# railroad_data

nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
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:
NS186 CREW WAS DOUBLING 34EDEP TO 28EDEP. THE CREW DID NOT PROPERLY LINE THE EASTBOUND ROUTE AND RAN THROUGH THE 3 LEAD POCKET SWITCH-WHEN THE CREW MADE THE REVERSE MOVEMENT THREE LOADED CARS DERAILED : BNSF478482-BNSF481131 & BNSF481362.     


nearest_city: PONTIAC
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 303 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/138 AND 4 CARS WAS STRUCK BY A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP94.71, LINCO LN ST CROSSING.  THE VEHICLE DROVE AROUND THE  WARNING SIGNALS AND STRUCK THE FIRST CAR BEHIND THE L OCOMOTIVE WHILE TRAIN OPERATED THROUGH THE CROSSING.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
TC04 PULLING OUT OF CT01 WITH 2 CARS WHEN MIS-MATCHED COUPLING OF CARS UTCX 59042 AND HOKX 8354 TURN ED RAIL OVER DERAILING ALL TRUCKS ON BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: RENO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
2ZCIBP-01, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8600, STRUCK A DODGE PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A HORSE TRAILER THAT ATTEMPTED TO STOP HIS VEHICLE SKIDDED OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN.  DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT. A TRAILER LANDED ON THE DRIVER CAUSING HIS INJURIES.     


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 $215, 0    


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: LAKES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
U-SUPKET1-95, LDG TACONITE, HAD BOTTOM DOOR OPEN ON BNSF 617804. RESULTING SPILL CAUSED DERAILMENT A S WHLS LIFTED IN DEBRIS.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS TWO LOADED SUGAR CARS CRDX 14261 & CRDX 14255 WERE HUMPED OFF AND WENT THROUGH BOTH THE MASTER AND SECONDARY RETARDERS WITH ALL PRESSURE POINTS APPLIED (4 POINTS) ON THE RETARDERS. BOTH CARS TRAVELED THE LENGTH OF TRACK B25 IMPACTING 19 CARS IN TRACK RESULTING IN THE 18 TH H.C. CSXT 248143 EMPTY COVERED HOPPER TELESCOPING INTO THE 17 H.C. NATX 1098 A SOUTH END. CSXT 24 8143 DERAILED THE B NORTH END R&L 2 WHEEL AND WAS DETRUCKED IMPACTING LOADED TANK NATX 1098 A SOUTH END. THE TWO ROLLING CARS WERE TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED 25 MPH ON 10 MPH TRACK.  


nearest_city: GREENWOOD
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: WAGONER SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
GSTFRV-29 WAS PULLING OUT OF GREENWOOD SIDING, AND CAR UP90797 DERAILS JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH SWITC H AT GREENWOOD AND RIDES ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 5500 FEET.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY A ND THE CREW PERFORMED A WALKING INSPECTION AND FOUND THE DERAILED CAR.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DE TERMINED THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS A TRACK CONDITION.    


nearest_city: WICHITA FALLS
county: WICHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
GEBEWF-24 PULLED INTO THE WTJR YARD THROUGH 5 TRACK.  THE CONDUCTOR MADE A CUT ON 5 TRACK AND PULLED OUT TO SHOVE MORE CARS INTO 4 TRACK.  WHILE SHOVING BACK THE CARS COLLIDED AND RESULTED IN 4 CARS B EING DERAILED.  TRACK MAINTAINED BY WTJR.  WTJR TRACK DAMAGE = 24,001.00.     


nearest_city: CLARK
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CRSH
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:
NS19G WAS TRAVELING WEST ON #2 LEHIGH LINE WHEN THEY INCURRED CAR FRACTURE TO WHEEL AT RAHWAY AVE. M P 19.9 WHEEL WAS DRAGGED TO MP 32.2 NEAR BOUND BROOK.      


nearest_city: GLASGOW
county: VALLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
H PASDIL9-03 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE SITTING OUT ON 2413 TRACK. CARS WERE FOUL OF LEAD ON 2412 TRACK WH ICH DID NOT NOTE UNTIL IMPACT OCCURRED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED OR RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ON SEPT 15, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 535PM KB23/524 WAS SHOVING ONE 2-PACK EMPTY AUTO RACK INTO TRACK B C42 AT THE EAST END OF BLUE ISLAND YARD.   THEY SHOVED THE CAR WITHOUT HAVING POINT PROTECTION AND T HE WEST CAR ON TRACK BC42 COLLIDED INTO THE MULE/FIRST  (IHB 479) AND ITS LITE LOCO (IHB 1523) AT TH E WEST END.  THESE LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE STRUCK WERE PART OF THE KB29/594  HUMP CREW. LATITUDE 41.63 8852 AND LONGITUDE -087.654172            INCIDENT TYPE WAS CHANGED FROM DERAILMENT TO SIDE COLLISIO N 3-6-13; CONFIRMED WITH TRAINMASTER 3-6-13.    UPDATED FIELD 32, 3-6-13.

UPDATE OF 10-17-13; EQU IPMENT COST WENT FROM $33,751 TO $46,279 9-4-13.    CAR NATX 33635, CAR DAMAGE NOW SHOWN AT $38,805 (ACTUAL),  FRA COST NOW AT $50,202.


nearest_city: RALEIGH
county: RALEIGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: PINEY CREEK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
H82702 DERAILED 6 CARS THAT WENT INTO PINEY CREEK WHEN TRESTLE GAVE WAY AND 1 CAR WHEELS DERAILED TH AT DID NOT LAND IN CREEK.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN YDYT381-11 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS.  EXCESSIVE BUFFI NG OR SLACK ACTION WITH TRAIN HANDLING.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $5000.00      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
1500 WEST END ASSIGNMENT WAS WAITING ON THE LEAD FOR A PLUG WHEN RAILCAR CFMX 2170 ROLLED OUT OF TRA CK KC17 AND RAN INTO THE EAST ENGINE EJE 666. THE ENGINEER WAS IN EJE 675 AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT AND REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION REPORTING BACK PAINS. NOTHING DERAILED BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE S NOW PLOW AND STEPS ON THE EJE 666.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AT 21:20PM A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE EAST RECEIVING TRACKS IN BAILEY YARD.  3 DIFFERENT CUTS OF CARS WERE BLOWN OVER.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 306 WITH ENGINE 55 AND 5 CARS SIDESWIPED AN IC TRAIN, DAMAGING 4 OF THE 5 CARS, DUE TO A DESIG N FAILURE IN THE VHLC SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR THE TRACK CIRCUITS.  AMTRAK HAD $200,000.00 E QUIPMENT DAMAGE AND IC HAD $40.00 EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: CREVE COEUR
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: TZPR
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW SET OUT 2 BAD ORDER CARS AND FAILED TO SECURE HAND BRAKES.  SET OUT CARS ROLLED OUT WHILE SHOVI NG MOVEMENT WAS BEING COMPLETED, CAUSING COLLISION.      


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L51592-25 WAS DOUBLING TO CARS IN TRACK MF 15 WHEN THEY RAN THROUGH THE 7 LEAD 4 CROSSOVER SWITCH. THE CREW THEN MADE THE JOINT AND PULLED THROUGH THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH CAUSING SIX CARS T O DERAIL.  (GATX 6949, PROX 16465, ITDX 135175, CRLE 19339, PROX 33526, RTMX 2506).  NO LEAKS OR INJ URIES ARE A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  CONDUCTOR HAS BEEN TESTED FOR CAUSE AND REMOVED FROM SERVICE P ENDING THE RESULT OF A FORMAL INVESTIGATION.   


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YPR15R-26 WAS PULLING INTO YARD 2 TRACK 3 FROM THE YARD 1 LEAD.  HEAD 6 CARS DERAILED JUST EAST OF T HE MAIN ROAD CROSSING DUE TO BROKEN GAUGE PLATE AND BROKEN RAIL BRACE PLATE IN FRONT OF THE POINTS. THIS CAUSED STOCK RAIL TO ROLL RESULTING IN GAPPED SWITCH POINT.  LOCOMOTIVE DID NOT DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PUEBLO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
H-PUEKCK1-02 EXPERIENCE UDE LEAVING PUEBLO, RECOVERED AIR AND MOVED TRAIN REACHING 15 MPH BEFORE EXP ERIENCING 2ND UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED 1 CAR DRAILED DUE TO BROKEN WHEEL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL S WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: ISELIN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
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:
F-END PANTOGRAPH DAMAGED ON LOCOMOTIVE #4607 WHILE TRAIN #3721 WAS ENROUTE WEST NEAR NEC MP 20.7 DUE TO A FATIGUE BREAK IN THE CATENARY.      


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y39018 SWITCHING A LIST OF A20 ON EAST END OF YARD. FOREMAN KICKED 8 CARS TO TRACK A18 (ON THE HIGH SIDE) THEN LINED THE FIELD SWITCH TO KICK CARS TO THE LOW SIDE. FOREMAN KICKED 6 CARS TO THE LOW SID E LEAD TO HOLD OUT TO CLASS AFTER THEY FINISHED SWITCHING ON THE HIGH SIDE. HE THEN WENT BACK TO THE HIGH SIDE TO KICK 4 MORE CARS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LINE UP FOR TRACK A13 FOR 2 LOADED GONDOLAS. HE CHECKED THE CLEARANCE OF THE 6 CARS ON THE LEAD AND DETERMINED THEM TO BE CLEAR. HE PROCEEDED TO WA LK BACK TO HIS CUT TO KICK THE 2 GONDOLAS. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF KICKING THE 2 GONDOLAS THE CUT OF 6 CARS STARTED ROLLING. THE CARS CAME INTO THE FOUL RESULTING IN THE FIRST GONDOLA, CSXT 486613 TO SIDESWIPE UTLX 61262. NEITHER CAR DERAILED.


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YNP41RX-09 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS HAD THE FBOX50505 ROLL OUT OF EAST BOWL 7 AND DERAILED WHEN IT ROLLED INTO THE SIDE OF A CONSIST IN EAST BOWL 5 DUE TO A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE ON THE RETARDER THAT CON TAMINATED THE WHEELS OF THE CAR KEEPING THE RETARDER FROM SUFFICIENTLY SLOWING THE CAR.     


nearest_city: MIAMI SPRINGS
county: DADE
railroad: FEC
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WHILE ENTERING NEW YARD #6 HANDLING LOADED RAIL CARS AT SPEED GREATER THAN AUTHORIZED SPEED PER SPEC IAL INSTRUCTIONS IN TIMETABLE #2, CAUSED FEC 3849, FEC 3847 AND FEC 3852 TO DERAIL GOING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE STOPPING, ENGINEER MADE MAXIMUM BRAKE REDUCTION FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY 2 ADDITIONAL SPLIT RED UCTIONS FOR TOTAL BPR OF 11 LBS. ENGINEER THEN MADE FULL INDEPENDENT BRAKE REDUCTION. TRAIN STOPPED AND ENGINEER RELEASED AIR AND MOVED 650 FT BEFORE UDE. DERAILMENT CAUSED BY SEVERE SLACK ACTION. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LHX03R-10 CAME OUT LIGHT ENGINES AND RAN THRU THE SWITCH AT THE NORTH END OF MAIN2/YARD LEAD SWITCH. THE LHX03R-10 THEN GOT 32 CARS OFF MAIN 1 AND CAME THRU THE CROSSOVERS BACK TO MAIN 2.  THE FOREMA N THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOVE SOUTH INTO TRACK 7.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10 CARS INTO TRACK 7, THE FOREMAN FE LT A JOLT AND ASKED THE BRAKEMAN STANDING AT THE CLEARANCE CONES IN TRACK 7 WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.  T HE BRAKEMAN LOOKED TOWARD THE OFFICE AND NOTICED CARS DERAILED.  TOTAL OF 5 CARS DERAILED.   


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MNPNL-08 WAS YARDING INTO RECEIVING TRACK 203, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO SWITCH POINT GAPPING (INSUFFIC IENT TENSION ON SWITCH).  MNPNL-08 HAD A HOLD OF 111 CARS AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: FORT PIERRE
county: STANLEY
railroad: DME
date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z
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:
570-21 EASTBOUND WHEN 62ND THROUGH 64TH CARS (CEFX 301793, FURX 893867, NAHX 99774) LOADS OF BENTONI TE CLAY DERAILED. ALL CARS ON THEIR SIDES, ONE LOAD SPILLED.      


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS KICKING CARS BETWEEN H13 AND H14.  CREW HAD 4 CARS IN H13 FOR WOLF LAKE ORDER AND PUTTING N ON ORDERS BACK IN H14.  HELPER ASKED CONDUCTOR IF IT WAS CLEAR TO LET 2 CARS GO FOR H13.  CONDUCTOR REPLIED YES H13 WAS CLEAR ENOUGH FOR CARS TO PASS FOR H14.  TILX 250582 WAS KICKED TO H13 AND IN THE FOUL OF H14.  WHEN UTLX 665574 WAS KICKED TO H14, THERE WAS A RAKING COLLISION BETWEEN CARS TILX 25 0582 AND UTLX 665574 CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.  CREW FAILED TO HAVE CARS IN THE CLEAR ON H13 BEFO RE PUTTING CARS IN H14.  EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR TILX 250582 IS AN ESTIMATE.  TILX 250582 (E) CAR DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $15,013, 17TH CAR FROM HEAD END, KICKED INTO TRACK H13 IN THE FOUL.  UTLX 665574 (L) C AR DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $55,247, 22ND CAR FROM HEAD END, KICKED INTO TRACK H14.  CONFIRMED WITH ASST


nearest_city: ASHLAND
county: AROOSTOOK
railroad: MNR
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MADAWASKA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 904 HEADED SOUTH INTO NORTH END T #1, MADE HITCHER 5 MTY CHIP CARS, PREPARING TO SHOVE SWITCH ONTO MAIN LINER, WITH 12 CARS TO GO THE TRAIN LOST ITS AIR.      


nearest_city: CLAYMONT
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 9243 WAS OPERATING SOUTH ON TRACK 4 BRAKING FOR THE UPCOMING CLAYMONT STATION STOP.  A L OUD BANG BROUGHT SEPTA TRAIN TO A STOP AND UPON INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE P ANTOGRAPH ON MU 733 WAS LEANING TO THE SIDE FOULING TRACK 3 AND THE PANTOGRAPH ON MU 817 WAS INVERTE D.  SEPTAS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $27,000.00.    


nearest_city: HOMESTEAD
county: IOWA
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DRIVER OF PICK-UP TRUCK TRIED TO STOP AT CROSSING, BUT DID NOT TAKE THE ICE/SNOW PACKED ROADWAY INTO CONSIDERATION AND SLID INTO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE #510.      


nearest_city: NEW CAMBRIA
county: MACON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED COUPLER FAILURE ON B-END OF CR 584844 AND COUPLER DROPPED, DERAILING LEAD AXLE OF CAR. INSPN REVEALED 75% OLD BREAK OF CENTER SILL NEAR BOLSTER. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
T41003 WAS DEPARTING EAST OUT OF RUSSELL YARD ON R13 TRACK WHEN THEY DERAILED FOUR CARS, LINES 20 TH ROUGH 23 IN THEIR CONSIST DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
GMDMNS-10 PULLED CARS OFF TRACK 11 AT INDUSTRY TO CUT OFF THE BACK OF THE A-LINE/CGW SWITCH.  THE TR AIN RAN AROUND THE CARS ON A-LINE THEN SHOVED THRU A MISALIGNED SWITCH TO CARS ON THE LEAD.  THE CRE W PULLED THE CARS AFTER COUPLING, DERAILING THREE CARS.     


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 BOTTOM OF THE EAST LEAD.       


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YEW28R-09 WAS SWITCHING RAILCARS ON WEST END OF RIP TRACK 505.  JOB BEGAN SHOVING MOVEMENT AND SEVER AL RAILCARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD BROKEN RAIL WITH WHOLE HEAD SEPARAT ION.     


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: LOWNDES
railroad: GTRA
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: TUSCALOOSA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
GTRA EMPLOYEES DERAILED ONE EMPTY AND THREE LOADED CARS ON THE TUSCALOOSA SUBDIVISION.  KCS ESTIMATE S $8,468 IN TRACK DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: SAYREVILLE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
FM22 CONDUCTOR WAS SHOVING TO SPOT 7 CARS ON THE INSIDE TRACK AT GERDAU STEEL. HE WAS NOT PROTECTING THE HIND END AND SHOVED INTO BUMPER AT THE STEEL'S PUP ENGINE. CONRAIL SUSTAINED $2,348 IN EQUIPMEN T DAMAGES. GERDAU SUSTAINED $2, 300 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGES. TOTAL EQUIPMENT DAMAGES #4,648     


nearest_city: NOTUS
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
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:
MNPPT-14, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5474, STRUCK A TRUCK PULLING AN EMPTY CATTLE TRAILER THAT HAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN FOR THE HIGHWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE EXTREME REAR PORTION OF THE TRAILER FOULING TRACK. GATES AND LIGHTS WERE WORKING, HORN ON TRAIN SOUNDING AND LOCOMOTIVE LIGHTS WERE ON.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR VEHICLE DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE YNP25R-25 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING EASTWARD ON THE EAST TRIM 3 LEAD INTO EAST DEPARTURE 4 WITH 89 C ARS WHEN THEY DERAILED THREE EMPTY CARS DUE TO A HIGH DEGREE CURVE BETWEEN TWO CROSSOVERS.  CAR MOVE MENT PRESSURE CHANGED THE CANT OF THE RAIL, PULLING THE SPIKES UP UNDER THE RAIL ALLOWING THE WHEELS TO COME OFF THE RAIL.  LOCOMOTIVE UPY804 STANDING ON TRIM 4 TRACK WAS ALSO DAMAGED.    


nearest_city: BRICELYN
county: FARIBAULT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
GSMECP-28, WITH LEAD LOC0MOTIVE UP7818, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND OBSERVED A SEMI-TRUCK WITH A LOW BOY TR AILER APPROACHING THE CROSSING AND FAILED TO STOP.  THE ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND STRUCK THE TRAILER JUST BEHIND THE SEMI-TRUCK.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR SEMI-TRUCK OCCUPANTS.  DRIVE R WAS ISSUED A CITATION.    


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE YWC42R-16 REMOTE CONTROL OPERATOR MISHANDLED THE SLACK IN THE TRAIN WHICH CAUSED A KNUCKLE TO BR EAK AND A CUT OF CARS TO RUN AWAY.      


nearest_city: GLAMIS
county: IMPERIAL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: YUMA 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-Jun
narrative:
THE AAMML-10 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND INTO THE ACOLITA SIDING.  THE CREW REPORTED A SLIGHT JOLT AS TH EY WENT OVER THE SWITCH AREA.  THE CREW LOOKED BACK AND SAW DUST AND DEBRIS FROM THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD CAR WHICH APPEARED DERAILED.  ENGINEER USED GOOD TRAIN HANDLING AND BROUGHT TRAIN TO A SMO OTH STOP.  THE UP4541 WAS FOUND WITH THE WHEELS (L/R1, L/R2, L/R3 AND L/R4) DERAILED.  ALSO THE LEAD CAR TTGX952188 HAD ALL 4 WHEELS ON THE B-END TRUCKS DERAILED.  IT APPEARED UP4541 DERAILED NEAR SWI TCH POINT ALONG WITH B END TRUCKS AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 2132 FT.  


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: SUPERIOR IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YIT42-01 SWITCHED 11 CARS INTO TRACK 3 THEN BEGAN SHOVING INTO TRACK 4 FORM THE SOUTH END OF YARD WI TH A TOTAL OF 25 CARS.  THE SOUTH CAR IN THE SHOVING MOVEMENT DERAILED AS IT PASSED OVER THE NUMBER 1 TRACK SWITCH.  CAR THEN SIDESWIPED A CAR FROM THE CUT THAT WAS PLACED IN TRACK 3.     


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2010-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
R94971-23 WAS SWITCHING ON THE NORTH END OF JACKSON WHEN A CORNERING INCIDENT OCCURRED.  CREW KICKED ONE CAR (ETTX 802029, E AUTO RACK) TO JX08 AND THEN LET 4 TANKS GO TO TRACK 7.  ETTX 802029 DID NOT CLEAR THE CROSSOVER BEFORE THE CARS WERE SWITCHED TO TRACK 7 AND IT WAS STRUCK BY PROX 76606 (E, DI ESEL FUEL).  THE CARS DID NOT DERAIL AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.  THE CONDUCTOR HAS BEEN T ESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: SUGAR CREEK
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
L-CHI0071-16, WHILE DOUBLING CARS FROM LAFARGE LEAD TO LAFARGE MIDDLE TRACK DERAILED ONE CAR WHEN MO VEMENT STRUCK BUMPING POST.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL2012-01 SHOVED 109 TRACK IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ROOM FOR CARS BEING SWITCH. POINT WAS UNPROTE CTED AND CREW SHOVED THROUGH TRACK ONTO LEAD, STRIKING CUT OF CARS BEING HANDLED BY Y-TPL2032-01.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO NEFF YD
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
IDITA-15 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED TWO ARTICULATED MULTI-WELL CARS THAT DAMAGED THREE CARS IN THE ADJA CENT TRACK.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A POWER SWITCH  THAT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: GVSR
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
UP YARD JOB YGA55 24 WAS DELIVERING CUT OF CARS TO GVSR, WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED AT THE SOUTH SWITCHING LEAD. UP EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ESTIMATED , $107,585.  FINAL INVOICE FOR TRACK RECEIVED AND WAS HIGHER TH AN ORIGINAL ESTIMATED     


nearest_city: GRANTVILLE
county: COWETA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRACTOR-TRAILER GOT STUCK ON CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY Q61112. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR TRUCK DRIVER REPORTED. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.      


nearest_city: ETNA
county: WESTMORELAND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
521C201 TRAVELING EASTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 72 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 10682 TONS ON THE CONEMAUGH LED TH E 1ST THROUGH 3RD UNITS AND 4TH THROUGH 6TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: MINERAL SPRINGS
county: UNION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
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-May
narrative:
Q61822 WAS STOPPED ON MAIN TRACK AND WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR BY Q19423. CARS ON BOTH TRAINS WERE DERA ILED. ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WERE KILLED IN Q19423 AND ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WERE HURT IN Q61822.      


nearest_city: MARYSVILLE
county: MARSHALL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: MARYSVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TFM0201 WAS STOPPED AT MP142.35 WAITING FOR TRACK AND TIME TO FOLLOW THE OTHER MACHINES TO GO THROUG H CPZ143 TO GO IN TO TIE UP THE MACHINES FOR THE NIGHT AND WHEN THE CATS0605 CAME AROUND THE CURVE A ND RAN INTO THE TFM0201.  EMPLOYEES REPORTED INJURIES.     


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS BCAX 676 DERAILED DUE TO SKATE FAILURE AND SIDESWIPED BPRX 206218.       


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MCEX 350058 PRODUCED SEVER OVER SPEED DUE TO CONTAMINATION ON WHEEL SET WHEN HUMPED INTO TRACK B34. MCEX 350058 COUPLED TO CRDX 14233 WHEN HUMPED INTO TRACK B34 WITH EXCESSIVED SPEED CAUSING DAMAGE TO CRDX 14233.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, SINGLE CAR BNSF722437 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 031, THEN CAR EQUX6307 23 ON TRAIN YFW30R-04 HUMPED INTO TRACK 031.  CARS IMPACTED WITH BYPASSED COUPLERS DERAILING BOTH CA RS.     


nearest_city: KREMLIN
county: GARFIELD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
GSCCCW-07 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVELS O F TRACK NOT AT JOINTS.      


nearest_city: MENLO PARK TERRACE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 2170 WITH ENGINES 2017 AND 2036 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2017 DUE TO INV ERTED PANTOGRAPH COLLECTOR HEAD.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: LAKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: ERIE WEST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAVELING SOUTH ON DAYTON RD. ACCORDING TO POLICE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND SHOWE D NO SIGN OF BRAKING (SKID MARKS) TRUCK HIT CAR DTTX 470290 LOCAT APPROX. 1000 FT FROM HEAD END OF T RAIN. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SWITCH ENGINE PLUS 36 CARS MADE JOINT WITH 9 CARS IN TRACK.  SWITCH ENGINE STRETCHED THEN SHOVED 45 CARS INTO CLEAR.  ENGINEER NOTICED A CARS SWAYING.  STOPPED MOVEMENT.  5 CARS DERAILED BYPASS DRAWBA RS.     


nearest_city: VOLTAIRE
county: MCHENRY
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PORTAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
498-14 PROCEEDING ON THE PORTAL SUB OVER DETECTOR AT MP 436.6 AND RECEIVED DRAGGING EQUIPMENT ALARM. INSPECTION REVEALED 84TH CAR, PROX 76906 (LOAD OF ASPHALT) HAD DERAILED. NOTHING LEAKING. APPROXIMA TELY 2.2 MILES OF TRACK DAMAGE. ANALYSIS DETERMINED THE FAILURE OF WHEEL CAUSED BY SPALLING ON THE T READ SURFACE. A CRACK NUCLEATED FROM THE ROOT OF THE SPALL & GREW RESULTING IN A TOTAL CIRCUMFERENTI AL TREAD SEPARATION OF 41" WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: APPOMATTOX
county: APPOMATTOX
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRAIN I33V215 MOVING WEST ON MAIN LINE ON CLEAR SIGNAL EXPERIENCED UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICA TION AT MP 170.6, BOWLER, VA.      


nearest_city: COLLIER
county: PETERSBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: NORTH END
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-Aug
narrative:
AFTER MAKING THE PICK UP ON THE REAR THE Q43807 WAS SHOVING BACK TO CLEAR THE MAINLINE WHEN 2 CARS D ERAILED.      


nearest_city: MELVINDALE
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT LD21 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 10 LOADS, AND 940 TONS ALLOWED CARS TO FREE ROLL INTO TRACK MF11, FORCING EQUIPMENT ONTO LEAD AT OPPOSITE END OF TRACK INTO DEPARTING TRAIN 331, DERAILING ONE C AR.     


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: K O
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
M-GFDNTW1-27 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING THROUGH TRACK 308 DUE TO ROADBED SETTLED OR SOFT.  NO HAZ ARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GUIN
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
U-CHHBIR5-27 NOTED SPARKS, STOPPED TRAIN AND INSPN REVEALED RM80 TRACK UNDERCUTTER THAT WAS REAR CAR HAD EXPERIENCED BROKEN CENTER SILL AND REAR TRUCK HAD DERAILED. TRACK DAMAGE INCLUDES ONE MAIN TRAC K SWITCH DESTROYED AND CONCRETE CROSSING DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-TUL1011-19A BN 960025 A WHEEL FLOAT (LOAD OF WHEELS) CAME OUT OF THE MASTER RETARDER IN AUTOMATED HUMP YARD 12-15 MPH ACCOUNT CONTAMINATED WHEELS FROM PREVIOUS CARS GOING THROUGH THE MASTER INTO BOW L TRACK 14.  WHEN COUPLING WAS MADE IT DISLODGED THE COMPLETE LOAD OF WHEELS.  NOTHING DERAILED.  TH IS IS A SINGLE CAR.  FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.    


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
HST#19 REPORTED INVERTED PANTOGRAPH ON LEAD PC/2021 WHILE DEPARTING HIGH SPEED FACILITY AT BOSTON.       


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: TOOELE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
ICIBPD-26, WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND, STRUCK A U.S. ARMY TRUCK THAT DID NOT STOP AT THE CROSSING.  T HE TRUCK WAS IN A CONVOY OF 3 TRUCKS.  THE FIRST VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AT THE CROSSING.  THE SECOND V EHICLE PROCEEDED THRU THE CROSSING WITHOUT STOPPING AND WAS STRUCK BY THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7436.  D RIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CRESSON
county: HOOD
railroad: FWWR
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CREW WAS SWITCHING IN CRESSON YARD PINNING CARS IN TRACKS AND CARS ROLLED DOWN INTO TRACK 2406 AND 2 401 IMPACTING OTHER CARS .  THE CREW WAS OFF DUTY WHEN THE CARS WERE DISCOVERED DAMAGED      


nearest_city: COATESVILLE
county: CHESTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 640 STRUCK A TREE FOULING THE CATENARY CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH PANTOGRAPHS AND ENGINEERS MIRROR .      


nearest_city: TAYLORSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
N27902 WAS SHOVING TRAIN AROUND THE LOOP WHEN CAR NUMBER FURX 930027 HIT THE DEFECTED JOINT CAUSING THE CAR TO CLIMB THE RAIL AND DERAILING THE CAR AND THE NEXT CAR.      


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE YHK33R-15 WAS PULLING BAD ORDERED CARS TO BE SPOTTED.  THE BRAKE RIGGING ON EEC5034 GOT CAUGHT O N THE FROG CAUSING FOUR CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M-KCKGAL1-12 PULLED INTO 9002 TRACK TO SET OUT CARS TO 9012 TRK. AFTER FILLING 9012 TRK, CREW INTEND ED TO DOUBLE BALANCE TO 9015 BUT FAILED TO LINE 9012 SWITCH AND SHOVED BACK INTO 9012 AND STRUCK CAR S, DERAILING 2 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: PHENIX CITY
county: RUSSELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
LOCAL A71 SHOVING WEST ON THE MY05 TRACK WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED NS 4631, WHEELS R&L 1,2.  TRACK INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED.      


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: FERGUS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
M-SHMLAU1-31 DERAILED ONE CAR WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RERAILED ITSELF.  CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE SHIFTED LOA D FROM CAUSED BY SHIPPER INADEQUATELY BLOCKING WITHIN CAR.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER 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:
YAS371-16 OPERATED BY ALS CREW DERAILED THREE ENGINES AND ONE CAR DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  ALS ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $1,000.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY UPRR.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: DME
date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: DAVENPORT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
B60 WAS PULLING CARS FROM THE SOUTH CLINTON LINE. THE CONDUCTOR WAS COUNTING THE CARS OVER THE SWITC H WHEN THE ENGINEER CALLED BACK TO THE CONDUCTOR STATED HE COULD NOT PULLED THE CARS ANYMORE. THE CO NDUCTOR WALKED BACK ABOUT 10 CARS AND FOUND THAT 4 CARS HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: ST JOHNS
railroad: FEC
date: 2010-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS STRADDLING THE EAST RAIL SOUTH OF THE RACETRACK ROAD CROSSI NG.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: SAVAGE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MANKATO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LTD07-10 SHOVING SOUTH WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 6 CARS, WHEN CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT CAR CRGX7077 DERAI LED.  BAD TIES FAILED UNDER THE LOAD CAUSING WIDE GAUGE.      


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


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
H-ALTSLA1-12 WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 5203, DERAILED 6 CARS NEAR REAR OF TRAIN AT POINT OF WIDE GAUG E. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BIENVILLE
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAS
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-Oct
narrative:
ON OCTOBER 15, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 2236 HOURS, THE LASR 111 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE HODGE SUBDI VISION AT A SPEED OF 8 MPH. TRAIN CONSIST WAS 3 LOCOMOTIVES, AND 32 LOADS. THE TRAIN WENT INTO THE E MERGENCY APPLICATION AT MP 12.1. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE 19TH, 20TH, 21ST, 22ND, 23RD, AND 24TH CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED AND ON THEIR SIDE, 25TH CAR WAS DERAILED AND UPRIGHT, 26TH CAR A END TRUCKS HAD DERAILED. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN JOINT B AR. SPERRY CAR REPORT, SEPTEMBER 18,2013, SHOWED TWO DEFECTS AROUND MP 12 BOTH WERE REPAIRED ON SEPT EMBER 19, 2013. 


nearest_city: POTTSTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
H6AH411 PULLING EAST WITH NS 9266 PLUS ONE, 50 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 6000 TONS ON #1 TRACK POTTSTOWN YAR D DERAILED 11 CARS.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE MHNEP-01 WAS TRAVELLING EASTWARD ON NO. 1 MAIN WHEN THE KFTX60229 AND KFTX60364 DERAILED NEAR MI LE POST 1298.15 ON THE LORDSBURG SUBDIVISION.  CAUSE IS DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL AND VERTICAL F ORCES.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YPR33R-07, WITH UP3594, SIDESWIPED YPR35R-07, WITH UP3316, IN THE TOWER DIAMOND.  UP3594 DERAILED. UP3316, E-M, SD-40-2-81, FUEL TANK CAPACITY = 4000 GAL, SPILLED 800 GAL OF DIESEL FUEL.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
15T PULLING INTO RT07 WITH 3X41X77X7276 TONS, WHEN 65TH H-CAR, CR 582535 DERAILED R&L 1&2 ACCOUNT WH EEL BROKEN ON R2 WHEEL.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
M302171-26 WAS PULLING NORTH FROM THE NORTH THOROUGHFARE TO MAKE A 35 CAR SET OUT. THE CONDUCTOR COU NTED THE ENGINEER DOWN TO A STOP WHEN DTTX 620990 (EMPTY 3-PAK INTERMODAL) DERAILED DUE TO POOR TRAI N HANDLING. THERE WERE THREE EMPTY 3-PAK CARS IN THE TRAIN CONSIST AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE ENGINEER WAS TESTED, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: LAS CRUCES
county: DONA ANA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
L-SWE0053-27 LINED SWITCH INCORRECTLY AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH, THEN REVERSED AND SPLIT SWITCH CAU SING DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CASSELTON
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: K O
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
G-RYLRGT9-26 DERAILED 13 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE CAR.  IN TURN THE U-FYNHAY4-05 STRUCK THE DERAILE D CARS AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND THE HEAD 21 CARS.  18 CARS RELEASED A TOTAL OF 474,936 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WHICH WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE.  1500 PERSON WERE GIVEN A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR APPROXI MATELY 24 HOURS. G-RYLRGT9-26 DERAILED 13 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE CAR.  IN TURN THE U-FYNHAY4-05 S TRUCK THE DERAILED CARS AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND THE HEAD 21 CARS.  18 CARS RELEASED A TOTAL O F 474,936 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WHICH WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE.  1500 PERSONS WERE GIVEN A VOLUNTARY EVAC UATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS. GATX 33119, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27678 GALLONS; GATX 33123, PETRO LEUM CRUDE OIL, 27647 GALLONS; TAEX 1549, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27675 GALLONS; TAEX 1475, PETROLEUM C


nearest_city: WORCESTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: BOSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
X75328 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON TRACK 1 WITH E.I.C. PERMISSION THRU A RULE 89/707- STRUCK A BALLAST RE GULATOR THAT WAS WORKING ON TRACK TWO MAIN AND ON THE FOUL OF TRACK ONE MAIN.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Q60206 WAS PULLING OUT THE NORTH END OF YARD OFF THE DRILL TRACK AND DERAILED THE 69TH AND 70TH CARS IN THEIR TRAIN ON THE DRILL LEAD.      


nearest_city: GREENFIELD
county: MONTEREY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT14-19, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK176, TRAVELING NORTHBOUND COLLIDED WITH A FARM TRUCK CARRYING FARM EQUIPMENT.  AMTRAK'S LEAD LOCOMOTIVE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE INCLUDING BROKEN LIGHTS.  AMTRAK'S E ST EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $180,000.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SALISBURY
county: ROWAN
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
PTER SPECIAL TRAIN 861 WITH ENGINE 134 AND 2 CARS DERAILED E/134 AND LEAD TRUCK OF FIRST CAR C/82629 ON THE ROUND HOUSE LEAD TRACK AT NS SPENCER YARD.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS A RAIL SPREAD UNDER MOVE MENT DUE TO WEAK CROSSTIES.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MAIN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #754 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK #2 WHEN THE CREW HEARD A LOT BANG AT 115TH AND KENS INGTON. THE TRAIN PULLED DOWN THE WIRES BETWEEN MP 14.37 AND 14.57 DAMAGING THE PANTOGRAPHS ON EMU C ARS 1243 AND 1254.     


nearest_city: NEW CANAAN
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING OVER THE NC1/NC2 SWITCH IN THE REVERSE POSITION AT NEW CANAAN, TRAIN 1096 DERAILED L 1 AND R1 HEELS ON #1 AXLE OF "F" END TRUCK ON CAR 9030.      


nearest_city: DAVIS JUNCTION
county: OGLE
railroad: DME
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CUT AND SLIDE CREW WAS CLEARING MAIN TRACK AT END OF SHIFT WHEN WELDING TRUCK TRAVELING EAST FAILED TO STOP AND RAN INTO LEASED GOOPER MACHINE IN TOW BEHIND A SPIKER.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO GOOPER MACHI NE.  BOTH CONSISTS WERE BEING OPERATED BY CONTRACTORS, NOT RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.  3RD PARTY EQUIPMENT COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $35,000.  NO DAMAGE TO DM&E TRACK.  TIME ON DUTY FOR OPERATORS OF BOTH CONSIS TS WAS 0700 HOURS ON 11/4/10. CONTRACTOR WAS D/A TESTED.   


nearest_city: CHICO
county: BUTTE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 14 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/14-E/191 AND 10 CARS STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE AT MP 190.87, N ORD HIGHWAY CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $18,619.00.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2010-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
THIS DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY TRACK GEOMETRY AND TOO TIGHT OF A CURVE, THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL MOVE AND WE DO NOT DO IT ANY MORE PER GENERAL ORDER.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
C78891-04 WAS SHOVING LOADED COAL TRAIN NORTH INTO TRACK DG06 TO CLEAR THE WYE SWITCH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE POINT OF THE SHOVE AND BEGAN WALKING SOUTH WHEN THE A IR WOULD NOT COME UP. THE YARDMASTER STARTED DRIVING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN NORTH DISCOVERED TH E FOLLOWING CARS DERAILED: NCUX 12509, NCUX 12307, NCUX 12499, NCUX 12534 AND BNSF 650211. IT WAS FO UND THAT THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO THE RAIL BREAKING UNDER THE LOAD.   


nearest_city: TIPTON
county: JACKSON
railroad: WTJR
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
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:
CREW WAS EASTBOUND WITH 34 LOADS OF GRAIN, 4420 TRAIN TONS; 2040 FEET.  ENGINEER REPORTS THAT HIS SP EEDOMETER REACHED 6 MPH AND AS HE WENT TO APPLY HIS TRAIN BRAKES THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INV ESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE SHOWS THE CARS TO BE OVERLOADED.     


nearest_city: SUMMIT
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #6919 DERAILED LAST THREE CARS IN CONSIST - B-END OF COACH #7245, BOTH TRUCKS #7543 AND A-END #7513 WHILE CROSSING OVER FROM TK #1 TO #2 AT SUMMIT. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TERRITORY IS GCOR 6.28.  BOTTOM OF THE EAST WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS OUT OF TRACK 105 WHEN THEY F AILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THIER CUT LEFT IN 105.  THEY WENT TO SHOVE AND PIN OFF THEIR FIRST CUT WHEN THE REMAINING CARS IN TRACK 105 ROLLED OUT AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE CARS TO COLLIDE AND DERAILI NG THREE CARS.    


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-SUP9001-08 SPOTTED 1 CAR TO INDUSTRY TRACK AND SECURED. CAR LATER ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND IMPACTED OTHER CARS THE CREW WAS SWITCHING. INSPECTION REVEALED HANDBRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NOT HOLD C AR.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2011-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
JOB #10 WAS SHOVING 42 LOADED HOPPERS FROM C-4 TO B-8 WHEN A TOTAL OF FIVE CARS DERAILED AT THE NORT H END OF THE BC CUT OFF SWITCH.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOONE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H83821 WAS SHOVING EAST INTO #2 TRACK WHEN REAR CAR DERAILED AFTER CONDUCTOR FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL IN TRACK CAUSING THAT CAR TO SIDESWIPE WSCX 8722 ON E59120 IN 3 TRACK.      


nearest_city: MANCHESTER
county: MERIWETHER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: MANCHESTER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Q54229 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT PERSICO WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED A UDE AND FOUND FIVE CARS DERAILED UPON INSPECTION.      


nearest_city: DEER PARK
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: LI
date: 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 2013 STRUCK A TRUCK THAT WENT AROUND LOWERED GATES AT EXECUTIVE DRIVE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO E QUIPMENT AND THIRD RAIL AS WELL AS DEATH OF THE TRUCK DRIVER.      


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE MCHVP-07 ORIGINATED FROM THE BRC WITH CAR BNSF314186.  THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT HAVE LISTED IN HIS PAPERWORK THE HEIGHT OF THE BNSF314186 WHICH WAS 20' 2" WHICH DID NOT CLEAR OUR BRIDGE HEIGHT OF 19' 14".  THEREFORE THE BNSF314186 EXCEEDED HEIGHT RESTRICTION AND STRUCK THE 35TH STREET BRIDGE DAMAGI NG THE ROOF AND DOORS ON THE CAR.  NO CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: ALLENTOWN
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
DURING NORMAL RCO HUMP OPERATIONS HUMP CREW YHAS 40 WAS SHOVING WEST ON RT04 WHEN COUPLER ANGULARITY CAUSED BY A SHORT CAR/LONG CAR COMBINATION (GPLX 77998 & FXE 830013) RESULTED IN GPLX 77998 DERAILI NG COMING OUT OF THE 4/5 CROSSOVERS TO THE HUMP LEAD.  NO EXCEPTIONS TO TRAIN HANDLING BY RCO.     


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y- TPL1042-12 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING CUT OF CARS IN YARD WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATED DET ERMINED THAT MTY BULKHEAD FLAT CARS WERE BEHIND APPROXIMATELY 4800 TONS AND LATERAL FORCES IN CURVE MOVING THRU XOVER LED TO DERAILMENT.  MECHANICAL INTERFACED RAISED REPAIR COSTS ABOVE REPORTING THRE SHOLD.    


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 507 TERMINATED AT TACOMA, WA, DUE TO CONDEMNABLE FLAT SPOTS ON UNIT 7104, DUE TO HAND BRAKE BE ING LEFT APPLIED.      


nearest_city: HURON
county: BEADLE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: PIERRE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
570-05 WAS PROCEEDING EAST THROUGH WEST YARD LEAD INTO #8 TRACK.  UTILITY AT CLEARANCE POINT ON WEST END OF #8 TRACK TO CLEAR UP REAR OF TRAIN ON WEST #8.  UTILITY INSTRUCTED ENGINEER ON 570-05 20 CAR S TO A STOP.  MOMENTS AFTER UTILITY GAVE THE 20 COUNT TO A STOP, UTILITY NOTICED SPARKS ALONG THE WE ST LEAD BETWEEN 6 TRACK SWITCH & 8 TRACK.  UTILITY IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED ENGINEER ON 570-05 TO STOP .  7 CARS WERE DERAILED (4 UPRIGHT/3 LEANING 45 DEGREES).   


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DME TRAIN FYKC109 WAS SWITCHING AT THE EAST WORK LEAD OF EAST YARD. THEY LET A CUT OF 4 CARS GO INTO TRACK 5 AND THE CARS STRUCK A STANDING CUT OF CARS, BY PASSING COUPLERS, CAUSING TWO CARS TO DERAIL .     


nearest_city: INDIO
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MPXWC-13 CREW WAS SWITCHING CARS TO MAKE HEAD END OF TRAIN LEGAL FOR BEAUMONT HILL.  THEY SHOVED BLI ND THEN PULLED BACK THROUGH THE SWITCH DERAILING 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: FRIDLEY
county: ANOKA
railroad: MNNR
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TARGET ON SWITCH SHOWED LINED FOR MOVEMENT, SWITCH WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED OR LOCKED SWITCH CAME OP EN AFTER LEAD WHEEL
OF LOCOMOTIVE PASSED OVER IT.      


nearest_city: EOLA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-EOL2011-20  DERAILED 6 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 3309 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS THE NS471412 WAS HUMPED INTO EAST BOWL TRACK 159 ON 12/1 AT 21:15 WHERE IT CROSSED DRAWBARS WITH THE MP273228 THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  THE INCIDENT WAS DISCOVERED ON 1 2/2/11 AT 8:25 A.M.   THE MP273228 DERAILED THE NS471412 SUSTAINED DAMAGE BUT DID NOT DERAIL.     


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
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:
MCHAS-02 WAS YARDING TRAIN INTO TRACK 134 AT THE ALS AND DERAILED 7 CARS.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY AL S.  TRACK DAMGE ESTIMATE = $22,347.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YNP32R-08 WAS SHOVING CONSIST INTO A SET WHEN THE FOREMAN DROVE THE TRAIN TO CHECK THE TRAIN LIST AN D FOUND 14 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
date: 2010-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YARD CREW BK-91 WAS SWITCHING EAST YARD ON THE EAST LEAD. PIN PULLER HAD BEEN LETTING CARS GO BETWEE N TRACKS 101,5&6 OFF THIS CUT OF CARS. HE LET 4 CARS GO INTO 5 TRACK THAT STRUCK A BLOCK OF STANDING CARS THAT APPEARED MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THE GROUND DUE POOR TIE CONDITIONS. THIS CAUSED THE DRA WBARS OF THE CARS TO MISMATCH RESULTING IN MORE DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: PUTNAM
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARLEM LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE RAIL ON THE NORTH END OF TRACK #38 (FUEL TRACK), IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREA, SPREAD UNDER MOV EMENT, ALLOWING THE R1 WHEEL OF THE 5TH HEAD CR (#6274) TO DROP ONTO THE GAGE, CAUSING THE WEST RAIL TO SPREAD AND SUBSEQUENT CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: BOWBELLS
county: BURKE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PORTAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
498-20 WENT INTO EMERGENCY UPON THEIR DEPARTURE FROM BADEN WHILE MAKING A MAIN TO MAIN MOVE.  CONDUC TOR FOUND THE WEST TRUCKS, B-END ON BNSF 518092 (16TH CAR-EMPTY GONDOLA) HAD COME OFF CENTER PIN & S LID WESTWARD TOWARD THE CGLX 1978 WHICH CAUSED AIR BRAKES PIPE TO COME LOOSE FROM CAR BODY ON THAT C AR AND RESULTED IN AIR DUMPING.  CONDUCTOR ALSO FOUND SEAMS WERE BROKEN ON CAR BODY OF CGLX, IT WAS LEAKING POTASH & BNSF HAD SPRINGS MISSING TRUCKS ON SOUTH SIDE.  ENGINEER DETERMINED THE BNSF 518092 INITIAL WENT ON THE GROUND AT MP528.95 AND TRAVELED ABOUT 1.5 MILES ON THE MAIN UNIT.  IT RE-RAILED ITSELF AT MP 527.35 EAST ON SPIRAL, IT THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER 20 MILES ON THE RAIL DUMPED AT BADEN. 


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK2072-12 PULLED TO CARS OVER TANGENT RETARDER NOT REALIZING THE CARS WERE DERAILED, CAUSING DAMGAE TO RETARDER. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LA SALLE
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
FORT COLLINS LOCAL, LDI02-15 HAD FINISHED DOUBLING UP THEIR TRAIN AND WERE PULLING DOWN TO CUT OFF C AR THEY WERE LEAVING IN THE YARD TRACK 305.  THEY WERE TRAVELING SOUTH AT 2 MPH WHEN THE CONDUCTOR G AVE THE STOP SIGNAL, ENGINEER SET INDEPENDENT BRAKE AND DID NOT BAIL IT OFF ALLOWING IT TO REACH 54 LBS AND LETTING THE SLACK ROLL IN FROM THE 50 LOADS OF SAND THEY WERE LEAVING IN TRACK 305, CAUSING THE SSW28256 AND THE UP465290 BOTH EMPTY BOX CARS TO DERAIL ON THE CURVE ON THE WEST END OF TRACK 30 5  


nearest_city: VANCE
county: TUSCALOOSA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 22G MOVING NORTH OBSERVED MIRX 145237 DERAIL ED AT THE NORTH END OF THE VANCE WOODYARD RUN ARO UND TRACK AT APPROXIMATELY 925PM, 8-29-10 THE CAR WAS SET OUT THERE BY LOCAL A55 WHEN IT WAS IDENTIF IED WITH A HOT WHEEL BY THE DETECTOR APPROXIMATELY 1206PM ON 08-29-10.     


nearest_city: GREENCASTLE
county: PUTNAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
WHILE PICKING UP CARS AT GREEN CASTLE HOUSE TRACK #1 THE RAIL BROKE ON THE OUTSIDE RAIL CAUSING  CAR S TO DERAIL ON Q37402.      


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE IG3SEX-09 A STANDARD INTERMODAL TRAIN CONSISTING OF 20 FIVE PACK, 3 THREE PACK OF ARTICULATED CA RS PLUS 8 SINGLE CARS STOPPED AT MP 408.5 WHEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO THE AREA.  THE HIGH WINDS FROM THE STORM CAUSED MULTIPLE CARS TO BLOW OVER AND DERAIL.     


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
CSACD9-03, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5775, STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS FOULING W ESTPORT PKWY CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK.  UP5775 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  DRI VER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: PLANADA
county: MERCED
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
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:
TRAIN 713 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2002 AND 4 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP1048.48, A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: ITASCA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AT 12:20 2G35-08 DERAILED 4 OF 7 CARS AT M.P. 21 ON THE ELGIN SUB. 2G35 HAD JUST PULLED WESTBOUND AB OUT 1 MILE PRIOR OUT OF INDUSTRY BEFORE TRAIN DERAILED.  NORTHEAST ILLINOIS RAILROAD CORPORATION (ME TRA) WILL BE REPORTING $6,859.49 IN TRACK DAMAGE COSTS.     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSA52-24 WAS DRAGGING TRACK 40 TO SHOVE TRACK 4 IN PREPARATION TO SPOT RAILCAR INDUSTRY.  THE 7TH CA R, AN ARTICULATED 5 WELL, WAS IN THE CUT.  THIS CAR HAD FLOOR SUPPORT STRINGERS BROKEN AND WHILE BEI NG HANDLED THE BROKEN STRINGS DAMAGED THE REMOTE SWITCHES OF TRACK 14 THROUGH 19.  CAR WAS ALREADY D AMAGED WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED AT ICTF, CA.  SWITCHES DAMAGED - NOTHING DERAILED.    


nearest_city: VIDOR
county: ORANGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN ZLCAT-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7849, WHILE TRAVELING ON KCS MAINTAINED TRACK STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A FLATBED TRAILER WHICH ATTEMPTED TO BEAT WHEN THE TRAIN.  IMPACT WAS ON TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR OCCUPANTS OF TRUCK TRAILER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  KCS ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES = $10,137    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN HAD SETOUT INTO 144 TRACK, MADE CUT AND PULLED AHEAD TO DOUBLE OVER. AS CREW PULLED AHEAD, 11 CARS DERAILED AT #3 SOLAR SWITCH AND WERE PULLED DOWN LEAD BEFORE DERAILMENT NOTED. NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: TAMPA
county: HILLSBOROUGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: TAMPA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y19105 GETTING TRACK Y22 SOLID TO SWING OUT THE SOUTH END AND SWITCH. AFTER MAKING THE FINAL COUPLIN G IN THE TRACK THE Y192 NOTICED THE CARS COME OUT OF Y22 ENG CSXT 8400 COUPLED TO PLATFORM 9489 SIDE SWIPED CAR UELX 30463 ON Y19105 THAT WAS OUT OF CLEAR ON THE Y22.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 750 LOAD SHIFTED ON CAR LOADED WITH SHEET METAL, MAKING IMPAC T WITH CARS ON Y-KCK1072-25A CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: JANESVILLE
county: ROCK
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
INBOUND TRAIN ARRIVED AND WAS SHOVING EASTWARD TO SET A CUT OF CARS OVER INTO A YARD TRACK WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-BEL3012-04 FAILED TO SET SUFFICIENT HANDBRAKES ON TRACK BEING SWITCHES TO HOLD CARS.  CARS ROLLED FROM TRACK 7107 INTO CUT BEING HANDLED BY Y-BEL3022-04, DERAILED 1 CAR IN EACH CUT.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM3122-02 HAD DOUBLED 3 TRACKS AND WAS SHOVING THIS CUT INTO 2046 TRACK TO COMPLETE MOVE.  WH EN FOREMAN THROTTLED BACK, CUT BECAME UNCOUPLED.   HEAD OF CUT ROLLED INTO 2046 TRACK, COUPLED TO CA RS IN TRACK, AND FURTHER ROLLED OUT END OF TRACK AND INTO CARS BEING HANDLED BY RCO Y-MEM3712-02.  N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED, Y-MEM3122-02 HANDLING ARTICULATED CARS.  CHAIN HANGING FROM CONTAINE R WRAPPED CUT LEVER CAUSING UNCOUPLING.   


nearest_city: ELK HART
county: LOGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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-Nov
narrative:
TRT WORK TRAIN WMACH-30 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK FOR PROJECT STORAGE AND DERAILED 5 LOADED CARS ACCOUN T BROKEN RAIL.  ELKHART GRAIN MAINTAINS TRACK.  INDUSTRY TRACK DAMAGES ARE $2,772.      


nearest_city: HEDLEY
county: DONLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CARMEN JACKING TGNX 31487 FOR REPAIRS. JACK SHIFTED  AND CAR TURNED OVER IN FOUL OF MAIN TRACK AND S IDING.      


nearest_city: DUBUQUE
county: DUBUQUE
railroad: CC
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
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-Sep
narrative:
U70492-06, LOADED ETHANOL TRAIN, WAS DEPARTING THE DUBUQUE YARD ON TRACK #2 WHEN THEY WENT INTO EMER GENCY, ENGINEER COULD NOT RECOVER TRAIN AND CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND CARS; GATX 5996, NATX 31 0131, NATX 302795, CTCX 730886, NATX 303370 AND NATX 364471, ALL DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL. NO IN JURIES, SPILLS, LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.    


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE WPRR RAILROAD WAS PULLING THEIR CARS FROM UP'S EUGENE YARD AND DERAILED IN THE PUZZLE AS THEY WE RE DEPARTING TO THE SIDING FROM THE YARD.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AT A BROKEN FROG.  WPRR'S EST EQU IP DAMAGE:  $3,500.     


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: PPBD
date: 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
PORT OF PALM BEACH CREW WERE PULLING RAIL CARS INTO PORT FOR TROPICAL SHIPPING.  TRACK SPREAD IN CUR VE CAUSING TRAIN TO DERAIL.  NO DAMAGE TO PORT LOCOMOTIVE OR PORT EQUIPMENT OR PORT TRACKS.      


nearest_city: ORRINGTON
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: GRS
date: 2010-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WHILE HAULING WEST AT MPB 4 TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND THREE CARS TIPPED OVER.      


nearest_city: POINT OF ROCKS
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: RAWLINS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CAR AT INDUSTRY ROLLED FREE TO DERAIL AND DERAILED 600' BEYOND THE DERAIL ON UP MAINTAINED TRACK.  C AR WAS LAST HANDLED BY THE INDUSTRY AND RERAILED BY UPRR.  THIS DERAILMENT WAS NOT CAUSED AND DID NO T INVOLVE A UPRR CREW.     


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:
CARS WERE LEFT IN FOUL BY PREVIOUS CREW PRIOR TO ANOTHER CREW SWITCHING FROM THE OTHER END OF THE YA RD WHO FAILED TO ASCERTAIN THE AMOUNT OF ROOM THEY HAD IN THE TRACKS THEY WERE SWITCHING INTO ULTIMA TELY CAUSING A SIDESWIPE ON THE WEST END OF TRACK 220 AND 221     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND MADE A PATH THROUGH WALBRIDGE YARD. THE TORNADO TRAVELED WEST TO EAST PAR ALLEL TO STATE ROUTE 795 AT THE EAST (SOUTH) END OF THE YARD. THE RESULT OF THE TORNADO LEFT EQUIPME NT DERAILED AND OFF CENTER IN THE EASTBOUND, RECEIVING, AND ARRIVAL YARDS WITH EQUIPMENT FOULING #1 AND #2 MAINS AT MP CDA 116.0. DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LINES INCLUDED THE TRACK STRUCTURE KNOCKED OUT OF A LIGNMENT. COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE AT THE EAST END OF THE EASTBOUND AND ARRIVAL YARDS DUE TO LINES DOWNED ON TOP OF THE DERAILED CARS.  


nearest_city: EAGLE GROVE
county: WRIGHT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: EAGLE GROVE IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MBOEA-09 YARDING TRAIN, TRAVELED OVER A BROKEN RAIL DERAILING 9 CARS TOTAL.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED A VERTICAL SPLIT BREAK IN AN OPEN BOLT HOLE WHICH BROKE OFF A 6" PIECE OF RAIL, WHICH IN TURN BROKE A 2' PIECE OF RAIL THAT DISLODGED FROM THE RAIL.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TWO EAST CARS(TTZX 86583/LEHX 1036) ON TRACK 76 ROLLED OUT OF THE TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE OF TRACK 7 7 Y29711 THAT WAS BEING PULLED DOWN THE SOUTHSIDE BASELINE.      


nearest_city: JOPPA
county: MASSAC
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
UPRR'S CNAIM9-07, GOING INTO COOK COAL PLANT, WAS INSTRUCTED TO COME INTO THE PLANT AND CROSS OVER T O TRACK 1.  CNAIM9-07 STRUCK LOCOMOTIVE CN1007, WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT FOUL OF THE TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CN1007 AS WELL AS 18 CARS ON THE CNAIM9-07.  ALL 136 CARS OF THE CNAIM9-07 STRUCK THE LOCOMO TIVE.  ONLY 18 WERE FOUND DAMAGED.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY AMERICAN ELECTRIC.  AMERICAN ELECTRIC POW ER EQUIPMENT ESTIMATE DAMAGE = $200   


nearest_city: SIMI VALLEY
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
AMTK763-01, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK451, WAS PROCEEDING NORTH BOUND OUT OF MOORPARK STATION.  THE CREW ST ATED THEY WERE COMING AROUND A CURVE AND SAW A TRUCK COMING SOUTH BOUND ON LOS ANGELES AVENUE.  THE TRUCK TURNED LEFT ONTO A PRIVATE CROSSING, GOING VERY SLOW, APPROX 5 MPH.  THE CONDUCTOR STATED HE T HOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO STOP AS IT NEVER PICKED UP SPEED.  IMPACT OCCURRED WHILE TRAIN WAS GOI NG 70 MPH.  SINGLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  AMTK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $26,710.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
ILBDI-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7744, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK NOT ON CROSSING WHICH WAS FOULING MAIN LINE. PICKUP TRUCK UNOCCUPIED AT TIME OF IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  UP7744 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: PERRY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YDM01-04 SWITCHING CARS.  CREW COUPLED INTO #4 TRACK WITH A CUT OF 21 CARS AND STRETCHED IT WESTWARD , STOPPED THE MOVE FOR THE FOREMAN TO GET ON CAR AND THEN PROCEEDED WESTWARD AGAIN.  AFTER MOVING AP PROXIMATELY 250-300 FEET THE MOVEMENT CAME TO A STOP AND THE FOREMAN FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED WHICH STR UCK FOUR CARS ON ADJACENT TRACK.  THE RESULT OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y19216 COUPLED B04 TRACK TO BE SET OUT FOR AN OUTBOUND TRAIN. THE RC FOREMAN WALKED THE ENTIRE TRACK AND VERIFIED THAT THE CARS WERE ON THE TRACK, THE COUPLINGS WERE MADE AND THE CARS MATCHED THE TRAC K LIST THAT WAS ISSUED TO HIM. Y19116 DOUBLED B06, TO B05, TO B04 AND BEGAN TO PULL THE CUT OF CARS NORTH. AS THE REAR END OF THE CUT OF CARS APPROACHED THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK THE TRACK BEGAN TO G ET HARDER TO PULL AND THE RC FOREMAN NOTICED DUST COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE CUT OF CARS. THE C REW STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AND INVESTIGATED THE SITUATION AND FOUND THAT THE 11 SOUTH CARS IN B04 HAD DERAILED ABOUT 15 CAR LENGTHS SOUTH OF THE INERT RETARDER ON STRAIGHT TRACK. THE INVESTIGATION REVEA LED THAT A BROKEN RAIL HAD CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: TXTX
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CROSSOVER SWITCH OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND CREW MEMBER WAS NOT ON THE POINT OF A SHOVING MOVEMENT.       


nearest_city: RAINELLE
county: GREENBRIER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
H80201 CREW BRINGING 38 LOADS TO MEADOW CREEK OUT OF RAINELLE WHEN AN UNDERSIRED EMERGENCY OCCURRED. INSPECTION REVEALED 12 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRACK SYSTEM FOREMAN NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR THAT THEY HAD COLLIDED WITH AN OVERHEAD SPAN BRIDGE AT MP 2 61.24 JUST NORTH OF PINE BLUFF WITH THE TMDS 5050 TRACKER THAT WAS ON TOP OF A TALL GONDOLA.  RAIL = CWR.  RAILROAD VERIFIED TIME ON DUTY FOR ENGINEERS/OPERATORS.     


nearest_city: ONO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
G-SSDSBD8-11 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK 8370 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PORT HURON
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y19105 WAS SWITCHING IN THE PH&D YARD AND FAILED TO PROTECT THEIR SHOVE INTO PH5 RESULTING IN DERAIL ING THE PROX 31416 AND PROX 98628 OFF OF THE END OF THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: MOORE
railroad: ACWR
date: 2013-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SANDHILLS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
PULLING 88 LOADED GRAIN CARS FROM INTERCHANGE WHEN THE 5TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END BRAKE APART AT A BA D REPAIR ON THE CENTER STILL.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON MU #1473 WAS DAMAGED BY AN INSULATOR FOULING THE TROLLEY WIRE WHILE TRAIN #7851 WAS EN ROUTE WEST AT MIDWAY INTERLOCKING NEAR NEC MP 42.5.      


nearest_city: NEW CASTLE
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NEW CASTLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y20103 WAS PULLING CARS IN A WESTWARD DIRECTION USING ENGINES CSXT 2255 AND CSXT 6931. THE TRACK STR UCTURE GAVE WAY AS A RESULT OF A HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION CAUSING CTRN 501196 TO DROP IN THE GAGE OF THE RAIL AND DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SANTA FE SPRINGS
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LA HABRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LOA35R-18 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 4 WITH 16 CARS PAST THE TRACK 2 SWITCH.  THEY THEN LINED THE SWITCH FO R A SHOVE INTO TRACK 2.  THE FIRST 2 CARS WENT PAST THE SWITCH WHEN THE REAR TRUCKS OF THE THIRD CAR KCCS2817 PICKED THE EAST SWITCH POINT AND CLIMBED OVER THE RAIL.     


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: AWRR
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
241 JOB WAS PULLING 96 LOADS AND 8 EMPTIES OUT OF EAST END OF SUMMIT SIDING WHEN THE 63 THRU 67 CARS STARTED TO DERAIL DUE TO NORTH BROKEN RAIL IN SIDING.      


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW  ON CSXT TRAIN MY20905 SHIVING SOUTH INTO NORTH LEG OF WYE TRACK WITH 2 ENGINES 18 -1-2157 TONS DERAILING HEAD 3 CARS TLCX 19961, R&L 3,4; ALUX 1019, TURNED OVER ON IT SIDE., CSXT 11108, ALL WHEE LS. NO NS CREW WERE INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: MCALESTER
county: PITTSBURG
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE 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-Mar
narrative:
MLDNP-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5074, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH DID NOT STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  UP5074 DAMAGED.  CREW MEMBER INJURED.  DRIVER O F TRACTOR TRAILER INJURED AND WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: HATTON
county: POLK
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 2 CARS IN HATTON AR INDUSTRY MP 405, CARS WERE LEANING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK. WHILE THE TRAIN WAS SHOVING, THE DERAILED CARS SIDE SWIPED A SECOND TRAIN CAUSING DAMAGES TO 2 OTHER ENG & 24 CARS     


nearest_city: HELENA
county: LEWIS AND CLARK
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
1500 SWITCH DROPPING CAR BY FOR AMERICAN CHEMET PLANT IN E. HELENA.  HANDBRAKE FAILED, CAR RAN INTO AMERICAN CHEMET PLANT.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
F-112D3XX-05 NS TRAIN NX SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT CAUSING GAP BUT STILL INDICATING LOCKED FOR NORMAL MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
25ZC129 PULLING WEST WITH NS 2696 PLUS 2, 30 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 4103 TO NS DERAILED 1 ENGINE AND 2 CA RS.      


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  ENGINEER OPERATING ENGINE NS E6670 SOUTH FAILED TO STOP AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK RESULTING IN THE SIDE COLLISION NS E9628.      


nearest_city: VICTORVILLE
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Q-ATGLAC6-12 DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN IT SHOVED INTO A STANDING CUT OF 7 CARS WHILE SETTING OUT A RAILCA R THAT NEED REPAIR.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
R92871-28 WAS SHOVING, WITHOUT PROTECTION, OUT OF TRACK #7 IN THE NEW YARD AT PRESIDENT'S ISLAND TOW ARDS BRENNTAG. THE CONDUCTOR HAD CHECKED THE ROUTE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD EARLIER BEFORE SHOVI NG OUT #7. THE CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN WERE AT THE 1ST CROSSING SOUTH OF NEW YARD AND GAVE A COUNT OF 15 CARS. WITHIN A FEW CAR LENGTHS, THE CONDUCTOR HEARD A SOUND, SAW SPARKS AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGIN EER TO STOP. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR GOT TO THE END OF THE CUT, HE FOUND THAT TRACK #1 WAS IN THE FOUL OF THE LEAD AND HAD RAKED 4 CARS IN THEIR TRAIN. FOUR HAZARDOUS CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE: UCLX 3003, SHPX 204974, GATX 62594 AND GATX 29720 WHEN SIDES WIPED BY CSXT 260650 THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, LEAK OR SPILLS WITH THIS INCIDENT. CREW WAS TESTED AND RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.


nearest_city: LA PLATA
county: MACON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
H-EOLKCK1-13 DERAILED 7 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE DUE TO A LOAD OF STELL PLATES SHIFTI NG ON RAILCAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MILPITAS
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: WARM SPRINGS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AGBMI-03, HEADING SOUTHBOUND INTO MILPITAS YARD WHEN THE SECOND CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN, TTGX 983430 DERAILED AT THE CROSSOVER SOUTH OF DIXON LANDING ROAD.  THE CAR WAS ON THE GROUND UNTIL THE N EXT CROSSOVER SWITCH CAUSED THE LEADING CAR, ETTX820731 AND TRAILING CAR, TTGX941472 TO ALSO DERAIL. ON THE ADJACENT TRACK WAS THE AMICPR-06, WITH STANDING EQUIPMENT ONLY.  THE CARS FROM THE AGBMI-03 SIDESWIPED THE STANDING CARS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ETTX907398, ETTX710098, AND ETTX820229 OF THE AMICPR -06.  THE CREW FOR THE AMICPR-06 WAS ON THE POWER IN THE YARD WAITING FOR THE AGBMI-03 TO CLEAR.  LO COMOTIVES WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE TRAIN. 


nearest_city: BENSENVILLE
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 36 CARS EAST FROM AT THE NEW CONNECTION/OUTBOUND SWITCH WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED ON THE SWITCH. ALL LOADED COIL CARS.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO 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:
YPB75R-24, WHILE DRAGGING OUT OF PORT LEAD ONTO MAIN LINE, BNSF 432484 HAD ITS REAR TRUCKS CLIMB THE RAIL ON THE INSIDE OF CURVE AND FELL TO THE INSIDE OF THE CIRCLE DERAILING AND CAUSING FURX828629 T O DERAIL BEHIND IT.  DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: HALETHORPE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
HSP TRAIN 2124 REPORTED STOPPED ON #2 TRACK WITH THE PANTOGRAPH RIPPED OFF OF ENGINE UNIT 2124 DUE T O HARDWARE FATIGUE ON SAP ASSEMBLY.      


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
"3 DOCK SHOVING 47 CARS ON TRACK #1 AT 8:00 P.M.  THE CREW SPOTTED CARS AT THE END OF THE DOCK AND W AS PULLING BACK AFTER A CUT ON TRACK #1 AT POCKET 320.  IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST CAR DERAILED.  SOUTH RAIL IS DAMAGED FROM POCKET 308 AND ENDS AT POCKET 320.  CAR 9303 IS FURTHEST WEST.  SE WHEEL IS OF F THE INSIDE RAIL.  CARS 1481, 1851 WERE NEXT TO THE EAST.  ALL OF THE SOUTH WHEELS ARE OFF AND THE NE WHEELS OF 1851 ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAIL.  CAR 9678 IS FURTHEST EAST AND HAS DAMAGE TO TH E WEST SET OF SOUTH WHEELS BUT IS ON THE TRACK.  


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
INBOUND TRAIN 751S EQUIPMENT SIDESWIPED STATIONERY YARD MOVE IN OAKLAND MAINTENANCE FACILITY.  THE R ELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POSITIVE DRUG RESULT AND THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH DAMAGES WERE REPORTED TO MUS #1375 AND #1477 ON TRAIN #3983 DUE TOAN AMTRAK CATENARY DEFE CT WHILE ENROUTE WEST AT MIDWAY NEAR NEC MP 41.3      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: PIERCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Y29617 ONE MAN REMOTE CONTROL HUMP JOB PULLED 17 CARS FROM TRACK B64 TOWARD HUMP CREST TO DISMOUNT F ROM REAR CAR AND SHOVE BACK TO GET ON HEAD END TO RE HUMP CARS WHEN FIRST CAR IN CONSIST, FLCX 98143 DERAILED DURING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT BETWEEN GROUP 8 RETARDER AND SOUTH MASTER RETARDER ACCOUNT DEF ECTIVE BOTTOM OUTLET DOOR FELL FROM FLCX 98143. Y29617 THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT TOWARD TRACK B64 TO GET ON HEAD WHEN DERAILED CAR REACHED GROUP 8 RETARDER IT CAUSED CSXT 1061 HUMP MATE TO DERAIL A T GROUP 8 RETARDER.  


nearest_city: GIBBON
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: MARYSVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CEBJK9-19, LEAD UNIT UP5929, STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK AND FLATBED TRAILER WITH EXCAVATOR LOADED ON IT.  T HE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AND PULLED IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN.  THE TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER AND EXCAVATOR. THE HEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS CITED FOR CARELESS DRIVING.     


nearest_city: CARTERSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: CARTERSVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE TWO ENGINES ON N25501 DERAILED ON SPLIT RAIL WHEN LEAVING PLANT. THE TRAIN CREW SUSTAINED INJURI ES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.  FRA TRACK CLASS AND SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: WHITESIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TAMPER OPERATOR WAS ON MAIN 2 AND TOLD FOREMAN HE COULDN'T TAMP THE REST OF THE DAY DUE TO HITTING A TIE AND CRACKING THE FRAME.  UPON MECHANICS INSPECTION FOUND MAJOR DAMAGE TO #2, #3, #4 WORKHEADS, FRAME ASSEMBLY, AND SQUEEZE CYCLINDER ARMS.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
S33420 WAS PULLING DOWN DEPARTURE 12 TO GO INTO RECEIVING 7. THE CONDUCTOR LINED R07 SWITCH FOR MOVE MENT INTO THE RECEIVING TRACKS. AFTER THE SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR THE MOVEMENT S33420 PROCEEDED AHEA D 29 CARS INTO R07 TRACK WHEN THE L1 WHEEL ON THE 31ST CAR WENT BEHIND THE R08 SWITCH CAUSING FOUR C ARS TO DERAIL. AFTER WALKING THE TRACKS CREW FOUND A BLEED ROD WEDGED IN BETWEEN THE STOCK RAIL AND THE SWITCH POINT OF THE R08 SWITCH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE BLEED ROD HAD BEEN BROKEN OFF DURING NOR MAL HUMPING OPERATIONS AS THE CARS WHERE TRAVERSING THE R08 SWITCH IN A TRAILING MOVEMENT THUS CATCH ING THE OBJECT AND WEDGING IT IN BETWEEN POINTS. THIS CAUSED THE SWITCH POINT TO GAP ENOUGH FOR THE L1 WHEEL ON THE OOCX 2431 TO GO BEHIND IT DERAILING THE CAR IN FRONT AND TWO OTHERS TRAILING. CAR WI


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL303-16, WHILE TRIMMING OUT OF BOWL 39 TRACK, FAILED TO REMOVE SKATES FROM ONE CAR.SKATES BO UND IN FROG WEST OF 16 SWITCH, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: BNSF
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:
H-GALMAD1-29, OPERATING ON TRRA TRACK 10, DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: ALLENTOWN
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
HA61 PULLING EAST WITH 2 UNITS, 65 LOADS, 3 EMPTIES, AND 8202 TONS ONTO RT02 WHEN THE KNUCKLE BROKE ON SIRX 476242 CAUSING THE SLACK TO ROLL IN AGAINST THE CARS ROLLING EAST, DERAILING DMM 50004 AND N S 210068.     


nearest_city: WILLMAR
county: KANDIYOHI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MORRIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
G-BRENYF7-20 CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN TO RUN AROUND TRAIN AND REPOSITION DO POWER. CREW PLACED DUAL-CONTR OL SWITCH IN HAND, LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT AGAINST TRAIN, PLACED DP UNIT AGAINST TRAIN, THEN SHOVED THROUGH THIS SWITCH WITH HEAD END POWER WITHOUT LINING IT BACK FOR THEIR MOVE.     


nearest_city: MELVINDALE
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LD54 WHILE FLAT-SWITCHING CARS INTO MANIFEST 12 HAD COUPLERS BYPASSED BETWEEN ACFX 49293 AND CN 7044 86.  AS LD54 PULLED THE TRACK LATERAL FORCE CREATED BY PREVIOUSLY BYPASS COUPLERS ALLOWED RAIL TO RO LL DERAILING 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: DESHLER
county: HENRY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Q50709 WAS GOING OVER THE DIAMOND AT DESHLER WHEN IT WAS REPORTED BY A MAINTAINENCE EMPLOYEE THAT TH EY HAD A CAR ON THE GROUND. THE CAR REPORTED WAS 94TH CAR IN THE TRAIN CAUSING THE 95TH THROUGHT THE 98 CAR TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: TEHACHAPI
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE
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-Dec
narrative:
Q-CHIST06-07 DERAILED 8 CARS ON UPRR TRACK DUE TO RAIL JOINT BAR DEFECTS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WE RE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SPOFFORD
county: KINNEY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
IHOLA-31, TRAVELING WEST AT 44 MPH AT MP 351.25 ENCOUNTERED HIGH WINDS.  TWENTY CARS WERE DERAILED W HEN THEY WERE BLOWN OVER.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES.      


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y-DDC2011-06 SIDESWIPED 4 CARS PREVIOUSLY LEFT IN FOUL OF TRACK BY H-PUEKCK1-06. NO HAZARDOUS MATERI ALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE INBOUND CREW (MWCRV-29) WAS TAKING THEIR POWER INTO THE SUPPLY TRACK AT THE SUBWAY FROM EAST TO WEST.  THEIR POWER CONSISTED OF 6 UNITS.  THE ENGINEER WAS RUNNING FROM THE UP5405 AND THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE UP5373.  THE UP5373 SIDESWIPED THE UP5455 WHICH WAS PARKED AND BLUE FLAGGED ON THE CAMPB ELL TRACK.  THE CONDUCTOR THOUGHT IT WAS CLEAR TO PROCEED BECAUSE HE SAW THE BLUE FLAG ON THE CAMPBE LL TRACK BUT IT WAS NOT CLEAR.   


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2012-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW SHOVING WEST ON LEAD WITH 21 LOADS. THE 7TH CAR WALKED THE OUTSIDE OF THE RAIL AND THEN 3 MORE CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: AURORA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L-CHI8121-11 DERAILED 2 CARS AND DAMAGED 2 LOCOMOTIVES WHILE SHOVING 2 CARS ON MAIN 2 TRACK TO A COU PLING WITH THE REMAINER OF TRAIN, CAUSED SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.  DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY MAN ON LEAD END OF MOVEMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YPB24R-20 TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE LEAD 11 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF OUTBOUND TRAIN MPBEW-20, STRIKING C ARS 31 THRU 50 AND CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN TO 35 EAST DEPARTURE WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP ON TIME AND STRUCK NATX33582       


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW LEFT 4 LOADED CARS IN THE CLEAR ON WES END OF 10 RUNNING REVERSED TO 14 SUPPORT GATHERED 7 CARS - PULLED WEST SIDEWIPING CARS THAT ROLLED OUT OF 10 RUNNING.   INCIDENT INVOLVED 2 SEPARATE TRACKS THAT BOTH SUSTAINED TRACK DAMAGE.  10 RUNNING TRACK SUSTAINED $1,000 AND 14 SUPPORT TRACK SUSTAINED $2,000. TRACK DAMAGE WAS VERIFIED.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YPR20R-31 WAS SPOTTING CARS INTO TRACK 2 AND DERAILED 3 CARS - CRNX973244, ADMX26398 & HCGX1263.       


nearest_city: ANGLETON
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ANGLETON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
LHE03-15 RAN THROUGH REMOTE CONTROL SWITCH AS JOB WAS DEPARTING THE ANGLETON YARD.  NO DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: ASHTON
county: OSCEOLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
GSASAM-07 CLEARED MAINLINE TO LET TRAIN MVPNP-10 PASS.  CREW FORGOT TO LINE MAINLINE TO SIDING SWITC H AND PULLED THROUGH SWITCH AND REVERSED MOVEMENT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SETOUT A BAD ORDERED CAR RESUL TING IN THEM RUNNING THROUGH THE MAINLINE SWITCH AND DERAILING FOUR CARS.     


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YG209-16 WAS MOVING THE POWER FOR IG2G3-16 WHEN ALL 4 LOCOS DERAILED.  THE FIRST 3 LOCOS RE-RAILED T HEMSELVES DURING THE MOVE.      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE COLLECTOR HEAD OF PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #1321 AND SOUTHSIDE HORN OF PANTOGRAP H ON CAR #1339 ON TRAIN #3868 IN MORRISVILLE YARD.      


nearest_city: LEMAY
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
H-MEMGAL2-17 DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. UTLX 645913 MTY TANK W/RESIDUE INCURRED DAMAGED BOT TOM OUTLET VALVE. UTLX 645913, STCC 4960159, HETEROCYCLIC ETHER, UN3082 PG III, RELEASED 6 GAL.      


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013, A WORK TRAIN WAS ASSIGNED TO A TUNNEL HARDENING PROJECT.  FLAT CARS F2 7 AND F47 WERE CARRYING EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATION.  F27 AND F47 HAD BEEN LOADED IN C YARD.  F27 WA S LOADED WITH 26 PALLETS OF GROUT, EACH WEIGHING 3,200 LBS.  ALL OF THE PALLETS WITH THE EXCEPTION O F TWO PALLETS WERE LOADED ON THE NO. 2 SIDE (NORTH SIDE) OF THE CAR. F47 WAS LOADED WITH APPROXIMATE LY 10 PALLETS OF GROUT, A GENERATOR AND A MIXING MACHINE.  ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT WAS LOADED ONTO THE NO. 2 (NORTH SIDE) SIDE OF THE CAR.  

F27 WAS IN THE LEAD OF THE SIX-CAR CONSIST, AN ENGINEER WA S OPERATING FROM CAR 816.  A CONDUCTOR  WAS FLAGGING THE TRAIN, AND STANDING ON THE NO. 1 END (THE L EADING END) OF F-27.  AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, THE ENGINEER WAS MOVING THE WORK TRAIN, CONSIST: (F


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y-NYF3051-13, SHOVING 26 CARS INTO TRACK 9115, DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. DERAILED CARS CAM E TO REST AGAINST CARS ON ADJOINING TRACK 9114. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YFW33R-11 WAS TRIMMING TRACK 041 WHEN A RAILCAR ROLLED OUT THROUGH CLEAR TRACK 036 AND STRUCK THE SI DE OF THE JOB'S RAILCARS.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE AS FOREIGN MATERIAL ON WHEELS OF CARS HUMPED .     


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
C19C530 SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 0 TONS ON THE PASSENGER LEAD, DERAILE D THE 22ND UNIT (NS 0727).      


nearest_city: CARTERSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: W AND A
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y12001 WAS HEADING INTO NORTH YARD AND THE TRAIN WENT 38 CARS OVER THE SWITCH WHEN AN EMERGENCY BRAK E APPLICATION OCCURRED. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND DISCOVERD THE REAR 11 CARS HAD DERAILED. INVES TIGATION DISCOVERED THAT THE 39TH CAR HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY LOADED AND WAS HEAVY ON THE B END CAUSING THE THE TRUCK TO CLIMB THE SWITCH POINTS.    


nearest_city: MONROE
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE MPBAX-13 HAD TO HOLD ON TO 10 CARS OFF OF HIS INBOUND TRAIN TO PICK UP OUT OF TRACK #45 AT MONRO E YARD.  WHILE SHOVING TOWARD MONROE YARD WITH TEN CARS, FOUR CARS DERAILED ON THE SOUTH LEAD DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH WAS TORN OFF LOCOMOTIVE #4426 WHILE #YN-60 WAS ENROUTE WEST ON LEADTRACK ENTERING HUDSON YARD DUE TO A REPORTED CATENARY SYSTEM DEFECT.      


nearest_city: NOYES
county: KITTSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: NOYES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CN TRAIN L-SYMNOY1-07 DERAILED TO CARS ENTERING TRACK 2. SWITCH GAPPED UNDER TRAIN AS MOVEMENT MADE BECAUSE CREW FAILED TO LATCH SWITCH AND SWITCH HANDLE RELEASED ALLOWING SWITCH TO FLOAT. NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. 
     


nearest_city: QUINCY
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: COLUMBIA RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
L-NWE8611-16 SHOVED 15 CARS INTO INDUSTRY TRACK.  CREW WAS NOT USING AIR DURING MOVE, AND SLACK ACTI ON IN CUT CAUSE LEAD TO ROLL AND STRIKE CAR LEFT FOUL BY INDUSTRY.  NO CARS DERAILED, NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SUNNYVALE
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
ASMAR-19 WAS MOVING OUT OF THE MARITH SIDING AND ONE RAILCAR DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNME NT.      


nearest_city: BRYCELAND
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
WHILE PULLING NORTH, TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 3 CARS DERAILED.  2 0TH CAR HIT BROKEN RAIL THEN TRAVELED 1 CAR LENGTH BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE END OF THE TIES.  WHEN IT WENT OFF, IT STARTED TO LEAN AND TAKE CARS 18 AND 19 WITH IT.  THE TRAIN CAME APART AND THE 19TH CAR WENT OVER ON IT'S SIDE AND THE 18 AND 20 CARS WERE LEANING.    


nearest_city: LUKE
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: THOMAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
CAR SAN 551 AND SHPX 206325 FOUND WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AS IF CARS WERE CORNERED OR SIDE SWIPED. SHPX(THE STRIKING CAR) $6200 DAMAGES. SAN 551 $800 DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AAMCY-01, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7916, WAS APPROACHING CONSTITUTION ROAD CROSSING AT MP277.73 WHEN THE TRA CTOR TRAILER RIG PULLED ACROSS THE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  NO INJURY TO DRI VER OR CREW.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: CHEROKEE
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
M-LINTUL1-10 DRIVER OF VEHICLE DROVE THROUGH THE SOUTH CROSSING GATE AT HIGH SPEED IMPACTING TRAIN. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FALL RIVER
county: BRISTOL
railroad: MCRL
date: 2013-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: FALL RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:26 PM MC-5, A NORTHBOUND MASS COASTAL TRAIN DERAILED AROUND MP 10.0 ON THE FALL RIVER SUBDIVISION.  THE TRAIN CONSIST INCLUDED 2 LOCOMOTIVE 6 RESIDUAL HAZMAT CARS AND 1 LOADED FLOU R CAR AS THE SPACER BETWEEN THE LOCOMOTIVE.  THE ENGINEER NOTIFIED CONDUCTOR OF ISSUE.  TRAIN CREW S TOPPED TRAIN AND INSPECTED.  ON-SITE INSPECTION NOTED POOR TRACK CONDITIONS AS PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: JAMESTOWN
county: GUILFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
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:
AMTK 074-4'50"  AMTK 075-2'40"_204-2'45" 212-30" AMTRAK 074 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON MAIN #2 TRACK AP PROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THEY STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER STOPPED ON THE CROSSING. CONTENTS OF THE TRAIL ER WAS 800 (50 FLIME THAT SPILLED OUT OVER THE TRACKS. AMTRAK ENGINEER AND 9 PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPO RTED TO MOSES CO NE HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION, ALONG WITH THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.    


nearest_city: FAIRLESS HILLS
county: BUCKS
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
FP09 WAS PULLING TO MAKE A CUT WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCK ON THE 3RD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED PULLING 1ST CA R WITH IT.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
SINGLE CAR ROLLED OUT OF YARD TRACK AND IMPACTED A CAR ON THE Y-LAL3021-05 TRAIN CONSIST DURING SWIT CHING OPERATINGS DUE TO FAILURE TO COUPLE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: VERMILLION
county: DAKOTA
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
RMS-07 (RAILGRINDER) WAS SHOVING EASTWARD FROM #2 MAIN INTO THE VERMILLION STUB TRACK TO CLEAR A ROU TE UNTIL THE BNSF COULD HANDLE TRAIN OUT OF HASTINGS. THE RMS-07 (RG311) SHOVED OVER A DERAIL, DERAI LING 7 AXLES WHICH IN TURN BLOCKED BOTH #1 & #2 MAIN AT VERMILLION.  REPORTED TO C3RS.     


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 LEE WOOD ON MAIN 1 NORTHWARD AT 08 23 HOURS, THEN AT 0846 HOUR, GAVE C77671-08 ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATE FROM AULON TO PROSPECT O N MAIN 1 SOUTHWARD. C77671 08 ENTERED ABS YARD LIMITS ON CLEAR INDICATION AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE OP


nearest_city: HAGERSTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: WW
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
AFTER RECEIVING YARDMASTER PERMISSION TO ENTER VARDO YARD, WW TRAIN 86-10 PROCEEDED SOUTH ON THE RUN NER TOWARD YARD TRACK 102.  THE 7TH HEAD CAR (AN EMPTY BOX) LIFTED OF ONE AXLE ON ONE TRUCK AT A LOW JOINT ABOUT MPHW 74.9.  THE TRAIN WAS BEING PULLED WITH AIR ON ACCOUNT RESTRICTED SPEED AND GOING D OWN GRADE.  THE DERAILED CAR WAS PULLED UNTIL THE NORTH LADDER TRACK SWITCHES WHICH WERE FACING POIN T AT WHICH TIME THE DERAILED WHEELS CAUSED SWITCH DAMAGE CAUSING THE NEXT 3 CARS TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: GRAYSON
county: CALDWELL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
MPBLI-20 WAS MAKING MEET AT GRAYSON, LA AND PULLING INTO SIDING WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY A ND DERAILED 11 CARS.  CAUSE WAS SHATTERED RIM ON CAR AOK6488.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
ON MAY 2, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10 PM, IHB RUN 594 WAS HUMPING BSY6 IN BLUE ISLAND YARD. THE CREW SENT A PAIR OF CARS INTO TRACK BC22, FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE CAR INTO TRACK BC23. THE SINGLE CAR GOING INTO BC23 (UTLX 662518) CORNERED THE PAIR OF CARS IN BC22 (UTLX 662506 AND GATX 96304), RESULTING I N DAMAGE TO TWO CARS: GATX 96304 AND UTLX 662518.    


nearest_city: NORTHFIELD
county: RICE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
MSSNP-25 SHOVING BACK WITH THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE POINT OF A 12 CAR CUT.  THE CONDUCTOR HEARD NOIS ES BUT DID NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT APPEARED UNUSUAL.  WHEN THE MOVEMENT STOPPED, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND T HE LEADING TRUCKS OF CAR NMIX120053 ON THE GROUND.  DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF A SWITCH POINT OUT OF ALIGNMENT.  PROGRESSIVE RAIL, INC MAINTAINS TRACK.  PGR ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = 22701   


nearest_city: ESSEXVILLE
county: BAY
railroad: HESR
date: 2013-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: NORTHWATERSPUR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CARS INTO CONSUMER ENERGY EAST OIL TRACK, TRAIN SPEED WAS EXCESSIVE.  WHEN BRAKES WE RE APPLIED, CAR HIT BUMPING POST, CAUSING JSCX 6733 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: JANESVILLE
county: ROCK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WSOR'S CREW ON T4 DERAILED 5 CARS ON THE JANESVILLE INDUSTRIAL LEAD AT THE CONNECTION SWITCH TO THE WSOR.  WSOR'S ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $4,783.  WSOR'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $9,123.      


nearest_city: CAMP PENDLETON
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: NCTC
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANDIEGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CARS AT STUART MESA, THREE EMPTY CARS WERE DERAILED AT THE HAND OPERATED CROSSOVER F ROM MAIN TRACK 2 INTO THE FREIGHT STORAGE YARD      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC3032-04 ESTABLISHED RCO ZONE BETWEEN 1283 AND 929 TRK SWITCHES.  CREW PULLED 38 CARS FROM 1 203 AND IN DOING SO EXCEEDED THEIR LIMITS BY APPROX 205 FT WHERE THEIR ENGS WERE STRUCK BY ENGS ON Y -OKC3041-24 TRK DERAILING 3 UNITS AND RESULTING IN SPILL OF DIESEL FROM BNSF 1560.  LOCO BNSF 1560, SD38-2P, EMD, FUEL CAPACITY 3,000 GALS, RELEASED 30 GALLONS.    


nearest_city: VAN BUREN
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MNLKC-20 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE WHEN CREW FELT TRAIN TUG AND UDE EXPERIENCED.  INSPECTION REVEALED RAILCARS AND 1 DPU LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  DERAILED RAILCARS STRUCK TRAIN QNLNPX-20 WHICH WAS TIED DOWN IN SIDING.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS CHAINS FOULING SWITCH.     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
LRS56-16 BRAKEMAN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PROCEED AHEAD.  THE ENGINEER STOPPED PRIOR TO THE SWITC H AND THEN PULLED AHEAD WITH THE SWITCH LINED AGAINST HIM.  HE CONTINUED TO SCOTT AND THEN STOPPED. AT THE REQUEST OF THE BRAKEMAN STARTED THE MOVE BACK.  THE CREW HEARD THE TRANSPONDER POP AND STOPP ED IMMEDIATELY.  THE CREW BEGAN WALKING THE TRAIN TO INSPECT IT AND FOUND 2 CARS ON THE GROUND.    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: MADISON
railroad: NCRC
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORFOLK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
AS TRAIN WAS PULLING FROM TRACK 744 ONTO MAIN, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INSPECTION FOUND THE C ENTER OF BOWLS OF DERAILED CAR RUSTED & WORN BADLY. NO WEAR PLATES WERE FOUND ON EITHER BOWL. POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AT THE FROG AS THIS WAS THE FIRST OPENING FOR THE STIFF TRUCK TO CLIMB RAIL.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW PASSED SIGNAL IN STOP INDICATION WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY, RUNNING THROUGH WEST SWITCH OF WEST XOVER RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO POWER SWITCH MACHINE. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. INVESTI GATION DEVELOPED THAT SIGNAL WAS SUN WASHED AND ASPECT APPEARED YELLOW TO CREW RATHER THAN RED. CREW WAS NOT HELD CULPABLE.    


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
HB44 PULLING NORTH WITH 2 UNITS, 13 LOADS, 3 EMPTIES, AND 1811 TONS DERAILED NS 406852 AND SOU 55130 7      


nearest_city: YUMA
county: YUMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
NORTHBOUND SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER FAILED TO YIELD FOR TRAIN AT A CROSSING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CROTON ON HUDSON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HUDSON LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #2850 DEAD HEADING, MAKING REVERSE MOVE FROM CP33 TO FUEL TRACK 17.  HTS6 WAS OPERATING MOVING SOUTH IN THE SOUTH YARD OFF TRACK 27 TO GO NORTH ON TO TRACK 25.  HTS6 STOPPED IN THE FOUL PAST THE 27/80 SWITCH, FOULING TRACK 19 WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE YARD MASTER.     


nearest_city: SIERRA BLANCA
county: HUDSPETH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CREW ON THE WTSSBB-01 HAD FINISHED LOADING TRAIN WITH 56 CARS.  THEY RAN AROUND TRAIN AND WERE PULLI NG DOWN TO THE EAST END OF TRACK 792 WHEN THEY DERAILED THE REAR TWO UNITS.  ALL WHEELS ON THE UP519 3 AND WHEELS 3, 4, 5, 6 ON THE UP9748.  THIS WAS DUE TO THE DERAIL WAS LINED FOR DERAILING POSITION. RCL ROCKS, LLC MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: LOWNDES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
KCS TRAIN AND CREW (F-KCSXXXX-14A) DERAILED 2 UNITS AT KCS/BNSF CONNECTOR TRACK SWITCH. CREW DID NOT HAVE SWITCH LOCKED IN PLACE, WHICH ALLOWED SWITCH TO OPEN UNDER LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE YNP24R-08 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING THE MNPCB-09 AND DERAILED 4 CARS ON THE A CROSSOVER ON THE EAST TRIM LEAD THAT TAKES YOU FROM TRIM 2 BACK TO TRIM 1 AND INTO EAST DEPARTURE 1.  THE EMPTY TANK CAR L IFTED BETWEEN THE EAST SWITCH POINT AND HEEL FILLER, DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES ( INCLUDES HARMONIC ROCK OFF).  THE INTERACTION OF LATERAL FORCES CREATED BY THE CURVE IN THE A CROSSO VER AND THE VERTICAL FORCES OF THE HEAVY CONSIST AND THE EMPTY TANK CAR CAUSED THIS DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CREW OF DEAD HEAD TRAIN #5414 FAILED TO CONTROL REVERSE MOVE INTO YARD TRACK 61, RESULTING IN CAR 86 53 STRIKING BUMPING BLOCK AND DERAILING LEAD TRACK.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Q-LACCHI-6-28 WAS INSTRUCTED TO TRAIN INTO 908 AND 910 TRACKS.  CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE 908 SWITCH AND SHOVED INTO CARS THEY HAD JUST CUT AWAY FROM ON 907 TRACK.  TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUI PMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: KENT
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WE
date: 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
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-Mar
narrative:
665-31 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN THE ENGINEER SPOTTED A BROKEN RAIL 1 CAR LENGTH AHEAD WEST RAIL . THE ENGINEER CAME OUT OF DYNAMICS AND WENT INTO FULL SERVICE TO PASS OVER THE BROKEN RAIL AND THE TRAIN STARTED DERAILED, COMING TO A STOP 200 FEET FROM THE BROKEN RAIL.

REPAIRS TO THE ENGINES AR E NOT COMPLETED, ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $75,000. TRACK DAMAGE UPDATED AND SUBMITTED WITH APRI LS REPORTS.   


nearest_city: WASHINGTON
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MACZ YARD CREW WS3A WITH ENGINE 4910 WAS SHOVING 7 CARS IN WASHINGTON, DC AND MOVED PAST A STOP SIGN AL AND STRUCK AMTRAK YARD CREW WS6A WITH 1 ENGINE AND 2 CARS.  THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 OF THE 7 MACZ CARS.     


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE QLIGN-23 DERAILED WHILE MOVING UP TOWARDS THE BRIDGE ON THE EAST END THROUGH TRACK 80 IN THE AVO NDALE SOUTH YARD.  THE TRAIN WAS MOVING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE YARD TO THE BRIDGE WHEN THEY NOTICED TH AT THE EAST END SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST THEM.  THEY STOPPED THE TRAIN AND LINED THE SWITCH FOR THEI R MOVMENT TO THE BRIDGE.  THEY BEGAN TO PULL AGAIN AND NOTICED THAT THE NEXT SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINS T THEIR MOVEMENT AND STOPPED TO LINE IT.  AS THEY BEGAN TO MOVE TO THE BRIDGE THEY WERE TOLD TO STOP WHEN ANOTHER CREW (AV24) NOTICED SPARKS WERE COMING FROM THE CARS.  THE TRACK ON THE SOUTH SIDE TUR NED OVER AND MULTIPLE WHEELS WENT ON THE GROUND.  THE TRAIN WAS NOT MOVING VERY FAST BUT DUE TO THE CURVATURE AND THE LOADED AUTO RACK CARS FROM THE FORCE WHEN THEY STOPPED SUDDENLY TO LINE THE SWITCH


nearest_city: YORK
county: YORK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
L-NEB6291-24 DERAILED 3 OF 8 CARS BEING PULLED FROM INDUSTRY ONTO MAIN TRAIN 1. CAUSE FOUND TO BE BR OKEN WELDS ON SPRING FROG. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: PERRY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YDM05R-26 HAD MADE SEVERAL JOINTS AND STRETCHED THEM ON TRACK 25.  WHILE MAKING THE SHOVE TO COUPLE INTO ANOTHER BLOCK OF CARS WITH THE PRIMARY OPERATOR ON THE POINT, THE DRAWBAR FELL OUT OF UP210017. THE CAR UP210105 RAN OVER THE DRAWBAR AND DERAILED BEHIND A FROG RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 3 CARS DERAILING.    


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YAV35R-14 KICKED 3 LOADED CARS SOUTH INTO TRACK 13, WHICH COUPLED INTO 7 CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF TH E TRACK.  THE SOUTH 5 CARS IN THE TRACK THEN ROLLED SOUTH, FOULING TRACK 14.  AT THE SAME TIME, THE YAV37-14 KICKED ONE CAR NORTH TOWARD TRACK 14.  THIS RESULTED IN A COLLISION OF THE TWO CARS, DERAIL ING ONE CAR.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS EXCESSIVE SPEED BY THE CREW OF THE YAV35R- 14   


nearest_city: GARWOOD
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
EXTRA CREW ENROUTE EAST ON THE GARWOOD INDUSTRIAL TRACK DERAILED ENGINE #4303 AND CAR #9402 DUE TO W IDE GAUGE AND RAIL THAT SPLIT AND OVERTURNED.      


nearest_city: PROVIDENCE
county: PROVIDENCE
railroad: PW
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
DERAILED TWO LOADS OF SCRAP STEEL WHILE PREPAINRING TO SWITCH SCRAP CUSTOMER (CAUSE T-399 A BROKEN S WITCH POINT PROTECTOR).ONE CAR EAMX 434, WAS B.E.R. AND WAS SCRAPPED AT THE SITE.      


nearest_city: GREENWOOD
county: LEFLORE
railroad: CAGY
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
WHILE HEADING SOUTH WITH 60 CARS TO DELIVER TO CN,  DERAILED ON MAIN SHIP 1 SWITCH. LEADING SET OF T RUCKS JUMPED RAIL INTO GAUGE OF SHOP 1 TRACK CAUSING CAR+ TO STRIKE BOX CAR & KNOCK IT OFF RAIL.      


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: ARKANSAS CITY
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-Aug
narrative:
G-ENECPI9-08 DERAILED 5 CARS IN TRACK 8103 AND CAUSED TO 2 CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL .      


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 HOURS, A SEVEN-CAR PA-5 TRAIN CONSIST WAS BEING RELAYED ONTO TRACK 8 IN A YARD .  AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE BUMPING BLOCK, LEAD CAR 5741SLID 23 FEET PAST THE ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ7ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶ CAR MARKER, AND STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK.  THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT PUSHED THE BUMPING BLOCK WEST APPROXIMATELY 10 F EET.  WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO REST, THE NO. 1 END ANTI CLIMBER OF CAR 5741 WAS RESTING ATOP THE BUMPI NG BLOCK, AND ALL WHEELS OF THE NO. 1 TRUCK OF CAR 5741 WERE OFF OF BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH RUNNING RAILS.

DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT ARE:  WAY & STRUCTURES- $24,347.00; CAR EQUIPMENT $ 9,532.00.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.

AN INVESTIGATION WAS UND ERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.  THIS INCLUDED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE


nearest_city: HEALY
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN WAS STOPPED AT USIBELLI SIDING AND LEFT SSS OPEN AS DIRECTED ON MANDATORY DIRECTIVE. ON-TRACK WELDING TRUCK WAS OPERATING NORTHWARD ON MAIN TRACK AND FAILED TO RESTORE SSS USIBELLI AS REQUIRED B Y MANDATORY DIRECTIVE. TRUCK WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE STRIKING REAR OF CAR OF STANDING TRAIN.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SETTEGAST IND LD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
NORTHWEST JOB YHO22R-19, WENT TO BOWL TRACK 304 TO SHOVE TRACK.  WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY NOTICED T HE TTPX804174 HAD A LOAD SHIFT IN A CUT OF 2 CARS.  LOAD OF METAL BEAMS SHIFTED OUT THE SOUTH END OF CAR WHICH WAS B-END AND IMPACTED THE CROSSOVER HANDRAIL AND A-END OF CAR GATX79541.  NO DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: KRUM
county: DENTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
H-TULNYF1-21 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED 7 CARS DERAILED. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE IRREG ULAR CROSS LEVEL.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS THE B18 TANGENT RETARDER WENT INTO A PRESSURE OUT OF TOLERANCE FAILURE AND CAUSED TWO LOADED CARS TO STALL IN THE RETARDER. THESE CARS WERE CLEAR OF THE B17/B18 PRESENCE MONITOR BUT WERE IN FACT FOULING B17. DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE CARS IN THE RETARDER THE PROCESS CO NTROL SYSTEM BELIEVED THAT B18 WAS FULL. A SUBSEQUENT CUT OF TWO LOADED CARS THAT WAS DESTINED FOR B 18 WAS OVERFLOWED TO B17 BY PCS AND CORNERED THE STALLED CARS.   


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y12530 WAS PULLING DOWN THE SWITCHING LEAD AT HOWELLS YARD INTO H04 WHEN THE RAIL BROKE JUST NORTH O F THE H04 SWITCH DERAILING 4 CARS. ONE CAR THEN SIDESWIPED TWO CARS IN TRACK H03.      


nearest_city: STAPLES
county: TODD
railroad: ATK
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:
TRAIN 8 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/90-E/468-E/206 AND 11 CARS STRUCK AN OCCUPIED TRACTOR-TRAILER T RUCK THAT FALIED TO STOP AT MP 133.43, RED PINE RD CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $45,864.00 .     


nearest_city: NEKOMA
county: RUSH
railroad: KO
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
KORR 401 WAS TRAVELING EAST, CONDUCTOR HAD DRIVEN AHEAD AND WAS WAITING TO ROLL THE TRAIN BY AT RUSH CENTER AFTER WATCHING THE ROLL BY AT NEKOMA. ENGINEER WAS TRAVELING AT 10 MPH AS HE PULLED THROUGH NEKOMA AND APPROACHED MP 37. AS THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN APPROACHED MP 36 THE ENGINEER REDUCED THE THROTTLE BY ONE NOTCH AND THEN HEARD THE TRAIN GO INTO EMERGENCY. ENGINEER CONTACTED CONDUCTOR. WHEN CONDUCTOR ARRIVED AT THE 105TH CAR HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE FIVE CARS INVOLVED IN A DERAILMENT. CAU SE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO CROSS LEVEL OF TRACKS.  


nearest_city: MURPHYSBORO
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
MNLTT-06 DERAILED 2 LOADED CARS WHILE OPERATING ON MAIN LINE.  CREW OBSERVED A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT AND STOPPED THE TRAIN TO FIND 2 CARS DERAILED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: RUMFORD
county: OXFORD
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
WHILE RERTAILING RAIL CAR UNPX 128224 THE RAIL BROKE AND HIT THE BOTTOM OUTLET SPILLING APPROXIMATEL Y 5 POUNDS OF SODIUM CHLORATE UN#1495 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CAUSING THE DERAILMENT TO BE REPORTABLE.      


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: AWRR
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
JOB 241 MOVING EASTBOUND AT MP 113.7 ENCOUNTERED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. INVESTIGATION DISCOVER ED BROKEN CENTER SILL ON RAILCAR.      


nearest_city: EAST HAZELCREST
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: METRA ELECTRIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #102 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND WHEN A BROKEN HANGER CAUSED THE WIRES TO DROP DAMAGING THE PANTOG RAPHS ON TRAIN #102 CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: CARSON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE LO121-04 WAS SHOVING 65 EMPTY BAYS AHEAD OF 5 LOADED AUTO RACKS FROM TRACK 905 TO TRACK 801.  TH EY WENT UP AGAINST A CUT OF EMPTY BAYS IN 801.  AFTER MAKING A JOINT IN 801, THE CONDUCTOR ASKED FOR A PIN AND STRETCH.  THEN HE ASKED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK 801.  THE ENGINEER BEGAN SHOVING BACK USING EXCESSIVE HORSEPOWER.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  3 BAYS DERAILED AT A CURVE INSIDE J TUN NEL AND 1 CAR DERAILED 3 BAYS BEHIND THE CONSIST.   


nearest_city: ANNISTON
county: CALHOUN
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 20 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/58-E/185 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A LARGE TREE AT MP723.9 CAUSING EXT ENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE UNIT E/58.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $32,334.00.      


nearest_city: MANSFIELD
county: DE SOTO
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WATCO YARD JOB, KCS TRACK MAINTENANCE. WATCO CREW DERAILED 5 CARS AND ONE ENGINE AT BAYOU PIERRE ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: CC
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
L57191-14 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING THEIR 92 CARS TRAIN EASTWARD IN TRACK WA15 AND OUT THE EAST ON THE LEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAR CROSSING AT THE WEST END TO PERFORM A BRAKE TEST.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCHES BUT DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE EAST CAR (CGTX 23517) IN TRACK WA13 WAS IN THE FOUL.  THE SHOVE WAS BEING WATCHED BY THE CONDUCTOR AND A CARMAN.  L57191-14 RAKED CGTX 23517 THAT WAS OUT TO F OUL CAUSING DAMAGE TO 28 CARS ON THEIR TRAIN ALONG WITH DAMAGING CGTX 23717.  NO CARS WERE DERAILED OR LEAKING.  CARS DAMAGED: CGTX 23517, WC 315, TILX 318704, TILX 199843, TILX 318747, TILX 194438, T ILX 318748, TILX 194428, TILX 194458, TILX 194440, CRGX 8733, CRGX 8600, CITX 702817, CITX 700004, I CG 766783, TLCX 30692, CGEX 1004, CITX 702671, IC 798022, CITX 700199, CGEX 1781, CGEX 1245, PROX 14


nearest_city: HAUSER
county: KOOTENAI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
S-CHCSEA3-10 DERAILED 3 ARTICULATED CARS WHILE YARDING TRAIN. THIS EQUIPMENT STRUCK A CAR ADJACENT T RACK, DAMAGING SAME. TRAIN HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
#OMXUE1 CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE CATENARY WIRE ENROUTE WEST TO #3 COACH AND THEN OPERATED EAST CAUSIN G DAMAGE TO PANTOGRAPH ON #4664 AND THE CATENARY WIRE.      


nearest_city: ELWOOD
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-JOL2211-05 SPOTTED ONE CAR IN TRACK 10 AND SET HAND BRAKE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED OUT OF TRACK A ND STRUCK THEIR TRAIN. INVESTIGATION FOUND BAD ORDER HAND BRAKE ON CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEA SED.     


nearest_city: LAURINBURG
county: SCOTLAND
railroad: LRS
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING NORTH TOWARDS  WAGEAN.  BRAKEMEN WAS RIDING POINT AND NOTICED RAIL WAS MISSING. BR AKEMEN DISMOUNTED AND TOLD ENGINEET TO STOP. ONCE STOPPED THERE WERE 6 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BLUE ISLAND
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
IAIS CREW PULLING 12 CARS OUT OF TRACK 5 IN BLUE ISLAND YARD PROCEEDED TO PULL NORTH ON TO LEAD.  EN GINEER STOPPED TO DROP OFF AN EOT WHEN HE NOTICED THE FIRST CAR IN TRAIN CONSIST WAS LEANING.  AS EN GINEER WALKED BACK HE FOUND THE TRAILING END OF IAIS SLUG LOCOMOTIVE 651 AND RAIL CAR CPC 650030 DER AILED.    


nearest_city: FRANCIS
county: PONTOTOC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H-TULDYT1-26 EXPERIENCE UDE AND INSPECTION FOUND BN 455335 SPLIT IN HALF ACCOUNT BROKEN SIDE SILL AN D THEN DERAILED.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
FL34 CREW WAS SHOVING ON TRACK 4 AND RAN INTO THE FL41 THAT WAS PULLING G UP ON THE NORTH END - DAMA GING AN ENGINE AND DERAILING A CAR.  THERE WAS A TOTAL OF $500.00 TRACK DAMAGE.  ($300.00 TO THE LEA D TRACK AND $200.00 TO TRACK 4).     


nearest_city: OVERTON
county: RUSK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
QEGNL-29, WITH LEAD UNIT CSXT8562, STRUCK THE REAR OF A TRAILER ON A TRACTOR TRAILER WHICH FAILED TO STOP ON CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  CSXT8562 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
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-Nov
narrative:
U239-09 SHOVING COAL TRAIN SOUTH INTO MCDUFFIE LOOP #1 WHEN RAIL BROKE MIDWAY OF THE FENCE TRACK CAU SING 5 CARS TO DERAIL.  TASD IS REPORTING ONLY TRACK DAMAGE FOR THIS DERAILMENT.  CSX DERAILED ON TA SD TRACK MAINTENANCE PROPERTY.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON EJE
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CNAPL-18 DERAILED 2 LOCOS & 3 CARS WHILE TRAVELLING SOUTH ON EJE TRACKS FROM MAIN 2 TO THE RUN THRU TO THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE TO GO OFF TO H YARD.  EJE'S FINAL ACTUAL TRACK DAMAGES = $5938.  UP DRO D ETERMINED THAT UP CREW IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DERAILMENT BASED ON CREW PROPERLY LINED SWITCH WI TH RADIO & RECEIVED INDICATION THAT THEY WERE LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT; TIR SHOWS SWITCH LINED FOR T HEIR INTENDED ROUTE & VERIFIED THRU VOICE RECORDING; CREW IS NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY OPERATING RULES F OR FOREIGN RR & EJE'S RULE TO STOP AT RED SWITCH POINT IS NOT IN CORA.  


nearest_city: WACO
county: YORK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
C-BTMCNM0-60 HAD SETOUT BAD ORDER CAR AND WAS PULLING FROM SETOUT TRACK WHEN CREW MEMEBER LINED DERA IL UNDER LAST CAR OF CUT, DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: AHOSKIE
county: HERTFORD
railroad: NCVA
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN WITH 91 CARS (42 LOADS/49 EMPTIES) APPROACHING CUSTOMER TO PICK UP 3 EMPTIES WHEN ENGINEER FAI LED TO CONTROL HIS TRAIN BY STOPPING AT 9/100 MILE (500 FT) BRINGING TRAIN TO A STOP FROM 13 MPH TO 0 MPH.  CREATED EXCESSIVE BUFFING FORCE DERAILING TTPX 82639.  AFTER DERAILING, WHICH CREW DID NOT R EALIZE AT THE TIME,  PROCEEDED SOUTH.  AT THAT POINT, ENGINEER DISCOVERED TRAIN WOULD NOT MOVE.  CON DUCTOR DISCOVERED 9 CARS DERAILED IN CURVE.   


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-NYF2081-15A SHOVING 6 CARS WITH 2 UNITS DERAILED 4 CARS AND 1 UNITS ACCOUNT WIDE GAUGE DUE TO LOW RAIL ROLLOUT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
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-Jun
narrative:
Y39031 WAS PULLING CARS FROM N09 AND DERAILED FIVE CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. THE CARS THEN SIDESWIP ED CARS IN TRACK N10.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: PLATTE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Fog
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
KG1LT-21 COLLIDED WITH HULCHER SIDE BOOM, WHICH WAS WORKING IN YARD TO RERAIL A LOCOMOTIVE.  CONTRAC TOR DIDN'T HAVE MAINLINE PROTECTION, HOWEVER WAS TOLD BY UPRR MECHANICAL PERSONNEL THEY WOULDN'T FOU L THE MAINLINE WHEN SETTING UP SIDE BOOM ON SOUTH SIDE OF YARD LEAD, BETWEEN LEAD AND MAINLINE 1.  S IDE BOOM WAS GETTING INTO POSITION TO RERAIL LOCOMOTIVE, WHEN IT FOULED MAINLINE 1.  KG1LT-21 WAS TR AVELING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE 1 WHEN IT STRUCK SIDE BOOM ON ENGINEER'S SIDE.  LEAD TWO LOCOMOTIVES A ND 23 WELLS BEHIND DERAILED.  CONTRACTOR WAS IN SIDE BOOM AT TIME OF IMPACT AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY A MBULANCE TO HOSPITAL FOR NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  CREW OF TRAIN WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY UPRR PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE TREATMENT PER INHALATION PROTOCOL.  CAUSE CODE H999 USED DUE TO FOREMAN GENERA


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 381 STRUCK THE KUPLER IN THE TROLLEY OF THE CATENARY, CAUSING PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO MU 41 6 DUE TO MU 416 HAD A DEFECTIVE LEVELING ROD ON ITS PANTOGRAPH WHICH CAUSED THE PANTOGRAPH TO CATCH THE KUPLER AND PULL IT DOWN.     


nearest_city: TATUM
county: GREGG
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
H-DYTMEM1-19A MAKING A PICK UP IN TRACK 3403 HAD CROSSING BLOCKED, DRIVER OF A CEMENT TRUCK TURNED S HARPLY TO AVOID TRAIN STRIKING SIGNAL MAST AND DAMAGING IT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TC18 SHOVING SOUTH ON MAYO LEAD WITH 3 CARS WHEN 3RD H/C - CSS 30278 DERAILED R3 & 4 WHEELS, IN ADDI TION TO 2ND UNIT IN CONSIST #2417, ALL WHEELS, AND LEAD UN1 WHEEL.      


nearest_city: MOUNT JOY
county: LANCASTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
HEAVY SNOW ON A LEAFY TREE CAUSED THE TREE TO FALL ON THE CATENARY, CAUSING IT TO SAG.  ENGINE 514 T HEN SNAGGED THE SAGGING CATENARY WIRE, DISABLING THE ENGINE.      


nearest_city: CRYSTAL CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: STE GENEVIEVE IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LSH08-24 DERAILED THE CRDX8727 WHILE MOVING ONTO THE BNSF CONNECTION TRACK.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON UPRR TRACKS; HOWEVER, THE DERAILED CAR WAS DRAGGED ONTO BNSF TRACK AND CAUSED DAMAGE.  THE C AUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE DEFLECTION BETWEEN THE STOCK RAIL AND SWITCH PLATES.  BNSF ESTIM ATED DAMAGES ARE $10,000.    


nearest_city: DE RIDDER
county: BEAUREGARD
railroad: TIBR
date: 2012-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: DERIDDER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
JOB WAS HEADED EAST WITH 40 LOADS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CREW WALKED BACK AND FOUN D THE THE EAST END OF THE BRIDGE AT MP 34.8 HAD COLLAPSED CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.  AFTER INVESTIGA TION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A BRIDGE CAP HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE RAIL TO DROP DOWN AND THE CARS TO DE RAIL.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YFW15R-22 SHOVING TRACK 310 WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED AT THE HIGH HAND THROW SWITCH DUE TO A BROKEN SWITC H POINT.      


nearest_city: MIDDLEBORO
county: PLYMOUTH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: MIDDLEBORO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
B72915 WAS BUILDING THEIR TRAIN AND THEY COUPLED TO THE CUT OF CARS ON ALDEN SIDING.  THEY CHARGED U P THE AUTOMATIC BRAKES, RELEASED THE HANDBRAKES ON THE TRACK OF 40 CARS AND PULLED SOUTH TO CHECK TH E ORDER OF THE CARS. AFTER PULLING THE ENTIRE TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR SAW THAT THE REAR CAR, XOMX 71036 3, WAS NOT NEEDED FOR THEIR TRAIN. HE SHOVED THIS CAR NORTH TO THE CLEARANCE POINT ON ALDEN SIDING A ND REQUESTED A FULL SERVICE BRAKE APPLICATION AND 3-STEP PROTECTION.  HE APPLIED THE HANDBRAKE ON TH E SINGLE CAR AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PUSH AGAINST THE CAR IN ORDER TO TEST THE HANDBRAKE. THI S WAS NECESSARY AS THIS LOCATION IS ON A GRADE AND THE LONE HANDBRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD THE ENTIRE TRAI N OF 40 CARS. CONDUCTOR ALLEGEDLY NOTED THAT THE CAR HANDBRAKE WAS EFFECTIVE, STOPPED THE MOVEMENT A


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
THE YND36X-12 WAS PULLING A LOADED GRAIN TRAIN OUT OF THE AG VALLEY COOPERATIVE TRACK 806 WHEN THREE CARS DERAILED.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AG VALLEY COOPERATIVE EMPLOYEES RAN T HRU THE 806-825 SWITCH WHEN THEY WERE SHOVING CARS INTO THE TRACK.  AG VALLY COOPERATIVE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY TO RUNNING THRU THE SWITCH.  AG VAL LEY COOPERATIVE MAINTAINS TRACK.  TRACK DAMAGE = $22,000.00   


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: INTERNATIONAL IND LD
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-Jul
narrative:
YLP68-11 HAD A HOLD OF 31 CARS SHOVING EASTWARD INTO TRACK 54.  TRAIN CAME OFF 103, LINED CROSSOVERS AND BEGAN SHOVING DOWN THE LEAD INTO 54.  CONDUCTOR ASKED FOR FOUR MORE CARS EAST.  HE WAS PROTECTI NG THE SHOVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE TRACK.  TRAIN STOPPED AT THREE CARS.  HE CROSSED OVER TO THE NO RTH SIDE AND SAW THREE AUTO RACK CARS HAD DERAILED.    


nearest_city: MOSCOW
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
QDYNL 14, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5143, STRUCK A WHEAT LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AT THE ABERNATHY ROAD CROSSING.  THE TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER AND CUT IN HALF.  THERE W ERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.  THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED OUT BUT WA S NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
ON JULY 4, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:05 PM, IHB RUN 324 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN GIBSON YARD IN HAMMOND, IN. CREW WAS SHOVING IN TRACK GR09 FROM THE EAST END AND SHOVED CAR TTGX 990559 OUT OF TRACK GR09 O N THE WEST END INTO THE SIDE OF CAR TTGX 975136 ON TRACK GR11, DERAILING TTGX 990559 AND DAMAGING TT GX 975136.    


nearest_city: GARRISON
county: POWELL
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: THIRD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
PINNED OFF CARS INTO TRACK, BRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CUT OF CARS ROLLED TO THE OTHER END OF THE TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FIRST CAR IN THE ROLLING CUT.      


nearest_city: WELLINGTON
county: SUMNER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y-WEL1011-08 DERAILED 3 CARS IN YARD TRACK 109 AND DAMAGED 2 CARS IN TRACK 108 WHILE SHOVING INTO TR ACK 109 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: CLOVIS
county: CURRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
V-RICCL01-11 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 109.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASE D.  CAUSE UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
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-Aug
narrative:
YTU20R-08 CREW WAS PULLING A CUT OF 11 CARS EASTWARD OUT OF TRACK 511 WHEN THEY NOTICED THE ENGINES SURGING.  7 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CUT HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YCL63-16 WAS PULLING INTO CLINTON YARD FROM AN INDUSTRY FOLLOWING YCL62-16 ON TRACK 11 WHEN RAILCAR UTCX46999 DERAILED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET PAST THE TRACK 11 SWITCH AT THE WEST END.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYPORT LOOP IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
LHU21R-17 CREW SHOVED WITHOUT PROVIDING THE PROPER POINT PROTECTION AND SHOVED ONE CAR PAST A BUMPER AT THE CUSTOMER'S FACILITY DERAILING UTLX640072.  TRACK MAINTAINED BY JX NIPPON      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MSAFW-17 PULLING NORTH OUT OF #1 TRACK TOWARDS WACO SUB WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO UDE.  CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED 7 DERAILED CARS.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CE20 HUMPING WEST IN FULL AUTOMATIC WITH 1 UNIT.  36 LOADS, 74 EMPTIES, AND 7756 TONS ON 531 TRACK S IDESWIPED 5 CARS.      


nearest_city: AGUA DULCE
county: NUECES
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN ENTERED SIDING AND COLLIDED WITH A CAR ON LAREDO SUBDIVISION.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS A LLOWED ON ADJACENT MAIN TRACK, WHICH IS RATED AS CLASS 4.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2013-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SOUTH CHICAGO
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-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN FS-3 WAS PULLING 65 CARS FROM BLUE ISLAND, IL (IAIS) TO BRC COMMERCIAL YARD RUNNING EASTWARD. WHEN APPROACHING PULLMAN JUNCTION THE TRAIN STOPPED AT A RED POT SIGNAL.  THE NS OPERATOR GAVE PERM ISSION TO PASS THE RED SIGNAL AND PROCEED AT RESTRICTED SPEED EASTBOUND.  AFTER PASSING THE SIGNAL W ITH THREE ENGINES AND 8 CAR LENGTHS THE TRAIN DERAILED.    


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE 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-Sep
narrative:
THE YLP27T-23 WAS PULLING CARS WHEN TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS ON ENGINE DERAILED IN TURNOUT AND RESULTE D IN A 6 CAR DERAILMENT.  CLOSER RAIL AT FROG HAD A 50% OLD BREAK.      


nearest_city: COLLEGE PARK
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
A74813 WAS SHOVING IN WITH 11 CARS TO SPOT VALVOLINE IN INDUSTRY OWNED TRACK. AFTER PLACING CARS ON SPOT, ENGINEER TRIED TO PULL FORWARD BUT WAS UNABLE TO. CONDUCTOR INVESTIGATED AND FOUND 4 CARS ON G ROUND UPRIGHT AND IN LINE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CSXT 915027 WAS THE FIRST CAR DERAILED. SEVERAL OT HERS DERAILED AS WELL BUT MANAGED TO RERAIL THEMSELVES AT A ROAD CROSSING WHILE SHOVING INTO PLANT.    


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GILA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
AAMPXX-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5552, STRUCK A FUEL TANKER TRUCK (CONTRACTOR WESTERN REFINERY) AT A YARD CROSSING.  THE FUEL TRUCK PULLED ACROSS THE MAINLINE IN FRONT OF THE AAMPX-26 WHEN THE TANKER WAS S TRUCK.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED LACERATIONS AND CONTUSIONS.  THE FUEL TRUCK WAS STRUCK ON T HE DRIVER SIDE OF THE FUEL TANKER.  THE CREW WAS NOT INJURED.  NO CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YPB31R-09 WAS DRAGGING OUT OF BOWL 7 TO SHOVE TRACK 204.  THEY STARTED TO SHOVE TRACK 204 WHEN THE C N712131 DERAILED AT THE 19 CROSSOVER WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE UP85690 AND CHTT200331 TO DERAIL.  CARS D ERAILED INTO THE UP4923 AND IT DERAILED AS WELL.     


nearest_city: CLARK FORK
county: BONNER
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: FOURTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF PILING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACK TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRACK WITH TRUCK 534, BOOM TRUCK OPERATOR FAILED TO PLACE OUTRIGGER ON NORTH SIDE OF TRUCK.  AS PILING WAS MOV ED WITH THE BOOM TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRUCK THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER ON TO  ITS SIDE.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CC
date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CEDAR RAPIDS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
L56391-21 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING OUT TRAIN.  THEY CUT OFF A BLOCK OF 7 CARS IN TRACK 10 AND WENT TO DOUBLE TO TRACK #9.  CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE POINT OF THE SHOVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TH E IMPACT.  HE STATED HE THOUGHT THE CARS ON TRACK 10 WERE IN THE CLEAR WHEN LW 9285 DAMAGED CRGX 290 45 THAT WAS LEFT IN THE FOUL.  CONDUCTOR HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT SERVICE PENDING THE RESULTS OF A DRUG TE ST.   


nearest_city: BURLESON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CAT GANG 9553 (CONSISTING OF 2 CAT TAMPERS, 2 SWITCH TAMPERS & 4 BALLAST REGULATORS) WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON THE FORT WORTH SUB.  THEY HAD TRAVELED FROM MP 125.6 ROSEBUD, TX TO MP 236.0 BURLESON, TX. THE GANG HAD TIME BETWEEN Q231 & T243 AND NEEDED TO GET ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONTINUE NORTH.  CAT GAN G FOREMAN INSTRUCTED MACHINES TO STOP IN ORDER TO COPY ADDITIONAL TIME.  FOREMAN SAID, "ONCE EVERYOI NE IS STOPPED, I WILL GIVE YOU THE ADDITIONAL T&T PERMIT."  AT THIS POINT MACHINES BEGAN TO STOP, OP ERATORS WERE ALL CALLING OUT, COMING TO A STOP AND FOLLOWING MACHINES WERE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE MA CHINE IN FRONT WAS COMING TO A STOP.  ALL MACHINES STOPPED AND COPIED THE NEW PERMIT BETWEEN T243 & T947.  AFTER ALL OPERATORS HAD COPIED TIME, THEY STARTED TO PROCEED NORTH TO GET TO NEY YARD AT MP 2


nearest_city: MILLIKEN
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
GSKLCC-14 WAS SHOVING OUT ONTO THE UPRR MAINLINE FROM THE WEST LEG OF THE GWRR INTERCHANGE AT MILLIK EN, COLORADO AT 7 MPH (E) WHEN TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY AND UPON INSPECTION CREW FOU ND 5 CARS HAD SPLIT THE SWITCH ON THE GWRR TRACK AND DERAILED.  GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD MAINTAINS TRA CK.  GWR TRACK DAMAGE = $141,980    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE BNSF BEER RUN TRAIN, 2L8052J-05, RAN THROUGH THE SIDING SWITCH JUST WEST OF THE DERAIL ON THE AR VADA SIDING DURING AN EASTWARD MOVE.  NO DERAILMENT OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.  TRACK DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: CATAWBA
county: YORK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO APPLY SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HAND BRAKES ON CARS LEFT STANDING RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: ASHTABULA
county: ASHTABULA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CA61 YARDING TRAIN ON BRIDGE YARD TRACK #2 WITH 3 UNITS, 130 LOADS, 0 EMPTY, 18602 TONS DERAILED THE 6TH THROUGH 12TH CARS.
      


nearest_city: OAKRIDGE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: CASCADE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT14-20 DERAILED THE A END OF A CAR AND THE SET OF TRUCKS DUE TO A MUDSLIDE.  NO TRACK DAM AGE REPORTED.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $21,902.      


nearest_city: NEGAUNEE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
7 YARD WAS SHOVING 6 LOADED POINT ORE GONS EASTBOUND ONTO #4 TRACK ON WEST END WHEN POINT CAR COER 8 01927 TRAILING TRUCKS WENT ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: PERRY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
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: 12-Aug
narrative:
DRIVER OF LOGGING TRUCK FAILED TO STOP FOR THE ACTIVATED WARNING DEVICES AT THE BRADLEY AVE. CROSSIN G AND STRUCK BY THE ONCOMING TRAIN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, IC 1007, AND SIGNAL BUNGALOW.     


nearest_city: SHELDON
county: O BRIEN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LTU43-06 PULLED 18 EMPTY GRAIN HOPPERS FROM CP INTERCHANGE TRACK TO SPOT AT INDUSTRY.  CONDUCTOR LIN ED ROUTE AND GAVE ENGINEER A PULLING DISTANCE AND DIRECTION.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS IN POSITION TO LINE SWITCHES CP TO UP MAIN/MAIN TO MAIN AFTER CARS PASSED.  CONDUCTOR SAW A CAR LEANING AND TOLD THE ENG INEER TO PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  THE TRAILING SET OF TRUCKS ON AGPX96034 PICKED THE FROG, ROD E TOP OF RAIL & DROPPED OFF DAMAGING UP MAINTAINED TRACK AND INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK.  AG ACTUAL T RACK DAMAGE = $13,155.  UP TRACK DAMAGE = $232  


nearest_city: HENDERSON
county: CHESTER
railroad: WTNN
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
A BACKHOE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE MAIN LINE CAME TO A STOP WHEN A HIGHRAIL TRUCK FOLLOWING BEHIND HIM COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF THE BACKHOE.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES JUST DAMAGE TO HIGHRAIL TRUCK.  TH E OPERATION OF THE MAIN LINE IS BLOCK REGISTRY.  WHICH WAS COMPLIED WITH THAT MORNING.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
DYT111 SHOVED TRACK 608, THEN DRAGGED NORTH TO BEGIN SWITCHING TRACK 613.  THE CREWS SWITCHED EQUX 1 004 INTO TRACK 607, EQUX 1046 INTO TRACK 609, THEN MLLX 10140 WAS MARKED TO GO TO TRACK 605.  WHEN T HE SWITCHMAN ACCIDENTALLY LINED THE LOW CROSSOVER SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE 605 SWITCH.  THE CAR ROLLED THROUGH THE CROSSOVER AND STRUCK A CUT OF CARS (FROM TRACK 621) THAT DYT121 WAS DRAGGING AHEAD ON 35 LEAD TO PUT AWAY TO 57 LEAD.  DYT111 FOREMAN HAD ALREADY KICKED 607 UTCX 97702 AND HIT MLLX 10140 A S WELL.  


nearest_city: WEDRON
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CONDUCTOR FAILED TO MAKE SURE JOINT MADE ON 1ST TWO CARS HE KICKED INTO E-1.  HE THEN WENT TO KICK T WO MORE INTO TRACK WHEN HE NOTICED THE FIRST TWO WERE ROLLING BACK OUT OF TRACK E-1.  CARS THEN SIDE SWIPED EACH OTHER.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TASD 4 WAS SHOVING CARS SOUTH TO MAKE ROOM IN TASD YARD T25 WHEN CARS DERAILED AT SWITCH. INVESTIGAT ION DETERMINED THAT CAR STSX 61206 FAILED TO SLEW WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH. CREW FAILED TO RE ALIZE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND UNTIL STOPPING TO MAKE A CUT ON 12 CARS AND STARTED PULLING CARS BACK TO THE NORTH.    


nearest_city: WESTPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 2168 SUSTAINED CARBON STRIP DAMAGE TO UNITS 2011 AND 2022 DUE TO MNCW CATENARY WIRE FAILED DUE TO UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK.      


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: TOOLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
M-SWESHM1-28 DERAILED 4 CARS AT 2911 SWITCH WHICH IN TURN STRUCK ON CAR IN 2912 TRACK. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH CREW HAD DON E SO. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
V-BLUBEL3-20 DERAILED 4 CARS WHEN PULLING INTO TRACK 298.  LOCOMOTIVES AND 39 ARTICULATED CARS TRAVE RSED THE SWITCH WITHOUT EXCEPTION.  THE 40TH CAR PICKED THE SWITCH AND DERAILED DUE TO POWER SWITCH FAILURE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MIDWAY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Z-STPCHC8-09, SHOVING WEST FROM SOUTH AUTO TRACK TO 7012 TRACK TO MAKE A JOINT WITH STANDING CUT, SH OVED THROUGH SWITCH BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH AUTO TRACKS. WHEN CUT PULLED FORWARD, CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DERAILED. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: STEUBENVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
320-17 WAS COMING OFF MINGO JUNCTION CONNECTION WHEN THEY DERAILED MQRX 5738, MQRX 5683, MQRX 5689, FEPX 60446, FEPX 60372, AND FEPX 60626 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.

07/23/10 UPDATED TRACK DAMAGE TO $54,56 9     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y-DYT3511-17 WHILE SHOVING DERAILED ONE CAR OFF END OF TRACK ACCOUNT EMPLOYEE PROTECTING POINT OF SH OVE WAS WATCHING THE WRONG TRACK.      


nearest_city: FERNANDINA BEACH
county: NASSAU
railroad: FCRD
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
INBOUND CUT OF CARS DERAILED AT BONNIEVIEW RD. NO INJURIES.  ROADBED SOFT IS CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.       


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE YNP47R-15 HUMPED THE AOK6319 INTO WEST BOWL 151 WHERE IT CROSSED DRAWBARS AND IMPACTED WITH THE CN704147 ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT, ONLY CAR DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN GSAKHO-01 WITH LEAD UNIT UP8610 WHILE TRAVELING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS AT TOWER 55 MOVING FROM GAUNLET TRACK ONTO BNSF #1 MAINLINE.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS WORN STOCK RAIL A ND BROKEN/WORN SWITCH POINT.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $143,000.00.  RAI L = CWR    


nearest_city: EAST PETERSBURG
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WESTERN EXPRESS DRIVER BACKED TRACTOR TRAILER OVER CROSSING. BOTTOMED OUT. TRAILER ON THE CROSSING, WAS STRUCK BY WESTBOUND TRAIN 570C208 AND THEN BY EASTBOUND TRAIN 24MC209.      


nearest_city: EL MONTE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2010-03-20T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 354 STRUCK A UPRR MAINTENANCE-OF-WAY TRUCK AT TEMPLE AVENUE.  NOTE: QUES. 46 UPDATED 5/27/10 P ER CITI/FRA.  UPRR FILED SEPEARATE 6180.55A FOR RR EMPLOYEE FATALITY, INCIDENT 0310LA017.  PER CITI/ FRA 7/27/10 SINCE UPRR FILED 55A FOR THEIR EMPLOYEE, SCAX 55A (032010) FOR TRESPASSER WAS DELETED.     


nearest_city: COATESVILLE
county: CHESTER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
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:
H4AH508 30X13, 415 TONS, 2215 FEET, SHOVING WEST ON SIDING TRACK IN 8 DEGREE CURVE, LOADING 1663 AMP DERAILED NS 6785,  TCTX 343, TCTX 314, AND NS 194356.      


nearest_city: DOSWELL
county: HANOVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
K96707 WAS SHOVING 42 EMPTY CARS INTO INDUSTRY TRACK #2 AND DERAILED CSXT 290765 AT SWITCH DUE TO BR OKEN SWITCH ROD.      


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
HELPER CREW (K-BTMSUD2-14) WAS TO ATTACH THEIR LITE POWER TO REAR DP POWER ON C-BTMSUD0-81. WHILE WA ITING FOR SIGNAL, HELPER ENGINEER CUT OUT ABV TO PREPARE FOR HELPER SVC. WHEN SIGNAL RECEIVED, ENGIN EER BROUGHT POWER OUT AND STOPPED, THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT TOWARD TRAIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP LOCOMO TIVE WITH FULL INDEPENDENT AND COLLIDED WITH DP UNIT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH.    


nearest_city: GLADE SPRING
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
202V504 (8'00") 39QV504 (7'15") 15TV504 (2'00") 38QV505 (6'15") NS EMPLOYEE OPERATED RIG TOWING LOBO Y OVER CROSSING AT MP NB-380.4 FAILED TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAIN 38QV505. LEAD UNIT NS 7679 STRUCK R IG. RUPTURING FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN A FIRE AND FATAL INJURY TO DRIVER.     


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


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MERIDIAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED NINE CARS ON THE MERIDIAN SUBDIVISION. THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE BECAUSE THEY STRING LINED THE SWITCH TENDER, SO WHEN CARS CAME OFF TRACK THEY WENT TO THE LOW SIDE.      


nearest_city: LA CROSSE
county: LA CROSSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
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-Feb
narrative:
S-LPCSEA3-10 STOPPED SHORT OF STOP AND PROCEED SIGNAL LOCATED AT MP 290.3, THEN MOVED  WEST AND IMPA CTED REAR OF TRAIN U-BIRSEM0-18. NO CARS DERAILED. S-LPCSEA3-10 WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. ONE INJURY TO THE ENGINEER ON TRAIN U-BIRSEM0-18T.     


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
G88691-20 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AT 26 MPH ON MAIN #2 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MILEPO ST 732.4.  THE TRAIN WAS OPERATING THROUGH A 25 MPH TEMPORARY SLOW ORDER THAT WAS IN AFFECT WHEN THE DERAILMENT OCCURED.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE TRACK GAVE WAY ON THE EAST RAIL CAUSING THE FOLLO WING CARS TO DERAIL: ATGX 23925, ATGX 47080, ATGX 768935, CC 481007, CN 383113, CN 383242, CN 395243 , DWC 384742, DWC 384773, NOKL 853000, NOKL 853089, RRX 1108, RRX 460114, RRX 460294, SMW 840407, SM W 840946, SMW 842882, WC 87251, RRRX 18252.  CARS WERE ALL DESTROYED.  


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
58X DERAILED 3RD UNIT.  NS 6800 AFTER MAKING A REVERSE MOVE OVER A PREVIOUSLY RUN-THRU SWITCH.       


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Fog
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DUE TO BRC CONGESTION THE Q59207 WAS HELD OUT OF CLEARING YARD. Y31008 BOARDED Q59207 AT 80TH STREET AT 0120. Y31008 DEPARTED 80TH STREET MOVING NORTH AT 0255. Y31008 ARRIVED AT THE EAST END INTERLOCK ING ON THE BRC AT 0320 ON MAIN #2 AND STOPPED DUE TO A STOP SIGNAL. K63207 WAS OPERATING SOUTH THROU GH EAST END INTERLOCKING CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN #2 TO MAIN #1 AT APPROXIMATELY 13 MPH. THE CREW WAS OPERATING ON A MEDIUM APPROACH SIGNAL. BRC DISPATCHER LINED A SET OF NS LITE POWER NORTH ON THE SOU TH RUNNER. Y31008 SITTING ON MAIN #2 ACTED ON THE RESTRICTING SIGNAL FOR THE SOUTH RUNNER. Y31008 BE GAN TO PULL NORTH EVENTUALLY STRIKING THE FOURTH CAR THROUGH THE TENTH CAR ON K63207. TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF INCIDENT.


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y-GRF2011-07, HANDLING 86 CARS DURING SWITCHING PULLED FROM YARD PARTIALLY THROUGH 11 DEGREE 45 MINU TES CURVE. CUT STRING-LINED, DERAILING 12. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TRAIN MAKEUP RULES WITHIN THIS YARD, NO HFI WILL BE ASSIGNED TO CREW MEMBERS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BLAUVELT
county: ROCKLAND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
X56909 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE NYACK SIDING AND WAS PULLING SOUTH AT 27 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND THE 30TH AND 31ST HEAD CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #3934 STRUCK A DIAMOND PLATE COVERING OF 3RD RAIL CABLES THAT WAS REPORTEDLY SHIFTED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO COACH #1527 AY NYT MP 1.22.      


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: CHATHAM
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 89 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/53 AND 7 CARS DERAILED ENGINE UNIT 53 AFTER COMPLETING A WYE MO VE AROUND THE RAIL LINK WYE.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS THE RAIL SPREADING UNDERNEATH E/53 ON THE EAST LEAD TRACK, DUE TO HEAVY RAINS THROUGH THE AREA.     


nearest_city: LARAMIE
county: ALBANY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LDE01-24 SHOVING 11 CARS AT 5 MPH EASTWARD INTO TRACK 12 AT LARAMIE YARD.  THE 10TH (NVCX9512, L1, L 2, L3, L4) AND 11TH (MP15507, R1, R2) CARS AND THE LOCOMOTIVE (UP3205, L1) DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CONLEY
county: CLAYTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
59QG213 TRAVELING NORTH ON MAIN TRACK WITH 03 UNITS 0 LOADS, 64 EMPTIES, 1398 TONS, STRUCK OCCUPIED HIGHWAY TRUCK ON CROSSING AT MP 162.4H, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO NS E7621, CROSSING PROTECTION EQUIPME NT AND C&S SIGNAL STRUCTURE.  NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Y19921 HAD CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT IN R07 AND STARTED MOVEMENT TOWARDS HILL WITHOUT PERMISSION OR LI NE UP FROM THE TRAIN DIRECTOR OR YARDMASTER. THIS CAUSED J78321 TO BE SIDESWIPED DERAILING 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: GURNEE
county: LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MPRSS-20 WAS TRAVELING ON THE MILWAUKEE SUB.  3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 7 CARS PASSED OVER THE FROG WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE 8TH THROUGH 17TH CAR DERAILED WHEN THE TRACK FAILED DUE TO BOLT HOLE DEFECT WITHIN TH E FILLER BLOCK ON THE BOLTED GUARD RAIL.     


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MU #1417 DID NOT CLEAR THE FULL TENSION AIR GAP LOCATED ON THE WEST END OF FAIR ON THE TRACK #21 CRO SSOVER ON TRAIN #3812 ENROUTE EAST CAUSING DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH.      


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
MVPNP-09 OUTBOUND CREW WAS SHOVING SIXTEEN RAILCARS OUT OF TRACK 005 NORTH TO THE NPLT THRU RAILCARS ON THE CNIC MAIN NORTH OF 28TH ST.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE LEAD SWITCH AND SHOVED THRU TH E LEAD SWITCH WITH THIRTEEN RAILCARS.  AFTER MAKING THE JOINT AND CUTTING IN THE AIR AND KNOCKING OF F THE BRAKES, THE TRAIN BEGAN PULLING SOUTH THRU TRACK 5.  THE SIXTH THRU THE NINTH RAILCARS FROM TH E HEAD END PICKED THE LEAD SWITCH AND DERAILED.  TRAIN TRAVELED 192 FEET BEFORE THEY STOPPED.  THE C ONDUCTOR HAD WALKED AHEAD OF THE SIXTEEN RAILCARS TO 28TH ST. BEFORE STARTING THE SHOVE, HOWEVER FAI LED TO LINE THE LEAD SWITCH. 


nearest_city: SLATON
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H-LALSLA9-07 WHILE SHOVING INTO 4302 TRACK DERAILED 3 CARS THAT IMPACTED 1 STANDING CAR IN YARD. CAU SE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE WHEEL/RAIL RELATIONSHIP DISTURBED BY COMBINATION OF MISMACHED JOINT, SUB SURFACE DETERIORATION AND DEFLECTION AS INDICATED BY WHEEL AND JOINT CAR BAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
R-TUL4121-11 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1005.  THERE ARE NO TRAIN MAKEUP RULES IN SWIT CHING YARDS AND NO HF RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE ASSIGNED THIS ACCOUNT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL EASED.     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Z-LACWSP9-06L STRUCK TRACTOR/TRAILER AT CROSSING.  DRIVER HAD STOPPED AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH TRAILER STILL FOULING TRACK WHEN STRUCK BY TRAIN.  TRAIN CONSISTED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


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


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE THE YNP04R-26 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING DOWN EAST DEPARTURE 302 WHEN THE CENTER SILL ON THE UP9804 57 BROKE OFF THE CAR, FALLING BETWEEN THE RAILS AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ICG680111 AND ENDING UP UN DER THE PBFX643501.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT AND THE PBFX643501 SUFFERED NO DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: HATTIESBURG
county: LAMAR
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
730 WHILE PULLING SOUTH TO DUMP AT RICHBURG DERAILED THE 55TH THRU THE 59TH HEAD CARS, SMEX 5041 A E ND, SMEX 6017, SMEX 5020, SMEX 5106 BOTH ENDS, AND SMEX 5037 A      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-LAL2021-19 PULLED 46 CARS FROM 103 TRACK TO SWITCH. ON SHOVING MOVEMENT TO BEGIN SWITCHING, CREW D ERAILED 10 CARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CREW HAD RUN THRU 103 TRACK SWITCH UNKNOWINGLY DURING S WITCHING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


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


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT B72-13 WAS SHOVING NA02 IN THE CLEAR WITH 24 CARS WHEN THE SHOVE CAME TO STOP. INSPECTION FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED ON #2 TRACK AND 1 CAR DAMAGED ON #1 TRACK.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-CKMRTRO-76 DERAILED 22 CARS AT MP. 4.3 AND DRAGGED THE DERAILED CARS ONTO TRRA PROPERTY AT NORTH M ARKET SWITCH MP 5.0.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
B PANTOGRAPH WAS BROKEN OFF ENGINE #4607 WHILE TRAIN #6314 WAS ENROUTE EAST ON TRACK #1 AT KEARNY JU NCTION NEAR MP 5.7.  INVESTIGATION INCONCLUSIVE.  IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THE CAUSE WAS A PANT OGRAPH DEFECT OR A CATENARY DEFECT.     


nearest_city: PEARLAND
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y-PEA3011-28 FAILED TO LINE CROSSOVER SWITCHES FOR MOVEMENT AND SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH CREW THEN REVE RSED AND DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN SPLIT SWITCH. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: FAYETTEVILLE
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRUCK WENT AROUND CROSSING GATES ON RIVER ROAD AND WAS STRUCK BY AMTRAK P08929. DRIVER WAS A FATALIT Y, AMTRAK REPORTING INJURY.      


nearest_city: HESPERIA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MWCRV-27 REPORTED UNIT UP 6343 WAS ON FIRE, STOPPED AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO FIRE ON THE DPU LOCOMOTIVE.  UP6343 BLEW THE CRANKCASE  AND STARTED ON FIRE.      


nearest_city: FORMOSO
county: JEWELL
railroad: KYLE
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
EASTBOUND MANIFEST TRAIN DERAILED 13 CARS (LINES 26-36 FROM H/E OF TRAIN) DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN A CR OSSING.      


nearest_city: OKEECHOBEE
county: OKEECHOBEE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: AUBURNDALE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 97 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/65-E/193 AND 13 CARS WAS STRUCK BY PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP904.40, US HIGHWAY 98 CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: ASHLEY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
QLINL-04, LEAD UNIT CN2442, STRUCK THE DRIVER OF A ROAD GRADER, WHO FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AN D TURNED INTO THE PATH OF THE QLINL-04.  DRIVER OF ROAD GRADER WAS INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  A HOLE WAS TORN IN THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, CN2442, C408M, FUEL TANK CAPACIT Y 4,596 SPILLED 700 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: ASHLAND
county: SAUNDERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H-SIOLIN1-03 SETOUT ON TRACK 9922 "OLD GN SIDING" BUT FAILED TO RESTORE MAIN TRACK SWITCH.  H-LINSIO 1-03A, DEPARTING ASHLAND FROM WYE TRACK WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO ENTERING 9922 TRACK AND IMPACTED EQUIPMENT THAT HAD BEEN S/O AT THAT POINT, DERAILING 2 LOCOS AND 1 CAR OF TRAIN AND DAMAGING 3 CARS IN 9922 TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  FAILURE OF TRAIN CREW TO CONDUCT REQUIRED JOB BRI EFING REGARDING THE POSITION OF THE SWITCH.   


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE LOADED CAR AND TWO EMPTY CARS WHILE SHOVING CARS IN THE SHREVEPORT TERMINAL.       


nearest_city: FORT LAUDERDALE
county: BROWARD
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING 20 LOADED TANKS ONTO THE PORT LEAD WHEN THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE TANKS CAUSING TIL X 191474, TILX 199153 AND NATX 39496 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BUENA PARK
county: ORANGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
A-578-1-15 INSTRUCTED BY DISPATCHER TO HAND OPERATE DUAL-CONTROL SWITCH AT CONTROL POINT AFTER STOPP ING. CREW FAILED TO LINE 1 SWITCH OF 5 INVOLVED, RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: ST AUGUSTINE
county: ST JOHNS
railroad: FEC
date: 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
A JOB BRIEFING WAS HELD TO DETERMINE THE PROCESS TO MOVE TAMPER RM 1758 AND UNDERCUTTER RM 1854 TO A CLEARANCE POINT FROM THE MAIN LINE.  INSTEAD OF RM 1758 STAYING STATIONARY WHILE RM 1854 PROCEEDED TO A MEETING POINT, RM 1758 MOVED TOWARD RM 1854 COLLIDING WITH THAT UNIT.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WER E SUSTAINED.    


nearest_city: SMYRNA
county: RUTHERFORD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CHATTANOOGA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Q23723 WAS MAKING A 16 CAR PICKUP OUT OF THE EAST SIDING AT NISSAN. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE EAST SI DING BACK ONTO THE MAINLINE, 4 CARS DERAILED; 1 LEANING, 1 ON ITS SIDE, AND 2 MORE DERAILED AND UPRI GHT AND INLINE.     


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y-BEL9001-26 CUT OF CARS ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK ANOTHER CUT OF CARS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HAN D BRAKES APPLIED TO CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RACELAND
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y29114 COUPLED CARS IN E14 AND DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE PULLING TRACK WEST DUE TO A BROKEN SIDE FRAME T HAT WAS BROKEN DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS.      


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN A-718 STRUCK VEHICLE ON THE MAIN LINE THAT WAS STUCK ON THE TRACK NOT AT A CROSSING.       


nearest_city: SIOUX FALLS
county: MINNEHAHA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
U-PUESFA0-22 STOPPED IN YARD AND MADE CUT ON CARS. CREW PULLED FORWARD 5 CAR LENGTHS TO CLEAR SWITCH , LINED SWITCH AND SHOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 8 CARS LENGTHS WHEN DERAILMENT OCCURRED. 11/4/2010 TR & D RECOMMENDED CAUSE CODE IS E40C, SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE INSUFFICIENT.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 364, THE CARS SHOVED OUT OF THE WEST END OF THE TACK AND STRU CK THE INBOUND L01016 DERAILING 2 CARS      


nearest_city: WATSONVILLE
county: SANTA CRUZ
railroad: SERA
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE PUSHING SINGLE FREIGHT CAR ACROSS PROTECTED HIGHWAY CROSSING. HIGHWAY TRUCK AND TRAILER A TTEMPTED TO BEAT TRAIN. FREIGHT CAR STRUCK TRAILER, DAMAGING TRAILER AND FREIGHT CAR. CONDUCTOR SLIG HTLY INJURED DROPPING OFF CAR.     


nearest_city: BOONE
county: BOONE
railroad: BSVY
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
HAD TRACK DAMAGED BY FLOODS FROM 2 MONTHS OF HEAVY RAINS. TAKING A WORK TRAIN OF BALLAST AND RIPRAP TO REPAIR SITE, TRACK BED COLLAPSED, DERAILED 2 CARS AND 1 ENGINE. FLOOD WATERS ALONG RIGHT OF WAY P ERMEATED ROAD BED CAUSING COLLAPSE.     


nearest_city: MELBOURNE
county: BREVARD
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
DRIVER APPROACHED THE CROSSING TRAVELING EASTBOUND AND WENT INTO THE WESTBOUND LANE AND STRUCK FEC 7 03 AS TRAIN WAS GOING THROUGH THE CROSSING.  DRIVER PASSED AWAY ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CANADIAN PACIFIC TRAIN CPG39-23, WAS PULLING INTO YARD 9, TRACK 210 AND DERAILED 8 CARS ON UP MAINTA INED TRACKS.  CP ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT COST $28,300.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
THE TL02 YARD CREW HAD 6 CARS AND WERE SETTING THE REAR 2 CARS INTO DY 04 FOR A LOCAL INDUSTRY. THEY COUPLED THE CARS INTO A CUT OF 8 STANDING CARS. THE FOREMAN APPLIED 2 HAND BRAKES, SLACKED AWAY, AN D THE CARS FREE ROLLED 455' TOWARD THE STUB TRACK AND IMPACTED THE BUMPER POST, TORE THE BUMPER POST COMPLETELY OFF AND THE REAR CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL ANOTHER 50' BEFORE IMPACTING 2 STEEL CAR COVERS.    


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


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 15N HUMPING WEST WITH 2 UNITS, 6 LOADS 82 EMPTIES, AND 3288 TONS ON WC 18 RAN OUT ONTO 2 LADDE R LEAD, IMPACTING A CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: DARLINGTON
county: DARLINGTON
railroad: SCRF
date: 2012-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: FLOYD
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:
CREW WAS PULLING TRAIN EASTBOUND AT 22 MPH WHEN TRAIN WENT TO EMERGENCY. 7 CARS FOUND DERAILED. INVE STIGATION DETERMINED A RAIL BROKE UNDER THE TRAIN MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: BILL
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
E-MHSNAM0-05 ENTERING PLM CAR FACILITY AND WAS ADVISED THAT SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR THEIR ROUTE INTO TRACK 3.  CREW UNABLE TO STOP SHORT OF XOVER SWITCH THAT WAS LINED FROM TRACK 2 TO TRACK 1 AND STRU CK E-PAMATM0-12 THAT WAS TIED DOWN ON TRACK 1.     


nearest_city: WAUKEGAN
county: LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: KENOSHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CBMWK-28 WAS SPOTTING MIDWEST GENERATION AND FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH FOR THE INTENDED ROUTE.  5 CA RS DERAILED AND DAMAGED CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.  INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN PEDRO PHL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING IN YARD, IRREGULAR ALIGNMENT CAUSED 2 AXLES OF A 6-AXLE LOCOMOTIVE ON THE LOG42-09 T O DERAIL.  DOWNLOAD SHOWED NO SIGNS OF TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES.  TIR REVIEW INDICATED SWITCHES WERE LI NED FOR TRAINS MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: RAMSEY
railroad: MNNR
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
JOB 99 WAS MAKING SET OUT TO HILL SIDING, THEY MADE JOINT ON FIRST SET OF CARS THEN MADE SHOVE TO SE COND JOINT   THEY MADE JOINT
CAUSING SLACK TO ROLL  OUT ON HIND END OF TRACK TO FOUL CLEARANCE POIN T . DOUBLED BACK TO TRAIN ON MAIN IND LD THEY MOVED SOUTH 15 CAR LENGHTS CAUSING DERAILMENT AND DAMA GE TO CARS    


nearest_city: SANDERSVILLE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: SAN
date: 2013-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SANDERSVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF B-H TRANSFER TRANSLOAD FACILITY WITH 7 CARS. THE REAR THREE CARS DERAILED. W HEN THE CARS DERAILED THE REAR CAR, NS 253219, STRUCK AND FATALLY INJURED A B-H TRANSFER EMPLOYEE.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Feb
narrative:
426D623 PULLING SOUTH WITH 4 ENGINES AND 100X0 13044 TONS 5359 FT DERAILED THE 27TH THROUGH 32ND H/C WHILE TRAVELING BROOKLYN MAIN SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
CARS WERE BEING HUMPED INTO BOWL 4 TRACK. A CUT OF CARS STALLED IN THIS TRACK. AS THE SYSTEM ATTEMPT ED TO REDIRECT THE NEXT CUT OF CARS THERE WAS A SIDESWIPE OF STALLED CAR. THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT OF ANY CAR.     


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TL20 FLAT SWITCHING 9 CARS INTO BY08.  PUSHED CARS NOT PROPERLY SECURED INTO A CUT OF CARS (TL20) ON THE LEAD.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN CREW ENTERED IRONDALE TRACK 3 TO SET ONE CAR OVER TO TRACK 5. CREW THEN SHOVED 26 CAR CONSIST BACK INTO TRACK 3. AFTER SHOVING APPROXIMATELY 18 CAR LENGTHS THE CONDUCTOR, WHO WAS PROTECTING THE POINT OF THE SHOVING MOVEMENT, REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AND ADVISED ENGINEER TO SET TRAIN TO EM ERGENCY. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE IRONDALE TRACK 2-3 SWITCH OPENED UP UNDER THE 8TH CAR IN THE C ONSIST RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF GPLX-77517, GPFX-10737, GPFX-11137, GPFX-11092 IN THE TRAIN. A FTER FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE GPFX-10737 UPON DERAILING STRUCK A STANDING CAR O N IRONDALE TRACK 2 RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF THIS CAR AS WELL, THE AMCX-104389. 


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: RUSSELL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE H99014 WAS YARDING THE Q31014 TRAIN IN RUSSELL TERMINAL AND STRUCK THE RUNAROUND TUNNEL WITH THE TTGX 974525 AND TTGX 970014.      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y-SUP2101-11 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING TOWARD 4221 TRACK THROUGH 4241 TRK SWITCH. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THRU PREVIOUSLY BY INDUSTRY (HANSEN MULLER GRAIN) EMPLOYEES. BNSF UNABLE TO ASSIGN HF RESPONSIBILITY AS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES JUDGED AT FAULT.     


nearest_city: DOUGLAS
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CONTRACT UNLOADERS (SAVAGE QRS) BOTTLED TRAIN AIR AND FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO C UTTING AWAY LOCOMOTIVES TO ADD CARS TO TRAIN. TRAIN ROLLED BACK DERAILING 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR AT DERAIL. BNSF 9485, LOCOMOTIVE, SD70MAC, D127, RLSD 2000 GALS. BNSF 9241, LOCOMOTIVE, SD70MAC, D127, RLSD 2000 GALS.    


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: HAAKON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ONE CAR DERAILED ON A CURVE AT MP 532.8 AND WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WHERE IT DAMAGED THE EAST PASS SWITCH AT MIDLAND CAUSING 9 MORE CARS TO DERAIL.  THE TRAIN THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND C AME TO A STOP.  ENGINEER HAD NOTICED TRAIN BEGINNING TO PULL HARD AND HAD SLOWED DOWN PRIOR TO GOING INTO EMERGENCY.  DERAILED CARS ALSO SIDESWIPED CARS ON THE MIDLAND PASS.    


nearest_city: FORT STOCKTON
county: PECOS
railroad: TXPF
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW COUPLED 4 LOCOMOTIVES TO 45 LOADS SAND IN TRACK 8135 PULLED EASTWARD APPROXIMATELY 10 CAR LENGT HS. CARS 37,38,39, & 40 DERAILED.CAUSED BY WIDE GUAGE FROM DETERIORATED TIE CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL 94971-28, WAS PERFORMING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS. THEY SWITCHED 3 LOADED HOPPERS INTO TRACK JX05 WHICH WAS A CLEAR TRACK. THE CARS TRAVELED THROUGH THE TRACK AND OUT THE SOUTH END IMPACTING A48871-29 WHICH WAS STOPPED ON TRACK JX04. THE LEAD CAR THAT ROLLED OUT, BNBX 122141, DERA ILED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH  UTLX 660401. UTLX 660401 WAS NOT DERAILED BUT DAMAGED IN THE IMPACT. THE CREW WAS TESTED AND THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 59 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/54 AND 7 CARS STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT M P734.94, ELTON RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
H-PVOST0-07 DERAILED WHILE PULLING ON TO MT1 FROM UP CONNECTOR TRACK AT POINT OF TRACK MISALIGNMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-GAT2011-15 DERAILED 5 OF 7 CARS WHILE SHOVING TO MAKE A JOINT ON 6101 TRACK.  FOREMAN GAVE ENGINEE R 6-COUNT; ENGINEER HEARD 6 CARS BUT NO NUMBER THEREAFTER; ESTIMATED 3 CARS AND DECIDED TO STOP WHEN HE FELT A BUMP FROM SLACK ACTION.  FOREMAN ALLEGED RADIO MALFUNCTION FOR INABILITY TO PROVIDE COUNT TO ENGINEER.    


nearest_city: KIRKWOOD
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: JEFFERSON CITY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 313 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/50 AND 4 CARS STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP12.98, LEFFINGWELL AVE CROSSING CAUSING EXTENSIVE SIGNAL DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
ON JULY 4, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:05 PM, IHB RUN 324 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN GIBSON YARD IN HAMMOND, IN. CREW WAS SHOVING IN TRACK GR09 FROM THE EAST END AND SHOVED CAR TTGX 990559 OUT OF TRACK GR09 O N THE WEST END INTO THE SIDE OF CAR TTGX 975136 STANDING ON TRACK GR11, DERAILING TTGX 990559 AND DA MAGING TTGX 975136.  EQUIPMENT COSTS INCREASED FROM $4062 TO $12,296, 2-16-12.    


nearest_city: THORNDALE
county: CHESTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 605 WITH CAB CAR 9643 IN THE LEAD, ENGINE 916 PUSHING SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE F-END PANTOGRAPH WHILE OPERATING WEST ON NO.4 TRACK THRU THE AREA.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $782.00.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE YNP47R 06 RCL CREW WAS PULLING CARS FROM TRACK #224 TO THE PULLBACK WHEN A BROKEN RAIL RESULTED IN DERAILMENT OF 14 CARS.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: GSWY
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
ENGINEER NOTICED TRAIN HANDLING ROUGH WHILE MOVING AND BEFORE HE COULD PUT THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY, I T WENT INTO EMERGENCY ON ITS OWN. AFTER WALKING THE TRAIN, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THAT THE LAST 3 CARS IN THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED COMPLETELY AND WAS ON THEIR SIDE BETWEEN TRACKS 11 AND 12 IN THE YARD.     


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO 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-Feb
narrative:
THE INBOUND CREW OF THE MHKRO-02 HAD JUST CUT TWO LOCOMOTIVES OFF THEIR HEAD END CONSIST INTO DEPOT TRACK 3.  THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING BACK TO THEIR TRAIN ON THE NO 1 MAIN WHEN THEY DERAI LED THE L1-3 AND R1-3 WHEELS ON THE UP5321.  THE DERAILMENT CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: HELPER
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
BNSF QDVPVJ-04, WITH 33 LOADS AND 46 EMPTIES, 5742 TONS WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT 29 MPH WHEN IT DE RAILED THE EAST TRUCK OF THE 77TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END AT MP628.7 ON THE PROVO SUBDIVISION.  BNSF E STIMATED CAR DAMAGE OF $9,000.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: TOPEKA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LMF40-09 PULLED TO THE NORTH END OF 007 TRACK WITH 52 CARS, CUT OFF 1 CAR AND SHOVED INTO 005 TRACK. THE CUT OF CARS IN 007 TRACK ROLLED NORTH AND STRUCK THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE, UP6535, RESULTING IN DAMA GE TO 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND THE DERAILMENT OF 1 CAR DUE TO FAILURE TO SECURE CARS.     


nearest_city: BRYCELAND
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: HODGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ON NOVEMBER 3, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 HOURS, LASR 111 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE HODGE SUBDIVISI ON AT A SPEED OF 8 MPH PRIOR TO DERAILING. TRAIN CONSIST WAS 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 32 LOADS AND 21 EMPTIES. THE TRAIN WENT INTO THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION AT MP 31.9. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE 22ND 23 RD 24TH CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED AND ON THEIR SIDE, 25TH CAR DERAILED AND WAS UPRIGHT. WHILE INVESTI GATING THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ENGINEER HAD REACHED SPEEDS OF 13-16 MPH PU TTING THE TRAIN ACCEPTABLE TO HARMONIC ROCK.  THE RAIL IS JOINTED COMBINED WITH THE HIGH CUBE CARS R OCKING DUE TO THE SPEED, THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE TRAIN CAUSING THE CARS TO DERAIL. 


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YEW27R-06 WAS DRAGGING WEST INTO TRACK 255.  SWITCHMAN STOPPED AFTER HAD CLEARED 255 SWITCH.  PITCHE D CONTROL TO FOREMAN ON REAR TO MAKE SHOVE INTO TRACK 205.  STARTED MOVEMENT AND DERAILED 3 CARS AT SWITCH.     


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-GAT2011-06 COUPLED TO TRACK 6205 BUT COUPLING DID NOT MAKE. CREW COUPLED AGAIN, RAN THROUGH SWITCH ED AT SOUTH END OF TRACK THEN DERAILED ONE CAR WHEN REVERSED MOVEMENT. CREW FAILED TO COMPLY WITH GC OR RULE 7.4. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LBH07R-22 WAS GETTING TRACK 006 TOGETHER WHEN CREW FAILED TO STOP AND LINE 2 SWITCHES RUNNING THROUG H BOTH CAUSING SEVERAL RAILCARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE 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:
YAL53R-02 WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK #8 THE CSXT138530 ROLLED INTO TRACK #8 FOLLOWED BY A BLHX450016 CAUSING A SERIES OF CARS TO DERAIL.  VIDEO WAS REVIEWED.  DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO A COMBI NATION OF TRACK AND LATERAL FORCES BUT AN EXACT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AS THE ACTUAL DERAILME NT WAS NOT ON THE VIDEO.  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: MCALESTER
county: PITTSBURG
railroad: AOK
date: 2011-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DERAILMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS (MP 652007 A-END OK-BEN ALL WHEELS) CEFX-11620 A-END ALL WHEELS DERAILED B END ALL WHEELS DERAILED) NRLX-5281 A-END WHEELS BEND LL WHEELS) (FURX- 845257 A-END ALL WHEELS BEND ALL WHEELS) TOE-3086 A-END ALL WHEELS BEND WHEELS (SI-920157 A-END WHEELS BEND ALL WHEELS     


nearest_city: SHEDD
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: BROOKLYN SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
PNWR TRAIN LPWABJ-15, STOPPED TRAIN AFTER A HOTBOX DETECTOR INDICATED A HOT AXLE, UPON INSPECTION ON E CAR WAS FOUND DERAILED.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK.  PNWR EQUIPMENT DAMAGES =$______      


nearest_city: YUMA
county: YUMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: YUMA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE MTUWC-14 WHILE SETTING OUT CARS IN WEST END OF YUMA YARD LINED MAIN CROSSOVER SWITCH BUT FAILED TO LINE THE INSIDE CROSSOVER SWITCH.  THE SHOVING MOVEMENT RAN THROUGH THE TRAILING POINT OF THE SWI TCH.  THE TRAIN THEN PROCEEDED TO MOVE BACK THROUGH THE SWITCH CAUSING 3 CARS TO DERAIL.  A PARKED L OCOMOTIVE ON THE WEST END OF THE DRILL TRACK WAS ALSO IMPACTED AND DERAILED A SET OF WHEELS.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2012-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 7452 WAS COMING INTO UNION STATION WHEN THE LAST TWO CARS IN THE SET, 7465 AND 8230 DERAILED A T MP .4 DUE TO SUPER ELEVATION OF TRACK AND WORN RAIL.      


nearest_city: CASSELTON
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: K O
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
G-RYLRGT9-26 DERAILED 13 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN AXLE CAR.  IN TURN THE U-FYNHAY4-05 STRUCK THE DERAILE D CARS AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND THE HEAD 21 CARS.  18 CARS RELEASED A TOTAL OF 474,936 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WHICH WAS CONSUMED IN FIRE.  1500 PERSONS WERE GIVEN A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR APPROX IMATELY 24 HOURS. GATX 33119, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27678 GALLONS; GATX 33123, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 2 7647 GALLONS; TAEX 1549, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27675 GALLONS; TAEX 1475, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 21681 G ALLONS; ADLX 500176, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27677 GALLONS; TAEX 1472, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27676 GALLO NS; SHPX 206675, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27680 GALLONS; SHPX 208541, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27695 GALLONS ; SHPX 208638, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27683 GALLONS, SHPX 206670, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, 27635 GALLONS;


nearest_city: ROCKY
county: WASHITA
railroad: GNBC
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING GRADE AND STARTED RIGHT OF WAY FIRE. FIRE SPREAD TO BR. 710.9 AND COMPLETELY DESTR OYED BRIDGE. BRIDGE WAS FILLED AND CULVERTS INSTALLED PER BRIDGE ENGINEER RECOMMENDATIONS.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YSC25R-27 CREW SHOVING CUT OF CARS EASTWARD IN TRACK 2 TO MAKE A JOINT WITH CARS ALREADY IN TRACK. WHEN UNABLE TO MOVE CARS VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND 4 CARS ON THE GROUND NEAR THE TRACK 2 SWITCH AT THE WEST END.     


nearest_city: MUMFORD
county: BRAZOS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
GLBSLD-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7137, STRUCK A 2005 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY TRACTOR TRAILER RIG.  RIG WAS F OULING SIMS LANE CROSSING LOCATED ON GIDDINGS SUB.  CROSSING WAS GATED WITH CEMENT PADS.  VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.  DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OF TRACTOR TRAILER.  CREW MEMBERS SUSTAINED INJURIES.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ATCHISON IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YSJ60R-03 WHILE SWITCHING, KICKED ONE CAR THAT STRUCK A CAR IN THE ADJACENT TRACK THAT WAS OUT TO FO UL.  CAR DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT      


nearest_city: SHATTUCK
county: ELLIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
SEMI TRUCK PULLING FLATBED TRAILER FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY AND WAS STRUCK BY WEST BOUND TRAIN A T A CROSSING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YJTS02 PROCEEDED TO SERVICE RIS INDUSTRIES. THE CREW TIED ON TO THE OUTBOUND TRACK WHICH CONSISTED O F 24 EMPTY CARS. THE AIR WAS BUILDING UP SLOW SO THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TO THE REAR TO CHECK FOR ANY I SSUES. EVENTUALLY THE AIR CAME UP AND THE CREW STARTED TO PULL SOUTH. THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING ON TH E VERY LAST CAR OF A 5-PAK. AFTER THE CARS MOVED A SHORT DISTANCE THE TRAILING TRUCK OF 5-PAK, NOKL 250414, STARTED TO GO TOWARD THE TRACK TO THE RIGHT WHILE THE REST OF THE TRAIN WAS GOING STRAIGHT. WHILE NOKL 250414 TRAVELED TO THE RIGHT IT SIDESWIPED 3 CARS ON DTTX 723928 (ANOTHER 5-PAK) THAT WER E PLACED ON TOP OF BLOCKS TOO CLOSE TO THE RAIL CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. RIS INDUSTRIES IS A SELF S WITCHED FACILITY, THE INDUSTRY PERSONNEL HAD SHOVED 24 CARS ON TO THE OUTBOUND TRACK FOR CN TO PICK


nearest_city: MIDWEST CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: SLWC
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
JOB 207 WAS SHOVING 55 CARS OF SAND INTO THE TINKER LEAD, THE 35 - 39 DERAILED. THE CREW WAS SHOVING AT 5-7 MPH PER DOWNLOAD. NO INJURIES. THE TRACK WAS INSPECTED BY ASST ROADMASTER. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS WIDE GAGE AND DETERMINED BY PLATE GAGE MEASUREMENT. TIES WERE GOOD IN THE AREA.     


nearest_city: HAVRE
county: HILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
H-SPONTW4-27 DERAILED DUE TO BUCKLED TRACK.  BNSF 5103: GE C44-9WT1, CAP 5300 GAL, RLSD 1200 GAL.  B NSF 8146: GE C44-9WT1, CAP 5300 GAL, RLSD 1200 GAL.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
HUMP JOB AB42 PULLING SOUTH ON THE RECEIVING YARD WEST THOROUGHFARE WITH ONE LITE AND SLUG CONTACTED TRAIN 22Q ON THE WEST RECEIVING LADDER DERAILING BNSF 237361 AND DAMAGING NS E6186.      


nearest_city: CONCORD
county: CABARRUS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 20 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/188-E/816 AND 9 CARS DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE E/188 DUE TO DEBRIS F ROM TREE STRIKE BECAME STUCK UNDER LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: NAHMA
county: DELTA
railroad: WC
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
L55181-15 WAS TRAVELING AT 28 MPH ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN IT WENT IN TO EMERGENCY.  IMMEDIATELY TH ERE AFTER, THE DETECTOR AT MP 362.2 GAVE THEM A DRAGGED EQUIPMENT MESSAGE.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BAC K AND FOUND 6 ORE LOADS DERAILED.  DERAILED CARS: HPJX 30052, GCCX 1175, GIEX 90164, GIEX 90170, HPJ X 30226 AND GCCX 1249.  CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE A BRUNT JOURNAL ON HPJX 30052 AT THE L2 LOCATION.    


nearest_city: BROWNVILLE JCTN
county: PISCATAQUIS
railroad: MMA
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THIS REPORT APPLIES TO THREE RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVES (MMA 8553, 5017 AND 758) LEFT ON THE BACK LEAD AT B ROWNVILLE JCT BY THE CREW OF NO. 001-25.   MMA 8553 AND 5017 WERE DERAILED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLISIO N  

THE CREW OF NO. 001-25 DROPPED THREE LOCOMOTIVES ON THE BACK LEAD AT BROWNVILLE JCT (MMA 8553 , 5017 AND 758).  NO HAND BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO ANY OF THE THREE LOCOMOTIVES BEFORE LEAVING THEM UN ATTENDED.  AIR SLOWLY LEAKED OFF THE THREE UNATTENDED LOCOMOTIVES RELEASING THE BRAKES.  THE LOCOMOT IVES ROLLED EAST DOWN A 1% GRADE THROUGH BROWNVILLE JCT YARD FOR APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE COLLIDING WI TH THE  POWER OF NO. 203-25 ( 2001 & 8578) WHICH WAS STANDING ON THE BROWNVILLE JCT RUNNING TRACK / MAIN (CAUTIONARY LIMITS) WITH 31-2 3707.  THE CREW OF NO 203-25 NOTICED THE RUNAWAY POWER COMING PRI


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: COOKE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CREW PULLED OVER DERAIL THAT HAD NOT BEEN LINED AND DERAILED 4 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RE LEASED.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
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:
H-KCKBEL9-12 PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 7106 STRUCK DRAWBAR LAYING BETWEEN RAILS CAUSING DERAILMENT OF TWO LOCOMOTIVES, DAMAGING SAME. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE PULLING DOWN THE LEAD, Y39214 WAS SIDESWIPED BY A CUT OF CARS THAT ROLLED OUT OF THE CLASS YAR D.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-ELP3021-07 DERAILED 7 CARS ON 115 TRACK FROG WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK. DERAILED CARS IMPACTED AND DERAILED OTHER CARS ON TRACKS 113-114 AND 116. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR WAS MOVING BALLAST REGULATOR BNX 600443 SOUTH ON MAIN 2 TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE WORK T RAIN THAT WAS UNLDG BALLAST ON NEWLY INSTALLED XOVER SWITCH.  MACHINE OPERATOR FAILED TO RAISED RIGH T WING TO CLEAR DUAL CONTROL SWITCH MACHINE, DESTROYING IT.  NO DAMAGE TO REGULATOR.     


nearest_city: PRICHARD
county: MOBILE
railroad: IC
date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
LOADED COAL RAIN, C70871-09, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON LINE CWR TRACK IN YARD LIMITS WHEN THE TRAIN WEN T INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR BEGAN WALKING THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE REAR 9 CARS DERAILED. THE CAUS E OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL AT MP 3.8. CARS DERAILED: GLFX 8083, GLFX 827 3, GLFX 8119, GLFX 8017, GLFX 13099, DEGX 94113, GLFX 8021, GLFX 8234, GLFX 8137.  CARS SCRAPPED: GL FX 8017, GLFX 13099, DEGX 94113.   


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CHATTANOOGA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Q58120 PULLING 46 CARS OUT OF W09 FAILED TO VERIFY THE CORRECT POSITION OF THE 704 LEAD SWITCH.  Q58 120 RAN THRU THE 704 LEAD SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT WHILE DOUBLING TO TRACK W05.  WHILE MAK ING THIS REVERSE MOVEMENT OVER THE RUN-THRU SWITCH Q58120 DERAILED 7 CARS.     


nearest_city: RED CLOUD
county: WEBSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
G-RCDMAD9-01 DERAILED AT A SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU BY UNIDENTIFIED GRAIN ELEVATOR EMPLOYEE.       


nearest_city: ROTHSCHILD
county: MARATHON
railroad: WC
date: 2011-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
C70581-06 HAD FINISHED SPOTTING COAL LOADS ON THE LOOP TRACK AT WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICES WESTON COA L PLANT FACILITY. THEY THEN PROCEEDED WITH LIGHT ENGINES, UP 6826 & UP 7078, AROUND THE LOOP TRACK T O PICK UP THE DP POWER. WHEN THEY CAME AROUND THE CURVE BY THE DUMPER HOUSE LEAD, THE ENGINEER SAW T HE WESTON POWER PLANT SWITCH ENGINE WITH HEADLIGHT ON DIM AND IN THE CLEAR. HE PROCEEDED WHEN HE NOT ICED THAT THE SWITCH ENGINE WAS MOVING TOWARD HIM. THE ENGINEER PLACED THE UNITS INTO EMERGENCY AND UNIT UP 6826 WAS SIDESWIPED BY THE UNMANNED UNIT LOX 8754. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INDUSTRY HAD NOT SE CURED THEIR EQUIPMENT WHICH ALLOWED THE UNIT AND 6 CARS TO ROLL OFF THE DUMP TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE ON UP 6826 ON THE LOOP TRACK. NOTHING DERAILED AND THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE.


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YARD CREW CONSISTING OF ENGINE GMTX 2194 AND CARS 34057 AND 37015 SET OFF CAR 37015 ON R LEAD TRACK. THE CREW THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOVE THE REMAINING CAR INTO R 5 TRACK.  SINGLE CAR 37015 THEN PROCEEDE D TO ROLL ON ITS OWN & SIDESWIPED THE YARD CREW MOVE OF GMTX 2194 AND CAR 34057, DAMAGING BOTH CARS. THE CONDUCTORS FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE CAR 37015.    


nearest_city: MULBERRY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: VALRICO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
O80907 WAS ON THE VALRICO SUBDIVISION WHEN THEY CAME TO A RED SIGNAL. SHORTLY AFTER, THE DISPATCHER CALLED THE CREW TO INFORM THEM THAT A TRACK LIGHT WENT OFF AHEAD OF THEM AND THAT SOMETHING WAS SHOW ING ON THE TRACK AHEAD OF THEM. THE CREW ON BOARD CSXT 896 STOPPED AS INDICATED BY THE STOP SIGNAL. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER, THE CREW REPORTED CARS APPROACHING THEM FROM THE SOUTH. THE CREW THEN REP ORTED THAT THE CARS HAD STRUCK THEIR LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, CSXT 896, ON THE MAINLINE. AFTER FURTHER INVES TIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE CARS ROLLED OUT OF MOSAICS BARTOW FACILITY. THE CARS WERE NOT SECURE D WITH HAND BRAKES IN THE FACILITY ON THE TRACK WHERE THEY WERE STAGED. 


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
OGEOD 29, LEAD UNIT UP7737, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS STOPPED AND PARKED ON THE DOT CROS SING #859588Y.  THE TRAILER PORTION WAS BROADSIDED BY THE TRAIN.  THE FRONT SAFETY DEVICES OF THE LO COMOTIVE AS WELL AS THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGED, AND UP CREW AS WELL AS THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. NO CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: FRIDLEY
county: ANOKA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3012022A, ADMX 17326 STALLED IN SECONDARY RETARDER.  CREW SHOVED CAR THRU RETARDER, THEN ST OPPED W/ENOUGH FORCE TO BREAK KNUMKLE ON DMIX 190165 ADJACENT CAR.  34 CARS ROLLED EAST ONTO CLASS 3 0, IMPACTING CARS IN TRACK RESULTING IN 3 CARS DERAILING AND DAMAGE TO 4 OTHERS.     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
H-KCKOMA1-20 DERAILED 1 CAR AT 101 TRACK SWITCH WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVE L. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE USED.      


nearest_city: OWOSSO
county: SHIAWASSEE
railroad: GLC
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: CADILLAC
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:
OUR TRAIN WAS HEADING SOUTH CARING 49 CARS.  40 LOADS AND 9 MTYS.  THEY WERE HEADING DOWN A GRADE WI TH AIR ON  TO KEEP THE TRAIN WITHIN THE SPEED OF OUR TIMETABLE AND SLOW ORDERS.  THE DAYS HAD BEEN H OT AND THIS DAY WAS NO EXCEPTION. THE FRICTION FROM THE TRAIN ON THE RAIL AND THE HEAT OF THE DAY CA USED THE RAIL TO KINK DERAILING CARS 30 - 43 OF THE TRAIN. THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATE FOR EQUIPMENT IS STILL BEING DETERMINED.  THIS NUMBER WILL NEED TO BE REVISED AT A LATER DATE. THE RAIL CARS THAT WER E IN THE DERAILMENT WERE DSIX 5818, DSIX 6732, DSIX 6086, DSIX 4016, DSIX 4020, DSIX 6098, DSIX 6690 , DSIX 6694, DSIX 6695, DSIX 6705, DSIX 6702, DSIX 6700 AND DSIX 6701. 


nearest_city: DORA
county: WALKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ZATGSBD-712 STRUCK EASTBOUND TRUCK WHICH DID NOT YIELD TO TRAIN AT THE CROSSBUCK PROTECTED CROSSING.       


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DD41 HEADING WEST WITH 14X14 RAN THROUGH THE NEW NORTH LEAD SWITCH THAT WAS IMPROPERLY LINED BY THE 22ND STREET UTILITY MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILED 2 ENGINES AND 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MMHBSS-07, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7154, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH DROVE AROUND ACTIVATED GATES.  IMPACT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF PICKUP.  DRIVER INJURED.  CREW NOT INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  UP7 154 DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: MIAMI
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WHILE Y22002 PULL 70 LOADS OUT OF CUSTOMER FLORIDA ROCK THEY OBSERVED THE 4TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END SPARKING AND THEN FELT THE TRAIN DRAG DOWN.  CREW PROCEEDED TO PUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.. CREWS INSPEC TION RESULTED IN A 7 CAR DERAILMENT.     


county: TRAVIS
railroad: CMTY
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 902 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND FROM ABBOTT YARD TO THE UP WITH 90 LOADED CARS. CARS 50-56 DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN JOINT BAR.      


nearest_city: MACDONA
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
AMT1-06, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK20, STRUCK A VEHICLE ON A PRIVATE CROSSING WITH NO OCCUPANTS INSIDE.  AM TRAK TIR SHOWED A MAN AND A WOMAN ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE TRACKS JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT.  " BURN OUT" MARKINGS ON THE PAVEMENT FROM THE STOP SIGN ON SHEPARD ROAD ACROSS MACDONA/LACOSTE ROAD AN D ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PRIVATE CROSSING MEASURING 150 FEET.  THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ACTUAL CROSSING AND MANAGED TO GET THE FRONT WHEELS OVER BOTH RAILS AND RESTED WITH THE REAR WHE ELS BETWEEN THE RAILS.  ATK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $10,006  


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YFW10R-08 WAS HUMPING CARS INTO TRACK 043 WHEN CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 043 STRIKING YFW11R-08 WHICH WAS PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 045.  ONE CAR DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS CLASSIFICATION YARD AUTOMA TIC CONTROL SYSTEM RETARDER FAILURE.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YGP55-02 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN 9 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO W ORN RAILS ON TRACK.  LOUIS DREYFUS MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 83 ENGINE 947 AND 3 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO DEBRIS IN THE CATENARY STRIKING TH E UPPER PANTOGRAPH ASSEMBLY.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: RICHMOND TERMINAL
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-Jan
narrative:
Y19102 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT THE SOUTH END OF THE NORTH YARD ON THE LEAD WITH A SWITCH CUT OF 26 CA RS WHEN THE REAR 5 CARS OF HIS CONSIST DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. THE CONSIST TRAVELED 360 FEET BE FORE STOPPING WITH ALL WHEELS OF TILX 201553, GATX 28295, AND MP 794705 DERAILED. ALL WHEELS OF UTLX 650943 AND L1-L3 AND R1-R3 WHEELS OF LRS 6053 DERAILED AND RERAILED THEMSELVES. TILX 201553 AND GAT X 28295 WERE BOTH FOUND ROLLED OVER ON THEIR SIDES.   


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
MHKF1-20 SHOVED 46 CARS INTO TRACK 1.  LONG CARS WERE SHOVED INTO IRREGULAR CURVES WITH NUMBER NINE SWITCHES WHICH RESULTED IN RAPID INCREASE IN LATERAL FORCE.  THE 26TH CAR FROM THE SOUTH END CLIMBED THE RAIL 8 INCHES BEYOND THE SWITCH POINT DERAILING ON THE OUTSIDE CURVE.  BNSF EST TRACK DAMAGE: $ 48622    


nearest_city: FORT SUMNER
county: DE BACA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
G-SSDST09-12 DERAILED 26 CARS DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.  TRACK HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPAIRED FR OM A PREVIOUS DERAILMENT BUT WITH VARIATIONS FROM BNSF TRACK STANDARDS.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
DME CREW WORKING IN KNOCHE YARD IN KANSAS CITY, MO, DISCOVERED  NRLX 32041 WAS DAMAGED WHILE SWITCHI NG.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL1032-06, SHOVING TRAIN ON TANGENT TRACK THAT CONTAINED A GREX SLOT TRAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF T HE CONSIST DERAILED 5 CARS OF THE SLOT TRAIN. REVIEW OF INCIDENT REVEALED TRAIN IMPROPERLY MADE UP A CCOUNT GREX EMPLOYEES HAD NOT IDENTIFIED SLOT TRAIN FOR REAR END ONLY MOVEMENT. NO HFI CAN BE ASSIGN ED AS GREX EMPLOYEES AT FAULT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YMY74R-28 DERAILED THEIR LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UPY2613 AS THEY WERE SHOVING THREE UNITS INTO 3 RAIL FROM T HE NORTH END OF THE YARD.  THE FIRST TWO SOUTHERN UNITS WENT TO 3 RAIL WHILE THE NORTHERN MOST UNIT WENT TO 1 RAIL CAUSING THE NORTHERN MOST UNIT TO DERAIL.  THE SWITCHMAN SAYS HE LINED THE NUMBER 1 S WITCH FOR THE LEAD AND WHEN THEY STOPPED THE ENGINES AFTER DERAILING THE NUMBER 1 SWITCH WAS LINED F OR TRACK 1.  THE ENGINE WAS DOWNLOADED BY THE MOP AND HE FOUND NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS.  AFTER FURTHER REVIEWING A VIDEO, THE DERAIL WAS CAUSED BY A SWITCH THROWING ITSELF UNDER THE LOCOMOTIVE THAT WAS TRACK CAUSED. 


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: HALL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LOCAL P45P423 SWITCHING INTO GY03 TRACK.  CREW CUT OFF 4 LOADED CAS WHICH ROLLED ON TOP OF APPROXIMA TELY 30 STANDING CARS IN GY03 WHEN 1 CAR DERAILED SIRX 5 ENDS, R 1&2, L 1-4.      


nearest_city: YUTAN
county: SAUNDERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
H-LINSI01-25A DERAILED THE REAR FIVE CARS AT MP 6.1 ON THE SIOUX CITY SUBDIVISION. NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED. 1-29-11 THE STRAIGHT BRAKES, THE DERAIL FRACTURES FROM SHELLING, AND THE HEAD I NDICATE THE FAILURE IF THIS RAIL PER TR & D.RAILROAD VERIFIED THE FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED.     


nearest_city: CHAMPAIGN
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
L55193-06 WAS SHOVING CARS TO DOUBLE M53371-05 IN THE CHAMPAIGN YARD ON THE OUTBOUND LEAD AND DERAIL ED 6 CARS, ALL UPRIGHT.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THEY HAD RUN THRU THE SWITCH ON NORTH SHOE-FLY.  D ERAILED WERE XOMX 710430, GATX 59341, UTLX 668656, SCMX 2952, BCOL 860712 AND HAZ. MAT. CAR UTLX 665 431.  NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.    


nearest_city: MISHAWAKA
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
424 WITH 2 UNITS AND 120 EMPTIES OPERATING WEST ON CHICAGO MAIN ONE WHEN A FORD F 150 OPERATED AROUN D THE GATES AND WAS STRUCK.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL92771-25, WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE MEMPHIS YARD.  THREE CARS WERE RELEASED F ROM THE CREST AND WERE DIRECTED TO TRACK 41.  WHEN THE CARS ENTERED THE TRACK, THEY SIDESWIPED A CAR IN TRACK 40 THAT WAS FOULING TRACK 41.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE CAR SPACING BETWEEN THE TWO DOUBLE CUTS OF CARS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE STALL TIMER IN TRACK 40 TO EXPIR E AND ROUTE THE SECOND SET OF CARS ON TOP OF THE ONES ALREADY IN TRACK 40.  CURRENTLY WORK IS BEING DONE TO CLOSE THE HOLE IN THE LOGIC THAT ALLOWED THIS CORNERING TO TAKE PLACE.  CARS DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED WERE:  UP 93665, UP 92192, UP 92063 


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GA41 CREW ON 347G128 TRAIN PULLING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 4 UNITS, 70 LOADS, 7 EMPTIES, 9888 TONS, DERAILED TTX 942698, 18HC.      


nearest_city: BRINKLEY
county: MONROE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: BRINKLEY 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-Dec
narrative:
RAIL GRINDER WAS PULLING OUT OF THE HOUSE TRACK AT BRINKLEY AND STALLED ON THE SLIGHT GRADE.  THE OP ERATOR, A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE OF LORAM RAIL GRINDER, DECIDED TO SHOVE BACKWARD AND THEN TRY AND GET SO ME SPEED TO MAKE THE GRADE.  WHILE SHOVING BACKWARD, THE SLACK CAUSED BY THE CONTRACTOR CREATED ENOU GH FORCE TO DERAIL THE REAR 4 CARS.    


nearest_city: STE GENEVIEVE
county: STE GENEVIEVE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: STE GENEVIEVE IND LD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LSH08-29 ON THE BNSF'S RIVER SUB CAME AROUND CURVE AND STRUCK A LARGE TREE WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP14 78.  NO INJURIES SUSTAINED TO CREW NOR DID THE TRAIN DERAIL.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS DAMAGED.  BNSF TRAC K WAS NOT DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: DONALDSONVILLE
county: ASCENSION
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LLD05-24 SHOVING 35 CARS INTO TRACK #4 AT DONALDSONVILLE YARD.  BRAKEMAN WAS RIDING THE POINT OF SHO VE, AND CONDUCTOR WAS DOWN BETWEEN #4 AND #5 TRACK MIDWAYS DOWN IN POSITION TO MAKE A CUT, WHEN 30TH CAR IN SHOVE, XTRX 815, DERAILED AT #2 SWITCH ON THE LEADING TRUCKS, AND THEN IMPACTED THE #3/#4 FR OG CAUSING TRUCKS AND WHEELS TO COME OUT OF BOTH ENDS OF THE CAR, AND REAR OF SAME CAR HOOKED #4 SWI TCH, LINING IT FOR #5, AND PULLED OFF THE ASOX 287026, CAR AHEAD OF THE XTRX DERAILING ALL WHEELS ON "A" END.  WE COULD NOT ASCERTAIN THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMENT, BUT KNOW SOMETHING WITH THE CA R HAD CAUSED IT TO CLIMB AT THE #2 SWITCH AT DONALDSONVILLE.  THE CENTER BOWL FRICTION PLATE ON THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS WAS NOT MAKING FULL CONTACT WITH THE TRUCKS, HOWEVER, WAS WITHIN THE LIMITS AND T


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE CREW OF Y-DYT1311-22A SWITCHED CARS IN TRACK 619, CARS FROM TRACK 617 ROLLED STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE CARS ON TRACK 619.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
759WY ASSIGNMENT HAD DOUBLED 4WCLS TO 5WCLS. WHILE THE CREW WAS DOUBLING THE TRACKS-TILX 520225 WAS HUMPED INTO 1WCLS MOVED THROUGH INERT RETARDER, KNOCKED OFF THE SKATES AND RESTED AGAINST THE CUT OF CARS-WHEN THE 759WY CREW STARTED TO PULL WEST CARS: UTLX208793-UTLX204038 & DWC409759 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: SENECA
county: THOMAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
C-BKMRTR0-37 DERAILED AT BROKEN ANGLE BAR AND CARS FROM THIS TRAIN IMPACTED E-RRSWTM0-13 PASSING ON ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
33KH520 PULLING EAST WITH 3 UNITS, 18 LOADS, AND 59 EMPTIES DERAILED NS 110401, BTTX 880152, NOKL 79 8345, AND NS 110533      


nearest_city: EAST HAZELCREST
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MAIN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #752 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON TRACK #2 WHEN THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG PASSING THE FLOSSMOO R STATION. THE PANTOGRAPH WAS DAMAGED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FIBERGLASS ROOF ON TOP OF COACH # 1603, IGNITING A SMALL FIRE.     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AVON TERMINAL LOST POWER DUE TO A LIGHTING STRIKE FROM A SEVER STORM. THIS CAUSED THE RETARDERS IN A LL GROUPS TO CLOSE, CATCHING THE ADMX 16639 AND DMIX 190405 ON THE EAST END OF GROUP 3 RETARDER. THE THIRD CAR, ACFX 39196 STRUCK DMIX 39196 IN GROUP 3 RETARDER CAUSING TRUCKS TO SLIDE BACK WEST TOWAR DS THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR.    


nearest_city: BRECKENRIDGE
county: WILKIN
railroad: RRVW
date: 2013-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO A YARD TRACK WHEN THE REAR CAR OF THE SHOVE HIT A CUT OF CARS TH AT HAD BEEN LEFT ON ANOTHER TRACK.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AAMOK-13 HAD PULLED DOWN MAIN TRACK AND CUT OFF TRAIN TO SET OUT OF AOK TO PICK UP.  LITE POWER RAN AROUND RAILCARS IN SIDING TRACK.  LITE POWER STOPPED TO REMOVE EOT FROM SETOUT.  CONDUCTOR ENTERED R ED ZONE AND GAVE SIGNAL TO RELEASED RED ZONE.  ENGINEER MISUNDERSTOOD SIGNAL AND BACKED UP LITE POWE R STRIKING CUT OF RAILCARS.  NO DERAILMENT.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS IMPROPER HAND SIGNAL GIVEN.    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002 -08 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE DUE TO FAILURE TO RELEASE HAND B RAKE ON CAR PRIOR TO SENDING OVER HUMP.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COTTAGE GROVE
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: CORP
date: 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: ROSEBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 508 WAS PULLING TRAIN AT 18 MPH WHEN LINE 33 DERAILED NORTH SET OF TRUCKS AT MP 619.4 CAR TRAV ELED ABOUT  2 MILES WHEN IT HIT THE FROG AT THE SIDING SWITCH AT DIVIDE IT CAUSED LINE 32 AND 34 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PORT HURON
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: GTW
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN, P36561-27, WAS DEPARTING THE STATION WHEN THEY DERAILED ALL FOUR WHEELS ON THEIR ENGIN E #32. WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 9 MPH, THE RAIL ROLLED CAUSING THE UNIT TO DERAIL AND DAMAGE TO AN ELECTRIC SWITCH. AMTRAK ADVISED $24,765 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
G-BNVGAT4-09 DERAILED 6 CARS ON DOWNTOWN LEAD TURNOUT ON MAIN TRACK WHEN DEPARTING OFF 4101 TRACK. N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COLFAX
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
ERVCOE-18 HAD SET OUT ONE LOCOMOTIVE, UP5266 OFF OF THE REAR DPU SET ON THE MRVNPX-18 INTO THE WEST END OF THE SIDING AT COLFAX.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED WITH HANDBRAKE AND SUBSEQUENTL Y ROLLED OUT OVER THE DERAIL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE TRACTION MOTOR AND MINOR TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
DB22 PULLING 21 CARS EAST ON THE SOUTH LEAD ON THE EAST END OF THE WEST BOUND DERAILED 15TH H/C 7681 6 ( ALL WHEELS) & 16TH H/C TILX 65022 7 (ALL WHEELS) AND 17TH H/C ADMX 62268 (L3/4 R 3/4).      


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ON 11-29-12 AT 4:55 PM, THE 3YD-HILL(1003 &1004) WERE ENTERING TRK #2 IN THE WEST YARD. TWO CARMEN W ERE WATCHING THE TRAIN PULL IN & SAW THE 70TH CAR, LSI 8164 START ROCKING APPROX 30' AFTER #2/3 SWIT CH. THEY INFORMED THE TRAIN TO PULL IT. 10 CARS DERAILED, DAMAGED STOKED TRACKS 1,2 &3 CARS : 8164, 8124, 8005, 8054, 1430, 9046, 1804, 1443, 8173, 8146    


nearest_city: RATHDRUM
county: KOOTENAI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
H-PASGAL9-18 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO DAMAGED FLANGE ON A CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ROZET
county: CROOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
K-EBMEBM3-14, LIGHT HELPER POWER, OPERATING EASTBOUND ON YARD TRACK 104 IN FOGGY CONDITION IMPACTED DP LOCO ON C-SCMCRD0-23 STANDING UNATTENDED.  NO CARS DERAILED BUT DAMAGE TO DP LOCO BNSF 9535.  NO FUEL RELEASED.     


nearest_city: OOSTBURG
county: SHEBOYGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: EDGEWATER IND LD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LPA82-05 LINED THE SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT INTO TRACK AND WHILE THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE CAR, HE NOTICED DUST AND UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE B/O CAR PASSED OVER THE SWITCH WIT HOUT INCIDENT.  HOWEVER THE LEADING WHEELS ON LOCO UP5562 CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED.  IT WAS DETERMINED FROM THIS OBSERVATION THAT THE SWITCH IS EQUIPPED WITH A POINT GUARD AND THE TRUCK F AILED TO NEGOTIATE THE CURVE/SWITCH POINT PROPERLY.   


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN WAS SHOVING IN 35 EDEP. CONDUCTOR WAS NOT PROTECTING THE POINT AND THE TRAIN DERAILED.       


nearest_city: STANWOOD
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: BELLINGHAM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 517 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/90252 IN THE LEAD, 11 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/468 TRAILING STRUCK A N UNOCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE AT MP52.41, 48TH STREET N.W. CROSSING.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK 5, MADE CUT AND PULLED INTO TRACK 7. CREW LINED SWITCHES FOR NEXT MOVE E XCEPT DID NOT LINE 5 TRACK SWITCH, THEN SHOVED BACK INTO 5 TRACK STRIKING CUT PREVIOUSLY PLACED THER E. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
WHILE BUILDING THE IOALB-05 THE CREW ON THE YOA78-05 WAS MOVING TRAIN TO DESERT YARD WHEN THE ENGINE ER STOPPED FOR THE SWITCHMAN TO LINE THE #6 SWITCH.  THE ENGINEER APPLIED FULL INDEPENDENT BRAKE AND DERAILED 1 CAR IN THE PROCESS OF STOPPING.  THE ENGINEER THEN ATTEMPTED TO PULL TO DESERT YARD AND DERAILED A TOTAL OF 6 CARS.    


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y12828 SHOVING BACK THROUGH BERTRAMS GAP (FROM ASHLAND TO HALSTED) WHEN 4 ENGINE CONSIST CAME TO STO P ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS FROM THE RT 2 TRACK AFTER BEING TALKED DOWN FROM 5 CARS BY THE CONDUCTOR.  THE ENGINEER TRAINEE WAS OPERATING THE CONSIST AND STARTED TO MOVE AGAIN SINCE HE HAD NOT TRAVELED AS F AR AS THE CONDUCTORS LAST COMMUNICATION.  CONDUCTOR DID NOT NOTICE THE ENGINES MOVING AND FAILED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE Y12928 THAT WAS TRAVERSING RT 2 TRACK GOING TO THE DIESE L SHOP.  


nearest_city: BAYONNE
county: HUDSON
railroad: EJR
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EJR CREW PULLING CARS OUT OF MULLERY IN EASTBOUND DIRECTION WHEN TRACK SPREAD CAUSING 6TH, 7TH, 8TH, AND 9TH CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: PAL
date: 2010-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
ENGINEER DID NOT SET SWITCH CORRECTLY CAUSING TRAIN TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH AND WHEN BACKED UP TO SHOV E INTO ANOTHER TRACK CARS GOT OFF TRACK CAUSING 5 CARS TO DERAIL DAMAGE TO TRACK AND CARS.  NO INJUR IES AND NO HAZMAT RELEASE.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CCAMR9-24 TRAVELING SOUTH ON LESPERANCE INDUSTRIAL LEAD, LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON CAR UCEX98296 DERAILE D RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 10 CARS DERAILING.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
SNOW PLOW WAS PINNED IN TRAVEL POSITION, THIS DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE FOR PLOW TO CLEAR MAIN TRACK.  THIS WAS DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE OF HEIGHT OF RAIL IN RELATIONSHIP TO NORTH LEAD RESULTI NG IN PLOW CONTRACTION RAIL AND LIFTING PLOW TRACK AND RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  THAT IS WHY M599 WA S CHOSEN.    


nearest_city: ARGYLE
county: MARSHALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
G-AGMINB9-10 PULLING CARS OFF ELEVATOR LOOP TO MAIN TRK DERAILED 4 CARS ACCOUNT HEAVY RAINS HAD SATU RATED SUBGRADE ALLOWING RAIL AND BALLAST TO SINK APPROX 10 INCHES.      


nearest_city: WICHITA FALLS
county: WICHITA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
H-ALTBEL1-19 DERAILED 11 CARS AT MP 109 ACCOUNT FAILED JOURNAL ON 59TH CARS, ERCX 5036.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CW44 SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 1 UNIT, 11 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 1187 TONS ON 4 PULLOUT, DERAILED THE 1ST HEA D CAR (WCOR 4903).      


nearest_city: WENATCHEE
county: CHELAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
G-ANDINB9-05 MOVING ON 701 TRACK DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL. DERAILED CARS LEANED INTO STANDING TRAIN G -SIOTAC9-04 ON TRACK 702.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YKC18R-08 WHILE SHOVING TOWARDS THE HUMP, DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FOR CES.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
IC TRAIN, M33681-11, WAS STOPPED AT CERMAK WITH THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN OCCUPYING BRIDGEPORT INTERLO CKING. AMTRAK P30691-11 WENT THROUGH THE CROSSOVER AND SIDEWIPED THE REAR CAR, CN 415323, ON M33681- 11. NO INJURIES TO CREWS OR PASSENGERS. NO CARS WERE DERAILED HOWEVER AMTRAK SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE 4 REAR PASSENGER CARS AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO CN 415323. INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT FOUN D THAT THE VHLC CONTROL POINT AT BRIDGEPORT IS EQUIPED WITH "SECTIONAL RELEASING" THIS IS ALLOWABLE IF THE TRACK CIRCUITS HAVE CLEARANCE OF A MINIMUM OF 13'6". TRACK 11 AND TRACK 13 DID NOT HAVE THE R EQUIRED CLEARANCE. THE #3 CROSSOVER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE UNTIL NEW SOFTWARE IS WRITTEN AND CUT OVER AGAIN.  AMTRAK REPORTED $227,190 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
R97291-05, LEAD JOB, KICKED 3 EMPTY TANK CARS FROM TRACK MA21 (NATX 200104, NATX 200114, NATX 200108 ) TO TRACK MA01. THEY THEN CONTINUED SWITING AND PULLED CARS FROM MA 15 AND KICKED TO MA34. THEY THE N KICKED TBOX 670900 ( EMPTY BOXCAR) TO MA02 AND DURING THIS TIME THE TANK CARS ROLLED NORTH FOULING MA02 AND TBOX 670900 CORNERED NATX 200104 THERE WERE NO LEAKS, EXPOSURE OR INJURIES INVOLVED. THE B RAKEMAN WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. IT WAS FOUND THAT HANDBRAKES WERE NOT AP PLIED TO CARS KICKED INTO MA01 AND THAT THE BRAKEMAN DID NOT PROPERLY WATCH FOR ROLL BACKS.  


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y19711 SHOVED TRACK 357 OUT OF THE WEST END INTO THE SIDE OF Q01710 SITTING AT THE #8 SWITCH ON TRAC K 220 WHILE CHANGING CREWS RESULTING IN DERAILING THE WEST CAR AEX 12608 IN TRACK 357 AND FEC 300535 LINE 11 IN Q01710.     


nearest_city: MILTON
county: ROCK
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE INDUSTRY IN CHARGE OF THIS CONSIST USED A REMOTE CONTROL TRACK MOBILE TO MOVE A C UT OF 9 CARS.  IN DOING SO, THIS CONSIST COLLIDED INTO THE SIDE OF EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE RAIL ROAD ON AN ADJACENT TRACK.

BOX 26 IS SHOWN AS BEING ATTENDED.  IT WAS NOT ATTENDED BY RAILROAD EM PLOYEE BUT WAS ATTENDED BY INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE(S). 

BOX 30A IS RCL OWNED BY THE INDUSTRY AND IS NOT RAILROAD OWNED.

BOX 40 THROUGH 45 WERE SHOWN AS ZERO (0) DUE TO THIS CONSIST OPERATED BY INDUSTR Y EMPLOYEE(S) NOT QUALIFIED/CERTIFIED FOR THE POSITIONS SHOWN.

EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DETAILS:  
ONE T RACK MOBILE AND TWO (2) OF NINE (9) CARS DERAILED.  AS SHOWN IN BOX 36, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT CONSIST BEING MOVED BY THE INDUSTRY = $135,031.  
NO EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE RAILROAD DERAILED.  DAMAG


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
N-WSPSBD8-18 DERAILED WHILE PULLING TO GAIN HEAD ROOM IN ORDER TO SHOVE INTO YARD. LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLO ADS FIND STRINGLINE EFFECT CAUSE BY ABV REDUCTION AND HIGH THROTTLE USE. TRAIN WAS HANDLING ARTICULA TED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
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-Oct
narrative:
M34991-18 TIED ONTO PICK UP AT MARKHAM YARD IN TRACK MF14, PULLED SOUTHWARD FROM TRACK TO DOUBLE BAC K TO TRAIN WHEN THEY DERAILED TWO TANK CARS, SHPX 15364 & KMNX 70067. IT WAS DETERMINED TJAT CARS DE RAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y39717 FAILED TO MOVE HIS ENGINE CSXT 2441 IN THE PROPER DIRECTION AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF CARS ON A CUT THAT WAS BEING HUMPED.      


nearest_city: ALDA
county: HALL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
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-Sep
narrative:
EALGID-25 DERAILED ONE OF THREE LOCOMOTIVES, THE UP7262 DEPARTING THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE AFTER SETT ING OUT AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN TO INDUSTRY TRACK, DUE TO DEFECTIVE CROSSTIES.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y23109 SHOVED OVER A SWITCH AND CARS WENT TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS STRIKING A CUT OF CARS ON M05 TRA CK. THE CAR CUT ON MO5 TRACK THEN STRUCK A CAR CUT ON M07 TRACK.      


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
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: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 521 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2005 AND 4 CARS STRUCK AN AC TRANSIT BUS AT MP11.65, 66TH AVEN UE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 14 WITH 13 CARS DERAILED THE SECOND CAR (10031) WHILE ENROUTE FROM THE YARD TO THE LOS ANGELES , CA STATION.  THE DERAILED CAR (10031)  WAS CUT AWAY FROM THE TRAIN.  AS THE TRAIN CONTINUED ON TRA CK 4 LEAD, CAR 800966 DERAILED.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $6,740.00.  NO SINGLE CAUSE COULD BE DE TERMINED.  THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS COULD HAVE BEEN FRESHLY TRUED WHEELS AND WORN RAIL.    


nearest_city: ROCKY MOUNT
county: NASH
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AFTER Q40625 DEPARTED THE RCO ZONE, Y19025 FAILED TO ENSURE THAT SWITCHES IN HIS RCO ZONE WERE LINED FOR CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN A HUMAN FACTOR RUN THRU SWITCH AND DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-PAS3372-06 WAS PULLING RIP TRACK WHEN FAILED KNUCKLE ALLOWED CARS FROM THIS CUT TO ROLL FREE T OWARD GRAIN YARD (APPROX 3 MILES) WHERE IMPACTED Y-PAS3391-06 STANDING ON TRACK. GACX6853, 4918311, UN 1942, AMMONIUM NITRATE, 2000 LBS RELEASED. ADMX31033, 4909152, UN 1987, ALCOHOL NOS, 14500 GALLON S RELEASED, EVACUATED 25 PEOPLE.    


nearest_city: HAWESVILLE
county: HANCOCK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: L H & STL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE EQUIPMENT RESULTING IN CARS ROLLING INTO THE SIDE OF THEIR TRAIN.       


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
GH11 SWITCHING WEST END OF F YARD PLACED ADMX 26453 ON F110 CARS FROM WEST END OF CLEAR TRACK. KICKE D NATX 250588 INTO ADMX 26463 PREVIOUSLY PLACED ON F1. ADMX 26453 ROLLED OUT OF THE EAST END F1 INTO 281 DEPARTING DAMAGING ETTX 801821. NO INJURIES, NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED OR TRACK DAMAGE, NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YWC61R DERAILED 2 CARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES AS IT WAS ENTERING INDUSTRIAL TRACK FOR SIERRA LUMBER ON TR ACK 742 OFF THE BELVIDERE SUB.      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y19320 COUPLED 20 CARS TO 60 CARS TRACK #12 DEPARTURE. WHILE SHOVING CUT OF CARS WEST INTO TRACK RCO FOREMAN SAW CARS DERAILING ON LEAD AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THE YBA71-13 MADE EASTWARD SHOVING MOVEMENT WITH 40 AUTO LOADS INTO INDUSTRY SPUR TRACK WITH 8 ADDIT IONAL LOADS.  THE SLACK ACTION OF CARS EXCEEDED WHAT THE CAR COUNT WAS RESULTING IN THE EAST MOST CA R SHOVING INTO BUMPER AT THE END OF THE TRACK, SUBSEQUENTLY BREAKING IT OFF THE TRACK AND KNOCKING I T INTO LOADING RAMP DAMAGING LOADING RAMP.  TOYOTA LOGISTIC SERVICES MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YAV35R-26 WAS GATHERING UP TRACK 27.  CREW STATED TRACK WAS STRETCHED AND ALL RAILCARS COUPLED.  WHE N JOB SHOVED BACK, CUT OF RAILCARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND STRUCK YAV37-25 LOCOMOTIVE.  NO DERAILMEN T.     


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA3032-18 COUPLED 6 MYT FLAT CARS IN 18 CARS IN 1622 TRACK THAT HAD AIR. CREW FAILED TO BLEED CARS AND ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE. RESULTING IN DERAILMENT AT WEST SWITCH TO 162 TRACKS. 
      


nearest_city: ASHTABULA
county: ASHTABULA
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Q35108 TRAVELING ON NUMBER 1 MAIN TRACK WAS ALERTED BY THE ASHTABULA DEFECT DETECTOR (QD 126.3). ENG INEER APPLIED DYNAMIC BRAKES TO BRING THE TRAIN TO A STOP. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON IN SPECTION BY THE CONDUCTOR, FOUND THAT HOMX 180202 HAD A RUNG JOURNAL RESULTING IN 6 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ALIQUIPPA
county: BEAVER
railroad: AOR
date: 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AOR XTRA ENGINEER STARTED PULLING 15 CARS FROM MP 3.1.  APPROACHING MP 3.5 HE NOTICED THE SPEED STAR TING TO DROP, NOTCHED OFF TO IDLE, AND THE TRAIN STOPPED. INSPECTING THE TRAIN HE FOUND CAR 4, 5, 6, 7, &8 WERE ALL DERAILED INSIDE GAUGE.     


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YTHC3811-16 WHILE SHOVING LDD STACK TRAIN FROM SUPPORT YARD TO LOADING YARD DERAILED 1 CAR WHEN SHOV ED OVER END OF TRACK BUMPER. CREW HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: BAYARD
county: GRANT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN WAS OCCUPYING CROSSING AND TRUCK FAILED TO STOP AND STRUCK 7TH CAR IN TRAIN. DRIVER STATED BRA KES FAILED. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: LUSK
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE WESTBOUND CPMCA-28 AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN STRUCK THE SIDE FRAME OF THE WPSX498 OFF THE 2CATWS9-30 T HAT WAS LAYING ON THE TRACK FROM A PREVIOUS INCIDENT ON NO. 1 MAIN.  THE SIDE FRAME WEDGED UNDERNEAT H THE SNOW PLOW ON THE UP6677 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SNOW PLOW AND THE STEPS.  NO DERAILMENT, DAMAGE ONLY.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: PALMETTO
county: MANATEE
railroad: MAUP
date: 2011-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CSX RR WAS SETTING IN A CONSIST OF LOADED RAILCARS. THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT UNLOCK OR THROW THE SWITCH ON THE PORT MANATEE TRACKS BEFORE HE PUSHED THRU THE SWITCH. AFTER HE PUSHED THRU THE SWITCH APPROX . 50 CAR LENGTH, HE DISCONNECTED OFF THE INTERCHANGE TRACKS AND HAD HIS ENGINEER PULL BACK THRU THE BROKEN SWITCH. THIS DERAILED 3 RAILROADS. THEY SUSTAINED BRAKE BEAM DAMAGE AND WERE SENT BACK TO YEO MAN YARD FOR REPAIRS. PORT MANATEE TRACKAGE WAS REPAIRED BY A CONDUCTOR.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
RAILCARS FOUND DERAILED AND DAMAGED IN TRACK 311.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE AS BYPASSED COUPLERS .      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE YNP47R-09 RCL CREW HUMPED THE GATX211831 TOWARDS WEST BOWL 27.  AFTER THE CAR WAS HUMPED, MBKX10 1361 WAS HUMPED, DESTINED TO WEST BOWL 21.  THE COMPUTER FOUND THE GATX211831 WAS AN UNDERSPEED AND THE MBKX101361 WAS AN OVERSPEED AND LINED THE MBKX101361 ALSO TO BOWL 27.  WHEN THE MBKX101361 COLLI DED WITH THE GATX211831, NO HOOK WAS MADE AND THE GATX211831 WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE RETARDERS AT THE EAST END OF THE BOWL AND DOWN THE 21/30 LEAD WHERE IT THEN COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF THE YNP38R-09 THAT WAS TRIMMING ON THE 41/50 LEAD TO THE NORTH PULLBACK.  THE COLLISION CAUSED ONE SET OF TRUCKS O N THE GATX211831 TO BE DERAILED ON WEST BOWL 21 LEAD AND DAMAGED 27 CARS ON THE CUT THAT THE YNP47R- 09 WAS TRIMMING OUT.


nearest_city: SWEETGRASS
county: TOOLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: SWEETGRASS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-SHMSWE1-01 DERAILED 3 CARS IN YARD TRACK 1901 DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS W ERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Y-LIN2061-21 WAS SHOVING EAST WHEN PIN LIFTER FROM CAR WAS DRAGGING AND STUCK IN BETWEEN THE SWITCH CAUSING DERAILMENT OF ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: WAUKEGAN
county: LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: KENOSHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YWK51-18 WAS SWITCHING CARS ON THE NORTH LEAD WHEN ACFX27670 WAS IMPACTED BY NCIX6409 WHICH ROLLED O UT OF TRACK 6.  NOT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LA GRANGE
county: LEWIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-WQM2011-06 SHOVED CARS INTO TRACK 0-14 FROM EAST END AND OUT PAST CLEARANCE POINT ON WEST END, STR IKING STANDING M-GALKCK1-05 ON WEST LEAD. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ERWIN
county: UNICOI
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
V31315 LOADED COAL TRAIN TRAVELING SOUTH IN E02 TRACK ENCOUNTERED BROKEN RAIL AND DERAILED SIX CARS, #18 THRU #23 IN CONSIST.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
CONDUCTOR LINED THE THE SPLIT RAIL INTO THE INDUSTRY AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT DERAILING 1 ENGINE AND A L OADED ASPHALT CAR.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YPB04R-18, DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS 10 LOADED HOPPER CARS OF SAND WERE HUMPED INTO BOWL 21.  CAR MP 705883 ROLLED OUT THE SOUTH END OF BOWL 21 AND COLLIDED WITH LOCOMOTIVE UPY614 CAUSING ONE SIDE OF O NE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE EACH TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: WINCHESTER
county: CLARK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEE LEFT CARS IN FOUL OF CURVE AND TRIED TO COUPLE IN A CURVE RESULTING IN BYPASS COUPLERS.       


nearest_city: RICE
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: ARZC
date: 2010-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT POINT WHILE SETTING OUT CARS TO SIDE TRACK. CARS WERE THUS PUSHED OUT OT HER END OF TRACK ONTO MAIN. LATER SHOVE MOVE ON MAINLINE RESULTED IN COLLISION & DERAILMENT, WITH FO ULED CARS.     


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
LHB89-05 WAS DRAGGING SOUTH THROUGH THE 521 CROSSOVER AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH WHEN A 7 INCH HEAD-WEB RAIL SEPARATION OCCURRED, CAUSING TWO SETS OF TRUCKS TO DERAIL ON THE GATX9558 AND GATX72230.      


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AFTER KICKING 20 CARS INTO TRACK 4, THEY FREE ROLLED AND IMPACTED THIS CUT OF 23 CARS, CAUSING THE 2 CARS THAT IMPACTED TOGETHER TO DERAIL.   

REVISED 9/13/2011 - PCW      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO INSURE THAT E20 WAS IN THE CLEAR, BEFORE CUTTING AWAY FROM TRACK RESULTING THE CA RS BEING HUMPED INTO E21 GETTING SIDESWIPED.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: PERRY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YDM01-01 YARD SWITCH JOB SHOVING BACK WITH CONDUCTOR AND SWITCHMAN ON POINT.  CREW BEGAN TO SHOVE EA ST TO PICK UP THEIR TRACK.  CREW NOTICED THEY DID NOT HAVE TO OPERATE THE 3 OR 4 SWITCHES AS THEY WE RE ALREADY LINED.  THE 3 TRACK WAS LINED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT BY A CARMAN WORKING WITHIN T HE TRACK.  THE FOREMAN TOLD THE ENGINEER THAT THEY WERE CLEAR FOR AT LEAST 10 CARS. AFTER THE LEADIN G WHEELS OF CSXT8596 CLEARED THE 3 SWITCH THE CREW FELT A ROUGH MOVEMENT.  FOREMAN WAS TELLING THE E NGINEER TO STOP, THE ENGINEER WAS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE MOVEMENT TO A STOP BY APPLY ING THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE.  UPON INSPECTION CREW FOUND BOTH LOCOMOTIVES HAD DERAILED. 


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M-TPLLAL1-13 DERAILED 2 CARS DEPARTING YARD AT POINT OF IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL S WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SOLVAY
county: ONONDAGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y331-28 WAS PULLING AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN FROM SOLVAY HILL.  THE CREW HAD PULLED 30 CARS OUT SOLVAY 6 AND DOUBLED TO FLINT 6 WHICH HAD 27 CARS IN THE TRACK.  WHEN THE CREW COUPLED TO FLINT 6 THE 23RD CA R FROM THE HEAD END DERAILED DUE TO THE CAR BEING OFF CENTER AND OUT OF THE BOWL.  THE CREW WAS 7 CA R LENGTHS WEST OF THE DERAILED CAR AND DID NOT REALIZE THE CAR DERAILED.  AFTER COUPLING TO FLINT 6 THEY CREW PULLED WEST TO DOUBLE TO FLINT 5 AND THE DERAILED CAR RAN THRU A SWITCH AND DAMAGED THE TR ACK BED IN THE PROCESS. THIS CAUSED 6 OTHER CARS TO DERAIL BEHIND IT, BUT RE-RE-RAILED WHEN THEY TRA VERSED OVER THE NEXT FROG.  WHEN THE CREW CLEARED FLINT 6 THE MOVE WAS TO DOUBLE TO FLINT 5, ONCE TH E SWITCH WAS LINED FOR FLINT 5 THE CREW SHOVED BACK 3 CARS AND LOST THE AIR ON THE TRAIN PRIOR TO CO


nearest_city: BERLIN
county: WORCESTER
railroad: MDDE
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 10MPH. THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND. RAIL BROKE AND THE 6 CARS BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALHART
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
RCO Y-ANA1042-19 KICKED 3 CARS TO 7107 TRACK CAUSING CARS IN TRACK TO ROLL OUT EAST END OF TRACK, DE RAILING 2 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: SECOND
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
0300 TOP YARD JOB WAS TRAVELING EAST WITH MLAUABE325; CREW INSTRUCTED TO STOP TRAIN DUE TO DEBRIS BE HIND TRAIN.  FOUR NON HAZ PLUS FOUR HAZ - UTLX208951, NATX364365, UTLX206575, SPSX208033 DERAILED. C AUSE DUE TO DOOR OFF OF BNSF431192 C6 GRAIN HOPPER CAME LOOSE DERAILING TILX636785.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING BACK ON TRACK 7 RAIL BROKE DERAILING AGR 6257, GMRC 78260, AGR 78768, AND OAR 61229 AN D THEN SIDESWIPING CEFX 32131 AND ZUBX 526202 IN TRACK 6.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Q-CHISBD6-02 DEPARTING 110 TRACK THROUGH OLD WYE DERAILED AT DIVIDED SWITCH FROM LEAD. CAUSE DETERMI NED TO BE WORN SWITCH POINT. TRAIN CONSISTED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING SOUTH OUT OF SHORT 7 IN SHREVEPORT YARD, 3 CARS DERAILED AT THE FROG.       


nearest_city: MORRILL
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SOUTH MORRILL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE CBTTS-06 WAS PULLING EASTBOUND ON THE NO. 2 MAIN AT SOUTH MORRILL YARD WHEN THE UP28380 SUFFERED A CENTER SILL FAILURE RESULTING IN A COMPLETE STRUCURAL FAILURE OF THE CAR.  THE B END OF THE CAR C AME TO REST SITTING ON THE RAIL.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: WHITESVILLE
county: BOONE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
WHILE PULLING EAST OUT OF MASSEY TRACK TO SHOVE BACK INTO YARD, H89104 DERAILED 5 CARS OF ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: WINSTON SALEM
county: FORSYTH
railroad: WSS
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
EMPLOYEE USED EXCESSIVE SPEED/FORCE WHILE KICKING CARS IN BILYARD ON THE MAINLINE.  TWO CARS DAMAGED WERE DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE COUPLING.      


nearest_city: BOYCE
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LLJ66-24, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UPY606, TRAVELING EAST ON CLECO LEAD AND STRUCK A LOG TRUCK TRAVELING SOUTH ON LA 1.  LOG TRUCK DRIVER WAS INJURED AND CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD AT RAILROAD CROSSING. CONDUCTOR LLJ66-24 SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.     


nearest_city: RED WING
county: GOODHUE
railroad: CP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CP POLICE NOTIFIED AT 1445 AS 474-25 WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH LAKE CITY THAT A VEHICLE MADE CONTACT WI TH TRAIN 20 MINUTES EARLIER AS IT WENT THROUGH RED WING. TRAIN WAS STOPPED & CREW DID AN INSPECTION, BUT UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY DAMAGE OR INDICATIONS WHERE VEHICLE MAY HAVE MADE CONTACT. (FIELD 31 FORM 54 & FIELD 18 FORM 57 REMAINS BLANK SINCE UNABLE TO DETERMINE). VEHICLE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE FELL ASLEEP (WHILE DRIVING) & CAME IN CONTACT WITH SIDE OF THE TRAIN RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO GATE & SIGNA L IN SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF CROSSING. DRIVER TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL.  


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-BIR1041-28 KICKED 3 CARS INTO TRACK 3908 THAT ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK CARS ON THE LEAD THAT WERE BEI NG HANDLED BY RCO Y-BIR1022-28 DUE TO INADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS WHILE KICKING CARS.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: ST JOHNS IND LD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE OGRT4-18 WAS APPROACHING THE LOWER CROSSOVER WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG ON THE TRAIN.  ONCE TH E TRAIN WAS STOPPED THE YARDMASTER FOUND THAT THE DPU WAS ON THE GROUND.  THE NUMBER 3 TRACTION MOTO R LOCKED UP, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED THE RAIL TO BREAK IN THE CURVE.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: MNNR
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
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-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL (HORIZONTAL SPLIT HEAD). RAIL BROKE AS TRAIN PASSED OVER IT.       


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
A LOCOMOTIVE FACILITY MOVER TEAM WAS BUILDING OUTBOUND CONSIST AND PUT TWO UNITS FOR CONSIST ON E TR ACK. THEY MOVED TO D TO PICK UP A THIRD UNIT. THEY PLACED THIRD UNIT ON CONSIST AND MOVED BACK TO D TRACK TO SET OUT ANOTHER UNIT FOR LATER USE. WHEN USING WEST INTO D TRACK, CONSIST JUST BUILT ON E R OLLED OUT TO THE EAST STRIKING THE UP7397 ON THE CONDUCTOR'S SIDE. NO TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y12217 WAS SHOVING OUT OF THE BOULEVARD TRACK WITH A HOLD OF 31 CARS WHEN THE BOTTOM THREE CARS DERA ILED. CONRAIL DAMAGE ESTIMATES = $27,580.      


nearest_city: MONTPELIER
county: MUSCATINE
railroad: DME
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
B71 PULLED OFF THE HILL AND SSAB SWITCH SHOVED INTO THE SIDE OF B71'S TRAIN DAMAGING 8 CARS ON THE T RAIN.  IN THE CUT OF CARS SSAB WAS SHOVING 3 CARS DERAILED AND 1 CAR WAS DAMAGED.  INDUSTRY'S EQUIPM ENT COSTS WERE $8,400 AND TRACK COSTS $900.     


nearest_city: WILLMAR
county: KANDIYOHI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
M-ABENTW1-20 DOUBLED 47 CARS TO 54 CARS ON TRACK 112, THEN SHOVED TO CLEAR. SWITCH 105 REVERSED ITSE LF UNDER MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
CREW KICKED TWO CARS INTO BC06 ON EAST END (TILX 262243 (L) AND PROX 75405 (L).  THEN SHOVED 16 CARS INTO EAST END OF BC05.  TRACK BC06 DID NOT GET INTO THE CLEAR.    WHEN CREW SHOVED CARS INTO BC05, CAR TILX 16213 (L) (TRACK 5) RAKED / DAMAGED THE CAR IN BC06 TILX 262243.     


nearest_city: PAWNEE
county: PAWNEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Q ATGLAC-05A WEST BOUND AT MP 487.7 STRUCK SEMI TRUCK AT GRADE CROSSING WHEN TRUCK DID NOT STOP.       


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YARD JOB, YJTS30, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING JS13 AND SWITCHED MLLX 11012 INTO JM05 FOLLOWED BY TWO MORE CARS (ALAX 61346, EQUX 621549) WITH ALAX 613346 BEING THE LEAD CAR OF THE SECOND TWO. JM05 IS A BOWL TRACK AND CAR MLLX 11012 ROLLED UP THE FAR END OF THE BOWL, STOPPED, THEN ROLLED BACK WHE RE IT MET THE OTHER TWO CARS STILL ROLLING INTO THE TRACK RESULTING IN A HARD JOINT CRUMPING THE "A" END OF EACH CAR. IT WAS FOUND THAT CREW DAMAGED THE TWO LOADED RAILCARS IN JM05 AS A RESULT OF A HA RD JOINT. CARS INVOLVED ARE MLLX 11012 AND ALAX 61346. NEITHER CAR DERAILED AS A RESULT OF THE INCID ENT NOR WERE THERE ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED. 


nearest_city: BUTLER
county: DE KALB
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  206B318 OPERATING EASTBOUND AT 51 MPH DERAILED 8TH THRU 17 TH HEAD CAR ACCOUNT JOURNAL ON "B" END TTAX553419 (8TH H/C)      


nearest_city: NEGAUNEE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
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:
THE CN 5526 AND CN 2439 WERE IN THE PROCESS OF COMING OFF OF TRACK 1 ON THE WEST END AND BACKING INT O THE CLEAR ON THE WEST END OF IA.  OUR CREW WAS SHOVING DOWN #1 BEHIND THIS CREW AND COLLIDED WITH THEM AS THEY WERE GETTING IN THE DEAR ON 1A.  THE POINT CAR WAS A HAZARDOUS PROPANE LOADED TRACK TAN K CAR WHEN DERAILED ON THE IMPACT CAUSED A RUPTURE IN THE FUEL TANK ON THE CN ENGINE SPILLING DIESEL FUEL ON THE GROUND.  IT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE TANK WAS LEAKING SO THE PRECLUSION WERE TAK EN AND THE PROPER AUTHORITIES WERE BROUGH IN AND HAD THE AREA EVACUATED.  


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
HB38 PULLING NORTH ON CT34 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 269 TONS DERAILED NS 5246, A END.       


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YPR34R-02 WAS SHOVING CARS FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMP WHEN PROX16498 DERAILED OVER THE 60 SWITCH.       


nearest_city: DEARBORN
county: WAYNE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CP235 WERE MOVING THROUGH 2 STRAIGHT PULL SWITCHES THAT WERE LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. THE 14TH AND 15TH CAR DERAILED. THE 14TH IS SIDEWAYS ACROSS R04,R05,R06 AND IS DE-TRUCKED AND THE 15TH CAR IS DER AILED. ESTIMATED DAMAGES FOR SOO LINE RR IS $10,868.00.  TRACK DAMAGES $312.00     


nearest_city: GLENCOE
county: SOMERSET
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
U88303 DERAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED ACCOUNT EXCESSIVE SNOW AND ICE BUILD UP ON BRAKE RIGGING.       


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF 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:
YPB75R-16 KICKED TWO CARS WHICH DID NOT COUPLE OR GO COMPLETELY INTO THE TRACK.  WHEN THE CREW PULLE D THE ADJACENT TRACK, TCIX6168 ROLLED OUT AND COLLIDED WITH HZGX3555, DERAILING BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
A MACHINIST WAS DOING A BRAKE TEST ON AN ENGINE WHEN HE INADVERTENLY ACTIVATED THE THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE RAN OVER A DERAIL AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CHARLES CITY
county: CHARLES CITY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
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-Feb
narrative:
JOINT BARS BROKEN UNDER TRAIN E40014 CAUSED THE TILX 43144 TO DROP IN RESULTING IN 32 CARS DERAILING . SOME WERE UPRIGHT AND INLINE AND SOME WERE SIDEWAYS.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-NYF3081-10 WAS SHOVING 60 CARS FROM SINGLE MAIN TRACK TOWARD MT2.  HELPER WAS 70 CARLENGTHS FROM P OINT AND FOREMAN WAS 15 CARLENGH FROM POINT.  NEITHER NOTED MT1/MT2 SWITCH WAS LINED FOR MT1, NOT MT 2 FOR INTENDED MOVEMENT.  MOVEMENT SHOVED INTO MT1 IMPACTING STANDING TRAIN H-AMSTEA1-09 AND DERAILI NG 5 CARS.    


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YPRCU26 FAILED TO LINE THE OLD SPRING SWITCH, THE CREW RAN THRU THE SWITCH AND THEN MADE A REVERSE M OVEMENT OVER THE SWITCH RESULTING IN DERAILING 2 CARS.   ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES $26,008.00.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #1643 OPERATED WEST ON TRACK #3 MAIN WITH LOCOMOTIVE #4510 IN ELECTRIC MODE INTO NON ELECTRIFI ED TERRITORY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PANTOGRAPH.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 146L615 WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES, 39 LOADS, 20 EMPTIES AND 5294 TONS TRAVERSING #2 EXTENSION WHEN THE 26TH HEAD CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  B05 DOUBLED TRACK 47 WITH 23 CARS TO TRACK 48 WITH 25 CARS AND THEN DOUBLED TO TRACK 54.  DISCOVERED A BAD ORDER CAR IN TRACK 54 WHICH HAD TO BE SET OUT.  PUL LED OUT OF TRACK 54 AND WHILE KICKING OUT THE B/O, CARS CAME UNCOUPLED.  31(2) COUPLER OPENED DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS DUE TO PARTIAL LOCKED ENCASEMENT CAUSED BY WORN CONDITION OF KNUCKLE TAIL ALLO WING CARS TO ROLL FREE OFF END OF TRACK.   


nearest_city: GARLAND
county: DALLAS
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WHITE ROCK IND SPUR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
IT WAS REPORTED THAT 2RDA202-21 on the White Rock Branch was involved in a sideswipe involving load UTLX 901148,Tetrafluoroethane (non-flammable gas) and Load NATX38512(Toluene).  The car UTLX901148 i s reported upside down in ditch and not leaking.     


nearest_city: DUPO
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YDU21-24 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SWITCHING DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH BY THE KMNOA-24.       


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y29426 WAS SWITCHING 27 CARS OUT OF TRACK S03 FROM THE N/E OF THE YARD. OUT OF THE LAST FOUR CARS TO SWITCH OUT OF THE TRACK, THREE CARS WERE TARGETED TO TRACK S07 AND 1 TO TRACK S12. THE RCO KICKED T HE THREE CARS TO TRACK S07 AND BEFORE KICKING THE LAST CAR TO TRACK S12 HE NEVER VERIFIED THAT THE T HREE CARS WERE IN THE CLEAR IN S07. THOSE 3 CARS WERE FOULING THE SWITCHING LEAD RESULTING IN A SIDE SWIPE WITH THE LAST CAR SWITCHED OUT OF THE TRACK.   


nearest_city: ABILENE
county: DICKINSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: STRONG CITY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
G-ABICPA9-04 DERAILED 1 CAR AND IMPACTED 1 CAR WHILE SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK 7301 DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PASCAGOULA
county: JACKSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
M72206 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 26 CARS INTO TRACK L1 AT MISSISSIPPI PHOSPHATE. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT HIS SHOVE MOVE WHICH RESULTED IN THE BOTTOM CAR (GATX 70271) COUPLING INTO TWO CARS (GLNX 34 631, PLMX 137058) WHICH WERE ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK L1. THE ENGINEER APPLIED A FULL SERVICE ONCE HE FELT THE REAR OF HIS TRAIN COUPLE TO THE CARS IN TRACK L1. THE TRAIN THEN TRAVELED 19 FEET AND ST RUCK GLNX 34610 AND GLNX 34544, WHICH WERE IN TRACK 1A, CAUSING BOTH CARS TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: INLAND
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H-DENGAL9-31 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION FOUND DRAWBAR MISSING FROM ATSF 164171 WHICH LODGED UN DER TRAIN CAUSING DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MARSHALL
county: HARRISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
YMR51-16 WAS MOVING LITE POWER UP1974 NORTH ON WYE TRACK WHEN LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL .  DERAILMENT CAUSED UP1974 TO RUPTURE FUEL TANK SPILLING FUEL.  (UP1974, EM GP60, FUEL CAP OF 3700, SPILLED 1000 GALS DIESEL FUEL)     


nearest_city: SAN BENITO
county: CAMERON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BROWNSVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
GSHN2B-30, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6682, STRUCK A CEMENT TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT C ROSSING.  DRIVER INJURED.  UP6682 DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: LENA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CBTRD9-10 FAILED TO PROPERLY PROTECT A SHOVE AND SHOVED PAST THE BUMPER DERAILING THE CLEX2206.  CLE CO COAL MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BNSF REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ENTER YARD FROM YARDMASTER.  YARDMASTER GIVES PERMISSION TO ENTER, LAND TRAIN IN 9 AND TELLS THE BNSF CREW TO TALK TO THE 41R ABOUT GETTING THEIR POWER OUT OF 9 TO GET TO 8 TO HEAD BACK.  THE 41R TOLD THEM THEY WERE OK TO MAKE THEIR MOVE FROM 9 TO 8 "AS LONG AS YOU DON'T FOUL THE LEAD".  THE BNSF CREW PULLED DOWN PAST THE FOULING POINT OF THE BULL SWITCH, WITHOUT LININ G IT, AND INTO THE ACTIVE RCL ZONE 3.  THE YST41R WAS PULLING THEIR CUT AND WE ENDED UP WITH A  SIDE SWIPE DERAILMENT.  BNSF DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE.  RCL ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED AT 2327 AND HAD NEVER DRO PPED.  BNSF EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $19,000 


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TILX5974 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK 18 AND CROSSED COUPLERS WITH MP261069.  BOTH CARS DERAILED ALONG WITH TILX5980.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
BE42 HUMPING RT04 WITH NS 6198 AND 22 X 88 WHEN THE WC 84630 DERAILED AT THE 51 SWITCH WHILE FREE RO LLING.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 121 WITH ENGINE 653 AND 8 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO CATENARY MESSENGER WIRE PART ED AT MK FITTING AS A RESULT OF FATIGUE.      


nearest_city: MACEDON
county: WAYNE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
P28509 TRAVELING EAST ON #1 MAIN STRUCK A PILE OF ASPHALT FOULING #1 MAIN.  CSX HAS ESTIMATED AMTRAK EQUIPMENT COST AT $17241.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MANUEL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THEY MADE A HOOK ON TRACK 13. THEY SHOVED IT BACK TO TRACK 32, LEAVING 13 BAYS AGAINST THAT TRACK, H ANGING OUT ON THE THROAT NEAR THE 11/12 SWITCH AT WEST END OF YARD.  THEY MADE A CUT HANGING ONTO 13 BAYS OF ATLANTA CARS, LEAVING DTTX 400707 SITTING ON THE 11/12 SWITCH SWITCH WITH THE POINTS LINED TOWARD TRACK 13, THEN PULLED BACK UP THRU TRACK 13, GOT OVER TOP SWITCH AND SHOVED BACK TO MAKE A HO OK ON TRACK 11. A/E THEN GOT A RIDE TO THE POINT FROM ITS SECURITY GAURD, AND MADE THE HOOK TO DTTX 400707 LEFT ON LEAD EARLIER NEAR THE 11/12 SWITCH, BLOCKING ALL OF THE DALLAS CARS. AFTER MAKING THI S HOOK, THEY WERE GOING TO PULL EVERYTHING OUT AND DOUBLE BACK TO TRACK #16 TO COMPLETE THEIR TRAIN. ON PULLING EAST, DTX 786392 AND THE B BAY OF DTTX 400707 STARTING INTO TRACK 11, BUT THE SECOND SE


nearest_city: BRISTOL
county: BUCKS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 2172 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/2025-E/2007 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ENGINE UNIT 2025 AS A RESULT OF AN OBJECT STRIKING THE WINDSHIELD ON ENGINEERS SIDE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $23 ,500.00.     


nearest_city: WOODBURN
county: WARREN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: MAIN LINE
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:
Q23519 STRUCK A 2000 STERLING FREIGHTLINER DUMP TRUCK THAT DID NOT STOP AT CROSSING. THE DUMP TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED BY AIR TO A HOSPITAL. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSIN G: ADVANCE WARNING.     


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #3708 STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE FOULING THE NORTH RUNNER WHILE ENROUTE WEST AFTER PASSING EAST -END HOME SIGNAL IN SSY CAUSING IT TO DRAG UNDER #1327.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MFWDA-16 DERAILED TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO TRACTION MOTOR LOCKED UP AND RESULTED IN 14 CARS DERAIL ING BEHIND IT.      


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GLENDWOOD SPRINGS SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
THE YGJ31-22 DERAILED TWO CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CUT WHERE THE REAR OF THE SHOVE DID NOT HAVE T HE AIR CUT IN.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
BE41 HUMPING RT10 WITH 25 X 36 4338 TONS IN FULL AUTOMATIC HUMPED 2 SINGLE CAR CUTS OF EXTRA HEAVY'S INTO CT05 THAT CAME OUT THE WEST END AND HAD A RANKING COLLUSION WITH THE THIRD HEAD CAR PULLING OU T OF CT 09 ON BE46.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
MEWHO-19 WITH LEAD UNIT UP8349 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS.  INVEST IGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS TRAIN HANDLING.      


nearest_city: HAVRE
county: HILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
H-DUKOAS1-30, PULLING INTO 2601 TRACK, DERAILED REAR 3 CARS AT THE SWITCH FROM SOUTH LEAD TO 2601 TR K. CARS SIDESWIPED 1 LOCO ON X-TACSI09-30 RESULTING IN RELEASE OF PRODUCT. SHPX 208283, STCC 4910165 , UN1267, RELEASE 4800 LIQUID - GALLONS OF PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YPD63-25 WAS TRAVELING ON THE ST. JOHNS'S INDUSTRIAL LEAD FROM ALBINA YARD.  ENGINEER FELT TRAIN STA RT TO SLOW.  HE PULLED OFF THROTTLE AND TRAIN CAME TO A STOP.  INVESTIGATION OF DERAILMENT REVEALED THAT A WORN SWITCH POINT CAUSED THE TRAILING WHEELS OF THE BN460204 TO RIDE UP ONTO THE 101 SWITCH P OINT AND DERAIL.  THE TRAILING 5 CARS ALSO DERAILED.    


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
JOB #Z-114 LOCOMOTIVE #'S LSRC 2052, 800, 1177 DERAILED CARS CSXT259207, CSXT252121, CSXT252110, CSX T254967, CSXT250502, CSXT247834 PULLING GRAIN TRAIN WAS CROSSING OVER MICHIGAN AVE.  NOTICED DOWN TO IDLE AND FELT TRAIN LOSE SPEED AND GO INTO EMERGENCY.  CSXT259207 DERAILED DUE TO HEAT KICK UNDER T RAIN DERAILING 4 OTHER CARS.    


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: KENTON LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE YPD51-08 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE 21 POCKET INTO TRACK 20.  THE LOADED GONDOLA (CP355376) DERAILE D CAUSING THE OTHER FOUR CARS TO DERAIL.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CAR HA D ACTUALLY DERAILED ON THE RUNNING RAIL COMING INTO THE YARD, RE-RAILED ITSELF AT A GUARD RAIL PROTE CTING A FROG AND THEN DERAILED AGAIN.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GONDOLA LOAD HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY L OADED BY THE INDUSTRY EVAZ OREGON STEEL THUS CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT AND DERAIL.   


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
IEWLB-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7894, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE NO 1 MAIN TRACK ON A FLASHING YELLOW WHEN THEY CAME AROUND A CORNER APPROACHING BOCA STREET AND THEY SAW A STALLED BOX STYLE CARGO TRUCK STOPPED ON THE TRACK AT THE CROSSING.  ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY STRIKING THE VEHICLE AND PINNING IT BETWEEN THE CROSSING GATE MAST AND THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  DRIVER WAS OUT OF THE VEHICL E AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.   


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL2022-06 FAILED TO SECURE CARS WHILE SWITCHING INTO TRACK, RESULTING IN 8 CARS ROLLING BACK INTO LOCOMOTIVES, DERAILING 2 UNITS AND 3 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2010-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
LASR 222 KICKED A CUT OF 6 CARS THAT, AFTER TRAVELING 20+ CAR LENGTHS, BYPASSED THE COUPLER OF ANOTH ER CAR DUE TO HIGH SPEED IMPACT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE STATIO NARY CAR AND ANOTHER SET OF TRUCKS ON THE FIRST KICKED CAR.

THERE WAS NO COST TO TRACK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT.  PER MINDEN TRACK CREW, THEY RESPIKED THE RAIL USING THE ORIGINAL SPIKES.    


nearest_city: WORCESTER
county: WORCESTER
railroad: PW
date: 2013-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN WODA DERAILED 3 LOADED AUTOMOBILE CARRIER RAILCARS (TWO BI-LEVEL AND ONE TRI LEVEL) AND ONE LO ADED COVERED HOPPER ON THE ENGINE HOUSE LEAD SWITCH TO THE 9 YARD. 
EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $65,001
WRE CK CONTRACTOR = $39,398     


nearest_city: LEONI
county: JACKSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: MICHIGAN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 351 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/128, 5 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/31 IN THE REAR STRUCK A TRACTOR- TRAILER TRUCK AT MP68.22, PORTAGE RD CROSSING CAUSING ENGINE UNIT 128 AND 2 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BRECKENRIDGE
county: WILKIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
M-GFEBRC9-29, MAKING PICKUP PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, DERAILED DUE TO GAPPED SWITCH POINT UNDER MOVEMENT A T A POINT WHERE ROADBED WAS SOFT.      


nearest_city: ATHENS
county: HENDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORSICANA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THC0701 WAS TRAVELING EAST FROM KERENS SIDING TO GO TOWARDS MP 604 TO WORK AS PART OF TIE GANG.  THC 0701 WAS FOLLOWED BY THE THC1002 AROUND MP 606.4.  THC0701 (LEAD MACHINE) LOST POWER; BRAKES APPLIED , LIGHTS AND RADIO WENT DEAD.  OPERATOR TRIED TO RESTART, BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL.  EXITED MACHINE, PLACE D OUT CLEARANCE CONES AND PUT HIMSELF ON NORTH SIDE OF TRACK TO FLAG FOLLOWING MACHINE.  OPERATOR OF THE THC1002 SAYS HE DID NOT SEE CART ON THE LEAD MACHINE AND FLAGGING UNTIL LAST INSTANT; APPLIED B RAKES ON MACHINE AND SLID INTO THE THC0701.  NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: SUNRAY
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
0800 SWITCH CREW HAD SWITCH CARS OFF TRACK 316 HAD COMPLETED CARS TO BE SWITCHED OUT AND WHILE SHOVI NG BACK INTO THE CLEAR ON TRACK 316 CUT OF CARS ENCOUNTERED A THERMAL MISALINMENT CAUSING 6 CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 662S EQUIPMENT CONSISTING OF CAB CAR 9647 AND 5 CARS WAS SHOVING NORTH IN PENN COACH YARD WHEN CAB CAR 9647 DERAILED ON THE SWITCH BETWEEN 30 AND 34 TRACK.  THE 30/34 SWITCH WAS PREVIOUSLY RUN T HROUGH, CAUSING A GAP IN THE SWITCH POINT WHICH ALLOWED THE R1 WHEEL TO TRAVERSE BEHIND THE SWITCH P OINT, CAUSING ALL WHEELS ON THE LEAD TRUCK TO DERAIL.    


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


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
ON 6/23/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45AM KG51/330 CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 27 CARS AND THE SWITCH WAS NO T PROPERLY LINED UP CAUSING A RAKING COLLISION ON 4 LEAD INTO THE 332/KG52 JOB THAT WAS MOVING WEST ON 4 LEAD WITH 6 CARS.  CP 246056 RAKED THE (TTGX 254072) CAR AND THEN (TTGX 603540) CAR.  EQUIPMENT COSTS INCREASED ON CAR CP 546056 1-9-13 TO $41,999.  EQUIPMENT COSTS ON TTGX 254072 WENT FROM $14,6 84 TO $11,131, 1-9-13.  EQUIPMENT COSTS ON TTGX 603540 WAS ONLY $3,553.  TOTAL FOR EQUIPMENT COSTS A S OF 1-9-13, $56,683.  


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YMU51-08 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM PORT OF MUSKOGEE WHEN 6 RAILCARS DERAILED ON THE LEAD AND WERE DR AGGED ONTO MAINLINE #2 DUE TO SETTLED OR SOFT ROADBED.      


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LLS13X-13, DERAILED ONE RAILCAR DUE TO MOFW PERSONNEL PERFORMING FRACTURED MAINTENANCE ON THE LIVONI A SUB ATTEMPTING TO DUMP AN AIR-DUMP STYLE OPEN TOP HOPPER AND THE DUMP GATES MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE CAR TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND THE CAR ULTIMATELY ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE.  NO INJURIES.  INCIDENT THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3012-29 HUMPED 1 CAR TO 2047 THAT STALLED SHORT OF TRACK AND STRUCK BY FOLLOWING CAR OFF HU MP.      


nearest_city: KINGSTREE
county: WILLIAMSBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: CHARLESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
WHILE HOLDING 4 CARS, THE CONDUCTOR ON THE F72130 TOLD THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE TO A COUPLE OF THREE CA RS ALREADY ON SPOT. THE MOVEMENT COUPLED AND PUSHED THE THREE CARS BACK AND ON TOP OF A BUTTON BLOCK , DERAILING THE LAST CAR GATX 4269.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW ON RCO Y-MEM27422-20 WAS PULLING CARS THRU XOVER TOWARD HUMP LEAD WHEN CREW OF RCO Y-MEM2712-20 , WHILE TESTING HIS RCO BOX, MOVED HIS POWER INTO THE SIDE OF THIS CUT OF CARS. 2 CARS AND ONE UNIT DERAILED. BNSF 1991, LOCOMOTIVE, SD40-02, CAP 4000 GAL, 300 GAL RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MWCRO-29, PULLING INTO ROPER YARD AT CP 743, PULLED INTO THE INBOUND LEAD AT EAST ROPER AND CROSSED OVER TO THE OUTBOUND LEAD.  THEY CONTINUED TO PULL WEST INTO TRACK 29 AND WERE MAKING DOUBLE OVER IN TO TRACK 30.  AS THE REAR CAR AND REAR DPU TRAVERSED THE 25 REMOTE SWITCH, THE LEADING SET OF WHEELS ON THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS ON THE REAR CAR CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT, TAKING THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS O N THE DPU WITH IT.  THIS RESULTED IN DERAILING BOTH PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TH E LEAD.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YHO12R-11 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO PUT INTO TRACK 317 TO SHOVE IN THE CLEAR.  SHOVING MOVEMENT WAS NO T PROTECTED AND JOB SHOVED OUT END OF TRACK STRIKING ANOTHER CUT OF RAILCARS.  SEVERAL RAILCARS DERA ILED.     


nearest_city: KING CITY
county: MONTEREY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z
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:
TRAIN 14 WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/176-E/505 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP154.4, RIO ROAD CROS SING.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DU90 PULLING 7 LOADS FROM MAGELLAN WEST TRACK DERAILED THE 4TH CAR IN CONSIST ON MAGELLAN LEAD TRACK AFTER THE R4 WHEEL FLANGE ON CAR BNSF 880042 STRUCK THE DERAIL HANDLE WHICH CLOSED THE DERAIL UNDER MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
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 HAD EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOVEMENT WHICH CAUSED THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS TO MOVE TOWARD SEPARATE LEAD, RESUL TING IN THE UNIT DERAILING.     


nearest_city: MELBERN
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
18M OPERATING EAST ON CHICAGO MAIN 2 WITH 70 LOADS AND 19 EMPTIES WHEN LINE 24 THROUGH 42 AND LINES 53 THROUGH 75 DERAILED.  TILX 198559 - MANUFACTURER TRN023, CAPACITY 198000 LIQUID POUNDS, LOAD 180, 000 LIQUID POUNDS, RELEASED 800 GALLONS OF ALCOHOLS, N. O. S.  CTCX - 731783 PACKAGE CAPACITY 196300 LIQUID POUNDS, LOAD 189600 LIQUID POUNDS, RELEASED 27,800 GALLONS OF ALCOHOLS, N. O. S.  TILX 19858 7 - MANUFACTURER TRN023, CAPACITY 196800 LIQUID POUNDS, LOAD 190,600  LIQUID POUNDS, RELEASED 1 GALL ON OF ALCOHOLS, N. O. S.  TILX 199102 - MANUFACTURER TRN023, CAPACITY 198,500 LIQUID POUNDS, LOAD 19 1,300 LIQUID POUNDS, RELEASED 1 GALLON OF ALCOHOLS, N. O. S.  TILX 198668 - MANUFACTURER TRN023, CAP ACITY 198,100 LIQUID POUNDS, LOAD 191,500 LIQUID POUNDS, RELEASED 1 GALLON OF ALCOHOLS, N. O. S.  NA


nearest_city: WISHRAM
county: KLICKITAT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN DEPARTING FROM YARD TRACK 6503 ONTO MAIN TRACK THROUGH THE EAST LEAD DERAILED AT 6503 TRACK SW ITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YFW34RX-10 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 212 TO TRACK 109 TO HUMP.  #2 SWITCH WAS MISLINED, RESULT ING IN JOB SHOVING INTO YRFW10R-11, SIDESWIPING RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LOST SPRINGS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YWH55R-14 WAS PREPARING TO WORK AN INDUSTRY TRACK.  JOB SECURED RAILCARS, SET RAILCARS OUT ON MAINLI NE AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS INDUSTRY.  JOB SIDESWIPED CUT SITTING ON MAINLINE.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LAJUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW FROM CVR WAS SWITCHING IN YARD AND MISALIGNED 112/113 TRACK SWITCH, RESULTING IN CARTS DERAILIN G.      


nearest_city: JIM THORPE
county: CARBON
railroad: RBMN
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: LEHIGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
NS12T-01 LEFT SEVERAL TOL'S ON BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND DUPONT, UPON INSPECTION BY MOW AND SIGNAL DE PARTMENT 19 DEFECTS INCLUDING BROKEN RAILS AND 1 BROKEN FROG WERE FOUND.      


nearest_city: WOODBINE
county: HARRISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
KG1LA-04, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7859, STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER DEP ARTED THE TRUCK PRIOR TO THE COLLISION WHEN THE CROSSING GATES ACTIVATED AND CAME DOWN ON THE TRUCK. WHEN THE TRAIN COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK IGNITED INTO FLAMES AND WAS SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 2700 FEET TO A STOP WHERE THE TRUCK BURNT TO THE FRAME RAILS.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: MOUNT SHASTA
county: SISKIYOU
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TAMPER ATS9504 HIT BALLAST REGULATOR BR206S THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE NO 2 MAIN.  REGULATOR OPERATOR W AS INJURED AS A RESULT OF COLLISION.      


nearest_city: FORT HILL
county: SOMERSET
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: KEYSTONE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
THE Q37502 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE SINGLE MAIN BETWEEN PINKERTON AND FORT HILL TO NUMBER ONE MAIN TRACK ENROUTE TO NEW CASTLE, PA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1845, THE Q37502 HAD A TRAIN LINE INITIATED EMERGE NCY APPLICATION. UPON INSPECTING THE TRAIN, THE CONDUCTOR NOTED    THAT THE WEST TRUCK OF THE 67TH C AR WAS UNDER THE WEST END OF THE 68TH CAR.    


nearest_city: CIRCLEVILLE
county: PICKAWAY
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
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-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 58Q WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 33 LOADS, AND 4661 TONS PULLING CARS EAST ON HARMAN TRACK WHEN THE 29T H THROUGH 32ND HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: OSWEGO
county: VALLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
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:
Z-SSECHC6-18 DERAILED 1 UNIT AND 12 CARS AT EAST SIDING SWITCH KINTYRE ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL. TRAIN CO NSISTED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MILES CITY
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M-DILLAU1-02 STOPPED, CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN TO MAKE SETOUT. CREW MADE CUT TOO CLOSE TO SWITCH AND WHEN SHOVING TO SETOUT TRACK, CORNERED STANDING TRAIN. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: YERMO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
THE GSMUKI-25 DERAILED FOUR GRAIN CARS ON THE R/D LEAD DEPARTING YERMO AFTER PICKING UP A UNIT ON TH E DPU WHEN PULLING OUT AND LEAVING WESTWARD.  CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE DPU AND SAW LARGE AMOUNTS OF DUST AROUND THE WHEELS.  HE HAD THE ENGINEER STOP TRAIN AND FOUND CARS DEAILED.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO TRACK CONDITIONS.    


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE DEPARTING FROM 12-LEAD TO MAIN TRACK 1. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELE ASED.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
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: 12-Sep
narrative:
CARMAN WHILE MOVING LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES NS 8466 (LEADER) FROM THE HOLE AT LANDERS YARD TO LEADERS CAB TRACK FAILED TO ENSURE LOCOMOTIVE BRAKES WERE CUT IN ON THE NS 8466 & NS 9270 COLLIDED WITH THE NS 9 534 STATIONED WEST OUT ON THE CAB TRACK AT APPROXIMATELY 14MPH WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE CONSIS T. NO TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEE INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: RAWLINS
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MWCNP-29 LEAVING RAWLINS FROM THE SOUTH SIDING TO 2 TRACK, DERAILED 2 CARS IN THE OS AT 681.  IN THE OS 680 CARS WENT TOWARD 1 TRACK WHERE THE GSGBTR-30 WAS ARRIVING.  THE CARS ON THE MWCNP STRUCK 26 OF THE REAR 35 CARS ON THE GRAIN TRAIN AND ALSO THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE.  NO CARS DERAILED ON THE GRAIN TRAIN.    


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
ENTERING THE LAXT LOOP, CONDUCTOR LINED UP MOVEMENT FOR ENTRY INTO LOOP 2 WHERE CREW HOOKED ON TO 20 CARS. CONDUCTOR THEN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO CONTINUE SHOVING MOVEMENT. THE CONDUCTOR HOWEVER WA S NOT AT THE POINT OF THE TRAIN AND DID NOT REALIZE THE THE CROSSOVER SWITCH INTO LOOP 3 WAS NOT PRO PERLY LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. AS A RESULT, THEY SIDESIPED INTO AN EMPTY CAR TRAIN SITTING ON LOOP 3   


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LBH07R-11 PULLED OUT OF 802 LEAD WITH EMPTIES.  THEY LINED THE SWITCH AND BEGAN TO SHOVE THE EMPTIES OUT ONTO THE SWITCHING LEAD.  WHILE SHOVING WEST ON THE SWITCHING LEAD, THE DRAWBAR HOUSING ON THE (NS488275) GAVE AWAY AND BEGAN TO DRAG CAUSING THE (NS489503) TO DERAIL.  THE HOUSING, WHILE DRAGGIN G ON THE GROUND, CAUSED RAIL DAMAGE BREAKING THE RAIL CLOSE TO THE FROG.  DERAILMENT.  GENERAL MOTOR S MAINTAINS TRACK   


nearest_city: FRANCIS
county: PONTOTOC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CREEK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW OF M-MAOTUL1-31 RECEIVED PERMISSION TO USE NORTH SIDING SWITCH AT FRANCIS IN HAND OPERATION. CO NDUCTOR REMOVED POWER FROM SWITCH BUT FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT TO BE MADE AND SIGNALED ENG INEER TO MOVE FWD. ENGINEER DID SO, SAW UNLINED SWITCH BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE RUNNING THROUGH IT.    


nearest_city: GREENSBORO
county: GUILFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN P01P724 (6 ENGINES (3 UNITS ONLINE) 64 LOADS, 7 EMPTIES, 8345 TONS, 3717 FT) WESTBOUND ON A 1. 31 ACCENDING GRADE AT MILEPOST CF 69.5 DERAILED WHILE OPERATING IN RUN 6 WITH 1272 AMPS AT 7 MILES P ER HOUR TOTAL.  TOTAL TRACTIVE EFFORT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 320,000 - 340,000 LBS.     


nearest_city: ANDERSON
county: MADISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CEIW CREW WAS GETTING THEIR INTERCHANGE CARS OUT OF TRACK 3, THEY PULLED ABOUT 9 CAR LENGTHS AND FOU ND A CAR ON THE GROUND AFTER GOING INTO EMERGENCY. IT WAS FOUND THAT CREW FAILED TO LATCH SWITCH PRO PERLY RESULTING IN CAR CTRX 21529 GOING ON THE GROUND. FOREIGN DAMAGES ARE $9000.00.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: ST JOHNS IND LD
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-Dec
narrative:
THE OGRT4-13 PULLING THROUGH TRACK 6 BARNES YARD TOWARDS TERMINAL 4 WENT INTO UDE.  WHEN CREW WAS UN ABLE TO RECOVER THEY MADE A CHECK OF THEIR TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT 7 CARS NEAR THE REAR OF THE TRA IN HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CHATTANOOGA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Q58225 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 29 CARS INTO W13 TRACK AT WAUHATCHIE. W11 SWITCH WAS NOT LINED FOR HIS M OVEMENT RESULTING IN THE CUT TO ENTER W11 TRACK AND STRIKING A STANDING CUT OF CARS. THIS RESULTED I N A THREE CAR DERAILMENT. TRACK DAMAGE= $0. SIGNAL DAMAGES ARE ESTIMATED AT 70,000.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TANK CAR ACFX 58984 WAS KICKED DOWN THE LEAD INTO N13 BEFORE KICKING SHPX 206349 DOWN THE SAME LEAD INTO TRACK N12. THE ACFX 58984 KICKED INTO N13 DID NOT COUPLE AND ROLLED BACK INTO THE FOUL RESULTIN G IN A COLLISION BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: NEKOOSA
county: WOOD
railroad: WC
date: 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
L58881-08 WAS SHOVING 31 CARS INTO ERCO WORLD WIDE ON TRACK 9. THE CONDUCTOR WAS PROTECTING THE POIN T BUT HAD NOT CHECKED THE CLEARANCE AND THE LEAD CAR OF THEIR SHOVE, GACX 31910, CORNERED ECLX 16329 THAT WAS LEFT IN THE FOUL ON TRACK 8 BY THE INDUSTRY. NO CARS WERE DERAILED AND THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE. NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE AND NO TRACK DAMAGE. THE CONDUCTOR WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, RESULTS NEGATI VE.   


nearest_city: EVERMAN
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EVERMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
JOB 102 FAILED TO USE PROPER PRECAUTIONS WITH KICKING CARS.  CREW SET ONE CAR TO TRACK 711 AND THEN LINED SWITCH AND SET THREE CARS OVER TO TRACK 713 AND DIDN'T SET A HANDBRAKE AND THEY ROLLED INTO TH E ONE CAR IN TRACK 711.     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-LIN1022-21A HUMPED MTY COAL HOPPER INTO BOWL, FOLLOWED BY SINGLE LOADS WHICH IMPACTED AND DERA ILED THE MTY, THEN SHOVED THE DERAILED CAR 175 FT.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DISPATCHER GAVE CREW ON M-PASVBT1-30 PERMISSION FOR A REVERSE MOVEMENT BUT FAILED TO REMOVE THE AUTO MATED MOVE PER TDOCOM INSTRUCTIONS.      


nearest_city: UNION
county: UNION
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET PRIOR TO POINT OF DERAILMENT, MUD HOLE CONDITIONS ENHANCED HARMONIC ROCK AND C REATED WHEEL LIFT.  FURTHER REVIEW REVEALED WORN FLANGE WAS CAUSED BY THE RAIL CAR BEING ON THE GROU ND FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YNP02RX-09 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS HAD THE NOKL571414 COME OFF THE RAIL AT THE GROUP 6 RETARDER TH E NEXT CAR HUMPED THE FBOX504163 HIT THE NOKL571414 AND DERAILED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GROUP 6. THE ARMN110047 WAS THE NEXT CAR RELEASED AND HIT BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS CARS DERAILING. THE 1ST CONSIS T CAR THE ARMN110047 WAS MOVING ABOVE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED FOR THE TRACK CLASS AT THE TIME OF THE INC IDENT.   


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
HUMPMASTER OVERROAD AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM TO SHOW A STALL IN 2045 TRACK WHEN CARS ACTUALLY STALLED ON 2044 AS INDICATED BY COMPUTER. THIS RESULTED IN SWIDESWIPE OF CARS IN 2044 WITH CARS HUM PED TO 2046 TRACK.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK2062-21 WAS PULLING EAST FROM TRACK 2028 AND COLLIDED WITH CARS BEING PULLED FROM TRACK 201 2 BY RCO Y-KCK2052-21.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-CSY3011-25, PULLING UP SWITCHING LEAD, FAILED TO STOP AND COLLIDED WITH M-TEAAMY1-26 THAT WAS OPER ATING ON MAIN TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YEY59-04 WAS SWITCHING CARS AT THE EAST YARD ON THE WEST END.  THEY HAD 3 LOADED CARS THAT NEEDED TO BE KICKED INTO TRACK #07.  THE UTILITY MAN HAD LINED THE TRACK FOR HIS MOVEMENT AND THE FOREMAN PIN CHED THE CARS INTO THE TRACK.  THE 3 CARS WENT INTO TRACK AND BYPASSED WITH ANOTHER CAR, GATX29958, CAUSING THIS CAR TO DERAIL IN TRACK.    


nearest_city: YAZOO CITY
county: YAZOO
railroad: IC
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: YAZOO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN, P05991-27, STRUCK A PICK UP TRUCK THAT STOPPED ON THE CROSSING AT GRAND AVE. KILLING T HE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. THE IMPACT OF COLLISION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE LODGED UNDERNEATH THE PIL OT OF THE ENGINE, IGNITING A FIRE TOWARDS THE HEAD END OF THE LOCOMOTIVE - AMTK94. THE CROSSING IS P ROTECTED BY GATES AND FLASHERS. AMTRAK ADVISED $36,436 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: BALTIC
county: MINNEHAHA
railroad: DAIR
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: DELLRAPIDS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH BALTIC, SD WHEN CAR 74 IN TRAIN ROCKED OFF OF TRACK, STARTING A 5-CAR D ERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: SCRANTON
county: LACKAWANNA
railroad: DL
date: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAILING TRUCK OF TRAILING UNIT PICKED THE CHUTES SWITCH DURING A BACKUP MOVEMENT ON THE BRADY LEAD. L1 WHEEL RODE ON TOP OF THE STOCK RAIL UNTIL IT HIT THE FROG, THEN JUMPED CAUSING THE RAIL TO ROLL. WHEEL TRAVELED ALONG THE OUTSIDE WEB OF THE NORTH RAIL OF THE ADJACENT CHUTES TRACK AND CENTER GAUG E OF THE BRADY LEAD, PULLING THE CHUTES TRACK TOWARD THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE BRADY LEAD. ONCE THE WHEE L HIT THE SWITCH FOR THE BRADY/COAL YD (FACING POINT) THE PRESSURE ON THE LOCOMOTIVE AND TRACK EVENT UALLY BECAME TOO MUCH AND THE ENGINE BROKE AWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE BRADY LEAD, TRAVELING 152 FE ET FROM THE POINT OF DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: CHARLOTTE
county: MECKLENBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: CHARLOTTE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y32101 WAS WORKING INDUSTRY AT SF 330.5. CONDUCTOR REMOVED HAND OPERATED DERAIL FROM DERAILING POSIT ION PRIOR TO SHOVING INTO THE FACILITY. AFTER SPOTTING FOUR CARS IN FIRST INDUSTRY TRACK, THE CONDUC TOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL NORTH AND CLEAR A SWITCH, SO THAT FOUR MORE CARS COULD BE SPOTTE D IN NEXT TRACK. UPON PULLING FORWARD 100 TO 150 FEET, THE CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED 3 CARS DERAILED, AS A RESULT OF THE DERAIL BEING OPERATED BACK TO THE DERAILING POSITION BY VANDALS.   


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE FOREMAN STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE CARS AS THEY WENT OVER THE HILL TO THE TRACK AND WHEN TH EY PULLED THE PIN ON CAR # (1) CSXT138589, HE WATCHED IT HIT THE DOWTY AND DERAIL.  HE THEN GAVE A " THAT WILL DO" TO THE SWITCHMAN.  THE SWITCHMAN HAD ALREADY PULLED THE PIN ON CAR # (2) CIGX800590 A LOADED SCRAP IRON CAR.  AS A RESULT, CAR #2 ROLLED INTO BOWL TRACK #19 BEHIND THE ALREADY DERAILED C AR #1.  THE IMPACT SHOVED CAR #1 FARTHER INTO THE TRACK AND SEPARATED THE CAR FROM THE TRUCKS ON THE A END.  THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS A DEFECTIVE DOWTY.  DERAILMENT  


nearest_city: LYTLE
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
ZDTMX-24 TRAIN STOPPED ACCOUNT BAD ORDER SWITCH ON NORTH END OF GESSNER WOULD NOT LOCK UP.  CREW PLA CED INTO HAND THROW AND LINED SWITCH.  SIGNAL MAINTAINER THEN TOOK CONTROL OF SWITCH AND THREW IT SE VERAL TIMES AND TOLD CREW IT WAS OK TO GO SOUTH OVER SWITCH.  CARS 15-16 PICKED AND GOT BEHIND THE P OINT, DERAILING.  DAMAGE TO MAINLINE AND SIDING.    


nearest_city: HITCHCOCK
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
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-Feb
narrative:
M-TPLGAT1-17A TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE GALVESTON SUB DERAILING MULTIPLE CARS.  TR&D RECOMMENDS CAUSE C ODE OF T399 - MISMATCHED RAIL (119/115) CREATED STEP UP ON RAIL HEAD CAUSING WHEELS TO POUND ON SWIT CH BREAKING COMPONENTS AND GAPPING SWITCH POINT.  CAR FTLX 311731, STCC 486133, RELEASED 59400 SOLID POUND OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, SOLID, N. O. S.  CAR SRIX 80097, STCC 4961605, REL. 35000 LIQUID-POUND, E LEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID N. O. S.   


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
V-PTLBLU3-18 INSTRUCTED TO PICKUP FROM 8011TRACK, EAST END. CREW MADE P/U, PULLED FROM TRACK AND DER AILED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT EARLIER TRAIN HAD SETOUT IN 8011 TRACK AND SHOVED THROUGH WEST SW ITCH. WHEN THESE CARS WERE PULLED EAST, CARS SPIT SWITCH AND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ANCHORAGE
county: ANCHORAGE
railroad: ARR
date: 2013-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
subdivision: ALASKA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CREW HAD JUST SWITCHED OUT 2 CARS AND PULLED OVER THE TK-1 SWITCH, THE COMMAND BACK 5 CARS TO A CUT WAS GIVEN AND WHILE SHOVING OVER THE TK-1 SWITCH THE CAR PICKED THE SWITCH AND THE SOUTH TRUCKS DERA ILED AND WENT APROX 100 FT. THE CREW RE-RAILED THE CAR AND WHEN THEY PULLED BACK OVER THE SWITCH, TH E RAIL ON STRAIGHT TRACK IN TK-1 WAS BROKEN.    


nearest_city: MAYBEURY
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 83AU120 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN ONE TRACK AT MAYBEURY, WV UNITS 9478 CATCH FIRE IN THE #4 TRACT ION MOTOR.      


nearest_city: TERRELL
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
MFWLI-23, WITH LEAD UNIT UP3964, STRUCK A 2004 PETERBILT TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT STOPPED ON THE MET RO CREST WAY CROSSING.  DRIVER AND CONDUCTOR WERE INJURED AND DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LOCAL SWITCHING CREW LT20 PULLING 44 CARS THROUGH B/G YARD LEAD SWITCH DERAILED THE TRAILING TRUCK O F THE 41ST H/C, THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE 42 H/C, LOADED COVERED HOCIUM CARBIDE. WHEN THE BRAKE BEAM FUL CRUM OF THE 41ST H/C NAHX 390283 BROKE (60% OLD, CONCEALED BREAK) ALLOWING BOTTOM TO DRAG AND CATCH IN THE HEEL BLOCK OF THE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: CHICO
county: WISE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DUNCAN 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-Jun
narrative:
RCODA-07 SHOVED 90 LOADS WITH TWO ENGINES TO GET A RUN AT THE HILL, THEY TRIED TO GET THE PIN PULLED TO CUT 5 REAR CARS, BUT COULDN'T GET THE PIN.  CREW TRIED ABOUT 3 TIMES.  THEN TRIED TO PULL THE TR AIN FORWARD AND COULD NOT, AND WERE TOLD CARS HAD DERAILED.  THE MTO AND CREW WENT BACK AND FOUND 5 CARS WERE ON THE GROUND, ABOUT 35 FROM THE HEAD END AND FOUND A BROKEN RAIL UNDER ONE CAR.  TRACK MA INTAINED BY TXI   


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Y19427 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING INBOUND CARS OUT OF TRACK A08 AT OSBORN YARD. DURING HUMPING OP ERATIONS BY Y19427, A SECOND HUMP ASSIGNMENT Y19527  IN TRACK A08 WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE THEIR CARS IN THE CLEAR IN TRACK A07. Y19527 WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE JUST IN THE CLEAR OF TRACK A07, HOWEVER T HE FOREMAN ON THE JOB SHOVED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE TRACK STRIKING THE Y19427 CUT AS IT WAS BEING SHOVED OVER THE HUMP.   


nearest_city: HARDY
county: SHARP
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
J-21705XX-13 HY-RAIL DUMP TRUCK WAS BACKING UP ON MAIN LINE.  WHEEL CAME LOOSE ON REAR HYRAIL AXLE D UE TO BEARING FAILURE RESULTING IN TRUCK DERAILING.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YPB39R-21 COUPLED TO BOWL 24 AND UPON DRAGGING OUT THE 3RD THRU 6TH CARS DERAILED.  UPON FURTHER INV ESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THE HZGX 7045 WAS BAD ORDERED FOR THIN FLANGE AND CLIMBED OVER SWITCH POINT CAUSING IT AND 3 OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YHK12R-31 DERAILED ONE CAR DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS DUE TO FAILURE OF SWITCH MACHINE AT THE 30 SWIT CH.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: HESR
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LSRC#Z117-23 OPERATING OVER HESR MAIN; CAR CSXT 261227 WAS NOTICE TO BE DRAGGING SOMETHING.  MOVEMEN T WAS STOPPED, INSPECTED; CAR HAD DERAILED AND THEN RE-RAILED ITSELF.      


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: NOBLES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: WORTHINGTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
MVPNP-27 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND, PULLING 118 CARS ON MAINLINE WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CRE W WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 23 RAILCARS DERAILED.  1 REFRIGERATED CAR CRYX3015 RELEASED APPROXIMATE LY 100-200 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
2G39-23 WAS YARDING IN UP PROVISO YARD TRACK 10.  RAIL ROLLED UNDERNEATH 100TH CAR CAUSING EIGHT CAR S TOTAL TO DERAIL.  UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IS REPORTING $2,160 IN TRACK COSTS.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK N03 AT NEEDMORE YARD. FOREMAN LOST SIGHT OF SHOVE BUT DID NOT STOP MOVEM ENT. CUT BEING SHOVED STRUCK DERAIL AND STANDING EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: BELL CITY
county: STODDARD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
QNLPI-06, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8657, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING BEFORE THE  GATES DESCENDED.  NO INJURIES TO DRIVER OR CREW.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: SAGINAW
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
JOB #Z144 LOCOMOTIVES BNSF6119,6388 DERAILED CARS CPOX10061, NSTX 8400, CPOX 3289, JSCX 6739, CPOX 1 0247, NDTX 8317, CPOX 3242, JSCX 6565 44 LOADED CARS MADE IT OVER SWITCH TO BAY SUB 45 LOADED CAR DR OPPED WHEEL RERAILING EIGHT CARS.     


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YAV20X-31 WAS COMBINING 2 TRAIN TOGETHER. WHILE DOUBLE OVER TRACK, JOB SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH ON THE SOUTH END OF YARD. JOB GOT LIGHT FOR BRIDGE AND PULLED FORWARD DERAILING 4 RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CSXT TRAIN Q235 GOING ONTO CSXT MAINLINE WHEN IT DERAILED THE 2ND, 30TH, 32ND, 50TH AND 51ST CARS OV ER THE FROG IN THE INTER LOCKING. INTERLOCKING IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY NS.      


nearest_city: EFFINGHAM
county: EFFINGHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Q63828 STRUCK A LOADED FLAT-BED TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING.ALSO AT CROSSING: ADV ANCE WARNING AND 3 OTHER FLASHING LIGHTS STATING NO TURN      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
C-BTMCXV0-18A DEPARTED BLACK THUNDER MINE AND STARTED RIGHT OF WAY FIRES. WHILE TRAIN WAS LOADING AT MINE, COAL WAS DROPPED INTO THE SECOND UNIT BNSF 9484 IN THE DYNAMIC BRAKING. GRID AND EXHAUST SYST EM. THIS CAUSED EMBERS TO BE SENT INTO THE AIR START FIRES. ON MAIN 2 THE TIES ON THE BRIDGE WERE DA MAGED.    


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
BE45 SHOVING WEST OUT OF CT51 W/31X0 AND 1101 TONS WITH THE CONDUCTOR RODING THE REAR, HAD A RAKING COLLISION WITH TILX 255463 (DERAILED) AND TILX 255308 OUR OF CT56 THAT FAILED TO HOLD IN THE INERTS DUE TO WHEEL CONTAMINATION.  ALL CARS TO ROLL INTO THE FOUL OF CT51.  DAMAGING THE NS F 6143, CNW 49 0425, CNW 490895, CNW 490306 AND CNW 490373 BEING PULLED FROM CT51.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
CREW LEAVING GINNY YARD AFTER CPT944 SIGNAL INDICATION, BEGAN TO PULL ON TRAIN, MOVED APPROXIMATELY 10 CAR LENGHTS AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CARS TTPX82216 AND CNW92250 DERAILED. THROUGH FWWR INV ESTIGATION, WE FOUND SWITCH WAS GAPPED BETWEEN SWITCH POINT AND STOCK RAIL.     


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: SFRV
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
VEHICLE OPERATOR TURNED ONTO MAIN TRACK #2 AND PROCEEDED NORTH ON THE TRACK, THINKING IT WAS A ROADW AY, AND BECAME STUCK. OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION. THE NOR THBOUND COMMUTER TRAIN CAME AROUND THE CURVE AND STRUCK THE VEHICLE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.     


nearest_city: COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
IN INDUSTRY SMI'S PLANT Y-VRN2281-06 PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK #6619 WHEN RAIL ROLLED DERAILING COGX 51128B/END;MWCX 480113 A&B/END; SIRX 460127 A&B/END , AND WKHX 470100 A&B/END      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CAR UTLX 955364 ROLLED OUT OF TRACK DUE TO HIGH WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM AND IMPACTED CAR UTLX 9549 72      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y-OMA2011-10 PULLED FROM T-4 THROUGH SWITCH WITHOUT LINING IT, THEN SHOVED BACK DERAILING 1 LOCOMOTI VE.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSO
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AMTRACK 391-1-03 PASSED SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION WITHOUT AUTHORITY AND STRUCK BNSF/METRA A-1242-1-03 RESULTING IN RAKING COLLISION.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE APPARENT CAUSE WAS WHEEL LIFT ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THE CURVE DUE TO THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE TRAIN TRYING TO MANIPULATE THROUGH SEVERAL TRACK DYNAMICS.  THE SWITCH LOCATED AT POD IS THE TRACK STRUCT URE AT THE LOWEST ELEVATION OF TRACK ON THE BULK LEAD.  APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET WEST OF THE SWITCH IS A DOWNHILL GRADE LEADING INTO THE SWITCH POINTS.  ON THAT 3,000 FEET DESCENT INTO THE SWITCH ARE TWO CURVES, ONE RIGHT HAND AT APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES AND THE LEFT HAND AT APPROXIMATELY 9 DEGREES. THE TRAIN MUST MOVE THROUGH THE TURNOUT SIDE OF THE NORTH-SOUTH SWITCH INTO A SHORT CURVE TOWARDS THE NORTH BULK YARD.  AT THE POINT JUST PAST THE TURNOUT AND INTO THE SHORT LEFT HAND CURVE (7 DEGRE ES), THE TRACK BEGINS AN UPHILL GRADE.  THE TRACK CONTINUES WITH AN UPHILL GRADE AS THE TRACK CURVES


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
F-END COLLECTOR HEAD OF PANTOGRAPH DAMAGED ON LOCOMOTIVE #4645 ON TRAIN #3212 DUE TO BROKEN HANGERS LOCATED AT BERGEN INTERLOCKING NEC MP 3.6.      


nearest_city: WEDRON
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
JOB 105 WAS SHOVING 60 CARS INTO E2 WEDRON SILICA TO CUT OFF 40.  CONDUCTOR WAS AT END OF TRACK WATC HING THE SHOVE AND GIVING CAR COUNTS.  CONDUCTOR STATED ENGINEER DID NOT RESPOND AT 5 CARS TO GO, TH E CONDUCTOR GAVE A 3 COUNT FOLLOWED BY STOP, STOP, STOP.  CARS WENT OFF THE END OF TRACK.     


nearest_city: HOLLAND
county: OTTAWA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: GRAND RAPIDS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y12123 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR TRAIN WHEN THE FMLX 1187 AND THE DJTX 96048 ROLLED OUT O F TRACK #6 AND INTO THE SIDE OF TCIX 200272,WHICH THEY WERE SHOVING INTO TRACK #8. THE CREW FAILED T O PROPERLY SECURE THE DJTX 96048 IN TRACK #6, CAUSING THE SIDESWIPE.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHILE THE FO65 WAS PULLING 30 WESTBOUNDS OFF 5Y ENGINEER FELT RESISTANCE.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW MAKING SHOVING MOVE INTO JOHNSON AVENUE YARD TRACK 3 STRUCK BUMPER BLOCK DAMAGING COUPLER.       


nearest_city: LAKE DALLAS
county: DENTON
railroad: DCTA
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
ON FEBRUARY 11, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:06 HOURS A VEHICLE THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACKS AT WEST MAIN ST. WAS STRUCK BY DCTA 5917      


nearest_city: FAIRMONT
county: MARTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: FAIRMONT SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
GEMNFT-15 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 3, WHEN THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE HIS ROUTE AND RAN INTO A STAND ING CUT OF CARS FROM THE TRAIN AND DERAILED.  THE FIRST CAR OF THE SHOVE WAS THE UP90636 AND RAN INT O THE CHTT721085.  DERAILMENT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO BOTH CARGILL & UP MAINTAINED TRACKS.     


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE LOB34R-22 DERAILED CAR DTTX62233 AFTER COUPLING IN TRACK 202.  THIS WAS DUE TO IMPROPER SPEED SE LECTOR SEQUENCE.  THE COUPLING WAS MADE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT ALLOWED FOR A REMOTE JOB COUPLING CAUSI NG THE DERAILMENT OF THE EMPTY CAR ON A 12.5 DEGREE CURVE.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YNR57 19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP1971, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG LOADED WITH PLYWOOD RAN THROUGH THE ST OP SIGN AT THE DIXIE WOOD ROAD CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS INJURED AND ISSUED A CITATION.  ENGINEER AND BR AKEMAN WERE INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ARDOCH
county: WALSH
railroad: NPR
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DEVILS LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
UPON INVESTIGATION, FOUND GAGE WIDENED OUT IN THE HEART OF THE CURVE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS.  P HOTO SHOWS MEASUREMENT FROM INSIDE OF SOUTH RAIL HEAD TO THE NORTH PLATE.  IT SHOWS THAT GAGE WOULD HAE BEEN 60" AT THIS POINT.     


nearest_city: NORTH BERWICK
county: YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
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 681 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/121 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP 234.2, ELM ST CROSSING.      


nearest_city: COWEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: AO
date: 2010-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AFTER SPOTTING LEAD CAR UNDER LOAD-OUT, PLACED COAL SHUTE IN CAR AND BEGAN LOADING CAR.  ENGINEER PL ACE REVERSER IN FORWARD POSITION, RELEASED BRAKES ON UNITS AFTER OPENING THROTTLE TO NO. 3 POSITION. BEFORE AMPERAGE BUILT-UP GRAVITY PULLED TRAIN DOWN GRADE 6 FEET.  ENGINEER PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGEN CY.  COAL SHUTE CAUSED DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE AND NO DERAILMENT AND NO INJURIES.    


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y29803 WAS PULLING TRACK 030 FROM THE BOWL WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO STOP BY THE PANEL CONDUCTOR. THE EMPL OYEE FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON DEDHAM SECONDARY, ENGINES 537 AND 539 ENCOUNTERED WIDE GAUGE CAUSING LEFT SI DE, ALL WHEELS OF TRAILING ENGINE 539 TO DROP INSIDE GAUGE.      


