# railroad_data

nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: HESR
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
810 JOB SHOVING HEAD END OF UNIT GRAIN TRAIN INTO SOUTH END OF SBS OWNED/MAINTAINED RECEIVING YARD D ERAILED 2ND THRU 5TH REAR CARS. RECENTLY REPLACED SWITCH POINT AGAINST WORN STOCK RAIL ALLOWED LEADI NG END OF 2ND CAR TO CLIMB.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WC'S R92681-31 HAD A HOLD OF 125 CARS, WHILE SHOVING TO A SPOT AT HALLETT DOCK, DERAILED 9 LOADED LI MESTONE SIDE DUMP CARS.  ALL CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
G-HASLVW3-31 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 497 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DOSWELL
county: HANOVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
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:
E50502 WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN BY A MOTORIST VEHICLE. MOTORIST WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE O F THE ROADWAY TO AVOID COLLISION WITH OTHER CARS.  PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MLRKMEM1-13 DERAILED ONE CAR AT THE VINEGAR SPUR IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK.  UPRR MAINTAINS TR ACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $99,909      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE ZBRLC-30 WAS PULLING INTO THE WEST END OF LATC WHEN THE WHEELS ON THE UP 7526 CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINTS ON THE LEAD AND DERAILED GOING INTO TRACK 829.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT CAUSED BY THE TRACK GEOM ETRY BEING TOO TIGHT IN THIS LOCATION.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-31T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y-DTY1111-31 FOUND 2 CARS WITH BYPASSED COUPLER AND DAMAGES WHILE GETTING TRACK 609 TOGETHER TO PREP ARE TO PULL THE TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MODESTO
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: MET
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN CREW LINED THE TRK. 0711 POWER SWITCH WITH NO VISUAL ON THE SWITCH UNDER ANOTHER TRAIN CREW OC CUPYING THE TRK. 0711 WITHOUT DETERMINING IF IT WAS SAFE TO LINE.      


nearest_city: WALSHVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PANA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
NORTHBOUND RRGNMS-16 DERAILED 31 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE AT SOUTH SWITCH AT JOAN SIDING.  CAUSE WAS DE TERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL CAUSED BY A BROKEN BOLT HOLE.      


nearest_city: CASA
county: PERRY
railroad: LRWN
date: 2011-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
PULLING 41 CARS WEST TO DANVILLE. ENGINEER WAS GOING THROUGH CASA WHEN TRAIN BECAME HARD TO PULL, AN D THEN STOPPED. UPON INSPECTION, 7 CARS DERAILED AT MAIN STREET CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
FP19PULLING TO CP BELMONT AT 19MPH ON APPROACH SIGNAL ENGINEER DUMPED AIR DERAILING ON NS MAIN.       


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MNLAS-26 DERAILED THREE CARS WHEN THEY WERE SETTING OUT A BAD ORDER CAR AT THE COTTONBELT YARD.  THE MAKE-UP OF THE TRAIN WAS NOT OUTSIDE UPRR LIMITS; HOWEVER, THERE WERE LOADS ON EACH SIDE OF AN EMPT Y INTERMODAL CAR.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AT A 15 DEGREE CURVE.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY ALTON & SOUTHERN RAILWAY.  TRACK DAMAGES ARE ESTIMATED AT $84,540    


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YKPS60-06 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK KS01 WHEN THEY DERAILED 11 CARS ACCOUNT BYPASSED DRAWBARS BETWEEN T BOX 660350 & TBOX 662303. AS THE CARS TRAVERSED THE CURVATURE ON THE TRACK, THEY BINDED CREATING LAT ERAL FORCES TO ROLL THE SOUTH RAIL. AS A RESULT TBOX 660350, TBOX 662303 CR 623688, ACFX 462043, TBO X 66541, CR 623008, GRW 7414, EJE 7561, NS 165436, SOU 532212, AND NS 411166 DERAILED. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHO ACTUALLY MADE THE COUPLING AND BYPASSED THE COUPLERS. THE CREW PULLED WHAT THEY WE RE TOLD WAS A COUPLED TRACK OUT TO SHOVE AND WHEN NAVIGATING THE FIRST TURNOUT, THE CARS DERAILED.  


nearest_city: KEARNEY
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
THE CNAWK-04, AN EASTBOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN, WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DISPATCHER TO STOP THE TRAIN DUE T O A REPORT THAT THE TRAIN WAS DERAILED.  UPON INSPECTION, THEY FOUND ONE SET OF WHEELS ON THE DPU UN IT WAS DERAILED.  THE DERAILED UNIT WAS DRAGGED FROM MP 191.80-MP194.25 WHERE THE TRAIN GOT STOPPED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY TRACK BUCKLING DUE TO THERMAL MISALIGNMENT.    


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW 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: 12-Mar
narrative:
WBNSFZ 04 COMING INTO YARD TRACK 17 WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 65 LOADED BALLAST CARS DERAILED THE 30TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END.  DERAILMENT CAUSED 9 CARS TO DERAIL CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE.  DERAIL MENT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: BOULOGNE
county: NASSAU
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WHILE P09212 WAS PASSING Q60312 DOOR CAME OFF OF RBOX 20535 HITTING AND DAMAGING 2 OTHER CARS IN TRA IN THEN STRIKING P09212. NO DERAILMENT OR INJURIES.      


nearest_city: MANLY
county: WORTH
railroad: IANR
date: 2013-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WATERLOO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE DERAILMENT/RAKING COLLISION WAS DISCOVERED THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 23RD. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT A TOTAL OF 28 CARS WERE SITTING ON TRACK 5 IN MANLY YARD WITH THE NORTH CAR FOUND TO BE DERAILED AND TO HAVE SIDE SWIPED TWO CARS WHICH WERE SITTING ON THE MIDDLE LEAD TRACK. A TOTAL OF FOUR CARS WERE FOUND DAMAGED WITH THE ONE BEING DERAILED. 

FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE COLLISIO N DETERMINED THAT FIVE OF THE TWENTY-EIGHT CARS HAD BEEN PLACED TO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5 AT APPRO XIMATELY 1010 ON DECEMBER 22ND. THESE FIVE CARS HAD NOT BEEN COUPLED TO THE OTHER TWENTY-THREE CAR O N THE TRACK. SOME PERIOD OF TIME THEREAFTER, THE FIVE CARS ROLLED NORTH, COUPLED INTO THE TWENTY-THR EE CARS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED ALL TWENTY-EIGHT CARS TO ROLL INTO THE CARS SITTING ON THE MIDDLE


nearest_city: ABILENE
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SALINA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
EABSID-02 CREW DERAILED INSIDE THE GAVILLON GRAIN, FORMERLY DEBRUCE GRAIN FACILITY.  THE WHEELS LEFT THE RAIL AND TRAVELED AROUND 300 FEET UNTIL IT RE-RAILED ITSELF ON A FROG AT THE CHERRY ST. CROSSIN G.  THE CREW MADE A WESTBOUND SHOVE INTO TRACK 715, MADE A CUT, PULLED AHEAD, MADE ANOTHER WESTBOUND SHOVE INTO TRACK 716.  AFTER FILLING THESE TRACKS THE CREW PULLED EAST OF CHERRY ST. TO FILL THE RE MAINING TRACKS WITH CARS.  THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE WHEELS HAD LEFT THE RAIL UNTIL AFTER THE TRAIN WAS COMPLETED SPOTTING AND WORKERS AT THE ELEVATOR BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION.  AT THIS TIM E THE CREW INSPECTED THE RAIL, SAW EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD DERAILED AT SOME POINT AND INSPECTED THE T RAIN.  THERE WERE THREE UNITS IN THE CONSIST, WITH THE UP7750 BEING THE REAR OF THE CONSIST FACING W


nearest_city: MUSCATINE
county: MUSCATINE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OTTUMWA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE B76X WAS SHOVING 58 LOADS TO THE COAL PLANT HAD GONE THROUGH 3 CROSSINGS PRIOR WHILE GOING THROU GH THE 4TH CROSSING THEY DERAILED AN MPWX 94056 ALL WHEELS AND 1 SET OF TRUCKS ON THE WPMX 98074 DUE TO FROZEN MATERIAL IN THE CROSSING. APPROXIMATELY $700 IN DAMAGE TO THIRD PARTY TRACK.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
SHOP LOCOMOTIVE MOVERS SHOVING 3 LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST HAD UPY851 DERAIL ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.       


nearest_city: DE QUINCY
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT RESULTED IN A FATALITY ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION. VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AG E HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.      


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


nearest_city: OGALLALA
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE GSGBTR-07 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 46 MPH AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP323 ON T HE MAIN TRACK 1 OF THE SIDNEY SUB.  UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND 1 SET OF WHEELS ON THE CRDX14411 DERA ILED DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL FROM THERMAL CRACK, FLANGE OR TREAD.  THE WHEEL WAS DRAGGED FROM MP322.4 TO MP323.05 THRU A CROSSOVER CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGES.    


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
G-WRKCPI9-23 DERAILED ALL WHEELS ON A-END OF CAR IN CURVE.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE 3 1/8" WARP/C ROSS LEVEL AT POD.  UP TRACK DAMAGE $7,183 KCS TRACK DAMAGE $66,500.      


nearest_city: POTTERVILLE
county: EATON
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Snow
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE TRAILING UNIT CN 2587 ON THE Q14921-22 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT EAST OF POTTER VILL E ON THE FLINT SUBDIVISION. THE POTTER VILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. TH ERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A RUPTURED INJECTOR FUEL LINE.
     


nearest_city: ARDMORE
county: CARTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CREW MOVED ON UNIT FROM 6336 TO 6338 TRACK, THEN AFTER 30" DELAY, PULLING FROM 6336 TRACK WITHOUT LI NING 6338 TRACK SWITCH, RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CSX N247-07 WAS DRAGGING IN 2ND CUT OF TRAIN INTO MCDUFFIE RADCLIFF #3 WHEN CARS DERAILED. UPON COMP LETION OF INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED BY TASD AND FRA INSPECTOR THAT THERE WAS NO TRACK DEFECTS OR MECHANICAL DEFECTS. TASD REQUESTED A COPY OF THE DOWNLOAD FROM CSX TO ASSIST IN DETERMING CAUSE B UT DID NOT RECEIVE ONE.  TERMINAL RAILWAY IS ONLY REPORTING FOR TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
NOPB RR TRAIN PB200 WAS DELIVERING THE KCS. THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO COME OUT OF FRANCE YARD INTO THE PAS TRACK. THE YARDMASTER INSTRUCTED THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL DRAWBRIDGE TENDER TO LINE SIGNALS UP FROM FRANCE YARD INTO THE PAS TRACK. THE DRAWBRIDGE TENDER GAVE PB200 PERMISSION BY THE STOP SIGNAL IN A CCORDANCE WITH OPERATING RULE 226-B AND INSTRUCTED THE CREW THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING AN INDICATION OF HOW THE #3 SWITCH WAS LINED. THE BRIDGE TENDER FURTHER INSTRUCTED PB200 TO LINE THE #3 SWITCH FOR T HEIR MOVEMENT. PB200 REPEATED THE INSTRUCTIONS BACK CORRECTLY. AS PB200 APPROACHED THE #3 SWITCH THE Y CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT BUT NEVER TOOK THE SWITCH OFF OF MOTO R. AFTER TRAVERSING THE #3 SWITCH IN A NORTHWARD DIRECTION PB200 REPORTED FEELING A BUMP FROM THE EN


nearest_city: MINEOLA
county: WOOD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MPBFW-05 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE.  CREW STATED FELT ROUGH SPOT IN TRACK AND TRAIN WENT INT O EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS VERTI CAL SPLIT HEAD ON RAIL. (LANDOWNERS OFF PROPERTY CLAIMS DAMAGE DUE TO DERAILMENT - NO INJURY)     


nearest_city: ARGYLE
county: DENTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MMCSAS-06, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7911, STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK WITH A LOW BOY TRAILER LOADED WITH AN EXCAVATO R THAT BECAME HIGH CENTERED AT CRAWFORD ROAD CROSSING.  UP CREW ON THE MMCSAS 06, TRAVELING AT 34 MP H, PLUGGED THE TRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILES BEFORE IMPACT.  THIS CAUSED COMPLETE DAMAGE TO THE SOUT HWEST SIGNAL MAST, DAMAGE TO THE ROAD CROSSING, AND DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.    


nearest_city: SHEPHERDSVILLE
county: BULLITT
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Q57407 STRUCK SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON CROSSING. SEMI WAS LOADED WITH COILS OF ALUMINU M FOILS. TRAIN STRUCK TRAILER IN MID-SECTION BREAKING IT IN HALF. PROTECTION ALSO AT XING INCLUDE: A DVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOPLINES AND RRX SYM).CONDUCTOR WAS NON FRA INJURED DURING TH E INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCL Y-BEL2022-20 ADDED 5 CARS TO 7109 TRACK ONTO STANDING EQUIPMENT, THEN SHOVED CARS TO CLEAR. LATE R, CARMEN FOUND 1 CAR DERAILED IN THE TRACK BYPASSED COUPLERS THAT CREW DID NOT DETECT BEFORE SHOVIN G TRACK.     


nearest_city: MCGREW
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE CBTWI-25 AND EASTBOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN DERAILED 59 CARS WHILE OPERATING ON NO. 2 MAIN ON THE S OUTH MORRILL SUB AT MP 129.71 DUE TO A BROKEN FROG.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BENSON
county: COCHISE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LKP36-24 SHOVING INTO TRACK 603.  BRAKEMAN FAILED TO FLOP DERAIL, STARTED THE SHOVE MOVEMENT, AND FI RST CAR DERAILED AT THE DERAIL.  SPSR MAINTAINS TRACK.  SPSR'S TRACK DAMAGE = $19,806.  CAR#: NCUX 3 0309 OXMAT, 40,000 LBS.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING THE UTLX 664156 CAR WAS A SEVERE OVER SPEED TRAVELING THROUGH BOWL 24 OUT THE NORTH EN D AND STRIKING 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING TO THE D-YARD. CAR SPEED WAS RECORDED AS 5MHP OVER REQUEST OUT O F THE MASTER, 7MPH OUT OF THE GROUP, AND 10 OVER OUT OF THE TANGENT. INCIDENT RESULTED IN $71236 DAM AGE.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-DYT3311-29A WAS SHOVING TRACK 18 FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD HEADING NORTH INTO 18.  CREW ON Y- DYT3211-20 HAD PULLED 15 TRACK FROM THE NORTH END AND WAS KICKING CARS BACK INTO 15.  WHILE THE 3311 WAS SHOVING 18, THE 15 TRACK ROLLED OUT ON THE SOUTH END IMPACTING THE 3311 JOB WHILE THEY WERE SHO VING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: LITTLE RIVER
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
U-MNLBNTO-08 WHILE DERARTING SIDING ONTO MAIN TRACK THRU SPRING SWITCH STOPPED MOVEMENT AND REVERSED WHILE STILL IN SWITCH, DERAILING 7 CARS.      


nearest_city: ESSEXVILLE
county: BAY
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
JOB #Z-144-27 LOCOMOTIVE CSXT415, CSX57, DERAILED CARS,CSCX 4306, CSCX 4263, CSCX 4335, CSCX 4356, C SCX 4209, CSCX 4364, CSCX 4238. PULLING AROUND THE MUD SWITCH WITH A 99 CAR TRAIN AT 5MPH TRAINED SL OWED TO 4.7-4.8 MPH NOTICED UP WENT BACK UP TO 5.0-5.02 MPH THEN BEGAN TO SLOW WENT IN THE HOLE. BRO KEN GAGE ROD AT BORTON AVE CAUSED WIDE GUAGE.    


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
S-CHIOIG1-11 FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE SWITCH 5187 AND RAN THRU WHILE PULLING FORWARD, THEN REVERSED M OVEMENT SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING 3 ARTICULATED CARS. ALL CARS BEING HANDLED WERE ARTICULATED.      


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN YMUS151-107 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED UNIT EMDX756 ACCOUNT JOB R AN THROUGH SWITCH AND MADE REVERSE MOVE CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $ 4000     


nearest_city: GUERNSEY
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y-GUE3021-27, SWITCHING IN GUERNSEY YARD, FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF C-CAMHOH0-38 WHICH WAS DEPARTING T HE YARD ON LEAD. COLLUSION RESULTED OF YARD END AND DAMAGE TO CARS IN COAL TRAIN.      


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
LEAD WHEEL OF CARS BEING SHOVED FAILED TO TRACK PROPERLY THROUGH TURNOUT, RIDING UP THE SIDE AND ONT O THE TOP OF THE SWITCH POINT, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
G-ANVHER9-24, WHILE SETTING OUT A BAD ORDER TO SOUTH 1 STUB TRACK, FAILED TO LINE COAL 3 SWITCH FOR THIS MOVEMENT.  CREW THEN SHOVED BACK AND OVER DERAIL IN COAL  TRACK DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: ALAMOSA
county: ALAMOSA
railroad: SLRG
date: 2012-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: ALAMOSA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS HEADING EAST WHEN THEY REPORT FEELING THE ENGINE JERK A COUPLE OF TIME , SLOW TO A STOP AND THEN GO INTO EMERGENCY ON ITS OWN CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LAST THREE CAR S WHERE ON THEIR SIDE WITH A BROKEN RAIL EVIDENT .  A FOURTH CAR WAS ON THE TRACKS STILL, ALTHOUGH I TS NORTH SIDE TRUCKS WERE DERAILED.    


nearest_city: FAIRFIELD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
BRIDGE INSULATOR, TRACK 3 DEVON BRIDGE EAST END, SEPARATED ALLOWING TOE END OF NORTH T-IRON TO DROP THREE INCHES, CREATING A HARD SPOT WESTBOUND, ENGAGING PANTOGRAPH ON CAR 9014 OF TRAIN 1513, DAMAGIN G SAME.     


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
H-BARVAW1-08 EXPERIENCED UDE WHEN A/H UNCOUPLED BETWEEN CARS. REAR OF TRAIN (WITH DP POWER) IMPACTED HEAD END OF TRAIN, DERAILING 5 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GREYBULL
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
R-PWR8431-15 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED TRACK STRUCTURE DAMAGE DUE TO DAMAGED FLANGE OR TREAD BUILD U P ON CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE HANDLING 3 LOCOMOTIVES FROM THE ROUNDHOUSE, CREW ON Y-SUP8211-27 SHOVED OVER DERAILING, DERAIL ING 2 LOCOMOTIVES.  NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YSP34R-13 REPORTED A FAULT ON RCL UNIT UP803.  CREW COULD NOT GET THE FAULT TO RESET AND WALKED TO T HE LOCOMOTIVE TO INSPECT.  CREW REPORTED THAT THE UP803 WAS LEAKING OIL.  STATEMENTS FROM THE CREW S TATE THAT THEY WERE PULLING CARS OUT OF 21 DOWN THE LEAD, CUT STOPPED ABRUPTLY FOLLOWED BY THE GOVER NOR SHUTDOWN FAULT.  LOCOMOTIVE WOULD NOT RESET TO MOVE AND THEY REPORTED OIL LEAKING.  FIRST 2 LOCO MOTIVES WERE NOT DERAILED.   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
QNPPR-18 WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN ON TRACK 102, THE INDUSTRY LEAD, WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGU LAR TRACK CROSS LEVEL AT A JOINT.  LW50151, TBOX671081 & TTPX804379 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MELVINDALE
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT LD40 MAKING MULTIPLE SWITCHING MOVES OVER MANIFEST LEAD SWITCH WHEN DERAILMENT OCCUR RED, INVESTIGATION INDICATED SWITCH WAS OPERATED UNDER MOVEMENT RESULTING IN RUN-THROUGH SWITCH WITH REVERSE MOVE DERAILING 5.     


nearest_city: MADILL
county: MARSHALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: MADILL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
H-TULDYT1-19 DERAILED #3 AXLE ON HLTX 7002 AT MP 601.3 APPROACHING MADILL (MP 603) WHERE CREW SWAP T OOK PLACE. INBOUND CREW WATCHED TRAIN ON DEPARTURE AND NOTED DERAILED CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS R ELEASED. COSTS INCLUDE NEW BRIDGE DECK DAMAGED BY DERAILED CAR.     


nearest_city: MERIDEN
county: CHEROKEE
railroad: CC
date: 2010-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
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:
DRIVER OF TRUCK FAILED TO STOP FOR THE ACTIVATED FLASHERS AT THE HWY #3 CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY T HE APPROACHING TRAIN.  DRIVER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.  WITNESSES ON THE SCENE REPORTED THAT CRO SSING LIGHTS WERE WORKING AND VEHICLE ENTERED THE CROSSING.  T77891-20 WAS A LOADED COAL TRAIN THAT WAS OPERATING UNDER TRACK AUTHORITY ON CWR MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN THE LEAD ENGINE, BNSF 9243, STRUCK T HE TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO DITCH LIGHTS AND FRONT-END HANDRAILS.   


nearest_city: LONG BRANCH
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2014-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW ENROUTE WEST WITH ENGINE #4139 AND CAR #5070 OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH #507 0 AND DERAILED WEST TRUCK OF #5391 WHILE ENROUTE EAST. ALSO DAMAGED BRAKE PIPES AND TRUCK KEEPERS ON #4139.     


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: MBTA
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ONE CONSIST MOVING IN THE SOUTH HAMPTON ST YEARD RAKED ANOTHER STATIONERY CONSIST CAUSING THE LOCOMO TIVE ON THE OTHER CONSIT TO DERAIL AND A COACH ON THE STATIONERY CONSIST ALSO. 
THIS REPORT IS ON T HE COACH OF THE STATIONERY CONSIST 6180.97 REPORT WAS DONE UNTIL ESTIMATES RECEIVED FOR REPAIR COSTS (RECEIVED 1.25.12)    


nearest_city: CHICO
county: BUTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY 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-Feb
narrative:
AMT14 STRUCK A CAR WHICH WAS ON THE MAIN TRACK AT NORD CROSSING AT MP190.77 ON THE VALLEY SUBDIVISIO N.  THERE WERE INJURIES REPORTED TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE.  AMTK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OF $18,169.  N O UP TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE HELPER ON THE YNP04R-28 RCL CREW WAS IN CONTROL OF THE CONSIST AND WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF THE E AST BOWL 10.  HE WAS NOT ON THE POINT OF THE MOVEMENT AND RAN THRU THE EAST END OF THE "A" CROSSOVER THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR HIS MOVEMENT.  HE DERAILED THE UP3613 WHEN WESTWARD MOVEMENT WAS MADE PULLIN G THRU THE SWITCH DAMAGING THE FROG AND SWITCH TIES.    


nearest_city: DALEVILLE
county: DALE
railroad: WGCR
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRAIN DESCENDING 1% GRADE WITH 10LBS OF AIR SET WITH NO DYNAMICS AT 6 MPH HAD A TRAIN INDUCED EMERGE NCY, UPON WALKING TRAIN FOUND THAT THE 87TH CAR HAD ONE TRUCK ON THE GROUND AND 88TH, 89TH, 90TH CAR S ON THEIR SIDE     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA BELT LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
YCB78-14 WAS YARDING THE TRAIN IN THE 8TH STREET YARD.  THEY CUT OFF CARS IN 112 TRACK AND STRETCHED TO GET A SWITCH.  ONCE LINED FOR 2 TRACK THE CREW STARTED SOUTH AND DERAILED 7 CARS.  UPON INVESTIG ATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE HOG PEN SWITCH ON THE CN BEFORE REVERSING MOVEMENT AND DERAILING.  CC MAINTAINS TRACK.  TRACK DAMAGE = $13,681.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MSSNP-10 CREW WAS MAKING A LIGHT POWER MOVE AND WAS STOPPED IN THE ENGINE SERVICING TRACK 605.  THE WNPNPB-11 WAS FOLLOWING OVER THE POWER LEAD OVERPASS WITH SIX LOADED BALLAST CARS WITH NO AIR HOOKED UP TO THEM.  IN A EFFORT TO SLOW THE CONSIST THEY PUT THE LOCOMOTIVE INTO EMERGENCY BUT THE CONSIST WAS TRAVELING 12 MPH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERPASS AND 16 MPH WHEN IT IMPACTED WITH THE UPY7217.  N O DERAILMENT, DAMAGE ONLY.   


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: SNJX
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 221, LRV3509 OPERATOR DISCOVERED WHILE SWITCHING ENDS AT THE WEC THAT THE WINDSHIELD IS CRACKE D B END WEST SIDE TOP CORNER.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-HOU1801-27 SPLIT CROSSOVER SWITCH BETWEEN MAIN 1 AND MAIN 2 TRACKS WHILE CROSSING OVER, RESULTING IN ONE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE WORN FLANGE ON LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: LA VETA
county: COSTILLA
railroad: SLRG
date: 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: ALAMOSA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
LEAD DERAILED CAR DERAILED ON A BROKEN RAIL (N. SIDE) NORTH SIDE WHEELS DROPPED ON. S. SIDE ROLLED T HE SOUTH RAIL & TRAVELED 4.5 CAR LENGTHS ON THE WEB AND THEN TIPPED OVER ALING WITH 2 ADDITIONAL CAR S.     


nearest_city: VAN TASSELL
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: POWDER RIVER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
THE CNAAE-26 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE NUMBER OF MAIN TRACK WHEN IT GOT HIT OFF A DRAGGING EQUI PMENT DETECTOR AT MP220,2 OF THE POWDER RIVER SUB. UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE AECX1065 DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL.     


nearest_city: DEMING
county: LUNA
railroad: SW
date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: WHITEWATER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
EAST BOUND LOCAL APPROACHING DEMING ON MAIN LINE IN RESTRICTED LIMITS.  EXPERIENCED UNDESIRABLE EMER GENCY APPLICATION.  AFTER WALKING TRAIN, FOUND TEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITION AND IMPRO PERLY LOADED CARS.  LIST OF LOADED CAR NUMBERS THAT RELEASED MATERIAL, AS WELL AS CAR NUMBERS OF LOA DS AND EMPTIES NOT RELEASING MATERIAL: AZER 910351 - DERAILED LOAD - NO RELEASE OF MATERIAL; AZER 91 0158 - TURNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; UP 39281 - TURNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; AZER 910391 - TU RNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; AZER 910119 - TURNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; AZER 910312 - TURNED O VER - RELEASED 100 TONS; AZER 910322 - TURNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; AZER 910128 - TURNED OVER - RELEASED 100 TONS; SP 466381 - TURNED OVER EMPTY - NO RELEASE OF MATERIAL; DRGW 19144 - DERAILED EMP


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
L163-05 WAS INSTRUCTED TO DOUBLE HIS TRAIN FROM TRACK 4 TO THE EAST TRACK IN PNCT TO PORTSIDE 12.  W ITH THE POWER AGAINST THE TRAIN AND AFTER MAKING A STANDING CUT ON 4 CARS ON TRACK 4 PER PORT NEWARK YM?S INSTRUCTIONS, THEY MADE THEIR DOUBLE TO THE EAST TRACK IN PNCT. AS THEY WERE SHOVING TO PORTSI DE 12, THEY SHOVED AND RAN THROUGH THE EAST / CORBIN ST SWITCH WHEN GOING TO MAKE THEIR FINAL DOUBLE . AFTER THE TRAIN WAS TOGETHER AND BRAKE TESTED, THE 19TH CAR DERAILED WHEN THE TRAIN PULLED NORTH A ND SIDESWIPED AN ADJACENT FREIGHT CAR ON THE CORBIN ST LEAD, DERAILING IT AS WELL.  


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOYLE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
10 LOADED HOPPER CARS ROLLED SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET IN EY04 MAKING IMPACT WITH THE 50TH HEAD CAR ON TRAIN 124T716 RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 8 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/91-E/68 AND 7 CARS STRUCK THE REAR OF A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP287. 90 YORKSHIRE RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: SEMINARY
county: COVINGTON
railroad: IC
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
A48871-07 WAS MOVING SOUTHBOUND AT 49 MPH ON MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND THAT THE 71ST CAR, DUPX 18035 (LOAD OF CHLORINE), HAD DERAILED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE R2 ROLLER BEARING OVERHEATED AND BURNED OFF DERAILING DUPX 18035. THERE W ERE NO INJURIES OR EXPOSURES. TRAIN WAS OPERATING UNDER TRACK AUTHORITY AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMEN T.   


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ANTLERS
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-Aug
narrative:
KRTHUAN1-19, A TWO PERSON CREW, SHOVING 39 EMPTIES, NO LOADS AND NO HAZMAT AT 6MPH WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN TIGHTEN THEN IMMEDIATELYH GO INTO EMERGENCY.  AFTER A WALKING INSPECTION THE CONDUCT OR DISCOVERED THE 21ST THROUYGH 25TH CAR IN THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED DUE TO A RAIL THAT HAD BROKEN THE PREVIOUS DAY WHEN A 60 CAR LOADED TRAIN TRAVERSED THIS SECTION OF TRACK.  THE RAIL THAT BROKE WAS M ANUFACTURED IN 1907 AND IS 75LBS RAIL.  THERE HAD BEEN NO TRACK INSPECTION BETWEEN THE TWO TRAINS.   


nearest_city: HAZEL CREST
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2011-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M34371-04 WAS DEPARTING MARKHAM YARD ON THOROUGHFARE 3 WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND IT WAS FOUN D THAT 39 CARS HAD DERAILED. IT IS EVIDENT THAT LATERAL FORCES CAUSED THE RAIL TO CANT ON TANGENT TR ACK, THE TIE CONDITION IS POOR, RATED FOR CLASS 1 SPEED. THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE OF LATERAL FORCES, NOT GENERATED BY TRAIN HANDLING, BUT THERE HAD TO BE EITHER LATERAL FORCES OR WHEEL LIFT. EMPTY EQUI PMENT NORMALLY LIFTS, AS IT IS NOT HEAVY ENOUGH TO GENERATE 50,000 POUNDS OF LATERAL FORCES TO TURN THE RAIL. INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THERE WAS WHEEL LIFT ON THE WEST RAIL CAISING THE EAST WHEEL SET ON SRY 9065 (58' EMPTY BOX CAR) TO FALL INSIDE THE GUAG E, CANT THE RAIL AND CREATE 3/4 MILE CANT THAT CAUSED THE CARS TO DERAIL. DERAILED CARS: SRY 9065, 9


nearest_city: BYHALIA
county: MARSHALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
M-AMOMEM1-01 EXPERIENCED UDE, INSPECTION REVEALED DRAWBAR OUT OF BN 575535. DRAWBAR SEPARATED WHILE TRAVELING OVER OPEN DECK BRIDGE 514.1, DAMAGING DECK AND ALSO MULTIPLE CARS. NAHX 2965, UN 1495, STC C 4918723 RELEASED 2500 SOLID - POUND OF SODIUM CLORATE.     


nearest_city: SUGAR LAND
county: FORT BEND
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK AN 18-WHEELER THAT BECAME HUNG UP ON THE TRACKS.  UP REPORTED TRACK COSTS OF $25,800. DRIVER AND OCCUPANT WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Dec
narrative:
MPRCB-19 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING INTO THE EAST END OF THE POOL YARD VIA THE 12TH ST. LINE.  TH EY STOPPED TO LINE A SWITCH INTO THE POOL YARD AND TRAVERSED 650 FEET WHEN THEY WENT INTO AN EMERGEN CY STOP.  THE 8TH RAILCAR FROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED ON THE POOL YARD LEAD/CBEC LIN E SWITCH DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH POINT THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THE IAIS RAILROAD.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON THE DIAMOND.  IAIS MAINTAINS TRACK.  IAIS TRACK DAMAGE = $29,298.  UPRR TRACK DAMAGE = $7608   


nearest_city: GARLAND
county: DALLAS
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WHITE ROCK IND SPUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE WHILE LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES WERE EXITING TOWARDS THE SINGLE MAIN TRACK ON THE WHITE ROCK INDUSTRY SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: FOUNTAIN
county: MONROE
railroad: AGR
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
212 WAS PULLING NORTH WITH 2 ENGINES 18X4 2090 TONS AND AT MP. 809.90 (PRAIRIE SOIL CONDITION) DERAI LED THE BOTTOM 4 CARS.  TILX 160785 B END DERAILED, GATX 90727 CAR BODY BADLY DAMAGED ALL WHEELS ARE OUT FROM UNDER CAR, SHPX 207814 SAME AS 2ND CAR, GATX, ALL WHEELS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: LAPEER
county: LAPEER
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 365 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/4 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/126 TRAILING WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF COACH CAR 54538 BY AN SUV AT MP 287.13, LAKE NEPESSING RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Jul
narrative:
Q30205 WAS ENTERING YARD TRACK E11 IN EASTWARD DIRECTION AND AFTER BEING RE-CREWED BY THE Y31807 TRA VELED INTO THE TRACK WHEN THE SWITCH POINTS FLOATED AND LINED THE REMAINING 11 CARS TOWARD TRACK E18 , DERAILING 3 HAZMAT TANK CARS.     


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
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: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE COLLECTOR HEAD OF PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #1321 AND SOUTH SIDE HORN OF PANTOGRA PH ON CAR #1339 IN TRAIN #3868 IN MORRISVILLE YARD.  THE TOTAL EQUIPMENT DAMAGE TO THE NJTR EQUIPMEN T WAS $22,824.00.     


nearest_city: NEPHI
county: JUAB
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
OISST-16 TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK HAD WHEEL BREAK ON RCGX1073 WHICH BROKE THE RAIL A T MP680.75 RESULTING IN 31 CAR DERAILMENT OF WHICH 28 CARS WERE DESTROYED.      


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: DIXON SPUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE LOB34R 18 WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE ON DESCENDING GRADE AT 2.4 MPH WHEN THE 6TH CAR DERAILED ENT ERING A SHARP LEFT HAND CURVE.  THIS EMPTY BULKHEAD FLAT CAR WAS OFF THE RAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 148 FEET.  THE RAIL ROLLED AND CAUSED 3 OTHER CARS TO GO ON THE GROUND.  THE TRAINMAN NOTICED THE CARS O N THE GROUND AND PLACED THE RCL CUT IN EMERGENCY.    


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YCB75R-22 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPOTTING/PULLING BARTON SOLVENTS.  THEY WERE COMING OUT OF THE INDUS TRY WITH POWER AND ONE RAILCAR WHEN THE HELPER LINED THE DERAIL AGAINST THE MOVE, DERAILING THE UP 5 17 AS IT TRAVERSED OVER THE DERAIL.  THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2000 - 2500 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL RELE ASED DUE TO THE INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: HARLEM
county: BLAINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: MILKRIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING OUT HEAD END POWER, V-CHCTAC1-22 DID NOT LINE SWITCH FOR INTENDED ROUTE AND RAN THRO UGH THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: SFRV
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Explosive-detonation
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE 810 WAS SHOPPED FOR INSPECTION FOR REPORTED EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOVEMENT. THE LOCOMOTIVE WA S OUT OF SERVICE AND NOT IN OPERATION. AN EMPLOYEE REPORTED HEARING AN EXPLOSION. FURTHER INVESTIGAT ION REVEALED THAT AN EXPLOSION HAD NOT OCCURRED BUT RATHER THE EMPLOYEE HEARD THE SOUND OF A ROD PIE RCING THE BLOCK OF THE HEP UNIT. THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE RESULTED IN HOT OIL COMING INTO CONTACT WIT H HOT EXHAUST EQUIPMENT, SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN A FIRE. THE HEP WAS THE ONLY COMPONENT DESTROYED.   


nearest_city: WATSEKA
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: TPW
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN OPERATING FROM EAST PEORIA TO REMINGTON WITH 74 CARS.  AT MP 14.2 THE ENGINEER SPOTTED A SMALL SUNKINK ABOUT 5 CAR LINKS AHEAD.  HE THROTTLED DOWN KEEPING SOME AMPERAGE TO AVOID SEVERE SLACK ACT ION.  AS THE CONDUCTOR WAS REPORTING THE MISALIGNMENT TO THE DISPATCHER THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENC Y.  THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE REAR CAR NATX 301967 CONTAINING DENATURED ALCOHOL HAD DERAILED AND R OLLED 180 DEGREES OVER ON ITS SIDE BETWEEN US 24 AND THE MAIN LINE.  A SMALL LEAK WAS DETECTED AND L OCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS PLACED A BUCKET UNDER THE TOP HATCH.  THE LEAK STOPPED AND NEVER BEGAN AGAIN. RAILROAD OFFICIALS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE ALONG WITH SWS ENVIRONMENTAL AND AMEC.  AFTER THE CAR WA S TURNED UPRIGHT THE PRODUCT WAS TRANSLOADED TO TRUCK.  NO CONTAMINATION TO THE SOIL OR ENVIRONMENT


nearest_city: GREENWICH
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
JOURNAL BEARING FAILED ON THE L-4 AXLE ON CAR 8432, CAUSING THE L-4 WHEEL TO BREAK OFF OF THE CAR. S UBSEQUENTLY CAUSING HEAD CAR 8432 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SAVANNAH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
AMTRAK ENGINE 141 DERAILED PULLING OUT OF THE NORTH STORAGE TRACK AND RERAILED AT THE FROG GUARD FOR TRK 2. AMTRAK DAMAGES $28,062.00.      


nearest_city: PLATTSMOUTH
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
C-ATMCNT0-03 RECEIVED ALARM FROM DED AT MP 4.3. INSPN REVEALED 1 CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RIM ON WHEEL.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE GNTX 295409 WAS THE 18TH CAR IN A CUT OF 44 WHICH WAS A LOAD GONDOLA WITH BLOCKS OF STEEL.  THE CAR WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED TO THE EAST SIDE.  THE CUT WAS PULLED OUT OF OUR BOWL ON THE EAST LEAD AND AS THE CAR TRIED TO STEER IN A EAST WORD TURN OUT AND COULD NOT NEGOTIATE THE CURVE DUE TO POOR SID E BEARING CLEARENCE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORPER LOAD.    


nearest_city: NENANA
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ON APRIL 2, 2011 A NORTHBOUND ALASKA RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN CONSISTING OF 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 3 PASS ENGER CARS ( 2 PASSENGER COACHES, 1 BAGGAGE CAR) SUSTAINED A FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN TO A BAGGAGE CAR . THE TRAIN WAS LOCATED AT OR NEAR M.P. 404.5 ON THE ALASKA DIVISION WHICH IS 7.2 MILES SOUTH OF NEN ANA, ALASKA,    


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
RCO Y-DEN1012-28 REPORTED IN THE CLEAR AND RLSD RCO ZONE.  HOWEVER, THIS CREW FOULED LEAD AND WAS NO T CLEAR.  YARDMASTER GRANTED RCO ZONE TO RCO Y-DEN1142-28 FOULED LEAD WITHOUT VERIFYING THAT IT WAS CLEAR COLLIDED WITH ENGINE STILL FOUL.  BNSF 2700: GP39-2, CAP 3600 GAL, RLSD 500 GAL. BNSF 2846: GP 39-2, CAP 2500 GAL, RLSD 500 GAL.    


nearest_city: OGDEN DUNES
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
B62B313 SHOVING WEST DERAILED CTRN 500083 AND UP 242236, LEAD WHEEL OF CTRN 500083 DERAILED DURING F LAT SWITCHING OPERATIONS.      


nearest_city: MORRILL
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
THE CBTMA9-14 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON YARD TRACK 104 OPERATING THRU THE OS TO MAIN TRACK 4 IN THE SOUTH MORRILL YARD WHEN THE LEADING WHEELS OF UNIT UP6612 WENT TO MAIN TRACK 3 AND THE REAR WHEELS WENT TOWARDS MAIN TRACK 4 DERAILING TWO UNITS AND 1 CAR.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
WHEN THE YNP28R-04 CREW PULLED EAST BOWL 101 FOR CROSS HAULS THE CENTER SILL AND ENTIRE DRAWBAR ASSE MBLY OF THE UP463204 DETACHED AND LANDED IN THE FINAL RETARDERS IN GROUP ONE.  RESULTING IN DAMAGE T O THE TRACK & RETARDERS.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  THIS CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BAD ORDERED FOR A D EFECTIVE CENTER SILL HOWEVER DID NOT HAVE A REAR RIDER DESTINATION ON THE BO TAG.  THE INCIDENT CAUS ED TRACK AND RETARDER DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO 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-Dec
narrative:
THE YRO22R-10 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 14 CARS OUT OF THE BREAK UP YARD THROUGH DAVIS DOUBLING THE CARS OVER TO THE EAST SIDE.  THE TRAIN HIT A BROKEN RAIL DERAILING 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YDYT2211-06 KICKED 1 CAR DOWN 78 LEAD THAT STOPPED ON 666 SWITCH.  CREW KICKED ANOTHER CAR DOWN LEAD WHICH STRUCK STALLED CAR, DAMAGING BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
H-BARVAW1-15, PULLING FROM 9407 TRACK TO MAKE CUT AND THEN PICK UP FROM 9406 TRACK. UTILITY EMPLOYEE ADVISED CREW TO STOP ACCOUNT DERAILED. INSPECTION REVEALED 3 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEAS ED.     


nearest_city: SOMERVILLE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: MBTA
date: 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
YARD CREW TAKING TRAIN SET WEST RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM FOREMAN. DERAIL WAS LEFT ON BY YARD CUT CRE W. ENGINEER LOOKED AND THOUGHT DERAIL WAS OFF. BUT IT WAS NOT AND PROCEEDED OVER DERAIL. TRAVELED AP PROX 85FT AFTER GOING OVER THE DERAIL. LOCO 1002 DERAILED. UPDATED 12.30 TO CORRECT INFORMATION IN B OX 35 COACHES WERE EMPTY.    


nearest_city: GRAND PRAIRIE
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YGW52R-07 WAS PULLING INTO THE SOUTH END OF TUCKER RUNAROUND WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE O N TRACK.      


nearest_city: SLIDELL
county: ST TAMMANY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 20 STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT CROSSING CAUSING LOCOMOTIVES E/187-E/80 AND 3 CARS TO DER AIL.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TASD 2300 EXTRA SHOVING 33 GRAIN LOADS INTO NORTH YARD 8.  THE CREW FAILED TO PROTECT THE SHOVE MOVE MENT RESULTING IN THE END OF THEIR TRAIN HITTING A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE LEFT IN THE FOUL.  THE CARS LEFT FOULING WERE NOT A TRAIN AND WAS NOT CONNECTED TO AN ENGINE.     


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BT32 PULLING SOUTH ON THE CLINTON INDUSTRIAL TRACK WITH 2 UNITS AND 77 X 0 DERAILED 8 CARS IN THE TR AIN. LINES 18-25 IN THE TRAIN.      


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


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING CARS IN AUTOMATIC HUMP MODE AN EMPTY TANK CAR STALLED AND TRAILING CAR STRUCK THE CAR CAUSING DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: VENTURA
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
DRIVER OF A NORTH BOUND GMC YUKON LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE ON THE 101, WENT WEST INTO AN EMBANKME NT, FLIPPED HIS CAR SEVERAL TIMES, AND LANDED ON THE TRACK FACING SOUTH.  AMTK768 WITH LEAD UNIT AMT K454 CAME AROUND A CURVE AND STRUCK THE VEHICLE.  UPRR TRACK AND AMTRAK MECHANICAL PERSONNEL RESPOND ED.  COW CATCHER ON CAB CAR DAMAGED AND REMOVED.  NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.  DRIVER WAS FATAL LY INJURED AND PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL.  NO UP TRACK DAMAGE.  ESTIMATED AMTK EQU IPMENT DAMAGE = $10,066.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: WHITEHALL
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: MRL
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CAR DERAIL ED AT LOADING FACILITY AND WAS DRAGGED DOWN TO WHITEHALL WHERE IT DAMAGED A SWITCH WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: CHERRYVALE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2011-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
SKOL 206 WAS TAKING TRAIN SKOL 202 FROM COFFEYVILLE TO CHERRYVALE FOR CLASSIFICATION @ THE NEW YARD, WHEN CREW SAW THE BROKEN RAIL JUST BEFORE THEY WENT OVER IT. THE ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EME RGENCY STOPPING SHORT OF PUBLIC HWY CROSSING 6-826-J AND CALLED EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AS FIVE CARS HA D DERAILED AND WAMX 4154 WAS LEAKING FUELÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂ_    TRACK LAST INSPECTED ON 1/25/11.  LAST ULTRASONIC WAS PERFORMED BY NORDCO ON 12/23/10 - NO DEFECTS RECORDED ON THIS RAIL SECTION.   


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A45161-28 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 22 AT THE WEST END OF IHB'S GIBSON YARD WHEN 4 LOADED AUTO RACKS DE RAILED AT THE 22/23 SWITCH.  THE CARS THAT DERAILED WERE ETTX 701858, ETTX 908302, ETTX 901350, ETTX 800609.    THE DERAILED CARS ALSO DAMAGED AN IHB ENGINE (IHB 1501) THAT WAS ON STANDING UNOCCUPIED ON THE ADJACENT TRACK, TRACK 23.    GTW IS RECORDING CAR DAMAGE AT $11,632.  CREW UNKNOWN.  (NARRATI VE REVISED 7-13-12)   


nearest_city: PENWELL
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
KLBNS-09 WAS TRAVELING THROUGH METZ SIDING.  REAR DPU UP8612 DERAILED IN SIDING AND RERAILED ITSELF AT FROG.  CREW UNAWARE OF INCIDENT UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO STOP AND INSPECT TRAIN.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SUNKINK IN TRACK.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: KENTON LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE MHKCO-18 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK WITH LIGHT POWER, WHEN THE RAIL BROKE BENEATH THEM CAUSING A DERAILMENT OF 2 OF THE 5 LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: OIL CITY
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL, THE 2CKCTU-20 DERAILED ONE WHEEL OF LOADED COAL CAR ON THE MAIN LINE IN OIL C ITY, LA.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y-HOU2101-18, WHILE COUPLING CARS, FAILED TO SET ENOUGH HAND BRAKES TO HOLD CUT.  WHEN LAST JOINT MA DE, CARS ROLLED OUT SOUTH END OF TRACK INTO CARS BEING HANDLED BY Y-HOU2891-18.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERI ALS WERE RLSD.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW ON Y-DYT2311-09 PULLED FROM NEW MAIN TO OLD MAIN AND RAN THRU SWITCH.  WHEN SHOVED CARS TOWARD 610 TRK, 8 CARS DERAILED AT RUN-THRU SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.  UP TRACK DAMAGE - $94,921 CMC TRACK DAMAGE  - $9,050.     


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


nearest_city: PUNXSUTAWNEY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BPRR
date: 2013-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: BP MAINLINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN NCRI/HCI PULLING NORTH RAN THROUGH NORTH SWITCH OF SCALE TRACK AND THEN MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT BACK INTO THE YARD DERAILING 9 CARS.      


nearest_city: CHAPIN
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
GE9HAP-17 WAS PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRAVELING IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.  CREW CUT THE NORTH CROSSIN G PULLING THEIR TRAIN INTO THE SOUTH CROSSING.  LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED ON THE CROSSING DUE TO SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP IN THE CROSSING.  AG VANTAGE FS, INC MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: NORTHFIELD
county: RICE
railroad: PGR
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:
PGR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE UP DISPATCHER AT O350 REPORTING THE DERAILMENT. PROGRESSIVE RAIL ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT 0450.  THE UP HAD SHOVED 12 CARS INTO TRACK 3, THE FIRST CAR NMIX 368476 MADE IT OVER THE SWITCH, THE SECOND CAR NMIX 120053 A-END AXLE HAD PICKED THE SWITCH AND WENT ON THE GROUND (ONE AXLE).  THE UP CONTINUED TO SHOVE THE ENTIRE TRAIN INTO TRACK 3 AND ALL OF THE REST OF THE CARS REMAINED ON THE RAIL. THE UP CREW SHOVED THE DERAILED CAR APPROXIMATELY 675 FEET.  THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE RAIL CAR APPEARED TO BE THE BRAKE BEAM ROD WAS CRACKED.  


nearest_city: COLUMBIA
county: RICHLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
PB42 338P301 191P002 RCO YARD JOB PB42 SWITCHING IN WY04 TRACK DERAILING ENGINE NSE9499 & 3 HEAD CAR S, SOU 98655, SOU 92050 AND SOU 99019, ALL WHEELS.      


nearest_city: WELCH
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
194U124 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN ONE AT HEMPHILL, WV MP N399.3 DERAILED THE 43RD CAR FROM HEAD END (SO U 531420) ALL WHEELS.      


nearest_city: SUGAR LAND
county: FORT BEND
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
KCS LOCAL, LRNRN-07, WITH LEAD UNIT KCS2963, WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRAILER.  DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXITED PR IOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  KCS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $2,689     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YEW32R-30 WAS PULLING EAST UP THE NORTH WING TRACK WITH 58 CARS.  THE 11 HEAD CARS WERE LOADS WITH O NE EMPTY BEHIND THOSE 11 AND THEN 40 MORE LOADS BEHIND THE ONE EMPTY.  WHEN THE RCL OPERATOR RAMPED DOWN AND STAIR STEPPED THE RCL BOX TO COME TO A STOP AT THE CREST TOWER, UNKNOWING TO HIM THE SLACK BEHIND THE 12TH CAR (THAT WAS AN EMPTY) RAN IN AND LIFTED A SET OF TRUCKS OFF THE RAIN ON THE EMPTY CAR DERAILING THE CAR.  THE RCL OPERATOR THEN STARTED TO PULL ON THE CUT AGAIN NOT KNOWING ANYTHING WAS WRONG AND DERAILED A SECOND CAR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS TRANSFER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRRA CREW 301 WAS SHOVING INTO THE ALTON SOUTHERN VIA THE COTTON BELT TRACK. THE CREW SHOVED TRACK 0 05 FULL, MADE A CUT TO SHOVE THE BALANCE INTO 006. ONCE THE CUT WAS MADE THE TRAIN WAS PULLED AHEAD APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE HEAD CAR, CITX 800069, DERAILED IN TH E CURVE ON SAID TRACK. UPON INVESTIGATION; LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLOADS AND TRACK INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMIN ED THAT T216-JOINTS BROKEN OR MISSING WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT. THERE WERE BOLTS MISSING IN T HE LOW RAIL.  THE NORTH WHEEL ON THE CAR CAUGHT THE CORNER OF A MISSED MATCHED JOINT, CLIMBED THE RA IL AND DERAILED. NARROW GAGE, 55 1/2 INCHES (NOT UNDER LOAD) WAS ALSO PRESENT-FOUND DURING INVESTIGA TION.


nearest_city: BAINVILLE
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
G-CATTAC9-10 DERAILED 2 CARS AT MP 150.1.   QUESTION 22 AND 28 FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-BIR1011-19 DEPARTING ROUNDHOUSE TRACK DID NOT DETECT DERAIL ACROSS TRACK AND DERAILED LEAD UNIT.       


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING INTO 36ECLS THE CAR RAN THROUGH THE INERT RETARDER AND IT KNOCKED OFF THE SKATES AND D ERAILED.      


nearest_city: WEIMAR
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
ZATLC-09 WAS STOPPED ON THE MAIN TRACK AT WEIMAR, TX DUE TO HIGH WIND AND TORNADO WARNINGS.  8 CARS TOWARDS REAR OF THE TRAIN WERE BLOWN OVER AND 18 CARS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN WERE BLOWN OVE R WHEN HIGH WINDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO PASSED THROUGH THE TRAIN.  THE REAR OF THE TRAIN WAS BLOWN OVER TO THE NORTH AND THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN WAS BLOWN OVER TO THE SOUTH.    


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CT 12 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 31 LOADS, 12 EMPTIES, 4229 TONS ON CANTON YARD NO. 515 TRACK DE RAILED THE 46TH (AZXX 20020) HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YMU51-17 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 057 AND DERAILED 4 RAILCARS.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CREW FAILED TO STRETCH RAILCARS BEFORE MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: WINFIELD
county: COWLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LKAN0091 15T WAS SETTING OUT 21 CARS TO THE SKOL YARD WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCK OF FURX828326 WENT BEH IND THE SWITCH POINT DERAILING L&R 1&2, WHICH CAUSED THE LEAD TRUCK OF PTLX 14723 TO BE DERAILED ALS O BEFORE COMING TO A START. SWITCH POINT WAS SLIGHTLY GAPPED AND THE END OF THE SWITCH POINT DAMAGED OR BROKEN ALLOWING A SLIGHTLY WORN WHEEL FLANGE TO GO THE SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATLS. WERE   


nearest_city: MINGO
county: BROOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
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-Jan
narrative:
C12C502 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 276 TONS ON KOPPERS LEAD, DERAILED TH E 1ST (NS 3025) UNIT.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
LBE48-10 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 118 AT LEWIS RAIL FACILITY WHEN 3 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO GAPPED SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: PLATTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MCBNC-25 WAS HEADING WEST INTO THE COLUMBUS RAIL YARD FROM THE NO. 1 MAIN. AS THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELIN G, THE LEAD RAIL CAR CRGX16134 PASSING OVER THE NUMBER 5 TRACK SWITCH WHEN THE EAST LEAD WHEEL CLIMB ED THE SWITCH POINT WHICH BROKE UNDERNEATH THE RAILCAR. THE WHEEL FLANGE CLIMBED ONTO THE RAIL AND R ODE 11 FOOT 5.5 INCHES BEFORE DERAILING. THE RAILCAR CONTINUED ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 350 F EET BEFORE THE ENGINEER WAS NOTIFIED TO PUT THE TRAIN INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
A HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE TAKING 4 UNITS: THE UP5803, UP5900, UP5829, UP6239 FROM TRACK 604 WHEN THEY RAN THRU THE NORTH/OLD WAY SWITCH EAST OF THE OLD RACK AND WHEN THEY PULLED BACK WEST DERAILED THE AXLES ON THE UP6239.  THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE NORTH OLD SWITCH AND THE "C" CROSSOVER FROG AND SWITCH TIES.    


nearest_city: MORAN
county: ALLEN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
MKCFW-22 WITH LEAD UNIT UP4106 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE EXPERIENCED UDE.  INVESTIGATION RE VEALED MULTIPLE RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BROKEN RAIL DUE TO MARKINGS ON WHEELS WHICH COINCIDES WITH BROKEN RAIL.  RAIL SEGMENT COULD NOT BE FOUND.  CAR#: PTRX 7015 ETHYLENE, REFRIGERATE D, 117,800 LBS.  CAR#: PTRX 7017 ETHYLENE, REFRIGERATED 124,000 LBS.  CAR#: PTRX 7011 ETHYLENE, REFR IGERATED 112,650 LBS.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
KB01 CREW WAS PULLING CARS OFF THE INDUSTRY TRACK, WEIRTON YARD, BLUE ISLAND, IL, AIR ON REAR OF TRA IN WAS NOT FULLY RELEASED ON A DOWN HILL PULL WHICH CAUSED CAR ECUX 860521, L-1 WHEEL TO LIFT, DERAI LING B-END OF CAR.  EQUIPMENT COSTS WENT FROM $3,625, 11-15-11, TO $14,415, 10-4-12.  CREW CONSISTED OF AN ENGR, CDR, HELPER, AND A CDR TRAINEE.  HUMAN FACTOR CAUSE CODE - NO INVESTIGATION HELD, NO DI SCIPLINE ASSESSED, NO DRUG/ALCOHOL TESTS PERFORMED; THEREFORE, RAILROAD EMPLOYEES WERE NOT THE PRIMA RY OR CONTRIBUTING CAUSE; FRA FORM 6180.81 PREPARED, NO FRA FORM 6180.78 PREPARED.  


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
MASNL-22 PICKING UP 46 CARS MOVING SOUTH DERAILED 4 LOADED SHEET METAL CARS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION W HEN THE SLACK RAN IN.      


nearest_city: SHEFFIELD
county: LORAIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 310L216 TRAVELING EAST ON THE CLEVELAND DISTRICT MAIN ONE WHEN THE 82ND THROUGH 108TH LEAD CAR S DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MINOT
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CREW KICKED 3 CARS ONTO HUMP LEAD, THEN KICKED 5 CARS TOWARD 6305 TRACK.  FIRST CUT ROLLED BACK BEFO RE HELPER COULD GET HANDBRAKES SET, SIDESWIPED SECOND CUT.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: BRADLEY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
15T-4'15", 126-7'30". 162-10'00", Q24-10'25" T71 SWITCHING NORTH END OF CLEVELAND YARD SET OUT WHTX 5232 TO THE SIDING THEN PULLED EAST AND SHOVED WEST INTO CT02 AND MADE A COUPLING-THE N PULLED EAST WITH 28 LOADS, 1686 FEET, WHILE PULLING EAST CAR NUMBER WHTX 5232 ROLLED INTO SIDE OF CUT DERAILING A AND B ENDS L & R 1, 2, 3, AND 4 WHEELS OF CAR NUMBER WHTX 5232.    


nearest_city: BELLEMONT
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
U-BIRPIT1-10 MOVING WESTWARD DERAILED 14 CARS WHEN CREW EXPERIENCED TRAIN SEPARATION BETWEEN REAR CA R AND DISTRIBUTED POWER.  MANAGEMENT DECISION TO OPERATOR COILED STEEL TRAIN WITH DISTRIBUTED POWER.      


nearest_city: ASHKUM
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: IC
date: 2013-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Q11971-24 WAS PULLING INTO ASHKUM WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTED THAT THE SECOND UNIT, CN 2156, WAS ON FIRE .  THE ENGINEER PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND ONCE THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP, HE WENT BACK AND PUS HED THE FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.  FIRE STARTED ACCOUNT TURBO MALFUNCTION.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y13002 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER THE N80722 TO CN LANG YARD FROM WALBRIDGE YARD. THEY PULLED THE TRA IN OFF R06, DOWN H42, OFF THE OUTBOUND TO THE MAIN.  WHILE TRAVERSING H42 THE RAIL BROKE UNDER A CAR IN THE TRAIN AND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 239T810 PULLING SOUTH FROM PT04 INTO SY01 WITH 25 MULTI LEVELS. WHEN SWITCH POINT OF SY01 BROK E UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING 3 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ODENTON
county: ANNE ARUNDEL
railroad: MACZ
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
MARC ENGINES E/32 AND E/33 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE ON THE LEAD TRACK GOING INTO "G" AT THE JOINT BAR.  MARCS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $38,070.00.      


nearest_city: ODENVILLE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ATN
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Z-390 HAD JUST CRESTED A HILL ENTERING HARDWICK TUNNEL THE ENGINEER NOTICED SPARKS AND IMMEDIATELY S TOPPED THE TRAIN. THE REAR ENGINE (SP 5387) AND THE HEAD 6 CARS HAD DERAILED INSIDE THE TUNNEL. ESTI MATED SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT 10MPH. A DOWNLOAD HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE. LAST TRACK INSPECTION 6/30/10.
    


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW KICKED CUT OF CARS TOO FAST RESUTING IN OVER SPEED IMPACT AND INITIAL DERAILMENT WHICH WAS UNDE TECTED. CREW THEN REVERSED MOVEMNET DERAILING BALANCE OF CARS, ROLLING AND BREAKING RAIL IN THREE PL ACES. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: POWER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LCF33-09 WHILE SWITCHING AT DON, ID.  WAS PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK WITH A CUT OF CARS, THE RAIL SPRE AD DUE TO TRACK CONDITIONS, DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: RIVERSIDE
county: OKANOGAN
railroad: CSCD
date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: CASCADE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RYAN WAS ENGINEERING THE TRAIN CONSISTING OF 17 EMPTY CARS PULLED BY TWO LOCOMOTIVES NORTHWARD.  HE WAS TRAVELLING AT TRACK SPEED (25 MPH).  HIGHWAY USER FAILED TO YEILD AT RAILROAD CROSSING AND WAS S TRUCK BY TRAIN.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR3012-03 CAR HUMPED INTO TRACK 1414 IMPACTED A CAR THAT STALLED IN 1415.  WHEEL DETECTORS DI D NOT DETECT CAR WITHIN TRACK CIRCUIT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EAST POINT
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
251G128, SHOVING NORTH WITH 2 UNITS, 53 LOADS, AND 1855 TONS, DERAILED TCSZ 364092 AND DAMAGED TCSZ 464354, TCSZ 467633 AND TCSZ 466334.      


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
MNPRO-15 WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE WITH 88 CARS AND 8567 TONS.  THE 8TH HEAD CAR DERAILED CAUSING TH E 7TH AND 6TH CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BENNINGTON
county: OTTAWA
railroad: KYLE
date: 2011-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MP723328 TIPPED OVER TO FIELD SIDE SUBSEQUENTLY TRAINING TWO CARS DERAILED UPRIGHT. MP723328 TIPPED OVER DUE TO CAR CAME OUT OF BOWL DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL CAUSING CAR TO ROCK.      


nearest_city: MARION
county: GRANT
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
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-Aug
narrative:
CENTRAL RAILROAD TRAIN AND CREW CLKOKO-21 WITH LOCOMOTIVES, 85 LOADS AND 1086 TONS PULLING WEST ON C T01 DERAILED 54TH THROUGH 58TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: ST ANNE
county: KANKAKEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: VILLA GROVE 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: 12-Apr
narrative:
MASCH-03 DERAILED OVER THE DIAMOND AT MP 60.11 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  3 CARS DERAILED WITH DAMAGE TO S EVERAL OTHER CARS.      


nearest_city: FENTON
county: GENESEE
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
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:
BEER DELIVERY DRIVER DISREGARDED ACTIVE WARNING DEVICES AND DROVE INTO THE PATH OF APPROACHING TRAIN AT THE ALLEN LANDING ROAD CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS CITIED FOR FAILING TO YIELD.  NO INJURIES WERE REPO RTED.  ENGINE CN 2650 HAD DAMAGE TO GRAB IRONS, DITCH LIGHTS CROSSWALK.  SIGNALS ALSO SUSTAINED DAMA GE DUE TO THE IMPACT.    


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 8 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/21-E/91 AND 12 CARS STRUCK A BULLDOZER AT MP 140.42 A PRIVATE C ROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $145,138.00.      


nearest_city: VAN BUREN
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN SLRRH-23, WHILE TRAVELING ON A&M RAILROAD MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 3 RAILCARS ACCOUNT D EFECTIVE SWITCH POINT AND IRREGULAR CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK.  ARKANSAS & MISSOURI MAINTAINS TRACK.  A& M ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $7,500     


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y39417 WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVEMENT WHEN CAR ATW 140164 DERAILED CAUSING A GENERAL PILE UP OF 12 RA IL CARS ACCOUNT OF A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT IN THE COUPLER MECHANISM.      


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: BEAVER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: LYNNDYL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LUD50 PULLED OUT OF #2 TRACK IN MILFORD YARD ON THE WEST LEAD TOWARD THE WEST CONNECTION.  THEY KICK ED 1 CAR INTO #3 TRACK AND THEN PULLED UP OVER THE 2/3 SWITCH.  THEY STARTED SHOVING THEIR TRAIN EAS T INTO #2 TRACK WHEN THE #1 TRACK SWITCH ON THE LEAD CAME OPEN AND AS A RESULT, 2 SETS OF TRUCKS ON TWO DIFFERENT CARS DERAILED.  THERE WERE EXTREME ICE AND SNOW CONDITIONS AROUND THE SWITCHES.  CREW HAD NOT THROWN THIS SWITCH AT ANY TIME, AND 6 CARS HAD ALREADY TRAVERSED THE 45 DEGREE SWITCH WHEN I T POPPED OUT OF THE LATCH, DERAILING 2 CARS.  


nearest_city: PELHAM
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: LINEVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
A HERZOG ROCK TRAIN WAS UNLOADING ROCK BETWEEN NE WATKINS AND SE PELHAM. THE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT ON T HE HERZOG TRAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND DUMPED TWICE THE AMOUNT OF ROCK AS NECESSARY. ALSO, A LARGE AMOUNT OF ROCK (APPROX 2.5FT DEEP) WAS DUMPED ON TOP OF A ROAD CROSSING AT MP ANJ 954.6. THE TRAIN CLIMBED ON THE ROCK AT THE CROSSING AND DERAILED BETWEEN THE 45TH AND 46TH CAR.    


nearest_city: ERATH
county: VERMILION
railroad: LDRR
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
IN ROUTE TO PLANTER RICE MILL, CREW PULLED OVER FIRST BRIDGE, NOTICED CAR HAD TURNED OVER INTO CANAL .      


nearest_city: MIDDLETOWN
county: BUTLER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
J79528 SHOVED ENGINE CSXT 8091 INTO RNNING TRACK AND FAILED TO TIE A HANDBRAKE BRAKE ON THE LOCOMOTI VE. ENGINE CSXT 8091 ROLLED INTO J79528 OWN CUT WHILE SHOVING INTO PK TWO CAUSING 7 CARS TO DERAIL A ND 8 DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW L-KAN3421-11 MADE BLIND SHOVE IN 103 TRACK AND SHOVED OVER DERAIL AND WHEEL STOP AT END OF TRAC K, DERAILING 2 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RLSD.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA 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: 13-Jun
narrative:
YWC44-07 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 313 LIGHT ENGINES TO CLEAR THE SWITCH ON THE 312-315 LEAD IN ORDER TO G O WESTWARD TOWARDS 314.  MOVEMENT STARTED WESTWARD FOR 153 FEET BEFORE THE ENGINEER FELT THE LEAD LO COMOTIVE DERAIL AND BROUGHT THE MOVE TO A STOP.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BATTERED BREAK IN THE N ORTH RAIL ON THE LEAD OPENED UNDER THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE WHILE MOVING WEST CAUSING THE CONTROLLING LOCO MOTIVE UP1586 TO DERAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE, NO INJURIES.   


nearest_city: GERMANTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
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:
SEVEN (7) CARS OF WESTBOUND TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  THE SPEED OF THE INCIDENT WAS 1 MPH OVER THE MAXIMUM SPEED ALLOWED BY CLASS OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: LAKE CITY
county: GOODHUE
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
G70-09 WAS PROCEEDING ON "YARD TRACK" PREPARING TO DELIVER 5 LOADS & 4 EMPTIES TO HORIZON MILL AT LA KE CITY.  HORIZON MILL EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TRACKMOBILE ON "STRAIGHT TRACK" WITH 1 LOAD, UNABLE TO STOP, FOULED TRACK AND CORNERED BY G70 RESULTING IN TRACKMOBILE & CITX 775113 DERAILING. TRACKMOBIL E IS OWNED & WAS OPERATED BY INDUSTRY. INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE WAS RESPONSIBLE TO CAUSE AS INDUSTRY MOVEME NT HAD PROCEEDED TOO FAR & FOULED CPS YARD TRACK. FORM 54 #1 REPRESENTS CP (SOO) TRAIN G70. CP (SOO) EQUIPMENT COSTS $13,557.40.  FORM 54 #2 REPRESENTS 3RD PARTY (HORIZON MILLING) TRACKMOBILE. 3RD PAR TY EQUIPMENT REPAIR COSTS $57,063.00 


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MNPCBB-22 WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN 19 TRACK IN THE CNW YARD AND DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND TWENTY -THREE OF THE FIRST THIRTY-TWO RAILCARS.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL JUST INSIDE THE 19 TRACK SWITCH AT THE SOUTH END OF THE CNW YARD.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALAMEDA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE CREW SHOVED OUT OF SUPORT YARD #4 INTO LOADING YARD #31. ON THE WAY OUT OF LOADING YARD 31 THE C REW DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE NO LONGER LINED UP FOR SUPPORT YARD #4; THEY WERE LINED INTO THE SIDE OF A TRAIN PARKED ON THE RUN-AROUND TRACK.     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-22T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
RCD Y-LIN3022-21 HUMPED 2 TANK CARS TO TRACK 834.  CREW LATER DISCOVERED 2 CARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGA TION SHOWED THAT MOW HAD FAILED TO REMOVE PORTABLE DERAIL WHEN RELEASED TRACK EARLIER FOLLOWING SKAT E RETARDER INSTALLATION.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
H-BRCTUL1-10 DOUBLED FROM WEST DEPARTURE TO 34 DEPARTURE TRACK USING CROSSOVER FOR NORTH THORO FARE. CREW FAILED TO LINE HIGH SIDE OF CROSSOVER AND SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH. ON DEPARTURE, DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN SPLIT THIS SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RLSD.     


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: PORTER
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ON APRIL 20, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 03:37AM KG44/136 WAS PULLING A TRAIN INTO BURNS HARBOR YARD ON TR ACK BH19 WHEN THE 40TH THRU 45 CARS DERAILED.  THE NS HAS REPORTED TO US $1600.00 IN TRACK DAMAGE  & OUR ESTIMATE OF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $38,394.00     


nearest_city: ELK GROVE VILLAGE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LPR49-28 DERAILED ON THE UNION CAMP LEAD DUE TO RAIL ROLLING ON THE MILWAUKEE SUB IN DES PLAINES, IL .      


nearest_city: SAN PABLO
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
GRINDING WEST TRACK #1 ON THE MARTINEZ SUB, APPROACHING CPRV015, B-CAB PROFILES GAVE A DERAIL ALARM, AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY STOP PROCEDURES AND APPLIED THE BRAKE.  ON INSPECTION OF THE B-PROFILES, SA W B-CAB WAS ON THE GROUND.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS AN OVERHEATED WHEEL BEARING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.    


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YWC34R-30 CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVEMENT WHEN A CUT LEVER ON A CAR CAME LOOSE AND LODGED UNDERNE ATH THE POINT OF THE 215 SWITCH.  THIS RAISED THE POINT AN INCH AND A HALF ABOVE THE RAIL AND GAPPED THE POINT.  A TOTAL OF 5 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: CHAPPELL
county: DEUEL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MNPCY-30 A WEST BOUND MANIFEST TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP377 OF THE SIDNEY SUB DUE TO A TRAIN S EPARATION WHEN THE DRAWBAR OFF THE EAST END OF THE UP925312 BROKE DROPPING DOWN IN THE TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AEX74622.  CITX200273 BY TEARING OPEN THE BOTTOM DUMP DOORS AND THE TTZX856987 BY TEA RING THE BRAKE RIGGING AS THEY TRAVERSED OVER IT.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: ROFF
county: PONTOTOC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CREEK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
H TPLTUL-12A WAS NORTH BOUND WHEN THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND WRONG END DR AWBAR WITH 1 WHEEL DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GLENCOE
county: GALLATIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: LCL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Q24117 EXPERIENCED UDE AND DISCOVERED COUPLERS DAMAGED BETWEEN THE 34TH AND 35TH CARS IN TRAIN.       


nearest_city: MADISONVILLE
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: HENDERSON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
E08328 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO S11. AFTER SHOVING A TOTAL OF 25 CARS OVER THE DIVIDER SWITCH, THE CARS BEGAN TO TRAVERSE THE WRONG WAY, CAUSING A DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2013-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
WHILE PULLING 5 LOADED SLAB CARS THROUGH THE 779/760 CROSSOVER, THE 3RD OR 4TH CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTI VE PICKED THE SWITCH AND CAUSED 4 SLAB CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2013-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: IRONDALE
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-Sep
narrative:
FS3 WAS SHOVING 55 CARS INTO TRACK ID09 AT IRONDALE YARD.  WHILE RIDING THE SHOVE, THE CONDUCTOR HEA RD A POP, LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED THAT ONE CAR, BNSF 479128 (5TH CAR FROM THE POINT) HAD DERAILED, H E IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
LHR04R-22 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS DOWN MIDDLE CLUSTER AND 3 LOCOMOTIVE AND 1 RAILCAR DERAILED AT THE 43 1 SWITCH. CAUSE DETERMINED AS IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: BAY CITY
county: BAY
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
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-Mar
narrative:
JOB #Z144-12 LOCOMOTIVE #BNSF 9249, BNSF 9566 RERAILED CARS JSCX6652, FSTR5572, PSTX2227, NSTX8477, WSCX8552, DSTX2233, NSTX8417. VERTICAL SPLIT RAIL HEAD ON GAUGE SIDE BROKE OFF CAUSING WHEELS TO DRO P CAUSING RAIL TO ROLL OVER TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 99 CARS WENT OVER RAIL BEFORE RAIL BROKE.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE TIME ON DUTY FOR THE CREW.    


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-GAT9001-12, WHILE SHOVING 16 CARS INTO TRACK 6303, DERAILED 5 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RE LEASED.      


nearest_city: VIRGINIA
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DWP
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
X34381-15 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT 41 MPH IN DYNAMICS, JUST SET THE AUTOMATIC WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 79.2 ON THE RAINY SUB. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND CAR RUSX 485758, LOAD OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, HAD COME IN TO WHERE THE A-END CENTER SILL FAILED ABOUT 15' FROM THE COUPLER. TH E BODY OF THE CAR HAD DROPPED DOWN ON THE TRACKS AND THE CONTENTS IN SIDE OF THE COVERED HOPPER HAD LEAKED OUT. NO INJURIES OR ARE THERE ANY DANGEROUS COMMODITIES INVOLVED. THIS INCIDENT WAS ON THE CW R SINGLE MAIN LINE TRACK.  


nearest_city: NEW SHARON
county: MAHASKA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
LNM34-05 WAS HEADED NORTHBOUND WITH 62 RAILCARS TRAVELING AT 7 MPH. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY DU E TO SUB GRADE/BALLAST CONDITIONS DERAILING RAILCARS UTLX 85800, SAMX 60001, CRGX 30033, CRGX 30034, AND CRGX 30023.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 66 WITH ENGINE 664 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 664 DUE TO A BROKEN PULL OFF BAR WITHIN THE CATENARY STRUCTURE.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WHEELS CONTAMINATED WITH GREASE OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ON CARS AHEAD OF DAMAGED CAR WEND THROUGH THE RET ARDED CAUSING DAMAGED CAR PLUS SEVERAL OTHERS TO LEAVE THE RETARDED AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BAY HEAD
county: OCEAN
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN #4343 DERAILED B-TRUCK COACH #7664 AND ALL WHEELS #7287 WHILE ENROUTE EAST WHILE CROSSING FROM LEAD TRACK TO TRACK #2.      


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: EVANSTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
ACYROX-26 ENTERED TRACK #2 FROM EAST RIVERDALE.  CONDUCTOR LINED THE TRAIN OUT THE WEST END OF THE T RACK UP THE EAST LEAD AND AROUND THE SOUTH LEG OF THE WYE FOR TAIL ROOM.  CONDUCTOR THEN RETURNED TO #2 TRACK WHERE HE STOPPED THE TRAIN TO SET OFF THE REAR 11 AUTO RACKS TO STAY AT OGDEN.  AS THE ENG INEER WAS BRINGING THE TRAIN TO A STOP HE USED FULL DYNAMIC BRAKING CAUSING A LOADED AUTO RACK 36 FR OM THE HEAD END TO DERAIL.  THE CREW, UNKNOWINGLY, ON THE GROUND SHOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET A S THEY OVERSHOT THEIR SPOT.  AFTER STOPPING, THE CONDUCTOR MADE THE CUT, BOARDED THE LAST CAR AND TH EN BEGAN TO PULL WEST APPROXIMATELY 415 FEET UNTIL THEY WENT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW FOUND THE 35 TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END WITH THE EAST TRUCKS DERAILED AND THE 36TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END ON ITS SID


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
C-WTMPAM0-66 WAS YARDING TRAIN IN 105 TRACK AND DERAILED 5 CARS AT CROSSOVER SWITCH BETWEEN TRACKS 1 04 AND 105.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CROSSOVER SWITCH HAD BEEN LEFT UNLATCHED EARLIER BY MECHANICAL I NSPECTOR.     


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN #3880 ENROUTE EAST MAKING STATION STOP AT TRENTON STOPPED WITH PANTOGRAPH ON #1416 LOCATED IN AN AIR GAP CAUSING BURNED WIRE AND DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH.      


nearest_city: WILLIFORD
county: SHARP
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Z-MEMLAC7-22, DEPARTING FROM SIDING, DERAILED 1 LOCO AND 13 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERI ALS WERE RELEASED. TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YEW72-21 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM INTERMODAL RAMP TRACK 801 WHEN 2 ARTICULATED RAILCARS DERAILED DU E TO WIDE GAGE.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
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:
LCF33-11 WAS PULLING INTO THE YARD AND DERAILED THE 8TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END ON THE RUNNER/107 SWIT CH DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON M STOBAR1 05 UNLOCKED THE DERAIL ENTERING THE DIESEL SERVICE FACILITY, INSTRUCTED THE E NGINEER THAT THEY HAD LINE UP AND THE DERAIL WAS "IN THE DIRT" AND TO BRING IT BACK.  ENGINEER ACKNO WLEDGED AND INITIATED MOVEMENT AND 2 TRUCKS OF THE BNSF 546 DERAILED.  CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE DERAIL AFTER UNLOCKING IT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: HOPEWELL
county: HOPEWELL
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: HOPEWELL
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:
WHILE HONEYWELL INDUSTRY WAS SHOVING THEIR EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE CSX RUNNING TRACK FROM THE RIGHT SID E OF THEIR FACILITY TO THE LEFT SIDE THE SHPX 209972 RODE UP THE SWITCH POINT, DERAILING IT AND THE TRAILING 3 CARS. THIS WAS AN INDUSTRY CREW OPERATING, HOURS UNKNOWN.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LHU22R-25 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 202 WHEN RAILCAR CELX6440 DERAILED AT THE TRACK 202 SWITCH .      


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-AVO3611-24 WHILE PULLING FROM YARD DERAILED AT SWITCH THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN THROUGH, NO HAZ WAS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 9, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:05AM KB09 CREW HUMPED CAR BNSF 516391 DOWN TRACK BC10 STRIKIN G CAR WREX 110 AND DERAILING THE WREX CAR.  SEVERAL MORE CARS WERE THEN HUMPED INTO THIS TRACK BEFOR E IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WREX 110 WAS DERAILED DUE TO CROSS DRAW BARS. IT (WREX) HAD NOT COUPLED UP WITH THE OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK THUS TURNING ON ITS SIDE & STRIKING TILX 261265 IN THE ADJACENT TRA CK (BC10) CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TILX CAR.   


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


nearest_city: LINDEN
county: UNION
railroad: ME
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
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:
TRAIN CREW ADDED 6 LOADED COVERED HOPPER CARS TO A BLOCK OF 14 LOADED COVERED HOPPER CARS ON TRACK 2 2 B AND O YARD.  WHILE SHOVING THE 20 CARS TO THE END OF TRACK, ENGINEER FAILED TO APPLY SUFFICIENT BRAKING FORCE TO STOP TRAIN SHORT OF BUMPER.  REAR CAR STRUCK BUMPER, DERAILING REAR WHEELS.  BUMPER AND TRACK WERE DAMAGER    


nearest_city: WOOD RIVER
county: HALL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM CRAWLED ACROSS MAINS ONE AND TWO AND WAS STRUCK BY THE CNAPW-21 TRAVE LING EAST ON NO. 1 MAIN TRACK.  DAMAGE TO HEAD END AND CONDUCTOR'S SIDE CAT WALK HAND HOLDS AND REAR STEPS ON THE UP5834 AND DAMAGE TO THE ENGINEER'S SIDE CATWALK HAND HOLDS AND REAR STEPS ON THE UP62 75.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT OR INJURIES.    


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: WEST BATON ROUGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ANCHORAGE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MLIBR-13 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE MAKING A SETOUT OF 21 CARS AT ANCHORAGE YARD.  CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PR OPERLY LINE THE 35/39 SWITCH, RESULTING IN THE SHOVE GOING DOWN THE WRONG LEAD AND OVER THE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: KANKAKEE
county: KANKAKEE
railroad: IC
date: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN, P05871-18 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WENT AROUND THE GATES AT THE JEFFREY ST. CROSSING.  TH E CROSSING IS PROTECTED WITH GATES, WHICH WERE IN WORKING ORDER.  INDIVIDUAL IN THE VEHICLE WAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  NO FATALITIES.  AMTRAK ADVISED $18,173 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: MONROE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
F-AGR21-1-25 STRUCK TREE (36- IN DIAMETER) LAYING ACROSS TRACK AT MP 629.5 DERAILING 2 LOCOMOTIVES A ND 13 CARS. SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE RELEASED FROM 2 CARS. AGR WILL REPORT RELEASED AMOUNTS .     


nearest_city: CALIFORNIA
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
N12C423 PULLING NORTH WITH 3 UNITS, 130 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 16900 TONS ON THE NORTH YARD LEAD WHEN THE 22ND THRU 28TH HEAD CARS AND THE 30TH HEAD CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-PEA2011-17A DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK 1497 DUE TO TRACK CROSSTIES AND ROADBE D SOFT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALLOUEZ
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ALLOUEZ
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-SUP3081-07 DERAILED REAR 10 CARS AND DP LOCOMOTIVE ON OLD LOOP/NEW LOOP TRACK SWITCH. INVESTIGATIO N FOUND THAT TACONITE FACILITY EMPLOYEES HAD PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH WHILE UNLOADING CARS. NO HUMAN FACTOR ASSIGNMENT AS RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE NOT BNSF EMPLOYEES.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
EM21-10 WAS MOVING 2 UNITS OUT OF TRACK 503 AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.       


nearest_city: WELLFLEET
county: LINCOLN
railroad: NKCR
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: WALLACE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
STERLING LOCAL 1ST SHIFT WAS PULLING CARS WEST ON THE WALLACE SUBDIVISION WHEN CARS 11 THROUGH 14 DE RAILED.  TYPE OF TERRITORY IS TRACK ACCESS SYSTEM.  CAUSE CODE FOR THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN AMENDED TO T001. A FULL COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH THE TRACK BED.
     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR2032-11, WHILE SHOVING 20 CARS INTO RIP TRK TO SPOT 2 CARS FROM REPAIRS, EXPERIENCED BROKEN COUPLER CARRIER ON BNSF 518042. DRAWBAR DROPPED DERAILING ALL WHEELS THIS CAR.      


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
JOB 310 PULLED THE OXBOW CUT THROUGH TRACK #11 WEST TO EAST CUTTING AWAY FROM TWO EMPTY CARS HOLDING ON TO FOUR EMPTIES. THEY SHOVED THE FOUR EMPTIES INTO #9 TRACK FROM THE EAST END. THEY LEFT THE FOU R CARS AT THE EAST END OF #9 TRACK TYING 3 HANDBRAKES ON 4 EMPTY CARS.  310 THEN RAN THOROUGH #10 TR ACK BACK TO THE WEST END OF THE CENTRAL YARD.   ONE CONDUCTOR STAYED WITH THE POWER AND ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PULLING PINS.  OTHER CONDUCTORS REMAINED IN THE FIELD TYING BRAKES AND LINING SW ITCHES. FIRST CONDUCTOR ASKED ON TWO OCCASIONS IF THEY WERE LINED FOR THE EAST YARD LEAD AND OTHER C ONDUCTOR RESPONDED YES. THEY KICKED THREE LOADED PLASTIC CARS INTO #9 TRACK ON TOP OF 4 EMPTY COKE C ARS WITH THREE HANDBRAKES APPLIED, WHICH THEN FAILED.  THE CARS IN #9 TRACK WERE ALLOWED TO ROLL FOU


nearest_city: CHATFIELD
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
379L814: 4'50", 218L814: 4'50", 234L813: 6'00", 235LB14: 6'20", 376L81 3:6'00", 53RLB10: 7'20",116L8 13: 5'00", 928L814: 7'00", 117L814: 1'30", 748L813: 1'00" 379L814 TRAVELING EAST WINES, 62 LOADS,  2 7 EMPTIES AND 8127 TONS HAD THE DRAWBAR FALL OUT OF THE A END OF THE 63RD HEAD CAR ETTX9 01974 CAUSI NG THE 65TH HEAD CAR PRGX 10357 TO BE DETRUCKED ON THE A END OF THE 63RD HEAD CAR ETTX9 01974 CAUSIN G THE 65TH HEAD CAR PRGX 10357 TO BE DETRUCKED ON THE A END   


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y-DEN1031-23, WORKING FROM WEST END OF YARD, KICKED CARS INTO TRACK 132. WHEN COUPLING MADE, CUT ROL LED TO FOUL TRACK 131 ON EAST END. RCO Y-DEN114223 AT THE SAME TIME KICKED CARS INTO TRACK 131, WHIC H COLLIDED WITH CARS FROM TRACK 132. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SPARKS
county: WASHOE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YSP10-30, WHILE SWITCHING THE MRORV-29 FROM THE EAST END OF THE YARD, DERAILED 2 EMPTY AUTORACKS.  T HEIR TASK WAS TO SWITCH OUT THE SPARKS SETOUT AND ADD FILL TO THE TRAIN.  THE CREW PULLED THE CUT OF F THE SOUTH RUNNER AND WAS MAKING A WESTWARD MOVE INTO TRACK 7.  THEY DERAILED 1 SET OF TRUCKS ON EA CH CAR.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
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:
CONDUCTOR WAS GOING TO MAKE A CUT ON 33 CARS AND SHOVE THE CUT INTO CUSTOMER'S TRACK WHEN CARS DERAI LED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: MAHNOMEN
county: MAHNOMEN
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 290-20 TRAVELING EAST THROUGH MAHNOMEN WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. NOTIFIED BY TAMPER MECH ANIC WORKING IN THE AREA THAT TRAIN WAS ON THE GROUND. 13 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS INVOLVED. DOWN LOAD SPEED AT TIME OF DERAILMENT INDICATES 24.9 MPH. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON CWR.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE MWCFR-05 PULLED IN AT QUANTICO, YARD 1, CUT AWAY FROM THEIR TRAIN, PICKED UP 2 UNITS FROM YARD 3 , WENT BACK TO THEIR TRAIN AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING OVER THE INBOUND 37 CARS TO YARD 3.  T HE ROUND HOUSE LEAD SWITCH NEAR BAKER STREET WAS LINED AGAINST THEM.  THE ENGINEER RAN THROUGH THE S WITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE OVER IT DERAILING THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON THE UP 5417.  THE CONDUCTO R WAS AT THE REAR OF THE TRAIN PREPARING TO MAKE A JOINT ON YARD 3.   


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW ENROUTE WEST WITH ENGINE #1001 SIDE-SWIPED COACH #7245 LEFT FOULING TRACK #S&I LEAD LOCATE D AT THE MMC.      


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CREW ASSIGNED TO KB20, RUN 422, WERE PULLING INTO TRACK 3 WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG AND CAME TO A STOP.  THOUGH BRAKES WERE STICKING.  GAVE IT FULL SUPPRESION.  KICKED THAT OFF.  WAITED FOR AIR TO BUILD UP.  TRIED TO PULL AGAIN.  UNABLE TO PULL TRAIN.  INSTRUCTED CONDUCTOR TO WALK THE TRAIN.  CON DUCTOR FOUND 5 CARS ON THE GROUND; 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH CAR.  UP EQUIPMENT REPAIR IS $7,450. TRACK DAMAGE IS $3,295.  TOTAL FRA COST $10,745.   


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: CSS
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: BAILLY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CREW MADE REVERSE MOVE AT 3 MPH THROUGH DOUBLE TURNOUTS NOT NORMALLY USED FOR PULLING EMPTY TRAIN OU T OF YARD. CAR DERAILED IN MIDDLE OF TRAIN AND DAMAGED CAR AND TRACK AS TRAIN PULLED AHEAD APPROXIMA TELY 1000 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. NO INDICATION OF MECHANICAL, TRACK OR TRAIIN HANDLING DURING MOVEMEN T. DOUBLE TURNOUT IN MIDDLE OF TRAIN WAS ONLY ROUTE OUT OF INDUSTRY YARD CREATING EXCESSIVE LATERAL OVER VERTICAL FORCES SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING ONE CAR.   


nearest_city: EOLA
county: KANE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 107 WAS MOVING WEST THROUGH BACK FRONT LEAD XOVER.  ENGINE LIGHT WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES WHEN THE ENG INEER FELT LOCOMOTIVE SHAKE.  THE ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY STOPPED.  THEY FOUND 1.5 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AND CONTACTED THEIR SUPERVISOR.     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: PATH
date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: TRANSPORTATION
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ON TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012, AN EIGHT-CAR TRAIN (E- 5817-5749-5661-5717-5698-5175-5183-5726 W) WAS ASSI GNED TO 5:46 PM NWK/WTC INTERVAL.  THE TRAIN WAS BEING OPERATED BY AN ENGINEER FROM LEAD CAR 5817 ON TRACK H AS HE MOVED THE TRAIN ALONG TRACK H TOWARD NEWARK ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ PENN STATION TERMINAL.  

AS THE TRAI N MOVED ALONG TRACK H, BOTH AXLES OF THE THE NO. 2 TRUCK (LEAD TRUCK) OF SECOND CAR 5749 DERAILED TO THE SOUTH.  THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE A DISTANCE OF 249 FEET WITH THE NO. 2 TRUCK DRAGGING ALONG THE ROADBED BEFORE IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. 

THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDE NT.  DAMAGE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND MAN POWER COSTS WERE - CED- $25,656.34; W&S $1,700.00; PS&C $1,000.00.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEEL ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ RAIL IN


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR3012-02 2 CARS COLLIDED IN TRACK 1503 DUE TO MANUAL INTERVENTION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTE M SWITCH.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: HUNTINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
10 LOADED FRAME CARS PROPERLY SECURED BY 3 HAND BRAKES ROLLED OUT OF G M 23 TRACK AND OFF THE END OF THE RAIL DIE TO EXCESSIVE WINDS UP TO 91 MPH. 3 RAIL CARS DERAILED DIE TO THIS INCIDENT: FTTX 99341 5, FTTX 979386, FTTX  993207.     


nearest_city: BURNS
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
MNPDV-07 A WEST BOUND STANDARD MANIFEST TRAIN HAD THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE THE UP 6714 CATCH FIRE CAUSING DAMAGE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: FONDA
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: MOHAWK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Q36426 OPERATED PAST A SIGNAL REQUIRING STOP AT CP 188 WITHOUT PERMISSION. RESULTING IN STRIKING TRA IN Q64127 THAT WAS CROSSING FROM TRACK 1 TO TRACK 2 WEST BOUND.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
UNPX 124086 WAS FOUND WITH DAMAGE DURING OUTBOUND INSPECTION IN JOLIET YARD. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DAMAGE FOUND THAT DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS, JOB YJTS60-30 HAD KICKED UNPX 124086 INTO JN05 AND TH E CAR MADE A  HARD COUPLING WHICH DAMAGED THE CAR BODY. THE CAR DID NOT DERAIL AND DAMAGE WASN'T FOU ND UNTIL AN OUTBOUND INSPECTION WAS BEING MADE OF THE TRACK LATER IN THE DAY.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
QNPINP-06 WAS YARDING TRAIN OFF OLD MAIN TRACK AND WERE PREPARING TO CUTOFF THE ALS CARS WHEN CARS F ROM REAR OF TRAIN RAN INTO THE CARS AT THE DERAILMENT LOCATION RESULTING IN THREE CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: SNOW HILL
county: WORCESTER
railroad: MDDE
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: SNOW HILL LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON SNOW HILL LINE AND ENCOUNTERED AREA OF KINKED RAIL DUE TO SUN AND BAD T IES. TRAIN SLOWED TO 5 MPH TO PROCEED THROUGH AND WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WITHOUT AIR BRAKES WHEN THE 5TH THROUGH 7TH CARS DERAILED IN THE GAUGE.     


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AFTER DOUBLING OVER FROM BOWL 6 TO BOWL 5 AND TO BOWL 7 TO BOWL 11, THE LHU13R-22 WAS MAKING THE LAS T DOUBLE OVER INTO BOWL 11 AND CARS STARTED TO DERAIL.  THE PRIMARY RCO WAS RIDING INTO BOWL 11.  TH IS DERAILMENT ALSO HIT 1 CAR (UTLX203175) IN TRACK 205.  CAR#: UTLX 647037 ACRYLIC ACID 5 GALLONS.     


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: COMANCHE
railroad: FWWR
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DUBLIN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB 401 WAS HEADING EASTBOUND AT PROCTOR, TEXAS MP 96.1, WHEN THE CONDUCTOR OBSERVED ROCKS FLYING AN D INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO STOP.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 12 RAILCAS, TILX 649768, CEFX 70045, FLOX 79298, BNSF 482160, BNSF 474884, AOK 66756, BNSF 475074, TILX 641292, TILX 54708, CP 608125, A GPX 12013, BNSF 429747, AND LOCOMOTIVE FWWR 2017 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3212 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 4645 DUE TO BROKEN HANGERS AT BERGEN INTERLOCKIN G.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
H-TULTEA2-19 EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED 1 CAR WITH TRUCK OUT FROM UNDER IT. CAUSE FOUND TO BE IRREGULAR CROSSLEVEL. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: TCT
date: 2013-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: INDUSTRY TRACK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING ON INDUSTRY TRACK AND ON THEIR MAIN LINE, INDUSTRY'S SWITCH ENGINE ROLLED OUT OF RACK #6 TRACK AND SIDE-SWIPED SEVEN CARS      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: LAKESIDE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
MNPRVB-02 DERAILED 7 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO THE ELKO YARD ON THE 17/12 CROSSOVER COMING INTO TRACK 12.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN AN UNKNOWN OBJECT OR DEBRIS ON THE TRACK LEADING TO A 7 CAR D ERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: TOOLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
L MON8221-04 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO BUTTE PASS. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAILURE TO REMOVE DERAIL.      


nearest_city: ETTER
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LOADED GRAIN TRAIN BEING DELIVERED BY BNSF FROM THEIR MAIN LINE AT ETTER, TX TO TXNW RAILWAY.  THE N ORTH LEG OF THE Y ON THE TXNW IS THE CONNECTING TRACK FROM THE BNSF.  DERAILED 6 LOADED CARS LINES 2 5-30 OF A 100 CAR TRAIN.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2014-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
BRC 585 WAS PULLING 36 CARS TO 31 WDEPT. DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW BRC 585 WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STRUCK BNSF GAL 05 CAUSE 2 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y-BAK3071-02 DERAILED WHILE PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 412 WHEN RAIL ROLLED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WER E RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HAYDEN
county: PINAL
railroad: CBRY
date: 2012-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
UNIT TRAIN TRAVELING WEST IN HAYDEN BLOCK AT 25 MPH WITH 12 LOADS AND 7 EMPTIES. RAIL BROKE DERAILED FIRST 13 CARS OF CONSIST.  CAR ASTX6018 RELEASED 20,000 GALLONS OF CONE SETTREN OVERFLOW - CSO CORR OSIVE LIQUID, NOS, HAZARDOUS CLASS DIV 8.  IN1760; PACKING GROUP III     


nearest_city: MECCA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
IEWLB-10, LEAD UNIT UP7677, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK WITH AUTO CARRIER AT HAMMOND/THOBE ROAD. CREW DID NOT RECOGNIZE TRUCK ON TRACK, WHICH HAD BEEN STUCK ON TRACK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE TRA IN ARRIVAL.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y39116 CREW WAS SHOVING OVER  WHEN PULLING BACK THROUGH ER3, CARS WENT ON THE GROUND DERAILING 4 CAR S. FOREMAN LINED THE WRONG SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YG160-19 WAS YARDING CARS OFF KLTG1-16 FROM THE LADDER TRACK AND INTO THE FOREIGN LEAD.  6 STACK CAR S DERAILED DUE TO LEAD SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.      


nearest_city: LYNCHBURG
county: LYNCHBURG
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CCONDUCTOR WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVE TO SPOT CARS UP AT LOCAL INDUSTRY. THE CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER FA ILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN SLACK ACTION TO HIT BUMPER BLOCK AND DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PIKES PEAK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
C-BAMMIC0-97 WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT A GRADE CROSSING CAUSED DAMA GE TO 20 RAIL CARS.      


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN PL04 SHOVING SOUTH ON WEST YD. PULLOUT CONTACTED TRAIN PL02 WHICH HAS SHOVING SOUTH FROM EAST PULLOUT LEAD THROUGH NO.5 CROSSOVER RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT TO NOKL 733860, NS 994628 AND DAMAGI NG UTLX 672045     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #6635 OPERATED WITH INCORRECT PANTOGRAPH CONFIGURATION WHILE ENROUTE WEST AT KEARNY JCT CAUSIN G EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AMTRAK "OTHER WAY AND STRUCTURES".      


nearest_city: OSHKOSH
county: GARDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SOUTH MORRILL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CCAOM-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5688, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT THE CO. RD. 181 CROSSING.  DRIVER FAILE D TO STOP.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO THE HOSPITAL.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: GREENE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CBMPW-06 DERAILED CAR CWEX1436 ON NO. 2 MAIN WHICH CAUSED THE FOLLOWING 29 CARS TO DERAIL ON MAIN TR ACKS 1 AND 2 IN MIDDLE OF CONTROL POINT CPA 236.  WHILE RAIL SCIENCES DID NOT DEVELOP ANY EVIDENCE O F TRANSVERSE DEFECTS OR DETAIL FRACTURES, ONE OF THE FRACTURES IN THE HEAD OF THE NORTH RAIL IMMEDIA TELY ADJACENT TO A WELD SHOWED SOME INDICATION OF WHEEL BATTER, INDICATING THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE POINT OF ORIGINATION OF THE DERAILMENT, BUT WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY THE SOFT ROADBED.  THIS PIECE OF R AIL DID EXHIBIT AN AREA OF FRACTURE ORIGINATION, AND WHILE FATIGUE AREAS ARE KNOWN TO DEVELOP NEXT T O WELDS, IN THIS CASE NO SUCH FATIGUE AREA COULD BE DISCERNED, ONLY THAT FAILURE ORIGINATED AT THIS LOCATION.  RAIL = CWR


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: MNNR
date: 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
SWITCH CREW SWITCHING BETWEEN TWO TRACKS, SET ONE CAR OVER, SET ONE BACK TO TRACK, THEN MADE JOINT O N FIRST CAR SET OVER AND
THEN KICKED CARS, NEXT MOVE WAS BACK TO OTHER TRACK, FIRST SET OF CARS ROL LED BACK INTO TRAIN CAUSIN DAMAGE EMPLOYEE NEVER TIED HAND BRAKE ON FIRST SET OF CARS     


nearest_city: MARCELINE
county: LINN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE, INSPECTION BY CREW FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED. BNSF INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CREW FAILED TO "BAIL OFF" INDEPENDENT BRAKES ALLOWING TO RUN IN, BREAKING KNUCKLE AND CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: TUSCOLA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHAMPAIGN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 58 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/137-E/154 AND 7 CARS WITH 4 PRIVATE CARS REARMOST, DERAILED TH E 10TH CAR, C/800028 A PRIVATE CAR, AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN AXLE.      


nearest_city: DOYLE
county: LASSEN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MULTICRANE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE RAIL, WINCH AND THE MULTICRANE AT THE SAME TIME.  THI S ACTION CAUSED THE FRONT AXLE TO TORQUE THE AXLE MOUNTING BOLTS AND SHEAR ALL OF THEM.  AXLE CONTIN UED TO TRAVEL FROM BENEATH THE FRAME DAMAGING THE DRIVELINE BRAKE, AXLE CENTER SECTION, OPERATOR ACC ESS STEPS, FENDER, HYDRAULIC RETURN HOSES AND THE FRONT/REAR STEERING HOSES.    


nearest_city: CARDIFF BY THE SEA
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: SDNX
date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
DRIVER OF A TOW TRUCK STOPPED ON THE TRACK AT A CROSSING TO RETRIEVE A DISABLED VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT ON THE TRACK. UPON THE APPROACH OF AMTRAK TRAIN 774, THE DRIVER GOT IN HIS VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO MOVE IT PRIOR TO BEING STRUCK BY THE TRAIN     


nearest_city: FLATONIA
county: FAYETTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
QEWWC-17, WESTBOUND AT 1:55 PM, TRAVELING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER FROM GLIDDEN MAIN INTO SIDING AT FLA TONIA, RECORDED SPEED 14 MPH, HAD UED, DISCOVERED TWO CARS DERAILED 37 & 38 BEHIND THE ENGINES WHICH WERE #88 AND #89 FROM THE REAR ON THIS 9173 GROSS TON TRAIN, 7420 FEET LONG, WITH LOADED CARS ON EA CH SIDE ON ONE EMPTY WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST CAR DERAILING.    


nearest_city: MORRISON
county: NOBLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NORTHBOUND LOADED FRAC SAND TRUCK WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY THE EASTBOUND Q-LA CMEM6-14A. THE IMPACT DERAILED 3 ENGINES AND THE FIRST 4 CARS, AND ROLLED 2,500 FEET OF RAIL.      


nearest_city: HAVRE
county: HILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: MILKRIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
U-JOLPAS1-17 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 5 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 2692 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.       


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
KLBG2-14 WAS MAKING A 50 CAR SET OUT IN THE YARD 1-485.  AS THEY WERE HEADING INTO TRACK 485 WHICH W AS LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT THEY DERAILED THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8661.  THE CAUSE WAS A PREVIOUS RUN THRU SWITCH.     


nearest_city: WINSLOW
county: NAVAJO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
M-BARBEL1-20 WAS PULLING EAST TO P/U 1 CAR WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
C-BTMSLW0-02 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF SIDING TRACK 6798 DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.   NO HAZ ARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BOONE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
IDVG3R-11, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5487, STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND TRACTOR TRAILER RIG, WHICH DROVE AROUND ACTIVA TED GATE ARMS AND THE TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN AT THE QUARTZ AVENUE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES OR DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW PULLED B11 WITH 13 CARS AND LEFT 2 CARS BEHIND IN B11. WHEN PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK THE 2 CARS LEFT BEGAN TO ROLL OUT OF B11 ONTO THE BAYVIEW LEAD WHERE THEY DERAILED ON THE SPLIT RAIL DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
UP'S YPR72-21 SHOVED 3 LOCOMOTIVES THROUGH THE TRACK 1 SWITCH.  UP6927 DERAILED.  BRC'S ESTIMATED TR ACK DAMAGE - $2,200      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: GTW
date: 2012-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SHORE LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, C78361-14, WAS NORTHBOUND DEPARTING LANG YARD OFF OF LT94 TO THE INDUSTRIAL LEAD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT THE LOTUS INTERLOCKING. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND FOUR LOADED COAL CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL. ONE CAR IS TIPPED OVER, ONE CAR AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE , TWO CARS SLIGHTLY LEANING. CARS DERAILED: DEEX 980317, DEEX 6090, DEEX 60251, DEEX 60009.    


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: BUTTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
GRAIN FACILITY CREW WAS POSITIONING TRAIN FOR LOADING. CREW FORGOT TO LINE WEST INNER LOOP SWITCH AN D SHOVED OUT INTO THE CONTROL POINT AND THROUGH THE POWER DERAIL PROTECTING THE MAIN TRACKS, DERAILI NG 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: HOLDENVILLE
county: HUGHES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
H-TULTEA1-12 DERAILED NEAR MP 521.6 AT POINT WERE SUPERELEVATION WAS EXCESSIVE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PORT WASHINGTON
county: NASSAU
railroad: LI
date: 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
ROUSTABOUT CREW SHOVING 10 CARS INTO 5 TRACK IN PORT WASHINGTON STRUCK BUMPER BLOCK. CONDUCTOR DID N OT CONDUCT SAFETY STOP AND DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE MOVE.      


nearest_city: TROY GROVE
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: TROY GROVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
LPJ05-26 WAS SHOVING 13 CARS INTO TRACK 822.  2 CARS (MBKX101217 AND CEFX300663) WERE SHOVED OFF END OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: SCR
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE DRIVER OF 55' SEMI-TRUCK WESTBOUND ON MAIN ST IN EDMONDS, WA DROVE ACROSS MAIN TRACK, STOPPED ON CROSSING WHEN REALIZED HE WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE FERRY LOADING TERMINAL, THEN ATTEMPTED TO BACK TRU CK OFF CROSSING WHEN TRAIN A-1703 APPROACHED AND STRUCK CAB OF TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE AN D TRUCK.  DRIVER VACATED TRUCK BEFORE COLLISION RESULTING IN NO INJURIES.    


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y-ENI2011-10A WAS SHOVING INTO 8104 TRACK AND DERAILED AT BROKEN SWITCH POINT CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMA GE TO TRACK.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
16TV729-1 HR 20 MINS 37QV729 PULLING WEST WITH 19 LOADS, 80 EMPTIES, 5270 TONS DERAILED THE THIRD TH RU SIXTH HEAD CARS WHEN THE NS 901603 MOUNTED WRAP-A-ROUND RAIL OF NORTH FROG ALLOWING WHEEL TO STRI KE AND MOUNT_THE FROG POINT OF SOUTH FROG IN DOUBLE CROSSOVER.     


nearest_city: RIO
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: WATERTOWN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE CP 8802 CAUGHT FIRE NEAR THE #4 TRACTION MOTOR. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLA MES AFTER USING FOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WYOCENA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AF TER ABOUT 30 MINUTES. INITIALLY REPORTED AS A TRACTION MOTOR FIRE. AFTER PULLING THE WHEEL/MOTOR COM BO OUT, THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IN THE GEAR BOX RATHER THAN THE TRACTION MOTOR.    


nearest_city: PRYOR
county: MAYES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CATCL9-04, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6455, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  DRIVE R EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.      


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BO02 SWITCHING AT HOMESTEAD, KICKED CARS INTO 5 WEST CAUSING 5 WEST TO ROLL OUT THE WEST INTO THE SI DE OF BO06 DERAILING ONE CAR AND DAMAGING THREE CARS. CARS AT THE WEST END OF 5 WEST WERE FOUND TO B E SECURE, NO TRAIN HANDLING ISSUE FOUND TRAIN NVESTIGATION.     


nearest_city: HUTCHINSON
county: RENO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LMS55-04 WHILE PULLING THE CUSHIONING DEVICE FROM THE LEAD CAR FELL OFF AND CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF 2 CARS.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: COLUMBIA STATION
county: LORAIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRUCK WAS COMING SOUTH TO NORTH ON THE GREENWICH SUBDIVISION AT STATION ROAD. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MA KE A LEFT TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING TRACKS INTO INDUSTRY. TRUCK DRIVER IGNORED SIGNS CLEARLY P OSTED STATING NOT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN INTO INDUSTRY. DRIVER FAILED TO MAKE LEFT TURN AND BACKED UP TO RE-TRY LEAVING HIS TRAILER ON BOTH TRACKS AND WAS STRUCK BY THE Q15622 OPERATING ON A CLEAR S IGN ON #2 TRACK. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).   


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
A YARD MOVE CONSISTING OF 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 CARS MADE A MOVE IN SOUTHAMPTON STREET YARD THAT INCLU DED AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE (UNIT 932) ONTO A NON-ELECTRIFIED TRACK.  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PANTO GRAPH OF UNIT 932.     


nearest_city: WILLOW SPRINGS
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
M-GALCSX1-17 EXPERIENCE UDE.  CREW INSPECTION REVEALED COUPLER SHANK BROKEN ON B-END OF SSEX 100637. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
U-BWWPEA0-12 DERAILED 6 CARS PULLING INTO 1303 TRACK DUE TO CROSS LEVEL DEVIATION DUE TO SUBGRADE FA ILURE DUE TO 9 INCHES RAIN OVER SEVERAL DAYS.      


nearest_city: CLIFTON
county: GREENLEE
railroad: AZER
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WHEN CREW ARRIVED AT CLIFTON THEY NOTICED THAT THE SP 465873 HAD ROLLED DOWN THE #4 TRACK ABOUT THRE E CARS. SIDE SWIPING THE TNMR 111 ON ENGINEER SIDE. DOING EXTREME DAMAGE TO THE ENGINEER SIDE. GCOR RULE 7.6(SECURING CARS OR ENGINES) WAS NOT FOLLOWED CORRECTLY.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: SEPA
date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN #4664 STRUCK A CAR FOULING TRACK AT INDIAN QUEEN LANE GRADE CROSSING CAUSING DAMAGE TO MUS 357 AND 356 ENGINEER WAS TESTED.      


nearest_city: KINGSTON
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
subdivision: NST
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 2158 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/2005, 6 CARS AND E/2008 IN THE REAR,  CROSSING OVER FROM TRA CK 2 TO TRACK 1 SUSTAINED A BROKEN PANTOGRAPH AND WIRE HANGERS.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $19,700 .00.     


nearest_city: LOWDER
county: SANGAMON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BEARDSTOWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
U-STNMIX2-64 CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINING A SWITCH AND RUNNING THROUGH TH E INCORRECTLY LINED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: RIALTO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVES SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE SOUTHBOUND QRVWCB-07 WAS ON THE DESCENDING PORTION OF CAJON PASS.  TRAIN PASSED A SCANNER AT MP 486.8 AND DID NOT RECEIVE A DEFECT MESSAGE.  AT MP 487.7, THE TRAIN RECEIVED A DRAGGING EQUIPMENT ME SSAGE AT AXLE 162.  UPON INSPECTION, THE CREW FOUND THE B END AND 1 WHEEL OF THE A END OF THE GNWR15 0152 HAD DERAILED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO BUILT-UP TREAD.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM3122-09 STRETCHED TRACK 2051, THEN BEGAN TO PULL TRACK.  AS CARS ROUNDED CURVE, 4 DERAILED. CAUSE FOUND TO BE BYPASSED COUPLERS 13 DEEP IN TRACK THAT ROLLED THE RAIL PASSING THROUGH THE CURV E.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING OUT FROM RIGOLETS DRAW BRIDGE BACK TO ANSLEY ROAD CROSSING WHEN HE PASSED OUT A ND STRUCK A CSX RENTED TRACK HOE AT M.P. 000772.8.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RCO JOB Y-KCK2012-13A HUMPED PROX 41160 INTO 2038 TRACK.  CAR HAD SHORT DISTANCE TO RUN AND COMPUTER REDUCED FROM 14 MPH TO 7 MPH.  FOLLOWING CAR, BNSF 466910, HUMPED TO ANOTHER TRACK WITH FURTHER TO RUN, COMPUTER SET TO RUN AT HIGHER SPEED.  CUT LIGHT INDICATED INCORRECTLY DETECTED A 2-CAR CUT RATH ER THAN 2 SINGLE CARS, ALLOWING 2ND CAR TO OVERTAKE 1ST.  IMPACT DERAILED LEAD CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS WE RE RELEASED.   


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS USING ENGINE 411 SHOVING 40 CARS INTO CRANE #5 WHEN GFRR 585051, EEC 8617, EEC 118 AND TILX 720014 DERAILED DUE TO BROKE RAIL.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


nearest_city: AURORA
county: BROOKINGS
railroad: DME
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 636 WAS PROCEEDING NORTH ON 5 TRACK IN THE VALERO FACILITY AFTER RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM VAL NERO EMPLOYEE. CONDUCTOR RIDING THE LEADING END OF LITE POWER MOVE ON 5 TRACK SPOTTED VALERO SWITCH ENGINE WITH 14 GRAIN LOADS COMING AT THEMON 5 TRACK. CONDUCTOR ADVISED ENGINEER TO STOP & EMERGENCY APPLICATION WAS MADE TO STOP MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR DISMOUNTED STOPPED LOCOMOTIVES TO GET AWAY FROM THE IMPENDING COLLISION. WHILE 636'S CONSIST WAS COMING TO A STOP, CONDUCTOR AAPEMPTED ATTEMPTED TO WAV E DOWN VALERO EMPLOYEE WHO WAS RUNNING THE ENGINE, BUT HE DID NOT SEE THE CONDUCTOR TRYING TO WARN H IM. VELERO EMPLOYEE NOTICED THE STOPPED ENGINES ABOUT TWO SECONDS PRIOR TO IMPACT AND PUT HIS TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY. VALERO CONSIST STRUCK THE CP CONSIST, BYPASSING DRAWBARS AND SHOVING THE CO CONSIST.


nearest_city: SOCIAL CIRCLE
county: WALTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
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-Dec
narrative:
LOADED BALLAST TRAIN W08816 ENGINES CSXT 711-870 PULLING OUT OF SIDING, MP YYG120.1, DERAILED 4 CARS , INCLUDING 2 TURNED OVER. NO INJURIES. MAIN LINE IS FOULED.      


nearest_city: KEYSTONE
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
COKNA-13, AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON NO. 1 MAIN TRACK.  THEY CAME ACROSS A PILE OF COAL FROM THE DERAILED EASTBOUND 3CEBJK-14 ON NO. 2 MAIN TRACK, THAT HAD DERAILED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE IMPACTING THE COAL THAT HAD COVERED BOTH MAIN TR ACKS DERAILING THE LEAD UNIT, UP5712.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: DEMING
county: LUNA
railroad: SW
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: DEMING
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:
EAST BOUND TRAIN TRAVELING AT 10 MPH BETWEEN WHITEWATER AND DEMING.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, CREW FOUND NINE CARS DERAILED, BEGINNING WITH THE NINTH CAR BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: NORTH KINGSTOWN
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
subdivision: NHB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MBTA TRAIN 8802 DERAILED WITHIN STONEY INTERLOCKING NHB MP166.5.  TRAIN PASSED THE 3E SIGNAL ON #3 T RACK IN STOP POSITION AND DERAILED THE LEAD TRUCK ALL WHEELS CAB CAR # 1714 OVER 31 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
H-TULNYF1-18 PULLING THROUGH TRACK 1203 WAS STRUCK BY RCO Y-OKC2012-18.  YARD CREW WAS PULLING FROM BOWL IN ESTABLISHED RCO LIMITS WHICH H-TULNYF1-18 FOULED ON INSTRUCTION OF YARDMASTER WHO MISTAKENLY ADVISED CREW THAT NO RCO LIMITS WERE IN EFFECT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING (20) TIN MILL ROUND TOP CARS TO TRACK 51S. CREW PULLED THE CARS O UT OF TRACK 14S, AND ALIGNED THE 14S TO 2S CROSSOVER SWITCH. CREW THEN STARTED SHOVING CARS NORTH. F OREMAN AND TRAINEE WERE ON THE LEADING CAR OF THE SHOVE, AND HELPER WAS ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN ON THE LOCOMOTIVE GRW 324. AS THEY WERE SHOVING CARS NORTH, THE 8TH CAR FROM THE NORTH, GRW 6913 "B" EN D OF CAR FACING NORTH, DIDN'T SWIVEL AS IT WENT THROUGH A CURVED SECTION OF TRACK. THE TRUCK APPEARE D TO BE FIXED AND WANTED TO TRAVEL STRAIGHT, INSTEAD OF GO THROUGH THE CURVED SECTION OF THE RAIL. T HE EAST WHEELS RODE 11 INCHES PAST THE EAST POINT AND WALKED UP ON THE POINT AND TRAVELED ON TOP OF THE RAIL UNTIL THEY FELL OFF THE RAIL AND DERAILED.


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
R95091-05 WAS PULLING 53 CARS NORTHWARD IN TRACK GL06 WHEN THE CUT STOPPED AND COULD NOT BE PULLED A NYMORE.  CONDUCTOR INSPECTED AND FOUND ROLLED RAIL COUPLING ON TANGENT AND 13 CARS DERAILED.  INVEST IGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THAT THE CARS DERAILED DUE TO THE INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.  DERAILED: PROX 75932, TTGX 940665, ACFX 45136, ACFX 42746, WPLX 10141, TEIX 5925, FURX 8283 81, TTZX 865180, FLOX 9218, FPAX 200392, FPAX 980184, FPAX 890314, UTCX 49174.   


nearest_city: HARPERSVILLE
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Q67803 DERAILED 16 CARS ON MAINLINE. TWELVE HOMES IN THE AREA WERE EVACUATED FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASU RES.      


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LLC62-10 WAS TURNING A 2 UNIT LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST AT THE ALEXANDRIA YARD WYE.  WHILE DEPARTNG THE WYE , THE SECOND UNIT (UP7659) DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO ALIGNMENT IN CURVE.  DERAILM ENT     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YWH61R-09 WAS SHOVING RAILCAR INTO TRACK 504 IN WICHITA YARD WHEN 3 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IMPROPE RLY LOADED RAILCAR.      


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GN41 SHOVING SOUTH ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 1 UNIT, 8 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES, 1330 TON S, DERAILED L&R 1 THROUGH 4 WHEELS ON 18 HEAD CAR, EEC 2670.      


nearest_city: GREEN BAY
county: BROWN
railroad: WC
date: 2013-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: FOX RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
L57081-30 WAS LINING UP THEIR TRAIN BY KICKING CARS INTO TRACKS G020 THROUGH G025.  THE CONDUCTOR KI CKED 2 CARS (UTCX 72487 AND CNIS 413394) TOWARD TRACK G025 WHERE THE CARS REMAINED IN THE FOUL OF TH E LEAD TRACK G024.  THE CREW THEN MADE SEVERAL SWITCHING MOVES TOWARDS TRACKS G020 THUR G023 BEFORE KICKING THEIR LAST CAR (TRGX 854483) INTO TRACK G024 WHERE IT IMPACTED UTLX 72487.  THE CONDUCTOR FA ILED TO VERIFY THAT THE CARS HAD ROLLED IN THE CLEAR ON TRACK H025 AND WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE-ALL RESU LT WERE NEGATIVE.  


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR1022-15 DOUBLED TRACK 1406 TO 1405 WHILE BUILDING TRAIN. CARMAN NOTED D-WELL OF DOUBLSTACK WAS BUCKLING AND DERAILED ON THIS ARTICULATED CAR DUE TO BROKEN SIDE SILL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RE LEASED.     


nearest_city: VALLEY
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LNV43-14 PULLED DOWN TO THE DERAIL ON MENARDS LEAD.  THE CONDUCTOR DEPARTED THE TRAIN FOR JOB BRIEF WITH THE CREW OF LNV46 ABOUT CLEARANCE TO MOVE.  THE ENGINEER OBSERVED THE CONDUCTOR ON THE GROUND, ASSUMED THE DERAIL HAD BEEN LINED FOR THE MOVEMENT AND PULLED AHEAD WITHOUT RECEIVING THE SIGNAL FRO M THE CONDUCTOR, DERAILING UP4292.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: AGCR
date: 2010-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC CREW ARRIVED WITH EMPTY RLDBMQ-12.  AGCR ENGINEER TOOK OVER TRAIN IN FRONT OF AGCR OFF ICE. ENGINEER PULLED TRAIN AROUND LOOP AND AS HE THROTTLED OFF THE LOCOMOTIVE SO AS THE SLACK WOULD PUSH THE TRAIN AROUND CURVE. THE FIRST CAR AGAINST THE LOCOMOTIVE CAME OFF THE TRACK WHEN IT RAN OVE R SOME FOULING BALLAST. THE LOCOMOTIVES CUT THROUGH THE MATERIAL BUT THE FOLLOWING CARS FLANGE ROAD UP THE RAIL WHEN THE SLACK CAME AGAINST THE LOCOMOTIVES. TWO SETS OF WHEELS COME OFF ON MWAX 3047 AN D ROAD ALONG THE RAIL UNTIL TRAIN STARTED INTO LEAD. THE LOCOMOTIVES WENT THROUGH B1 SWITCH AND WHEN THE WHEEL SETS ON MWAX3047 CAME UP TO B1 SWITCH IT PULLED NINE MORE CARS OFF THE RAIL. MWAX3118,MWA X3136,MWAX3082,MWAX3007,MWAX3080,MWAX3014,MWAX3002,MWAX3128,MWAX3076. DOZER OPERATOR CALLED ON RADIO


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH OF LOCOMOTIVE #4619 WAS DAMAGED WHILE TRAIN #3961 WAS ENROUTE WEST AT LANE NEC MP 12.3 DU E TO AN AMTRAK CATENARY INSULATOR DEFECT.      


nearest_city: HOPEDALE
county: HARRISON
railroad: WE
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
634-07 WAS SHOVING CARS TO SPOT AT NELMS WHEN THEIR TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRA IN THEY FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED. CAR#'S CEFX 87368, CITX 801112, CEFX 87285, AND CEFX 87282.      


nearest_city: LAWRENCE
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: TOPEKA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
M-KCKEMP1-18 DERAILED 5 CARS PULLING INTO SIDING LAWRENCE. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE IMPROPERLY LINED S WITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CUT BANK
county: GLACIER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR PARKED MACHINE 540244 IN TIE-UP SPOT, THEN MOVED MACHINE MACHINE 860006 TOWARD IT'S TIE-UP SPOT DIRECTLY AHEAD. MACHINE OPERATOR FAILED TO STOP AND IMPACTED FIRST MACHINE.      


nearest_city: WINTER PARK
county: ORANGE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 91 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/176-E/166 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A TRUCK PARKED TOO CLOSE TO THE RI GHT OF WAY AT MP A785.5.      


nearest_city: SPARKS
county: WASHOE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW OF THE AGBMI-18 WAS OPERATING EAST WITH A 2 UNIT CONSIST DOWN THROUGH TRACK 10 IN THE SPARKS YA RD.  CONDUCTOR ON THE REAR UNIT PROTECTING THE POINT BEGAN TO GIVE HAND SIGNALS TO SLOW TO AN EASY, THEN CAR COUNTS AND THEN RADIO TO STOP.  THE ENGINEER FAILED TO CONTROL THE SPEED TO COUPLING MAKING A ROUGH JOINT TO A STANDING, UNOCCUPIED LOCOMOTIVE UP528.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT BUT EXTENSIVE DA MAGE TO THE COUPLER AND DRAWBAR OF THE UP3823.   


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
SHEGT-19 DELIVERED UP844 AND SERVICING CARS TO GRR ON 4/19/12.  SERVICING CAR ROLLED OUT OF FUEL FAC ILITY ON TO GRR MAIN LINE ON 4/20/12 AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF GRR ROCK TRAIN.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES. GRR MAINTAINS TRACK.  GRR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ESTIMATE $19,736.00.  GRR TRACK DAMAGE ESTIMATED $6,000.0 0    


nearest_city: CLAYPOOL
county: GILA
railroad: AZER
date: 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING DOWN LOW LINE TO THE MIAMI YARD WITH OUTBOUND, WHEN CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE CARS WERE ON THE GROUND. THAT'S WHEN THE ENGINEER WAS TOLD TO GO INTO EMERGENCY. UPON SUPERINTENDENT 'S ARRIVAL HE NOTICED THAT THE WHEELS WERE ON THE INSIDE OF THE NORTH RAIL AND OPPOSITE SIDE HAD WHE ELS RIDING ON THE TURN RAIL. SUPERINTENDENT WALKED UP TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AND NOTICED WHERE THE WHEEL HAD FALLEN OFF RAIL, CAUSING THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO TURN, IN TURN; CAUSING CAR TO DERAIL. BACK FOUR HOPPERS DID NOT TRAVEL VERY FAR.  


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
STANDING CUT OF EMPTY CARS AND OUT TO FOUL ON TRACK 13 WERE STRUCK BY SHOVING TRAIN ON TRACK 11 THAT DID NOT HAVE A CREW MEMBER AT THE REAR OF THE TRAIN      


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: WAUKESHA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YBU65X-19 WAS MOVING BAD ORDER CARS WHEN THE PNEUMATIC DOORS ON VULX9348 CAUGHT A TIE PLANK AND DERA ILED.  WPSX1013 ALSO DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROSWELL
county: CHAVES
railroad: SW
date: 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CREW ON LSWC002118I MADE DECISION TO STOP AT WEST END OF SIDING AT CAMPBELL. TO BLOCK CARS IN TRAIN FOR CUSTOMERS DOWNLINE. TO BEGIN SWITCHING, CARS WERE LEFT ON BOTH THE SIDING AND THE MAINLINE. CARS LEFT ON SIDING WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY SECURED AND ROLLED EASTWARD DOWN THE SIDING, STRIKING THE DERA IL AND DERAILING 3 OF THE 4 CARS. THIS WAS UNKNOWN TO THE TRAIN CREW DUE TO THE DARKNESS.  CARS LEFT ON THE MAINLINE WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY SECURED, AND THEY TOO ROLLED EASTWARD DOWN THE MAINLINE, STRI KING THE CARS DERAILED FROM THE SIDING. AGAIN UNKNOWN TO THE TRAIN CREW. AS THEY CONTINUED TO SWITCH CARS ONTO THE SIDING AND THE MAINLINE WITH NO BUMPERS TO GO AGAINST, EACH CUT OF CARS SWITCHED OUT ROLLED THE LENGTH OF SIDING, IMPACTING THE CARS ALREADY DERAILED ON THE EAST END. CREW WAS NOT AWARE


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
33 CARS ROLLED AWAY AND IMPACTED THE H-BRCTUL1-10 ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK.  THE 33 CAR CUT DERAILED AN D 2 LOCOMOTIVE AND 1 CAR ON THE H-BRCTUL1-10 DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  CAUSE VANDALISH OF ON TRACK EQUIPMENT-BRAKES RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SENNETT
county: CAYUGA
railroad: FGLK
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
EASTBOUND GS2 FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED 10 CARS AT MP 18.4  DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  2 LOW-LEVEL HAZMAT CAR S CONTAINING ALUMINUM SMELTING BY-PRODUCTS (UN 3170) WERE DERAILED.  THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE OF HAZARDO US MATERIALS.  MATERIAL WAS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSLOADED WITH NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AN NO REMEDIATION REQUIRED. NO LOCOMOTIVES WERE DERAILED AND THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE OF FUEL.   APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OF MAIN TRACK WAS DESTROYED. CORRECTED 02032014   


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEMS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE BBGX 75817 BEING OFF CENTERED DERAILED AS IT WENT OVER THE FROG AT THE 34TH CROSSOVER SWITCH DUE TO CENTER GAGE DISENGAGED.      


nearest_city: LINDLEY
county: STEUBEN
railroad: WCOR
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WCOR OPERATES UNDER RULE 80, RESTRICTED SPEED.  WE UTILIZE A WCOR TIMETABLE, TRAIN ORDERS, AND NORAC OPERATING RULES.  THE TRAIN CREW WAS HEADED SOUTH FROM INTERCHANGE.  THE TRAIN CONSISTED OF TWO SD4 0-2ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶S ON THE LEAD AND 31 LOADED COVERED HOPPERS INBOUND.  WHILE IN ROUTE, APPROXIMATELY 7.19 MILES S OUTH OF INTERCHANGE, THE TRAIN ENCOUNTERED A PIPED SECTION OF RAIL.  THE PIPED SECTION OF RAIL CAUSE D A VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD ON THE WEST RAIL.  THE WESTERN WHEELS OF THE LAST CAR ON THE TRAIN DROPPED I NSIDE OF THE GAUGE AND CAUSED THE EAST RAIL TO ROLL.  THE CAR WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BEFOR E THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED. 


nearest_city: GREEN OAKS
county: LAKE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: C AND M 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-Dec
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN #8 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACKS AT ROCKLAND ROAD. AS A RESULT, OF THE I NCIDENT A METRA SWITCH WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YEW22R-06 HUMPED RAILCAR DOWX66264 TOWARDS BOWL TRACK 064.  RAILCAR DERAILED AT GROUP 7 TANGENT DUE TO MISALIGNED BRAKE SHOES.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS AUTOMATIC SWITCH CONTROL FAILURE.      


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, NO INJURIES. S-LPCSEA3-10 WAS HANDLING ARTICULATE D EQUIPMENT.  ONE INJURY TO THE ENGINEER ON TRAIN U-BIRSEM0-18T.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKWELL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YYCPR10 TRAVELLING WEST ON ROCKWELL 2 STRUCK THE HIND END OF THE MPRPB-10 WHILE CROSSING OVER FROM R OCKWELL 2 TO CSX SINGLE TRACK.  THE MPRPB-10 WAS SLIGHTLY FOULED OUT OF ROCKWELL 2 WHEN IT WAS STRUC K.  CONDUCTOR REPORTED INJURY.     


nearest_city: BETTENDORF
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2010-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS SHOVING A COAL TRAIN INTO 3 TRACK AT MID AMERICAN ENERGY WHEN THE FIRST SET OF TRUCKS ON THE MRDX 00030 CRAWLED OVER THE 1 TRACK SWITCH POINT.  WHEN THE CREW PULLED OUT OF 3 TRACK TO SE T CARS OVER TO ANOTHER TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED HEAVY DUST COMING FROM CARS AHEAD OF HIM.  HE ST OPPED THE TRAIN AND WALKED UP TO FIND THREE CARS DERAILED AND HEAVY TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
MKCVP-23 WAS NORTHBOUND ON MAINLINE 1 PULLING FORWARD TO MAKE THEIR SET OUT WITH THE CONDUCTOR ON TH E GROUND WATCHING THE TRAIN.  THE CONDUCTOR HEARD THE SOUND OF METAL ON METAL ON METAL AND ADVISED T HE ENGINEER TO STOP THE MOVEMENT.  UPON INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED CSXT507454 HAD DERAILED .    


nearest_city: EAGLE BRIDGE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: BKRR
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
LEADING WHEELSET OF 10TH RAILCAR FROM ENGINE, A LOADED COVERED HOPPER, CEFX 11057, CONTAINING CORN G ERM MEAL, DERAILED. THE RIGHT WHEEL FLANGE, B1, (WITH HARD CORNER AND DEEP TOOLING MARKS AT TOP OF F LANGE FACE) CLIMBED TO TOP OF RIGHT RAIL ON LEFT HAND SUPERELEVATED 2 DEGREE CURVE. THE FLANGE TRAVE LED IN A STRAIGHT PATH ATOP THE CURVED RAIL APPROXIMATELY 30', THEN DROPPED OUTSIDE THE RAIL, ONTO T HE OPEN DECK OF A GIRDER BRIDGE. THE REMAINING WHEELSETS OF THIS CAR DID NOT DERAIL. THIS DERAILED C AR CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 30' ON THE BRIDGE AND APPROXIMATELY 380' FURTHER, DAMAGING TRACK AND SPRE ADING GAGE BEYOND THE BRIDGE. THE NEXT 5 CARS, ALL LOADS, DERAILED IN THE DAMAGED TRACK BEYOND THE B RIDGE. 3 OF THESE CARS OVERTURNED. THE REMAINING SECTION OF TRAIN, 3 LOADED CARS, DID NOT DERAIL. TH


nearest_city: ALTON
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB YSR52R-29 RUNNING CONVENTIONAL DERAILED FOUR CARS, TWO UPRIGHT AND TWO OVERTURNED , WHILE SHOVING ON THE ALTON INDUSTRIAL LEAD ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE RAIL CONDITION.  SWITCHMAN RIDING THE POINT CAR JUMPED FROM THE DERAILED CAR TO THE GROUND AND SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS KNEE.     


nearest_city: UNION
county: UNION
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: HUNTINGTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE MNPPT-07 DERAILED 28 CARS.  THE 9003 RAIL LOADING GANG PREPARED SECOND HAND RAIL FOR PICKUP ON T HE HUNTINGTON SUB.  GANG MOVED STRING THAT HAD SLID AWAY FROM TRACK IN AREAS BACK UP TO POSITION ROU GHLY 4 OFF OF TIES AT MP 298.75.  GANG RELEASED TRACK AROUND 1530 AND TAKES NO EXCEPTIONS AFTER SUPE RVISOR HYRAILS AND INSPECTS TRACK.  TEMPERATURE FOR THIS AREA RANGES FROM 62 (LOW) TO 94 (HIGH).  RA IL MOVES BACK DOWN THE EMBANKMENT CAUSING RAIL END TO MOVE TOWARDS THE TRACK.  RAIL CAME INTO CONTAC T WITH THE TRUCK SIDE FRAME DERAILING CAR, SHATTERING AND BENDING SH RAIL.  THE BENT RAIL BREAKS AND A 150 LENGTH STRIKES DERAILED CAR (SECOND IMPACT).  RAIL AND DERAILED CAR WAS DRAGGED FOR NEARLY 1. 25 MILES WHERE TRAIN COMES TO REST.


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE 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-Nov
narrative:
THE IG4SE-15 CREW WAS PUTTING POWER AWAY IN ROUNDHOUSE IN SEATTLE, THE 503 SWITCH WAS LINED AND LOCK ED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, AS THE CREW PULLED TOWARDS TRACK 504 THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7385'S LEAD TRUCKS WENT ON THE GROUND OVER THE 503 SWITCH.  INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED WITH CAUSE WAS A DEFECTIVE SWITCH STAND THAT ALLOWED A GAP IN THE POINT THAT CAUSED DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: CENTRAL
county: GRAHAM
railroad: AZER
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN WAS HEADING EAST AT 22MPH WHEN THE RAIL BROKE IN THE CROSSING UNDER THE TRAIN CAUSING DERAILME NT.      


nearest_city: PECOS
county: REEVES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ILBDI-24, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8466, STRUCK A STOLEN UNOCCUPIED F-350 PICK-UP TRUCK.  THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN OFF THE CROSSING AND DOWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND LEFT FOULING THE TRACK.  THE VEHICLE WAS PARK ED 250 FT FROM THE CROSSING WHEN COLLISION OCCURRED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  UP8466 DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: SHAWNEE
county: CONVERSE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CROWB9-23 AN EAST BOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 43 MPH WHEN IT DERAILED 39 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN L3 WHEEL ON CAR ETRX850631.  BNSF TRACK DAMAGE=$1,599,150.00      


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: SB
date: 2010-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CREW 104 WAS SHOVING 45 CARS INTO TRACK 7D, AND COLLIDED WITH CARS ON TRACK 8D, RESULTING IN 6 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2010-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
AT 1636 HOURS ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010, A ONE-CAR TRAIN WAS BEING MOVED ONTO TRACK 14.  THE TRAIN WAS BEING OPERATED FROM THE CAB OF CAR 882 BY ENGINEER.  AS THE TRAIN MOVED ONTO TRACK 14, THE NO. 1 END OF CAR 882 HAD A HARD-ADD WITH THE NO. 2 END OF STANDING CAR 147.  THE CARS SUSTAINED UNDERCARR IAGE AND CARBODY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IN CIDENT.  THE CARS INVOLVED WERE SCHEDULED FOR INSPECTION.  ACCORDING TO TRAINMASTER REPORT 33099, TH E ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO APPLY ON CAR 882.  THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP WHEN HE ACTI VATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  THE CARS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WERE INSPECTED.  THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON CAR 882 WAS INSPECTED.  THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT CONDENSATION ACCUMULATED IN THE AIR BRAKE SYST


nearest_city: PONTIAC
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: UP
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:
PICKUP TRUCK DROVE THRU ACTIVATED CROSSING ARM AT LINCOLN STREET/TR145 AND STRUCK AMTRAK 303-28 WHIC H WAS MOVING ON THE CROSSING.  AMTRAK'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $10,000.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: DAVISVILLE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WHILE WORK TRAIN BSWRK1 WAS SHOVING 6 CARS ON TRACK 2 FROM MALCOM TO TLM THE RAIL SPREAD CAUSING 3 C ARS TO DERAIL.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $100,000.00.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK3022-16, DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, HAD ONE CAR BYPASS ANOTHER RESULTING IN DAMAGES TO BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CSXT TRAIN L16310 WAS LINED FOR THE NORTH CONNECTION OF THRU THE XOVER WE ST OF THE GARDEN XING FOR GREENVILLE TWO. THEY PULLED THEIR CARS CLEAR OF PN & DISPATCHER LINED THEM FOR EAST/WEST TRK. TO GET REMAINDER OF THEIR TRAIN. DURING THE E TO TRK. 11 LEAD. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROPERLY CONTROL TH E MOVE TOWARDS THE COUPLING, MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT RESULTING IN A HARD COUPLING WHICH CAUSED THE WES T RAIL TO ROLL APPROX. 1500' NORTH OF LOCATION OF COUPLING. LI 6310 PULLED EAST FOR 6 00' & WENT INT O EMERGENCY 14 BUCKETS DERAILED ACCOUNTS OF SHOVING MOVEMENT, ABSENCE OF MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT. 


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THE LOH43-09 ON THE DECELZVILLE LEAD WAS SWITCHING OUT SPOTTING CARS FOR CUSTOMER.  AFTER CONDUCTING A JOB BRIEFING, THEY HAD TO RUN AROUND THEIR CUT THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS.  THE BRAKEMAN STATED HE TH OUGHT BOTH ENDS OF THE CROSSOVERS WERE LINED AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD.  AFTER PULLING AHE AD THROUGH THE CROSSOVER, THE CREW BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK TOWARDS THE SPOT WHEN THEY NOTICED THEY HAD S HOVED THROUGH THE SWITCH AND DERAILED THE UPY2736.  THE CREW SHOVED 523 FT ON THE GROUND.   


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALAMEDA IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON THE YJY66R-10 SHOVED TRAIN THROUGH TRACK 006 AND THE 1/7 DIVIDER SWITCH.  THE SWITCHES WERE LINED AGAINST THEM AND WHEN THE CREW MADE A FORWARD MOVE THE TRAIN DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CELILO
county: WASCO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MAIN TRACK FOULED BY FALLEN BOULDER. TRAIN STRUCK BOULDER DERAILING LEAD LOCOMOTIVE. BNSF 1038, MODE L C44-92, G.E. ,CAP 5300, RELEASED 20 GALLONS.      


nearest_city: CLAREMORE
county: ROGERS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
H-TULGAL2-29 GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT.  VEHICLE WAS STALLED ON THE TRACKS.  VEHICLE WAS  NOT OCCUPIED .  DUE TO EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION WHICH RESULTED IN (11) CARS DERAILING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  THIS GRADE CROSSING WAS ALSO A DERAILMENT SHOWS CONTRIBUTING CAUSE CODE AS M401.  Q UESTION 34 - 12 LOCOMOTIVE UNITS WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.    


nearest_city: BARRINGTON
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN STRUCK A SEMI-TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE NORTHWEST HWY/US14 CROSSING DUE TO TR AFFIC.  UPON IMPACT TRUCK WAS THRUST FORWARD CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION COLLISION WITH FOUR OTHER VEHI CLES THAT WERE STOPPED AT THE CROSSING.  CROSSING LIGHTS AND GATES WERE OPERATING PROPERLY AT THE TI ME OF THE INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER AND WHEN HE MOVED BACKWARDS THE BULLDOZER REAR END FO ULED THE MAIN AND COLLIDED WITH AMTRAK TRAIN 8.      


nearest_city: ROPESVILLE
county: TERRY
railroad: WTLC
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
102 PATCH JOB CONSISTING OF MANAGERS JACKSON AND WOLFERSHEIM HAD SET THREE TANK CARS FOR CHS INTO TR ACK 3201.  AS THEY PULLED OUT OF THE SIDING, THE RAIL SPREAD AND THE TWO CARS DERAILED.  DO TO THE N UMBER OF CARS IN THE CUT (36) THE TRAIN TRAVELED ABOUT 100 FEET AFTER THE INITIAL DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: CLARKE
railroad: AGR
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
ENGINEER IMPROPERLY STOPPED A 7,800 FT, 9,500 TON TRAIN WITH FULL INDEPENDENT BRAKE CAUSING 72 CAR F ROM H/E OF TRAIN TO DERAIL. AFTER INITIAL DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT MP 89.6, TRAIN PULLED DOWN ANOTHER 1.2 MILES AND DERAILED LINES 95-107 OF TRAIN.  ALL 14 CARS DERAILED WERE LOADS OF PULP BOARD. NO DAM AGE TO LADING.    


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
AMTK1-20, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT HAD BECOME HIGH CENTERED DUE TO HAVING BEEN STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A VEHICLE AND HAD BECOME DISABLED ON THE CROSSING.  THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE .  NO INJURIES INVOLVED.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  ATK'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $5,000.  AMTK ID#1239 27    


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: PAINS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB #Z117-23 LOCOMOTIVES LSRC 1162,805,2052 DERAILED CAR CSXT261227 STOPPED AT GENNESSEE YARD GOT TH E GO AHEAD WAS TOLD BY TOWER THAT THE CAR WAS DRAGGING SOMETHING FOUND CAR HEAD DERAILED AND RERAIL ITSELF.     


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW MEMBER FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE STANDING CUT OF CARS AND CUT ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND INTO SIDE OF STANDING CUT.      


nearest_city: STEVENS POINT
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WC
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
M34041-23 WAS SHOVING 60 CARS INTO THE POINT YARD THROUGH THE A1 CROSSOVER FROM THE MAIN WHEN THEY D ERAILED 2 CARS NS 471407 AND MCEX 330054) AT THE THROAT OF THE FROG ON A1. INVESTIGATION INTO THE IN CIDENT FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT TO BE EXCESSIVE LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE IN THE CURVE ACCOUNT LONG CAR/SHORT CAR COMBINATION.    


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
34B111 DOUBLING TRAIN TOGETHER WITH 3 UNITS AND 2 0 X, DERAILED 2 CARS AND ONE UNIT ACCOUNT OF RUN T HROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: EAST POINT
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GE22 SHOVING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 7 TRIPLE CROWN BOGEY'S DAMAGING 5 TRAI LERS      


nearest_city: OAKLAND CITY
county: PIKE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
77JD930 WHILE PULLING ONTO THE ENOS THE MINE LOOP STRUCK THE COAL CHUTE IN THE LOAD-OUT AT MP 4.7EJ.       


nearest_city: EMPORIA
county: LYON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YARD ENGINE KCICED CARS INTO 6810 TRACK, JOINT MADE AT 3 MPH BUT LIFTED THE CRDX 6463 OFF TRACK AND ONTO ITS SIDE. TWO OTHER CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SOUTH GATE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE LOA35R-30, LEAD UNIT UPY2721, CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVEMENT SOUTH ON THE SAN PEDRO BRANCH W HEN A TRACTOR/TRAILER RIG PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AND WAS STRUCK. CREW JUMPED OFF THE MOVIN G TRAIN PRIOR TO IMPACT. CONDUCTOR REPORTED BACK & KNEE INJURY.  DRIVER OF VEHICLE REPORTED INJURY.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CIC
date: 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING LOADS OUT OF PENFORD TO PUT ON THE MAIN AND SPOT THE EMPTIES.  STANDARD PRACTICE IS TO HOLD ON TO THE EMPTIES WHILE PULLING THE LOADS OUT OF THE PLANT TO PLACE ON THE MAIN THEN TAKE T HE EMPTIES BACK IN TO BE SPOTTED.  DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO THE POINT OF THE FROG BEING PICKED BY ONE O F THE CAR WHEELS.    


nearest_city: GREENMOUNTAIN
county: YANCEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE FURX 828605 LEAD AXLE #1 BOTH R&L DERAILED AT Z163.2. THE CAR WAS DRAGGED FROM THERE TO Z160.3 WHERE IT COMPLETED DERAILING AFTER STRIKING THE INDUSTRY SWITCH TO UNIMIN INDUSTRIES. THREE CARS  TURNED OVER ON THEIR SIDE. 1ST CAR OVER GACX 2223, 2ND FURX 82860 5, 3RD CSXT 490815. CARS CAME TO REST ON THE INDUSTRY SPUR FOULING THE SIDING AT GREEN MOUNTAIN. THE CARS DERAILED INSIDE OF BRUSHY CREEK TUNNEL. CARS WERE FOULING THE ACCESS ROAD AT THE PLANT.   


nearest_city: MORRIS
county: STEVENS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MORRIS
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:
U GATDND0 12 WAS PROCEEDING WEST BOUND WHEN VEHICLE CROSSED THE TRACKS IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AND THE TRAIN STRUCK THE VEHICLE.      


nearest_city: BUCKEYSTOWN
county: FREDERICK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-30T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q26129 REPORTS STRIKING ROCK SLIDE EXITING CATOCTIN TUNNEL, #1 TRACK. CREW PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY FROM REAR AND HITTING ROCK SLIDE PUSHING DEBRIS 670 FEET. ENG HLCX 8073 HAS ONE TRUCK DERAILED AND I S FOULING #2 TRACKING.     


nearest_city: TENNILLE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
378G522 PULLING EAST INTO WEST EXTENSION WITH 2 UNITS, 27 LOADS, 102 EMPTIES, 6038 TONS, DERAILED 17 TH THROUGH 21ST HEAD CARS ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK.  GACX 1808, CAPACITY 207,600 LBS, LOAD 2 01,850 LBS, RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 150 LBS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE.     


nearest_city: WALLIS
county: AUSTIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H-GATGAL1-02 DEPARTING SIDING AT WALLIS EXPERIENCE WHEEL LIFT ON EQUX 630162.  WHEEL CLIMBED RAIL, T HEN RAN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEFORE TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE AND INSPN REVEALED CAR DERAILED.  CAR BHD DERAILED CAR WAS PUNCTURED BY TIE AND LOST 100 LBS PLASTIC PRODUCT.  3 PRIVATE XINGS WERE DESTROYED AND 2 PUBLIC XINGS DMGD BETWEEN POD AND WHERE TRN STOPPED.  NO HAZARDOUS RLSD.    


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YCL69-28 DERAILED THREE LOADED CAUSTIC SODA TANK CARS AT THE WEST END OF TRACKS 10 AND 11 WITHIN THE CLINTON WEST YARD.  THE CREW INITIALLY PULLED 13 RAILCARS OUT OF TRACK 10 MAKING A WRONG CUT, KICKE D TWO EMPTIES TO TRACK 11 WRONGFULLY AND THEN REALIZED THEIR MISTAKE.  THEY WERE GOING TO SHOVE TOWA RDS TRACK 11 TO RETRIEVE THEM.  THEY WERE MAKING A SHOVE TO RETRIEVE THEM WHEN THEY DERAILED.  THE 1 0 SWITCH WAS FOUND LINED AND LATCHED FOR 10 UPON ARRIVAL.  THE FOREMAN THREW THE SWITCH UNDER THE LE AD RAILCAR.  NO HAZMAT WAS RELEASED AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED.  


nearest_city: SAUGET
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
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-Jan
narrative:
CSISQ-02 DERAILED FOUR LOADED COAL CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO CAHOKIA MARINE ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: HUTCHINSON
county: RENO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y-HUT1901-19 PULLED FORWARD THRU 227 SWITCH WITHOUT LINING FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, THEN SHOVED BACK, SPL ITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
TASD CREW WAS SHOVING 6 EMPTY CARS INTO OLD YARD TRACK 4 WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO COAL OVER TRACK C AUSING CARS TO STRIKE CAR IN ADJACENT TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO A TOTAL OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
H-NTMLIN1-17 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES IN YARD TRACK 3002 DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LAKEHEAD
county: SHASTA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
NORTHBOUND MRVPW-24 HAD AN AIR HOSE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE 23RD AND 24TH CARS FROM THE REAR OF TRAIN WHILE TRAVERSING A SPIRAL CURVE.  EMPTIES BEHIND LOADS ON THE HEAD END WERE STRING LINED ON LEFT HA ND CURVE.  DERAILING FIVE CARS AND DAMAGING COUPLER ON ANOTHER.  ENGINEER FAILED TO HANDLE TRAIN PRO PERLY AFTER EXPERIENCING UDE.  ENGINEER FAILED TO MAKE THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE DRA FT FORCES ON HEAD END OF TRAIN CAUSING EXCESSIVE DRAFT FORCE WHICH IN TURN STRING LINED THE CURVE AS THE REAR END OF THE TRAIN WAS IN EMERGENCY AND THE HEAD END TRAVERSING A LEFT-HAND CURVE.  THERE WA S NO TRACK DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: BROOKLYN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE YEU10-28 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 264 WHEN ENGINEER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND STOPPED THE MOVE, 5 UNI TS DERAILED AND TRACK WAS DAMAGED.  AFTER INSPECTION BROKEN RAIL WAS DISCOVERED.      


nearest_city: SHAWNEE
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: ORIN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
FOREIGN TRAIN UPRR DERAILED 39 CARS ON MAIN 1 TRACK.  TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, CAUSE WAS DETERMINE D TO BE A BROKEN WHEEL ON LINE 45.  RESULTED IN MAJOR TRACK, SIGNAL, AND EQUIPMENT DAMAGES.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: CSS
date: 2012-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
CSS CREW WAS SHOVING 79 CAR EMPTY HOPPER TRAIN INTO INTERCHANGE CONNECTION. THE 43RD CAR IN CONSIST DERAILED AND TRAVERSED TO THE POINT OF THE CROSSOVER WHERE THE CAR EVENTUALLY FOULED CSXT MAINLINE A ND WAS STRUCK BY EASTBOUND CSXT TRAIN. CONTRIBUTING SECONODARY CAUSE WAS FOUND TO BE MISMATCHED SIDE FRAMES.    


nearest_city: MARYSVILLE
county: MARSHALL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: MARYSVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE ASECNR-18 CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE SWITCHES ON HAND AT CPZ149 AND LINE THEMSELVES FROM MA IN 2 TO MAIN 1, EASTWARD.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE WEST END OF THE CROSSOVER INCLUDING THE FROG BUT FAILED TO LINE THE EAST END FROG AND THEY RAN THRU IT.  NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: LEWISTOWN
county: MIFFLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
502C103 PULLING EAST ON #9 TRACK IN LEWISTOWN YARD WITH 2 UNITS, 115 LOADS, 0 EMPTY, WHEN THE 76TH T HROUGH 80TH HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LAGUNA
county: CIBOLA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GALLUP
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Q-HOULAC1-08 DERAILED 9 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN 2 TRACK DUE TO EXTREME WIND VELOCITY.  NO HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHENEY
county: SPOKANE
railroad: EWG
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CREW OPERATING EASTWARD IN YARD LIMITS WITH 3 LITE LOCOMOTIVES.  APPROACHING EAST WYE SWITCH MP 1.1, WHEN LEADING LOCOMOTIVE (NIWX 1617) DERAILED PASSING OVER SWITCH, ALONG WITH 2ND UNIT (NIWX 375) AN D LEADING WHEELS OF 3RD UNIT (NIWX2891).  CREW FAILED TO OBSERVE RED TARGET AND PREVIOUSLY RUN THROU GH SWITCH.    


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CWSAT-10 WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOVE TRACK 21 AND ACTUALLY SHOVED TRACK 19.  3 CARS DERAILED, WPSX8462, WP SX8548 & WPSX8422.  ENGINEER STRAINED HIS NECK.      


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-GLE7514-08 W/UTILITY CREW HANDLING LITE PWR DERAILED ROUNDHOUSE 5/RUNAROUND TRK SWITCH. CREW HAD P ASSED OVER SWITCH, STOPPED AND REQUESTED THAT R/C BE LINED REVERSE.  LEAD MAN DID SO AND UTILITY CRE W SAW SWITCH LINE.  WHILE REVERSING TOWARD SWITCH, CREW SAW SWITCH OPEN AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO FOULING SWITCH POINTS AND DERAILING UNITS AS NOTED.    


nearest_city: MULGA
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BHRR
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: MOW HR VEC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MOW TEAM MEMBERS JOSEPH REID, RAJOHN MYLES, JOSH LATHUM, MONTAZ TEDFORD, AND OMAR JOHNSON WERE WORKI NG ON THE TRACK BEHING THE ON-TRACK MOW BOOM TRUCK VEHICLE WHEN RAJOHN NOTICED FLAMES COMMING OUT FR OM UNDERNEATH HE TRUCK. VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON TRACK WITH ENGINE RUNNING, WHILE USING HYDRAULIC TOOLS . JOSEPH RAID GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUSHER TO PUT THE FIRE PUT TO NO EVAIL. AS THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT JOSEPH REID CONTRACTED MICKEY GOODMAN AND DARRELL WEBB BY CELL PHONE TO ADVISE TH EM OF THE FIRE. THE TRUCK WAS LOCATED AT MP 11.2 WHICH WAS 4 MILES FROM THE CLOSET CROSSING. THE FIR E DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED BUT COULD NOT GET TO THE FIRE. THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO NOTIFIED & SHOWED UP AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT. DARRELL WEBB, MICKEY GOODMAN, RODGER ISBELL, & KEVIN JETER RE


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TAMPER WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT AND UNABLE TO STOP SHORT OF BALLAST REGULATOR BEFORE COLLISION. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ONLY, NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: ROBINSON
county: CARROLL
railroad: RVPR
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
COUPLED ONTO TRACK A-1300 TO SET OUT NORTH 6 CARS OF 31 ON TRACK FOR RELEASE TO CUSTOMER. PULLED CAR S TO SOUTH END OF TRACK TO SET OUT. AT THIS TIME, CREW NOTICED NOT ALL THE CARS WERE ATTACHED. (7) N ORTH CARS HAD ROLLED NORTH AND DERAILED OFF END OF TRACK (2) CARS. THE CARS HADN'T BEEN COUPLED TO S OUTH 24 CARS.    


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 RAN INTO BALLAST CLEANER. THE BALLAST CLEANER THEN STRUCK CU T OF CARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.     


nearest_city: LE GRAND
county: TAMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ZG1SC-12 WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON MAIN LINE ONE AT 51 MPH WHEN THE CREW FELT TWO TUGS AND PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 7 RAILCARS DERAILED AT THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DEFECTIVE WHEEL.  RECOLLECTI BLE FROM PROGRESS RAIL.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: TOOELE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MANRO-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4926, STRUCK A WATER TRUCK AT THE FAUST ROAD CROSSING AT MP723.25. DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO BOTH THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THE WATER TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS INJURED AND LI FE FLIGHTED FROM THE SCENE.     


nearest_city: SOMERVILLE
county: BURLESON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
R-FGC0361-14 DERAILED 3 MTY GONDS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 4107. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CREW HAD FAI LED TO RELEASE HANDBRAKES PRIOR TO INITIATING SHOVE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: LORAIN
county: LORAIN
railroad: LT
date: 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING  36 CARS (20 LOADS & 16 EMPTIES MIXED IN TRAIN) WEST INTO TRACK #321 OF THE SOUTH Y ARD WHEN THE 6TH THROUGH 9TH CARS (ALL LOADS) DERAILED. LEAD WHEEL OF 6TH CAR(GONX 310733) CLIMBED P OINT OF SWITCH TO TRACK #321 AND BEGAN TO TRAVEL WEST ONTO TRACK #323; PULLING 3 ADDITION CARS (MP 6 4378, MP 642666, MP642806) TOWARDS AND INTO TRACK #323, RESULTING IN ALL 4 CARS DERAILING. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRACK AND CARS. NO D&A TESTING.   


nearest_city: WILLS POINT
county: VAN ZANDT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ITIMN7-019, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5508, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS HUNG UP ON CROSSING. IMPAC T ON TRAILER PORTION OF RIG. UP5508 DAMAGED. DRIVER NOT IN TRUCK TRAILER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. COND UCTOR WAS INJURED.     


nearest_city: BUECHEL
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THIS CONSISTS CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. 22ATA04 CREW SHOVING 29 LDS, 1MTYS, 3754 TONS EAST LEG OF WYE DERAILED 1 CARS, DTTX 62447 AT WEST/EAST LEG OF WYE SWITCH ACCOUNT SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY 124TA05 CREW.     


nearest_city: MCCOOK
county: RED WILLOW
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
H-DENGAL9-03 PULLING INTO TRACK 6 FROM MAIN TRACK DERAILED 4 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: NEODESHA
county: WILSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-28T00:00:00Z
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: 10-May
narrative:
MFWKC-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4233, MOVING NORTHBOUND STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING MAINLI NE.  TRACTOR TRAILER WAS STOPPED ON CROSSING PRIOR TO GATES DESCENDING.  UP4233 DAMAGED.  CREW MEMBE R INJURED.  NO INJURY TO DRIVER OF TRACTOR TRAILER.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Y19708 ONE MAN REMOTE CONTROL HUMP JOB COUPLED TO EAST END OF TRACK R04 IN PREPARATION TO HUMP CUT O F CARS, AFTER COUPLING, STRETCHING SLACK AND RELEASING HANDBRAKES, RCO WAS TRANSPORTED TO WEST END O F TRACK DRIVING ADJACENT TO R04 AND OBSERVING NO SEPARATION IN CUT OF CARS. BECAUSE TRACK WAS FULL A ND PROXIMITY OF HEAD END TO EAST END OF TRACK, MOVEMENT WAS SHOVED WEST APPROXIMATELY TWO CAR LENGTH S AND STOPPED IN AN EFFORT TO OBSERVE SLACK RUN OUT AND CUT SOLID. MOVEMENT STOPPED BUT SLACK DID NO T RUN OUT. RCO AGAIN TRIED TO SHOVE WEST TO OBSERVE SLACK RUN OUT AND AGAIN MOVEMENT STOPPED BUT SLA CK DID NOT RUN OUT. RCO THEN PULLED AHEAD IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRETCH SLACK FOULING EAST END OF TRACK R 04 SIDESWIPING INBOUND Q60407 PULLING INTO TRACK R06. INVESTIGATION FOUND A SIX CAR SEPARATION IN MI


nearest_city: PERRYVILLE
county: CECIL
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 2159 WAS DELAYED ON #3 TRACK WITH FRONT PANTOGRAPH INVERTED ON THE LEAD POWER CAR PC/2038.  TH E CAUSE OF THE INVERTED PANTOGRAPH WAS FATIGUE FAILURE IN THE PANTOGRAPH BASE INSULATOR STACK.  THIS FATIGUE FAILURE ALLOWED THE PANTOGRAPH TO SEPARATE FROM THE ROOF OF POWER CAR 2038 AND BRING TRAIN 2159 TO A STOP.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $24,000.00.    


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 290S EQUIPMENT CONSISTING OF LOCOMOTIVE 705 AND 5 CARS DERAILED THE LOCOMOTIVE ON 7 TRACK IN S UNNYSIDE YARD, NY, DUE TO GAPPED REVERSE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: PECOS
county: WARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ILXDIX-13, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7398, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT T HE CR 170 CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y-TPL3051-18, SHOVING 39 CARS FROM YARD TO UPRR INTERCHANGE, SHOVED PAST SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION AT COBBELL ON UPRR WACO SUB AND THROUGH DUAL-CONTROL SWITCH THAT LOCATION. NO CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE PANTOGRAPH DID NOT LOWER DUE TO A DOWN MAGNA VALVE WHICH WAS FOUND IN A RUSTED STATE.  THIS RUST CAUSED THE VALVE TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE MODE SELECTOR SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE "DC" PO SITION.  THIS DOWN MAGNA VALVE DID NOT BECOME ENERGIZED, LEAVING THE PANTOGRAPH UP AND RIDING OFF, D AMAGING SAME.    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2002-01 2 CARS CORNERED EACH OTHER IN AN AUTOMATED HUMP YARD DUE TO SIGNAL FAILURE.  BOTH C ARS WERE DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: MARION
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AARAS-27 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND AT 25 MPH DERAILED 5 CARS IN A LEFT HAND CURVE AT MP50.8 ON LITTLE ROC K SUB.  THREE LOADED AUTORACKS TURNED OVER TO THE WEST FOULING SIDING AND MAIN TRACK.  CAUSE DETERMI NED AS RAILCAR CSXT165419 INVOLVED IN ANOTHER DERAILMENT PRIOR TO THIS.  RAILCAR HAD DAMAGED WHEEL W HICH CAUSED THE RAILCAR LOAD TO SHIFT.  COMBINATION CAUSED INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: DONA ANA
county: DONA ANA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: LORDSBURG SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR FAILED TO RAISE THE FRONT PLOW BEFORE MOVING REGULATOR, RESULTING IN THE PLOW DAMAG ING SWITCH COMPONENTS.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW PASSED SIGNAL IN STOP POSITION AND RAN THROUGH SOUTH CROSSOVER SWITCH AT 20TH STREET, MT 1.       


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LAV16-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6469, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS TRYING TO BEAT THE TRAIN.  DR IVER OF TRUCK SAW THE TRAIN COMING SO HE MOVED FORWARD TO TRY TO CROSS THE CROSSING.  GATES CAME DOW N ON THE TRAILER.  TRAIN STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF THE TRUCK.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CABALLOS ROJO MINE S
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
UPRR CREW OF THE 2CROSA9-05 ARRIVED AT THE CABALLO ROJO MINE AND CONTACTED RAIL LINK TO DEPART WITH THEIR TRAIN.  THE UPRR CREW WAS ASKED BY RAIL LINK IF THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM AS RAIL LINK HAD BACKED UP AN EMPTY TRAIN TO CLEAR THE SCALES AND THE UPRR CREW REPLIED YES - AS LONG AS THEY DID NOT BACK U P ANYMORE AND STARTED TO DEPART THE MINE.  BALFOUR BEATTY NOTICED THAT THE EMPTY TRAIN WAS IMPACTING WITH THE 2CROSA9-05 AS IT WAS DEPARTING AND CONTACTED RAIL LINK WHO IN TURN NOTIFIED THE BNSF DISPA TCHER.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT RAIL LINK HAD KNOCKED THE BRAKES OFF THE EMPTY CGGCD-03 ALLO WING THE DPU ON THAT TRAIN THE UP7022 TO ROLL INTO THE SIDE OF THE 2CROSA9-05 DAMAGING 21 LOADED COA L CARS AND THE DPU UNIT.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  CLOUD PEAK ENERGY MAINTAINS TRACK


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YHK27R WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 33 IN THE BOWL.  SWITCHMAN WAS RIDING CAR IN DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT.  T HE MYO NOTICED HEAVY VIBRATIONS AT THE TRIM SHACK, AND HE LOOKED OUT AND SAW SPARKS COMING OFF A CAR .  HE NOTIFIED THE TRIM WHO INSTRUCTED THE MOVEMENT TO STOP.  THE SWITCHMAN ALSO FELT THE VIBRATIONS AND STOPPED.  THE 32/33 SWITCH WAS PICKED CAUSING THE SOU526166, PROX74047 & PROX76468 TO DERAIL. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE INCLUDING BROKEN AND ROLLED RAIL IN THE EAST END OF BOWL.  RAIL = CWR.  INVESTIGATION ALSO REVEALED THE SOU526166 HAD A WORN FLANGE.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: WTA
date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW HAD SWITCHED CARS OUT AND SET 5 CARS OVER AND WAS SHOVING NORTH WHEN THE CARS THEY HAD JUST SET OUT ROLLED AGAINST THE TRAIN THAT WAS SHOVING NORTH DERAILING 2 CARS THAT ROLLOUT AGAINST THE TRAIN AND ONE CAR IN THE CONSIST THAT WAS SHOVING NORTH.     


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YHK12R-22 WHILE SWITCHING, GROUP FOUR RETARDER FAILED DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS AND LIFTED EMPTY COV ERED HOPPER OFF RAIL CAUSING A DERAILMENT ON THE 36 SWITCH.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LHR02-02 SHOVED 3 CARS INTO TRACK #722, CUT AWAY DRAG OUT OVER THE 721/722 SWITCH TO SHOVE 1 CAR INT O TRACK #721.  AS THEY BEGAN SHOVING WESTBOUND ONE CAR, THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER NOTIFIED THE CONDUCT OR THE CARS WERE HARD TO MOVE.  UPON THE CONDUCTOR'S INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN HE NOTICED THREE CARS O N THE GROUND.  AFTER WALKING THE DERAILMENT SITE PERFORMING ALL MEASUREMENTS, THE INITIAL CAR FELL O FF THE RAIL DRAGGING OUT OF TRACK #722 CAUSING THE OTHER TWO CARS TO DERAIL ALSO.   


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
FO50 SHOVING SOUTH ON EAST TRACK DERAILED CARS DTTX 723499, DTTX 72836 1 AND DTTX 78104. BROKEN RAIL UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: BUCYRUS
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 15VC608 WHILE OPERATING THROUGH TURN-OUT IN CP COLSAN DERAILED 19TH THROUGH 30TH HEAD CARS DUE TO HIGH AMPS (784 AMPS) IN A 10 DEGREE TURN-OUT WHEN WHEEL LIFTED AND MOUNTED THE RAIL FOR 22 FEET BEFORE DROPPING OUTSIDE OF GAUGE.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE SETTING OVER CARS FROM R14 TO R13, Y194 MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE RWL SWITCH THAT TH EY HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN THROUGH. DERAILED 3 CARS AND SIDE SWIPPED 1 CAR.      


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
MNPRVB-20 PULLED INTO TRACK 12 TO MAKE A REAR-END SETOUT.  TRAIN PULLED THRU THE EAST END OF THE BAL LOON TRACK TO GET TRAIN ON THE MAIN LINE.  AS THE TRAIN STOPPED TO GET THE PIN, CUT WAS MADE AND THE N THE VAN DRIVER REPORTED ON THE RADIO THAT CARS WERE DERAILED.  CARS WERE STRINGLINED OFF OF THE TR ACK WITH NO TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: WICHITA IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YWH41R-08 WAS ADVISED NOT TO FOUL THE MOP MAINLINE.  CREW SHOVED RAILCARS AND FAILED TO CONTROL MOVE MENT AND SHOVED INTO THE SIDE OF A CUT OF RAILCARS.  IMPACT CAUSED SEVERAL RAILCARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: MOORE
county: CLEVELAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-OKC1031-12 DERAILED 3 CARS IN INDUSTRY TRACK 921 DUE TO MOVING CARS WITH LOADING RAMP STILL ATTACH ED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL1032-26A SHOVING INTO 7120 TRACK DERAILED 3 CARS AT FROG OF 7114 TRACK SWITCH BECAUSE OF ST IFF TRUCKS ON LINE 107 OF CUT (BNSF 237194).  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.      


nearest_city: MULBERRY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
O80827 COUPLED THEIR TRAIN TO A STANDING CUT IN TRACK 52 AT NEW WALES MINE. ONCE COUPLED, THE CONDUC TOR GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO SHOVE BACK. AFTER SHOVING FOR 963 FEET, THE ENGINEER REPORTED TO THE CONDUC TOR THAT THE TRAIN HAD WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRAIN TO FIND 5 CARS DERAILED FROM POSITION 32-36 IN HIS TRAIN.    


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
AMT306-30, TRAVELING NORTH ON THE SPRINGFIELD SUBDIVISION AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 60 MPH WHEN ENGIN EER STATED SHE SAW A 'KINK' ON MAIN 2 AND PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.  AT THE TIME OF DERAILMENT THE TRAIN WAS DOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND DERAILED ONE UNIT AND FIVE CARS.  CARRYING 63 PASSENGERS AN D 4 CREW MEMEBERS.  FOUR PEOPLE WERE TRASPORTED TO GATEWAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THREE WITH MINOR INJUR IES.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED TRACK WAS NOT STABLILIZED BEHIND TAMPING EFFORTS WHICH LEAD TO INSTAB ILITY AND ALLOWED TRACK TO MISALIGN.  AMTRAK'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $76,882.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: DELAWARE
railroad: SEPA
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE, FATIGUE IN WIRES BETWEEN THIMBLE AND EYE LOOP CAUSING WIRES TO PULL APART.  CREW NOT TESTED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YND48R-10 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE SPARE YARD WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 32 CARS.  THEY RAN THRU THE 276 SW ITCH THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  UNAWARE THEY HAD RUN THRU THE SWITCH THE HELPER THEN PI TCHED THE CONTROL TO THE FOREMAN THAT STARTED SHOVING BACK WEST DERAILING 4 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE ON THE PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCH.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-NYF3091-10 CAUSED DAMAGE TO A RAILCAR WHILE SHOVING INDUSTRY TRACK 9394 DUE TO FAILURE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE DEAD HEAD TRAIN #2222 WAS STATIONED AT UNION STATION TRACK #5 AWAITING DEPARTURE, A SLAB OF CO NCRETE 18FT BY 2FT FELL FROM THE CEILING AND ONTO THE TOP OF LOCOMOTIVE #411.  DAMAGE WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS IN THE WESTERN AVE COACH YARD.     


nearest_city: TYLER
county: SMITH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORSICANA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MPBMX-06 CONDUCTOR WAS SETTING OUT A BAD ORDER CAR.  HE WALKED BACK TO LINE SWITCHES AND WALKED BY A SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST HIM.  WHEN HE SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK #6 AT TYLER YARD HE RAN THRU THE SWITCH.  WHEN HE SET OUT THE CAR HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO GO AHEAD WHEN THE ENGINEER WENT AHEA D HE WENT THRU THE RUN THRU SWITCH AND DERAILED 4 CARS.    


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING EASTWARD ON THE HANLON LEAD, THE YOA72-01 DERAILED WHILE TRAVERSING THE SWITCH AT TH E WEST END OF THE RUNAROUND.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MDANL-10 DERAILED ONE CAR UP93623 ACCOUNT OF SLAG BUILDUP DUE TO HAND BRAKE NOT BEING RELEASED BEFOR E DEPARTING MINEOLA.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: EAST DENVER BELT LIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE YDE55R-24 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE EAST DENVER BELT MAIN WHEN A RUNAWAY CAR ON THE DENVER ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD STRUCK THE 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH CARS FROM THE HEAD END AND DERAILING THE R3 AND L3 OF THE CEFX13033 (17TH CAR).  THE RUNAWAY CAR (FURX130346) WAS ALLOWED TO ROLL FREE FROM THE DRIR AIRL AWN YARD DUE TO FAILURE TO APPLY A HANDBRAKE BY THE DRIR SWITCH CREW.  THE CAR WAS MOVING ABOVE MAX ALLOWED TRACK CLASS AT TIME OF INCIDENT.   


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YNL33R-31, DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, CAR VTGX17541 DERAILED DUE TO AUTOMATED HUMP SWITCH GOING OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE, CAUSING THE CAR TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING SOUTH BOUND FOR THE DISTRICT WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CREW DISCOV ED THE KNUCKLE WAS BROKE BETWEEN THE 39 AND 40 CAR. THIS COULD BE THE CAUSE. STILL UNDER INVESTIGATI ON.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YNP32R-08 WAS SHOVING WEST INTO FORWARDER 5.  TRIM TOWER PILOT GAVE THE SWITCHMAN A COUNT OF 30 CARS TO SHOVE WEST.  THE NEXT CAR COUNT HE GAVE WAS STOP, THE SWITCHMAN WAS SHOVING AT 7 MPH AND WENT IM MEDIATELY TO STOP, SLACK RAN OUT OF THE TRAIN, PULLING THE DRAWBAR OUT OF THE UP446037 AS A CUT OF C ARS CONTINUED TO ROLL WEST.  THE CUT CAME TO A STOP AND STARTED TO ROLL BACK EAST, THE DRAWBAR FROM THE UP446037 THEN BECAME LODGED UNDERNEATH THE UPCX930203 DERAILING BOTH SETS OF TRUCKS.  THERE WAS ABOUT 60% OLD BREAK ON THE DRAWBAR THAT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE UP446037.  


nearest_city: SYRACUSE
county: KOSCIUSKO
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
SEMI TRUCK DRIVER WITH LOW BOY TRAILER WAS STUCK ON THE ROAD CROSSING WHEN STRUCK BY N85925. PROTECT ION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: MENDOTA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES TOLD CREW OF X-HERGNW9-22 THAT LOADING CHUTES WERE CLEAR OF TRACK.  CREW RAKED TO P OF LOCOMOTIVES ON LOW-HANDING CHUTE WHILE PULLING INTO FACILITY.  INDUSTRY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCIDENT AS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO VERIFY CHUTE POSITION PRIOR TO ALLOWING TRAINS TO ENTER FACI LITY.    


nearest_city: LAPEER
county: LAPEER
railroad: GTW
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK, P36561-17, WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE AT THE LAKE NEPESSING ROAD CROSSING.  RAILROAD TRACK SIGNALS AND SWITCH HEATER SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  AMTRAK ADVISED IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2012-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE
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-Sep
narrative:
UP SWITCHER WAS PULLING INTERCHANGE FROM SKOL.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND WHEN A UP MOW WORKER OBSERVED THERE WERE CARS ON THE GROUND AND CONTACTED TRAIN TO STOP MOVEMENT.  FOUND 5 CARS OF CEMENT DERAILED AND DETERMINED CAUSE TO BE A RAIL BROKEN WHILE TRAIN WAS TRAVELLING OVER AS EVIDENCED BY W HEEL MARKS.  UP IS ACCEPTING ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: BELVA
county: NICHOLAS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
96QUA01 OPERATING SOUTHBOUND WITH 13 LOADS OF BALLAST AND AN EXCAVATOR ON TOP OF THE CARS WHEN THE E QUIPMENT FAILED TO CLEAR THE OVERHEAD RAILROAD BRIDGE AT MP WV227.7.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
date: 2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT G28 AT BRC BELT YARD, DOUBLING TRACKS 33 TO 34 TO 35. SHOVE PROTECTION REQUIRED TO SHOVE TRACK 35. BRC TRAINMASTER ASSISTED IN GETTING THE LINE UP BACK TO INDUSTRY LEAD. SHOVED INTO THE CLE AR ON TRACK 35. BRC TRAINMASTER BROUGHT CONDUCTOR TO HEAD END WHERE CREW THEN DOUBLED TRACK 30 TO 35 . AIR TEST OK, PULLED AHEAD & TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY - DOWNLOAD INDICATES AT 07:44:38. INSPECTION FOUND G28 HAD RUN THRU #35 SWITCH EAST-WEST DEPARTURE YARD WHILE MAKING A SHOVE MOVE & WHEN DEPARTI NG WESTWARD DERAILED 5 CARS. BRC TRACK REPAIR $4,200.  


nearest_city: SAN JOSE
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: PCMZ
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CALTRAIN 284 WITH CAB CAR 119 AND 4 CARS WAS BEING MOVED IN THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN SAN JOSE, CA .  CAB CAR 119 RAN OVER A DERAIL AND DERAILED, DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
AFTER DOUBLING OVER FROM BOWL 6 TO BOWL 5 AND TO BOWL 7 TO BOWL 11, THE LHU13R-22 WAS MAKING THE LAS T DOUBLE OVER INTO BOWL 11 AND CARS STARTED TO DERAIL.  THE PRIMARY RCO WAS RIDING INTO BOWL 11.  TH IS DERAILMENT ALSO HIT 1 CAR (UTLX203175) IN TRACK 205.  CARS#: UTLX 647037 ACRYLIC ACID 5 GALLONS.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
V25 PULLING NORTH ON LONG SIDING WITH THREE UNITS, 30 LOADS, 28 EMPTIES, DERAILED THE 46TH-52ND HEAD CAR ACCOUNT OPEN GAUGE DUE TO WEAK TIMBERS.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YNP12R-28 WAS TRIMMING OUT OF THE WEST BOWL WHEN THE DIRT COLLECTOR CUTOUT COCK VALVE WAS BROKEN OFF OF THE MP651628 WHEN THE HOSE GOT CAUGHT IN THE RETARDER BREAKING THE VALVE AT THE AIR MANIFOLD AND FALLING DOWN IN THE TRACK DERAILING THE TRAILING END OF THE CAR, AND THE TWO CARS FOLLOWING (MP6504 07 & TTPX80076).    


nearest_city: WELLINGTON
county: SUMNER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
2-OBTWV-21 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN LINE WHEN RAILCAR ACFX 37917 DERAILED DUE TO CROS S LEVELS OF TRACK IRREGULAR AT JOINTS. INCIDENT CAUSED ONE ADDITIONAL RAILCAR TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: DOSWELL
county: HANOVER
railroad: BB
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
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:
E50502 WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN BY A MOTORIST VEHICLE.  MOTORIST WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY TO AVOID COLLLISION WITH OTHER CARS.  PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING.  ADVANCE WARNING A ND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: NEENAH
county: WINNEBAGO
railroad: WC
date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
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-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN X34791-26 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE NEENAH SIDING WHEN THE TRAIN LOST THE AIR. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 10 CARS DERAILED, 7 OF WHICH ARE ON THEIR SIDE. DERAILED ON THEIR SIDES WERE: CN 111081, TILX 620395, DOWX 20232, CN 396861, CN 109840, CN111560, CN 396377;  DERAILED UPRIGHT WER E CN 396249, ALNX 396211, DOWX 21890. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL ON CWR TRACK.    


nearest_city: MCALESTER
county: PITTSBURG
railroad: AOK
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MKCFW 04 WITH LEAD UNIT UP 8052 WHILE TRAVELING ON AOK MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 9 CARS WHILE PULLIN G PICK UP OFF THE INTERCHANGE WYE. POD ON AOK TRACK AND DERAILED EQUIPMENT PULLED ONTO THE UPRR MAIN LINE **AOK ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE $8,890.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
DB26 SHOVING WEST WITH 0X50 THROUGH BRUSH INTERLOCKER TO ICEHOUSE LEAD WHEN 37TH AND 38TH CAR (UELX 30341 AND GACX 5661) DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: MORRILL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
2CEBJK9-21 WAS PULLING OUT OF NORTH 1 TRACK IN NORTHPORT ONTO THE NUMBER ONE MAIN TRACK, WHEN IT DER AILED 3 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE EAST CAR IN WESTBOUND 17, CRDX 8285, BEING SWITCHED INTO BY DD21, RAKED ADMX 28247 AND CRDX 8386 BEING SHOVED DOWN LEAD BY DMT8.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
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-Aug
narrative:
YPRCU13 - Z20813 DERAILED ON THE WORKING LEAD IN THE ASHLAND YARD - BARR YARD DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. ES TIMATED DAMAGES: TRACK $20,000 EQUIPMENT $64,000.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MROHK-28 WAS PULLING WEST AFTER SETTING OUT CARS INTO TRACK 311 TO RETURN TO THEIR TRAIN ON TRACK 30 6 WHEN THE LEAD 3 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED AFTER GOING THRU A RUN THRU SWITCH AT THE EAST END OF THE 307 POCKET SWITCH.     


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: FINNEY
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 3 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/131-E/85; 10 CARS WITH 2 PRIVATE CARS ON THE REAR, SEPARATED BE TWEEN THE 2 PRIVATE CARS, C/800148 AND C/800149 AT MP419.1, DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE PIN LIFTER .     


nearest_city: SANDERSON
county: BREWSTER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
QWCEW 19 ON THE SANDERSON SUB AT MP 543.  TTPX 805228 HAD A SHIFTED LOAD THAT CAUSED IT TO DERAIL AL L 4 WHEELS AND LOSE ITS LOAD OF PIPE.  THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 19 MPH IN THROTTLE 8.  PIPE WAS LO ADED ABOVE THE TOP OF THE BULKHEAD.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKWELL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
IG3G1-07 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 3 WHEN 2 TRACK CARS DERAILED. THE SWITCH POINT ON THE EXTENSION 3 SW ITCH OPENED UP UNDER LOAD. DTTX657441 & DTTX725041 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
38Q-9 2 HOURS VR 51 WAS SWITCHING UNITS IN THE MULLINS TRACK AND FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE EQUIP MENT RESULTING IN UNITS NS 9309, NS 2835, NS 8109 FREE ROLLING AND DERAILING 0 POINT DERAIL ON THE E AST END OF CLASS TRACK 57     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
WHILE PULLING 91 CARS OUT OF THE BOWL Y19223?S 53RD HEAD CAR (CSXT 822952), 61ST CAR (MQT 1155), 62N D CAR (MQT 1196), 63RD CAR (UTLX 641892), 64TH CAR (CSXT 502564), AND THE 65TH CAR (CSXT 502545) DER AILED ON PULLBACK 9. THE CARS DERAILED IN THE CURVE AND NO SWITCHES OR CROSSOVERS WERE INVOLVED IN T HE DERAILMENT.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN APPROXIMATE FIVE FOOT SECTION OF BROKEN RAIL ON THE HI GH SIDE OF THE CURVE WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   


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 TH E WEST CAR IN TRACK BC42 COLLIDED INTO THE LITE LOCO (IHB1523) AND ITS MULE (IHB 479) AT THE WEST EN D OF THE YARD.  THESE LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE STRUCK  WERE PART OF THE KB29/594 HUMP CREW. LATITUDE 41 .638852 AND LONGITUDE -087.654172.  EQUIPMENT COSTS INCREASED PER INVOICE RECEIVED 1-19-12.     INCI DENT TYPE WAS CHANGED FROM DERAILMENT TO SIDE COLLISION, 3-6-13; CONFIRMED WITH TRAINMASTER 3-6-13. 

UPDATE 10-17- 13; CAR DAMAGE ON NATX 33635 INCREASED TO $38805 ON 9-4-13.   FRA COST NOW $50,202.


nearest_city: JEFFERSONVILLE
county: CLARK
railroad: LIRC
date: 2013-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: JEFFERSONVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CREW WAS COMING FROM DUTCH RUNNER INDUSTRIAL LEAD TO SOUTH RUNNER NORTHWARD DIRECTION WHEN R3 ON CEF X3807 RODE SWITCH POINT L3, L4, R3, R4 ON HEAD CAR TTPX806174 TO DERAIL      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
GATX 65649 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK B31 WHICH WAS EMPTY.  CAR DERAILED DUE TO THE SKATES STICKING ON TH E RAIL. THE WHEEL CLIMBED OVER THE SKATE AND DERAILED THE R&L 3,4 AXLE.  EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PLACE TR ACK SKATES IN THE DESIGNATED SKATE PLACEMENT AREA IN THE BOWL.     


nearest_city: ECKLEY
county: YUMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: AKRON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Q-CHIDEN3-05 WAS STOPPED IN SIDING FOR HIGH WIND ALERT WHEN EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALE D THAT STRONG SIDE WIND HAD BLOWN 7 CARS AND CONTAINERS OFF TRACK AND ONTO THEIR SIDES. TRAIN HANDLI NG ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
A43981-17 DERAILED 2 CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF PROCTOR YARD PULLING OUT TRACK PF02 TO MAKE THEIR DOUB LE TO TRACK PF03. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT WHILE SWITCHING IN THE YARD, THE CREW O N R92481-16 HAD DOUBLED TRACKS PE06 AND PE02 THAT HAD 39 CARS IN THE TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR MADE THE J OINT ON PF02 AND SENT THE BRAKEMAN TO THE SOUTH END TO PROTECT THE SHOVE. THE BRAKEMAN DROVE TO THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD NORTHWARD BETWEEN PF03 AND PF02 TO THE POINT OF THE MOVEMENT. ONCE IN POSITION , HE GOT OF THE TRUCK AND DROVE ALONG SIDE THE POINT TO PROTECT. THE CONDUCTOR ON THE NORTH END COMM UNICATED HE NEEDED 40 CAR LENGTHS TO SPOT THE TRACK AT AIR ON THE NORTH END. THE BRAKEMAN PROTECTED TJE SHOVE TO THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD GIVING CAR COUNTS TO SPOT THE TRACK AT AIR. WHEN THE CREW ON


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
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 PREVIOUS PLACED THERE. CUT CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2002-11 DAMAGED 2 CARS WHILE SWITCHING DUE TO CAR STALLED IN TRACK AND BEING STRUCK BY SECO ND CAR AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM INSUFFICIENT CONTROL.      


nearest_city: MEBANE
county: ALAMANCE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 73 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE UNIT RNCX1792 AND 3 CARS, STRUCK A LOW-BOY TRAILER CARRYING EXCAV ATION EQUIPMENT AT MP H31.64, FIFTH ST CROSSING.  THE IMPACT CAUSED ENGINE UNIT RNCX1792 AND 1 COACH CAR TO CATCH FIRE, WITH THE ENTIRE TRAIN CONSIST DERAILED.     


nearest_city: GIBBON
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE 3CJKEB9-08 HAD STOPPED THEIR TRAIN DUE TO HIGH WITH BLOW OVER WIND WARNING AT APPROXIMATELY 21:5 0 ON 07/10/11. THEY GOT THE OK FROM HDC TO PULL AT 23:06 AGAIN STOPPED DUE TO A WHEEL SLIP ALARM AND THE TRAIN LOST IT'S AIR. UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED AND 5 CARS OFF THE CENTER PI N. THEY HAD MOVED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET. CARS WERE DOWN AT MP282.15 AND WERE DRAGGED ON MP282.35 CA USING DAMAGE TO CONCRETE TIES AND THE BRIDGE AT MP282.8.   


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, UTLX 60723 CAUGHT UP TO AND CORNERED FCEN 96585 DERAILING FCEN 965 85 AND ULTX 60723. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THE SLACK ADJUSTER ON FCEN 96585 CAUSED T HE CAR TO SLOW TO 5.12 MPH UNDER THE REQUESTED SPEED.     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CBMOM-07 WAS OPERATING NORTH AT A RECORDED SPEED OF 9 MPH ON THE OPPD LEAD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN UDE.  UPON INSPECTION, THE CREW LOCATED 3 CARS AND 2 DPU LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED AT 11TH ST. CROSSIN G DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  THE UP BELIEVES THE TRACK MAINTENANCE RAILROAD AT THIS CROSSOVER LOCATION I S THE CCP RAILROAD, A DIVISION OF CN/IC.  HOWEVER, THE CN/IC/CCP HAS REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILIT Y AND THEY DENY THEY ARE THE TRACK MAINTENANCE RAILROAD.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: MINERVA
county: CARROLL
railroad: WE
date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
600-19 HAD DOUBLED TRAIN TO FIT BETWEEN CROSSING AND SWITCH. THE ENGINEER MADE A REVERS MOVEMENT SO THAT THE CONDUCTOR COULD GET ON THE POINT TO PROTECT THE SHOVE. THE CONDUCTOR GOT ON THE POINT AND I NSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PROCEED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES TRAIN DID NOT MOVE. THE CONDUCTOR RADIO'D TO THE ENGINEER AND THE ENGINEER COULD NOT GET THE TRAIN TO MOVE. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FO UND CAR# CSXT 222091, CSXT 242255, CSXT 226482, AND CSXT 228226 DERAILED.   


nearest_city: PADUCAH
county: MCCRACKEN
railroad: PAL
date: 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
T199 = STOCK RAIL NOT PROPERLY SUPPORTED, TIES DOWN AND RAIL NOT SEATED IN CUFF PLATES.

T499 = IM PROPER MAINTENANCE OF SWITCH

CREW WAS HEADED SOUTH WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH THE SPRING SWITCH, IT D ID NOT PROPERLY SPRING BECAUSE OF STOCK RAIL NOT SUPPORTED.  THIS CAUSED PRESSURE TO BE PUT ON WEST RAIL CAUSING RAIL TO TURNOVER, 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LI/12 SWITCH THROW UNDER MOVEMENT OF 2 CAR YARD MOVE OPERATING WEST DOWN LADDER 2 IN STAMFORD YARD.       


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
R-GFC8241-25 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 1 CAR AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED AND RUNNING THROUGH A SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ELIZABETH
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4657 WAS BROKEN OFF AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE CATENARY WIRE DUE TO AN AM TRAK CATENARY DEFECT (DETACHED STEADY ROD) NEAR MP 36.      


nearest_city: NEW CASTLE
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Q35205 SHOVED THROUGH A TRAILING POINT SWITCH WHILE MAKING A SET OFF.  THEN Q35205 REVERSED DIRECTIO N THROUGH THE SWITCH THAT THEY HAVE JUST RUN THROUGH, PUTTING FIVE CARS ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: CORNWELLS HEIGHTS
county: BUCKS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 2100, POWER CAR 2012/2013 WHILE OPERATING EAST ON NO.2 TRK CAME IN CONTACT WITH DOWNED CATENAR Y WIRE.  THE DOWNED WIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FATIGUE BREAK OF THE AUXILIARY WIRE LOCATED BENEATH CLIP WH ICH ALLOWED AUXILIARY WIRE TO DISENGAGE AND COME IN CONTACT WITH THE R END PANTOGRAPH ON TRAIL POWER CAR 2013.  THIS IN TURN CREATED DAMAGE TO PANTOGRAPH COLLECTOR HEAD WHICH REQUIRED THE REMAINDER OF SHOE ASSEMBLY TO BE TIED DOWN.   


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT 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-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 13 CARS ON THE ALEXANDRIA SUBDIVISION. UP ESTIMATED $112,278 IN TRACK DAMAGES.       


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GLORIETA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS MOVING TWO CONSISTS OF POWER FROM 172 TRACK TO 171 TRACK.  BNSF 8710 CAME OUT OF 172 TRACK AND WAS LINED TO BACK INTO TRACK 171 WITH FOREMAN PROTECTING POINT.  ENGINEER IN OTHER CONSIST BEGAN BACKING OUT OF TRACK 172 WITHOUT PROTECTION WHICH CAUSED THE TWO CONSISTS TO COLLIDE.  LOCO BNSF 87 1, GP60, FUEL CAP. 3,200 GALS. , RELEASED 5 GALLONS    


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 4730 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT MU 129 DUE TO STRIKING DOWNED WIRES DUE TO FATI GUE IN THE WIRE BETWEEN THE THIMBLE AND EYE LOOP WHICH ALLOWED THE WIRE TO PULL PART.      


nearest_city: BUTLER
county: WAUKESHA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: SHORELINE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
LPA79-09 DERAILED RBOX39662, CITX703204, ARMN902092, ARMN902061 AND ARMN902105 DUE TO WASHOUT CONDIT IONS ON SHORELINE SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: MINEOLA
county: WOOD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
GLKGMY-31, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7086, WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW INVESTI GATED AND FOUND SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
AB26 WAS HUMPING OUT OF RT #5 INTO THE CLASS YARD WHEN THE TRAILING TRUCK OF GATX 38271 DERAILED.       


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 256 DOUBLING TRAIN #3 TRACK AT CITATION. WHILE SHOVING 39 TRAILERS TO COUPLING WITH 111 STANDI NG TRAILERS IN #2 TRACK, LO ST RADIO COMMUNICATION B ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR RESULTING IN OVER-SPEED COUPLING DAMAGING THREE TRAILERS.     


nearest_city: HUMPHREY
county: ARKANSAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MEMHOU1-26A TRAVELING AT 50 MPH HAD A UDE AT MP 238.43 ON THE JONESBORO SUB.  THE INSPECT ION FOUND PART OF THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DERAILING 2 CARS, BNSF564122 AND BNSF564001.  AL SO KNUCKLES BYPASSED ON BNSF421880 AND BNSF420677.  UPRR MAINTAINS TRACK.  ESTIMATED BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $850.00.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: SNJX
date: 2013-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE OPERATOR OF LRV 3516 OPERATED OVER YM14 SWITCH.  THE SWITCH WAS NOT SECURED CAUSING LRV 3516 TO DERAIL L&R 1&3.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: LOGAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: ANGORA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
E-MICBAM0-36 DERAILED 23 CARS AND 2 UNITS DEPARTING STERLING DUE TO LOCKED TRACTION MOTOR ON 3RD LOC OMOTIVE IN CONSIST. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DICKINSON
county: STARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN ENTERING YARD RAN THRU SWITCH FROM MAIN TRACK TO 3102 TRACK. CREW MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT OVER S WITCH, SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: IRON MOUNTAIN
county: ST FRANCOIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
WIMCVB-08 DERAILED 7 CARS INSIDE THE IRON MOUNTAIN TRAP ROCK INDUSTRY.  THE RAIL GAVE WAY AND ROLLED OVER CAUSING LINES 12 THROUGH 18 IN TRAIN CONSIST TO DERAIL.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WIDE GAGE DUE TO TIE CONDITION.  THE TRACKS ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY IRON MOUNTAIN TRAP ROCK.  IRON MOUNTAI N'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $17,750.    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
DME CREW, KCS MAINTAINED TRACK.  CREW WAS KICKING 11 LOADED CARS INTO A CUT OF 5 CARS, 3 LOADED, 2 E MPTY.  THE LEAD OF 11 LOADED CARS STRUCK EMPTY CARS, CAUSING DERAILMENT AND SIDESWIPE OF A NEIGHBORI NG CAR.     


nearest_city: MARCELINE
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
AGBML-10 WHILE PULLING ON BNSF TRACK DERAILED TWO CARS DUE TO TRAIN HANDLING.  BNSF TRACK DAMAGE = $ 12,400.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: MASON CITY
county: CERRO GORDO
railroad: CP
date: 2013-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
B45, WHILE SWITCHING IN THE MASON CITY YARD WITH SOO4401, STRUCK 8 STANDING CARS ON THE MASON CITY W EST LEAD.  ENGINEER STRUCK FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE ON OPEN WINDOW LATCH, PUSHED SAFETY GLASSES AGAIN ST BRIDGE OF NOISE.  AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT, ENGINEER'S FOREHEAD CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE AND TOP OF BR IDGE OF NOISE.  ENGINEER WAS WEARING BASEBALL CAP AND SAFETY GLASSES THAT SHIELDED MOST OF THE IMPAC T.   


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
GSPGPO-16 WITH LEAD UNIT UP7023 DERAILED 2 RAILCARS IN THE SIDING.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS HOPPER SLIDE DOOR FELL FROM UP76491 DERAILING IT AND UP88080.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y19019 CAR CSXT 481631 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE AND FORCED THE SWITCH TO GAP TOWARD E17 AND IMPACT ED THE UTLX 71343 SITTING ON THE OTHER TRACK.      


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW #YM-40 RAN THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SW #LL21 SHOVING WEST AND DERAILED COACH #7556 WHILE E NROUTE EAST THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SW #LL21.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN BNSF321-09 WAS SWITCHING IN SOUTH END OF BNSF YARD IN DAYTON, TX WHEN CREW RAN THROUGH MA IN LINE SWITCH THAT SEPARATES UPRR MAIN LINE #1 AND #2.  JOB DERAILED SEVERAL CARS ON UPRR TRACK WHE N BEGINNING SHOVING BACK AND ALSO DAMAGED TRACK OWNED BY CMC RAILROAD.  BNSF ESTIMATED CAR DAMAGE = $34,325.  CMC TRACK DAMAGE = $9,050.  CMC INCIDENT #JUNE10005.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE TH AVE LEAD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
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


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 9, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:05AM KB09 CREW HUMPED CAR BNSF 516391 DOWN TRACK BC09 STRIKING WREX 110 AND DERAILING THE WREX CAR.  SEVERAL MORE CARS WERE THEN HUMPED INTO THIS TRACK BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WREX 110 WAS DERAILED DUE TO CROSS DRAW BARS.  IT  (WREX) HAD NOT COUPLED  UP WI TH THE OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK THUS TURNING ON ITS SIDE & STRIKING TILX 261265 IN THE ADJACENT TRACK (BC10) CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TILX CAR.   


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE YAV26-24 WAS COMING OFF THE HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE, HEADING EAST TO THE CSX RAILROAD.  AFTER CROSSI NG CENTRAL AVE. THE TRAIN WAS GOING THROUGH A X-OVER IN THE EAST BRIDGE INTERLOCKER TOWARDS THE NS M AIN LINE, WHEN THEY DERAILED 6 CARS.  NOPB TRACK DAMAGE = $98,856 & IC SIGNAL DAMAGE = $13,820     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-BAK3071-07 FAILED TO ASCERTAIN THAT PREVIOUSLY KICKED CAR WAS IN THE CLEAR ON TRACK 7128 PRIOR TO KICKING CAR TO 7127, RESULTING IN SIDESWIPE.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE YTX51-31 WAS DEPARTING OUT OF TRACK 21 TO GO NORTH ON THE LITTLE ROCK SUB TO SPOT INDUSTRIES WHE N UP 39466 (LOAD OF COKE) FELL BETWEEN THE RAIL DUE TO TO WIDE GAGE IN AN ASPHALT YARD CROSSING, DER AILING 6 CARS TOTAL (1 LOAD & 5 EMPTIES) ALL UPRIGHT.  NO INJURIES OR RELEASES.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LINCOLN
railroad: PNWR
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: TOLEDO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TOLEDO SWITCH CREW PULLING PAPER SIDE OF GP MILL DERAILED SPOT #11 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO SEE DOCK PLAT ED STILL INSIDE SPOT #11 AND INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO START PULLING DOCK PLATED STRUCK BUILDING SUPPOR T BEAM CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAR.     


nearest_city: DOLTON
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MCHPB-04 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 303 WHEN THE 55TH CAR PICKED A WORN SWITCH POINT.  THE 55TH THRU 60T H CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
L52071-19 WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE SWITCHING DUTIES IN GEISMAR YARD. THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE TRAI NEE TO KICK SCMX 4390 INTO TRACK GE04 THAT WAIT BECAUSE THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL BACK SOUTH. ONCE STOPP ED, THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE TRAINEE TO KICK 2 CARS INTO GE06. THE NEXT MOVE, UTLX 640149 WAS KI CKED AND COUPLED TO SCMX 4390 THEN CLEARED THE LEAD. AFTER KICKING 3 CARS INTO GE09, THE CONDUCTOR I NSTRUCTED THE TRAINEE TO KICK UTLX 930050 TO GE02. THE CONDUCTOR STATED THAT THE CARS IN TRACK GE04 LOOKED TO BE CLEAR BUT AFTER THE CAR WAS RELEASED HE WAS NOT CERTAIN. THIS MOVE RESULTED IN THE CORN ERING OF UTLX 930050, RESIDUE CAR, AND UTLX 640149, LOAD OF ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE. THE CONDUCTOR WAS TE STED AND ALL THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. NOTHING DERAILED AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: IAIS
date: 2011-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AFTER USING THE SWITCH ON SEVERAL MOVES PRIOR THE CREW WAS PULLING OVER THE SWITCH WITH 25 CARS AND DERAILED THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: KCT
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC TRAIN CNAFG-07 WAS DEPARTING ARMOURDALE YARD, WHILE PULLING THEY DERAILED 2 CARS AND 1 CAR AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE AT 1411 SWITCH DUE TO SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.      


nearest_city: KANKAKEE
county: KANKAKEE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 58 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/168 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP 56.80, JEFFREY ST C ROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $18,173.00.      


nearest_city: FAIRFIELD
county: SOLANO
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/71-E/507 AND 13 CARS STRUCK THE TRAILER SECTION OF A TRACTOR-T RAILER FOULING THE CROSSING AT MP55.40, CANNON RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: CRYSTAL CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
M-BLYGAL7-14 DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK 2697 ONTO SINGLE MAIN TRAACK DUE TO TRA CK DEFECTS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-DYT28310-30 PULLING FROM 908 TRACK DERAILED REAR 2 CARS AT SWITCH WORN POINTS.  UP BELIEVES MECHAN ICAL ISSUES CAUSE DERAILMENT, BUT BNSF UNABLE TO AGREE AND BELIEVES WORN SWITCH POINTS ROOT CAUSE.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
ENGINEER ON F050 FAILED TO CUT CSXT 4405 IN TO LEAD RELEASING HAND BRAKE. ENGINES ROLLED INTO THE F0 27 CAUSING A SIDESWIPE.  BOTH TRACKS SUSTAINED $2,000.      


nearest_city: DENAIR
county: MERCED
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Z-WSPST09-05L STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK AT A CROSSING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO INJURIES.       


nearest_city: CORNWELLS HEIGHTS
county: BUCKS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
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: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 170 OPERATING WITH ENGINES E/928-E/929 AND 8 CARS CAME IN CONTACT WITH DOWNED CATENARY WIRE ON NO.2 TRACK.      


nearest_city: MERINO
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: JULESBURG SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE CATMSLP-038, A WESTBOUND BNSF LOADED COAL TRAIN DERAILED 23 CARS AT MP 75.7 ON THE JULESBURG SUB DUE TO A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $1,351,430.      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: OMAHA BELT LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YCB78-29 PULLED 288 FEET AFTER BOARDING THEIR TRAIN WHEN THEY WENT INTO AN EMERGENCY STOP.  UPON INV ESTIGATION, THEY FOUND THREE RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH.  THE CREW OF YCB63-29 IS THE TRAIN THAT PREVIOUSLY RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: WTA
date: 2012-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING CARS TO SPOT AT BARTLETT ELEVATOR CAR. CCMX 81054 WHEEL LIFTED AND SOUTH TRACK CAME OUT FROM UNDER CAR. CAR STAYED COUPLED UP AND SUSPENDED IN AIR. TRUCK WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATE 300FT CAUSING DAMAGE TO CAR. THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CIC
date: 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
SEE ATTACHED NARRATIVE.  ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS DAMAGED IN THIS INCIDENT ARE FRA CROSSING NUMBERS 3767 09H AND 376710C.      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, M-MEMSTL-21 (FMESRV-21) WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND AT ROCKVIEW, MISSOURI AND DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND FOUR LOADED CARS AT THE BN/UP TURNOUT, FOULING UPRR MAIN LINE AND DAMAGING THE TRACK .  AFTER REVIEWING THE TIR, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEASUREMENTS, THE CAUSE IS DETERMINED TO BE IMPROPER LAT ERAL OR IMPROPER SWIVELING IN BNSF4445.    


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RAIL GRINDER #RG306, WHILE ON #2 MAIN DERAILED THE LEAD POWER CAR, #3 AND #4 TRACTION MOTORS. THE BU GGY 4 WAYS DAMAGED AND PART OF THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
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:
NJT TRAIN 3934 STRUCK A SHIFTED DIAMOND PLATE COVERING OF THIRD RAIL CABLES CAUSING A FLASH BURN TO COACH C/1527 AT MP1.22.      


nearest_city: ALMANOR
county: PLUMAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
H-PASBAR1-15 DERAILED 2 CARS AT MP 177.0 AT THERMAL MISALIGNMENT (SUNKINK). NO HAZARDOUS MTLS RELEAS ED.      


nearest_city: TENNILLE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 373G526 PULLING WEST ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 2 UNITS, 45 LOADS, 99 EMPTIES, AND 8820 TONS, DERAILED FPBX 647, FPBX 774, FPBX 531, TTZX 865369 AND NS 120127, THE 70TH THROUGH 74TH H EAD CARS RESPECTIVELY.     


nearest_city: PLAINFIELD
county: WILL
railroad: WC
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
DESK 10 GAVE PERMISSION TO A UPRR TRACKAGE RIGHT TRAIN OPERATED BY A UPRR CREW TO OPERATE THE FIELD SWITCH BY HAND MAIN 2 TO MAIN HEADED EAST.  THEY STATED THAT THEY TOOK THE SWITCH OFF POWER, LINED A GAINST THEMSELVES, LINED BACK FOR THEIR MOVE, THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT A SET OF WHEELS ONTO THE SWITCH POINTS TO PUT IT BACK ON POWER.  THEY ORIGINALLY STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE NOT PAST THE SWITCH POI NT AND THEY COULD BACK UP WITHOUT DANGER OF DERAILING.  THEY CALLED BACK AND THEN STATED THEY COULD NOT BACKUP WITHOUT DERAILING AND THAT 3 SET OF WHEELS WERE OVER THE SWITCH AND THAT THE ROD WAS BENT .  UP ADVISED NOTHING DERAILED AND NO DAMAGE TO THEIR EQUIPMENT. 


nearest_city: OCALA
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: WILDWOOD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Q23707 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT DROVE AROUND THE RAILROAD WARNING DEVICES. VEHICLE OCCUPANT BEING TRANS PORTED TO HOSPITAL. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H-GALMEM9-23 DERAILED 3 CARS.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 1 CAR DERAILED IN LINDENWOOD YARD, REMAINING D ERAILED AS ENTERED BRIDGE AT MP 7.9, WHERE FOLLOWING 2 CARS ALSO DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS W ERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: SALTILLO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BLR
date: 2013-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
AFTER BLR PICKED UP TRAIN FROM THE UP IN MT. PLEASANT OUT TRAIN WAS HEADING TO SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX. WHEN THE ENGINEER HAD TO PUT THE LOCOMOTIVE IN EMERGENCY BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT PULL.  UPON THE CONDU CTOR'S INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN HE FOUND THAT ONE CAR HAD DERAILED CAUSING ANOTHER CAR TO HIT THE BRI DGE.  THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED SENDING 2 MORE CARS INTO THE COLLAPSED BRIDGE.  UPON INVESTIGATION WE BEL IEVE THERE WAS A BAD WHEEL ON THE FIRST CAR THAT DERAILED.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
BNSF CDMCIPO CREW WITH 135 LOADS OF COAL WAS TO PULL TOWARD ARCHER TO CLEAR HAWTHORNE WITH CP813 PRO TECTING REAR, BNSF WAS TO SHOVE 135 CARS TOWARD 14TH. ST. INTERLOCKING FOR LINKING UP LOCOMOTIVE POW ER TO BOTH ENDS OF THE COAL TRAIN. WHEN THE CREW BEGAN TO SHOVE TOWARD 14TH. ST. THE BNSF CREW ONLY SHOVED 5 CARLENGTHS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. SIGNAL MAINTAINER AT NERSKA CALLED TO REPORT THAT THE BNSF COAL TRAIN WAS DERAILED AT THE BN DIAMOND AND THE JUNCTION YARD.   


nearest_city: NORA SPRINGS
county: FLOYD
railroad: DME
date: 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
B33 PULLING 128 CAR TRAIN OFF THE IOWA NORTHERN MAIN LINE USING THE IANR/DME TRANSFER TRACK DERAILED SIX CARS.  DAMAGE TO IANR MAIN LINE FROM IANR TRANSFER SWITCH TO THREE CAR LENGTHS SOUTH.  DAMAGE T O IANR TRACK WAS $3,861.     


nearest_city: FLAGSTAFF
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
M-WINKGM1-26 SHOVED CARS FROM MAIN TRACK TO SIDING BUT FAILED TO LINE INSIDE CROSSOVER FOR CROSSOVER MOVEMENT, RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH. WHEN MOVEMENT REVERSED, CREW DERAILED 2 CARS AT SPLIT SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
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:
NJTR TRAIN 3708 STRUCK DEBRIS FOULING THE NORTH RUNNER AFTER PASSING EAST-END HOME SIGNAL IN SUNNYSI DE YARD CAUSING DEBRIS TO DRAG UNDER NJTR 1327.  NJTRS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $32,553.00.      


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
DURING COUPLING AT 3 MPH, CENTER UNIT PLATE OF CR 628114 13TH HEAD CAR CAME OFF DUE TO PREVIOUS DAMA GR (30% OLD BREAK) SUBSEQUEBT  MOVE DERAILED 3 CARS..PER MECH SUPT.      


nearest_city: SNOHOMISH
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
R-NWE8231-02 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO A BUILD UP OF DEBRIS IN THE INDUSTRY TRACK FLANGE WAY.       


nearest_city: STILLWATER
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALTOONA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
MALMCS-15 TRAVELING EAST AT ABOUT 18 MPH IN NOTCH 8 LOADING ABOUT 100 AMPS UP A STEEP GRADE WHEN THE HEAD CAR INTX427116 HAD A STRUCTURAL FAILURE IN THE SIDE SILL.  AS THE CAR WAS PULLING UP THE HILL, IT BEGAN TO TWIST AS THE SIDE SILL PULLED APART.  THE REAR TRUCK OF INTX427116 SPREAD THE SOUTH RAI L AND THEN SNAPPED IT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE HEAD CAR AND DERAILMENT OF THE NEXT 5 CARS.    


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONG BEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
L-CAL1911-18IDOUBLED 3 TRACKS TOGETHER TO BUILD TRAIN. AFTER AIR TEST, CREW COULD NOT MOVE TRAIN AND INSPECTION REVEALED DERAILED CARS. INVESTIGATION INDICATED ENGINEER SHOVED WITH HIGH THROTTLE AGAIN ST CUTS WITH AIR STILL SET RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: SHERMAN
county: GRAYSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW LINED SWITCH TO CLEAR TRACK IN ERROR, ALLOWING CAR TO ROLL THROUGH TRACK AND OUT LEAD AT OTHER END OF TRACK, WHERE IT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CARRINGTON
county: FOSTER
railroad: RRVW
date: 2012-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: NINTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 100 EMPTIES OUT OF STORAGE FROM A BRANCHLINE WHEN TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE AND 2 LEAD EM PTY HOPPER CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: JESSUP
county: ANNE ARUNDEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CAPITAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
WHEN RCOF BEGAN TO PULL CARS EAST, THE D58309 WENT THROUGH THE OUT OF SERVICE PORTION OF TRACK THROU GH THE APEX SWITCH WHICH WAS LINED AND LOCKED AGAINST THE MOVE. WHEN A REVERSE MOVE WAS MADE, CARS D ERAILED AT THE APEX SWITCH.     


nearest_city: WESTPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK IN THE TROLLEY WIRE FAILED UNDER THE MOVEMENT OF TRAIN 1578, ALLOWING WIRE TO DROP ON TOP OF TRAIN AND WRAP AROUND ALL FOUR PANTOGRAPHS IN THE CONSIST, CAUSING ADDITIONAL WIRE D AMAGE UNTIL TRAIN 1578 CAME TO A STOP.     


nearest_city: CONNEAUT
county: ASHTABULA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
NW 516102 AND NW 516103 REPORTED VANDALIZED AND SET ON FIRE BY TRESPASSERS ON EY07 TRACK AT CONNEAUT TERMINAL. LOCAL FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED.      


nearest_city: HEARNE
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GSGVSO-06, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7253, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH STOPPED AND PROCEEDED FOULING T HE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRAILER PORTION OF RIG.  UP7253 DAMAGED.  DRIVER OF TRACTOR TRAILER INJURED REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  CREW MEMBER INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-OMA3031-09 COUPLED CARS FROM 111 TRACK TO 102 TRACK, STRETCHED THEN SHOVED INTO 102 AND DERAILED 4 CARS. DOWNLOADS INDICATED EXCESSIVE BUFFING/SLACK ACTION BY ENGINEER WHEN SHOVING CARS. NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
KCS TRAIN YBM51J-13 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE LACY CONNECTION WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE, KCS2853, DERAILE D DUE TO WIDE GAGE THEN CONTINUED TRAVELING ON THE LACY CONNECTION AND DERAILED THE ENTIRE LOCOMOTIV E AND TRAILING CAR, ACFX69631 LEADING SET OF TRUCKS.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON KCS TRACK.  KCS2853 , GP402, FUEL CAPACITY 3,000 GALLONS, SPILLED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.  KCS ESTIM ATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $75,000.  KCS ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $789.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE YNP39R-10 RCL CREW HAD PULLED CARS FROM THE RIP TRACK 501 AND THEN PICKED UP A WHEEL CAR OFF THE RIP LEAD SHOVING INTO 536 TO SPOT THE WHEEL CAR WHEN THE FOREMAN SAW SPARKS AND DUST AND STOPPED. UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND TWO CARS DERAILED EAST OF THE 501-536 SWITCH DUE TO WIDE GAGE FROM DEF ECTIVE OR MISSING TIES.    


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-10 DERAILED 1 CAR IN YARD TRACK 101 AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO BRAKE RIGGING ON CAR DR AGGING.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: VALLIANT
county: MCCURTAIN
railroad: DQE
date: 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: DQE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
WNL ARRIVED VALLIANT AT 2:05 AM WITH A 92 CAR TRAIN AND 4 LOCO'S, 31 LOADS AND 61 EMPTY. THEY SHOVED 19 EMPTY BOXES ON THE END OF THEIR OF THEIR TRAIN INTO THE NORTH PASS. PULLED AHEAD 4 OR 5 CAR LENG THS TO CLEAR THE SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR TOLD THE ENGINEER TO STOP AND THEN THE AIR BUSTED.CREW WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND 10 EMPTY BOXES ROLLED OVER AND 3 MORE DERAILED ON THE OUTSIDE OF TRACK 13 CURVE. AF TER REVIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLOAD AND THE EVIDENCE OF THE DERAILMENT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING, USING THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE AND NOT THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE CAUSED A RUN -IN AND FORCED TWO CARS OVER THE OUTSIDE OF THE RAIL, THESE CARS TURNED OVER AND PULLED ANOTHER 11 CARS OFF OF THE RAIL. CARS INVOLVED WERE (TOE 3193,LRS 721,TOE2547,TOE3103,COER 173633,AOK 111051,AOK113086,NOKL 57


nearest_city: LAKE CHARLES
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
LLJ61-17 WAS PULLING WESTBOUND INTO LAKE CHARLES YARD ON THE EAST END THROUGH THE 216 CROSSOVER INTO TRACK 4 WHEN 5 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN DERAILED OVER THE TRACK 51 SWITCH.  THE FIRST CAR, U TLX910044, DERAILED ALL B END WHEELS.  NEXT 4 CARS DERAILED ALL WHEELS.  THE CAUSE OF THIS DERAILMEN T IS TRACK CAUSED DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH OPERATING ROD.  SWITCH WAS DAMAGED DUE TO BNSF CREW'S FAILU RE TO PROPERLY LINE SWITCH PRIOR TO THEIR MOVEMENT.   


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YDM09-27 PULLING 72 CARS WESTWARD TO CUT BEHIND 50 CARS.  5 CARS DERAILED AT FACING POINT OF EAST CR OSSOVER TO WORKING LEAD.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT FOUND TO BE BROKEN CONNECTOR ROD THAT ALLOWED THE SWIT CH POINTS TO FLOAT AND DERAIL CARS.     


nearest_city: ELBURN
county: KANE
railroad: UPME
date: 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 41, WHILE OPERATING ON MAIN TRACK 2 WESTWARD WAS INSTRUCTED AT CPY043 TO PUT THE SWITCHES ON H AND THROW AND MAKE HIS LINE UP AS NECESSARY, BRAKEMAN DID NOT LINE THE MIDDLE SWITCH, LOCOMOTIVE MET X147 DERAILED ALL FOUR AXLES.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE CONDUCTOR TIME ON DUTY.  THE EMPLOYEE IS A TICK ET TAKER.  HE IS CALLED A "SWINGMAN" AND HIS SHIFT STARTS 50 MINUTES EARLIER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.    


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-TUL2021-15 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE PULLING CARS FROM 2048 TRACK TO THE HUMP.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.  TRD INVESTIGATION CAUSE UPDATED TO T103 DEVIATION FROM UNIFORM TOP OF RAIL PROFILE.      


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: NICD
date: 2012-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ENGINEER TOOK THE CROSSOVER AT CP 64.9 AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED CAUSING DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND EXTENSIVE CATENARY DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
VEHICLE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE A TURN FROM THE I-95 OFF-RAMP AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND EXPERIENCED A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHICH LEFT THE VEHICLE DISABLED APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET SOUTH OF THE CROSSING. THE OPERATOR FLED THE SCENE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DIS ABLED VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY THE NORTHBOUND TRI-RAIL TRAIN P63808.    


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YARD CREW WAS MOVING TRAIN S EQUIPMENT FROM THE YARD TO THE STATION AND THE DOOR OF ENGINE 2034 OPEN ED, DAMAGING SIGNAL 1E. THE DOOR SAFETY LATCH WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
(BNSF NARRATIVE): G-WELBNT9-29 WAS PULLING INTO 6 TRACK OFF UP/KCS MAINTRACK WHEN DERAILED.

       


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: AWRR
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WEST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR FOUND CARS #96,97,108,109,110,111,112 DERAILED DUE TO SUNKINK I N RAIL.      


nearest_city: GREENWOOD
county: LEFLORE
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-12T00:00:00Z
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: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
EMPTY COAL TRAIN STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK THAT HAD STOPPED AND THEN PULLED OVER THE PRIVATE CROSSING.  TR AIN STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION.   NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE TRAIN'S SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE, CN 8862 , WAS DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: MEADVILLE
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
C43C812 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 2 LOADS, 38 EMPTIES, 1590 TONS ON WNYP4 TRACK, DERAILED THE 1 1TH, 12TH, 13TH, 22ND AND 23RD HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: MONROE
county: UNION
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: CHARLOTTE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
G90026 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER STOPPED ON CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AN D PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: SEALY
county: AUSTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN EHAFCRM0-14, EMPTY COAL TRAIN, ATTEMPTING TO DEPART LCRA PLANT AT 0830 HOURS.  FAILED TO HAVE RADIO CONTROLLED SWITCH PROPERLY LINED AND RAN THROUGH SWITCH.  ENGINEER STATED HE WAS MOVING A PPROXIMATELY 6 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT HE PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY BUT GOT LEAD UNIT THROUGH SWITCH.  NOTHING DERAILED.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $0.  RAIL = CWR   


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


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE YARDING TRAIN VIA THE INBOUND TRACK, ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF HUMP CUT WORKING ON OUTS IDE WAY TO HUMP IN RAKING INCIDENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE IN EACH TRAIN.      


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOYLE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TD02 PULLING NORTH OUT OF EAST YARD #3 TRACK UTILITY PERSON FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE SWITCH FOR INTEN DED MOVEMENT. TD02 SHOVED SOUTH INTO EAST YARD #1 BACK TO MAIN AND SHOVED SOUTH INTO #4 TRACK DERAIL ING 3 CARS.     


nearest_city: GARVIN
county: MCCURTAIN
railroad: KRR
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ASHDOWN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
ON 1-19-12, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS, THE KRTHUID WITH A TWO MAN CREW WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ON MAINLINE OF ASHDOWN SUBDIVISION. THE CREW HAD THREE GP 20D LOCOMOTIVES AND TEN LOADS. SEVEN OF THE LOADS WERE WOOD CHIPS AND THE OTHER THREE LOADS WERE LUMBER. THE CREW HAD ONE LOCOMOTIVE ON LINE AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT. AS THE CREW APPROACHED MP 717.8, THEY FELT AN UNUSUAL SHAKING OF THEIR T RAIN. AS THEY LOOKED BACK TO OBSERVE, THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND OBSERVED THAT THE SECOND AND THIRD CAR FROM THE REAR END OF THE TRAIN , LOADS OF WOOD CHIPS, HAD OVERTURNED. THE LAST CAR IN THEIR TRAIN HAD DERAILED BOTH SETS OF TRUCKS BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT.


nearest_city: EDGEWOOD
county: ORANGE
railroad: CFRC
date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: ORLANDO
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:
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:09AM, ON THURSDAY, NOV 29, 2012 AMTRAK PO91 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND COLLIDED WITH A 3 AXLE DUMP TRUCK AT GLEN ROSE ST. GLEN ROSE ST. IS A PRIVATE CROSSING. THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER WAS A FATALITY.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YEW34R-29 WAS PULLING RAILCARS DOWN MIDDLE LEAD TRACK WHEN RAILCAR TTZX863244 DERAILED DUE TO IRREGU LAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: READFIELD
county: KENNEBEC
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
HEADING WEST ON THE MAIN LINE THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 6 CARS O N THE GROUND.
Q # 28 - TRAIN SPEED WAS RECORDED AT 11MPH THIS NUMBER WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ENTER IN Q # 28 BOX.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
FP19 PULLING WEST WITH CSXT 8356 PLUS 1, 14 LOADS, 87 EMPTIES, 4847 TONS PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY A ND DERAILED 2 CARS ON THE CSXT TRENTON LINE IN CP-RIVER AND 7 CARS ON THE NS HARRISBURG DIVISION, MO RRISVILLE LINE AT MP HP 5.2.
     


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: HUNTINGTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
FOREMAN ON YNA49-13 WAS RIDING LADDER ON SOUTHSIDE OF ENGINE UP 7289 ON LITE POWR MOVE TO GET A CUT OF CARS TO SWITCH.  THE LITE ENGINE MOVE CAME TO THE WEST END LOOP TRACK 01-25, FOREMAN DISMOUNTED A ND LINED CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR HIS UPCOMING SWITCHING MOVE, GOT BACK ONTO THE LOCOMOTIVE FAILING TO L INE HIS INTENDED ROUTE SWITCH ON 01-25 AND RAN THRU THE SWITCH.  THE LITE POWER MOVE WENT TO THE YAR D, RETRIEVED THE CUT OF CARS TO SWITCH AND PULLED BACK OVER THE SWITCH THAT HAD JUST BEEN RAN THRU D ERAILING THE LOCOMOTIVE UP 7289.  


nearest_city: NEW MARTINSVILLE
county: WETZEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT REVEALED THAT CREW IMPROPERLY PERFORMED A STANDING BRAKE TEST. THE TEST ON LY LASTED FOR 42 SECONDS. SEVEN CARS ROLLED OFF CURVE TRACK INTO 4 ON THE SCALE TRACK.      


nearest_city: PAYSON
county: UTAH
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SHARP SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED TRAIN FIRE NEAR PAYSON, UT.  CREW ON THE CUWIP-17 WAS INSTRUCT ED TO STOP FOR INSPECTION.  LOCOMOTIVE UP5776 WAS DETERMINED TO BE ON FIRE BUT SELF EXTINGUISHED BEF ORE FIRE PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.  LOCOMOTIVE WAS SET OUT AND PICKED UP BY ANOTHER TRAIN AND TAKEN INTO DENVER FOR INSPECTION.  DAMAGES WERE LATER DETERMINED TO HAVE EXTENDED BEYOND WHERE THE F IRE HAD STARTED.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CALUMET YARD ASSIGNMENT BH12 WHILE PULLING EAST OUT OF TRACK 3 WITH 3 ENGINES (NS 8866, NS 9901, NS 8289) AND 80 CARS (75X5) DERAILED THE A-END (L 3-4, R2-4) OF EMPTY CAR AGR 77669 IN POSITION 15 AND DERAILED THE B END (L-2, R1-2) ON TTGX 158373 IN POSITION 14.     


nearest_city: YALE
county: BEADLE
railroad: DME
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: YALE SPUR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
AFTER HIGH WINDS THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH 13TH, BNSF RECEIVED A CALL THAT CARS WERE BLOCKING A PUBLIC CROSSING.  AFTER INVESTIGATING, IT APPEARED THAT THE WIND HAD  BLOW A CUT OF 61 STORED CARS A ND ALL TOGETHER 6 OF THE CARS WERE DERAILED.  THREE CARS WERE ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CUT AND THREE OTHER WERE MIXED THROUGHOUT THE CUT.  THESE CARS HAD BEEN STORED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.    


nearest_city: MARCUS HOOK
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 67 WITH ENGINE 938 AND 5 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 938 DUE TO BURNING UNDER THE MESSENGER WIRE AT MP 14.1.      


nearest_city: RALEIGH
county: WAKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 350 PULLING NORTH INTO GLENWOOD YARD WITH ENGINES NS 9953 & 9786 WITH 56 LOADS, 52 EMPTIES DER AILED WHEN THE LEAD TRUCKS OF THE 1ST H/C MOUNTED THE WORN R/E SWITHC POINT DERAILING CARS 5TH THRU 11TH.     


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y39615 DOUBLED C57 TO C53 AND WAS SHOVING 24 CARS INTO D03 TO SPOT F16916. AFTER COUPLING UP THE CON DUCTOR PROCEEDED TO SHOVE INTO D03 UNTIL A MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT TWO CARS IN HIS CUT WER E DERAILED. INSPECTION OF THE CUT FOUND OHCR 6080 AND NW 180690 DERAILED.  THE TAPS INVESTIGATION RE VEILED THAT THE GLADHAND ON THE A END OF OHCR 6080 HAD BECOME LODGED IN THE FROD AT THE 10/11 SWITCH AND DERAILED.   


nearest_city: CASSELTON
county: CASS
railroad: RRVW
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: SECOND
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
RRVW TRAIN CREW WENT TO PICK UP A LOADED 111-CAR CORN SHUTTLE TRAIN; THIS TRAIN STRETCHED FROM THE E LEVATOR TRACK, THROUGH THE HAND THROW CROSSOVER TO THE INDUSTRY'S DEPARTURE TRACK.  WEATHER CONDITIO NS WHILE THE ELEVATOR WAS LOADING THE SHUTTLE TRAIN WERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS (WIND GUSTS UP TO 33 MP H AND 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW).  WHEN THE RRVW CREW WENT ON DUTY TO PICK UP THE LOADED SHUTTLE TRAIN, T HEY SHOVED BACK TO MAKE SURE ALL JOINTS WERE MADE.  ENGINEER PULLED AHEAD TO STRETCH THE TRAIN AND S AID THAT IT SEEMED TO BE PULLING HARD SO MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.  CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN WALKED UP FRO M THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AND SAW 5 LOADS OF GRAIN DERAILED.  UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE D ERAILMENT HAD TAKEN PLACE AT THE SWITCH OF THE CROSSOVER AND THAT THE CROSSOVER SWITCH POINTS WERE G


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
M38731-15 WAS NEGOTIATING THE CP SCOTTEN INTERLOCKING ON THE CORNIAL SHARED ASSETS WHEN THE TRAIN WE NT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND CARS FTTX 961363 AND FTTX 972047 DERAILED IN BETWEEN THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES WITHIN THE CP SCOTTEN INTERLOCKING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT FTTX 961363 HAD DERAILED FIRST AT THE APEX OF THE 16 DEGREE CURVE COMING SOUTH INTO THE CP SCOTTEN INTERL OCKING. A DOWNLOAD OF THE LEAD UNIT REVEALED THAT THE ENGINEER WAS THROTTLING UP TO NORTH #3 SIX MIN UTES BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THIS ACTION EFFECTIVELY STRETCHED THE RAIL OUT. AT THREE MINUTES PRIOR, HE APPLIED THE INDEPENDENT BRAKES AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER A MINIMUM SERVICE AIR BRAKE APPLICATION. WHEN THE AIR BRAKES WERE APPLIED HE FAILED TO BAIL-OFF THE INDEPENDENT, ALLOWING IT TO BUILD TO 21 PSI.


nearest_city: RALEIGH
county: RALEIGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN H82712 WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN CREW OBSERVED DUST FLYING AROUND TRAIN AND STOPPED TRAIN AND FOUND CARS DERAILED. CAUSE IS IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
BNSF 131-02 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL ON TRACK. **BNSF ES TIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGED = $500.00**      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: WCTX
date: 2010-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THIS IS REPORT IS FOR TRACK MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY ONLY.  THE CLC IS THE RAILROAD HAVING HAD THE ACTUAL TRAIN CONSIST THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.  NO TRACK DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.      


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
M33891-15 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO F-YARD WHEN THE LEADING AXLE OF MSRC 2313 DERAILED AT T HE SOUTH CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THROUGHFARE 3 TO THOROUGHFARE 4. THE PREVIOUS CARS IN THE SHOVE MOVEM ENT CROSSED OVER THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WITHOUT INCIDENT. M33891-15 HAD COUPLED TO THE 60 STANDING CARS ON TRACK MF17 AND HAD SHOVED 8 TO 9 CAR LENGTHS WHEN THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED. INVESTIGATION FOU ND THAT THE CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT LATERAL FORCES NOT ATTRIBUTED TO TRAIN MAKE-UP OR TRAIN HANDLING. T HE LATERAL FORCES ALLOWED THE CAR TO CLIMB THE HIGH FLANGE GUARDRAIL AND DERAIL. DERAILED WERE: MSRC 2313, SOO 601563, SOO601345. GATX 80511 WAS DAMAGED. 


nearest_city: FORNEY
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MLIFW-16, WITH LEAD UNIT UP2251, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE WHICH DROVE AROUND BARRICADE AT A C LOSED CROSSING AD WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING WHEN STRUCK. DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YFX57R-17 SHOVED THROUGH A SWITCH, THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CAR S.      


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M39331-07 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK #3 AT THE SOUTH END OF UP YARD CENTER WHEN FOUR CARS DERAILED ACCOU NT A GAPPED SWITCH POINT. TWO OF THE FOUR CARS WERE LOADED AUTO RACKS. THE REMAINING TWO CARS DERAIL ED WERE NON- HAZARDOUS TANK CARS. DERAILED CARS: FPAX 950296, GATX 28383, TTGX 852846 (ON THEIR SIDE ) AND TTGX 941676. THE UP ADVISED $2,688 IN TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CONTRACTOR GROUP WORKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH DRILLIG RIG WAITED FOR POWER MOVE EFWMQM-30 TO CLE AR INTO THE FORM B ON MAINLINE #1.  EFWMQM-30 HAD CLEARED INTO THE LIMITS AFTER ALL FOUR SUB GROUPS WERE IN THE CLEAR.  THE CONTRACTOR RUNNING THE DRILLING RIG NEXT TO TRACKS HAD WATCHED AN EASTBOUND TRAIN GO BY HIM, BUT THAT TRAIN WAS ON MAIN #2, AND WAS NOT THE EFWMQM-30, SO THEY STARTED WORKING A GAIN.  THEY MOVED THE DRILLING RIG TO FOUL THE TRACKS TO CONTINUE WORKING, THINKING THAT WAS THE ONL Y TRAIN IN THE AREA.  THE EFWMQM-30 STRUCK THE DRILLING RIG, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVES.  NO ONE WAS HURT OR INJURED.  RAIL = CWR 


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING EMPTY COAL RAILCARS IN RADCLIFF 5. RAILCAR WAS NOT DUMPED COMPLETELY AT MCDUFFIE CA R DUMP.  LEAVING COAL BANKED ON ONE SIDE OF THE RAILCAR CAUSING THE RAILCAR TO DERAIL WHEN PULLED TH ROUGH THE RADCLIFF 5 TRACK CURVE ON THE ACCOUNT OF RAILCAR BEING OFF CENTER. 
FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENTIRE TRAIN HAD RAILCARS WITH BANKED COAL ON ONE SIDE OF RAILCARS.  ALSO, ANOTHE R PREVIOUSLY DUMPED TRAIN WAS FOUND TO HAVE RAILCARS NOT FULLY DUMPED AS WELL.   


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
C-WTMBEN0-01A DERAILED 6 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK WHEN UTILITY TRAINMAN LINED SWITCH UNDER MOVING TRAIN.      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS CAR XTTX 142064 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK E07 INTO CAR TTZX 87503 BYPAS SING THE COUPLERS BETWEEN THE 2 CARS CAUSING TTZX 87503 AND XTTX 142064 TO GO ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: BASSETT
county: FLOYD
railroad: CP
date: 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
632-077 EASTBOUND DERAILED AT MP 83 DUE TO MAIN TRACK WASHOUT.  THREE LOCOMOTIVES, A BUFFER CAR FOR THE UNIT TRAIN, AND FOUR TANK CARS OF HAZARDOUS DENATURED ETHANOL DERAILED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORT ED.  APPROXIMATELY 49,000 GALLONS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL RELEASED FROM THREE OF THE CARS DBUX 301558, CTCX 730870 AND CTCX 730031.  APPROXIMATELY 400 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL RELEASED FROM ONE LOCOMOTIVE. 100 LBS. OF LUBE OIL WAS ALSO RELEASED.   


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
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-CKMRTR0-76 DERAILED 22 CARS. CAUSE WAS TRUCK BOLSTER STIFF ON R-3 WHEEL ON UCEX 92014 AND 38MM AXL E SHIFT VARIANCE ON BOTH AXLES OF THIS TRUCK. BNSF TRACK DAMAGES $8,500, TRRA TRACK DAMAGES $21,500.      


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Q49108 ENTERING RECEIVING YARD ON SWITCHING LEAD INTO TRACK R02 WITH 108 CARS WHEN TRAILING TRUCKS O N 105TH CAR PICKED SWITCH POINT OF T SWITCH DERAILING CARS.      


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YARD CREW HUMPED NAHX 560358 THRU RETARDERS AT PROPER SPEED, BUT CAR STALLED IN THE GROUP ACCOUNT MI LD HAND BRAKE HAD BEEN SET. CAR WAS THEN IMPACTED BY ATSF 621438, DAMAGING THIS CAR. HAND BRAKE ON N AHX 560358 WAS SET PRIOR TO CAR ARRIVING YARD AND MADE NO NOISE GOING OVER HUMP. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH EMPLOYEE SET THE BRAKE OR AT WHAT POINT.    


nearest_city: NORA SPRINGS
county: FLOYD
railroad: IANR
date: 2010-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THE IANR CREWÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶S INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO PULL 72 LOADS OFF OF THE TRACK. THE CREW TRAVELLED THE MAIN TRA CK TO PLACE AN EOT ONTO THE REAR NORTHERN MOST CAR. AS THE EOT WAS PLACED THE CREW OBSERVED THAT THE REAR CAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE DERAIL. THE CONDUCTOR VERIFIED THAT THE REAR CAR HAD A HAND BRAKE APPLIED SO THEY WENT BACK TO THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK AND COUPLED INTO IT. THE CONDUCTO R CUT IN THE AIR AND RELEASED THE HAND BRAKES FROM THE CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK. AT THIS P OINT IT SHALL BE NOTED THAT THE TRACK HAS A ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂCROWNÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ PROFILE IN THE MIDDLE, SO WHEN THE CREW CUT IN T HE AIR AND RELEASED THE BRAKES THE SLACK RAN OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM THE PEAK. THE HAND BRAKES O N THE NORTH END OF TRACK DID NOT SECURE THE CARS SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE SLACK FROM RUNNI


nearest_city: WEST PALM BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: SFRV
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
HIGHWAY VEHICLE OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE A TURN FROM THE I-95 OFF-RAM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND EXPERIENCED A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHICH LEFT THE VEHICLE DI SABLED APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET SOUTH OF THE CROSSING. THE OPERATOR FLED THE SCENE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DISABLED VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY THE NORTHBOUND COMMUTER TRAIN. NO INJURIES WERE SUST AINED.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2014-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
JOB 341-01 SWITCHING AT MCH YD. FOREMAN FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR INTENDED.  3 LOADED RAILCARS ROLLE D FREE THRU CLEAR TRACK AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF JOB 330-01 DOUBLING UP ON SOUTH END OF YARD.  NO INJU RIES.     


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 171 WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/942-E/912 AND 8 CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PANTOGRAPHS ON BOTH ENGINE S, AS A RESULT OF AN AUXILIARY WIRE FAILURE IN THE CATENARY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PANTOGRAPHS.  AMTR AKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $17,496.00.     


nearest_city: EDISON
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE MBASTJ-22 WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAND OPERATE THE 11-3 TURNOUT AT BENA.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO OPER ATE THE FROG MACHINE WHEN THE CONSIST WENT OVER THE FROG, THE THREE LEAD UNITS DERAILED.  BNSF'S EST EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $1,000.00     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: BALTIMORE TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Q70306 WHILE PULLING EAST AT BAA 3.6 ON THE SIDING AT LANSDOWNE EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION ON THE BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION 10 CARS WERE FOUND  DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BEVERLY
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2012-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: BURLINGTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
OPERATOR OF TRAIN 315 LRV 3502 REPORTED JUVENILE THROWING ROCKS AT WOODLANE ROAD OPERATOR REPORTED C RACKS IN WINDSHIELD.      


nearest_city: PILOT POINT
county: DENTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
MMCSAS-20 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD RAILCAR MP706680 DERAIL.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS IRREG ULAR CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CONTRACTOR, RAIL WORKS, WAS CROSSING A TIE INSERTER FROM THE CITY TRACK TO THE LAKEFRONT.  THE TIE I NSERTER WORK HEAD WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED FOR TRAVEL BY THE CONTACTOR.  THE UNSECURED TIE INSERTER WORK HEAD STRUCK AND SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED THE SWITCH MACHINE, M23, THAT OPERATORS THE CITY TRACK SW ITCH.  THE M23 DUAL CONTROL POWER SWITCH STAND REPLACEMENT.  NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE MACHINE.    


nearest_city: RHODELL
county: RALEIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
100 LOADED COAL HOPPERS LOCATED IN EAST GULF OUTLET TRACKS WERE FLOODED WHEN FLASH FLOODING CAUSED C REEK TO OVERFLOW BANKS. 22ND OF THE 100 HOPPERS AND WATER OVER WHEEL BEARINGS OF THE CARS.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: SARPY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MKCCB-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7699, WHILE PULLING, STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING.  DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT.      


nearest_city: BROWNVILLE JCTN
county: PISCATAQUIS
railroad: MMA
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
NO. 410 SWITCHING AT BROWNVILLE JCT SHOVED 30 (3/27) CARS EAST ON LEAD WHICH WAS KNOW TO BE CLEAR OF OTHER EQUIPMENT.  UNKNOWN TO THE CONDUCTOR THE TWO LEADING CARS IN SHOVE SPLIT TRACK 13 SWITCH WHIC H WAS LINED AGAINST SHOVING MOVE.  CREW BELIEVED SWITCH WAS LINED FOR SHOVING MOVE AND FAILED TO VIS UALLY CHECK POSITION OF SWITCH.  AFTER PERFORMING ADDITIONAL SWITCHING DUTIES IN YARD AT BROWNVILLE JCT YARD CREW WENT BACK TO THE 30 CAR CUT AND HAULED THEM OUT TO DOUBLE TO ANOTHER TRACK.  SHORTLY A FTER DOUBLING MOVEMENT STARTED AIR DUMPED.  CREW WENT BACK AND FOUND THAT TWO CARS HAD FOLLOWED ORIG INAL ROUTE FROM MISALIGNED SWITCH DERAILING BOTH CARS ALL WHEELS.  NO HAZ-MAT.  NO INJURIES 


nearest_city: VERNON
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
BNSF ROAD CREW M-BACLAC1-08, PULLED LEAD TRACK 1800, CUT OFF TWO REAR DP UNITS, PULLED EAST OVER 102 SWITCHED, AND SHOVED APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET TOWARD 102 TRACK WHEN AWARE CARS OF THEIR TRAIN WERE DE RAILED.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YPR24R-26, A ONE MAN HUMP JOB, WAS SHOVING CARS FROM YARD 9 VIA 1 HUMP LEAD WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  MP723539, MP722711, CNW490797 & TILX648439 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
EMPTY TANK CAR THAT HAD BEEN CORNERED DURING HUMP OPERATIONS WAS FOUND DURING OUTBOUND INSPECTION AN D SENT TO RIP TRACK.  UNABLE TO LOCATE RECORDS OF CAR BEING HUMPED.      


nearest_city: ONIDA
county: SULLY
railroad: CP
date: 2013-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: ONIDA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THIRD PARTY ELEVATOR CREW (NOT CP RAILROAD EMPLOYEES) WERE MOVING CARS TO START LOADING A SHUTTLE TR AIN. MADE A CUT ON THE FIRST 43 CARS TO SET OVER FROM NEW SHUTTLE TRACK TO ELEVATOR TRACK. WHILE BAC KING UP THE ELEVATOR CREW HAD TO STOP ACCOUNT OAHE GRAIN HAD LEFT  A CAR ON THE MAIN LINE. ELEVATOR CREW CHANGED THEIR PLANS FOR THE MOVEMENT AND WENT THROUGH A DIFFERENT SWITCH FOR THE SECOND CUT OF CARS. ELEVATOR CREW FAILED TO LINE THE WEST FERTILIZER SWITCH AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH. THEY HAD A HOLD OF 43 CARS ON THE SECOND CUT. THERE WERE 21 CARS RUN THROUGH THE SWITCH BEFORE THE REVERSE MOV EMENT WAS MADE THROUGH THE SWITCH RESULTING IN A 5 CAR DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
H-DENGAL9-03 DEPARTING FROM TRACK 4 DERAILED 2 CARS AT WEST XOVER FROM DEPARTURE LEAD TO NORTH PULL TRACK BECAUSE OF IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE THE F049 CREW WAS HUMPING, THE UTLX 640715 SIDESWIPED UTLX  641327. THE NEXT CAR, GATX 90276, CAME DOWN AND CROSS COUPLED THE UTLX 641327.  TRACK #18 AND 20 EACH SUSTAINED $125.00 WORTH OF DAMAG E.     


nearest_city: TOLUCA
county: MARSHALL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
IT WAS REPORTED FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT TOLUCA TO ROC THAT A VEHICLE HAD STRUCK 1 -OF OUR TRAINS. 2 EASTBOUND TRAINS WERE STOPPED ANY THE Q-FTMPA1-29A FOUND PAINT SCRAPPED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 6TH CAR. VEHICLE WAS SHOVED INTO THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE GRADE PROTECTING DEVICE WHEN IMPACT OCCURRED AT A CROSSING.    


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
DURING HUMPING, TTZX 863946 MISROUTED TO B19 AND STALLED JUST NORTH OF THE 18/19 SWITCH. THE HUMP SY TEM DID NOT READ THIS CAR  AND LINED THE NEXT CAR, SPDX 97076 INTO B18 CAUSING SIDESWIPE OF THE CARS .     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
L50071-07 WAS SHOVING 55 CARS TO SPOT IN TRACK MD03 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE PROPER ROU TE. THE CREW SHOVED THROUGH THE 'SHORT WAY' CROSSOVER AND ONTO TRIM #1. THE CONDUCTOR STOPPED THE MO VEMENT AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL SOUTH, WHICH DERAILED CAR TTGX 973610. NO INJURIES NOT HA Z-MAT INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YSC25R-19 HAD AN ACTIVE RCL ZONE SWITCHING ON THE LEAD.  MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES GOT ON 4 EN GINE SET IN THE HOUSE TRACK AND PULLED WEST FOULING THE RCL ZONE.  EMPLOYEES DID NOT NOTIFY SWITCH C REW OR YARDMASTER THEY WOULD FOUL THE SWITCHING LEAD.  RCL CREW PULLED WEST DOWN THE RCL ZONE AND CO LLIDED WITH THE UP5300 WHICH WAS OUT TO FOUL IN THE HOUSE TRACK.  UP847 AND UP3682 ON THE RCL SET DE RAILED.  APPROXIMATELY 250 GALLONS OF DIESEL WERE SPILLED FROM A PUNCTURED FUEL TANK.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: SAVAGE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MANKATO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GSVLWW-18 IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING THE MAINLINE, WAS MOVING CARS BACK WHEN THE ENGINEER REALIZED H E HAD A PROBLEM AND GOT OUT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE TO INSPECT.  UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT T HE 3RD LOCOMOTIVE AND 7 CARS BEHIND IT HAD DERAILED DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITION THAT ALLOWED THE RAIL TO SPREAD WHILE SHOVING UNDER LOAD.    


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
QMXAS-04, LEAD UNIT NS8735, TRAVELING NORTH OUT OF PORT LAREDO WHEN A TRUCK WITH A FLAT BED TRAVELIN G EAST TO WEST CROSSED OVER TRACKS AND STOPPED ON FRONTAGE ROAD.  FLATBED WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE TRACKS.  TRAIN STRUCK REAR PORTION OF FLATBED.  INJURIES TO TWO CREW MEMBERS.  DRIVER OF TRUCK WAS T AKEN TO HOSPITAL.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: CINNAMINSON
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
AFTER INVOLVEMENT IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE THE OPERATOR IF THE AUTO DROVE THE AUTO TO PLAY TAYLORS LANE CROSSING AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET NORTH ON THE ALIGNMENT. HE THEN ABANDONED THE AUTO FOULIN G THE ALIGNMENT AND IT WAS STRUCK 311 TRAVELING NORTH ON THE EAST RIVERTON SIDING. OPERATOR OF AUTO WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED BY LOCAL POLICE.    


nearest_city: NEWAYGO
county: NEWAYGO
railroad: MQT
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: GRANDRAPIDS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF MAC LEAD.  INDUSTRY IS MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (OR M. A.C.)      


nearest_city: SILSBEE
county: HARDIN
railroad: TIBR
date: 2013-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SILSBEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
JOB 111 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING OUR A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 109, CARS IN TRACK 111 HAD ROLL ED OUT DUE TO IMPROPER SECUREMENT CAUSING A SIDE COLLISION 
2ND M540213 TO REPORT CUT OF CARS 
INI CIDENT WAS NOT INITIALLY REPORTED DUE TO IMPROPER ESTIMATES OF COST TO REPAIR CARS BN575453, AND ATS F74941 THIS ESTIMATE ON THIS REPORT 10,025 MAKING THE INCIDENT REPORTABLE    


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-GAT2021-19 CAUSED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE WITH 2 CARS IMPACTED EACH OTHER IN YARD TRACK 6204 DUE TO INADE QUATE PRECAUTIONS WHILE KICKING CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: CASCADE SUB
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-May
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN QBAVWJ-15 WAS PROCEEDING NORTH THROUGH TRACK 4 WITH PERMISSION TO DEPART.  TRAIN DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND ONE CAR DUE TO RAIL BREAKING UNDERNEATH THE LOCOMOTIVE.  BNSF'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE : #3200     


nearest_city: MARSHFIELD
county: WOOD
railroad: WC
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: SUPERIOR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
DRIVER OF VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE TRACKS AT THE MAPLE AVE. CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ONCOMING TR AIN.  DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES.  SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED AND WORK PROPERLY .  NO DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.  THE ENTIRE CROSSING MASS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CROSSING WAS TAKEN DOWN .    


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
R-GFC3131-20 DERAILED 3 ARTICULATED CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 735 DUE TO TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGUL AR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NEW BRAUNFELS
county: COMAL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
RB2OG-28 SHOVING EMPTY ROCK TRAIN INTO THE NORTH END OF OGDEN DERAILED 1 CAR ACCOUNT ROCK IN FLANGE WAY OVER THE TOP OF THE RAIL.  HANSON AGGREGATES MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: SHIREMANSTOWN
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
H59H104 PULLING NORTH WITH NS 5064 PLUS 2, 10 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 1230 TONS ON PURINA INDUSTRIAL LEAD DERAILED 2ND ENGINE (NS 3050), 3RD ENGINE (NS 5354) AND 1ST CAR (STLX 5295)      


nearest_city: UNION CITY
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: AWP W OF A
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
A 1999 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER VAN STALLED ON A CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY Q67902. THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPI ED AT TIME OF IMPACT. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING.      


nearest_city: SEAFORD
county: SUSSEX
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
H53 WITH 2 UNITS, 54 LOADS, AND 6921 TONS TRAVELING ON DELMARVA SECONDARY APPROACHING BRIDGEVILLE AT 24 MPH DERAILED CARS 24-36. 11 CARS WERE LEANING OR ON THEIR SIDE, AND THE LAST TWO CARS DERAILED W ERE UPRIGHT. ENGINEER WAS OPERATING TRAIN AT 5 NOTCH CONSISTENTLY FOR 2 MILES PRIOR TO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2010-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-DYT2511-29A CREW KICKED ONE CAR INTO TRACK 648 WHICH FAILED TO MAKE THE JOINT AND ROLLED BACK OUT TOWARD THE SWITCH.  BEFORE THE CREW REALIZED THE CAR WAS ROLLING OUT THEY HAD ALREADY LET TWO CARS G O TOWARD TRACK 657.  TWO CARS WERE CORNERED, ONE OF WHICH WAS SPLIT RESULTING IN RELEASED OF PLASTIC .    


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YPC20R-06 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO TRACK 210.  TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOVE WEST, DERAILING TWO CARS ON THE 208 FROG.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
A COLLAPSING CULVERT ON THE INSIDE RAIL OF CURVE CAUSED 53RD CAR TO ROCK EXCESSIVELY WHILE PASSING O VER CULVERT.  A MIXTURE OF SEVERELY WORN RAIL ON OUTSIDE OF CURVE, ALONG WITH A WORN FLANGE CONTROL CAUSE THE ROCKING LOAD TO CLIMB UP AND OVER THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF RAIL, DERAILMENT CAR 250 FT FROM WES T MONDOVI SIDING SWITCH.    


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
NJT TRAIN #3806 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS FOULING TRACK # 1 CAUSING DAMAGES TO NJT C/139 4      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YARD CREW #X-235 RAN THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SW #2107 SHOVING EAST AND DERAILED ALL WHEELS OF COACH ES 7043/7640 AND A-TRUCK OF 7581 WHILE PULLING WEST TO CLEAR SW #2105.      


nearest_city: ROSE HILL
county: LEE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: CV
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
N38228 WITH 110 EMPTY COAL HOPPERS AND TWO ENGINES MADE A REVERSE MOVE BEYOND LIMITS OF THE MAIN TRA CK DERAILING 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: PEKIN
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: IMRR
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SPRINGFIELD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN PULLING INTO NORTH END CRESCENT YARD; SOUTHBOUND MOVE; TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: TAYLORSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
N26827 WAS TOLD TO SET THEIR REAR ENGINE CSXT 7757 INTO THE L2 TRACK. ENGINEER SHOVED HIS ENGINES IN TO L2 TRACK AND BEGAN TO SECURE CSXT 7757 AND PERFORM A BRAKE TEST. ENGINEER SECURED THE HANDBRAKE A ND PERFORMED A 103I BRAKE TEST. THE DOWNLOAD FROM THE LEAD ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE TEST WAS PERFORMED CORRECTLY AND DVR VIDEO FROM THE SECOND ENGINE SHOWED THE ENGINEER WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO S ECURE CSXT 7757 AND BREAKING AWAY FROM THE CSXT 7757. THE DVR SHOWED CSXT 7757 STANDING STILL ON A 2 % GRADE AND BEING HELD BY ITS HANDBRAKE. AT 0955 RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM TSI SUBCONTRACTOR WORKIN G WITHIN THE STILESBORO POWER PLANT THAT AN ENGINE HAD ROLLED OUT OF L2 TRACK AND DERAILED. IT WAS F OUND THE ENGINE HANDBRAKE HAD BEEN RELEASED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED OUT AT A SPE


nearest_city: STATHAM
county: BARROW
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRANSPORTING AUTOMOBILES GOT STUCK ON CROSSING DUE TO ITS LOW GROUND CLEARANCE TRA ILER AND WAS STRUCK BY Q67602. THE TRUCK WAS UNOCCUPIED AT TIME OF IMPACT. ALSO DAMAGED WERE CROSSIN G ARMS AND OPERATION SYSTEM. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.     


nearest_city: NEW BRIGHTON
county: RAMSEY
railroad: MNNR
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
CN JOB L50681-10 WAS MAKING SET OUT TO MIAN IND. LEAD, CONDUCTOR DID NOT RELINE SWITCH TO WEST 1 FOR MAIN LEAD CONDUCT0R SHOVED TRAIN INTO STANDING CARS ON WEST ONE TRACK DERAILED 4 CARS      


nearest_city: ARCADIA
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-08-04T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
THE MJASH-03 STRUCK A LOW BOY TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING AT HAZEL ST. IN ARCADIA, LA.       


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING CARS IN YARD, CREW KICKED FOUR CARS INTO TRACK 2 WHICH WAS A CLEAR TRACK.  CARS TRAV ELED THROUGH THE YARD AND DERAILED ON EAST END AT 10TH STREET DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CISCO
county: EASTLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAIRD SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MFWMH-17 DERAILED AT A BRIDGE AT MP 363.07.  PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORTS ABOUT THE BRIDGE CONDITION NOTED DECK ROTTING AND DECAY, A FEW PILE CONDITIONS AND SETTLEMENT OF BENT #3.  THE TOP TIMBER BALLA ST RETAINER OF A DOUBLE STACKED RETAINER ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE BRIDGE WAS REMOVED AND HAD NOT BEEN REINSTALLED FROM PROGRAM TIE WORK DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTHS.  FIVE DAYS PRIOR THE DERAILMENT H EAVY RAINS FELL IN THE AREA CAUSING FLASH FLOODING AND SIDE WASHING WITH THE SURROUNDING 5 MILES OF THE BRIDGE.  THE TRACK WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE UNTIL BALLAST COULD BE DUMPED AND THE TRACK INSPECTE D. THIS SPECIFIC BRIDGE ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL STRUCTURES HAD RECENTLY BEEN INSPECTED AND FOUND SAFE TO RETURN THE MAIN TRACK BACK TO SERVICE.  THIS BRIDGE HAD FLOOD WATERS OVER THE TOP OF THE DECK FU


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YPB71-28 BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTH OUT OF ROUNDHOUSE WHEN NS8310 AND NS2591 DERAILED ON PILE OF SAND IN 17 RAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TRACTOR-TRAILER DRIVER FOR INDEPENDENT COMPANY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON ROADWAY THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH TRAIN TRACKS AND RAN INTO THE REAR OF A STANDING TRAIN AND INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER STANDING T RAIN ON NEXT TRACK CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: MACON
county: JONES
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
G10G830 SHOVING NORTH WITH 3 UNITS ENGINE CONSIST IMPACTED STANDING CUT OF CARS, DERAILING ENG NS 63 35      


nearest_city: TRIMONT
county: MARTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MITDM-03, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN ENCOUNTERED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR, WH ILE INSPECTING TRAIN DISCOVERED TRAIN HAD DERAILED AND HAD A TRAIN SEPARATION DUE TO SETTLED/SOFT RO ADBED.     


nearest_city: PERU CENTER
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
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:
Y29312 WAS PULLING CARS BACK INTO WR5 WHEN CARS DERAILED AT THE WR6 SWITCH GETTING BEHIND THE POINTS .      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHESTER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
M-MEMSTL1-21 DERAILED 4 CARS ON UPRR TRACK WHILE MOVING FROM BNSF TO UP TRACKS THROUGH CONNECTION TR ACK.  CAUSE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: MADISONVILLE
county: HOPKINS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
T10225 WAS LEAVING WARRIOR MINE, USING THE WARRIOR LEAD TRACK ON PAL PROPERTY WHEN BROKEN RAIL ON TH E TRACK CAUSED A DERAILMENT.  FOREIGN TRACK ESTIMATES ARE 41,340.00      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
YEW24-01 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 804 WHEN RAILCAR DTTA744537 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TR ACK.      


nearest_city: CONVENT
county: ST JAMES
railroad: IC
date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
C75971-03 WAS PULLING OUT OF CONVENT MARINE TERMINAL WHEN FOUR CARS DERAILED AT THE RUN-AROUND SWITC H INSIDE THE INDUSTRY. THE FOUR DERAILED CARS WERE ALL EMPTIES; CEFX 601076, CEFX 60315, CEFX 600966 AND CEFX 601001. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT CONFIRMED THAT A CMT EMPLOYEE HAD LINED THE SWITCH FOR THE RUN-AROUND THE PIT TO THE INSIDE LOOP BUT DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE SWITCH HANDLE IN THE KEEPER WHICH ALLOWED THE SWITCH POINTS TO MOVE OVER UNDER LOAD AND DERAIL THE CARS. THIS IS INDUSTRY RESPONSIBILITY.  


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL 93171-16, WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING WHEN UCSX 2016 (BULK HEAD FLAT) WAS HUMPED I NTO TRACK M044.  THE CAR REMAINED OUT TO FOUL AND WHEN TILX 252347 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK M045 IT COR NERED UCSX 2016.  NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES.  NOTHING DERAILED.     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
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:
BNSF TRAIN HPVOST01-07A, OPERATED BY A BN CREW, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE FRESNO SUBDIVISION ON THE CONNECTION TRACK FROM THE FRESNO SUB NO 2 MAIN TO THE BNSF'S NO 1 MAIN TRACK WHEN IT DERAILED 3 CAR S NEAR THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  BNSF'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $17,500     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: ITSL
date: 2013-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR UNLOCKED DERAIL AND OPENED GATE FOR TRACK 314.  HE THEN PROCEEDED TO CUT OF CARS FOR M AKING A JOINT.  HE AUTHORIZED LIGHT POWER TO ENTER TRACK 314, POWER HIT DERAIL, THE CONDUCTOR THEN R EALIZED HE FORGOT TO LOWER DERAIL PRIOR TO INITIATING MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YARD CREW MM-12 OPERATING LITE ENGINE #4302 WITH REAR BRAKE ON LEAD END SIDE-SWPIED STANDING EQUIPME NT CAUSING DAMAGE TO #4302 AND #6021 WHILE SHOVING WEST.      


nearest_city: SOUTH FORK
county: CAMBRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
HI-RAIL TRUCK 705602 STRUCK IN REAR BY BR05064B AT APPROXIMATELY 16 MPH ACCOUNT EMERGENCY BRAKE INOP ERATIVE DUE TO IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF BRAKES.  ITEM 30:  MANUAL BLOCK.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Q26830 WAS SHOVING CUT OF CARS INTO #7 CLASS TRACK, THE 19TH CAR PICKED THE #10/LEAD SWITCH WHICH RE SULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
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:
TRAIN 711 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2007 AND 4 CARS WAS STRUCK BY A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP1018.82, AV ENUE 15 CROSSING.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS 85 YEARS OLD.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MIDWAY BNSF
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YSP51-08 SHOVING 63 CARS INTO TRACK 4 WHEN A CAR DERAILED AT THE FROG ON THE WEST END OF 2 TRACK DUE TO THE GAUGE NOT BEING HELD BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT FASTENERS/SPIKES.  THIS ALLOWED THE CAR TO CLIM B AT THE GUARD RAIL.  THE CAR THEN TRAVELLED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 2600 FEET TO THE 3 SWITCH WHERE IT THEN DAMAGED TRACK AND DERAILED 5 MORE CARS.    


nearest_city: GARDEN CITY
county: CHATHAM
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GS42 SHOVING WEST IN CT22 WITH 02 UNITS, 20 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 2707 TONS, DERAILED 7TH THROUGH 11TH H EAD CARS ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK. 38. PRIMARY CAUSE.      


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 CAR IN TRACK. TRACK E2 1 HAD A 3 CAR CUT BEING HUMPED WHICH STRUCK THE CAR THAT WAS FOULING THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, T75291-07, WAS DEPARTING KIRK YARD, AND DERAILED 7 LOADED COAL CARS, NORX 3162, N ORX 2661, NORX 2465, NORX 3146, NORX 2368, NORX 3016, NORX 9081, WHEN THE FROG AND RAIL FAILED UNDER LOAD.  ALL CARS WERE DERAILED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: WILLAMETTE BRIDGE LI
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MNPPT-10 CREW WAS PULLING TRAIN TO LAKE YARD AT EAST PORTLAND WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THAT THE TRA IN FELT SLUGGISH.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DPU LOCOMOTIVE UP6534 AND 1 CAR HAD DERAILED AFTER CLIMBING THE SWITCH 18 3/4 INCHES PAST THE SWITCH POINT.     


nearest_city: FRIEND
county: SALINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HASTINGS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
U-PUESFA0-33 DERAILED 7 CARS IN SIDING TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEAS ED.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: MILLER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ASATX-14 DERAILED 5 CARS DRAGGING TRAIN OFF NO. 2 MAIN TRACK IN YARD TRACK 1.  THE TRAIN ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: CITY OF COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN BERNARDINO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Q-CHILAC6-21 DERAILED 1 CAR AT BROKEN RAIL AS THEY MADE STOP PRIOR TO ENTERING YARD. CREW WAS UNAWAR E OF DERAILMENT, CUT POWER OFF AND TIED UP. YARD CREW, USING DP CONSIST ON TRAIN AND ALSO UNAWARE OF DERAILMENT, PULLED BACK, DERAILING ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. TRAIN CO NSISTED OF ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TQ40 WAS SHOVING SOUTH INTO RP03 WITH 4 B/O CARS AND 2 ENGINES.  ALL FOUR CARS PLUS SOUTH ENGINE MAD E IT INTO RP03 ALONG WITH SOUTH  SET OF TRUCKS ON NORTH ENGINE - NORTH SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN SWITCH POINT ON RP03 SWITCH     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
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:
BNSF TRAIN MTPLLAL-112D DERAILED TWO CARS WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON SABINE INDUSTRIAL LEAD DUE TO CRO SS LEVEL TRACK CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: SOLOMON
county: SALINE
railroad: KYLE
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CREW PULLING TRAIN THROUGH CONNECTION TRACK DERAILED AT SWITCH POINT ON A FACING POINT MOVE. RECORDE D SPEED OF 4 MPH ON MAXIMUM TRACK SPEED OF 5MPH. DERAILED 3 CARS ON SIDE AND 1 UPRIGHT.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL3022026 WAS PULLING 2001 TRACK BACK TO REHUMP AND FOUND 1 CAR DERAILED. INVESTIGATION DETER MINED THAT DERAILMENT OCCURRED IN GROUP 1 RETARDERS DUE TO LIGHT CARS AHEAD OF HIGH TRAILING TONNAGE . NO HFI WILL BE ASSIGNED AS THERE ARE NO TRAIN MAKEUP RULES WITHIN THE YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS -WEST TO EAST- A TWO CAR CUT HELD IN RETARDER WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER TWO CA R CUT-ALREADY IN MOTION-CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS HELD IN RETARDER. NO TRACK DAMAGE. NO OVERSPEED RECORDED.     


nearest_city: SLATON
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M-HOUSLA1-24 DERAILED 1 CAR AT SWITCH ACCOUNT INSUFFICIENT SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE. NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MADILL
county: JOHNSTON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN WBNSF-01, DERAILED FOUR CARS AT THE SWITCH ON MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INDUSTRY MAINTAIN ED TRACK.  DERAILMENT ALSO DAMAGED BNSF TRACK.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BROKEN SWITCH POINT.  MARTIN MAR IETTA MATERIALS MAINTAINS INDUSTRY TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED TRACK/SIGNAL DAMAGE = $78,800.  BNSF ESTIM ATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE $165,867.    


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
A79529 WAS SHOVING CARS AROUND THE EAST LOOP AT BLOUNT ISLAND TO SPOT CARS FOR CUSTOMER AND WHEN THE Y STARTED INTO THE LOOP THE RAIL SPREAD RESULTING IN 4 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LITE ENGINE 32 TRAILING AS 2ND UNIT ON TRACK D-7 DERAILED WHILE OPERATING OVER A DERAIL DEVICE.       


nearest_city: DULUTH
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: LAKES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-DUL2162-07 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING 32 CARS INTO TRACK 351.  CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.       


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y-CHC2051-21 WHILE DOUBLING 3 TRACKS TOGETHER DERAILED 3 CARS. REVIEW OF EVENT RECORDER DOWNLOADS RE VEALED EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION.      


nearest_city: ROMNEY
county: HAMPSHIRE
railroad: SBVR
date: 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
SBVR 91 NORTH DERAILED 17TH CAR ON NORTH END OF BRIDGE 15.2.  THE CAR WAS A PARTIAL LOAD WITH CONTEN TS IN TRAILING END.  LEAD AXLE OF CAR LIFTED OFF RAILS WHEN SUPERELEVATION ENDED ON BRIDGE.  THE 18T H AND 19TH CARS DERAILED WHEN THE 17TH CAR HIT THE INDUSTRIAL PARK SWITCH AT MP 14.9.     


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
G-SWRPTN1-16 ON MT1 WAS STRUCK ON REAR DP LOCO BNSF 4421 WHEN BNSF 479463 ROLLED OUT OF WENDLAND GRA INS INDUSTRY TRACK.  INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES MOVE CARS WITHIN THEIR INDUSTRY AND FAILED TO SET HAND BRAKE S ON CAR.  NO FUEL RELEASED FROM LOCO.     


nearest_city: SHEFFIELD
county: COLBERT
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 734 MOVING EAST ON THE HOBGOOD TRACK WITH 3 UNITS, 124-0-17686, DERAILED 11 LOADED COAL CARS.       


nearest_city: EAGLE LAKE
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ARENAL IND LD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Fog
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RHKAO-23 WITH LEAD UNIT UP9705 WAS MOVING ON ARENAL LEAD TRACK WHEN ENGINEER NOTICED SMOKE COMING OU T OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  JOB STOPPED AND OPENED DOORS TO FIND ENGINE ON FIRE.  FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL ED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE.     


nearest_city: BAYARD
county: GRANT
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
N74126 WAS ENROUTE TO MT. STORM WITH 80 LOADS OF COAL AND A HELPER CREW SHOVING THE TRAIN. THE 73RD CAR IN THE CONSIST DERAILED WHILE TRAVERSING THE CROSSING AT BUA 3.4. THE RESULT WAS SIX CARS DERAIL ED WITH TWO OF THEM ON THEIR SIDE.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Y-TUL8721-02A (INSIDE HOSTLER) WAS MOVING EIGHT ENGINE ON SERVICE TRACK 3 WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED SNOW, ICE AND GRAVEL FROM STORM AND WINTER CONDITIONS DERAILING FOUR ENGINES WITHIN THE DIESEL SHOP, DAMAG ING ONE SWITCH.     


nearest_city: OXNARD
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANTA BARBARA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT785-24, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AMTK464, STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS FOULING THE MAI N LINE.  THE VEHICLE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON ROSE AVE. AND STOPPED ON THE CROSSING WITH THE REAR WHEELS ON THE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: 10,009.00     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
RCO JOB Y-GAL3022-09A HUMPED  CARS AS A SINGLE CUT INTO TRACK 2016. THE CARS THEN COUPLED INTO ANOTH ER CAR. ANALYSIS REVEALED SEVERE OVERSPEED DUE TO CONTAMINATION IN RETARDERS.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
AARWXX-25 HAD DOUBLED TRACKS TO MAKE UP TRAIN.  TRAIN BEGAN TO PULL RAILCARS AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY .  CONDUCTOR WALKED TRAIN AND FOUND 2 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BUFFING OR SLACK ACTIO N EXCESSIVE, TRAIN HANDLING.     


nearest_city: THOMSON
county: CARROLL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARSTOW
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-Oct
narrative:
H-GALNTW1-22 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING FROM A SIDING DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
ATS231J TAMPER TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN JACK BEAM STRUCK CROSSING AND DAMAGED JACK BEAM.  NOTHING DERAIL ED.      


nearest_city: TROY
county: PIKE
railroad: COEH
date: 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SHOVING 8 CARS INTO CUSTOMER, SHOVED ONE CAR OFF TRACK DUE TO CONDUCTOR NOT RIDING POINT OF SHOVE       


nearest_city: CARYVILLE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
T35 SHOVING 9 LOADS 0 EMPTIES AND 2 ENGINES SHOVING NORTH WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING NS 3215 TO DERAIL TRAILING TRUCK L AND R1, 2, 3.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE 2359 WEST HUMP ASSIGNMENT WITH BRC 570-565B-560 WAS SHOVING TRACK 15 WREC WITH 82 CARS-72 LOADS, 10 EMPTIES-WHEN IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE 33RD & 34TH CARS HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
QNLCH-22, TRAVELING SOUTH WITH LITE POWER, DERAILED IN BODY OF TRACK.  LEAD UNIT UP9429 HAD 2 WHEELS ON THE GROUND & 2 WHEELS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WEST RAIL.      


nearest_city: SPENCER
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
PL43 HUMPING RECEIVING TRACK 1 WHEN CAR UTLX 22105 FAILED TO ROLL AS INTENDED DUE TO STICKING AIR BR AKE CAUSING TANK CAR ACFX 78664 TO CORNER UFTX 22105 AND CSXT 141753 AND FBOX 504190 TO BYPASS.  NOT HING DERAILED.     


nearest_city: WEST CHICAGO
county: DU PAGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ABEAM-16 DERAILED ALL 6 AXLES OF THEIR LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, THE UP5184 AND 1 AXLE OF THE 2ND LOCOMOTIVE UP5166 WHILE DEPARTING OUT OF THE WEST END OF THE YARD.      


nearest_city: JULESBURG
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE IGNG44-19 APPROACHING NX365 WHEN THE UP5531 RECEIVED A WHEEL SLIP ALARM FOLLOWED BY SPARKS FROM THE REAR TRACTION MOTOR.  THE #6 TRACTION MOTOR HAD LOCKED UP AND THE WHEELS HAD BEEN SLIDING ALONG TURNING AND PUSHING OUT THE RAIL FROM MP365.17 TO 363.40.  THE WHEEL WAS NOT ON THE RAIL CORRECTLY B UT DID NOT DERAIL EITHER.  SUBSTANTIAL TRACK DAMAGE WAS FOUND.    


nearest_city: COLORADO SPGS
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
MECHANICAL PLATE ON TRUCK SIDE BROKE CAUSING DERAILMENT.  POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS MP73.35 ON CAR BNS F476279 TRAIN DRAGGED CARS TO MP72.9 WHERE THEY STRUCK SWITCH AND DERAILED BNSF486252 WHERE TRAIN WE NT INTO EMERGENCY.  BNSF ESTIMATED DAMAGE $3600.     


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WIRE ON TRACK 4 FAILED UNDER MOVEMENT OF TRAIN 6534 DUE TO 80 % UNDETECTABLE BREAK UNDER THE CLIP OF TROLLY WIRE.  DAMAGED WIRE ENGAGED SECOND TRAIN, 6538, THROUGH THE SECTION.  THIS CAUSED DAMAGED TO CATENARY SYSTEM AT CAT. 789 AND PANTOGRAPHS OF TRAIN 6538.     


nearest_city: DE KALB
county: DE KALB
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
21G2G3-26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5055, STRUCK AN OCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS STALLED ON THE 4TH STREET C ROSSING.  NO INJURIES.      


nearest_city: ERIE
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Q38016 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON #2 MAIN ON THE ERIE WEST SUBDIVISION. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AB20 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC HUMPED GATX 21283 DESTINED FOR CT06 WHEN CAR MISROUTED TO D GROUP AND DERA ILED ON D GROUP LEAD.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: SKOL
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: TULSA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 22, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 2345 HOURS THE SLWC 407 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 83 CARS WERE TRA VELING SOUTHBOUND AT 9 MPH ON THE TULSA SUBDIVISION WHEN THE CREW EXPERIENCE AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 5 LOADED CEMENT CARS DERAILED, LINES 44-48 ON THE MANIFEST.  3 CARS WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT AND 2 CARS WERE DERAILED LEANING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE SOUTH KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA RAILROAD AND THE STILLWATER CENTRAL RAILROAD ROADMASTERÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶S PREFORMED A JOINT INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINED THE CAUSED TO BE A BROKEN SWITCH POINT UNDER LOAD.  DOWNLOAD SEC URED WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. 


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
2 CARS ROLLED OFF HUMP DESTINED FOR 2042 TRACK BUT LEAD CAR SPLIT SWITCH BETWEEN 2042 AND 2048 TRACK S, DERAILING.  TRAILING CAR CORNERED THE FIRST CAR WHEN IT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROOSEVELT
county: KLICKITAT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: FALLBRIDGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
U-ROOINB1-17 DOUBLED TRACK 1 TO TRACK 3. COUPLING SPEED WAS IN EXCESS OF 6 MPH AND RESULTED IN DERAI LMENT OF TWO ARTICULATED CARS.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YCB32R-30 WAS OPERATING LIGHT RCL LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST WHEN THEY RAN THROUGH THE DIESEL/BOWL LEAD SWIT CH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF REAR LOCOMOTIVE UP 833.      


nearest_city: BOILING SPRINGS
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
11RH116 PULLING WEST ON LURGAN BRANCH MAIN ONE WITH NS 8345 PLUS 2, 46 LOADS, 101 EMPTIES, 9068 TONS DERAILED 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
AT 0127 HOURS THE 2400 CPOH YARD FOREMAN NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HAD SHOVED TWO EMPTY SLAB G ONDOLAS OVER A CONCRETE BLOCK BUMPING POST AT THE END OF TRACK 113H. THE CREW WAS ASSIGNED TO ADD FI VE EMPTY SLAB GONDOLAS TO THE TRACK. THE YARD FOREMAN WAS CONTROLLING THE MOVE FROM THE HEAD END OF THE FIVE CARS TO BE SET. THE FOREMAN MADE THE JOINT ON THE STANDING CARS ON 113H AND FROM HIS VANTAG E POINT THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 18 CARS ON THE TRACK. THE FOREMAN STATED THAT ALTHOUGH HE COUL D NOT SEE THE END OF THE TRACK HE FELT HE HAD ROOM TO SHOVE IN THE FIVE ADDITIONAL CARS. HE THEN DIR ECTED THE ENGINE TO SHOVE FIVE (5) CAR LENGTHS INTO THE TRACK. AFTER SPOTTING THE CARS AND CUTTING T HE ENGINE OFF THE CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK AND THE FOREMAN STATED THAT HE THEN SAW THE TRAC


nearest_city: SAVANNAH
county: CHATHAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y29004 WAS GETTING A24 SOLID FOR THE OUTBOUND Q69104. AT THE POINT IN WHICH THE RCF AND THE UTILITY MAN MADE A24 SOLID, THE UTILITY MAN PROVIDED IMPROPER INSTRUCTIONS AND THE RCF SHOVED INSTEAD OF PUL LING SOUTH OUT OF A24.     


nearest_city: MORRILL
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE CCDNT-26 CREW WAS TRAVELING FROM MAIN 1 ON TO THE WEST LEG OF WYE IN THE SOUTH MORRILL YARD WHEN THEY DERAILED THE UP7216 IN THE POWER SWITCH DUE TO A WORN FLANGE ON THE UNIT AND A WORN SWITCH POI NT.     


nearest_city: GOLETA
county: SANTA BARBARA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 774 WITH CAB CAR 6908, 5 CARS, AND ENGINE 456 IN THE REAR STRUCK A FALLEN EUCALYPTUS TREE, DAM AGING CAB CAR 6908.      


nearest_city: MONTROSE
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
INDUSTRY PERSONNEL FAILED TO COMPLETELY DUMP ONE CAR, LEAVING 1/3 OF PRODUCT PILED ON ONE SIDE OF CA R CAUSING CAR TO LEAN AND DERAIL, PULLING ADJACENT CARS OFF RAIL.      


nearest_city: NORRISTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
C74619 TRAVELING ON NS PORTION OF STONEY CREEK BRANCH IN SOUTH DIRECTION HEADED TO PHILLY DERAILED D UE TO WIDE GAGE PUTTING TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD THREE CARS ON GROUND.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CE20 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC WESTWARD WITH 3 UNTIS, 8 LOADS, 73 EMPTIES, 3879 TONS ON 5 HUMP NORTH LEAD DERAILED THE 55TH (MWCX 462881).      


nearest_city: BRIDGEWATER
county: SOMERSET
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YARD CREW YR-70 OPERATING EAST DURING SHOVE MOVE DERAILED CAR #9133 AND #9145 OFF RAILS INTO A STONE PILE. WHEELS WERE REPLACED #9145 AND #9133 AS A RESULT.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YPB31R-27 COUPLED BOWL 12 AND THEN DOUBLED TO BOWL 13 AND PROCEEDED TO COUPLE TRACK.  UNIT FAILED TO PULL OUT AND CREW DISCOVERED 3 CARS HAD DERAILED DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BENNINGTON
county: OTTAWA
railroad: KYLE
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SOLOMON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE C3 JOB WAS TRAVELING EAST TO SALINA AT 10 MPH WITH 82X24 AND DERAILED AT MP12.2, A SERIES OF LOW JOINTS WERE FOUND AT MP12.9 AND INSPECTION OF THE DERAILED HOPPERS CONFIRMED THEY HAD ROCKED OUT OF THIER CENTER BOWL AND RODE UP ON THE CENTER PINCAUSING THEM TO LEAN AND THEN ROLL OVER.     


nearest_city: KEARNEY
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE CNRFG9-30 AN EAST BOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN DERAILED THE OGEX2250 AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE OGEX225 1 DUE TO JOURNAL (ROLLER BEARING) FAILURE FROM OVERHEATING IN THE SWITCH AREA AT MP186.75 MT #2 ON T HE KEARNEY SUB.  THE CAR WAS DRAGGED FROM POD TO 183.50 CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
UP TRAIN, CNAPL-15, WAS SHOVING ONTO PLAINES INDUSTRIAL LEAD WHEN THEY DERAILED CWEX 2172.  CREW HAD SHOVED CAR OVER THE DERAIL.  CAR WAS DERAILED ON EJE MAINTAINED TRACKS CASUING $780 IN TRACK DAMAGE AND ALSO CAUSED $11,575 DAMAGE TO INDUSTRY TRACKS ADJACENT TO THE EJE'S TRACKS AND MAINTAINED BY MI DWEST GENERATION.  FOR A TOTAL OF $12, 355 IN TRACK DAMAGE.  UP ADVISED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OF $16,352.    


nearest_city: LOCKBOURNE
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 234L829 WITH 2 ENGINES, 30 LOADS, 0 MTYS, 7963 TONS DERAILED THREE CARS (3RD DTTX743077. 4TH D TTX59036 AND 5TH DTTX50682 HEAD CARS) - TRAVELING EAST WHILE PULLING INTO THE RICKENBACKER INTERMODA L FACILITY.     


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: PMSW
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
PSC YARD JOB 101 WAS SHOVING LIGHT ENGINES DOWN SWITCHING LEAD AFTER PLACING CARS IN YARD TRACK 9298 . SWITCH FOREMAN FAILED TO CHECK CLEARANCE POINT AND LEFT CARS FOUL OF LEAD. LOCOMOTIVE GMTX403 SIDE SWIPED TRACK 9298 AFTER SWITCHMAN GAVE ENGINEER A SIGNAL TO BACK UP. SWITCHMAN WAS ON GROUND AND NO T LOOKING AT LOCOMOTIVE AS IT TRAVELED WEST DOWN LEAD.    


nearest_city: RILEY
county: VIGO
railroad: INRD
date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CREW WAS HAULING LOADED FREIGHT TRAIN AND THE 74TH CAR DERAILED, BUT RERAILED ITSELF AT THE NEXT FRO G. CREW WAS NOT AWARE IT DERAILED UNTIL MOW FOUND DAMAGED TRACK. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE FROM INSUFFI CIENT SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE.     


nearest_city: MIDDLETOWN
county: BUTLER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LI40 DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATING.  FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE ENGINE HOUSE WAS LINED AGAINST TH EIR MOVE.  LI40 RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILING 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC1062-30 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING CUT OF CARS INTO 1234 TRACK. TRACK IS CURVED AND DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT THE CURVE. CUT HAD EMPTY FLATS SHOVING LOADED CARS. USE OF HUMAN FACTOR CAUSE CODE ACCOU NT MOST CLOSELY MATCHES EVENTS, BUT NO HFI ASSIGNED. NO TRAIN M/U RULES FOR YARD MOVEMENT AND DOWNLO ADS REVEALED NO TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS.    


nearest_city: LONGSTREET
county: DE SOTO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MASEW-11 CREW WAS MAKING A SET OUT OFF THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN IN LONGSTREET SIDING.  THEY PULLED TH ROUGH THE SPRING SWITCH OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF THE SIDING AND STOPPED WITH PART OF THEIR TRAIN ON T HE SPRING SWITCH.  THE CONDUCTOR ASKED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE CARS BACK INTO THE SIDING WITHOUT LININ G THE SPRING SWITCH FOR THE MOVEMENT BACK INTO THE SIDING WHICH RESULTED IN 3 CARS DERAILING.    


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
285TA04-2'00"" CONDUCTOR  CAME OUT OF IY04 WITH 10 CARS, PULLED PAST THE PLYWOOD SWITCH, LINED IT FO R THEIR MOVEMENT, SHOVED THE SAME 10 CARS INTO HY04, CAME OUT OF HY04 LIGHT ENGINE HIGH PAST THEY PL YWOOD SWITCH, LINED THE SWITCH BACK TO IY04, DOUBLE CHECKED THE SWITCH AND GAVE A 3 CAR C OUT TO A C OUPLING. HE WENT 20" TO 30' WHEN IT GOT BUMPY SO HE STOPPED HIS MOVEMENT. THE ENGINE RESTED APPROX 1 00' FROM THE PLY SWITCH.   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YPR23R-03 WAS PULLING MPRCL INTO 5 TRACK IN YARD 2, WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED AT THE WEST CROSSOVER SWITC H FROM 4 MAIN TO 3 MAIN.      


nearest_city: NEW MILFORD
county: LITCHFIELD
railroad: HRRC
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
NX TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND WENT INTO EMERGENCY WITH A LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATION CREW WITH THOUGHT THEY H AD A KICKED. FURTHERED INSPECTION REVEALED AND DERAILED CARS.  CAUSE FOUND TO BE WEAK TIES. CONTRIBU TING  CAUSE OF WET CONDITIONS DUE TO DRAINAGE ISSUES. NO INSURANCE TO ANY CREW MEMBER.     


nearest_city: ADDIS
county: WEST BATON ROUGE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LLL10-03 JOB PULLED OUT OF SHINTECH PLANT INTO THE SIDING.  BRAKEMAN AND BIT CLOSED GATE AND WALKED UP TO RESTORE THE DERAIL BACK TO NORMAL. BRAKEMAN INSTRUCTED BIT TO LINE SWITCH BACK FOR SIDING.  BR AKEMAN DID NOT OBSERVE THE BIT LINE THE SWITCH, BUT BRAKEMAN THOUGHT HE HAD AND AFTER BOTH EMPLOYEES CROSSED OVER THE MAIN LINE ON THE FIELD SIDE, BRAKEMAN RADIOED ENGINEER TO BACK UP AND LOOK FOR HAN D SIGNAL.  THE BRAKEMAN STOPPED THE MOVE AT THE TRAILING UNIT, GOT ON, AND GAVE SIGNAL TO ENGINEER T O PULL AHEAD.  FOUR CARS TURNED OVER AT THE DERAIL.  


nearest_city: MELROSE
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8802, TRAIN #1507, FAILED TO PROPERLY LATCH DOWN WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON TRACK1 A T CHANGEOVER. CAUSING PANTOGRAPH TO RISE WHILE OPERATING NORTH ON TRACK 3 AS 1508, STRIKING THE MORR IS AVENUE OVERPASS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PANTOGRAPH FROM ROOF OF CAR AT MELROSE. CAUSE OF PANTOGRAPH FAILURE TO LOWER AND/OR LATCH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING PERSONNEL .   


nearest_city: GLENDALE
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: CORP
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: ROSEBURG
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 503 WAS PULLING OUT OF GLENDALE YARD WHEN A SECTION OF TRACK IN THE RIGHT RETURN CURVE BROKE UND ER LOAD, DERAILING 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CW25 WITH 2 UNITS, 82 LOADS, 22 EMPTIES, 11726 TONS PULLING EAST OUT OF WC47 DERAILED THE 47TH THRU 55TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM1742-07 WAS HUMPING CARS WHEN GROUP 6 RETARDER LOCKED ON 1 CAR AND STOPPED IT IN RETARDER. HUMP COMPUTER THEN MISROUTED 2 OTHER CARS FOR GROUP 5 TO GROUP 6, STRIKING STALLED CAR. INTERMITTENT LAPSE IN COMPUTER CONTINUITY WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSE OF INCIDENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
FARM WORKER DRIVING A FORD PICK-UP TRUCK PULLING A FLATBED TRAILER WITH 5 HARVESTING BINS ON IT LOAD ED WITH GRAPE LEAVES PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF AMTK 716 AT A PRIVATE FARM CROSSING.  PICK-UP TRUCK CLEA RED THE TRACKS, BUT THE TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY THE AMTK TRAIN.     


