# railroad_data

nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: WICHITA IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MNPFW-19 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO MAKE SET OUT IN TRACK 106.  WHILE SHOVING, MNPFW-19 STRUCK JOB WMVS VG-19.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SHOVING MOVEMENT, ABSENCE OF MAN ON LEADING END OF SHOVE.     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Z-STOWSP8-24 SHOVING INTO 122 TRACK WITH 12 CARS AND 4 UNITS.  ALL CARS AND 1ST LOCOMOTIVE PASSED OV ER SWITCH, 2ND AND 3RD LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED AT SWITCH ACCOUNT WORN SWITCH POINTS.  CREW HANDLING ART ICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: SNYDER
county: KIOWA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
L-TEX4031-06 WHILE SWITCHING DERAILED WHEN THEY FAILED TO DETECT SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THRO UGH WHEN THEY LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. MOVEMENT DERAILED 5 CARS BUT NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE REL EASED.     


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: JESUP
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPEATIONS, 2 CARS BY-PASSED IN THE BOWL CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS WITH OUT DERAILIN G. TTGX- 971489 HAD A BROKEN COUPLER CARRIER AND WAS PREVIUOSLY BAD ORDERED FOR THIS DEFECT.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: DELAWARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
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-Feb
narrative:
Y22010 WAS SHOVING BACK INTO N19 TO GET PLACE CARS FOR BIDS. DURING THEIR SHOVE THE TRAIN RAN OVER B ROKEN RAIL AND CAUSED CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SYCAMORE
county: TURNER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
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:
295 - 4'55" 63Q - 4'15" 152 - 3'00" 321 - 3'45" TRAIN 295G3621 TRAVELING SOUTH ON GSF MAIN TRACK WIT H 2 UNITS, 39 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 4784 TONS, CUPIED TRACTOR RIG WITH CAR HAULER TRAINS HUNG ON CROSSIN G.     


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
AN MSO LOCOMOTIVE MOVER TEAM WAS MAKING A WESTWARD MOVE WITH TWO UNITS INTO TRACK 605 USING THE UP72 29 AS THE CONTROLLING UNIT.  ONCE THE MOVER TEAM WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 150 FEET INTO TRACK 605, T HE MOVE WAS STOPPED WHEN THE DRIVER FELT THE UNIT GO ON THE GROUND.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS LATER D ETERMINED BY THE TRACK DEPARTMENT TO BE WIDE GAGE.    


nearest_city: LOVELOCK
county: CHURCHILL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AMTK5-22, LEAD UNIT CDTX2013, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AND WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI TRACTOR-TRAILER AT TH E HIGHWAY 95 CROSSING.  THE SEMI STRUCK THE THIRD CAR.  ATK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE $8,554,000. AMTRAK ID# 120239.     


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y-INB2191-13, SHOVING CAR NORTH ON 2 LEAD TO 8 TRACK, WAS STRUCK BY CARS IN TRACK 4 THAT ROLLED OUT OF TRACK. SAME CREW HAD PLACED CARS IN TRACK 4 EARLIER AND SET CORRECT NUMBER OF HAND BRAKES PER OUT STANDING INSTNS. NEW SURVEY REVEALED 0.8% GRADE RATHER THAN 0.4% AS PUBLISHED AND NEW INSTNS ARE PUB LISHED. NO HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE NAMED.    


nearest_city: CHINA
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
GEAMFS-11, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP6258, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG STUCK ON RAILS.  DRIVER EXITED TRUCK PRIOR TO BEING STRUCK.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: PATH
date: 2011-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AT 1947 HOURS, ON AUGUST 19, 2011, AN EIGHT-CAR TRAIN WAS BEING RELAYED ON E TRACK IN SOUTH STREET Y ARD.  IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY DURING THE TIME OF THIS MOVE.  THE ENGINEER/SWITCHMAN WAS OPERATING THE TRAIN FROM LEAD CAR 5695.   AS THE TRAIN ENTERED E TRACK, THE ENGINEER/SWITCHMAN PLACED THE MASTER CONTROLLER INTO THE ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂFULL SERVICEÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ POSITION.  WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE TRAIN WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN, HE PLACED THE MASTER CONTROLLER INTO THE ÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂEMERGENCYÃÂ¥_ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂ POSITION.  THE TRAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE, AND IT STRUCK THE BUMPING BLOCK ON E TRACK.          

DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT ARE: WAY & S TRUCTURES- $13,800.00; CAR EQUIPMENT $21,817.20. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDEN T.  THIS INCIDENT MEETS THE CRITERIA IN 49CFR PART 225 AS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

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nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: SNJX
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 325 LRV 3518 THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT SOMETHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD AND HE OBSERVED A CRAC K IN THE WEST SIDE UPPER CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD.      


nearest_city: FAIR OAKS
county: CROSS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
IG4MQ 26, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7846, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT HAD BECOME STUCK, FOULING THE MAI N TRACK ON THE CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER.  DRIVER EXITED VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO THING DERAILED.     


nearest_city: DURANT
county: BRYAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MCCSAS-24, WHILE TRAVELING ON KIAMICHI MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED SEVERAL RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL HEAD SEPARATION.  POD ON UPRR TRACK AND KRR TRACK, KRR MAINTAINED LAKESIDE SUB.  KIAMIC HI RAILROAD ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $157,880.     


nearest_city: ELRAMA
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
N20C416 SHOVING NORTH WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 0 TONS ON LOCAL LEAD STRUCK NS 5147 LEFT OUT IN FOUL ON 4 LOCAL BY SAME CREW.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YSP22-21 CREW PULLED 54 CARS FROM TRACK 5 TO THE WESTEND OF TRACK 3.  CREW THEN PULLED 28 OF THE 54 CARS OVER TO 2 TRACK PAST THE SWITCH.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE SWITCH INTO TRACK 2 AND THEN OPENED T HE KNUCKLE.  HE THEN RE-LINED THE SWITCH AND WALKED TO A POSITION TO WATCH THE SHOVE.  THE CONDUCTOR CALLED TO THE ENGINEER TO START THE SHOVE WITH A 30 CAR COUNT.  AFTER THAT HE STARTED LOOKING OVER HIS SWITCH LIST AND DIDN'T WATCH THE SHOVE.  THE CARS IMPACTED THE CUT HE HAD ON THREE TRACK RESULTI NG IN THE DERAILMENT OF 4 CARS.  


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT L34 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 27 LOADS, 5 EMPTIES, AND 3640 TONS ALLOWED CAR TO FREE ROLL I NTO LIGHT SIDE # 4 BYPASSING COUPLERS WITH STANDING EQUIPMENT SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING 3 CARS.  38. PR IMARY CAUSE:  BYPASSED COUPLERS DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS.     


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
FC48 SHOVING DOWN TO CT01 HOLDING ONTO 42 CARS TO MAKE A HITCH TO CPAX 23925 ON E/E OF TRACK TRAIN B ROKE APART 22 CARS DEEP AND RAN INTO THE TRACK COUPLING TURNING THE RAIL AND DERAILED 6 CARS UP46313 6 DRAFT GEAR STOPS WERE BROKEN AND THE PIN PULLED FORWARD OF THE RETAINER PLATE AND FELL CAUSING COU PLER TO FALL ($4,000.00 DAMAGE TO CAR).  TRACK DAMAGE TO PAVONIA 1 CLASS IS $3,500.00.  NO TRACK DAM AGE TO 1 RECEIVING.   


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: VICTORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN ID XCPAENI19-21 DERAILED 4 CARS OF 120 CAR EMPTY GRAIN TRAIN WHILE PULLING NORTH THRU TRA CK 7 AT BLOOMINGTON, TEXAS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUPMENT DAMAGE = 11,600.00.      


nearest_city: WELCH
county: MCDOWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
17MU119 TRAVELING WEST ON MAIN 2 AT FARM, WV DERAILED 6 CARS TO THE SOUTH SIDE INTO THE S3RU119, STA NDING IN THE MIDDLE TRACK, CAUSING 4 CARS TO DERAIL.  S3EU120 WAS TRAVELING EAST DURING DERAILMENT C AUSING DAMAGE TO THE 80TH HEAD CAR.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: ANOKA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2142-24, WHILE PULLING CARS FROM 2040 TRACK, DERAILED 4 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL ON SWITCHING LE AD.      


nearest_city: DIX
county: KIMBALL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
MNPWC-11 WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 1 DERAILED 16 CARS WHEN THE JOURNAL ON CAR TILX56009 BURNT OFF.  RA IL = CWR      


nearest_city: MINIDOKA
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE WESTBOUND MROHK-11 DERAILED 10 CARS DUE TO A COLD BRAKE JOURNAL ON THE MWCX 461092, L1 AXLE.       


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-18T00:00:00Z
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: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
YPB37R 17 WAS DRAGGING A CUT OF 31 CARS INTO SOUTH 3.  THE RCO IN CONTROL OF THE MOVE WAS ON THE LEA D LOCOMOTIVE.  HE WAS DRAGGING THE CARS AND NOTICED THE ENGINES STRUGGLING TO PULL THE CUT OF CARS. HE LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED THE CARS ROCKING, SO HE STOPPED.  HE WALKED BACK AND FOUND THE SIX CARS DERAILED.  DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: HASLET
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
H-EAPGAL4-29A TRAIN STRUCK TRAILER ATTACHED TO TRUCK TRAILER HAD GOTTEN HIGH CENTERED ON TRACK AT A CROSSING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOONE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
H84519 PULLING EAST IN D10 TRACK AND DERAILED CARS IN TRAIN DUE TO BUILT UP TREAD ON ISGX 3200.       


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL3012031 PULLING WEST FROM 7103 TRACK STRUCK LITE ENGINE CONSIST DEPARTING ROUNDHOUSE DERAIL ING TWO LOCOMOTIVES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YHO20R-04 FOUND SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 2 RAILCA RS BYPASSED COUPLERS AND ROLLED RAIL CAUSING ADDITIONAL RAILCARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 2345, ON 10/08, JOB 341 WAS SWITCHING ON THE NORTH END LEAD AT MANCHESTER AND WAS I N THE PROCESS OF SWINGING CARS TRACK 012. FOREMAN WAS AT THE JOINT IN THE TRACK AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE MOVE FROM HIS HELPER. WHEN HE FLAGGED HIS CUT DOWN AND THE COUPLING BALL-HEADED, THE 21 CARS (12 L/9E) THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN TRACK 012 BY THE MEWHO-08 ROLLED OUT THE SOUTH END INTO THE SIDE OF JOB 235 WHO WAS DOUBLED UP AND PULLING OUT OF TRACK 004. THE POINT OF CONTACT WAS THE 16TH CAR IN JOB 23 5'S TRAIN CAUSING LINES 15, 16 AND 17 TO DERAIL AND RECEIVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE TWO SOUTH CARS IN TRACK 012 HAVE SIGNIFICANT SIDESWIPE-TYPE DAMAGE BUT DID NOT DERAIL. 


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
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-Apr
narrative:
YKC18RX-19 WHILE SHOVING TOWARDS THE HUMP, DERAILED 10 CARS AND DAMAGED 2 CARS IN THE ADJACENT TRACK .  CAUSE WAS DUE TO BATTERED RAIL ENDS AT JOINT ALLOWED WHEEL FLANGE TO CLIMB JOINT BAR AND ONTO RAI L HEAD.     


nearest_city: RICHLAND SPGS
county: SAN SABA
railroad: GCSR
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
ENGINEER WAS TRAVELLING NORTH WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  7 CARS TOWARDS REAR OF TRAIN HAD DERA ILED.      


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: SFRV
date: 2013-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: HIALEAH YARD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
TWO EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TASKED WITH MOVING CAB CAR 514 NORTH ON TRACK 2. GROUND MAN FAILED TO CLEAR THE TRACK AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PROCEED, RESULTING IN THE EQUIPMENT RUNNING OVER THE WHEEL TRUE MACHINE WHICH WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION. CAB CAR 514 DERAILED AND THE WHEEL TRUE MACHINE WAS DAM AGED    


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
Y29314 SHOVING NORTH ON THE WEST PULLBACK INTO B11 DERAILED A CAR ON THE SOUTH SWITCH OF NUMBER ONE CROSSOVER.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
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


nearest_city: TUSCALOOSA
county: TUSCALOOSA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
AMTK 20 - 1'17", AMTK 19 - 1'00", 225 - 3'05", 345 - 5'50", 340 - 4'50", 339 - 1'35", A55 - 4'00" A5 5 SHOVING INTO TUSCALOOSA YARD DERAILED 3 UNITS NS 3018 (ALL WHEELS), NS 5216 ( ALL WHEELS), (B-END) .     


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
625-19 WAS SWITCHING IN BREWSTER YARD. THEY MADE A CUT ON 77 CARS, PULLED OUT, SET 1 CAR OUT, AND BE GAN THE SHOVE BACK INTO #1 TO MAKE TIE. THE 77 CARS WERE BLED OFF AND HAD NO AIR CUT IN ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE CUT OF CARS, WHEN THE TIE WAS MADE AT APPROXIMATELY 6 MPH, THE KNUCKLES BUTTED C AUSING THE REMAINING 20 CARS TO ROLL OUT THE WEST END. THE WEST CAR IN #1 ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK THE 524-19'S TRAIN CAUSING 1 CAR TO DERAIL AND DAMAGE 2 CARS.   


nearest_city: ANDERSONVILLE
county: SUMTER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
G80 DERAILED TWO CARS ON ANDERSONVILLE PASS TRACK AFTER SHOVING THROUGH A SWITCH POINT DERAIL AND PU LLING OVER IT.      


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
MNPPT-05 WAS PULLING INTO THE EAST YARD WHEN CAR TTZX87143 CLIMBED THE GUARD RAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE AND DERAILED AND CAUSED THE 2 CARS TRAILING AND 1 CAR AHEAD TO ALSO DERAIL.  THE EVALUATION OF EVENT RECORDERS FROM BOTH THE LEAD CONTROLLING AND REAR DP CONTROLLING LOCOMOTIVE SHOW NO IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING BY THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.  ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MEASUREMENTS SHOW NO ISSUE WITH TRACK, ALL MEASUREMENTS WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.  MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENTS F OUND NO ISSUES WITH THE CARS INVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
ENGINE 152 ROLLED OUT DUE TO ENGINEER FAILING TO FOLLOW PROPER OPERATIONAL AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS WHEN HE LEFT ENGINE 152 WITHOUT ANY HAND BRAKES OR AIR BRAKES APPLIED AND WENT TO CONDUCT A MOVE ON ENGI NE 100.  ENGINE 100 SUSTAINED THE REPORTABLE DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: WAYNE
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
B44 PULLING EAST WITH NS 7112 AND 0 X 14 337 TONS WHEN INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE OPERATED SWITCH UNDER 9TH H EAD CAR.      


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: WC
date: 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MISSABE
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-Jul
narrative:
U71781-12, LOADED ORE TRAIN, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF YARDING TRAIN AT 7 MPH WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN GET HARD TO PULL AND BROUGHT IT TO A CONTROLLED STOP. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED AND FOUND THAT 16 CARS DERAILED AT THE SCALE TRACK SWITCH ACCOUNT A BROKEN RAIL-VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD. DERAILED CARS: DM IR 51873, 51651, 51103, 51247, 53285, 53230, 52964,52535, 52647, 52715, 51777, 51884, 53083, 52080, 53126   


nearest_city: MINIDOKA
county: MINIDOKA
railroad: EIRR
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: TWINFALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
AT APP. 0630 THE LCF50 UP TRAIN CREW WAS PULLING DOWN THE 116 TRACK IN MINIDOKA AND DERAILED AT THE 701 SWITCH ACCOUNT OF WIDE GUAGE      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LOADED TANK CAR OFF HUMP EXITED RETARDER AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND STRUCK EMPTY TANK CAR AHEAD, KNOC KED CAR OFF CENTER, PUNCTURED THE LOADED TANK AND CAUSED SPILLING OF ITS CONTENTS.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
RCL Y-MEM3122-02A PULLING FROM TRACK 2041 WAS STRUCK BY CARS ROLLING OUT OF 2043 TRACK, DERAILING ON E CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


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


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
H-DYTMEM1-16 DERAILED ONE CAR AT MP 345.45, WHICH REMAINED DERAILED THRU ARKANSAS RIVER BRIDGE UNTIL RERAILING AT MP 343.76, RESULTING IN TRACK, STRUCTURE AND SIGNAL DAMAGES. BNSF INVESTIGATION SHOWED POST-DERAILMENT DAMAGE TO WHEEL AND CONTINUES ITS RESEARCH INTO CAUSE. UPRR HAS UPDATED CAUSE TO E5 3C. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR.    


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
YPR15R-08 WAS SHOVING CARS WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER LOAD CAUSING 6 CARS TO DERAIL ONTO 2 ADJACENT TRACK S.  9 CARS ON ADJACENT TRACKS ALSO DAMAGED OR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
CSJAT-20 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOUBLE THE REAR HALF OF THEIR TRAIN, WHICH WAS IN THE ADJACENT RAIL WITH THE AIR BOTTLED, WITHOUT THE DPU UNIT IN SETOUT MODE. WHEN THE HEAD END PORTION PULLED AHEAD THE DPU SHOVED THE REAR HALF OF THEIR TRAIN INTO THE LEAD SET OF LOCOMOTIVES RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO 2 LOCOM OTIVES AND DERAILMENT. OF 2 CARS.    


nearest_city: DEL RIO
county: KINNEY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO 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:
QEWWC-06, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8641, TRAVELING WEST DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL ON BOTTOM SIDE OF CURV E.  THE TRAIN HAD 32 CARS DERAIL.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES.      


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
LHU12R-04 HAD GRABBED A CUT OF RAILCARS FROM TRACK 8 AND DOUBLED RAILCARS OVER TO TRACK 11 AND DERAI LED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO TIGHT GAGE ON TRACKS.      


nearest_city: RIVERSIDE
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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-Sep
narrative:
HA40 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 18X19 CONSIST 3072 TONS HUMPING WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT DERAILING 4 C ARS.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
Z-ALTNBY9-12 HAD S/O MARIPOSA.  CREW MADE CUT, PULLED DOWN TO CLEAR SWITCH.  CONDUCTOR LINED SWITCH FOR S/O, THEN OPENED CAR KNUCKLE TO PLACE FUSEE AND AGAIN LINED THE SWITCH, THIS TIME IN ERROR.  CRE W SHOVED BACK AND HIT THEIR OWN TRAIN, DERAILING 2 CARS.  TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: HAGER CITY
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN ACTIVATED HBD AND WHILE STOPPING, EXPERIENCE UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED ONE CAR DERAILED . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MENDOTA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL2012-29 HUMPED A CAR INTO TRACK 2016 THAT ROLLED OUT AND IMPACTED A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE B EING PULLED OUT OF TRACK 2012 BY RCO Y-GAL2072-29 DUE TO YARD SKATE FAILED TO STOP CAR.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
Y-VAW3251-03A CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING AND SPOTTING CARS WHEN THE HELPER LINED THE SWITCH AND LEFT A SINGLE CAR TEMPORARILY WITHOUT SETTING HAND BRAKE ON THE CAR. THE SINGLE CAR ROLLED INTO THEIR TRAIN.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 5 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/25-E/117 AND 12 CARS DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE E/117 AT MP 541.5, 31ST STREET YARD WHILE ON APPROACH TO DENVER.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS ABSENCE OF SWITCH POINT P ROTECTOR, POOR SURFACE CONDITIONS, AND 1 1/8" LOWER CROSS LEVEL ON THE CURVE SIDE OF THE SWITCH.     


nearest_city: SHELTON
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
GSSNDL-15 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE CARGILL ELEVATOR TRACK WHEN THE 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE. CARGILL MAINTAINS THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: WESTALTON
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
C-ETMMHK0-36 DERAILED 9 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL.  PER TR&D, CHANGED CAUSE CODE FROM T210 TO T221 - BROKE N RAIL - VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD.      


nearest_city: SOMONAUK
county: DE KALB
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
BNSF SUBURBAN HYRAIL 22802 WAS HYRAILING WESTBOUND ON MT1. DUE TO RAIL AND WET RAIL CONDITIONS, HYRA IL VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO ENTERING THE XING AND WAS STRUCK BY S/B PICKUP.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
YSH52-05 PULLED THE SIX RAIL AND KICKED A CAR DOWN THE LEAD.  THE CAR STOPPED.  THE CREW THEN SHOVED FIVE CARS TO MAKE A JOINT.  THEN THEY NOTICED SIX CARS HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/125-E/151 AND 9 CARS STRUCK AN ABANDONED PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP817 .17, PENDALE RD CROSSING.  THE TRUCK HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND BECAM E DISABLED ON THE TRACKS.     


nearest_city: AMA
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
GEAMAM-20 PULLING AT 5 MPH DERAILED 5 CARS PULLING OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF AMA YARD.  THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO A BROKEN JOINT BAR IN THE LEAD GOING INTO 4 TK.  DOWNLOAD WAS PERFORMED BY MOP.  THE CREW WAS MOVING AT 5 MPH IN NOTCH 3 AND NO EXCEPTIONS WERE FOUND.  DERAILMENT.  THIS TRACK IS OWNED AND MAIN TAINED BY ADM AMA.  THE CREW WAS PULLING 75 LOADS TO SPOT INTO THE DUMP WHEN THIS OCCURRED.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YEW12R-05 WAS PULLING RAILCARS BACK UP HUMP LEAD AND STALLED.  JOB SECURED CUT OF RAILCARS AND CUT A WAY FROM CUT.  CUT ROLLED AND STRUCK YEW64-05 WHICH WAS DEPARTING THE YARD.  SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAIL ED.     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
YPR71-05 HAD DOUBLED UP AND PULLED DOWN YPRELX-05 TO DEPART AND FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED IN THE BODY OF YARD TRACK 321.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
JOB# NONE LOCOMOTIVE # NOT KNOWN/STOCK RAIL WAS WORN BUT NOT DEFECTIVE, REASON FOR DERAILMENT UNDETE RMINED.      


nearest_city: BLACKFOOT
county: BINGHAM
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: ABERDEEN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LCT41-03 SHOVED THROUGH A SPLIT POINT DERAIL AND PULLED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, DERAILING 6 CARS.       


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YRV22R-08 (HUMP RCL JOB) WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 208 IN THE RECEIVING YARD.  THE REMOTE CONTROL UNI T WENT INTO PENALTY APPLICATION DUE TO A SYSTEM FAULT, CAUSING THE CARS TO RUN IN AND IT POPPED THE CP524372 (3 PACK) EMPTY WELL INTERMODAL CAR OFF THE RAIL DERAILING ALL 3 WELL CARS AND THE EAST SET OF TRUCKS ON THE CAR WEST OF IT (UP262178).    


nearest_city: DAVID CITY
county: BUTLER
railroad: NCRC
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: BELLWOOD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
NCRC TRAIN DERAILED ONE CAR IN TRACK IN 3962 DUE TO TRACK CROSS LEVEL IRREGULAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: BUTTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-ALN8341-07 WHILE HANDLING LITE POWER DERAILED WHEN CREW MEMBER LINED SWITCHED AGAINST MOVEMENT, TH EN SHOVED THROUGH SWITCH, DERAILED ON LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: ASHTABULA
county: ASHTABULA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
580C730 PULLING NORTH WITH 3 UNITS, 130 LOADS, O EMPTIED, AND 18103 TON NS ON 2 BRIDGE YARD TRACK DE RAILED 11 CARS.      


nearest_city: WOODBURN
county: MARION
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MRVHK-14, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP5424, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAILER AT HARD CASTLE STREET ROAD CROSSING.  THE DRIVER STATED TO POLICE THAT HE CROSSED THE TRACK, STOPPING WITH T HE MIDDLE OF THE TRAILER ON THE MAIN LINE.  THE TRAIN BLEW THE WHISTLE, RANG BELL AFTER SEEING THE T RUCK APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES AWAY.  THEY PUT THEIR TRAIN IN EMERGENCY AT 1 MILE AWAY, STOPPING 10 CA RS PAST THE CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.   


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YSP22-22 SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 3 ON THE WEST END OF YARD.  CREW HAD STOPPED AT THE SWITCH AND SHOV ED APPROXIMATELY 9 CARS EAST WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE CARS LEANING OUT IN THE CURVE.  THE ENGIN EER BEGAN TO STOP AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THREE CARS HAD DERAILED.  AT THE DERAILMENT LO CATION WATER HAD POOLED AFTER THREE SEPARATE DOWNPOURS.  WATER WAS OVER RAIL WHICH CAUSED TRACK SUBG RADE TO LOSE STABILITY RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SHARPSBURG
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
C39C223 PULLING EAST WITH 3 UNITS, 9 LOADS, 20 EMPTIES, AND 1875 TONS ON 10 CLASS TRACK DERAILED THE LEAD ENGINE.      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
RGCX 20190 DERAILED ON THE NUMBER 8 SWITCH AND CAUSED THE CAR TO FALL ONTO ITS SIDE BETWEEN NUMBER 1 AND 2 RETARDERS.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 185 WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES OPERATING WEST ON BB03 DERAILED TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE (NS 2663) ON B3 S WITCH.      


nearest_city: ROSENBERG
county: FORT BEND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
M-TPLGAT1-24 DERAILED 2 CARS AT POINT OF IRREGULAR CROSS LEVEL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: RAY CITY
county: BERRIEN
railroad: GFRR
date: 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
GF2 CREW TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WTH 12 CARS AND A SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED 4 CARS DUE TO A CROSS LEV EL TRACK AT A RAIL JOINT.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
YOK50-06 WAS PERFORMING YARD SWITCHING.  JOB KICKED 23 RAILCARS INTO TRACK 003 AND RAILCARS COUPLED WITH 3 RAILCARS IN TRACK SHOVING 2 OVER DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: LINTHICUM HGHTS
county: ANNE ARUNDEL
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRAIN 2153 WITH POWER CAR 2009, 6 CARS, AND POWER CAR 2020 STRUCK A TRESPASSER AT MILEPOST 108.4 ON MAIN TRACK 3.  POWER CAR 2009 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y-PHX1051-17 DERAILED 1 CAR IN INDUSTRY TRACK 505 DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFFING OR SLACK ACTION.  NO HAZA RDOUS  MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BLAIRSVILLE
county: INDIANA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
518C227 STOPPED WITH O UNITS, 64 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 9000 TONS ON CO NEMAUGH LINE MAIN HAD 11 CARS DAMAGED FROM PARTIAL SUBMERSION IN FLOOD WATER DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
LOADED TANK CAR CAUGHT UP WITH EMPTY COVERED HOPPER AND CORNERED BEFORE ENTERING TRACKS 043-044, RES ULTING IN CAR DAMAGES ONLY (NO DERAILMENT.)      


nearest_city: DOSWELL
county: HANOVER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
K96718 SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 58 EMPTY ROCK HOPPERS INTO TRACK #2 AT VERDON DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO IM PROPERLY WELDED SWITCH POINT AT THE 1/2 SWITCH WITHIN THE FACILITY. THE 8TH CAR IN THE TRAIN CONSIST CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT AND FAILED TO HAVE PROTECTION FROM THE SWITCH POINT PROTECTION GUARD DUE T O THE IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE SWITCH POINT GUARD. THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT AN INDUSTRY THAT MAIN TAINS THEIR TRACK AND IS LOCATED ON THE BUCKINGHAM BRANCH RAILROAD.   


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: OMAHA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YCB45-19 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO 1-612 TRACK WHEN THE SECOND CAR FROM THE HEAD END DERAILED AT THE FROG RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 3 RAILCARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: PAGE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE INITIAL REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN A DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT AT THIS TIME AS IT STILL CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.      


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


nearest_city: BARTLETT
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
AS EJ&E TRAIN A49191-02 PROCEEDED NORTHBOUND ACROSS THE DIAMOND AT THE SPAULDING INTERCHANGE, IT RAN OVER A BROKEN RAIL CAUSING 22 CARS TO DERAIL AND DAMAGE TO EJ&E AND METRA TRACKS.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YHO31R-29 HAD COUPLED INTO 38 RAILCARS IN TRACK 014 AND WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK014 WHEN RAILCARS DE RAILED ON THE BACK LEAD TRACK DUE TO WIDE GAUGE ON TRACK.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS CAR ACFX 76520 AND GATX 209821 WERE HUMPED TO B15 CUT CONSECUTIVELY AS SINGLE CAR CUTS AND BY PASSED ON THE SOUTH END OF B15.      


nearest_city: SPARROWS POINT
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: PBR
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: SPARROWSPOINT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE DRAFT GEAR WAS DEFECTIVE CAUSING DRAWHEAD TO BIND IN CURVE WHILE SHOVING.   THIS CAUSED CARS TO DERAIL AND THE FACT THAT IS WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED CAUSED COILS TO COME OFF CAR.      


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ON JANUARY 24, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 630PM KG30/194 CREW WERE SWITCHING OUT A CUT OF CARS OUT OF H13 . THE CREW STARTED WITH A CLEAR TRACK AND THEN THEY PUT 2 CARS IN H13(IHB 50407 & IHB 412). THEY KIC KED ONE CAR INTO H10 AND ONE MORE INTO H13 (IHB 51603).  IT WAS THEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED THAT THE 3 CARS WERE LEANING (DERAILED) IN H13 DUE TO CROSSED DRAWBARS.    


nearest_city: PAULSBORO
county: GLOUCESTER
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
THE FC42 WAS PULLING SOUTH WITH 68 LOADS, 14 EMPTIES, 9,321 TONS AND 4,916 FEET WHEN ECUX881493, SGL R 6298, UTLX 207398, OCPX80323, OCPX 80234, UTLX 98097 AND UTLX 98041 DERAILED.  APPROXIMATELY 20,00 0 GALLONS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PRODUCT RELEASED FROM TANK CAR OCPX 80234.  APPROXIMATELY 680 PEOPLE EVACUATED AND THE SIZE OF THE AFFECTED AREA WAS 260 PROPERTIES WITHIN A 27 BLOCK AREA AND THE LENGT H OF THE EVACUATION WAS 7 DAYS.  CAUSE IS STILL UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.   


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM1222-04, SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 2055, DERAILED 4 CARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED DRAGGING BRA KE RIGGING ON HS 6465 STRUCK DERAIL NORTH OF 0323 TRACK SWITCH, APPLYING SAME.      


nearest_city: RIVER ROUGE
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
FL01 SHOVED OUT NORTH ON #17 SWITCH AND PULLED BACK SOUTH. CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED AFTER CREW DEPAR TED THE PROPERTY.      


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LBH13-23 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO GSW YARD ON THE WEST END WHEN UP1621 CLIMBED SWITCH POINT DERAILI NG RAILCAR CSXT173454.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FRESHLY GROUND DRY RAIL.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
2330 EAST YARD ASSIGNMENT WAS PULLING DOWN 37 CARS OFF 00 EAST CLASS FOR TRACK 39 WHEN A SINGLE CAR CUR RAN OUT AND STRUCK AEX010645 CAUSE A DERAILMENT      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y-DY1311-06 KICKED 6 CARS INTO 619 TRACK, THEN SHOVED INTO 616 TRACK TO A JOINT. JOINT DID NOT MAKE AND CARS ROLLED SOUTH WHERE THEY COLLIDED WITH CARS ON TRACKS 619 AND 615 THAT WERE FOUL OF THE LEAD . NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: URBANA
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
R91191-25 REPORTED A DAMAGED CAR IN A CUT THAT THEY HAD PULLED OUT TO SWITCH. THE DAMAGED CAR WAS TC IX 3925, RESIDUE TANK OF FERTILIZER. THE CAR HAD A BENT COUPLER CENTER SILL. THIS IS A TANK CAR WITH THE STUB CENTER SILL ON EACH END. THE SILL WAS BENT IN A DOWNWARD POSITION AND COUPLED TO OTHER CAR S ON EACH END WHEN THE ASSIGNMENT PULLED THE TRACK OUT TO SWITCH. UPON INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDE NT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT R91191-25 HAD BEEN SWITCHING FROM THE SOUTH END OF C-YARD. THEY LEFT TCIX 3925 SOUTH OUT IN TRACK CC07 APPROXIMATELY 15 CARS DEEP INTO THE TRACK. THE CREW THEN KICKED 5 CARS TO TRACK CC06 AT 8 MPH. THEN THEY KICKED 6 LOADED CARS BACK INTO TRACK CC07 AGAINST THE TANK CAR CAU SING THE DAMAGE. THE LOCOMOTIVE TAPES SHOWED THAT THE CARS WERE CUT OFF IN MOTION AT 13 MPH. THERE W


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
YARD CREW 32C OPERATING ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE E/928 SOUTH ON #19 TRACK DERAILED THE UNIT E/928 AT THE NO. 986 SWITCH DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YKC33RX-17 WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE BOWL, FAILED TO GET ROUTE FROM SWITCH TENDER AND COLLIDED WITH L IGHT LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE PARKED IN TRIM 1 POCKET.  NO DERAILMENT, LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y39211 WAS SHOVING 45 CARS IN D03 WHEN CEFX 73049 DERAILED ON THE SHOVING LEAD DUE TO CSXT 292156 BE ING AN IMBALANCED LOAD.      


nearest_city: WILLIAMSBURG
county: JAMES CITY
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
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:
TRAIN 67 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/6 AND 6 CARS STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP43.96, A PRIVATE RD CROS SING.      


nearest_city: SPENCER
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: MONTANA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE MPCSB-14 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN THE DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR INDICATED DRAGGING EQUIPM ENT.  CREW STOPPED TO INSPECT AND FOUND TWO AXLES ON THE SHPX43385 DERAILED ON NORTH END OF CAR.  ON E WHEEL LEFT THE TRACK ON CURVE AT MP256.9.  WHEN TRAIN STOPPED AT MP257.5, THEIR TWO WHEELS WERE ON THE GROUND.  TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING UPHILL ON HEAVY GRADE AT 20 MPH PERMANENT SPEED RESTRICTION.  TRA CK WAS INSPECTED WITH SLIGHT CURVE WEAR AND CAR WAS INSPECTED WITH NEW AXLE AND WHEELS.  TRACK MEASU REMENTS WERE GOOD.  UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: VICTORIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
X-CPAENI9-21A CREW WAS PULLING ONTO BLOOMINGTON YARD TRAIN MEETS FOUR CARS DERAILED AT A POINT WHERE THE RAIL WAS IN POOR CONDITION.      


nearest_city: PALMER
county: MARQUETTE
railroad: LSI
date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DERAILED 13 CARS DROPPING OUT OF #2 POCKET TRACK. CARS WERE INSPECTED PRIOR TO DEPARTING. DESCENDING GRADE USING INDEPENDENT CARS STOPPED ON THEIR OWN. CONDUCTOR WENT BACK AND FOUND CARS OFF. THERE WA S BROKEN RAIL FOUND WHERE CARS FIRST CAME OFF.     


nearest_city: MISHAWAKA
county: ST JOSEPH
railroad: GTW
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SOUTH BEND
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
M39331-23 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAIN 1 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED TR AIN AND REPORTED THAT IC 245948 WAS DERAILED.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN AXLE ON THE C AR.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VALENTINE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YLP15R-22 PULLED ALL THE CARS OUT OF 8 TRACK FROM EAST END IN ORDER TO BLOCK A FILL FOR THE QWCEW. AFTER THE CREW FINISHED BLOCKING THE CUT, THEY SHOVED THE CARS BACK INTO 8 TRACK WITHOUT PROVIDING P OINT PROTECTION, THE NATX 73303, WEST CAR OUT IN 8 TRACK STRUCK THE MP 723320 THE HEAD END OF A CUT OF CARS BEING SWITCHED BY THE YLP17R-22.  THIS CAR WAS ON THE WEST (194) LEAD RIGHT AT THE 9 SWITCH. THE IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS WITH MP 723320 SPILLING ITS LOAD OF WHEAT ONTO THE GROUND. NO CARS DERAILED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TRACKS OR SWITCHES.  


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE GTW126144 WAS HUMPED INTO BOWL 32 AT 02:20 AND HAD A CROSSED DRAWBAR WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH T HE UP980621 WHICH WAS ALREADY IN THE BOWL.  THE CROSSED DRAWBAR CAUSED THE CAR TO ROLL THE RAIL AND DERAIL BOTH CARS.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YFW22R-24 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS OVER THE HILL INTO TRACK 039 WHEN SWITCH LINED UNDERNEATH RAILCARS CA USING RAILCARS TO SPLIT THE SWITCH AND DERAIL 5 RAILCARS.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS AUTOMATED SYSTEM SWIT CH FAILURE.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: RPRC
date: 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ON 10/17/11, AT 09:05 HRS. RPRC'S SWITCH CREW WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE GMTX 128, AND PULLING 24 CARS LOADED IRON ORE CARS FROM 23RD STREET YARD TO THE LEVIN RICHMOND TERMINAL CO (LRTC)  FACILITY IN RI CHMOND, CA. THE TRAIN WAS OPERATING  WITH THE LOCOMOTIVE PULLING  THE 24 CARS GEOGRAPHICALLY NORTH T HROUGH THE SOUTH END OF LRTC'S PARR YARD FACILITY (TRACK 122). AT THE GRADE CROSSING FOR LRTC FACILI TY (DOT# 931046R), THE CREW OBSERVED A TRUCK CROSSING AHEAD OF THEM, AT WHICH TIME THEY SOUNDED THE HORN AND BELL. THE TRUCK CLEARED THE CROSSING AND THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE A FAST U-TURN AND CAME BACK TOWARD THE CROSSING. THE CREW AGAIN SOUNDED THE HORN FREQUENTLY, BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED ONTO THE C ROSSING. THE ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY ( ALL CARS HAD THEIR BRAKES HOOKED UP AND OPER


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
BD71 WAS PULLING 38 CARS OFF THE INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THE 38TH AND 37TH CARS DERAILED.  THEY DRAGGED THE TWO LOADS PENX 3163 AND NAHX 553101 ABOUT TEN CAR LENGTHS BEFORE THEY STOPPED.      


nearest_city: LEWISTOWN
county: MIFFLIN
railroad: JVRR
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
*** REQUESTED DETAILS OF THIS ACCIDENT BY PHONE CONVERSATION WITH NS, WITH NO RESPONSE ***  NS COAL TRAIN USED THE LEWISTOWN YARD TO SET OFF A DEFECTIVE CAR. WHEN FINISHED THE NS502 WAS SHOVING OUT TH E RUNNING TRACK WHEN A SWITCH POINT BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING 5 LOADED COAL CARS TO DERAIL RESULT ING IN TRACK DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2013-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
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:
ON APRIL 27, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 THE 0700 STRCL11, A TWO MAN REMOTE JOB, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 24 LOADED SLAB GONS INTO 113H WHEN THE TTPX 805487 DERAILED. THIS IN TURN CAUSED 4 OTHER CARS IN THE TRAIN CONSIST TO DERAIL.  IT APPEARS THAT THE DRAWBAR ON THE TTPX 805847 DID NOT SLIDE I N UNISON WITH THE LOADED SLAB GON IT WAS TIED ON TO WHEN IT HIT THE CURVE ON 113H CAUSING IT TO JUMP UP ON THE RAIL IN TURN DERAILING AND ADDITIONAL 4 CARS BEHIND IT.   


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE CROSSOVER SWITCH HAD A BROKEN PIN ALLOWING THE SWITCH SPINDLE TO DROP AND CAUSE A GAP IN THE SWI TCH.  THIS RESULTED IN THE NORTH SET OF TRUCK ON LW 74417 TO GET BEHIND THE SWITCH POINT RESULTING I N THE DERAILMENT OF ATW 8014, LW 74417, UTLX 66943 AND TILX 195046.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO ENSURE PROPER SPACING ON HUMP WHEN HE CUT UTLX 643402 OFF AFTER THE CUT LIGHT AT THE CREST OF THE HUMP. THIS RESULTED IN THE PROYARD RETARDING 2 SINGLE CAR CUTS AS A DOUBLE AND ALLO WING THE CAR TO STRIKE UTLX 12764 DE-TRUCKING THE A-END.     


nearest_city: BRONXVILLE
county: BRONX
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8460 OF TRAIN #6529  FAILED TO PROPERLY LATCH DOWN AT CHANGEOVER POINT AT PELHAM. NY WHILE TRAVELING INTO GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL ON A PREVIOUS RUN. PAN DOWN INDICATION WAS NEVER LOS T AFTER MAKING CHANGEOVER TO DC MODE OPERATION THUS INDICATING TO THE ENGINEER OF BOTH INBOUND TRAIN AND TRAIN 6526 THAT THE PANTOGRAPHS WERE PROPERLY LATCHED DOWN. DUE TO PANTOGRAPH NOT BEING LATCHED DOWN, IT CAME UP ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT COMMAND IN THE BRONX, RESULTING IN SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO EQUIPM ENT.  


nearest_city: BEARDSTOWN
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-21T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
CREW ON X-KALWAV9-18 ALLEGED THAT TRAIN ENTERED CTC AT A CLEAR SIGNAL BUT FOUND POWER SPLIT - POINT DERAIL LINED IN DERAILING POSITION, RESULTING IN DERAILING BOTH UNITS AND HEAD CAR.      


nearest_city: MIDWEST CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: SLWC
date: 2010-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO TINKER LEAD AFTER SPOTTING OCM, THE LEAD CAR WAMX 10029 A-END DRAILED AND TR AVELED 80' WHEN IT WENT OVER THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. UPON INSPECTION THE ROCK HAD BEEN LOADED ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAR. AS THE CAR WENT AROUND THE CURVE IN TKNER LEAD, WITH ALL THE WEIGHT ON THE LOW SID E THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SLEW AROUND THE CURVE. THE 1ST WHEEL CAME OF 207' FROM THE TINKER SWITCH, 2ND WHEEL CAME OFF 12' LATER. WAMX 10029 TRAVELED 80' FROM POD. NO INJURIES, TRACK INSPECTED TWICE LAST WEEK. ALL MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN AND NO EXCEPTIONS WERE FOUND  


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: PORTLAND SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YHK31R-13 WAS STRUCK BY TWO CARS THAT HAD BEEN HUMPED INTO CLEAR TRACK.  THE TILX34586 WAS TRAVELING AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED DUE TO FOREIGN SLICK MATERIAL ON WHEELS, PREVENTING RETARDERS TO SLOW CARS TO PROPER SPEED.  CARS ROLLED THROUGH TRACK 28 AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF YHK31R-13.     


nearest_city: CHUGWATER
county: PLATTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: FRONT RANGE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
H-DENLAU1-07 DERAILED 6 CARS WHILE STOPPED WHEN STRUCK BY TORNADO.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WAS RELEAS ED.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
H-KCNTW1-22 STRUCK LEFT BY SNOWPLOW IN CLOSE CLEARANCE TO MAIN TRACK. PINLIFTER ON ALAZ 61405 STRUCK SNOWBANK, LIFTED, CAUSED TRAIN SEPARATION. RESULTING IN-TRAIN FORCES DERAILED THIS CAR.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
U-DRDKTX0-30 DERAILED ONE CAR DIE TO BROKEN WHEEL FLANGE. UPRR REPORTS 3 BROKEN RAILS AS A RESULT OF THE BROKEN WHEEL.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSC31R-04 FOREMAN WAS ON POINT TAKING A CUT OF CARS ON N. WEST LEAD, STOPPED TO GET THE DERAIL ON TH E NEW YARD LEAD, THEN PULLED FORWARD AND THEN PITCHED THE RCL CONTROL TO SWITCHMAN.  HE STARTED TO P ULL BACK TO BEGIN SWITCHING.  FOREMAN SAW THAT THE LEAD UNIT WAS GOING ON THE GROUND SO HE THEN PUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY.    


nearest_city: PORT ARTHUR
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YARD JOB IN PORT ARTHUR YARD CAUSED A SIDE SWIPE COLLISION DUE TO CARS BEING LEFT IN THE FOUL.       


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
SEPTA TRAIN 541 STRUCK A PIECE OF RAIL BEING DRAGGED BY AN AMTRAK CONTRACTOR AT MILEPOST 1.7 ON TRAC K 4 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PA.      


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
Y-VAW1252-13 LEAVING ROUNDHOUSE LITE POWER. FOREMAN LINED SWITCH B1 INSTEAD OF ROUNDHOUSE SWITCH IN ERROR, OPENING B1 SWITCH UNDER M-PASTAC1-12 AS THEY PASSED OVER IT, DERAILING 3 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS M ATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CENTRAL CITY
county: LINN
railroad: CC
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
L56391-24 WAS OPERATING NORTHBOUND WHEN THEY REPORTED THAT THEY HAD DRAILED ON THE CEDAR RAPIDS SUBD IVISION AT MP19.3, THREE ENGINES DERAILED ALL UPRIGHT (CN 5700, CN 5738, CN 8866 AND 11 CARS (UTLX 7 1877, AESX 8903, AJPX 6120, GATX 9858, TILX 637405, TIPX 81467, GPFX 11575, CRDX 7399, CRGX 19379, R BOX 32086) DERAILED ACCOUNT RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT. NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURE AND NO INJURIES.    


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: HESR
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
HESR JOB 800 WAS OPERATING IN LSRC SAGINAW YARD.  WHILE PULLING 67/0 GRAIN CARS INTO NORMAN STREET L EAD, LOADS 47-51 DERAILED DUE TO MECHANICAL DEFECT.  HESR TO PAY FOR CAR DAMAGE AND TO REPAIR LSRC Y ARD TRACK.     


nearest_city: ALABASTER
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: S & N A SOUTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
EMPLOYEE AFTER COUPLING INTO TRACK 2 ON THE HILL AT CARMEUSE WAS ADVISED BY A PLANT WORKER THAT THE TRACK WOULD HOLD THE CARS HE HAD A HOLD OF PLUS THE CARS THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE TRACK. AT THAT TIM E THE CONDUCTOR MADE THE DECISION TO SHOVE THE CUT OF CARS THAT WERE IN TRACK 2. THIS RESULTED IN TH E CARS GOING OUT THE OTHER END OF THE TRACK AND SIDESWIPING TRACK 4.    


nearest_city: BRYAN
county: BRAZOS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RIPOG-20 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN RAILCAR CMO396005 ENCOUNTERE D CLOGGED FLANGEWAY DERAILING RAILCAR.  TRAIN CONTINUED SHOVING AND CAUGHT SWITCH DERAILING ADDTIONA L RAILCARS.  KNIFE RIVER MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: ROCKY RIDGE
county: OTTAWA
railroad: WE
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:
224-16 WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND WHEN A 40 YEAR-OLD MALE FAILED TO YIELD AT THE CROSSING AND WAS STRU CK AND KILLED BY THE 224-16 TRAIN.
ANNUAL TRACK DENSITY IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. AS SOON AS WE GET THIS INFORMATION FROM THE NS WE WILL UPDATE FORM.     


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LAV12-05 CREW WAS SWITCHING A HAZMAT CAR TO HAVE 5 CARS TO COVER.  IT WAS INITIALLY THE 4TH CAR FROM THE HEAD.  CREW CAME OUT WITH 7 CARS, PLACED 3 TO THE LEAD AND KICKED THE HAZMAT CAR TO TRACK 203. CREW THEN WENT BACK AGAINST THE CARS ON THE LEAD TO PULL BY AND SWITCH AND SHOVE TRACK 203 WHEN THE CAR ROLLED BACK OUT OF 203.  THE ENGINEER SAW THE CAR ROLLING BACK AND PULLED AWAY FROM THE SWITCH TO AVOID THE SIDESWIPE BUT FAILED AND SIDESWIPED 3 CARS AND DERAILED THE FREE ROLLING HAZMAT.   


nearest_city: CHINESE CAMP
county: TUOLUMNE
railroad: SERA
date: 2013-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SONORA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
REAR TRUCK OF CAR NO. 8 IF WESTBOUND TRAIN CLIMBED RAIL ON 10 DEGREE CURVE ON 2.6% DOWNHILL GRADE. ONLY ONE TRUCK OF ONE CAR DERAILED.  ALL DAMAGE WAS TO RAILS AND TIES.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE KMNOA-29 CREW WAS WORKING OFF THE MAIN TO SET CARS OUT TO VAN 4.  THEY MADE AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT OFF THE MAIN TO VAN 4 RUNNING THRU THE 215 SWITCH THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  THEY MADE A CUT INTO VAN 4 AND WHEN MAKING A WESTWARD MOVE OVER THE 215 SWITCH THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN T HRU DERAILED 4 CARS.    


nearest_city: GRETNA
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOGC
date: 2010-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CREW MADE A CUT ON 58 CARS OF GRAIN AND BEGAN PULLING IT PAST THE CROSSOVER SWITCH.  ENGINEER STATED THAT THE TRAIN BEGAN PULLING HARD SO HE INFORMED THE CONDUCTOR AND BEGAN TO MAKE A FULL SERVICE RED UCTION WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  INSPECTION FOUND 4 HOPPER CARS TURNED OVER AND 1 LEANING AND 3 OTHER CARS WITH A DERAILED WHEEL.    


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL1072-29 PULLING 2025 TRACK TO DOUBLE TO 2022 FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN COMPRESSOR FAILURE ON HUMP THAT HAD EARLIER ALLOWED CARS TO ROLL INTO 2025 TRACK AT SPEED .     


nearest_city: MCALLEN
county: HIDALGO
railroad: RVSC
date: 2010-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CREWS WERE GOING THRU SIDING BY MAINLINE TO PICK UP CARS THAT WERE ON MAINLINE PRIOR TO EXITING THE SIDING 4 CARS DERAILED FCTX 119, CEFX 200016, NAHX 100022, CMO 21982. CREW NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR AND P ROPER AUTHORITIES PRIMARY CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS A BROKEN RAIL AND CONTRIBUTING CAUSE WAS SATURATED GROUND. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS STILL PENDING.    


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONGBEACH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CONDUCTOR MISTAKENLY LINED INCORRECT SWITCH. THE SWITCH HE LINED WAS UNDERNEATH HIS MOVING TRAIN CAU SING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
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: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
UPON INSPECTION IN EAST DEPARTURE 5 TRACK THE ADMX15734 WAS FOUND WITH DAMAGE.  FURTHER INVESTIGATIO N REVEALED THAT IT POSSIBLY HAD AN IMPACT WITH THE MWCX102067 AT SOME POINT EARLIER.  THE MWCX102067 HAD ALREADY LEFT THE YARD BEFORE ANY OF THIS CAME TO LIGHT SO A DAMAGE INSPECTION WAS NOT DONE.  TH ERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: GIBSON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
224-22: 4'45" 168-22:2'30"  167-24:1'30" WESTBOUND TRAIN 224D822 STRUCK A NORTHBOUND TRACTOR-TRAILER AT STOP SIGN AND CROSSBUXK PROTECTED PUBLIC CROSSING CR400W AT LYLES, INDIANA.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
RCO- Y-KCK3012023, DURING HUMPING OPNS, FOREMAN REMOVED A FOUL IN PROYARD IN ORDER TO TRIM BOWL TRK 2072. THIS CAUSED PROYARD TO NOT DISPLAY FOULING CARS IN 2018 TRK WHEN HUMPING WAS RESUMED. 3 CARS W ERE RELEASED FROM HUMP TOWARD 2019 TRACK AND SIDESWIPED THE CARS IN 2018. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WER E RELEASED.    


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: WARD
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ZMQLC-01, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5546, STRUCK A SEMI TANKER TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED FOULING THE CROSSING WITH THE TRAILER HANGING OVER THE CROSSING.  IMPACT ON REAR END OF TRAILER.  DRIVER TREATED AT SCENE .  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  ENGINEER INJURED.  UP5546 SUSTAINED DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING CARS PPGX 1922 AND 3 OTHER EMPTY TANK CARS TOWARD GROUP 4, THE CARS STALLED OUT AFTER ENTERING THE GROUP. GRAPHIC YARD OVERWIEW SHOWS CARS IN THE CLEAR, YARDMASTER LOCKED GROUP 4 OUT AND BEGAN HUMPING AGAIN WHEN LCEX 402 DESTINED FOR GROUP 3 CORNERED PPGX 1922 WHICH WAS OUT OF THE FOUL IN GROUP 4.    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
MWCJY-19 CREW PULLED THROUGH TRACK 6, CUT OFF AND SHOVED INTO 5, CUT OFF AND STARTED SHOVING TRACK 4 .  THEY SHOVED BACK 222 FEET BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INVESTIGATION BY THE CONDUCTOR, IT W AS DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD SIDESWIPED THE CUT THEY HAD LEFT IN THE FOUL IN TRACK 5.     


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
G-ABEELP5-08, DEPARTING FROM 713 TRACK, DERAILED 4 CARS.  PRELIMINARY INSPECTION INDICATES POSSIBLE DEFECT IN RAIL.  RAIL FORWARDED TO TR&D FOR INSPECTION AND CAUSE CODE UPDATE.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
M33571-27 DERAILED DTTX 620266, EMPTY 3-PACK INTERMODAL CAR. THE CREW HAD PULLED THROUGH TRACK GL 15 USING THE WORKING LEAD ON THE EAST END FOR HEADROOM AND SLOWING TO MAKE A CUT ON LINE 68 WHEN THE D ERAILMENT OCCURRED. DOWNLOAD SHOWING AT 0608, ANOTHER 7LBS OF AIR TAKEN, TOTALING 15 LBS, GOING FROM 5 MPH TO 1 MHP, THIS CAUSED THE SLACK TO RUN IN CAUSING THE DERAILMENT. THE SUDDEN REDUCTION CASED TRAILING CARS BEHIND DTTX 620266 TO ROLL IN ON THE EMPTY INTERMODAL CAR.   


nearest_city: SOMERVILLE
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: MBTA
date: 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: YARD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
LOCO WITH 4 ROTEM CARS WAS  MOVING FROM THE PM TRACK TO THE VALLEY TRACK AT THE BOSTON ENGINE TERMIN AL. THE LOCOMOTIVE CLEARED THE WHEEL SETS LOCATED NEAR THE TRACK BUT THE NEW ROTEM COACHES DID NOT A ND HIT THE WHEEL SETS THAT WERE FOULING THE TRACK. ALL FOUR CARS WERE DAMAGED
MBCR WILL PAY DAMAGES 36500    


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2013-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CATASTROPHIC TRUCK FAILURE THAT CAUSED THE DERAILMENT OF CARS ATW 163149 A ND CEFX  53930.      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
A-704 1-10A REPORTED STRIKING A VEHICLE AT A CROSSING.  INSPECTION BY CREW FOUND VEHICLE TO BE UNOCC UPIED.      


nearest_city: GLENWOOD
county: POPE
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
293-17 COMING INTO W02 AT GLENWOOD WHEN CREW EXPERIENCED SEVERE RUN OUT THEN AIR DUMPED AT APPROXIMA TELY 7 MPH. FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED (2 LOADS & 4 EMPITES). CREW INDICATES THEY DID NOT NOTICE ANY OTHE R SLACK ACTION PRIOR. NO INJURIES, NO HAZMAT INVOLVED - FIELD #12 PAYNESVILLE SUBDIVISION - FIELD #3 0 TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NOT SIGNALED 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK K. RESTRICTED SPEED OR EQUIVALENT FIELD - FIELD 49 SPECIAL STUDY BLOCK OTH   


nearest_city: MUNCIE
county: DELAWARE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
MACHINE OPERATOR OPERATING KERSHAW REGULATOR (BR04009BX) ON A TRACK AUTHORITY COLLIDED WITH ET1100SJ 4J.      


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YEY26-06 DERAILED 7 EMPTY CARS WHILE SHOVING EAST INTO THE YARD.  THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWI TCHING THE CARS.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: HAMLET TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Q46413 PULLED THROUGH R10 AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING HIS TRAIN INTO R09. THE Y19013 WAS SET U P ON R08 TO BEGIN HUMPING CARS. Q69611 WAS GETTING READY TO YARD HIS TRAIN AND THE Y19013 WAS INSTRU CTED TO CLEAR UP ON THE SOUTH END OF THE RECEIVING YARD. WITHOUT PROVIDING HEAD END PROTECTION, THE Y19013 PULLED NORTH TO CLEAR UP AND IN DOING SO RAN INTO THE Q46413. THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS AND ENGINE 2443.   


nearest_city: GAULEY BRIDGE
county: FAYETTE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
WHILE OPERATING IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION THE J4EUA21 STRUCK A 2001 CHEVY PICKUP PARKED IN THE FOUL OF THE MAIN LINE.      


nearest_city: TEHACHAPI
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
M-BARST01-04 DERAILED ONE CAR AT MP 344.5 BUT CONTINUED UNTIL ACTIVATED HBD AT MP 344.5.  CREW INSPE CTED REVEALED DERAILED CAR AND EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BRAINERD
county: CROW WING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE AND INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED REVEALED DERAILMENT AT POINT OF IRREGULAR TRAC K ALIGNMENT.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATION CAR TILX 270121 WENT TO TRACK 22 AND CAR NCIX 566 WENT TO TRACK 23. TILX 270121 SHOWED CLEAR BUT FAILED TO CLEAR AND THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM LINED NCIX 566 TO TRACK 23 CAU SING A SIDESWIPE WHEN NCIX 566 HIT TILX 270121 AS IT WAS GOING INTO 23 TRACK.     


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
MNPRVB-05 WAS SETTING OUT 37 CARS INTO TRACK 12.  THE CREW PULLED AHEAD ON THE 17 LEAD DOWN THE 101. CONDUCTOR STOPPED THE ENGINEER AND ASKED FOR A REVERSE MOVE INTO TRACK 12.  WHILE SHOVING BACK EAS TWARD A FEW CAR LENGTHS THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR PROCEEDED TOWARD THE HEAD OF THE T RAIN AND FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: MELROSE PARK
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CR888832 WAS FOUND UPON INSPECTION ON THE REPAIR TRACK TO HAVE B-END STUB BROKEN.  NOT DERAILED.       


nearest_city: KEMMERER
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: CUMBERLAND IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
LCK40-21, WAS PULLING 46 LOADS OF COAL EASTBOUND, WHEN THE REAR OF THE TRAIN HAD JUST CLEARED THE SW ITCH FROM THE ELKOL INDUSTRIAL LEAD ONTO THE CUMBERLAND INDUSTRIAL LEAD.  THE REAR WHEELS ON THE REA R CAR DERAILED INSIDE OF THE TRACK DUE TO WET, MUDDY GROUND CONDITIONS AND TIE CONDITIONS.  BASE OF RAIL WAS WITHIN GAUGE.  HEAD OF RAIL MEASURED 58 1/4".  THE RAIL TIPPED TO THE OUTSIDE.  REAR CAR TR AVELED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WHILE DERAILED WHERE IT STRUCK A SIDING SWITCH FROG PLACI NG THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY.  


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YWC28-20 WHILE PULLING DOWN THE QWCTU-20, APPEARS THAT AT LEAST ONE CAR RODE UP OVER THE FROG ON THE 312-313 CROSSOVER.  A PORTION OF THE TRAIN CONTINUED DOWN 314, WHILE THE REST OF THE TRAIN BEHIND T HE DERAILED CARS WERE ROUTED DOWN 313.  A TOTAL OF 5 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: COZAD
county: DAWSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
GSCDKI-02 CREW WAS PUTTING TOGETHER GRAIN TRAIN AT PEAVEY GRAIN. THEY HAD HOLD OF LOADS AND SHOVING EAST TO TRACK 754 TO MAKE JOINT WITH 12 CARS IN THE TRACK. THEY WERE ABOUT 30 FEET FROM MAKING JOINT WITH CARS WHEN SOUTH RAIL ROLLED DUE TO WIDE GAGE FROM DEFECTIVE/MISSING TIES AND DEFECTIVE/MISSING RAIL FASTENERS, RESULTING IN CAR ON POINT OF SHOVE DERAILING PRIOR TO MAKING THE JOINT. THEY WERE U NABLE TO STOP BEFORE IMPACTING WITH THE CAR THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO COUPLE TO DERAILING IT ALSO. **P EAVEY GRAIN MAINTAINS TRACK**.  


nearest_city: BRUNSWICK
county: GLYNN
railroad: GITM
date: 2013-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
BRAKEMAN NOTICED CAR HE WAS RIDING GOING DOWN STRANGE TRACK.  WHILE OTHER WAS GOING DOWN ANOTHER TRA CK.      


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y20321 PLACED CAR PLMX 135380 INTO TRACK S-19 FROM THE SOUTH END. AT 0405 THE Y39221 SWITCHED FOUR C ARS INTO TRACK S-19 FROM THE NORTH END CAUSING CAR PLMX 135380 TO ROLL SOUTH AND FOUL TRACK S-21. AT 0407 THE Y33121 KICKED FOUR CARS FRO THE SOUTH END SWITCHING LEAD INTO TRACK S-21 FROM THE SOUTH EN D. AS A RESULT CARS UTLX 651127, UTLX 651152, AND UTLX 651163 SIDESWIPED THE PLMX 135380 IN TRACK S- 19   


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  NS H8K PULLED EAST THROUGH THE STOP SIGNAL AND TWO SWITCHE S AT CP CROXTON WITHOUT PERMISSION THEN REVERSED THROUGH THE SWITCHES THEY PREVIOUSLY RAN THROUGH. VERIFIED BOTH RAILROADS, CRSH AND NS, HAVE TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
PULLING NORTH IN 46 TRACK, THE 6TH CAR IN THE CONSIST CLIMBED THE FROG WHILE THE TRAVELING WHEELS ST AYED ON THE PATH. THE 7TH CAR IN THE CONSIST DERAILED ITS SET OF TRUCKS BUT NOT AT THE FROG.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YPB35R-08 SHOVED A CUT OF CARS OUT THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 247 INTO A CUT OF CARS THAT THE YPB37R-08 HAD A HOLD OF ON THE 40 LEAD, DERAILING 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: MORRILL
county: SCOTTS BLUFF
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
AT 1716 THE UNDERCUTTER UP 902051 STRUCK THE TAMPER ATS 8902J AT MP 165.32 ON THE YODER SUB HOUSE TR ACK 903 WHILE PUTTING MACHINE IN THE HOLE.  DAMAGE TO FRONT BUGGY OF TAMPER, NO DAMAGE TO TOOL CAR. TAMPER AND REGULATOR WERE TIED DOWN PRIOR TO INCIDENT.  PERSONNEL WERE NOT HURT OR INJURED.     


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YSC32R-26 PULLING DOWN THE WEST LEAD AND HIT A BROKEN RAIL WHICH CAUSED DERAILMENT.  MOMENTUM OF MOV EMENT CAUSED THE TRACK TO SPREAD ONCE ON THE GROUND AND BROKE A SECOND PIECE OF RAIL WHICH PUNCTURED THE LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TANK.  APPROXIMATELY 1500 TO 1800 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS SPILLED.     


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
228-20 WAS PULLING INTO # 3 TRACK FROM 8 HOUSE IN BREWSTER YARD WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY . UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND CAR# WE 888624 AND WE 178688 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LIBERAL
county: BARTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: FT SCOTT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: RR Grade Crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
E-MHSEBM0-88 WAS STRUCK BY KCS TRAIN F-QSHKC1-20 AT INTERLOCKED RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN KCS CREW FAIL ED TO COMPLY WITH STOP SIGNAL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED FROM BNSF TRAIN.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: GVSR
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
UP TRANSFER JOB SHOVING 37 GRAIN LOADS INTO GRAIN TRACK 120. CARS 26, 27, 28, 29 DERAILED. ALL CARS UPRIGHT.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
B-PTRLAC5-21, HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT, WAS STRUCK BY RCO Y-BEL2022-22 AS TRAIN PULLED INTO BE LEN YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
R92283-10 HAD DOUBLED TRACKS IN E YARD AND THEN PULLED NORTH OUT OF E YARD. THEY THEN SHOVED SOUTHWA RD, WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION, INTO TRACK PF04 AND SIDEWIPED UNIT, CN 5766, ON R92381-10 THAT WAS ST OPPED ON THE SHOP LEAD  CAUSING TILX 301130 AND TILX 301913 TO DERAIL. BOTH CARS WERE EMPTY RESIDUE THAT LAST CONTAINED LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS. CREW WAS TESTED, RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: CLOVIS
county: CURRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Y-CL00302-07 DERAILED 2 CARS AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE TO YARD TRACK 109 DUE FAILURE TO COMPLY AND SWI TCH IMPROPERLY LINED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: NORTH SHORE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
FOREIGN TRAIN F-PTRA111-12 IMPACTED THE M-TEAAMY-12 CAUSING EQUIPMENT DAMAGES DUE TO FAILURE TO COMP LY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: REDWATER
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
IMNLB-17, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7418, STRUCK A LOAD OF TIMBER ON THE REAR PORTION OF A TRAILER THAT WAS F OULING THE MAIN LINE JUST EAST OF THE 426.39 CROSSING, DERAILING THE 3 LEAD LOCOMOTIVES AND 7 WELLS. A SOUTHBOUND LOG TRUCK MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID RUNNING THROUGH THE GATES THAT HAD COME DOWN FOR THE APPROACHING TRAIN.  THE TRUCK OVERTURNED, SPILLING LOAD OF TIMBER ACROSS THE MAIN LINE.  THE LEAD ENGINE LEFT THE TRACKS AND CAME TO REST IN THE DITCH APPROXIMATELY 75 YDS WEST OF THE CROSSING WHILE THE 2ND AND 3RD UNITS CONTINUED DOWN THE TRACK FOR ANOTHER 347 YDS.  DRIVER WA S ISSUED A CITATION.  DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
ON MAY 8, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 410PM 594/KB29 CREW HUMPED A SINGLE CAR (GATX 96282) FOR TRACK 21 FO LLOWED BY A PAIR FOR TRACK 19 (NAHX 60862 & ADMX 50047).  THE CAR FOR TRACK 21 STALLED AND WAS THEN CORNERED BY THE LEAD CAR GOING INTO TRACK 19 (NAHX60862).  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO NAHX 60862 &  GATX 96282.  TOTAL EQUIPMENT COST  WAS PREVIOUSLY $12579 6-16-12, INCREASED TO $12632 6-20-12, DECREASED TO $9335 ON 7-13-12.  EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR GATX 96282 $9282, NAHX 60862 $53.   


nearest_city: SALINAS
county: MONTEREY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/203-E/134 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP125. 02, SPENCE RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: WILLIAMS
county: COCONINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
M-BELPHX1-12 DERAILED 15 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  TR & D RECOMMENOATIONS - T110 (WIDE GAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES).      


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
271-17 WAS COMING BACK FROM CANTON NS ONTO THE NEW CONNECTION TO THE EAST END YARD WHEN THEY DERAILE D GATX 202528, NATX 400269, NATX 400312, TEIX 33654, NATX 400271, UTLX 910979, NDYX 298335, MCEX 330 236, ANAX 3853, AND UTLX 650991 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: CONCORD
county: LEWIS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Q32016 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 71 CARS HAD A WHEEL BRAKE AT THE RIM AND CRACK ALL THE WAY TO THE AXLE ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO SLIDE ON THE AXLE CAUSING THE R&L 1 AND 2 WHEELS TO DERAIL AT CA 589.9 AND TH EN DRAGGED THE CARS UNTIL THE DEFECT DETECTOR AT THE CA 579.2 ALERTED THEM OF DRAGGING EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: COFFEYVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: COFFEYVILLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
UP SWITCHER WAS PULLING INTERCHANGE FROM NORTH YARD IN COFFEYVILLE (20 TRACK).  THE REAR THREE CARS IN THEIR TRAIN DERAILED AND IN DOING SO, STRUCK THREE EMPTY COAL HOPPERS IN THE ADJACENT TRACK (19 T RACK), CAUSING THEM TO ALSO DERAIL.  UP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL C OSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT.  RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION SHOW THAT THE CREW DID NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE SKOL TIMETABLE OR SSI THAT DIRECTED MOVEMENT BE MADE AT 5MPH AT THAT LOCATION, THEREFORE PRIMARY CAUSE IS EXCESSIVE SPEED AT 8 MPH.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-HOU1101-29 KICKED CARS INTO UNSECURED TRACK, CAUSING CARS TO ROLL OUT OF SOUTH END OF TRACK INTO S TANDING CUT OF CARS ON SOUTH LEAD.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BYRAM
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
L56471-01 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING TRAIN FROM THE BYRAM INDUSTRIAL LEAD TO THE MAIN LINE WHEN T HEY DERAILED GATX 5342, GATX 5377, TIXL 100997 AND CSXT 497374. THE CONDUCTOR HAD UNLOCKED THE DERAI L BUT FAILED TO TAKE IT OFF. HE THEN ADVISED THE ENGINEER THAT THE SWITCH WAS LINED AND DERAIL WAS O FF. NO INJURIES, SPILLS, OR EXPOSURES. D&A TESTING WAS DONE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
H-DYTGAL1-29 SETOUT CAR PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN DERAILMENT ON UPRR. CREW WAS NOT NOTIFIED THAT CAR HA D B/O BRAKES AND CAR ROLLED SOUTH INTO SIDE OF CARS ON 3599 TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHEVERLY
county: PRINCE GEORGE'S
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 59 WITH ENGINES 951 AND 949 AND 8 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 949 DUE TO A 100% O LD BREAK  IN ONE OF THE TWO OPERATING ROD WING PLATE BOLTS.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: SENECA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 867L808 WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES 4 LOADS, AND 109 EMPTIES ON THE SANDUSKY DISTRICT MAIN TWO AT CP WEST ATTICA WHEN THE 89TH THROUGH 99TH HEAD CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CREVE COEUR
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: TZPR
date: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SOUTHERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
LIGHT LOCOS (3) TRAVELLING NORTH ON TZPR MAIN #1 NEAR GAVILON SWITCH WHEN SWITCH POINT BROKE, DERAIL ING 2ND UNIT (NS 2707)      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, R91771-18 WAS PULLING OUT A CUT OF 7 CARS TO HUMP WHEN THEY DERAILED (UTCX 54587, SCMX 4 233, GACX 470350, NAHX 581406, CEFX 635907, GATX 18556 AND CNIS 413191) ON THE HUMP LEAD ACCOUNT A B ROKEN RAIL IN THE REMOTE ZONE.  THE DERAILED CARS IN TURN RAKED CARS (CSYX 12884, GGCX 1014, KCS 125 556, KCS 129092, TFM 20096) ON M33681-16 THAT WAS STANDING ON THE NONCONNA TRACK WAITING FOR THE HUM P JOB TO CLEAR.   


nearest_city: MASON CITY
county: CERRO GORDO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: MASON CITY IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MVPDM-29 ATTACHED THEIR POWER TO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 4 TO DO AN AIRTEST ON THEIR PICKUP.  THE CRE W PULLED THE CUT OF CARS SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 540 FEET WHEN THE CONDUCTOR SENT THE AIR BACK THROUGH T HE TRACK, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE REAR 2 CARS DERAILED AND STRUCK A SINGLE CAR ON TRACK 3    


nearest_city: WAYNE
county: DU PAGE
railroad: CC
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN M33891-26 WAS STOPPED CLEAR OF POWIS ROAD AT A RED SIGNAL AT THE EAST END OF THE "J" ON THE FR EEPORT SUB. WHEN THE CREW STARTED THE TRAIN AGAIN THEY WENT APPROX. 5 CAR LENGTHS WHEN THE TRAIN WEN T INTO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A SEPARATION OCCURRED WHEN THE DRAWBAR ON THE END OF UTLX 78896 WAS PULLED OUT ACCOUNT THE STUB SILL FAILED DUE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN OLD BREAK. CAR DID NOT DERAIL AND THERE WAS NO TRACK DAMAGE. MAIN LINE WAS CWR.   


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
THE LOI13-13 WAS SHOVING 93 EMPTIES INTO TRACK 805 FROM THE SUPPORT YARD.  THE MOVE WAS TO SHOVE CAR S INTO 805, MAKE A CUT, THEN SET ONE STACK OVER TO 801, THEN GO BACK OVER TO 805 TO FINISH THE SHOVE .  THE CREW ONLY WENT 222 FEET ON THEIR LAST SHOVE INTO 805 WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  EMP TY INTERMODAL CARS DERAILED IN THE SUPPORT YARD ON THE FROG NEAR THE 903/912 CROSSOVERS.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY THE INTERACTION OF LATERAL AND VERTICAL FORCES.   


nearest_city: KENNESAW
county: COBB
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE LANDING GEAR ON A TRACTOR TRAILER GOT STUCK ON CROSSING AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE TR UCK AND WAS STRUCK BY Q69908. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.      


nearest_city: JOPLIN
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: HILINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
U-TNDFTE0-18 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO SIDE FRA ME BROKEN CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HICKORY RIDGE
county: CROSS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
MINPB-01 TRAVELING AT 50 MPH WENT TO UDE DUE TO CROSS KEY DISLODGING CAUSING DRAWBAR TO FALL OUT WHI CH DAMAGED TWO RAILCARS NKCR13045 AND EQUX631104.  NOTHING DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GRIFFIN
county: SPAULDING
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 119G801 SHOVING NORTH WITH 3 UNTIS, 24 LOADS, 37 EMPTIES, 4160 TONS, DERAILED THE 28TH THROUGH 37TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
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:
C-EBMMLM0-01, PULLING INTO DEPARTURE 5 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. DERAILED CARS IMPACTED 2 CARS IN TRAIN E-THHNAM0-01 ON ADJACENT TRACK WHICH WERE DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
1 CAR WAS DISCOVERED DERAILED IN 2060 TRACK.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE WATER POINDING IN THE BOWL FROM HEAVY RAINS WHICH SHORT CIRCUITED THE CTE AND ALLOWED OTHER CARS TO BE HUMPED INTO TRACK BEFORE ISSUE WAS NOTICED.  MECHANICAL INTERFACE RAISED REPAIR COSTS OVER REPORTING THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: DILLEY
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZYCMX-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4641, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN AT CROSSING.  IMPACT ON TRAILER.  CREW MEMBER INJURED.  DRIVER NOT INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CI TATION.     


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC2012-19 HANDLING 40 CARS EXPERIENCED BROKEN KNUCKLE ON CAR, ALLOWING 33 CARS TO ROLL DOWN H UMP INTO 1237 TRACK TO COLLIDE WITH CARS IN THAT TRACK.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH OF NJT LOCOMOTIVE #4619 WAS DAMAGED WHILE NJT TRAIN #3961 WAS ENROUTE WEST AT MP12.3 DUE TO A CATENARY INSULATOR DEFECT.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN MTWLFJ-21, WAS DEPARTING SOUTH VIA THE KCS NEW LACY AND DERAILED ACCOUNT PROFILE AND ALIG NMENT DEVIATION ON KCS MAINTAINED TRACK.  THIS CAUSED WHEEL LIFT THAT LED TO THE DERAILMENT ON THE U P TRACK AT LF979 WITH NO TRACK DAMAGE.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $7,000.  KCS ESTIMATED TRA CK DAMAGE = $58,495.    


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/9/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130AM KG02 CREW WAS SHOVING ON TRACK 07  GOING SOUTH WHEN THE CUT WENT P AST THE FOULING POINT ON THE SOUTH END AND STRUCK 6 CARS ON A TRAIN THAT WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 06 ( 412/KB53 CREW WITH 37 CARS).  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO ALL 6 CARS ON MA06 AND THE UTLX 202120 CAR ON M A07 DUE TO KG02'S FAILURE TO PROTECT THE SHOVE.    


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AT APPROX. 17:12 THE LAW51-20 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF TRACK #3 WITH A CUT OF 30 CARS TO ADD TO THE REAR OF MFWSA-19 IN TRACK #1.  AS THEY PULLED OUT OF #3 THE CREW SAW THEY WERE ON THE GRO UND APPROX 2 CARS SOUTH OF THE #3 SWITCH, 2 CARS DERAILED.  APPROX 130' OF RAIL LAID OVER TO THE EAS T SIDE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GRAND FORKS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-GFD3012-21 LINED 106 TRACK SWITCH INSTEAD OF 105, THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHOVE INTO 106 TRACK WITH SWITCH IN INCORRECT POSITION, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: HOYT LAKES
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
U78982-08, LOADED ORE TRAIN, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON CWR MAIN LINE TRAIN WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EME RGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND CARS DMIR 51097, DMIR 51742, DMIR 51332, DMIR 51535 AND DMIR 51657 DERAILED. NO INJURIES AND NO EXPOSURE INVOLVED. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE INTERACTION OF LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.    


nearest_city: PARSHALL
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: NEWTOWN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CARMOVER/SPEEDSWING WAS ON-TRACK MOVING WESTWARD WITH A ROCK CAR WHEN CYLINDER PIN CAME OUT OF JIB B OOM CAUSING JIB TO FALL ONTO THE ROAD BED, CATCHING A TIE & FOLDING THE BOOM UNDER. 21 TIES AND THE ROADBED WERE DAMAGED. JIB & MAIN BOOM OF SPEEDSWING WERE BENT BEYOND REPAIR ALONG WITH CRACKED WINCH HOUSING. 21 TIES WERE REPLACED, 1/4 ROCK CAR DUMPED & 200 FT OF TRACK RAISED. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS C AUSES - TRACK RENEWAL ON-TRACK MOVEMENT EXPERIENCED EQUIPMENT FAILURE (CINDER PIN ON BOOM BROKE) RES ULTING I BOOM TO FALL DAMAGING BOOM AND ROAD BED.  


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #3809 RAN THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH #L1M WHILE ENROUTE WEST CAUSING DERAILMENT OF THE FIRST TRUCK AND ONE WHEEL OF MU COACH #1382.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
YCB87R-27 WAS PULLING NORTH WITH TRACK 11 WHEN THE TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE NUMBER 3 SWITCH.  THE TRAIN THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVE ONTO TRACK 19, DERAILING 8 RAILCARS INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CUT OF RAILCA RS IN ADJACENT TRACK.     


nearest_city: WINNEMUCCA
county: HUMBOLDT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: WINNEMUCCA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
GBDGGH-30 WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP5708 WAS STOPPED AT MP 485 ON THE WINNEMUCCA SUB DUE TO A FIRE ON T HE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  CREW WAS CLEAR OF THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EXPOSURES.  THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, BUT AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y-ELP2021-28 WITH 2 YD ENGS & HDLG 8 CARS & 2 DP UNITS STOPPED CUT ON LEAD AT 116 TRK SWITCH. CREW C UT OFF DP UNITS TO PLACE ON ANOTHER TRK BUT FAILED TO SET SUFFICIENT BRAKES ON STANDING CUT TO HOLD. CUT ROLLED AND STRUCK 2 LOCOMOTIVES ON TRK 151, DERAILING 4 CARS ON IMPACT. RAILROAD VERIFIED CONSI ST SPEED AND FRA TRACK CLASS.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 24 EMPTIES WHEN AFTER 2 CARS HAD PASSED THE SWITCH THE 3RD CAR LEADING SET OF TRUCK WHEELS DERAILED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY HILL BLOCK DEPRESSING CAUSING SWITCH POINT TO RISE ALLOWING LEA DING WHEELS TO GO BEHIND SWITCH POINT WHICH ALLOWED TRAILING SET TO GO TOWARDS THE D50 LEAD THUS CAU SING THE DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-KCK5121-22 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE WHILE MOVING LIGHT POWER IN YARD TRACK 308 DUE TO ICE AND SNOW ON FROG.   CAUSED DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YNL03R-27 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS THROUGH 205 TO THE HUMP LEAD WHEN DERAILMENT OCCURRED.  SEVEN CA RS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SAN DIEGO
county: SAN DIEGO
railroad: SDNX
date: 2012-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN DIEGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER STOPPED ON TRACKS, REPORTEDLY BLOCKED BY TRAFFIC AHEAD. TRAIN STRUCK REAR OF TRAILER , SWINGING TRAILER INTO OCCUPIED PSGR CAR. 3 OF 4 OCCUPANTS IN CAR INJURED, TRUCK DRIVER UNINJURED, ENGINEER AND TWO PSGRS REPORTED INJURY. MODERATE DAMAGE TO TRAIN, TOTALED TRAILER AND PASSENGER VEHI CLE.    


nearest_city: URBANA
county: CHAMPAIGN
railroad: IC
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
M39671-06 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO CA02 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT THE ENTIRE SHOVE INTO THE TRACK. THIS CAUSED THE LEAD CAR OF THE SHOVE, GATX 36589, TO COLLIDE WITH A STANDING CUT OF CARS THA T WAS OUT TO FOUL ON THE SOUTHEAST OF CA05. A TOTAL OF FIVE CARS WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT; GATX 36589, ACFX 64989, ADMX 63936, AOK 113225 AND AOK 113141. THE CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND ALL THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  CARS GATX 36589 AND AOK 113225 WERE SCRAPPED.   


nearest_city: ELGIN
county: KANE
railroad: DME
date: 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 589-16 REPORTED DERAILING ONE CAR.  AFTER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WERE SEVEN CARS DERAILED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
H-MEMGAL9-10 DERAILED 1 CAR AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 3211 DUE TO A GAPPED SWI TCH POINT.  TRACK WAS DAMAGED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS.  BC33 PULLING WEST THRU TRACK CL06 DERAILED DTTX 074148 (5P K) LEFT AND RIGHT 1-6 B-END AXLES AND NOKL 210178 (SINGLE TUB) LEFT AND RIGHT 1-4 AXLES DUE TOP PERV IOUS SHOVE MOVE EAST THRU IMPROPERLY LINED 4 LEAD SWITCH.     


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: WC
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
M34641-23 WAS DEPARTING OFF MAIN TRACK NUMBER 3 ON THE WAUKESHA SUB TO MAIN TRACK NUMBER 1 ON THE CP ELGIN SUB AT TOWER B12. THE WHEEL ON THE 51ST CAR, CGTX 13833, BROKE AT THE EAST END OF THE CONNECT ION CAUSING THE LEADING AXLE ON THE CAR TO DERAIL. THE CAR TRAVELED APPROX. 1/3 OF THE MILE THRU THE POWER TURNOUT FOR THE CONNECTION AND ACROSS ELM STREET WHEN AN NS CREW ON THE MAIN TRACK 2 REPORTED SEEING DUST AND DEBRIS AS THE TRAIN WENT PAST. THE CREW STOPPED  THEIR TRAIN AND THE CONDUCTOR FOUN D DERAILED CAR. THE TRACKS ARE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY METRA WHICH REPORTED $888,000 IN TRACK, SIGNA L, WAY & STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: HUNTINGBURG
county: DUBOIS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-08T00:00:00Z
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-May
narrative:
61AD907-6'30" 61AD907 PULLING SOUTH THROUGH EAST LEG OF WYE AT HUNTINGBURG, IN DERAILED 8 LOADED CAR S ACCT ROLLED OUTSIDE RAIL.      


nearest_city: LAKE CHARLES
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YAK49R-23 WHILE PULLING CUT OF 58 CARS WESTBOUND IN TRACK 1, DERAILED THE REAR CAR OF THE CUT DUE TO THREE FOOT PIECE OF BROKEN RAIL CAUSING THE CARS TO THEN SIDESWIPE 8 CARS IN THE ADJACENT NO. 2 TRA CK.     


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: SKAGIT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: BELLINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
R-NWE8151-09 DERAILED 5 CARS AND IMPACTED RAILS CARS ON ADJACENT TRACKS DUE TO FAILURE TO PROPERLY S ECURE HAND BRAKE ON CAR AND KICKING CARS INADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEAS ED.     


nearest_city: BRYAN
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
B40B213 TRAVELING IN A WEST DIRECTION OPERATING UNDER HAND SIGNALS WITH A SINGLE LIGHT UNIT (NS 5650 ) FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF DERAIL ON LOWER #2 TRACK IN THE YARD DERAILING A-END OF NS 5650.      


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: 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: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 37QV701 PULLING WEST IN RT07 WHEN DERAILED 6 CARS AT CONSIST ACCOUNT BROKEN THERMIT WELD.       


nearest_city: LYNCHBURG
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
148V314 DELAYED 6 HOURS AND 42 MINUTES 148V314 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAINLINE DERAILED THE 47TH HEAD CAR 10 THE 59TH REAR CAR IN THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: RIPLEY
county: TIPPAH
railroad: MTNR
date: 2011-03-15T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Mar
narrative:
COUPLE TO LOADED CARS ON SOUTH END.  CONDUCTOR WALKED TO LINE MAIN TRACK TO SHOVE OUT OF YARD TRACK. WHEN CARS STARTED TO MOVE NORTH THE 70LB RAIL BROKE UNDER 13TH CAR AND ALLOWED WHEEL TO ROLL OFF T IES AND 2 CARS OVER TURNED     


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: TCT
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1820, ENGINEER ON-BOARD AND CONTROLLING ENGINE GMTX 207 WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS VIA RADIO BY THE CREW UTILITY TO BACK UP 14 CARS OUT OF TRACK 410 WHERE HE HAD MADE A CUT, ONTO THE 400 LEAD TO CLEAR THE 410 SWITCH FOR A REVERSE MOVEMENT DOWN THE LEAD TO SET OUT ONE CAR.  THE CREW UTIL ITY STAYED IN TRACK 410 TO MAKE THE JOINT WHEN THE BALANCE OF THE CUT WAS BUT BACK TO 410 AND THE CR EW FOREMAN REMAINED AT THE SWITCH STAND TO TRACK 410 TO LINE THE SWITCH BACK FOR THE LEAD AND GIVE T HE ENGINEER FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS AS THE MOVEMENT CLEARED THE 410 SWITCH.  BEFORE THE MOVEMENT CLEARE D THE 410 SWITCH, THE ENGINE STRUCK THE SIDE OF A TRAIN STANDING IN TRACK 603 ACROSS THE 400 LEAD SW ITCH OUT OF TRACK 603.  THE TANK CAR IN TRACK 603 WAS DAMAGED AND DERAILED AND ENGINE GMTX 207 WAS D


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YPB22R-10 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON 47 LEAD AND WAS LINED THRU THE CROSSOVER AND TOWARDS THE WYE.  YPB2 2R-10 WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE SIDESWIPING THE YPB17-10'S UNIT UP8221, JUST UNDER THE CONDUCTOR'S W INDOW CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES.     


nearest_city: JOLIET
county: WILL
railroad: IMSA
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: JOLIET SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
JOB 5 PULLED LOADED CARS OFF OF TRACK 401 NORTH INTO TRACK 210. JOB 5 PULLED UP FAR ENOUGH TO LET JO B 8 MAKE A MOVE BEHIND THEM FROM THE 600
TRACKS, UP TRACK 210 AND INTO TRACK 405. JOB 8 CONDUCTOR L INED ALL SWITCHES BACK FOR STRAIGHT RAIL AND NOTIFIED JOB 5. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE
PROPER MOVE INTO TRACK 811 FROM TRACK 210, THE 61 SWITCH NEEDS TO BE LINED INTO TRACK 210, INSTEAD IT WAS LINED STRAI GHT INTO TRACK 213. JOB 5
CONDUCTOR WAS NOT PROPERLY POSITIONED (ABOUT 4000' AWAY AROUND A CURVE), WITH NO VISUAL OF THE REAR END OF THE TRACK AND NO VISUAL OF THE LINE-UP THE JOB 5 CONDUCTOR INSTRUC TED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE FROM TRACK 210 TO TRACK 811. WHILE SHOVING BACK INTO TRACK 811, THE EQUIPM ENT RAN THROUGH THE 61 SWITCH.
THIS WENT UNNOTICED BY THE CREW. AFTER SHOVING INTO TRACK 811 AND CO


nearest_city: OREGON
county: OGLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: AURORA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Z CHCPTL8 19 WAS OPERATING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN TRACTOR-TRAILER WENT AROUND GATES AND WAS STRUC K BY THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: TEXAS CITY
county: GALVESTON
railroad: TCT
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAILING AXLE OF LEAD TTRUCK OF THE 8TH CAR CLIMBED 603 EAST SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN THE DERAILMEN T OF CAR AHEAD AND BEHIND OF 8TH CAR PRIOR TO STOPPING      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 7851S MU # 1437 WAS DAMAGED BY AN INSULATIOR FOULING THE TROLLEY WIRE.  NJTR HAD A TOTAL OF $10,000.00 EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
NJT TRAIN 3983 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNITS 1477 AND 1375 DUE TO MU 1477S TRAILING CROSS BAR TO THE ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY HAD A 50% FATIGUE BREAK UNDER THE LATCH DOWN BUSHING TO PANTOGRAPH HOOK. DUE TO ITS LOCATION THE BREAK WAS NOT EVIDENT TO VISUAL INSPECTION.  THE CROSS BAR PARTED AND WORK ED LOOSE DUE TO THE TURBULENCE ASSOCIATED WITH NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS.  THE PARTED CROSS BAR TH EN STRUCK THE 29 CLIP ON # 4 TRACK.  THIS ACTION CAUSED THE TROLLEY WIRE TO SNAP AND SEPARATE AT THE 29 CLIP AND THEN BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE PANTOGRAPHS OF 1447 AND 1375.  


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: HENRY
railroad: MNA
date: 2013-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CLINTON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE CWTLU9-07 PULLING INTO THE KCPL POWER PLANT OFF THE SIDING AT LADUE DERAILED 4 CARS.  CAUSE WAS A VERTICAL FLANGE ON L4 OF KCLX 798027 HIT A RECENTLY WELDED (PRIOR TO LAST DERAILMENT) SWITCH POINT AND BROKE IT.  AFTER BREAKING THE SWITCH POINT THE WHEEL CLIMBED THE POINT FORCING THE SWITCH OPEN ALLOWING THE FOLLOWING 3 CARS TO FOLLOW THE ADJACENT TRACK RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 1969 ROLLED INTO TURNTABLE PIT WHEN EMPLOYEE REMOVED WHEEL CHOCKS BUT FAILED TO REAL IZE THAT LOCO WAS DEAD AND AIR HAD BLED OFF. FUEL TANK RUPTURED AS A RESULT, CONTAINED IN PIT. BNSF 1969, SD40, CAP 4000 GALLONS, 3800 GALLONS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: TAFT
county: ORANGE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
K71515 PULLING INTO T02 AT TAFT YARD WHEN ENGINEER REALIZE HIS TRAIN WAS PULLING HARD PUT TRAIN IN I DLE AND IT STOP TOLD CONDUCTOR SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH TRAIN . CONDUCTOR WALK TRAIN FOUND 7 CARS ON GROUND.     


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
FL41 SHOVED WEST TO PULL THRU #1 SOUTH TO WATERMAN WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO RUN THRU SWITCH.       


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHILLICOTHE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Q-CHIST03-06, DEPARTING FROM 536 TRACK, STOPPED TRAIN TO LINE SWITCH. SLACK ACTION CAUSED RUN-IN AGA INST LOCOMOTIVES, DERAILING ALL LOCOMOTIVES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED. TRAIN CONSISTED O F ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: LAGUNA
county: CIBOLA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GALLUP
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
H-BARMEM1-25 DERAIL 1 CAR AND CAUSED TRACK AND EQUIP-MENT DAMAGE DUE TO MISSING COUPLER RETAINER PIN ON CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  TLG      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MPBJB-13 DEPARTED OUT OF 205 RAIL TO THE 4 RAIL POCKET AND DERAILED THE 39 THRU 43 CARS FROM THE REA R END.  DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY BROKEN RAIL T-207.      


nearest_city: NICKERSON
county: DODGE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SIOUX CITY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
H-TULNTW1-12A WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN A SEMI, TRACTOR TRAILER RAN THROUGH THE CROSSING AS TRAI N WAS APPROACHING.  TRAIN COLLIDED WITH THE TRAILER OF THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:33 AM, IHB RUN 590 WAS HUMPING CARS IN BLUE ISLAND YARD IN RIVERDALE, IL. A CUT OF THREE CARS WAS HUMPED FOR TRACK BC37 FOLLOWED BY A CUT OF THREE CARS FOR TR ACK BC11. THE SECOND CUT OF CARS, THOSE FOR BC11, CAUGHT UP TO THE FIRST CUT OF CARS, CORNERING THE LAST CAR OF THE FIRST CUT (IHB 166572) AND THE FIRST CAR OF THE SECOND CUT (CCLX 1314).    


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y19305 IN PROCESS OF PULLING B34, LOADED COVERED HOPPER SAMX 40045 ROLLED OUT OF B36 AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF PPAX 6127, DERAILING SAMX 40045, PPAX 6129, PPAX 6127, GATX 201624, GATX 200589, GATX 205491 .     


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #3171 STRUCK DOWNED CATENARY WIRE ENROUTE WEST DEPARTING NEWARK NEAR MP 8.8 RESULTING IN PARTE D MESSENGER WIRE ON TOP OF TRAIN AND DAMAGES TO #6066.      


nearest_city: PEORIA
county: PEORIA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
CNAPW-15 WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP70185 WAS TRAVELING ON THE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED THE CWEX6406, CWE X7032, CWEX6399, CWEX77016, CWEX7040 AND THE CWEX9155.      


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: LEWIS
railroad: PSAP
date: 2011-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE UGLPS-3 RAN OVER A RIGID SWITCH AND MADE REVERSE MOVEMENT OVER SWITCH DERAILING 3 STACK CARS.       


nearest_city: SEWARD
county: SEWARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
X-CNBOTV9-22 DERAILED 1 CAR 13.5 FT BEYOND ELM STREET CROSSING.  CAR WAS DRAGGED, DERAILED FOR APPRO XIMATELY 2.1 MORE MILES BEFORE PASSING THROUGH SWITCH HEATER AND SWITCH AT MP 27.8, DAMAGING SWITCH APPARATUS AND DERAILING SECOND CAR.     


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MENDOTA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL2012-29 HUMPED A CAR INTO TRACK 2016 THAT ROLLED OUT AND IMPACTED A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE B EING PULLED OUT OF TRACK 2012 BY RCO Y-GAL2072-29 DUE TO YARD SKATE FAILED TO STOP CAR.  NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  1 CAR DERAILED.     


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
L27118 WAS PULLING IN ON THE NORTH RUNNER TRACK WHEN THE 7TH HEAD CAR(ETTX 802909 R1/L1) DERAILED AL ONG WITH THE NEXT SEVEN CARS IN THE CONSIST OF 40 CARS.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
EMPLOYEES WERE SHOVING UP UP 1 WEST APPROCH WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO MOVE THE T RAIN. THEY WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PLAINS
county: SEWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
ZEPCS-05, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7611, STRUCK THE REAREND OF A TRAILER LOAD OF CORN THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT HAD STOPPED.  TRAILER WAS FOULING THE ONTARIO STREET CROSSING BEFORE G ATES DESCENDED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: RAHWAY
county: UNION
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 7828 OPERATING EAST ON 1 TRACK STRUCK AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE.  DRIVER OF VEHICLE WAS A 92-YE AR OLD MALE.      


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TOYAH SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE YBG61R WAS SHOVING 19 CARS EAST BOUND INTO TRACK 2.  THEY PULLED THE CARS FROM TRACK 10 AND WERE SHOVING THEM INTO TRACK 2 TO LINE THEM UP FOR THE MODFW.  THEY LINED THE SWITCH FOR TRACK 2 AND FBY GOT ON THE POINT AND BEGAN THE SHOVE INTO TRACK 2.  HE STATED THAT HE SHOVED ABOUT 10 OR 12 CARS TO WARDS THE EAST AND FELT A TUG ON HIS TRAIN.  HE STOPPED AND WALKED TOWARDS THE HEAD END WHEN HE NOTI CED THAT THE UTLX61301 HAD DERAILED.  THE POD WAS THE SWITCH POINT ON THE 102 SWITCH ON THE WEST END OF THE BIG SPRING YARD.  


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
AS THE IG2OA-31 WAS COMING OFF MAIN LINE 1 AT RV004 TO RD1, ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE 17TH CAR DERAIL ED.  IN DOING SO 4 INTERMODAL CONTAINERS FROM 2 OF THE BAYS TIPPED OVER CAUSING MISALIGNMENT OF THE TRACK.  THE DERAILED CAR TRAVERSED THE CROSSOVERS, STRIKING POINT ON THE SPRING FROG, LIFTING THE WH EEL.  THE WHEEL CAME DOWN ON TOP OF THE RAIL AND FELL TO THE OUTSIDE OF RAIL.    


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YSA24-25 PULLING NORTH OUT OF TRACK 3 WAS GOING TO DOUBLE OVER TO TRACK 910, AND SIDESWIPED THE IEWL B-25 COMING SOUTH ON THE MAINLINE NORTHEND CROSSING OVER TO SO216 CROSSOVER TO GO TO #2 MAINLINE ON THE DEL RIO SUB.  UNIT 5470 AND 7 CARS DERAILED OFF THE REAR END OF THE IEWLB-25.     


nearest_city: DUDLEY
county: STODDARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ON THE QNLCH-08, CN 2553, CAUGHT ON FIRE ON THE HOXIE SUBDIVISION.  CREW EXITED TRAI N SAFELY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITHOUT IT SPREADING TO OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TRAC K.     


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: DWP
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
L51181-05 WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHILE SHOVING INTO THE UP ITASCA YARD. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED  T HE TRAIN HE FOUND THAT FIVE CARS HAD DERAILED UPRIGHT. TWO OF THE FIVE CARS DERAILED CONTAINED HAZAR DOUS MATERIALS - NO LEAKS OR EXPOSURES. DERAILED CARS: SP 365142, LW 66530, GATX 49227, TILX 302852, DOWX 20485. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT CARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE THE UP REPORTED $18,897 IN TRA CK DAMAGE.
GE. THE UP REPORTED $18,897 IN TRACK DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: KCS
date: 2014-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE LOADED CAR AFTER KICKING CARS AND SLACK CAUSED AN IMPACT RESULTING IN A DERAILMEN T ON THE LAREDO SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: BROOKHAVEN
county: LINCOLN
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LOADED COAL TRAIN STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT STOPPED ON THE GORDON ST/MANSON ROAD CROSSING.  THE OCCUPANT S IN THE VEHICLE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND RAN BEFORE IMPACT OCCURRED.  DAMAGES WERE SUSTAINED TO SIGNA L/COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE CN 2342.     


nearest_city: ADEL
county: COOK
railroad: GFRR
date: 2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
THE TRAIN WAS PULLING 23 CARS OUT OF A SIDING WHEN THE 22 AND 23 CARS DERAILED.  BOTH OF THE CARS TU RNED OVER ON THEIR SIDE.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
I1AD613 PULLING NORTH INTO TRACK "A RAMP" WITH 2 ENGINES, 31 LDS 3518 TONS DERAILED 12TH THRU 15TH H EAD CARS AT #2 ROUNDHOUSE SWITCH.      


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: RAY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
239 DELAY 2'20" TRAIN 239D302 TRAVELING WEST AT 48 MPH WITH 2 ENGS, 49 LOADED AUTOS EXPERIENCED UNDE SIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. UPON INVESTIGATION ENGINES WERE DISCOVERED PLED FROM TRAIN AND 1S T HEAD CAR TTGX 987527 WAS FOUND TO BE DERAILED TO ITS SIDE TO THE NORTH AND CLEAR OF THE MAIN LINE.     


nearest_city: LELAND
county: BRUNSWICK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: WILMINGTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
Y39026 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO MAKE A SAFETY STOP AND TO CONTROL HIS SHOVE CAUSING CAR TO DERAIL UPON CO UPLING.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
2 CARS IN 925 TRACK DID NOT HAVE HANDBRAKES APPLIED.  NEITHER Y-HOU2111-17 NOR Y-HOU3111-17 CHECKED FOR OR APPLIED BRAKES TO THESE CARS PRIOR TO KICKING CARS INTO 925 TRACK ON TOP OF THE UNSECURED CAR S.  Y-HOU3111-17 KICKED AND CORNERED A CAR AT NORTH END OF 925 THAT HAD ROLLED ONTO LEAD FROM Y-HOU3 751-17 SWITCHING AT THAT END, RESULTING IN DAMAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: NEW ORLEANS NOPB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
QLINSL-25 DERAILED WHILE COMING OFF THE FOOT OF THE BRIDGE.  THE TRAIN DERAILED ONE CAR IN EASTBRIDG E JUNCTION.  DERAILMENT.  NOPB MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
R98271-23 SPOTTED TRACK 7 AT YARD AIR AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE YARDMASTER TO STAY IN THE CLEAR ON T HE RIGHT SIDE. YARDMASTER THEN INSTRUCTED L51971-23 AND R98271-23 THAT THE L51971-23 HAD PERMISSION TO COME OUT OF TRACK #2 AND SHOVE HIS CUT OF CARS FOR SHELL ONTO THE SHELL LEAD. THE REAR OR NORTH E ND OF THE SHELL CUT, UTLX 910546 (E, RESIDUE LAST CONTAINED 1-HEXENE) CORNERED THE GTW 5861 ON THE E NGINEER'S SIDE AS THE HUMP ENGINES TRIED TO BACK UP TOWARDS 7 TRACK IN AN ACCELERATED FASHION. THE C ONDUCTOR ON L51971-23 STATED THAT THE BRAKEMAN WAS IN POSITION TO LINE THE SPLIT LEAD SWITCH FOR L51 971'S MOVEMENT AND ALL OTHER SWITCHES WERE LINED, BUT THE R98271 ENGINE CAME OUT SO QUICKLY, ALL HE COULD DO IS SAY STOP, STOP, STOP AND HANGING ON. THE ENGINEER ON R98271 WAS QUESTIONED IF ANYONE HAD


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
B33B513 WITH 1X35=2749 TRAVELING SOUTH ON JCT YARD RUNNING TRACK AT 10MPH WHEN SEMI TRUCK TRAVELING WEST ON MELLON ROAD STRUCK B33B513 LEAD UNIT NS7130 DERAILING UNIT AND 1ST CAR ETTX 802219.      


nearest_city: LAWRENCEVILLE
county: GWINNETT
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ABBEVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
A70907 WAS PULLING 7 CARS UP THE VIKING LEAD FROM CUSTOMER IBC WHEN THE HEAD CAR AND NEXT 3 CARS DER AILED ON WIDE GAGE.      


nearest_city: PAYNESVILLE
county: STEARNS
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
293-05 THROUGH PAYNESVILLE & LOST AIR. NO SUDDEN SLACK - NOTIFIED BY DISPATCHER CARS WERE ON THE GRO UND. NO HAZARDOUS INVOLVED. 15 CARS DERAILED. NOTHING LEAKING. FIELD #12 PAYNESVILLE SUBDIVISION - F IELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY: 1. SIGNALED, 1. SIGNAL INDICATION, Q. TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM/CTC.     


nearest_city: ORLANDO
county: ORANGE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: ORLANDO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
N17213 STRUCK 3 DIFFERENT PLATFORMS IN 3 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT BELONG TO CFRC AS THEY WERE PASSIN G OVER IT ON MAINLINE TRACK #2 AT A790.1, A790.4 & A787.3.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LHO42-09 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 402 WHEN RAILCAR MP276607 DERAILED AT 402 SWITCH.  DOWNLOAD SHOWED N O HUMAN CAUSE, TRACK MEASUREMENTS WITHIN STANDARD AND CAR MEASUREMENTS TAKEN HAD NO EXCEPTIONS.      


nearest_city: TUPELO
county: LEE
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ARTESIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN WAS CUT ON THE SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN THE CARS SET OUT WERE SHOVED ONTO TRACK 2 AND SIDESWIPED THE CUT OF CARS REMAINING ON THE MAIN LINE.      


nearest_city: PARKERS PRAIRIE
county: OTTER TAIL
railroad: CP
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: DETROIT LAKES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
3298-23 TRAVELLING EASTWARD ON DETROIT LAKES SUB AT 40 MPH (TRACK SPEED). TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INSPECTION FOUND 14 CARS DERAILED, 3 CARS FOUND TO BE LEAKING CRUDE OIL WITH APPROXIMATELY 15,000 G ALLONS RELEASED. LEAKING CARS WERE THE TILX 270362, TILX 254456 AND GATX 28825. NO INJURIES, NO ASSO CIATED EVACUATION.    


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AS THE Y39030 WAS PULLING OUT OF 005 CLASS, 006 CLASS WAS BUMPED INTO THE FOUL FROM THE CARS BEING H UMPED. THE INVESTIGATION FROM THE TAPS TEAM DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS AN OILY SUBSTANCE ON THE WHEEL S OF MULTIPLE CARS ON THE EAST END OF 006 CLASS. THE OILY SUBSTANCE PREVENTED THE INERT RETARDERS FR OM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, CAUSING THE CARS TO COME OUT OF THE TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE CUT BEIN G PULLED OUT OF 005 CLASS, DERAILING ACFX 69884 AND DAMAGING 3 OTHERS.   


nearest_city: HARLEYVILLE
county: DORCHESTER
railroad: GICX
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: CRESTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
ON 11/19/12 THE RAIL CREW WAS ENTERING THE GRR LEAD WITH THE LOCOMOTIVE TRAILING A GROUP OF 8 FREIGH T CARS. THE GRR LEAD CONSIST OF TIGHT RADIUS CURVE WITH A SWITCH CONTAINED MIDWAY OF THE CURVE, WHIC H LEADS INTO 2 ADDITIONAL SWITCHES SEPARATED BY AN INDUSTRY ROAD CROSSING. WHEN PUSHING THE 8 CARS T HROUGH THE INITIAL CURVE, THE SECOND TRUCK OF THE THIRD CAR DERAILED JUST PAST THE INITIAL SWITCH. T HE TRAIN CONSISTED OF TWO LOADED HAZARDOUS LIQUID TANK CARS, TWO EMPTY HOPPER CARS AND WAS BEING PUS HED BY THE LOCOMOTIVE. THERE WERE NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS LIQUID FROM THE RAILCARS OF THE LOCOMOTIVE . AFTER THE DERAILMENT A 12" PIECE OF THE SWITCH POINT, ABOUT 2" IN WIDTH WAS FOUND LAYING ON THE TR ACKS. BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF BOTH EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WERE


nearest_city: SUFFERN
county: ROCKLAND
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YARD CREW OPERATING #1701 RAN THROUGH SWITCH IN SNOW WHILE ENROUTE WEST FROM TRACK #2 WEST TO LADDER AND DERAILED #4006 AND #6541 ENROUTE EAST.      


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: GRR
date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC DELIVERED TRAIN SHEGT-19 (UP844 AND SERVING CARS) TO GRR FELD, TX YARD ON 4/19/2012. T HREE UP SERVICING CARS ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF EMPTY ROCK TRAIN GRR 103.  NO PERSONAL INJU RIES. ONE UP SERVICE CAR DAMAGED ($88,488) AND 3 EMPTY GONDOLA DAMAGED ($19,736).     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR2032-20 WAS SHOVING 110 CARS EAST 3 CAR LENGTHS TO CLEAR CIRCUIT ON WEST END 1504 TRACK.  W HEN STOPPED, SLACK RAN OUT AND CARS STRUCK JOB 201 WHICH WAS HUMPING TRACK 1503, DERAILING 1 CAR AND DAMAGING A TOTAL OF 3.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GREEN OAKS
county: LAKE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: C&M
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 8 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/118-E/182-E/190 AND 11 CARS STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED MINIVAN AT MP3 2.25, ROCKLAND RD CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $6,885.00.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: CRL
date: 2013-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SOUTH CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
FS 1 ASSIGNMENT WAS PULLING TRAIN FROM THE IOWA INTERSTATE FROM BLUE ISLAND TO SOUTH CHICAGO TRACK N UMBER 1.  AS THEY WERE PULLING THROUGH SC1 THE (3) UNITS AND (16) CARS CLEARED THE SC 1 & 2 CROSSOVE RS BEFORE THE 17TH CAR (IATR 4406) DERAILED AT THE CROSSOVER WITH THE LEADING SET OF WHEELS STAYING ON TRACK #1 AND THE TRAILING SET OF WHEELS AND REST OF TRAIN GOING DOWN TRACK #2.  TRAIN TRAVELED AP PROXIMATELY 4 CAR LENGTHS (275') BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. 4 ETHANOL CARS DERAILED.  NO LEAKS OR SPIL LS.  


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y-LUB1011-05, KICKING CARS INTO 207 TRACK, EXPERIENCED PASSED DRAWPARS/FAILED COUPLING WITH DAMAGES TO BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: KILGORE
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN QD3G41-29 WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF4338 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 1 RAI LCAR WHILE MOVING OUT OF KILGORE SIDING.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SPEED WHEN DEPARTING THE SIDING.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $10,000.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: METUCHEN
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Nov
narrative:
MESSENGER PARTED AND CAME DOWN ON THE STEADY SPAN CAUSING DAMAGES TO PANTOGRAPHS ON MU CARS #1405, 1 329 AND 1397 ON TRAIN #3124 ENROUTE EAST NEAR MP 26.0.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
UPY811 COUPLED INTO PARKED ENGINE UP814 AT 7 MPH CAUSING COUPLER DAMAGE TO UPY811.  NOT DERAILED.       


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: MAD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 66 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/654 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED AN INVERTED PANTOGRAPH ON UNIT E/654 A FTER STRIKING CATENARY WIRE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $3,096.00.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Broken train collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y39721 SPOTTING TRAIN AT EAST END AIR PLANT TO HAVE AIR WORKED HAD A SEPARATION 97 DEEP DUE TO THE C ENTER SILL OF ESIX 100026 FAILING AND ALLOWING THE REAR 52 CARS TO ROLL WEST FREELY, THIS CAUSED THE REAR CAR OF THE CUT PLCX 224231 TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF Q16321 DERAILING 2 CARS DTTX 726842 AND NOKL 230281 LINES 40 AND 41 OF Q16321.    


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: WTA
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
CREW HAD A HOLD OF 8 CARS, SHOVING INTO TRACK 1402 TO PULL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN MOST CAR OF THE TWO I N THE TRACK A LOADED TANK CAR.  THE CTRX21511 WAS COUPLED UP AND HIT THE BUMPING POST AT THE END OF THE TRACK CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: PLANT CITY
county: HILLSBOROUGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
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:
TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH CHICKEN MANURE FAILED TO STOP AT PRIVATE RAILROAD CROSSING AND WAS STRUC K BY Q74108. DRIVER WAS INJURED. DRIVER AGE IS UNKNOWN.      


nearest_city: DAKOTA CITY
county: DAKOTA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
G-NENWGAT9-03, PULLING OFF FORMER O"NEIL SUB ONTO SIOUX CITY SUB THROUGH WYE, DERAILING 7 CARS AND D P LOCOMOTIVE.  BNSF 475411, B-END, FOUND TO HAVE BAD CONSTANT-CONTACT SIDE BEARING INHIBITING CAR'S ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE CURVE; WIDE GAGE THIS LOCATION CONTRIBUTED TO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, RCL93171-11, HAD COUPLED INTO TRACK MO43 IN MEMPHIS YARD AND STRETCHED THE CARS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALL COUPLED. THEN THE CREW STARTED MOVING THE CARS FORWARD AND THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A SKATE UNDERNEATH THE CAR, SHPX 432948. WHEN SHPX 432948 HIT THE RETARDER IT DERAILED UPRIGHT. THE CAUSE WAS THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO NOTICE THE SKATE UNDER THE CAR. CREW WAS TES TED, RESULTED WERE NEGATIVE.   


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
LOH45-30 CREW SHOVED A GONDOLA CAR INTO THE SIDE OF 3 CARS THAT WERE LEFT STANDING IN TRACK 001.  TH E CARS DID NOT DERAIL.  THERE WAS ONLY DAMAGE TO THE CARS INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: MANKATO
county: BLUE EARTH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
DM&E JOB DMEB-20 PULLING 34 LOADS INTO MANKATO YARD TRACK 56 WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW WALKED BACK TO FIND ONE CAR DERAILED.  UPON INVESTIGATION, DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CEN TER SILL OF CAR HAD FAILED.  PICTURES INDICATED SIGNS OF CRACKING IN THE UPPER CHANNEL SECTION OF TH E SILL.  THIS ALONG WITH A DRY CENTER BOWL CAUSED THE TRUCK TO BIND IN THE SWITCH.  THIS ISSUE COULD NOT BE SEEN/DETERMINED UNTIL DAYLIGHT HOURS.  DM&E ESTIMATED DAMAGE = $14,098   


nearest_city: MOUNT HOLLY
county: GASTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: CHARLOTTE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS HI-RAILING WHEN HIS VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH F79313. COST ESTIMATES FOR LOCO ON F7 9313 HAS $100., THE HI-RAIL ESTIMATED COSTS ARE $50,000.00.      


nearest_city: MOORE
county: MEDINA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR BR1203, WAS STOPPED AND MACHINE WOULD NOT MOVE.  OPERATOR LOWERED WEST WING OF REG ULATOR TO APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES, LEFT TAMPER RUNNING AND IN GEAR, AND DISMOUNTED EQUIPMENT.  OPER ATOR THEN PROCEEDED TO PLACE HIMSELF BETWEEN THE WING AND FRAME OF THE MACHINE, PLACING HIS RIGHT FO OT ON THE INSIDE PORTION OF THE WING, IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE CYLINOID FOR THE TRAVEL SYSTEM.  OPERAT OR THEN DISCONNECTED THE LOW SPEED TRAVEL WIRE CONNECTION AND HIGH SPEED TRAVEL WIRE CONNECTION AND THEN PLACED THE HIGH SPEED CONNECTION INTO THE LOW SPEED SIDE, SO THAT HE COULD OPERATE AT TRAVEL SP EED.  UPON DOING THIS, THE MACHINE PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF SOUTHWARD, KNOCKING THE BALLAST REGULATOR O PERATOR TO THE GROUND.  THE MACHINE TRAVELED DOWN A 0.79 PERCENT GRADE FOR 0.5 MILES , IMPACTING THE


nearest_city: LINWOOD
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
HUMP JOB PL02 HUMPING IN RT08 NON-AUTOMATIC MODE WHEN NATX 251291 ROLLED OUT OF THE NORTH END OF CT2 5 DERAILING ALL WHEELS, B-END AND DAMAGING BPRX 5752.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YNL33R-10, WHILE HUMPING TRACK 204 THE 61ST CAR HUMPED, ACFX76577, CAME OUT OF THE MASTER AND STOPPE D AT THE 16 SWITCH.  THE FOLLOWING CAR, NATX230216, CAUGHT UP AND HIT THE ACFX76577 DERAILING THE SO UTH SET OF WHEELS ON ACFX76577.  BOTH CARS WERE EMPTY TANKS.     


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: GLORIETA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CARS WERE SPOTTED TO INDUSTRY ON INDUSTRY TRACK FOR UNLOADING. HANDBRAKES WERE NOT SET AND CARS ROLL EDON TRACK.  DERAIL DID NOT FUNCTION AS DRY-ROTTED TIE CONDITION TO BE PUSHED FROM RAIL.  CARS CONTI NUED TO POINT OF DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: KENOSHA
county: KENOSHA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LPK41-11 WAS SHOVING BAD ORDER CARS INTO TRACK 850 WHEN 2 CARS DERAILED DUE TO ICE BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE RAIL.  NAHX100804 & UTLX630003 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FRISCO
county: COLLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
U-CAKGRB0-64T HANDLING 80 CARS MOVING 36 MPH DERAILED 28 CARS WHEN L-1 JOURNAL ON LINE 6, TXIX 2011, FAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TRAIN HAD PASSED HBD THAT LACKED A SOFTWARE PATCH THAT WOULD H AVE DETECTED THE OVERHEAD JOURNAL, SO HBD DID NOT STOP TRAIN.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
WHILE SETTING OVER CARS FROM R14 TO R13, Y194 MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE RWL SWITCH THAT TH EY HAD PREVIOUSLY RAN THROUGH. DERAILED 2 CARS AND SIDE SWIPPED 1 CAR.      


nearest_city: SEABOARD
county: NORTHAMPTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
Q75928 DERAILED ONE CAR ON SINGLE MAIN DUE TO JOURNAL (ROLLER BEARING) FAILURE FROM OVER HEATING.       


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
HOJH801 SHOVING WEST WITH 3 UNITS (NS 7561, NS 8840, NS 5690).  73 LOADS, 30 EMPTIES, 8122 TONS AND 7142 FEET DERAILED 12 CARS.      


nearest_city: ROCKY MOUNT
county: EDGECOMBE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
DURING NORMAL SWITCHING OPERATIONS, Y192-19 COUPLED TO A 15 CAR CUT IN A18 WITH LOCOMOTIVE CSXT 8317 AND RCO FLAT CAR CSXT 9488. WHILE MAKING A SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT, THE RCO TRAINEE NOTICED CARS IN THE CENTER OF THE CUT ROCKING AND PLACED THE ENGINE IN EMERGENCY.  THE INVESTIGATION TEAM DETERMINED TH AT THE TRUCKS AND ALL 4 WHEELS OF THE CIRR 3427 HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CAR, AND THE UTCX 46485 WAS O N ITS LEFT SIDE.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE AIR HOSE TROLLEY ROD ASSEMBL Y BRACKET ON THE B END OF THE CIRR 3427 HAD BROKEN.  THE DRAGGING ASSEMBLY GOT STUCK IN THE FROG LOC ATED BY THE SWITCH AT THE SOUTH END OF TRACK A16 RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT. 


nearest_city: FAIR OAKS
county: CROSS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZMNLA-02 WITH LEAD UNIT UP7487 WAS MOVING VIA CONNECTING TRACK FROM MEMPHIS SUB TO THE JONESBORO SUB WHEN THE RAIL SPREAD, DERAILING TWO LOCOMOTIVES.      


nearest_city: AMITE
county: TANGIPAHOA
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
DRIVER OF DUMPTRUCK FAILED TO STOP AT THE CROSSING AND PROCEEDED SLOWLY IN FRONT OF TRAIN. SOUTHBOUN D TRAIN STRUCK TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEAD LOCOMOTIVE, CN 2309. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES IN THE IM PACT AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL. LOCOMOTIVE CN 2309 HAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO PLOW AND GRAB IRO N ON RAIL. THERE IS NO APPARENT TRACK DAMAGE. TRACK IS CWR.    


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
GSSKHO-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP6792, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE MINTON ROAD CROSSING.  IMPACT CAUSED UP6792 TO DERAIL AND CATCH ON FIRE.  ENGINEER INJURED.  DRIVER OF TRAC TOR TRAILER NOT INJURED.  DIESEL FUEL RELEASE FROM EQUIPMENT ON TRUCK/TRAILER = DIESEL FUEL 200 GAL.     


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING WR 7 CLSX 5645 AND CGCX 20478 STALLED IN WR 18. THE RETARDER  OPERATOR TRIED TO STOP C LSX 1283 AND CLSX 5062 IN THE TOP AND BOTTOM RETARDER BUT WAS UNABLE TO WHICH CAUSED CLSX 1283 AND C GCX 20478 COUPLERS TO BYPASS AND DERAILED BOTH CARS.     


nearest_city: KILGORE
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW OF THE QLDNL-28 FAILED TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH THE REAR D PU OF THE QHONL-01 AT MP 7.8.  AT TIME OF INCIDENT CONDUCTOR ON THE QLDNL-28 ADVISED MULTIPLE MANAGE RS HE WAS NOT INJURED.  DURING INVESTIGATION EMPLOYEE ADMITTED TO BEING NON-TRUTHFUL REGARDING THE I NCIDENT INFORMATION.  MOMENTS LATER EMPLOYEE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: KINGMAN
county: MOHAVE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
J-CUTCARS-13 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE.  CARS ROLLED OUT THROUGH A SPLIT POINT DERAIL D UE TO NOT BEING SECURED BY INDUSTRY PERSONNEL.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-12T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: OKLAHOMA CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE LVO42-11 WAS SHOVING 8 LOADS OF CONCRETE EAST ON SINGLE MAINLINE WITHIN YARD LIMITS AT APPROXIMA TELY MP 484.5 ON THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBDIVISION WHEN THE CREW FAILED TO OPERATE AT RESTRICTED SPEED R ESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH 10 LOADED AUTORACKS THAT HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE MAINLINE BY THE AOK RAILR OAD.  THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 14 MPH AND RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO ALL 10 AUTORACKS.  NO DERAILMENT OR PERSONAL INJURY OCCURRED.  UPRR MAINTAINED TRACKS.   


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y29509 WAS SHOVING IN TRACK S1A WITH 64 CARS PULLED FROM INTERCHANGE. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND DERAILED LINES 19-23 DUE TO THE RAIL BREAKING UNDER THE MOVING TRAIN. AN ESTIMATED 1 GALLON OF S ODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION, STCC 4935240, LEAKED FROM CAR TILX 160705.     


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2011-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YARD CREW SHOVING CARS INTO #2 TRACK IN THE RECEIVING YARD DERAILED ONE AXLE OFWEST CAR 4013 OVER TH E 1/2 DIVIDE SWITCH. NO CAUSE DETERMINED YET.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: TRENTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
K04017 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON SINGLE TRACK (OFF THE HIGH LINE AT MP QHE 0.2) THE TRAIN WAS TRAVE RSING THRU A 10 MPH TEMPORARY SPEED RESTRICTION WHEN THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY  A N ON GROUND INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY THE CONDUCTOR AND HE REPORTED 7 CARS DERAILED AT THE REAR PO RTION OF THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: GAYVILLE
county: YANKTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
G-SIOKAL9-11, WHILE TRAVERSING THROUGH SLOW ORDER LIMITS OF 10 MPH FOR SOFT TRACK, DERAILED 2 CARS.       


nearest_city: FORBES
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: WC
date: 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MISSABE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
U73187-30 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 119 LOADED CARS AROUND THE UTAC LOOP TRACK TO GET POSITIONED FOR UNLOADING  WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND 11 CARS DERAILED. DMIR 40657, DMIR 40583, DMIR 49045, DMIR 40761, DMIR 40772, DMIR 40786, DMIR 40836, DMIR 40545, DMIR 40646, DMIR 40933 AND DMIR 49005. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT WORN RAIL BROK E UNDER MOVEMENT.   


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
THE ATS9112 DIVISION TAMPER WAS TAMPING IN THE OS AT CPB198 ON THE KEARNEY SUB WHEN THE TAMPING TOOL HIT THE SWITCH ROD ON THE WAY BACK UP, BREAKING A CORNER OUT OF SWITCH CASE.  THERE WAS NO DERAILME NT OR DAMAGE, BUT THE SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED.     


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
A23 MADE AN UNPROTECTED SHOVE TOWARD THE DIAMOND, PASSING THE STOP SIGN PROTECTING THE INTERLOCKING AND STRUCK #2 GENERAL (BHRR TRAIN) DERAILING THE CR 498420, AND 20 (BOTH TRUCKS) OF A23, AND DERAILI NG HLMX 10253 (BOTH TRUCKS), BN 645602 (B-END) AND DAMAGED THE A-END OF HLMX 5143 OF THE BHRR.  A23 ALSO HAD HMJX 20102 THAT WAS DERAILED DURING RE-RERAILING OPERATIONS.    


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
M33891-16 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS FROM THOROUGHFARE #3 THROUGH THE SHORT CROSS-OVER FOR TRACK MF16 WHEN ATGX 76886, LW 9267 AND UTLX 66785 DERAILED.  THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK CAR DTTX 741177 THAT WA S OCCUPING THE ADJACENT TRACK, 7 LEAD, ON TRACK R96591-17 CAUSING DAMAGE TO A CONTAINER ON THE RAILC AR.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE THROTTLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXCESSI VE AUTOMATIC BRAKING WHILE MAKING A SHOVE MOVEMENT.   


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TC03 PULLING 16 CARS OUT OF CT27 ONTO THE WEST CLASS YARD LEAD DERAILED ENGINE #2361- ALL 8 WHEELS - AND THE 1ST HEAD CAR -NW190462- L1 & 2 AND  R1 WHEELS - WHEN THE CUT TRAVERSED THE 1B- 1A CROSSOVER AND LEAD SET OF TRUCKS 01 WENT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE PULLBACK ACCOUNT YARDMASTER FAILED TO VERITY THE REQUESTED ROUTE WAS LINED AND LOCKED BEFORE ALLOWING VIA THE POWER-OPERATED SWITCHES.    


nearest_city: CATAWBA
county: YORK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: MONROE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
F76026 SWITCHING AT INDUSTRY SETOUT FBOX 504726 TO BE RESPOTTED AT PAPER DOCK. TESTED HAND BRAKES AN D RETURNED TO LEAD TO PICKUP EMPTIES TO BE SPOTTED. FBOX 504726 ROLLED AWAY AND DERAILED THE A AND B END OF CAR WHEN STRIKING BUTTING BLOCK INSIDE OF PAPER DOCK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE CONNECTION PIN WAS NOT PROPERLY APPLIED, PREVENTING THE HAND AND AIR BRAKES FROM OPERATING, WHICH AL LOWED THE CAR TO ROLL AWAY.   


nearest_city: LOYALL
county: HARLAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
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:
V36310 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 50 CARS MADE PULL SOUTH WHEN 25TH CAR STRUCK BROKE RAIL DERAILING 25TH THROUGH 29TH CAR IN CONSIST AND DAMAGING 2 MORE CARS IN THE ADJACENT L-02 TRACK.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YNP32R-22, RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING TRAIN AND WHILE SHOVING CUT OF CARS, THE DRAFT GEAR ASSEMBLY STOPS THAT HOLD THE DRAFT GEAR IN PLACE FAILED ON BAEX595, ALLOWING THE DRAFT GEAR ASSEMBLY TO FALL AND IT WAS DRAGGED CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRACK.  UPON ENTERING FORWARDING 12, DRAFT GEAR ASSEMBLY TH EN FELL OFF THE CAR INTO TRACK.  CREW CUT AWAY FROM CARS MOVING IN AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT WITH THE UP9 999 AND UP3744 WHEN THE DRAFT GEAR ASSEMBLY BECAME BOUND UP UNDER UP3744 DERAILING IT AND PUNCTURING THE FUEL TANK.  (UP3744, E-M SD40-2, FUEL TANK CAPACITY OF 4,000 GALLONS, SPILLED LESS THAN 5 GALLO NS OF DIESEL FUEL). 


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL3022-05 WORKING EAST END OF YARD AND RCO Y-DIL3042-05 WORKING WEST END. Y-DIL302 PULLED 501 TRK EAST TO CLEAR WEST END BUT FAILED T0 SET SUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES. TRACK ROLLED AND COLLIDED WITH Y-DIL3042, DERAILING ONE CAR. NO HAZARDOUS MTL RELEASED.     


nearest_city: STAUNTON
county: AUGUSTA
railroad: BB
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
Z63122 WAS MOVING EASTBOUND TO THE LAGRANGE SIDING (MP 224.2).  THE TRAIN WAS TO TAKE SIDING TO CLEA R FOR AMTRAK.  THE CONSIST WAS 37 CARS.  AS THE TRAIN WAS PULLING INTO THE SIDING, 7 CARS DERAILED. THE DERAILED CARS WAS TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CONSIST.  RAILROAD MANAGERS WERE AT THE SCE NE WHEN THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED; WHEN THEY SAW IT, THEY NOTIFIED THE ENGINEER TO STOP THE MOVEMENT. THE CAUSE WAS RAIL CANT THAT CAUSED TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE GAGE, RESULTING IN THE RAIL TO SPREAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 234 WITH ENGINE 711 AND 6 CARS DERAILED ENGINE 711 AT SUNNYSIDE YARD, NEW YORK, NY, DUE TO WID E GAUGE.      


nearest_city: SALEM
county: RICHARDSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CREW C-WTMLRT1-21 WAS INFORMED OF SPARKS REAR OF TRAIN. CREW STOPPED AND INSPECTION REVEALED 1 CAR D ERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN AXLE.      


nearest_city: LE MARS
county: PLYMOUTH
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: WORTHINGTON 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-Oct
narrative:
MEYVPS-03 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND FELT LEAD LOCOMOTIVE GIVE, THEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND 22 EMPTY HOPPER CARS AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: ARDMORE
county: CARTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
L-TEX7551-29 KICKED CAR TO 6338 TRACK THAT DID NOT MAKE JOINT.  CAR ROLLED BACK OUT OF 6338 TRACK AN D STRUCK CARS ON LEAD BUT DID NOT DERAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ON JUNE 15, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 PM, IHB RUN 594 WAS HUMPING CARS IN BLUE ISLAND YARD IN RIVE RDALE, IL. TWO CARS HUMPED FOR TRACK BC39 (GATX 64734 AND GATX 5730) STALLED. THE NEXT CAR HUMPED (N YC 587798) WAS DESIGNATED FOR TRACK BC44. PRO YARD LINED THE SWITCH TOWARDS BC44 CAUSING NYC 587798 TO CORNER GATX 5730.    


nearest_city: ITASCA
county: DU PAGE
railroad: NIRC
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:
VEHICLE DROVE SOUTH THROUGH THE ACTIVATED WARNING CROSSING GATES AT ROHLWING ROAD AND STRUCK THE CON DUCTOR SIDE OF LEAD ENGINE ON EASTBOUND SOO LINE TRAIN G35.      


nearest_city: BATESVILLE
county: INDEPENDENCE
railroad: MNA
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WAS PULLING 43 CARS NORTH ON MAIN LINE AND WAS STRUCK BY LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE MOVEME NT AT NSS CUSHMAN AT THE 5TH CAR, DERAILING THE 5TH, 6TH & 7TH CARS IN HIS CONSIST.      


nearest_city: SAVAGE
county: SCOTT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
LTD07-15 PICKED UP 8 CARS OFF TRACK 775 AND SET THEM OVER TO TRACK 776 SO THEY COULD PULL 13 EMPTIES WHICH WERE BEHIND THE LOADS ON TRACK 775.  CREW PICKED UP THE 13 EMPTIES AND DOUBLED TO THE 8 LOADS ON TRACK 776 AND WERE GOING TO PUT THE 8 LOADS BACK ONTO TRACK 775, WHEN THEY PULLED SOUTHWARD 3 CA RS ON THE REAR OF TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE CAUSED BY POOR TIE CONDITION AND SATURATED GRADE. MOSAIC CROP NUTRITION MAINTAINS TRACK.   


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-TUL2011-28 HUMPED HWCX 5060 TO TRACK 2033. CAR WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY SLOWED BY RETARDER. IMPACT OF THIS CAR WITH FLOX 62214 C/L PLASTIC PELLETS IN TRACK RESULTED IN 2ND CAR BUCKLING AND SPILLING PELL ETS.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-22 PULLED CUT OF CARS OVER HUMP, THEN BEGAN HUMPING OPERATIONS. 9 CARS DERAILED WHILE BEING SHOVED OVER HUMP INTO 1009, TURNED TO SIDE, IMPACTING 3 CARS STANDING IN 1008 TRACK. NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MILLSBORO
county: SUSSEX
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 62WH342 TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE INDIAN RIVER SECONDARY STRUCK A TREE THAT HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE MAINLINE DERALIING 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND THE HEAD 15 CARS OF THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
E29471-03 WAS CROSSING OVER FROM THE CANTON PASS TO THE CANTON MAIN WITH 75 EMPTY AUTOMOBILE FLATS W HEN TTGX 996666, TTGX 962667, CN 701405 DERAILED. THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK PLCX 46676 THAT WAS STAND ING IN A CUT ON CANTON PASS CAUSING IT TO DERAIL ONTO ITS SIDE. THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT HAS BEEN DET ERMINED TO BE A SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DANGEROUS GOODS INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: PELHAM
county: WESTCHESTER
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #1314, OPERATING EAST ON TRACK 4 AT PELHAM, RAISED PANTOGRAPH AT CHANGEOVER, ALLOWING PREVIOUS DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8830 TO ENGAGE WIRE, CAUSING SUBSEQUENT WIRE AND PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: COLFAX
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE QRVNPP-27 WAS PULLING EASTWARD ON THE NO. 2 MAIN APPROACHING GOLD RUN.  THE CREW HAD BEEN FLAGGI NG BLOCKS DUE TO POWER OUTAGES AND WERE TRAVELING AT 7 MPH.  THE TRAIN HAD 5 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END AND 2 DISTRIBUTED POWER UNITS ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.  THE HEAD END LOCOMOTIVES LOST COMMUNIC ATION WITH THE DPU'S APPROACHING MILE POST 151.5, DURING WHICH TIME THE DPU'S DROPPED THEIR LOAD.  T HIS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CAUSED A STRINGLINE DERAILMENT OF 10 CARS, WITH THE FIRST CAR DOWN BEING LI NE 28 FROM THE HEAD END LOCOMOTIVES.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: PLANT CITY
county: POLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: LAKELAND
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 91 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/179-E/153 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A NORTHBOUND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK AT MP857.03, COUNTY LINE RD CROSSING.  HEAVY DEBRIS FROM THIS COLLISION STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE ON COUNTY LINE RD.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
Y-STL2231-19 DERAILED ONE CAR ON YARD TRACK 905 DUE TO SHORT CAR LONG CAR COUPLED TOGETHER.  NO HAZA RDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DILWORTH
county: CLAY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL3022-29 MAKING SHOVING WEST ON 501 TRACK IN WESTBOUND YARD COLLIDED WITH H-DILPAS1-29 THAT WAS PREPARING TO DEPART FROM 502 TRACK AND WAS ON LEAD AT WEST END. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELE ASED.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-04T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YPB30-04 HOSTLERS WERE HOSTLING THE MPBEG POWER TO THE TRAIN.  THEY CAME ACROSS THE COUNTY ROAD AND WERE LINED DOWN THE LEAD TO SOUTH 3.  THE LEADING LOCOMOTIVE UP5047 APPEARED TO HAVE PICKED THE POIN T OF THE SOUTH ONE SWITCH BUT AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE SWITCH WAS NOT LATCHED CAUSI NG THE POINTS TO BE GAPPED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DERAIL, BUT PERSON RESPONSIBLE WAS NEVER FOUND .  HOSTLER HELPER WAS ON THE POINT AND WHEN THE ENGINE DERAILED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LEAN AT WHICH TI ME HE JUMPED OFF THE ENGINE INJURING HIS RIGHT LEG.  


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: POWER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE LCF33 19 RAN THRU THE CROSSOVER SWITCH LEADING FROM THE SIMPLOT LEAD TO THE NORTH POCKET TRACK I N A TRAILING POINT MOVEMENT EASTBOUND.  THE CREW THEN REVERSED THEIR MOVEMENT AND PROCEEDED WESTBOUN D OVER THE RUN-THRU SWITCH.  DERAILING THE CHTT 351869.  THE CREW STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT AND INITIAT ED MOVEMENT BACK EASTBOUND TO THE SIMPLOT LEAD, THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP AND THE ENGINEER NOTICED TH AT THE TRAIN WAS NOT MOVING AS HE WAS INTENDING TO.  THE CREW WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE CHTT351 869 DERAILED.  SIMPLOT PHOSPHATE MAINTAINS TRACK  


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 ACFX 94779, NS 253150, TLIX 100479, PROX 16811, CN 413860, RAIX 6529, TTGX 1585 49, 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 887446, WC 27418, AEX 5175, SOU 88389, AEX 12778, PLCX 19378, MWCX 460920, AEX 1323, NAHX 80234, NS 253127, AEX 241338, NOKL 603248, CTCX 732143, TTGX 254908, TTGX 926665, CNA 405716, CNA 404895, GFS


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: DME
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING CARS DOWN A CLEAR TRACK, MOVEMENT FAILED TO STOP IN THE CLEAR OF 21 TRACK.  THE POINT CAR FPAX 200193 CORNERED UTLX 201350 THAT WAS LINED INTO 21 TRACK, BUT NOT IN THE CLEAR OF 22 TRACK. DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS AND UTLX 201350 WAS DERAILED.  CRV ITEM A PER MGR. RULES 2/22/11.     


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


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NILES 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-May
narrative:
OAKLAND ROUND HOUSE PERSONNEL WERE SHOVING THREE LOCOMOTIVES WEST INTO RIP TRACK 536 WHEN THE LEADIN G LEFT WHEEL OF THE LEAD UNIT, UP5300, RODE UP THE SWITCH POINT FOR TRACK 536 AND DERAILED TO THE OU TSIDE OF THE RAIL.  CAR, TRACK, AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED AND INVESTIGATED.  UP5300 WAS RE-RAILED AT 1830.  NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
QNPINP-06 DERAILED THREE CARS AND DAMAGED ANOTHER WHILE YARDING THEIR TRAIN INTO THE A&S.  A&S TRACK DAMAGES = $969.      


nearest_city: MONTPELIER
county: BLACKFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
52NL010 WITH 4 UNITS, 82 LOADS, 0 ENPTIES, AND 10,644 TONS WAS PULLING SOUTH ON CENTRAL STATES LEADS WHEN 9 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: CEDAR
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: ONEIL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
G-BNBVAW9-06 DERAILED 1 CAR AND DP LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CP CREW & TRAIN G45 INBOUND ON TRACK 11 WEST RECEIVING ONCE THE 49TH CAR IN CONSIST CLEARED THE 11 S WITCH THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED HIS TRAIN AND FOUND THE 9TH CAR-ICE69031 H AD DERAILED. A TOTAL OF 17 CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MVPNP-08 WAS SHOVING NORTH OUT OF TRACK FOUR IN THE SIOUX CITY RAIL YARD AGAINST THE REST OF THEIR R AIL ON THE MAIN LINE.  THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE MOVE RUNNING THROUGH TRACK TW O SWITCH.  THEY MADE THE COUPLING AGAINST THE REST OF THE TRAIN AND WHEN THEY STARTED PULLING SOUTH, SEVEN RAILCARS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: CORSON
county: MINNEHAHA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: CORSON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
CUSTOMER LEFT CARS IN THE FOUL AND WHILE LTWI6673-25I CREW MOVED CARS OFF THE MAIN LINE INTO THE FAC ILITY, CARS STRUCK AND SCRAPED THE STANDING CAR THAT WAS LEFT IN THE FOUL.      


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
Z-CHCSSE6-15 DERAILED WHEN STRUCK BY MUD SLIDE.  TRAIN HAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  RELE ASE OF JBHU27/188 STCC 4936561 UNVN1903 DIV 8 PKGRP II.  4 LIQUID PINTS FROM A NON-BULK PACKAGE WITH IN INTERMODAL CONTAINER THAT WAS ATOP INTERMODAL FLAT CAR DTTX786993.     


nearest_city: MT PROSPECT
county: COOK
railroad: UPME
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
COMMUTER TRAIN M636-13, STRUCK A TRUCK LOADED WITH BROKEN CONCRETE AND DERAILED ALL WHEELS ON THE LE AD CAR (CAB CAR).  M636-13 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON MAIN TRACK #3 AT 51 MPH, MP 18.77.  THE TRUC K ALLEGEDLY DROVE AROUND THE GATES & THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THERE WERE INJURIES TO C REW MEMBERS AND COMMUTER PASSENGERS.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: LA CROSSE
county: LA CROSSE
railroad: SOO
date: 2011-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING WESTWARD INTO 11 TRACK WITH 3 UNITS AND 23 CARS, LAST CAR TO NEGOTIATE A SLIGHT CURVE BETWEEN 10 AND 11 SWITCH, INSIDE WHEELS ON LEADING TRUCK DROPPED INSIDE AND TIPPED OUTSIDE RAIL.  DE RAILED AND TIPPED OVER ONE LOAD OF WHEAT, THIRD UNIT COMPLETELY ON THE GROUND, AND SECOND UNIT FACIN G WESTWARD HAD R1 WHEEL ON THE GROUND. FIELD #12-TOMAH SUBDIVISION.  FIELD #30 TYPE OF TERRITORY 2. NOT SIGNALED, 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK, K. RESTRICTED SPEED OR EQUIVALENT.   


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: EARLY
railroad: GSWR
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
AT BOTTOM OF TRAIN, LAST CAR ON GROUND AND MISSING 3RD AND 4TH AXLE.  DERAIL DUE TO HEAD AND WED SEP ARATION.      


nearest_city: ADRIAN
county: UPSHUR
railroad: AO
date: 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
GL1-19 TRAVELING EAST ENCOUNTERED A ROCK SLIDE ON RAIL AT MP 47.76.  ENGINEER PUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY AND LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK ROCK SLIDE.  NO INJURIES AND NO HAZMAT.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE NATX252057 WAS HUMPED TO EAST BOWL 156, IT WAS A SLOW ROLLER DUE TO THE BRAKE SHOES BEING TIGHT ON THE WHEELS AND STALLED FOULING THE 57-64 LEAD.  WHEN A CUT OF TWO THE TILX250907 AND THE SHPX2017 31 WERE HUMPED DOWN THE SAME LEAD/GROUP SHOWING LINED TO EAST BOWL 161 THEY CAUGHT UP TO THE NATX252 057 AND THE SHPX201731 CORNERED THE NATX252057 DERAILING IT.    


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
FO09 CREW WAS COUPLING AT THE EAST END WHEN THE TILX 250349 RAN OUT AND SIDESWIPED THE CNA 405241 WH ICH THE F015 CREW WAS PULLING TO BE SET OUT AT THE TIME FOR THE Q301 TRAIN.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2013-11-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW SHOVED ON TO SENECA MAIN FROM THE TEEN YARD TO PULL UP THE WESTBOUND.   THE CREW HAD STARTED PU LLING SOUTH THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS AND STOPPED AT THE EASTBOUND/WESTBOUND SWITCH TO THROW IT.  ENGIN EER REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT PULL AHEAD ANYMORE.  CONDUCTORS STARTED WALKING THE TRAIN AND FOUND T HAT THE REAR 9 CARS WERE ON SENECA 27.  THE CARS HAD COLLIDED WITH THE SCRAP CARS PARKED ON SENECA 2 7 AND CAUSED THE NORTH 2 CARS TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: BELVIDERE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKFORD IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YBE52-19 WAS PULLING OUT OF CHRYSLER TO SHOVE BACK TO THE YARD.  THEY TRAVELED SOUTH ABOUT 800' WHEN ENGINEER SAW DUST AND STOPPED THE TRAIN.  HE WALKED BACK AND FOUND 11 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: ROCHELLE
county: MCCULLOCH
railroad: GCSR
date: 2010-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
WE WERE LOMETA BOUND, AT MP 54 I GRABBED A MINIMUM.  I APPROACHED THE CURVE AT 53 AT 10 MPH.  I LET OFF THE THROTTLE AFTER I WAS ALMOST ALL THE WAY THRU CURVE.  MY SPEED WAS ABOUT 8 MPH WHEN I STARTED IN THE CURVE AT 52.  WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT OF THE CURVE, AND WHEN MY LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WAS ON STRAI GHT TRACK I CAME OUT ON THE THROTTLE, TO T.P. 1 AND WAITED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN 2 NOTCH, THEN 3. WHEN I CAME OUT IN THREE NOTCH, I FELT A SOFT TUG, THEN A REALLY HEAVY TUG.  I REACHED FOR THE AUTO MATIC, TO PUT IT IN EMERGENCY.  BEFORE I COULD GET IT ALL THE WAY OVER IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY ON ITS OWN. 


nearest_city: GULFPORT
county: HARRISON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: GULFPORT
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE AXLE ON AN ENGINE AT MP 1.5 IN THE NORTH YARD IN GULFPORT, MS ON THE GULFPORT SUB DIVISION.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
BNSF LOCAL LGFC5521-02 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE IP CLASS YARD WHEN THE GATX66036 DERAILED DUE TO WI DE GAUGE.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $200.00      


nearest_city: OLA
county: YELL
railroad: LRWN
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
DANVILLE TURN PULLING WEST WITH 44 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY WHEN IT DERAILED AT MP 207. DERAILED CARS WERE CARS #37-#43 (LOADS) AND #44 (EMPTY) IN THE TRAIN. ALL CARS FEEL INSIDE THE RAILS.      


nearest_city: LYTLE
county: ATASCOSA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO 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-May
narrative:
MGDEYS 03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP 4274 DERAILED 26 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN AND DEFECTIVE ANGLE BAR ON THE WES T RAIL.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CARS PINNED OFF ON TOP OF NUMP GAINED TOO MUCH SPEED PRIOR TO IMPACT RESULTING IN BYPASSED DRAWBARDS AND DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: LAJ
date: 2011-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
BNSF SWITCH JOB Y LAC1022 11A DERAILED 3 EMPTY STACKS AT EASTEND OF LAJ C--YARD SWITCH #6411.       


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
MNPPC-22 WHILE SHOVING THRU BACK TO BACK CROSSOVER SWITCHES, LONG DRAWBAR AND LONG CAR COMBINATION L IFTED WHEEL OFF OF THE TRACK CAUSING 3 CAR DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-BEL9021-15 WHILE SWITCHING EXPERIENCED PASSED COUPLERS THAT WENT UNDETECTED UNTIL CUT PULLED F ROM TRACK, RESULTING IN 6 CARS DERAILING. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FORT WAYNE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT LF10 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 12 LOADS, 15 EMPTIES, AND 2297 TONS SHOVING WEST ON CFER YAR D TRACK # 2 DERAILED 23RD THROUGH 25TH HEAD CARS ON CFER OWNER AND MAINTAINED TRACK.      


nearest_city: WILLISTON
county: WILLIAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
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:
G-CLFKAL9-04A WAS OPERATING ON MAIN 1 TRACK AND STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: AMHERST
county: HAMPSHIRE
railroad: NECR
date: 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
SOUTHBOUND CREW WITH KEY TRAIN OPERATING @ 20MPH WITH 54 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY CAR WHEN THE TRAIN DERAIL ED ON TANGENT TRACK NEAR MP 82 IN AMHERST.  THE CONDUCTOR INDICATED THE 32ND THROUGH 39TH CARS DERAI LED.  NOTHING WAS OVERTURNED, NO HAZMAT INVOLVED     


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: JACKSON
railroad: ATK
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:
NSRWY TRAIN WAS PULLING EAST WITH 12X5 WHEN THE RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT CAUSING THE 9TH AND 10TH C AR TO DERAIL.  NS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $25,200.00.      


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: SCAX
date: 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN GABRIEL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
R-CAL5011 DERAILED 4TH UNIT LIGHT ENGINE CONSIST DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.  REVISED FOR DAMAGES 10-1-12.       


nearest_city: MUSCLE SHOALS
county: COLBERT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
NS TRAIN AH20 SHOVING RT03 TO HUMP WHEN THE 16TH THROUGH 27TH HEAD CARS  DERAILED (CNA 412902, CNA 4 12335, CNIS 412043, CSXT 139377, RBOX 043219, SRN 055071, SOU 530693, CSXT 136172, TR 100151, COER 1 71590, TR 100265, NOKL 560815, TILXS 060417, TBOX 665735, TBOX 665760).     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING R01 Y19504 CUT 2 CARS OFF THE HILL, GACX 7698 AND FINX 10684. THESE CARS STALLED GOING TO GROUP 2 DUE TO THE GACX HAVING DEFECTIVE SLACK ADJUSTER. Y19504 HAD ALREADY CUT THE 2 CAR CUT OF F THE HILL, TILX 270687 AND PROX 78744, WHICH WERE HEADED TO GO TO GROUP 3. THESE CARS SIDESWIPED TH E OTHER RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
THE YPB31R-30, TRANSPORTING 20 EMPTY CARS OUT OF BOWL 16 SIDESWIPED THE MPBMX-31 AS IT WAS DEPARTING OUT OF TRACK 203.  THE YPB31R-30 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN TRACK 206 WITH THE RCL OPERATOR IN THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE CONTROLLING THE RCL.  AS THE YPB31R-30 CAME TO LEAD 11 SWITCH, HE THOUGHT IT WAS LINED F OR LEAD 11 DUE TO THE DITCH LIGHTS REFLECTING OFF OF THE SWITCH TARGET MAKING IT APPEAR THAT THE SWI TCH WAS LINED FOR LEAD 11.  HE HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE SOUTH YARDMASTER TO BE ON THE  LOOKOUT FOR T HE MPBMX -31 DEPARTING OUT OF TRACK 203.  ONCE HE SAW THAT HE WAS NOT LINED FOR LEAD 11, HE STOPPED THE TRAIN.  AT THIS POINT, THE MPBMX-31 HAD BEGUN PULLING OUT OF TRACK 203.  RCO OPERATOR FELT THE L OCOMOTIVE HE WAS RIDING ON START TO MOVE AND HE CALLED OVER THE RADIO, "STOP, STOP".  THE SWITCHMAN


nearest_city: HANNA
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MGRDV-30 HAD THE CROSS KEY OF CAR JRSX1052 FAIL.  RESULTING IN DRAWBAR STRIKING GROUND AND CAUSING D ERAILMENT OF 9 CARS.      


nearest_city: MOGADORE
county: PORTAGE
railroad: WE
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
562-25 TRAIN CREW WAS COMING OUT OF MOGADORE SIDING AND PULLING INTO AKRON YARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE THREE REAR CARS SOU 524051, ALM 583, AND ALM 9464 ALL DERAILED. WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVES WERE DOWNLOADED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAIN WA S GOING 16 MPH AND THE SPEED ON THE TRACK IS 10 MPH. EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME.
07/ 19/11 TRACK EQUIPMENT UPDATED.
09/21/11 TRACK DAMAGE UPDATED TO $85,496.
05/14/12 UPDATING TRACK D AMAGE TO $86366.  


nearest_city: CICERO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
FOREIGN TRAIN CSX Y-CSX3141-27 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 1120 D UE TO TRACK WIDE GAGE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAFAYETTE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE YBM60-13 STOPPED SHORT OF THE DERAIL ON THE EAST END OF THE BEAUMONT YARD.  THE FBY LINED THE DE RAIL THAT WAS ALREADY OFF, TO THE DERAILING POSITION.  HE THEN INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER THAT HE HAD A SIGNAL AND THE DERAIL WAS OFF TO "PULL ON THEM."  THIS RESULTED IN THE ENGINE DERAILING.     


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: IC
date: 2010-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
WESTBOUND TRAIN TRAVELING AT APPROX. 17 MPH WITH LIGHTS BRIGHT, BELL RINGING AND HORN BLOWING STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND SEMI-TRAILER THAT FAILED TO YIELD AT THE N. FOSTER ROAD CROSSING.  SIGNALS WERE FUNCTI ONING PROPERLY.  SEMI- TRAILER STRUCK THE SIGNAL BOX CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE L OCOMOTIVE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY DRIVER OR CREW INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MPRPB-21 WAS COMING IN ON THE 49 LEAD WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE YARDMASTER THEN INF ORMED THEM THAT THEY HAD DERAILED.  UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEIR TRAIN HIT THE S IDE OF A CUT THAT WAS ON THE EAST HUMP LEAD.     


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
M33891-08 PULLED SOUTH ON #3 THOROFARE, STOPPED AND WAITED FOR POLL DOWN JOB TO CLEAR IN #4 THOROFAR E. THE TRAIN THEN PULLED SOUTH MAKING A CUT ON 15 CARS THAT WERE LEFT IN #3 THOROFARE AND PULLED SOU TH AGAIN WITH 110 CARS TO SHOVE INTO F12 TO THE NORTH END. WHILE SHOVING NORTH, THE CONDUCTOR WAS RI DING THE POINT GIVING CAR COUNTS TO THE ENGINEER WHEN THE TRAIN WENT TO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION FOU ND THAT CARS TBOX 665945, TB0X 660910, TBOX 670115 & MLLX 11159 DERAILED AT THE #4 THOROFARE FOG ACC OUNT TRAIN HANDLING. WHEN THE CARS DERAILED, THEY WENT INTO ITLX 44025 & GFSX 101444 WHICH WERE STAN DING IN THE CUT OF CARS LEFT IN #3 THOROFARE CAUSING THESE CARS TO DERAIL ALSO. CREW WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE, RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.


nearest_city: THOMASVILLE
county: CASWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
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-Apr
narrative:
P199211-3'00" TRAIN 934PA11 PULLING 30 LOADS FROM SOUTHSIDE MATERIALS INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THE REAR T HREE CARS DERAILED. HZGX 8786, A-END; HZGX 9265 AND HZGX 9207 TURNED OVER ON I      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
ON 4/15/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:26 AM 534/KB43 WAS SWITCHING OUT GIBSON AUTOS AND BAD ORDERS BETWEEN BC25 AND BC26 WHILE SHOVING IN BC25. 3 CARS DERAILED DUE TO CROSSED DRAWBARS BETWEEN SHPX 221273 AND TTGX 941933     


nearest_city: NOYES
county: KITTSON
railroad: CN
date: 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: NOYES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CN TRAIN DERAILED TEIX 112391 AND TEIX 112382 WHILE PULLING INTO THE NORTH END OF THE BNSF YARD AT N OYES, MN. THE CREW STOPPED AND LINED THE MT SWITCH TO ENTER THE NORTH END AND SAW THAT THE 1/2 SWITC H TARGET WAS RED WHICH WOULD INDICATE THE SWITCH WAS LINES FOR TRACK 2. THEY PULLED INTO TRACK 2 AND AS THEY APPROACHED THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD THE TRAIN STARTED TO SLOW ON ITS OWN AND CAME TO A STO P. THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED HIS TRAIN AND FOUND THAT 2 CARS HAD DERAILED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HASP FOR TRACK 2 WAS NOT IN THE SWITCH AND THE SWITCH POINTS WERE LINED FOR TRACK 1. THE SWITCH HANDLE WA S UP ALLOWING THE SWITCH TO FLOAT. 


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-DEN2062-19 MOVING LITE POWER FROM 127 TO 128 TRK AND STRUCK THE SOUTH SIDE OF INBOUND TRAIN LE AD. HELPER AND STUDENT WERE NEAR WEST END OF CUT AND COULD NOT SEE THE LEAD FOREMAN IN CONTROL OF MO VEMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: OAK RIDGE
county: ROANE
railroad: HR
date: 2010-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
SOUTHERN APPALACHIA RAILWAY MUSEUM EXCURSION TRAIN X2561 NORTH DERAILED ON THE HERITAGE RAILROAD NEA R MP 3.8.  THE R2 WHEEL OF LOCOMOTIVE 1315 (1315 SHUTDOWN, UNOCCUPIED, AND BEING TOWED BACKWARD AT T HE REAR OF THE TRAIN) DROPPED INTO THE GAGE AS THE UNIT ENTERED THE BODY OF A 10 DEGREE CURVE.  THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING 17 MPH, #3 THROTTLE, LOADING 400 AMPS AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT.  THOUGH DER AILED, 1315 REMAINED UPRIGHT FOR ROUGHLY 400 FEET UNTIL THE DERAILED R2 WHEEL CONTACTED THE FROG OF THE NE 327 SIDING SWITCH.  AT THAT TIME THE FROG AND CURVED CLOSURE RAIL OF THE SWITCH SERVED TO GUI DE THE REST OF THE #1 TRUCK AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE LOCOMOTIVE OFF THE TRACK, LAYING IT OVER ON ITS SID E.  THE DERAILING OF LOCOMOTIVE 1315 ALSO LIFTED THE ADJACENT CAR (UNOCCUPIED CABOOSE, SOUTHERN X261


nearest_city: BOONE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YBO11-14 WAS PULLING 34 CARS FROM TRACK 2 WHEN 5 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITION.       


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GREAT FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-21 DERAILED 2 CARS IN YARD TRACK 107 DUE TO BYPASS COUPLERS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YCB75R-15 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 606 WHEN THE TRAIN RAN THRU THE 2 LEAD CROSSOVER SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVE RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF TWO GONDOLA RAILCARS AND LOCOMOTIVE UP581.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE 2330 EAST YARD JOB ASSIGNMENT WITH THE BRC 584 WAS SWITCHING OUT THE 02/03 EAST CLASS. UPON KICK ING ADMX 17096 A SIGNAL LOADED TANK CAR ONTO 02 EAST CLASS WITHOUT SECURING CAR IT THEN ROLLED BACK AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN BRC140 DERAILING 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: RADFORD
county: RADFORD
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
V39V410 SHOVING EAST ON THE WEST END OF THE YARD LEAD DERAILED NS 5157 SHORT HOOD END R3&4 AND L3&4 WHEELS.      


nearest_city: LOHMAN
county: BLAINE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: MILKRIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
G-BRETAC9-18 DERAILED 15 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  1/15/13: PER TR&D REPORT CHANGED CAUSE CODE FROM T204 TO T207.      


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y- DEN3062-22 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGED WHEN THEY KICKED A CUT OF CARS INTO THE WRONG TRACK DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PRINCETON JUNCTION
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 2224 SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 2002 DUE TO PANTOGRAPH STRIKING SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE CATENARY.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANPEDRO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS MAKING THEIR DAILY SWITCH AT RANCHO LPG. CONDUCTOR SOPPED AT DERAIL, LIINED DERAIL AND MOUN TED HIMSELF BACK ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AND THEN GAVE THE ENGINEER INSTRUCTION TO SHOVE THE TRAIN. MOVEMENT STARTED, BELLS AND LIGHTS CAME ON AND GATES STARTED TO COME DOWN. A TRACTOR TRAILER TRIED TO BEAT THE CROSSING GATES AND TRAIN AND WAS STILL FOULING THE TRACK WHEN THE REAR CAR IMPACTED WITH THE TRAILER. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE TRACTOR TRAILER TO SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND IMPACT WITH THE CROSSING G ATE MECHANISM.  


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
15MC706 PULLING EASTWARD WITH 4 UNITS, 63 LOADS, 58 EMPTIES, 9568 TONS ON 208 TRACK, GRAZED SIDE OF PARKED UTILITY FOULING TRACK.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: CW
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING LOADED CARS OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN 3RD CAR IN TRAIN STRUCK PIECE OF SCRAP ON TRACK DERAILING THAT CAR AND 4TH CAR IN TRAIN.      


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: CMTY
date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WEST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CONSIST WAS PULLING FROM INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THREE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR DERAILED DUE TO WI DE GAUGE IN TRACK      


nearest_city: TRUCKEE
county: NEVADA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 6, STRUCK A BOULDER THAT HAD SLID DOWN THE MOUNTAIN DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA.  AP PROXIMATELY $50,000 IN DAMAGE TO AMTRAK LEAD LOCOMOTIVE.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  TRACK INSPECTION LABOR O F $150.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
EQUIPMENT KICKED INTO TRACK WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR PRIOR TO LINING SWITCH FOR CONNECTING TRACK, RESULT ING IN A SIDE SWIPE COLLISION OF 2 TANK CARS.      


nearest_city: BRADY
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
MNPKC-26 WAS EASTBOUND ON THE KEARNEY SUB AND HAD A CAR THE SP508510 LOADED WITH BRIDGE TIMBERS THAT SHIFTED AND STARTING THE UNLOADING BETWEEN THE NO. 2 MAIN AND NO. 3 MAINS FROM MP270.00 TO MP 266. WHEN THE TIMBERS WERE UNLOADING THEY STRUCK THE SIGNALS AT MP268.0 AND 266.8 DESTROYING THE SIGNALS AND FOUNDATIONS.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT ONLY SIGNAL DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: EAST CHICAGO
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
ON 2/9/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130AM KG02 CREW WAS SHOVING ON TRACK 07 GOING SOUTH WHEN THE CUT WENT PA ST THE FOULING POINT ON THE SOUTH END AND STRUCK 6 CARS ON A TRAIN THAT WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 06 (4 12/ KB53 CREW WITH 37 CARS).  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO ALL 6 CARS ON MA06 & THE UTLX 202120 CAR ON MA07 DUE TO KG02'S FAILURE TO PROTECT THE SHOVE.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, YD189J-08, WITH LEAN UNIT BNSF1087, WAS PULLING OUT OF EAST YARD HEADING SOUTH ON HOUSTO N EAST BELT MAIN 2.  AS THE TRAIN WAS COMING AROUND THE PTRA NORTH YARD, A CREW ON A GRAIN TRAIN CAL LED OUT ON THE RADIO FOR THE YD189J-08 TO STOP THEIR TRAIN BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.  INSPECT ION OF THE TRAIN FOUND TWO CARS DERAILED DUE TO A WORN SWITCH POINT.  NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO PRODUCT WAS RELEASED FROM EITHER CAR.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGES = $14,135   


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y19108 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING TRACK 303 (INBOUND Q62607); WHEN UTLX 660936 LOCKED UP IN THE S OUTH MASTER RETARDER DUE TO A COMPUTER ISSUE. UTLX 641358 WAS FREE ROLLING TO THE SOUTH SIDE MASTERS AND ROLLED INTO UTLX 660936. FREE ROLLING BR 50207 ROLLED TO THE SOUTH SIDE MASTERS AND STRUCK UTLX 641358, WHICH WAS ALREADY STOPPED IN THE SOUTH MASTER RETARDER. UTLX 660936 ALSO STOPPED AND CAUSED THE B-END SET OF TRUCKS ON THE UTLX 641358 TO BE DE-TRUCKED.   


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NILES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE YOA31R-17 WAS SHOVING 48 LOADED STACK CARS DOWN 48 TRACK, STOPPED MAN ON THE POINT, GOT OFF AND PITCHED TO HIS SWITCHMAN TO PULL CARS UP TO THE EAST END OF THE TOWER.  THE SWITCHMAN PUT THE RCO BO X IN THE WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING HIM TO RUN THROUGH A SWITCH DERAILING 4 CARS.     


nearest_city: DELRAY BEACH
county: PALM BEACH
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: MIAMI
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
P61003 REPORTS STICKING A VEHICLE AT LINTON BLVD CROSSING. ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $60,000.00. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: MINDEN CITY
county: SANILAC
railroad: HESR
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
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:
EXTRA CREW WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND WITH 34 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY WHEN RAIL IN CROSSING BROKE UNDER 23RD CAR CAUSING SIX LOADS TO DERAIL. FOUR CARS OVERTURNED SPILLING APPROX. 2000 BUSHELS OF SOY BEANS. H ULCHER CALLED IN TO RERAIL.     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
1430 EAST HUMP ASSIGNMENT WAS HUMPING 01 EAST RECEIVING ON 04 EAST APPROCH WITH 133 CARS.THE 110 AND 111 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN CENTER SILL ASSEMBLY.      


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
DURING THE HUMPING OF THE 15 LOADS FROM WR2 INTO W09 THE CARS IN W09 MOVED WEST OF THE YELLOW TIE AN D INTO THE FOUL OF W08 DAMAGING THE LOCOMOTIVE AND WEST CAR IN W08.      


nearest_city: COULEE CITY
county: GRANT
railroad: EWG
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
X375 EAST PULLING 20X0 FROM SOUTH TRACK EASTWARD DOUBLING OVER TO MIDDLE TRACK WHICH HAD 28X0 READY TO GO.  AS LOCOMOTIVES ENTERED SWITCH TO MIDDLE TRACK, 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD CARS BEHIND UNITS DERAILED A S SOUTH RAIL ROLLED UNDER WEIGHT.  SOFT, SATURATED ROADBED FINALLY GAVE AWAY, AS X375 EAST PULLED AB OUT 200FT BEFORE RESISTANCE PULLED MOVEMENT TO A STOP.    


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
R-SWE0038-14 WAS PULLING 10 CARS FROM 408 TRACK AND DERAILED 4 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
KCS61362 LOST ITS SLIDING DOOR WHILE TRAIN WAS MOVING WENT INTO EMERGENCY SLIDING DOOR CAUSED DAMAGE TO CARS ON 10 & 9 WCLS.      


nearest_city: SHERIDAN
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: BIG HORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
E-SUWSCM0-21 WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AT A HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOT IVES AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO A SOLAR SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MARION
county: CRITTENDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
AMEMN-25 CREW WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO PULL INTO CPY 366 WEST CROSSOVER INTO WHATEVER TRACK SWITCH WA S LINED.  THEY COULD ONLY GO INTO TRACK 201 OR TRACK 202.  SWITCH WAS LINED FOR TRACK 202.  CREW PRO CEEDED TO PULL INTO YARD TRACK 202.  CONDUCTOR STATED HE OBSERVED SWITCH LINED FOR TRACK 202, BUT DI D NOT GET OFF ENGINE TO CHECK SWITCH POINTS.  AFTER PULLING PAST SWITCH, THEY HEARD A LOUD THUMP AND ENGINEER STATED HE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TRAIN TO A STOP.  WHEN THEY GOT OUT AND LOOKED, LEAD ENGINE CSX7732 WAS ON THE GROUND AND 2ND ENGINE, CSX7676 HAD 3 TRUCKS ON THE GROUND.  IT APPEARED THAT SWIT CH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.  RESPONSIBLE CREW COULD NOT BE FOUND. 


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
H-PASLIN9-06 SETOUT BAD ORDER CAR TO 2212 TRACK BUT FAILED TO SECURE CAR.  CAR ROLLED OUT OF TRACK W HEN BRAKES BLED OFF, STRIKING STANDING CUT OF CARS.  
      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
REMOTE YARD JOB, Y2XS02, WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS WHEN FOUR LOADED TANK CARS DERAILE D UPRIGHT AT KIRK YARD, TRACK KC30. IT IS KNOWN THAT THE FIRST CAR OF THE FOUR, CSOX 22510, EXITED T HE GROUP RETARDER AT 4.6 MPH WITH REQUESTED EXIT OF 7.0 MPH. THE SECOND CAR, UTLX 670552, EXITED AT 6.66 MPH, BYPASSING THE FIRST. THESE TWO CARS WERE FOLLOWED BY UTLX 640177 AND UTLX 649077.    


nearest_city: GREAT NOTCH
county: PASSAIC
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
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: 10-Jan
narrative:
PANTOGRAPH HEAD DAMAGED ON LOCOMOTIVE #4421 DUE TO BROKEN INSULATOR LOCATED TWO CATENARY POLES EAST OF SAND TOWER CAUSING WIRE TO SHIFT AS #6200 DEPARTED.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
H-KCKBEL9-04 DERAILED 7 CARS DUE TO BROKEN SWITCH STAND NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: SANFORD
county: SEMINOLE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SANFORD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
P35528 WAS USING THE ALOMA WYE TO TURN ENGINE NUMBER 814 THEY WERE BACKING AROUND NORTH LEG WHEN ENG INEER SAID HE FELT HIS ENGINE HIT SOMETHING AND STOP HIS ENGINE. AMTRAK ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $20,00 0.00.     


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: CUMBERLAND TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CSXT 158609 ROLLED INTO THE FOUL OF W11. SHQX 6281, SRIX 29002, AND SHQX 6375 WERE LINED FOR W11. CS XT 158609 SIDESWIPED ALL THREE CARS AS THEY ENTERED THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
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: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-WAT3621-28A STRUCK UNATTENDED LIGHT POWER CONSIST IN TRACK 7 DUE TO MAN ABSENT ON/AT LEADING END O F SHOVING MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: WINSLOW
county: NAVAJO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: SELIGMAN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
Q-ATGLAC6-25 2 TRAILERS WERE BLOWN OFF THEIR FLATCAR DUE TO EXTREME WIND VELOCITY.  NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2011-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
PTRA JOB 160 DERAILED THE REAR THREE CARS NEAR THE TRACK 002 SWITCH ON THE SOUTH END OF NORTH YARD. WHILE PULLING THE YARD WITH 128 CARS.      


nearest_city: HICKSVILLE
county: NASSAU
railroad: LI
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRACK CAR (CRANE) PROCEEDING WEST DERAILED WHEN MAGNET ON BOOM FELL TO GROUND AND TRACK CAR RAN OVER IT.
      


nearest_city: CENTRAL ISLIP
county: SUFFOLK
railroad: LI
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 2004 STRUCK A TRUCK THAT WENT AROUND LOWERED GATES AT ISLIP AVENUE ON THE MAINLINE CAUSING DAM AGE TO 3 CARS OF THE CONSIST      


nearest_city: VICKERS
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
L39402 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK D03 WITH 85 CARS OUT OF THE 134 CARS THEY HAD IN THEIR TRAIN TO SET OUT LINE # 85 INTO TRACK D04. THEY SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK D04 TO SET OUT OMNX 211, AND AFTER STOPPIN G IN TRACK D04 IT WAS REPORTED TO THE CREW THEY HAD DERAILED ON THE EAST LEAD A TOTAL OF 10 CARS. UP ON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CREW WHEN SHOVING BACK INTO TRACK D04 SHOVED A TOTAL OF 323 F T WHICH CORRESPONDED WITH THE POINT OF DERAILMENT AND THE BROKEN RAIL ON THE EAST LEAD.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
YEW27R-21 HAD COUPLED INTO TRACK 063 AND WAS PULLING RAILCARS FOR SWITCHING.  YEW21R-21 WAS PERFORMI NG YARD SWITCHING AND HUMPED A CUT OF RAILCARS INTO TRACK 064.  RAILCARS ROLLED THROUGH TRACK 064 AN D OUT OF END IMPACTING YEW27R-21 RAILCARS.  SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS SYSTEM R ETARDER FAILURE.    


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #XD-67 ENROUTE WEST FROM DEPOT TRACK #4 TO #B-13 DERAILED BOTH TRUCKS OF6TH CAR IN CONSIST #70 17 WHILE OPERATING OVER SWITCH #57B LOCATED AT TERMINAL.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 353 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/28 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A FIRE TRUCK PARKED FOULING MAIN TRACK AT MP4.50, LONYO RD CROSSING.  THE 261 RULE WAS IN EFFECT.      


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: CLINTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
M-GALCLI1-10 DERAILED ONE CAR WHILE MAKING SETOUT ON TRACK FREIGHT #4 TRACK. CAUSE WAS DERAILED TO B E A WORN FROG. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: YORK HAVEN
county: YORK
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
28ZH026 WITH ENGINE 9243, O LOADS, 57 EMPTIES, 311 TONS WAS PULLING WEST ON THE PORT ROAD MAIN 2 WHE N THEY STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE PROTECTED CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MINOT
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y-MIN3031-12, SHOVING CP TRANSFER INTO 6301 TRACK, FAILED TO NOTE LOCOMOTIVE ON U-KCMSTN1-09 ON ADJA CENT TRACK FOUL OF SWITCH AND SIDEWIPED SAME. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: GRAYSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
WDNCTR-21 WAS DEPARTING RAY YARD TRACK 12 WHEN TRAIN HAD UDE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED SEVERAL CARS D ERAILED DUE TO WORN RAIL.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE YNP01R-10 HUMPED THE CHSX255099 AND THE UTLX644364 AS A PAIR DESTINED FOR EAST BOWL TRACK 136. AT THE 33-64 SWITCH THE UTLX644364 WENT TOWARDS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BOWL AND THE CHSX255099 WENT T OWARDS THE 136 TRACK DUE TO A MECHANICAL SWITCH FAILURE CAUSED BY ICE AND SNOW IN THE SWITCH THAT PR EVENTED IT FROM OPERATING PROPERLY.  THE UTLX644364 DERAILED AND WAS ON ITS SIDE AND THE CHSX255099 WAS KNOCKED OFF CENTER.   


nearest_city: MELROSE
county: MONROE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GROVE CRANE BNX 1600168 EXPERIENCED BOOM FAILURE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICKUP AND SWITCH A SPIKING MAC HINE THE EXCEEDED RECOMMENDED LOAD.      


nearest_city: EL PASO
county: EL PASO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: INTERNATIONAL IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE YLP52-13 JOB WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS WESTWARD INTO 51 TRACK IN ORDER TO SET THE CROSSHAUL TRAI N.  THE CREW MADE A JOINT TO THE CARS IN 51 TRACK AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO STRETCH THE CUT EASTWARD TO SPOT FOR AN AIR TEST.  THE ENGINEER NOTIFIED THE FOREMAN THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE CUT.  THE CR EW WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 4 CARS ON THE GROUND DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.    


nearest_city: SPARTANBURG
county: SPARTANBURG
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMTRAK 020 TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON MAIN #1 APPROXIMATELY 61 MPH WHEN THE REAR 8 CARS D ERAILED.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: DGNO
date: 2013-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TEXARKANA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
BNSF CREW UNTILIZING BNSF POWER WAS SHOVING A LOADED MILITARY TRAIN CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 55 L OADED MILITARY CARS WITH 1 EMPTY OV ER THE TNER MAIN LINE ON TANGENT TRACK WHEN CARR 33 FROM THE ENG INES DERAILED ON WIDE GAUGE DUE TO WIDE GAUGE AND DEFECTIVE TIES.  THE LEADING WHEEL ON THE NORTH SI DE FELL INSIDE THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL.  AS THE TRAIN MOVED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, THE NORTH RAIL BROKE ALLOWING THE CARS TO VEER AWAY FROM THE RAODBED TO THE NORTH AND INITIATED AN ENDESIRED E MERGENCY OF THE BRAKES.  THE MOVEMENT STOPPED AND THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THE DERAILMENT .  CARS 30 THROUGH 34 FROM THE LOCOMOTIVES HAD DERAILED AND CARS 33 AND 323 FROM THE LOCO MOTIVES WERE ON THEIR SIDE.  TNER/DGNO MANAGEMENT WERE NOTIFIED.


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: NORTH SHORE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Y-HOU38810-04 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE DOUBLING FROM PTRA NORTH YARD.  DOWNLOADS SHOWS ENGINEER MADE 16 PSI BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION AT 8 MPH WHILE ADDING INDEPENDENT BRAKE.  AT 3 MPH WITH FULL IBV, ENGINEER RELEASED AUTOMATIC BRAKES.  SPEED INCREASED TO 4 MPH FOLLOWED BY UDE.     


nearest_city: WICHITA FALLS
county: WICHITA
railroad: WTJR
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: RED RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CONDUCTOR CONTACTED WTJR MANAGER OF OPERATIONS ON OCTOBER 20TH AT 2305 TO REP ORT A DERAILMENT AT THE SOUTH END OF WTJR YARD.  UPRR CONDUCTOR REPORTED THAT THEY HAD BACKED DOWN T RACK #2 TO THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD TO SET THE POWER INTO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK #1.  HE SAID HE LI NED THE BELL LEAD SWITCH FOR BELL AND STARTED WALKING WEST TOWARDS THE #1 TRACK SWITCH.  THE FRONT T RUCK OF THE UP5740 WENT THROUGH THE IMPROPERLY THROWN SWITCH.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE TRACK 1 SWITC H AND THE ENGINEER PROCEEDED TO PULL AHEAD.  HE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 250 FT BEFORE THE UNITS WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE FRONT TRUCK SPLIT BELL LEAD SWITCH AND DERAILED.  APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET OF BELL LEAD WAS TORN UP.  THE UP5740 TRAVELED ANOTHER 120 FEET BEFORE IT TORE UP RAIL GOING INTO TRACK 2.


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: SANGAMON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
WBALDU-19 DUMPING BALLAST TO SUPPORT THE TRT PROJECT DERAILED ONE UNIT WHEN LABOR FORCES DUMPED TOO MUCH BALLAST CAUSING THE UNIT TO CLIMB THE BALLAST AND DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: TALLADEGA
county: TALLADEGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: LINEVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
A73418 WAS PULLING 44 LOADS FROM THE EARY BRANCH AND PULLED OUT 1000 FEET AND CARS LINE 9-15 DERAILE D.      


nearest_city: DENAIR
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
S-ALTOIG1-30 DERAILED 11 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN TRACK DUE TO TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR BUCKLED /SUNKINK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN #6206 REPORTED FLAMES COMING FROM THE ROOF OF LOCOMOTIVE #4419 WHICH WERE THE RESULT OF A BROK EN INSULATOR WHILE ENROUTE EAST LOCATED AT SECAUCUS.      


nearest_city: JACKMAN
county: SOMERSET
railroad: MMA
date: 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MOOSEHEAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN NO. 1 ENROUTE FROM BROWNVILLE JCT, MAINE TO MEGANTIC, QUEBEC WITH 14-42 TONS 4274 WAS ABOUT TO MAKE STOP AT JACKMAN, MAINE WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  EMPLOYEE INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND BUR NT OFF JOURNAL BR1 ON MMA 1056 LOGS 9TH CAR IN TRAIN.   MMA 1056 DERAILED AT MILE 73 AND WAS CAR WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET BY NO. 1 SLOWING TO STOP AT JACKMAN.  TRAIN ABOUT TO STOP WHEN LOST AIR AT MILE 73.60.   


nearest_city: RIALTO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOHAVE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
QRVWC-13, WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MOJAVE SUBDIVISION WHEN IT RECEIVED A DRAGGING MESSAGE AFT ER PASSING THE HOTBOX DETECTOR AT MP486.8.  UPON INSPECTION, CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED FXE911950 HAD DERA ILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS.     


nearest_city: HURON
county: BEADLE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: PIERRE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
570-15 WAS YARDING FROM THE MAIN LINE INTO WEST #7 TRACK IN HURON YARD WHEN THE LAST 3 CARS DERAILED AT WEST #6 TRACK SWITCH.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT IS A COMBINATION OF GEOMETRY DEVIATIONS WITHIN COMPLI ANCE, CHANGE IN CONFIGURATION OF LEAD DUE TO TURNOUT REPLACEMENT, MINOR CROSS LEVEL IN CRITICAL AREA NEAR POINT, IMPROPER BEND OR NOT ENOUGH BEND IN STOCK RAIL  AND A COMBINATION OF SHORT WHEEL BASE C EMENT CARS.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CARMAN HAD BLED OFF AIR FROM INBOUND MPBHO-10 TRAIN IN TRACK 206 AND CUT OUT THE AIRBRAKES ON UP8085 , THE REAR DPU UNIT.  YH018-11 HOSTLER WAS MOVING LOCOMOTIVE UP8085 OUT OF TRACK 206 TOWARDS TRACK 2 07 AND FAILED TO PERFORM ENGINE AIR BRAKE TEST.  ZLCAT-09 WAS INBOUND INTO TRACK 207 AND UP8085 STRU CK 2 CARS ON THE ZLCAT-09.  TPIX3305, RELEASED 150 GALS DIESEL FUEL.    


nearest_city: PENSACOLA
county: ESCAMBIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Y20217 ROLLED CARS OFF WITHOUT ENSURING PREVIOUS CAR WAS IN THE CLEAR OF TARGET TRACK RESULTING IN D AMAGE TO CARS.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YARD CREW #YH-13 OPERATED ALP 45 UNIT #4503 WITH TWO CARS FROM ELECTRIC TERRITORY TO NON-ELECTRIC TE RRITORY WHILE IN ELECTRIC MODE. A SPECIFIC FRA HUMAN FACTOR CAUSE CODE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BASED ON T HE CURRENT GUIDE.     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YBM05R-24 WAS DRAGGING TRACK 102 WEST WHEN THE 17TH CAR, ECUX887370, AND 18TH CAR, GATX95173, DERAIL ED. THE CARS DERAILED COMING THROUGH THE SIDING CROSSOVER WHERE A JOINT BAR WAS LOOSE AND MISSING BO LTS. THIS CAUSED THE FIRST CAR TO CLIMB THE RAIL. THIS CAUSED THE TRAILING TRUCKS ON THE ECUX887370 AND THE LEADING TRUCKS ON GATX95173, TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE CARS. THIS THEN CAUSED THE B-END OF GATX95173 TO DERAIL ALL WHEELS ALSO. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.   


nearest_city: IRONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
EAST PULLBACK: 9'00" AB41 PULLING OUT OF CT33 WHEN RAIL BROKE DERAILING 4 CARS: SOU 550707 (B/END -L 1,L2,R1,R2), NS 120171 ( ALL WHEELS). SOU 100520 (ALL WHEELS). AND EEC 2712 (ALL WHEELS).      


nearest_city: WILSON CREEK
county: GRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
G-LMNINB9-01 MOVING WESTWARD EXPERIENCED BROKEN RIM ON L-4 OF BNSF 482063 AT APPROXIMATELY MP 1573.3 .  THIS CAR REMAINED UPRIGHT AND IN TRAIN UNTIL STRUCK EAST SIDING SWITCH WILSON CREEK MP 1576.2.  T HIS CAR AND 24 OTHERS DERAILED AT THAT POINT.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
TWO MAN CREW TOOK 5 UNITS NORTH THEN SWITCHED TO SWITCH ONTO A DIFFERENT TRACK SOUTH OF OIL SPUR SWI TCH.  MOVED 5 UNITS SOUTH THEN SWITCH POINTS.  FOUR AND 1/2 UNIT WENT THRU SWITCH AND THE REAR TRUCK S OF THE UP 8206 SPLIT SWITCH AND STARTED UP OIL SPUR TRACK UNIT HIT FROG AND DERAILED.  STOPPED MOV EMENT.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2011-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
COACH CAR 8460 WAS IN THE COACH SHOP AT THE 49TH ST YARD FOR TESTING.  DURING TESTING, THE BATTERIES CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN APPRENTICE EMPLOYEE IMPROPERLY WIRING THEM. SINCE THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP, THERE WERE NO SIGNALS USED FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THIS CONSIST.     


nearest_city: ROCKINGHAM
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
K95626 WAS SHOVING 65 EMPTIES INTO THE INDUSTRY WHEN CAR (VULX 2100) DERAILED FROM TREAD BUILD UP. A S A RESULT OF THE INITIAL DERAILMENT, 2 ADDITIONAL CARS (VULX 2018 & VULX 2023) DERAILED FROM TRACK DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: SNOW HILL
county: WORCESTER
railroad: MDDE
date: 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE SNOW HILL LINE APPROACHING CEDARTOWN ROAD WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED A SU N KINK IN THE RAIL THAT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 2". THE TRAIN SLOWED TO A CRAWL AND STARTED TO PULL THRO UGH THE SUN KINK. AFTER PROCEEDING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET PAST THE SUN KINK THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE THIRD CAR GO ON THE GROUND WHILE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR. THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED AND THE FEDERALSBURG OFFICE NOTIFIED AT THAT TIME.   


nearest_city: DAVIS JUNCTION
county: OGLE
railroad: CP
date: 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING THE 2273-20, THE B69X CREW SHOVED A CUT OF CARS INTO THE WEST END OF THE DAVIS JCT S IDING. THE CREW WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN THE SIDING AND MAIN. UPON COMPLETION OF SWITCHING, CREW DISCOV ERED DAMAGE TO FIVE CARS AND ONE CAR DERAILED. NO TRACK DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.     


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW MOVING CARS TO MAKE UP A TRAIN, LEFT ENGINE ON TRACKS.  CAME BACK WITH MORE CARS AND MOVED ENGINE WTIHOUT CHECKING SWITCHES.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO NEFF YD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YKC03R-23, WHILE PULLING OUT OF BOWL 12, WITHOUT A CREW MEMBER ON THE LEADING END OF THE MOVEMENT, A ND STRUCK LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE TIED DOWN IN TRIM 1 POCKET.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: LIMESTONE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
G20402 WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHOVE CARS INTO SHOP 1 TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR LINED TRAIN INTO THE CAB TRACK INSTEAD. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT THE SHOVE AS THE LEADING END ROLLED PAST THE CLEARANCE POIN T AT THE NORTH END AND STRUCK THE SIDE OF ENGINES 3 AND 4 OF THE Q51806 WHICH WAS CURRENTLY ON THE Y ARD LEAD PERFORMING A BRAKE TEST.    


nearest_city: JACKSON
county: HINDS
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN WAS SWITCHING IN JACKSON YARD WHEN THEY RELEASED ONE CAR INTO TRACK 7 THAT CAME ROLLING BACK A ND SIDESWIPED ONE CAR IN TRACK 10.      


nearest_city: ELIZABETH
county: UNION
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3856 SUSTAINED A BROKEN PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIVE UNIT # 4657 WHICH BECAME ENTANGLED IN TH E CATENARY WIRE.      


nearest_city: AGUILARES
county: WEBB
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
DRIVER OF TRUCK IGNORED THE CROSS BUCKS AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL HE WAS ON THE CROSSING.  WHEN HE STAR TED TO MOVE AGAIN HE COULD NOT CLEAR THE PATH AND WAS STRUCK.      


nearest_city: ROARING RIVER
county: WILKES
railroad: YVRR
date: 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
BRAKE RIGGING FELL DOWN BECAUSE CATCHES WERE BROKEN IT HIT THE GUARDRAIL OF THE SWITCH AND DERAILED ONE END OF AN EMPTY COVERED HOPPER WHICH CAUSED CARS TO DERAIL AS WELL.      


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT KCS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
EGBBTR-27 WAS SHOVING THE GLERBE 25 INTO THE PORT OF BEAUMONT WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED.  THE CONDUCTO R STATED THAT THEY HAD COME IN FROM THE SOUTH, PULLED ALL THE WAY THRU THE #5 TRACK TO THE NORTH END GOING OVER THE #2 SWITCH POINT AND WHEN THEY GOT IN THE CLEAR THE PORT CREW (ECONORAIL) STOPPED THE M.  THEY HAD A JOB BRIEFING, ECONORAIL WAS GOING TO COUPLE INTO IN THE SOUTH END AND THE CONDUCTOR W AS GOING TO MAKE A CUT AT THE 52 CAR.  ECONORAIL WAS PULLING THE SOUTH CARS INTO THE PORT FACILITY A ND THE GLERBE 25 CREW WAS TO SHOVE THE REST OF THE CARS TO THE SOUTH END OF #5 TRACK (THE SAME TRACK THEY PULLED INTO) BEHIND ECONORAIL.  THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE POINT (LAST CAR UP93316) WAITED UNTIL ECONORAIL GOT ABOUT 20 TO 30 CARS AHEAD AND BEGAN MAKING HIS SHOVE MOVE.  AFTER SHOVING ABOUT 15 CA


nearest_city: LEBANON
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
UHRS E-8 #834 AND #835 DERAILED DURING MOVEMENT ON THE NJ HIGH IRON SPUR DUE TO BROKEN RAIL AND SPRE AD RAIL LOCATED 210 FT WEST OF HIGH IRON DERAIL.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
RJY13 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING OUT OF TRACK MO12 IN A SOUTHWARD DIRECTION ON TRIM 1 IN ORDER TO SET TRAIN M302 IN THE DEPARTURE YARD.  AS THE CARS WERE TRAVERSING ON THE LOW SIDE BOWL LEAD, GACX 469552 DERAILED THE NORTH TRUCK.  AFTER TRAVELING ANOTHER 10 CARS SOUTH, THE CAR WAS SHIFTED TO THE WEST CAUSING IT TO DETRUCK AND DERAIL THE SOUTH END OF GACX 569759 AND THE NORTH END OF CMPX 252193. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HOPPER BOTTOM GATE FAILED CAUSING A PIECE TO DRAG ON THE GROUND IN THE GAUGE OF THE RAIL, CATCHING A TIE CAUSING THE NORTH END OF GACX 469552.  


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
Y39609 DOUBLED UP W08 TO W07 TO W06 SO HE COULD SWING A CUT FOR THE DEPARTURE YARD. WHILE PULLING OU T OF W06 CARS WENT ON THE GROUND.      


nearest_city: HOMEWOOD
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CHICAGO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
R97291-18 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING TRACK MA18 AT THE NORTH END OF THE A-YARD.  THEY RELEASED 3 CARS INTO TRACK MA13 AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT RELEASED 3 MORE FOR TRACK MA14.  THE CARS IN MA13 DID NOT CLEAR THE FOUL ZONE AND WERE RAKED BY THE CARS THAT WERE RELEASED FOR TRACK MA14 CAUSING DAM AGE TO CARS INVOLVED: UTLX 664938, UTLX 668608, UTLX 671940, RCHX 20417, TILX 645708, TILX 650374, T ILX 642535, TILX 638906, TILX 638876.   


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


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: RICHLAND
railroad: YSVR
date: 2010-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
WHILE PLACING TWO LOCOMOTIVES INTO PASS, THE WHEELS OF THE SECOND LOCOMOTIVE FELL TO THE GROUND.       


nearest_city: TORONTO
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
578C519 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 100 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 16,188 TONS ON RIVER LINE TRACK DERAILE D THE 3RD HEAD CAR (NS 042315).  30: OPERATING METHOD: MANUAL BLOCK      


nearest_city: MADILL
county: JOHNSTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
UP TRAIN WBNSF2-01 DERAILED REAR FOUR CARS AT MP 583, DEPARTING ROCK PLANT AT CLARK MAINTAINED TRACK ).  INVESTIGATION REVEALED A WORN SWITCH POINT ON TRACK 6711, WHICH CAUSED THE HZGX 7626 TO CLIMB TH E SWITCH POINT AND DERAIL, TURNING OVER IT'S SIDE AND PULLING THE HZGX 8372 AND HZGX 8520 OVER AS WE LL.  DERAILMENT OCCURRED AT SWITCH FROM 6701 (INDUSTRY) TO 6711 AND THEN TO THE BNSF MAIN TRACK.    


nearest_city: BIENVILLE
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: LAS
date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: HODGE
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-May
narrative:
ON MARCH 1, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1502 HOURS THE LASR 111 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE HODGE SUBDIVISI ON AT A SPEED OF 9 MPH. TRAIN CONSIST WAS 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 37 LOADS AND 5 EMPTIES. THE TRAIN WENT INTO THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION AT MP 12.1. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THE 30TH 31ST CARS WAS FOUND DE RAILED AND ON THEIR SIDE, 32ND CAR DERAILED AND WAS BEING HELD UP BY A TREE AND THE 33RD CAR HAD DER AILED. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT TO BE BROKEN RAIL, CAUSED BY A DETAIL FRACTUR E (INTERNAL). SPERRY CAR REPORT, 02-2012, DID NOT SHOW ANY DEFECTS AT MP 12.1. THE TRACK WAS INSPECT ED FEBRUARY 26, 2013 WITH NO DEFECTS REPORTED AT MP 12.1. 


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ROCKWELL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE YG164-09 PULLING 35 LOADED TUBS FROM RAMP 31 FOR EXT. 6 DERAILED THE DTTX-766722, DTTX-888436 AN D DTTX-888286 DUE TO WIDE GAGE IN THE CROSSING FROM DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSS TIES.      


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: XTGS
date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO PROTECT REAR END OF SHOVING MOVEMENT, SHOVED THROUGH BUMPER AND INTO THE SIDE OF A ST ANDING CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y-LAL3011-18 SHOVED TRACK 126 TRACK WITHOUT PROTECTING POINT OF MOVEMENT.  CARS WERE SHOVED TO INTO OTHER EQUIPMENT IN TRACK RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.,  MECHANICAL INTERFACE UPGRADED COSTS OVER REPORTI NG THRESHOLD.     


nearest_city: BRILLIANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
531-11 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK WHEN THEY DERAILED CAR#'S FEPX 61583, MQRX 5 525, CEFX 67290, AND MQRX 5525 DUE TO A GAPPING SWITCH POINT. 

EQUIPMENT IS NOT FINISHED BEING RE PAIRED, EQUIPMENT DAMAGE COST IS ESTIMATE.     


nearest_city: LEWELLEN
county: GARDEN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CROSA9-20 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK #2 WHEN IT DERAILED 16 AND  DAMAGED AN ADDITIONAL 64 LOADED COAL CARS DUE TO AN OLD RETIRED IN PLACE BOX CULVERT THAT FAILED RESULTING IN A SOFT SPOT. RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: LAKE SUBDIVISION
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN Y-SUP312-1-18 DERAILED 4 CARS DUE TO WORN OUT SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH BN SF MAINTAINED AND UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED DAMAGES: CAR = $2,551; TRACK=$17,150      


nearest_city: JANESVILLE
county: ROCK
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WSOR TRAIN OPERATING UNDER TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WAS PULLING ONTO UNION PACIFIC SOUTHBOUND THROU GH JUNCTION SWITCH LOCATED AT UNION PACIFIC JANESVILLE INDUSTRIAL LEAD MP 94.3 TO EXIT WSOR EASTBOUN D.  HEAD 5 CARS OF TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO STRINGLINING INSIDE TIGHT CURVE OF JUNCTION SWITCH, DAMAGIN G UNION PACIFIC AND WSOR TRACK.  TRACK DAMAGE REPAIRED BY WSOR = $4783.  ADDITIONALLY, UNION PACIFIC REPORTED EXPENSE = $38.  NO UNION PACIFIC EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: GREAT FALLS
county: CASCADE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
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-Oct
narrative:
Y-GRF3011-13 WHILE SETTING OUT BAD ORDER ON TRACK WITH 11 DEGREE 48 MINUTES CURVE DERAILED WHEN TRAC K WAS PULLED PRIOR TO BRAKES FULLY RELEASING.      


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
2AMXAS-08, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8516, WAS TRAVELING AT 42 MPH NORTHBOUND ON TRACK #1 AT MP 353 AND NOTIC E CAR ON TRACKS 100 FEET SOUTH OF CHICOT RD CROSSING, CAR WAS UNOCCUPIED WITH NO INJURIES TO THE CRE W.  CAR WAS NOT AT A CROSSING.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: DOVER
county: MORRIS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-11-18T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #6937 DERAILED CARS #7551 AND #7249 WHILE SHOVING EAST ON DOVER LEAD THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN TH ROUGH SWITCH #6002.      


nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WICHITA FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
Y-NYF1921-12 HANDING 4 LOCOMOTIVES, RAN THROUGH MAIN TRACK SWITCH, DERAILING 1 LOCOMOTIVE. NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SPARROWS POINT
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: PBR
date: 2011-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CARS WERE IMPROPERLY LOADED TO ONE SIDE OF THE CAR CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEE L TO WALK UP THE HIGH SIDE RAIL ALLOWING THE LEFT WHEELS TO FALL INSIDE THE TRACK GAUGE. AS THE LEFT WHEELS DROPPED OFF THE RAIL THE CARS TO LEANED TO THE LEFT ALLOWING THE LOAD TO FALL OFF OF THE CAR S.    


nearest_city: NEW ALBANY
county: FLOYD
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: HOOSIER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
EMPLOYEE DID NOT PLACE HIMSELF IN POSITION TO SEE THE LEADING END OF A SHOVING MOVEMENT RESULTING IN ONE CAR BEING SHOVED IN EXCESS OF THE AVAILABLE TRACK LENGTH AT THE GENERAL MILLS STORAGE TRACK.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #X-12 OPERATED OVER AN UNWIRED CROSS-OVER WHILE ENROUTE TO THE 25KV YARDFROM THE NORTH RUNNER TRACK CAUSING #4618 TO COME OUT FROM WIRE.      


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
QRVWC-12 SOUTHBOUND EXPERIENCED DPU ISSUES SHOVING BACK ON THE MAIN TRACK AT BEALVILLE RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF FIVE CARS DUE TO THE DYNAMIC BRAKES DEREGULATING FROM REMOTE CONTROL UNIT UP8144, DYNA MICS THEN STARTED LOADING AGAIN CREATING BUFF FORCES CAUSING THE FIVE EMPTY CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: MACON
county: BIBB
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YARD ASSIGNMENT GM81 SHOVING FROM THE EAST PULLBACK TO FT01 WITH 46 EMPTIES WAS RAKED BY YARD ASSIGN MENT GM02 WHO WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE NORTH TOWER YARDMASTER TO SHOVE EAST PULLBACK TO TRACK FT07 WITH OUT PROPER ROUTE, RESULTING IN 6 DERAILED CARS ON GM81.     


nearest_city: ATHENS
county: HENDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ATHENS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
SURFACING GANG 4319 WAS WORKING SPOTS ON THE ATHENS SUB.  THEY FINISHED ONE SPOT AND THE TAMPER (ATS 9611) OPERATOR MOVED TO THE NEXT SPOT MP 7.25 AND HE STOPPED.  HE INFORMED THE BALLAST REGULATOR (BR 1212) THAT HE HAD STOPPED AT MP 7.25 AND HE WAS PREPARING TO PLOT THE CURVE.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR ACKNOWLEDGED HIS TRANSMISSION.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR FINISHED DRESSING THE TRACK AND BEGAN TRAVELIN G TO MP 7.25.  THE BALLAST REGULATOR CAME AROUND THE CURVE AND SAW THE TAMPER AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE REGULATOR SLID INTO THE TAMPER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  


nearest_city: LA GRANDE
county: BAKER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: HUNTINGTON SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
MHKNP-18 TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT MP282.51 HAD SLAG BUILD-UP ON A CAR RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 2 CAR S.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
ON 7/2/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 545PM KB25/528 CREW WAS SWITCHING IN THE YARD AND LEFT BC14 IN THE FOUL W HEN THEY KICKED A CAR (BNSF 314005) TOWARD TRACK BC15 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEAD CAR IN TRACK 14 (NT RX1034).     LONGITUDE ADJUSTED 2-28-12.     


nearest_city: ASHEVILLE
county: BUNCOMBE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YARD JOB PA20 SHOVING 29LDS - 2 EMPTIES - 3933 TONS ON EAST YARD LEAD INTO CLASS TRACK #2 DERAILING 18TH THRU 22ND HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-05-27T00:00:00Z
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-May
narrative:
TRAIN 22 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/115 IN THE LEAD, 7 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/13 IN THE REAR, STRUC K A PICK-UP TRUCK FOULING MAINLINE AT MP236.56, A PRIVATE CROSSING, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGI NE UNIT E/115.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
YFX61R-03 WAS SHOVING TO JOINT WITHOUT A CREW MEMBER PROTECTING THE POINT.  THE CREW STRUCK THE CARS IN THE TRACK AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED, SHOVED ONE CAR OVER THE BUMPING POST, AND INTO THE LOADING RAMP .     


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
AN EQUIPMENT TRAIN DERAILED AT THE 18TH STREET YARD WHEN AN EMPLOYEE THREW THE SWITCH INCORRECTLY CA USING THE TRAIN TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: BLACK HAWK
railroad: IANR
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
CREW WAS MAKING A SET OUT OF 40 CARS TO THE CC INTERCHANGE TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROTECT TH E POINT OF THE SHOVE RESULTING IN SHOVING THE CARS OUT THE END OF TRACK AND SIDE SWIPING THEIR TRAIN . FOUR CARS WERE DERAILED.     


nearest_city: TAZEWELL
county: TAZEWELL
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 823U729 TRAVELING WEST AT MP CV 382.3 DERAILED ALL WHEELS ON NS 27003 - 130TH CAR FROM HEAD EN D.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
UP'S MASPBB-30 WAS PULLING OUT OF ALS #3 LEAD, SOUTH BOUND HEADED TO UPRR #2 MAIN LINE, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK IN THE SIDE BY ALS YARD JOB YAS221.  TWO CARS ON THE MASPBB DERAILED AND ONE CAR SUSTAINED MI NOR DAMAGE.  THE ALS LOCOMOTIVE OVERTURNED AND THE ENGINEER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  NO INJURIES T O UP CREW.  ALS DAMAGES ARE $89,989 FOR EQUIPMENT AND $1,830 FOR TRACK DAMAGES.    


nearest_city: COLTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
UP TRAIN OPERATING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 5 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: WESTLAKE
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ROSEBLUFF SPUR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YRB74-09 WAS PERFORMING SWITCH AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR WHEN DEPARTING TOWARDS POLY 1 LEAD TRACK.  JOB UNAWARE OF DERAILMENT.  AS JOB MOVED OVER NEXT, ADDITIONAL RAILCAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: TERRELL
county: KAUFMAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
SMEPZ-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4544, STRUCK THE TRAILER BEING PULLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK, WHICH WAS HUNG U P ON SINGLE MAINLINE FOULING CROSSING.  UP4544 DAMAGED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUC K WAS VISIBLY INJURED, BUT REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ST JOSEPH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
E-PAMCKM028 DEPARTING YARD DERAILED AT A6 LEAD SWITCH WHEN SWITCH FLOATED UNDER TRAIN AND CARS SPLIT SWITCH. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CARMEN HAD EARLIER USED THIS SWITCH AND FAILED TO LOCK AFTER US E.     


nearest_city: LUSK
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
BALLAST REGULATOR OPERATOR HIT THE SWITCH CONTROL WITH REGULATOR LEFT SIDE WING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO T HE SWITCH CONTROL BOX.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE REGULATOR.      


nearest_city: ALBUQUERQUE
county: BERNALILLO
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: ALBUQUERQUE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 4 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/44-E/180 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK LOADED WITH AUTOMOBILES AT MP 907.07, PROSPERITY AVE CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $36,806.00.      


nearest_city: TARRANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y29419 HUMPED A TWO CAR CUT INTO C14 ALONG WITH A ONE CAR CUT (ADMX 15761). THE NEXT TWO CAR CUT (NS 407183)GOING TO C13 HIT THE (ADM 15761)FOULING THE LEAD. THE SYSTEM SHOWED THE LEAD CLEARED AND LIN ED THE (NS 407183)INTO C13 WITH THE (ADMX 15761).     


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: GREENE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
Y-SPM2201-01 DERAILED 2 CARS AT A SWITCH WHERE A NINE DEGREEE CURVE MEETS A 7 DEGREE CURVE ON 2% GRA DE.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: K C METRO NEFF YARD
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
YKC09R-15 WHILE HUMPING, CORNERED CARS TILX291187 AND THE TILX291182 WHEN THE 2ND CAR WAS RELEASED B EFORE THE HUMP'S CORNER PROTECTION REGISTERED THE CAR WAS OUT TO FOUL.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
YWC31R-15 WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 36 TO REHUMP, EXPERIENCED A COMMUNICATION LOSS RESULTING IN A P ENALTY APPLICATION OF THE ENGINE BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING A RUN-IN OF SLACK TO OCCUR.  THIS RESULTED IN THE LEAD CAR TO DERAIL ON A CURVE ALONG WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL CARS.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
YFW19R-06 MADE A JOINT ON THE EAST END OF 29 BOWL.  THEN THEY PULLED IN THE EASTWARD DIRECTION.  THE BYPASSED COUPLERS BETWEEN THE NS451160 AND THE AOK27693 CAUSED THE AOK27693, SAMK40037, FLOX79351, AND CRDX14270 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SPRING GROVE
county: YORK
railroad: YRC
date: 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
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:
RJ-2 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRK WITH 23 LOADS AND 3 EMPTIES. CONDUCTOR NOTICED CARS AT REAR PORTION OF TRAIN DIVERGING ON TO PLANK SIDING. CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO PLACE THE TRAIN INT O EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED DUE TO TRUCK HUNTING.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: GREGG
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YLT38-12 WAS SHOVING THE QLWNL-12 INTO TRACK 4 WHEN THE TRACK BROKE UNDER THE CHTT360366.  THE CREW WAS ON THE POINT OF THE SHOVE AND UNAWARE OF THE DERAILMENT UNTIL THE ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO CONTINU E THE SHOVE.  EIGHT CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: IRONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
198A527 DERAILED #3 ENG NS 529 ACCOUNT OF SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP BEHIND SWITCH POINT DUE TO PREVIOUS M OVEMENTS OVER SAME SWITCH.      


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN BERNARDINO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RCO Y-BAR2022-12 DERAILED WHILE SHOVING PREVIOUSLY HUMPED CARS TO RIP TRACKS TO SPOT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED COUPLERS THAT HAD BYPASSED OFF HUMP THAT CREATED EXCESS FORCES WHILE CARS WERE SHOVED THROU GH SWITCHES EN ROUTE RIPS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CREEK
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
M-TULMA01-10, DEPARTING ON WEST LEAD, DERAILED 5 CARS. INVESTIGATION FOUND FRESH FLANGE MARKS ON ANG LE BARS ON INSIDE RAIL ON 2101 SWITCH WHEN WEIGHT OF CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON OUTSIDE RAIL APPROACHIN G FROG. FLANGE MARKS IN FROG SHOW CAR ATTEMPTING TO STEER TO INSIDE (WRONG ROUTE) BEFORE AND WHEN EN TERING FROG.    


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK 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:
MFWNL-27 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 202 TO MAKE A DOUBLE OVER.  THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7896 CLIMBED SWI TCH POINT OF LEAD SWITCH DERAILING LEAD TRUCKS.  DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: PEORIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL1012-11 3 CARS MISROUTED AND SIDESWIPED CAR IN ADJACENT DUE TO AUTOMATIC HUMP RETARDER FAIL URE TO SLOW CAR.      


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-08T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
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


nearest_city: ROANOKE
county: ROANOKE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
THE CREW OF TRAIN VR24 WERE PULLING A TOTAL OF 60 CARS FROM CLASS TRACK #31 WITH THE PULL BACK CREW PUSHING IN TRIM MODE WHEN CEFX 76277 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MQT 1101 BYPASSED COUPLERS WITH THE MSDR 192029, DERAILING WHEELS ON BOTH CARS. THE MQT 1101 SUBSEQU ENTLY STRUCK 2 TANKS CARS IN TRACK B13 DAMAGING THE SAFETY APPLIANCES ON BOTH CARS.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
DUE TO WHEEL CONTAMINATION FROM CUSTOMER FACILITY THE WHEEL RETARDERS AT THE HUMP WERE NOT ABLE TO S LOW CARS DOWN CAUSING AN OVERSPEED AND HARD IMPACT IN TRACK B21 DAMAGING ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WHILE BUILDING TRAIN, Y-LAL1021-24 SHOVED WEST THRU 110 TRACK SWITCH, THEN PULLED BACK EAST IN PREPA RATION TO MAKE AIR TEST, DERAILING 5 CARS AT THE IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE BUT 2 CARS OF PLASTIC PELLETS LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS OF PRODUCT.     


nearest_city: ARLINGTON
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
AMT21-29, WEST BOUND STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK BELONGING TO KING RANCH TURF GRASS CARRYING A LOAD OF SOD. THE TRUCK WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 180 WHICH PARALLELS THE UP TRACK.  THE TRUCK TURNED SO UTHBOUND AND CROSSED TRACKS.  AMTRAK LOCOMOTIVE #AMTK69 STRUCK TRUCK BETWEEN TRACK CAN AND THE TRAIL ER.  NO DERAILMENT OF ANY ENGINES OR CARS.  THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE AMTRAK CREW.  THE KING RANCH TRUCK DRIVER WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL IN FT. WORTH WITH CRITICAL I NJURIES.  DRIVER PASSED AWAY ON 07/08/12.  AMTRAK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGES = $150,000  


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Z-WSPLAC1-25, MOVING LITE ENGINES TO SET OUT BAD ORDER LOCOMOTIVE, COLLIDED WITH YARD ENGINE Y-KCK31 1-25 WHILE YARD ENGINE WAS SHOVING A BARETABLE TRAIN INTO THE TAIL TRACK. NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED BUT DAMAGED TO 2 LOCOS AND 12 CARS. YARD ENGINE  WAS HANDLING ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: WICHITA FALLS
county: WICHITA
railroad: WTJR
date: 2010-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ON 6/26/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 23:00 THE UP5682 PULLED THROUGH TRACK 5 IN WICHITA YARD WITH 98 EMPTY CA RS.  THE ENGINEER AND THE CONDUCTOR HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO FILL TRACK 5 THEN PUT BALANCE OF CARS IN TRACKS 4 AND 6 LEAVING TRACK 3 OPEN TO RETURN TO THE EAST END OF THE YARD AND WTJR HAD PULLED 4 LOCO MOTIVES AND 25 LOADS OUT TO AIRPORT ROAD ON THE MAIN LINE, HOWEVER, HE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO YARD HIS TRAIN.  THE CONDUCTOR SECURED THE EMPTY CARS ON TRACK 5, MADE A CUT BETWEEN UP87730 (55TH CAR) AND THE UP79204 (58TH CAR), AND HAD ENGINEER PULL AHEAD.  UP CONDUCTOR PROCEEDED TO SHOVE THE E MPTIES BACK INTO TRACK 4 WHEN THE UP79204 STRUCK THE UP87730 LIFTING BOTH CARS UP AND SHOVING THEM A CROSS THE YARD STRIKING THE UP87494 ON THE MAIN LINE.  THE UP87730 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN 1/2 OF A CAR


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE ISEG4-16 FAILED TO STOP AT A NEWLY INSTALLED SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEM RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH.  BNSF INSTALLED THE NUMBER 4 SWITCH AND DID NOT NOTIFY UPRR REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF A NEW SWITCH ON THIS TRACK.  NO DERAILMENT RUN THROUGH SWITCH ONLY.  NO DISCIPLINE ISSUED TO UP CREW.     


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
MWMWM-02 ENTERING ELKO YARD OFF MAIN TRACK 2, DROPPED THE CONDUCTOR OFF WITH MYO AT WEST END TO LINE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT INTO YARD.  MAINTENANCE WAS WORKING ON THE 17 CROSSOVER AND INSTRUCTED TRAIN TO MOVE AT WALKING SPEED OVER CROSSOVER.  TRAIN WAS HALFWAY THROUGH TRACK 12 WHEN TRAIN BOGGED DOWN. THEY STOPPED AND MANAGER CHECKED CROSSOVER AND ADVISED EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.  TRIED TO PULL TRAIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE.  DISPATCHER CAME ON RADIO AND SAID TRAIN WAS ON GROUND.  WORKERS AT ASH GROV E CEMENT CALLED THE INCIDENT IN TO THE DISPATCHER.  FIVE CARS WENT ON THE GROUND AT THE CROSSOVER OF F OF MAIN TRACK 2. 


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


nearest_city: LINTON
county: GREENE
railroad: INRD
date: 2010-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
CREW WAS TAKING DIVERGING ROUTE ONTO THE CHICAGO SUB WHEN THE LEFT HAND SWITCH POINT BROKE UNDER LOA D AND ALLOWED THE 9TH CAR TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT DOWN THE SUB.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MATTESON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
THE REMOTE HUMP JOB, YKHS01, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING CARS. THE PIN PULLEER BOARD ILLUSTRATED F OR THE RELEASE OF 3 CARS. THE CONDUCTOR RELEASED THREE CARS ( 2 EMPTIES AND 1 LAOD). THE CUT OF THRE E CARS ROLLED TOWARDS THE GROUP #2 INTERMIDIATE RETARDER. THE INTERMEDIATE RETARDER APPLIED BARKING EFFECTIVE FOR EXTRA HEAVY CARS CAUSING NAHX 60897 AND ADMX 51330.    


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ON AUGUST 9, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:35 AM, IHB RUN 534 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN BLUE ISLAND YARD IN R IVERDALE, IL. HUMP YARDMASTER PROVIDED CLASSIFICATION YARD PROTECTION TO RUN 534 ON TRACK 31 BY LINI NG (AND LOCKING) LADDER LEAD SWITCH DOWN LEAD TOWARDS TRACK 32 WHILE STANDING CARS ON SAID LADDER LE AD STRADDLED BC31 SWITCH. SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT RESULTED IN THE CAR STRADDLING SAID SWITCH (TTGX 99477 9) TO START MOVEMENT TOWARDS TWO TRACKS AND TO DERAIL. THIS, IN TURN, DERAILED ONE CAR ON THE EAST E ND OF TRACK 31 (TTZX 862464), TWO CARS ON THE EAST END OF TRACK 32 (MBLX 28594 & NAHX 800417), AND D AMAGED TWO CARS ON WEST END OF TRACK 32 (KCS 116742 & KCS 128228). 


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
YSC18R-03 RAN OVER DERAIL IN YARD DERAILING ON SET OF TRUCKS ON UPY664 AFTER YARDMASTER HAD MISCOMMU NICATED TO THE NORTH YARD SECTION THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY TO WORK ON THE EAST WEST DIVIDER SWITCH.  TH E TOWER THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR THE EAST SIDE ON THE TOP END OF THE YARD.  YARDMASTER GAVE THE OK AND THE SECTION CREW SET UP THE DERAILS.  SWITCH CREW, WHO HAD CONTROL OF ZONE 4 WAS PULLING OUT OF THE TRACK AND RAN OVER THE DERAIL.   


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING ON THE SOUTH END OF MADISON YARD, YARD JOB 126RCL COLLIDED WITH THE TIM123 AFTER THE 123 LINED THE DIVIDE SWITCH AGAINST THE 126 AND PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THE 126 CAUSING THE LEAD UNI T ON THE 126 TO DERAIL AND THE SECOND UNIT TO BE DAMAGED.     


nearest_city: DESTREHAN
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: IC
date: 2011-12-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
L52471-29 WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE SWITCH WHEN THEY CORNERED 2 CARS AT THE #5 SWITCH IN DESTREHAN YARD . THEY DID NOT KNOW IT HAD HAPPENED AND DID NOT REPORT IT AT THE TIME. A CARMAN IN DESTREHAN YARD WA S WORKING THE L51671-29 PICK UP AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TCIX 21099 EMPTY RESIDUE HAD DAMAGE TO THE E ND PLATFORM AND HAND RAIL ON THE B-END OF THE CAR. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE TRAINMASTER. AFTER INVES TIGATION THEY FOUND ANOTHER CAR DAMAGED ON TRACK DE14 UTLX 665763 EMPTY RESIDUE. THAT HAD DAMAGE TO THE END CAP ON THE A-END. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT L52471-29 HAD KICKED TCIX 21099 INTO TRACK 5 AND THEN PROCEEDED TO KICK A CUT OF 4 CARS INTO TRACK 14. TCIX 21099 WAS NOT IN THE CLEAR AND WAS CORNER ED BY UTLX 665763.


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
MECHANICAL CREW SHOVED 8 CARS FROM RIP 506 ONTO LEAD WITH INTENT TO THEN PULL INTO RIP 501. CREW FAI LED TO STRETCH PRIOR TO SHOVE AND FAILED TO REALIZE THAT CUT WAS NOT COUPLED. 5 CARS CONTINUED TO RO LL, STRIKING E-CEBBTM0-71 THAT WAS PULLING INTO SOUTH RUNAROUND TRACK.     


nearest_city: MILWAUKEE
county: MILWAUKEE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 339 WAS TRAVERSING THE CROSSOVER FROM MT#2 TO DEPOT#4. THE R3 WHEEL ON LOCOMOTIVE CLIMBED THE RAIL 12 FROM THE POINT OF SWITCH. DERAILING BOTH AXLES OF THE REAR TRUCK ON LOCOMOTIVE #81 AND BOTH AXLES ON THE LEAD TRUCK OF CAR# 82527 A-END.     


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LIVONIA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
LLM23R-22 SHOVED BOWL 5 CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF THE TRACK, SIDESWIPING THE CARS IN BOWL 4.       


nearest_city: WINFIELD
county: COWLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-06T00:00:00Z
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-Oct
narrative:
Q-KCKSAG1-06A TRAIN STRUCK VEHICLE WHICH FAILED TO STOP FOR ON COMING TRAIN AT A CROSSING. NO HAZARD OUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y-DYT3811-31A SHOVED CARS IN TRACK 605 SOUTH IN TRACK WHILE PROTECTED BY UTILITY SWITCHMAN.  AT THE SAME TIME Y-DYT3311-31 WAS SHOVING CARS NORTH ON 9 TRACK LEAD.  Y-DYT3811 SHOVED THROUGH SOUTH END OF 605 TRACK AND COLLIDED WITH Y-DYT3311, DERAILING 4 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.  CMC TRACK DAMAGE 615    


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MM-10 SHOVING 14 CARS WEST ON TRACK #2 WITHOUT A MAN ON THE LEADING END SIDE-SWIPED LOCOMOTIVE #4301 STOPPED ON COACH YARD DAMAGING #5407 AND #4301.      


nearest_city: PEMBROKE
county: ROBESON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: SOUTH END
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 89 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/4-E/119 AND 11 CARS STRUCK AN OCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE AT MP238.21, STATE RD HWY 72 CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $23,854.00.      


nearest_city: ELKTON
county: ROCKINGHAM
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 44WV021 TRAVELING  SOUTH AT 24 MPH EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  INSP ECTION OF TRAIN REVEALED THE 19TH HEAD CAR , NS 840670, HAD DERAILED AT MPH 111.7      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
JOB 023 BOTTOM EAST 1500 SWITCH CREW WAS SHOVING THE CARS IN TRK 111 FOR ROOM AND SHOVED THEM INTO T HE SIDE OF THE CUT OF CARS TOP OF THE EAST HAD A HOLD OF ON THE T/E LEAD.      


nearest_city: LOGAN
county: GALLATIN
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: SECOND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
BNSF 9175 EAST RAN THROUGH DUAL CONTROL SWITCH AT WEST LOGAN CAUSING DAMAGE TO SWITCH MACHINE.       


nearest_city: LAREDO
county: WEBB
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
LAV03R-11 SWITCHED A SOLID CUT OF 18 CARS AGAINST 20 CARS INSIDE OF TRACK 6.  UPON IMPACT, THE CARS ROLLED OUT OF TRACK 6 STRIKING A CUT OF CARS ON THE NORTH LEAD.  THIS CAUSED A SIDESWIPE OF 10 CARS AND A SINGLE CAR DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: LUBBOCK
county: LUBBOCK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SLATON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
BRAKEMAN OF Y-LUB3012-19A FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH FOR INTENDED ROUTE, AND THE CREW SHOVED INTO A C UT OF CA IN THE SAME TRACK CAUSING DERAILMENT OF 1 CAR. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: HINSDALE
county: VALLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE. INSPECTION BY CREW REVEALED DERAILMENT. CAUSE FOUND TO BE IRREGULAR TRACK ALI GNMENT CAUSED BY SOFT ROADBED.      


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: AKRON
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TC5070 WAS PULLING INTO AKRON RUBBER LINING WHEN TC5070 DERAILED DUE TO THE TRUCKS NOT SLEWING.       


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: LAKES
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-SUP2012-30 KICKED CARS TOWARD 4001 TRACK BUT FAILED TO LINE SWITCH. CARS ROLLED INTO 4002 AND 4110 TRACKS WHICH WERE CLEAR AND DERAILED AT DERAIL ON END OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: FAIRMONT
county: MARTIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: FAIRMONT SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CHS EMPLOYEES HAD A CAR ROLL OUT THE NORTH END OF THEIR INDUSTRY, OVER A UPRR MAINTAINED DERAIL, RES ULTING IN CAR DERAILING.  CAR DID NOT FOUL UPRR MAINLINE, DERAIL DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: MANVILLE
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: General Mechanical Electrical Failures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WAST THE CLIPPER OPERATOR HEAD THE ENGINE ALARMS GOING OFF, HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. IT IS BELIEVED THE ELECTRICAL WIRE CAUGHT ON FIRE, BUR NING THROUGH THE FUEL LINE, WHICH THEN IGNITED.     


nearest_city: MARTINSBURG
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-20T00:00:00Z
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-Jan
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING A SHOVING PLATFORM, FROM THE WEST RUNAROUND INTO P03. B71419 CAME OFF OF THE WEST RUN- A-ROUND AND ONTO THE OPEN TRACK, THE CARS DERAILED BECAUSE OF BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: BVRR
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: BOISE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 ON 2/28/12 THE WAMX 3525 WILDER SWITCHER WAS SWITCHING IN THE NAMPA YARD. THE CREW PULLED OUT THE 415 TRACK AND ONCE IT WAS CLEAR BEFORE LINING SWITCHES FOR FUTURE SWITCH MOVES. CONDUCTOR FORGOT TO LINE 415 AFTER THEY CLEAR THAT SWITCH WENT TO KICK A CAR DOWN TRACK 410 BUT INST EAD CAR WENT DOWN 415 AND DERAILED AT WEST END OF YARD ON THE SWITCH POINT DERAIL.    


nearest_city: BELVIDERE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BELVIDERE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YBE52X-17 SHOVING INTO THE CHRYSLER LOADING FACILITY DERAILED THE TTGX942456, CT546357, TTGX996853, TTGX963795, TTGX985820 AND THE TTCX991675 ON UP TRACK 760 IN THE BELVIDERE YARD.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Q39823 WAS SHOVING INTO BAYVIEW YARD, AT NORTH POINT BLVD. WHEN A CAR (AMGX 5205) DERAILED, 33 CAR L ENGTHS EAST OF THE NORTH POINT BLVD. SWITCH.      


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: KCS
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:
NS CREW WAS ON BOARD AND THEY DERAILED FIVE CARS ON THE INTERLOCKER AT MERIDIAN, MS ON THE NS.       


nearest_city: GRANBY
county: GRAND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
X-FRSCOK9-04A, SECOND LOCOMOTIVE IN CONSIST, BNSF 4376 EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LIN E NEAR CONNECTION TO FUEL INJECTOR MANIFOLD.  FUEL SPRAYED ON TO LOCOMOTIVE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND IGNIT ED.  LOCO. BNSF 4376 C44/9W, G.E., FUEL CAP. 5,300 
GALS., RELEASED 10 GALLONS.     


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
288L010 WITH 50-0-4119 PULLING NORTH GOING FROM EAST VALLEY TO MIDDLE VALLEY DERAILED 4 CARS.       


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YBM31R-22 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF RAILCARS TOWARDS TRACK 205, WHEN 5 RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUNT RAIL BRO KE UNDER RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: KINDER
county: ALLEN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
QEWLI-05, AT MP542 ON THE BEAUMONT SUB, WAS HIT BY THE DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR AND EXPERIENCED A N UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION OF HIS TRAIN THE CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED THE UTLX68861 30 CARS FROM THE HEAD END, WITH ONE WHEEL REMAINING UNDER THE LEADING END OF THE CAR.  THE TRUCK ASSEMBLY HA D COME APART AND LAY STREWN ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.  THE SECOND WHEEL HAD KICKED OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR BREAKING A PIECE OF RAIL IN THE SIDING TURNOUT AND HAD COME TO REST IN THE SIDING.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY MECHANICAL FORCES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOLSTER HAD CRACKED AND SPLIT IN HALF CA USING THE FAILURE.  RAIL = CWR 


nearest_city: BOONE
county: BOONE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: BOONE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
MPRCB-27 WAS PULLING THROUGH TRACK 8 TO YARD THE TRAIN WHEN THE SOUTH RAIL OF TRACK 8 BROKE UNDERNEA TH THE FIRST RAILCAR OF THE TRAIN, DERAILING 5 RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: OAKRIDGE
county: LANE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-03-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: CASCADE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 14 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/167-E/41 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A FALLEN TREE AT MP571.5 AND A LAN DSLIDE CAME DOWN CAUSING ADDITIONAL TREES TO FALL ON TOP OF BAGGAGE CAR C/1164 AND DERAILING THE LEA D TRUCK ON THE BAGGAGE CAR C/1164.     


nearest_city: DILLEY
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ZYCMXB-05, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7426, STRUCK THE REAR END OF TRACTOR TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING THE CROSS ING.  CREW NOT INJURED.  DRIVER NOT INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TRANSPORT.  UP7426 DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE SHOVED CARS USING INDUSTRY CAR MOVED INTO THE SIDE OF U-BRMMD0-10. NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: INOLA
county: ROGERS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
GEFWDM-02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4558, STRUCK A CEMENT TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSING AND YIELD T O TRAIN.  UP7329 DAMAGED.  DRIVER OF CEMENT TRUCK INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2014-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
DUE TO A 50% UNDETECTABLE OLD BREAK IN THE SOUTH LEAF SPRING OF CAR 9136.  THE SPRING FAILED DURING CHANGEOVER TEST, ALLOWING THE SOUTH OF PANTOGRAPH SHOE TO DROP AND THE NORTH SIDE TO RISE UP AND ENG AGE THE TROLLEY CLIP AT THE SPREADER/DEFLECTOR AT THE 46 CROSSOVER, CAUSING THE PANTOGRAPH OF CARS 9 136 TO FLIP.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
SHOP HOSTLER CAME EAST OUT OF MAKEUP 6 WITH 8 UNITS AND SHOVED INTO EAST MAKEUP 4 THAT HAD 5 UNITS I N IT.  HE WAS NOT COVERING THE POINT AND WHEN HE SHOVED INTO MAKEUP 4 TO MAKE A HOOK BETWEEN THE UP1 643 FROM MAKEUP 6 WITH THE UP1593 IN MAKEUP 4 AND HE SHOVED THE UP3428 OVER THE EAST MAKEUP 4 DERAIL .  NOT REALIZING HE RAN OVER THE DERAIL HE PROCEEDED TO MAKE SEVERAL MORE MOVES AND NOW WITH A TOTAL OF 12 UNITS HEADED EAST OUT OF MAKEUP 4 TRACK WITH THE UP3428 DERAILED FROM RUNNING OVER THE DERAIL EARLIER WHICH WAS DRAGGED TO THE MAKEUP 4 SWITCH.  WHEN WALKING THE GROUND JUST PAST THE MAKEUP 4 S WITCH HE HEARD A NOISE AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT FINDING THE DERAILED UP3428 AND THE TRACK DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: REEVESVILLE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M39671-02 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MILEPOST 110.5 ON THE BLUFORD NORTH SUBDIVISION. INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN FOUND THAT 3 CARS (WC 65052, GTW 148200, PLCX 221109) HAD DERAILED AT THE SOUTH SWITCH OF THE REEVESVILLE SIDING. INSPECTION OF THE TRACK FOUND THAT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AT MILEPOST 115.5 WAS DUE TO BURNT OFF JOURNAL ON WC 65052. NO INJURIES, NO SPILLS AND NO EXPOSURES. TRAIN HAD GONE A PPROX. 5 MILES BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY. CREW WAS TESTED AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.   


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


nearest_city: VAN BUREN
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
GSGCAM-18 WAS TRAVELING THROUGH SIDING WHEN UP7184 DERAILED AT THE CROSSOVER SWITCH DUE TO WHEELS CL IMBING SWITCH POINT AND SPLITTING SWITCH.      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: LOGAN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, CRWMSLP1-34A, A WESTBOUND LOADED COAL TRAIN, WAS HEADING INTO THE BN CONNECTION.  THEY D ERAILED 8 CARS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TIES THAT HAD ALLOWED THE PLATES TO CUT INTO THEM WHICH RESULTED IN THE RAIL ROLLING IN THE HIGH SIDE OF THE SLIGHT CURVE IN THE LONG CROSSOVER.  BNSF ESTIMATE = $27,20 0 DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: AVARD
county: WOODS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRUCK FAILED TO STOP FOR FLASHERS AND GATE AND RAN INTO SIDE OF TRAIN H-BARTUL1-09A AT A CROSSING. N O HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Rain
accident_type: RR Grade Crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN, QDYMEJ-30 WITH LEAD BNSF5409 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON UP MAINTAINED TRACKS WHEN IT WAS STR UCK BY A KCS GANG TRUCK WHICH WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THEIR MAIN TRACK.  DRIVER STATED HE CAME OVER TH E HILL AND SAW THE TRAIN AND STARTED TRYING TO STOP HIS TRUCK.  HE PUMPED HIS BRAKES UNTIL  HE RAN O UT OF AIR.  THE TRUCK WAS BARELY MOVING AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STOP BUT IT STRUCK THE SIDE O F THE BNSF TRAIN.  BNSF REPORT NUMBER GC-0313-113.  BNSF CAR DAMAGE = $800 AND KCS HY-RAIL DAMAGE = 179339  


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CREW GATHERED PULLS TOGETHER FROM TWO TRACKS.  THEY WERE GOING TO SHOVE THE PULLS INTO TRACK 715.  T HE STRAIGHT RAIL, THEN GO BACK IN AND SPOT THE PLANT.  THE FOREMAN HAD CONTROL AND STARTED TO SHOVE. HE MOVED APPROXIMATELY TWO CAR LENGTHS AND STOPPED.  THE SWITCHMAN ON THE HEAD END BELIEVING IT TO BE A POWER PROBLEM, SHUT THE BOXES DOWN AND STARTED THEM BACK UP.  HE RESET THE MU CABLE TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY THEN DECIDED TO CALL THE RCO AND GO TO THE NEXT INDUSTRY.  THE SWITCHMAN WENT TO MAKE A SEPARATION, AND NOTICED THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
LHR05R-05 WAS DRAGGING A CUT OF RAILCARS NORTH WHEN 3 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN TRACK.       


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CREW, WHILE SPOTTING INDUSTRY, HAD HOLD OF A TRI-LEVEL CAR THAT DID NOT CLEAR DOORWAY.  DAMAGE TO TO P OF DOOR, DOOR FRAME AND RAIL CAR.      


nearest_city: MANKATO
county: BLUE EARTH
railroad: DME
date: 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT B20-05 WAS YARDING TRAIN ON TRACK 56 IN THE UP YARD MANKATO. 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 15 HEADEND CARS MADE IT OVER 56 TRACK SOUTH YARD SWITCH. THE 16TH CAR (EEC 60515) LEAD TRUCKS PICKED THE SWITC H POINTS & DERAILED. AS A RESULT OF THE CAR DERAILING THE CENTER SILL CRACKED WHEN THE CAR WAS WRENC HED OVER BACK TO THE INSIDE OF THE TURNOUT BY THE CARS PRECEDING IT - FIELD #12 UP MANKATO SUB - FIE LD #14 UP MILEPOST 83.6 - FIELD #20 2. YARD - FIELD #30 METHOD OF OPERATION 2. NOT SIGNALED, 5. OTHE R THAN MAIN TRACK. UP TRACK COSTS $405.00  


nearest_city: BATESVILLE
county: INDEPENDENCE
railroad: MNA
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WAS LIGHT ENGINE HEADING NORTH WITH LONE FORWARD FAILED TO STOP IN THE CLEAR OF THE MAINLINE.  THE SIDE CAUSED THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THREE CARS IN THE CONSIST TO DERAIL AT THE NSS CUS HMAN.     


nearest_city: WAXHAW
county: UNION
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Q67607 DERAILED WHILE PULLING OUT OF WAXHAW SIDING ONTO MAINLINE DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.       


nearest_city: CALIENTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CALIENTE 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-Aug
narrative:
MSCWC-04 EXPERIENCED UNDESIRED EMERGENCY AFTER THE LOCOMOTIVES HAD PASSED THE WEST PORTAL OF TUNNEL 14 ON THE CALIENTE SUB BY APPROXIMATELY 25 CARS.  WHILE INSPECTING THE TRAIN THE CREW DISCOVERED THA T CARS INSIDE THE TUNNEL HAD DERAILED.  CAR #: TILX 516915 APPROX. 50 LBS AMMONIUM NITRATE 5.1.     


nearest_city: BIRD CITY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: NKCR
date: 2011-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN OPERATING AT TRACK SPEED DURING NIGHTIME HOURS ENTERED CROSSING THAT HAD BEEN COVERED WITH GRA VEL AND DIRT BY COUNTY MAINTAINER CAUSING LEAD LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL AND DAMAGE TIE STRUCTURE.      


nearest_city: SMITHBORO
county: BOND
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BEARDSTOWN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
FOREIGN TRAIN CSX Q-CSX6391-21 DERAILED 18 CARS ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDO US MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: GRAND FORKS
county: GRAND FORKS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 46 CARS FROM TRACK 108 TO SET TRACK 127 TO SET OUTBOUND TRAIN.  AS CREW PULLED OUT, BREAK RIGGING BRACKET ON B END OF BN 729200 DROPPED OFF END OF CAR & WEDGED IN HEAD BLOCK OF 105 TR ACK SWITCH DERAILING CAR.  CAR MOVED THRU SWITCHES TO 105 AND 104 TRACK DAMAGING SWITCH POINTS AND T HRU 103 AND 102 SWITCHES, DAMAGING SWITCH STANDS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN #3867 OPERATED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH "A-LADDER" SWITCH LOCATED IN MORRISVILLE YARD CA USING DERAILMENT OF #4612.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
"T" IRON OUT OF ALIGNMENT ON TRACK 4 AT CP-261 (DEVON MOVABLE BRIDGE) RESULTED IN IMPRESSION STRIKES TO WESTBOUND TRAINS TO THE 2-B CARBON STRIPS WHICH FURTHER RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO YELLOW AND BLUE HO RNS, ALLOWING FOR THESE NOW DAMAGED PANS TO RIDE AND ENGAGE OVERHEAD WIRE AT CROSSOVER POINTS ELSEWH ERE ON THE SYSTEM.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE YNP25R-11 RCL CREW WAS TRIMMING DOWN TO EAST DEPARTURE 3 OUT OF THE EAST BOWL WHEN THEY HAD A PU LL APART DUE TO A BROKEN KNUCKLE ON THE ARMN764027.  THE REAR PORTION OF THE CONSIST CONSISTING OF 4 2 LOADS AND 34 EMPTIES CAUGHT UP TO THE HEAD END PORTION THAT HAD 16 LOADS AND 18 EMPTIES WITH THE A RMN764027 OF THE SECOND CONSIST CROSSING DRAWBARS WITH THE ARMN762506 OF THE FIRST CONSIST RESULTING IN BOTH CARS DERAILING ALONG WITH THE TTZX6831.   


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
UTLX 201257 DERAILED IN MEMPHIS WHEN HUMP YARD TRACK 22 ROLLED OUT WHEN THE SKATES FAILED TO HOLD TH E TRACKS IN.  L50072-23 WAS PULLING TRIM TRACK 6 IN A SOUTHWARD DIRECTION WITH 49 CARS HEADED FOR TH E DEPARTURE YARD.  22 TRACK HAD 36 CARS 20 LOADS WITH 16 EMPTIES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK.  TRA CK 22 ROLLED SWIPED 13 CARS BEING PULLED FROM 6 TRACK UP THE LEAD BEFORE THE CUT COULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP AND THE  DERAILMENT OF CAR UTLX 201257 WHEN THE SKATE HIT THE FROG CAUSING THE B END SET OF TRUCKS TO DERAIL.  UTLX 201257 AND 13 OTHER CARS WERE DAMAGED, INCLUDING CLSX 1276, CNIS 413595, CNA 417414, CNA 415733, CN 414063, CN 414398, SCMX 2890, CC 16145, WC 27640, IC 769570, WC 27719, DUPX 39116, CLSX 1308.


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-15T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
DWP TRAIN, L51181-15, DELIVERING CARS TO UPRR MAINTAINED YARD.  CREW PULLED THROUGH THE YARD, MADE A CUT TO DOUBLE THE REMAINDER OF CARS FROM TRACK 1 TO TRACK 17.  CREW PULLED OVER THE SWITCH AND LINE D THE SWITCH FOR MOVEMENT, STARTED TO SHOVE SOUTH INTO TRACK 17 WITH 49 CARS WHEN THE 7TH CAR DERAIL ED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED NORTH SET OF TRUCK DUE TO EXCESSIVE LATERAL FORCES CAUSED BY THE ENG INEER HAVING TOO MUCH BRAKE PRESSURE WHILE SHOVING THROUGH CROSSOVER.  UPRR MAINTAINS TRACK.  DULUTH , WINNIPEG & PACIFIC RAILWAY ESTIMATED DAMAGE $3595.  


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRI-RAIL TRAIN P62019 STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND THE GATES.  P62019 WAS HEADED NOR TH BOUND.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
Y-OKC2051-24 WHILE SHOVING 56 CARS INTO SOUTH END OF BOWL DERAILED 4 CARS WHEN ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC SWI TCH LINED UNDER MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: EVANSVILLE
county: VANDERBURGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THE EVANSVILLE WESTERN LOCAL Z26606 WAS ENTERING HOWELL YARD AND DERAILED THE 27TH CAR AT THE 110 SW ITCH.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS DRAGGING 40 LOADED COAL CARS THROUGH CAR DUMP.  SOUTH END CAR (LAST CAR IN TRAIN) DERAILED ON THE SOUTH END OF DUMP. THEN RE-RAILED ITSELF.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE CAUSE A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: PITTSBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CP CREW  WAS SHOVING ON THE SOUTH MAIN IN KNOCHE WHEN THEY SIDE SWIPED A KCS TRAIN, DERAILING ONE CA R AND DAMAGING TWO OTHERS ON THE PITTSBURG SUBDIVISION.  CP COST TO DAMAGE TOTALS $19,000.      


nearest_city: PERRY
county: NOBLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
H-TULAMS1-13 EXPERIENCED UDE AND STOPPED. INSPN FOUND 13 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HODGE
county: JACKSON
railroad: LAS
date: 2010-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
JOB 131 WAS SHOVING TRACK 713 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR HEARD A NOISE. HE TOLD THE ENGINEER TO BUST THE AIR ON THE TRAIN. CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 3 CARS ON THE GROUND. ROADMASTER INSPECTED THE T RACK AND FOUND WIDE GAGE.     


nearest_city: MCBEAN
county: RICHMOND
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN TRAVELING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN TRAIN WAS STRUCK BETWEEN THE 7TH CAR, DE RAILING MULTIPLE RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: WESTVILLE
county: PORTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARRETT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
Q39506 STRUCK K68303 FROM BEHIND ON #2 MAIN. A SHORT TIME LATER, ON #1 MAIN, Q16105 STRUCK DEBRIS FR OM COLLISION. TILX 190847 (STCC 4909152) LEAKED APPROX .5 GALLONS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL, TILX 198733 (STCC 4909152) LEAKED APPROX .25 GALLONS OF DENATURE ALCOHOL, TILX 198139 (STCC 4909152) LEAKED APPR OX 1 GALLON OF DENATURED ALCOHOL, TILX 290439 (STCC 4909152) LEAKED APPROX .25 GALLONS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL,  AND TILX 198215 (STCC 4909152) LEAKED APPROX .25 GALLONS OF DENATURED ALCOHOL.   


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YPB22R-20 DERAILED QTTX 131052 DUE TO WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION NOT ALLOWING THE FRONT STRUTS TO NEGOTIATE THE CURVE FROM LEAD SIX TO THE CONNECTING TRACK.  CAR WAS BEING MOVED TO THE RIP TRACK FOR LOAD RED ISTRIBUTION.  KWT 7011 WAS DAMAGED AS THE LOAD SHIFTED INTO IT.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LVSW CREW WAS CLASSIFYING YARD DURING HIGH WINDS WHEN TRACK 106 BLEW WEST TO FOUL WEST LEAD, TRACK 1 09 HAD A BLOCK OF CARS AT THE WEST END THAT WAS NOT TIED DOWN BLOW OUT THE WEST END, CARS FROM TRACK 109 SIDESWIPED THE CAR ON TRACK 106.     


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
REMOTE SWITCHING JOB Y39026 FAILED TO INSPECT THEIR ZONE BEFORE RESUMING UTILIZATION OF IT WITHOUT P OINT PROTECTION AFTER Q63526 HAD CLEARED. CREW BEGAN SWITCHING N13, RAN THRU N02 SWITCH, AND AFTER M AKING A REVERSE MOVEMENT, DERAILED 7 CARS, ONE OF WHICH SIDESWIPED Y39126 ENGINE AND PUNCTURED ITS F UEL TANK.    


nearest_city: ALAMOGORDO
county: OTERO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CARRIZOZO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AGBML-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8359, STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS HIGH CENTERED ON THE TRA CK APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE NEAREST CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OR THE CREW.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-KCM3311-16 SHOVING INTO RAMP TRACK 210 DERAILED 3 EMPTY ARTICULATED CARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE. CUT CON TAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: TOLEDO TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, CAR TCIX 21125 DID NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR UP INTO TRACK B24.  THE NEXT CAR ON THE HUMP LIST, ARMN 761802, DESTINED FOR AND LINED INTO TRACK B23, SIDESWIPED CAR TCIX 21125.      


nearest_city: RIDGECREST
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
LOP82-28 STOPPED THEIR TWO LIGHT UNITS ON SINGLE MAIN, NEXT TO 4 LOCOMOTIVES TIED DOWN IN TRACK 603. CONDUCTOR EXITED UP8310 AND PROCEEDED TO TRACK 603 AND BOARDED UP6220, WHICH WAS TO BE THEIR NEW L EAD UNIT.  ENGINEER WAS ON THE UP8310, CUT OUT THE BRAKE VALVES FOR TRAILING POSITION WITH NO SECURE MENT TEST PERFORMED.  THE INDEPENDENT AIR BLED OFF AFTER ENGINEER LEFT UNITS UNATTENDED RESULTING IN AN UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT AND COLLISION INTO A CUT OF CARS THAT WERE TIED DOWN ON THE MAIN.  ONE ENG INE AND ONE CAR DERAILED.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  UNATTENDED LOCOMOTIVES EXCEEDED MAX TRACK CLASS SPEED A T THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  RAIL = CWR 


nearest_city: DELTA
county: DELTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
HYRAIL PICKUP 67051, OPERATED BY SYSTEM MATERIAL FM CDL OPERATOR, WAS STOPPED AT MP 43.1 TO PICK UP THE QC FOR THE DAY.  THERE WAS ONE TOO MANY QUALITY CONTROL (QC) PEOPLE TO FIT IN TRUCK SO HE CALLED BR666 OPERATOR TO COME WEST TO PICK UP ONE OF THE QC.  HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK TO FLAG BR666; TWO O F THE QC GOT IN THE HYRAIL.  THE 67051 WAS ON THE WESTEND OF A 311 FT STRETCH OF TANGENT TRACK WITH A CURVE 676 FT TO THE EAST.  THE BR666 CAME WESTBOUND AROUND THE CURVE AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FLAG IT TO STOP FROM A POINT 243 FT EAST OF THE 67051.  ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HYRAI L PICKUP AND TOLD EVERYONE TO GET OUT OF TRUCK; EMPLOYEES GOT OUT JUST AS THE BR666 COLLIDED PLOW-EN D FIRST INTO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK.  RAIL = CWR


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: COLUMBUS
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:
Y20329 COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN BEFORE PROCEEDING ACROSS THE TRACK IN THE INTERMODAL YARD. DRIVERS AGE IS UNKNOWN. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARN ING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).     


nearest_city: LE MARS
county: PLYMOUTH
railroad: CC
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
L5789-27 SHOVED INTO THE PUBLIC STORAGE TRACK WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVE AND FIVE CARS IN ORDER TO PULL ONE CAR (DWC 793961) FROM PUBLIC STORAGE. AFTER PICKING UP THIS CAR THE MOVEMENT REVERSED ITS MOVEMENT TO THE EAST, DOWN THE LEMARS INDUSTRIAL SPUR IN ORDER TO GO TO THE MAIN TRACK AND COUPLE BACK TO THE IR TRAIN. ONCE OUT ON THE LEMARS INDUSTRIAL SPUR THE MOVEMENT STARTED ACROSS THE 18TH STREET ROAD CR OSSING WHEN THE LEAD WHEELS ON ARMN 765296, UNKNOWINGLY TO THE CREW, DERAILED AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE 18TH STREET CROSSING. MOVEMENT CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT CAR LENGTH BEYOND THE CROSSING WHEN THE CONDUCTOR, WHO WAS RIDDING THE REAR CAR, NOTICED THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. BEFORE THE CONDUCTOR COULD GET THE MOVEMENT STOPPED THIS CAR HIT A FROG RESULTING IN ARMN 765296, ARMN 7641


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING 14 CARS OF SCRAP INTO 540 FROM 560 WHEN THE 7TH AND 8TH CARS DERAILED AT THE 560/70 0 SWITCH      


nearest_city: MCGEHEE
county: DESHA
railroad: AKMD
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
BLOCK 30. "Z" RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ENGAGED IN INDUSTRIAL CONTRACT SWITCHING.   WHILE SHOVING EASTWARD I NTO LITTLE YARD RUNAROUND TRK3 WITH FOUR TANK CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE 538, TWO CARS WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT STANDING JUST EAST OF RUNAROUND TRK3 SWITCH ROLLED WESTWARD STRIKING TANK CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE 538.  I NVESTIGATION DETERMINED INCIDENT RESULTED FROM FAILURE TO SUFFICIENTLY SECURE EQUIPMENT.    


nearest_city: BENNINGTON
county: BRYAN
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
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:
AT APPROXIMATELY 0710 THE KRTMAHU-31 REPORTED THAT THEY HAD DERAILED 11 CARS AT MILE POST 650.4.  TH E CREW WAS OPERATING A 63 CAR FREIGHT TRAIN WITH TWO SD40 LOCOMOTIVES FROM DURANT, OK TO HUGO AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT.  THE CARS DERAILED WERE LINE 9-19 IN THE TRAIN.  AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILM ENT THE ENGINEER WAS PREPARING TO STOP THE TRAIN TO BE RELIEVED BY A CREW OUT OF HUGO.  THE INVESTIG ATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINEER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP HIS TRAIN HAS A RUN IN OF SLACK THAT CAUSE D HIS SPEED TO CLIMB FROM 11 MPH TO 15 MPH AS HE WAS STARTING INOT DYNAMIC BRAKING.  THE SPEED ON TH E MAINLINE AT THE LOCATION OF THE DERAILMENT IS RESTRICTED TO 10 MPH.  THE INVESTIGATING TEAM ALSO D ISCOVERED THAT AT THE POD THESE WAS A 3 INCH WARP IN THE RAIL.


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ATLANTA TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS ORTX 93110 STALLED AT THE ENTRANCE OF TRACK C23 AND WAS CORNERED BY A 3-CAR CUT THAT WAS TARGETED TO TRACK C22 CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ORTX 93110 AND GATX 21842. INVESTIGAT ION REVEALED THAT AIR BRAKES WERE APPLIED ON THE ORTX 93110 AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT RELEASE WHEN THE BLEED ROD WAS OPERATED.    


nearest_city: DAWSON
county: SANGAMON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
122D216 TRAVELING EAST ON SPRINGFIELD-HANNIBAL DISTRICT MAIN LINE AT DAWSON, ILLINOIS WITH 1 ENGINE 17 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY STRUCK 2ND REAR CAR OF TRAIN 297D116.  TRAVELING WEST INTO SIDING AT DAWSON WIT H 2 ENGINES, 77 LDS, 10 MTYS LEAD TRUCK ON 122 LEAD UNIT NS 9768.  2ND REAR CAR IN TRAIN 297D216.  N S 48810, AND DAMAGING 1ST AND THIRD REAR CARS IN 297, NS 487968 & NS 489520, AT CP DAWSON.  THERE WA S NO ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVEMENT IN THIS ACCIDENT.  NS REASONABLE CAUSE TESTING WAS PERFORMED ON THE CR EW OF 297D216 AND THE RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.  


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANPEDRO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THEY SHOVED DOWN THE MAIN TRACK WITH 46 LOADS, LEAVING CARS ON THE MAIN TRACK. THEN ENGENEER SHOVE D OWN TOSCO SIDDING TO PICK UP HIS ASST. ENGINEER NOT REALIZING HOW FAR THE TRAIN TRAVEL, THEY COLLIDE D WITH THE STANDING CARS THEY JUST PARKED.     


nearest_city: EVERETT
county: SNOHOMISH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SCENIC
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
K-INBINB4-09, WHILE USING POWER SWITCH IN HAND CONTROL, FAILED TO LINE SWITCH FOR INTENDED ROUTE AND RAN THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING A FOUR CAR SET OF M8'S, EXCESSIVE SNOW BUILD-UP IN THE SWITCH POINTS OF THE 8/12 SWITC H CAUSED A GAP, ALLOWING THE #2 AXLE OF CAR #9101 TO PICK THE SWITCH POINT AND TRAVERSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE FROM THE #1 AXLE, CAUSING DERAILMENT OF THE SAME.     


nearest_city: DURANT
county: BRYAN
railroad: KRR
date: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING A CUSTOMER FACILITY, THE CONDUCTOR SET ONE CAR ON THE MAINLINE. AFTER CUTTING AWAY F ROM THE CAR, THE CREW ENTERED INTO THE CUSTOMER FACILITY TO SPOT OTHER CARS. WHILE DOING SO, CONDUCT OR OBSERVED THE CAR ON THE MAINLINE MISSING. CREW PURSUED CAR APPROXIMATELY .6 MILES BEFORE IMPACTIN G THE CAR WITH THE LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST. IMPACT OF COLLISION RESULTED IN ONE WHEEL SET ON CAR DERAILIN G.   


nearest_city: MYRA
county: PIKE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
C86830 WAS MOVING EAST IN MINE TRACK WITH 75 LOADS TO DOUBLE OVER TO 2ND CUT OF TRAIN WHEN RAIL BROK E IN MINE CROSSING MADE OF DIRT AND COAL DERAILING 8 THRU 12 CARS IN TRAIN ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: ALVARADO
county: JOHNSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
LBA56-12 HAD SECURED SINGLE RAILCAR ON MAIN LINE AND CUT AWAY.  JOB WAS PERFORMING INDUSTRY SWITCHIN G.  RAILCAR LEFT ON MAIN LINE ROLLED AND STRUCK RAILCARS BEING PULLED FROM INDUSTRY.  DERAILMENT UPO N IMPACT.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS OTHER BRAKE COMPONENT WORN, DAMAGED OR DISCONNECTED.     


nearest_city: PORT HURON
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: FLINT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 365 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/30 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/32 IN THE REAR DERAILED TRAILING ENGINE E/32 WHILE TRAVELING ON GTW MAIN LINE TRACK 4.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $24,765.00.     


nearest_city: KIRBY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
QEWWC-24: OUTBOUND CREW GOT ON TRAIN AT CIBOLO, AND RAN THROUGH KIRBY YARD TRACK 64 TO GO OUT THE WE ST END OF THE YARD, DUE TO BOTH MAIN TRACKS BEING BLOCKED.  WHEN THE QEWWC-24 GOT TO THE CPSA203 SIG NAL WITH THE HEAD END, THEY STARTED PICKING UP SPEED WITH THE REAR OF THEIR TRAIN STILL IN THE YARD. THE REAR 3 CARS AND 2 REAR DPU UNITS DERAILED.  TWO OF THE 3 CARS RERAILED THEMSELVES.  THE DOWNLO AD SPEED OF THE TRAIN WAS 23 MPH AT TIME OF DERAILMENT, WITH THE REAR OF THE TRAIN STILL IN THE YARD .  DERAILMENT  


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: LS
date: 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING LS CREW LET 17 LOADED HOPPERS TRAVEL INTO TRACK 106 SHOVING HIND CAR FOUL OF WEST LE AD. WHILE SHOVING TRACK 109 CREW FAILED TO STRETCH TRACK AND ENSURE TRACK WAS TOGETHER BEFORE SHOVIN G SO WHEN ENGINEER STOPPED CARS BEHIND DUBBED KNUCKLES CONTINUED RAKING TRACK 106.     


nearest_city: CRAWFORD
county: DAWES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
K-CWFCWF4-22A WEST BOUND HELPER CONSIST ON MAIN TRACK 1 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT CROSSING.       


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON WEST BELT SU
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
BRANDT TRUCK 82292 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON MAINLINE #2 WHEN JOB RAN THROUGH MAINLINE SWITCH.  NO DERA ILMENT.  SWITCH DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
GSNPST-15 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON B LEAD INTO 207 WHEN THE CREW HEARD SOMEONE RADIO FOR THEM TO STOP. THE CARMAN NOTIFIED THE CREW THEY HAD A DERAILMENT.  THE DERAILMENT CONSISTED OF 8 CARS OFF THE GS NPST-15, AND ONE CAR THAT WAS IN 13 RAIL THAT WAS STRUCK BY THE OTHER 8 CARS.  THE CAR IN 12 RAIL WA S THE DME 52043.    


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
LCPCC1-01 WAS PERFORMING SWITCHING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK.  JOB HAD EMPTY RAILCARS BETWEEN LOADS A ND HAD WHEEL LIFT AND ROLL OFF OUTSIDE OF RAIL.  JOB DID NOT REALIZE RAILCAR HAD DERAILED AND CONTIN UED SWITCHING.  WHILE SHOVING, WHEELS HIT CONCRETE BLOCK RUNNING ACROSS RAIL AND KNOCKED WHEELS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH RAILCAR.  CCPN ESTIMATED RAILCAR DAMAGE = $15,000.00    


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL1012-06 DERAILED WHILE PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 2031 TO RE-HUMP. CHAINS DRAGGING ON FLAT CAR PREVIOUSLY LOADED WITH PANELS HOOKED FLOP-TYPE DERAIL RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
234V116 PULLING EASTBOUND THROUGH RAMP #3 (RH03) WHEN DTTX 743684, DTTX 062250, DTTX 742386, DTTX 06 2382 AND TTRX 370953 DERAILED.      


nearest_city: FRANKLIN PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING TRACK BD02 IN THE "F" YARD, ASSIGNMENT GH31 HAD SHOVED A CUT OF 17 LOADS (CEMENT) IN TOWARDS F4 APPROXIMATELY 10 CAR LENGTHS DEEP INTO THE TRACK AND MADE A CUT.  THE CARS MOVED UNDER THEIR OWN MOMENTUM APPROXIMATELY 20 CAR LENGTHS MAKING CONTACT WITH A STANDING PORT ION OF CARS THAT HAD AIR ON THE EAST END OF THE TRACK.  THREE CARS ON THE TRACK PREVIOUSLY PLACED DE RAILED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT.   


nearest_city: MILLINOCKET
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: MNR
date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MILLINOCKET SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
MNR TRAIN 450 WAS ENTERING THE MILLINOCKET YARD VIA X3 CROSSOVER. WHEN TRAIN DERAILED FOUR LOADS AT CROSSING SWITCH. THE TRAIN CONSISTED OF 31-10.3640. ALL LOADS. LUMBER AND CHIP PRODUCTS. TWO CARS ON SIDE, ONE CAR ALL OFF AND ONE END OF 4TH CAR DERAILED. NO HAZMAT AND NO INJURIES. CROSSOVER DESTROY ED ABOUT ONE CAR LENGTH OF TRACK DAMAGE BOTH SIDES OF THE CROSSOVER.    


nearest_city: NEW ORLEANS
county: ORLEANS
railroad: NOPB
date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMMUNICATE AND RECEIVE RULE 226-B. CONTROL OPERATOR FAILED TO STATE TO THE CREW TO "HAND OPERATE" THE SWITCH.  SWITCH WAS LINED FOR INTENDED MOVEMENT AND CREW PROCEEDED THROUGH WI THOUT OPERATING SWITCH. 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 18 CARS PASSED THROUGH THE SWITCH BEFORE THE 19TH THROUGH 23RD CARS DERAILED AT SWITCH.    


nearest_city: GREENSBORO
county: CHATHAM
railroad: NS
date: 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
84JPA25 TRAIN 84JPA25 SHOVING SOUTH ON LEAD INTO CP&L COAL PLANT DERAILING 34TH THROUGH 38TH (5) CAR S. #12: PIEDMONT DIVISION; EAST CAROLINA BUSINESS UNIT.      


nearest_city: ARTESIA WELLS
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
QMXAS-18, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7912, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT WAS DRIVING ALONG SIDE OF TRAIN O N ACCESS ROAD WHEN IT PASSED A TRAIN THEN MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ON FM133 AND PROCEEDED WEST AT WHICH TIME IT WAS STRUCK AT THE CROSSING DUE TO FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO TRAIN.  DRIVER WAS AIRLI FTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO, TX.  THREE EMPLOYEES INJURED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITAT ION.   


nearest_city: HARAHAN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: IC
date: 2013-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MCCOMB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
L51671-14 WAS PULLING THROUGH TRACK #NM01 IN MAYS YARD, HAD A HOLD OF 154 CARS, STOPPED TO MAKE CUT AND TO TIE SOME HAND BRAKES.  PULLED FORWARD WITH 80 CARS OVER THE NUMBER 1 SWITCH AND THE TRAIN WEN T INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THAT FOUR CARS HAD DERAILED BEFORE THEY HAD MADE THE CUT.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT WHEEL LIFT D UE TO IMPROPER USE OF THE AUTOMATIC BRAKES.  DERAILED CARS WERE: PTTX 140710, PTTX 137270, PTTX 1364 55, PTTX 137297  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YHO33R-15 MADE UNPROTECTED SHOVE NORTHBOUND IN TRACK 308 FOULING THE NORTHWEST SWITCHING LEAD STRIKI NG A RAILCAR KICKED BY YO32R-15 DERAILING BOTH RAILCARS AND SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A SOUTHBOUND MOVE CAUS ING ADDITIONAL RAILCARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SILURIA
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: S & N A SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Q68507 MOVING SOUTH ON #1 MAIN STRUCK TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT WAS STUCK ON THE CROSSING. PROTECTION ALS O AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.      


nearest_city: AYR
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
U-NRKAYR5-17, RAIL PICKUP TRAIN, ENTERED SIDING FROM WEST END PULLING EAST. BN 959987 CONTROL CAB FO R RAIL FOR RAIL PICKUP TRAIN ELEVATOR CHUTE.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-17T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
WDKGHB-16 ENTERED THE DESOTO SUBDIVISION AND DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY UNTIL REACHING BISCHOFF ROAD WITH A TOTAL OF SEVEN CARS DERAILED, DUE TO IMPROPERLY LOADED CAR.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BENSENVILLE
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
GH21 WHILE PULLING WEST WITH A CUT OF CARS TO SWITCH OUT OF THE DEPARTURE YARD DERAILED 4 CARS ON TH E WEST "D YARD LOW SIDE LEAD ".  AGPX 11153 (LOAD), TILD 54900 (LOAD), CP 220079 (LOAD) AND CP 22039 8 (LOAD).  ALL CARS UPRIGHT.     


nearest_city: ALTOONA
county: CAMBRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2011-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
23MC112 PULLING WESTWARD WITH 3 UNITS, 60 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 5748 TONS ON PITT MAIN 3 TRACK, DERAILED THE 1ST (DDTX 765225), 2ND (DTTX 765225), 3RD (DTTX 652456), 4TH 153, 5TH (DDTX 786088), AND 6TH (D DTX 786102) HEAD CARS.     


nearest_city: SPARTA
county: KENT
railroad: MQT
date: 2014-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
subdivision: GRANDRAPIDS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW STOPPED TRAIN AT NORTH END OF SPARTA AND CUT  OFF 1ST TWO LOCOS FROM TRAIN; APPLIED 5 HANDBRAKE S ON HEAD 5 FREIGHT CARS AND HANDBRAKE ON ATTACHED LOCOMOTIVE (MQT 2008)[REMAINING FREIGHT TRAIN]. CREW ADVANCED & SECURED 1ST TWO LOCOS AT YARD OFFICE (STILL ON MAIN) TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK.  REMAINI NG TRAIN (WITH 1 LOCO-MQT 2008) ROLLED DOWN THE MAIN, APPROXIMATELY 2,449 FT. AND STRUCK 1ST TWO (ST ATIONARY) LOCOS FROM THE REAR.   


nearest_city: SOUTH LEE
county: BERKSHIRE
railroad: HRRC
date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN NX-12 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 41 CARS WHEN THE 16TH CAR DERAILED.  CARS #28 THRU #34 ALSO DER AILED CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND TRACK.  THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN JO INT BAR WITH A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF EXCESSIVE RAN COMPOSING THE ROADBED METHOD OF OPERATION IN ITEM #30 IS NORAC FORM D PERMIT RULES.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2012-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SOUTH CHICAGO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
DRIVER OF VEHICLE DELIBERATELY DISREGARDED ACTIVATED GRADE CROSSING WARNING SIGNALS AND WAS STRUCK B Y TRAIN 334 AT CORNELL AVE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO COACH CARS 1582, 1545, AND 1654.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE YLZ41-03 SHOVED THE ZLCAT-05 DOWN THRU MISSION ROAD #7.  THE FOREMAN NEGLECTED TO LINE THE 835 S WITCH AT THE WEST END AND RAN THRU IT.  AS THE TRAIN DEPARTED, SEVEN CARS WERE DERAILED IN MISSION R OAD #7 AND 835.     


nearest_city: ROME
county: FLOYD
railroad: NS
date: 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
G91G130 PULLING WEST WITH UNITS, 107 LOADS, O EMPTIES, 14613 TONS, DERAILED 5TH THROUGH 10 HEAD CARS .      


nearest_city: LEXINGTON
county: DAWSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
A PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIGHT OF WAY ROAD AND MISSED THE AIRPORT CROSSING AT MP 225.65 THAT RESULTED IN IT BECOMING HIGH CENTERED ON THE THE NO 3. MAIN TRACK 29 FEET WEST OF THE CROSSING. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN STRUCK BY THE EAST BOUND ZDLSK3-31, LEAD UN IT UP7881. THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED AT TIME IF IMPACT AND HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN. THERE WAS NO D ERAILMENT ONLY DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: MULBERRY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: VALRICO
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
O80203 DERAILED  UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A BEARING OVERHEATED ON THE 19TH CAR IN THE TRAI N ON THE R4 WHEEL, CAUSING THE CAR AND 3 OTHERS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: EAGLE LAKE
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
LHT47-15 WAS FLAT SWITCHING RAILCARS IN YARD.  JOB SET OUT RAILCAR IN TRACK 003.  CREW FAILED TO SET HAND BRAKE.  JOB CUT OFF AND WENT INTO TRACK 005 TO PICK UP RAILCARS.  WHILE PULLING FROM TRACK 005 , RAILCAR FROM TRACK 003 ROLLED AND STRUCK RAILCARS BEING PULLED.     


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
N99008 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON #2 TRACK THRU CP RIVERDALE, 2 MAIN TO 2 MAIN AND WENT INTO EMERGEN CY. CREW INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND THE 92ND CAR THRU THE 99TH CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-SEA11011-25 SWITCHED CARS INTO 1017 TRACK FROM NORTH END AND Y-SEA1031-25 SWITCHED CARS INTO 1017 TRACK FROM SOUTH END OF YARD. 1017 ALREADY HAD CARS IN TRACK. CARS THAT Y-SEA1031-25 SWITCHED STRUCK STANDING CARS WHICH HAD NO BRAKES SET, AND THESE CARS THEN ROLLED AND STK CARS BEING SWITCHED BY OT HER ENG. DIVISION OFFICERS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO HAD PLACED ORIGINAL CUT INTO TRK WITHOUT BRAKES S ET, NO HFI ASSIGNED.   


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
348 TRAVELING NORTH ON GA MAIN TRACK # 1 WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR AND CONDUCTOR TRAINEE INSPECTED TRAIN TO FIND 101ST HEAD CAR (NS 245182) AND 102ND HEAD CAR (NS 245138) DERAILED TRUCKS L1&2     


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GENEVA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
MDMPR-15 WAS PULLING NORTH INTO YARD #9 SOUTH END TRACK #223 WHEN THE CMHX71068, CMHX71182, CMHX7107 2, CMHX71179 DERAILED.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL DUE TO AN INTERNAL RAIL DEFECT IN THE HEAD OF THE RAIL.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
2ND SHIFT YARD JOB Y-NYF202 SET BNSF 406274 LD SAND TO 9115 ALONE AND FAILED TO SET HAND BRAKES.  LA TER, THIS CAR ROLLED AND STRUCK 3RD SHIFT Y-NYF321-14 WHICH WAS PULLING ON LEAD FROM 9112 TRK.  IMPA CT DERAILED PSPX 22120-22108 CONTAINING HAZARDOUS, NO PRODUCT RLSD. BNSF 406274 ROLLED ON SIDE, NO P RODUCT LOST.    


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE YNP21R-18, RCL CREW HUMPED CLSX405 TO TRACK 102 HOWEVER IT STALLED BETWEEN THE CROSSOVERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HUMP AND MASTER RETARDER DUE TO DEFECTIVE BRAKE RIGGING.  THE NEXT CAR AEX12728 HA D ALREADY BEEN RELEASED AND THE MASTER RETARDER WAS UNABLE TO LET THE CLSX405 PASS THRU INSTEAD CATC HING IT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE AEX12728 IMPACTING CLSX405, KNOCKING THE A END OFF THE TRUCK.  THESE TWO CARS THEN ROLLED FREELY INTO EAST BOWL 101 WHERE THE CLSX405 IMPACTED WITH THE CLSX504 THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TRACK.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT. THE AEX12728 WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS O F TRACK IN WHICH IT WAS OPERATING ON. 


nearest_city: WELLS
county: DELTA
railroad: ELS
date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
ELS SWITCH CREW SWITCHING STORAGE CARS OUT OF GROOS WITH 54 CARS. HAD A EXCESS HEIGHT CAR, GNRR 1183 30, 8 CARS FROM HEAD END OF TRAIN. CAR HIT WC OVERPASS KNOCKING DOWN SOME GIRDERS AND MOVED WC MAINL INE. NO PAPERWORK RECEIVED WITH CAR INDICATING HEIGHT OF CAR WAS 18'6'' WHEN PICKED UP FROM CN INTER CHANGE.    


nearest_city: GONZALES
county: GONZALES
railroad: TXGN
date: 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z
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-Aug
narrative:
TXGN CONDUCTOR ON DUTY, DROVE THROUGHT THE TXGN YARD CROSSING WITH COMPANY TRUCK.  HE WAS ABOUT TO G ET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND STOP TRAFFIC WHEN AN OIL TRUCK ENTERED THE CROSSING WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZA TION FROM THE TRAIN CREW.  A RAILCAR STRUCK THE OIL TRAILER BEFORE STOPPING.  CONDUCTOR IMPLEMENTED PROPER PROCEDURE FOR PROTECTING THE CROSSING.  CONDUCTOR HAD FLASHERS ON AND WAS GETTING OUT OF COMP ANY VEHICLE TO STOP THE TRUCK WHEN IT PROCEEDED THROUGH THE CROSSING.  ALL OIL TRUCKS ARE REQUIRED T O STOP AT ALL YARD CROSSINGS AND NOT PROCEED WHEN RAIL CARS ARE STOPPED NEXT TO A CROSSING UNLESS A TRAINMAN SPECIFIES IT IS CLEAR TO PROCEED ACROSS. 


nearest_city: EUREKA
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-07T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW SETOUT 2 LOCOMOTIVES INTO SIDING, THEN BOARDED LEAD UNIT OF CONSIST ON MAIN TRACK AND MOVED FOR WARDED WITHOUT LINING SIDING WITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: PITTSBURGH
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
653C211 TRABELING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 100 EMPTIES, AND 2470 TONS ON THE MON LINE MAIN # 1, DERAILED THE 1ST UNIT (NS 8133).      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MORGAN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
AD60 CO FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE DERAIL AND RAN THRU THE NUCOR SPLIT POINT DERAIL.  CREW MADE REVERSE MOVE OVER DERAIL AND DERAILED 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: LA GRANGE
county: TROUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
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:
Q68916 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE LINEVILLE SUBDIVISION TRAVELING ON #1 TRACK AT LAGRANGE AT 22MPH W HEN AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION OCCURRED. IT WAS FOUND THAT A BROKEN COUPLER SYSTEM ON NYC 585013 CAUSED THE TRAIN TO SEPARATE BETWEEEN THE 5TH AND 6TH CAR. THE INACTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER TO NOT BAIL OFF THE INDEPENDENT BRAKES AND NOT ACTIVATING THE EOT DEVICE ALLOWED THE TRAIN TO RUN BACK INTO THE ENGINES, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 5 ENGINES AND 1 CAR. THE CONDUCTOR STA TES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK AS A RESULT OF THE ACTION OF THE TRAIN RUN IN.  


nearest_city: REESEVILLE
county: DODGE
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 8 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/5-E/113 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP140.89, MAIN STR EET CROSSING.      


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
CREW SHOVED LOCOMOTIVE DOWN TRACK AD1 TO PICK UP 86 CARS. CREW THEN PULLED EAST OUT OF TRACK AD1. TH E 58TH CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE AT THE AD1 MIDDLE CROSSOVER DERAILED DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YEW21R-01 HUMPED RAILCAR PBF643033 INTO BOWL 064. RAILCAR WAS LEAKING ANIMAL FAT ONTO TRACK/HUMP TRA CK. JOB THEN HUMPED RAILCAR EQUX632387 AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN, IMPACTING AND DAMAGING IT. NO DERAIL MENT.     


nearest_city: OXNARD
county: VENTURA
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SANTA BARBARA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRAIN 785 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/464 AND 6 CARS STRUCK A VEHICLE AT MP405.25, ROSE AVE CROSSING .  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,009.00.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YPC20R-06 PULLED FROM 01-201 INTO 01-107 AND STARTED SWITCHING CARS WHEN THEY CAME TO A STOP THE KNU CKLE BROKE. UNAWARE OF THE BROKEN KNUCKLE THE CREW STARTED TO KICK CARS AND CAME TO A JOINT WHICH CA USED THE DRAW BARS TO CROSS AND SPREAD THE RAIL RESULTING IN A THREE CAR DERAIL.     


nearest_city: NEW ROCKFORD
county: EDDY
railroad: RRVW
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
FREIGHT TRAIN RRVW 2001 WAS TRAVELING EASTWARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW WALKED BACK TO FIND CARS NUMBER 45 THROUGH 51 OF 53 CARS DERAILED.  CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS BROKEN RAIL-TRANSVE RSE DEFECT.     


nearest_city: HEWITT
county: MCLENNAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LBR42-17 WAS SHOVING WEST WITH RAILCARS FOR SPOTTING WHEN UP353 AND UP1999 DERAILED ACCOUNT STOCK RA IL WORN OR BROKEN.  UP1999 RUPTURED FUEL TANK WITH FUEL SPILL.  (UP1999, EM - GP60, FUEL CAP 3700 GA L, SPILLED 1000 GAL)     


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
GSSIBE-20, PULLING INTO THE PORT OF BEAUMONT HOLDING YARD WHEN THE 49TH THRU 56TH CARS DERAILED ACCO UNT WIDE GAUGE.  ECONO RAIL MAINTAINS TRACK.  ECONO RAIL ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $24,090.      


nearest_city: COLUMBUS
county: MUSCOGEE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
AC22 DERAILED SIX CARS (SOU 550037, SOU 531712, NS 120212, TTZX 866212, TTZX 87448, TOFX 887078) ACC OUNT MISMATCH COUPLING.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
H-SLADEN2-05 RAN THROUGH SWITCH POINT DERAIL WHILE MAKING SETOUT. CREW THEN PULLED AHEAD THROUGH DER AIL AND DERAILED 6 CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MTL RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TEMPLE
county: BELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-TPL1012-11 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO 111.  THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK THE Y-TPL1022-11. THE DERAILED CARS STRUCK THE Y-TPL1022-11 CAUSING 3 CARS OF THEIR TRAIN TO DERAIL.  CAUSE WAS IMPR OPER AMOUNT OF CARS BEING SHOVED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: HALL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LOCAL P45P423 SWITCHING INTO GY03 TRACK.  CREW CUT OFF 4 LOADED CARS WHICH ROLLED ON TOP OF STANDING CAR IN GY03 TRACK WHEN CAR DERAILED SIRX 585027, BOTH ENDS, R 1&2, L1-4.      


nearest_city: CHASE CITY
county: MECKLENBURG
railroad: BB
date: 2013-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA SOUTHERN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Z52316 TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 26 LOADED RAIL CARS.  NINETEENTH RAIL CAR FROM HEAD EN D DERAILED AND TRAVELED 1.2 MILES HITTING BRIDGE ABUTTMENT RESULTING IN 18TH THROUGH 23RD RAIL CARS FROM HEAD END DERAILING.  TRAIN TRAVELING 15 MPH IN 10 MPH TERRITORY AT TIME OF DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: THOMASVILLE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS MCEX 3500041 STALLED AT B1-B32 SWITCH AND WAS STRUCK BY LEADING CAR OF THREE CAR CUT CGEX 1891.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HBT BOOTH IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
QSRLIX-29, LEAD UNIT UP4582 WAS PROCEEDING ONTO THE HOUSTON EAST BELT SUBDIVISION FROM THE BOOTH IND USTRIAL LEAD WHEN THE 21 TO 26 DERAILED.  TRAIN SPEED WAS 7 MPH.  THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A COM BINATION OF CROSS LEVEL AND TRACK ALIGNMENT.  DERAILMENT     


nearest_city: ROSEVILLE
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MARTINEZ SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE YRV19R-03 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS FROM TRACK 117 WESTWARD THROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO TRACK 116. AS THE LEADING END OF THE CUT ENTERED TRACK 302, A CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUT DERAILED.  THE BRAK E HOSE ON THE A-END OF THE CAR BECAME WEDGED IN THE TRACK, TEARING OFF THE ENTIRE ANGLE COCK AND STE EL BRACKET ASSEMBLY.  THE LEADING WHEEL THEN RAN OVER THE ANGLE COCK ASSEMBLY DERAILING IT.  EVENTUA LLY AS THE CUT WAS SHOVED, THE WHEELS ON THE CAR BECAME DERAILED, AS DID THE LEADING WHEELS ON THE N EXT CAR PAST THE POINT OF DERAILMENT.  


nearest_city: GLEN ALLEN
county: FAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
L-SPR8411-10, WHILE SPOTTING 4 CARS IN GLEN ALLEN RAIL TRACK, STRUCK OVERHEAD LOADING CHUTE WITH AN AUTOVEYER CAR NEXT TO LOCOMOTIVE THAT THEY BELIEVED WOULD CLEAR CHUTE. CREW MEMBERS ON GROUND PROTEC TING SHOVE NOT ABLE TO SEE CHUTE DUE TO CURVATURE OF TRACK ENGR'S VIEW BLOCKED BY HIGH CAR.     


nearest_city: BARSTOW
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE HUMPING, NAHX 620195 DESTINED 1425 TRK SLOWROLLED ALLOWING TTPX 805369 DESTINED FOR 1432 TO CA TCH UP WITH NAHX 620195ZX CAR. SYSTEM LINED TTPX 805369 TO 1430 FOLLOWING NAHX 620195. TTPX 805369 T HEN WAS "LOST" IN THE 1425-32 SWITCH AREA AND THE FOLLOWING CAR GATX 37035 STRUCK THE TTPX 805369 CO RNERING THE CARS. NO DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: WHEATLAND
county: CLINTON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
QNPCXP-15 EXPERIENCED A BREAK IN TWO RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT OF RAILCAR ARMN762216 WHICH HAD A WRO NG END DRAWBAR.      


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Y391 KICKING CAR WHEN THE TBOX 665200 LADING SHIFTED AND FELL OUT AND STRUCK CARS ETCX 630554, NATX 250821 AND ACFX 76875 SITTING ON TRACK 7 DAMAGING ALL 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TORNADO THROUGH YARD DERAILED 8 CARS ON TRACK 3004 INTO TRACK 3003. STORM ALSO DESTROYED WARM-UP SHE D AT EAST END OF R-YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-28T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 14TL228 WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES, 75 LOADS, AND 5002 TONS PULLING EAST ON MIDDLE LEAD WHEN REAR 4 CARS DEAILED.
      


nearest_city: ENID
county: GARFIELD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
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-Mar
narrative:
YARD ENGINE PULLING WEST FROM 8106 TRACK DERAILED 3 CARS WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT. NO HAZARDOU S MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
A89A406 SHOVING SOUTH INTO LEMOYNE STORAGE TRACK WITH 1 ENGINE AND 87 CARS FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL A ND SHOVED LOADED TANK CAR TILX 199984 OVER THE DERAIL DERAILING TILX 19984 AND THE WCHX 30215.  HAZM AT RELEASED FROM CAR WCHX 30215, ACETONE SOLUTION APPROX. 5 GALLONS.     


nearest_city: MARANA
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
IEWLBB-07, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7676, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AND STRUCK THE TRAILER OF A SEMI AT CORTAR O FARMS ROAD.  THE SEMI WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN THE CROSSING GATES WERE ACTIVATED.  THE GATE C AME DOWN ON FRONT PORTION OF SEMI BUT THE DRIVER WAS WAVED THROUGH BY LOCAL AUTHORITY TO PROCEED THR U THE CROSSING.  TRAILER OF TRACTOR TRAILER RIG DID NOT CLEAR THE CROSSING AND WAS IMPACTED AT THE C ENTER OF TRAILER.  NO INJURY TO DRIVER.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: SANGAMON
railroad: IMRR
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
BEARING FAILUE ON CAR KGLX 1237 CAUSED CAR TO DERAIL AT MP 81.3, BUT TRAIN DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY UNTIL MP 84.7.  EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE      


nearest_city: GRAND JUNCTION
county: MESA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: GLENWOOD SPRINGS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
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


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
TWO CARS HUMPED INTO B20 HAD SOME CONTAMINATES ON THE WHEELS CAUSING THEM TO OVER SPEED. THE CARS BY PASSED IN THE TRACK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THEM.      


nearest_city: HUGHSON
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-09-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 713 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/77 AND 4 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER HAULING TOMATOES AT MP1 083.80, GREER RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: FONTANA
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SAN GABRIEL METRLK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
R-CAL2011-06 DERAILED 4 CARS WHILE SHOVING FROM YARD TO INDUSTRY TRACK AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE ON IND USTRY TRACK.      


nearest_city: MUKWONAGO
county: WAUKESHA
railroad: WC
date: 2014-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: WAUKESHA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
A44791-16 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT 36.3 MPH ON MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  TH E CREW STOPPED AND FOUND A BROKEN DRAWBAR ON KCS 60397.  THE DRAWBAR HAD FALLEN OUT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND IN TURN, DAMAGED 3 CARS (EQUX 631251, EQUX 631082, ETCX 52090) LOADED WITH PLASTIC PELLETS CAUS ING THE PELLETS TO SPILL ON THE GROUND.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THE TRAIN WAS OPERATING WHEN BUFF/TRAIN FORCES CAUSED THE DRAWBAR FAILURE.  THERE WERE NO TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS NOTED FROM THE DOWN LOA D.  NO MARSHALLING EXCEPTIONS FOR THE TRAIN MAKE-UP.  WHEN THE DRAWBAR FELL OFF TO THE GROUND IT CAM E IN CONTACT WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT CAUSING THE DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: LIVONIA
county: POINTE COUPEE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LLM11R-21 WAS KICKING A CAR DOWN THE LEAD.  SYSTEM TIE GANG FOREMAN INADVERTENTLY LINED THE WRONG SW ITCH IN THE BOWL WHILE LLM11R-21 WAS KICKING A CAR, GATX70061, DOWN THE LEAD.  THIS CAR PROCEEDED TO IMPACT A CUT OF CARS BEING PULLED FROM THE BOWL BY LLM13R-21.  THIS RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 7 CARS.  TGAX131159 RELEASED 1 QUART OF PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION.    


nearest_city: ROSSVILLE
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SALINA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TAMPER OPERATOR WAS USING BROOM GOING EAST; HE APPROACHED CROSSING, RAISED BROOM AND CONTINUED TO GO EAST WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POP.  THE PLOW OF THE MACHINE STRUCK CROSSING, BREAKING CENTER AND CYLIND ER OFF.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
Y29130 WAS SWITCHING CARS IN THE SOUTH YARD. Y29130 HAD A CUT OF 41 CARS AND KICKED A CUT OF 3 LOADE D TANK CARS INTO S10, LINED THE THE LEAD TO S09 AND MADE A SHOVE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 CAR LENGTHS. THE 3 LOADED TANK CARS ROLLED BACK OUT OF S10 AND INTO THE CARS BEING SHOVED INTO S09.     


nearest_city: ELLINWOOD
county: BARTON
railroad: KO
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: GREAT BEND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
ENGINEER REPORTED FEELING A TUG BEHIND AND WHEN HE LOOKED BACK HE COULD SEE SPARKS.  PLEASED TRAIN I N EMERGENCY AND AFTER MOVEMENT STOPPED FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED .  BROKEN RAIL UNDER TRAIN MOVEMENT IS CAUSE.     


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 174 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/932 AND 8 CARS HEADING EAST TO BOSTON WHEN A SMALL FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE TOP OF THE MOTOR 932 POSSIBLY DUE TO BROKEN INSULATOR.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON WEST BELT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
U-PANPTN0-17 11 CARS DERAILED WHILE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING THROUGH A TURNOUT DUE TO TRACK WIDE GAUGE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MIDVILLE
county: BURKE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 192G521 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN TRACK WITH 02 UNITS, 50 LOADS, 40 EMPTIES, 7823 TONS, DERAILED 1ST THROUGH 38TH HEAD CARS AT MP S-95.4, RESULTING IN RELEASE OF RESIDUE CHLORINE AND METHYL ETHYL K EOTONE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.  FIVE CARS RELEASED HAZMATS:  OLNX 114053, CHLORINE, 313 LBS; SCMX 430 9 MEK (METHOL ETHOL KEYTONE), 176,370 LBS; TCIX 6193, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, 2584 GALLONS; GATX 90681, SO DIUM HYDROXIDE, 4334 GALLONS & TCMX 450166, SODIUM PEROXYHYDRATE, 33 TONS.   


nearest_city: LANCASTER
county: LANCASTER
railroad: LC
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN #14 WITH LOAD ENGINE KNLX 2273 WAS APPROACHING LANCASTER, SC (MP 76.6) WITH 21 LOADS, 70 EMPTI ES PULLED BY 4 LOCATIONS, CAR CELX 10499 (27TH POSITION) CAME OUT OF SWITCH AND ROLLED ON TOP OF RAI L DUE TO WARN WHEEL FLANGE. THREE (3) TOTAL EMPTY CARS DERAILED. ADMX 52413 ( 28TH POSITION), CEFX 1 0495 (27TH POSITION), AND GCCX 81013 (30TH POSITION). TRAIN SPEED 5 MPH.    


nearest_city: MEDORA
county: RENO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
ILADU-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7827, STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG WITH A LOWBOY TRAILER THAT BECAME HUNG UP ON THE 69TH STREET CROSSING.  DRIVER EXITED TRUCK BEFORE IMPACT.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YARD CREW MM-06 OPERATED ENGINE 1001 THROUGH SW #2239 WHILE ENROUTE WEST AND THEN REVERSED EAST CAUS ING THE SECOND TRUCK OF #7035 TO DERAIL AS A RESULT.      


nearest_city: TEHACHAPI
county: KERN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: MOJAVE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
IP'S ZLCBR-10 REPORTED ROUGH TRACK AT APPROXIMATELY MP356 TO THE DISPATCHER.  DISPATCHER NOTIFIED TH E MTM AND ADVISED HE WAS ENROUTE WITHA A ETA OF 10 MINUTES TO INSPECT THE AREA.  SHORTLY AFTER NOTIF ICATION TO THE MTM, BNSF'S TRAIN 6ICHSTJ-07 WENT THROUGH THE LOCATION THAT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ROUG H TRACKS AND LINES 3 THROUGH 9 OF THEIR TRAIN CONSIST DERAILED.  BNSF'S INCIDENT ID: CA1213106.  BNS F'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $471,919.00   


nearest_city: COURTLAND
county: REPUBLIC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-06-27T00:00:00Z
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:
X-BARHAS1-24A - HIGHWAY USER SLOWED TO CROSS THE TRACKS AT A LOW MAINTENANCE COUNTY ROAD CROSSING AN D WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE QUICK ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE CROSSING,  VEHICLE WAS A TENDEM TRAILER GRAIN TRUCK.  TRAIN STRUCK THE SECOND TRAILER OF TWO ATTACHED TO THE SEMI TRACTOR.     


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: BUFFALO TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
Q004/05 TRAVELING EAST AT CP DRAW. WHEN THE HEAD END WAS STARTING THROUGH CP-437 THEY REPORTED THAT THE TRAIN WAS IN EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION, THEY FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: COMMERCE CITY
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: BRUSH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
H-LINPV01-05 DERAILED WHILE SETTING OUT CARS AT COMMERCE CITY MILLS WHEN CREW OVERLOOKED REMOVING SE COND RAIL ON TRACK 533.      


nearest_city: PASADENA
county: HARRIS
railroad: SGSC
date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
THE SWITCH CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL CARS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, THE TOTAL CARS TO BE PULLE D WAS 44 CARS, THE CARS WERE STAGED ON 2 SEPARATE TRACKS (8 &12). THE CREW SUCCESSFULLY PULLED 21 CA RS FROM TRACK 8 AND DOUBLED OVER TO TRACK 12 TO PULL THE REMAINING CARS. AFTER COUPLING AND CHARGING THE AIR SYSTEM THE LOCOMOTIVES (GMTX 2000 & 2002) WERE UNABLE TO PULL THE ENTIRE STRING OF 44 LOADE D CARS. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE A CUT AT CAR 26, PULL THESE CARS, WITH THE INTENTION OF RETURN ING LATER TO PULL THE REMAINING 18 CARS. THE BRAKEMAN MOUNTED THE "B" END OF CAR 27 AND SET A HAND B RAKE. HE THEN WALKED BACK TO THE "A" END AND MISTAKENLY CLOSED THE ANGLE COCK ON CAR 27 (BOTTLING TH E AIR). THE BRAKEMAN THEN REQUESTED A BUMP OF THE STRING TO ALLOW THE RELEASE OF THE COUPLER PIN, TH


nearest_city: JEANNETTE
county: WESTMORELAND
railroad: NS
date: 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 11JC125 TRAVELING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 113 EMPTIES, 6066 TONS WITH 2 UNITS PUSHER A TTACHED DERAILED THE 62-66 HC, 81-87 HC, 89-93 HC, AND THE 103-106 HE AND DAMAGING THE 107-108 HC.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE YNP42R-04 HUMPED THE GAMX4272 INTO EAST BOWL 133 BUT DROPPED THE RETARDERS THAT ALLOWED THE CAR TO ROLL OUT THE EAST END OF THE TRACK WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH THE YNP46R-04 TRIM THAT WAS GOING BY ON THE GROUP 5 LEAD.  THE GAMX4272 WAS DERAILED AND DAMAGED.  SIX CARS FROM THE TRIM WERE NOT DERAILED JUST DAMAGED.    


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: LINN
railroad: PNWR
date: 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: OE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
THE OE EXPRESS WAS TRAVELLING EAST ON THE OE DISTRICT WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AT MP 87.4. INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN FOUND A TOTAL OF 9 CARS DERAILED 6 LOG CARS ON THEIR SIDE. INVESTIGATION FO UND THAT  A MINOR SUN KINK ON THE EAST TRACK CAUSED THE CARS TO DERAIL, ROLL THE RAIL ON THE WEST TR ACK.    


nearest_city: BLACK MOUNTAIN
county: BUNCOMBE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 135P813-5 HRS 30 MINS, TRAIN 745P813 35 MINS, TRAIN 949P8913-4 HRS, OMINS TRACTOR TRAILER TRAV ELING NORTH LEAVING INGLES DISTRIBUTION STOPPED ON CROSSING WHILE ATTEMPT A LEFT TURN, TRAIN 135P81 TRAVELING WESTBOUND STRUCK THE TRAILER PORTION OF THE 18 WHEELER AT INGLES DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE CR OSSING.    


nearest_city: NEW LEXINGTON
county: ATHENS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CONTRACTOR OPERATING HY-RAIL DUMP TRUCK FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF NS VEHICLE PROVIDING CROSSING PROTEC TION RESULTING IN A COLLISION.      


nearest_city: ABILENE
county: TAYLOR
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAIRD SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MMHFW-06, WITH LEAD UNIT 5891, WHILE ENTERING HOLDER SIDING STRUCK A TRUCK TRAILER WHICH WAS FOULING THE CROSSING.  DRIVER INJURED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  SIGNAL AND RAIL EQUIPMENT DAMAGED.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW1002-23, HUMPING CARS INTO 2042, EXPERIENCED OVERSPEED COUPLING WITH RESULTING CAR DAMAGE W HEN ONE CAR COUPLED INTO STANDING CARS. CAUSE WAS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE HUMP SYSTEM THAT F AILED TO PROPERLY SLOW THE CAR. NO CARS DERAILED AND NO HAZMAT WAS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: NAMPA
county: CANYON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: HUNTINGTON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
YNANA-14 SHOVING FOR ROOM INTO THE INTERCHANGE TRACK FOR THE BVRR.  SHOVING WEST 52 CARS 800 FEET WE ST WHEN THE 21ST THROUGH THE 28TH CAR FROM THE EAST END WENT ON THE GROUND DUE TO DEFECTIVE TIES AND WIDE GAGE.  AT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT THERE WAS 58" GAGE AND 8 OUT OF 8 DEFECTIVE TIES.  CARS WENT ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 450' BEFORE SWITCH, AND THEN AT THAT POINT HIT THE SWITCH AT 4MPH CAUSI NG CARS TO TIP ON SIDE AND BREAK SWITCH, SWITCH STAND, AND TRACKS.  BOISE VALLEY RAILROAD'S EST TRAC K DAMAGE: $50,000.00  


