAR ROAD CROSSING.  WHILE STOPPING, CRE W HAD UDE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED OR RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
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:
PW FREIGHT TRAIN (FPCH) SHOVING 104 EMPTY CARS DERAILED 3 CARS OVER A REVERSE SWITCH DUE TO DAMAGED FLANGE OR TREAD (BUILD UP).  PWS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $42,238.00.      


nearest_city: DOTHAN
county: HOUSTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: DOTHAN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y20109 CARS OUT OF TRACK #006. AFTER PULLING TENS CARS PASS THE SWITCH THE TRAIN WENT IN EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERD 3 CARS TURN OVER AND 1 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEBO
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
V55324 SOUTHBOUND WITH LOADED TRAIN FROM DOTIKI MINE DERAILED 7 CARS ON THE MORGANFIELD BRANCH WITH 5 TURNED OVER.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA
county: EDDY
railroad: SW
date: 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MCRLKCK112A - EAST BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN HAULING POTASH AND SALT FROM CARLSBAD, NM TO CLORIS, NM - OPE RATING AT 49 MPH AT MP 147 EXPERIENCED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF BRAKES. FOUND TRAIN SEPARATED BETWEE N 44TH AND 45TH CAR. 34 CARS DERAILED AND DESTROYED OFF BRIDGE AT MP 156.9 - APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BRIDGE DESTROYED. SEVERAL SPECULATIVE CAUSES INVESTIGATED WHICH INCLUDED, BROKEN RAIL, MIS-MATCHED C OUPLERS, IMPOPERLY LOADED BOX CAR (BNSF 780565).  THE BOX CAR AND A PIECE OF RAIL THAT IS BELIEVED T O HAVE BEEN LODGED UNDER THE BOX CAR ARE BEING HELD ON THE PROPERTY FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE INVESTIGATIO N. THE SAME REASONING WOULD BE ENTERED FOR ITEM #39 - CONTRIBUTING CAUSE. ITEM #'S 41 AND 43 CHANGED FROM N/A TO 0.


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y19804 PULLING TRACK 057 OUT OF SELKIRK BOWL DERAILED LINES 9 THRU 15, 7 EMPTY CARS.  CENTER OF CAR CUSHION DEVICE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DRAGGED THROUGH THE SWITCH POINTS.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CATWF-08 WAS TRAVELLING EAST BOUND, MOVING OVER TO OGDEN JUNCTION.  THE HEAD END HAD ENTERED THE NS/ CJ TRACK WHEN THE 42ND THRU 46TH CARS DERAILED ON ROCKWELL #1 DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CAPE GIRARDEAU
county: CAPE GIRARDEAU
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
R-SPR4151-24 DERAILED 3 CARS SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY. CAR WAS NOT OVERLOADED BUT INCORRECTLY LOADED.       


nearest_city: BLACKSBURG
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
774V426-756V427-81OU327-58VV424-19MV427 & 764V427 578V424 TRAVELING  EAST ON THE WHITEHORNE DISTRICT DERAILED LEAD TWO ENGINES AND HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: MANKATO
county: BLUE EARTH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MANKATO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN 471-05, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND FROM TRACK 117 TO MAINLINE PREPARING TO DEPART W HEN TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND ONE CAR DERAILED.  THE INITIAL CAUSE IS BELIEVED TO BE A BROKEN SWITCH POINT .  DERAILMENT RESULTED IN THE PUNCTURE OF FUEL TANK ON DME6362 AND ICE6406 LEAKING FUEL FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL FILLER CAP DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.  APPROXIMATELY 3,000 GALLONS OF DIESE L FUEL RELEASED FROM THESE LOCOMOTIVES.  CANADIAN PACIFIC ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $43,968   


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: LOWNDES
railroad: ABS
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
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-Jan
narrative:
ABSR 222 CREW TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 1/4/2011. SHORTLY AFTER CLEARING THE KCS PROPERTY AT MP 17 THEY STARTED UP THE GRADE AT EST. 10 MPH. WHEN JUST PAST MP 19 THE ENGINEER FELT A SLIGHT TUG AND THEN T HE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR STARTED WALKING THE TRAIN WHEN HE NOTICED THE 20TH THROUGH T HE 31ST CARS HAD DERAILED. THE 20TH CAR WAS LEANING TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL, THEN THE 21ST THR OUGH THE 29TH CARS ARE ON THEIR SIDE IN THE DITCH, AND THE 30TH IS RESTING ON THE WHEELS AT A 45 DEG REE ANGLE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE NOTICES THAT THE 27TH ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ 29TH CARS WERE HAZMAT. HE IMMEDIATELY MADE HIS WAY BACK TOWARD THE HEAD END AND CONTACTED ABSR MANAGEMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMIN ED THAT THE RAIL BROKE UNDER LOAD ON THE SOUTH RAIL.  MANAGEMENT STAFF FOUND A TRANSVERSE FISSURE IN


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING RTW05 IN AUTOMATIC, CAR AEX 6688 WAS MANUALLY LINED FOR CT13, AFTER THE CAR WAS RELEAS ED AND FREE-ROLLING, THE CAR STRUCK AEX 12947 ON CT13.      


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ZCSPX-25 CAME INTO PHOENIX YARD IN TRACK 2 TRAVELLING WEST.  TRAIN STOPPED SHORT OF 2 SWITCH AT THE WEST END TO HAVE CONDUCTOR LINE IT AND THE DERAIL TO THE FREIGHT MAIN.  ENGINEER CONTINUED WEST IN T HROTTLE 2 WHEN HE FELT TRAIN JERK.  HE THROTTLED DOWN TO IDLE AT WHICH POINT TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGEN CY.  TEN CARS FROM HEAD END DERAILED DUE TO A ROLLED RAIL AT THE 2 SWITCH TURNOUT CAUSED BY SOFT ROA DBED DUE TO TWO WEEKS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.   


nearest_city: CARTHAGE
county: PANOLA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PANOLA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
L-GFC0082-24 HAD SET CARS TO SIDING WHILE SWITCHING OTHER TRACKS BUT FAILED TO SET SUFFICIENT HAND B RAKES.  CARS ROLLED THROUGH SPLIT-POINT DERAIL, DERAILING 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: JONES
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: SLWC
date: 2012-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SOONER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
JOB 407 WAS MAKING A PICK UP OFF THE REAR OF THE TRAIN OUT OF THE SIDING AT JONES.  THE PICK UP WAS ON THE REAR DUE TO MAKEUP RESTRICTIONS. THE TRAIN CONSISTED OF 71 LOADS AND NO EMPTIES AND 3 LOCOMOT IVES. AFTER THE TRAIN HAD CLEARED THE SIDING SWITCH THE CONDUCTOR LINES THE SWITCH, REMOVED THE DERA IL AND THEN GOT ON THE REAR CAR OF THE TRAIN. HE THEN RODE THE CARS BACK APPROX 30 CAR LENGTHS TO WH ERE THE CARS HE NEEDED TO PICK UP WERE. BEFORE MAKING THE HOOK HE STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND STEPPED D OWN THEN MADE THE HOOK. AFTER THE HOOK HAD BEEN MADE AND AIR PUT TO THE CARS THE CONDUCTOR ASKED THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD. AFTER TRYING THE ENGINEER STATE HE WAS UNABLE TO SUSPECTING HANDBRAKES. THE CONDUCTOR THEN PROCEEDED TO DO A CLASS 1 AIR TEST ON THE 22 CARS THEY WERE PICKING UP WHERE THEY SA


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DERAILMENT HAPPENED WHEN SWITCH POINTS OPENED UP UNDER MOVING CUT ACCOUNT DEFECTIVE SWITCH STAND LAT CH.      


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LPA70-04, WITH LITE LOCO UPY1302, STOPPED OUT TO FOUL ON SOUTH LEAD TRACK 4 AND WAS STRUCK BY A CAR KICKED BY YBU02-04, MP815043.  NOT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YEW22R-10 WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS BACK IN THEIR RCL ZONE IN HUMP LEAD 2.  THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP .  THE FOREMAN WENT INTO EAST YARD AND FOUND THAT 9 CARS HAD DERAILED DUE TO THE NORTH RAIL ON THE L EAD BEING BROKEN.  YEW33-10 WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS BACK ON HUMP LEAD 1 IN THEIR RCL ZONE AND THE LOCOMOTIVES COLLIDED WITH THE DERAILED CARS THAT WERE FOULING HUMP LEAD 1.    


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y19213 RCO SWITCHMAN CUT AWAY FROM CUT OF CARS IN W01 WITHOUT PERFORMING BRAKE TEST, THEN WENT TO PU LL OUT W02 AND TRACK W01 ROLLED OUT STRIKING W02 AS THE RCO SWITCHMAN PULLED CUT DOWN THE LEAD.  DER AILED ONE CAR AND SIDE SWIPED 8 CARS.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y-ELP1011-28A DERAILED 2 CARS AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO A THIRD CAR AND ANOTHER CUT OF CARS DUE TO IMPROP ERLY LINED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: VAUGHN
county: GUADALUPE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TWO ON-TRACK MACHINES COLLIDED WITHIN TRACK AND TIME LIMITS WHEN LEAD MACHINE FAILED TO COMMUNICATE TO FOLLOWING MACHINE THAT IT WAS STOPPING.      


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN HDYTMEM1-16, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE BNSF634, TRAVELING NORTH AT VINEGAR SPUR DERAILED THE OCPX62 7274, LOAD OF PLASTIC PELLETS, 1 AXLE ON THE A END APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM NORTH END OF THE SWITC H, CAUSING A BROKEN RAIL ON THE SOUTH END OF THE BARING CROSS, TIE DAMAGE ON THE BRIDGE.  SWITCH DAM AGE AT THE HILL SWITCH AND APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE OF TIE DAMAGE.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $1 500.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
M-AMSLUB1-26 COMPLETED LOCO AIR BRAKE TEST.  ENGR FAILED TO SET INDEPENDENT BRAKE PRIOR TO RELEASING HAND BRAKES ALLOWING CONSIST TO ROLL INTO TURNTABLE PIT.  NO FUEL WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALTAMONT
county: ALBANY
railroad: SNY
date: 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
AT THE TIME OF TH DERAILMENT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE TRACK UNDER LOAD (WEIGHT OF THE TRAIN) WAS ROCK ING BACK FORTH CAUSING THE RAIL JOINS TO RAISE AND SINK, IT WAS ALSO EVIDENT THE TRACK BECAME MISALI GNED IN TURN LETTING THE WHEELS TO LOSE CONTACT WITH THE TRACK. RECOMMENDED ACTION: A STUDY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE UNDERMINING OF THE TRACK SO PERMANENT REPAIRS CAN BE MADE.    


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CAMPBELL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
EAGLE BUTTE MINE LOAD OUT OPERATOR HAD THE RAIL LINK OPERATOR BACK UP THE TRAIN BUT DID NOT REALIZE THE COAL CHUTE WAS NOT COMPLETELY RETRACTED.  THE BNSF 5875 STRUCK THE CHUTE RESULTING IN DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-HOU3861-17 DERAILED 3 CARS ON THE UP MAIN TRACK DUE TO FAILURE TO FULLY RELEASE AIR BRAKES BEFORE PROCEEDING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
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:
THE B END PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4601 WAS FOUND DAMAGED IN SUNNYSIDE YARD DUE TO AN APPARENT ICE BLOCK IN THE CATENARY.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YBM05R-18 COUPLED INTO UTLX50057 THAT HAD STALLED IN WEST END OF 19. CAR DERAILED WHILE BEING SHOVED EASTBOUND IN DOWTY RETARDERS.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE INSPECTING TRAIN, CREW ON Y-DYT2111-11 FOUND UTCX 59950 DAMAGED. KNUCKLE ON CAR AHEAD HIGHER T HAN ON THIS CAR AND WHEN CARS HAD BEEN SWITCH OUT, JOINT HAD ALLOWED HIGHER DRAWBAR TO DRIVE LOWER D RAWBAR DOWN, BUCKLING END OF CAR AND ALLOWING PRODUCT RELEASE.     


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-GFD2032-02 TIED SEVERAL CUTS OF CARS TOGETHER IN TRACK 137.  CREW STRETCHED TRACK, THEN MADE C UT AND BEGAN TO PULL OUT OF TRACK WHEN DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  CAUSED FOUND TO WIDE GAUGE AT POD.  MEC HANICAL INTERFACE RAIDED REPAIR COSTS ABOVE REPORTING THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y39905 REPORTED DERAILING ON TRACK 059 IN THE BOWL.  THE GACX 65101 WHICH WAS HUMPED TO TRACK 058 RA N THROUGH THE TRACK INERTS AT THE EAST END OF THE TRACK.  THE CAR THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL INTO THE SI DE OF THE CARS BEING PULLED BY Y39905.     


nearest_city: ROTTERDAM
county: SCHENECTADY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 48 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/192-E/70 AND 14 CARS STOPPED AT MP157 ACCOUNT ENGINE UNIT E/70 CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO FUEL LEAK.      


nearest_city: CHERRYVALE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE SKOL 206 JOB PULLED AROUND THE NEW CONNECTION TO SHOVE EAST AND PICK UP 21 CARS AT CARSON STREET .  CONDUCTOR #2 LINED THE NORTH LEG SWITCH FOR  MOVEMENT AND STATES THAT THE SOUTH LEG SWITCH IS ALR EADY LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  CONDUCTOR #1 IS RIDING THE SHOVE (ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE TANK CAR) AND STATES THAT THE SOUTH LEG WYE WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  AFTER REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED THA T THE SOUTH LEG WYE SWITCH WAS NOT LINED BACK PROPERLY AFTER THIS SAME CREW PARKED THE SKOL 3834 IN THE SOUTH LEG WYE.  ALL CREW MEMBERS CONFIRM THAT THEY DID NOT LINE THE SWITCH BACK FOR THE INTENDED MOVEMENT AFTER PARKING THE SKOL 3834 IN THE WYE.  THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE CREW TO RUN THRU THE S OUTH LEG WYE SWITCH ON THE EASTBOUND MOVEMENT.


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING BSY4, BC07 ROLLED OUT INTO SIDE OF BC06.  BC06 WAS BEING PULLED FOR THE NORTH BY CREW ASSIGNED TO RUN 532, KB42.  BC07 HAD CARS HUMPED INTO THE SKATE THAT MADE IT ROLL OUT.  UTLX 301064 (E) WAS THE CAR IN TRACK BC07.  POTX 1479 (L) WAS THE CAR IN TRACK BC06.  CAR DAMAGE ESTIMATED FOR U TLX 301064 $17,939.  CAR DAMAGE SHOWN FOR POTX 1479 $0 (ACTUAL).  YARDMASTER RESET DTC ON TRACK 7 TO "NOT EMPTY" CANCELLING SINGLE CAR LOGIC.  EXTRA HEAVY WAS HUMPED INTO SINGLE SKATE.

EQUIPMENT CO ST WENT FROM $17,939 TO $13,236 1-3-14.  


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNSECURED RAILROAD WHEELS ON FLAT CAR AOK6403 FELL OFF WHILE CAR WAS BEING HUMPED INTO BOWL TRACK 51 .  THESE WHEELS WERE IN THE PATH OF FOLLOWING CARS BEING HUMPED INTO TRACK 51.  THE EAST CAR STRUCK THE WHEEL SET RESULTING IN TIPPED RAIL WITH 5 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING CAR ALAX 61284 STALLED ON TRACK  8 YARD MASTERED TRIED TO BUMP MP CAR WITH DREX 864 NO GOOD AND TWO MORE CSXT CARS INTO TRACK 8 WHEN CAR CELX 23125 ON TRACK 10 SIDEWIPED CSXT 486921 ON T RACK 8.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL2042-08 HUMPED INTO 1 CAR INTO 2013 TRACK.  SKATES DID NOT HOLD AND CAR ROLLED INTO SIDE OF CUT BEING HANDLED BY Y-TUL2021-08, DERAILING HUMPED CAR AND ONE CAR IN THIS CUT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: ALLOUEZ
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ALLOUEZ
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-SYP1101-14 DERAILED 1 CAR IN YARD TRACK 1424 DUE TO INADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS WHILE KICKING CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.
      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE PERFORMING YARD SWITCHING OPERATION BRC 583 CREW KICKED TWO CARS OUT OF THEIR TRAIN ONTO 36 EA ST CLASS THEN DOUBLED BACK TO THE TRAIN ON 37 ECLS AND BEGAN PULLING EAST TOWARDS THE DEPARTURE YARD WHEN THE TWO CARS THAT WERE KICKED ONTO 36 ECLS ROLLED OUT AND IMPACTED THE TRAIN DEPARTING ON 37 E CLS RESULTING IN A SIDE COLLISION & IMPACT DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
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:
A79905 PULLING 60 CARS OFF OF BLOUNT ISLAND DERAILED THE 52ND, 53RD, 54TH, AND 55TH HEAD CARS. ALL F OUR CARS WERE EMPTY AUTO RACKS.      


nearest_city: ASHDOWN
county: LITTLE RIVER
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
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:
TRAIN WAS HEADING SOUTH AND ENCOUNTERED A THERMAL DISPLACEMENT AT MP 476.6 DERAILING MULTIPLE COAL C ARS.      


nearest_city: CHETOPA
county: LABETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CCDS29-10 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE RECEIVED DEFECT FROM HOT BOX DETECTOR.  CREW STOPPED TR AIN BUT COULD NOT WALK TRAIN ACCOUNT BRIDGE WITH NO WALKWAY.  CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD WHEN CONDUCTOR SAW SPARKS AND STOPPED TRAIN.  CREW FOUND 20 RAILCARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED RAILCAR NCUX11285 HAD FAILURE FROM JOURNAL OVERHEATING.    


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YCV53-12 WAS PULLING RAILCARS ON SKOL MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN 3 RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL. DERAILED RAILCARS STRUCK A STANDING CUT OF UPRR RAILCARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.  SKOL MAINTAINS TRACK. SKOL ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $7500.00     


nearest_city: BEND
county: DESCHUTES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
OUTBOUND CREW ON B-09GSEA5-15 DOUBLE TRAIN TOGETHER, MADE IAR TEST AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPART WHEN TRN HAD UDE.  CREW FOUND ONE CAR DERAILED AT 1/2 TRK SWITCH.  TRAIN HAD BEEN PARKED ON CORRECTLY LINED S WITCH PREVIOUSLY.  BNSF SPL AGENTS INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINED UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL HAD LINED SWITCH UNDER TRN, CASE ID IS 1066002233.    


nearest_city: OBANNON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: LCL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
JOB J761-10 WAS SHOVING DOWN THE OBANNON MAIN WITH 75 EMPTY AUTO RACKS.  DURING THE SHOVE THEIR WAS AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION AND UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE 47TH CAR TTGX 941749 DERAILED ALONG WITH T HREE OTHERS.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ON AUGUST 10, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 PM, IHB RUN 528 WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE CARS IN BLUE ISLAND WEST YARD IN RIVERDALE, IL. CREW SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK #21 OVER A DERAIL STATIONED TO PROTECT TRAC K EQUIPMENT LEFT UNATTENDED. THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF FOUR RAIL CARS AND DAMAGE TO VARIOUS PIECES OF TRACK EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: DURAN
county: TORRANCE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CARRIZOZO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE GSAKMR-08 HAD CAR THAT BURNT L3 WHEEL BEARING, ONE SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED.  DRAGGING DETECTOR CA USED DAMAGE TO THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: WESTFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: PVRR
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: WESTFIELD YARD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WHILE PULLING THE CUT OF CARS SOUTH OUT OF T1 TOWARDS THE RUNNER THE FIRST CAR TO DERAIL CAME THROUG H THE TURNOUT FOR SOUTH T3 AND PUSHED OUT THE RAIL STARTING THE DERAILMENT, WITH 3 TOTAL CARS DERAIL ING.     


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB21 WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 LOAD ATE RETARDED AND INTO THE SIDE OF A CUT OF CARS B EING PULLED FROM CT08, RESULTING IN THE DEAILARS IN CT08.      


nearest_city: DENAIR
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #701 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/98 AND 4 CARS STRUCK SEMI IRRIGATION TRUCK AT MP1075.80, A PR IVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: CITY OF INDUSTRY
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
EWCDO-31 CREW HAD JUST BROUGHT POWER FROM COLTON TO THE PMT WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED THE WRONG 2 UNIT S HAD BEEN SENT.  THE CREW WAS TOLD TO SWITCH OUT THE 2 UNITS AND TAKE THEM BACK TO COLTON.  THE CRE W SWITCHED OUT THE 2 UNITS FROM A 6-UNIT CONSIST AND WERE DOING A CONSIST TEST.  DURING THE TIME THE Y WERE DOING THE TEST, THE CLERK HAD ANOTHER CREW GO INTO THE PMT AND GET TRACK 568 TO PUT IN THE A YARD.  THE CLERK DID NOT TELL THE YC120 CREW THERE WAS A CREW SWITCHING POWER AND WOULD BE COMING OU T TO GO TO COLTON BEHIND THEM.  THE YC120 SWITCH CREW PUT THE WEST END DERAIL IN DERAILING POSITION AFTER LEAVING 568 TRACK AND DID NOT TALK TO THE LIGHT POWER CREW.  THE LIGHT POWER CREW CAME OUT OF THE PMT EXPECTING THE DERAIL TO BE IN THE NONDERAILING POSITION AND DERAILED TWO WHEELS ON THEIR REA


nearest_city: PICKENSVILLE
county: PICKENS
railroad: AGR
date: 2010-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AGR-210 WAS CARRYING 33X17 (50), 3810 TONS AT MP 676 WHEN THEY HAD JUST ENTERED A SLOW ORDER AT 25 M PH,
WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CLOVIS
county: CURRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Z-NBYWSP7-04 DERAILED WHILE HANDLING CARS FROM SOUTH SIDING TO NORTH LEAD WHEN CREW RAN THROUGH SWIT CH, THEN SHOVED BACK AND SPLIT THE SWITCH. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: SOCORRO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
M-ELPAMA1-26 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 19 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3032-21 FAILED TO LINE BOTH ENDS OF XOVER FROM ROUNDHOUSE LEAD TO EAST FREIGHT LEAD AND SHO VED INTO RCO Y-AMA-3022-21, DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RMNPA-02 WYED POWER AND WENT BACK TO TRAIN IN TRACK #2 AT TAYLOR YARD.  ONCE COMPLETED AIR TESTS WER E DONE AND EOT CHARGED.  THEY WERE READY TO DEPART.  THE TRAIN APPEARED TO BE PULLING HARD AND THE E NGINEER STOPPED AND WENT BACK TO CHECK OUT HIS POWER.  AFTER FINDING NOTHING WRONG, THE CONCUCTOR WE NT BACK TO CHECK THE TRAIN OUT.  THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 6 CARS ON THE GROUND.  THE CAUSE WAS THAT THE # 2 SWITCH WAS LINED UNDER THE TRAIN BY VANDALS.   


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CREW 3 TILDEN, HAD CONTROL OF THE CEFX 1022 AND CEFX 1001.  THEY WERE PULLING 4 FREIGHT CARS TO THE TILDEN CLAY SHER WHEN THEY DERAILED AT THE WATERING STATION.  1 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AND 0 (ZERO) FRE IGHT CARS.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Y-TUL3042-25 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 1791 DUE TO EXCESSIVE LATERAL DRAWBAR FOR CE ON A CURVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HERSHEY
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
11JH224-1'30", 21MH524 - 1'00", 262H422 - 1'50", 33AH424 - 4'00", 20 KH423 - 5'20", 25H523 - 2"00", 21H524 - 2'00", 16TH222 - 3'00", 19GH523 - 7'00", 24ZH422 - 20", 18NH423 - 20", 15TH524 - 2'00", 16T H222 - 3'00", 19GH 523- 7'00", 24ZH422- 20", 18NH423-20", 15TH524-2'00" 34AH524 PULLING WEST WITLUS 4, 31 LOADS, 117 EMPTIES, 8201 TONS DERAILED ONE CAR (GATX 16074)    


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3012-05, SHOVING WEST ON 10TH STREET LEAD, DERAILED 3 CARS AT 102/124 TRACK SWITCH. NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CONDUCTOR DID NOT PROPERLY LINE CORRESPONDING SWITCHES OF A CROSSOVER, RESULTING IN ENGINE NS 9429 S TRIKING AND DERAILING THE STANDING TTGX 995827 (ALL WHEELS) AND CAUSING THE TTGX 988730 TO DERAIL (B RAKE END ALL WHEELS).     


nearest_city: EMPORIA
county: LYON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
H-KCKALT1-12 PULLING INTO 6809 TRACK DERAILED AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE. CARS FROM TRAIN IMPACTED CARS ON TRACKS 6806. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE E/920 WAS OPERATED OVER A DERAIL DEVICE CAUSING THE UNIT E/920 TO DERAIL.  AMTRAKS EQUIPM ENT DAMAGE IS $43,795.00.      


nearest_city: CAMPTI
county: NATCHITOCHES
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
PORT AUTHORITY CREW.  KCS TRACK.  PORT AUTHORITY CREW RAN THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH CA USING TWO CARS TO DERAIL. CREW DATA NOT AVAILABLE.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PHILADELPHIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y10321 COUPLING TO 6 LOCOMOTIVES MOVING EAST TO WEST AT THE WEST END OF RD4. THE CREW DID A SAFETY S TOP AND THEN PROCEEDED TO COUPLE. THE COUPLING WAS HARD DUE TO OVERSPEED AND THE CSXT 8805 DERAILED DUE TO THE HARD COUPLING.     


nearest_city: ALLENTON
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: WC
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
MALE DRIVER DROVE AROUND DESCENDED GATES AT THE CTH D CROSSING AND STOPPED ON THE TRACKS.  VEHICLE W AS HIT BY THE TRAIN.  AUTHORITIES RULED THIS A SUICIDE.  TRAIN HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE, SWITCH AND SIGNAL S WERE DAMAGE IN THE IMPACT.     


nearest_city: FONDA
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
B96005 WAS PULLING EAST WITH A TOTAL OF SIXTY NINE CARS OFF TRACK SEVEN WHEN LAST TEN CARS IN DRAG D ERAILED AT THE NUMBER SEVEN SWITCH AT THE WEST END.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, CARS HUMPED INTO B39 RODE SKATES OUT TO CLEARANCE POINT OF B39, STRIKING THE Y19122 PULLING CARS OUT OF B40.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
GM62, SHOVING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS, 16 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES, 1846 TONS, STRUCK THE SIDE OF GM60, CONCURRE NTELY SHOVING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS, 5 LOADS, 28 EMPTIES, 1730 TONS, DERAILING 24TH THROUGH 26TH HEAD C ARS OF GM62'S TRAIN AND THE 31ST HEAD CARS OF GM60'S TRAIN.     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: WTA
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS SPOTTING 13 LOADS OF WHEAT INTO TERMINE 13 WHILE SHOVING CARS OVER THE DUMP PIT.  HE NOTICE D A CAR WAS LOADING AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.  4 CARS WERE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CUT OF CARS ROLLED OUT OF EAST 8 COLLIDING WITH THE TRANSFER JOB ON THE BOTTOM OF THE EAST LEAD.       


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


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
DURING HUMP OPERATIONS EMPLOYEE TIED ON TO TRACK 3 WRCS AND GAVE THE TRAIN A STRETCH AND GAVE A PITC H TO HELPER. THEY BEGAN TO SHOVE AND THEY CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP AND THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
R-GFC8241-31 DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL THE TRAIN MOVEMENT AND RAN THROUGH A SWITCH. RAILROAD VERIFIED THE TIME ON DUTY 12 HOURS.      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: MBTA
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ONE CONSIST MOVING IN THE SOUTH HAMPTON YARD RAKED ANOTHER STATIONERY CONSIST CAUSING THE LOCOMOTIVE ON THE MOVING CONSIST AND ONE COACH FROM THE STATIONERY CONSIST TO DERAIL
6180.97 REPORTS WERE DON E ON BOTH THE LOCO AND THE DAMAGED COACH AND ENTERED AS A RAKING COLLISION
THE REPAIR COST FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS RECEIVED 11.16.11 WITH A COST OF 5000 DOLLARS.
THE REPAIR COST FOR  COACH 615 WAS PR OVIDED 1.25.12 ESTIMATED TO BE 30,000   


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SIOUX CITY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
MVPNP-15 WAS PULLING SOUTH TO DEPART THE YARD ON 4 TRACK ELEVEN RAILCARS DERAILED ON THE SOUTH END O F 4 TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON ACCOUNT OF POOR TIE CONDITIONS.  THERE WAS NO HAZMAT RELEASES OR PERSO NAL INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
LHU04-13 SHOVED INTO TRACK 001 AND SET OUR A CUT OF RAILCARS. WHILE JOB AS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 001, HAD 2 RAILCARS DERAIL. CAUSE DETERMINED AS MISMATCHED RAIL-HEAD CONTOUR.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Y29212 WAS SHOVING WEST INTO TRACK C24 FROM THE MARLEY NECK BRANCH AND DERAILED AT THE SWITCH TO TRA CK C24. SEVERAL MOVES WERE MADE OVER THE SWITCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN BEFORE DERAILING. INVESTI GATION CONCLUDED THE SWITCH WAS THROWN UNDER THE TRAIN BY AN OUTSIDE PARTY (TRESPASSER).     


nearest_city: SOLEDAD
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: COAST SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
AMTK11-28 COLLIDED WITH A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER ON A PRIVATE ROAD CROSSING.  THE LEAD UNIT AMTK48 WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE SET OUT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE.  AMTK DAMAGE $3 8911     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
U24003 WAS PULLING THEIR TRAIN INTO RADCLIFF #1 WHEN THE LEADING WHEELS OF THE GGPX 2074 WHICH WAS T HE 28TH CAR IN THEIR TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO THE SWITCH BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. FIVE TOTAL CARS DERAI LED. THE TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS WENT TOWARD RADCLIFF 1A AND STRUCK THE DLRX 60319 WHICH WAS IN THE C LEAR IN RADCLIFF 1A AND WAS NOT DERAILED.    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE CREW KICKED IN A CUT OF THREE LOADED HOPPERS, KICKED ONE CAR TO TRACK 12 AND THEN CAME BACK TO T RACK 7 AND KICKED IN FIVE MORE LOADED HOPPERS.  THESE FIVE HOPPERS BUTTED KNUCKLES WITH THE INITIAL THREE CARS THAT THEY KICKED INTO THE TRACK CAUSING THE LAST CAR OF THE INITIAL THREE (NDYX516478) TO BE KNOCKED OUT OF THE TRACK AND LANDING ON ITS SIDE IN TRACK 8.  THE RESULTING IMPACT ALSO CAUSED D AMAGE TO THE SECOND CAR OF THE FIRST CUT (FCTX908) AND THE FIRST CAR OF THE SECOND CUT (INTX427150) CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SECOND CAR.  


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: HAMLET TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y39612 WAS SHOVING INTO C55 COUPLING TRACK. AS Y396 WAS GATHERING CARS TOGETHER IN C55, TRACK C57 RO LLED OUT SIDESWIPING A CAR IN HIS CUT. TRACK ROLLED OUT AFTER HUMPING CARS BACK TO BACK CAUSING C57 TO ROLL OUT STRIKING C55.     


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN WAS DERAILED BY A WASHOUT.  THE WATER WAS NOT OVER THE RAIL BUT IT UNDERCUT THE BALL AST FROM THE SHOULDER.      


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: BURLEIGH
railroad: DMVW
date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MOVING AT 10 MPH, GOING FROM POWER AND INTO DYNAMIC BRAKING.  JUST GOT THE ENGINE LOADING IN DYNAMIC S TO CONTROL SPEED WHEN AIR WENT.  NO TUGS OR JERKS OR SLACK ACTION.  CONDUCTOR CHECKED AND FOUND DE RAILMENT.  CALL TO OFFICE WAS MADE.  

30. RESTRICTED LIMITS     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y29221 WAS DOUBLED OUT OF 37 CLASS TRACK ONTO THE SOUTH LEAD WHEN A SINGLE CAR CITX 700790 CAME OUT OF 27 CLASS TRACK DUE TO OVER SPEED ON THE HUMP STRIKING THE Y29221 CUT OF CARS DERAILING CARS ON TH E Y29221 CUT.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TC43 WHILE PULLING CLASS TRACK 11 OFF THE WEST LEAD HAD ONE CAR NS 120377 DERAIL AT THE  SKATE RETAR DER TRAVELING NORTH TO THE #26 SWITCH.      


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


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0400 THE YDYT311 WAS SHOVING THE MLALDYT1 24A INTO TRACK 636. UPON NAVIGATING THE 3 5/36 CROSSOVER B END OF THE LEADING CAR EQUX 1013 RODE UPON THE SWITCHING POINT CAUSING THE NEXT TWO FOLLOWING CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LAV01R-24 SHOVING INTO TRACK 206 FROM THE SOUTH END OF PORT LARDO SHOVED OUT THE NORTH END OF TRACK 206 SIDESWIPING INTO LAV07-24 JOB THAT WAS OCCUPYING THE LEAD RESULTING IN A 3 CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
UP CREW DERAILED THREE CARS IN TRAIN, WHICH STRUCK TWO STANDING CARS ON ADJACENT TRACK ACCOUNT SWITC H DAMAGED OR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.      


nearest_city: BENAVIDES
county: DUVAL
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN WAS HEADING EAST WHEN THE CREW HEARD A THUMP AND THE UNITS BEGAN TO SHAKE.  AS THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, THE CREW OBSERVED CARS OVERTURNING.      


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LAJUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
H-KCKDEN1-03 DERAILED ONE CAR WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 103.  EVENT RECORDER DOWNLOADS REVIEW INDICAT ED EXCESSIVE BRAKING.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
H-GALNTW2-12 DERAILED WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 1008. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: DOUGLAS
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
FOREIGN UPRR TRAIN F - CNAWK01-05 DERAILED 3 CARS ON MAIN 1 TRACK TO BROKED DRAFT GEAR ON CAR.  NO H AZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SIOUX CITY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MVPNP-15 WAS PULLING SOUTH ON 4 TRACK AFTER MAKING PICKUP AND THROUGH CARS.  TRACK JOINT BAR FAILED AT BOLT HOLES AND CAUSED TWO UNITS AND TWO CARS TO DERAIL ON THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WHILE CREW OF R-SPR4191-25I WAS SWITCHING CARS THE STRONG WINDS BLEW SECURED CARS LEFT IN TRACKS 396 5 IN THE FOUL OF TRACK 3962. WHEN THE CREW RETURNED TO SHOVE CARS INTO TRACK 3965, THEY COLLIDED WIT H CARS IN THE FOUL ON 3962 DERAILING ONE CAR.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
N65805 WAS GOING EAST WITH 103 LOADED COAL CARS TILX GREEN BAND CAR UNIT TRAIN DERAILED AT MP CAB 12 .4 AT AROUND 17:07(EMERGENCY APPLICATION FROM ENGINE DOWNLOAD). UPON INSPECTION, A 3 FOOT SECTION OF RAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MAIN LINE WAS EVIDENT OF OLD BRAKE AND RAIL HEAD MISSING. SCARRING TO THE SECTION SUGGESTS THAT WHEELS WERE GOING OVER SECTION WITHOUT RAIL HEAD BEFORE THE PIECE BROKE O UT AND DERAILED TRAIN.   


nearest_city: DAVIS
county: YOLO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AFTER SETTING OUT CARS ON WEST PASS AT DAVIS, CREW WAS TAKING LITE POWER CONSIST BACK TO TRAIN ON MA IN LINE.  BRAKEMAN HAD GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINEER TO OPERATE ON HAND SIGNALS.  AFTER BEING FLAGG ED PAST MP77, THEY STARTED BACK 30 CAR LENGTHS TO THEIR TRAIN THAT WAS TIED DOWN TO MAIN.  BRAKEMAN JUMPED FROM STEP OF LOCOMOTIVE BEFORE IMPACT AND ROLLED ON BALLAST.  BRAKEMAN WAS NOT VISIBLE AND EN GINEER DID NOT STOP PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE TRAIN AT 20 MPH.  NO DERAILMENT, SIGNIFICANT LADING, EQUI PMENT AND TRACK DAMAGE, AND INJURY TO BRAKEMAN.  


nearest_city: MONON
county: WHITE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MONON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 851 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/32-E/43 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A FARM VEHICLE AT MP86.47 COUNTY RD 200 W. CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $42,559.00.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TUL3071-03M SHOVING 44 CARS INTO RD TRACK 1, DERAILED 41ST CAR WHEN RADIO-CONTROLLED SWITCH OPENED UNDER CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  THE $6,377 WAS FOR CLEANING CAR AND WE DO NOT HAVE TH E FINAL DAMAGES FOR CAR PROX 55021 BUT PER OUR MECHANICAL DEPT, IT WILL BE WELL OVER THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE MRVPT-09 WAS SHOVING LIGHT POWER BACK TO JOIN THE JOINT AND RAN INTO THEIR TRAIN CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO LOCOMOTIVES.  NO CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SALINAS
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT11-24, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK203, COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT WAS ATTEMPTING T O MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO THE CROSSING.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND COLLIDED WITH THE REAR POR TION OF THE TRAILER.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $12,430.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SOUTH CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
SOUTH SHORE TRAIN #9203 WAS HUNG UP IN SOME WIRES ON MAIN TRACK #1 AT 71ST STREET.  SOUTH SHORE TRAI N #9203 SUSTAINED $13,850,000 WORTH OF PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE AND $4500 WORTH OF WIRE DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AT PHILADELPHIA RACE ST. ENGINE HOUSE, ENGINES 512 AND 513 OPERATING SOUTH DERAILED ALL WHEELS ON LE AD ENGINE 512.      


nearest_city: NEW LEBANON
county: SULLIVAN
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
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: 11-May
narrative:
WHILE RUNNING THE GEO CAR 31 NORTHBOUND A TRACTOR PULLING A CRUMBLER ATTACHMENT (FARM EQUIP) FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.  THE LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE CRUMBL ER ATTACHMENT AS IT DID NOT CLEAR THE TRACKS BUT THE TRACTOR DID CLEAR THE TRACKS. NO INJURIES INVOL VED.    


nearest_city: ROCHESTER
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CW44 WITH 1 UNIT, 73 LOADS, 15 EMPTIES, 10305 TONS PULLING EAST ON 102 TRACK DERAILED THE 15TH THROU GH 24TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
THE YRV24R-11 CREW DID NOT CONTACT HUMP HERDER TO HAVE TRACK LOCKED OUT AND SHOVED SIX CARS WEST INT O BOWL 26.  BOWL 26 WAS A FULL TRACK AND WHEN THE SIX CARS WERE ADDED, THE CARS BEGAN TO ROLL OUT OF THE WEST END OF THE HUMP LEAD.  CAR TILX197164 HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED OFF THE HUMP TO GO TO BOWL 15 .  THIS RAILCAR IMPACTED WITH THE CARS COMING OUT OF 26 AND IT WAS KNOCKED ONTO ITS SIDE.  THE HUMP YARDMASTER CALLED TO REPORT THAT A HAZMAT CAR WAS ON ITS SIDE IN TRACK 26 AND RELEASING PRODUCT.   


nearest_city: ADDIS
county: WEST BATON ROUGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LLL40-10 JOB YARDED TRAIN IN #2 TRACK AT ADDIS ON NORTH END.  CONUCTOR LINED #2 SWITCH ON SOUTH END AND SENT HIS ENGINEER UP THE DRILL TRACK SO THEY COULD SET OUT 26 AUTO LOADS.  ENGINEER OF LLL40 RUN THRU THE BRANCH MAIN SWITCH IN DRILL TRACK, AND WHEN CONDUCTOR GAVE COMMAND TO SHOVE TOWARD #7 TO S ET OUT THE 26 CARS, ETTX800223 WENT TOWARD THE BRANCH MAIN DUE TO THE RUN THRU SWITCH DERAILING IT A ND THE TWO TRAILING CARS.   


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
G-CCEAP5-15A DEPARTING YARD DERAILED 6 CARS. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE WORN FLANGE ON TILX 637951.       


nearest_city: HUTTO
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
AMT22-18, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AMT147, STRUCK THE CAB OF AN 18 WHEELER AT A PRIVATE UP CROSSING.  AMTRAK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $22,044.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: HAMLET TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS THE Y29012 HUMPED 2 FLAT CARS. THE CARS LOST SPEED WHILE ROLLING IN TO THE CLASS YARD. THE NEXT CAR HUMPED, KCS 161040, MADE CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY HUMPED CARS CAU SING THE KCS 161040 TO DERAIL. THE FOLLOWING CAR THAT WAS HUMPED, NS 469399, COUPLED HARD INTO THE D ERAILED CAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. ANOTHER CAR WAS HUMPED, DBUX 250366 SIDESWIPED WITH THE NS 469399, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.   


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MNPRO-19 HAD A REPORT OF SPARKS COMING FROM THEIR TRAIN AT MP 403.  ENGINEER MADE A 12 POUND BRAKE P IPE REDUCTION, THEN RELEASED THE BRAKES.  A SECOND EASTBOUND REPORTED BRAKES STILL SPARKING, SO CREW BROUGHT TRAIN TO A STOP AND INSPECTED CAR.  SIDNEY FOREMAN GENERAL HELPED THE CONDUCTOR RELEASE THE BRAKES ON THE HEAD CAR.  THEN CONDUCTOR RETURNED TO THE HEADEND OF TRAIN AND THE FOREMAN GENERAL ST ARTED GIVING THE TRAIN A ROLL BY INSPECTION.  TRAIN MOVED 2238 FEET THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, FOREMA N GENERAL INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND 47TH HEAD CAR INTX173321 DERAILED FROM EXCESSIVE TREAD BUILD-UP.  


nearest_city: RENO
county: WASHOE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: RENO IND LD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LRA49-27 TRAVERSING A 12 DEGREE CURVE AT MP 6 WHEN THE R3 AXLE DROPPED INSIDE THE LOW SIDE, SOUTH SI DE OF THE RAIL.  THIS CAUSED THE L6 AND L3 WHEELS TO DEPART THE RAIL AS WELL.  SPEED WAS 9 MPH ON A 1.3 PERCENT GRADE.     


nearest_city: PINGREE
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: RRVW
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: EIGHTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN PULLING 25 LOADS OF CORN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW WALKED BACK TO FIND 4 LOADS IN T HE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED DUE TO TRACK CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: CYPRESS
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EUREKA 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-Jan
narrative:
MLIFW-24, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4979, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING .  TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION.  UP49479 DAMAGED.  DRIVER NOT INJURED.  CREW MEMBER INJURED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YARD JOB DERAILED 4 CARS AT KNOCHE YARD IN KANSAS CITY, MO. DERAILMENT ALSO RESULTED IN SIDE SWIPED OF 3 ADDITIONAL COAL CARS.      


nearest_city: LEXINGTON
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
PL01 HUMPING RECEIVING TRACK 6 WHEN CAR UP 75978 DESTINED FOR OPEN TRACK CT22 EXITED THE GROUP RETAR DER AT REQUESTED SPEED WAS RE-ROUTED TO CT18 DUE TO ANTI-CORNERING PROTECTION AFTER CATCHING UP WITH CAR GATX 22920 DESTINED FOR CT18 IGH IMPACT COUPLING BETWEEN AMDX 63223 AND GATX 22920 IN TRACK CT1 8    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-DEN3031-19A SWITCHED CARS TO 127 TRACK BUT DID NOT ASCERTAIN THAT CARS HAD CLEARED SWITCH.  CREW T HEN SHOVED OTHER CARS TOWARD 133 TRACK, STRIKING CARS LEFT IN FOUL AT 127 TRACK SWITCH.      


nearest_city: ST GABRIEL
county: IBERVILLE
railroad: IC
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
R97471-19 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS BETWEEN TAMINCO STORAGE YARD AND EVERGRE EN LEAD. THE CREW HAD MADE SEVERAL SWITCHING MOVES BEFORE KICKING 9 CARS AGAINST 12 CARS WITH 7 HAND BRAKES APPLIED IN E-TRACK. THE CARS WERE RELEASED INTO THE TRACK AT 8 MPH AS CONFIRMED BY THE DOWNLO AD OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. THE IMPACT OF THE 9 CARS KICKED INTO THE 12 CARS DERAILED TILX 316860 AND TILX 319655 (LOAD STANDING IN THE TRACK). TILX 319655 SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE TO THE TANK AND THERE WAS A L OSS OF 29,245 GALLONS OF ACRYLONITRILE. FOUR TAMINCO EMPLOYEES WERE TREATED FOR EXPOSURE TO ACRYLONI TRILE. 


nearest_city: RANDOLPH
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 23GV211 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN TWO WITH UNITS NS2737, NS2630, NS5430, 66 LOADS, 0 EMPTY, 11376 TONS, 10706 FT, WHEN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION OCCURRED, DERAILING 20TH THRU HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3012-12 DERAILED 2 CARS IN 118 TRACK WHEN CREW SHOVED THEM OFF END OF TRACK. CARS THEN IMPA CTED STANDING CARS ON ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FULLERTON
county: DICKEY
railroad: DMVW
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
39.  SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY ELEVATOR EMPLOYEE (NON RAILROAD EMPLOYEE) WHILE LOADING CARS. LOADED CARS LEFT STANDING ON SWITCH POINT BUT WHEN DMVW TRAINMAN MOVED CARS AGAINST THE SWITCH , TH EY DERAILED     


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
CARS ASHX 1495 AND ARMN 111199 WERE CUT TOGETHER OFF OF THE HUMP AT 00:55 TARGETED FOR B19. THE B18- B19 SWITCH OPENED UNDERNEATH THE REAR WHEELS OF THE ASHX 1495. THE R3/R4 AND L3/L4 WHEELS OF THE ASX H 1495 WERE ON B19 AND THE R1/R2 AND L1/L2 WHEELS WERE DERAILED ON B18. ARMN 111199 WAS COUPLED WITH THE ASHX 1495 IN B18 FOULING THE B18-B19 SWITCH. THE ARMN 111199 DERAILED THE L3/L4 TRUCKS. A TWO C AR CUT CRYX 5016 AND CRYX 5083, TARGETED FOR B19, WERE CUT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CUT FOULING THE B18-B 19 SWITCH. CONSEQUENTLY, THE NORTH EAST END OF OF THE CRYX 5016 AND SOUTHEAST END OF THE ARMN 111199 CORNERED. 


nearest_city: VIVIAN
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT A HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING BECAUSE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS INAT TENTIVE AND FAILED TO STOP OR YIELD TO TRAIN.      


nearest_city: HOLLY
county: PROWERS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
WHILE TRAIN 4 WITH LOCOMOTIVES 116-20 AND 8 CARS WAS ENTERING WEST END OF HOLLY SIDING, C/32029 DERA ILED OVER THE SWITCH POINTS.  THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR MOVEMENT BY BNSF AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES, THREE C ARS, AND THREE FORWARD AXLES OF CAR 32029 MADE IT OVER THE SWITCH ON INTENDED ROUTE.  CAR 32029 WHEE L 7 SPLIT THE SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN WHEELS 7 AND 8 TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: MIDDLETOWN
county: FREDERICK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
K00931 WAS PULLING EAST FROM THE CUSTOMER CARMEUSE WITH 50 LOADS OF LIMESTONE. AFTER PULLING 31 CARS OUT OF THE INDUSTRY THE CSXT 290583 AND 8 TRAILING CARS FELL INSIDE THE GAGE ON THE CUSTOMERS TRACK DO TO DEFECTIVE TIES.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING HIS DRAG OFF TO TRACK 4, THE Y39901 WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE EAST AIR SPOT AS INSTRUC TED CAUSING THE HIND END OF THE DRAG TO IMPACT THE Q16301 CAUSING MULTIPLE CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YPB25R-06 WAS SHOVING BACK ON ZONE 2 TO THE HUMP, WHEN THE FPAX890278 AND FPAX200118 DERAILED DUE TO A SHORT IN THE POWER SWITCH AND CAUSED IT TO LINE UNDER THE CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: BCR
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 DERAIL THE REAR 7TH, 8TH, 9TH, 10TH, & 11TH ON THE SHOVE MOVE.  CAUSE: WIDE GAUGE .      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/19/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1115AM KB09 WAS PULLING A CUT OVER THE HILL WHEN IT BROKE APART BETWEEN THE 4TH & 5TH CAR AND THE FREE ROLLING CARS HIT THE 4 CARS & ENGINE DUE TO A BROKEN KNUCKLE ON THE 4 TH CAR.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
DELMARVA LOCAL CREW K01H024 OPERATING IN DELPRO YARD RAN THROUGH THE POCKET SWITCH ON THE DELPRO LEA D.  ONCE EASTBOUND PULL MOVEMENT BEGAN, CREW ENCOUNTER THE POCKET SWITCH THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN THR OUGH, DERAILING ALL 4 AXLES OF LEAD AXLES OF LEAD ENGINE NS 3400, ALL 4 AXLES OF HEAD CAR NW 176885, AND LEAD TRUCK B-END OF 2ND HEAD CAR NW 172424.    


nearest_city: PUNXSUTAWNEY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BPRR
date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING AT RIKER YARD, RK-2 CREW STRUCK CARS LEFT IN THE FOUL, RESULTING IN A 2C DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YLP10-02 CREW RELIEVED THE ROAD CREW ON THE APXEPR-02 AND HEADED INTO THE WEST END OF D YARD THROUGH TRACK 004 TO GO TO THE RIVER YARD TO INTERCHANGE THE TRAIN TO MEXICO.  CARS DERAILED AT THE TURNOUT BETWEEN TRACKS 003 AND 004 DUE TO WIDE GAGE FROM POOR TIE CONDITIONS.     


nearest_city: DOUGLAS
county: CONVERSE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER BNSF
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CNAWK-05 AN EAST BOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN EXITING THE NORTH ANTELOPE MINE DERAILED THREE CARS DUE TO YOKE FAILURE ON CWEX6328.  THE YOKE FAILED AND DROPPED BETWEEN RAIL DERAILING THE CWEX6328, CWEX9158 , CWEX7078.  BNSF TRACK DAMAGE = $5400.00     


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-FTM3011-22A WAS PULLING UP WEST LEAD IN FT. MADISON YARD DERAILING LOCOMOTIVE, BNSF 2302 AND 2 CAR S ON 111 TRACK SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RAN THRU.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COTULLA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
ZYCLD 26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4738, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG TOWING A TANKER THAT WAS FOULING THE T RACK WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 BARRELS OF OIL BASE MUD (15% DIESEL, AND BARITE, AND OTHER BASES).  AS A RESULT SEVERAL BARRELS SPILLED ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE ML AND UPRR RIGHT OF WAY.  THE SIGNAL M AST WAS IMPACTED AND DESTROYED.  THE VEGETATION ALONG THE RIGHT A WAY, AND TWO TREES WERE IMPACTED. A CROSSING ROADWAY DRAINAGE SEWER THAT HAD NO VISIBLE RUNNING WATER WAS AFFECTED.  NO OTHER WATER W AYS WERE REPORTED AFFECTED.  NO EVACUATIONS WERE REQUIRED.  THE ML TRACK AND BALLAST WAS SATURATED W ITH THE OILS.  NOTHING DERAILED AND NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION. 


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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:
Y21021 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 110 CARS ON THE WEST END OF ASHLAND YARD. THE CREW WAS PULLING FOR HEADR OOM FROM F-8 TO THE SOUTH OPEN. Y21021 CREW REPORTED THAT THE ENGINES WOULD NOT PULL ANYMORE. CONDUC TOR WALKED HIS TRAIN AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD CARS ON THE GROUND. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT IS BROKEN RAIL .    


nearest_city: HILLSBORO
county: HILL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
ENGINEER ON TRAIN WWRWRB-12 WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH INTO WINSLOW YARD.  TRAIN WAS IN THROTTLE 4 WITH ONLY TWO OF THE THREE UNITS ONLINE.  HE HAD 8-10 LBS OF AIR SET TO CONTROL MO VE ON A SLIGHT DESCENDING GRADE WHEN THE MOVEMENT CAME TO A GRADUAL STOP.  THE CONDUCTOR GOT OFF THE REAR AND WAS WALKING BACK TO THE LEAD MOTOR WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE 4 CARS (SI 920156, SI 9 19426, SI 920155, AND SI 919684) ON THE GROUND.  ALL CARS WERE LOADS AND CONTAINED BALLAST.  DERAILM ENT.  


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Q-CLOPEA1-28, YARDING TRAIN IN TRACK 5204 FROM WEST END OF TRACK, DERAILED ENTERING TRACK. SWITCH TA RGET INDICATED SWITCH HAS LINED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT SWITCH WAS NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH EMPLOYEE LEFT IT THAT WAY. NO HFI WAS ASSIGNED BY DIVISION SUPERVISION . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TRAIN HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: NORTH BALTIMORE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
H71929 CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 12 LOADED CARS OUT OF THE PLANT WHEN THE THE CONDUCTOR NOT ICED THE LAST CAR ROCKING HEAVILY. THE SECOND TRUCK OF THE LAST CAR WENT OVER THE SPLIT DERAIL SWITC H POINT AND RODE DOWN THE DERAILING SIDE RESULTING IN THE LAST CAR BEING DERAILED.     


nearest_city: RADFORD
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
185V423 PULLING WEST ON MAIN TWO DERAILED 11TH CAR FROM HEAD END; NAHX 580674, A END ALL WHEELS       


nearest_city: NORTHPORT
county: STEVENS
railroad: KFR
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
ON 13 FEBRUARY 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1610 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, THE SOUTHBOUND WANETA TURN TRAIN D ERAILED THE REAR 14 CARS.  THE DERAILED CARS FAILED TO MANIPULATE THE FOLLOWING CURVE CAUSING THE CA RS TO SEPARATED PLACING THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY STOPPING AT MP 121.6.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  NO DANGEROUS GOODS WERE INVOLVED.  LOCOMOTIVES - HLCX 4205, KFR, 4508, HLCX 4204 HP- 8500 ENGINEER, CON DUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN TRAIN LENGTH - 3085'/TRAILING TONNAGE = 4795 TRAIN CONSIST = 33 LOADS/15 EMPTIES .  


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: LOWNDES
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: TUSCALOOSA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
GTRA EMPLOYEES DERAILED ONE EMPTY CAR AND THREE LOADED CARS ON THE TUSCALOOSA SUBDIVISION.  GTRA EST IMATES $2,398 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y-DY1311-04A WHILE SWITCHING ON THE SOUTH END OF YARD KICKED 5 LOADS OF PLASTIC INTO 636 TRACK. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN CAR BODY FAILURE ON FLOX62135.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YNL39R-21 DERAILED TWO CARS HEADED INTO BOWL RAIL 5.  A TRIPLE WAS HUMPED FOR BOWL TRACK 1.  THE #3 HYDRAULIC SWITCH MACHINE ATTEMPTED TO LINE THE CARS FOR BOWL RAIL 1, BUT WENT OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND LINED ITSELF BACK FOR BOWL TRACK 5.  THE CARS THAT WERE HUMPED DERAILED AND DAMAGED THE #4 HYDRA ULIC SWITCH MACHINE.    


nearest_city: LOGAN
county: QUAY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: TUCUMCARI 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-Mar
narrative:
AAMMLX-05, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6637, STRUCK AN OCCUPIED SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AT HIGHWAY 469 CROSSING.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS FATALLY INJURED.  NO CARS DERAILED.  THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: KANAWHA
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y45004 WAS SHOVING INTO S01 TRACK AT 0.6 MPH AND DERAILED 3RD HEAD CAR GATX 74330. CAR WAS DERAILED DUE TO PRIOR DAMAGE ON 2ND HEAD CAR DUPX 14792.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW HANDLING 107 CARS DERAILED 5 CARS.  PER TR & D, DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A SLACK RUN IN DU RING A REMOTELY CONTROLLED SHOVING MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN WHL CLIMB.  ADDTL. CARS DERAILED DURING SU BSEQUENT PULLING MOVEMENT WHEN RHE DERAIL WHEEL MISROUTED AT THE FACING POINT OF TRACK 2407 SWITCH. NO HFI WILL BE ASSIGNED TO CREW PER DVN. SUPERVISION.    


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: IC
date: 2010-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
R92591-04 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING A 95 CAR CUT FROM THE ADM RUN AROUND YARD TRACK #4, WHICH IS OWNED BY ADM, TOWARDS THE DECATUR GRAND YARD WHEN THE TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS ON VULX 9398 AND LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON VULX 9321 DERAILED. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE LIMESTONE PRODUCT DUMPED FROM UNSECU RED DISCHARGE GATES ON VULX 9398 CAUSING PRODUCT TO MOUND UP ABOVE THE BALL OF THE RAIL AND LONG SID E AND BETWEEN THE RAIL OF ADM'S TRACK #4. THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE APPROX. 45 CAR LENGTH THROUGH ADM TRACK #4. THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON VULX 9321 BECAME SLEWED DURING THE MOVEMENT CAUSING THE CAR TO RAKE THE SIDE OF ADMX 52607 AND CEFX 105187 STANDING IN CUT OF 24 CARS LOCATED IN ADM'S TRACK #5. TH E TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHEN THE CARS CLIMBED THE HEEL FILLER ON THE WEST END OF TRACK #4 AND RE


nearest_city: RYE
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN #67 STRUCK AN EXTENSION ARM ON MNCW EQUIPMENT ME7001 (TAMPER) AFTER SAME DRIFTED IN THE FOUL DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE ON THE PIECE OF TRACK EQUIPMENT.  AMTRAK 67 WAS ON TRACK #1 AND ME 7001 WAS ON TRACK #2     


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
L-GFC0291-03 PULLING  FROM 6102 TRACK TO DOUBLE TO 6104 TRACK DERAILED 1 CAR AT A POINT OF WIDE GAGE WHERE TIES WERE DEFECTIVE.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
WESTBOUND MPBHOX-30 DERAILED 2 CARS ON THE BACK SIDE OF TEXARKANA YARD AT MP 418.5 ON THE PINE BLUFF SUB.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN RAIL DUE TO DEFECT IN THE WEB & BASE ON THE FIELD SIDE STOCK RAIL AHEAD OF 61 SWITCH.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LLM33R-19 WAS SHOVING REAR OF THE MLILI TRAIN IN TRACK 306.  AFTER MAKING COUPLING HE STRETCHED THE TRACK AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE CARS IN 306.  HE NOTICED SPARKS AND STOPPED MOVE.  HE THEN WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED.  DUE TO CONFIGURATION OF TRACK AND SHOVE, THE WHEEL ON THE EMPTY FLAT CA R LIFTED AT THE FROG SWITCH.  THERE WAS PROCESS IN PLACE TO PUSH 1 CAR LENGTH AT COUPLE SPEED PRIOR TO PICKING UP SPEED.  THE POLICY WILL NOW BE 3 CAR LENGTHS OR APPROXIMATELY 140 FEET.  FIVE CARS DER AILED.  1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.  


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: AB
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: AKRON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE ABC WAS SHOVING 50 LOADS OF STONE UP THE CSXT SIDE OF THE TRANSFER WHEN THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE SHOVE LOOKED BACK AND SAW CARS DERAILED.  CAR NUMBERS: WE 1230, WE 336, WE 3540, WE 342, WE 548891 AND WE 3523.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
RCO CA-0813-116 DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO STIFF TRUCK BOLSTER, IMPROPER SWIVELING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SACRAMENTO
county: SACRAMENTO
railroad: SCRT
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LR
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:
VEHICLE TRAVELED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND AROUND THE LOWERED CROSSING GATE INTO THE PAT H OF THE APPROACHING TRAIN.  VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANE AND THE TRAIN WAS TRAV ELING SOUTH.  CROSSING ARMS, CROSSING AUDIBLE WARNINGS, AND CROSSING FLASHING LIGHTS WERE FUNCTIONIN G AS INTENDED.  TRAIN WAS FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED.  TRAIN OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME.    


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
N17003 WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE SOUTHOVER YARDMASTER TO PULL INTO TRACK A05 TO THE SOUTH END OF THE YAR D AND SET THE TRAIN UP FOR A 1K MILE INSPECTION. THE N17003 PROCEEDED THRU TRACK A05 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CREW COULD NOT RESTORE THE PRESSURE ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN. THE CONDUC TOR WAS GIVEN A RIDE TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN WHERE HE NOTICED 10 LOADED COAL CARS DERAILED AND SIDE SWIPED CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK A06.   


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
HO36 HUMPING WEST WITH 1 UNIT, 1 LOAD AND 1 EMPTY, 180 TONS INTO CT07 WITH FREE ROLLING CCLX-855 WHE N FOLLOWING CAR, EEC-10172 ROUTED FOR CT09 CAUGHT AND CORNERED CCLX-885 DAMAGING BOTH CARS. THE EXCE SS SPEED WAS DUE TO THE RAILCAR EXITING THE RETARDER AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED.  FRA TRACK CLASS WAS VER IFIED BY RAILROAD    


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
LNA21-18 HAD A HIGH IMPACT COUPLING IN TRACK 451 AT THE WOODY YARD.  DURING THE INITIAL JOB BRIEFING THE CREW WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CARS TO A JOINT WITH THE CONDUCTOR DOWN DEEEP IN THE RAIL AND THE BR AKEMAN HANDLING THE SWITCHES.  AS THEY WERE SWITCHING, A MIDAMERICA COAL TRAIN CALLED TO COME OUT OF RUFF PASS.  THE BRAKEMAN DECIDED TO LET THE NEXT CUT OF CARS ROLL FREE INTO TRACK 451.  THE CARS CO LLIDED WITH A STANDING CUT OF CARS CAUSING DAMAGE TO RAILCAR TCMX450608.  NO DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: BROWN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
W-ABEABE1-22 PULLING THRU TRACK 2205 HAD WING ON JORDAN SPREADER STRUCK CAR ON ADJACENT TRACK.  INVE STIGATION SHOWED WHEN SPREADER HIT LOW SPOT AND ROLLED, ROCKING MOTION CAUSED CONTACT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED ABSENT LOW SPOT IN TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-SBD2042-28 DERAILED 6 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL WHILE BUILDING TRAIN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RE LEASED.  CUT CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: DE RIDDER
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK AN 18-WHEELER ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION. TWO EMPLOYEES CLAIMED TO HAVE INJURIES FROM THE INCIDENT.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: SEPA
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #541 STRUCK A PIECE OF RAIL BEING DRAGGED BY AN AMTRAK CONTRACTOR AT MILEPOST 1.70 ON TRACK #4 . CREW NOT TESTED.      


nearest_city: TUSCALOOSA
county: TUSCALOOSA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
22Q-3'40'' 22R - 2'20" 314 - 50" A37 - 3'40" A37 OPERATING NORTH FROM AGS MAIN TO TUSCALOOSA TRACK T S01 WHEN TR 200823 DERAILED (A-END) AND TR 200815 ALSO DERAILED ( A-END).      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LHU35R-25 HUMPED A CUT OF RAILCARS INTO TRACK 004.  RAILCARS IMPACTED AND DERAILED. CAUSE DETERMINED AS HUMP CONDUCTOR NOT CHECKING THE TRACKS BEING HUMPED INTO AND HOW FULL THE TRACK IS.      


nearest_city: AUSTIN
county: TRAVIS
railroad: CMTY
date: 2012-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EAST
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:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 HOURS, JOB 111 WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND WITH 86 LOADS, 0 MTYS, 11180 TONS, 43 20 FT DERAILED AT MP 51.6.  A TOTAL OF 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL      


nearest_city: BREWTON
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: NONE
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:
N24711 STRUCK A LOG TRUCK THAT WAS SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND GOT A GREEN ARROW SIGNAL AND PULLE D OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE AND SIGNAL EQUIPMENT. THE TRAIN HIT THE TRAILER WITH THE LOGS AND CARRIED IT DOWN THE TRACK ABOUT 1/4 MILE. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.    


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 718 OPERATING EASTBOUND WITH CAB CAR 6963 FORWARD WITH 3 COACHES AND ENGINE 157 STRUCK AN UNOC CUPIED VEHICLE ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK AT MP893.6 ON THE BNSF SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: NOGALES SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE MNGTU-11 EXPERIENCED A WHEEL LIFT WITH AN ASSOCIATED UDE WHICH CAUSED 8 CARS TO DERAIL.  FOOTAGE OF WHEEL LIFT CAPTURED FROM LOCAL BUSINESS SECURITY CAMERA.  NO EXCEPTION TO TRAIN HANDLING.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MIDWAY BNSF
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YSPMP-15 STOPPED TO LINE 4/5 SWITCH TO TRACK 4, THEN PROCEEDED INTO TRACK 4.  AFTER 23 CARS PASSED O VER THE 4/5 SWITCH, CAR NAHX2614 PICKED THE SWITCH DUE TO A SHARP FLANGE.  THIS RESULTED IN FOUR CAR S DERAILING AND STRIKING LOCOMOTIVE GMTX2187 THAT WAS STANDING ON TRACK 5.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS
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:
TRAIN 21 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/69 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A COMMERCIAL TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP23 6.56, A PRIVATE RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: HARDIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
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-Mar
narrative:
MMCDM-09 MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AFTER PASSING A RESTRICTED PROCEED SIGNAL INDICATION WHEN TR AIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY DERAILING SIX CARS DUE TO BROKEN JOINT BARS.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: NEW CASTLE
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: 12-Jul
narrative:
Q27711 TRAVELLING WEST ON 1 TRACK IN 261 TERRITORY COLLIDED WITH THE REAR END OF Q13510 WEST OF THE ABSOLUTE SIGNAL AT ARLINGTON STREET ON THE NEW CASTLE SUB AT 0119. THE SIX PLATFORMS ON THE TWO REAR ARTICULATED CARS ON THE Q13510 ARE DERAILED WITH ONE CAR FOULING 2 TRACK AND ONE CAR TO THE FIELD S IDE OF 1 TRACK. THERE ARE 4 WESTBOUNDS BEHIND THE Q27711 AND 5 EASTBOUNDS AHEAD OF THE Q13510 ON THE LINE OF ROAD.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.   


nearest_city: WRIGHTSTOWN
county: OUTAGAMIE
railroad: WC
date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WESTBOUND SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER BRAKED THEN PROCEEDED AND THE TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY THE NORTHBOUND TRAIN . FLASHING SIGNALS WERE WORKING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. HE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, CN 9626, SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FUEL TANK AND LOST APPROX. 300 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL IN THE IMPACT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK HOWEVER THE ENGINEER WAS TREATED FOR SHOULDER & BACK INJURIES. TRAIN WAS OPERATING UNDER TRACK AUTHORITY ON CWR MAIN LINE TRACK.   


nearest_city: MERNA
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-CAMCIP1-01 DERAILED 18 CARS AT MP 184.5 WHEN CREW ENCOUNTERED THERMAL MISALIGNMENT (SUNKINK).       


nearest_city: COLEMAN
county: COLEMAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAMPASAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WEST S-NWOSC01-01C STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER STOPPED ON CROSSING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTIC ULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
MNPRV-15, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7656, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT MP111.8 ON THE VALLEY SUBDIVISION T HAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED.  THE VEHICLE WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO TRAC K STRUCTURE AND THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7656.  THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON A ROAD CROSSING.     


nearest_city: GIBSLAND
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: HODGE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LASR111 WAS TRAVELING NORTH TO THE GIBSLAND INTERCHANCE WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  5 CARS WERE DERAILED AND 2 WERE ON THEIR SIDE.  UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THAT THE ROADBED WAS SATURATE D DUE TO RAINS AND IMPROPER DRAINING WHICH CAUSED THE ROADBED TO SETTLE.     


nearest_city: CHILLICOTHE
county: WAPELLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
X-DHTEDY5-15 SHOVING 92 MTY CARS TO SPOT COUPLED TO 40 CARS ALREADY IN TRACK. ENGINEER PLACED 3RD UN IT ON LINE FOR ADDITIONAL POWER, CREATING ENOUGH FORCE TO DERAIL 2 CARS AND DAMAGE A THIRD.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3012-03 HUMPED CAR WITH AIR STILL IN IT THAT STALLED ENTERING TRACK 2005, ALLOWING FOLLOWIN G CAR TO OVERTAKE AND DAMAGE BOTH CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATING PLOW, MOVING IN REVERSE, HIT TRACK JOINT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO COMPANY EQUIPMENT.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: IRONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
AB42 HUMPING RT01 INTO CT03 - CAR TTPX 804566 (MTY BULKHEAD FLAT) STALLED BELOW THE MASTER RETARDER WHEN DCLX 3054 (LOADED TELONE II SOIL FUMIGAUSA - PESTICIDE) ROUTED FOR CT33 RAKED AND DERAILED TTPX 804566. HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC MODE     


nearest_city: LUPTON
county: APACHE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GALLUP
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
E-CRDSCM0-26 DERAILED 36 CARS ON MAIN 1 TRACK AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO TRACK ALIME NT IRREGULAR.      


nearest_city: BARNHART
county: IRION
railroad: TXPF
date: 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ALPINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AUBREY YOUNG (TXPF CONDUCTOR) STEPPED ON THE A/B SWITCH FOOT PEDAL WHILE THE LAST CAR IN HIS CUT OF CARS THAT HE WAS RESPOTTING AT THE EOG TRANSLOADING FACILITY WAS STILL TRAVELING OVER SWITCH. THIS C AUSED THE REAR TRUCKS TO SLIDE OFF RAIL ONTO THE GROUND. AUBREY THEN TRANSMITTED OVER THE RADIO TO " PLUG IT". THE ENGINEER ASKED FOR HIM TO "SAY AGAIN" FOR HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINEER FELT A LUNGE AND HE SET THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE, AT THIS TIME THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE DELAY OF TRANSMITTING A PROPER STOP TRANSMISSION OVER THE RADIO MAY HAVE CAUSED THE DERAIL TO BE MORE SEVERE. 


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
A TWO CAR CUT (ITLX 220883 AND GATX 32155) WAS HUMPED TOWARDS 15 CLASS LOCATED IN GROUP 2 OF THE CLA SS YARD, WHEN THE NEXT CAR (UTLX 645917) WAS HUMPED AND DESTINED FOR TRACK 022 IN GROUP 3. THE TWO C AR CUT STALLED AFTER STARTING INTO GROUP 2 BUT WERE STILL FOULING THE LEAD THAT GOES INTO GROUP 3. T HE SINGLE CAR WAS LINED TO GROUP 3 AND A CORNERING OCCURRED BETWEEN THE UTLX 645917 AND THE GATX 321 55, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.   


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y19302 SHOVED A CUT OF 32 CARS INTO THE W03 LEAVING TTXX 995934 IN THE FOUL OF THE NORTH LEAD. THE Y 19502 OPERATING WITH AUTHORITY IN THE NORTH ZONE STRUCK TTXX 995934 AT THE NORTH LEAD CAUSING IT TO DERAIL,CAUSING DAMAGE TO TWO ENGINES AND TWO CARS.     


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2011-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
320-27 WAS MOVING DOWN THE SLIDE TO THE RIVER MAIN WHEN THE 41ST CAR IN THEIR TRAIN DERAILED AT MPR 2.56. WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP THE CONDUCTOR WENT BACK TO INSPECT THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE FOLLO WING CAR#'S DERAILED: CEFX 67268, MQRX 5723, FEPX 61020, CEFX 67293, FEPX 61496, FEPX 67310, FEPX 67 424, FEPX 67516, FEPX 67482, FEPX 60867, FEPX 60664, FEPX 61337, FEPX 61424, FEPX 60926, FEPX 60930, AND FEPX 60402.
12/28/11 UPDATING TRACK DAMAGE FROM $162,511 TO $169,966.   


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE BNSF GALMAD DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND ONE CAR AFTER SHOVING 35 CARS INTO TRACK 10 AT THE SOUT H END OF MADISON YARD.   THE BNSF 5425 WAS THE LEAD MOTOR AND THE BNSF 5409 WAS THE TRAILING ENGINE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE BNSF 5409 DERAILED UNDER A BREAK TO THE BASE OF THE WEST RAIL ON THE LEAD HE ADING INTO TRACK 10.  THE BREAK WAS A TWO DAY OLD BREAK DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RAIL FROM THE PLANT.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YPR15R-13 WAS SHOVING 24 CARS OVER THE LONG JOHN WHEN THE HEAD 3 CARS DERAILED AND SIDESWIPED THE UP 3078 WHICH WAS SITTING ON THE RUN-AROUND TRACK.      


nearest_city: KEENE
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BNSF NORTHBOUND MBASTJ-20 DERAILED 6 CARS ON REAR OF TRAIN DUE TO HARMONIC ROCK.  BNSF'S ESTIMATED E QUIPMENT DAMAGE = $289,996.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BRANCHVILLE
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
OPERATING ON THE DANBURY BRANCH UNDER MBS RULES, FROM-M AUTHORITY, TRAIN 1895 FAILED TO COMPLETELY C LEAR IN BRANCHVILLE SIDING, RESULTING IN TRAIN 1882 STRIKING ENGINE 215 ON THE NORTH END OF TRAIN 18 95 WHICH WAS IN THE FOUL OF THE MAIN.  THE BRANCHVILLE SIDING NORTH END SWITCH WAS LINED AND LOCKED FOR THE MAIN TRACK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YNP38R-14 RCL CREW WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF WEST BOWL 48 WITH 24 CARS WHEN AIR HOSE RIGGING ON THE 12 TH CAR (ARMN 170107) WEDGED INTO SWITCH CAUSING THE NEXT 4 CARS TO CLIMB OVER THE RIGGING LIKE A DER AIL.  THE PRIMARY OPERATOR WAS AT 7 MPH WHILE PULLING EAST AND STOPPED THE MOVE AFTER FEELING A VARI ANCE IN THE SPEED.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE SHOVING POWER INTO FORWARDER 11 AND THE PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE THE DERAIL WAS IN THE DERAILING POSITION THAT RESULTED IN THE UP6339 DERAILING AFTER IT WENT OVER THE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SHERIDAN
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
K-SHERWY2-01, HELPER UNIT SHOVING C-NAMRBE0-33, BECAME UNOCCUPIED, THEN RECOUPLED WHILE MOVING. CAUS E OF INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: CLC
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 11 CARS OUT OF LEACHE SPUR, AS THE LOCOMOTIVES WENT THROUGH THE TRUCK CROSSING THE ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN START TO PULL. HE INSTRUCTED THE CONDUCTOR TO INSPECT THE TRAIN. DURING THE INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED FOUR CARS ON THE GROUND. THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A CUSTOMER PRO PERTY. (WEYERHAEUSER LANDFILL) ALL COSTS FOR TRACK AND CAR DAMAGE ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS TIME. WE WIL L SEND FINAL REPORTS WHEN WE RECEIVE FINAL COSTS.   


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AFTER TURNING THE CASTER, CREW PROCEEDED TO HEAD TOWARDS HARVARD YARD WITH 13 LOADED SLAB CARS.  ONC E THEY CROSSED INDEPENDENCE ROAD CROSSING ON TO 700 TRACK THE YARDMASTER INFORMED THE CREW THAT CARS WERE ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
PULLED 15 CARS FROM VOPAK.  DOUBLE TO TRACK 815 IN ITC, DOUBLE OF TRACK 816 IN ITC AND BEGAN DRAGGIN G OUT OF INDUSTRY INTO EQUITY STORAGE TRACK 972.  UTLX 200318 (NORTH END) DERAILED AT 971/972 SWITCH CAUSING SOUTH END OF CAR AHEAD (UTLX 200486) TO DERAIL.  THE SWITCH WAS OPEN AFTER THE FIRST CAR DE RAILED ALLOWING THE NEXT 6 CARS TRAVELING THE SWITCH TO DERAIL.  1000 FEET (EST) TO REPLACE AT $33/F OOT = 33000, 300 TIES (EST) TO REPLACE AT $60/EACH = 18000.   


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y-TAC2511-11 WHILE SWITCHING PLACED 2 CARS INTO TRACK 115, THEN LINED SWITCH AND KICKED 2 CARS TOWAR D 108 TRACK. CARS PREVIOUSLY PLACED INTO 115 ROLLED BACK ONTO LEAD FOULING 108 TRACK SWITCH AND WERE STRUCK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YG161-28 WAS WORKING WITH UT61-28 SHOVING CARS OFF EXTENSION 4 TO RAMP TRACK 805.  THE CREW PULLED E AST TO SET OUT A BAD ORDER CAR.  BECAUSE THE EXTENSION 4 SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY LINED, TTAX355 124 DERAILED WHEN EAST END OF THE CAR STAYED ON EXTENSION 4 AND WEST END WENT TOWARDS EXTENSION 2. THIS CAUSED THE DERAILED CAR TO STRIKE THE WEST CAR ON EXTENSION 3, BRAB6101.    


nearest_city: MISSOULA
county: MISSOULA
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SETTING OUT BAD ORDER-RAN THROUGH 5 TRACK WEST LEAD SWITCH WITH HEAD PORTION OF TRAIN AND THEN SPLIT SWITCH AS THEY BEGAN MAKING EASTWARD MOVE INTO TRACK 1 TO SET OUT BAD ORDER.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YNR57-30 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO THE INDUSTRY, AND THE INDUSTRY HAD LEFT CARS IN THE FOUL.  FIVE CARS WENT BY THE CAR THAT WAS FOULING TRACK.  DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO THEM.  ONE CAR DERAILED.  ALUCHEM MAI NTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: SCRANTON
county: LACKAWANNA
railroad: DL
date: 2012-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING 7 CARS (2L,5E) EAST THROUGH SEVERAL TURNOUTS ON BRIDGE 60, THE EAST (FOURTH) LOCOMOTIV E CLIMBED OVER THE RAIL AT OR NEAR A BREAKOUT IN THE BRIDGE SWITCH FACING POINT. THE DERAILING EAST TRUCK CAME IN CONTACT WITH TWO MORE FACING POINT SWITCHES, WHERE THE TRUCK ROLLED THE RAIL CAUSING T HE CAR TO WHICH THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS COUPLED TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: RUTHTON
county: PIPESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
H-NTWKCK9-06 STUCK IN SIDING. CREW SET 15 CARS FROM TRAIN TO MAIN TRACK, THEN ATTEMPTED TO PULL NEXT CUT FROM SIDING WHEN PULLED TRUCK OF INTX 5038 OUT FROM UNDER CAR ACCOUNT SNOW/ICE BUILDUP      


nearest_city: EAGLE PASS
county: MAVERICK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
BNSF DELIVERED TRAIN MTLEGJ-04 TO FXE CREW ON THE BRIDGE USING TRACK 613.  WHEN FXE ARRIVED TO PULL TRAIN, THEY REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM US CUSTOMS TO COMBINE BNSF TRAIN WITH A CUT OF 9 CARS FROM INT ERCHANGE YARD.  US CUSTOMS GRANTED PERMISSION.  FXE CREW CUT AWAY AND HAD BNSF SWITCH CREW LINE SWIT CHES NEEDED FOR THEIR MOVEMENTS.  ONCE FXE HAD COUPLED BOTH CUTS TOGETHER THEY PROCEEDED INTO MEXICO .  US CUSTOMS HAD ONLY GIVEN PERMISSION TO MAKE INITIAL MOVE TO COMBINE THE CUTS FOR INTERCHANGE, NO T FOR MOVEMENTS INTO MEXICO.  REALIZING WHAT FXE WAS DOING US CUSTOMS CONTACTED THE CREW AND INSTRUC TED THEM TO STOP THEIR MOVEMENT.  THEY NOTIFIED CREW THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO PROC EED  AND THEY NEEDED TO BACK UP CLEAR OF THE XRAY MACHINE FOR INSPECTION.  CREW CONTACTED BNSF INTER


nearest_city: PORTSMOUTH
county: PORTSMOUTH
railroad: CWRY
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: SUFFOLK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CONDUCTOR LINED WRONG SWITCH RESULTING IN REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON SHOP CAR BEING  SHOVED OFF END TRACK .      


nearest_city: LOOMIS
county: PHELPS
railroad: NKCR
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW HAD PICKED UP LOADED GRAIN TRAIN AT LOOMIS MP 7.9 AND AFTER PUTTING TRAIN TOGETHER STARTED EAST TO MAKE INTERCHANGE AT MP 1.1 HOLDREGE NE, THE ENGINEER WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A STOP TO HAND OFF TRAIN TO THE BNSF CREW WAITING AND HAD JUST MADE A MINIMUM SET WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE DERAILMENT HAPPENED 39 CARS BACK FROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN, THE 5 CARS THAT DERAILED CAME A PART FROM THE 4 THAT TIPPED AND ONLY TRAVELED ABOUT 1 CAR LENGTH. THERE IS APPX 300' OF TRACK DAMAGE THAT STARTS JUST EAST OF BRIDGE.  


nearest_city: CRESSON
county: HOOD
railroad: FWWR
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING WEST TOWARD HWY 377.  CONDUCTOR STOPPED TRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1 CAR FROM CROSSING.  C ONDUCTOR STATED HE SAW A TRUCK TO THE NORTH APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS AWAY AND IT APPEARED TO BE STOPP ING.  HE THEN INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO START BACKING UP LIGHTS AND BELLS WORKING.  REAR CAR OF TRAIN B EGAN MOVEMENT AND GOT 1 1/2 CARS NTO THE CROSSING (49 FT. FROM EDGE OF RD TO IMPACT).  THE DRIVER SI DE OF THE TRAILER AND THE REAR CAR OF THE TRAIN COLLIDED.   


nearest_city: HANNA
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
DRAWBAR CAME OUT OF CAR ECC911, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NEXT 2 CARS, EEC5049 AND SP496556.  NO DE RAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: YUMA
county: YUMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Z-CHIDEN9-12A STRUCK NORTHBOUND TRACTOR/TRAILER THAT FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING TRAIN CONTAINED ARTI CULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANTA BARBARA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AMTRAK 763-30, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK462, WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHO WAS WEST BOUND IN CENTER LANE OF LAS POSAS ROAD, DRIVER RAN THROUGH THE CROSSING GATES HITTING THE REAR OF ENGINE AMTK452 ON ENGINEER 'S SIDE AND FIRST BUSINESS COACH AMTK 6801.  VEHICLE WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE CROSSING,  KNOCKING DOW N THE CROSSING GATES, LIGHTS & CROSSBUCKS THEN STRIKING & LANDING UPON UNION PACIFIC SIGNAL MAINTAIN ER'S TRUCK (NO 64313) WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF CROSSING NEXT TO THE SIGNAL RELAY HOUSE.  UP TRUCK WAS OCCUPIED BY SIGNAL MAINTAINER WHO SUSTAINED INJURY AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISIO N.  DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS FATALLY INJURED.  AMTRAK'S INC ID: 131136.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $12 ,521.00


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YNL10R-12 WAS SHOVING SOUTHBOUND WITH A CUT OF CARS IN TRACK 302.  PRIMARY OPERATOR WAS USING SHOVE LIGHTS FOR SHOVE PROTECTION.  SHOVE LIGHT "WENT OUT" AND OPERATOR DID NOT CONTROL MOVEMENT BEFORE TR AVELING OUT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK INTO SIDE OF MNLKS-12.  COLLISION RESULTED IN 1 CAR DAMAGED O N THE YNL10R, THE UP210097, NOT DERAILED, AND 1 CAR FROM THE MNLKS, THE CBTX780944, NOT DERAILED.    


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YCV53-01 WAS MOVING INTO YARD TRACK 007 WHEN 4 RAILCARS DERAILED AT THE TRACK 007 SWITCH.  INVESTIGA TION REVEALED SWITCH STAND MECHANISM WORN OR BROKEN.      


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
LSV03-14 PULLING INTO SOUTH END OF POPLAR BLUFF YARD DERAILED SEVEN LOADED CARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE.       


nearest_city: TOPEKA
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YTP57-15 WHILE SHOVING, FAILED TO STOP AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE GLTPKS-16 THAT WAS ON THE LEAD RES ULTING THE DERAILMENT OF 1 CAR AND DAMAGE TO TWO OTHERS.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE TRACK CLASS & SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT AS CORRECT.  TRAIN WAS MOVING ABOVE TRACK SPEED.     


nearest_city: MONROE
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE OKRSJ-29 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 42 SOUTHBOUND, AT 4-5 MPH, IN THROTTLE #2, WHEN THE 13TH CAR F ROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN DERAILED TURNING OVER THE TILX318474, UTLX212397 AND THE ADLX500053, O VER TO THE WEST SIDE OF TRACK 42 AND 43 AND DERAILED THE GATX966 (ALL WHEELS) AND THE TILX199296 (SO UTH SET OF TRUCKS).  CAUSE WAS WIDE GAGE.    


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA2012-21 CAUSED CARS TO ROLL OUT AND IMPACT RCO Y-AMA2022-21 RESULTING IN 5 CARS DERAILED AN D EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DUE TO EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-OKC3061-22 WAS SHOVING 48 CARS FROM 1230 LEAD INTO 1202 TRACK WHEN 7TH CAR IN CUT DERAILED AT SWIT CH AND PULLED 6 OTHERS OFF BEFORE MOVEMENT COULD BE STOPPED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: KXHR
date: 2013-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: KXHR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE KXHR 103 CREW WAS HEADING EAST ON THE RFE MAINLINE WHEN THE LEAD TRUCK ON THE LAST CAR IN THEIR CUT DERAILED. THE CREW BEING UNAWARE OF THE DERAILED CAR PROCEDED TO PULL THE TRAIN TO ITS DESTINATI ON WHERE IT HIT A SIDING SWITCH AND DERAILED THE CAR AHEAD OF IT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOX WAS LOADED IMPROPERLY AND THE LADING SHIFTED GOING INTO THE CURVE CAUSING T HE CAR TO ROCK AND CLIMB THE OUTER RAIL.   


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
L50073-12 WAS WORKING IN TRACK MR08 IN MEMPHIS YARD DERAILED THREE LOADS OF CORN. AEX 13297, AEX 142 12 AND AEX 14074, ICG 765556 WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE YARDMASTER W AS PROTECTING THE WHEN THE CREW RAN THRU A SWITCH AND THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE PULLING BACK THRU THE SWITCH. YARDMASTER WAS TESTED,  RESULTS NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM1222-19 PULLED INTO RD-7 TRACK AND RAN THRU LEAD SWITCH. WHEN MOVEMENT RELEASE, DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN SPLIT THE PREVIOUSLY RUN-THRU SWITCH.      


nearest_city: NORRISTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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-Jan
narrative:
CSXT TRAIN B73817 WITH 5 ENGINES AND 2TX1 CONSISTS TRAVELLING WEST ON THE STONEY CREEK BRANCH DERAIL ED ONE ENGINE AND EIGHT CARS.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-SPM1212-04 DERAILED 4 CARS AT 3602 TRACK SWITCH.  SELF-GUARDED FROG WAS ICE/SNOW IMPACTED FOLL OWING 9" SNOW AND ICE STORM.      


nearest_city: BASTROP
county: BASTROP
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LAK75-14, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP2269, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO C LEAR THE CR157/PHELAN ROAD CROSSING.  TRAIN STRUCK THE 18 WHEELER AND DETACHED LOADED TRAILER OF ROC K FROM THE CAB OF TRUCK SHOVING TRAILER DOWN THE TRACK.  TRAILER WRAPPED AROUND CAB ON ENGINE UP2269 .  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED IS CORRECT. THEY WERE OVER SPEED FOR THAT TRACK CLASS.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: COOKS POINT
county: BURLESON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GIDDINGS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CROSA9-30 WITH LEAD UNIT UP 5976 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND AT 24 MPH AND DERAILED 16 CARS AT THE NOR TH END OF COOKS POINT.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT APPEARS TO BE AN AIR HOSE THAT CAME UNCOUPLED AT THE CRO SSING WHICH PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES APPEARS TO HAVE JE OPARDIZED THE TRACK ALIGNMENT DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES.  AIR HOSE FOUND UNCOUPLED PRECEDING THE DERA ILED CARS.  DERAILMENT   


nearest_city: MCRAE
county: WHITE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ZMXDT 21 WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP3662 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT 54 MPH ON THE NUMBER TWO MAIN TRACK WHEN THE CREW FELT A DIP IN THE RAIL AT THE NORTH END OF THE CROSSOVER AND SAW THE TRAIN BEGIN TO DERAIL ABOUT 5 CARS BEHIND THE ENGINES.  TRAIN DERAILED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND EWANLD-23 WHICH WAS STATIONARY ON THE ADJACENT NUMBER ONE MAIN TRACK.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL DUE TO A BOLT HOLE CRACK.   


nearest_city: MCDAVID
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: PD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Q60127 DERAILED CARS BEFORE GOING OVER BRIDGE NORTH OF MCDAVID INDUSTRY TRACK. THE TRAIN WAS IN A HE AVY SLEET STORM AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT. SEVEN HOMES WERE EVACUATED AS A RESULT OF THE DERAILMENT. THERE WAS ALSO LEAKAGE FROM THREE TANK CARS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION, STCC 4930247. AMOUNTS LOST WERE: GATX 21787 11,829 GAL., GATX 21782 11,821 GAL., AND GATX 22073 2880 GAL.    


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: TOOLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
X-VAWSHM9-08 DERAILED ON DEFECTIVE INTERPLANT SWITCH WHILE NON-BNSF PERSONNEL WERE LOADING TRAIN.       


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YAV07-15 SIDESWIPED THEIR OWN TRAIN WHILE DOUBLING UP THE MCXEW-14.  THE FOREMAN MADE THE CUT FOULIN G THE DRILL TRACK THROUGH THE X-OVER.  SHE INTENDED TO MAKE THE CUT 2 CARS EAST OF WHERE SHE ACTUALL Y MADE THE CUT.  THE HEAD END WENT INTO EMERGENCY, AND SHE CLOSED THE ANGLE COCK ON THE HEAD END.  S HE THEN OPENED THE ANGLE COCK THAT SHE CLOSED AT THE INTENDED CUT.  SHE LINED THE X-OVER AND WALKED TO THE SOLAR SWITCH LINING AS SHE WALKED APPROXIMATELY 15 CARS AWAY.  SHE THEN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINE ER TO SHOVE TO HER.  SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO SEE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CARS FROM HER ANGLE.  THE SOUTH SIDE WAS THE DAMAGED SIDE.  SHE DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING.  THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE MOVE AFTER HE HEARD SCRAPING AND SAW THE DAMAGED CAR ON THE MAIN LINE.  9 CARS WERE DAMAGED.  NOTHING DERAILED.


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: PNWR
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE WAUNA TURN (477-04) WAS WEST BOUND ON THE ASTORIA DISTRICT, THE 49TH CAR WPRR 60255 HAD A JOURNA L FAILURE R-4 AT MP. 10.1, CAUSED IT  TO DERAIL.  THE CAR TRAVELED TO MP 12.6 WHERE IT STRUCK A LOAD ED DENATURED ALCOHOL TANK AT THE EAST END OF HOLBROOK SIDING.  THE IMPACT CAUSED THE EAST LOADED TAN K TO DERAIL.  THE SECOND TANK WAS PUNCTURED DURING IMPACT CAUSING A 28,000 GALLON FIRE RELEASE.  TOT AL COST FOR HOLBROOK SIDING: EQUIPMENT $160,043 AND TRACK DAMAGE $15,800.  CAR UTLX 205610 RELEASED 28,000 GALLONS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL.  


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
ESLPRWM1-87 HAD STOPPED ACCOUNT HIGH WING WARNING ISSUED BY DISPATCHER. WHILE STOPPED, WIND DERAILED 5 CARS IN TRAIN.      


nearest_city: BAYONNE
county: HUDSON
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EAST JERSEY RAILROAD CREW EJR67 WAS PULLING OUT OF MULLERY WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO SPREAD RAIL.       


nearest_city: BOULOGNE
county: NASSAU
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: NAHUNTA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Q60209 MEET Q45311 ON DOUBLE MAINLINE WHEN BOX CAR DOOR CAME OFF Q45311 STRIKING Q60209. X75211 STRU CK DOOR LAYING IN MIDDLE OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3283 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 4603 DUE TO POSSIBLE PANTOGRAPH INSULATOR FAILUR E.      


nearest_city: WILLIAMS
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRACK SUPERVISOR IN HYRAIL VEHICLE STRUCK REAR OF STOPPED TRAIN AHEAD. HYRAIL ( SOLE OCCUPANTS) DRIV ER WAS FATALLY INJURED.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
WHILE NJTR TRAIN 6410 WAS SWITCHING FROM NO.3 TRACK TO NO.23 TRACK AT SUNNYSIDE, NJTR CONTROL CAR 60 37 OPERATED OVER A DERAIL DEVICE CAUSING THE UNIT TO DERAIL.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS ATTRIBU TED TO NJTRS CREW.  NJTRS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,000.00.     


nearest_city: PEARLAND
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-PEA3011-06, WHILE SHOVING CARS TO SPOT INTO TRACK 1421, DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO OUT-OF-ADJUSTMENT S WITCH.      


nearest_city: STATESVILLE
county: CATAWBA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
P61 - 2'00".  TRAIN P60P823 PULLING NORTH UP THE ARC LEAD DERAILED WLPX 44505 L 1/2, ECUX 860760 L 1 /2/3/4, FPAX 950057 L 1/2/3/4, NCIX 6296, TTZX  863430, SOU 528460 ALL WHEELS, 0133 R 1/2 WHEN GAUGE SPREAD UNDER MOVEMENT ACCOUNT OF WEAK TIMBERS.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING FORTY-FIVE CARS OF GRAIN WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. AFTER THE TRAIN HAD STOPPE D AN INSPECTION WAS MADE WHEREIN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A TOTAL OF 7 CARS WERE DERAILED. FURTHER INV ESTIGATION SHOWED EVIDENCE THAT AN ADDITIONAL 10 CARS HAD BEEN DERAILED HOWEVER THE CARS RERAILED TH EMSELVES IN A GRADE CROSSING. CONTRAY TO THE CIC CAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO D EFECTIVE TIES CONDITIONS CAUSING WIDE GAGE. (CONTINUED ON SEPARATE SHEET)   


nearest_city: SAVANNA
county: CARROLL
railroad: CP
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 THE B67 LOCAL SHOVED 52 CARS ON TOP OF 46 CARS TO THE WEST END OF SAVANNA #1 TRACK.  THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THAT THEY HAD SHOVED 13 CARS THROUGH THE SAV ANNA #2 TRACK SWITCH.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1745, THE 473-22 ARRIVED AND MADE THEIR PICK-UP OFF OF SAVAN NA #1 TRACK.  THE CREW PULLED UP SAVANNA #1 TRACK APPROXIMATELY 13 CAR LENGTHS, MADE A CUT AND DOUBL ED TO THEIR TRAIN.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2250, ANOTHER CREW NOTICED CARS HAD DERAILED AT THE EAST END OF SAVANNA #1/#2 TRACK.  


nearest_city: PELHAM
county: MITCHELL
railroad: GFRR
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ALBANY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
GF85 JUST PULLED OUT OF THE SUNOCO INDUSTRY AND CLEARED THE SWITCH WITH 8 LDS AND 6MTYS. THE CONDUCT OR WAS GOING TO SET THE EMPTIES DOWN THE SIDING AND THEN GO BACK TO SPOT LOADS. THE CONDUCTOR POSITI ONED HIMSELF ON THE GROUND AT THE CLEARANCE POINT AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP CLEAR FOR 10 CAR LENGTHS AND HE ONLY NEEDED 8 TO CLEAR. AFTER GOING ABOUT 5 CAR LENGTHS THE CONDUCTOR HEARD A LOUD NO ISE AND SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE REAR CAR DERAIL. HE THEN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PLACE THE TR AIN IN EMERGENCY. DURING FURTHER INVESTIGATION WHEN INSPECTING HIS TRAIN IT WAS DETERMINED THE REAR CAR CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE TRAIN THAT WAS SECURED ON THE MAINLINE. 


nearest_city: SAWYER
county: WARD
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PORTAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
198-02 PROCEEDING THROUGH SAWYER WHEN SEMI TRACTOR/TRAILER (LOADED WITH ROCK) FAILED TO SLOW OR STOP FOR CROSSING AND DROVE IN FRONT OF TRAIN.  EMERGENCY BRAKE INITIATED BUT MINIMAL TIME TO REACT.  SE MI PUSHED ABOUT 1/4 MILE.  NEW DOT CROSSING FILED ON 4/9/2012 - ROADWAY (PRIVATE CROSSING) LEAD OFF FROM 1ST STREET EAST TO AN AREA FOR DUMPING ROCK.  DRIVER WAS MAKING HIS 3RD TRIP OF THE DAY WHEN AC CIDENT OCCURRED.  FATAL INJURY TO DRIVER OF SEMI.  LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER SUSTAINED INJURY TO HAND AND SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE TO LEAD UNIT CP 9377.  


nearest_city: HANFORD
county: KINGS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: BAKERFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE HIGHWAY USER WAS TRAVELING WEST ON KANSAS AVENUE AND DISREGARDED THE GRADE CROSSING WARNING DEVI CES. THE HIGHWAY USER TRAVELED THROUGH THE GATES AND STRUCK THE THIRD CAR OF AMTK 712 1-01A. AMTK 71 2 1-01A WAS TRAVELING TIMETABLE EAST AND OCCUPIED THE CROSSING BY THREE CARS AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE THIRD CAR, FOUTH CAR, AND SHOVING LOCOMOTIVE ALL DERAILED AT THE EAST GUERNSEY SWITCH.    


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y19630, A ONE MAN RCOF HUMP JOB WAS PULLING B06 TRACK (REHUMPS) SOUTH OVER THE HUMP INTO R03 TRACK W ITH ENGINES CSXT 8611 AND CSXT 8189. THE ENGINES AND SIX CARS PASSED THE R08 SWITCH PROPERLY AND HEA DED INTO R03. THE EIGHTH CAR (CSXT 251572) CLIMBED THE R08 SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED ON THE LEAD. TH E PRECEEDING CAR AND FOLLOWING FIVE CARS DERAILED BEFORE THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.    


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR 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-Jun
narrative:
MAXFW-19 DERAILED 7 CARS ON THE WEST END LEAD DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL BETWEEN THE #3 AND #4 SWITCH AT R EISOR YARD.  THE CREW COUPLED INTO 9 CARS IN TRACK #5.  ONCE COUPLED INTO THE TRACK THE MAXFW-19 WAS SHOVING 40 CARS: 21 LOADS 19 EMPTIES, 2790 TONS.  THE CARS THAT DERAILED WERE THE 19TH - 25TH CAR F ROM THE EAST END OR THE POINT OF THE SHOVE.  THE CARS WERE: TTGX983522, TTGX978346, MBLX28749, TGX99 4069, BLX3805, EQUX630896, AND EQUX630856.  IN THE PROCESS OF DERAILING, THE CARS HIT THE WEST CAR I N #4, DERAILING IT ALSO.  DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y59916 WAS SHOVING H04 OFF THE LEAD TRACK TO SET OFF 1 CAR IN THE CLEAR TRACK IN THE CUSTOMERS FACIL ITY. THEY SHOVED THE TRACK AND RAN OVER CUSTOMERS DERAIL, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF CCBX 71977. CCBX 71977 THEN SIDESWIPED TILX 5894. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE THAT ALL DERAILS, SWITCH LOCKS, AND BLUE FLAGS ARE TO BE REMOVED DAILY BY TRANSFLO PRIOR TO NORMAL SWITCHING HOURS (1800-0600) AND T HAT A BLUE LIGHT BE DISPLAYED BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN. THE BLUE FLAG AND DERAIL WERE STILL APPLIED AND THERE WAS NO BLUE LIGHT DISPLAYED. TRANSFLO MAINTAINS A DAILY LOG THAT SHOWS THE TIMES DERAILS, BLU E FLAGS, AND SWITCH LOCKS ARE APPLIED AND REMOVED AND THE EMPLOYEES NAME THAT DOES THIS. THEIR RECOR DS INDICATE THAT ALL LOCKS, DERAILS, AND FLAGS HAD BEEN REMOVED. AT NO TIME DO CSX T&E EMPLOYEES OPE


nearest_city: SUMMERFIELD
county: CASTRO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Q-STOMEM3-14 DERAILED 42 CARS ON MAIN TRACK 2 THAT IMPACTED AND DERAILED 1 CAR ON THE V-CLOBIR1-16 T HAT WAS IN THE SIDING.  DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO EXTREME WIND VELOCITY.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
L56891-14 MADE A STANDING CUT ON THE WEST 25 CARS ON A STRUCK OF 42 CARS IN TRACK WA08. HE THEN PULL ED THE 25 CARS UP THE WEST LEAD, SWITCHED OFF 1 CAR AND EASED OFF THE REMINDER 24 CAR CUT ALLOWING I T TO ROLL FREELY BACK INTO TRACK WA08. AT THE SAME TIME, TRAIN M33891-14 WAS STOPPED ON THE EAST LEA D NEAR THE #10 SWITCH THE CUT OF CARS ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF THEIR TRAIN. NO CARS WERE DERAILED BUT DAMAGED WERE UTLX 671364, ICG 765802 AND DWC 384381. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRACK WAS PROPERLY SECUR ED.  


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. BE11 SHOVING 71 X 33 IN A WEST DIRECTION WHEN THEN THE FIRS T AND SECOND CARS STRUCK BE23 SHOVING OFF RT13.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
34ZD122 DERAILED 3RD HEAD CAR NW 176844 (ALL WHEELS) WHEN MOVEMENT WAS REVERSED OVER RUN THROUGH SWI TCH.      


nearest_city: GIBSON CITY
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
NS TRAIN 33EB330 TRAVELING WEST ON UP ROCKWELL MAIN #1 TRACK WHEN THE 45TH AND 46TH HEAD CARS DERAIL ED AT THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE SWITCH ON ACCOUNT OF A DEFECTIVE CENTER PLATED ON THE 45TH H/C NS 4638 30     


nearest_city: JUNCTION CITY
county: TALBOT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MARTIN MARIETTA CREW WAS SHOVING THEIR TRAIN NORTH ON TRACK #2 AND DID NOT PROPERLY LINE THE CROSSOV ER (BETWEEN TRACK 1 AND 2) SWITCH CAUSING THEM TO SHOVE THEIR TRAIN FROM TRACK #2 TO TRACK #1 LETTIN G THE BOTTOM CAR (CSXT 966333) ON THEIR TRAIN STRIKE CARS HZGX 8789 AND HZGX 9495 IN TRACK #1 DERAIL ING ALL 3 CARS.    


nearest_city: SUNOL
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE MNWRV-03 WAS TRAVELING EAST THROUGH NILES CANYON.  THEY CAME AROUND A CURVE AND SAW A TREE LAYIN G IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACKS.  CREW BROUGHT THEIR TRAIN TO A STOP CONSISTENT WITH GOOD TRAIN HANDLI NG; HOWEVER, THEY DID STRIKE THE TREE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ALL FOUR UNITS.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: AINSWORTH
county: PORTER
railroad: GTW
date: 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SOUTH BEND
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS NORTHBOUND ON COUNTY LINE ROAD AND STATED THAT SHE APPLIED HER BRAKES AND SLID ON THE PAVEMENT STRIKING THE TRAIN.  THE CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THE IMPACT UNTIL NOTIFIED BY LOCAL AUT HORITIES.  GATES AND FLASHERS WERE WORKING.  DRIVER REFUSED ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION.  SIGNAL BUNGALOW SUSTAINED DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y10529 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL WHEN SHOVING TRAIN TOWARDS ODW WAREHOUSE AND DERAILED 2 CAR S.      


nearest_city: EDGERTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
21TB209 TRAVELING WEST ON MAIN ONE AT 12MPH IN DYNAMIC BRAKE WHEN TRAIN WENT THROUGH A SEVERE STORM WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70MPH AT CD347 CAUSING 10 CARS TO TIP OVER AND DERAIL.  EVENT RECORDER WAS PUL LED AND NO EXCEPTIONS TO TRAIN HANDLING WERE NOTED.     


nearest_city: WOODVILLE
county: SANDUSKY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
H71905 WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTH DIRECTION WHEN IT STRUCK THE WING ATTACHMENT OF BALLAST REGULATOR PA RKED IN CARROTHERS LIME SIDING. THIS IMPACT PULLED THE BALLAST REGULATOR NORTH INTO THREE OTHER MACH INES. SEVERAL CARS IN THE TRAIN WERE DAMAGED. ESTIMATED MAINTENANCE OF WAY EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $225, 400    


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW HANOVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: WILMINGTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y32227 TRAVELING ON BELTLINE AT WILMINGTON DERAILED AFTER TRAVELING OVER A DEFECTIVE JOINT BAR ON LO W SIDE OF TRACK WITH A DEFECTIVE CROSSTIE AS AN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.      


nearest_city: CHRISNEY
county: SPENCER
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
61AD911 PULLING NORTH ON THE SCALE TRACK AT AK STEEL INDUSTRY DERAILED 3 LOADED CARS.  INDUSTRY OWNE D & MAINTAINED TRACK.      


nearest_city: MARCUS HOOK
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 222 STOPPED ON #1 TRACK WITH ITS PANTOGRAPH TORN OFF.  SEPTAS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $6,000 .00.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: 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: 12-Jan
narrative:
DB06 SHOVING 50 LOADS AT ADM EAST PLANT C0-GEN 21 TRACK DERAILED 25TH THROUGH 29TH HEAD CARS.       


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: WESTCHESTER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
ROTARY DUMP TRUCK TC4514M WAS BACKING SOUTH OFF TRACK #6 IN MOUNT VERNON WEST YARD TOWARDS CP-113, W HEN THE OPERATOR BACKED INTO ROTARY DUMP TRUCK TC4511M, WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME. ROTARY DUMP T RUCK TC4511M WAS PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT TO THE POINT OF STOP. CONSIST IS AS FOLLOWS: BOOM TRUCK 4320, TAMPER MJ3001, ROTARY DUMP TRUCK TC4511M, ROTARY DUMP TRUCK TC4514M .   


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: SLWC
date: 2010-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
JOB 301 COMPLETED BUILDING THERE TRAIN IN TRACK 6502 IN NORTH YARD, THEY NEEDED TO SHOVE THE TRAIN O UT THE EAST END OF THE YARD TO COMPLETE OTHER SWITCHING IN THE YARD BEFORE DEPARTING. CONDUCTOR, PER HIS STATEMENT HAD ALREADY LINED THE SWITCHES FOR THIS MOMEVENT EARLIER. ENGINEER ASKED TO VERIFY TH AT ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED BEFORE THEMADE THE MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR MADE COMMENT THAT "BE MY LUCK" AND WENT TO DOUBLE CHECK THE SWITCHES AND WATCH THE SHOVE. CONDUCTOR CALLED THE ENGINEER AND VERIFIED T HAT HE WAS LINE UP FOR THEIR MOVE. AFTER SHOVING THE TRAIN TO CLEAR THE WEST LEAD THEY STARTED SWITC H ON OTHER SWITHCES BEFORE DEPARTING. ONCE THE SWITCHING WAS DONE THEY GOT BACK ON THE TRAIN IN TRAC K 6502 AND STARTED TO PULL AHEAD ABOUT 40 CARS TO SET OUT SOME UP CARS. ENGINEER ASKED THE CONDUCTOR


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
QLIHL-16 WAS PULLING TRAIN EAST INTO TRACK 83 AT AVONDALE YARD, HEADED TOWARD THE HUEY P. LONG BRIDG E.  THE LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST AND HEAD 36 CARS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED OVER #83 SWITCH, BUT THE 37 THROUGH 44 CARS DERAILED AT THE 83 SWITCH.  THIS WAS A FACING POINT MOVEMENT OVER 83 SWITCH WHICH THE CREW D ID NOT HAVE TO LINE.  THE CREW STOPPED MOVEMENT WHEN THEY NOTICED HEAVY LOAD.  DOWNLOAD INDICATED ST EADY PULL AT 6 MPH WITH NO EXCEPTIONS NOTED IN TRAIN HANDLING.  IN ADDITION TO THE 8 DERAILED CARS, 150 FEET OF RAIL AND TIES WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  SWITCH FOUND TO BE WORN AND OU T OF ADJUSTMENT.  SWITCH POINT WOULD NOT STAY TIGHT AGAINST STOCK RAIL WHEN UNDER LOAD. 


nearest_city: VON ORMY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
GREENBRIAR CAR DEPARTMENT HAD COMPLETED CHANGING A WHEEL ON CAR BNSA-E 240014 AND DID NOT FOLLOW THE PROCESS TO INSPECT THE PROPER SETTING OF WHEEL ON TRACK TO ENSURE THE FLANGE WAS PROPERLY SET ON TH E RAIL.  ONCE THE SWITCHING CREW BEGAN PULLING THE TRAIN TO THE NORTH OF TRACK 803 THE WHEEL RODE ON TOP OF THE RAIL FOR ABOUT 100 FEET BEFORE DERAILING.  TRAIN DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET, SIDESWIPING CRANE #906 WITH DRAGGING CAR.   


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #2028 RAN THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SW #6B14P ENROUTE TO S-TRACK IN HILL YARD AND THEN REVERSED EAST WITH CONDUCTOR ON LEADING END AND DERAILED #4149.      


nearest_city: EAST PROVIDENCE
county: PROVIDENCE
railroad: PW
date: 2011-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CAR BNSF 727776 CLIMBED THE HIGH SIDE RAIL IN A CURVE AND DERAILED.  THE TRAIN CONTINUED UNTIL THE D ERAILED CAR IMPACTED AN INDUSTRY SWITCH JUST NORTH OF A PRIVATR INDUSTRY CROSSING AND THE RESULTING TRACK DAMAGE ALSO CAUSED THE LOCOMATIVE ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN TO DERAIL. THERE WERE NO TRACK OR M ECHANICAL DEFECT WAS FOUND, AND THE TRAIN WAS OPERATED WITHIN OPERATING REQUIREMENTS.    


nearest_city: MIDVALE
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAINS PANTOGRAPH WAS ENTANGLED WITH THE CATENARY PULLING IT DOWN. MAIN CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED DUE T O THE IN ABILITY TO FIND ANDY EVIDENCE IF THE CATENARY WAS DEFECTIVE OR IF THE PANTOGRAPH ITSELF WAS DEFECTIVE. POWER WAS SHUTSOWN AND TRACK EQUIPEMENT BROUGHT IN TO RECOVER THE TRAIN AND BEGIN REPAIR S TO CATENARY    


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-SP02152-12 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES A ONE CAR ON THE Z-SSECHC6-12 WHEN IT IMPACTED THE SIDE OF T HE TRAIN WHILE SWITCHING INTO TRACK 1615 USING THE EAST LEAD.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO JOB Y-GAL1022-13A WAS HUMPING CARS WHEN CONTAMINATION OF THE MASTER RETARDER FROM THE CRGX 16076 AND THE PRGX 10138 CREATED AN OVERSPEED CONDITION, RESULTING IN BOWL DAMAGE TO THE EQUX 631356.      


nearest_city: CARROLLTON
county: CARROLL
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN 122D304 MOVING THROUGH CROSSOVER WB JCT FROM BNSF M1 TO NS MAINLINE DERAILED 13TH TH RU 22ND HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FORT WORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVES LEFT STANDING ON LEAD TRACK AT HODGE YARD WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY THE 101 JOB MAKING A SHOVING MOVE      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT GRATIOT AT RESTRICTED SPEED, AMTRAK 21 APPROACHED #1 CROSSOVER AT GRATI OT AND NEGLECTED TO FIRST CHECK THE SWITCH POINTS OF THE EAST LEG OF #1 CROSSOVER (POINT WAS GAPPED) THUS RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF THE ENGINE AND ONE CAR.     


nearest_city: SANFORD
county: SEMINOLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SANFORD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
SANFORD YARD CREW WITH ENGINE E/814 WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVE TO TURN THE UNIT WHEN WHEELS R2 AND R4 EAST RAIL DROPPED INSIDE THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ELLISVILLE
county: JONES
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 19 WITH ENGINES 77 AND 131 AND 9 CARS STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT THE HOLLY STREET CROSSIN G IN ELLISVILLE, MS.      


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H-LAUDEN1-11 DEPARTING CHEYENNE YARD FROM 4104 TRACK, MOVING OVER 4301 TRACK SWITCH, DERAILED 5 CARS .      


nearest_city: LEWISVILLE
county: DENTON
railroad: DCTA
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
AS GATES WERE COMING DOWN HIGHWAY USER ON CELL PHONE DROVE AROUND OTHER MOTORISTS INTO THE ON COMING LANE AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE UNDER GATES.  HIGHWAY USER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY NORTHBOUND COMMUT ER TRAIN.     


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL3022-07 PULLED EAST FROM 7105 TRACK ONTO 11 LEAD AND STRUCK M-ELPAMA1 07 THAT WAS ENTERING YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H-MEMBAR1-21 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE AT FROG WHILE MAKING SETOUT INTO 102 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL S RLSD.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
MFWLI-29 CREW SET OUT ENGINE CN8823 TO THE EAST OF 901 LEAD.  THE CREW SET THE LOCOMOTIVE UP IN LEAD .  TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER THE CREW OF THE LWE02X-30 WAS SHOVING WEST/NORTH ON THE SWITCHING LEAD HANGING ON TO 74 CARS.  THE CN8823 ROLLED FREE AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE CUT COMING BY ON LEAD 33 CAUSING 7 TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHURCH IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
USHES-26 YARDING TRAIN INTO SSW YARD, DERAILED TWO EMPTY CARS.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED TH E SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.  AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINE D WHO THE RESPONSIBLE CREW WAS FOR RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CC
date: 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CEDAR RAPIDS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ICE JAM ON THE CEDAR RIVER CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO BACK UP INTO THE CEDAR RAPIDS YARD. 13 CARS ON TRA CK CR06 AND 6 CARS ON TRACK CR23 WERE UNDER WATER REQUIRING WHEELS/BEARING TO BE CHANGED OUT. NO CAR S WERE DERAILED AND NO DAMAGES TO TRACKS.     


nearest_city: NILES
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: C AND M SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
A SEMI TRUCK TRAILER DISCONNECTED FROM A SEMI TRUCK WHILE CROSSING OVER TOUHY AVENUE. AS A RESULT TH E SEMI TRAILER WAS FOULING TRACKS AND WAS STRUCK BY METRA TRAIN #2102 CAB CAR #8536.      


nearest_city: DUNSMUIR
county: SHASTA
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MRVPW-27 DERAILED THE NS469379 (B-END LEADING) WHILE OPERATING NORTHBOUND AT 25 MPH ON THE VALLEY SU BDIVISION NEAR GIBSON, CA.  THE L1 WHEEL CLIMBED THE GAGE FACE OF THE HIGH RAIL IN THE EXIT SPIRAL O F A 10 DEGREE LEFT HAND CURVE AT MP 301.80.  THE WHEEL THEN TRAVELED ON TOP OF THE RAIL FOR APPROXIM ATELY 9 6.  THE FIRST INDICATION OF WHEEL DOWN WAS ON THE FIELD SIDE OF THE HIGH RAIL AT 12 6 FROM P OD.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY FROM THE DERAILED CAR CONTACTING THE SWITCH AT MP 304.25, CAUSING DAMAGE TO AND DERAILING AN ADDITIONAL THREE CARS.  TOTAL OF 4 CARS DERAILED.  WHILE THE MEASURED TR ACK GEOMETRY DOES NOT MEET THE CLASS 2 REQUIREMENTS, THERE WAS A LARGE VARIATION IN CROSS LEVEL, SPE CIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE WHEELBASE OF THE DERAILED CAR AND THE POD.  THE WARP IN THE CAR CAUSED


nearest_city: BOLIGEE
county: GREENE
railroad: AGR
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
AGR CREW SHOVING CARS INTO SIDING IN BOLIGEE. AL.  CAR DERAILED ON REVERSE MOVEMENT & WAS SHOVED 25 CARS LENGTHS BEFORE IT WAS PUSHED OFF TRACK AT CONNECTOR SWITCH CAUSING TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY.      


nearest_city: BAIRD
county: CALLAHAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAIRD SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
HY-RAIL UNIT 64663 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE, DERAILED ON A BRIDGE AND UNIT FELL OFF BRIDGE INTO A RAVINE.  INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE FOR INCIDENT AFTER NORMAL TRACK ELEVATION A ND MOTOR CAR INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFICIENCIES.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YKC04R-02 WHILE SWITCHING, MADE AN UNPROTECTED SHOVE INTO A RAIL WITH A STANDING CUT OF CARS RESULTI NG IN A JOINT BEING MADE AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TILX301796 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 45 AND CROSSED COUPLERS WITH CSS1734.  BOTH CARS DERAILED ALONG WIT H 5 ADDITIONAL CARS THAT WERE ALSO HUMPED INTO TRACK 45.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: JACKSONVILLE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q10304 ENTERED AN ACTIVE REMOTE ZONE WITHOUT PERMISSION AND LEFT THE SWITCH LINED IMPROPERLY.  Y1990 4, WORKING IN THE REMOTE ZONE, RAN THRU THE SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE, DERAILING 1 CAR.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MKCCB-26 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING AND HAD A CUT OF 26 RAILCARS INTO TRACK 474.  THE CREW WAS TO DOUBLE THE HEAD 79 RAILCARS INTO TRACKS 206 AND 207.  AS THE CREW WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 206, THEY HAD MOVED 1100 FEET WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED AN AIE.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THE THIRD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED ON THE "MARY" SWITCH DUE TO A DAMAGED FLANGE ON THE L4 WHEEL CAUSING THE LOCOMOTIVE TO CLIMB THE SW ITCH POINT AND DERAIL.   


nearest_city: SELIGMAN
county: YAVAPAI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
S-KCKSCO1-09 EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION REVEALED FAILED ARTICULATION BETWEEN WELLS, ALLOWING "E" WE LL TO FALL TO TRACK. TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


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


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YDM01-24 PULLING 21 CARS WESTWARD THROUGH THE EAST CROSSOVER WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCK ON LOCOMOTIVE A ND TWO CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MANDAN
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y-MAN3051-01 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE SHOVING CUT OVER HEART RIVER BRIDGE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE R ELEASED.
      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: FAULKNER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MNLDM-27 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE WHEN RECEIVED DRAGGING EQUIPMENT MESSAGE.  CREW BROUGHT TR AIN TO STOP AND FOUND RAILCAR CRDX7472 WITH BROKEN WHEEL.  NO DERAILMENT.  TRACK DAMAGED.  RAIL = CW R     


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT LB44 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 24 LOADS, 17 EMPTIES, AND 3428 TONS SHOVED WEST IN CT01 INTO THE SIDE OF CARS STANDING ON LOW SIDE LEAD, DERAILING 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: KXHR
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: LONSDALE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
KXHR 101 WAS SHOVING A (7) CAR TRAIN INTO COSTER TRACK (4), THE LEADING WHEEL ON DJJX 30477 (4TH CAR OF CONSIST) PICKED THE 3/5 SWITCH ALLOWING IT TO GO TOWARD COSTER TRACK (5) WHICH STRUCK A CUT OF L OADED (1987) ETHANOL TANK CARS CAUSING (2 CARS -UTLX 203420 & SHPX 208417-) TO ROLL ONTO THEIR SIDE, A THIRD TANK WAS INVOLVED AS WELL (UTLX 204653) WHICH SUFFERED A TWISTED COUPLER AND WARPED CENTER SILL. SHPX RELEASED APPROX 2 GAL OF ETHANOL FROM ITS VENT VALVE WHICH WAS CONTAINED INTO A 5 GAL BUC KET.  


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YCL61-09 WAS SHOVING 17 RAILCARS INTO CLAUSSEN WAREHOUSE INTO TRACK 1 WHEN THEY DERAILED ONE AXLE ON RAILCAR EQUX882633 AND CONTINUED INTO TRACK 1 UNAWARE OF THE DERAILED RAILCAR, TRAVLELING 506 FEET UNTIL THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY LEAVING 2 RAILCARS DERAILED TOTAL.     


nearest_city: LUKE
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: THOMAS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
U89101 WITH 80 LOADED COAL CARS MOVING EAST ON THOMAS SUB MAIN TRACK YARD LIMITS DERAILED 22 CARS DU E TO WIDE GAGE AT PD.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: TRRA
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MERCHANTS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
BNSF CREW, ON THE HGALMEM9-02A , RECIEVED DIRECTIONS FROM THE BNSF TRAIN DISPATCHER TO TAKE THE TRAI N OVER THE TRRA PROPERTY. THE BNSF CREW RECEIVED  PERMISSION FROM THE TRRA YARDMASTER  TO TAKE THEIR TRAIN FROM BADEN TO CARRIE AVE USING THE NORTHBELT. THE YARDMASTER GAVE THE CREW PERMISSION. AS THE TRAIN WAS GOING UNDER THE NS BRIDGE AT ANTELOPE STREET THE 58TH CAR STRUCK THE  BRIDGE CAUSING THE CAR TO DERAIL. AT THIS POINT ON THE RAILROAD THERE IS A VERTICAL RESTRICTION OF 19'1". THE CAR THAT STRUCK THE BRIDGE WAS IN EXCESS OF THIS RESTRICTION. THIS VERTICAL RESTRICTION IS IN THE SUBDIVISION TIMETABLE. 


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: KXHR
date: 2013-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: FOR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE KH 102 CREW SHOVED CLEAR OF THE F.O.R SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE LEAD END WATCHING THE SHO VE. ONCE THE TRAIN CLEARED THE SWITCH THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TO THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN TO CATCH THE LOCOMOTIVE. ONCE ON THE LOCOMOTIVE HE TOLD THE ENGINEER TO START PULLING. THE TRAIN PROCEEDED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF CAR LENGTHS WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE TRAIN GETTING DIFFICULT TO PULL. THE ENGIN EER STOPPED THE TRAIN AND THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TOWARDS THE REAR TO FIND THAT FOUR LOADS HAD DER AILED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE RAIL HAD ROLLED CAUSING THE FOUR CARS TO DROP BETWEEN THE RA ILS. 


nearest_city: DEMING
county: LUNA
railroad: SW
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: DEMING
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
BOX 38 = THE SLOPE SHEET IS DAMAGED AND BOWLED OUT CAUSING THE WHEEL FLANGE TO RUB ON THE SLOPE SHEE T - NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCKS TO PIVOT FREELY.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE PULLING CARS EAST FROM SENECA YARD, REAR TRUCK OF THE FIFTH CAR CLIMBED THE RAIL IN A CURVE AN D DERAILED.  IT WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE TRACK AND ACROSS THE BRIDGE UNTIL IT HIT THE 560/99 DIAMOND.  T HE YARDMASTER TOLD THE CREW TO STOP BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ON THE GROUND.     


nearest_city: THORNTON
county: HOLMES
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: YAZOO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 59 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVESE/824-E/68 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER LOADED WITH CORN A T MP 151.90, WESTFIELD RD CROSSING CAUSING THE LEAD UNIT E/824 TO DERAIL.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $125,985.00.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE YNP32R-21 RCL CREW WAS SHOVING THE 2ND PASS OF THE RVB-22 TO A HOOK WITH THE HEAD END IN FORWARD ER 11 TRACK.  AFTER THE HOOK THE CREW STARTED TO SHOVE WEST INTO FORWARDER 11 WHEN THEY HAD SHOVED A BOUT 30-40 CARS THEY NOTICED A CAR BOUNCING AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.  UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THE EEC3005 DERAILED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A DRAGGING BRAKE RIGGING.    


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: CLAYTON
railroad: CP
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY
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-Jan
narrative:
B54-28 WHILE PERFORMING SWITCHING MOVES IN MARQUETTE YARD WAS SHOVING 23 CARS INTO MQ01. MOVEMENT SL OWED AND BECAME HARD TO SHOVE. UPON INSPECTION CREW DISCOVERED 4 CARS DERAILED, UPRIGHT. THESE CARS DERAILED INTO IMPACTED BUT DID NOT DERAIL 3 STATIONARY CARS ON MQ02 CONTAINING ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. NO LEAKS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.    


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
F-CROSA-9-05 (UP TRAIN) EXPERIENCED FIRE ON LOCOMOTIVE UP 5945. ORIGIN IN FIRE ELECTRICAL. NO FUEL W AS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-CHI1031-23 SHOVED LIGHT ENGINES BACK ON OLD WYE TRK BUT FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR LEAD CROSSOVER. REAR UNIT OF THIS CONSIST DERAILED ON SWITCH AND STRUCK CARS ON ADJACENT LEAD BEING PULLED BY Y-CHI1 071-23 WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: SADORUS
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN 123D130 DERAILED B END 42 HEAD CAR SSPX 1028 ON MAIN LINE AT SADORUS, ILLINOIS.       


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: JACKSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
WESTBOUND AMTRAK 01AB501(#351) STRUCK A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON CROSSING AT MH68.2 DERAILING LEAD UNIT, AMTK 128 AND 2 PASSENGER CARS, AMTK 48197 AND AMTK54542.      


nearest_city: LEMING
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LAD51-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP2517, WAS IN ROUTE WHEN THEY NOTICED A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG TRAILER FOULIN G THE MAIN LINE AT JIM HAIR ROAD CROSSING.  CREW PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY STRIKING THE TRUCK AT 30MPH.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: CCT
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: PORT STOCKTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YPS01-17 WAS RETURNING EASTWARD FROM WEST PORT COMPLEX AND WHEN ENGINES WERE PASSING OVER THE WEST S WITCH TO TRACK 6 IN THE PORT YARD THE FRONT TRUCK OF THE TRAILING UNIT SPLIT THE TRACK 6 SWITCH ON T HE WEST LEAD CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TRAVEL DOWN THE LEAD WHILE THE LEAD UNIT WAS GOING INTO TRACK 6. 1 8 INCHES OF THE LEFT HAND SWITCH POINT BROKE OUT DUE TO DEFECT IN THE POINT.
AT A POINT 63 FEET FRO M THE WEST TRACK 6 RIGHT HAND SWITCH POINT THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE 1503 THE TRAILING UNIT DERAILED PUL LING THE REAR TRUCK ON ENGINE 1501 OFF THE RAIL AND THEN THE TRAILING TRUCK ON THE 1503 DERAILED TOW ARDS TRACK. THE 6 ENGINEER FELT TUG AND TURNED AND SAW 1503 DERAIL AND PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. TR AIN TRAVELED ANOTHER 120 FEET PULLING TRACK 3 AND 4 AND 5 SWITCHES ON LEAD OUT OF ALIGNMENT.


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GSSDWW-08 WAS GOING TO WEGO ELEVATOR VIA ALGIERS MAIN TO WEGO ELEVATOR WHEN THE DPU ENGINE DERAILED IN THE XOVER FROM ALGIERS MAIN TO WEGO MAIN.      


nearest_city: DOVER
county: KINGFISHER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ENID SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
RCKCKD-08 WAS PULLING RAILCARS ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN LOCOMOTIVE UP7978 DERAILED AT A PRI VATE CROSSING DUE TO SAND IN FLANGEWAY.  DOLESE BROTHERS MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: TULSA IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LVA50-29 WAS TRAVELING THROUGH TULSA YARD WHEN JOB RAN THROUGH SWITCH AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS.  CAUS E DETERMINED AS SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #3823 DERAILED 9TH AND 10TH CAR IN CONSIST (#7225 ALL WHEELS), (7015 A TRUCK) WHILE ENROUTE WE ST ON TRACK 4X DEPARTING NY.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-JOL2021-06 DERAILED 4 CARS AT SWITCH FROM 051 LEAD TO OIL TANKING TRACK WHEN RAIL IN TURNOUT ROLLE D OVER. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ST JAMES
county: ST JAMES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
GSWWSO-25, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7233, STRUCK AN EMPTY SUGARCANE HAULER TRUCK MOVING WEST BOUND.  DRIVER MADE NO ATTEMPT TO STOP.  TRAIN PLACED IN EMERGENCY AND VEHICLE WAS STRUCK.  DRIVER AND ONE CREW MEM BER WAS INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: CARROLLTON
county: CARROLL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
F-NS122D3-04 (NS TRAIN) DERAILED WHILE CROSSING FROM BNSF TO NS MAIN TRACK AT POINT OF IRREGULAR CRO SS LEVEL.  NS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AT $261,600 AND THEIR SIGNAL AT $5,034.93.  BNSF TRACK DAMA GE AT $125,813.     


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON CAR 9020 FAILED TO LOWER STRIKING BOTTOM OF STRUCTURE AT CATENARY 28 CAUSING DAMAGE TO SAME.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YAS212 WAS SHOVING CUT OF CARS UP SOUTH LEAD AND FAILED TO VERIFY THAT CROSSOVER WAS LINED FOR HIS M OVEMENT.  WHEN REALIZED CROSSOVER WAS MIS-ALIGNED, WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE SIDE COLLISION WITH YAS 211 JOB HUMPING ON NORTH LEAD.     


nearest_city: NEWKIRK
county: KAY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK BNSF
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MHOWT-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4033, WHILE TRAVELING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK STRUCK A TRACTO R TRAILER RIG WHICH STOPPED AND PROCEEDED AT CROSSING.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  BNSF DAMAGES = $0.     


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


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONG BEACH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LOI39-10 DERAILED THREE AXLES OF THE UP7384.  LIGHT POWER MOVE WAS TRAVELING AT FOUR MPH.  SWITCH HA D EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSED THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS TO MOVE TOWARD SEPARATE LEAD, RES ULTING IN THE UNIT DERAILING.  PHL'S EST TRACK DAMAGE $2500     


nearest_city: MURRAY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2013-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
AT MURRAY CENTRAL STATION, PASSENGERS NOTIFIED OPERATOR 6944 OF A LOUD NOISE THAT OCCURRED IN THE TH IRD CAR OF THE TRAIN AS IT APPROACHED MURRAY CENTRAL STATION. PASSENGERS REPORTED THE NOISE OCCURRIN G AS THE TRAIN WAS BETWEEN LITTLE COTTONWOOD CREEK AND VIND STREET. UPON INSPECTING THE 3RD CAR, OPE RATOR 6944 FOUND THAT A TIRE ON THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE CAR (1032B) HAD COME OFF, AND A PART OF THAT T IRE HAD PARTIALLY PENETRATED THE FLOOR IMPACTING THE SAND BOX. ALTHOUGHT THE TIRE WAS OFF THE WHEEL, THE OTHER THREE WHEELS ON THE TRUCK AS WELL AS THE FLANGE OF THE WHEEL THE TIRE CAME OFF OF WERE HO LDING THE TRUCK AND ALL WHEELS IN THE PROPER PLACE ON THE TRACK, NO ONE WAS INJURED, OPERATOR 6944 W AS INTRUCTED BY CONTROL TO TRANSFER THE PASSENGERS TO THE FRONT 2 CARS AND DEPARTED SOUTHBOUND, LEAV


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE MNPHK-30 CREW WAS TRAVELING TO THE ROUNDHOUSE FROM THE RECEIVING YARD, UPON ENTERING THE CURVE O F THE TRACK THEY HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND AND STOPPED THE MOVE.  AFTER INSPECTION, THEY FOUND ONE CAR HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BRC LOCOMOTIVE 533 MOVED FROM 39 WEST CLASS TO 38 WEST CLASS. THE CREW FAILED TO SECURE THE HAND BRA KE AND THE LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF THE 2359 WEST ASSIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
AFTER PICKING UP THEIR THREE-CAR HEEL ON THE 40 LEAD, THE YWC36-01 SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK 37 WHICH W AS A TRACK THEY HAD JUST PULLED OUT FROM AND WAS CLEAR.  THE ENGINEER INDICATED THAT THE SHOVE FELT SLUGGISH AND BROUGHT THE MOVE TO A STOP.  AFTER STOPPING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MULTIPLE CARS IN TR ACK 37 HAD DERAILED AND ALSO IMPACTED CARS ON TRACK 34-39.    


nearest_city: AURORA
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
L-SPR8171-19 CUT AWAY FROM THEIR TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK TO MAKE SETOUT, BUT LEFT TRAIN IN FOUL OF TURNO UT. CREW STRUCK TRAIN ON SHOVING MOVEMENT TO INDUSTRY TRK.      


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DEPARTURE YARD D06, R00318 DERAILED CARS AND DAMAGED SEVEN CARS IN THE ADJA CENT TRACKS (D05, D03, D07, D08 & D09) DUE TO LOST LADING FROM AN IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR WITHIN THE T RAIN.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE 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: 12-Nov
narrative:
LHR02-30 WAS PERFORMING SWITCH OPERATION ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK.  AS JOB SHOVED, ONE RAILCAR A ND TWO LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED DUE TO WORN RAIL ON TRACK.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE 1430 JOB WAS HUMPING 09 WEST ON WEST APPROCH. THE 1559 JOB WAS SHOVING 05 WEST CONDUCTOER WAS WA TCHING THE WRONG CAMERA USE FOR REMOTE HUMPING AND THE TWO JOBS COLLIDED      


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AT 8:30PM THE CITY JOB WAS MAKING A MOVEMENT LIGHT ENGINES ON THE SWITCHING LEAD TO TRACK 112.  THE CONDUCTOR STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND IMPROPERLY LINE THE 112 SWITCH FOR 113 AND THE ENGINEER CONTINUED TO REVERSE THE MOVEMENT.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE MOVEMENT AND DID NOT PROTECT HIS SHOVE.  MOMENTS LATER THE WAMX 4020 COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF THE EGSX9501070 CAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THE CAR.   


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y20212 WAS KICKING CARS ON THE EAST END OF THE BIG FOUR YARD AND CAUSED TWO CARS TO ROLL OUT THE WES T END OF E04 TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE Y24012 WHILE PULLING WEST ON THE LEAD OUT WITH A CUT OF CARS OUT OF E01 TRACK.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYPORT LOOP IND LD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 ON 12/14 LHU11-13 CREW REPORTED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE SECOND ENGI NE IN THEIR CONSIST, UPY 2686.  APPROXIMATELY FIFTY GALLONS DIESEL FUEL RELEASED      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2002-09 HUMPED SINGLE CAR FOLLOWED BY TWO - CAR CUT.  LEAD CAR STALLED AT FOOT OF HUMP AND FOLLOWING CUT CORNERED THE CAR, DAMAGING 2 OF THE 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: CHATTAHOOCHEE
county: GADSDEN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: TALLAHASSEE
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-Aug
narrative:
M74015 YARDED TRAIN IN THE SOUTH DIRECTION FROM TALLAHASSEE IN THE A&N YARD TRACK NUMBER ONE WITH 41 CARS, THEN PRECEDED TO COUPLE IN TRACK NUMBER WITH LIGHT ENGINES. CREW PULLED IN THE SOUTH DIRECTIO N AHOLD OF 15 CARS WHEN THE FOURTH CAR DERAILED RESULTING IN 2 CARS TURNING OVER ON THEIR SIDE.     


nearest_city: LA COSTE
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
QEGNL-05, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE NS9240, TRAVELING EAST AT 37 MPH STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT A PRIVATE CROSSIN G LOCATED AT MP231.07.  SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED VEHICLE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEAT THE TRAIN AND COULD HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOWING.  NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.  DRIVER WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPI TAL.  JUVENILE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CRAWFORD
county: DAWES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-CKMRTR0-76 ACTIVATED DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR AT MP 439.4 WHILE STOPPING TO INSPECT TRAIN, CREW HAD UDE. INSPECTION REVEALED R-1 AXLE BROKEN ON UCEX 92196. TOTAL OF 2 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BILL
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
PROFILER RIGHT WING CONTAINED A SWING FROG. OPERATOR HAD RAISED WING BUT DID NOT REALIZED THAT RISE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO CLEAR TRACK STRUCTURES. DAMAGE TO SWITCH KIT, SWITCH MACHINE, HEATER AND H-PLATE S.     


nearest_city: THOMPSONS
county: FORT BEND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
M-TPLGAT1-06 EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW INDICATED REAR CAR HAD DERAILED DUE TO WHEEL AND GI B WEAR FROM TRUCK HUNTING.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
DIESEL SHOP HOSTLERS WERE USING UP2065 TO MOVE LOCOMOTIVES.  JOB COUPLED INTO UP9818 AND WHEN JOINT WAS MADE, UP9818 HIT UP8539 CAUSING UP8539 TO ROLL OVER DERAIL.  UP8539 DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO COUPLE.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
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 RUN 622 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 25 OF BELT RAILWAY OF CHICAGO'S WEST DEPARTURE YARD AT APPROXIMATELY 5:40 PM ON JANUARY 16, 2010. CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY ESTABLISH LINE UP, RESULTING IN A RUN THROUGH SWITCH, TRACK DAMAGE, AND DERAILMENT OF FOUR RAIL CARS.     


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH BLEW CUT OF CAR FROM TRACK 219 ONTO LEAD WHERE THEY STRUCK LITE POWER THAT WAS BEING HOSTLED FOR OUTBOUND COAL TRAIN.  NO CARS DERAILED BUT EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: BENWOOD
county: MARSHALL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: OHIO RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
H73802 WAS SWITCHING CARS ON THE EASTEND OF BENWOOD YARD.  THE CONDUCTOR KICKED 2 CARS INTO TRACK B0 1 THEN 1 CAR TOWARDS B02. THE CARS IN B01 FAILED TO COUPLE AND ROLLED BACK OUT OF B01 FOULING B02 CA USING A SIDESWIPE BETWEEN CARS CSXT 242825 AND DSIX 6601.     


nearest_city: CORDOVA
county: WALKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
C-WTMPAM0-36 ACTIVATED DED. INSPECTION REVEALED ONE CAR DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN TREAD ON ONE WHEEL.       


nearest_city: PRESTON
county: PRATT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ZCIG1-28, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7899, STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED T O STOP AT THE NE 12TH AVENUE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OR CREW.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CAR ON KNOCHE LEAD, CREW ALLOWED CARS TO ROLL INTO WEST END AND STRUCK A CAR IN THE FOUL.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MFIHK-27 CREW WAS PULLING SOUTH OUT OF TRACK 32 IN THE 40 YARD LEAD AND DEPARTING FROM YARD.  ONE CA R DERAILED.  DOWNLOAD DID NOT DETERMINE TRAIN HANDLING WAS AN ISSUE NOR DID THE CAR OR TRACK APPEAR TO BE THE CAUSE.     


nearest_city: CHILDERSBURG
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y10105 WAS PULLING A 52 CAR CUT FROM BOWATER OVER THE INTERCHANGE TRACKS WHEN  LINES 25-29 DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
A SKATE WAS LEFT ON THE TRACK CAUSING THE RAIL CARS TO RIDE OVER IT-BREAKING THE RAIL-RESULTING IN T HE DERAILMENT OF 4 RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YPC11R-18 WHILE SWITCHING IN THE YARD, RCO FOREMAN FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR THE INTENDED ROUTE.  THE JOB THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: RIVERTON
county: CALDWELL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CETRD9-10, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7290, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING PRESTON ROAD CROSSIN G.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  DRIVER INJURED AND NO INJURIES TO CREW.  UP7290 S USTAINED DAMAGE.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y395-25 PULLED SELF AND 30 CARS NORTH OUT OF B-10. ONCE CLEAR OF NORTH END RETARDERS FOREMAN STOPPED AND DISMOUNTED CUT OF CARS AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE CUT OF CARS BACK SOUTH IN B-10 TO GET ON HEAD END . EMPLOYEE NOTICED ONCE THE HEAD END GOT WITH IN 10 CARS OF HIM 2ND,3RD AND 4TH CARS DIDNT LOOK RIGH T. EMPLOYEE STOPPED MOVEMENT AND PROCEEDED TO INSPECT AND FOUND 2ND,3RD AND 4TH CARS ON GROUND.    


nearest_city: MAUD
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
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: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
ASMKB-04, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE NS2525, WAS HEADED WEST THROUGH MAUD, TX WHEN A MALE DRIVING A WHITE 2006 DODGE TRUCK WITH A TRAILER LOADED WITH LOGS PULLED UP ON THE CROSSING IN THE PATH OF THE TRAIN.  NO INJURIES TO THE TRAIN CREW.  DRIVER STATED HE WAS SORE BUT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.     


nearest_city: FORT PIERRE
county: STANLEY
railroad: DME
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: PRC
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
570-11 WAS EASTBOUND & DERAILED A CAR AT MP 503.75. CAR TRAVELED ON THE GROUND TO MP 503.2 WHERE IT PICKED THE SWITCH AT WENDTE AND DERAILED 3 MORE CARS WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO ES EQUIPMENT TO THE STUB TRACK AND A DIESEL SPILL. APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET OF TRACK DAMAGED, 4 RAIL CARS DAMAGED ALONG W ITH ES EQUIPMENT ON STUB TRACK.  TYPE OF TRACK AND TYPE OF TERRITORY WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.    


nearest_city: CORSICANA
county: NAVARRO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DFW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MOW TAMPER RAN INTO THE BACK OF A MOW REGULATOR DUE TO FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER SEPARATION OF TRAV EL CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH MOW MACHINES.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS, CSXT 620079 IN TRACK B04 WAS FOUND DERAILED AND FOULING TRACK B05.  A CFX 87215 IN TRACK B05 IMPACTED CSXT 620079 BUT NOT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HOTCHKISS
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CNPWE-06, AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN WAS OPERATING EAST BOUND WHEN IT DERAILED THE THIRD ENGINE IN CONSIST AND FIVE EMPTY COAL CARS AT MP 75.1.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: WIBAUX
county: WIBAUX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE CREW ON THE C DKMSUDO 96A EAST BOUND TRAIN, COLLIDED WITH A SOUTHBOUND TRACTOR TRAILER AT A CROS SING.      


nearest_city: PONTIAC
county: OAKLAND
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
L51361 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK JP17. THE CONDUCTOR STATED HE WAS RIDING THE POINT AND DISMOUNTED ABOU T 15 CARS LENGTHS FROM THE END OF THE TRACK THINKING THE CARS WOULD FIT INTO THE TRACK. THE CARS SHO VED OUT THE END OF THE TRACK AND SIDEWIPED M39161-13 PULLING INTO TRACK JP52. IMPACT CAUSED CARS GAT X 54365, FURX 320652 AND FURX 320989 TO DERAIL OR DAMAGED CARS CHTT 101236 , TTGX 979912, TTGX 22578 5, TTGX 982650 AND GTW 187758 ON M39161-13. THE CAUSE WAS THE CONDUCTOR ON L51361-13 FAILED TO PROTE CT THE POINT AND WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE. NO DANGEROUS CARS INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y-SIO3101-16A DEPARTING SOUTH OFF LEAD WAS STRUCK BY CARS BEING  SWITCHED BY RCL Y-SIO3222-16A WHEN THESE CARS ROLLED FROM 709 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YSP23R-30 HAD A HOLD OF 14 CARS AND COUPLED INTO 28 CARS ON SOUTH END OF TRACK 8.  THE HELPER MADE T HE JOINT AND STRETCHED THE SOUTH 3-4 CARS.  HELPER THEN WALKED NORTH TO PROTECT SHOVE.  WHILE RIDING THE SHOVE NORTH HELPER WENT TO COUPLE SPEED.  AFTER ABOUT 3-4 CARS THE FOREMAN CAME ON THE RADIO AN D SAID STOP, CARS ARE ON THE GROUND.  FIVE EMPTIES NEXT TO THE ENGINE DERAILED ON THE LEAD AND THIS CAUSED A CAR IN TRACK 3 TO DERAIL ALONG WITH 2 CARS ON THE MAINLINE AND 1 TO LEAN.  THE DERAILMENT A LSO KNOCKED OVER A LIGHT POLE.  THE HELPER SAID THAT TRACK 8 HAD BRAKES ON IT WHILE MAKING THE SHOVE NORTH. 


nearest_city: SOUTH BOSTON
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
762V401 FOR 2'00" THE 96V WAS PULLING INTO CLARKTON TRACK #4 WHEN THE GUAGE OPENED UNDER THE MOVEMEN T CAUSING 5 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CORAOPOLIS
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q01513 STRUCK A TRUCK AT RB&W ROAD CROSSING, THE CREW REPORTS VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED. CREW REPORTS E NGINE CSXT 7908 HAS DAMAGE IN THE MIDDLE TO RIGHT SIDE INVOLVING THE DITCH LIGHTS, GRAB IRON, AND ST EPS.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
CREW COUPLED TO TRAIN, FAILED TO STRETCH COUPLING AND DID NOT MAKE TRAIN LINE CONNECTION. ENGINEER S TRETCHED THE TRAIN UP TO THE CONDUCTOR BEGAN SHOVE MOVE COLLIDED WITH OWN TRAIN.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M-KCKGAL1-09 CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN IN 9002 TRACK TO SET OUT 30 CARS BUT FAILED TO MAKE CUT IN THE CLEA R. WHEN CREW SHOVED BACK TO SET OUT, STRUCK CARS STANDING ON 9002 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
K-ABMBEN1-22A SHOVING C-ABMBEN0-37A EASTWARD, DERAILED ITS LONE ENGINE PLUS LONE DP LOCOMOTIVE AND T WO REAR CARS ON C-AMBBEN0-37A.  H999 AND SECONDARY E-53C AS BEARING DESK DID NOT FOLLOW PROTOCOL FOR ALARM.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO COFFEYVILL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GMDM7G-03 WHILE PULLING, THE SNOW PLOW OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK THE CROSSING PANELS BENDING THE SNOW PLOW BACK UNDERNEATH THE LOCOMOTIVE.  LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
YAR42-17 RAN THROUGH A SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT BY THE CREW'S HELPER THEN PROCEE DED TO MAKE A REVERSE MOVEMENT THAT RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
MITTAL CREW WAS PULLING 55 CARS INTO TRACK L07 AND DERAILED LINE 9 THRU 15 IN TRAIN.  OPERATOR WAS S ENT FOR A FITNESS TO WORK TEST AND PASSED.  FIELDS 44 AND 45 (TIME ON DUTY) LEFT BLANK AT THIS TIME; TIME CREW STARTED ON DUTY IS UNKNOWN.  THESE FIELDS WILL BE UPDATED LATER.  UPDATED FIELD 44 AND 45 TO SHOW HOURS ON DUTY AT TIME OF INCIDENT, 1-03-14.    


nearest_city: MT CARMEL
county: WABASH
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
319D912 STRUCK LOW-HANGING AND DOWNED POWER LINES NEAR MT. CARMEL, IL RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO LEAD UN IT NS 9571.      


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
34E & 31G WHILE PULLING EAST IN BH19 TRACK, IHB 136 WITH 20X54, 4268 TONS, 4392 FT DERAILED 6 CARS W HEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE LDE48-02 WAS PULLING A BNSF TRAIN FROM GRANITE PIT, LOCATED ON THE UP.  THIS JOB GOT AUTHORITY F ROM THE BNSF DISPATCHER TO ENTER INTO THE YARD AND DOWN TRACK 5.  THERE WERE FOUR LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END AT THE 4 TRACK SWITCH.  THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT DERAILED ON THE TRAIN.  THE BNSF HAD TAMPED AT THAT SWITCH THAT DAY AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT MISALIGNMENT AT SWITCH POINT.  TRACK MAINTAINE D BY BNSF.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $21,000   


nearest_city: SYRACUSE
county: ONONDAGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Q36605 FAILED TO CONTROL TRAIN OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESTRICTED SPEED INDICATION AND OPERATIO N, RESULTING IN A REAREND COLLISION WITH L15605 CAUSING THREE CARS TO DERAIL AT QC 288.      


nearest_city: DE SOTO
county: VERNON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 1 CAR WHEN B-L TRUCK SIDE FELL FROM TRUCK. CAR WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEFO RE TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE AND DERAILMENT WAS DETECTED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y-KCK8931-08 (HERDER JOB) HANDLING LITE ENGINES FROM R3/R4 POCKET TRACK DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE. INVES TIGATION REVEALED CONTROL OPR LINED REMOTELY CONTROLLED SWITCH DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MOVEMENT, WHICH WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO ENTERING SWITCH AND DERAILING.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2014-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: KANSAS CITY TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
BNSF CREW DERAILED FOUR LOADED CARS IN THE KANSAS CITY TERMINAL WHEN A SWITCH WAS NOT LATCHED.  NO K CS CREW WAS INVOLVED. BNSF REPORTS $35,500 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CONDUCTOR FAILED TO ENSURE THE CARS WERE PROPERLY COUPLED TO THE EXISTING CARS IN THE TRACK PRIOR TO CUTTING AWAY, RESULTING IN THOSE CARS ROLLING OUT AND RAKING SA ENGINE LIGHT MOVE DOWN THE LEAD.      


nearest_city: TOPEKA
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CWTNT-13, WHILE PULLING EAST ON NO. 2 MAIN, HIT BROKEN RAIL AND DERAILED 22 CARS INTO THE SIDE OF TH E PASSING MKSSI-14, WHICH WAS PULLING WEST ON NO. 1 MAIN AND DERAILED 10 CARS.      


nearest_city: BLUE ISLAND
county: COOK
railroad: IAIS
date: 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ONE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING 8 X 20 TO THE NEW LEAD AT EVANS YARD 2 CARS DERAILED JUST WEST OF THE FENCE SWITCH.       


nearest_city: CLEWISTON
county: HENDRY
railroad: SCXF
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: CLEWISTON YARD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TWO CREWS WORKING TOGETHER SWITCHING OUT POWERS IN THE YARD HAD A PROPER JOB BRIEFING PRIOR TO START ING THE WORK. CREW ON LOCOMOTIVE 201 CUT OFF AND SECURED ENGINE 310 ON THE MAIN TRACK AND BEGAN TO M OVE SOUTH TO CLEAR A TEAM TRACK SWITCH. ENGINEER ON ENGINE 405 WITH BEGAN MOVEMENT NORTH INTO THE TE AM TRACK WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE PREVIOUS JOB FUNCTION AND DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE CREW ON TH E 201 THAT HE HAD CHANGED THE JOB PLAN CAUSING THE 405 TO SIDE SWIPE THE 201 WHICH WAS IN THE FOUL O F THE SIDING.  


nearest_city: DOWNERS GROVE
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK UNOCCUPIED SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT, NOT AT CROSSING, THAT HAD BEEN PLOWING SNOW OFF SOUT H DOWNER'S GROVE PLATFORM. EQUIPMENT HAD SLIPPED OFF PLATFORM ONTO MAIN TRACK 3 AND HUNG UP. OPERATO R EXITED BEFORE IMPACT WITH TRAIN.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
BH38 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 5187 AND 8 X 0 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE BUMPING POST CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE B-END OF THE TTGX 152442 AND DERAILING THE B-END.      


nearest_city: POUGHKEEPSIE
county: DUTCHESS
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRACK CAR 4509M (HI-RAIL ARTICULATING DUMP TRUCK) WAS STATIONARY ON TRACK 1 AFTER BEING LOADED WITH BALLAST FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.  TRACK CAR 4513M (HI-RAIL ARTICULATING DUMP TRUCK) APPROACHED FROM TH E SOUTH TO GET INTO POSITION TO BE LOADED WITH BALLAST.  VEHICLE OPERATOR OF 4513M STEPPED ON THE AC CELERATOR WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO RECOVER BEFORE COLL IDING WITH THE REAR END OF TC 4509M.   


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
BE13 COUPLING CT54 WITH 5 LOADS X 38 EMPTIES X 1906 TONS, WHEN THE 1ST AND 2ND CARS TOBX 889096 AND UCRY 600211 BYPASSED DERAILING BOTH CARS      


nearest_city: ORION TOWNSHIP
county: OAKLAND
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
L51461-15 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON TRACK 1 IN EAMES YARD WHEN 18 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE, CSXT 7587, DERAILED UPRIGHT. THE CARS BEING HANDLED WERE PART OF THE RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM BAILEY CIRCU S TRAIN. THE LOCOMOTIVE AND RAILCARS ALL DERAILED UPRIGHT AND THE WHEELS HAD DROPPED TO THE INSIDE O F THE SOUTH RAIL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DANGEROUS GOODS INVOLVED. ALL OF THE CARS INVOLVED WERE EQUIPMENT FLAT CARS; NO ANIMAL OR COACH CARS INVOLVED. AT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT THE TRACK WAS FOUN D TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL DUE TO DETERIORATED TIE CONDITION. TRACK INVOLVED WAS CW R.  DERAILED CARS: RRBX 80709, 80717, 84705, 84709, 84711, 80716, 84716, 85701, 84703, 80715, 80719, 80701, 80706, 84702, 80714, 84715, 84714, 84710


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC2032-15 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK 950.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE R ELEASED.  EXCESSIVE RAIN CAUSED ROADBED TO SETTLE AND TRACKS TO SPREAD CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: HAYTI
county: PEMISCOT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
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-Jun
narrative:
C- ATMOPP0-36 DERAILED 29 CARS. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A RAIL JOINT WITH BROKEN/MISSING BOLTS.       


nearest_city: MODESTO
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: MET
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: RIVERSIDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN CREW SHOVED TO MANY CARS INTO YARD TRACK 520 WITHOUT PROTECTING THE POINT.  ANOTHER CREW RAN I NTO TH NOKL 550100 THAT WAS FOULING THE 518 LEAD.      


nearest_city: RED BLUFF
county: TEHAMA
railroad: ATK
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: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/203-E/510 AND 12 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP219.9, TYLER RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: CSX
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:
UNION RAILROAD CREW OPERATING AT WEST END DEXTER YARD DERAIL CARS ON IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.       


nearest_city: MOSS POINT
county: JACKSON
railroad: MSE
date: 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT MS POWER'S FACILITY, JUST WEST OF THEIR BERKLEY CROSSING.  WE MAINTAIN THE IR TRACK AND UNLOAD THE COAL HOPPERS AT THEIR FACILITY.  THE DOORS OPENED ON NDYX 930411 CAUSING COA L TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR AND BUILD UP AROUND THE TRACKS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
L56881-24 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN PROCTOR YARD WHEN THEY DERAILED SIX CARS. IT WAS FOUND THAT PROX 13547 CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT DUR TO SLOSHING PRODUCTS IN THE CAR AND A 1-1/2" PROFILE WHICH ALLOWED THE WHEEL TO UNLOAD AND CLIMB THE POINT. PROX 13547, BCCX 100120, IC 295924, U NPX 127088, DWC 793318, DXC 794466. THREE OF THE DERAILED CARS ARE DANGEROUS, NO RELEASE OR EXPOSURE .   


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
HURON EASTERN TRAIN DERAILED IN THE YARD HESR DERAILED CARS; CKIX16017, NAHX61084, FURX824653, FURX8 46442, MWCX460360 HESR WERE PULLING INTO THE RECEIVING YARD WITH TRAIN CUT OFF OF 27 CARS PUT INTO 6 0TK WENT BACK HOOK ON TO THE REST OF TRAIN 5 CARS WENT OFF THE TRACK ROLLING 285' OF TRACK FIRST CAR CAME OFF AT CURVE SPREADING RAIL. TRACK HAD NEW RAIL AND TIES NO TRACK PROBLEM FOUND.    


nearest_city: LYNDON
county: CALEDONIA
railroad: WACR
date: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
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:
NPWJ TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH THROUGH THE TOWN OF LYNDON AND AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE RT5 CROSSI NG POST BLOWING THE HORN THE CREW COULD SEE A TRAILER TRUCK TRAVELING NORTH ON RT5.  IT WAS OBVIOUS THE TRUCK WAS NOT GOING TO STOP FOR THE WARNING SIGNALS AT THE CROSSING.  THE ENGINEER DUMPED THE AI R WHICH APPLIES EMERGENCY BRAKING OF THE TRAIN.  THERE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AND CROSSED THE RT5 CROSSI NG IN THE PATH OF THE MOVING TRAIN.  THE TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER OF THE TRUCK.  NO INJURIES TO THE TRAIN CREW OR THE TRUCK DRIVER.  DAMAGES RESULTED TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, THE CROSSING SIGNAL CASE, THE TRUCKS TRAILER AND ITS LADING. 


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YFW16R-15 HUMPED CUT OF 2 RAILCARS INTO BOWL TRACK 19 AND ROLLED OUT END OF TRACK AND STRIKING YFW11 R-15 LOCOMOTIVE UP736 CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE FOR INCIDENT WAS HUMP RETA RDER FAILURE TO CONTROL SPEED OF RAILCAR ACCOUNT FOREIGN MATERIAL ON WHEELS.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
EQUIPMENT COSTS INCREASED FROM $6668 7/04/12 TO $9716, 12/4/12.  WHILE SWITCHING IN WYD, CREW DRIFTE D A CAR (TTGX 982255) TOWARDS BW17 AND THEN A CAR FOR BW16 (ETTX 854152 (E).  WHILE SHOVING TOWARDS BW16, CONDUCTOR REALIZED CAR IN BW17 WAS NOT CLEAR, TRIED TO STOP BUT DID NOT BEFORE CORNERING CAR I N BW17.  TWO CARS DAMAGED; TTGX 982255 (E), ETTX 854152 (E).  CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT - RAIL CARS LEF T IN THE FOUL DURING SWITCHING OPERATION.   


nearest_city: BALDWIN
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
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-Jun
narrative:
N12810 WAS MOVING SOUTH ON THE EAST LEAD INTO TRACK E01 AT BALDWIN YARD.  AS N12810 WAS MOVING INTO TRACK E01 THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED.  FU RTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SECTION OF RAIL BROKE UNDER LOAD IN THE AREA OF THE E01 / E02 SWITCH.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y-GAL3072-17 FOUND THREE CARS DERAILED THAT CAUSED THE RAIL TO ROLL DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS IN AUTO MATED CLASSIFICATION YARD.      


nearest_city: LYNWOOD
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: PATATA IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE LOG11R-01 DERAILED ONE CAR INSIDE CUSTOMER FACILITY.  A PIECE OF THE SWITCH POINT ON THE 720/722 SWITCH IN YARD 43 BROKE AND DERAILED THE 2ND WHEEL ON THE LEAD AXLE OF THE 2ND CAR IN THE CUT.  THE TRACK AND SWITCH ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CUSTOMER.  CARGILL INC MAINTAINS TRACK EST DAMAGE: 30000    


nearest_city: COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
ENGINEER ON THE YLA32-02 PULLED THRU A SWITCH LINED AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT AND THEN SHOVED BACK RESULT ING IN A DERAILMENT.  THE DERAILED CARS RAN INTO THE CARS IN THE NORTH DRILL CAUSING ONE TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DUPO
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YDU21-15 WAS SHOVING INTO A TRACK AND DERAILED ON A SWITCH THAT WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVE ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE CAR STRUCK ANOTHER CAR IN AN ADJACENT TRACK, WHICH IN TURN, STRUCK A CAR IN A THIRD TRA CK.     


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 4719 PROCEEDING INTO YARD D WHEN SECOND CAR WHEELS CLIMBED THE RAIL AND TOOK OPPOSING RR.  A W HEEL DIAMETER MISMATCH ON THE SAME AXLES OF THE B/E TRUCK (AXLE 3 &4) CAUSED THE R3 AND R4 TO FLANGE TO THE SOUTH RAIL, ULTIMATELY RIDING UP THE SWITCH POINT OF THE 4/5 SWITCH.     


nearest_city: HENRIETTA
county: RAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
G-SLVEAP6-15 OVERRAN STOP SIGNAL INDICATION AND RAN THROUGH DUAL -CONTROL CROSSOVER LINED AGAINST TH IS TRAIN AND FOR APPROACHING S-LHALPC1-13.  BOTH TRAINS STOPPED PRIOR TO COLLISION.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
WHILE IN HUMP OPERATIONS, THE YWC40R-03 RELEASED A CAR INTO BOWL TRACK 43.  THE CAR ROLLED INTO THE BOWL CLASSIFICATION TRACK.  AFTER IT STRUCK THE CARS IN THE TRACK THE CARS CREATED A CROSS DRAWBAR E FFECT CAUSING TWO CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PINELAND
county: JASPER
railroad: TIBR
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
JOB 222 WAS SERVICING TEMPLE PINELAND AND MAKING A SHOVE INTO TRACK 3043 TO SET OUT 18 LOADED CARS T HAT HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE MILL.  CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE POINT OF THE SHOVE AND TRAVLED 16 CAR LENGTHS WHEN HE HEARD THE TRAIN GO INTO EMERGENCY, IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE ENGINEER AND WALKED TO FIND TWO LOADED CHIP CARS TURNED OVER ON THEIR SIDES FOULING THE MAIN TRACK.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED T O BE A STILL BOLSTER, BOLSTER WAS IN NEED OF LUBE AND A SHIM 
   


nearest_city: CHAMOIS
county: OSAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: JEFFERSON CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CNAAE-06 SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 746 MADE A CUT OF 12 CARS.  CREW DID NOT CHECK CLEARANCE POINT ON T HE STANDING CUT OF CARS AND SHOVED REMAINING CARS INTO THE STANDING CUT OF CARS, DAMAGING TWO LOADED COAL CARS.  TRACK MAINTAINED BY INDUSTRY CENTRAL ELECTRIC POWER CO-OP.     


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YCS14-03, MOVING LITE POWER, RAN OVER A DERAIL.  CONTRACTOR OF ITS FAILED TO PROPERLY DISPLAY RED FL AG AND LIGHT, AND REMOVE DERAIL.  UPY632 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
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:
YKPS05-15 WAS PULLING OUT TRACK KS56 WHEN KS54 ROLLED OUT INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN DERAILING THREE CARS; ATW 163223, CSXT 141427, FCRD 5030; ON THEIR SIDES. THE BNSF 450350, WHICH WAS THE WEST CAR, IN TRACK KS54 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE B-END AS THE RESULT OF THE COLLUSION AND THE KCS 749277 SUSTAI NED DAMAGE BUT NEITHER CAR DERAILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OF HAZARD MATERIAL CARS INVOLVED. IT WAS FOUND THAT YHXS01-15 WAS REMOTE JOB AND WAS TOLD TO SHOVE TRAIN ON KC54 BY THE HUMP COORDINATOR WIT HOUT PROTECTION AND STRUCK YKPS05-15 DURING THE PROCESS.  


nearest_city: DELTA
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: NORTH FORK 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-Jul
narrative:
CWELR-27 WAS HEADED WEST WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT 16 CARS HAD DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: MAYLENE
county: SHELBY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 61G MOVING NORTH ON THE LACEY SIDING WITH 2 UNITS, 39-0-4918, STRUCK THE REAR CAR OF THE TRAIN 341 AT THE NORTH END SWITCH DERAILING DERAILING TILX 516830 AND DAMAGING NS E8403.      


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YTU21R-01 CREW PULLING WEST OUT OF TRACK 19 DERAILED 5 CARS JUST WEST OF THE CLEARANCE POINT ON THE MIDDLE LEAD.  PRIMARY OPERATOR NOTICED SPARKS UNDERNEATH CUT OF CARS.  RCL UNITS AND 4 CARS ON THE H EAD END SUCCESSFULLY PASSED POINT OF DERAILMENT BUT THE NEXT 5 CARS IN THE CUT DERAILED.  DERAILMENT IS DUE TO EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION CAUSED BY RCL TRAIN HANDLING.    


nearest_city: RICE
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: ARZC
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN CREW PULLING CUT OF CARS FROM SIDING TO ADD TO TRAIN. SOFTENED ROADBED FROM RECENT RAIN, COMBI NED WITH EXISTING 62 LB. RAIL CAUSED OUTSIDE RAIL TO BREAK UNDER LOADED CAR RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
FOREIGN CREW DERAILED 2 CARS DAMAGED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 205 DUE TO INPROPERLY LINE D SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCL39-11 SHOVING 64 CARS IN A SOUTH DIRECTION FROM TRACK 14 IN YARD #9 TO ONE HUMP LEAD WHEN LINES 2 0-23 IN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GASTONIA
county: GASTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
119.06-348.06-172.05-118.06-981.06-68W.04-222.06-AMTK 019- AMTK 020 TRAIN 119P306 TRAVELING SOUTHBOU ND ON MIN #2 TRACK  WITH 23-78-53 45 TONS DERAILING  THE 64TH CARS FOULING MAIN #1 TRACK.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-ST03021-30 DELIVERED CUT TO UP YARD TRK 9.  CREW CONTACTED UP RCO YARD JOB SECURE PERMISSION TO PU LL OUT OF 9 AND RAN THRU 8 TRACK TO LEAVE.  PERMISSION WAS GRANTED.  CREW LINED OUT AND BEGAN THEIR MOVE THEY WERE STRUCK BY UP RCO JOB.  BNSF CREW WAS NOT TOLD THAT RCO ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED.  BNSF BE LIEVES ROOT CAUSE OF INCIDENT WAS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THE RCO ZONE, NOT CREW FOULING LEAD AS UP S UGGESTS.   


nearest_city: HANOVER
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: MARYSVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CWBBT9-16, A WESTBOUND EMPTY COAL TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  AT THE TIME, THE CREW REPORTED ENCOUNT ERING HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS.  WHEN THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER THEIR AIR AND UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN THEY DISCOVERED THEY HAD 17 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: POMONA
county: ATLANTIC
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN #4641 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE FOULING THE TRACK AT POMONA ROAD GRADE CROSSING AT MP 46.5.  NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO TRAIN REPORTED.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TASD-16 WAS SWITCHING CARS INTO TRACKS ON K-YARD LEAD.  AFTER CREW HAD HUMPED A CAR INTO T19 THEY PR OCEEDED TO T16 TO PLACE CARS THERE.  THEY CAME OUT OF T16 TRAVELING NORTH (LIGHT ENGINE) ON THE K YA RD LEAD.  THE CAR (GLFX 8162)WHICH THEY HAD HUMPED TO T19 HAD ROLLED OUT AND WAS FOULING THE K-YARD LEAD.  THEY STRUCK THE CAR WITH THE LEFT FRONT OF LOCOMOTIVE PLRX 2213 CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAR GLFX 81 62.   INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CREW HAD FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CAR PLACED IN T19 AND THE ENGIN EER FAILED TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED RULES. THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT IN THIS ACCIDENT.  


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
#2 SWITCH SOUTH END OF HOLDING YARD MALFUNCTIONED UNDERNEATH 70TH CAR FROM HEAD END DERAILING 5 CARS ACCOUNT SPLIT SWITCH.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MCHAS-02 WAS YARDING TRAIN FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST GOING INTO TRACK 134 WHEN STRING-LIN ED THE TRAIN, DERAILING SEVEN CARS IN THE ST. LOUIS HORN.      


nearest_city: RUTHERFORD
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
262/26 WITH 2 ENGINES  AND 45X0 CONSIST 1490 TONS PULLING EAST DERAILED THREE CARS - TCSZ 463719 - T CSZ 462210 - TCSZ 486444.   30: OPERATING METHOD: VERBAL PERMISSION      


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
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:
M-LAUSHM1-27, PULLING INTO TRACK 10, DERAILED TWO CARS AT 10-TRACK SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS R ELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
L53691-15 WAS SWITCHING IN THE EAST END OF GLENN YARD AND RELEASED TWO EMPTY TANK CARS, UTLX 662720 AND UTLX 668660, DOWN THE LEAD FOR TRACK 3. AT THE SAME TIME, R92591-15 SHOVED A CUT OF CARS, WITHOU T PROTECTION, OUT TO FOUL ON THE EAST END. THE LEAD CAR, CNW 135736, IMPACTED THE TWO RELEASED TANK CARS, DERAILING THEM ON THEIR SIDES. NO INJURIES, LEAKS OR SPILLS. CREW WAS TESTED, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: LORETTO
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: TSRR
date: 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MT PLEASANT
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-Jan
narrative:
JOB 102 DEPARTED LAWRENCE BURG, TN WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 10 LOADS 20 EMPTIES, TRAVELING SOUTH AT APPRO XIMATELY 15-18 MP 283.3 THE ENGINE NOTICED SPARKS FLYING FROM TRAIN. ENGINEER STOPPED TRAIN AFTER TR AVELING APPX 260'. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK FINDING 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 4 RAIL CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ROPESVILLE
county: TERRY
railroad: WTLC
date: 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE TRAIN WAS MOVING WESTBOUND FROM DOUD TO BROWNFIELD.  THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG SO HE STOPPED THE T RAIN AND THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE LAST TEN EMPTY CARS HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YARD CREW #MM-18 DERAILED OVER SWITCH #2175 WHILE SHOVING LITE ENGINE #1005 WEST LONG HOOD FORWARD O N LAYOVER LEAD TRACK FROM S&I #1 TO S&I #2. INVESTIGATION REMAINS ON GOING AND THE EMPLOYEE(S) HAVE NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.     


nearest_city: HICKMAN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
X-DHTCBL5-29 DERAILED 2 CARS ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO BROKEN JOINT BOLT IN FLANGEWAY OF FROG.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP47R-24 HUMPED A PAIR OF LOADED GRAIN CARS INTO WEST BOWL 59.  THE PHOTO CELLS AT THE WEST HUM P FAILED AFTER RELEASING THE CARS OFF THE HILL WHICH CAUSED THE HUMP COMPUTER TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE C ARS, THEREFORE IT DID NOT CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE CARS AS THEY WENT INTO THE TRACK.  THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE OVERSPEED WITH THESE TWO CARS AND THEY IMPACTED WITH THE CMO20912 ALREADY IN THE TRACK. THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAR DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y-DDC1011-28 DERAILED 2 CARS ON EAST YARD LEAD WHILE SHOVING CARS TO 105 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: PNW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 8 OPERATED THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH CAUSING LOCOMOTIVE UNITS E/821 AND E/136 TO DERA IL.      


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Snow
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN AND CREW FAIELD TO STOP AT AN ABSOLUTE SIGNAL AND STRUCK THE REAR OF UP TRAIN ZCIG1-11 TH AT WAS SITTING ON BNSF TRACK.  BNSF DAMAGES = $100 EQUIPMENT DAMAGES, $500 TRACK DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: TXTX
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING TOWARD UPPER C YARD WHEN THREE CARS IN MIDDLE OF CUT DERAILED ACCOUNT WORN SWITCH P OINT ON SHORT CROSSOVER.      


nearest_city: FULTON
county: FULTON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
L50771-09 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 25 CARS OUT OF TRACK FU13 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CON DUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND THAT GATX 59324, RCRX 1414 AND RCRX 1179 HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RA IL. ALL CARS DERAILED UPRIGHT AND ARE LOADS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE.     


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
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-Jun
narrative:
Q38524 WAS PULLING INTO WESTBOUND RECEIVING YARD TRACK 1 DERAILMENT OCCURRED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
L51181-25 WAS TRAVELING AT 9.5 MPH WHEN THE CREW FELT A TUG AND LOST THEIR AIR.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKE D BACK AND FOUND THAT FIVE LOADED CARS HAD DERAILED IN THEIR TRAIN: TBOX 660820, CCBX 58846, DCLX 73 91, DCLX 7320 AND DOWX 82126.  DOWX 82126 WAS A LOADED HAZARDOUS CAR AND WAS DERAILED UPRIGHT AND NO T LEAKING.  THE REMAINING FOUR CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDES.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS FOUND TO B E A VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD IN AN INSULATED JOINT.   


nearest_city: DEVILS LAKE
county: RAMSEY
railroad: NPR
date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DEVILS LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN TRAVELING ESTIMATED 8 MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  AFTER INVESTI GATION, FOUND BASE BREAK ON RAIL TO BE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.  AXLE 1 ON CP 606707 WAS FIRST T O DERAIL, #2,3,4 STAYED ON.  CAR 48,49,50 TIPPED OVER. CAR 51 AXLE 1 DERAILED, 2,3,4 STAYED ON.     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHILE RIDING INTO THE POINT CAR, FOREMAN TIED ONTO THE REMAINING CARS AND COMPLETED COUPLING THE TRA CK.  HE THEN CLIMBED ON THE EAST (LAST) CAR AND PROCEEDED TO PULL WESTWARD OUT OF THE TRACK.  HE STA TED THAT HE STOPPED THE TRAIN AT THE END OF 6A AND WAS ABOUT TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE TRACK WHEN HE WA S TOLD BY THE ENGINEER HE NEEDED TO WALK UP TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.  AS HE WALKED BACK TO THE LOCOMOTIVE, HE NOTICED THE DERAILMENT.  UP TO THAT POINT, HE DIDN'T NOTICE OR HEAR ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE A PROBLEM.  THE 17TH CAR (GSNX 640) (ALL WHEELS DERAILED) SHOWED EVIDENCE OF BEING OFF CENTER WHICH CAUSED THE CAR TO DERAIL AS THE CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK AFTER COMPLETING COUPLING IT.  TH E 18TH THROUGH 20TH CARS HAD ALL WHEELS DERAILED.  THE 21ST CAR HAD ALL WHEELS DERAILED ON THE BRAKE


nearest_city: GONZALES
county: GONZALES
railroad: TXGN
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:
CREW WAS ENROUTE TO TYSON FOODS TO PLACE CARS FOR UNLOADING.  THE TRAIN MADE A STOP BEFORE ARRIVING AT TYSON FOODS, AND THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT A RAIL HAD ROLLED.  FOUR CARS WERE ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: RUSHVILLE
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
C-ETMLRT0-17 DERAILED 9 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO A LOOSE WHEEL ON RAIL CAR.       


nearest_city: ANTIOCH
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 718 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR 8305, 3CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/162 TRAILING STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP1139.0, WERNER RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CHEVRON PRODUCTS EMPLOYEES DERAILED TWO CARS IN THE INDUSTRY ON KCS MAINTAINED TRACK.   INDUSTRY CRE W INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE.      


nearest_city: DES PLAINES
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
METRA TRAIN 104 STRUCK AN AUTO AT THE CENTRAL ROAD CROSSING.  TRAIN WAS PASSING A STOPPED FREIGHT TR AIN ON TRACK 2.  DRIVER DISREGARDED THE ACTIVATED CROSSING WARNING AND WAS STRUCK.  METRA REPORTED $ 23,609 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: MERRILLAN
county: JACKSON
railroad: WC
date: 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: WHITEHALL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
L57681-16 WAS HEADED EASTBOUND AT 25 MPH WHEN THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AS THEY APPROACHED THE HWY. K CROSSING. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CREW FOUND THAT 18 CARS HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT A BR OKEN RAIL. EIGHT CARS DERAILED ON THEIR SIDES: MRMX 131435, MRMX 130236, MRMX130946, MRMX 131614, MR MX 131727, HWCX 7186, HWCX 2005, AND MRMX 130948. REMAINING CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION: G ACX 3310, ACFX 58333, MWCX 300190, CEFX 300004, GACX 2396, GACX 2389, MBKX 101660, MCEX 330591, MCEX 330081, GACX 2408.  


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YPB75R-09 WAS SHOVING 14 CARS INTO INDUSTRY PAPER TIGERS WHEN THE LEADING CAR ON THE SHOVE DERAILED CAUSING THE NEXT 2 CARS TO DERAIL AS WELL.  SWITCHMAN JUMPED FROM RAIL CAR EED987 AS IT DERAILED INJ URING HIS LEFT LEG.  PAPER TIGERS MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y29107 HUMPING TRACK 308 HAD THE UTLX 25776 STALL IN RETARDER AND WAS STRUCK BY THE UTLX 671726 CAUS ING THE B-END OF THE UTLX 25776 TO DETRUCK. CAR DID NOT DERAIL.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
INTERMODAL SERVICES OF AMERICA WAS OPERATING ON UP TRACKS WITH LEAD ENGINE, UP7459, WHEN THEY DERAIL ED OVER PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH WHEN SWITCH JOB 5 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 811.      


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GILA 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-Oct
narrative:
THE YTU30R-20 DERAILED THREE LOCOMOTIVES AND ONE CAR DUE TO A 8 HORIZONTAL SPLIT HEAD ON 90 POUND RA IL.      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
B040 PULLING SOUTH WITH NS1626 AND 18 X 33 RAN THROUGH THE RUNNER SWITCH. REVERSED MOVEMENT AND DERA ILED ENGINE AND 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: ELYRIA
county: LORAIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
ASSISTANT ENGINEER WAS OPERATING THE TRAIN. TRAIN WAS STOPPED AT ELYRIA STATION WHEN ENGINEER WENT T O USE FACILITIES ON TRAIN. ENGINEER SMELLED SMOKE, LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW FLAMES FROM THE TOP OF ENG INE. 38. PRIMARY CAUSE:     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Q41114 OPERATED WITH HIGH CARS (MULTI-LEVELS) UNDER THE FORT AVENUE BRIDGE IN VIOLATION OF SPECIAL I NSTRUCTIONS. THE BRIDGE DAMAGED 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: BLOOMSBURG
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: NSHR
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MASSIVE FLOODING IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DUE TO TROPICAL STORM LEE CAUSED THE ROADBED TO WASH AWAY A T BLOOMSBURG, PA CAUSING 1 LOADED COVERED HOPPER CAR TO DERAIL. ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE 34 FREIGHT C ARS SUBMERGED IN WATER, WHICH WILL NEED THE WHEEL SETS CHANGED OUT AND THE BRAKE SYSTEMS ADDRESSED. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WHICH WILL BE UPDATED IN THE FUTURE.    


nearest_city: PILGRIM KNOB
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
U64 DERAILED 8 CARS DUE TO INDUSTRY RUNNING OVER DERAIL AND DERAILING CAR THEN PULLING CAR OVER SWIT CH BREAKING CUFFS CAUSING SWITCH TO BE FREE FLOATING.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-LIN0222-19 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS EXPERIENCED PASSED DRAWBARS ON EAST END OF BOWL TRACK 808 .      


nearest_city: GOULD
county: DESHA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: MCGEHEE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS BROOMING FORWARD (SOUTHBOUND) WHEN HE STRUCK CROSSING WITH HIS BROOM. ONCE THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK CROSSING HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE SOUTHBOUND DRAGGING THE BROOM ACROSS THE CROSSING; CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO BROOM.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
A44681-05 WAS YARDING TRAIN IN THE BRC RECEIVING YARD ON TRACK #7.  AFTER ENTERING TRACK 7 HEADING E AST THE CREW NOTICED THAT THEY HAD DERAILED AND STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT.  THE ENGINES AND THE FIRST T EN CARS OF TRAIN WENT INTO TRACK 7 AND THE REST OFF THE TRAIN STARTED PROCEEDING INTO TRACK 8.  ONE CAR DERAILED (ATW400457) NOT DANGEROUS BETWEEN TRACKS 7 AND 8 STILL ATTACHED TO CARS ON BOTH TRACKS. ONE SET OF TRUCKS WAS DERAILED ON THE A-END.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE WIDE GAUGE AT THE FROG LEADING TO THE SWITCH.  THE BRC REPORTED $4,260 TRACK DAMAGE.  THE BRC TRAINMASTER AGREE D WITH THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
R91171-03 PULLED INTO TRACK MP02 WITH 71 CARS. THE CREW PULLED OUT AND HELD ONTO 26 LOADS AND SHOVED 16 OF THEM INTO TRACK MP03. THEY THEN WENT BACK TO MP02 AND PICKED UP 16 MORE LOADS. THEY STARTED T O SHOVE TOWARDS TRACK MP04 WHEN THE LEADING TRUCK OF AEX 11704 DERAILED AT THE MP02 SWITCH DUE TO TH E FLOATING POINT CAUSING THE LEADING WHEEL TO CLIMB THE RAIL. THE CREW CONTINUED SHOVING APPROX 5 CA R LENGTHS ALSO DERAILING LCGX 417 AND LCGX 752. WHEN THE LEAD CAR OF THE SHOVE, AEX 11704, DERAILED IT DAMAGED 3 EMPTY TANK CARS (CRGX 6211, CRGX 5772, CRGX 19280) STANDING ON TRACK MP02.  CARS  AEX 1 1704 AND CRGX 5772 WERE SCRAPPED. 


nearest_city: GLEN ULLIN
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW MADE RUNNING SET/RELEASE OF BRAKES, BUT RELEASED TOO QUICKLY FOR SET TO PROPAGATE TO THE EOT. REAR END SET UP CAUSING SEVERAL CARS TO SLIDE AND 1 CAR TO DERAIL 1 PAIR OF WHEELS. WHEELS REMAINED DERAILED UNTIL STRUCK SWITCH 1.4 MILE FROM POD WHERE WHEELS WERE EJECTED FROM TRUCK. TRAIN CONTINUED IMPACT UNTIL DEFECT NOTED BY OPPOSING TRAIN AT MP 72.    


nearest_city: WORCESTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: PW
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CSX CREW, OF TRAIN CSX-Q422 WHILE SETTING OFF CARS IN WORCESTER YARD FOR INTERCHANGE ON TRACK 2, THE Y SIDE SWIPED INTERCHANGE CARS THEY LEFT ON TRACK 1.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA
county: LOWNDES
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
2 CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 2 IN ARTESIA YARD AND SIDESWIPED 2 TANK CARS THAT WERE PART OF L-AR203-12 . 3 CARS IN TOTAL WERE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
MSPFW-12 WAS ENTERING YARD AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHECK POINTS ON TRACK AS SHOWING OUT OF CORRESPONDE NCE.  CREW STOPPED TRAIN, CHECKED POINTS AND PROCEEDED.  UP5033 DERAILED ACCOUNT GAPPED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: HIBBING
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
INDUSTRY LOADING TACONITE INTO CARS WITH FRONT END LOADER AS TRAIN PULLED PAST AT 0.25 MPH. INDUSTRY DUMPED EXCESSIVE TACONITE IN REAR OF CAR CAUSING WHEEL LIFT AT A POINT WHERE ICE AND SNOW COVERED R AIL.     


nearest_city: PRINCE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
G85014 TRAIN TRAVELING 24 MPH EAST WHEN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION OCCURRED. DERAILMENT FOUND W ITH 16 CARS IN A GENERAL PILE UP.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE YNP08R-03 HUMPED A 5 PACK, 5 ARTICULATED CARS CONNECTED TOGETHER, TO WEST BOWL 52 DUE TO A RETAR DER FAILURE CAUSING AN OVERSPEED THE NOKC205403 CAR IN THE 4TH POSITION WITH THE NOKB205403 IN FRONT OF IT AND 3 ADDITIONAL CARS BEHIND IT WAS IMPACTED BUCKLING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE "C" WELL PUSHING THE WELL WALL 41 INCHES OUT OVER THE RAIL.  NO DERAILMENT.  CAR DAMAGE ONLY.    


nearest_city: GILMAN
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: TPW
date: 2010-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
HL1 CREW TRAVELING EASTBOUND WITH 54 LOADS DERAILED 7 CARS AT MP 23.8 ON MAIN TRACK, 45 CAR FROM HEA D END. GAUGE SPREAD CAUSE INVESTIGATED BY RAIL SCIENCE AND CONCLUDED TRACK BUCKLE WAS CAUSE.      


nearest_city: IRON MOUNTAIN
county: ST FRANCOIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
WMSIMB-19 WHILE SHOVING NORTH DERAILED TWO LOADED CARS, SI919323 AND SI919091, OFF THE SPUR TRACK. INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: ANDERSON
county: MADISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS LINE
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:
G04411 PULLED GRAIN TRAIN FROM EMPORIA GRANARY. AS CREW WAS PULLING INTO THE SIDING AT SOUTH ANDERSO N YARD AND THEY ENCOUNTERED A TRAIN LINE EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND CARS DERAI LED AND 4 OF THEM ON THEIR SIDE.     


nearest_city: SOUTHPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
BRIDGE INSULATOR, TRACK 3 DEVON BRIDGE EAST END, SEPARATED ALLOWING TOE END OF NORTH T-IRON TO DROP THREE INCHES, CREATING A HARD SPOT WESTBOUND, ENGAGING PANTOGRAPH ON CAR 8414 OF TRAIN 1535, DAMAGIN G SAME.     


nearest_city: WOLF POINT
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW SHOVED EAST ON 1903 TRACK TO MAKE COUPLING WITH CARS ON 1902. AFTER 10 CARS PASSED OVER SWITCH, POINTS GAPPED CAUSING DERAILMENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SWITCH WAS LAST USED BY INDUSTRY AND WAS LINED BUT SWITCH DOGS HAD NOT ENGAGED, ALLOWING POINT TO GAP.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH
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-Apr
narrative:
ENGINEER ON F050 FAILED TO CUT CSXT 4405 IN TO LEAD RELEASING HAND BRAKE. ENGINES ROLLED INTO THE F0 27 CAUSING A SIDESWIPE.  BOTH TRACKS SUSTAINED $2,000.

      


nearest_city: SOMERSET
county: GUNNISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
AS THE CWEFN-08 FINISHED LOADING, THE LOADOUT OPERATOR TOLD CONDUCTOR THAT THE CHUTE WAS IN THE CLEA R AND IT WAS OK TO PULL OUT.  AFTER THE CONDUCTOR TOLD THE HEAD END TO START AHEAD HE HEARD THE OPER ATOR YELL TO STOP.  THE CONDUCTOR THEN TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP.  THE ENGINEER THEN PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  THE FIRST OF THE DPU LOCOMOTIVES (UP5918) STRUCK THE CHUTE AND IT BECAME WEDGED INTO THE ROOF OF THE CAB.   


nearest_city: HUNTINGTON
county: CABELL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: KANAWHA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
H99617 WAS PULLING 150 LOADS OUT OF L01 WHEN THE RAIL BROKE DERAILING THE 138TH THROUGH 150TH CARS.       


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CARS TTZX87752 AND TTZX862404 WERE DISCOVERED BY THE YWC28-12 WITH BYPASS COUPLERS.  IN AN ATTEMPT T O SEPARATE CARS, THE YWC28-12 PULLED CARS EAST ONTO THE 40 LEAD WHEN THE CARS DERAILED ON TOP OF THE 40 LEAD DAMAGING TRACK.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
YCH52-19, SHOVING 4 LOADS INTO GEORGIA PACIFIC, DERAILED UPY604 WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE CLIMBED THE POIN T ON THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS COMMING BACK FROM EAST DEPARTURE YARD TAKING THE BRC 560 TO THE DIESEL SHOP VIA SOUTH T HOROUGH EMPLOYEE RAN A SWITCH AT THE ICE HOUSE AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SPARROWS POINT
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: PBR
date: 2011-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE C-10 WAS SERVICING THE COLD MILL WITH 27 CARS FROM 700 YARD, CREW PULLED 27 CARS WEST FROM 717 T RACK THROUGH THE LOW SIDE OF A-YARD. THE CREW THEN BEGAN TO SHOVE THE TRAIN NORTH ACROSS TIN MILL RD TOWARD THE COLD MILL. THE 18TH CAR IN THE TRAIN DERAILED AT THE A-YD LD SWITCH DUE TO A WORN FLANGE .    


nearest_city: DUNNING
county: BLAINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
E-PAMETM0-36 STOPPED NEARING DUNNING AT DIRECTION OF TRAIN DISPATCHER FOR HIGH WIND WARNING. WHILE S TOPPED, STRAIGHT LINE WINDS DERAILED 56 CARS.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
WKCDNR-16 HAD STOPPED SHORT OF 19 SWITCH TO ALLOW CONDUCTOR TO LINE 2 ADDITIONAL SWITCHES.  TRAIN ST ARTED PULLING AHEAD AND ENGINEER SAW RAILCAR ON GROUND IN MIRROR AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.  CAUSE DETERM INED AS WORN OR BROKEN SWITCH POINT.     


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CIMA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
LUM50-11 LOCAL WAS SHOVING CARS THRU THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE TO STORAGE TRACKS ACROSS RAINBOW BOULEV ARD WHEN THEY DERAILED 3 CARS, UP908952, UP925072 AND DODX40209.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED IN THE CURVE A T THE WYE TURNOUT.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE HORSEPOWER.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YKC27X-08 AFTER SHOVING INTO THE BOWL TO COVER A CAR, 1 CAR GOT BEHIND THE POINTS OF THE BOWL 30 SWI TCH. WHEN THEY PULLED BACK EAST CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROSCOE
county: EDMUNDS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
SOUTH DAKOTA WHEAT GROWERS CREW, OPERATING TRAIN, RAIN THRU 21537 SWITCH, THEN SHOVED BACK SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: BOSSIER CITY
county: BOSSIER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT 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-May
narrative:
MASEW-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP 4156, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING. NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OR TO CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TUL2032-19, SHOVING 83 CARS INTO TRACK 1012, DERAILED 4 CARS AT 1014/1015 TRACK XOVERS DUE TO BYPA SSED COUPLERS BETWEEN FXE 912627 AND FXE 913713.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YPR23R-08 WAS PULLING TRACK 64 EAST WHEN TRACK 57 ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK TRACK 64 ON THE SOUTH LEAD. 4 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YARDMASTER FAILED TO INSTRUCT UTILITY EMPLOYEE TO SET HANDBRAKE ON CAR IN TRACK 2336. LATER, ANOTHER CREW HUMPED MORE CARS INTO TRACK, CAUSING ONE CAR OF THE ORIGINAL CUT TO ROLL OUT OF BOWL INTO THE SIDE OF Y-PAS2271-19, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE SPJ-2 CREW OPERATING WITH E/923 AND 16 CARS WEST OFF #8 TRACK SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO ENG INE 933 DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CONTROL ROD AT THE CONNECTION POINT TO THE CONTROL LEVER.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
C-NAMBE0-07 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE ENTERING TRACK 2704. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE SWITCH NOT LATCHED ALLOWING POINTS TO FLOAT.      


nearest_city: CHRISTOPHER
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MT VERNON
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-Oct
narrative:
C-NAMPCG0-07 DERAILED 20 CARS ON UP TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: KIESTER
county: FARIBAULT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: FAIRMONT SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LTC20-20, WITH LEAD UNIT LLPX2247, STRUCK A TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT SNOWPLOW THAT STOPPED ON S. FIRST STR EET CROSSING INJURING DRIVER OF SNOWPLOW.  DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL VIA MEDICAL HELICOPTER .  MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORT NO. 12200083.     


nearest_city: CASPER
county: NATRONA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-CAS3012-21 CAUSED DAMAGE TO 2 RAILCARS WHEN THEY IMPACTED EACH OTHER DUE TO INADEQUATE PRECAUT IONS WHILE KICKING CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 140 WITH ENGINE 103 AND 8 CARS DERAILED THE LAST CAR, 82562, WHILE REVERSING ON PAN-AMS CPR1 T RACK.  THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY ICE BUILDUP AT THE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
COAL TRAIN N99008 DERAILED 6 COAL HOPPER CARS ON #1 MAIN. INVESTIGATION FOUND DEEX 6616, THE 111TH C AR, WITH A POLYMER WEAR LINER CRUSHED BETWEEN THE BODY CENTER PLATE AND THE TRUCK BOLSTER RING, INHI BITING TRUCK SWIVELING.     


nearest_city: KIMBALL
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
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:
NS TRAIN 194 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN ONE DERAILED THE 17TH THROUGH 32ND CARS FROM THE HEAD END.  GATX 63818, GATX 213081, SHPX 209866, RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON OF ASPHALT EACH.      


nearest_city: OSHKOSH
county: GARDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE FOREMAN GENERAL OBSERVED A WHEEL ON CAR AEPX6212, OF THE CBMWX-13, THAT WAS POUNDING AND MAKING SPARKS.  HE NOTIFIED THE CREW TO STOP THEIR TRAIN, BUT BEFORE THEY COULD GET STOPPED, THE AEPX6212 C AR DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL.  THE NEXT CAR IN THE CONSIST, THE AEPX6884 WAS NOT DERAILED, BUT WAS DAMAGED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT IT HAD BEEN DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CARROLLTON
county: CARROLL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
L-CHI0071-12 DERAILED ONE CAR WHICH IMPACTED BUT DID NOT DERAIL A SECOND CAR WHILE SHOVING INTO 8714 TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


