# railroad_data

nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: GIBSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
224S809-7'25" 375D809-13"10" 168D809-12"50" 25ED910-13"10" 319D910-13"10" 167D811-7'40" 223D810-2'30 " 375D910-12'10" 111D810-3'10" 112D910-2'40" 796D909 AFTER STOPPING TS AT PRINCETON YARD OFFICE, BEG AN TO PULL EAST DERAILING THE REAR CAR AND TWO REAR LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO COAL RELEASING FROM THE 6TH R EAR CAR.    


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: PNW
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 8 OPERATING WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 7 CARS DERAILED LEAD ENGINE #4 OVER SWITCH 6 AND 7 AS A RES ULT OF THE LEAD ONE TRACK 7 SWITCH FAILED TO LASP CORRECTLY ALLOWING HANDLE TO BYPASS .  AMTRAKS EQU IPMENT DAMAGE IS $28,765.00.     


nearest_city: CERES
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
APPROACHING SWITCH 769 CREW OBSERVED SWITCH TARGET TO DISPLAY THE 1/2 GREEN FACE FOR THE STRAIGHT TR ACK MOVEMENT.  PULLING ACROSS SWITCH THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AND THE FOLLOWIN G LOCOMOTIVES TRAVELED UP THE DIVERGING ROUTE COMING TO A STOP 210 FEET PAST THE SWITCH POINTS.  EVI DENCE SHOWS THAT THE LEFT LEADING WHEEL PASSED BEHIND THE LEFT SWITCH POINT WHICH WAS NOT FULLY AGAI NST THE STOCK RAIL, THROWING THE SWITCH TO THE DIVERGING ROUTE.  CREW FOUND THIS SWITCH LINED AGAINS T THEIR MOVEMENT WHEN DEPARTING THE DAY PRIOR AND DEPARTED OVER THIS SWITCH IN THE STRAIGHT RAIL POS ITION.  IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE SWITCH HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH BETWEEN THE TIME THE LRS56S-29 DEPAR TED AND THE TIME THE SAME CREW RETURNED ON THE LRS57S-30 LEAVING SWITCH IN A PARTIALLY THROWN POSITI


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YSP20R-17 SHOVING ON THE SOUTH END OF PARK YARD.  CREW SHOVED 7 CARS AND THEN KICKED 1 CAR INTO THRE E TRACK TO MAKE ROOM FOR SWITCHING.  SEVERAL MOVES LATER, THE SWITCHMAN WAS KICKING A CAR INTO TRACK FOUR AND STOPPED THE MOVE RIGHT AT THE SWITCH.  HE NOTICED THE CARS ON THREE TRACK ROLLING SOUTH TO WARD THE CUT ON THE LEAD.  TRAIN WAS PLACED INTO EMERGENCY AND CARS ON THREE TRACK STRUCK TRAIN RESU LTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF ONE CAR.   


nearest_city: WESTON
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
C-ETMSAI0-03 CREW DID NOT ISOLATE UNITS TO RESTRICT THE USE OF POWER AND THE ALERTER WAS NOT CUT OUT SO THAT TRAIN BRAKES WOULD NOT SET UP WHEN IN RELEASE. TRAIN MOVED WHEN PLANT TOOK OVER ALLOWING DU MPER ARM TO DAMAGE ONE CAR.     


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 110 ENCOUNTERED DOWNED MESSENGER WIRE ONE CATENARY POLE WEST OF MP46.5 WHICH CAUSED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 935.      


nearest_city: MISHAWAKA
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WENT AROUND THE DESCENDED GATES AT THE MCKINLEY ROAD CROSSING.  VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  CROSSING SIGNALS WER E KNOCKED DOWN.     


nearest_city: MOUNT VERNON
county: ROCKCASTLE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CC
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRACK INSPECTOR HAD RULE 704 EC1 FOLLOWING Q54028 AHEAD.  Q54028 HAD STOPPED ON #2 MAIN TO MEET Q539 29 AT DUDLEY.  TRACK INSPECTOR FAILED TO STOP WITHIN HALF THE RANGE OF VISION AND COLLIDED WITH REAR CAR OF Q54028.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: TRENTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
WEST BOUND TRAIN Q43914 EXPERIENCED A UNDESIRED EMERGENCY WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK IN TH E VINITY OF CP NICE, RESULTING IN THE 97TH THRU 103RD HEAD CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: MARTINSVILLE
county: HENRY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
52VV803 - 15'00" 755V813 - 15'00" 272V811-10'00" 756V812 - 10'00" 52VV803 TRAVELING SOUTH STRUCK 2 P IECES OF 2 FOOT RAIL BALANCED ON WEST RAIL CAUSING LEAD UNIT TO DERAIL ALL WHEELS ON UNIT NS E9218.      


nearest_city: LAKE FOREST
county: LAKE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 332 WITH CAB CAR 90368, 6 CARS, AND ENGINE 38 WAS TERMINATED AT LAKE FOREST, IL, DUE TO ENGINE 38 ON FIRE.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
AB02 PROCEEDING NORTH ON THE WEST OUTBOUND CONTACTED AB12 DERAILING NS E2388 AND NS E2380 IN TRAIN A B02 AND DAMAGING NS E2358  AND NS E2339 IN TRAIN AB12.      


nearest_city: CARBONDALE
county: JACKSON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CENTRALIA
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:
AMTRAK TRAIN, P39391-22, HAD UNLOADED ALL PASSENGERS AT CARBONDALE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING TRAIN INTO WYE TO TURN TRAIN AND STORE WHEN THEY DERAILED ONE TRUCK ON ENGINE AMT67 AND ON A CAR, A LL EQUIPMENT IS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. AMT RAK ADVISED $24,382 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YEW23R-24 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS.  FOREMAN PULLED PIN ON SHORT TANK RAILCAR.  RAIL CAR UNCOUPLED AFTER FOREMAN UNCOUPLED A CUT OF 2 RAILCARS.  HUMP COMPUTER READ THE CUT AS 3 RAILCARS .  MASTER APPLIED PRESSURE AND STOPPED SINGLE AND CUT OF 2 IMPACTED.  NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
WBNBNB-27 DERAILED 12 LOADED BALLAST CARS ON THE MAIN LINE DUE TO SOFT/SETTLED ROADBED.  MAIN LINE R UNS THROUGH MARSHLAND WITH WATER ON BOTH SIDES OF TRACK.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: EMPORIA
county: LYON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
T-KCK2021-25 PULLING OUT OF HUMP LEAD 2 DERAILED WHEN CUT CAME UNOCCUPIED. REAR OF CUT ROLLED INTO S IDEOF CARS BEING HANDLED BY Y-KCK2331-25 DERAILING TOTAL OF 6 CARS.      


nearest_city: DUNSMUIR
county: SISKIYOU
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: BLACK BUTTE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
MRVPWX-13 NORTHBOUND HAD THE REAR UNIT OF THE CONSIST SURGE WHILE TRAVERSING THE CURVE AT CANTARA LO OP, STRINGLINING THE CURVE.  SEVEN CARS AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE MU CABLE, CAUSING THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVES TO SURGE AS THE TRAIN WAS GOING AROUND THE CURVE.     


nearest_city: FREEPORT
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: RASX
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
DERAILED CCBX 57969 DOWX 68157 DOWX 66294 DOWX 68059 CCBX 59292 CCBX 59105 UTLX 68221. MAY BE LATE R EPORT DEPENDING ON COST FROM DOW CHEMICAL. NO COST TO RAILSERVE.  RECEIVED FINAL COST FROM DOW ON 01 -31-11, FILED A LATE REPORT ON 02-01-11.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: IANR
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WATERLOO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS OPERATING IN A NORTHWARD DIRECTION AND TRAVERSED OVER THE 102 SWITCH IN THE CIC YARD. AS MO VEMENT WAS MADE OVER THE SWITCH THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN SWITCH LUG/CRANK. WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED THE FUEL TANK CAUGHT THE FROG AND RUPTURED. 1,910 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE SPILL ED.    


nearest_city: ANAPRA
county: DONA ANA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: LORDSBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 2 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/40-E/20 AND 8 CARS STRUCK A BOULDER CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE UNIT 40.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $13,994.00.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
ZLDYC-12, MADE A SPECIAL MOVE TO SET OUT 2 AUTO RACK CARS IN LONGVIEW TO BE TRANSLOADED.  THEY SHOVE D THE CARS IN THE TEAM TRACK BEHIND THE YDM TOWER.  WHILE DRAGGING OUT, THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE APPA RENTLY CLIMBED THE RAIL AT A YARD CROSSING DUE TO WOOD AND ROCK IN THE FLANGE WAY.  THE ENGINE DRAGG ED OUT AND RERAILED ITSELF AT THE NEXT CROSSING ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE POD.  THE CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THE INCIDENT.  THE DERAILMENT WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT MORNING WHEN A SWITCH CREW STARTED THEIR MO VE TO RETRIEVE THE CARS OUT OF THE TRACK.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: MUSKOGEE SPUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
UP TRAIN CMUNA9-12 DERAILED 11 CARS ON UP TRACKS DUE TO WIDE GAGE AS A RESULT OF PREVIOUS BNSF DERAI LMENT THE DAY BEFORE.      


nearest_city: PAULSBORO
county: GLOUCESTER
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
FC30 CONDUCTOR WAS DRILLING OUT REQUIREMENTS AND PUT 1 CAR ON YARD MAIN TRACK. CONDUCTOR SAID HE CHE CKED CLEARANCE, WAS GOING BACK TO YARD 1 MAIN TRACK WITH TRAIN. SIDE LADDER RACKED "A" END ON YARD M AIN.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
1 CAR FOUND DERAILED DUE TO IMPROPERLY LOADED RACK OF COILED WIRE PRESSING AGAINST CAR DOOR CAUSED I T TO FALL OFF AND INTO THE PATH OF FOLLOWING CAR.  1 CAR ON THE ADJACENT TRACK WAS DAMAGED WITH A LO AD OF PIPE WAS STRUCK WHEN THE CAR DERAILED.     


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
M-PRGEVE1-07, PULLING INTO WEST END OF DELTA YARD INTO TRACK 1411, EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW RECOUPLED AIR HOSES AND PULLED AHEAD 60 CAR LENGTHS WHEN EXPERIENCED SECOND UDE.  INSPECTION REVEALED 3 CARS D ERAILED.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CHDGJJ-12 LEAD UNIT, BNSF 5795 WAS HEADING SOUTH ON THE HOUSTON EAST BELT MAIN 2 AND DERAILED FOUR C ARS.  THE CREW WAS COMING OFF THE BOOTH INDUSTRIAL LEAD ONTO THE HOUSTON EAST BELT.  THE POINT OF DE RAILMENT WAS ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE BOOTH WYE.  THE MARKINGS ON THE RAIL INDICATED THAT THE CAR POP PED OFF THE RAIL.  THE DOWNLOAD ALSO INDICATED THAT THE CREW WAS MOVING 8 MPH AND WENT TO 0 ABRUPTLY .  THE DERAILED CARS TRAVEL ROUGHLY 3644 FT BEFORE PUTTING THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  NO ONE WAS HUR T IN THE DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL91771-16 WAS PERFORMING HUMPING OPERATIONS IN HARRISON YARD. THE CREW HUMPED TWO CARS INTO TRACK M0-16 AND THEN HUMPED  TWO CARS INTO TRACK M0-15. THE CARS HUMPED INTO TRACK M0-16 DID N OT CLEAR AND THE TWO CARS DESTINED INTO TRACK M0-15 SIDE SWIPED THE CARS THAT DID NOT CLEAR INTO TRA CK M0-16. THERE WERE FOUR CARS INVOLVED ALL DANGEROUS RESIDUE CARS; GATX 61822, TILX 600154, SHPX 24 0415 AND SHPX 240412. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE AND NO CARS DERAILED. INVESTIGATION INTO THE I NCIDENT FOUND THAT THE HPCS SYSTEM HAS TWO OS CIRCUITS PER TRACK FOLLOWED BY A CLEARANCE TRACK CIRCU IT BEGINNING AT THE SWITCH OF THE CLASSIFICATION TRACK. THE HPCS SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW THE SWITCHES TO LINE WHILE IT DETECTS CARS IN EITHER OF OS CIRCUITS. HOWEVER, ONCE A CAR CLEARS THE OS TRACK CIRC


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MM-92 SHOVING WEST ON COACH LEAD WITH ENGINE #1001 AND LOCOMOTIVES #4403 AND #4412 DERAILED #4412 AN D F-END TRUCK OF #4403. CAUSED BY SPREAD RAIL CONDITION.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE 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:
GLERBE-02 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK #1 IN THE HOLDING YARD AT THE PORT OF BEAUMONT.  AFTER MANAGEMENT H AD WALKED THE SOUTH END LEAD OF THE HOLDING YARD TO ENSURE THAT ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED FOR THE TRAI N'S MOVEMENT AND ALL SWITCHES WERE IN COMPLIANCE, WENT DOWN TO THE NORTH END OF THE HOLDING YARD TO ENSURE THAT THE #1 SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THE TRAIN'S MOVEMENT AND THAT THE SWITCH WAS IN COMPLIANCE A S WELL.  WHILE MONITORING THE SWITCH POINTS AND LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF TRACK DEFICIENCIES, THE TRA IN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  MTM WAS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE HOLDING YARD WITH THE CONDUCTO R DOING THE SAME, TOLD MTO TO COME DOWN TO THE SOUTH END.  UPON ARRIVAL ON THE SOUTH END A TOTAL OF 5 CARS DERAILED WITH 3 CARS ON THEIR SIDE AND 2 CARS UPRIGHT.  AFTER INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE WAS DET


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-25T00:00:00Z
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: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-DYT3811-24 DERAILED 2 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL WHILE PULLING THROUGH 912 TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEA SED.      


nearest_city: YAZOO CITY
county: YAZOO
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
R99071-18 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 4 CARS OUT OF INTERNATIONAL PAPER WHEN IFRX 7136, NS 199468 AND NS 198925 DERAILED.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INDUSTRY HAD DERAILED IFRX 7136 WHEN SHOVING CAR S INTO LOADING AREA DUE TO WOOD CHIPS PILED ON TOP OF RAIL.  WHEN THE CARS WERE PULLED BY R99071-18 THE DERAILED IFRX 7136 ENCOUNTERED A SWITCH CAUSING THE OTHER TWO CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: NEVADA
county: STORY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
KG1LA-10, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4669, WAS WESTBOUND ON MAIN LINE ONE WHEN THE TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A FIELD CULTIVATOR AT THE SIXTH ST. CROSSING.  A FORKLIFT WAS PULLING THE FIELD CULTIVATOR NORTH OVER THE C ROSSING WHEN THE HAULING PIN BROKE, LEAVING THE CULTIVATOR FOULING THE MAIN LINE.  NO INJURIES.  NO DERAILMENTS.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
M80530 WAS IN TRACK S01 WITH A COAL TRAIN AND HAD TO SET OUT 6 BAD ORDER CARS IN HIS TRAIN. THE COND UCTOR LINED THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN OUT OF TRACK S01 WITH 40 CARS. THE TRAIN PULLED NORTH TO CLEAR THE S01 S02 SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR THEN LINED THE SWITCH TO S02 AND SHOVED SOUTH INTO THE TRACK 40 C ARS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCH HE DID NOT PROPERLY LATCH THE SWITCH . WHEN CAR FURX 960594 ENTERED THE SWITCH POINT THE CAR CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT AND THE FLANGE ROLL ED ON THE RAIL FOR 16 FEET AND THEN ROLLED OFF OF THE RAIL. THE CONDUCTOR WAS ABOUT 12 CARS AWAY AND WHEN HE SECURED AND TESTED THE FIRST SHOP CAR DOWN HE DIRECTED THE ENGINEER TO GO NORTH TO CLEAR TH E SWITCH. THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED A DUST CLOUD WHILE THE TRAIN WAS GOING NORTH AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGI


nearest_city: TWO HARBORS
county: LAKE
railroad: WC
date: 2013-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: IRON RANGE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN U78982-04 DERAILED 76 LOADED ORE CARS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING ON TRACK N023 IN TWO HARBORS. WHEN THE CARS DERAILED THEY STRUCK A CUT OF CARS STANDING ON TRACK N022 DERAILING 18 MORE CARS.  SE VENTY-FOUR  OF THE 76 CARS ON THE TRAIN WERE DESTROYED AND 17 OF THE 18 CARS STANDING ON THE TRACK W ERE DESTROYED.  THE CREW ON THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WAS INJURED WHEN THEY JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN PRIOR TO THE DERAILMENT AND ONE CONDUCTOR THAT WAS BEING DEADHEADED IN THE 3RD UNIT SUSTAINED INJURIES RIDIN G THE TRAIN INTO THE YARD.  THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 47 MPH ON YARD TRACK, WHICH IS OVER THE FRA T RACK CLASS, WHEN IT DERAILED ACCOUNT THE CREW COULD NOT SLOW IT DOWN AS IT CAME DOWN THE HILL AND IN TO THE YARD.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH A TEMPERATURE OF -


nearest_city: NEWBURG
county: CHARLES
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: POPES CREEK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
B80420 WAS BRINGING 6 UREA TANKS AND 75 LIMESTONE CARS TO MORGANTOWN POWER PLANT. THE 6 UREA CARS WE RE SET OFF IN THE 3 YARD TRACK AND ENGINES WERE COUPLED BACK TO 75 LIMESTONE CARS. B80420 PULLED AHE AD 35-40 CAR LENGTH WHEN TRAIN STOPPED WITHOUT GOING INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TRAIN TO F IND CARS 30-37 WERE DERAILED AND THE RAIL HAD ROLLED OVER.    


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LB24 HUMPING WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 15 LOADS, 33 EMPTIES, AND 2790 TONS WHEN WHEEL WITH TREAD BUILDUP MO UNTED SELF GUARDED FROG DERAILING 25TH THROUGH 36TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: CP
date: 2013-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: ONE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
RAIL GANG MATERIAL TRACK OPERATOR WAS ASSIGNED TO LEAVE WEST DAVENPORT YARD AND PROCEED TO MARQUETTE STREET.  AFTER MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH YARDMASTER AND FRONT MACHINE OPERATOR, EMPLOYEE LEFT WEST D AVEAPORT AND HEADED TO MARQUETTE STREET.  EMPLOYEE TURNED LEFT INSTEAD OF RIGHT ON MARQUETTE STREET AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY.6 MILES, SET ON THE LOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD, AND PROCEEDED TO BACK UP AS IN STRUCTED.  AFTER TRAVELING MORE THAN .3 MILES, EMPLOYEE STOPPED AND CALLED HIS MANAGER TO CONFIRM MI LEAGE OF WHERE THEY WERE AS HE HAD ASSUMED HE HAD GONE TOO FAR.  MANAGER TOLD HIM TO CLEAR THE TRACK .  EMPLOYEE PULLED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS TO THE CROSSING AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE HI-RA IL MATERIAL TRACK FROM THE TRACK.  THE EMPLOYEE HAD RAISED THE REAR H-RAIL AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF


nearest_city: DOLTON
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
DIESEL RAMP EMPLOYEES WERE HOSTLING POWER FROM THE HOUSE TO THE WYE AND RAN OVER THE DERAIL.  UP5212 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: HERTFORD
county: PERQUIMANS
railroad: CA
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: EDENTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CA1 WAS PULLING CARS SOUTH TO EDENTON, NC WHEN ENGINEER FELT TRAIN SLOW DOWN.  CONDUCTOR VERIFIED 3 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L33 WHILE FLAT SWITCHING CARS AT WATKINS ALLOWED TWO CARS (20 X 2) TO FREE-ROLL INTO TRACK CONTAININ G 70 STANDING CARS WITH AIR. CARS FAILEDMTP COUPLED DUE TO BUTTED KNUCKLES RESULTING IN HIGH LATERAL FORCES DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE T RESULTING IN 58TH THROUGH 62ND HEAD CARS IN THE STANDING CUT DERAI LED    


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING AT PARSONS YARD, Y39107 SHOVED 6 LOADED CARS INTO P18 FAILING TO SECURE THEM PROPERL Y RESULTING IN A ROLL OUT IMPACTING A CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
L51791-21 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING SEELER AND HAD SET 3 LOADED TANK CARS UP ON THE HILL.  THE CREW THEN TIED ONTO 7 TANK CARS WHEN THE THREE CARS ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND INTO THE SIDE OF THEIR TRAIN.  UTLX 200677 WAS DERAILED AND GATX 73770 DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TRAIN CAUSING DAMAGE T O CARS GATX 73785 AND TCIX 23002.  THE THREE CARS THAT HAD ROLLED DOWN THE HILL HAD ALL PISTONS RELE ASED AND A HANDBRAKE ON UTLX 200677.  THE HILL THAT THE CARS WERE WERE LEFT ON HAS A 1.8% GRADE.  TH E CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND TH AT THE CREW FAILED TO TIE ON SUFFICIENT HANDBRAKE TO HOLD THE CARS.  IT ALSO REVEALED THAT TWO OF TH E THREE CARS (GATX 22870 & GATX 73770) PLACED ON THE HILL HAD LEAKS IN THE AIR BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING


nearest_city: BUDA
county: HAYS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN 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-Mar
narrative:
RBURKC-11 DEPARTING TEXAS LEHIGH WITH 40 LOADED CEMENT CARS DERAILED THE REAR 3 CARS ACCOUNT BAD TIE S CAUSING BALL OF RAIL TO BREAK.  TEXAS LEHIGH CEMENT MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: MONAHANS
county: TERRY
railroad: TNMR
date: 2012-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LOVINGTON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING INTO 21A TO SPOT. CONDUCTOR RADIO'D TO SHOVE AHEAD 10 CARS. RELEASED IND. BRAKES. O PENED THROTTLE TO "1" SET MIN REDUCTION ON AUTO AIR TO KEEP SLACK BUNCHED. AFTER MOVING 3-4 CARS ENG INEER HEARD STATIC ON RADIO AND CALLED BACK ON IT. CLOSED THROTTLE AND HEARD MORE STATIC. SET IND BR AKE ON FULL THEN CALLED BACK ON RADIO "I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I AM STOPPING". TRAIN STOPPED IN 2-3 CAR LE NGTHS AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE RADIO STATIC CLEARED AND CONDUCTOR STATED THEY HAD SHOVED THROUGH TH E FENCE WITH 2 CARS.  


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE LOP92-16 WAS RUNNING LIGHT POWER WEST ON 203 AND SIDESWIPED THE INBOUND MTUWC-16 AS THEY WERE SE TTING OUT DPU MOTOR ON TRACK 207.  NO RAIL EQUIPMENT DERAILED.  DAMAGE ONLY.  CAUSE IS DUE TO FAILUR E TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING S IGNAL.    


nearest_city: WASCO
county: KERN
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: BAKERSFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 713 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/123 AND 5 CARS STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK THAT WAS FOULING THE MAIN LINE TRACKS AT MP 921.47.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,125.00.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Apr
narrative:
-MAN REMOTE CONTROL ASSIGNMENT DERAILED GRW 7667 AND GRW 7112 WHILE SHOVING TWELVE EMPTY COVERED COI L CARS TOWARDS TRACK 57S. THE CREW LINED THE SWITCH FOR THEIR ROUTE AND BEGAN A NORTH SHOVING MOVEME NT. THE RCO YARD FOREMAN WAS POSITIONED ON THE LEADIN


nearest_city: OAKWOOD
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LOCAL ASSIGNMENT LI02 MOVING EAST ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 32 LOAD S, 6 EMPTIES, AND 4147 TONS WHEN 29TH THROUGH 32ND HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YFW21R-03, TRIMMED TO 308 AND PRIOR TO THE SHOVE INTO TRACK, THE SWITCH INTO TRACK 309 WAS LINED AND LOCKED.  THIS RESULTED IN A SINGLE CAR DERAILMENT OF THE CUT BEING SHOVED.      


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


nearest_city: GRANITE CITY
county: MADISON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GRANITE CITY IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AFTER COUPLING INTO 13 LOADS OF STEEL, YMCA52R-11 PULLED SOUTH AND DISCOVERED THAT THREE LOADED CARS AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE HAD DERAILED ACCOUNT WIDE GAGE TRACK CONDITIONS.  TRACK MAINTAINED BY INDUSTRY.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YG160-26 WAS PULLING EAST ON THE WORKING LEAD FOR HEAD ROOM TO SHOVE 73 CARS INTO THE RAMP.  WHILE P ULLING EAST OVER THE DIVIDE SWITCH.  THE SECOND TRUCK OF BRAN7188 DERAILED ALONG WITH THE REAR TWO T UBS OF THE BRAN7188 (LADING IN CONTAINER SHIFTED).  ALSO DERAILED WAS THE LEAD TRUCK ON THE DTTX7293 57.  THESE DERAILED CARS CORNERED AND DERAILED ONE TRUCK ON DTTX724140 WHICH WAS ON TRACK 5.    


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LORDSBURG SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE AAMMLX-30 PASSED AN ABSOLUTE SIGNAL AT CPS1297, CAMPBELL STREET, LORDSBURG DIVISION, MAIN TRACK #2 WITHOUT STOPPING, OCCUPYING THE MAIN TRACK WITHOUT AUTHORITY.  RESULTING IN A SIDESWIPE COLLISION BETWEEN AAMMLX-30 ON #2 TRACK AND THE ZTUG4-03 HEADED INTO #3 TRACK.  TWO CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BENSON
county: SWIFT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MORRIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WHILE CREW WAS PUTTING TRAIN TOGETHER 2 CARS DERAILED DUE TO PACKED SNOW AS THEY WENT THROUGH CROSSI NG.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ZLDYC-22 ARRIVED AT SAIT AND WAS WORKED ON THE N/E OF 412 BY PRS AROUND 2:00 PM.  ONCE COMPLETED SHO VED SOUTH TO CLEAR THE NORTH END.  THE UNION PACIFIC CREW WAS PUT ON THE TRAIN AROUND 3:40 PM AND CL EARED FOR DEPARTURE AROUND 3:45 PM.  THE TRAIN MOVED ABOUT 600 FEET AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  10 CAR S FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN, TWO THREE-PACK STACKS, A SPINE AND A SINGLE WELL WENT ON THE GROUND. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHEN THE PRS CREW SHOVED SOUTH THEY RAN THRU THE 411/412 S WITCH.  


nearest_city: HEARNE
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: NAVASOTA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR BR0403 WAS WAITING FOR TRAIN MDMEW-04 TO PASS WHEN THE RIGHT WING CAME INTO CONTAC T WITH 3 CARS ON THE PASSING TRAIN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO CARS ARMN725335, TILX252705 AND FPAX950535.  T HE WING WAS RIPPED OFF THE BR0403 AND FURTHER DAMAGED THE EQUIPMENT, CAUSING THE BR0403 TO  THEN DER AIL.  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: ORTLEY
county: ROBERTS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: APPLETON
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:
LTWI6011-19I WAS HEADING WEST BOUND WHEN A GRAVEL TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER AND A PUP TRAILER PULLED U P ONTO THE CROSSING NOT CLEARING THE PUP. THE LOCAL HIT THE PUP TRAILER.      


nearest_city: ANN ARBOR
county: WASHTENAW
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: CEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN 353 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/34 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/28 IN THE REAR, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP 40.50, MAPLE RD CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $27,959.00.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y-GAL1082-28 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK NUMBER 2036 DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.       


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TQ40 HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON PARK 7, LINED THE PARK 7/RIP LEAD SWITCH TO DEPART PARK 7 AND HEAD NORTHW ARD ON RIP LEAD. AFTER LINING  THE SWITCH TQ40 SHOVED 205' FEET, SHOVING THRU THE HOLE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: ARVADA
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
AT 2145 BNSF TRAIN QPVDVJ06 WAS RELIEVED IN THE ROCKY SIDING WITH A NEW CREW.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING E AST TO GET ON THE MAIN WHEN THEY FAILED TO LINE THE SPLIT POINT DERAIL CAUSING 3 LOCOMOTIVES IN THEI R CONSIST TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: NORTH VERSAILLES
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNION RAILROAD CREW #50C-3 WAS USING A TRIPPLE UNIT CONSIST (URR-16-22-17 WITH LOCOMOTIVE URR #16 AS THE LEAD UNIT: CREW WAS HAULING 41 EMPTY SLAB RACK CARS AND CABOOSE C-103 NORTH FROM THE PORT PERRY BRIDGE ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN TRACK.  TRACK IS SIGNAL INTERLOCKING TERRITORY. ENGINEER PASSED THE 128 SIGNAL TO ENTER THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN; SIGNAL 128 WAS DISPLAYING A MEDIUM APPROACH ASPECT.  ENGIN EER FAILED TO STOP TRAIN AT SIGNAL 112 (SIGNAL DISPLAYING A "STOP" INDICATION).  WHILE TRAVELING AT 6 MPH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE COLLIDED WITH A 90 CAR SOUTHBOUND ORE TRAIN 76C-3 THAT WAS DIVERGING SOUTHWEST OFF THE MAIN TRACK ONTO THE DEXTER LEAD.  ORE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 7.3 MPH.  LOCOMOTIVE URR #16 S TRUCK THE 7TH THROUGH 10TH CARS OF THE ORE TRAIN.  AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION, THE WEST SIDE OF TH


nearest_city: EL DORADO
county: UNION
railroad: OUCH
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: EL DORADO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC EL DORADO SWITCH ENGINE SHOVED INTO OUCH LEAD AND DERAILED IN SWITCH.  SWITCH WAS DEST ROYED.  OUCH DAMAGES $22,254      


nearest_city: SOLWAY
county: BELTRAMI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW PULLED 12 CARS, SET TO MAIN TRACK CLEAR OF SWITCH, MADE CUT AND CAME OFF WITH 2 HEAD CARS.  CRE W SET INSUFFICIENT HANDBRAKES ON STANDING CUT, WHICH ROLLED FORWARD STRIKING ENGINES AND TWO CARS.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
L50981-03 WAS CLIMBING THE STEELTON HILL WITH 4 ENGINE ON THE HEAD END AND 2 SHOVER ENGINE ATTACHED, WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED - CN 668286, CN 639884, CN 639913, DWC 794042, DOWX 73998, PTTX 140785, AND PT TX 140557.  PRIMARY CAUSE WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO EXCESSIVE L/V FORCES ON EMPTY CAR TRAVELING THROUGH MO DERATE 4-5 DEGREE CURVES CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LIFT TO THE CURVE HIGH-SIDE DUE TO COMBINATION OF TRA IN BRAKING IN EMERGENCY EMANATING FROM A BROKEN KNUCKLE ON DC 409666.   


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-INB3191-21A WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 54 CARS TO SPOT AT THE GRAIN FACILITY.  29 CARS WERE TO SPOT INTO G6, THREE CARS MADE IT INTO THE TRACK WHEN THE FOREMAN WATCHING PROTECTING THE MOVEMENT NOTICED DUS T AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO SPOT.  THREE CARS HAD GONE ON THE GROUND, FIVE HAD MADE IT INTO G6.     


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YHK32R-19 HUMPED A SINGLE CAR SOO119584 INTO THE BOWL STRIKING A LOADED CAR OF NUTMEAL CAUSING EXTEN SIVE DAMAGE TO SOO122851 AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SOO119584.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE SIGNAL RELAT ED.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LBN42-17 WAS SHOVING 18 CARS WESTBOUND INTO ROCKWATER ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN MIDLAND, TX WHEN GAGE SPRE AD ON TRACK IN CURVE, DERAILING 1 SET OF TRUCKS ON TIMX83107 AND UTLX15981 EACH.  DERAILMENT OCCURRE D INSIDE CUSTOMER'S FACILITY ON CUSTOMER MAINTAINED TRACK.     


nearest_city: LA GRANGE
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-15, SHOVING WEST ON LEAD INTO TRACK 9007, SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED 3 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS R LSD.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
BR15 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 5816 AND 7 X 2 INTO PRO PLASTIC WHEN THE 5TH AND 6TH CARS DERAILED.       


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL2012-27 PULLED ONTO NORTHEAST LEAD.  AFTER STOPPING, CREW MOVED AHEAD AND STRUCK H-TULTPL1- 26 THAT WAS YARDING TRAIN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HEARTWELL
county: KEARNEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
H-LINCAS1-30A COMBINE OPERATOR CROSSING COUNTY ROAD DID NOT CLEAR CROSSING BEFORE WESTBOUND TRAIN ST RUCK THE AUGER PORTION OF COMBINE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: VINTON
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
L-SWE0053-16 WHILE SWITCHING VINTON BETWEEN MAIN TRACK AND TRACK 4613 LEFT CAR FOULING AND WAS SUBSE QUENTLY SIDESWIPED.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
202T506, WITH NS 9151, NS 6608, NS 9779 TRAVELING EAST BETWEEN CHATTANOOGA AND KNOXVILLE AT 32MPH ST RUCK A TREE AT MP 139. 0A, 16 MILES WEST OF KNOXVILLE, DERAILING ALL THREE LOCOMOTIVES AND THE LEADI NG TRUCK OF THE FIRST CAR.  DTTX DADED INTERMODAL 3 PACK).     


nearest_city: NEW TOWN
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
H11EX-23 EASTBOUND NEWTOWN SUB WHEN FELT JOLT ABOUT MP 525.6. MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED & FOUND REAR CAR DERAILED. APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES OF TRACK WITH RAIL TURNED DUE TO CAR DRAGGING. TRUCKS WERE STILL ON REAR OF CAR (TILX 194319 LOAD OF PETRO CRUDE OIL), BUT NO WHEELS WERE ON HEAD END OF CAR. PIECES OF TRUCK STRUNG OVER 2 MILES. NOTHING LEAKING.  - FIELD #12 NEWTOWN SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TER RITORY 2. NOT SIGNALED, 2. DIRECT TRAIN CONTROL, P. TRACK WARRANT CONTROL - FIELD 49  OTH - (WELDED, JOINTED TRACK)  


nearest_city: MONROE
county: PLATTE
railroad: NCRC
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS TRAVELING THE MAINLINE TO MONROE TO SETOUT 6 LOADED CARS.  AT MP 1.60, ENGINEER REPORTED TR AIN WAS IN EMERGENCY. INSPECTION FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED AND 1 CAR ON ITS SIDE.  TRAIN CAME TO STOP AP PROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE POINT OF DERAILMENT.  AT POINT OF DERAILMENT, SEVERAL TIES WERE SUNK I N THE MUD AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OF RAIL ROLLED    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-NWT1002-19 A CUT OF CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 2029 AND IMPACTED RCO Y-NTW1132-19 OPERATING LIGH T POWER DUE TO AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM RETARDER FAILURE.      


nearest_city: DURKEE
county: BAKER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
THE MHKPC-14 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRABLE EMERGENCY WHEN THE CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN THEY FOUND SEVER AL CARS DERAILED.  CAUSE APPEARS TO BE EXCESSIVE LATERAL FORCE DUE TO IMPROPER CAR PLACEMENT.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
M-AMSKCK1-01 WAS ATTEMPTING TO SETOUT A BAD ORDER CAR.  10 CARS DERAILED WHEN CREW STOPPED TRAIN TO INITIATE SETOUT MOVE.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GLORIETA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Y-ABQ3031-25 SHOVED CARS INTO 107 TRACK AGAINST CARS ALREADY IN TRACK, THEN SHOVED TRACK OUT ONTO SO UTH LEAD AND INTO Y-ABQ3021-25 THAT WAS BUILT ON SOUTH LEAD. IMPACT DERAILED 2 CARS ON Y-ABQ3031-25 AND 1 CAR ON Y-ABQ3021-25. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MILTON
county: ROCK
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SHOVING TIMETABLE EASTBOUND WITH 13 LOADED CARS INTO TRACK 2 OF INDUSTRY, WITH CONDUCTOR R IDING THE LEADING END OF THE SHOVING MOVEMENT AS REQUIRED.  DURING THIS SHOVING MOVEMENT, AN EMPLOYE E OF THE INDUSTRY USED A REMOTE CONTROL TRACK MOBILE TO MOVE A CUT OF 9 CARS ON AN ADJACENT TRACK, C OLLIDING INTO THE SIDE OF THE EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE RAILROAD.

NO EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE RAILROAD DERAILED.  
ONE TRACK MOBILE AND TWO CARS BEING MOVED BY THE INDUSTRY DERAILED.  

E QUIPMENT DAMAGE DETAILS:  
AS SHOWN IN BOX 36, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE RAILROAD = $2 7,750.00.  
ADDITIONALLY, DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT BEING MOVED BY THE INDUSTRY = $135,031.  

TRACK IS NOT OWNED BY THE RAILROAD AND IS MAINTAINED BY INDUSTRY.


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YDL51R-11 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM INDUSTRY WHEN JOB HAD 3 RAILCARS DERAIL ON LEAD TRACK ACCOUNT WI DE GAGE.      


nearest_city: SCOTT
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/55-E/194 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP150.44, APOLLO RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: METUCHEN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3862 SUFFERED SMOKE CONDITION CAUSED BY DEBRIS STUCK IN TRUCK OF FRAME COACH 1506.       


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: FRONT RANGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-DEN1012-21 DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN CREW DERAILED TO PROTECT THE MOVEMENT AND SHOVED OVER DERAIL O N RENNIX LEAD.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Q41622 TRAVELING ON #2 MAIN, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT TERMINAL AVE ROAD CROSSING, RESULTING I N DAMAGE TO RAILROAD PROPERTY. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: PAVEMENT MARKINGS (RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: CITY OF COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE BNSF CREW Y LAC3151 09A WAS SPOTTING THE BNSF COMMERCE INTERMODAL FACILITY WITH THE INBOUND Q ST LLAC1 06D USING THE LAC C LEAD AS A TAIL TRACK.  THE CREW PULLED TOWARD THE C YARD ALONG THE C LEAD TO CLEAR THE SWITCH INTO THE FACILITY.  AT THAT TIME THE CREW APPEARS TO HAVE RUN THROUGH THE LAJ 64 14 RIGID SWITCH (WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE BANDINI CROSSING).  THE HELPER ON THE JOB INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE BACK INTO THE FACILITY TO SPOT TRACK 4601, WHEN THE CUT BEGAN TO MO VE BACKWARD AND STOPPED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS (150 FEET).  THE CREW WENT BACK TO INVESTI GATE THE CAUSE OF THE CUT COMING TO A STOP AND FOUND THAT THEY HAD DERAILED. 


nearest_city: JEFFERSON CITY
county: COLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
M/W GANG 1398, WAS TRAVELING ON THE RIVER SUB WITH TWO SECTION TRUCKS FOLLOWED BY LIFTER LINER MACHI NE.  THE FIRST TWO VEHICLES STOPPED AND WERE UNOCCUPIED.  HOWEVER, THE LIFTER LINER FAILED TO STOP A ND COLLIDED WITH THE BACK OF SECTION TRUCK 1065W BUT DID NO DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK.  THE MACHINE OPERAT OR EXITED THE MACHINE PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES.  PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.    


nearest_city: MARINGOUIN
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
LLM22R-25 RELEASED TWO CARS OVER THE HUMP FOR BOWL TRACK 28.  THE NORTH CAR OF THE CUT, GATX90394 DI D NOT CLEAR TRACK 27.  THE SECOND CUT TILX270044 AND NATX15033, SIDESWIPED THE END OF THE GATX93094. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE CONTROL SYSTEM SWITCH FAILURE.     


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  ENGINEER OPERATING ENGINE NS E6670 SOUTH FAILED TO STOP AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK RESULTING IN THE SIDE COLLISION NS E9628. RAILROAD VERIFIED THAT THE REC ORDED SPEED OF ENGINE NS E6670 WAS 15MPH. THE ENGINEER WAS CITED WITH VIOLATING RULE #137 FOR SPEEDI NG AND THE CAUSE CODE ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂH607ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED) WAS ASSIGNED TO THE INCIDENT.    


nearest_city: BLEAKWOOD
county: NEWTON
railroad: TIBR
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
JOB 213 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUNCH FROM KIRBYVILLE TO DERIDDER WITH 39 LOADS AND 6 EMPTIES.  AT MILEP OST 7 THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 34TH, 35TH, AND 36TH CARS ALL DERAILED.  CR EW CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY     


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ITS CONTACT SWITCH CREW PULLED 28 CARS FROM 201 TRACK IN EASTWARD DIRECTION.  REAR TRUCK ON REAR CAR DERAILED AT 203/201 XOVER SWITCH.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT NON-RR EMPLOYEE LINED SWITCH UNDER C AR.  ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
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:
WS17B OPERATED YARD ENGINE 569 NORTH THROUGH WYE BRIDGE SWITCHING CENTER. AS THE MOVE PASSED OVER TH E SOUTH END OF THE 624 SWITCH THE R END TRUCK DERAILED ALL WHEELS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SWITCH 624 GAPPED UNDER THE MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
N99019 EASTBOUND ON TRACK 1 AT COTTAGE GROVE REPORTED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.  TWO CARS ON THE REAR OF T HE TRAIN DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL1032-24, SHOVING INTO 7120 TRACK, COUPLED UP TWO CUTS ALREADY IN TRACK TO THE CUT THEY WERE HDLG, THEN SHOVED ENTIRE CUT INTO TRACK AND DEDAILED. REVIEW INDICATES DUE TO LOCO POWER CONFIGURAT ION AND RCO COMMANDING SPEED OF 10 MPH AND CREW UNABLE TO VERIFY AMPS, IF RESPONSIBILITY NOT ASSIGNE D TO CREW.    


nearest_city: LUCEDALE
county: GEORGE
railroad: MSE
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE DERAILMENT INVOLVED FOUR KCS BOX CARS LOADED WITH PULPWOOD.  IT OCCURRED 147 FEET FROM CROSSING NUMBER 107, AT MILE POST 41.78 ENDING IN TWO CARS BEING OVERTURNED AND TWO MORE CARS DERAILED RESTIN G WITH WHEELS ON THE TIES.     


nearest_city: BOSCO
county: OUACHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
HYRAIL UNIT #66874, WHILE ACCOMPANYING DC-27 RAIL TEST CAR ON THE RAIL, COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF TH E DC-27 TEST CAR.  NOTHING DERAILED.  NO INJURIES.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
SWITCHMAN WAS WORKING THE FIELD THROWING SWITCHES IN PARSONS 5 AND 7. Y29118 HAD JUST KICKED CARS IN TO P5 AND WHEN THEY TIED THE WEST CAR WAS FOULING P7. SWITCHMAN HAD THROWN THE P7 SWITCH IN ORDER TO SHOVE THREE TANK CARS INTO P7. SWITCHMAN TOOK CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT TO TIE ONTO P5 AND SHOVE IT I NTO THE CLEAR AND FORGOT THE SWITCH WAS STILL LINED FOR P7. HE THOUGHT HE HAD STOPPED THE MOVEMENT B EFORE THE TANK CARS HAD HIT THE CARS FOULING P7. HE PULLED THE THREE TANK CARS OUT OF P7 AND SHOVED P5 WITH THEM. AFTER MAKING ROOM FOR ABOUT FIVE CARS IN P5 Y29118 PULLED OUT ONTO THE LEAD AND NOTICE D DAMAGE TO THE TANK CAR. 


nearest_city: STAFFORD
county: STAFFORD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
U79303 COAL TRAIN WAS HEADING TOWARD POWER PLANT WHEN 6 CARS DERAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN. 3 LOADS OF COAL WERE SPILLED OVER THE SIDE.      


nearest_city: CASTLE CREEK
county: BROOME
railroad: NYSW
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NORTHERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RAIL ROADBED WAS SOFT AND COLLAPSED UNDER WEIGHT AS THE TRAIN MOVED OVER IT.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED WH EN THE 30 THROUGH THE 35 RAILCAR MOVED OVER THE ROAD BED. (FIELD 28) ACTUAL RECORDED SPEED, 28 MPH, ACTUAL FRA TRACK IS CLASS II.     


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
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-Apr
narrative:
V-CHCTAC1-13 WAS PULLING THROUGH TRACK 14 TO SOUTH END OF BALMER YARD.  4 CARS IN TRAIN DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL AND SIDESWIPED 3 CARS STANDING IN CUT OF CARS ON TRACK 13.  V-CHCTAC1-13 CONSIST INCLUDE D ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT NOT INVOLVED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
XHOS71 RCO CREW WITH 2 ENGINES AND 40X0 CONSIST 3110 TONS PULLING EAST RAN THROUGH THE 44 WESTBOUND SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE WEST DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: BELLEMONT
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Q-LACSTL1-05 STOPPED AND WHILE BEING HELD BY DISPATCHER ACCOUNT TORNADO WARNING WAS STRUCK BY TORNAD O. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CLEVES
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CIND
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: VALLEY JUNCTION
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR TIED ONTO HIS CUT IN TRACK 1 AND WALKED BACK TOWARDS THE ROAD AND THOUGHT HE WAS LOOKI NG AT THE REAR END OF TRACK 1, BUT WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE REAR END OF TRACK 2. WHILE SHOVING BA CK THE REAR CAR IN TRACK 1 STRUCK THE CARS IN TRACK 2.     


nearest_city: GOSHEN
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
VEHICLE OPERATOR SWERVED TO MISS PEDESTRIAN OR TRUCK DROPPED RIGHT FRONT TIRE OFF EDGE OF CROSSING C AUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME LODGED ON CROSSING.  18M STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE FOULING CHICAGO MAINLINE #2 TRACK.   38.  PRIMARY CAUSE:  UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE STRUCK ON CROSSING.     


nearest_city: GLASGOW
county: ROCKBRIDGE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: JAMES RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
EMPLOYEE OPERATING A TAMPER RAN INTO THE BACK OF A STANDING TRAIN. ESTIMATED DAMAGES FOR TAMPER IS $ 50K, ESTIMATED DAMAGES FOR CAR IS $500.      


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
H076 RCO WITH 1 UNIT, 48 LOADS, 23 EMPTIES, AND 6547 TONS MADE A REVERSE MOVE OVER A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH, DERAILING 9 CARS.      


nearest_city: JULIETTE
county: MONROE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 231G228 TRAVELING NORTH ON SINGLE TRACK MAIN LINE WITH 2 UNITS, 32 LOADS, 16 EMPTIES, 6889 TON S, 9536 FEET, DERAILED 28TH THROUGH 45TH HEAD CAR. (18 CARS).      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
ICE/SNOW OVER SMALL YARD CROSSING CAUSED WHEEL LIFT ON EMPTY AUTOVERYOR CAUSING CAR TO DERAIL.       


nearest_city: BISMARCK
county: BURLEIGH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
C-ABMBEN0-55 DERAILED ONE CAR AT MP 196.5 DUE TO EXCESSIVE WARP IN HIGH-DEGREE CURVE. CAR REMAINED D ERAILED TO MP 192.9 WHERE EXPERIENCED UDE AND BALANCE OF CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PECOS
county: REEVES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ILBMN-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8483, COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG (WATER TANKER) THAT HAD STOPPED ON THE CROSSING.  IMPACT WAS ON THE REAR PORTION OF TRAILER.  UP8483 WAS DAMAGED.  CREW TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.  DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER NOT INJURED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YMY35R-16 WAS FLAT SWITCHING AND KICKED A CUT OF RAILCARS INTO TRACK 013. RAILCARS COUPLED AND WENT PASS THE CLEARANCE MARKER FOR THEIR TRACK, STRIKING THE YMY36R-16 WHICH WAS SHOVING INTO THE ADJACEN T TRACK 007. NO DERAILMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CLEARANCE MARKER THE CREWS HA D BEEN USING THIS TRACK AS A TIE DOWN POINT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE ADJACENT TRACK. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHE N OR WHO PLACED THE MARKER.   


nearest_city: LAWTELL
county: ST LANDRY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BEAUMONT SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MLKLI 04 DERAILED NEAR HIGHWAY 109 & ACADIANA ROAD IN LAWTELL, LA.  THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 27 CARS DE RAILED.  THREE (3) OF THE 27 CARS WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT AND THE REMAINING CARS WERE ON THEIR SIDES. THERE WERE REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE, THE AREA WAS EVACUATED, RAILROAD AND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW REPORTED.  DERAILMEN T.  CAR #: UTLX 660753 DODECANOL - 114,020 LIQUID POUNDS EST., CAR #: ACFX 79536 SODIUM HYDROXIDE/SU LFIDE - 130,500 GALLONS EST.  


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
KINDER MORGAN CREW DERAILED ONE CAR IN A CUT OF FOURTEEN ON KCS MAINTAINED TRACK IN THE INDUSTRY.  U NABLE TO IDENTIFY CREW NUMBER OR MAKEUP.      


nearest_city: WESTLAKE
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ROSEBLUFF SPUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YRB86-23 WAS MAKING ITS FINAL MOVE TO HEAD INTO ROSEBLUFF WHEN THE CREW FELT A SUDDEN BUMP.  UPON IN SPECTION OF THE TRAIN THEY FOUND A BROKEN KNUCKLE AND 12 DERAILED CARS DUE TO A TWO FOOT SECTION OF BROKEN RAIL.  1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PHILADELPHIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Q40603 PULLED INTO FIRST ON RD4 TO MAKE A CUT AND SHOVE BACK INTO RD5. Y10104 CREW WAS SITTING IN TH E CLEAR ON RD5 WAITING ON THE SP-18 TO PASS. Q40603, AFTER SHOVING 10 CAR LENGTHS, Q40603 CONDUCTOR TOLD HIS ENGINEER TO COME BACK 25 MORE. Y10104 WAS SHOVED INTO THE SIDE OF THE PASSING SP-18.  THE E NGINE THAT THE Y10104 HAD(CSXT 8624) WAS SHOVED INTO TWO CARS ON THE PASSING TRAIN(SP-18).    


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE EXTRA LOCAL WAS GOING WEST ON THE TOP WEST LEAD AND THE Z CHCLAU9 14 WAS GOING WEST FROM 214.  T HEY COLLIDED AT THE 214 SWITCH.  THE MRL 258 DERAILED AND BOTH UNITS WERE DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y-GAL3061-03 KICKED 4 CARS TO TRACK 335, THEN KICKED 1 CAR DOWN THE LEAD. THE 4 CARS IN 335 ROLLED B ACK AND WERE CORNERED BY THE CAR ROLLING ON THE LEAD.      


nearest_city: HERMAN
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW SET 8 OF 48 CARS FROM ELEVATOR TRACK TO MAIN TRK AND DID NOT SET SUFFICIENT HANDBRAKES ON THE 4 0 TO PREVENT MOVEMENT. THESE CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK AND CORNERED LEAD UNIT BNSF 4369. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
271-02 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WHEN THEY DERAILED THE REAR 4 CARS (CAR# GNRR 5088, WE 400021, CEFX 32671, AND CKIX 6775) DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
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-Jul
narrative:
THE YBA77-16 WAS TAKING A CUT OF 38 CARS TO RIVERGATE AFTER COMPLETING TRANSFER AIR TEST.  THEY MADE A STRAIGHT PULL OUT OF THE WEST END OF TRACK 11 AT BARNES, NEVER STOPPING NOR REACHING A SPEED GREA TER THAN 7 MPH.  AS THEY STARTED TRAVELING DOWNHILL, THEY SLOWED DOWN TO 2 MPH WHERE THEIR TRAIN WEN T INTO EMERGENCY.  THE SWITCHMAN WENT BACK TO TAKE A LOOK AND FOUND 3 CARS ON THEIR SIDE.  THE 4TH C AR WAS UPRIGHT BUT HAD DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE TO BE BROKEN RAIL.   


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TWO HUMP JOBS WERE WORKING AT THE CREST.  THE YRV32R-03 HAD SHOVED THROUGH CROSSOVER OFF PULLBACK #2 TO THE CREST AND WAS HUMPING CARS INTO THE BOWL.  THE YRV33R-03 WAS ON PULLBACK #1 WEST AND CLEAR O F THE CROSSOVERS WHEN IN HIS CONFUSION BACKED HIS CUT OF CARS INTO THE CUT BEING HUMPED.  IMPACT OCC URRED AT THE CROSSOVER SWITCH.  THE TWO LEAD CARS OFF THE CUT ON PULLBACK #1 DERAILED (YRV33R-03). ARMN913001 SPILLED 75 GAL OF DIESEL FUEL.   


nearest_city: IRONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
8'45" DELAY TO THE HUMP. AB40 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC FROM RT09 WITH 2 UNITS, 30-54-6194 TONS DERAILED CEFX 152467 AND MCEX 350273 ON THE HUMP MAIN DIVIDE. BOTH CARS CUT TOGETHER WHERE DESTINE      


nearest_city: ETTER
county: MOORE
railroad: BNSF
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:
TRAIN G-EDUETT5-05A PULLING ONTO NORTH LEG OF THE WYE AT ETTER WHEN IT DERAILED 6 CARS.  ROAD BED WA S SOFT AND CAUSED TRACK TO SETTLE WHICH CAUSED RAIL TO ROLL ON TRACK.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YFW31R-23 WAS COMING OUT OF TRACK 311 WITH LIGHT POWER HEADED EAST WAS INSTRUCTED TO STOP CLEAR OF T HE 11/12 SWITCH.  RCO OPERATOR CAME OUT FOUL OF THE SWITCH.  YFW25R BEGAN TO SHOVE WEST OFF THE INSI DE TO TRACK 303.  COMING ACROSS THE 11/12 SWITCH THE WEST 5 CARS CLIPPED THE LEAD ENGINE OF THE YFW3 1R BEFORE HE COULD GET BACK IN THE CLEAR.  NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MADERA
county: MADERA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
THE GMFCTR-22 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT 50 MPH AT MP 184.8.  THE CREW FELT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE TRACK AN D REPORTED TO THE DISPATCHER.  AT THAT POINT THE CREW THEN REPORTED THAT THEY WERE IN EMERGENCY AND WERE CONVINCED THEY HAD DERAILED.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: GLAMIS
county: IMPERIAL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: YUMA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE IFWCIR-27 DERAILED THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON UP5309 WHILE ENTERING THE EAST END SIDING AT ACOLIT A, CA.  CREW INDICATED THEY FELT SEVERE ROUGH TRACK AND HEARD UNIT DERAIL.  THE ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY PLACED TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  TRAIN CONTINUED TO TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 700 FT WITH DERAILED T RUCKS.  IT APPEARED DERAIL STARTED AT OR NEAR SWITCH POINT.  ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'S METHODS AND ST ANDARDS GROUP DETERMINED THAT NEWLY INSTALLED SWITCH WAS NOT PROPERLY MEASURED OR MILLED.   


nearest_city: CROSBY
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
KCS TRAIN GKCMXS-04, WITH LEAD UNIT KCS4058, WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK STRUCK A TRACT OR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS STOPPED ON RAMSEY ROAD CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRUCK PORTION OF RIG.  DRIVER EX ITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  KCS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $104,200     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WC (ASSIGNMENT YKMSO-2 WAS YARDING A COAL TRAIN AT THE RIVER YARD.  THE CREW LINED THE ROUTE FOR THE IR MOVEMENT BUT DID NOT TAKE OFF THE DERAIL AND DERAILED TWO ENGINES BNSF 4925 AND BNSF 4034.  THE C REW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE.

THIS WAS A WC CREW AND THEREFORE THE WC WILL SEND THE FORM 6180.81 AND 6180.78 TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.    


nearest_city: MILLINOCKET
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: MMA
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MILLINOCKET
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MNR TRAIN LOCO 450 WAS ENTERING THE MILLINOCKET YARD VIA X3 CROSSOVER WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED FOUR L OADS AT CROSSOVER SWITCH.  THE TRAIN CONSISTED OF 31-10 3640 ALL LOADS LUMBER AND CHIP PRODUCTS.  TW O CARS ON SIDE, ONE CAR ALL OFF AND ONE END OF THE 4TH CAR DERAILED.  NO HAZ-MAT AND NO INJURIES.  C ROSSOVERS DESTROYED AND ABOUT ONE CAR LENGTH OF TRACK DAMAGE BOTH SIDES OF CROSSOVERS.  MMA 33629 LO AD CHIPS CLIMBED POINT OF SWITCH.   


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ANGORA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW REMOVED DERAIL FOR EAST CASEY TRACK, WHEN LINED SWITCH FOR WEST CASEY TRACK AND RAN OVER DERAIL ON THAT TRACK, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2012-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
IHB CREW ASSIGNED TO KN51, RUN 632, NORPAUL BELT ASSIGNMENT, WAS PULLING THEIR TRAIN INTO UP'S YARD AT THE SOUTH MELROSE ENTRANCE WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED.  ESTIMATED C AR DAMAGE $40,000, UP SHOWS TRACK DAMAGE OF $91,752.     


nearest_city: COLLINS
county: COVINGTON
railroad: IC
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN, C70271-08, WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AT 41 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND NUMEROUS CARS HAD DERAILED.  CNFX 20060, CNFX 20023, NDYX 93081, A LMX 2092, NCUX 10213, NCUX 10070, NDYX 930317, DEGX 94201, NDYX 930266, NCUX 10079, ALMX 2051, NDYX 930258, NCUX 10337, NDYX 930458, NDYX 930474, NCUX 10354, NDYX 930475, NDYX 930476, NCUX 10246, DEGX 94202, CNFX 10080, ALMX 2224, JHMX 991731.  RAILROAD VERIFIFED FRA TRACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED.   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE DEPARTING OUT OF YARD 2, THE YPRCU-16 DERAILED 7 CARS ON TRACK 322 AND ALSO DAMAGED LOCOMOTIVE IN ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: ENNIS
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS 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-Jan
narrative:
AMQSPX-02, WITH LEAD UNIT CSXT4824, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG FOULING THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TR AILER PORTION OF RIG.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER.  CSXT4824 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
QBLHO-17 WAS DRAGGING INTO TRACK 401 AND DERAILED SEVERAL CARS.  DERAILED CARS FROM QBLHO-17 THEN ST RUCK SEVERAL CARS ON YHO27R-17 IN TRACK 407.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT DETERMINED AS MISMATCHED RAIL-HEAD CONTOUR.     


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: CW
date: 2012-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PUEBLO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING OUT OF BNSF INTERCHANGE YARD ONTO CW TRACKAGE WHEN TWO CARS POSITIONED AT #6 AND #7 FROM THE POINT CAR DERAILED AT THE SWITCH LEADING INTO 7-GATE TRACK.  THE ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY WHEN THE YARDMASTER, VIA THE RADIO, HEARD THE NOISE AND ORDERED THE TRAIN TO STOP.     


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y-GAT9001-19 DERAILED ONE CAR AND CAUSED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS DUE TO INADEQU ATE PRECAUTIONS WHILE KICKING CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NJTR YARD CREW YN-62 OPERATED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SW #1086 WHILE ENROUTE WEST FROM YARD L EAD TO TRACK # 16 AND DERAILED THE LEAD TRUCK OF ENGINE # 4606.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EVERMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN FAILED TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT AND ALLOWED RAILCAR GNWR 25049 TO STIRKE UTLX 666789      


nearest_city: ESSEX
county: FLATHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
REGULAR SNOW PLOW WITH IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED BRAKES WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON DESCENDING GRADE. MACHINE ST RUCK HIGH RAIL VEHICLE AT MP 1161.5 AND WAS ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO STOP AT ESSEX BY HELPER LOCOMOTIVE S STATIONED AT THAT POINT.     


nearest_city: GRAND PRAIRIE
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
AMNARR-23 WAS SHOVING TRACK 104 WITH 60 EMPTY AUTORACKS WHEN 6 CARS DERAILED DUE TO TRAIN HANDLING. TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND CREW RECOVERED AIR WITHOUT INSPECTING TRAIN.      


nearest_city: REDWOOD
county: WARREN
railroad: VSOR
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
VSOR111 DEPARTED BALLGROUND HEADED TO IP, LEFT IP AND IP AND ENGINEER FELT A TUG. HE WALKED  BACK AN D SAW DUST BEING RAISED AND PUT THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. A BROKEN RAIL WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS DERAILME NT. 8 CARS WERE DERAILED AT THAT TIME.     


nearest_city: SPANGLE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: WIR
date: 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN PASSED OVER SUN KINK AREA. AFTER 3/4 OF TRAIN WAS OVER IT APPEARS THE TRACK BUCKLED CAUSING CA RS TO DERAIL WITH COME CARS STRING LINING. TRAIN WAS THEN DRAGGED TO A STOP. NO EMERGENCY APPLICATIO N HAPPENED.     


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
GM44 SHOVING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS, 68 LDS, 58 MTYS, 10,339 TONS DERAILED 34TH AND 35TH HEAD CARS.       


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LHU04R-14 WAS HUMPING CARS AND SENT CUT OF 2 CARS TOWARDS BOWL TRACK 13.  CUT STALLED IN CURVE.  JOB THEN HUMPED ANOTHER CUT OF 2 CARS TOWARDS BOWL 13 AND CARS IMPACTED WITH BYPASSED COUPLERS.  INCIDE NT RESULTED IN 2 CARS DERAILING.     


nearest_city: MURFREESBORO
county: RUTHERFORD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON THE Q58223 LEFT A CUT OF CARS IN THE FOUL WHILE TRYING TO SHOVE INTO STOCKPEN TRACK TO MAKE A PICK UP WITH 32 CARS. WHILE SHOVING BACK SIDE SWIPED THE CUT OF CARS LEFT IHN THE SIDING WITH THE CARS THAT WERE BEING USED TO SHOVE INTO THE STOCKPEN TRACK.     


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YARD ENGINE 797 STRUCK MW BACKHOE A48849 THAT WAS IN AN OUT OF SERVICE TRACK IN THE INTERLOCKING, CA USING IT TO PIVOT/TURN THEREBY STRIKING THE AMTRAK TIE HANDLER AA15409, WHICH WAS ALSO DERAILED.  TH E DAMAGE TO UNIT 797 WAS $10,921.00.  THE DAMAGE TO UNIT 44849 WAS $941.00.  THE DAMAGE TO UNIT 1540 9 WAS 350.00.    


nearest_city: IOWA PARK
county: WICHITA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: RED RIVER VALLEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-WCF1111-11 DERAILED 1 CAR AND DAMAGED 4 ADDITIONAL CARS WHEN A CUT OF CARS ROLLED OUT AND IMPACTED TRAIN DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KINGMAN
county: MOHAVE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
R-SWE0091-26 MADE GRAVITY DROP OF 4 CARS INTO TRACK 5062 ONTO 2 CARS ALREADY IN TRACK. NO DERAILMENT BUT TWO CARS DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: WAUSAU
county: MARATHON
railroad: WC
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT YWU038-12 PULLING NORTH OUT OF TRACK W008 IN WAUSAU YARD WHEN THE REAR THREE CARS (W C 84572, WC 84577, WC 84779) DERAILED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CREW HAD SHOVED 33 CARS SOUTH IN TRACK W008 TO CLEAR TRACK W004 TO MAKE A PICK UP OF 4 CARS TO ADD TO THE TRAIN. THE CONDUCTOR WAS W ATCHING THE SHOVE MOVEMENT FROM TRACK W007 AND COULD NOT SEE THE R513 SWITCH FROM HIS LOCATION. THE R513 SWITCH TIES INTO TRACK W008 TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK. THE R513 SWITCH WAS LINED AGAIN ST THE SHOVE MOVE RESULTING IN THE CREW RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH ND WHEN THEY PULLED AHEAD, DERAIL ING THE 3 CARS. 


nearest_city: MARENGO
county: ASHLAND
railroad: WC
date: 2011-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
LIGHT ENGINE STRUCK A SEMI-TRUCK THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE JOHNSON ROAD CROSSING. ENGINE CN 2587 SU STAINED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: ELIZABETH
county: UNION
railroad: ME
date: 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR FAILED TO APPLY HAND BRAKE ON SINGLE CAR SET OUT. CAR BLED OFF, THEN MOVED ROLLING INTO SL OWLY MOVING TRAIN ON ADJACENT TRACK, CAUSING SIDEWIPE DAMAGE AND DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: LARAMIE
county: ALBANY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 THE MNPRO 16 DERAILED THE REAR 5 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN WHILE HEADED WESTBOUND ON MAIN 3 TRACK AT MP 555.97 CAR #: GATX 46853 6OZ OF WASTE OIL WITH PCB'S.  CAR #: CEFX 31556 PCB CON STRUCTION WASTE, DIRT, WOOD, DRYWALL 75 TON.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALAMEDACORRIDOR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
2100 EVG STARTED SWITCHING BEFORE NYK SIDE FLAGS CAME DOWN. 2100 EVG WAS MAKING A MOVE BETWEEN LY2 A ND LY3 WHEN THE 2000 NYK JOB CAME DOWN TO THE THROAT FOR LY8. THE WESTCROSSOVER SWITCH FROM NYK TO E VG WAS LINED FOR CROSSOVER MOVEMENT. 2100 EVG STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT LINE THE SWITCHS FOR STRAIG HT AS NYK STILL HAD THEIR FLAGS UP AND THE SWITCH LOCKD OUT. 2000 NYK, ASSTISTANT ENGINEER, INDICATE D THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD LLINED THE SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.   


nearest_city: RESERVE
county: ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
R99471-20 WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPOT 24 LOADS OF SOYBEANS AT THE ADM PLAT. THE TRAIN PULLED NORTH BY THE MAINLINE SWITCH, STOPPED, LINED THE SWITCH TOWARDS THE INDUSTRY AND THEN WALKED TO THE DERAIL. THE DERAIL WAS UNLOCKED BUT NOT REMOVED WHEN THEY STARTED SHOVING TOWARDS THE INDUSTRY TRACK. THE CONDUC TOR CAUGHT ON AFTER SHOVING ABOUT 10 CARS LENGTHS TO RIDE THE DUMPER AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGEN CY. THE BRAKEMAN STAYED AT THE TRACK 2/3 SWITCH TO MAKE THE CUT BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE, TURNED AND SA W THE CARS DERAILING AT THE TIME OF THE UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE DERAIL WA S NEVER REMOVED CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF CC 3023, CC 481966, RRRX 182928, ATCX 47010, IC 799911 AND RRRX 460235.  CAR RRRX 182928 WAS SCRAPPED.


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE IN TRIM MODE THE B-TOWER OPERATER APPLIED THE INTERMEDIATE RETARDER WHILE A CUT OF CARS WAS IN MOTION CAUSING TTPX 81302 TO RIDE ON TOP OF THE RETARDER AND DERAIL ALONG WITH ATW 8183.      


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
G-CTEVAW9-21 PICKED 109 GRAIN CARS FROM GRAIN ELEVATOR.  ALL 109 CARS WERE TO HAVE BEEN LOADED, AND GRAIN ELEVATOR PERSONNEL DID NOT NOTIFY CREW THAT ONE CAR HAD LOADED.  THIS CAR STOOD FIVE CARS AHEA D OF DP LOCOMOTIVES WHEN TRAIN ASSEMBLED.  CAR SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED AT SWITCH AS CREW YARDED TRAIN AT GREAT FALLS.  HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY DEVOLVES TO GRAIN ELEVATOR EMPLOYEES FOR FAILURE TO NOT IFY CREW THAT THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN LOADED.   


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-TUL8731-08, HOSTLER/HELPER, WAS SHUTTLING POWER ON SERVICE TRACK 1 WHEN LEAD ENGINE DERAILED AT SE CTION OF TRACK THAT WAS RAIN-SATURATED.  OUTSIDE RAIL MOVED CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MIDWAY BNSF
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YSP51-08 PULLING WEST OUT OF 3 TRACK WITH 31 CARS LEAVING REAR CAR ON THE WEST END OF 3 TRACK.  COND UCTOR TIED CAR DOWN AND HAD ENGINEER PULL AHEAD TO CLEAR 3 TRACK.  CREW SHOVED BACK 7 OR 8 CARS ON T HE NEW HORN TRACK AND TIED DOWN CAR.  CONDUCTOR THEN ASKED ENGINEER TO TAKE TRAIN AHEAD ABOUT 7 CARS .  TRAIN MOVED ABOUT 2 CARS WHEN IT LOST AIR.  CONDUCTOR WALKED UP AND NOTICED 2 CARS DERAILED AND D AMAGE TO ANOTHER.  CAR THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SET OUT ROLLED BACK INTO SIDE OF TRAIN CAUSING DERAILMENT .  


nearest_city: CASS LAKE
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C-NAMCOB0-02, PULLING 75 CARS OUT OF TRACK 2092 ONTO EAST LEAD, DERAILED 1 CAR ACCOUNT BROKEN WHEEL RIM.      


nearest_city: HOMESTEAD
county: IOWA
railroad: CIC
date: 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
IAIS CREW WAS SHOVING SOUTH WHEN TRAIN DERAILED.  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONSULT IAIS FORM 54 REGA RDING THIS MATTER.

THE TRAIN DERAILED ON PART OF THE CIC TRACK AND CARRIED OVER TO IAIS TRACK SO BOTH RAILROADS HAVE INDIVIDUAL TRACK COSTS.  IAIS TRACK COST IS $39247 AND CIC TRACK COSTS ARE REPOR TED IN BOX #27.

CAUSE CODE T199 EXPLANATION: THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT CONSISTS OF A SHORT AND STEEP ASCENDING GRADE OF APPROXIMATELY +3% THAT TRANSITIONS ABRUPTLY TO A -1% GRADE.
   


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
IDLE 5 WELL CAR WAS SITTING AT THE BOTTOM OF TRACK 33 WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A TRAIN SHOVING INTO TRACK 33 WHOSE CREW MEMBER WAS NOT PROTECTING THE SHOVE OF HIS TRAIN CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW ATTACHED LITE POWER TO SOUTH END OF SOUTH CHICAGO #1, TYING ONTO 110 LOADED GRAIN CARS TO BE IN TERCHANGED TO THE BRC AT COMMERCIAL YARD.  CREW PULLED SOUTH PAST THE ROCK ISLAND SIGNAL AND ONTO TH E SHORTLINE, 10 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE DERAILING THE 11TH THROUGH THE 14TH CAR.  THE 11TH THROUGH 13TH C ARS WERE ON THEIR SIDES AND SPILLED OUT GRAIN.  THE 14TH CAR WAS LEANING SEVERELY AND WAS IMPALED BY THE 13TH CAR, ALSO SPILLING OUT GRAIN.  CRANEMASTERS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO RE-RAIL CARS.  ALL CARS WE RE RERAILED AND PUSHED INTO THE CLEAR.  


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2013-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
UP CREW STOPPED 40 CAR EMPTY CEMENT TRAN TO OBTAIN TRACK WARRANT.  UNKNOWINGLY DERAILING 5TH CAR FRO M HEAD END OF TRAIN.  CREW MOVED TRAIN TO LINE SWITCH, PROCEEDED TO MAIN LINE DRAGGING CAR AND DERAI LING 4TH AND 6TH CARS.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
N84915 WAS PULLING THEIR TRAIN INTO THE EAST END OF E04 TRACK IN WALBRIDGE YARD. AS THE TRAIN PULLED INTO E04 A CAR DERAILED AT THE E04/E05 SWITCH CAUSING OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: WEDRON
county: LA SALLE
railroad: IR
date: 2013-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: OTTAWA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
JOB WAS SHOVING 87 EMPTIES INTO WEDRON EAST Z WHEN THE AIR DUMPED.  CONDUCTOR WALKED UP AND FOUND TH E 66TH 67TH AND 68TH CARS IN THE TRAIN WAS DERAILED, CAUSE WAS CONDONABLE HIGH FLANGE ON R1 ON R1 OF THE 67TH CAR COUPLED TIGHT SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE.     


nearest_city: SHAKOPEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MANKATO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE COUPLER FAILED BETWEEN CARS CNW490749 AND SIRX17014 THAT WERE ATTACHED TO CUT OF CARS IN TRACK 9 RESULTING IN 33 CARS ROLLING OUT AND STRIKING LIGHT POWER TRAIN MEYVPS-14 DAMAGING 5 LOCOMOTIVES. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE KNUCKLE ON CAR CNW490749 WAS DEFECTIVE AND ALLOWED THE COUPLING TO COME A PART.    


nearest_city: ZUNI
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GALLUP
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
H-SLABAR9-20 EXPERIENCED UDE. FOUND COER 171287 WITH BROKEN PIPE AND CREW CUT OUT AIR. TO SET THE CA R OUT FOR REPAIRS, CREW CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN WITH CAR. DRAWBAR FELL FROM CAR, ALLOWING CAR TO ROLL BA CK AGAIN STANDING TRAIN, DAMAGING TOTAL OF 3 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LODI
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: CCT
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
CREW SET THREE CARS FROM SIDING TO MAIN TRACK AND SECURED THE CARS WITH ONE HAND BRAKE , ADMX19374 A ND THEN CUT WAY AND WAS SHOVING BACK INTO EAST JCT SIDING WHEN CARS ON THE MAIN TRACK ROLLED BACK TO NORTH AND STUCK THE CARS BEING SHOVED BACK INTO THE SIDING. INVESTIGATION REVELED THAT HANDBRAKE BE LL CRANK ON ADMX19374 HAD WORN CLEVIS PIN WHICH DID NOT ALLOW THE BRAKE TO APPLY WITH FULL FORCE. CR EW FAILED TO SEE CARS WOULD STAY STADING ON MAIN TRACK BEFORE SHOVING BACK INTO SIDING.   


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
U-SHJTH05-25 TRAVELING WEST. PLASSER AMERICAN RM80 UNDERCUTTER FRAME OF THE CAR FELL ONTO WHEEL. DAM AGE TO TIES AND CLIPS BEGAN AT MP 5.15 AND EXTEND TO MP 0.4. NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YKS38R-13 WHILE PULLING OUT OF NORTH 4 RAIL, SIDESWIPED 4 CARS AGAINST A CAR THAT ROLLED OUT THE NOR TH DOCK TRACK DUE TO THE JOB AT THE OTHER END OF THE BOWL KICKING A CUT OF 14 LOADS INTO THAT RAIL.      


nearest_city: COMBES
county: CAMERON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BROWNSVILLE 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-Nov
narrative:
GSRA2B-04, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6803, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF THE TRUCK TRAILER.      


nearest_city: NEW BADEN
county: ROBERTSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
AEGAS-02 WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF4860, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  IMPAC T ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER.  BNSF4860 SUSTAINED DAMAG E.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.     


nearest_city: EDGERTON
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
B-MEMKCK5-01 1 CAR DERAILED AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE WHEN A CUT OF CARS ROLLED DUE TO INSUFFICINET NU MBER OF HANDS BRAKES APPLIED.      


nearest_city: NORTHUMBERLAND
county: NORTHUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NSHR 3 SHOVING NORTH WITH LVRR 2016 PLUS 1, 27 LOADS, 2 EMPTIES, 1527 TONS DERAILED 3 CARS ON 3 WEST TRACK AFTER FAILING TO LINE SWITCH FOR 1 THROUGHFARE (NO NS CREW INVOLVEMENT)      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y-BEL4031-10, WHILE MAKING DOUBLE OVER FROM 7105 TO 7110 TRACK, FAILED TO DETECT THAT 14 LEAD SWITCH WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT. CREW RAN THROUGH SWITCH, THEN REVERSED, SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERA ILING 3 CARS.     


nearest_city: TERRY
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN STRUCK THE REAR OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT STOPPED ON A PRIVATE CROSSING. AMTRAK ADVISED $16,671 IN DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING RECEIVING YARD TRACK 304 THERE WAS A TWO CAR CUT FOR TRACK 041 (NAHX 60783 & GACX 1004 4). THE TWO CAR CUT LEFT THE GROUP 5 RETARDERS AND CLEARED THE SWITCH LOOP PROTECTION CIRCUIT BUT DI D NOT CLEAR IN THE TRACK. THERE WAS A SINGLE CAR CUT (NATX 301952) GOING TO TRACK 047 (WHICH IS ALSO IN GROUP 5). THE NATX 301952 SIDE-SWIPED THE TWO CAR CUT GOING INTO TRACK 041. THIS WAS FOLLOWED UP BY A SINGLE CAR CUT FOR TRACK 041 (ADMX 30212) WHICH ALSO SIDE-SWIPED THE NATX 301952.   


nearest_city: STEVENS POINT
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WC
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: SUPERIOR
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YSY208 WAS SWITCHING IN THE STEVENS POINT YARD WHEN THEY HAD TWO CARS DERAILED ON THE HYDRO LEAD.  T HE CARS WERE BOTH EMPTY NON DANGEROUS, IBT 19131 AND THE IBT 19081 BOTH DERAILED UPRIGHT.  THE CREW WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS ON THE HYDRO LEAD AND THE AIR HOSE TROLLY BRACKET ON THE IBT 19081 BROKE O FF AND WAS DRAGGING AND GOT CAUGHT ON THE HEEL OF THE NO. 4 SWITCH CAUSING THE TWO CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: LANSING
county: EATON
railroad: GTW
date: 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK P36461-16 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WENT AROUND THE DESCENDED GATES AT THE MILLETT HWY CROSSING. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES IN THE IMPACT.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
GVSR TRAIN, 206-04, WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE.  CAUSE DETERMIN ED AS IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.  GVSR ACTUAL EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $16,101      


nearest_city: CHURCHS FERRY
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DEVILS LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
X-INBBSB9-04 MADE BACKUP MOVE (UNPROTECTED) TO PICKUP CREW MEMBER AND SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH TO MAIN TRACK BEHIND THEM. WHEN CREW PULLED FORWARD, CREW SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: MILL CREEK
county: JOHNSTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK PILE OF SAND ON TRACK LEFT BY A PREVIOUS TRAIN. LOCOMOTIVE CLIMBED SAND PILE AND DERAIL ED ENGINE CONSIST AND 4 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING, RCO Y-KCK1042-08 DERAILED ONE CAR WHEN COLLIDED WITH CAR AHEAD DUE TO OVERSPEAD THROU GH THE MASTER RETARDER. CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE CONTAMINATION ON WHEELS PRECLUDING PROPER SLOWING OF C AR.     


nearest_city: COPPERAS COVE
county: CORYELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
J-HYRAILX-04 EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HY-RAILING AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE CROSSING THIRD PARTY VEHICLE WENT AROUND TWO VEHICLES THAT WAS STOPPED AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE HYRAIL VEHICLE KNOCKING IT OF F THE RAIL.     


nearest_city: VICTORIA
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
WHILE GSCW4N-07 WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 24 MPH, CREW DISCOVERED CARS DERAILED BETWEEN THE 17 AND 30TH CARS FROM DP REAR UNIT.  75TH THROUGH 86TH CARS BEHIND THE LEAD CONSIST.  8 CARS WERE LAYING ON THE IR SIDE AND 4 CARS UPRIGHT.  THIS OCCURRED IN A 25 MPH TRACK RESTRICTION.  APPARENT CAUSE WAS THERMA L MISALIGNMENT THAT HAPPENED AS TRAIN WAS ON THE TRACK.  NO TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS TAKEN.  PREVIO US NIGHT TEMPERATURES WERE IN LOW 50'S AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HIT HIGH OF OVER 100 DEGREES THAT DAY.  EVIDENCE OF SHIFTING TIES AND RAIL ANCHOR MOVEMENTS ON THE TRACK WEST OF THE DERAILED CARS.  R AIL = CWR 


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO Y-LPC2012-05, SHOVING TO MAKE JOINT ON NORTH END OF TRACK 4802, FAILED TO SLOW SUFFICIENTLY AND MADE JOINT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 2 3 -PAKS.  ALL EQUIPMENT HANDLED WAS ARTICULATED.      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
U-KEEBIR2-19 DERAILED FIRST CAR AHEAD OF DP LOCOMOTIVES ACCOUNT CAR WAS IMPROPERLY (LIGHT) LOADED. T RAIN WAS NEGOTIATING HILL WITHIN A CURVE AT TIME OF DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: DODGE CITY
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LAJUNTA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CREW ON Y-DDC2011-29 PULLED INTO 114 TRACK, STOPPED, TIED 1 HANDBRAKE AND CUT AWAY TO SPOT CARS TO A NOTHER TRACK.  HANDBRAKE DID NOT HOLD AND CARS ROLLED ONTO LEAD WHERE THEY STRUCK A CUT OF 15 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED AND NO CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BINGHAMTON
county: BROOME
railroad: DH
date: 2010-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
DB31 DOUBLED EB07 TO EB15, 29 CARS AT 1690 FT. AND COUPLED ONTO 25 CARS IN EB01, 3772 FT., TOTALING 5462 FT. OF TRAFFIC IN EB01 (TRACK CAPACITY IS 5197 FT.). DB31 BEGAN TO SHOVE EB01 BACK (SOUTH) AND THE SOUTH CAR IN THE TRACK, DTTX 743795, CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE 38T (254) TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE S OUTH END OF THE YARD DOWN THE OLD LEAD TOWARDS EM2. PLATFORMS 3,4,5 DERAILED ON THE DTTX 743795 AND ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO CP 546031 AND 17 AUTO RACKS ON THE 38T (15 OF THE AUTO RACKS HAD MINOR SAFETY APPLIANCE DAMAGE).  


nearest_city: SOUTH ST PAUL
county: DAKOTA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CETBP-02 PULLING NORTH THROUGH THE SCALE TRACK AND DOWN TO TRACK 4 TO GET TO THE CONNECTION DERAILED 9 LOADED COAL CARS ON ACCOUNT OF DEFECTIVE TIES.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: IAIS
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC COAL TRAIN HEADING TO MID-AMERICA DERAILED EIGHT CARS ON COUNCIL BLUFFS ENERGY CENTER' S INDUSTRY TRACK      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y-ELP1051-21, SHOVING 15 CARS TO UPRR TRANSFER TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS CLOSEST TO LOCOMOTIVES AT 116 TRACK SWITCH (SOLAR SWITCH) AFTER FIRST 12 CARS OF CUT HAD PASSED OVER SWITCH WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVE STIGATION INDICATED SOLAR SWITCH HAD LOW BATTERY, ALLOWING POINTS TO FLOAT UNDER MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: COTTAGE GROVE
county: DANE
railroad: WSOR
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: COTTAGEGROVE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
WESTBOUND TRAIN WAS OPERATING WHEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES, WHEN TRACK KINK ED UNDER TRAIN, DERAILING SIX CARS.  

LATITUDE 43.043128  
LONGITUDE -089.133501      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: SOCORRO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
M-ELPBEL1-18 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 18 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  CAUSE WAS BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #6632 BECAME ENTANGLED IN CATENARY WHILE ENROUTE EAST NEAR PORTAL (MP 6.0) CAUSING PANTOGRAPH OF LOCOMOTIVE #4607 TO BE DESTROYED DUE TO HIGH WINDS OF65 MPH THAT RESULTED IN HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT OF CATENARY WIRE.     


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE E/946 WAS OPERATED OVER A DERAIL DEVICE CAUSING THE UNIT TO DERAIL.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DA MAGE IS $36,525.00.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MNPPCL-25 YARDING TRAIN PULLING WEST OUT OF DEPARTURE 8 WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD DERAILE D 3 CARS JUST WEST OF THE TRACK 308 SWITCH.      


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


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
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:
YNA53-08 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 19 CARS COMING OUT OF EAST 4 ONTO MAIN 2, USING THE NEW CROSSOVER WHEN THE 12TH CAR WENT INTO SHORT 2 WITH THE REST OF THE CUT OUT TO MAIN TRACK 2.  THIS CAUSED 2 CARS TO DERAIL.  SWITCH WAS LINED PROPERLY AND SPEED WAS WITHIN TOLERANCE.  CARS DERAILED AT THE SWITCH, CA TCHING THE FACING SWITCH POINT AND WENT ON THE GROUND PAST THE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: CUCAMONGA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
SWITCH CREW FAILED TO LINE SPLIT POINT DERAILED AND SHOVED CARS THROUGH OPEN DERAIL, DERAILING 6.       


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: CLAYTON
railroad: DME
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
B-50 TAKING UNITS UP 1 TRK TO THE WESTEND WHERE THE UNITS CORNERED A TRAIN SITTING ON THE MAIN LINE HITTING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
GP22 PULLING EAST OUT OF FT08 WITH 51 CARS DERAILED THE 34TH TO THE 37TH CAR AT THE EAST END ON 3 LE AD.  CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT.      


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
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-Jun
narrative:
MKSWT-23, WAS SHOVING INTO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5.  CONDUCTOR WAS AHEAD OF MOVEMENT.  TRAIN WENT I NTO EMERGENCY AFTER FIRST 6 CARS WENT OVER BROKEN RAIL, THE NEXT 6 CARS DERAILED ON THE BROKEN 75 LB RAIL.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.     


nearest_city: BORGER
county: HUTCHINSON
railroad: PNR
date: 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BORGER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
ON 02-16-2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:05 JOB 106 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE INDUSTRY TRACK 6402 WITH 13 CARS . WHEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM DERAIL.  THE CONDUCTOR INFORMED THE ENGINEER T O PULL THE TRAIN.     


nearest_city: SANDUSKY
county: SANDUSKY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-09T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Jan
narrative:
ENGINEER ON 261 FAILED TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR TRAIN BRAKES TO RELEASE PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING TO S TART MOVEMENT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 21 CARS IN A 15 DEGREE CURVE.      


nearest_city: SIMI VALLEY
county: VENTURA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 763 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/451 AND 6 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP421.2, A PRIVATE CR OSSING.      


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MINEOLA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
2WBRBRB-12 WAS SHOVING FROM MILLER SIDING INTO MILLER YARD.  JOB SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH.  CAUSE DETER MINED AS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED NOT IN CONNECTION WITH SIGNAL/INTERLOCKER.  NO DERA ILMENT OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y19423 RCO OPERATING CSXT 2661 ON TRACK E13 IN WALBRIDGE YARD IN THE EAST DIRECTION WAS SHOVING 36 C ARS AND FAILED TO CONTROL EQUIPMENT WHEN COUPLING TO STANDING EQUIPMENT ON THE EAST END OF E13. THEY SHOVED TRACK OUT TO FOUL AND SIDESWIPED Y19723 DERAILING ONE CAR AND DAMAGING TWO OTHERS.   DAMAGES : Y19723 = $2319; Y19423 = $11344.    


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
LHX03R-15 WAS SWITCHING RAILCARS ON GCSC MAINTAINED TRACK.  JOB HAD JUST DOUBLED OVER.  BRAKEMAN AT JOINT AND CONDUCTOR ON SOUTH END TO VERIFY EQUIPMENT COUPLED.  JOB SHOVED AND WHEN INSTRUCTED TO STO P MOVEMENT, RAILCARS KEPT MOVING.  RAILCARS COUPLED INTO BUMPER CARS AND MOVED STRIKING STANDING CUT OF RAILCARS ON THE ADJACENT TRACK 003 LEAD.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CAUSE AS BAD ORDER CUT LEVER ON ECUX881688.  GCSC ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE=$2,200  4/25/13 GCSC IS A VALID RAILROAD CODE BUT GULF C OAST SWITCHING IS NOT FILING FRA REPORTS AT THIS TIME.  


nearest_city: STILLWATER
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MSSPR-06 STOPPED AT RED SIGNAL AT THE HUDSON BRIDGE, WAITED TO BE CLEARED BY BRIDGE TENDER TO MOVE O VER BRIDGE, THEN PROCEEDED. CREW WAS REQUIRED TO STOP AT OTHER SIDE OF BRIDGE, WHEN THEY DID THE TRA IN DERAILED FIVE EMPTY CARS DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCE. TRAIN WAS ON A DESCENDING GRADE AND IN A 9 DEGREE CURVE. * NO DISCIPLINE WILL BE ISSUED TO CREW MEMBERS - NO RULES VIOLATIONS COULD BE FOUND.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
AFTER TRAIN HAD BEEN DUMPED AT CAR DUMP CREW WAS YARDING TRAIN WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED.  AFTER INVESTIG ATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGGING HAD BEEN DAMAGED DURING THE DUMPING PROCESS.  THE RIGGING W AS HANGING AND DRAGGING WHICH GOT UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE CAR AND CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: LIBERTY
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
KCS TRAIN QSHTLJ-13, WITH LEAD UNIT KCSM4527, WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, STRUCK A SUV AT THE FM1909 CROSSING HAS FAILED TO STOP AND DROVE AROUND ACTIVE DOWN GATES.  NO INJURIES TO CREW. DRIVER OF SUV INJURED.  PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  KCS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $110 0.00.  KCS ID#12011303.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
MPBMX-15, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6634 WAS HEADING SOUTH ON THE AUSTIN #1 MAIN.  2005 HUMMER HEADED SOUTH O N WETMORE ROAD TRIED TO GET ACROSS CROSSING BEFORE TRAIN.  THE VEHICLE WENT THE WRONG WAY ON BROADWA Y ROAD, AND AROUND A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS TO TRY AND GET ACROSS THE CROSSING.  THE VEHICLE ALSO WENT A ROUND THE GATES, AND WAS HIT ON THE FRONT PART OF THE VEHICLE.  THIS AREA WAS A QUIET ZONE, AND THE CREW WAS NOT BLOWING FOR THE QUIET ZONE CROSSING.  NOTHING DERAILED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER W AS ISSUED A CITATION.  


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YNL50-14 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON LITTLE ROCK SUB ON MAIN TRACK #2 AND RECEIVED SIGNAL INDICATIO N ONTO THE WHITE BLUFF SUB WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON WALKING THEIR TRAIN THE BRAKEMA N AND CONDUCTOR FOUND 12TH THROUGH THE 21ST CAR DERAILED.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YSL73R-18 DERAILED TWO LOADED CARS WHILE DELIVERING CARS AT ITALIGRANI ACCOUNT BROKEN/WORN SWITCH PO INT.      


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y-OMA3021-02 PULLING FROM TRACK 106 DERAILED 2 CARS AT 106 TRACK SWITCH WHEN SWITCH POINTS GAPPED. N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: ITSL
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
ITSL 7807, SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE, WAS SITTING UNATTENDED AND TIED DOWN IN TRACK 304.  BNSF CREW SHOVED T RAIN INTO TRACK 304 IN ERROR STRIKING THE PARKED LOCOMOTIVE AND SHOVING IT 700 FEET CAUSING DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
G-WELBNT9-29 WAS PULLING INTO 6 TRACK OF UP/KCS MAIN TRACK WHEN DERAILED. THIS OCCURRED ON THE TXTX (ECONO RAIL) MAINTAINED TRACK      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
THE RCO FOREMAN ON Y19004 WAS COUPLED TO TRACK R02 AND WAS INTENDING TO PREPARE THE TRACK TO BE HUMP ED. HE RELEASED THE HANDBRAKES ON THE NORTH END OF R03 INSTEAD OF R02. WHEN HE RELEASED THE BRAKES I N R03 THE CUT ROLLED OUT OF THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK AND SIDESWIPED Y79504 THAT WAS HUMPING OUT OF TRACK R01.    


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: JACKSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DEARBORN
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-Jun
narrative:
39EB504 WAS PULLING EAST WITH 12X5 WHEN THE RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING THE 9TH AND 10 CAR TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: BILOXI
county: HARRISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Q57902 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS PULLING FORWARD BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETELY CLEAR THE CROS SING.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLIONIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
DD85 WHILE FLAT SWITCHING 38 CARS IN EB10.  SHOVED PW 190062 INTO THE SIDE OF STSX 4041 ON THE EAST END OF EASTBOUND YARD CLASSIFICATION LEAD.  NO DERAILMENT OR INJURIES.      


nearest_city: SUMMERSVILLE
county: NICHOLAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
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-Aug
narrative:
J4GUA15 WAS TRAVELING ON THE VAUGHN BRANCH WITH 2 UNITS AND 100 LOADS OF COAL WHEN THE RAIL BROKE CA USING THE 88TH THRU HEAD CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW MARTINSVILLE
county: WETZEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
H72410 WAS SHOVING INTO #2 HILL TO SPOT AND FAILED TO STOP AT CLEARANCE POINT AND RAN THROUGH SWITCH INTO H72010 THAT WAS ENTERING INTO MIDDLE TRACK AND WAS STRUCK BY LEADING CAR CSXT 130401 RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES DAMAGES SHOWN IN BLOCK 36 OF BOTH FORM 54S ARE INCORRECT. BL OCK 36 OF CONSIST 1 (H72410) SHOULD BE $8897 AND BLOCK 36 OF CONSIST 2 (H72010) SHOULD BE $60,000.    


nearest_city: HARTFORD
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: WSOR
date: 2012-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MILWAUKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
L599-24 OPERATING WESTBOUND ON THE MILWAUKEE SUB, HIT SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE AT WACKER DRIVE.  DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS KILLED.  AMOUNT SHOWN IN BOX 37 WAS FOR DAMAGE TO  HIGHWAY CROSSING SIGNAL SYSTEM.

W SOR 1501 SHOWN IN BOX 31(A) IS A LOCOMOTIVE.

LATITUDE = 43.323696  
LONGITUDE = -88.390114     


nearest_city: CLIFTON FORGE
county: ALLEGHANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y69021 MADE CUT ON 36 OF 147 IN TRACK M13. AFTER SEPARATING, THE 111 CAR BALANCE ROLLED OUT, COUPLED BACK UP TO HEAD 36 CARS, AND DERAILED CARS 31-35.      


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YHOS06 WITH 2 UNITS, 17 LOADS, 26 EMPTIES, AND 2842 TONS HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC ON CT11, WHEN CAR NW 1 76830 EXITED THE GROUP RETARDER 10.28 MPH OVER THE REQUESTED SPEED OF 7.81 STRIKING CAR NW 176522, A ND PUSHING IT INTO CAR DUPX 081084, CAUSING THE SUBSEQUENT DERAILMENT OF CAR NW 176522.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Y-BAR3012-25 HUMPED ATW 84156, MTY, TOWARD TRACK 1416.  CREW HUMPED BN 467801, LD, FOR TRACK 1415. BN 467801 OVERTOOK AND IMPACTED ATW 84156, DAMAGING BOTH CARS.  NO HUMP SYSTEM MANIPULATION PER LOGS .     


nearest_city: STATESVILLE
county: IREDELL
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
AFTER GETTING THE CENTER TRACK SOLID WITH 17 CARS TRAIN P62 BEGAN PULLING NORTH TO SET OUT THE REAR FOUR CARS. DERAILING REAR CAR SRAX 5035 WHEELS R & L 1&2, 16TH H/C SPAX 5034 WHEELS R&L 3&4, AND CAR NW 176263 IN THE WEST TR OVER ON ITS SIDE SPILLING A PORTION OF CONTENTS.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-DYT1111-23, SWITCHING CARS INTO SEVERAL TRACKS, KICKED 1 CAR INTO CUT OF CARS BEING HANDLED BY ANO THER YARD JOB (Y-DTY1211-23).  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT HELPER ON Y-DTY1111-23 LINED INCORRECT SW ITCH, ALLOWING CAR TO ROLL TO WRONG TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOYLE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 196T727 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND INTO DANVILLE YARD TRACK EY06, DERAILED CN 704511, ETTX 852934, ETTX 700558, AND ETTX 710355 (15TH THROUGH 18TH HEAD CARS).  AS RESULT OF THE INITIAL DERAILMENT, SO U 65112, ALSO DERAILED IN TRACK EY08, AN ADJACENT TRACK.     


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: FAIRFAX
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
LOCAL P58 ON MAIN #2 STOPPED ON LINE SPRINGFIELD LEAD SWITCH FOR  MOVEMENT, WITH LEAD ENGINE OVER SW ITCH.  CONDUCTOR LINED SWITCH UNDER ENGINE (OUT OF SIGHT OF ENGINEER) AND PROCEEDED TO LINE DERAIL. ENGINEER MOVED ENGINE 90 FEET TO PICK UP CONDUCTOR REAR TRUCK OF LEAD ENGINE NS 8434 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: RICHVALE
county: BUTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY 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-Jun
narrative:
LRV65-21 SHOVING NORTHBOUND CARS FOR INDUSTRY, SPOTTED 4 LOADS OF POTASH, WHEN THEY CUT AWAY AND STA RTED TO PULL UP THE HILL SOUTHWARD, THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW FOUND CAR 9 OF 10 WAS DER AILED BEHIND THEM.     


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB01 WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 74 LOADS, 15 EMPTIES, AND 8930 TONS MOVING WEST ON NORTH HU MP LEAD DERAILED 5 CARS.      


nearest_city: SUNRAY
county: MOORE
railroad: TXNW
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW MADE A JOINT OF 5 CARS AND SET SGAX 1026 TO TRACK 601.  VALERO NOTATED BAD ORDER - HAND BRAKE O N SGAX 1026.  CREW THEN PICKED UP REMAINING CARS FROM TRACK 602.  SGAX 1026 ROLLED OFF OF TRACK 601 IMPACTING 8 OF THE 15 CARS BEING PULLED TO OUT BOUND INTERCHANGE.  CAR WAS NOT SECURED.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRACK 1441 HAD BEEN HUMPED INTO UNTIL FULL WITH ONE CAR IN FOUL.  LATER, ANOTHER CUT  WAS HUMPED WIT H CARS FOR 1442 TRACK, WHICH SIDESWIPED THE CAR LEFT IN FOUL.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 119P4 MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE SOUTH CROSSOVER AT FOREMOST GA.  DERAILED BOTH ENGINES AND THE HEAD NINE CARS IN THEIR TRAIN.      


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-LVJ3011-01A SHOVED 47 CARS IN TRACK 1001, SHOVING TROUGH 1001 TRACK SWITCH AT NORTH END.  CREW THE N PULLED BACK SOUTH, DERAILING TWO CARS AT THE SWITCH WERE DRAGGED OVER TRACKS 1002-1003 AND 1004 AP PROXIMATELY 3000 FEET.     


nearest_city: GLENDALE
county: QUEENS
railroad: NYA
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: FRESH POND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
NYA RS-100 WITH TWO MAN CREW ARRIVED @ FRESH POND FROM THE EAST WITH CARS DESTINED FOR CSX, P&W AND PA NYNJ OUTBOUNDS IN FREMONT YARD. CREW HAD VERBAL AND WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO PLACE OUTBOU ND CARS. THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT SET OUT EXCESSIVE HEIGHT CAR BNSF 793441 TO DESIGNATED CSX OUTBOUND T RACK IN FREMONT YARD AS INSTRUCTED. CONDUCTOR PROCEEDED TO SWITCH CARS IN THE WEST YARD, HOWEVER, TH E CONDUCTOR STILL HAD BNSF 793441 MIXED IN WITH OTHER CARS DESTINED FOR P&W AND PA NYNJ OUTBOUND TRA CKS IN THE WEST YARD. WHILE SHOVING THE TRAIN INTO THE WEST YARD, THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE POINT. AP PARENTLY THE CONDUCTOR WAS NOT AWARE THE HIGH CAR WAS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 22 CAR CUT.

THE CONDUCTOR DIRECTED THE ENGINEER TO PROCEED DOWN THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE AND COUPLE INTO CARS ALREADY


nearest_city: MOUND CITY
county: ALEXANDER
railroad: IC
date: 2012-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CENTRALIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
L50691-25 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN FROM CONSOLIDATED GRRAIN AND BARGE. THE EMPTY TRAIN WAS IN FOUR TRACKS AT THE INDUSTRY. L50691-25 HAD A HOLD OF 18 CAR THAT WERE PULLED FROM ANOTHER INDUSRY AND WERE COUPLED TO THE SOUTH-END OF THE EQUIOMENT. THEY HAD INTENDED ON DOUBLING T RACKS 1 TO 4 TO 3 TO 2 AS INSTRUCTED BY THE FACILITY SUPERVISOR. THEY PULLED THE FIRST TRACK OUT WHI CH HAD 20 CARS, AND DOUBLED TO THE SOUTH-END OF TRACK FOUR, WHICH HAD 30 CARS. THE INDUSTRY LEFT THE LAST CAR IN TRACK FOUR NORTH OF THE SWITCH AND HAD LINED THE SWITCH UNDER THE CAR FOR TRACK THREE. L50691-25 NOW HAD A HOLD OF 68 CARS PULLING IN A SOUTHWARD DIRECTION, WHEN THE NORTH-END OF THE TRAI LING CAR WENT TOWARDS TRACK THREE. L50691-25 NOW HAD A HOLD OF 68 CARS PULLING IN SOUTHWARD DIRECTIO


nearest_city: NEW CASTLE
county: LAWRENCE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
580C723 PULLING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 100 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 14,175 TONS ON THE YOUNGSTOWN LINE DERAILED THE 99TH HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
BOWL TRAINMASTER ATTEMPTED TO LOCK ROUTE FOR YARD JOB. COMPUTER SYSTEM CHANGED INTENDED ROUTE TO DEF AULT ROUTE UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
EASTBOUND TRAIN Q41008 WAS TRAVELING ON MAIN TRACK NUMBER ONE, WHEN THE 35TH HEAD CAR (KSC 60304)LOA D SHIFTED - IN AN 8 DEGREE CURVE - RESULTING IN DROPPING LEFT NUMBER ONE WHEEL IN GAUGE.      


nearest_city: MINNEISKA
county: WABASHA
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
280-19 DEPARTING WEAVER SIDING EASTWARD AFTER A MEET WITH 491-19 WHEN 280 LOST THEIR AIR.  UPON INSP ECTION FOUND THE 88TH CAR (2 AXLES DERIAILED), 89TH CAR (EMPTY ON IT'S SIDE - IN THE CREEK LEANING O N BRIDGE) AND 90TH CAR DAMAGED (NOT DERAILED).  NO HAZMAT INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: COLORADO SPGS
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
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:
X-BARMTL8-07 MOVING NORTH ON SIDING EXPERIENCED UDE.  INSPECTION REVEALED 2 CARS DERAILED IN LEFT-HA ND THREE DEGREE CURVE.      


nearest_city: TWIN FALLS
county: TWIN FALLS
railroad: EIRR
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW SHOVING ONTO AMALGAMATED INDUSTRIAL LEAD, RAIL HAD BROKE UNDER RAIL CAR AND DERAILED FOUR CARS.       


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL3082-05 PULLED 26 CARS FROM 2048 TRACK THRU 3013 XOVER TOWARD 3001 TRACK, RUNNING THRU 3013 XOVER SWITCH. CREW REVERSED AND SPLIT SWITCH, DERAILING ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: JEROME
county: DREW
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
UDVMA-13, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8397, STRUCK A ROAD GRADER WHICH WAS FOULING THE CR 733 CROSSING.  UP8397 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF ROAD GRADER INJURED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: FORT MADISON
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WORK TRN OPERATING ON MAIN TRACK WITH LDD RAIL CARS AND HERZOG RAIL UNLOADING MACHINE ATTACHED TO RE AR OF TRAIN. MACHINE DERAILED AT 2301 TRACK SWITCH BECAUSE OF MALFUNCTIONING HELPER HI-RAIL MECHANIS M.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Y39612 WAS HUMPING A CUT CARS OUT OF R07. CARS TTGX 965639 AND TTGX 603536 STALLED IN BOWL 10, CAUSI NG THE NEXT TWO CAR CUT TO DIVERT TO BOWL 07. THE YARDMASTER PRESSED THE MASTER STOP BUTTON, BUT A T WO CAR CUT, ALREADY IN MOTION, WAS OVERFLOWED TO BOWL 09 CAUSING A SIDESWIPE BY CARS TTGX 970343 AND TTGX 985074 OF THE CARS IN BOWL 10.    


nearest_city: FLORENCE
county: FLORENCE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Q49312 PULLING CARS FROM TRACK #24 IN FLORENCE YARD WHEN THEY NOTICED THE TRAIN BEGAN TO SLOW. UPON INVESTIGATION BY THE CONDUCTOR, IT WAS FOUND THAT CARS 35-41 WERE APPARENTLY DERAILED. ALL CARS WERE UPRIGHT, BUT 2 CARS HAD SIDESWIPED 2 CARS IN TRACK #23. IT WAS FOUND BY THE TAPS TEAM THAT A BROKEN RAIL LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE 45TH CAR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: LYNDHURST
county: BERGEN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
H8R WITH 2 ENGINES AND 7X0 CONSIST 110 TONS LEFT 2 LOADED CARS ON TRACK #3 LEAD UNSECURED RESULTING IN 2 LOADED COVERED HOPPERS ROLLING EAST AND DERAILING.      


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
A DEFECT IN THE TRACK ALLOWED THE RUNNING RAIL TO SINK UNDER LOAD, CAUSING THE TRUCK MOUNTED 3RD RAI L SHOE TO DROP BELOW ITS NORMAL ADJUSTED HIEGHT.  THIS ALLOWED THE 3RD RAIL SHOE OF THE 706 TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A DIVERGING TRACK WHILE THE LEFT SIDE 3RD RAIL WAS ENERGIZED, CAUSING A DIRECT SHORT TO GROUND.  THIS CONDITION WAS OBSERVED WITH A DM32 OPERATING OVER THIS AREA AFTER THE 706 INCIDENT AND EARLIER EMPIRE TRAINS THAT DAY HAD TRIPPED THE 3RD RAIL CIRCUIT IN SUNNYSIDE YARD.  AS THE ARCI NG OF THE R1 SHOE ASSEMBLY CONTINUED, THE FIBERGLASS INSULATING SHOE PADDLE THAT HOLDS THE IRON SHOE AGAINST THE RAIL WAS FLASHED AND LOST ITS INSULATING PROPERTIES.  NOW THE SHOE MECHANISM BECAME A C ONDUCTOR AND CONTINUED TO ALLOW 3RD RAIL CURRENT TO FLOW TO THE LOCOMOTIVE CAR BODY.  THIS FAULT CAU


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TBD 168T601 SHOVING HIS TRAIN TO CLEAR THE LEAD IN FT02 AFTER SETTING OUT TWO BAD ORDERS IN THE FORW ARDING YARD POCKET (FOP) WHEN MTTX 912986 DE RAILED ALL WHEELS, CW 40 ALL WHEELS. CW 8857 DERAILED/R ERAILED ITSELF, GNWR 6053 DERAILED/RERAILED ITSELF, MTTX 911024, L5 DERAI LED, AND GNWR 6046, R 1&3 DERAILED.    


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
IN PROCESS OF HUMPING INTO TRACK 18 WHEN CAR UTLX 910744 STRUCK A DOOR THAT HAD FELL OF A CAR IN 19 TRACK (WC 27138). DERAILED WEST SET OF TRUCKS ON UTLX 910744.      


nearest_city: FOWLER
county: MEADE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PRATT SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
IDULB-28 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 5 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  POOR MAINTENANCE PLUG RAIL PRACTICE .  AT A FLASH BUTT WELD NINE FEET FROM ONE END OF THE MAINTENANCE RAIL, THE HEAD MATCHED, BUT VERTIC ALLY MISMATCHED BASES FELL ON A TIE PLATE.  CAR #: BRAB 2151 METAM SODIUM 3500 GALLONS.     


nearest_city: PALESTINE
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
FOUR CARS DERAILED DUE TO 5 INCH DIP CAUSED THE WHEEL OF THE SECONDED CAR TO CLIMB ON THE RAIL IN TH E CURVE.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CREW PULLED 17 CARS FROM THE WEST END OF TRACK 16 UP ONTO THE LEAD SO THEY COULD SET A TRAIN IN TRAC K 21.  THEY PULLED ONTO THE  LEAD FAR ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE CIRCUIT FOR THE 21 POCKET SWITCH WHICH IS A RADIO LINED SWITCH FOR RCL JOBS.  AFTER LINING SWITCH BY RADIO, THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATIO N BROADCAST FOR DISPOSITION OF SWITCH.  THE CREW THEN, BY RADIO, DID AN INQUIRY OF SWITCH POSITION. THE SWITCH THEN DID BROADCAST THAT IT WAS IN THE REVERSE POSITION LINED FOR THEIR INTENDED ROUTE. THE SWITCHMAN THEN STARTED THE MOVEMENT BACK EAST TO SHOVE INTO TRACK 21.  THE LEAD CARS FIRST SET O F TRUCKS WENT TOWARDS TRACK 16 AND THE REST OF THE CARS WENT TOWARD TRACK 21. 


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW DERAILED 7 CARS WHILE KICKING CARS TO 1749 TRACK. COUPLERS BYPASSED BETWEEN CR 628132 AND SP 340517, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT AND ROLLED-OVER RAIL.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN A49791-26 WAS PULLING SOUTH INTO MR04 USING THE LOW SIDE RECEIVING LEAD WHEN REMOTE JOB, RCL94 371-27 WAS PULLING OUT OF MR08.  THE REMOTE OPERATOR FAILED TO LINE THE CROSSOVER SWITCH TO TAKE HIM TO THE HUMP LEAD AND ENGINE IC 9627 RAN INTO THE SIDE OF A49791-26.  THE TWO ENGINES ON THE REMOTE JOB; IC 9627 & IC 9631, WERE DERAILED AND FOUR CARS ON A49791-26; ETTX 860329, ETTX 702054, ETTX 851 393 AND ETTX 703469, WERE DERAILED IN THE IMPACT.  THE CONDUCTOR ON THE RCL94371-27 WAS TESTED FOR C AUSE, RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Y-OKC2021-06 HAD A CUT OF CAR ROLL OUT DUE TO A BROKEN KNUCKLE.  THE CUT OF CARS SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACT ED THE Y-OKC2071-06 RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 7 CARS DERAILED CARS AND EQUIPMENT DAMAGES.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: CIC
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ASKED ENGINEER TO CUT OFF CARS AND COME DOWN ADJACENT TRACK.  ENGINEER WAS TALKING TO SUPE RVISOR ABOUT THE NEXT JOB TASK AND BECAME DISTRACTED AND FORGOT WHERE HE WAS.  BY THE TIME THE ENGIN EER REALIZED HE WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE A TRAIN ON AN ADJACENT TRACK THAT WAS SHOVING IN THE OPPOSITE DI RECTION, IT WAS TOO LATE.    


nearest_city: BLADENBORO
county: BLADEN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: WILMINGTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Q47802 DERAILED 9 CARS, SOME HAZARDOUS, BECAUSE OF A BROKEN RAIL AT THE SE 310.1. A 5 HOUR EVACUATIO N OCCURRED FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS. UTLX 206596 LEAKED APPROX 2 GALLONS OF N-PROPAN OL PROPYL ALCOHOL, NORMAL (STCC 4909267).     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
DA62 DOUBLING TRACKS 31, 26, 28, 29, AND 27 IN AN ATTEMPT TO PULL OUT AND SHOVE NO. 1.  AFTER KNOCKI NG OFF BRAKES, CREW SHOVED SOUTH IN ORDER.  SHOVED RAIL 15 CARS ON THE NON-PROTECTED RAIL 15 CARS ON THE NON-PROTECTED SHOVE THE SOUTH SET OF TRUCKS RAN THROUGH 27 SWITCH DERAILING 31ST H/C.     


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: TMBL
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING WEST.  SWITCH FOREMAN WAS ON THE POINT.  HE FELT SOMETHING STRANGE, TURNED TO LOOK BACK & SAW A BIG CLOUD OF DUST.  HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE ENGINEER TO "PLUG THEM".  SWITCH FOREMAN ST ATED THAT THE DERAIL WAS DOWN WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY SHOVED OVER IT, BUT NOW IT WAS UP.  SIGNS & SYMPT OMS PERFORMED - NO REASON FOR SUSPICION.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DERAIL HAS A LOCK ON IT, IN THE NON-DERAILING POSITION IT IS ABLE TO BE THROWN INTO THE DERAILING POSITION.  IT IS PO SSIBLE THAT THE DERAIL WAS CAUGHT BY SOMETHING HANGING LOW ON A RAIL CAR AND PULLED INTO THE DERAILI NG POSITION.

RERAILING COST IS ESTIMATED AT $19,000. 


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TOP WEST SWITCH ENGINE WAS PULLING A 38 CAR CUT OUT OF WB12.  JUST WEST OF WB14 SWITCH, THE RAIL BRO KE CAUSING THE 5,6 AND 7 CARS TO DERAIL AND TIP OVER ON THEIR SIDES.  THE 8TH CARS FIRST SET OF TRUC KS WENT ON THE GROUND ALSO.     


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL2022-26 RAN THROUGH SWITCH, THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT AND DERAILMENT BOTH LOCOMOTIVES. NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RUPERT
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: EIRR
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: TWIN FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TFX CREW WAS SHOVING BACK INTO TRACK# 151 TO CLEAR THE POCKET TRACK WITH THEIR POWER.  CONDUCTOR FAI LED TO WATCH THE SHOVE RESULTING IN 2 CARS BEING SHOVED OVER THE DERAIL CAUSING THE FIRST CAR TO TIP OVER AND DERAILING THE 2ND.     


nearest_city: GORDO
county: PICKENS
railroad: ABS
date: 2010-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
ABSR112-28 WAS SWITCHING GORDO FEED MILL.  CUT OFF FROM TRAIN EAST OF INDUSTRY, AND PULLED CARS UP T HE MIN LINE AND RAN AROUND CARS.  NOTE THIS INDUSTRY OPENS TO THE EAST ONLY.  ENGINEER STAYED ON WES T LEAD MOTOR AND DID NOT SWAP ENDS; CONDUCTOR PROTECTED SHOVES.  SPOTTED THE 7 LOADS OF CORN TO THE 701 CORN UPPER TRACK, AND WAS REVERSING MOVEMENT OUT TOWARD MAIN LINE.  AS THE WAMX 4118 LEAD TRUCK CAME INTO THE TURNOUT SECTION, THE R1 WHEEL DERAILED AT THE JOINT WHERE THE LH STOCK CONNECTS WITH T HE CLOSURE RAIL.  IT THEN PROCEEDED TO ROLL THE OUTSIDE (SOUTH) RAIL ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE ABS MAIN LINE SWITCH.  THE WAMX 3813 MIDDLE UNIT, FOLLOWED AND DERAILED AS WELL.  AS THE WAMX 4118 PASSED OV ER THE GUARDRAIL TO THE ABS MAIN TRACK SWITCH, THE GUARD RAIL ROLLED UP, BROKE, AND SLICED OPEN THE


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
A79113 DROPPED CARS THAT COUPLED TO STANDING CARS AT AN OVER-SPEED OF MORE THAN 4 MPH CAUSING DAMAGE TO RAIL CARS.      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
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:
SWITCHING TRACK IN SOUTH YARD & PULLED OUT 21 CARS TO UPRR MAIN & SHOVED 7 CARS TO 858, 1 TO 859, 1 BACK TO 858, 1 BACK TO 859, PULLED BACK OVER SWITCH TO SHOVE 858. WENT ABOUT 1 CAR LENGTH WHEN ENGIN EER FELT SOMETHING. 2 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: WOLSEY
county: BEADLE
railroad: DME
date: 2011-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
BNSF CREW RAN THROUGH WYE SWITCH, COUPLED TO CARS ON SOUTH TRACK AND PROCEEDED BACK UP THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE.  THREE UNITS AND TWO CARS MADE IT THROUGH THE SWITCH.  THE NOKL 401238 PICKED THE SWITC H POINT AND DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  WHEN THE BNSF CREW RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH, IT BROKE THE BOTTOM OF THE SWITCH.  THE SWITCH ROD WAS FREE FLOATING ALLOWING THE SWITCH POINTS TO COME OPEN.  TWO CARS DER AILED - MWCX 500278 AND NRLX 401238. BNSF INDICATES $10,000 EQUIPMENT COSTS. FIELD #12 PIERRE SUBDIV ISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NOT SIGNALED 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK, K. RESTRICTED SPEED OR EQUIVALENT - FIELD #49 OTH. BNSF RESPONSIBLE TO SUBMIT FORM 81 


nearest_city: BETHLEHEM
county: NORTHAMPTON
railroad: LVRX
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ARTICULATED CAR IN CONSIST. DJTX 70815 WAS PLACED ON TRACK 708 ON 3/13/13 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 PM. IT WAS REPORTEDLY COUPLED TO A STANDING CUT OF CARS ALREADY ON 708. AT SOME TIME DURING THE NEXT 5 H OURS THE CAR BECAME UNCOUPLED AND ROLLED INTO DDTX 659493 WHICH WAS STANDING ON THE RIVER 2 WITH OTH ER CARS. BOTH CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS RESULT OF THE COLLUSION. WE BELIEVE THE DJTX WAS NOT COUPLED PROPERLY.   


nearest_city: SAN MARCOS
county: HAYS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
ALDASB-03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP4542 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON NUMBER TWO MAIN TRACK, DERAILED 8 CARS IN TH E CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER ONE MAIN TRACKS.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
L56471-30 WAS BUILDING THEIR TRAIN ON THE SOUTH END OF JACKSON YARD USING TRACKS JX09 AND JX10. THEY HAD SET CARS OVER TO TRACK JX10 AND 1 HANDBRAKE WAS APPLIED ON AN EMPTY COVERED HOPPER. THE CREW TH EN WENT INTO TRACK JX09 TO PICK UP CARS AND WERE PULLING OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK WHEN THE CUT OF CARS FROM JX10 ROLLED OUT AND INTO THEIR PULLING OUT OF JX09. WHEN CAR NAHX 551606 HIT DRLX 3 445, IT DERAILED AND RAKED CAR OCPX 80373 THAT WAS STANDING IN A CUT OF CARS IN TRACK JX11. ONLY NAH X 551606 WAS DERAILED, THE OTHER TWO CARS WERE DAMAGED. THE CREW WAS TESTED, ALL THE RESULTS WERE NE GATIVE. 


nearest_city: FREEPORT
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: RASX
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
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:
DERAILED DOWX 30298 (L-1,2), DOWX 20910 (ALL WHEELS), STYX 5284 (ALL WHEELS), UCFX 47106(R-1,2 L-1,2 ) DUE TO CROSS ELEVATION. CUSTOMER WILL COVER ALL COST. INDUSTRY TRACK IN DOW CHEMICAL.      


nearest_city: WELLINGTON
county: EMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: GREEN RIVER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CBRLE-29 WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6618 TRAVELING WESTBOUND DERAILED THE 15 REAR CARS AND THE REAR DPU LOCOMOTIVES UP7063 AND THE UP7910 DUE TO BROKEN AXLE ON CAR UP45796.      


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
3 HOUR DELAY TO LOADING OF M/V FIVE STARS FUJIAN DURING NORMAL DUMPING OPERATION, BY-PASS COUPLERS B ETWEEN NS 42513 AND NS 30909 RESULTED IN DERAILMENT OF TRAILING TRUCK OF NS 30909.      


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-GFD2012-07 PULLED CUT OF CARS OUT EAST END OF 9 TRACK TO SHOVE TO 127 TRACK, DERAILING 2 CARS. INVESTIGATION FOUND PARTS OF BOTTOM DUMP DOORS OFF FURX 833454 IN TRACK, INDICATING 2 DOORS HAD FAL LEN FROM CAR, BEEN RUN OVER AND CAUSED DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: DARIEN
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #6656 ENGAGED THE OVERHEAD WIRE AT CATENARY #423 DUE TO: REGISTRATION INSULATOR AT POLE #423 F AILED. SEPARATING INTO TWO PIECES AFTER THE PASSAGE OF TRAIN #6562; BROKEN INSULATOR WITH REGISTRATI ON ARM, DROP BRACKET, AND STEADY ARM STILL ATTACHED, HUNG IN THE FOUL AND WAS STRUCK BY, AND ENTANGL ED IN, THE HEAD END OF TRAIN #6656. SUBSEQUENTLY PULLING DOWN ASSOCIATED WIRE AND HARDWARE.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
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-Jul
narrative:
THE BNSF CSCMCKRO-06 CREW WAS YARDING ON 2-3-4 COMMERCIAL, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHEN THEY W ERE SHOVING INTO 3 COMMERCIAL. THE CREW PULLED THRU 2 COMMERCIAL AND MADE A CUT LEAVING 51 CARS IN T HE TRACK, THEY BEGAN SHOVING INTO 3 COMMERCIAL 23 CARS MADE IT IN THE TRACK AND THE 24TH CAR THRU TH E 29TH CAR BEGAN GOING ON TWO RAILROADS CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MASON CITY
county: CERRO GORDO
railroad: DME
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
2B33-01 WAS DELIVERING A DDG TRAIN TO THE UNION PACIFIC MAN LINE AND STRUCK U.P. ASSIGNMENT JOB 81 D ERAILING SIX CARS OF JOB 81'S TRAIN AS THEY WERE SHOVING NORTH INSIDE YARD LIMIT, UNDER ABS TRACKAGE .  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TO BE REPORTING #35,914 FOR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE A ND $4,972 FOR TRACK AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: SEARSPORT
county: WALDO
railroad: MMA
date: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
NO. 211 HAULING OFF TRACK 2 AT KIDDERS WITH 0-5 WHEN THE SOUTH TRUCK OF LAST CAR GATX 90801 RESIDUE SODIUM HYDROXIDE STRUCK DERAIL (WHICH WAS IN NON-DERAILING POSITION FOR INTENDED MOVEMENT) JUMPING ( POPPING) DERAIL BACK INTO DERAILING POSITION.  THE FOLLOWING NORTH TRUCK OF GATX 90801 RODE OVER DER AIL, WHICH WAS NOW IN DERAILING POSITION, DERAILING TRACKING ENTIRE CAR OFF TOWARD WEST SIDE OF TRAC K.  ALL WHEELS DERAILED.  SOUTH TRUCK OF CAR OUT OF BOWL.  CAR LEANING ABOUT 10 DEGREES TOWARD WEST SIDE OF TRACK.  MINOR TRACK DAMAGE.  TANK SHELL WAS DENTED AND GOUGED BY WHEEL R2 OF SOUTH TRUCK.  N O LEAKS. 


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
R92481-21 WAS PERFORMING SWITCHING DUTIES WHEN THE CREW MADE A JOINTON PE01 AND STRETCHED THE TRACK AND THEN SHOVED TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE CARS, THEY PULLED OUT OF PE01 AND WENT TO SWITCH PF03.  WHEN T HEY LEFT 6 MORE CARS GO TO PE01, THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED CARS WERE NOT STOPPING DUE TO CUT ROLLING OUT OF THE SOUTH END ACCOUNT INSUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES ON TRACK.  TWO CARS DERAILED AND A THIRD SUSTAINE D MINOR DAMAGE IN THE INCIDENT.  OPERATING UNDER RULE 520.   


nearest_city: NEW BRUNSWICK
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
COUPLING THAT TOOK PLACE FOLLOWING A STOP OF THE EQUIPMENT RESULTED IN DAMAGES TO COACHES #1355 AND #1484. DOWNLOAD INCONCLUSIVE, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, BASED ON RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION.      


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE YHK31R-18 HAD A HOLD OF 31 CARS.  CREW SHOVED WEST FROM RCL PULLBACK AND CAME TO JOINT AGAINST 7 8 CARS ALREADY IN TRACK 304.  CREW UNTIED BRAKES AND STARTED SHOVING BACK.  AFTER MOVING APPROXIMATE LY 20 TO 22 CARS WEST, THE 6TH CAR FROM THE EAST END DERAILED.  BROKEN RAIL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE HI GH END OF THE LEAD POINT OF DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
REMOTE CONTROL JOB, RCL 92671-17 WAS PULLING TRACK M017 FROM THE BOWL TOWARDS THE DEPARTURE YARD, WH EN THE SOUTH CAR IN TRACK M020 (CNIS 623123) ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK THE REAR CAR, GATX 209831, OF THE CUT FROM M017 ON THE LEAD AS THE CUT WAS PULLED BY. THE CARS DID NOT DERAIL BUT WERE DAMAGE. IT WAS FOUND THAT CNIS 623123 ROLLED OUT DUE TO SKATE FAILURE.    


nearest_city: BETTIE
county: UPSHUR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MPBSAB-04 EXPERIENCED AN UDE WHEN AN AIR HOSE CAME UNCOUPLED BETWEEN THE 32ND AND 33RD CAR FROM THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE UDE HE ALSO DISCO VERED THAT THE 21ST CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED AND WAS LAYING ON ITS SIDE ON THE WE ST SIDE OF THE TRACK.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT THE DYNAMIC BRAKE INTERLOCKER FAILED, ALLOWIN G THE AMPERAGE TO SURGE THE MAXIMUM THROTTLE WHEN DYNAMIC WAS ENGAGED.   


nearest_city: PLYMOUTH
county: WORTH
railroad: DME
date: 2011-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
B33 CREW ADDING ONE LOCOMOTIVE TO TRAIN 360 IMPACTED THE TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND TRAIN AT A SPEED HIGHER THAN 4 MPH RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND INJURIES TO TWO CREW MEMBERS.  THERE WAS NO D AMAGE TO DM&E TRACK.  DETERMINED TO BE GROUP A CRV BY R. MCCORKLE ON 2/22/11.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: DME
date: 2011-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BK92-04 DEPARTING OUT OF TRACK 4007 EASTWARD ON THE A-MAIN IN THE BNSF ARGENTINE YARD DERAILED THREE CARS, WITH TWO CARS ON THEIR SIDES. BNSF IS REPORTING $4800 IN TRACK DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
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


nearest_city: YEAGER
county: HUGHES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CREEK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
H-TULTEA2-30 EXPERIENCED UDE AT MP 513. INSPECTION BY CREW FOUND 1 CARLOAD INGOTS DERAILED. TRACK IN SPECTION REVEALED POD AT MP510.1 IN 4 DEGREE CURVE, RAN DERAILED UNTIL UDE.  CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE S HIFTED LOAD THAT LEANED TO LOW RAIL IN CURVE, CAUSING WHEEL LIFT ON HIGH RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL S WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: MARKHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
K19591-10 WAS SWITCHING OUT CARS AT THE NORTH END OF F-YARD. THE CREW SET A BAD ORDER OUT INTO TRACK 15F AND WENT BACK AGAINST CARS IN TRACK 16F TO PULL TRACK OUT. AT THIS TIME CAR RTMX 2382 ROLLED OU T OF TRACK 15F AND DAMAGED SEVERAL CARS AS THE JOB PULLED THEM OUT OF TRACK 16F. RTMX 2382 WAS DERAI LED AND DAMAGED WERE ACFX94779, NS253150, TLIX 100479, PROX 16811, CN 413860, RAIX 6529, TTGX 158549 , TTGX 853951, CNA 712510, TTGX 974786, PVCX 13431, GATX 6658, PROX 15266, UTCX 58888, ECUX 860764, GATX 4794, UTLX 206067, IC 978681, ICG 978717, IC 978811, ICG 978678, IC 978953, ECUX 882536, ECUX 8 87446, WC 27418, AEX 5175, SOU 88389, AEX 12778, PLCX 19378, MWCX 460920, AEX 1323, NAHX 80234, NS 2 53127, AEX 241338, NOKL 603248, CTCX 732143, TTGX 254908, TTGX 926665, CNA 405716, CNA 404895, GFSX


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING TRACK 41 AND CREWMAN CONTROLLING MOVEMENT WAS WATCHING TRACK 43 INSTEAD, CAUSING MO VEMENT TO SHOVE OFF END OF TRACK AND IMPACT GATX203580 ON ADJACENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: ANGLETON
county: BRAZORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LHE02R-27 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS NORTHBOUND WHEN RAILCAR ROIX57073 DERAILED ACCOUNT CROSS LEVELS OF TR ACK IRREGULAR AT JOINTS.  ROADBED WAS SOFT ALSO.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
BNTCHBRC-09 SOUTHBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 TO CLEARING YARD-DERAILED AT MP 1.3-CENTRAL CROSSING-DUE TO B ROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: HARPSTER
county: WYANDOT
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
G36218 CREW TIED ON TO THEIR 3RD CUT OF CARS AT GAVILON GRAIN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO PULL THE CUT BUT THEY WOULDNT MOVE. 3 CARS DERAILED WHEN TRAVERSING THRU 2 PREVIOUSLY RAN THRU SWITCHES. THESE SWITC HES WERE PREVIOUSLY RAN THRU BEFORE G36218 TIED ON AND TRIED TO PULL THEIR CUT OF CARS.     


nearest_city: MEDICINE BOW
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
THE AMIKSR-03 WAS MEETING THE MDVGR-05.  A LOG WAS HANGING OFF THE SECOND CAR ON THE MGRDV-05 WHICH STRUCK THE CONDUCTOR'S WINDOW ON THE AMIKSR-03 RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO THE CONDUTOR'S HANDS, HEA D, AND UPPER TORSO.  NO DERAILMENT OR TRACK DAMAGES.     


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
H-TULTPL9-08 DERAILED 4 CARS AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE WHILE YARDING TRAIN IN 114 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EPHRATA
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: COLUMBIA RIVER
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:
S-STPTAC1-05A WAS OPERATING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN VEHICLE WENT AROUND GATES AND WAS STRUCK BY TH E TRAIN.      


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
M-MODBAR1-16 DERAILED 2 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK AND SIGNAL DAMAGE WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 1502 D UE TO TRAIN HANDLING, BUFFING OR SLACK ACTION EXCESSIVE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EL DORADO
county: UNION
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: EL DORADO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
LKA25-27 WAS SHOVING TO INTERCHANGE WHEN LEAD CAR DERAILED FIRST SET OF TRUCKS.  OUACHITA RAILROAD M AINTAINS TRACKS.  OUCH RAILROAD ESTIMATES DAMAGE = $22,254      


nearest_city: BROCKTON
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Z-CHCPT6L8-15 DERAILED 1-PAIR TRACKS MP 186.5. DERAILMENT NOT NOTED BY CREW UNTIL ESS BROCKTON (MP 1 92.3) WHERE THIS CAR LEANED AND IMPACTED S-SEACHC2-15 IN SIDING FOR MEET. BOTH TRAINS HANDLING ARTIC ULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT509-05 WAS PULLING INTO UP'S HOUSE TRACK.  TRAIN WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 4 MPH AND WAS 150 F EET SOUTH OF THE 'A' ROAD CROSSING WHEN THE LEAD UNIT AMTK16 BEGAN TO SWAY AND THEN DERAILED.  ONLY THE FIRST AND THIRD WHEELS ON THE LOW SIDE OF THE CURVE WENT ON THE GROUND.  THIS TRAIN WAS DEADHEAD ING EQUIPMENT AND HAD NO PASSENGERS.  AMTRAK'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $15,000    


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
H-PASBAR1-21 STRUCK A KUBOTA UTILITY VEHICLE THAT WAS BETWEEN TRACKS 2408 AND 2409 DUE TO VEHICLE FO ULING TRACK AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING OUT.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: GIBSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
QOTD808 - 20'00" 112D807 - 2'00"  285D808 - 1'15"  D68 PULLING INTO PRINCETON YARD DEREAILED CGRX 21 275, ITLX 40917, PTLX 15649 AT WEST END CROSSOVER      


nearest_city: RENSSELAER
county: JASPER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 851 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/157-E/816 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT MP60.0, COUN TY LINE RD 600 E. CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MOORHEAD
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: PROSPER
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
G-ABAINB9-16 DERAILED WHILE PREPARING TO STOP FOR CREW CHANGE. INVESTIGATION FOUND BROKEN RIM ON CAR . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CADDO
county: BRYAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
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: 12-Dec
narrative:
MMCSAS-11, WITH LEAD UNIT UP3536, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS HIGH CENTERED FOULING THE C ROSSING.  IMPACT RESULTED IN UP3536 DERAILING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.      


nearest_city: CREWE
county: NOTTOWAY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
RCO TRAINEES WITH 2 ENGINES, 2 CARS, PULLING EAST ON SHORT LEAD RAN-THRU 11/12 SWITCH, THEN REVERSED OVER SAME SWITCH, DERAILING LEAD TRUCK OF NS-0734.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
KCS TRAIN MCXSHJ-16 WAS USING UP MAIN LINE AND BRIDGE GOING INTO RIVERFRONT TO HEAD TO THE KCS MAIN #3.  CARS 101-113 DERAILED AFTER PASSING LA JUNCTION SWITCH.  NO HAZMAT CARS INVOLVED.  13 CARS DERA ILED.  KCS REPORTED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES = $179,107.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BOYLES TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Q68928 WAS DEPARTING WEST YARD WHEN ALL THREE LOCOMOTIVES AND TWO CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.       


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YSX02-19 WAS PULLING AGAINST 33 CARS IN TRACK 3 IN A NORTHBOUND MOVEMENT.  AFTER PULLING NORTH APPRO XIMATELY 8 TO 10 CARS THE TRAIN STOPPED.  AFTER INSPECTION, FOOTBOARD YARDMASTER SAW THAT 5 CARS HAD DERAILED AND SOME WERE LEANING INTO 5 CARS IN TRACK 4 TO THE WEST.     


nearest_city: DORAVILLE
county: DE KALB
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
LOCAL P72P404 PULLING NORTH OUT OF UNIVAR INDUSTRY TRACK WITH 2 LOADS DERAILED CAR UTLX 630679, ALL WHEELS, AND DAMAGED GATX 209658.  CAR UTLX 630679 WAS DAMAGED AND RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION.     


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
CREW OF Y-FRS2031-04A SET OUT 6 CARS FROM THE RIP TRACK TO THE EAST WYE FAILING TO SET HANDBRAKES. THESE CARS ROLLED BACK INTO THEM DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: FOND DU LAC
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: WC
date: 2010-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD JOB, YFY 128-19, WAS CLASSIFYING CARS FROM THE NORTH END OF SHOPS YARD. THEY KICKED 2 LOADS AT 6 MPH INTO TRACK N062 THAT ALREADY HAD 47 CARS IN THE TRACK, 44 OF THE CARS WERE COUPLED AT THE NORT H END AND 3 CARS WERE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD. AFTER COUPLING, THE SLACK ACTION FORCED THE 46 C ARS AT THE NORTH END OVER THE LIP OF .5% GRADE. THESE 46 CARS ROLLED DOWN THE GRADE FOR APPROX. 45 C AR LENGTHS AND THEN IMPACTED THE 3 CARS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD, WHICH IN TURN STRUCK UNIT CN 8 841 THAT WAS OPERATING ON THE SOUTH LEAD. SHPX 43036, GLVX 30 AND PTLX 34213 WERE DERAILED AT THE N0 62 SWITCH AND UNIT CN 8841 SUSTAINED DAMAGE. LOCAL SWITCHING RULE MANDATE THAT 9 HAND BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR CONSIST AND TRACK. THE TRACK WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY 6 HAND BRAKES AP


nearest_city: PLATTEVILLE
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LDI07-21 WAS PULLING SOUTH BOUND TOWARDS BRIGHTON ON THE GREELEY SUB WHEN THEY STRUCK A FLAT BED TRA ILER CARRYING PIPE THAT WAS STICKING OUT OVER THE MAIN TRACK AT MILE POST 31.990.  THE VEHICLE WAS T RAVELING WEST BOUND AND WAS TRYING TO TURN ONTO HIGHWAY 85 WHEN THE DRIVER LEFT THE REAR OF THE TRAI LER FOULING THE MAIN TRACK.  THE TRAILER AND PIPE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP1 459.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE PULLING THE TRAILER WAS NOT INJURED AND CLAIMS HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS FOULING THE TRACK WITH HIS TRAILER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  


nearest_city: BRILLIANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C 12C501 WITH 2 UNITS, 26 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 2852 TONS SHOVING WEST ON WESTBOUND TRACK DERAILED THE 3 4TH HEAD CAR (WC 033042) STRIKING A CUT OF CARS ON EASTBOUND TRACK.
      


nearest_city: KENT
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WE
date: 2011-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
665-26 WAS COMING OUT OF DYNAMICS WHEN HE FELT THE TRAIN SLOWING DOWN. HE BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A STO P. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND CAR#'S WE 527078, WE 527078, ZVBX 528102, ZVBX 528063, GNRR 6 059, NDYX 315236, FPTX 84078, ZVBX 52229, ZVBX 52225, AND ZVBX 460033 DERAILED.     


nearest_city: TARRANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CARS BEING HUMPED INTO C19 BLEW THE SKATES OFF THE TRACK AND CAR ROLLED OUT AND SIDESWIPED A CUT OF CARS A YARD JOB WAS PULLING OUT OF C12. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE CAR WAS AN OVERSPEED CAUSED BY ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM.     


nearest_city: JUDSON
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DICKINSON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
H-LAUDIL1-24 EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED 10 CARS DERAILED. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE B ROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED OR INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RCO YTPL301213, WHILE SWITCHING RIP TRACKS ON NORTH END WAS STRUCK BY RCO Y-TPL3032-13 SHOVING CUT O F CARS RESULTING IN 2 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BLADENSBURG
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Q75322 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING THE STONE TRAIN. AS THE CREW SHOVED IN THE SWITCH POINT TO THE 2-3 LEAD, IT BROKE UNDER LOAD.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: LOGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
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:
BNSF TRAIN HLINLAU101, OPERATING ON THE UP'S JULESBURG SUB'S SINGLE MAIN, DERAILED 3 CAS APPROXIMATE LY 4 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING, CO MP 61.57 ON THE UP'S SINGLE MAIN DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  BNSF ESTIMA TED CAR DAMAGE = $52,600.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS TWO CARS PROX 82793 AND GATX 25958 DERAILED DUE TO BYPASS COUPLERS. THESE CARS WERE HUMPED INTO TANGENT TRACK.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YNL02R-30 WAS PULLING UP ZONE 1 THROUGH THE 12/13 CROSSOVER GOING 18/19 TO ZONE 3.  THE YL06R-30 SHO VING ZONE 2 THROUGH THE 1/2 CROSSOVER TO ZONE 1 GOING TO 106 BUT DID NOT LINE THE 10 YARD SWITCH AND SHOVED INTO THE YNL02R DERAILING THE TTGX977055 AND DAMAGING BUT NOT DERAILING THE CMO20230, UP8983 7, CMO20950, GONX330090, HPJX5667, AND THE SP337996.    


nearest_city: NEW AUGUSTA
county: PERRY
railroad: IC
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
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-Jan
narrative:
C70671-04, A LOADED COAL TRAIN, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 44 MPH ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVIS ION WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE REAR SEVEN CARS HAD DERAILED A CCOUNT RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT.  ALL THE DERAILMENT CARS WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND DESTROYED. CARS INVOLVED: JHMX 991634, JHMX 97381, JHMX 95252, JHMX 95203, JHMX 991650, JHMX 991759, JHMX 976 16   


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
A CUT OF 103 EMPTY CARS HAD ROLLED OUT OF TRACK CE41 AND THROUGH THE CE42 SWITCH.  FOUR CARS WERE DE RAILED, CN 384088, ICG 767315, IC 766527 AND AEX 19258.  IT IS  EXACTLY HOW FAST THE CARS WERE MOVIN G AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AS THEY HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE TRACK WITH HANDBRAKES APPLIED AND WERE UNATTENDED.  WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 60 & 70 MPH WHICH CAUSE D THE CARS TO ROLL OUT, THROUGH THE SWITCH AND DERAIL.   


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: LA JUNTA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-NEW2052-06, SHOVING 59 CARS TOA  JOINT ON ONE CAR IN 8112 TRACK, FAILED TO CONTROL SPEED SHORT OF IMPACT WOTH M-NEWARK1-06 DEPARTING YARD IN ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NILES
county: TRUMBULL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
64MC729 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 71 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 9836 TONS ON #33 TRACK, DERAILED THE 17T H (FAFX 24094), THE 18TH (LAFX 24106), THE 19TH (LAFX 24103), THE 20TH (LAFX 24050), THE 21ST (LAFX 24070) AND THX 24075 HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: HASTINGS
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: MARYSVILLE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CBTNT-22, AN EASTBOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN DERAILED 1 CAR APRROXIMATELY 300 FEET WEST OF THE HOT BOX D ETECTOR AT MP 272.  CAUSED BY A BROKEN WHEEL ON THE EAST END OF THE AERX24248.  THE DETECTOR CAUGHT THE DRAGGING WHEEL 94 CARS DEEP IN THE TRAIN AND THE CAR WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILES DAMAGIN G TRACK, CROSSINGS AND THE DETECTOR.    


nearest_city: LIBERTY
county: LIBERTY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
OBTWV-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6959, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILER RIG WHICH WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRUCK PORTION OF RIG.  DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT BUT WAS T RANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL FOR A PRE-EXISTING HEART CONDITION.  CREW MEMBER ALSO REPORTED A MINOR INJURY .  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.    


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
DURING NORMAL AUTOMATED HUMP OPERATIONS ATW 921382 WAS HUMPED INTO TRACK C38 AND WAS FOULING TRACK C 39. THE PRO YARD LINED THE SWITCH FOR THE AEX 1330 INTO C39 CAUSING A SIDESWIPE AND DAMAGE TO BOTH C ARS.     


nearest_city: SHELBY
county: PIKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Fog
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
C85914 HANDLING TRAIN Q69614 WAS PULLING THRU NO. 1 YARD TRACK IN EAST END OF SHELBY YARD WHEN CREW FAILED TO STOP IN CLEAR IN EAST END OF TRACK AND STRUCK TRAIN N65013 BEING HANDLED BY C86914.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: CDOT
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CDOT TRAIN 1697 WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/6696 AND 3 CARS, OPERATED OVER A DERAIL ON TRACK 24 EAST AT THE CD OT SHOP CAUSING LOCOMOTIVE E/6696 TO DERAIL.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS FAILURE TO STOP TRAIN IN CLEAR.     


nearest_city: CORDELE
county: CRISP
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
K77920 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH, A SEMI TRUCK TRAVELING EAST OVER THE RAIL CROSSING DID NOT YIELD AT THE CROSSING, K77920 STRUCK THE TRAILER OF THE SEMI-TRUCK.      


nearest_city: YATES CENTER
county: WOODSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CGDRH-08 LEAD UNIT BNSF 5998 TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD 4 RAILCARS DERAIL.  THE CARS CAME TO R EST AT MP 398.2.  THE COMBINATION OF A NON-FRA CONDEMNABLE FLANGE ALONG WITH A NEW FROG DESIGN CONTR IBUTED TO ONE WHEEL SET DERAILING AT THE SOUTH SWITCH DURAND, KS.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
G-PLXBNT9-20 DERAILED FIVE CARS ON INDUSTRY TRACKS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE ACCOUNT WEAK TIE CONDITIONS.       


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFALO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
K04808 WHILE DEPARTING OFF THE NORTH FEEDER TO THE EAST BOUND RUNNER EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGE NCY. INSPECTION OF TRAIN REVEALED THAT THE 56TH THRU 60TH HEAD CARS WERE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED FOR MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN EQUIPMENT RUNNING THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH , THEN REVERSING MOVEMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 62 AT NEW HAVEN YARD, CONDUCTOR ON THE LEADING END OF THE MOVE FAILED TO MA INTAIN CONTROL OF THE TRAIN, WHICH RESULTING IN HITTING THE BUMPING BLOCK AND DERAILING THE #2 AXLE OF CAR 8743.     


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: WISE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DUNCAN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RPKPH-02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP9664, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH STOPPED AND PROCEEDED OVER CR1534 CROS SING.  IMPACT DAMAGED UP9664.  DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: CP
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ST PAUL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
384-629 EASTBOUND ON BNSF #1 MAIN WHEN 2ND CAR ON TRAIN CP 414975 DIMENSIONAL W05 WITH HEIGHT OF 20' 4" STRUCK CP'S EAST SIGNAL BRIDGE AT HOFFMAN JCT DRAGGING THE SIGNAL BRIDGE 13 CAR LENGTHS TO A STO P.  ESTIMATED REPAIRS TO CP'S SIGNAL BRIDGE $301,400.00.  BN TRAIN ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  H599 - BN SF GAVE IMPROPER DIMENSIONAL CLEARANCE TO CP CREW WHICH WAS VALIDATED BY BNSF CHIEF DISPATCHER AT 00 01 AT GLENWOOD & RECONFIRMED BY BNSF WEST HUMP DISPATCHER AT SHOREHAM AT 0845.   


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON ISLE LEAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
BNSF JOB Y GAT2021-17T WAS SHOVING 75 CARS LOADED SULPHUR CARS INTO TRACK 25 WHEN THE 36TH THROUGH 4 1ST CAR DERAILED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE L4 AXLE OF TILX150708 CLIM BED OVER THE EAST RAIL CAUSING R4 AXLE TO DROP INSIDE THE WEST RAIL.  THE MOVEMENT CONTINUED APPROXI MATELY 300 FEET AND DERAILED ANOTHER 5 CARS BEFORE THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.  BNSF CARMAN INSPECTED THE TILX150708 AND FOUND THE TILX150708 L4 AXLE TO HAVE CARS BEFORE THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED.  BNSF CARMAN INSPECTED THE TILX150708 AND FOUND THE TILX150708 L4 AXLE TO HAVE A HIGH FLANGE AND BAD ORDER ED THE CAR.  UP CAR FOREMAN ALSO INSPECTED THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE TILX150708 AR SIDE BEARING HAD A 16TH TO 8TH INCH TIGHT SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE.  THE BNSF2954 WAS DOWNLOADED AND EVALUATED BY THE


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MDMPR-20 WAS PULLING INTO YARD 9 WHEN 5 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.       


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE 184 WAS BEING OPERATED ON TRACK 26 IN THE IVY CITY YARD IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE DERAIL AND DERAILED.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $23,091.00.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YNL34R-09 WHILE SHOVING ON THE 50 YARD LEAD DERAILED THE DTTB750570 AND DAMAGING TOBX889129 DUE TO L ATERAL FORCES.      


nearest_city: EAGLE LAKE
county: BLUE EARTH
railroad: DME
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 636-532 WAS EASTBOUND THROUGH EAGLE LAKE AND DERAILED A TOTAL OF 4 LOADS OF ETHANOL. EAGLE LAK E FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY.  THERE WERE NO LEAKS DETECTED THROUGH ENTIRE CLEAN-UP EFFOR T.  AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED BY EVACUATION ORDER.  NO INJU RIES TO TRAIN CREW OR GENERAL PUBLIC. FIELD #12 - TRACY SUBDIVISION, FIELD #30 - TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NON SIGNALED, 2. DIRECT TRAIN CONTROL, P. TRACK WARRANT CONTROL. FIELD #49 - OTH   


nearest_city: CAMP DOUGLAS
county: MONROE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
UECDAD-01 PULLING EMPTY BOX CARS FROM STORAGE, COUPLED TO FIRST CARS AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE 3 JOINTS SHOVING BACK AND STRETCH ALL JOINTS MADE.  AFTER COUPLING ALL THE CARS, TRAIN STARTED TO MOVE NORTH AND AIR WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND WOULD NOT RECOVER.  INSPECTION REVEALED 6 CARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGAT ION REVEALED A 65 FOOT TREE HAD FALLEN AGAINST THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRAIN AND AS THE CARS MOVED THE TREE TOP FELL IN BETWEEN THE CARS CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: CORSICANA
county: NAVARRO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ADESP-24 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE LOWER YARD SIDING WHEN RAILCAR TTGX981424 HAD LEAD WHEELS CLIMB SWI TCH POINT OF TRACK 161 AND DERAIL 5 RAILCARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SWITCH STAND MECHANISM BROKEN, LO OSE OR WORN.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2010-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK WITH THE CONDUCTOR PROTECTING THE POINT OF THE TRAIN WHILE DRIVING A TRUCK. CONDUCTOR DROVE FURTHER DOWN THE TRACK AND NOTICED A DERAIL UP. HE GAVE INSTRUCTION TO THE ENGINEER TO PLUG THE TRAIN BUT DUE TO RADIO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINEER SAYS HE WAS UNABLE TO HEAR THE TRA NSMISSION AND CAME INSTEAD TO A NORMAL SLOW STOP. CAR WENT PAST THE BLUE FLAG AND DERAILED BY ONE HA LF CAR LENGTH.   


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YJTS30-24 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO NORTH #6 TRACK IN THE NORTH YARD. AFTER STRETCHING THE TRACK TO ENSU RE ALL CARS WERE TOGETHER, THE CARS WERE SHOVED IN THE CLEAR WITH (3 CARS) TO PUT TOWARDS NORTH #1. THE SWITCHMAN CONTROLLING  THE MOVEMENT CUT AWAY FROM N6 TOWARDS THE NORTH YARD LEAD, LINED THE ROUT E TO N1 AND FAILED TO SECURE CARS IN N6. AFTER KICKING THE REMAINING CARS, THE CARS IN N6 ROLLED INT O THE FOUL STRIKING THE CARS RELEASED TOWARDS N1. CARS DAMAGED: TILX 304104,TILX 304085, & TEIX 3371 2. ALL THREE CARS WERE EMPTY RESIDUE LAST CONTAINED PEROLEUM GASS. NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE. CREW TESTED FOR CAUSE, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. 


nearest_city: WESTWOOD
county: BERGEN
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #1621 STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT REPORTEDLY DROVE THROUGH CROSSING GATES AND MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO CROSSING INTO PATH OF TRAIN.  ONE INJURY.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING BSY9 CREW SENT A SINGLE (TTGX 973431) FOR BC25 FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE (GATX 202071) FOR BC28.  THE CAR FOR BC25 STALLED IN THE FOUL AND WAS CORNERED BY THE CAR FOR BC28 CAUSING DAMAGE TO B OTH CARS.  TTGX 973431 (L) DAMAGED A END ESTIMATED AT $5,309.  GATX 202070 (L) DAMAGED B END ESTIMAT ED AT $29,000.

EQUIPMENT COST WENT FROM $35,201 1/15/14 TO $15,216, 2/11/14.


    


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YWC40R-22 WAS SHOVING CARS TO OVER THE HILL IN NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS WHEN A CAR STALLED OUT DUE TO STRONG WINDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.  THE FOLLOWING CAR STRUCK AND SIDESWIPED THE UTLX902815 DERA ILING ONE TRUCK. THE 2 CARS THAT WERE HAZMATS WERE EMPTY(RESIDUE) CARS, NOT LOADS.     


nearest_city: SPRING LAKE
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SIDE CATWALKS WERE RAISED ON CAR SPX891 AND WERE LEFT UP AS TRAIN WAS UNLOADEDAND AS TRAIN ARRIVED S PRING LAKE STATION THE CATWALK STRUCK INTER-TRACK FENCE.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YNP21R-30 HUMPED THE SOO16841 INTO EAST HUMP #4 FINALS WHERE IT DERAILED ON CURVE DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES AND CROSS LEVEL OF TRACK BEING IRREGULAR AT JOINTS.  THE NEXT CAR BN2176 34 WAS RELEASED STRIKING THE SOO16841 KNOCKING THE WHEELS OFF THE BN217634 AND PUSHING THE SOO16841 INTO THE FINALS.  TWO ADDITIONAL CARS WERE RELEASED - SOU531769 & BNSF723288 - STRIKING THE BN217634 .   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
THE YNP01R-01 RCL CREW HUMPED THE NAHX 172394 TO EAST BOWL 115 HEADING EAST THROUGH THE RETARDERS IT WAS A SLOW ROLLER. THE CNW471209 WAS THE NEXT CAR HUMPED IT WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS O F TRACK WHEN IT CAUGHT UP TO THE NAHX 172394 AND THEY CROSSED DRAWBARS ON IMPACT DERAILING BOTH CARS .    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CNATS-16 WAS DEPARTING NEW COAL 1 EASTBOUND WHEN THEY DERAILED 8 LOADED COAL CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RA IL.  THE 2 HEAD END LOCOMOTIVES AND 50 CARS HAD CLEARED THE CONTROL POINT, CPB288, WHICH WOULD PUT T HE TRAIN OPERATING UNDER METHOD OF OPERATIONS FOR MAIN TRACK.  THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED BEHIND THE CO NTROL POINT STILL IN NEW COAL 1 WITH THE NEXT 8 CARS DERAILING AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TRAIN 76 CAR S AND DPU UNIT ALSO IN NEW COAL 1.   


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: CC
date: 2012-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
R99491-16 WAS WORKING THE YARD FROM THE NORTH/EAST END AND PULLED 2 CARS OUT OF SC01 AND DRIFTED REM AINING 25 BACK INTO THE TRACK. THEY WENT TO SPOT AN INDUSTRY TRACK AND UPON RETURN WENT TO THE SOUTH /WEST END OF THE YARD AND SAW THAT SC01 WAS OUT TO FOUL. THEY RETURNED TO THE NORTH/EAST END TO STRE TCH IT INTO THE CLEAR AND PULLED NORTH 2 CARS AND CUT AWAY TO GO PULL THE MEAL TRACKS. THEY WERE HEA DED DOWN THE LEAD WITH 13 CARS WHEN THEY ROUNDED THE CURVE IN THE TRACK AND SAW THAT SC01 WAS STILL TO FOUL. THEY ATTEMPTED TO STOP BUT UNIT IC 9637 RAKED CRGX 7802. THE CREW WAS TESTED, ALL RESULTS W ERE NEGATIVE. 


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: PROVO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
YRO36R-11 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE BREAK-UP YARD.  THEY GAVE THE MRVRO-10 PERMISSION TO ENTER THEIR SWITCHING ZONE.  THE CREW THEN HAD TO HAVE THE CAR DEPT ASSIST WITH ALIGNING DRAWBARS IN THE TRACK THEY WERE COUPLING.  AFTER COUPLING CARS THE CREW FORGOT THAT THEY HAD GIVEN THE MRVRO-10 PERMISSION TO ENTER THEIR ZONE AND PULLED OUT ON THE ZONE STRIKING THREE CARS ON THE MRVRO-10 CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA2012-17 DERAILED 7 CARS AT 109 TRACK SWITCH DUE TO PUSH-BUTTON SOLAR SWITCH LINING UNDER CU T.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CN A446-05 CONSIST OF 115 CARS WAS ENTERING 07 WREC WHEN THE 11TH CAR, ATW400457 WENT ON THE GROUND. THE CAR HAD FALLEN INTO THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL.      


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: EJE
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD JOB, YJTS30, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING CARS AT THE SOUTH END OF JOLIET YARD. THE CREW HAD SWITCHED 2 CARS INTO JN19 AND HAD A HOLD OF 6 CARS, PREPARING TO SWITCH ONE CAR INTO JN09 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE WRONG SWITCH FOR HIS MOVEMENT. THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THE SWITCHING LEAD TO THE "RUN THRU" TRACK AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME AHEAD 4 CARS TO SWITCH THE NEX T CAR TO NJ09. HE BEGAN WALKING NORTH TO LINE THE NJ09 SWITCH.  WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AT TH IS MOMENT, HE SAW THAT THE SOUTH CARS OF HIS CUT WAS GOING INTO THE SIDE OF CARS THAT WERE ON THE "R UN THRU" TRACK AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT. THEY SIDEWIPED CGTX 65138 WITH EQUX 631648. THE CAUSE OF TH E INCIDENT HAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE INCORRECT SWITCH FOR THE MOVEMENT.


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP45R-17 TOWER CREW WAS TRIMMING DOWN TRIM 4 TOWARDS EAST DEPARTURE 6.  AFTER THEY HAD COUPLED INTO THEIR FINAL RAIL AND STARTED PULLING EAST, THE WEST SWITCH OF THE LUMBER SHIFTER (FACING POINT MOVE) CAME UNLATCHED AND OPENED UP UNDER THE TRAIN DIRECTING THE CARS EAST OF THE SWITCH DOWN THE LU MBER SHIFTER TRACK.  THE SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN LINED FOR ABOUT A WEEK.  THREE CARS EVENTUALLY DERAILED ON TOP OF AND WEST OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CROSSING BY THE EAST TOWER.  CAUSE FOR SWITCH COMING UNL ATCHED WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED.  


nearest_city: ALBANY
county: DOUGHERTY
railroad: HAL
date: 2013-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WHILE ENTERING YARD TRACK AT NORFORLK SOUTHERN/ALBANY YARD, TWO LEAD LOCOMOTIVES ON RAIL 01 DERAILED .      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TOP YARD WAS WORKING IN TOP YARD.  CREW STOPPED NEAR DRILL SIGNAL, THOUGHT IT WAS FLASHING.  YARDMAS TER TOOK THE DRILL FROM THE TOP YARD.  TOP YARD JOB RAN THRU SWITCH; THEN SHOVED THRU THE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
C-WTMKCL-05 DERAILED 4 CARS IN KCS YARD TRACK 902 DUE TO A SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED BY UNKNOWN P ERSON  HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE NOT RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DEER PARK
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
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:
WHILE SHOVING TO SPOT VOPAK THE PTRA 9609 AND 9623 TRAVELED ACROSS WIDE GAUGE AT THE LEAD 15 SWITCH IN THE PLANT. DUE TO THE WIDE GAUGE AND THE FAULTY SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR BOTH LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED. THE PTRA 9609 HAD L AND R 4 AND THE PTRA 9623 HAD  L AND R 3 AND 4 DERAILED. THE TURN OUT BLOCKED L INE OF SIGHT FROM THE LEAD UNIT WHILE SHOVING RESULTING IN THE DERAILED EQUIPMENT TRAVELING APPROXIM ATELY 500FT. TRACK MAINTENANCE BELONGED TO VOPAK.   


nearest_city: GREEN BAY
county: BROWN
railroad: WC
date: 2012-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: FOX RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
L55081-24 DERAILED NOKL 380754, GTW 187672, CN 187123, CN 34267 AND ICG 978863 WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THEIR INBOUND TRAIN INTO TRACK G002 AND DOUBLING THE BALANCE OVER TO TRACK G003 IN GREEN BAY YARD.  THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING OVER AND MOVING IN SOUTHWARD DIRECTION WHEN THE T RAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A WORN, BENT SWITCH ROD THAT RESULTED IN F LOATING  SWITCH POINTS ON THE G001/G002 SWITCH.   


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
NJT TRAIN 6621 WITH ENGINE 4424 AND 8 CARS, DERAILED A CAR ON AMTRAK TRACK DUE TO LOOSE WHEEL ON NJT CAR.      


nearest_city: BRILLIANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
C 12C501 WITH 2 UNITS, 26 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 2852 TONS SHOVING WEST ON WESTBOUND TRACK DERAILED THE 3 4TH HEAD CAR (WC 033042) STRIKING A CUT OF CARS ON EASTBOUND TRACK.      


nearest_city: WOODWORTH
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: RRVW
date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: EIGHTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING 26 LOADS OF GRAIN ON MAIN LINE WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WAL KED BACK TO FIND 3 1/2 CARS DERAILED.  NONE WERE TIPPED.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: NASSAU
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
229G405 TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN 2ND ENG, NS 8881 CAUGHT FIRE, NECESSARY TO HAVE NASSAU O. FIRE DEPT. RE SPOND TO EXTINGUISH FIRE AT ROAD CROSSING NS AT MP 246.8-G      


nearest_city: CARBONDALE
county: JACKSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CENTRALIA
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:
TRAIN 393 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/67 AND 7 CARS DERAILED THE REAR AXLE ON E/67 AND THE LEAD TRUC K ON HORIZON CAFE C/53505 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $24,382.00.      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE 2ASMAR-25 PASSED SIGNAL DISPLAYING STOP AT MP131, COLLIDING WITH A BNSF TRAIN.  THE COLLISION CA USED A HIGHWAY OVERPASS TO COLLAPSE AND INJURY TO FIVE MOTORISTS THAT WERE USING THE ROADWAY.  UPRR CREW MEMBERS REPORTED INJURIES AS DID SOME OF THE HIGHWAY USERS.  BNSF DAMAGES ARE $643,566.     


nearest_city: JONESBORO
county: CRAIGHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
H-KCKMEM1-07 WAS MAKING SETOUT FROM TRAIN INTO 9117 TRACK, SHOVING TOWARD 9117 TRACK WITH 6 CARS. CR EW HAD MADE CUT LEAVING TRAIN FOUL OF 9117 TRACK. SHOVE STRUCK HEAD CAR OF TRAIN, DAMAGING THIS CAR AND 2 CARS BEING SETOUT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-PAS1351-02 PULLING ONE CAR FROM INDUSTRY TRACK AND SET OVER BUT FAILED TO SET HAND BRAKES.  WHILE PULLING BALANCE OF CARS FROM TRACK, SINGLE CAR ROLLED INTO SIDE OF LONG CUT, DERAILING ONE CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. - DGL     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-LPC1022-28 SHOVED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH WHILE ADDING DP LOCOMOTIVES TO TRAIN Q-LPCSC O02-28. THIS TRAIN SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED AT RUN-THRU SWITCH WHEN DEPARTING YARD. Q-LPCSCO2-28 WAS HA NDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: BELLS
county: HAYWOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q26924 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT CROSSING. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR TRUCK DRIVER WERE REPORTED. MOTO RIST NAME, AGE AND GENDER ARE UNKNOWN.      


nearest_city: COLTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE YWC80-21 WAS PULLING THE CARS OUT OF CASCADE WAREHOUSE WHEN THE UTCX57367 DERAILED DUE TO A GAPP ED SWITCH POINT INSIDE THE FACILITY.  CARS WERE SITTING ON TOP OF THE SWITCH.  THE CREW SHOVED BACK HALF A CAR TO MAKE A JOINT AND PULLED 3 CARS AHEAD WHEN THE UTCX57367 PICKED THE GAPPED POINT DERAIL ING IT AND THE CITX200818.  CASCADE WAREHOUSE MAINTAINS TRACK.    


nearest_city: TARRANT CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS CAR GNTX 297441 WENT INTO TRACK C08. THE CAR DID NOT CLEAR IN TRACK C08. CAR TILX 192784 WAS THE FOLLOWING CAR HUMPED. THIS CAR WAS DESTINED TO TRACK C06. TILX 192784 SIDESWIPED GNTX 297441 THAT WAS FOULING THE LEAD. AFTER THIS COLLISION THE PRO YARD SYSTEM RECOGNIZE D THAT TRACK C08 WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR OF THE LEAD. CAR SIRX WAS HUMPED AND DESTINED TO TRACK C05. ON CE THE SYSTEM RECOGNIZED THAT C08 WAS FOULING THE LEAD THE PRO YARD SYSTEM LINED THIS CAR INTO C08 A ND THE CAR SIDESWIPED TILX 192784.  


nearest_city: SAINT ALBANS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NECR
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CN 324 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 26 LOADS AND 4 EMPTIES WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN ON TRACK 104 IN ST. ALBANS .  4 CARS CARRYING LPG DERAILED - 2 OF THEM LANDED ON THEIR SIDES.      


nearest_city: STRATFORD
county: DALLAM
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Feb
narrative:
KLBG4-01, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7854, STRUCK THE TRAILER OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO ST OP AT THE FM 807 CROSSING.  NO INJURY TO CREW OR DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
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-Mar
narrative:
THE GSLXKE-20 WAS LEAVING THE WEST YARD VIA THE LONG CROSSOVER AT MP289 TO GO OUT THE OLD WAY.  THEY DERAILED NINE LOADED GRAIN CARS ON THE CROSSOVER WHEN THE INSIDE BALL OF THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE S IXTY THIRD HEAD CAR.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON WEST BELT SU
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
BNSF'S TRAIN, UPZN2J-04, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF7612, TRAVELING THRU UP MAINTAINED TRACKS DERAILED 11 CA RS DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $35,380      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
DIESEL SHOP PERSONNEL HEADING SOUTH IN FUEL RACK TRACK #7 LIGHT ENGINE DERAILED THE R1, R2, R3 AND L 1, L2, AND L3 WHEELS ON UNIT #6143 RUNNING WITH LONG HOOD FACING SOUTH.  NO T&E INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: LOGAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: ANGORA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
H-KCMLAU1-05 PICKED UP FROM COAL 1 TRACK AND SHOVED BACK TO THEIR TRAIN ON THE MAIN TRACK. CREW FAIL ED TO LINE SWITCH PROPERLY FOR THEIR MOVEMENT; WHEN TRAIN PULLED FORWARD, SPLIT RUN-THRU SWITCH AND DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 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 F PLASTIC.     


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YPD50-08 WAS GATHERING TRACK 15 AT 0832 AM FROM THE WEST END.  AS THEY WERE PULLING WEST, A CARMAN S AW THAT THE EAST TWO CARS HAD DERAILED AND NOTIFIED THE YARDMASTER TO TELL THE CREW TO STOP.  UPON F URTHER INVESTIGATION, THE TWO CARS THAT DERAILED HAD CROSSED DRAWBARS AND WERE THE LAST TWO CARS SWI TCHED INTO TRACK 15 BY THE YPD72R-08 AT APPROXIMATELY 0330 ON MARCH 9TH.  COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH CREW CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: GARWOOD
county: UNION
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
ENGINES #1003 AND #4303 AND AN EMPTY GONDOLA DERAILED WHILE OPERATING WEST ON GARWOOD INDUSTRIAL TRA CK DUE TO SPREAD RAIL AND TRACK CONDITIONS.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YLP37R-03 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE EAST END OF TRACK 001.  FOREMAN WAS PRIMARY OPERATOR WHILE THE SWIT CHMAN WAS ON THE LEAD SWITCH.  CREW PROCEEDED TO SHOVE TRACK 002.  INTENT WAS TO COUPLE UP TO OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK AND SHOVE INTO THE CLEAR. LEAD CAR LOAD CENTERBEAM BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH A BOXCAR DERAILING NORTH 2 WHEELS.    


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ZLAMN-21, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7392, STRUCK AN OCCUPIED SCHOOL BUS WHICH WAS HUNG UP ON MAIN LINE TRACK. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE BUS HAD EVACUATED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR ON A CROSSING.  DR IVER HAD ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND AND BUS SLID DOWN EMBANKMENT ONTO MAIN TRACK.  NO INJURIES TO CREW .  UP7392 DAMAGED IN INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
A HOSTLER AND PILOT WERE MOVING LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES FROM THE SERVICE TRACK TO THE FORWARDING YARD VIA THE HIGH CHAPPAREL AND DERAILED THE 3RD UNIT IN A CONSIST OF 4 DUE TO GEOMETRY DEFECT CREATED WHEN A NUMBER 11 SWITCH WAS USED TO REPLACE A NUMBER 10 SWITCH WHICH PUT THE LEFT HAND SWITCH POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGH DEGREE CURVE SO THAT WHEN MULTIPLE UNITS TRAVERSE THIS LOCATION THE DEGREE OF THE CURVE CAUSES A WHEEL CLIMB THE RAIL.   


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NORTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
F014 CREW WAS SHOVING INTO ANHEUSER BUSCH INSIDE TRACK WHEN THE SWITCH BROKE, DERAILING THE SSW 7868 5 AND CSXT 1123, CAUSING THEM TO STRIKE AND DERAIL THE SP 496599 ON ANHEUSER BUSCH OUTSIDE TRACK.  D AMAGE TO ANHEUSER  BUSCH OUTSIDE TRACK WAS $650.     


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING LOADED HOT CARS TO RESPOT 703N, 5TH CAR FROM THE ENGINE DERAILED ROLLING THE RAIL AND DERAILING THE NEXT 4 CARS, 1 ENGINE AND 1ST TRUCK OF SECOND ENGINE.      


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: GRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
QASLI-27 TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH HIT WHAT FELT LIKE ROUGH SPOT COMING IN CURVE AT MP 557.5 0.  TONED DISPATCHER TO REPORT ROUGH SPOT.  HE HAD NOT ANSWERED BEFORE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  A T THAT TIME HAD TRANSITIONED FROM POWER TO DYNAMIC BRAKING ACCOUNT HAD SLOW ORDER AT MP 58.  ENGINES STOPPED AT MP 558.5.  AFTER INSPECTING FOUND CARS ON THEIR SIDE AND DERAILED.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WICHITA FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NYF1052-23 CAUSED RAIL DAMAGE DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF THROTTLE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RE LEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERSIDE
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
HA41H523 OCCUPYING YARD LEAD WITH NS 6184, 32 LOADS, 27 EMPTIES, 4290 TONS WHEN NS 473272 WAS HUMPED INTO A CLEAR TRACK CT03 AND STRUCK THE UTLX 903383 ON YARD LEAD, DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: CROWLEY
county: ACADIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
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-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 2 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/821-E/195 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP168.14 , NN3 ROAD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: FUNK
county: PHELPS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
SURFACING GANG CLEARED ON INDUSTRY TRK 602. MT SWITCH WAS RESTORED BUT DERAIL WAS NOT. WHILE MOW PER SONNEL WAS ADVISING INDUSTRY THAT EQUIPMENT WAS PARKED ON THEIR TRACK, INDUSTRY PERSONNEL SHOVED CAR S INTO TRACK AND STRUCK PARKED UNDER TAMPER.     


nearest_city: WARSAW
county: KOSCIUSKO
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 142L413, ON DUTY IN FRONT WAYNE AT 5:00 A.M. , WAS TRAVELING NORTHE EN ROUTE TO ELKHART WHEN I T COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE AT MARKET STREET IN WARSAW, INDIANA AT 8:12 AM. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON MARKET STREET WHEN IT FAILED TO STOP FOR 142L413 APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH.     


nearest_city: MEDFORD
county: GRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: ENID SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
WENENB-25, LEAD UNIT UP 4422 COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK TRAILER AT HIGHWAY 11 IN MEDFORD, OK.  THE DRIVER STOPPED BEFORE THE CROSSING, PROCEEDED ONTO THE CROSSING AND STOPPED BRIEFLY AGAIN BEFORE TRYING TO PROCEED A SECOND TIME BEFORE BEING STRUCK.  THE CREW AND DRIVER WERE UNINJURED.  THE DIESEL FUEL SP ILLED WAS FROM THE TRUCK.    


nearest_city: SABULA
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MARQUETTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
B67 CREW WAS SHOVING A TRACK NORTH ON THE MIDDLE TRACK TO PROVIDE MORE ROOM IN THE TRACK FOR ADDITIO NAL SWITCHING OF CARS INTO THE TRACK.  CONDUCTOR WAS WATCHING THE SHOVE FROM THE NORTH END OF THE TR ACK. THERE WERE TWO HAND BRAKES ON THE CUT OF CARS. THE CONDUCTOR WAS COUNTING DOWN TO THE CLEARANCE POINT AT THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK AND A CUT OF 11 LOADS CONTINUED TRAVELING AS THE ENGINE STOPPED COLLIDING WITH CARS THAT WERE IN THE SIDING. CREW FAILED TO STRETCH THE TRACK PRIOR TO THE SHOVE MO VE.  


nearest_city: HARAHAN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
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-Oct
narrative:
CSX -Y10518 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DELIVERING 91 LOADS OF GRAIN, COMING THRU NEW ONE TRACK ON THE SOU TH OF MAYS YARD WHEN 6 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL ON CWR TRACK. CARS DERAILED: CSXT 259335, 248247, 259236, 251964, 260412, 260300 CSX REPORTED $76,000 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: DETROIT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
NOKL 250409 DISCOVERED DERAILED AND DAMAGED ON TRACK EC26 CAR DERAILED WHEN FL41-31 SHOVED 6 CARS ON THE EAST END THE PRIOR SHIFT AT 3 MPH.  CAR WAS ON REPAIR TRACK DUE TO HOME SHOP STATUS FOR BROKEN CROSS BEAMS.  BEAMS WHERE REMOVED WHEN LIVERNOIS ON 10/14/13.  CAR WAS NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND WHEN L OADED CARS WERE SHOVED AGAINST IT.  CAR RELEASED FROM PROGRESS RAILCAR SHOP IN ERROR.    


nearest_city: SYCAMORE
county: TURNER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 209G316 TRAVELING SOUTH ON GS&F MAINLINE WITH 3 UNITS, 47 LOADS, 0 MTYS, 705 TONS, STRUCK SEMI TRACTOR WITH LOWBOY TRAILER OCCUPIED BY JOHN DEERE COMBINE THAT WAS STRUCK ON GRADE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 8068 STRUCK DEBRIS WEST OF JAMAICA WHILE IN HALL INTERLOCKING CAUSING THE SHOE BEAM TO FALL AN D DRAG ALONG THE TRACK. DAMAGE TO TRACK AND LAST CAR (7671).      


nearest_city: FORT PIERRE
county: STANLEY
railroad: CP
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: PRC
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-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 570 PROCEEDING EAST ON MAIN LINE WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INSPECTION REVEALED 4 LOADS OF CLAY DERAILED (POSITION 18-21) AND APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OF TRACK DAMAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INVOLVED.  NO ASSOCIATED INJURIES.     


nearest_city: WALLINGFORD
county: RUTLAND
railroad: VTR
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE SNOW PLOW EQUIPED BALLAST REGULATOR WAS HEADED NORTH FROM NORTH BENNINGTON DURING HEAVY SNOW STO RM. WHILE PLOWING THROUGH THE TOWN OF SOUTH WALLING FORD, APPROACHING THE NORTH SWITCH, THE OPERATOR BEGAN TO RAISE THE PLOW WHEN THEN TOGGLE SWITCH BROKE OFF. THE OPERATOR APPLIED THE HAND BRAKE, PLO W HIT THE FROG, DERAILING THE MACHINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE REAILROAD TRACKS.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
OEESJ-14, DEPARTING OUT OF TRACK 256, WHEN THE 76TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END AND 4 ADDITIONAL CARS DERA ILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: SWEETWATER
county: NOLAN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAIRD 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-Nov
narrative:
DRIVER STOPPED TO OPEN A GATE AND LOST TRACTION WHEN TRYING TO GET MOVING AGAIN.  THIS IS A PRIVATE CROSSING EQUIPPED WITH STOP SIGNS.  DRIVER WAS BRINGING A GENERATOR LOADED ON A LOWBOY TRAILER BACK TO HIS PROPERTY WHEN HE BECAME HIGH CENTERED.  HE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH RMCC WHEN THE COLLISION OCCU RRED.  TRAIN WAS ZLCAI-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8682.    


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
141-1'55" AMTRAK 20-1'55" 141 WAS YARDING TRAIN ON WEST YARD #2 WHEN 2ND AND 3RD ENGINE ALONG WITH 4 LEAD CARS DERAILED AND LEANED AGAINST THREE CARS ON WEST YARD #1.      


nearest_city: GRINNELL
county: POWESHIEK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LNM34-11, WITH LEAD UNIT UP2017, WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WITH 4 UNITS AND 85 RAILCARS, GOING 25 MPH WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES SOUNDING.  THE CREW OBSERVED A SEMI-TRUCK TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON 350TH AVEN UE WHICH DID NOT STOP FOR THE CROSSING AND COLLIDED WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  NO DERAILMENT OCCURRED AN D NO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED.  THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A SHATTERED LEFT KNEE C AP.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.   


nearest_city: SPIRITWOOD
county: STUTSMAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: JAMESTOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
R-TWI8281-22, WHILE SHOVING CARS AROUND CURVE AND INTO INDUSTRY, DERAILED 1 CAR AT 5114 TRACK SWITCH .  INSPN AND INVESTIGATION REVEALED TIGHT GAUGE AT SWITCH WITHIN TOLERANCE AND NO KICK PLATE, RESULT ING IN WHEEL CLIMB AT SWITCH.     


nearest_city: NORTH CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: CHARLESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y39627 GAVE THE N34615 PERMISSION INTO THE NORTH LADDER ZONE WHILE THEY WERE IN SWITCHING OPERATIONS .  THE Y39627 DID NOT HAVE AN ESTABLISHED ZONE AT THE TIME.  WHILE THE N34615 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 002 THE Y39627 PULLED AHEAD OUT OF TRACK 008 STRIKING THE N34615 THAT WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 002. Y39627 DERAILED LOCO AND 2 CARS FROM THE N34615 AND DAMAGING AN ADDITIONAL 2 CARS.    


nearest_city: FULTON
county: FULTON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: FULTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
L5067-27 PERFORMING NORMAL SWITCHING IN THE YARD WHEN KICKED A CUT OF 8 CARS TO TRACK 7 AND CUT ROLL ED OUT IN THE SOUTH END OF TRACK DERAILING NATX 351072, ADMX 25180 AND ADMX 25153.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN YGA55-24, WAS PULLING RAILCARS SOUTH ON THE GVSR MAINTAINED BRIDGE TRACK, WHEN 4 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  GVSR MAINTAINS TRACK.  GVSR ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $28,000.      


nearest_city: NEWINGTON
county: FAIRFAX
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 97 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 18 CARS STRUCK A LARGE PILE OF BALLAST AFTER BEING ROUTED TO AN OUT-OF-S ERVICE TRACK.  ENGINE 142 THEN DERAILED.      


nearest_city: OREGON
county: LUCAS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
Y10202 WAS COMING OUT OF LAKEFRONT 20 WITH 100 LOADED COAL CARS TO GO AROUND THE LOWER LEVEL TO PLAC E ON THE BUCK. THE CREW TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 80 CAR LENGTHS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. ON CE THE ENGINEER COULD NOT BUILD HIS AIR BACK UP, THE CONDUCTOR GOT A RIDE TO LOOK FOR A SEPARATION A ND DISCOVERED FIVE LOADED CARS OF COAL WERE DERAILED 74 CARS DEEP INSIDE THEIR TRAIN.  AFTER AN INVE STIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN RAIL (VERTICAL SPLIT).   


nearest_city: BAY MINETTE
county: BALDWIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Q61215 DERAILED 17 CARS ON MAINLINE ACCOUNT RUNG JOURNAL ON CGLX 10500 L4 WHEEL IN A 4 DEGREE CURVE.       


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MT 2 TRHOUGH CP BADGER, LITE POWER WITH 2 UNITS. WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVES HIT THE PIER S SWITCH OFF MAIN TRACK 2, THE LEAD AXLE DERAILED.      


nearest_city: YULEE
county: NASSAU
railroad: FCRD
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
PULLING LOADED COAL CARS TO YULEE, FL WHEN THE LOCO SEEMED TO BE UNDER A HEAVIER LOAD THAN NORMAL. C ONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN THE 16TH CAR DERAILED. THE CAR WAS DRAGGED 1306 FEET. INVESTIGATION FOR CA USE WAS CONDUCTED BUT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.     


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
AFTER COMING AROUND A CURVE ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK, S-HOUC04-16A, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER CENTERED ON CROSSING. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: PAXTON
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIDNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR WAS FACING EAST, WORKING WEST ON TANGENT TRACK.  HE HAD STOPPED TO WRITE DOWN UNIT # FOR CLEARING TRAIN, HE THEN PROCEEDED BROOMING AND WINGING AT THE SAME TIME; THE BRIDGE WAS WITHIN 1 MILE POLE OF LOCATION BUT LOST TRACK OF IT IN THE DUST.  AS THE WING HIT THE BRIDGE TRA VELED LEVER FURTHER INTO REVERSE, DAMAGING MORE OF THE HANDRAIL SECTION.  REGULATOR WING WAS NOT DAM AGED, NO INJURIES.   


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 NOT CLEAR.  YARDMASTER GRANTED RCO ZONE TO RCO Y-DEN1142-28 FOULED LEAD WITHOUT VERIFYING THAT IT WA S CLEAR COLLIDED WITH ENGINE STILL FOUL.  BNSF 2700: GP39-2, CAP 3600 GAL, RLSD 500 GAL. BNSF 2846: GP39-2, CAP 2500 GAL, RLSD 500 GAL.
    


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: SLWC
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 SLWC407 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND AT 9 MPH ON THE TULS A SUBDIVISION WHEN THE CREW EXPERIENCED AND UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TH E TRAIN AND FOUND 5 LOADED CEMEMNT CARS DERAILED. 3 CARS WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT AND 2 CARS WERE DERAI LED LEANING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE SOUTH KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA RAILROAD AND THE STILLWATER CENTRAL RAILROAD ROADMASTERS PERFORMED A JOINT INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A BROKEN SWITCH POINT UNDER LOAD. DOWNLOAD SECURED WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.  


nearest_city: ITASCA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT G35-02 (LITE LOCOMOTIVES) PROCEEDING EAST ON NIRC #2 MAIN APPROACHING ROHLWING ROAD, CROS SING GATES WERE ACTIVATED WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK PROCEEDING SOUTH ON ROHLWING ROAD RAN THROUGH THE CROS SING GATES & CAME IN CONTACT WITH CONDUCTOR SIDE OF LEAD ENGINE IC 1024 DAMAGING STEPS & HAND RAIL. DRIVER TRANSPORTATED VIA AMBULANCE (FACIAL LACERATIONS) AND THEN ARRESTED FOR DUI . PASSENGER OF VEH ICLE WAS AIR LIFTED FOR MEDICAL - SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES, DECEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY. NIRC ADVISES EN GINEERING COSTS $10,744. FORM 54-FIELD #12 ELGIN SUBDIVISION - FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 1.SIGNALE D 1.SIGNAL INDICATION Q. TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM/CTC.  FORM 57-FIELD #8 ELGIN SUBDIVISION - FIELD #34 ROADWAY CONDITIONS: DRY - FIELD #41 HIGHWAY USER: 7. WENT THRU THE GATE - FIELD 53A VIDEO TAKEN - Y


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YAS211 WAS SHOVING UP CUT OF CARS UP NORTH LEAD AND FAILED TO VERIFY CROSSOVER WAS LINED FOR HIS MOV EMENT.  UPON DISCOVERY OF MIS-ALIGNED CROSSOVER, WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE RAKING LEAD CAR OF YAS212 OCCUPYING CROSSOVER, CAUSING DERAILMENT OF TANK CAR.     


nearest_city: GILA BEND
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: GILA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE KG4LB-26 CONDUCTOR LINED SWITCH, DERAIL AND CHECKED POINTS SWITCH WAS ALREADY LINED FOR THE INSI DE TRACK.  WHILE TRAVERSING THE SWITCH, THE POINT MOVED CAUSING THE TWO LOCOMOTIVES TO GO ON THE GRO UND.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SWITCH HAD NO KEEPER TO KEEP THE SWITCH HANDLE F ROM MOVING.  THE KEEPER HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THROWN 25 TO 30 FEET AWAY FROM THE SWITCH.  UP POLICE D EPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING INCIDENT FURTHER, SAIBRS #13109377.   


nearest_city: MALVERN
county: CHESTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 7565 STANDING AT MALVERN WITH NO POWER.  CREW HEARD EXPLOSION AND SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT; TRAIN WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
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: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE 31 JOB WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE 45 BOTTLE TO THE NORTH OF C5 AND THE 30 JOB HAD JUST SP OTTED THE SOUTH SIDE OF C5 AND WAS HEADING NORTH TOWARDS 911/913 SWITCH.  CONDUCTOR HAD INSTRUCTED T HE ENGINEER TO COME AHEAD WHEN THEY WERE CLEAR.  THE ENGINEER THOUGHT HE HEARD THAT THEY WERE CLEAR TO COME AHEAD.  SO WHILE THE 30 JOB PROCEEDED THROUGH THE SWITCH THE 211 LEAD LOCO SIDESWIPED THE 31 JOB HIND UNIT, 215.   


nearest_city: EVERMAN
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2012-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EVERMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
JOB 102 FAILED TO USE PROPER PERCAUTIONS WITH KICKING CARS. CREW WSET ONE CASR OVER TO TRACK 711 AND THEN LINED SWITCH AND SET THREE CARS OVER TO T4RACK 713 AND DIDN'T SET A HANDBRAKE AND THEY ROLLED INTO ONE CAR IN TRACK 711.     


nearest_city: GALLUP
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-GUL1011-30 RAN THROUGH SWITCH, THEN REVERSED AND SPLIT SWITCH, DERAILING 3 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATE RIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GALLUP
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GALLUP
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
B-SCOETT6-23 DERAILED 4 CARS IN SIDING TRACK DUE TO SWITCH POINT BROKEN OR WORN.  NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL 93571-13 WAS HUMPING M004 WHEN THE HUMPMASTER REMOVED PROTECTION ON M003 ALLOWING CA RS TO GO INTO TRACK M003 WHILE M004 WAS IN THE FOUL. UTLX 645587, UTLX 645581, UTLX 645094, AND TILX 261785 WERE GOING TO M003 AND CORNERED TILX 252336 THAT WAS IN TRACK M004 UT FOUL OF M003. HUMPMAST ER PROTECTED TRACK M004 BUT TOOK PROTECTION OFF M003 THINKING THAT THE CARS WOULD CLEAR. NO CARS DER AILED.   


nearest_city: MINIDOKA
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: EIRR
date: 2011-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
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:
ON 12/26 TRAIN CREW AT MINIDOKA IDAHO WAS PREPARING TO BRING THE INBOUND UP TRAIN TO RUPERT THE INBO UND CONSIST OF 2 CUTS OF CARS (TOTALING 119 CARS) IN TRACK 116 SPLIT CROSSING. A REVERSE MOVE WAS MA DE TO ATTACK THE CUT OF CARS ON THE EAST SIDE OF A CROSSING. ON THE EAST SIDE OF 116 TRAIN WAS THEN PULLED PAST THE CROSSING TO CLEAR IN ORDER TO SWAP CREWS. WHILE STOPPING THE TRAIN THE BACK ROLLED I N THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY DIE TO TRAIN HANDLING DERAILING AT LEAST 1 CAR. AFTER THE ENGINEERS SWAPPED CONTROLS THEY DID NOT HAVE A THOROUGH JOB BRIEFING WITH THE 1ST AND 2ND TEAM MEMBERS ON THE GROUND.  THE CONDUCTORS WERE UNAWARE OF THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION. FIRST CREW DEPARTED MINIDOKA AND THE SECOND CREW BEGAN TO PULL THE TRAIN DOWN 116 AND THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED DUE TO THE INABILITY T


nearest_city: YORKVILLE
county: KENDALL
railroad: IR
date: 2010-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
JOB 107 REPORTED THE REAR 6 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN DERAILED AT M.P. 50.2 NEAR YORKVILLE. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SOFT ROAD BED.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
RB2OG-14, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP9816, TRAVELING WESTBOUND COMING OFF THE NORTHWEST CONNECTION TO MAIN #1 WHEN THE CHTT386533, CHTT386487, AND CHTT386361 DERAILED BY CLIMBING A MISMATCHED JOINT.  RAIL = CW R     


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
R-GFC8121-10 DERAILED 11 CARS IN YARD TRACK 209 DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEA SED.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-26T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN M74G226 PULLING NORTH ON MACON OUTBOUND WITH 2 UNTIS, 44 LOADS, 45 EMPTIES, 6722 TONS, DERAILE D 91ST HEAD CAR, UTLX 301512.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
DB26 SHOVING WITH THREE UNITS 47 LDS 0 MTYS INTO ADM EAST PLANT # 11 TRACK DERAILED 4 LOADS IN # 11 INTO #10 TRACK DERAILING 4 EMPTY CARS STANDING IN #10 TRACK.      


nearest_city: CATOOSA
county: ROGERS
railroad: POCA
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
001 WAS NORTH BOUND ON CENTER TRACK PULLING 14 EMPTIES OUT OF DEBRUCE GRAIN.  THE EAST TRACK NEXT TO THE ROAD HAD LOADED CARS ON IT LIMITING THE SIGHT TO THE CROSSING.  THE TRUCK DRIVER PROCEEDED THRO UGH THE CROSSING FAILING TO YIELD.  THE ENGINEER SAW THE TRUCK ENTER THE CROSSING AND PUT THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.  THE TRAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AND PUSHED IT 18 FEET.  NO INJURI ES, NO SPILLS.   


nearest_city: MCGEHEE
county: DESHA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LWB72-01 WAS PULLING 57 CARS AROUND THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE AT MCGEHEE, AR WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED.  A RKANSAS MIDLAND RAILROAD MAINTAINS TRACK.  AKMD ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $12,657.10      


nearest_city: LA SALLE
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LDI60-20 DERAILED THREE EMPTY BOX CARS AND TWO LOADED SAND CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO A CURVE ON TRACK 305 IN THE LASALLE YARD.  AFTER INTERVIEWING THE CREW, PERFORMING A DOWNLOAD, AND INVESTIGATING THE DERAILMENT IT WAS RULED THAT TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES WERE THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AT 1452 HOURS THE CBTMA9 08 WAS PULLING 121 LOADS WEST OUT OF WX817.  CAR NUMBER NVPX 1127 THE 69TH CAR FROM THE REAR DERAILED ITS R-4 WHEEL DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CHADRON
county: DAWES
railroad: DME
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING SOUTH THROUGH DAKOTA JCT. WHEN THE 16TH CAR ON THE TRAIN PICKED THE NORTH WYE S WITCH CAUSING THE CAR TO GO DOWN BOTH THE EAST AND WEST LEGS OF THE WYE DERAILING FOUR CARS.      


nearest_city: RINCON
county: DONA ANA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: EL PASO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
G-FUNELP9-13 RECEIVED DRAGGING EQUIPMENT AND HOT JOURNAL ALARM DETECTOR 1083.7. CREW INSPECTION REVE ALED ONE CAR DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN WHEEL RIM.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE ON THE Y-LAL1011-22A WAS WATCHING THE POINT FROM THE GROUND WHILE SHOVING BACK AND FAILED T O STOP SHORT OF OTHER CARS IN THE TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.      


nearest_city: GRAPHITE
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 165P8 MOVING WEST ON S MAIN LINE DERAILED THE 3RD AND 4TH ENGINE AND THE SEVEN HEAD CARS IN TH EIR TRAIN.      


nearest_city: ROPESVILLE
county: HOCKLEY
railroad: WTLC
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SEAGRAVES
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-Mar
narrative:
THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG ON THE TRAIN, PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY. THE DERAILED CARS HAD ROLLED OVE R A BROKEN RAIL AND CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND. THE MOTION OF DERAILING HAD CUASED SOME SEVERE TORQU ING AND DAMAGED THE COUPLERS ON SEVERAL OF THE CARS.     


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE DELIVERING CARS FROM THE CASTER TO 767 TRACK IN THE MIDDLE YARD, CREW STARTED TO PULL THROUGH THE 766 TRACK.  THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE 6TH CAR IN THE TRAIN, DERAILING THE 6TH, 7TH, 8TH AND 9TH CARS.     


nearest_city: NEW MADRID
county: NEW MADRID
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: NEW MADRID SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CNAAE-03 TRAIN CREW WAS PUTTING THEIR TRAIN TOGETHER.  THE CREW WAS SHOVING OUT ONTO THE MAIN WHEN T HEY RAN THRU THE LOOP TRACK SWITCH.  CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL THE TRAIN FORWARD, DE RAILING 4 CARS.  TRACK IS MAINTAINED BY ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC.  DAMAGE EST = $45,000     


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
522-18 WAS SWITCHING IN BREWSTER YARD WHEN THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR 20 TRACK. THE CREW MADE A REVERS E MOVE SHOVING EAST ONE CAR RUNNING THROUGH 20 SWITCH AND PULLED BACK WEST CAUSING TWO CARS TO DERAI L AND SIDE SWIPING 5 TANK CARS ON 20 TRACK AND SIDE SWIPING ONE GON ON 21 TRACKS.
02/25/13 UPDATING EQUIPMENT DAMAGE FROM $5,348 TO $31,752.    


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
MISALIGNED WIRE, CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE CHANGE, ALLOWED PANTOGRAPH OF CAR 8922 TO RUN OFF W IRE AT TRACK 4, CATENARY 856, DAMAGING DAMAGING SAME.      


nearest_city: KING CITY
county: MONTEREY
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SALINAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/48-E/145 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP157.0 5, A PUBLIC CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $38,911.00.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
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:
BE26 SHOVING INTO EF04 WITH NS 3233 AND 18 X 58 SHOVED OUT EAST END INTO SIDE OF 332B203 DERAILING 4 CARS IN THE 332B203 AND 5 CARS IN EF04.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
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:
WHILE GATHERING 609 TRACK THE DYT111 CREW DISCOVERED BYPASS COUPLERS BETWEEN.  OTHER CREWS HAS BEEN SWITCHING IN THE TRACK EARLIER, HOWEVER IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHICH CREW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BY PASS COUPLER, THEREFORE, NO HUMAN FACTOR WILL BE ASSIGNED .  10/21/13.  PER 1 CP UPDATED TO REPORTAB LE DUE TO MECHANICAL INTERFACE COSTS OVER THE FRA THRESHOLD.    


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-19T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
H-AMADEN1-17 MOVING NORTH AND PULLING INTO YARD AT PUEBLO, CO EXPERIENCED UDE.  INSPECTION REVEALED 4 CARS DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: WPRR
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING CARS FROM UP YARD IN EUGENE.  UP355416 STRUCK A BROKEN FROG CAUSING FLANGE TO CLIMB RAIL AND DERAIL.      


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y-FRS2032-04 DERAILED 22 CARS WHILE PULLING AHEAD AFTER SHOVING THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DIXON
county: LEE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR'S TRACTOR TMDS5055 WAS ON TOP OF UP908905, WHEN CAR STARTED TO LEAD TOWARDS THE NOR TH.  OPERATOR EVACUATED TRACKER AND JUMPED AND WAS INJURED.  UP908905 CONTINUED TO TURN OVER, DERAIL ING AND ALSO CAR UP925344 IN THAT CUT.  TRACKER TMDS5055 FELL OFF OF THE CAR LANDING ON ITS SIDE AND ALSO DERAILED BT83139, ALSO IN THAT CUT.    


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
SERVICE CENTER CREW WAS MAKING A SWITCH MOVE WHEN THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT ENSURE ALL SWITCHES WERE CORR ECT. THIS CAUSED THE LOCO TO DESTROY THE TRACK, SWITCHES, DERAILS AND FROGS IN ITS PATH. THE LOCO CA ME TO REST SIDEWAYS.     


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
QRVWC-21 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MAINLINE MAKING A MEET AT CLIFF WHEN THEY LOST COMMUNICATIO N WITH THEIR DPU UNITS CAUSING THEM TO GO INTO IDLE WHICH CAUSED THE TRAIN TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
R90891-22 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 46 CARS FROM THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 7 TO THE AIR PLANT AT TH E NORTH END, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4 CARS LENGTHS FROM THE CLEARANCE POINT OF THE TRACK. TH E SHOVE MOVE WAS MADE WITH THE CONDUCTOR PROTECTING THE SHOVE AT THE NORTH END OF TRACK 7 AT THE AIR PLANT. AT THE SAME TIME, M33681-22 WAS ON THE NORTH END OF THE YARD SHOVING 94 CARS TOWARDS TRACK 6 TO PICK UP ADDITIONAL CARS TO COMPLETE THEIR TRAIN. AS M33681-22 ENTERED TRACK 6, R90891-22 SHOVED OUT OF TRACK 7 AND INTO THE SIDE OF M33681-22. GATX 17734 WAS THE LEAD CAR ON R90891-22 THAT STRUCK M33681-22 DERAILING RACX 51374 AND DOWX 8512 AND DAMAGING RACX 51554. THE CREW ON R90891-22 WAS TEST ED, ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CORP TRAIN, LCOR1J-09, WAS SHOVING SOUTH FROM TRACK 304 TO TRACK 264, HAD 5 CARS DERAIL DUE TO SWITC H POINT WORN OR BROKEN.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK.  CORP EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $93,288.      


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: ORE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
BOX 38 NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION H999 CODE- EMPLOYEE ELECTED TO TRY AND PULL THE TRAIN OVER A DRAW BAR T HAT HAD BROKE AND FALLEN INTO TRACK-THE TRAIN HIT DRAW BAR AND DERAILED CAR.      


nearest_city: UNION
county: UNION
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 90 WITH ENGINE 939 AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH TO UNIT 939 DUE TO FATIGUE BREAK TO AUXILIARY WIRE ALLOWING AUXILIARY WIRE TO HANG BELOW TROLLEY.      


nearest_city: CHOWCHILLA
county: MERCED
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO 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-Sep
narrative:
RMJSTC-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8752, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG AT THE VISTA ROAD CROSSING.  THERE WE RE NO INJURIES.  THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT AND THE CREW WAS UNIN JURED.  THE TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT HIS TRAILER HAD BECOME HIGH CENTERED ON VISTA ROAD 5 MINUTES BE FORE IMPACT.    


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: CAJON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR1062-04 TASKED WITH PULLING CARS FROM 1434 TRACK THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY HUMPED. CREW DISC OVERED BYPASSED COUPLERS WHEN DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT 1434 TRACK WITCH DUE TO LATERAL FORCE FROM BYPA SSED COUPLERS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: TISKILWA
county: BUREAU
railroad: IAIS
date: 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z
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-Oct
narrative:
EAST BOUND TRAIN DERAILED 26 CARS WHICH INCLUDED ETHANOL CARS THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE.  THIS DERAILMENT IN UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB. THE TOTAL AMOUNT SHIPPED WAS ESTIMATED BY WEIGHT TO BE 28 7,269 GALLONS.  THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECOVERED AND TRANS-LOADED WAS 96,998 GALLONS.  THE DIFFERENCE BETW EEN THE TWO NUMBERS IS 190,271 GALLONS, IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH BURNED OFF AND HOW MUCH WENT INTO T HE GROUND.   


nearest_city: FULTS
county: MONROE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CCDJ09-21 TRAVELING SOUTH DERAILED 14 LOADED CARS ON #2 MAIN LINE AT THE APPROACH OF A SMALL BRIDGE. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE MISSING/DEFECTIVE RAIL FASTENERS.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
U-KEEBIR-027, DEPARTING ON MAIN TRACK, DERAILED SIX CARS AT A POINT JUST WEST OF SOUTHEAST JUNCTION SWITCH.      


nearest_city: RICE
county: NAVARRO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
RAILCARS WERE STORED IN RICE SIDING TRACK 155 IN RICE, TX.  TORNADO STRUCK CAUSING 11 RAILCARS TO TU RN OVER AND DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Q50430 WAS OPERATING NORTH IN YARD LIMITS ON #2 MAIN AT YARD TWO BRINGING 103 CARS TO QUEENSGATE YAR D. HAD PROCEED SIGNALS AT 8TH STREET, #1 HIGH LINE R1S TO R1N. TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND UPON WA LKING TRAIN CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH CARS FROM THE ENGINE HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: YALE
county: BEADLE
railroad: BNSF
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:
SEVERE WINDS BLEW A CUT OF EMPTY STORED CARS WITH 6 CARS DERAILING.  LATE REPORT DUE TO COSTS FROM D AKOTA, MINNESOTA AND EASTERN RAILROAD FOUND OVER THE FRA REPORTING THRESHOLD.  EMPTY FREIGHT CARS 24 5 WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD     


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, YKKS05-16, WAS HUMPING CARS IN KIRK YARD, HUMPED CARS INTO TRACK KC17, WITH UTILITY MAN ON THE WEST END OF YARD AND SKATES SET ON TRACK. TWO CARS, UTLX 202920 AND UTLX 202937, KICKED BOTH SKATES OUT AND CONTINUED DOWN ONTO THE LOAD RAKING AGAIN CARS THAT WERE BEING PULLED OUT BY YKKS03-1 6. WHEN IT RAKED HAZARDOUS CAR, PLCX 22294 THE TWO UTLX CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. DAMAG ED CARS WERE: PLCX 22294, CN 622670, NATX 400667, PROX 36235, UTCX 632148, TR 405453, TILX 650398, F HRX 650479, FHRX 639008, TILX 650462, ACFX 95643  


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. BR 27 WAS SHOVING EAST WITH 0 X 29 1890 TONS 5489' WAS SHOV ING TO A COUPLING WHEN ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP. DERAILED 2 CARS WHEN COUPLERS BYPASS AFTER NOT STOPI NG.     


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CREW WAS DOUBLING OUT TRAIN TO GO TO MADILL WHEN CONDUCTOR HEARD THE CARS HIT THE GROUND AND TOLD EN GINEER TO PLUG IT.  4 CARS DERAILED WITH 2 LOADS PARTLY TURNED OVER AND 2 EMPTIES HAD 1 SET OF TRUCK S ON EACH CAR THAT WERE DERAILED.  IVESTIGATION SHOWED A BROKEN RAIL UNDER THE TRAIN.     


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GRAND FORKS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-GFD2052-18 WHILE PULLING IN TRACK 124 AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP, STRIKING INBOUND M-NTWGFD1-18 PU LLING INTO 101 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FRIDLEY
county: ANOKA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3012-24A WHILE SHOVING TRACK 1005 FROM THE HUMP PULL BACK THE GLNX 3434 PICKED THE POINT OF THE FROG AND DERAILED PULLING THE MSRC 2330 AND SOO 75754 WITH IT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL EASED.
     


nearest_city: VENICE
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: TRRA
date: 2010-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
MADISON TURN PASSED THE STOP SIGNAL 12 AND RAN THROUGH NUMBER 7 POWER SWITCH.  THEY THEN MADE A REVE RSE MOVEMENT AND DERAILED  ONE ENGINE AND TWO CARS.      


nearest_city: NORTH CHILI
county: MONROE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Snow
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Q38204 EAST BOUND, TRACK 1, STRUCK BOWED OUT COAL CAR ON V78203. DAMAGE TO BOTH UNITS BNSF 7648 AND BNSF 4968 AND TO HEAD 20 PLUS CARS ON Q38204.  V78203 ALSO HAD DAMAGED TO THE CARS THAT WERE STRUCK.      


nearest_city: BULLS GAP
county: HAWKINS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN T54T119 SWITCHING SEMINOLE MURPHY.  MP 82.6TC DERAILED ENGINE AND HEAD SEVEN CARS AS THEY PULL ED OUT OF INDUSTRY ONTO THE SIDING.      


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


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YRV37-16 WITH 4 UNITS, WAS PUTTING POWER ON TRACK 306 WHEN THE CREW MADE A ROUGH JOINT, DERAILING TH E UPY597.      


nearest_city: GLADSTONE
county: SOMERSET
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #741 OPERATED THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH FOR YARD TRACK #S-2 WHILE ENROUTE EAST CAUSIN G DERAILMENT OF CAR #1327 WHILE SHOVING WEST.      


nearest_city: MUSKOGEE
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: MUSKOGEE SPUR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-MUS1511-12 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH A TURNOUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENT BRAKE USE .      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RE90 OPERATING LIGHT WITH 2 UNITS, 6198/859 IN A WEST DIRECTION COMING OFF THE WEST END OF RT09, TOW ARDED WF FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF THE WF07 HAND THROW SWITCH LINED TOWARD THE INBOUND RUNNER. RESULTI NG IN RAKING COLLISION WITH THE UNIT INBOUND B53 YARDING INTO RT12 THROUGH THE INBOUND POCKET TRACK DERAILING THE CR 631634. TTPX 806 014 AND TILX 56577 AND DAMAGING THE NS E9574, GRW 4067, NS 164362 OF THE B53 AND DAMAGING THE NS E6198 OF THE BE90.   


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ILBDI-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4996, STRUCK AN EMPTY WATER TANKER TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO YIELD TO TRAIN F OULING CROSSING.  DRIVER REFUSED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE SCENE, BUT WENT LATER TO THE ER ON HIS OW N TO BE CHECKED OUT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  UP4996 AND UP4995 DAMAGED.  SIGNAL BOX DAMAGED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y AMA3041 WAS SPOTTING IN INDUSTRY. WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A COUPLING, THEY CAME UP SHORT BY 12 INCHES. EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED CAUSED FORCE ON THE CAR AND BENT THE PIN.      


nearest_city: EASTOVER
county: RICHLAND
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: EASTOVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
T36724 WAS BRINGING A LOADED COAL TRAIN INTO WATEREE STATION AND PASSED OVER A TRANSVERSE, COMPOUND FISSURE CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YEW63-22 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF RAILCARS IN TRACK 018.  JOB CAME TO A STOP AND KNUCKLE BROKE ON RAILCA R TTX974526 AND BROKE LOOSE ROLLING THROUGH THE TRACK 017/018 SWITCH.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MCNAB
county: HEMPSTEAD
railroad: KRR
date: 2014-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOPE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 36 CAR TRAIN TO HOPE, AR WHEN ENGINEER FELT SLIGHT TUG.  AS HE WAS SETTING AIR TO S LOW DOWN AND STOP, TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  BACK 17 CARS FROM THE HEAD END 4 CARS HAD DERAILED AN D 2 WERE TIPPED ON THIER SIDE.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED A BROKEN RAIL UNDER THE TRAIN.     


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
B045 YARDING WITH 4 UNITS AND 14 X 34 DERAILED TWO CARS ACCOUNT OF RUN THRU SWITCH, DERAILED 18 AND 17 FROM THE HEAD END.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
MCDUFFIE EXTRA JOB WAS MAKING A SHOVE MOVE SOUTH WITH 98 CAR EMPTY TRAIN OCCUPYING OLD YARD LEAD.  T ASD JOB 4 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN OLD YARD TRACK 5 AND WAS AWARE OF THE OTHER TRAIN OCCUPYING THE LEAD .  ENGINEER ON TASD JOB 4 WAS TRAVELING NORTH PULLING 8 LOADED CARS WITH LOCOMOTIVE PLRX 2219 ON THE POINT AND FAILED TO CONTROL HIS TRAIN AT RESTRICTED SPEED "BEING ABLE TO STOP WITHIN ONE HALF THE R ANGE OF VISION SEEN TO BE CLEAR".  RESULTING IN A SIDE IMPACT WITH THE TRAIN OCCUPYING THE LEAD, WHI CH CAUSED A FIRE AND RESULTED IN MAJOR  DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE PLRX 2219 AND 6 RAIL CARS.  


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW YM-36 WENT OVER A DERAIL AND DERAILED THE SOUTH SIDE WEST WHEEL OF CAR #6008 WHILE OPERATI NG WEST ON TRACK Y-18 LOCATED IN MORRISVILLE YARD.      


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YOA31R-11 CREW PULLED A CUT OF CARS OUT OF TRACK 53 TO SHOVE TO TRACK 54.  IN DOING SO THE CREW UNKN OWING RAN THRU THE 58 SWITCH.  WHEN THEY CHANGED DIRECTION TO SHOVE CARS INTO TRACK 54 THE CAR TRAVE RSED TRACK 53 AND TRACK 54 CAUSING THE UPY662 AND BNSF125043 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YAR33R-02 WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE BOWL, DERAILED 8 CARS IN A CURVE DUE TO INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VE RTICAL FORCES.  1 CAR IN AN ADJACENT TRACK WAS DAMAGED WHEN ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS SIDESWIPED IT.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA 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:
MNPCBB-16 RELIEF CREW WAS PULLING INTO THE NORTH YARD TO YARD THEIR TRAIN VIA YARD TRACK 4.  AS THEY APPROACHED THE NORTH END OF YARD TRACK 4, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT 10 CARS HAD DERAILED WITH SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE TO BOTH YARD TRACK 4 AND YARD TRACK 3.     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y29323 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE CLASS YARD AFTER BEING SIDESWIPED BY CAR THAT ROLLED OUT OF 5 CLASS DURING HUMP OPERATIONS.      


nearest_city: BOULOGNE
county: NASSAU
railroad: ATK
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:
TRAIN 92  WITH 2 ENGINES AND 9 CARS WAS PASSING CSX TRAIN Q60312 WHEN THE DOOR CAME OFF CSX CAR 2053 5, STRIKING 2 CARS & 1 ENGINES OF THE AMTRAK TRAIN.      


nearest_city: BUTLER
county: DE KALB
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARRETT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
J71701 WAS PICKING UP ONE CAR OFF SDI MAIN AND DOUBLING TO TRACK #15 ONE EMPTY DANGEROUS CAR.  CONDU CTOR LINED HIMSELF INTO #15 TRACK AND STARTED TO BACK UP AND NOTICED CUT OF CARS ROLLING TOWARDS ENG INE CSXT 2741 AND SIDE SWIPPED ONE CAR AND DERAILED MWCX 100954.     


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
CE20 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC WITH 3 UNITS, 73 LOADS, 15 EMPTIES AND 10,063 TONS WHEN COUPLERS MISMATCHE D BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH H/C, UELX 60067 CSYX 12976, DAMAGING BOTH CARS - NOTHING DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
H-NTWPAS9-26, ENTERING YARD, DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER TRAIN. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WER E RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CARMEN NOTIFIED INBOUND CUT OF RAILCARS FOUND WITH HOPPER DAMAGES AND LEAKING PLASTIC PELLETS.  INVE STIGATION COULD NOT DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE OR LOCATION FOR RAILCAR DAMAGES.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NORTHUMBERLAND
county: NORTHUMBERLAND
railroad: NSHR
date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NSHR 3 PULLED THEIR CONSIST NORTH ON TRACK 3 WEST TO MAKE A CUT IN THE CLEAR, THEN PROCEEDED NORTH T O CLEAR THE 3 WEST SWITCH. NSHR 3 CREW MEMBER FAILED TO REALIGN THE SWITCH FOR A SOUTH MOVE ON 1 THO ROFARE AND RAN THEIR CARS BACK ONTO THE TRACK WHICH THEY JUST CUT CARS FROM, RESULTING IN AN IMPACT TO STANDING EQUIPMENT AND DERAILING 3 CARS. RECORDED SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 11 MPH VI A EVENT RECORDER.   


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN OODGE-05 CREW WAS SHOVING BACK IN THE FHR FACILITY AT ODESSA TO MAKE A JOINT AT A CROSSING.  D PU UNIT PULLED EAST (NORTH) AS CREW WAS SHOVING BACK TO MAKE JOINT.  DPU CONSIST AND 1 BUFFER CAR RA N OFF NORTH END OF TRACK.     


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
MECHANICAL EMPLOYEES HANDLING LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE READY TRACK (NS4808 & NS9704 ) DAMAGING BOTH UNITS THAT STRUCK EAST SIDE OF LOCOMOTIVE (NS 719) THAT WAS TRAVELING IN THE FUEL RA MP TRACK #1.     


nearest_city: MASCOT
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
WHEN CT 889384 FAILED TO STOP IN CT30 BECAUSE IT WAS OVERLOADED, RESULTING COLLISION CAUSED CR 88938 4, STLX 6106, UTLX 668718 AND STSX 3116 TO DERAIL, AND DAMAGED GATX 3112 AND CMEX 87012.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PHILADELPHIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
Y29016 FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE A TANK CAR ON G09 WHICH CAUSED A ROLL OUT AND LED TO A DERAILMENT O F 2 BOX CARS AND DAMAGE TO THE TANK CAR.      


nearest_city: ST ROSE
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: IC
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
L57171-25 WAS WORKING AT IMTT INDUSTRY, WHEN THE BRAKEMAN KICKED 2 LOADED CARS INTO A STANDING CUT O F CARS ALREADY IN B TRACK.  THE CARS ROLLED ONTO B TRACK AND THE BRAKEMAN STARTED THAT HE HEARD THE CARS HIT AND ASSUMED THE JOINT MADE THE TRACK.  HE THEN LINED THE SWITCH AND WAS SHOVING AHEAD TO LE T 4 EMPTIES GO INTO A TRACK WHEN THE 2 LOADED CARS ROLLED OUT OF B TRACK AND UTLX 668305 IMPACTED NA TX 50338.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE JOINT DID NOT MAKE ALLOWING THE CARS TO ROLL OUT AS THEY WERE NOT P ROPERLY SECURED DUE TO NOT COUPLING.  NEITHER CAR DERAILED IN THE IMPACT.  THE BRAKEMAN WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND D&A TESTED. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
METRA SOUTH DISPATCHER REPORTED METRA TRAIN 347 STRUCK AT VEHICLE AT 71ST AND MERRILL. METRA OFFICER REPORTED UPON ARRIVAL THAT ONE MALE SUBJECT WAS DECEASED AND TWO MALE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE SUS TAINED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.     


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: JESUP
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
Y28031 FAILED TO LINE T1 SWITCH FOR PROPER MOVEMENT ONTO TRIMMER LEAD TWO RESULTING IN SIDE SWIPE OF Y291 AND Y290.      


nearest_city: BROWNVILLE
county: PISCATAQUIS
railroad: MMA
date: 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MILLINOCKET
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MNR TRAIN HLCX 917 SOUTH WITH 69 LOADS AND 0 EMPTIES TON 6956 LENGTH 4554 FEET DERAILED AT MILE 88.4 5 MILLINOCKET SUB DIVISION.  TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING SOUTH AT 17 MPH WHEN WHEEL LIFT CAUSED BY HARMONIC ROCK DERAILED 7 LOADS CHIPS.  AEX 19837 B END DERAILED, AEX 19852 LEANING ALL WHEELS DERAILED, AEX 19874, 19858, 19846, AEX 19841 AND EMRY 7409 ON SIDES.  ALL CARS DERAILED TOWARD EAST SIDE OF TRACK .  MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED SPEED 25 MPH, POD ON LEVEL TRACK AT APEX OF GRADE.  4TH NOTCH TMC ABOUT 368 FO R THREE MINUTES PRIOR TO INCIDENT.   ENGINEER STAYED WITHIN KNOWN HARMONIC ROCK SPEED MUCH LONGER TH EN NECESSARY CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED ROCK FROM OVERLOADED (CHIPS PILED TO HIGH) CHIP CARS. THE MET HOD OF OPERATION IS OCS OCCUPANCY CONTROL SYSTEM FROM CROR.  TRAINS ARE AUTHORIZED BY CLEARANCE.  TR


nearest_city: MIDDLE RIVER
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: MACZ
date: 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WORK EXTRA CREW OPERATING ENGINE 59 COUPLED TO CAR 7710 OPERATING IN MARC FACILITY, WHILE SHOVING OV ER ROAD CROSSING, B-END TRUCK ROAD UP ON ICE SNOW BUILDUP IN FLANGE-WAY RESULTING IN WHEEL CLIMB ONT O ROAD SUFACE AND THEN INTO GAGE.     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING RT02 (75X7X7979) BE12 HUMPED A STSX 61001 INTO CT59 WHICH WAS A CLEAR ALLY.  THE CAR R OLLED THROUGH THE ENERT AT THE WEST END OF CT59 AND INTO THE 8TH CAR, IFRX 52873 BEING SHOVED INTO T HE CLEAR ON CT58 BY THE BE27.     


nearest_city: BILL
county: CONVERSE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
C-NAMTHH0-64 DERAILED REAR CAR AND BOTH DP LOCOMOTIVES WHILE DEPARTING MINE AFTER LOADING.  CAUSE WA S DUE TO UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL APPLYING HANDBRAKE TO CAR AT SOME PRIOR TO TRAIN BEING LOADED.  WHLS SLI D THROUGHOUT LDG PROCESS INCURRING 12-15" FLAG SPOTS, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT AT INTERIOR INDUSTRY S WITCH.    


nearest_city: MIDVALE
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 14 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND THROUGH 7500 SOUTH CROSSING WHEN THE TRAIN RECIEVED A DOOR FAULT C AUSING THE TRAIN TO COME TO A STOP.  THE OPERATOR GOT OUT OF HIS TRAIN TO CHECK THE DOORS WHEN HE NO TICED A MINIVAN BACK AT THE CROSSING THAT HAD MADE CONTACT WITH HIS LAST CAR ON HIS CONSIST DAMAGING THE DOOR.  THE DRIVER OF THE MINIVAN HAD RAN THROUGHT THE GATE ARM  AND HIT THE TRAIN AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE CROSSING.  TOXICOLOGY REPORTS SHOW THE DRIVER OF THE MINI VAN WAS UNDER THE INFLUNCE.   


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z
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-Sep
narrative:
561-15 WAS PULLING OUT OF #1 TRACK TO SWITCH WHEN THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AND SAW CAR# GATX 33651 DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: ROCKY MOUNT
county: NASH
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y29220 WAS ISSUED SWITCH LIST SW2242 DOUBLING 14 CARS FROM TRACK A13 TO TRACK A08. AFTER MAKING COUP LING IN TRACK A08, CREW SHOVED CARS NORTHWARD WITHOUT A CREWMAN AT THE REAR TO PROTECT THE MOVE. CAR S WERE SHOVED OUT THE NORTH END OF TRACK RUNNING THROUGH THE A08 AND A11 SWITCHES THAT WERE LINED AG AINST THEIR MOVEMENT AND INTO SIDE OF Y29120 TRAIN WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A MOVE NORTHWA RD OUT OF TRACK A12. THE NORTH CAR IN TRACK A08 SRXX 4338 STRUCK THE SIDE OF CAR UTLX 950674 WHICH W AS STILL IN TRACK A12 RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
HUMPING BNY8, CAR UTLX 200293 STALLED IN BC11.  A PAIR FOR BC11 FOLLOWED AND DRAWBARS CROSSED AND WE NT UNDER CROSSWALK OF TANK CAR AND TURNED THE RAIL.  MLLX 97733 AND EQUX 621208 HIT AT TOO OF A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HIT THE STALLED CAR UTLX 200293 AND CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.   EQUIPMENT COSTS ADJU STED 4-16-12, TOTAL FRA COSTS FOR REPORT 1612 IS NOW $11,099 (COSTS WENT FROM $5,128 TO $11,099, 4-1 6-12).   


nearest_city: TOPEKA
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YTP57-03 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO A SCRAP GAUGE PLATE THAT FELL OFF OF A CAR, ONTO THE RAIL IN THE PATH OF THE CAR WHEELS.  EMPLOYEE TURNED TO RUN AWAY FROM THE DERAILING CARS, FELL, AND STRAINED HIS BACK.     


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 2190 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2013 DUE TO PANTOGRAPH STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE C ATENARY.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $16,000.00.      


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
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 340A713 MOVING NORTH OFF KCS MAIN LINE THROUGH KCS CROSSOVERS ONTO NS NORTHBOUND MAIN WHEN 34T H HEAD CAR GATX 13638 DERAILED AT SWITCH IN CROSSOVER DERAILING 32ND THROUGH 36TH HEAD CARS.  KCS RR HAD REPORTABLE TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO THIS INCIDENT (KCS RPT# 10-06-13-02)     


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 137 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/914 AND 7 CARS TERMINATED AT MP1.7 DUE TO THE PANTOGRAPH ON EN GINE 914 GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE CATENARY WIRE AND WAS RIPPED OFF OF THE R END OF THE MOTOR.  A 5/8" NI CO PRESSED EYE WAS MISSING FROM CATENARY SUPPORT AND THE MISSING PIECE CAUSED THE WIRE TO SAG AND EN TANGLE THE PANTOGRAPH.    


nearest_city: ALIQUIPPA
county: BEAVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
D74618 SHOVED INTO BASF TRACK RUN AROUND WITH 13 CARS AND COUPLES TO 7 CARS TO PULL EAST. THEY PULL EAST AND STOP AND MAKE A CUT HOLDING ON TO 5 CARS. HE PULLS EAST AND SETS 3 CARS TO ADJACENT TRACK U PPER B. THIS TRACK HAS 4 CARS SECURED AT LOWER END. TRACK HOLDS 9 CARS, AND TRACK TIES BACK INTO RUN AROUND TRACK. HE COUPLES TO THE 4 CARS AT THE BOTTOM OF TRACK. HE DOES SOME SWITCHING BACK AND FORT H BETWEEN UPPER B AND RUN AROUND. SWITCHING OUT CARS FOR CUSTOMER NOVA, HE LEAVES A TOTAL OF 9 CARS ON UPPER B, COUPLES BACK TO RUN AROUND AND PULLS EAST WITH ALL CARS. THE CONDUCTOR NEVER WALKED BACK WEST TO MAKE SURE THE SWITCHING HE HAD DONE DID NOT LEAVE CARS PUSHED OUT AND LEFT FOULING THE WEST END OF UPPER B. HE PULLS AND GOES TO CUSTOMER NOVA AND WHILE SPOTTING CARS IN THAT CUSTOMER SEES TH


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
214P403-1'00" 214P403, PULLING NORTH IN RT03 WITH 3 UNITS, 61 LOADS AND 7499 TONS, DERAILED THE 53RD THROUGH 55TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: YAZOO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
RM33471-02 WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS ON THE NORTH END OF JACKSON YARD. THEY KICKED 6 EMPTY TANK CA RS TOWARDS TRACK JX02 AND THEN KICKED A LOADED BOXCAR TOWARDS JX08. THE BOXCAR, IBT 18791, THAT WAS KICKED TOWARDS JX08 CAUGHT UP TO THE 6 EMPTY TANK CARS AT THE DIVIDER SWITCH. THE LOADED BOXCAR, IBT 18791, CAUGHT UP TO THE TANK CARS BEFORE THEY CLEARED THE SWITCH AND IT CORNERED CAR, PROX 15513. N OTHING DERAILED BUT BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED. TESTING WAS DONE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: SAN JOSE
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: WARM SPRINGS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LRB32-09 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 1 WHEN THEY HIT AN OBJECT NEAR THE TRACK.  IT WAS DE TERMINED TO BE A ROLL OF FENCING WHICH THEY DRAGGED THROUGH A SWITCH MAINTAINED BY CALTRAN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH.  NO DERAILMENT OR UP TRACK DAMAGE AND NO LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE.  PCMZ TRACK DAMAGE S = $18,000.    


nearest_city: ESSEX
county: FLATHEAD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN MOVING AT 29 MPH EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT RUN-IN WHICH PUSHED THE MTY TTZX 84982 CENTERBEAM FLA TCAR OVER HIGH RAIL OF CURVE AT MP 1168.3. MAGNITUDE OF RUN-IN WAS MAGNIFIED DUE TO INOPERABLE DYNAM ITIC BRAKES ON THE REMOTE LOCOMOTIVE AND THE PRESENCE OF 70 EOC-EQUIPPED CARS. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTIC ULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: STEILACOOM
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
M-LYDVBT1-25 MOVING NORTH ON MT 1 PASSING U-EVER001-25 STATIONARY ON MT 2, RECEIVED ROLL-BY INSPECTI ON BY U-EVER001-25 ADVISING SPARKS SEEN IN TRAIN. TRAIN DERAILED BEFORE CREW COULD STOP. DERAILED EQ UIPMENT FROM M-LYDVBTA-25 IMPACTED CARS IN U-EVER001-25. CAUSE: BROKEN RIM ON L1 JOURNAL UTLX 66437. U-EVER001-25 HDLG ARTICULATED CARS. UTLX 801638 STCC 4935240 UN 1824 PKG CL II RELEASED 2 GALS. SHP X 209988 STCC 4935240 UN 1824 PKG RP II RELEASED 100 GALS.   


nearest_city: HASLET
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
S-ALTLUB3-10, READY FOR DEPARTURE, EXPERIENCED UDE AND FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED FROM HIGH WINDS/TORNADO . TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
RCL Y-VAW2222-04 SHOVED CARS FROM TRACK 12 THROUGH TRACK AND INTO CUT OF STANDING CARS ON SOUTH LEAD TRACK, DERAILING 5 CARS TOTAL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MARQUETTE
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2010-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE 3 YARD WAS AT THE TILDEN MINE, NORTH STOCK PILE TRACK. CREW HAD FINISHED AIR TEST & DROPPING DOW N TO WATERING STATION.  CONDUCTOR RODE ALONG TRAIN IN TRUCK UNTIL HE CROSSED OVER TO PARK VEHICLE AN D ACTIVATE WATERING STATION.  WHILE WAITING HEARD LOUD POP.  DERAILED CARS BROUGHT TRAIN TO STOP.  E NGINEER HAD NO IDEA, JUST SOMETHING WAS WRONG.    


nearest_city: WEIMAR
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ZLCAT-17 WAS MOVING EAST BOUND FROM MAIN LINE INTO SIDING.  CREW FELL ASLEEP BEFORE GETTING TO EAST END OF SIDING AND RAN THROUGH MAIN LINE SWITCH.  TRAIN PASSED RED BLOCK.  NO DERAILMENT.  TRACK DAMA GE ONLY.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RMTBM-05, WHILE TRAVELING ON MAINLINE #1, WAS STRUCK BY A CUT OF RAILCARS THAT ROLLED OUT OF THE SOU TH END OF SETTEGAST YARD TRACK 114.      


nearest_city: CHESTER
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHESTER SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
ASMAR-13 RAN THROUGH THE SOUTH CONNECTION TRACK SWITCH AT THE WYE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH AND T RACK.      


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-04A PULLED TRAIN INTO TRACK 2 AND WAS SETTING OUT THEIR HEAD 42 CARS TO TRACK 4 AT THE EAS T END WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED AS A RESULT OF A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
HURING HUMPING OPERATIONS THE KNUCKLE ON TR406925 BROKE SENDING 10 CARS FREE WHEELING DOWN THE HILL INTO 00WCLS CAUSING SIX RAILCARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LISSIE
county: WHARTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
AMT2-31, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK120, WAS EASTBOUND APPROACHING DOT CROSSING 743809A WHEN A SELF-PROPELLE D AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER APPLICATOR FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WAS STRUCK BY THE AMT2-31 CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AMTK120 LOCOMOTIVE AND THE SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT. NO DERAILMENT OF AMTK EQUIPMENT.  ATK FILED $250,000 FOR EQUIPMENT DAMAGES.    


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: KO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ROLL-BY OUTBOUND INSPECTION OF M-NTWNOY1-03 DETECTED EXCESSIVE FLAT SPOTS ON 28TH CAR IN TRAIN. WHIL E STOPPING, TRAIN DERAILED 8 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TOMBALL
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MDMEW-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8601, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  IMPACT WAS ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  DRIVER DROVE AROUND BARRICADES AND ATTEMPTED TO BACK UP AND WENT OFF E DGE OF CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK.  UP8601 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  DRIVER WA S ISSUED A CITATION.    


nearest_city: BOWIE
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: MACZ
date: 2010-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
MACZ TRAIN 509 WITH ENGINE 4913 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO ENGINE 4913 DUE TO DISLODG ED CARBON STRIP.      


nearest_city: HILTON
county: EARLY
railroad: CIRR
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WHILE PULLING ON CIRR LEAD TRACK IN HILTON GA W/4 ENGINES, 85 LOADS, & 9 EMPTIES HAZMAT TANK DERAILE D 10 FEET FROM NS LEAD SWITCH & DERAILED OTHER CARS.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: PGR
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: DPL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE TRAIN CREW CUT OFF PLCX 42917 ON THE MAIN AND DID NOT APPLY THE HAND BRAKE ON THE CAR.  THE LOCO MOTIVE WENT TO SWITCH OUT A CAR FROM THE TRANSLOAD TRACK AND WAS STRUCK AFTER IT GOT BACK ON THE MAI N BY THE FREE ROLLING CAR AT APPROX 5-8 MPH.  ACCORDING TO GPS DATA THE PLCX CAR WAS ESTIMATED TO BE TRAVELING AT 8 MPH.  UPON INVESTIGATION THE HANDBRAKE ON PLCX 42917 WORKS AS INTENDED.  GCOR 7.5, 7 .6, 7.7.1 - ABTH 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3   


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AFTER PULLING THROUGH TRACK 34 AND CUTTING AWAY FROM 30 CARS, PULLED UP ZEBRA LEAD TO CLEAR SWITCH F OR THE NEXT MOVE, SHOVING INTO TRACK 35.  ENGINEER IN TRAINING AND PILOT WERE AT THE WEST END OF YAR D WITH DPU LOCOMOTIVE, CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE 34 SWITCH WHILE PULLING UP ZEBRA LEAD.  EN GINEER SAW RED SWITCH TARGET ON NORTH END OF THE B/Z CROSSOVER (TRAILING) DISPLAYED IN HIS PATH.  EN GINEER MIS-IDENTIFIED THE POINTS OF THE ROUNDHOUSE LEAD (FACING) AND BELIEVED THE ROUTE WAS LINED FO R HIS MOVEMENT.  AFTER RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH THE ENGINEER SHOVED BACK 10 CARS INTO TRACK 35 DER AILING 10 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN BEFORE STOPPING. 


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2012-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
KG32 PULLED 20 CARS OUT OF GR16 FOR THE GMW4.  UPON PULLING OUT, THE CREW ASSIGNED TO KG32 PUT 7 CAR S INTO GR08 FROM W/E, THERE WAS A GAP IN MIDDLE OF YARD, KNUCKLES BUTTED AND UPON CONTACT, CARS IN T RACK 8 ROLLED OUT ON 4 LEAD HITTING THE 19TH AND 20TH CARS ON 4 LEAD , (ETTX 907771 AND ETTX 702976, THE KG27 ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS DEPARTING).  THE CONDUCTOR ON KG27 WAS INJURED.   

A TOTAL OF 4 CAR S DERAILED; 2 CARS OF THE KG32, TRACK GR08 (ETTX 903885 (L) 49 FROM HEAD END, CAR DAMAGE $120 ACTUAL , AND ETTX 701238 (L) 48 FROM HEAD END, CAR DAMAGE $7503 ESTIMATE). 

TWO CARS FROM THE KG27 ASSIG NMENT DERAILED, 4 LEAD (ETTX 907771 (L), 19TH FROM HEAD END, EQUIPMENT DAMAGE $11692 ESTIMATE, AND E TTX 702976 (L) 20 FROM HEAD END, CAR DAMAGE $960 ESTIMATE).

CAUSE:  IMPROPER CAR COUNT DUE TO DEF


nearest_city: HATTON
county: TRAILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
G-MAYINB9-29 OPERATING WITH 105 CARS DERAILED 8 CARS.  OPERATING RESTRICTIONS STOP TRAIN MOVEMENT AT 80 DEGREE F, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 92 DEGREE F.
      


nearest_city: FLORENCE
county: KENTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 60AT831 MOVING NORTH ON MAIN #2 TRACK AT MP A6. 1 WITH 39-41-5685, DERAILED THE 20TH THROUGH T HE 32ND HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: CAYCE
county: LEXINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: COLUMBIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Y20324 WHILE HOLDING ONTO 58 CARS AND SHOVING TRACK O00, SHOVED OUT THE SOUTH END AND STRUCK Y20124, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: TORNILLO
county: EL PASO
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/5-E/14 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP794.32, O.T. SMIT H RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: HARBOR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-THC3811-04 DOUBLE 402 TRACK TO 404 TRACK, THEN SHOVED TOWARD BACK.  HELPED INITIALLY GAVE 60-CAR C OUNT, BECAME DISTRACTED AND DID NOT WATCH ADVANCING CAR CLOSELY.  THIS CUT IMPACTED STANDING TRAIN S -LHAPTR1-04.  BOTH TRAINS CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: BUCKLIN
county: LINN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE AND INSPECTION REVEALED 2 CARS DERAILED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CARS HAD TRAVE LLED APPROX 6 MILES, DAMAGING TIES AND TRACK. CAUSE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE BRAKE VALVE ON AEX 10135 W HICH CAUSED WHEELS TO BRAKE/SLIDE RESULTING TREAD BUILD-UP LEADING TO WHEELS CLIMBING RAIL. NO HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: ANSELMO
county: CUSTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
C-WTMLRT0-10 ACTIVATED DED. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED ONE TRUCK OF ONE CAR DERAILED ACCOUNT BURNED FF JOURNAL. DERAILED TRUCK CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO CONCRETE TIES.      


nearest_city: BOSTON
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
THE ROOF OF ENGINE 928 CAUGHT FIRE IN THE BOSTON YARD.  THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A FAILED DYNAMIC BRAKE G RID CABLE.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
CE43 HUMPING WESTWARD IN AUTOMATIC ON WC 17 TRACK WITH 3 UNITS, 70 LOADS, 16 EMPTIES, AND 9412 TONS, WHEN THE 64TH HEAD CAR (GATX 37433) TRIPPED A TRIM REQUIRED ALARM AS RESULT OF A MISSED ICD AND WAS HIT BY CARS LEAVING THE RETARDED (GATX 37432) (TILX 193131) AND (GATX 33153) WHEN THEY WERE MISROUT ED WHEN THE SWITCH WAS PREVENTED FROM THROWING FROM TRACK WC18 TO TRACK WC17 THEREFORE CONCERNING (G ATX 37432) BEFORE IT CLEARED.   


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANPEDRO
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:
WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES, CERW STARTED BUILDING THEIR TRAIN. THEY PULLED TRACK 1, DOUBLED TO TRACK 2 AND T HEN TRACK 3. AFTER DOUBLING TO TRACK 3 AND PERFORMING AIR TEST, ENGINEER PULLED THE CARS OVER THE 4 SWITCH. THE BRAKEMAN STOPPED TO MOVE AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP 4 CARS TO A HOOK. ENGINE ER COULD NOT SHOVE THE TRAIN. CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN STARTED WALKING THE TRAIN AND FOUND 21 CARS ON THE GROUND.   


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
11R/01 WITH 3 ENGINES AND 43X94 CONSIST 7958 TONS PULLING WEST ON #1 MAIN TRACK AT MP LGO.1 DERAILED THE 55TH THRU 61ST CARS. PRIMARY CAUSE: UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION BY EOT DEVICE CAUSED TRAIN TI STRINGLINE IN 17.5 DEGREE RIGHT HAND CURVE.     


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M38531 ENTERED SHARED ASSETS WITH 128 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY CAUSING 8 CARS TO DERA IL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO AN AIRHOSE ON NS 472188 WAS KINKIN G UNDER BUFF FORCE ALLOWING THE AIR PRESSURE TO ESCAPE CAUSING THE TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY CAUSIN G 8 CARS TO  STRING LINE AND DERAIL.    


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB01 HUMPING SINGLE- CAR CUTS INTO CT 15 RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO 1ST, 3RD, AND 4TH CAR S IN AA02 DUE TO OVER -SPEED COUPLING .      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
3 CARS DERAILED 12 CARS DEEP.  CONTRACT EMPLOYEES CAUSED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO CAR WHEN RE-RAILING.       


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN PULLING THROUGH 8113 TRACK DERAILED AT SWITCH WITH WORN POINTS. DERAILED CARS LEANED INTO STAN DING CARS ON 8114 TRACK.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YAS311 WAS HUMPING CUT AS FOLLOWS:  ONE LOAD TO 21, TWO LOADS(DOUBLE) TO 21, ONE LOAD TO 24 WHICH CA UGHT UP AND CORNERED THE DOUBLE GOING INTO 21, CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YPB25R-13 COUPLED INTO BOWL 40 TO SHOVE AND FILL GAP BETWEEN 2 CARS ON SOUTH END DERAILING SIX CARS.       


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFALO TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN Q36417 TRAVELING EAST BOUND IN THE VICINITY OF CP 437 WAS CROSSING OVER FROM TRACK TWO TO TRAC K ONE, WHEN THE REAR THREE CARS IN CONSIST DERAILED AT/NEAR MILEPOST QC 437.7. RESULTING IN DAMAGE T O TRACK AND EQUIPMENT. DBUX 302161 CARRIED ETHYL ALCOHOL, STCC 4909159 AND RELEASED 1 GALLON.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW ON THE QWCEW-07 WAS MAKING A REDUCTION THROUGH THE ROSEDALE CROSSOVERS.  THEY RECEIVED INSTRUCT IONS TO HAND THROW THE ROSEDALE CROSSOVERS AND FLAG INTO THE YARD FROM THE EAST END.  THE CONDUCTOR THREW THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES, AND PROCEEDED WEST, STOPPED AT ROSEDALE CROSSING, AND PROCEEDED WEST A GAIN.  THEY SAW THE SWITCH WAS LINED AND CONTINUED MOVEMENT.  SWITCH POINTS HAD AN ACCUMULATION OF B ALLAST IN BETWEEN THE POINT AND STOCK RAIL CAUSING A GAP.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SHELDON
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: TPW
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
EASTBOUND CREW WITH 37 LOADS STOPPED AT WEBSTER TO MAKE PICK UP OF 8 LOADS AND 6 EMPTIES. CREW LINED SWITCHES FOR CROSS OVER MOVEMENT INTO INTERCHANGE TRACK. COUPLED ONTO PICK UP AND CONDUCTOR WALKED TO REAR END OF TRAIN INSPECTING CARS. ENGINEER BEGAN TO PULLING OUT TO MAIN WATCHING MOVEMENT IN MIR ROR AND SAW HOPPER TIPPING OVER AND PLACED TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY. SHPX 202214 WHEEL R4 CLIMBED SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED 5 CARS (3 ON THEIR SIDE), WHEEL AND WIRE BUILD UP ON R4 NOT CONDEMNABLE.   


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Y-SUP2091-24A, WHILE PULLING 30 CARS EAST FROM 4043 TRK RAN THRU TWO LEAD SWITCH.  CREW STOPPED, THE N REVERSED MOVEMENT TO SHOVE INRO 4018 TRACK, DERAILING 4 CARS AT THE DAMAGED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE PERFORMING A LOCOMOTIVE MOVE WITH # 176 FROM SOUTH TRACK 7 TO SOUTH TRACK 8, ENGINE # 176 DERA ILED AT THE #2 SWITCH LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE DIESEL SHOP FACILITY.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAIL MENT WAS THE SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $12,972.00.     


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
COLLINWOOD YARDMASTER INSTRUCTED THE Q36424 TO COME OFF OF #1 MAIN ONTO #1 LEAD TO TRACK #17. THE CR EW HAD TO STOP AT THE NORTH LEAD SWITCH SO THAT THE CONDUCTOR COULD OPERATE THE SWITCH AND LINE THEM INTO #1 LEAD. AFTER THE TRAIN STARTED INTO #1 LEAD AND MADE IT THROUGH THE TURNOUT WITH 2 LOCOMOTIV ES AND 15 CARS THE RAIL ROLLED OVER AT THE APEX OF THE CURVE IN THE CLOSURE RAIL DUE TO SEVERE PLATE CUT WHICH CAUSED THE RAIL TO CANT OUTWARD CREATING A WIDE GAGE SITUATION. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 CROSS TIES IN A ROW WITH THE SAME CONDITION ALONG THE CURVED CLOSURE RAIL.  


nearest_city: FLAGSTAFF
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L-SWE0071-07 DERAILED 2 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE WHEN THE CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 9192 DUE TO F AILURE TO APPLY HANDBRAKES ON CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y29130 KICKING CARS IN B YARD, EAST END.  FOREMAN KICKED ONE CAR TOWARDS B05. SECOND CAR WAS KICKED TOWARDS B01. TILX 517127 WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR IN B05 WHEN TILX 32047 GOING TOWARD B01 STRUCK B05 DER AILING THE CAR.  THEN EAMX 136 WAS KICKED INTO B05 AND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THE YWC30R-14 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 76 TO REHUMP WHEN TWO CARS CLIMBED OVER A BROKEN RAIL ON THE SOUTH TRACK AND DERAILED.  THE CARS WERE UNKNOWINGLY DRAGGED OVER THE GROUP 10 RETARDER.      


nearest_city: GALLUP
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
R-SWE0111-03 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 1601 FROM WEST END.  HERDER PROTECTED SHOVE.  SWITCH LATCH WAS N OT SECURED, ALLOWING SWITCH TO OPEN. 5 CARS DERAILED WHEN PICKED THE SWITCH POINTS.      


nearest_city: VIVIAN
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
A TRAIN REARENDED A STANDING TRAIN ON THE SHREVEPORT SUBDIVISION.  TWO EMPLOYEES CLAIMED TO HAVE INJ URIES AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: TORRANCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
H-TULBAR3-13 STOPPED AT MP 828 AND DISCOVERED BROKEN SIDE FRAME ON REAR CAR. SUBSEQUENT TRACK INSPEC TION REVEALED DAMAGE TO 3 SWITCHES AND GAUGE SIDE SHOULDER DAMAGE TO CONCRETE TIES BETWEEN MP 817.9 AND MP823.5     


nearest_city: RUSO
county: MCLEAN
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: NEWTOWN
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:
ASSIGNMENT H-82 DERAILED 7 LOADED CARS OF MASH AT MP 445.3, NEAR RUSO. 3 CARS ON THEIR SIDE, 4 UPRIG HT. NO HAZMAT.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 97 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/905 AND 10 CARS DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE E/905 IN THE B&P TUNNEL ON THE PW LINE SOUTH OF BALTIMORE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $24,504.00.      


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LHK48-26 WAS PULLING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 102 WHEN 5 RAILCARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED HOK X111115 SPLIT THE TRACK 013 SWITCH CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKWELL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YG164-21 PULLED THE 13 TUBS EAST FOR EXTENSION 2 THROUGH THE LADDER LEAD DIVIDE SWITCH.  THE YARDMAS TER INSTRUCTED THEM TO STOP BEFORE PULLING TOO FAR EAST IN THE EXTENSION YARD.  THE DTTX659975 WAS S TOPPED ON THE TOP OF THE SWITCH.  YG165-21 SHOVED LIGHT ENGINES APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET EAST FROM THE NEW CONNECTION FROM 9 MAIN.  YG165-21 TIED ONTO THE CARS AND PULLED WEST.  THE ENGINES PULLED TOWAR D NEW CONNECTION FOR 9 MAIN.  THE TUBS WENT TOWARD THE LADDER AS YG165-21 PULLED WEST.  THE LADDER L EAD DIVIDE SWITCH WAS NOT LINED FOR THE NEW CONNECTION TO 9 MAIN FOR THE 13 LOADED TUBS TO BE PULLED WEST.  THE END RESULT 4 TUBS DERAILED. 


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
GA06 PULLING NORTH ON NEW SIDE LEAD INTO CT22 WITH 2 UNITS, 16 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, 2527 TONS, DERAILED 1 2TH AND 13TH HEAD CARS. S011: POWER SWITCH FAILURE.      


nearest_city: PLAINFIELD
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: LEITHTON EJE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
2CNAPL-20, SOUTHBOUND ON WC LEITHTON SUBDIVISION WAS TOLD TO HAND OPERATE SWITCH AT FIELD (MP12.2). CONDUCTOR LINED NORTH END OF CROSSOVERS, THEN SOUTH-END.  WC MAINTAINER WAS ON SITE DURING THE MOVE S.  CREW BEGAN SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHBOUND BUT THEN ENGINEER STOPPED MOVEMENT DUE TO SWITCH APPEARING T O HAVE A GAP AT THE POINT.  DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SWITCH BUT THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.  THE SWITCH WAS L ATER CLAMPED UNDER THE ENGINE AND THE TRAIN WAS SHOVED BACK TO 119TH STREET TO CLEAR CROSSINGS.  WIS CONSIN CENTRAL TRACK DAMAGE = $18,190  


nearest_city: MILLS
county: NATRONA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: EVANSTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
GSSTB2-21 EASTBOUND TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK 2 AT MILLS DERAILED DUE TO A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT ON A DISTU RBED TRACK.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
H-LAUDEN1-21 DERAILED 7 CARS YARDING TRAIN IN 143 TRACK WHEN RAIL ROLLED OVER. INVERSTIGATION REVEAL ED TIE AND FASTENER CONDITIONS THAT, IN COMBINATION, WERE INSUFFICIENT TO RESTRAIN WHEEL LATERAL FOR CES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: STEVENS POINT
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WC
date: 2010-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YSY218-05 WAS PERFORMING SWITCHING IN THE STEVENS POINT YARD WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED.  THE CREW WAS PUL LING TRACK 11 OUT ONTO THE LEAD AT APPROXIMATELY 9 MPH WHEN THE CARS DERAILED.  WHILE GOING OVER THE SWITCH, WHICH WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED OR LOCKED FOR THE MOVEMENT, CAR DWC 793332 WENT INTO TRACK 10 CAUSING 3 CARS ON THAT TRACK TO DERAIL.  ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS, FURX 850386, DERAILED ON ITS SIDE .  THERE WERE FOUR DERAILED CARS ON TRACK 11.  NO HAZARDOUS CAR WERE INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT.  DE RAILED CARS: ACFX 99434, DWC 793332, DWC 793946, FURX 850386, IBT 19112, IBT 19594, DWC 793467.  


nearest_city: WEST JORDAN
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UTAX
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AS TRAIN 39 WAS PULLING INTO WEST JORDAN CITY CENTER STATION A PASSENGER NOTIFIED THE OPERATOR OF A FIRE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIN.  THE OPERATOR CALLED CONTROL AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION. THE OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO ALIGHT ALL PASSENGERS, LOWER THE PANTOGRAPH, AND TURN THE TRAINSÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶ BAT TERIES OFF.  TRANSIT OFFICERS WERE ALSO ABOARD THE TRAIN 39 AND HELP ALIGHT PASSENGERS ONTO THE PLAT FORM.  AFTER COMPLETING THE CONTROLLERÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¶S INSTRUCTIONS THE OPERATOR GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND P ROCEEDED TO SUPPRESS THE FIRE WITH THE HELP OF TRANSIT OFFICERS.  WEST JORDAN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT T HEN ARRIVED AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE SCENE.  FIRE WAS CAUSED DUE TO A BRAKE FAILURE ON THE CENTER NON POWERED TRUCK. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS STILL BEING DETERMINED BY MAINTENACE AND THE MANUFACTURE.


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CARRIZOZO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
THE MHNEP-17 CREW HEADING EAST REPORTED THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO UDE AFTER INSPECTION WAS OBSERVED THAT 7 EMPTY CARS HAD DERAILED WHILE GOING AROUND THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE.      


nearest_city: STEUBENVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
320-02 WAS PULLING THE PRB COAL TRAIN DOWN THE SLIDE AT MINGO WHEN THEY DERAILED FEPX 61623, FEPZ 61 068, FEPX 61310, FEPX 61020, FEPX 60270, FEPX 61456, AND ENGINE BNSF 9476 DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: ALEDO
county: PARKER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
MWCDA-28, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8650, STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT C ROSSING.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF TRUCK TRAILER TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.     


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW #YM-38 OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH #LL-21 WHILE ENROUTEWEST ON #2 LEAD AND TH EN DERAILED CAR #7593 WHILE ENROUTE EAST.      


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
BE 42 HUMPING INTO CLASS TRACK 6 IN FULL AUTOMATIC WHEN GCCX 114179 BYPASSED WITH NAHX 489355 IN THE CURVE.  THE NEXT CAR HUMPED INTO CT06 GCCX 114039 BYPASSED WITH THE GCCX 114179, RESULTING IN ALL T HREE CARS DERAILING.     


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HEREFORD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-AMA1012-08, MOVING CUT OF CARS FROM 603 TRACK TO 117 TRACK, FAILED TO SET UP ZONE AND MOVED IN TO TRACK 607 AND STRUCK A LITE ENGINE. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE YARD ENGINE FAILURE TO NOTE THAT 607 S WITCH WAS NOT LINED FOR LEAD THEIR MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
R-CHI4281-25 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE PULLING ACROSS CRESCENT BRIDGE ON MITER RAIL AT THE POINT WHERE T HE SWING SPAN MEETS FIXED PORTION OF BRIDGE ON IOWA SIDE. DERAILMENT IMPACTED TWO VERTICAL POSTS OF BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE.     


nearest_city: MASON CITY
county: CERRO GORDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CANADIAN PACIFIC CREW WAS SHOVING TRAIN 2B33-01 ON UP MAIN TRACK NORTHBOUND, WHEN THEY STRUCK THE SI DE OF THE UP'S YMC81-01, WHICH WAS SHOVING IN TO YARD CAUSING 6 CARS TO DERAIL.  DM&E ESTIMATED EQUI PMENT DAMAGE = $1688     


nearest_city: EOLA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
Y-EOL3011-05 PULLED ONE CAR OFF NORTH DOCK TRACK AND SET TO SOUTH DOCK TRACK BUT DID NOT SECURE CAR. CAR SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED BACK INTO THE SIDE OF THE REMAINING CARS IN CUT, DERAILING 1 CAR.      


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
GM24 SHOVING SOUTH ON EAST PULLBACK WITH 02 UNITS, 27 LOADS, 17 EMPTIES, 2738 TONS, SIDESWIPED 12TH AND 13TH HEAD CAR OF ADJACENT TRAIN GM26, DERAILING 25TH HEAD CAR IN OWN TRAIN AND 12TH AND 13TH HEA D CARS IN OTHER TRAIN #27 CONFIRMED TRAIN SYMBOL GM24     


nearest_city: HORICON
county: DODGE
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
MOVEMENT OF 21 CARS WAS SHOVING WESTBOUND ON WEST MAIN.  EAST SWITCH FOR SHOP 2 WAS IMPROPERLY LINED FOR MOVEMENT BEING MADE, RESULTING IN MOVEMENT ENTERING SHOP 2, COUPLING INTO 4 CARS ON TRACK, AND PUSHING CARS OVER DERAIL.  3 CARS DERAILED, AND DERAILED CAR MADE CONTACT WITH BUILDING, CAUSING DAM AGE TO DOOR OF BUILDING.    


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
ANGNS-08 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP TO MAKE A SETOUT, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO A TRAIN HANDLING ERROR. RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2013-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: SAGINAW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
JOB# Z144 LOCOMOTIVE LSRC 1166 DERAILED CARS CPOX10107 AND PSTX2073 STOPPED TRAIN SHORT OF SWITCH WA S LINE AGAINST TRAIN PUT IT IN THE HOLE DERAILED TWO CARS.      


nearest_city: CLOUTIERVILLE
county: NATCHITOCHES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TAMPER ATS 9311, WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE REISOR SUBDIVISION, TOWING THE PLOW.  OPERATOR HAD CONTA CTED DISPATCHER FOR PERMISSION INTO HIS LIMITS AT MP 217.  AFTER REACHING HIM ON THE RADIO, OPERATOR CONTINUED NORTH.  AT MP 226.6 ROAD CROSSING THE OPERATOR SAID HE SAW A GREY STREAK COME ACROSS THE CROSSING IN FRONT OF HIM.  HE HAD HIT A GREY COLORED TRUCK PULLING A 40 FOOT TRAILER.  THE DRIVER ST ATED IT WAS HIS FAULT.  VEHICLE DRIVER SAID HE WAS IN A HURRY AND DID NOT STOP FOR THE CROSSING OR L OOK FOR APPROACHING TRAINS OR EQUIPMENT.  THE TAMPER TOOK THE TRUCK AND TRAILER 158 FEET DOWN THE TR ACK WHERE IT STOPPED.  ONLY ONE PERSON ON MACHINE WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED.  NOTHING DERAILED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.


nearest_city: HAVRE
county: HILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
G-ALPINB9-07, WHILE SETTING OUT 1 BAD ORDER BEHIND 42 TO 2711 TRACK, SIDESWIPED REAR PORTION OF THEI R TRAIN THAT HAD BEEN LEFT FOUL OF 2711 TRACK SWITCH.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
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:
DM&E CREW WAS KICKING 11 LOADED CARS ONTO 11 TRACK INTO A CUT OF 5 CARS (WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN K ICKED INTO THIS TRACK BY THE SAME CREW) OFF THE EAST LEAD IN THE KANSAS CITY TERMINAL.  THE 5 CARS A LREADY ON 11 TRACK CONSISTED OF 3 LOADS AND 2 EMPTY COVERED HOPPERS.  THE 11 LOADED CARS WERE KICKED INTO THIS TRACK TOWARDS THE 5 CARS.  THE LEAD CAR STRUCK THE TWO EMPTY COVERED HOPPERS CAUSING A  3 CAR PASS COUPLER DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: SKYKOMISH
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
V-CHCTAC1-05A STRUCK TREE APPROXIMATELY 14-16 INCHES IN DIAMETER THAT HAD FALLEN ACROSS TRACK.  DAMA GES TO LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ONLY.      


nearest_city: SLIDELL
county: ST TAMMANY
railroad: NS
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:
AMTRA 020 MOVING NORTH, 20 MPH, STRUCK A TRACTOR HAULING AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE CLEVELAND AVENUE CROSSING IN SLIDELL, LA. DERAILING TWO LOCOMOTIVES, A BAGGAGE CAR AND TWO COACHES.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO SUB DIVISION
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y31427 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 8 AND DERAILED AT A CROSSING IN TRACK 8 DUE TO WIDE GAGE, DERAILING TH E 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR DTTX 759404. BNSF ESTIMATED DAMAGES: $4000.00      


nearest_city: WRIGHTSVILLE
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YNL99-20, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP4884, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE WHITE BLUFF SUB NEAR MP317.6 WHEN THE T RAIN ENCOUNTERED AN EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION AND DERAILED 5 CARS.  ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS CAME IN CONTACT WITH A HIGHWAY VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED AT THE 145TH STREET CROSSING AWAITING THE TRAIN T O PASS, SHOVING THE CAR INTO A DITCH AND COMING TO REST ON TOP OF THE VEHICLE.  THE DRIVER OF VEHICL E HAD BEEN FATALLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE FREIGHT CAR FALLING ON THE VEHICLE.  RAIL = CWR  5/23/ 2011 RAILROAD VERIFIED 10 LOCOMOTIVES.  12/16/11 PER RAILROAD, PRIMARY CAUSE ON A LEGAL HOLD FOR CLO SE OUT.  CAUSE CODE WILL REMAIN AS M505 UNTIL DETERMINED.  5/09/13 PRIMARY CAUSE CODE DETERMINED 


nearest_city: CEDAR CITY
county: IRON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
UTAH SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRAIN DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO FAILURE TO PROPERLY LINED DERAIL WHILE OP ERATION ON UNION PACIFIC TRACK. LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED WERE USRR2934 AND LEAD LOCOMOTIVE USRR3001.      


nearest_city: EAGLE PASS
county: MAVERICK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EAGLE PASS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, LG041J-4 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 13 WITH LIGHT POWER, RAN THRU TRACK 613 SWITCH AND TRA CK 612 SWITCH WITH UNITS FXE4698 AND FXE4688.  DID NOT DERAIL.  RUN THRU SWITCH ONLY.  BNSF EQUIPMEN T DAMAGE = $0     


nearest_city: WALSENBURG
county: HUERFANO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
F-MPUPUE1-08 UP TRAIN PLACED DUAL CONTROL SWITCH LEVER IN HAND POSITION BUT FAILED TO OPERATE SWITCH LEVER TO ENGAGE POINTS PRIOR TO MOVING OVER, ALLOWING SWITCH POINTS TO FLOAT AND THREE CARS TO DERA IL.     


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: GNBC
date: 2013-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AVARD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
HEADLIGHT MEET WITH BNSF TRAIN AT BNSF (FRISCO) YARD. JOB EN121 WAS PULLING INTERCHANGE THROUGH TRAC K #3 AND DERAILED AT SWITCH. GAGE WAS MEASURED BY BNSF AT 58.5 INCHES IN SWITCH. RECEIVED BNSF REPOR T ON MAY 15, 2013. SENT GNBC REPORT TO BNSF ON MAY 16.     


nearest_city: CASPER
county: NATRONA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
H-LAUDEN1-6 DERAILED ONE UNIT AND ONE CAR NEAR THE SWITCH FROM NORTH YARD LEAD WHILE STOPPING.  NO H AZARDOUS LEAKED.  PER TR&D UPDATED CAUSE CODES TO  E47C (DEFECTIVE SNUBBING) AND SECONDARY TO T102 ( CROSSLEVEL IRREGULAR (NOT AT JOINTS.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
YFW20R-05 PULLED A CUT BACK INTO THE 212 HUMP LEAD AND AFTER HE CLEARED THE CROSSOVER SWITCH AND CIR CUIT, ANOTHER JOB, THE YFW22R-05 THEN LINED HIMSELF UP TO HUMP THE CUT.  AS THE YFW22R-05 MOVED THE CUT TOWARDS THE HUMP, THE 212 CUT HAD SLACK THAT ROLLED BACK IN THE FOUL, RESULTING IN A ONE CAR DER AILMENT FROM THE SIDESWIPE.    


nearest_city: VALLEY
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
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:
LNV43-25 ENTERED THE VALLEY YARD AT MILE POST 28.  THEY HAD ROLLED ALONG SIDE TRACK 111 WHEN COMING INTO THE VALLEY YARD.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRACK AS THEY WERE ROLLING BY.  THE TRAIN ENTERED INTO THE YARD AT THE WEST END OF TRACK 111 AND MADE AN EASTBOUND SHOVING MOVEMENT INTO TRACK 111. THE SWITCH FOR TRACK 111/112 AT THE EAST END OF THE YARD WAS LINED FOR 112.  THE CONDUCTOR SHOVED 9 1/2 CARS THROUGH THE 111/112 SWITCH AND THEN MADE A MOVEMENT TO THE WEST RESULTING IN RAILCAR DBUX 3 00409 DERAILING THE A END IN TRACK 112 AND THE B END IN TRACK 111.  


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: UP
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:
CN'S CREW, ON THE CN393-08 (M399331-07), WAS PULLING INTO UP'S TRACK 3 WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED DUE TO G APPED SWITCH POINT.  TTGX941676, TTGX852846, GATX28383, PW100001 & FPAX950296 DERAILED.  CN'S ESTIMA TED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $64,705.     


nearest_city: YUMA
county: YUMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE MTUWC-02 HAD TO SET OUT 14 CARS FROM NO. 2 MAIN TO YARD TRACK 204.  THEY CAME OFF THE MAIN WITH 36 TOTAL CARS.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE INSIDE CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR THIS MOVE AND WHEN HE C UT AWAY TWO CARS DERAILED.  ONE DERAILED CAR STRUCK AND DAMAGED A LOCOMOTIVE IN AN ADJACENT TRACK. THE LOCOMOTIVE DID NOT DERAIL.    


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
DURING HUMP OPERATIONS, ONE CAR ROLLED OUT THE WEST END OF BOWL TRACK 5 INTO THE SIDE OF ONE CAR AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE SWITCHING.  ONE CAR DERAILED AND LOCOMOTIVE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  CAR ROLLED OUT OF TRACK ACCT RETARDER FAILED TO SLOW CAR.     


nearest_city: MALVERN
county: CHESTER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 9534 SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BROKEN PANTOGRAPHS DUE TO TROLLEY WIRE PART AS A RESULT OF FATIG UE.      


nearest_city: LEBANON
county: WILSON
railroad: NERR
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: LEBANON
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:
HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT. TRACTOR TRAILER ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE TRACKS AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TRAIN      


nearest_city: HOUSATONIC
county: BERKSHIRE
railroad: HRRC
date: 2012-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
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: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN NX-12 WAS TRAVELING NORTH WITH 14 LOADS AND 32 EMPTIES WHILE STARTING TO CLIMB ASLIGHT INCLINE THE TRAIN SEEMED TO STALL DIE TO MOISTURE ON THE RAIL. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, THE TRAIN WAS DISCOV ERED TO BE DERAILED AND DERAILED A BROKEN  RAIL WAS FOUND.     


nearest_city: MARCUS HOOK
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
FC32 SHOVING INTO SPOT 12 CARS ON TRACK 13.WEST.  ENGINEER FAILED TO STOP IN HALF THE DISTANCE STRUC K BUMPER AND DERAILED REAR CAR.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
M-MEMHOU1-24 DERAILED ON UP WEST BELT MAIN 1 FROM WHEEL LIFT THAT OCCURRED IN CURVE. NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: AKRON
county: HALE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 172 MOVING NORTH WITH 3 UNITS, 55-1-6692 TONS AT 43 MPH STRUCK A 16" HICKORY TREE FOULING THE MAIN TRACK DERAILING 3 UNITS AND THE 23 HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: KEOKUK
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
L-SPR8381-15 DERAILED 7 CARS IN TRACK 3 WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CLIFTON
county: IROQUOIS
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
M39731-30 WAS MOVING WESTBOUND WHEN THEY REPORTED THAT THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE,CN 5538, WAS ON FIRE APPROACHING CLIFTON. THE CREW NOTIFIED THE RTC AND THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO CLIFT ON TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. TRACTION MOTOR LEADS CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING EXTREME HEAT THAT DAMAGED THE #5 TR ACTION MOTOR ON UNIT CN 5538.    


nearest_city: BRADBURY
county: MARTIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT U09 TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAIN PROFILE OF 59 MTYS ON THE HEAD END A ND 65 LOADS ON REAR TRAVERSING THROUGH 5 TURNOUTS ASCENDING A 25% GRADE WHEN AIR HOSE ON 36TH HEAD C AR DEEX 990813 SPLIT RESULTING IN 3LB REDUCTION WITH A 53 CFM AIRFLOW CAUSING AIRBRAKES TO PARTIALLY APPLY ON THE REAR PORTION OF TRAIN.  THIS RESULTED 2ND THRU 9TH HEAD CAR (MTYS) TO SINGLELINE IN 14 % LEFT CURVE   


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: MUSCOGEE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AC91 SHOVING WAST WITH 3 UNITS, 33 EMPTIES AND INTO THE MIDDLE TRACK AT VULCAN, SIDE SWIPED SOU 1039 83 IN THE OUTSIDE TRACK THAT WAS LEFT FOULING THE MIDDLE TRACK.      


nearest_city: VOLTAIRE
county: MCHENRY
railroad: CP
date: 2013-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PORTAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
497-28 TRAVELED OVER 436.6 DETECTOR & NOTIFIED OF HOT BOX.  THIS WAS THE 2ND ALARM AND THEY HAD INSP ECTED CAR AT MP 410 DETECTOR & FOUND NOTHING WRONG.  RECEIVED REPORT FROM DISPATCHER THAT DEPUTY SHE RIFF OBSERVED SPARKS FROM TRAIN SHORTLY AFTER 2ND ALARM.  CREW MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE CAR TO VOLT AIRE & SET IT OUT.  AFTER GETTING ABOUT 3,000 FEET OF TRAIN OVER THE EAST SIDING SWITCH AT VOLTAIRE THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION CONDUCTOR FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED STARTING WITH THE 61 ST CAR (WHICH HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE CAR WITH THE HOT BOX).  5 CARS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE AS 61ST CAR HAD BEEN ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY MP 437.7. 


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
DL24 SWITCHING TRACK SA02 AT SOUTH YARD WHEN BROKEN KNUCKLE ON STSX 3117 CAUSED CUT OF 28 LOADS/4 EM PTIES TO ROLL INTO SECURED CARS IN TRACK SA02. RESULTED IN 3 CARS DERAILED AND 2 OTHER CARS DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: KEOKUK
county: LEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
M-WQMDM01-16 S/O 8 CARS ON TOP OF 20 OTHERS IN TRK 1811 AND SHOVED 4 CARS THRU SWITCH. Y-KEO1011-17 ON NEXT DAY PULLED THIS CUT, DERAILED 2 CARS THAT IMPACTED OTHER CARS 1801 TRACK AT SWITCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU.     


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CONDUCTOR ON 625-02 SHOVED TRACK 13 IN THE BLIND 5 CAR LENGTHS, SHOVED TRACK OUT THE WEST OF TRACK A ND INTO SIDE OF THE 522 MOVING CUT OF CARS. CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVE. 
      


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANTA BARBARA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
METROLINK TRAIN SCRA 102-24, WITH LEAD UNIT SCAX892, STRUCK TRUCK AT A PRIVATE CROSSING WITH STOP SI GNS. TRUCKS DID NOT STOP BEFORE CROSSING TRACK. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH INJURED. ONE PASSENGE R ON TRAIN WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. SCAX ID#082412 SCAX EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $65,000.     


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: TIPPECANOE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
KBSR PULLING NORTHWARD DERAILED 23RD THRU 30TH HEAD CARS WHEN BRIDGE SPAN OVER WABASH RIVER DROPPED DUE TO FAILURE OF CONCRETE BRIDGE PIER. NORFORK SOUTHERN RESPONSIBLE FOR BRIDGE/TRESTLE.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-SPO2111-02 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING 72 CARS INTO TRACK 1615.  ONE WHEEL DERAILED AT THE GAP I N THE FROG AND CLIMBED GUARD RAIL.  SHOVE WAS BEING MADE THROUGH SEVERAL #9 TURNOUTS BACK TO BACK.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CATWF-13 WAS HEADING EAST (SOUTH) OFF ROCKWELL #1, HEADING INTO CJ #3 TO HEAD TOWARDS ASHLAND AVE. THE RAIL BENEATH THE 25TH CAR BROKE, CAUSING 8 LOADED CARS OF COAL TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CLIFTON
county: BOSQUE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
G-HERTCY7-31A TRAIN CREW AND EYE WITHNESS STATES A DODGE PICKUP AND TRAILER TRAVELING EAST BOUND STO PPED AT THE CROSSING GATES WHICH WERE WORKING THEN DROVE AROUND GATES TRYING TO BEAT THE TRAIN.  PIC KUP APPEARED TO GET STUCK ON THE TRACKS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED FROM THE TRAIN CARS.     


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
AN40 SWITCHING NEW ORLEANS YARD KICKED CAR TO WEST YARD 5 THEN KICKED CAR TO WEST YARD 6 WHEN CAR IN WEST YARD 5 SBLX 24232 ROLLED OUT CONTACTING PGTX 500024 DERAILS      


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
G-MNSBIR7-05 DERAILED AT 3909/3910 SWITCH WHILE PULLING INTO YARD.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELE ASED.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: NO & M
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AFTER PULLING 50 CARS INTO RADCLIFF 2 AT MCDUFFIE ISLAND N24707 WAS PULLING THE SECOND CUT OF 50 CAR S INTO RADCLIFF 3 WHEN THE 29TH CAR (CSXT 379844) BEGAN DERAILING AT THE 2 & 3 SWITCH. THIS RESULTED IN DERAILING THE FOLLOWING 2 CARS (FURX 960197 AND DRLX 60085) AND 1 CAR IN THE ADJACENT TRACK (CSX T 379887) FOR A TOTAL OF 4 CARS. TASD TRACK DAMAGE = $17,037.    


nearest_city: FORT COLLINS
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GSKLBE-02 TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE FORT COLLINS MAINLINE WENT INTO EMERGENCY ON THE INDUSTRIAL LEA D.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 4 CARS DERAILED 92 CARS FROM THE HEAD OF THE TRAIN.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: MANDAN
county: MORTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: JAMESTOWN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
E-SUDSKMO-14 WAS STOPPED AT FUEL RACK WITH DP LOCO IN FOUL OF WEST LEAD. RCO MAN1032-20 INITIATED MO VE FROM WEST END OF ADJACENT TRACK AND COLLIDED WITH DP LOCO ON E-SUDSKM0-14.      


nearest_city: WAYNOKA
county: WOODS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: PANHANDLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Q-NYCSBD3-10 DERAILED 21 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN 1 TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED .  CAUSE WAS TURNOUT FROG SPRING OR BROKEN.      


nearest_city: OFFERLE
county: FORD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
A LOADED GRAIN TRUCK TRAVELING NORTH ENTERED THE CROSSING IN FRONT OF L KAN0121 22I.  THE TRUCK AND TRAILER WAS STRUCK BY THE BNSF 558.  LOCO BNSF 558, B40-8W, FUEL CAP. 32500 GAL. , RELEASED 1 GALLON .     


nearest_city: LILBOURN
county: NEW MADRID
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: NEW MADRID SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CNAAE-23 WAS COMING OFF THE BNSF MAIN LINE ONTO THE UPRR TURNOUT ON THE NEW MADRID SUB WHEN THE AECX 1235 JUMPED THE SWITCH AND DERAILED.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE CREW FOUND 16 CARS DERA ILED ON THEIR SIDES.  BNSF'S TRACK DAMAGE IS $31,099.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN WHEEL.     


nearest_city: DOTHAN
county: DALE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y20124 SET THE 32ND CAR INTO TRACK 003 AND APPLIED AND TESTED THE HANDBRAKE.  THEY PULLED SOUTH TO L INE A SWITCH AND BEGAN SWITCHING THE REMAINDER OF THE CUT. AS THEY WERE SWITCHING, THE FOREMAN NOTIC ED THAT THE CAR IN TRACK 003 WAS NOT WHERE HE LEFT IT. WHEN THE CREW SEARCHED FOR THE CAR THEY FOUND THAT IT HAD ROLLED TO THE NORTH END OF THE YARD OUT OF TRACK 003 AND ONTO TRACK 004 AND DERAILED AT THE DERAILER. THE HANDBRAKE FAILED TO HOLD THE CAR. CAR GACX 5826 RELEASED 54,600 POUNDS OF AMMONIU M NITRATE, STCC 4918311.  


nearest_city: WATERFORD
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
T84024 TRAVELING WEST ON THE MARIETTA SUBDIVISION AT A SPEED OF 10MPH DERAILED 14 CARS, LINES 31 THR U 44.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: REISOR SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
MDALI-02 GOT PERMISSION FROM THE YARDMASTER TO ENTER ZONE 3, RUN THRU TRACK 112 AND INTO TRACK 2 TO YARD THEIR TRAIN.  CREW ANNOUNCED TO LWE01R-02 THAT THEY WERE PASSING THEIR ENGINES.  THE LWE01R-02 STARTED TO PULL THEIR CUT OF 62 CARS OUT OF TRACK 4, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WHICH DERAILED 4 CARS ON THE MDALI-02.    


nearest_city: CROSSETT
county: ASHLEY
railroad: FP
date: 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RJ CORMAN SWITCHER CREW WAS MAKING SHOVE. DUE TO LACK OF POWER, CREW COULD NOT PUSH CARS FARTHER. DE CIDED TO TRY AGAIN. DERAILMENT OCCURRED . MOVEMENT STOPPED AFTER TRAVELING -150' DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YHVS13 WITH 4 ENGINES AND 3X0 CONSIST 300 TONS TRAVELING EAST DERAILED TWO CARS - SOU 565563 & ACFX 36259      


nearest_city: ABBEVILLE
county: ABBEVILLE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Q61607 DERAILED 28 CARS, INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER LOADING OF THE 40TH CAR. THE CAR WAS CSXT 142623, A LOADED CAR OF ROLL PAPER.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
UTCX 632255 FOUND IN YARD TRACK WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE INCLUDING CRUSHED END AND SIDE SILLS.  SUPERVI SION WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WITH CERTAINTY WHAT MOVE OR CREW CAUSED THE INCIDENT AS TRACK HAD BEEN SWITCHED TO BY SEVERAL CREWS AND DAMAGE WENT UNDISCOVERED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  NO HUMAN FACTOR RESPON SIBILITY IS ASSIGNED FOR THIS REASON.    


nearest_city: BENSON
county: COCHISE
railroad: SPSR
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.  BRAKE FAILED TO FLOP DERAIL, STARTED THE SHOVE MOVEMENT, AND FIRST CAR DERAILED AT THE DERAIL.  SPSR  TRACK DAMAGE:   SPSR TRACK DAMAGE = $19,806 CAR # NCUX 30309 OXM AT QUALITY UNKNOWN.     


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
BE18 TRIMMING CT70 GAVE THE TRACK A START RESULTING IN CT70 ROLLING OUT INTO THE FOUL ON THE WEST EN D STRIKING BE 45 AND DERAILING FIRST CAR OFF CT AND RANKING THE SIDES OF 3 CARS ON BE45 PULLING WEST OUT OF CT67.     


nearest_city: ROE
county: PRAIRIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
MPBJB-31, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP3814, STRUCK A SOYBEAN TRUCK THAT PULLED OUT OF A FIELD VIA CROSSING.  T RUCK WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR QUARTER PORTION OF THE TRAILER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR FAILUR E TO YIELD BY ARKANSAS STATE TROOPER.  DRIVER WAS INJURED.  CREW NOT INJURED.     


nearest_city: GREEN BAY
county: BROWN
railroad: WC
date: 2013-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: FOX RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
L55281-16 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK GO02 WITH 56 CARS IN GREEN BAY YARD WHEN CN 414225, CN 414971 AND C N 414351 DERAILED ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: TRONA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: TRC
date: 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE LEAD CAR, DGHX 9292, EXPERIENCED A KNUCKLE BREAK THE "B" END.  AT OR NEAR THE SAME TIME, A SEVER E "RUN-IN" OCCURRED FROM WEST TO EAST.  AS A RESULT, A CHAIN REACTION COLLISION OCCURRED WITH THE HE AD THREE CARS (DGHX 2009, DGHX 9102 AND THE HEAD CAR DGHX 9292).  THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT  CAUSED TH E HEAD TWO CARS TO OVER TURN ONTO THEIR SIDES AND SPILL THEIR LOADS.  THE HEAD CAR CAME TO REST ON I TS LEFT SIDE STILL COUPLED TO THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE.  THE SECOND CAR CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE PA RTIALLY ON THE ARGUS LEAD.  THE THIRD CAR REMAINED UPRIGHT ON THE TRACK.  THE HEAD TWO CARS SUSTAINE D TOTAL DAMAGE AND THE THIRD  CAR SUSTAINED MODERATE DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. 


nearest_city: CAMARILLO
county: VENTURA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANTA BARBARA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 763 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/462 AND 6 CARS WAS STRUCK BY A VAN AT MP410.38, LOS POSAS RD C ROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $12,521.00.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
INCIDENT TYPE OTHER - RUN THRU SWITCH.  CREW ASSIGNED TO KB45, RUN 536, WERE PULLING OUT #5 LEAD TO #2 LEAD TO #2 MAIN AT SCHOOL STREET.  STOPPED AT CP113 FOR Q200 TO CLEAR.  WHEN THEY CLEARED, GOT TH E SIGNAL TO PULL EAST.  PULLED 8 CAR LENGTHS AND WAS TOLD TO STOP.  DERAILED 4 CARS.  FROM HEAD END (AFTER ENGINES) LINE 45 NS 171056 (L) DERAILED POSITION L 3 4, CAR DAMAGE $1,428 (EST), LINE 46 CP 5 46282 (L) DERAILED POSITION - ON SIDE, CAR DAMAGE $70,000 (EST), FROM HEAD END LINE 47 TTGX 991277 ( L) DERAILED POSITION R 1 3 4 L 3 4, CAR DAMAGE $10,000 (EST), FROM HEAD END LINE 48 TTGX 853239 (L) DERAILED POSITION R 1 2, CAR DAMAGE $250 (EST) 


nearest_city: MONON
county: WHITE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MONON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN P31712 STRUCK A TRACTOR PULLING AN AGRICULTURAL CONTAINER. AMTRAK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $ 42559      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CATENARY DEFECT CAUSED BY HIGH WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE F-END PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE #4661 WHILE TRAIN #X371 WAS ENROUTE WEST AT PORTAL.      


nearest_city: CALIENTE
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
BNSF'S QBVWJ-30 TRAVELING ON NORTHBOUND OUT OF UP'S SIDING AT ROWEN DERAILED 1 SET OF TRUCKS ON THE A END OF THE COER875094.  BNSF'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $11,300.00      


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


nearest_city: HATFIELD
county: JACKSON
railroad: WC
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
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:
L57581-31 WAS TRAVELING ON THE MAIN LINE TRACK AT 19 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CREW RE PORTED A BROKEN DRAWBAR ON BCOL 9257. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO MERRILLAN STUB TRACK AT MP 148 FOR REPAIR . WHEN THE CREW RETURNED TO THEIR TRAIN, THEY COULD NOT BUILD UP TRAIN AIR. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BAC K AND FOUND THAT CARS ICG 978969, IC 978650, CN 558327, ICG 978975, BCOL 864039, BCOL 864240 AND NAH X 32746 HAD DERAILED. INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT TO BE BROKEN ANGLE BAR TOOLS.  


nearest_city: CRYSTAL CITY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: STE GENEVIEVE IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
F-LHS080-23 DERAILED 2 CARS AND DAMAGED TRACK DUE TO TRACK APPLIANCE DEFECT.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED ON FOREIGN TRACK AND CARRIED OVER TO BNSF TRACK.      


nearest_city: VIRGINIA
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DWP
date: 2011-07-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
M34641-16 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE RAINY SUB AND WHILE COMING UP THE MINORCA HILL THE TRAIN S EPARTED BETWEEN POTX 1163 AND CN 370897. THE CAUSE OF THE SEPARATION WAS DUE TO CN 370897 HAVING A S IDE SILL FAILURE CAUSING THE A-COUPLER TO RAISE AND TRAIN TO COME APART. CN 370897, A LOAD OF HAD PU LLED APART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR AND WAS LEAKING POTASH.    


nearest_city: ORANGE
county: ORANGE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DUPONT LEAD ORANGE
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-Jul
narrative:
LLG10-27 WAS SHOVING BACK ON THE ORANGE INDUSTRIAL LEAD AND ONTO THE DUPONT LEAD WHEN THE 9TH CAR (S RN5242) DERAILED.  THEIR FIRST SHOVING MOVEMENT FROM THE MAINLINE DOWN THE INDUSTRIAL LEAD WAS 2705 FEET.  THE CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN WERE BOTH ON THE POINT.  THE ENGINEER THEN GOT OFF OF THE TRAIN AN D RESTORED THE DERAIL.  THEY THEN SHOVED 849 FEET AND THE CONDUCTOR AND BRAKEMAN BOTH GOT OFF TO PRO TECT THE CROSSING, AND THEN SHOVED 89 FEET TO OCCUPY THE CROSSING, THEN STOPPED AND THE CONDUCTOR AN D BRAKEMAN GOT BACK ON THE POINT AND CONTINUED WITH THEIR MOVE AND SHOVED AN ADDITIONAL 1774 FEET WH E THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CREW THEN DISCOVERED THAT SRN5242 HAD DERAILED AND TORE UP CRO SSING DOT# 447490G AT WESTERN AVENUE MP 0.26 ON THE DUPONT LEAD AT ORANGE.  THE CAR ITSELF CAME OFF


nearest_city: CALDWELL
county: BURLESON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
M-TPLBNT1-09 STOPPED TO INSPECT TRAIN AT CALDWELL WHEN ADJACENT TRAIN OBSERVED SPARKS COMING FROM 70 TH CAR. CREW FOUND HAND BRAKES STICKING WHICH WERE RELEASED. TRAIN MOVED FORWARD AND DERAILED APPROX IMATELY 1 MILE FROM POINT OF INSPECTION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WHEEL AND FLANGE BUILDUP ON 70TH CAR . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
JOLIET INTERMODAL TERMINAL SWITCH JOB 12 PULLED LOADED DOUBLE STACK CARS SOUTH OF TRACK 812 INTO THE 300 LEAD TRACK USING THE 53 AND 54 CROSSOVERS.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO LINE THE 54 CROSSOVER SWITC H PROPERLY FOR THE MOVEMENT AND WHEN THE CARS WERE SHOVED INTO THE 300 LEAD TRACK, 5 WELLS DERAILED THROUGH THE RUN THRU SWITCH.  THERE WERE NO UP CREW INVOLVED AND CONTRACTOR ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY F OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT.   


nearest_city: ROPESVILLE
county: HOCKLEY
railroad: WTLC
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
JOB # 101 WAS TRAVELING WESTWARD TOWARDS BROWNFIELD PULLING UP A SLIGHT GRADE. CREW HEARD A LOUD NOI SE AND FELT A UNIT DROP. PLACED INTO EMERGENCY AND STOPPED WITHIN 3 CAR LENGTHS. CREW THOUGHT MAYBE A BROKEN RAIL BUT SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED WIDE GAUGE AS MOST LIKELY CAUSE.     


nearest_city: MILFORD
county: MILLARD
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: LYNNDYL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
MSCWCX-02 TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 1 WENT BY THE DETECTOR AT MP604.6 WHEN THEY RECEIVED A HOT BOX WHEEL DEFECT MESSAGE.  TRAIN STOPPED AT MP602.45.  BOTH CREW MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO THE REAR O F THE TRAIN WHERE THEY INSPECTED AND FOUND THE 2 REAR CARS WITH HANDBRAKES APPLIED, AND KNOCKED OFF BOTH HANDBRAKES.  THE REAR CAR UP77072 HAD EXTREME SPAULDING AND BUILDUP ON THE WHEELS WITH FLAT SPO TS, BUT WAS NOT OBSERVED ON THE INSPECTION.  CREW WENT BACK TO THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN AND PROCEED ED MOVEMENT.  AFTER TRAVELLIMG APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  THE CAR DID NOT SEND THE T RAIN INTO EMERGENCY AND DRAGGED ALONG THE RAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES CAUSING DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
BRAKEMAN ON YARD JOB Y-DTY1111-26 LINED WRONG SWITCH AND KICKED 1 CAR INTO 605 TRACK INSTEAD OF 609 AS WAS INTENDED, SIDEWIPING Y-DTY1211-26 CUT OF CARS. NO HAZARDOUS WAS RELEASED. CMC RAILROAD HAD $5 ,000 IN TRACK DAMAGES.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IRSS
date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
ENGINEER MOVING LITE LOCOMOTIVE IN ENGINE SERVICE. TRK 601 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF DERAIL. DERAILING UNIT UP 7923.      


nearest_city: TIOGA
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
S-TCECX01-09A TRAVELING EAST ON SINGLE MAIN STRUCK SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE AT CROSSING RESULTING IN DERAI LMENT OF 10 CARS. THE TRACTOR/TRAILER FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING.      


nearest_city: FORT LUPTON
county: WELD
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GREELEY SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
LDI07-11 DERAILED TWO LOADED BULK HEAD FLAT CARS LOADED WITH PIPE ON GRAY OIL INDUSTRY TRACK IN FT L UPTON.  HUMAN FACTOR WAS RULED OUT AFTER PERFORMING DOWNLOAD, INTERVIEWING CREW, WATCHING THE TIR AN D PERFORMING AN INVESTIGATION.  BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORPORATION (BMC) MAINTAINS TRACK     


nearest_city: PAONIA
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CPAWE1-25 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND WITH THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 81.3.  CONDUCTOR INSPECT ED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 24 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
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:
NJTR TRAIN 3880 ENROUTE EAST MAKING STATION STOP AT TRENTON STOPPED WITH PANTOGRAPH ON E/1416 LOCATE D IN AN AIR GAP CAUSING BURNED WIRE AND DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
L-NWE8301-30 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED DAMAGES TO A SECOND CAR WHEN THEY SHOVED OUT THE END OF TRACK 710 AND IMPACTED A STANDING CUT OF CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
QNLNP-09 A WEST BOUND MANIFEST TRAIN HAD THE NS472742 CAR THAT HAD THE AIR HOSE BRACKET FALL OFF THE WEST END OF THE CAR AND CATCH THE HEEL BLOCK OF THE CROSSOVER SWITCH FROM THE NO. 2 MAIN TO NO. 1 M AIN.  THE CAR DERAILED LANDING ON ITS SIDE ON THE BELT LEAD TO THE NORTH OF NO. 1 MAIN IN THE CONTRO L POINT AT CBP283.  THE ACFX78416 WAS ALSO DERAILED.    


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT R92281-13 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK PF04.  THE CREW HAD A HOLD OF 70 CARS AND WAS SHOVING INTO PF04 TO SPOT A439 TO AIR I-IN PF04.  AFTER 24 CARS MADE IT OVER THE PF04 S WITCH, ADMX 52357, SIRX 516142, UTLX 673476, AND UTLX 67230 DERAILED.  THE SECOND SET OF TRUCK ON SI RX 516142 SPLIT THE SWITCH CAUSING ONE SET OF TRUCKS TO FOLLOW THE LEAD AND ONE SET TO CONTINUE INTO PR04.  THE CAUSE OF THE SWITCH POINT OPENING UP WAS A LOSS OF MOTION IN THE SWITCH ROD.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES, AND NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS  


nearest_city: LUDINGTON
county: MASON
railroad: MQT
date: 2010-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
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:
SHOVING TRAIN INTO YARD TRACK #12 REAR CAR (FIRST IN) CLIMBED SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED. 2 MORE CARS DERAILED BEFORE MOVEMENT COULD BE STOPPED DUE TO BEING ON A DOWNHILL GRADE.      


nearest_city: GREYBULL
county: BIG HORN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CASPER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-GRW1012-25 DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE SHOVING YARD TRACK 103 DUE TO FAILURE TO REMOVE A DERAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ARMINTO
county: NATRONA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
H-DENLAU1-06A LOW SPEED COLLISION BETWEEN NORTHBOUND TRAIN AND SOUTHBOUND U-GRWCHE5-06A.  TRAIN H-DE NLAU1-06 AFTER CLEARING MAIN TRACK AT SOUTH SIDING SWITCH AT ARMINTO FAILED TO STOP AT THE NORTH END OF SIDING STRIKING THE 2ND UNIT OF THE SOUTHBOUND TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  QUESTION 22 FRA TRACK CLASS AND QUESTION 28 SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD - 17 MPH SPEE D.   


nearest_city: ROCKY RIDGE
county: OTTAWA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
KL94L716 WAS TRAVELING ON A CLEAR SIGNAL EAST ON THE TOLEDO BELLEVUE MAIN WHEN VEHICLE TRAVELING SOU THBOUND ON BENTON CARROLL ROAD FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING, BEING STRUCK BY TRAIN.  WHEELING & LAKE E RIE TRAIN AND CREW.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THE YNP41R-11 WAS HUMPING CARS INTO EAST BOWL 108.  THE YNP46R-11 WAS TRIMMING ON THE LEAD FROM EAST BOWL 107 AND HAD BOWL TRACKS 108 & 107 BLOCKED OFF FOR PROTECTION.  THE FOREMAN OF THE YNP41R-11 TO OK OFF THE PROTECTION AND FORGOT TO REINSTATE THE RETARDERS WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE YNP46R-11 CREW AND HUMPED THE FP617099 INTO EAST BOWL 108 WHERE IT SIDESWIPED THE GATX56868, ATW20448, ATW20609 & ATW2 0460.  THE FP617099 WAS DERAILED ALL OTHERS JUST DAMAGED.   


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CREW SHOVED 15 CARS INTO IRONDALE TRACK 3 TO MAKE A TIE AND SHOVE THREE CARS IN THE CLEAR. CONDUCTOR MADE THE JOINT AND CALLED FOR RED ZONE. CONDUCTOR RELEASED RED ZONE AND INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION REVEEALED THAT THE TRAILING TRUCKS OF LUCX- 4016 DERAILED WHILE CARS WERE BEING SHOVED INTO THE TRACK SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING THE GACX-3075.    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
PARSEC (INTERMODAL) HOSTLER SIDESWIPED ONE CAR OF STANDING CUT OF CARS WHILE TRANSPORTING TOFC TRAIL ER TO BE LOADED.  RAILCAR THAT WAS STRUCK WAS ARTICULATED.      


nearest_city: MCNEIL
county: TRAVIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AWRR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING A LOADED ROCK TRAIN TO THE INTERCHANGE AT MCNEIL WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED.  CONDUCTOR OPERATED A HAND THROW SWITCH WHICH LINED THE TRAIN INTO THE SIDING AT MCNEIL FR OM AWRR'S MAIN LINE.  THE GENERAL MANAGER AT AWRR, TRAINMASTER AT AWRR, UP MTM AND UP MOP, AGREE THA T THE POINT OF DERAILMENT OCCURRED ON AWRR PROPERTY DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  AFTER THE FIRST CAR DERAILED , IT PICKED THE SWITCH AND CAUSED 6 OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.  DERAILMENT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO UPRR SIG NAL.  CMTY MAINTAINS TRACK  


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS DRAGGING 65LOADED COAL CARS NORTH THROUGH RADCLIFF 1 TO SPOT AT MCDUFFIE CAR DUMP #2.  ENGI NEER HAD GONE 40 CAR LENGTHS INTO RADCLIFF TRACK #1 WHEN CAR SPLIT THE SWITCH AND DERIALED 3 CARS AN D DAMAGED CARS IN THE TRACK BESIDE THE TRACK THE CREW WAS GOING THROUGH.  AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE DERAIL WAS CAUSED DO TO ACCESSIVE SWITCH VIBERATION WHICH CAUSED THE SWITCH TO GAP T HUS CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
CREW #MM-10 DID NOT STOP PRIOR TO COUPLING MU CARS #1339 AND #1435 ON TRACK #6AND COUPLER HEADS WERE NOT LINED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO CARS #1339 AND #1435.      


nearest_city: DUQUESNE
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
508C418 TRAVELING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 130 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 17,654 TONS ON MAIN ONE TRACK, DAMAG ED THE 28TH HEAD CAR (NS 41126).      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE MAIN OPERATOR OF THE RCL TRIM CREW YNP12R-03 HAD MOVED HIS LIGHT POWER TO THE TRIM TOWER AND WEN T INSIDE THE BUILDING.  ANOTHER TRIM CREW THE YNP11R-03 WAS SHOVING TO TRACK 311 WHEN THE YNP12R-03 OPERATOR NOT PROTECTING THE POINT AND STILL IN THE BUILDING STARTED A LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE MOVE RESULTIN G IN A RAKING COLLISION WITH THE CONSIST BEING SHOVED TO TRACK 311 DERAILING 6 CARS AND CAUSING SIGN IFICANT TRACK, CAR AND SIGNAL DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
R-GCF8161-29 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING 15 CARS NORTHWARD INTO 117 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RE LEASED.      


nearest_city: HANCOCK
county: MORGAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW SHOVED  CARS INTO Y04 WEST YARD AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOVED OUT OF THE WEST END WITHOUT KNOWING. TH EY SHOVED TO FOUL Y03 BUT DID NOT RUN THROUGH SWITCH. THE CREW SHOVED INTO Y03 WEST YARD WITH CONDUC TOR RIDING CUT. HE SHOVED BEYOND THE YELLOW TIE AND SIDESWIPED Y04 CAUSING THE WEST CAR IN Y03 TO DE RAIL GACX 403. THE CONDUCTOR JUMPED FROM CAR AND WAS INJURED.    


nearest_city: MONT BELVIEU
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LHX25-18 WAS PULLING A CUT OF RAILCARS FROM CHEVRON INTO THE GULF SIDING THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO TH E MAINLINE.  RAILCARS DERAILED WEST OF CROSSOVER DUE TO IRREGULAR CROSS LEVELS OF TRACK (NOT AT JOIN T)     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM3712-02, DRAGGING CUT TO HUMP, NOTICED SOME CARS NOT COUPLED. INVESTIGATION INDICATED ONE C AR HAD DERAILED, THEN RERAILED WHEN BRACKET BROKE OFF ONE CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MOORELAND
county: WOODWARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
EASTBOUND INTERMODAL TRAIN STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE STUCK ON TRACK AT MP 374.65 CROSSING WE CLOSED ACCOUNT CROSSING PLANKS WERE BEING CHANGED OUT.  BARRICADES WERE IN PLACE TO PROTECT CROSSING, MOTOR IST DROVE AROUND BARRICADES AND BECAME STUCK ON MAIN 2 TRACK AND ABANDONED VEHICLE.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT IND LD
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:
YSH50 17 HAD JUST SPOTTED THE SAND PLANT AT HOLLYWOOD AND WAS COMING LIGHT POWER EAST OUT OF TRACK 7 33 (GMTX 2139 AND LLPX 2248).  CREW WAS WORKING THEIR WAY ONTO EAST LEAD AT SWITCH 733 WHEN THE FROG AT THE SWITCH BROKE, CAUSING THE LEAD WHEELS OF GMTX 2139 TO DERAIL.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: SCOTTSBLUFF
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
C-ATMPAM0-08, AFTER SETTING OUT LOCOMOTIVE IN YARD, WAS RETURNING TO TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK. CREW FAILE D TO SLOW SUFFICIENTLY AND IMPACTED THEIR STANDING TRAIN. IMPACT RESULTED IN REPORTABLE DAMAGES TO H EAD CAR ON TRAIN BUT NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED.     


nearest_city: EMERYVILLE
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AGBMI-19, LEAD UNIT UP5737, STRUCK A CAR THAT WAS OBSTRUCTING THE NO 2 MAIN TRACK.  TRAIN HAD JUST C ROSSED FROM NO 1 TO NO 2 MAIN TRACK, WHEN CREW SAW A SILVER 4-DOOR SCION BETWEEN THE RAILS OF THE NO 2 MAIN.  ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY BLEW HORN AND PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  CAR WAS NOT IN A CROSSING. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS MADE.  THE CAR WAS PUSHED APPROXIMATELY 40 FT INTO TH E CROSSING WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK AND BROKE THE 66TH ST CROSSING GATE ARM.  THE RE WERE NO INJURIES.  NO DAMAGE TO THE TRACK OR TRAIN.  


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
NON-RCO CREW ON THE Y-LVJ1011-10A WAS PULLING 35 CARS OFF TRACK 108 OUT ONTO THE LEAD FOR SWITCHING. TRACK 107 WITH 40 CARS HAD BEEN SHOVED IN TO HOLD 5 CARS 15 MINUTES EARLIER.  TRACK 107 ROLLED EAS T INTO FOUL OF MOVING CARS CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL AND 2 CARS WERE SIDESWIPED BUT NOT DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.    


nearest_city: ALBANY
county: ALBANY
railroad: APRR
date: 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y32202 DOUBLED CPRS P/U  49 CARS TO APRR P/U  28 CARS.  Y32202 RAN THRU CSXT CORRECTION SWITCH APRR CARS DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE PULLING THERE TRAIN SOUTH.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-KCK1042-17 SHOVING CARS TO 4001 TRACK DERAILED SEVEN CARS AT 13E TRACK SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ENOLA
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-04T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
H026H404 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 5013 PLUS ONE, 43 LOADS, 7 EMPTIES DERAILED TWO CARS (CEFX30256, PTTX 137481)      


nearest_city: BROWNSVILLE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RC541 CONSOL ENERGY'S ELECTRIC EYE SPOTTER OPERATING SOUTHWARD ON BROWSVILLE INDUSTRIAL TRACK, DERAI LED THE 1ST HEAD CAR (NS 04465573).      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3812 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 1417 DUE TO STOPPING SHORT OF A SIGNAL AND LEAVI NG THE LAST CAR IN THE CROSSOVER, CAUSING THE PANTOGRAPH TO BURN AND PART CATENARY.      


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION OF TRAIN REVEALED DERAILMENT. POST-ACCIDENT DERAILMENT INVESTIGATIO N DETERMINED CAUSE TO BE PARTIALLY CLOSED ANGLE COCK ON NON-DERAILED CAR.  ADDITIONAL REVIEW BY TR&D CONCLUDED ON 8/4/2011 INDICATED PROBABLE BROKEN RAIL CAUSED BY BROKEN WHEEL ON BNSF 486879 IN TRAIN .  CAUSE AMENDED TO T299.    


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #6410 OPERATED OVER A DERAIL IN DERAILING POSITION WHILE ENROUTE WEST ONTRACK #23 LOCATED IN S UNNYSIDE AND DERAILED #4 AXLE WHEEL OF CAB CAR #6037.      


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: CMTY
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 AND 112 DERAILED DUE TO SUNK INK IN RAIL      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y-DEN2031-14 KICKED CUT TO 136 TRACK ON TOP OF CARS IN TRACK, CAUSING CARS TO ROLL OUT OTHER END OF TRACK AND STRIKING RCO Y -DEN2062-14 CUT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


