# railroad_data

nearest_city: SAGINAW
county: SAGINAW
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-03-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
JOB #Z117 LOCOMOTIVE #1164: DERAILED MP718837 SHOVED OUT OF 10 TRACK, BROKEN RAIL NEAR SWITCH, AS CA R WAS COMING TO A STOP DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
AFTER FOUR LOADS OF COKE WERE HUMPED INTO B29 IN TWO CUTS OF TWO CARS, B29 TRACK ROLLED OUT OF THE N ORTH END OF THE TRACK STRIKING THE CUT OF CARS ON THE B27 LEAD BEING HANDLED BY THE Y29122. THE Y291 22 WAS SHOVING 26 CARS SOUTH ON B27 LEAD TO MAKE A COUPLING AFTER BURYING THEIR HAZMAT CARS FROM TRA CK B35, WHEN TRACK B29, WITH 28 LOADS, 8 EMPTIES AND 3796 TONS, ROLLED OUT SIDE SWIPING 6 CARS OF TH E Y29122?S TRAIN, DERAILING FOUR CARS AND DAMAGING FIVE OTHER CARS.   


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
Q28207 DERAILED THE 8TH THROUGH 12TH CARS IN TRAIN OPERATING FROM THE MAIN TO THE YARD DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: BAKERSVILLE
county: MITCHELL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
U32211 MOVING IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION AT 20 MPH INCCURRED AN UDE WITH THE HEAD END OF THEIR TRAIN SETTING AT THE Z170.9. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN IT WAS DISCOVERED A 100-TON BOULDER HAD SLID OFF OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND STRUCK THE 14TH CAR IN THE TRAIN. THE RESULT OF THE SLIDE WAS THE 14TH THROUGH THE 24TH CAR IN THE TRAIN DERAILED.    


nearest_city: BETHLEHEM
county: NORTHAMPTON
railroad: LVRX
date: 2011-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 67 LOADED INTER MODAL CARS ON TRACK 560 TOWARD INTER MODAL TERMINAL WHEN THE 6TH CA R FROM THE END DERAILED DUE TO APPARENT WIDE GAGE AT THE JOINT JUST SOUTH OF THE VALLEY 18 SWITCH. A RTICULATED CARS WERE IN CONSIST.     


nearest_city: VIDOR
county: ORANGE
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
UP TRAIN STRUCK A TRUCK AT THE CANARY ST XING IN VIDOR, TX ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION. UP INCIDENT NUMBER IS #0711LV020, WITH EQUIPMENT ESTIMATE OF $5,000.      


nearest_city: SELBYVILLE
county: SUSSEX
railroad: MDDE
date: 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: SNOW HILL LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN WAS OPERATING SOUTH ON INDUSTRIAL TRACK/RESTRICTED SPEED RULES TRACK (WITH SPEED FURTHER LIMIT ED BY SPECIAL INSTRUCTION) AT 6MPH WHEN STUDENT ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN SLOW DESPITE BEING UNDER POW ER WITH NO BRAKE APPLIED. INSTRUCTOR ENGINEER TOLD HIM TO SHUT THE THROTTLE OFF BECAUSE HE THOUGHT T HEY WERE DERAILED. STUDENT COMPLIED WITH INSTRUCTION AND TRAIN CAME TO A STOP WITH NO BRAKE APPLIED. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THE FINAL TWO (2) CARS IN THE TRAIN DERAILED.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
YHO30R-26 HAD JUST PULLED A CUT DOWN OF 44 CARS AND MADE A CUT.  THEY THEN STARTED PULLING NORTHWARD IN THEIR ZONE.  AFTER GOING AROUND 58 CAR LENGTHS THE CARS CAME TO A STOP, BUT THE LOCOMOTIVES KEPT MOVING.  THE CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 4 AUTO RACKS DERAILED.  THE CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THI S DERAILED CAR AND THE CUT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 50 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.    


nearest_city: VANCOUVER
county: CLARK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
LONGSHOREMAN SHOVING CARS INTO 4805 TRACK SHOVED THRU TRACK AND OUT AND INTO 3372 TRACK, WHERE G-MAW VAW9-29 HAD LEFT REAR OF THEIR TRAIN STANDING, DAMAGING 2 CARS. HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS TO INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE, RAILROAD UNABLE TO NAME.     


nearest_city: WEISER
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: HUNTINGTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
LCA42-10, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4926, STRUCK THE REAR TRAILER OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG LOWBOY THAT WAS CA RRYING A FRONT END LOADER THAT GOT HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSING.  DRIVER EVACUATED BEFORE IMPACT.      


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING TRAIN INTO PORT OF LITTLE ROCK. TRN APPROACHED 1ST SETOUT TRACK W ITH SLACK BUNCHED. ENGR MADE 10 PSI ABV REDUCTION WHICH STRETCHED TRAIN, THEN SLACK RAN IN CAUSING W HEEL LIFT ON 3 CARS THAT WERE IN S-CURVES.     


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2013-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
11:06PM  THE ENGINEER REPORTED THE FLAT 27 (F27-832-807-877) DERAILED AND HIT THE WALL IN TUNNEL H3 IN THE AREA OF 
SIGNAL 375AZ.  THIRD RAIL POWER CAME OFF DURING THE INCIDENT AS A RESULT OF CABLE D AMAGE AND IT WAS LATER CONFIRMED OFF
BY A POWER RAILMAN.

NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO CAR EQUIPMEN T, WAY AND STRUCTURES SUPERVISION.  A PIPE SUPERVISOR ALSO RESPONDED TO SECURE DAMAGED PIPE.  THE RE -RAIL TRAIN WAS REQUIRED AND RESPONDED FROM HARRISON YARD.  FLAT 27 WAS RE-RAILED AT 3:13.  DUE TO T HE POWER REMOVAL STATUS THE UTV4 WAS UTILIZED TO MOVE THE RE-RAIL TRAIN INTO POSITION.  FLAT 27 OPER ATED TO HARRISON YARD WITH A 10MPH SPEED RESTRICTION.  AN OPERATIONS EXAMINER SECURED THE CREW FOR D &A TESTING AND WILL INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.
	
6:17AM POWER RESTORED TUNNEL H-3.  A TRACK SUPERVI


nearest_city: NEW MARTINSVILLE
county: WETZEL
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-07T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Q31706 WAS SHOVING A TOTAL OF 102 EAST INTO YARD TRACK 1B WITHOUT A MAN ON THE LEADING END TO CONTRO L MOVEMENT. Q31706 SHOVED OUT THE EAST END ON TRACK 1B AND SIDESWIPED TRAIN H72307.      


nearest_city: BLACKWATER
county: COOPER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CBTML9-22 TRAVELING EAST ON RIVER SUB, WAS NOTIFIED AFTER RECEIVING A ROLL-BY INSPECTION THAT IT HAD A CAR THAT WAS BUCKLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR.  NOTHING DERAILED - CAR DAMAGE ONLY.      


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: KO
date: 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: HUTCHINSON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
SKOL TRAIN, WINWIC14, CREW ENTERED KO SOUTH YARD FROM THE BNSF MAIN LINE AND TIED INTO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 418. CONDUCTOR WALKED TO REAR OF CONSIST HUNG GAUGE THEN PROCEEDED TO WALK AN INITIAL TERM INAL AIR TEST. ONCE COMPLETED THE CREW CONTACTED BNSF DISPATCH TO GET A LINE UP, ONCE RECEIVED START ED TO PULL AND ENGINEER FELT A SLIGHT TUG AND STOPPED MOVEMENT. CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND THAT T HE REAR 5 TANKS IN 418 HAD TRAVELLED DOWN AND STRUCK KO 8415 IN THAT TRACK. INVESTIGATION SHOWED AN APPARENT ACT OF VANDALISM WHERE SOMEONE LINED THE SWITCH TOWARD 417 UNDER TRAIN.  


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: CHEYENNE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
ILXG2X-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5311, STRUCK THE TRAILER OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE COUNTY ROAD 101 CROSSING.  NO INJURY TO CREW.  DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  DRIVER WAS I SSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: FREMONT
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: NILES SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
WHILE TRAVERSING THE CURVE ON THE NILES SUBDIVISION AT MP 29.5, AMT14 DERAILED THE LEAD SET OF TRUCK S ON LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AMTK205.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  AMTRAK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE=$27,820.      


nearest_city: CLOQUET
county: CARLTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: LAKES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
U-BRMALL3-94 DERAILED 1 CAR AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO BROKEN PLATE CAR.  NO HAZARDO US MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
YG203-21 WAS DOUBLING UP TRACKS FROM YARD 2 FOR 7 MAIN IN GLOBAL 2.  5 STACK CARS DERAILED.  SWITCH WAS NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED, BUT UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO LEFT SWITCH THAT WAY.  NO DISCIPLINE ISSUED.      


nearest_city: HURLEY
county: GRANT
railroad: SW
date: 2010-08-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
SHORE MOVE BEING MADE INTO TRACK 5205 FOR STORAGE, BROKEN RAIL CAUSING WIDE GAUGE, DERAILING 6 CARS.       


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 42 WITH ENGINE 942 AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE TO UNIT 942 DUE TO FATIGUED AUXILIAR Y WIRE BREAK CAUSED THE AUXILIARY WIRE TO COME DOWN AND COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE PANTOGRAPH COLLEC TOR HEAD WHICH CAUSED THE PANTOGRAPH ON UNIT 942 TO INVERT.     


nearest_city: MINOT
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED 5 CARS AT LOCATION WHERE SUBGRADE FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE MOISTURE AND VERTICAL CRACK ING.      


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE YPX30R-30 WAS PULLING EASTWARD ONTO TRACK 131 AND OUT ONTO THE FREIGHT LEAD, TRACK 519.  THEY PU LLED THE TRAIN UP TO THE SWITCH, STOPPED AND LINED THE 131 SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVE.  THE TRAIN WAS STR UGGLING TO MOVE AT WHICH TIME THE THROTTLE WAS SET TO STOP AND THE FOREMAN RELEASED ALL HANDBRAKES O N THE WEST END TO HELP THE MOVEMENT.  UPON INSPECTION 3 CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED AND THE SOUTH RAIL WAS ROLLED OVER.   


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: COOKE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
H-TULTPL9-04 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION FOUND 2 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DRAWBAR FAILURE ON A-END KYLE 5238. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: SCOFIELD
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CSKBS-28 DERAILED 2 REAR DPU UNITS IN THE COAL PLANT DUE TO COAL DEBRIS THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED ONTO TH E TRACK AS THE TRAIN WAS BEING LOADED, BETWEEN THE LAST CAR AND THE FIRST DPU UNIT.  THIS CAUSED BOT H DPU ENGINES TO SUBSEQUENTLY DERAIL.  DRAGGING BOTH UNITS APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO INDUSTRY TRACK, ENGINES, AND UP MAIN TRACK.  RECOLLECTIBLE FROM CANYON FUEL.    


nearest_city: NORFOLK
county: NORFOLK
railroad: NS
date: 2013-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
NL-48 WAS SWITCHING CARS BETWEEN TRACKS MU-00 AND MU-01.  WHILE SHOVING IN AN EAST DIRECTION WITH TH E NS-3082 AND NS-919, 0 LOADS AND 28 EMPTIES, R&L 2 OF NS-40366 DERAILED AND BOTH ENDS OF NS-40996 D ERAILED .     


nearest_city: GLENDALE
county: MARICOPA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CONDUCTOR WAS LINING ZCLOPHX813 TO TRACK 1296 AND DID NOT NOTICE METAL DEBRIS PREVENTING PROPER ALIG NMENT OF SWITCH POINT.  MECHANICAL INTERFACE UPDATE RAISED COSTS ABOVE REPORTING THRESHOLD.      


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ST PAUL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
F-3846291-23 FOREIGN TRAIN STRUCK SIGNAL BRIDGE, DRAGGED SIGNAL BRIDGE WHICH FELL ONTO THE M-NTWGAL1 -22 CAUSING DAMAGE TO CARS ON TRAIN.  FOREIGN RESPONSIBILITY.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: TRENTON
county: MERCER
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NST
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
WORK TRAIN KN-704 SHOVING LOCOMOTIVES E/720-E/523 WITH 4 EMPTY FLAT CARS AND 10 EMPTY AIR DUMP HOPPE RS DERAILED BOTH ENGINE UNITS AND 1 CAR AS A RESULT OF WIDE GAUGE DUE TO DETERIORATED TIE CONDITIONS FROM POOR DRAINAGE AREA.     


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
state: New York
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-Oct
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 3165 ENCOUNTERED AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE CATENARY WHILE DEPARTING SUNNYSIDE YARD WHICH CAUS ED DAMAGE TO ENGINE 4613.      


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-23T00:00:00Z
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-Dec
narrative:
RCO HUMP ASSIGNMENT LB41 HUMPING IN AUTOMATIC MODE WHEN COUPLER FELL 0 OUT OF THE 54TH HEAD CAR (SOU 50127). AFTER OPERATOR NOTED MISSING COUPLER, HUMPING CONTINUED AND LOCOMOTIVE PUSHED FALLEN COUPLE R INTO HEEL BLOCK DERAILING ONE (NS 6183).     


nearest_city: HILTON
county: EARLY
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
G91G615 PULLING SOUTH WITH 4 UNITS, 88 LOADS, 9 MTYS, 12,064 TONS DERAILED 26TH THROUGH 40TH HEAD CA RS (15 CARS).      


nearest_city: ROACHDALE
county: PUTNAM
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: MONON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAINMASTER WAS CONTROLLING SHOVE MOVE INTO #7 TRACK AT GAVILON GRAIN, WHEN THE CUT DID NOT STOP BEF ORE STRIKING THE BUMPING POST AND DERAILING 1 SET OF TRUCKS.      


nearest_city: POUGHKEEPSIE
county: DUTCHESS
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
TRACK CAR 4509M WAS STATIONARY ON TRACK 1 AFTER BEING LOADED WITH BALLAST FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.  TR ACK CAR 4513M APPROACHED FROM THE SOUTH TO GET INTO POSITION TO BE LOADED WITH BALLAST.  VEHICLE OPE RATOR OF 4513M STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO STEP ON THE BRAKE AND DID NOT HAVE T IME TO RECOVER BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE REAR END OF TC 4509M.    


nearest_city: CORPUS CHRISTI
county: NUECES
railroad: CCPN
date: 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHIRSTI
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR INSPECTED TRAIN TO FIND THE 8TH, 9TH, AND 10TH CARS FROM THE LO COMOTIVE WERE LAYING ON THEIR SIDE AND THE LEAD WHEEL OF THE 7TH CAR'S B-END WAS ON THE GROUND AT TH E POINT OF DERAILMENT DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
L50071-29 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING MR01, WHICH WAS INBOUND BN TRANSFER CUT. AFTER HUMPING 54 CA RS, THE YARDMASTER NOTICED THAT TRACK MO40 WAS FULL AND THERE WERE 2 MORE CARS ROLLING DESTINED FOR THE SAME TRACK. THE YARDMASTER REACTED AND APPLIED PROTECTION TO TRACK MO40,  WHICH LOCKED THE TRACK OUT AND LINED THE 2 ROLLING TANKS MO41. TRACK MO40 WAS FOULING MO41. HPCS ALLOWED THE YARDNASTER TO PROTECT M040, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN THE FOUL OF M041, AND LINED THE SWITCH TOWARDS M041, WHEN THIS OCCURRED, CAR NATX 252178 CORNERED AND DERAILED THE B END OF NATX 252179 (NORTH CAR IN M040). THE YA EDMASTER WAS TESTED FOR CAUSE AND A FORMAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE SCHEDULED. 


nearest_city: HEDGESVILLE
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
V64503 TRAVELING EAST SUFFERED A BROKEN AXLE ON THE 86TH CAR. AFTER DRAGGING THE CAR APPROX. 1 MILE, THE WHEEL AND PARTIAL AXLE GOT CAUGHT ON A ROAD CROSSING AND BEGAN GOING UNDERNEATH THE TRAILING CA RS DOING DAMAGE TO A TOTAL OF 12 CARS AND DERAILING 5 OF THEM.     


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 2104 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2003 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS AND E/2001 TRAILING STRUCK INTER-TRA CK FENCE BETWEEN #1 AND #2 TRACK.  THE SIDE PANEL DOOR ON POWER CAR 2003 WASNT PROPERLY LATCHED AND STRUCK THE FENCING.     


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Y39607 WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO AROUND A12 AND GET THE CUT READY TO HUMP. THE CUT CONSISTED OF 37 CARS D OUBLED OVER OFF THE HEAD END OF Q68406. ONCE READY TO COME TO THE HILL WITH THE CUT THE FOREMAN LINE D HIS ROUTE TO THE CREST AND TAGGED THE SWITCHES ASSOCIATED WITH HIS MOVEMENT. AFTER BEING LINED UP THE FOREMAN ACTIVATED HIS ZONE AT 0040 PLACED THE OCU IN HUMP MODE AND BEGAN CUTTING THE CARS OFF. W HEN THE CUT GOT DOWN TO 19 CARS THE FOREMAN HEARD A STRANGE NOISE AND BROUGHT THE CUT TO A STOP. AFT ER FURTHER INSPECTION THE HE REALIZED THAT THE THREE HEAD CARS ON THE CUT HAD DERAILED.  


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YGP70-16 HAD DOUBLED RAILCARS FROM TRACK 736 INTO TRACK 733.  AS JOB WAS PULLING FROM TRACK 733 SEVE RAL RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUNT CUSTOMER HAD RUN THRU SWITCH AND NOT ADVISED CREW.  DERAILED RAILCARS STRUCK RAILCARS IN ADJACENT TRACK.  KINDER MORGAN MAINTAINS TRACK     


nearest_city: WILLIAMSON
county: MINGO
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
724U129 MOVING EAST ON MAIN ONE TRACK DERAILED THE L3, R3 AND R4 WHEELS OF THE 40TH CAR FROM HEAD EN D (HYWX 99213).      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-09-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
RCO Y-ALT3012-02 2 CARS IMPACTED EACH OTHER DURING KICKING OPERATING DUE TO AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM SWITCH FAILURE.  BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MAGNOLIA
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: NAVASOTA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
SFRBT-02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP3874, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER HAULING A PIECE OF HEAVY OIL FIELD EQUIPME NT.  THE TRAILER HAD STOPPED ON THE CROSSING AND WAS POSSIBLY HIGH CENTERED AT TIME OF COLLISION.  C REW REPORTED NO INJURIES AND NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.     


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: LAKES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
LINE 54 CAR IBT 19052 TRAIN LINE HIT CROSSING AT 19.8 BREAKING THE TRAIN LINE CREATING EMERGENCY BRE AK APPLICATION, TRAIN INDUCED ON THE B-END CREATING IN TRAIN FORCE TO BREAK B-END CENTER AND END SIL L ON SCALE TEST CAR BN 979012 LINE 108.     


nearest_city: WHEATLAND
county: CASS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: JAMESTOWN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
F-JAMJAM1-11 DERAIL ONE CAR AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE TO MAIN 2 TRACK DUE TO JOURNAL FAILURE FROM OVER HEATING.      


nearest_city: MONTGOMERY
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
S57708 WAS MAKING A PICKUP OUT OF TRACK N10. WHEN SHOVING TO COUPLE IN TRACK N10 THEY RAN THROUGH TH E LONG POCKET SWITCH ON THE NORTH END. AFTER COUPLING THEY PULLED SOUTH TO HANG THE EOT AND DERAILED 7 CARS.     


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: JONESBORO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
YPB34R-09 HUMP JOB WAS DRAGGING A CUT OF CARS OUT OF 253 INTO THE EAST HUMP LEAD.  THEY WERE IN THE HUMP ZONE AND THEIR CUT STOPPED ON THEM.  THEY WALKED OUT AND DISCOVERED THE CAR FALLING APART.  CAU SE WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A BROKEN CENTER SILL. CAR FELL APART BUT DID NOT DERAIL.     


nearest_city: COTULLA
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
MPBMX-22, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8755, STRUCK A TRACTOR TANKER TRAILER RIG THAT HAD STOPPED ON THE CROSSIN G.  TRAIN HIT THE REAR PORTION OF THE TANKER.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER.  NOTHING DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LATHROP
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ROSEVILLE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CONTRACTOR CREW LLT1, RAN THRU THE 168 SWITCH WITH 14 CARS AND THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT, DERAILI NG 2 CARS.  THIS WAS A RAIL LINK CEW.  NO UP CREW INVOLVEMENT.  RAIL LINK EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $13,000 .     


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE YARDING TRAIN MTUPX-10 WESTWARD INTO TRACK 2, CREW WAS INSTRUCTED TO DOUBLE OVER THEIR NON-CLE ARING PORTION FROM THE WEST END OF TRACK 2 TO THE WEST END OF TRACK 3.  THE CONDUCTOR POSITIONED HIM SELF ON THE GROUND TO MAKE THE CUT AND PROTECT THE SHOVE.  AS TRAIN MOVED FORWARD, THE MAIN SWITCH W AS LINED AGAINST THEM.  TRAIN TRAVELED THROUGH THE SWITCH, DAMAGING IT.  CONDUCTOR HAD REAR OF CUT C LEAR THE 3 SWITCH AND CALLED FOR AN EASTWARD SHOVING MOVE INTO TRACK 3.  UPON SHOVING 8 CAR LENGTHS, TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  7 CARS TRAVELED THROUGH THE DAMAGED SWITCH CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL. 
  


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
AMTRAK CATENARY WIRE DEFECT (DETACHED CLIP FROM TROLLEY WIRE ATTACHED TO AUX WIRE) DAMAGED PANTOGRAP H ON LOCOMOTIVE #4608 ON TRAIN #3202 ENROUTE IN THE SOUTH TUBE.      


nearest_city: PORT ARTHUR
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BEAUMONT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN STRUCK THE SIDE OF A STANDING TRAIN WHILE HEADING UP THE LEAD ON THE BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION WHIC H RESULTED IN A DERAILED CAR.      


nearest_city: GRANBY
county: GRAND
railroad: UP
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:
EASTBOUND BNSF TRAIN 9GSSCKJ-04 HAD THE SECOND ENGINE IN THEIR CONSIST CATCH FIRE BETWEEN SULPHUR AN D GRANBY AT APPROXIMATELY 0300.  THE GRANBY FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED FIRE AT DROSEY WATER CROSSI NG MP 79.77.  BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $9875.     


nearest_city: RUSSELL
county: GREENUP
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
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-Mar
narrative:
G89603 WAS ENTERING TRACK R05 FROM THE EAST END WHEN THE 33RD THRU 48TH CAR DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN R AIL.      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M-BARBEL1-12 LINED AND LOCKED 7112 TRACK SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVE BUT SWITCH POINTS "FLOATED" UNDER MOV EMENT RESULTING IN DERAILMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
A CREW CONTRACTED BY NATIONAL SWITCHING SERVICE OF MIRA LOMA RAN THROUGH THE EAST 109/110 CROSSOVER SWITCH THEN BACKED UP DERAILING TWO AUTO CARS.  NSWS ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $16,225.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
MSAFW-08 DEPARTED TAYLOR YARD TRACK #2, ENTERED TRANSFER TRACK AND HEADED NORTH ON WACO SUB.  TRAIN GOT APPROXIMATELY 2600' BEFORE DERAILING AND GOING INTO EMERGENCY.  FOUR CARS DERAILED.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES.     


nearest_city: LEMOYNE
county: KEITH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE CATKI-09, A LOADED EASTBOUND COAL TRAIN, DERAILED 37 CARS AND DAMAGED ONE ADDITIONAL CAR AT MP38 .93 ON THE SOUTH MORRILL SUB DUE TO A BROKEN INSULATED JOINT.      


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: XTGS
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CREW FAILED TO APPLY HANDBRAKES ON STANDING CUT OF CARS IN #842 AND CUT ROLLED INTO SIDE OF CUT BEIN G PULLED FROM #841.  CREW FAILED TO PLACE CARS SUFFICIENTLY BEYOND CLEARANCE POINT OF #842 TO PREVEN T STRIKING THE STANDING CUT.     


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


nearest_city: CONCORD
county: CABARRUS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
AMTRAK 020- 4'05" 203- '00" 153- 1'00" AMTRACK 020 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND STRUCK A TREE DERAILING THE LEAD UNIT AMTK 188, A -END, WHEELS R&L 1.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW1002-17 HUMPING CUT OF CARS HAD 1 CAR DERAIL WHEN RETARDED FAILED TO SLOW CAR. FOLLOWING CA R OVER HUMP ALSO DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-11-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING 166 CARS INTO THE RD TRACK TO START PUTTING AWAY WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO STOP.  UPON THE CREW LOOKING AT THE TRAIN CARS 3-11 HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: DIETRICH
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
QNANPP-30 TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT MP317 ENCOUNTERED A YELLOW SIGNAL AND FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED RUNNIN G BY THE RED SIGNAL AT MP315.15 AND THRU THE POWER SWITCH CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SWITCH.  THERE WAS N O DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MAIDSVILLE
county: MONONGALIA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
N10C445 TRAVELING NORTHWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 103 LOADS O EMPTIES, 12838 TONS ON LOVERIDGE SECONDARY STR UCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION VEHICLE THAT WAS STRUCK ON A PRIVATE CROSSING IN MAIDSVILLE, WV.      


nearest_city: CLARKSVILLE
county: WASHINGTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
963C410 TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS, 56 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 7952 TONS ON MON LINE MAIN DERAILED 7 CARS.      


nearest_city: RICHVALE
county: BUTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: VALLEY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TAMPER OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE THE HEADS ALL THE WAY UP AND IN THE LOCKS.  HIT THE CROSSING WITH THE T AMPING BITS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WORK HEADS.      


nearest_city: ABO
county: TORRANCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Q-CHILAC6-20 DERAILED 9 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN 2 TRACK DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WIND VELOCITY.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ARDEN
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: CIMA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LUM40-07 SHOVED TRACK 406 AT ARDEN, NEVADA HOLDING ONTO 52 CARS.  WHILE MAKING THEIR SHOVE THEY USED EXCESSIVE BUFFING FORCE AND DERAILED 9 EMPTY AUTORACKS IN THE CURVE ON 406 RAIL.  AS CARS DERAILED 1 SINGLE CAR CCBX57850 WAS SIDESWIPED IN AN ADJACENT TRACK, 405 CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO CAR.     


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
R-SPR4201-06 PULLED OUT OF TRACK 3972 THROUGH XOVER TO MAIN TRACK. CREW FAILED TO LINE "INSIDE" SWIT CH OF XOVER AND RAN THRU SWITCH SHOVING BACK TO DOUBLE TRAIN TOGETHER, DERAILING 4 CARS WHEN THEY AG AIN PULLED FORWARD, SPLITTING SWITCH.     


nearest_city: CEDAR CITY
county: IRON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: CEDAR CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHILE THE LUD53 09 WAS SERVING WL PLASTICS IN CEDAR CITY, UT, THEY SHOVED A CUT OF CARS INTO THE BUM PER AT THE END OF THE TRACK RESULTING IN BROKEN BOLTS IN A JOINT BAR AND A SEPARATION OF THE RAIL AT THE JOINT OF APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT.  NO CARS OR LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
CCDS29-09 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO A FRACTURED JOURNAL.  KCT ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $2 0,000.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
THE YPB22R-09 WAS DRAGGING CARS OUT OF BOWL 35 AND THE WSOR 500159 DERAILED UPON STRIKING THE INERT RETARDER.  A TOTAL OF 7 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: LEWIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
M-CEWPAS1-31 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE DEPARTING WHICH FELL INTO STANDING CUT OF CARS, DERAILING 2 MORE. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 3208/3209 TRACK SWITCH, WHICH HAS DETERMINED BY SPECIAL AGENT TO HAVE BEEN THR OWN BY UNKNOWN PARTY AS TRAIN WAS MOVING. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: CORINTH
county: ALCORN
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF TRACK 2 IN CORNITH YARD ON THE ARTESIA SUBDIVISION WHEN IT DERAILED 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: LATHROP
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-12T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE KG2LT-10 PULLED INTO THE EAST END OF THE LATHROP INTERMODAL FACILITY & RAN OVER A FIXED DERAIL D ERAILING 3 LOCOMOTIVES.  CREW HAD LANDING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE GATE HOUSE TO PULL INTO TRACK 703 & CUT THE CROSSINGS.  ENGINEER STOPPED TRAIN SHORT OF THE SIDING SWITCH, CONDUCTOR GOT OFF THE TRAIN, LINED THE SIDING SWITCH & DERAIL LOCATED ON THE LEAD.  THEN WALKED TOWARD THE 703 SWITCH, SAW THAT I T WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVE, TOLD THE ENGINEER THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THEIR MOVE.  THE ENGINEER PRO CEEDED TO PULL THE TRAIN INTO TRACK 703 & DID NOT SEE THE DERAIL TARGET THAT WAS COLORED ALL WHITE. THE LETTER "D" BLENDED IN WITH THE WHITE BACKGROUND & WAS NOT EASILY VISIBLE.  HE DID NOT STOP THE TRAIN SHORT OF THE DERAIL ON TRACK 703, WHICH WAS IN THE DERAILING POSITION, DERAILING 3 LOCOMOTIVES


nearest_city: CHERRYVALE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: SKOL
date: 2013-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: CHERRVALE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE SKOL 202 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE CHERRYVALE MAINLINE IN TN 3 AT 9MPH.  AT MP 155.7 THE C REW EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN THE FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED, LINES 28-24 ON THE TRAIN LIST.  6 CARS WERE DERAILED UPRIGHT AND 1 CARS WAS DERAILED AND LEANING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  RJ CORMAN WAS CALLED TO RERAIL.  SKOL MOW REPAIRED THE TRACK.  DOWNLO AD SECURED, NO EXCEPTIONS TAKEN.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A 15 FOOT VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD ON THE EA ST RAIL WHICH RESULTED IN BREAK AS THE TRAIN PASSED OVER IT.  THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RUST IN THE VERT ICAL SPLIT HEAD IN MULTIPLE PLACES.  AS A SIDE NOTE THE RAIL TEST CAR WAS THROUGH THIS AREA 2 WEEKS AGO AND FOUND NO DEFECTS.


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: SHELBYVILLE SECONDAR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
P35319 DEPARTING BEECHGROVE AMTRAK STATION DERAILED LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ON SUBWAY STREET ACCOUNT OUTSIDE PARTY HAD DUMPED GRAVEL ONTO CROSSING AND SMOOTHED OUT WITH END LOADER. AMTRAK DAMAGES $12,144.00.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:35 AM, IHB RUN 515 WAS SHOVING A BLOCK OF EMPTY HOPPERS OU T OF TRACK BC30 INTO TRACK BSY7 WHEN THE LEAD WHEEL OF THE 28TH CAR (UNTX 6155) CLIMBED THE  NORTH P OINT OF THE #5 SOUTH SWITCH AND DERAILED, CAUSING THE PREVIOUS CAR (UNTX 6164) TO ALSO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-MEM3742-20, MOVING ON MIDDLE TRACK, LINED BOTH ENDS XOVER FOR STRAIGHT RAIL.  Q-ATGLAC1-20 DEP ARTING YARD ON OUTSIDE TRACK.  YARD ENGINE FAILED TO NOTE THAT XOVER WAS NOW LINED AGAINST THEIR MOV EMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THEY IMPACTED Q-ATGLAC1-20 ON ADJACENT TRACK.  Q-ATGLAC1-20 ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: CINNAMINSON
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: SNJX
date: 2013-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: CAMDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 289, LRV 3516, REPORTS AT SWEDES RUN UG HER WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED IN THE MIDDLE, IS NOT BRO KEN ALL THE WAY THRU, ABLE TO PROCEED SAFELY TO WEC. OPERATOR REPORT SAW THREE JUVENILES ON BIKES TH ROWING ROCKS AT THE TRAIN.     


nearest_city: SOUTH NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
ENGINEER ON TRAIN 1897, WHILE PULLING EAST INTO SIDING TRACK 5 AT SOUTH NORWALK STATION TO MAKE FINA L STATION STOP OF TRAIN, FAILED TO STOP PRIOR TO REACHING END OF TRACK/BUMPING BLOCK, RESULTING IN T RAIN STRIKING BUMPING BLOCK. THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING DURING MECHANICAL I NSPECTIONS. THE CREW DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REPORT.    


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
L-GFC8141-04I, WHILE SHOVING, DERAILED TWO CARS OVER CREW MEMBER HAD FAILED TO REMOVE.  NO ARTICULAT ED EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: COWARD
county: FLORENCE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN # 97 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/20-E/90 AND 10 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP305.98, LYNC HES RIVER RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
UPRR'S WMVIMB-11 DERAILED 9 RAILCARS WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH FROM BNSF TRACK 32 TO UPRR'S MAIN LINE AT IRON MOUNTAIN JUNCTION.  THE CARS WERE REPORTED AS EMPTY BUT SEVERAL CONTAINED PARTIAL LOADS OF BAL LAST.  THE POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AT THE BNSF 31/32 SWITCH AT APPROXIMATELY GRAND AVENUE.  BNSF'S ESTIMATED DAMAGES ARE $60,000.    


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: MEMPHIS TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q12508 DERAILED THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AT THE MAIN/DEPARTURE LEAD SWITCH.  THE DERAILMENT CAUSED THE LO COMOTIVE TO RAKE SEVERAL CARS THAT WERE BEING SHOVED BY ILLINOIS CENTRAL. ILLINOIS CENTRAL IS REPORT ING 27,040.00 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND 3,764.00 IN TRACK DAMAGES.     


nearest_city: NEW JOHNSONVILLE
county: HUMPHREYS
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
THE HAND BRAKE ON CAR TCIX 175289 FAILED TO HOLD AND THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE TRACK STRIKING THE DERA IL RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: AVONDALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: AVONDALE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
MLIAV-28 WITH LEAD UNIT UP 4132 WAS MOVING SOUTHBOUND ON THE WESTWEGO MAIN LINE AND FAILED TO STOP F OR A SWITCH THAT WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.  AFTER RUNNING THRU AND DAMAGING THE SWITCH, THEY REVERSED MOVEMENT AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE NORTHBOUND, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF MLLX26301 AND A CFX46143.    


nearest_city: GRAYBURG
county: HARDIN
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: UNION PACIFIC
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED THREE LOCOMOTIVES ON THE UP BEAUMONT SUBDIVISION. INDUSTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACK MAIN TENANCE.      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: MINERAL
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
EMPLOYEES FINISHED CHANGING RAIL, PUT TOOLS AWAY.  TRUCK WAS FACING EAST, THE MEN GOT INTO THE TRUCK AND STARTED TO BACK UP WESTWARD TO CROSSING.  THEY CAME TO TUNNEL AT MP 170.7 UNAWARE OF BOOM NOT B EING IN STOWED POSITION CAUSING BOOM TO STRIKE EAST END OF TUNNEL ENTRANCE.  THE BOOM HITTING THE TU NNEL CAUSED THE TRUCK TO DERAIL AND BOOM TO SEPARATE FROM LIFT CYLINDER SENDING BOOM TO REST ABOVE C AB.   NO DAMAGE DONE TO HYRAILS OR CAB.  NO INJURIES.   


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: YELL
railroad: LRWN
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
PULLING 28 LOADS. ENGINEER SET MINIMUM REDUCTION ON AUTOMATIC BRAKE.  AFTER MOVE FEW CAR LENGTHS, TR AIN CAME TO A STOP.  ENGINEER WALKED TRAIN.  FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED STARTING WITH CAR #17 IN CONSIST. ALL CARS ARE UPRIGHT AND NOT LEAKING.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YEW12R-20 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS WHEN JOB HAD 3 RAILCARS CLIMB THE FROG AT THE #1 AND #2 CROSSOVER AND DERAIL.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS GUARD LOOSE, BROKEN OR MISLOCATED AND WORN OR BROK EN TURNOUT FROG.     


nearest_city: BENNINGTON
county: OTTAWA
railroad: KYLE
date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
CAR DERAILED AT A LOCATION WHERE CROSS LEVEL WAS IRREGULAR DUE TO CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA       


nearest_city: STERLING
county: WHITESIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
YSG82-02 WAS SHOVING TRACK 707 WITH A LOADED GRAIN TRAIN.  AS THE 24TH CAR WAS GOING THROUGH THE NUM BER 8 SWITCH FOR THE YARD 6 LEAD, THE LEADING WHEEL ON THE NORTH SIDE CLIMBED THE RAIL.  4 CARS DERA ILED.     


nearest_city: GILA BEND
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
ZMNLA2-19 WAS TRAVELLING WEST AT 46 MPH ON NUMBER 1 TRACK WHEN HIGH WINDS (APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH) CAUSED TRAIN TO DERAIL.  DERAILED CARS FOULED AND DAMAGED NUMBER 2 TRACK.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: ITSL
date: 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: STOCKTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
SWITCH CREW STOPPED A CUT OF EMPTY ARTICULATED INTERMODAL RAILCARS AT THE STRIP LEAD SWITCH.  THE CO NDUCTOR DROVE THE LEAD TRACK TO THE 206 SWITCH TO LINE SWITCHES AND PROTECT SHOVE.  THE HELPER LINED THE SWITCH AND INITIATED SHOVING MOVEMENT.  CONDUCTOR ASSUMED CONTROL AND TOLD ENGINEER HE WAS LINE D FOR 206, A CLEAR TRACK.  CONDUCTOR FORGOT TO LINE 205  SWITCH AND TOLD ENGINEER TO STOP WHEN HE ST OP CARS GOING INTO 205.  ENGINEER PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY BUT CARS IMPACTED AT 18 MPH.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
YEW23R-26 WAS PERFORMING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS.  JOB HUMPED CUT OF 2 RAILCARS INTO BOWL TRACK 05 2.  CUT HAD SLIGHT HANDBRAKE APPLIED AND STOPPED SOMEWHAT SHORT.  JOB HUMPED ANOTHER RAILCAR AND SID ESWIPED STANDING CUT.  NO DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: BRANFORD
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
HSP TRAIN 2297 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/2021 IN THE LEAD, 6 CARS, AND LOCOMOTIVE E/2024 IN THE RE AR, STRUCK A LARGE ROCK THAT FELL FROM CUT WALL CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO UNIT C/3309.  AMTRAKS EQ UIPMENT DAMAGE IS $300,000.00.     


nearest_city: FOREST RIVER
county: WALSH
railroad: NPR
date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: DEVILSLAKE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
LOADED STRAIGHT TRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTH FROM A FIELD, WHILE NPR TRAIN WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE TR ACKS ENROUTE TO OSLO, MN, FROM FORDVILLE, ND.  ENGINE SPEED ESTIMATED AT 15MPH, THE STRAIGHT TRUCK D ID NOT SEE THE TRAIN UNTIL THE LAST SECOND AND SWERVED TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE LOCOMOT IVE WAS STRUCK BY LEFT FRONT OF STRAIGHT TRUCK.  DRIVER OF STRAIGHT TRUCK CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD .   


nearest_city: OGLETHORPE
county: MACON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
DUMP TRUCK FAILED TO STOP FOR THE XING. DRIVER PASSED CARS AND STRUCK THE SIGNAL POST, CEMENT BRIDGE THEN STRIKING THE PASSING TRAIN N14020. NO INJURIES.  PROTECTION ALSO AT XING INCLUDE ADVANCE WARNI NG AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (RRXING SYMBOLS AND STOP LINES).     


nearest_city: MARSHALL
county: HARRISON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
MFWNL-03 MOVING NORTH THROUGH SIDING AT MARSHALL DERAILED 14 CARS AT MP 66.6 FOULING MAIN AND SIDING .  TRAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH ON 15 MPH TRACK AND WENT INTO FULL DYNAMICS AFTER BEING IN IDLE FOR 11 SECONDS.  THIS IS A LEFT HAND CURVE.  ALL CARS DERAILED TOWARD FIELD SIDE (EAST) WITH ONE CAR BEING SHOVED PERPENDICULAR TO MAIN TRACK OVER MAIN TRACK (WEST).  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: SPENCER
county: CLARK
railroad: WC
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: SUPERIOR
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
ELDERLY MALE DRIVER FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AT THE CENTURY ROAD CROSSING AND STRUCK THE LEAD ENGINE ON TRAIN.  THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM THE VAN AND FATALLY INJURED.  INCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAIN SIGNAL.  ENGINE CN 2623 WAS STRUCK.  NRC REPORT# 1050818     


nearest_city: PLEASANT PRAIRIE
county: KENOSHA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
MPRSS-08 WAS NORTHBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN 24 CARS DERAILED, AND 8 CARS CAME OFF CENTER, DUE TO A BROKEN HEEL BLOCK ON THE SWITCH AT THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE.      


nearest_city: TWIN FALLS
county: TWIN FALLS
railroad: EIRR
date: 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: TWIN FALLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
ON DECEMBER 24, 2013 THE BUHL CREW WAS SHOVING 18 CARS INTO TRK 122. CONDUCTOR ALIGNED THE SWITCH FO R TRK 122 HOWEVER FAILED TO REALIGN SWITCH 120 WHERE HE HAD MADE A CUT PREVIOUSLY. CONDUCTOR PROCEED ED THE MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE 28 TO A CUT. WHILE THE SHOVE WAS BEING PERFORMED THE CONDUCTOR RELIZED THE TRAIN WAS SHOVING INTO TRK120 BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE M OVEMENT PRIOR TO THE LEAD CAR HITTING THE SECURED CARS IN TRK 120. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT CAUSED TH E TWO EMPTY MWCX CARS TO BY PASS COUPLERS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS AND DERAILING  


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: WTA
date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CREW HAD GATHERED CARS IN WALLING FORD WENT AGAINST ONE CAR ON THE LEAD AND SHOVED ALL 7 IN THE CLEA R AND WENT LITE ENGINES SOUTH TO GATHER THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TRAIN.  DERAILED CAR WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL CREW WENT AGAINST THE 7 ON THE LEAD WITH AN ADDITIONAL 19 CARS AND BEGAN PULLING SOUTH TO SPOT THE CARS.    


nearest_city: CHENEY
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
L-NWE8301-17I SWITCHING ON WEST END OF CHENEY YARD SET SIX EMPTY CARS TO TRACK 2210 THEN CAME AGAINS T (26) CARS ON ADJACENT YARD TRACK 2299 AND BEGAN TO SHOVE EAST.  THE SIX EMPTY CARS ON TRACK 2210 R OLLED EAST IMPACTING THE SIDE OF THE (26) CARS SHOVED ON TRACK 2299, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF FIVE CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WMUNAZ-16 WENT BY HOT BOX DETECTOR WHICH ANNOUNCED TO THE CREW THAT THE 16 AXLE WAS HOT.  WHEN THE C ONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN HE FOUND ONE SET OF TRUCKS ON THE GROUND.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THA T THE CAR HAD BEEN INSPECTED IN ROPER YARD AND RUN THRU ON THE WMUNAZ-16.     


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
Y35301 PUSHER CREW WAS PULLING T69327 OUT OF FULTON YARD WHEN T69327 HAD AN UDE AND REPORTED TO HAVE CARS DERAILED ON ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: QUINCY
county: ADAMS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: QUINCY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
Y-WQM2011-13 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 2 DUE TO WORN SWITCH POINT.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BATON ROUGE
county: EAST BATON ROUGE
railroad: BRS
date: 2013-07-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BRSR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
WHEN JOB 311 TIED UP THE ENGINEER FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE LOCOMOTIVE WAMX1502. THIS RESULTED IN TH E WAMX152 ROLLING INTO THE MOVEMENT OF THE 312 JOB. THERE WERE NO CARS OR ENGINES DERAILED DURING TH IS INCIDENT.     


nearest_city: WINNEMUCCA
county: PERSHING
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: WINNEMUCCA SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
GSG5TR-24 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ACTIVATED THE HOT BOX AND DRAGGING DETECTOR LOCATED AT MP475.1 THE IND ICATION WAS 381 AXLES.  INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN FOUND 1 SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED ON CNW178064 WITH A B URNED OFF JOURNAL.     


nearest_city: ARDMORE
county: CARTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
G-ENIGAT9-08 DERAILED 3 CARS AND 1 DP LOCOMOTIVE WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN TRACK DUE TO TRACK ALIGNMEN T IRREGULAR BUCKLED/SUNKINK.      


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: CHARLESTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Y20905 CREW WAS SHOVING LOADED COVER HOPPERS ON THE NORTH LEG OF WYE AT NS READS BRANCH. THE CONDUCT OR AND CONDUCTOR QUALIFIER WAS RIDING THE SHOVING PLATFORM AROUND THE CURVE IN THE WYE WHEN THEY SPO TTED THE BROKEN RAIL APPROXIMATELY A HALF CAR LENGTH AWAY. RAIL BROKE VERTICALLY AND WAS STILL IN PL ACE THE FLANGE ON THE FIRST WHEEL HIT THE LOOSE RAIL AND CAUSED IT TO DERAIL. NS ESTIMATED TRACK COS T IS $500.00.   


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
232G222 PULLING SOUTH ON NS OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 2 UNITS, 29 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, 6024 TONS, D ERAILED DTTX 744506, 11HC AND DDTX 785377, 12HC.      


nearest_city: DES PLAINES
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MILWAUKEE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
THE YPR77-17 SHOVING INTO ELK GROVE YARD ON THE LUMINAL LEAD TRACK WHEN SEVEN CARS DERAILED IN THE C URVE DUE TO TRACK CAUSED WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: DES MOINES
county: POLK
railroad: NS
date: 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
DU20 PULLING 11 LOADS AND 11 EMPTIES DERAILED 4 CARS DUE TO COMPACT MUD AND ROCK IN FLANGEWAY OVER M ARKET ST. ROAD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: MP
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-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 810-284 DERAILED 19 LOADS OF COAL IN CURVE AT MP 0.60 ON THE M&P SUB. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WA S INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: AMARILLO
county: POTTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
Y-AMA1012-16 WHILE SWITCHING ON 10TH STREET LEAD KICKED 4 LDD CARS INTO 114 TRACK. COUPLED TO MTY CE MENT CAR )43 FT) THAT POPPED UP ON WEST END, OVERRIDING COUPLER ON   PPRX 28538, WHICH LEAKED AND CA UGHT FIRE. PPRX28538, STCC 4908255, UN 1265, ESTIMATED RELEASED 28,235 GALLONS. 200 CIVILIANS EVACUA TED FOR 3 HOURS.    


nearest_city: BELMONT
county: MIDDLESEX
railroad: MBTA
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN NO 455 DEPARTED BELMONT STATION  AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILED THE LEAD AXLE OF THE FIRST COACH BE HIND LOCOMOTIVE 1123. 
REPORT SUBMITTED BY RAIL SCIENCES CONCLUDED THAT THE TIGHT/NON-EXISTENT CLEA RANCE BETWEEN THE PEDESTAL LINER AND JOURNAL BOX CAUSING THE LEAD AXLE RIGHT WHEEL OF COACH TO CLIMB RAIL IN A 5 DEGREE  CURVE.
NO OTHER FACTORS, INCLUDING TRACK OR TRAIN HANDLING WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.
54 REPORT UPDATED TO REFLECT A CORRECTION TO TRACK DAMA GE COSTS (2.12.14)  


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
YARD CREW MM-12 OPERATING EAST DURING A SHOVING MOVE WITH THE CONDUCTOR ON THELEAD END MADE A HARD C OUPLE TO #6005 AND DERAILED CARS #6005, 7011 AND 6016.      


nearest_city: BURNET
county: BURNET
railroad: CMTY
date: 2010-08-13T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT 241 TRAVELING EASTBOUND EXPERIENCED UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. UPON INSPECTIO N CREW DISCOVERED LEAD CAR CMHX 236286 WAS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN CENTER SILL BEHIND THE BOWL ON T HE A-END     


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THE YPC01-13 WAS SHOVING 21 CARS EAST INTO 01-203 WHEN THE RAIL HEAD SPLIT AND BROKE OFF CAUSING 3 C ARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
YKS05R-17 WHILE PULLING OUT OF BOWL 8, STRUCK LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES THAT WERE BEING MOVED BY THE HOSTLER S (CONVENTIONAL) TOWARDS THE INDEPENDENT LEAD.  INCIDENT RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 RAILCAR DUE TO RCL OPERATOR IN CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT WAS NOT ON THE POINT PROTECTING THE MO VE.    


nearest_city: CLARA CITY
county: CHIPPEWA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: MARSHALL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
H-WLMLIN1-01 PULLING FROM SIDING AT CLARA CITY DERAILED 5 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIA LS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SYNOPSIS

ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 AM, ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WERE MOV ING A WORK TRAIN, CONSIST: (F26-F36-874-859-872-894) EASTBOUND IN TUNNEL H-3.  F26 HAD BEEN LOADED I N C YARD WITH A HAMMOND POWER SOLUTIONS TRANSFORMER MACHINE, TWO JLG ELECTRIC BOOM LIFTS, A LARGE TO OL BOX, AND A CAGE THAT ENCLOSED TWO LARGE PROPANE TANKS.  THE ENGINEER WAS OPERATING THE TRAIN THRO UGH A CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MPH.  IN THE VICINITY OF SIGNAL 375Z, THE NO. 1 AND NO. 2 WHEELS OF FLAT 26 DERAILED TO THE SOUTH.  

THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  DAMAGE COS TS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND MAN POWER COSTS WERE- CED- $10,780. 64; W&S $3,244.94.   
	
FIELD INVESTIGATION

POINT OF DERAILMENT (POD) SITE INSPECTION- 

TRAN


nearest_city: MATFIELD GREEN
county: CHASE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS (SUSPECTED MICROBURST) AND WAS DERAILED. TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULA TED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-STL3221-12 IMPACTED FOREIGN TRAIN T-TRRA300-13 WHILE PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK 1392.  RESU LTED IN DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y29212 RAN THRU THE W03 SWITCH. AFTER MAKING THE CUT AND MOVING NORTH Y29212 DEVELOPED LOCOMOTIVE PR OBLEMS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE ANY FURTHER. Q58111 WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENTER W01 FROM THE SOUTH WITH THEIR LOCOMOTIVES AND COUPLE ALL 53 CARS TOGETHER AND DRAG IT BACK INTO W01. AFTER MOVING SOUTH 5 CA RS WERE DISCOVERED DERAILED ON THE W03 SWITCH.    


nearest_city: KENT
county: KING
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 509 OPERATING WITH CAB CAR C/90253 IN THE LEAD, 13 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVE E/190 IN THE REAR STRUC K A TOW TRUCK AT MP16.18, SMITH ST CROSSING.      


nearest_city: NORRISTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
B73817 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE STONEY CREEK BRANCH WITH 28 CARS, DERAILED AT MILE POST QAC 9.5 D UE TO WIDE GAUGE. FOREIGN RR ESTIMATED DAMAGES $2500.      


nearest_city: WATERLOO
county: FAYETTE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
680B226 OPERATING EAST ON CHICAGO MAIN 2 WITH 2 OF COAL REPORTED IN EMERGENCY AT 719 PM.  LOCAL POLI CE REPORT BOTH MAINS BLOCKED BY DERAILED CARS.      


nearest_city: N FOND DU LAC
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: WC
date: 2010-05-26T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
YFY128  WAS DOUBLING 60 TRACK OVER TO 708 TRACK TO PREPAR M346'S PICK-UP.  WHILE PULLING 60 TRACK OU T TO THE LEAD AT 8 MPH CARS IBT 19568, IBT 19515, IBT 19508, IBT 19538 AND NDYX 515281 DERAILED.  IN VESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE CARS DERAILED APPROX. 12' FROM POINT OF 60 SWITCH DUE T O RAIL ROLLING OUT UNDER MOVEMENT ACCOUNT LATERAL/VERTICAL FORCES.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR RELEAS E OF HAZMAT.  IT WAS REPORTED THAT 200 FEET OF TRACK, AND TWO HYDRAULIC SWITCH WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED .  


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: TXTX
date: 2011-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS DOUBLING OVER TO TRACK #12 IN THE ELEVATOR WHEN 6TH CAR IN CUT SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED.       


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2012-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MERCH
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:
THE NS 31N YARDING THEIR TRAIN-PULLED THROUGH TRACK 5 AND HELD UP ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5 WHILE A TRRA CREW MADE A MOVE IN FRONT OF THEM. AFTER THE TRRA CREW WAS CLEAR THE NS 31N CONTINUED THEIR M OVE PULLING THROUGH TRACK 5 AND ONTO THE LONG SIDE TRACK. A TRRA CARMAN NOTICED THE TRAIN WAS DERAIL ED AND CALLED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT. INVESTIGATION SHOES THAT THE TRAINS AIR BRAKES WERE NOT RELEASED WHEN STOPPING ON THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 5. THE TRAIN WAS HANDLED WITH EXCESSIVE AIR/BRAKES SET AND EXCESSIVE HORESPOWER. AS THE TRAIN ENCOUNTERED THE CURVE IN THE LONG SIDE TRACK THE EMPTY LONG CAR, BNSF 552337, WAS STREAMLINED AND DERAILED. AS THE BNSF 552337 CAR DERAILED IN CAME IN CONTACT WITH A 60 FOOT TELEPHONE POLE CONTAINING 3 CAMERAS WITH LENSES, ENVIRONMENTAL ENCLOSURES, MOUNTING HARDWAR


nearest_city: NEW IBERIA
county: IBERIA
railroad: LDRR
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SYSTEM
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-May
narrative:
AFTER COUPLING, STARTED TO PULL ON TRACK AND NOTICED CARS WERE HARD TO PULL, ABOUT 20 CARS AFTER STA RTING.  CREW FOUND CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q29007 WAS SHOVING  CARS INTO TRACK 11. WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 11, CAR TTGX 964737 DERAILED G OING OVER A WORN FROG CAUSING 4 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 432 DERAILED AT CPR 1. THIS IS NOT OUR TRAIN, WE ARE ONLY THE RAILROAD RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACK.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON EAST BELT SU
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YHO31R-14 WAS PULLING RAILROAD OUT THE OLD WYE TRACK WHEN ONE RAILCAR WHEEL CLIMBED A SWITCH POINT A ND DERAILED WITHOUT CREW KNOWLEDGE. JOB BEGAN TO SHOVE BACK AND DERAILED SEVERAL RAILROAD. CAUSE DET ERMINED AS WORK STOCK RAIL.     


nearest_city: SALINAS
county: MONTEREY
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
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-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 11 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/193-E/94-E/507 AND 11 CARS STRUCK A VAN AT MP139.29, OP MURPHY & SON A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATION BY THE YPB34R-11, CAR WWUX6603 WAS TRAVERSING SOUTH TOWARDS BOWL TRA CK 19 WHEN THE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED UNDER IT, CAUSING THE 2ND SET OF TRUCKS TO TRAVERSE TOWARDS BOWL TRACK 5 AND DERAILING.  CAR DERAILED PRIOR TO BEING IMPACTED BY THE NEXT CAR TO BE HUMPED, ASAX109. ONLY WWUX6603 WAS DERAILED, BUT BOTH CARS WERE DAMAGED.  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: PHENIX CITY
county: RUSSELL
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
AC22-3'00" AC30-2'00" AC22 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROLL CARS BY ON THE S-LINE, CUT AWAY FROM TRAIN AND P ULLED HIGH TO LINE INTO SIDING AT BRYKE. WHILE HEADING LIGHT ENGINES IN THE TRAIN ROLLED SWIPING THE ENGINES, AND DERAILING CRIX 59175.     


nearest_city: CAMDEN
county: CAMDEN
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
FC24 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRANS MODEL WITH 50 CARS WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED DUE TO TRAIN HANDLING WITH A L IP JOINT AS CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.      


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
RCL Y-MEM3122-26 WHILE SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK DERAILED 8 CARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT DRAGGING BRAKE RIGGING ON ONE CAR CAUGHT AND FLIPPED DERAIL ON TRACK INTO DERAILING POSITION, CAUSING DERAIL MENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: N FOND DU LAC
county: FOND DU LAC
railroad: WC
date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: NEENAH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M34041-01 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK NO56 IN THE FOND DU LAC YARD WHEN CARS CN 302251, CN 90385, CN 9002 9 AND BCOL 2899 DERAILED. ALL CARS WERE LOADS OF BALLAST. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TRANSVERE SE/COMPOUND FISSURE ON THE EAST RAIL.     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
RCL Y-LIN3022-09 WHILE HUMPING HAD DRAWBARS PASS BTWN TWO CARS, DERAILING BOTH. NO HAZARDOUS MTL REL EASED.      


nearest_city: LORAIN
county: LORAIN
railroad: LT
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
CREW WAS HAULING 13 CARS (2 EMPTIES, 11 LOADS) NORTH ON TRACK 17A WHEN THE RAIL BROKE UNDER CARS RES ULTING IN THE 4TH THROUGH 7TH CARS FROM LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
S-LHWCL02-10 DEPARTING YANG MING FACILITY FROM 7 TRACK DERAILED 2 CARS AT 6 TRACK SWITCH.  CAUSE UND ER REVIEW, INVESTIGATION SHOWED 6-TRACK SWITCH IN REVERSE POSITION UNDER CARS.  TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: FRESNO
county: FRESNO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
THE MWCFR-04 PULLED INTO NO. 1 RAIL IN THE FRESNO YARD AND CUT OFF WHAT DID NOT FIT.  PULLED ONTO TH E NO 2 MAIN TRACK IN ORDER TO SHOVE THE REMAINING 55 CARS INTO 15 RAIL.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE 118 SWITCH AND ALL OTHER SWITCHES BEFORE STARTING THE SHOVING MOVE.  AFTER ALL SWITCHES WERE LINED THE CONDUCTOR MOUNTED THE LEAD CAR AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO 15 RAIL WHEN THE DERAILMENT OC CURRED ON THE 118 SWITCH, 44 CARS PASSED OVER THE SWITCH.  THE 46TH CAR PICKED THE SWITCH AND DERAIL ED, CAUSING THE 45TH AND 46TH CARS TO ALSO DERAIL.  


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: SKOL
date: 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: HUTCHINSON
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
WINWIC14 CREW ENTERED KO SOUTH YARD FROM THE BNSF MAINLINE AND TIED INTO THE SOUTH END OF TRACK 418. CONDUCTOR WALKED TO REAR OF CARS AND HUNG GAUGE THEN PROCEEDED TO WALK AN INITIAL TERMINAL AIRTEST .  ONCE COMPLETED, THE CREW CONTACTED BNSF DISPATCHER TO GET A LINE UP, ONCE RECEIVED THEY STARTED T O PULL AND ENGINEER FELT A "SLIGHT TUG" AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.  CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO FIND THAT TH E REAR 5 TANKS IN 418 HAD TRAVELLED DOWN 417 TRACK AND STUCK KO 8415 IN THAT TRACK.  INVESTIGATION S HOWED AN APPARENT ACT OF VANDALISM, WHERE SOMEONE LINED THE SWITCH TOWARD 417 UNDER THE TRAIN.  


nearest_city: RIVERSIDE
county: LEHIGH
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
HA61H515 SHOVING WEST WITH NS 6199 PLUS 1, 65 LOADS, 2 EMPTIES DERAILED 3 CARS (GIMX 97016, LW 6096, DWC 793411) AND DAMAGING 2 CARS (HOKX 111547, NW 189280) DUE TO A BROKEN COUPLER ON.      


nearest_city: JANESVILLE
county: ROCK
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
WSOR TRAIN OPERATING UNDER TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WAS PULLING NORTHBOUND THROUGH JUNCTION SWITCH LOCATED AT UP JANESVILLE INDUSTRIAL LEAD MP 94.3 TO ENTER WSOR WESTBOUND.  54TH CAR (POSITION 57) DE RAILED ON UP SWITCH POINT.  CAR TURNED OVER AT CLEARANCE POINT (WSOR MP 101.5) DERAILING ADJACENT CA RS AND DAMAGING WSOR TRACK.
WSOR TRACK DAMAGE = $8678.  ADDITIONALLY, UP TRACK DAMAGE = $9273.  NO UP EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AS NO UP TRAIN WAS PRESENT.
WSOR AND UP DID NOT AGREE ON CAUSE OF DERAILMENT.   


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
SWITCH CREW CHANGED NPCUS BECAUSE IN BOUND UNIT 90278 HAD NO CAB HEAT; THEY SET HAND BRAKE ON BAGGAG E CAR. AFTER 90253 WAS ADDED, SWITCH CREW DID NOT RELEASE HAND BRAKE AND DID NOT NOTIFY ROAD CREW TH AT BRAKE WAS APPLIED. TRAIN OPERATED FROM SEATTLE TO TACOMA WITH WHEEL SLIDING UNDER AMT 7104 CREATI NG CONDEMNABLE FLAT SPOT.    


nearest_city: PINECLIFFE
county: BOULDER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
BNSF FREIGHT TRAIN, EAST BOUND, LOST COMPLETE SET OF TRUCKS (EAST END) AT THE WEST END OF CRESCENT A T THE SWITCH.  THE DRAG BOARD AT MP28 WAS ACTIVATED AND THE BNSF CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED MISSING TRUCKS .  THE COUPLERS HELD TOGETHER PREVENTING THE TANK CAR FROM DROPPING ONTO THE TRACKS.  THE REAR PORTI ON OF THE TRAIN WAS SECURED AND THE HEAD END PORTION WAS MOVED AT WALKING SPEED TO PLAINVIEW HOUSE T RACK AND SET OUT AND REPAIRED BY DENVER CAR DEPARTMENT AND HULCHER.  ESTIMATED BNSF CAR DAMAGE OF $9 091.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
Y-MEM3121-23A WAS PULLING 25 CARS OUT OF TRACK WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRACK AND SWIT CH.      


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2011-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHEN THE CREW INITIALLY SHOVED CUT TO HUMP AND STOPPED.  THE SLACK ROLLED BACK INTO THE CUT AND DERA ILED THE EMPTY STACK CAR WHICH RODE THE TIES UNTIL REACHING THE LOWER CROSSOVER WHERE IT GOT INTO A BIND AND BUCKLED.     


nearest_city: HAYSI
county: DICKENSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Q69712 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE KINGSPORT SUBDIVISION WHEN THE TRAIN HAD A UDE AT MILEPOST Z 11.5. THE CONDUCTOR BEGAN TO WALK TRAIN AND DISCOVERED #22 AND #23 CARS DERAILED, UP RIGHT AND INLIN E AT Z 11.3.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: JACKSONVILLE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q45715 WAS DOUBLING INTO MONCRIEF YARD WHEN ENGINEER APPLIED FULL INDEPENDENT BRAKING ON LOCOMOTIVE AXLES CAUSING 3 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
Q15619 WAS OPERATING ON THE MEADOWS #2 TRACK. AS THE TRAIN TRAVELED WESTWARD INTO THE TRACK, THE 22N D HEAD CAR (BNSF 239718) DERAILED AT THE MEADOWS #2 SWITCH. THIS RESULTED IN THE FOUR BUCKETS ON THI S CAR TO SLIDE TO THE NORTH, STRIKING THE LEAD UNIT ON THE Q41018, WHICH WAS COUPLED TO THEIR PICK U P ON MEADOWS #4 TRACK. THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE CSXT 887, SUSTAINED RAKING COLLISION DAMAGE.    


nearest_city: BURNS HARBOR
county: PORTER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
BO2 SWITCHING ON THE EAST END INTO TRACK #18 WITH NS 3051 AND 7 X 0 WHEN LOADED NS 165281 DERAILED I N TRACK #18. LATER, B24 PULLING OUT OF TRACK BH17 DISCOVERED THEIR CARS WERE RAKED BY THE CAR DERAIL ED IN BH18.     


nearest_city: BELLEVUE
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 146 SHOVING WEST INTO AA04 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 35 LOADS, 40 EMPT IES, AND 5370 TONS STRUCK STA NDING CARS DERAILING CR 582191 AND ARIX 1210.      


nearest_city: PHILADELPHIA
county: PHILADELPHIA
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
Y20123 PULLED WEST ON 1 RUNNER WITH LITE POWER FOREMAN STOPPED TO LINE UP THE SWITCHES EXCEPT THE WE ST END OF THE CROSSOVER. THINKING HE WAS LINED UP FOR HIS MOVEMENT HE TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME BACK AS HE BEGAN SHOVING EAST THEY SIDE SWIPED THE Y20323 IN 2 RUNNER.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
YEW21R-8 WAS DOUBLING BOWL 46 WITH 8 CARS TO BOWL 59 FROM THE EAST END OF THE BOWL TO SET THE BLOCK OUT TO 213.  WHEN PULLING EASTWARD, THERE WAS A PRE-EXISTING CROSS DRAWBAR BETWEEN CARS 13 (CSXT1617 81) AND 14 (WP3176) IN THE CUT.  AS THE ENGINE REACHED THE MASTER RETARDER THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION LOSS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND LOSE THE LINK WITH THE RCL BOX.  THE SLACK ROLLED I N ON THE CARS AS THE CROSS DRAWBAR REACHED THE CURVE IN THE TRACK.  THIS CAUSED 3 CARS TO GO ON THE GROUND AND THE REMAINING SLACK TO PUSH THEM EASTWARD.  


nearest_city: WYNNE
county: CROSS
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: MEMPHIS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
MNLNV-16, WITH LEAD UNIT CSXT832, WAS STRUCK BY A DUMP TRUCK LOADED WITH AGGREGATE AND PULLING A TRA ILER LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE SH284 CROSSING.  IT APPEARS THE IMPACT OCCURRE D BETWEEN THE 28 AND 29 HEAD CARS OF TRAIN CAUSING THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION AND DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT22-07, WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK121, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT GOT STUCK OVER TRAC KS AT THE ERIE STREET CROSSING.  NO INJURIES AND NO DERAILMENT.  AMTRAK ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $100,000.00.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
808/809 TRACK SWITCH THREW UNDER TILX 637698 ALLOWING CAR TO SPLIT AND COLLIDED WITH CARS IN 809 TRA CK RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BUT NO DERAILMENT.  COMPUTER, DURING SWITCH FROM IDLE TO AUTOMATI C MODE, DID NOT READ PRESENCE DETECTOR WHICH ALLOWED SWITCH TO MOVE UNDER CAR.     


nearest_city: SIBLEY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE, INSPECTION REVEALED ONE CAR DERAILED AND ONE CAR WITH A-END COUPLER OUT OF CA R DUE TO MISSING RETAINER PIN. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2013-05-31T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CLEVELAND
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
271-31 WAS PULLING NORTH DOWN THE SOUTH LEAD IN GAMBRINUS YARD WHEN THEY HEARD A NOISE AND STOPPED T HE MOVEMENT. UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND LOCOMOTIVE WE 109 AND CAR#  MEAX 3081 DERAILED DUE TO A WORN /BROKEN SWITCH POINT.     


nearest_city: EAST WENATCHEE
county: CHELAN
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 8 WITH 2 ENGINES AND 7 CARS SUSTAINED A FIRE TO ENGINE 196 DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK.  THE TRAIN W AS BEING OPERATED UNDER TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM CTC.      


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: EJE
date: 2012-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKEFRONT
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
REMOTE JOB, YKKS61, HAD BEEN HUMPING CARS INTO KC25 DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS.  DAMAGE TO GATX 67941 WAS FOUND BY CARMEN WORKING NEAR THE TRACK.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN THE CLASSIFICATION YARD AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM RETARDER FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY CAUS ING A CATCH UP ISSUE AND ALLOWING THE CAR TO BE DAMAGED.    


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE YNL35R-01 WAS COMING OUT OF BOWL TRACK 46 AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE ICE SPUR TRACK TO TIE-UP FOR THE DAY.  THEY WERE TRAVELING NORTH ON THE 29/56 LEAD IN ORDER TO GET THEIR ENG INE NORTH OF THE FOREMAN SWITCH SO THAT THEY THEN COULD TRAVEL BACK SOUTH INTO THE ICE SPUR, WHEN TH EY MADE IT NORTH OF THE FOREMAN SWITCH AND STOPPED THEY WERE FOULING THE 14/15 XOVER FROM ZONE TWO T O ZONE THREE.  THE YNL10R-02 JOB HAD CALLED THEIR ROUTE OUT OF BOWL 28 ZONE 2 WITH PERMISSION FROM T HE YNL02R-02 14/15 ZONE 3 WITH OWNERSHIP.  THE YNL10R-02 HAD ENTERED AN RCO ZONE WITH PROPER AUTHORI TY THUS NO PERSON WAS ON THE POINT.  THE YNL35R-01 JOB WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON THE 29/56 LEAD STOPP ED AND THE FOREMAN/PRIMARY OPERATOR DISMOUNTED THE LOCOMOTIVE TO THROW THE ICE SPUR SWITCH AND THEN


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
CREW ASSIGNED TO KB23, RUN 524, BI EYD TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT, WAS ON TRACK 32 AND INSTRUCTED TO PULL U P UNDER THE EAST YARD TOWER AND STOP.  THIS CREW WAS NOT MOVING AT TIME OF IMPACT.  WHILE WAITING, T RACK 33 HAD ROLLED INTO THE 524 JOB.  THE 594 JOB (KB29, BLUE ISLAND HUMP AND TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT), HAD HUMPED CARS INTO BC33.  EQUX 620920 (E), TRACK BC33, RAN OUT AFTER IMPACTING THE SKATE CARS HITT ING NYC 242024 (L), TRACK BC32, ON THE LEAD.  EQUX 620920 (E) (TRACK BC33) CAR DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $ 1000.  NYC 242024 (L) (BC32)  - SIDE IMPACT, CAR DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $13000.  EQUX 620920 (E) WAS TH E CAR THAT WAS DERAILED, DERAILED POSITION BNLR 12R4.  TOTAL FRA COST $14,200.  TOTAL EQUIPMENT DAMA GE $13,678.  TOTAL TRACK, SIGNWAY, WAY & STRUCTURE DAMAGE $522.
NOTE - FIELD 36 REVISED 9-20-13 AFT


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO ARMOURDALE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CFNAFG9-07 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 2 CARS AND 1 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO A SWITCH THAT WAS OUT O F  ADJUSTMENT.  KCT RR MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: RAPIDES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: MONROE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
YAL10R-16 WAS SWITCHING THE MLIAX-15 WHEN THE BOTTOM OUTLET CAR DOOR ON CAR MOCX499351 SNAGGED THE S WITCH POINT ON THE 510 SWITCH WEST LEAD AND DERAILED THE CAR.  CAR WAS BAD ORDERED AND HEADED TO THE REPAIR TRACK.  THE NAHX2601 WAS COUPLED TO THE MOCX499351 AND WAS DAMAGED ALSO IN THE DERAILMENT (C AR WAS NOT DERAILED).  DERAILMENT    


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2011-10-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
261-28 WAS DOUBLING CARS IN AKRON YARD FROM ON TRACK TO ANOTHER TRACK WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EME RGENCY. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND PROX 13309, PROX 16813, PROX 16805, PROX 16943, AND CN 6 26152 ON THEIR SIDES AND CAR# NA 385113 DERAILED, BUT NOT ON ITS SIDE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS A COMBINATION OF A BIG CAR ON SMALL RAIL AND ON A SH ARP CURVE.
01/2012 UPDATED TRACK DAMAGE FROM $12,698 TO $16,859, SUBMITTED WITH DECEMBER REPORTS.   


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NOGC
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN WAS MOVING WEST ON DELTA TERMINAL'S SCALE TRACK WEIGHING CARS.   CARS 7 THROUGH 10 DERAILED DU E TO WIDE GAGE AND WEAK TIE CONDITION. DELTA TERMINAL SERVICES/KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS IS RESPONSIBL E FOR TRACK MAINTENANCE.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: SHELBY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CSXT Q125-08 WAS ARRIVING HARRISON YARD ON THE MAIN WHEN THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AT THE YMV MAI N/DEPARTURE LEAD SWITCH.  THE CSX'S LOCOMOTIVE, CSXT 336, RAKED THE SIDE OF 7 CARS BEING SHOVED INTO THE DEPARTURE LEAD BY THE IC'S YARD JOB L50072-07.  DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED WERE CARS GTW 406499, CNA 406135, TEIX 235, FPAX 980240, SHPX 220925, NATX 32223, GATX 61898 ON THE IC'S TRAIN BEING SHOVE D INTO THE DEPARTURE TRACKS.  CSX ADVISED $200 IN EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: FWWR
date: 2013-08-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FORT WORTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
JOB 301 WAS PULLING CARS DOWN THE MAIN LINE WHEN THEY DERAILED NINE CARS, FITX 1471, FITX 1359, AOKX 496112, AOKX 496082, MQRX 113248, SHQX 1476, HAHX 59020, CEFX 5476 AND TR 600165 DUE TO A BROKEN RA IL.     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: CHEROKEE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: PALESTINE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
AWFMER-09, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9838.  STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT GOT HIGH CENTERED ON THE CROSSI NG PRIOR TO IMPACT.  DRIVER HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IMPACT AND WAS UNINJURED.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: SCOTT
railroad: DME
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
B72 WAS SWITCHING CARS AT THE SOUTH END OF NAHANT YARD.  THEY WENT TO SHOVE 4 TRACK.  THE SWITCHMAN WENT TO THE NORTH END OF 4 TRACK TO WATCH THE SHOVE.  THEY SHOVED NORTH ABOUT 20 CARS AND FELT THE S HOVE COMING TO A STOP.  INSPECTION REVEALED 3 CARS DERAILED AT THE SOUTH LEAD.  FIELD 12 = OTTUMWA. FIELD 30 = 2. NOT SIGNALED, 5. OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK.    


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
U24124 WAS PULLING INTO LOOP 1 GETTING 70 CARS INTO THE LOOP BEFORE THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AN D DERAILED 4 CARS. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT IS SWITCH STAND MECHANISM BROKEN, LOOSE, OR WORN. ESTIMATED F OREIGN RAILROAD TRACK DAMAGES ARE $5000.     


nearest_city: INOLA
county: ROGERS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: WAGONER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
LVC63-23 WAS TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE WHEN TRAIN EXPERIENCED UDE.  CREW STOPPED TRAIN AND FOUND SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED CAUSE AS CRDX11228 BEARING FAILURE.      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YFW34R-22 HAD DOUBLED TRACK 105 TO TRACK 106 AND WAS PULLING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 215 HUMP LEAD.  WHI LE PULLING INTO TRACK 215, TTGX973648 DERAILED PRIOR TO #1 POWER SWITCH CAUSING ADDITIONAL RAILCARS TO DERAIL.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.     


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
MPBSR-12, WITH LEAD UNIT NS9706, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG REAR PORTION OF A FLATBED TRAILER AT T HE MIDWAY STREET CROSSING.  REAR END OF FLATBED DID NOT CLEAR CROSSING DUE TO TRUCK DRIVER HAD RED L IGHT AT MANSFIELD ROAD.  DRIVER OF TRUCK TRIED TO PULL AHEAD TO CLEAR HIS RIG FROM THE CROSSING BUT TRAFFIC ON MANSFIELD ROAD KEPT HIM FROM PULLING UP TO CLEAR THE CROSSING.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITAT ION.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: CROSS
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
U30627 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE COAL DUMPER AFTER RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM THE OPERATOR. AFTER THE E NGINES CLEARED THE AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL ARM, THE ARM BEGAN TO ACTIVATE DOWN, HITTING THE FIRST CAR. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FIRST TWO CARS IN THE TRAIN BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD BE STOPPED.     


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: WWRC
date: 2012-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING UNOCCUPIED PASSENGER COACHES INTO STORAGE TO COUPLE TO A CABOOSE. THE ENGINEER DID NOT HEAR THE RADIO TRANSMISSION TO STOP. ENGINEER PROCEEDED TO SHOVE THE CUT OF CARS AND CABOOSE INTO O UR WOOD FRAMED AND METAL BUILDING AND CINDY BLOCK WALL OF NEIGHBORING BUILDING. NO INJURIES     


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


nearest_city: COUNCIL BLUFFS
county: POTTAWATTAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YCBMA-16 WAS PULLING A LOADED COAL TRAIN INTO THE MID-AMERICA COAL PLANT WHEN THEY LOST THEIR AIR. UPON INSPECTION, NINE LOADED RAILCARS WERE FOUND DERAILED.  IOWA INTERSTATE MAINTAINS TRACK.  IAIS T RACK DAMAGE = $27,100.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: CARLSBAD
county: LEA
railroad: SW
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
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:
POSSIBLE INATTENTIVENESS COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES OF THE HIGHWAY USER, BUT WAS NOT DETER MINED DUE TO THE FATAL INJURIES OF THE DRIVER.      


nearest_city: TAYLOR
county: JACKSON
railroad: WC
date: 2011-11-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
L57781-24 COUPLED TO TRACK H875 AND STARTED TO PULL OUT WHEN THE THREE HEAD CARS; MNCX 30043, MNCX 3 00003 AND MRMX 131087, DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: BROWNVILLE
county: PISCATAQUIS
railroad: MNR
date: 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: MILLINOCKET
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MNR TRAIN HLCX 917 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 69 LOADS AND 9 EMPTIES, 6956 TONS AND 4554 FEET IN LENGT H.  THE TRAIN DERAILED ST MP 88.45 ON THE MILLINCOKET SUBDIVISION (PACKARD).  TRAIN WAS PROCEEDING S OUTH AT 17 MPH WHEN WHEEL LIFT CAUSED BY HARMONIC RAIL DERAILED 7 LOADS OF CHIPS.  AEX 19837 B END D ERAILED AEX 19852 LEARNING WITH ALL WHEELS DERAILED, AEX 19874, 19858, 19846, AEX 19841 AND EMRY 740 4 ON SIDES.  ALL CARS DERAILED TOWARD EAST SIDE OF TRACK.  MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZED SPEED 25 MP H, POINT OF DERAILMENT ON LEVEL TRACK AT APEX OF GRADE.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT FOUND TO BE COMBINA TION OF HARMONIC ROCK, AGED OF THE CARS, SPEED OF THE TRAIN(ACCELERATING FROM 10-25 MPH).  TRACK - C ROSS LEVEL  DEFECTS (NONE THAT DID NOT MEET FRA CLASS IT STANDARDS) AND GROUND SATURATED DUE TO SATU


nearest_city: CEDAR RAPIDS
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-12T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
MCBPR-12 WAS PULLING SIXTEEN RAILCARS FROM YARD TRACK ONE AT BEVERLY YARD.  THE ENGINEER FAILED TO R ECOGNIZE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A SIGNAL OR AUTHORITY TO ENTER MAIN TRACK ONE AND THAT THE SWITCHES AN D DERAIL WERE NOT LINED FOR HIS MOVEMENT.  THE ENGINEER INITIATED AS EASTWARD MOVEMENT OVER THE DERA IL RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF TWO LOCOMOTIVES.    


nearest_city: KITTANNING
county: ARMSTRONG
railroad: BPRR
date: 2010-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
CREW PSFR WHILE DEPARTING KITTANNING STATION IN A SOUTH DIRECTION, DERAILED 5C DUE IMPROPER UNLOADIN G RESIDUE COAL LEFT IN CARS BY POWER PLANT.      


nearest_city: WALNUT GROVE
county: REDWOOD
railroad: DME
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 572-11 WAS EASTBOUND AT MP 218 AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  AFTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND 15 C ARS DERAILED.  DME IS REPORTING DAMAGE TO THEIR CONSIST AND TRACK ON ONE FORM 54, AND THE DAMAGE TO THE INDUSTRYS CONSIST AND TRACK ON ANOTHER FORM 54.     


nearest_city: COLBURN
county: BONNER
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: SPOKANE SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
THE GSETTA-30 WAS SOUTHBOUND WITH 89 LOADS OF SOYBEANS TRAVELING AT 25 MPH ENTERING A SLOW ORDER WHE N THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND FOUND THAT THE MUDSLIDE HAD CAUSED 15 CARS TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: GREEN RIVER
county: SWEETWATER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
JOB LDR08-03 WAS ENTERING GREEN RIVER YARD FROM MAIN LINE 2 WHEN 11 OF ITS 44 CARS DERAILED AS THEY ENTERED TRACK 105.  3 ENGINES AND 27 LEAD CARS MADE IT IN, 11 FOLLOWING CARS DERAILED AND LAST 6 CAR S ON TRAIN DID NOT DERAIL.     


nearest_city: ST JOSEPH
county: BUCHANAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-04T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
H-KCK0MA1-04 DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND TWO CARS AT 6111 TRACK SWITCH WHILE PULLING INTO YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: MCNEIL
county: COLUMBIA
railroad: LNW
date: 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE INTERCHANGING WITH UNION PACIFIC, A RAIL BROKE UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN. THE BROKE RAIL CAUSED THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YPX11R-28 CREW WAS SWITCHING IN THE YARD AND KICKED CARS INTO TRACK 4.  THE RAIL ROLLED UNDER THE LE AD CAR CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.  THERE HAD BEEN 16 HOURS OF HEAVY RAIN.      


nearest_city: SPARTA
county: SUSSEX
railroad: NYSW
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTHERN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CONDUCTOR REMOVED THE LOCK FROM THE DERAIL, REMOVED THE LOCK FROM THE SWITCH, LINED THE SWITCH FOR T HE MOVEMENT, INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE THEIR TRAIN INTO THE SIDING, THE CONDUCTOR THEN REALIZ ED THAT HE DID NOT REMOVE THE DERAIL FROM THE DERAILING POSITION, SHOVED TWO RAILCARS OVER THE DERAI L CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: CHERAW
county: CHESTERFIELD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AMTRAK PO92 STRUCK CITY TRUCK ON CROSSING AT EAST MARKET STREET. DRIVER WAS FATALITY, AMTRAK REPORTI NG INJURY. AMTRAK ESTIMATED DAMAGE $25,000.00.      


nearest_city: SIDNEY
county: SHELBY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
J79407 COUPLED ON TO 11 CARS ON THE NORTH TRACK WITH THE 7 THEY ALREADY HAD. THIS TRACK IS ONLY GOOD FOR 17 CARS, CREW SHOVED THE NORTH TRACK INTO THE SOUTH TRACK RESULTING IN 2 CARS DERAILING.      


nearest_city: HUTTO
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-12-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN 22 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/147 AND 8 CARS STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER CARRYING AN AUTOMOBILE AT MP155.30, A PRIVATE CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PINECLIFFE
county: BOULDER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
H-PVODEN1-06 ACTIVED DED MP 29.8 INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND NO EXCEPTIONS.  TRAIN THEN ACTIVATED DED MP 28.5 AND INSPECTED TRAIN.  FOUND TRUCK MISSING FROM B-END OF ROCX 8037, BUT CAR DID NOT DROP ACCO UNT LOCKING COUPLER.  NO HAZARDOUS RELEASE.     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-12-02T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
YCB65-02 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THEIR TRAIN FOR NORTH OMAHA.  WHILE SHOVING INTO 4 TRACK, 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 4 RAILCARS DERAILED.  CC MAINTAINS TRACK.  CC REPORTED $100 TRACK DAMAGES      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: SOO
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:
ASSIGNMENT G45 INBOUND ON #11 RECEIVING YARD AT BRC  WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKE D TRAIN & FOUND 17 CARS DERAILED. BRC TRACK COSTS $13,425. FOPS SUBMITTED REPORT 12/20/2010.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE Y39629 PULLED A CUT OF 30 CARS OUT OF C40 AND ONTO #1 TRIMMER TO PREPARE TO SHOVE BACK TO D06. THE Y39629  SET UP AT THE COUPLE AT D06 TO PROTECT THE MOVEMENT.  Q66730 WAS PULLING OUT OF D05 TOWA RD THE LOCAL LEAD TO GET ON THE WEST DEPARTURE.  Y39629 CONTINUED TO SHOVE TOWARD D06 BUT #7 SWITCH WAS NOT LINED FOR HIS MOVEMENT AND SHOVED INTO Q66730 CAUSING A SIDESWIPE/COLLISION.    


nearest_city: WILTON
county: LITTLE RIVER
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: SHREVEPORT
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ONE ENGINE AND THREE CARS WHILE PULLING INTO A SIDING ON THE SHREVEPORT SUBDIVISION.       


nearest_city: FAYETTE
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER TRAVELING SOUTH ON US127 STRUCK THE SECOND LOCOMOTIVE OF 197L509 IN FULTON COUNTY, OHIO       


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
C12C525 SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 33 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 6066 TONS ON 119 TRACK, DERAILED THE 1ST (NS2661) AND 2ND (NS 8315) UNITS, AND THE 3RD (GIMX 639461) AND 4TH (GIMX 639241) HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: SIOUX FALLS
county: MINNEHAHA
railroad: EE
date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: South Dakota
subdivision: SIOUXFALLS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
ENGINGEER HAD 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 23 LOADED CEMENT CARS PULLING DOWN THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE TO SHOVE OUT THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE. THE ENGINEER FELT A SMALL JERK WITH ABOUT 3/5 OF THE 23 CARS PAST THE N ORTH SWITCH OF THE WYE AND STARTED TO APPLY SOME BRAKES. HE THEN LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND SAW THE CA RS WERE DERAILING AND CONTINUED TO APPLY BRAKES WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION .  THE CONDUCTOR WAS AT THE NORTH SWITCH WHEN HE HEARD THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION.   


nearest_city: ALBION
county: BOONE
railroad: NCRC
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CONDUCTOR LINED SWITCH INCORRECTLY WHICH RESULTED IN THE REAR CAR TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH, DERAILING & CAUSING 16 LOADED CARS ON THEIR SIDES. 2 CARS (NATX 303914 & DBUX 303139) HAD SLOW LEAKING OF DENAT URED ALCOHOL WHICH WAS CONTAINED & RECOVERED (APPROX. 200 GALS). 16 DAMAGED CARS HAD CONTENTS TRANSL OADED ONTO OTHER CARS.    


nearest_city: SAINT ANTHONY
county: RAMSEY
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
YSPMP-24 PULLING 61 CARS TO YARD.  THEY PULLED THROUGH SLOWLY BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPECTING THEY WOULD NEED TO LINE IN.  AFTER STOPPING THE ENGINEER HAD TO USE TOO MUCH POWER TO START THE TRAIN AND STOP PED.  UPON INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THAT 6 CARS HAD DERAILED.  THE TRACK WAS FOUND TO HAVE A GAUGE O F 68-5/8 INCH.  THE CAUSE OF THIS GAUGE WAS DUE TO THE TIE PLATE CUTTING INTO TIES.  BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED DAMAGE = $42,200   


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-12-17T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: FRONT RANGE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
Y-DEN1152-17I JOB WAS SHOVING THEIR CUT DOWN THE AG LEAD.  AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE CROSSING A SE MI TRUCK DID AN ABBREVIATED STOP AND THEN CONTINUED THROUGH THE CROSSING RESULTING IN THE TRAIN STRI KING THE SEMI TRUCK.     


nearest_city: KOPPERL
county: BOSQUE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: FT WORTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
C-BKMSLP9-45 DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL WHILE ENTERING SIDING FROM MAIN TRACK.  CAUSE CODE CHANGED FROM T201 TO T207
      


nearest_city: CLOVIS
county: CURRY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Q-LACPEA1-01 DERAILED WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 110.  TRAIN CONTAINED ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.  NO HAZMAT WAS RELEASED.  MECHANICAL INTERFACE RAISED COSTS ABOVE REPORTING THRESHOLD.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
V-CLORIC3-15 DERAILED 4 CARS AT POINT OF WIDE GAUGE WHILE YARDING TRAIN ON 163 TRACK. TRAIN CONTAINE D ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: LOS NIETOS
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LA HABRA 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-Apr
narrative:
THE LOA33R-15 DERAILED TWO CARS AT THE WEST END OF LOS NIETOS YARD.  THE CREW HAD MADE SEVERAL MOVES OVER THE SAME AREA PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  WHILE SHOVING AT LESS THAN 2 MPH, THE AEX011033 AND NAHX 560021 DERAILED ON THE CROSSOVER BETWEEN SWITCHES.  NO TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES OR RULE VIOLATIONS WERE NOTED.  CAUSE IS A MISMATCHED INSULATED JOINT.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-28T00:00:00Z
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:
YHO10R-28, DRAGGING OUT NORTH END OF NORTHEAST SWITCHING LEAD WITH 41 CARS.  LINES 10, 12, 13, 14 DE RAILED FROM THE NORTH END.  DERAILMENT CAUSED BY BROKEN RAIL DUE TO A TRANSVERSE FISSURE DEFECT.      


nearest_city: KNOXVILLE
county: KNOX
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, RETARDERS IN FULL APPLICATION FAILED TO SLOW CAR SUFFICIENTLY DUE TO WHEEL CONTAMINANT, CAUSING CAR TO EXIT SKATE RETARDER IN #28, ROLLING OUT EAST END AND OVER SPLIT POINT DERAIL.  ETCX 222694, 139,600 LIQUID POUNDS RELEASED APPROXIMATELY ONE CUP OF METHANOL.     


nearest_city: MECHANICSBURG
county: CUMBERLAND
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YHSS11 WITH ENGINE 5354 PLUS 1, 0 LOADS, 11 EMPTIES, 340 TONS WAS PULLING NORTH OUT OF NESTLE PURINA WITH TCWR 40161 WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DERAILED BY INDUSTRY WHEN IT SIDESWIPED NATX 250747 ON AN ADJA CENT TRACK.  PRIMARY CAUSE:  CREW FAILED TO PERFORM C-100 AS REQUIRED.     


nearest_city: DIXON
county: PULASKI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN PULLING THROUGH SIDING DIXION HEARD AUDIBLE POP AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE SLACK ACTION.  CREW INI TIATED EMERENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  INSPECTION REVEALED 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 CAR HAD DERAILED.  FRA T RACK CLASS AND CONSIST SPEED WAS VERIFIED BY RAILROAD.     


nearest_city: UNIONVILLE
county: MONROE
railroad: INRD
date: 2013-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: INDIANAPOLIS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
LOADED TRAIN HEADING NORTH WHEN ENGINEER FELT JERK. TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND COULDN'T GET AIR B ACK. INVESIGATION FOUND 14 CARS DERAILED DUE TO JOURNAL BEARING FAILURE FROM OVERHEATING.      


nearest_city: DILLONVALE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: VALLEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
535-22 WAS SHOVING SAND CARS TO DILLONVALE WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOPPED. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED TH E TRACK AND FOUND 9 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-04-18T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
WHILE MOVING THE 9011 TRIPLET OFF OF TRACK 43 TO 30, THE STAMFORD SWITCHING CREW FAILED TO CONTROL T HE MOVE WHILE SHOVING, RESULTING IN TRAIN STRIKING THE BUMPING BLOCK ON TRACK 30.      


nearest_city: UTICA
county: SEWARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
C-ATMMHS1-16 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE CUTTING CROSSING WHEN DUMP DOORS OPENED ON 123RD CAR. COAL SPILL C AUSED WHEELS TO RIDE UP AND OVER RAIL.      


nearest_city: NEW HAVEN
county: NEW HAVEN
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
THE FAILURE OF A LEAF SPRING ON THE PANTOGRAPH OF CARS 9156 ALLOWED THE PANTOGRAPH SHOE TO COME IN C ONTACT WITH THE CONTINUITY JUMPER AT CATENARY 1072, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO SAME.      


nearest_city: MULBERRY
county: POLK
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-18T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
O81918, AFTER SETTING OFF 17 CARS IN TRACK P10, PULLED AHEAD TO TO P07 SWITCH.  THE TRAIN PROCEEDED TO BACK INTO P07.  TRAIN TRAVELED 438 FEET WHEN THE CUT CARS WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  IT WAS FOUND THAT THE 2 HEAD CARS ON TRAIN DERAILED AT THE D02 SWITCH.  THE TRAIN TRAVELED APRROXIMATELY 208 FEET FRO M INTIAL MOVEMENT BEFORE DERAILING, AND WAS SHOVED 223 FEET FURTHER BEFORE COMING TO REST.    


nearest_city: QUINTON
county: WALKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: BIRMINGHAM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
E-PAMNAM0-81 FOREIGN CREW FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF A CROSSOVER SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MO VEMENT.  RUN THROUGH SWITCH.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: HOXIE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
MFWNL-11 WAS YARDING IN TRACK 204 AND PULLED OUT ONTO THE WEST LEAD TO DOUBLE OVER CUT.  THE SECOND LOCOMOTIVE, UP5750, DERAILED THE LEADING TRUCK ON THE WEST LEAD SWITCH.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE ENGINEERING DESIGN CAUSED EXCESSIVE FORCE ON OUTSIDE CURVE OF TRACK, CAUSING WHEEL TO CLIMB SWITCH P OINT.    


nearest_city: DORA
county: WALKER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
MOW EQUIPMENT, MPM-HZGX 1690 ON-TRACK EQUIPMENT REC'D TRACK AND TIME TO FOLLOW E-PAENAM0-11.  TRAIN STOPPED FOR STOP SIGNAL AT SOUTH BENOIT AND MACHINE RAN INTO REAR OF TRAIN, DERAILING ONE UNIT OF DP CONSIST.  HZGX 1690 WAS OPERATED BY CONTRACT MACHINE OPERATOR WITH ASSISTANCE FROM BNSF MACHINE OPE RATOR.    


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
BNSF LOCAL R87 PULLING 32 CARS FROM OD #1 TRACK WHEN EMPTY TANK CAR UTLX 221006 DERAILED AFTER ROLLI NG OUT OF OD #3 TRACK INTO CUT OF CARS BEING PULLED.  DERAILED CAR HAD BEEN PLACED IN OD#3 BY SAME B NSF CREW.  NO HUMAN FACTOR FORMS SUBMITTED, NO NS PERSONNEL INVOLVED.     


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: IC
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
M34241-07 DERAILED ENGINES IC 1009 AND IC 1005 AND RAILCAR UTLX 670721. CREW STATED THEY BROUGHT THE IR TRAIN TO A STOP, LINED THE CROSSOVERS AT PROSPECT FOR THEIR MOVEMENT. AFTER LINING CROSSOVERS, TR AIN PROCEEDED ON MAIN #2, SEEING TARGET ON THE NONCONNAH T SHOWING RED AND LINED FOR MOVEMENT. IT WA S DETERMINED THAT THE NONCONNAH SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH BY THE CREW ON L55871-09 WHIL E SWITCHING AND WAS NOT PROPERLY REPORTED.   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
ZG2BR-06 WAS PULLING TOWARDS OUTBOUND 2 TO DEPART.  ENGINEER STOPPED AT DERAIL TO PICK UP HIS CONDUC TOR.  H&M LOADING CONTRACTOR NOTICED THAT THE TRAIN WAS ON THE GROUND.  3, 3-PACK STACK CARS DERAILE D - BRAN6014, AOK55057 & DTTX724903 - DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: INWOOD
county: BERKELEY
railroad: WW
date: 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
SWITCH CREW ON DUTY 2100 PERFORMED JOB BRIEFING.  PLANNED TO SET OFF HEAD 5 EMPTY HOPPERS ONTO RUNAR OUND TRACK FROM TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK.  ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR MOVED THE 5 CAR CUT SOUTH OF SWITCH TO SIDE TRACK AND BEGAN 4 CAR LENGTH NORTHWARD MOVEMENT AFTER LINING SWITCH FOR SAME.  CONDUCTOR STOPPE D SHORT OF SWITCH LEADING TO CORNING LEAD AND THREW IT FOR THE OLD RUNAROUND.  THE TRACK APPEARED CL EAR; THE CONDUCTOR MOUNTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE 5 CAR CUT AND RADIOED THE ENGINEER TO PROCEED NOR TH 10 CARS.  HOWEVER THE CUT OF CARS IN CORNING SIDING WERE NOT CLEAR RESULTING IN A SIDESWIPE COLLI SION OF THE TWO CUTS, DERAILING 4 CARS; TWO FROM EACH CUT.  PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE HAS BEEN IMPLEMEN TED.


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-13T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Y-INB2191-13 PULLING INTO D-6 TRACK STOPPED TO LINE SWITCHES FOR MOEMENT AND ALLOW AMTRAK TO PASS. C REW MADE CUT AND YARDED, THEN RETURNED TO BALANCE OF TRAIN AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. CREW INSPECTED AN D FOUND 5 CARS DERAILED. INVESTIGATION OF VIDEO CAMERA ON SCENE SHOWED UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL AT POD AT SWITCH STAND UNDER CARS.    


nearest_city: DOUGLASVILLE
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
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:
THIS CONSIST C0ONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. TRAIN 219 MOVING SOUTH ON THE MAIN TRACK WITH 3 UNITS, 28- 0-3903, DERAILED BNSF253329, DTTX 724306, DTTX 645220, DTTX 656830,TTRX 370501,TTRX355002,TTRX 36003 8, TTAX 554650, AOK 55031, DDTX 469396, AND TTAX 553912.     


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
LEAD UNIT UP6504, ON THE CWLBT9-26, BLEW A TURBO THAT STARTED THE UNIT ON FIRE, BURNING SOME CAR BOD Y PANELS AND DAMAGING THE ENGINE.  DAMAGE TO LOCOMOTIVE ONLY.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: GEORGETOWN
county: SCOTT
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
376=2'25", 235=1'00", 69E=45", 60A=40" TRAIN 376T814 WITH ENGINES NS 9154, NS 2553, 15 LOADS, 11 EMP TIES, WAS SHOVING SOUTH OF THE DELAPLAIN YARD LEAD, WHEN THE FEC 71924 (L1,L2,R1,R2) BNSF (ALL XLE A RTICULATED CAR) AND THE OTTX 62689 (L1,L2,R1,R2) DERAILED DUE TO THE MAIN LINE DERAIL BEING PLACED I N THE ON POSITION BY A PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN, CONDUCTOR DID NOT SECURE DERAIL IN THE OFF POSITIO N.   


nearest_city: FARMERSVILLE
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: IC
date: 2013-10-12T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: GILLMAN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
C72091-12 WHILE LOADING 94 COAL CARS AT CROWN AT CROWN III MINE -TWO CARS; CEFX 600827 AND FLCX 9853 6, DERAILED.  CARS DERAILED THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON BOTH CARS WHILE LOADING DUE TO INDUSTRY EMPLOY EE OPENING THE LOAD OUT SPROUT TOO EARLY WHICH RESULTED IN COAL FALLING BETWEEN CARS CAUSING WHEEL T O CLIMB OFF RAIL TO THE FIELD SIDE.    


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: KO
date: 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
KORR 100 JOB WAS SPOTTING UP DEBRUCE GRAIN WITH 70 LOADS, SPOTTED 41 LOADS INTO TRACK 1 PULLED THROU GH AND SPOTTED 22 LOADS IN TRACK 2. WHILE WALKING UP TO MAKE THE CUT, ELEVATOR THROUGH SWITCH FOR TH EIR MOVEMENT AND STARTED MOVING CARS, KO CREW WENT TO MAKE CUT, CONDUCTOR ASKED FOR PIN AND ENGINEER MADE PIN MOVEMENT. SLACK OF CARS CAUSED 1 CAR TO FOUL STRIKING 2 CARS BEING MOVED ON ADJACENT TRACK BY THE ELEVATOR CREW. THERE WERE NO DERAILED CARS AND NO TRACK DAMAGE.   


nearest_city: VENUS
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: VENUS
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
L-TEX0711-04 DERAILED 1 CAR ON INDUSTRIAL SPUR DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATER IALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: ENNIS
county: ELLIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
YEN41R-24 WAS SWITCHING IN THE SOUTH END OF ENNIS YARD RCL ZONE #1.  JOB ALLOWED AAMKB TO ENTER ZONE AND SET OUT 30 CARS.  JOB FAILED TO SWEEP ZONE AFTER AAMKB DEPARTED.  YEN41R-24 RAN THRU SWITCH AND MADE REVERSE MOVE DERAILING 2 CARS.     


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: PIKES PEAK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
H-KCKDEN1-05 DERAILED 8 CARS WHILE ATTEMPTING SETOUT. PRIMARY DERAILMENT (LINES 73-74) OCCURRED AS C REW WAS STOPING THEIR TRAIN. SECONDARY DERAILMENT OCCURRED (LINES 77-82) ON SUBSEQUENT MOVE WHEN CRE W ATTEMPTED TO SETOUT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
H-DENGAL9-21 DERAILED LEAVING THE YARD PASSING OVER 766W SWITCH. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.       


nearest_city: HANNIBAL
county: MARION
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: HANNIBAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
M-KCKGAL1-19, WHILE SHOVING 51 CARS INTO 9004 TRACK, DERAILED 3 CARS AT BROKEN RAIL AT 9003 TRACK SW ITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.  1/8/12: PER TR&D REPORT, INCIDENT CAUSE WAS SWITCH DAM AGED OR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.     


nearest_city: BELLMEAD
county: MCLENNAN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WACO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
YWA68R-23, MAKING NORTHWARD MOVE WITH 3 ENGINES AND 8 EMPTY CARS THRU THE XOVER FROM THE LEAD TO THE TC MAIN. ENGINES WENT THRU FROG AT THE SOUTH SWITCH OF THE XOVER, THE 1ST AND 2ND CAR BEHIND THE LO COMOTIVE LEAD.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YGP60-09 WAS PULLING INTO BASIN TRACK 004 AT GALENA PARK WHEN RAILCAR UTLX96124 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.      


nearest_city: ELLSWORTH
county: SHERIDAN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: SAND HILLS
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-Oct
narrative:
C-CAMRTRO-34 DERAILED 8 CARS PULLING FROM SIDING TO MAIN TRACK TO SPOT DP LOCOMOTIVES FOR FUEL.       


nearest_city: NAVASOTA
county: GRIMES
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: EUREKA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
RKRNV-04 WAS TRAVELING ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  GLENN FUQUA MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: SPANISH PEAKS
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
U-PEDDMS9-25 EXPERIENCED UDE. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED 1 CAR DERAILED. MECHANICAL INSPECTION REVEALE D THAT COUPLER TO YOKE PIN CONNECTION CARRIER PLATE, A-END HZGX 8820, WAS APPLIED OUT OF ALIGNMENT A LLOWING THE COUPLER TO YOKE PIN TO DISLODGE ON INBOARD SIDE OF CARRIER PLATE, ALLOWING COUPLER SHANK TO WORK FREE.    


nearest_city: BURNHAM
county: COOK
railroad: IHB
date: 2013-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
CREW WAS SWITCHING CARS AT THE SOUTH END OF BURNHAM YARD.  PULLED CARS FOR ORDER FROM TRACK 12 (4 LO ADS AND AN EMPTY).  CUT AWAY FROM REMAINING CARS IN TRACK 12.   SET CARS PULLED FROM TRACK 12 OVER T O 15.  KICKED A CAR BACK TOWARD TRACK 12 (GATX 7800 (L) NOT REALIZING SWITCH WAS LINED UP WRONG. CAR (GATX 7800 (L)) WENT TO TRACK 13.  CARS IN TRACK 12 WERE FOULING TRACK 13.  CAR TILX 101123 (E) IN TRACK 12 WAS STRUCK BY GATX 7800 (L) KICKED TO TRACK 13 IN ERROR.  TILX 101123 (E) CAR DAMAGE EST AT $1000.  GATX 7800 (L) CAR DAMAGE EST AT $14,500.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.

INCIDENT TYPE CHANGED TO RAKI NG COLLISION 11-21-13; THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A TURN OUT OR MULTIPLE CONSISTS. 


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: FALLBRIDGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
Y-ESJ1301-04 DERAILED 1 CAR WHILE WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 5.  FAILURE TO STOP BEFORE GOING OVER WHE EL STOPS.      


nearest_city: GEISMAR
county: ASCENSION
railroad: IC
date: 2012-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: BATON ROUGE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
R98071-11 WAS SWITCHING CARS AT RUBICON. THE BRAKEMAN WAS MAKING A MOVE BETWEEN THE SIDING AND #2 TR ACK IN RUBICON WHEN UTLX 664720 CORNERED UTLX 649336, WHICH WAS LEFT ON THE SIDING IN THE FOUL OF #2 TRACK. THERE WERE NO DERAILMENT, LEAK OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, OR EXPOSURE. TESTING WAS DONE AND ALL RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.    


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2012-03-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: ALHAMBRA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
ZTLA-01 CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVE EAST ON THE FENCE TRACK.  THEY NEEDED TO TAIL OUT ON THE NO. 2 MAIN.  THEY RAN THROUGH THE NO. 2 MAIN SWITCH.  WHEN THEY PROCEEDED TO PULL WEST, 4 WHEELS DERAILE D OVER THE RUN-THROUGH SWITCH.  UP MAINTAINS THE TRACK.     


nearest_city: RED BANK
county: MONMOUTH
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
HANGING CONTINUITY WIRE IN CATENARY LOCATED NEAR MP 15.2 ON THE NJCL DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH ON LOCOMOTIV E #4604 ON TRAIN #3274 WHILE ENROUTE EAST ON TRACK #2.      


nearest_city: HAVRE
county: HILL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
H-NTWPAS2-27 DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL WHILE PULLING INTO YARD. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


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


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
THE YNP39R-10 CREW PULLED 16 LOADED CARS OUT OF VAN 11.  THE MOVE WAS TO PUT THEM INTO VAN 6.  THEY PULLED THE CUT THROUGH THE VAN 3 SWITCH WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED.  ON THE REVERSE MOVEMENT INTO VA N 6 THEY DERAILED 2 CARS.     


nearest_city: BREWSTER
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: BREWSTER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
625-18 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO #19 WHEN LOCOMOTIVES WE 108 AND WE 200 ALONG WITH CAR# CAGX 95089 BRKX 68653 DROPPED BETWEEN THE GAUGE DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2014-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
AT 9:28 AM, ON JANUARY 3, 2014, A WORLD TRADE CENTER BOUND PA-5 PASSENGER TRAIN CONSIST: E-  5717-51 51-5667-5700-5104-5809-5625-5727 -W, WAS ENTERING JOURNAL SQUARE STATION.  AS THE TRAIN WAS APPROACH ING TRACK 1, THE ENGINEER REPORTED TO THE CONTROL CENTER THAT THE TRAIN OPERATOR DISPLAY (TOD) ON OP ERATING CAR 5717 DISPLAYED A PARKING BRAKE APPLIED ON TRAILING CAR 5727.  THE ENGINEER LOST TRACTION POWER, AND HIS TRAIN STALLED.

A SECURITY GUARD RIDING ABOARD THE TRAIN REPORTED TO THE CONDUCTOR THAT CAR 5727 WAS ON FIRE.  POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE CAR, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE THE FIRE.

JOURNAL SQUARE CAR EQUIP MENT FOREMAN I. MITCHELL AND OPERATIONS EXAMINER M. CORBETT WERE NOTIFIED AND PROCEEDED TO THE TRAIN


nearest_city: STEELTON
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-17T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: HARRISBURG
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
64TH413 WITH ENGINES 9941 AND 6540, 62 LOADS, 7942 TONS, DERAILED THE REAR 7 CARS WHILE PULLING EAST ON THE RUTHERFORD SIDING.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
E-CCMBTM9-25 DERAILED 1 CAR AT CP 45 WHILE MAKING SHOVING MOVEMENT TO SET OUT BAD ORDER CARS. BOND P ROTECTOR PLATE WAS FOUND ON TOP OF FOG, CAUSING DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: HAMPTON
county: HAMPTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
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-Jan
narrative:
F75409 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN THEY DERAILED CARS 1-10. CREW WAS OPERATING ON STRAIGHT TRACK W ITH NO SWITCHES INVOLVED. INVESTIGATIVE TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE FIRST 10 CARS IN THE TRAIN DERAILED BECAUSE OF BROKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TC09 PULLING OUT OF CT51 WITH 33 CARS INTO MIDDLE PULLBACK, RUNNING THREW THE MIDDLE PULLBACK, THEN SHOVING THROUGH THE PREVIOUSLY RAN THREW SWITCH DERAILING FIVE (5) CARS, KCS 74901, WLPX 60190, ECUX 857039, EUCX 857124 22425. 38. PRIMARY CAUSE: RUNNING THROUGH MIDDLE PULLBACK SWITCH.     


nearest_city: HAMPTON
county: HENRY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
G04G803 SHOVING WEST ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK WITH 02 UNITS, 15 LOADS, TO COUPLE ONTO 06 EMPTIES CARS.  DERAILED 1ST WEST CAR, DDRX 76066, DAMAGING INDUSTRY STRUCTURE.      


nearest_city: POCATELLO
county: BANNOCK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: POCATELLO SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
GKEEPC-02 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 99 CARS INTO TRACK 553.  UP91003 WEST TRUCK DERAILED ON CHIPPED JOINT BY AN ASPHALT CROSSING 38 CARS DEEP FORM THE POINT OF SHOVE.  THE TRUCK CONTINUED IN DERAILED POSIT ION FOR 1745 FEET UNTIL SECURED IN THE RAIL.  CONDUCTOR DISCOVERED THE ROLLED RAIL WHEN RETURNING TO THE HEAD END TO COMPLETE THE YARDING OF THE TRAIN.    


nearest_city: UINTAH
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-08T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: EVANSTON SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Rearend collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
GSSDPX-06 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 ON RESTRICTED SPEED AND PROCEEDED THE SIGNAL AT MP 983 ON THE EVANSTON SUBDIVISION AND STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF TRAIN GSMITR-03, DERAILING THE 2 LEA D LOCOMOTIVES AND 5 CARS ON THE GSSDPX-06 AND THE SECOND CAR FROM THE REAR OF TRAIN GSMITR-03 AND AL SO DAMAGING THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE DPU ON THE TRAIN THAT WAS STRUCK.  APPROXIMATELY 3500 GALLONS OF DIE SEL WAS SPILLED FROM LOCOMOTIVE UP7223.   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MEWSA-24, WITH LEAD UNIT UP5052, STRUCK A TOW TRUCK PULLING A SUV.  IMPACT ON TOW TRUCK.  DRIVER EXI TED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  NO DERAILMENT OR DAMAGE FOUND.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITA TION.     


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
RCO Y-DEN1142-14 SET CARS TO 17 TRACK WITH AN INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HAND BRAKES SET TO HOLD CUT. CA RS ROLLED EAST AND STRUCK CAR ON 19 TRACK LEAD.      


nearest_city: TARRANT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Q50215 STARTED TO DEPART BOYLES TERMINAL OUT OF DEPARTURE TRACK 5 WEST, PULLED ABOUT 15 CAR LENGTHS AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS REVEALED THAT 4 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKE RAIL ON THE WEST RAIL.     


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE YNP32R-21 WAS TRIMMING TO THE SOUTH PULLBACK.  THE CRYX3119 WAS ONE OF THE CARS IN THE CUT MOVIN G EAST.  AS THE CUT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE 41 SWITCH, THE B-END AIR HOSE WAS PULLED OFF THE CAR AND WEDGED IN THE 41 SWITCH.  WHEN THE TRIM REVERSED THEIR MOVEMENT, THE CEFX200031 DERAILED #3 AND #4 W HEELS.  THE CARS WERE 14 CARS APART.    


nearest_city: LA DUE
county: HENRY
railroad: MNA
date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CLINTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
CREW DUMPING CBTLU9-22. DUMPER OPERATOR ROLLING EMPTY HOPPER BACK OVER WHEN TRAIN LURCH FORWARD PULL ING KCPL 406094 OUT OF DUMPER 5 FEET. KCPL 406088, LOAD, BEHIND THE EMPTY DERAILED AND HIT THE SIDE OD THE DUMPER RIPPING OPEN THE TOP LEFT LEFT CORNER,     


nearest_city: ELGIN
county: KANE
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
TRAIN #2233 WAS PULLING INTO THE ELGIN YARD ON THE RIVER TRACK WHEN AN EMPLOYEE THREW A SWITCH UNDER COACH CAR #8536 CAUSING IT TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: M AND M
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
N24430 WAS GOING INTO THE #2 TRACK WHEN THE FURX 960544 R3 WHEEL DERAILED COMING INTO THE CURVE DERA ILING 17 TOTAL CARS.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-19T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Aug
narrative:
YEY32-18 KICKED A CUT OF 4 CARS INTO TRACK 10.  TRACK 10 HAD ABOUT 40 CARS.  THE WEST CARS WERE ABOU T 20 CARS EAST OF THE NEW BRAUNFELS STREET BRIDGE.  THE CARS HAD AIR AND 13 HANDBRAKES.  THE CUT OF 4 CARS WERE RELEASED ON THE WEST END OF THE YARD, AND DUE TO THE SPEED AND WEIGHT OF THE CAR GOING A GAINST A TIED DOWN TRACK, 3 CARS DERAILED WITH ONE CAR BEING SMASHED IN HALF FROM THE IMPACT.  DERAI LMENT.   


nearest_city: BAKERSFIELD
county: KERN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
A-7181-15 STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE.  DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS TRACKS NOT AT A CROSSING WHEN V EHICLE GOT HIGH CENTERED.      


nearest_city: ALTOONA
county: EAU CLAIRE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-04T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: ALTOONA SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
YAA80-03 YARDING 96 CARS FROM THE WISCONSIN NORTHERN.  WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK 3 FROM THE WEST END OF YARD, THE 79 AND 94 CARS DERAILED AS THE CUT PASSED OVER THE #3 SWITCH.  THE LEAD AXLE OF THE TRA ILING TRUCK ON CAR CMPX251124 WAS THE FIRST TO DERAIL AND WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET, CAUSIN G EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO YARD TRACK 3.  SAND HAD BUILT UP BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE SWITCH PLATES AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SWITCH POINT RESULTING IN 2 CARS DERAILING.   


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
MACZ TRAIN 9552 CONSISTING OF 1 ENGINE AND 6 CARS SUSTAINED PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE DUE TO STRIKING L-TYPE INSULATOR.      


nearest_city: MIAMI SPRINGS
county: DADE
railroad: FEC
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 202 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPARTING THE YARD AND DERAILED TTAX 654138, DTTX 725269, CSXT 62018 5 AND TTEX 353962.  DTTX 725269 SIDE SWIPED ENGINE FEC 436 THAT WAS PARKED ON AN ADJACENT TRACK.  YA RD JOB PREVIOUSLY SHOVED THE TRAIN THROUGH SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED LEAVING THE SWITCH GAPPED CAUSING THE TRAIN TO DERAIL WHEN PULLED THROUGH.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.    


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE MOVE WAS TO DOUBLE 33 EDEP WHICH HAD 38 CARS OVER TO 34 EDEP THE MOVED THE CARS WHEN THE TRAIN W ENT INTO EMERGENCY DUE TO THE TRACK HAD A BROKEN RAIL.      


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


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-10T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Sep
narrative:
YHO21R-10 WAS TRIMMING OUT TRACK 310 WHEN 2 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSS TIES .      


nearest_city: BERTHOLD
county: WARD
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-07-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
L- MON8333-05 DAMAGE A RAIL CAR DUE TO A EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED WHILE MAKING A JOINT WITH A STANDI NG CUT OF CARS.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-19T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
Y-TUL3071018 FOREMAN FAILED TO REMOVE SKATES BEFORE PULLING TRACK RESULTING IN SKATES DRAGGING THROU GH FROG OF SITCH AND DERAILING 2 CARS.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
THE YND36-04, BAD ORDER UTILITY CREW WAS TAKING CARS FROM THE SPARE YARD AND CROSS HAULING THEM OVER TO TRACK 293.  THE UP6042 WAS ON THE HEAD END MOVING THE CONSIST EASTWARD WHEN THE AOK6478 DERAILED ITS TRAILING SET OF WHEELS CAUSING THE CAR TO SPLIT THE SWITCH AND TO GO TRACK 290 DERAILING IT AND THE NEXT TWO CARS TTGX082896 & TTGX978862 DUE TO THE LATERAL/VERITCAL FORCES THAT POPPED THE L3 AND L4 WHEELS OF THE AOK6478 A SHORT CAR UP ON THE CURVES WHILE MANUEVERING THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS NEXT TO A LONG CAR, THE TTGX082896, RESULTING IN QUITE A BIT OF TRACK DAMAGE.  


nearest_city: JOINER
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRUCK ENTERED THE CROSSING INTO THE PATH OF SOUTHBOUND U-KEEBIR1-55T TRAIN AND THE TRAIN COLLIDED IN TO THE TRUCK.      


nearest_city: UNION
county: CASS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
CNCBT9-09 WHILE PULLING, EXPERIENCED A LOCOMOTIVE FIRE ON THE DPU UNIT UP6967.  LOCOMOTIVE DAMAGE ON LY, NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: AKRON
county: SUMMIT
railroad: WE
date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: AKRON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE ABC WAS SHOVING 50 LOADS OF STONE UP TO THE CSXT SIDE OF THE TRANSFER WHEN THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE SHOVE LOOKED BACK AND SAW CARS DERAILED. CAR#'S WE 1230, WE 366, WE 3540, WE 342, WE 548891, WE 358348, AND WE 3523.
02/2014 UPDATED AB # TO 130001 PER ABC. RESUBMITTING WITH JANUARY 2014 REPORTI NG.    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YAS121 WAS PULLING TRAIN OUT 3 LEAD TO SSW YARD WITH YAS122 WAITING INSIDE 1 PERIMETER.  YARDMASTER WAITED UNTIL HIS BOARD SHOWED CLEAR AND REQUESTED SWITCH BE LINED TO LET YAS122 OUT BEHIND THE YAS12 1.  DUE TO CIRCUITRY PROBLEMS, POWER SWITCH WAS LINED UNDERNEATH LAST CAR IN CUT OF YAS121, DERAILIN G LOADED COVERED HOPPER.    


nearest_city: SIBLEY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MARCELINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Doors
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
C-KCKSIS0-36 DERAILED ONE CAR WHEN WHEELS CLIMBED COAL PILE THAT HAD SPILLED FROM CAR WHOSE DOORS HA D OPENED.      


nearest_city: CUMBERLAND
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
WHILE IN AUTOMATIC HUMP MODE, TWO LOADED TANK CARS SHOWN AS EMPTIES ON WORK ORDER RAN THROUGH W11 TR ACK INTO THE SIDE OF A CAR IN THE FOUL OF W11 TRACK.      


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-11-15T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
G-WMIKAH9-06 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 1601 DUE TO RUNNING THROUGH AN IMPROPERLY LI NED SWITCH WHEN SHOVING INTO THE TRACK.      


nearest_city: GUION
county: IZARD
railroad: MNA
date: 2011-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAD REACHED FLOOD STAGE. THE TRACK THE MNLCOGU WAS TRAVELING ON WASHED OUT 5 CARS AHEAD OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE. THE CREW ATTEMPT ED TO MAKE IT OVER THE WASHED OUT LOCATION, AND DID WITH THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE. THE SECOND LOCOMOTIVE DID NOT AND CAUSED BOTH LOCOMOTIVES AND 2 CARS TO DERAIL.    


nearest_city: PUEBLO
county: PUEBLO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YARD ENGINE PULLING 39 CARS FROM TRACK 748 DERAILED 7 CARS.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: CROSSETT
county: ASHLEY
railroad: ALM
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE ALM NORTH LOCAL WAS NORTHBOUND WITH A TRAIN CONSISTING OF 65 TOTAL CARS, 48 LOADS AND 17 EMPTIES .  THE TRAIN WAS IN A 10MPH PERMANENT SPEED RESTRICTION WHICH INVOLVES A CURVE.  THE ENGINEER STATED HE ENTERED THE SPEED RESTRICTION A 6MPH AND AT THE TIME HE NOTICED THE PULL ON THE TRAIN HE WAS AT 8MPH WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO STOP THE TRAIN.  THE FIRST DERAILED CAR WAS GPSX 662, A LOADED CHIP CAR. THE LEFT WHEEL ON THE 4TH AXLE FELL TO THE INSIDE OF THE CURVE AND TRAVELED APPX. 750 FEET WITH ONL Y ONE WHEEL DERAILED.  AFTER GETTING ONTO TANGENT TRACK THE 7 CARS FOLLOWING FELL INSIDE THE GUAGE A ND TRAVELED APPX. 250 FREET BEFORE CAUSING ENOUGH RESISTANCE TO BE NOTICED AND THE TRAIN TO BE STOPP ED.


nearest_city: BUFFALO
county: ERIE
railroad: DH
date: 2010-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 426-11 RAN THROUGH A SWITCH IN NS BISON YARD AND AS A RESULT DERAILED UNITS CP9520 & CP5833.       


nearest_city: SUFFERN
county: ROCKLAND
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-08-30T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #1126 WAS POSITIONED ON TRACK #5 IN ORDER FOR CREW TO CHANGE ENDS AND WAS FOULING THE LEAD TRA CK. NS H56 SIDE SWIPED CARS 7028 AND 7288 ON EAST END.      


nearest_city: DAVENPORT
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2012-04-27T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
PULLING 85 CAR TRAIN EAST OUT OF DAVENPORT AT 10MPH AROUND 5 DEGREE CURVE ON 0.8% GRADE.  ENGINEER I N 6 THROTTLE, WHEN HE FELT A SMALL SLIPPING SENSATION, THEN A YO-YO FEELING.  IMMEDIATELY SHUT THROT TLE OFF, BUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY BEFORE HE GOT THE THROTTLE OFF.  21ST THROUGH 25TH CARS DERAILED IN KINK, CAUSING 26TH THROUGH 28TH CAR TO STRING LINE ON INSIDE OF CURVE ON THEIR SIDE.  29TH CAR AND R EST OF TRAIN SLAMMED INTO DERAILED CARS, DAMAGING EAST END OF 29TH CAR FROM IMPACT.   


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-05-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Employee Physical Condition
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YGAT3611-17 MOVING LITE POWER FROM TIEUP TRACK TO LEAD WAS STRUCK BY Y-GAT3011-17 WORKING ON LEAD. R EVIEW OF EVENTS INDICATE JOB 301 GAVE PERMISSION FOR JOB 361 TO MAKE THEIR MOVE, BUT ENGINEER ON JOB 301 LOST AWARENESS AND FAILED TO STOP MOVEMENT WHEN INSTRUCTED, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDO US MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 020 OPERATING ON NS MAIN LINE STRUCK BOULDERS PLACED ON TRACK NEAR MERIDIAN, MS AT MP 9 .7 ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGES $0.00.      


nearest_city: NASHVILLE
county: DAVIDSON
railroad: NRTX
date: 2013-07-23T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: NASHVILLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN 152W WAS APPROACHING PRIVATE CROSSING.  LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WAS OPEATING A CAB CAR AND SAW A D UMP TRUCK STOPPED BUT NOT IN THE CLEAR OF THE CROSSING.  TRAIN WAS PUT IN EMERGENCY.  TRAIN STRUCK T HE DUMP TRUCK.  NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR TRAIN CREW.     


nearest_city: DUNCAN
county: GREENLEE
railroad: AZER
date: 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: CLIFTON SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
202 CREW PULLING IN 2 OR 3 NOTCH TRAIN BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN WENT INTO 4TH NOTCH TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGE NCY. TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. CREW INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE 22ND CAR DERAILED ALL THE WAY TO T HE 42ND CAR. THE LAST CAR WAS STILL IN THE TRACKS.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
D6A PULLED NORTH WITH 44 CARS DERAILING 28 THRU 31 TRAIN WAS ON SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN RUN THRU BY 181 D608.      


nearest_city: CAIRO
county: ALEXANDER
railroad: IC
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: CENTRALIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
A43291-21 MADE A SET OUT AND PICK UP AT CAIRO AND WAS BACKING UP TO GET THE CONDUCTOR ON THE END WHE N THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHILE BACKING UP THE SIDE SILL ON LCGX 324 BROKE CAUSING THE TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY.  METAL FATIGUE OR RUST WAS ESTIMATED AT 80%.  CAR WAS NOT DERAILED BUT WILL BE SCRAPED.    


nearest_city: GLENDIVE
county: DAWSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
CREW TAKING LOCOMOTIVES FROM ROUNDHOUSE TO YARD FOR THEIR TRAIN DERAILED REAR 2 UNITS WHEN THEY FAIL ED TO LINE SWITCH FOR THEIR MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: COOK
railroad: IC
date: 2011-08-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
DRIVER ENTERING THE IC RAIL FACILITY - MIT - FAILED TO STOP AT CROSSBUCK SIGN AND WAS STRUCK BY A SO UTHBOUND SHOVE MOVE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. LEADING CAR IN THE SHOVE WAS AN EMPTY TANK CAR, DBUX 250786, WHICH WAS DAMAGED. THE SEMI-TRAILER IS ON ITS SIDE AND THE CONTENTS IN THE TRAILER HAVE SPI LLED OUT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: XTGS
date: 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
CREW WAS PULLING INTO GRAIN ELEVATOR WHEN REAR TRUCKS OF ECRX2526 SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED FOLLOWIN G RAIL CAR.      


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
THE CREW HAD JUST PICKED UP THEIR TRAIN OUT OF TRACK 11 AT HOLLYWOOD YARD AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING THE YARD.  THE CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVING MOVEMENT, TRAVELING EAST ON THE EAST WORKING LEAD ON TO THE SHREVEPORT INDUSTRIAL LEAD.  AFTER SHOVING 35 CARS ON TO THE SHREVEPORT INDUSTRIAL LEAD, T WO CENTER BEAM FLAT CARS ALONG WITH TWO ENGINES DERAILED.  THESE TWO CENTER BEAM FLAT CARS WERE THE TWO CARS CLOSEST TO THE ENGINES.  THE TWO FLAT CARS AND GMTX2104 WERE COMPLETELY OFF THE RAIL WHILE ONLY TWO WHEELS WERE ON THE GROUND OFF THE UP4309.  DERAILMENT  


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


nearest_city: BALL GROUND
county: CHEROKEE
railroad: GNRR
date: 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN WAS PULLING FOUR LOADED RAIL CARS AND TWO EMPTY RAIL CARS FROM SIDE TRACK WHEN DEFECTIVE CROSS -TIE COLLAPSED CAUSING 90LB. RAIL TO BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OF LOADED RAIL CAR (POSITION TWO IN TRAI N BEHIND LOCOMOTIVES).     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: KINGSLAND
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
A78911 WAS SHOVING TRACK #3 AT C&C BULK WITH 14 LOADED CARS TO COMPLETE THE WORK IN THAT TRACK. THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE LEADING END AND CLAIMS HIS RADIO CHANGED CHANNELS WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST T HE VOLUME RESULTING IN FAILED COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENGINEER. THIS RESULTED IN THE BOTTOM CAR (CRGX 19086) BEING SHOVED OVER THE WHEEL STOPS AND DERAILING.    


nearest_city: IDAHO FALLS
county: BONNEVILLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: MONTANA SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE LCT49-01 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING INDUSTRY.  CREW WENT TO HOOK AGAINST FOUR CARS IN THE F ACILITY, THEN PULLED AHEAD APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET AT 3 MPH.  THE RAMP DOOR WAS STILL IN THE CAR CAUSI NG THE LOADED CAR TO DERAIL ONTO ITS SIDE.  DERAILED CAR ARMN761763 RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 200 GALLO NS OF DIESEL FUEL.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE INDUSTRY'S RAMP DOOR AND BUIL DING.  TAYLOR HOWARD & SONS MAINTAIN TRACK   


nearest_city: ALBANY
county: DOUGHERTY
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-13T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
HILTON AND ALBANY SHORTLINE WAS PULLING NORTH INTO CT04 WITH 3 ENGINES, 21 LOADS, 32 EMPTIES AND 351 0 TONS WHEN THE LEAD TWO LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED.      


nearest_city: PARKER
county: LINN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: PARSONS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MMCSAS-02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8386, WAS SEEN TO HAVE A LOCOMOTIVE SMOKING BY A CITIZEN.  THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED AND THE LAST UNIT IN THE CONSIST, THE UP5890, HAD THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: 1. CONNECTING RODS TO THE CRANK SHAFT HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.  2. PARTS OF THE CAM SHAFT HAD BLOWN OUT OF TH E ENGINE BLOCK.  3. THE MAIN ALTERNATOR HAD BURNED UP.  4. THE DIODE BANKS ALONG WITH WIRING ALSO HA D BURNED UP.  THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS TRANSPORTED TOWARDS PARSONS.  NO TRACK DAM AGE.  NOTHING DERAILED.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
MPBSR-18 WAS DEPARTING PINE BLUFF OUT OF 204.  AS THEY WERE PULLING OUT, THE THIRD CAR GATX1297 DERA ILED ONE SET OF TRUCKS AT A FROG.      


nearest_city: BAYTOWN
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z
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-Jan
narrative:
LHH30-25 WAS HANDLING 30 CARS WHILE SWITCHING AT WEST END OF COADY YARD.  WHILE SHOVING DOWN LEAD TR ACK 41 JOB HAD 8 CARS DERAIL WITH SOME ON SIDES DUE TO RAIL BREAKING UNDER CARS.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
Y-RIC3041-09 RAN THROUGH SWITCH, THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT AND SPLIT SWITCH, RESULTING IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DURBIN
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: WVC
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: GCE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER STRUCK PASSENGER TRAIN WITH LOADED LOG TRUCK.  THE HIGHWAY USER WAS KILLED; ONE RAILROA D EMPLOYEE AND 22 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.      


nearest_city: POPLAR BLUFF
county: BUTLER
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: DESOTO
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN 21 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/137-E/206 AND 7 CARS STRUCK A JEEP CHEROKEE SUV THAT STALLED O N THE PUBLIC COUNTY ROAD CROSSING.  THE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE WERE PLAYING A GAME WHEN THEY PARKE D THEIR VEHICLE ON THE TRACKS.  AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE BEFORE IMPACT.    


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: TERMINAL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YEW39R-13 WAS PULLING RAILCARS FROM TRACK 006.  CREW NOTICED ENGINE STOPPED PULLING AND MADE REVERSE MOVE.  CREW SAW SPARKS AND STOPPED MOVEMENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 2 RAILCARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BR OKEN RAIL.     


nearest_city: BROWNING
county: GLACIER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
G-HRLKAL9-10 DERAILED ONE RAIL PAIR OF WHEELS ON ONE LOCOMOTIVE.  TR&D TEAR DOWN OF TRACTION MOTOR D ID NOT SHOW MOTOR LOCKED THOUGH BULL GEAR WAS DAMAGED WHICH INDICATES MOTOR LOOK AT SOME POINT.  CRE W INSPECTION AT TIME OF INCIDENT FOUND #5 AXLE NOT TURNING.  NO HANDBRAKES WERE SET.  TR&D FOUND NO EVIDENT TRACTION MOTOR OR OTHER MECHANICAL DEFECTS THAT WERE NOT A RESULT OF THE DERAILMENT ITSELF. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAN AN APPLIED HAND BRAKE ON THE DP POWER WAS THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE.  INV ESTIGATION WAS UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE WHO APPLIED HANDBRAKE AND NO HUMAN FACTOR RESPONSIBI LITY IS ASSIGNED ACCORDINGLY. 


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING HOKX 112330 BY-PASSED BUT DID NOT DERAIL WITH SPSX 171306 ON TANGENT TRACK IN W15 IN THE WESTBOUND BOWL.      


nearest_city: TUCSON
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
THE YTU22R-13 WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF THE RIP TRACK 510 WHEN THE REAR CAR CAME OFF THE RAIL.  THE PO INT OF DERAILMENT SHOWS THAT THE RAIL SPREAD DUE TO WET SUBGRADE.  AS THE RAIL SPREAD, THE REAR TRUC K AND WHEELS RODE THE INSIDE OF THE RAIL UNTIL THE NORTH RAIL ROLLED OVER AND BOTH WHEELS HAD COME O FF THE RAIL.  IT APPEARS THAT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN THE AREA THAT THE TRACK STRUCTU RE GAVE OUT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.   


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: PTO
date: 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
JOB LYD152 WAS FLAT SWITCHING INTO TRACKS 24 AND 26.  CARS WERE SWITCHED INTO TRACK 24 AND AS CARS W ERE KICKED INTO TRACK 26, TRACK 24 ROLLED OUT TO FOUL THE LEAD SIDESWIPING 2 CARS AND DERAILING THE FIRST CAR IN 24 AND 1 CAR ON THE LEAD.     


nearest_city: LITTLE FALLS
county: PASSAIC
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN #1006 STRUCK THE TRAILER OF AN UNOCCUPIED TRACTOR TRAILER CARRYING PAINTMATERIALS AT MAIN STRE ET CROSSING LOCATED AT MP 19.2. 9 FRA INJURIES.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: GARRETT
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MOUNTAIN
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
THE N73516 TOPPED THE GRADE AT ALTIMONT AND THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER MADE A MINIMUM BRAKE PIPE REDUCT ION. AS THEY CONTINUED EAST,THE ENGINEER MADE  ADDITIONAL BRAKE PIPE REDUCTIONS AS HE TRANSITIONED F ROM THROTTLE TO DYNAMIC BRAKING. THE TRAIN WAS NOT RESPONDING AS EXPECTED AND THE BRAKE PIPE WAS EVE NTUALLY REDUCED TO FULL SERVICE, DYNAMIC BRAKE WAS FULLY APPLIED. ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY PUT TRAIN IN EMERGENCY. THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP,THEN EXPERIENCED A RELEASE OF THE TRAIN BRAKES. THE TRAIN BEGAN TO MOVE AND TRAVELLED  DOWNGRADE DERAILING 73 CARS IN THE CURVE.  


nearest_city: TUNKHANNOCK
county: WYOMING
railroad: RBMN
date: 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: LEHIGH
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:
PIME-27 TRAVELING NORTH WHILE APPROACHING GRADE CROSSING CREW NOTICED TRACTOR TRAILER STOPPED ON CRO SSING. ENGINEER PLACED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY TRAIN STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER CAUSING TRAILER TO COLLIDED W ITH EAST SIDE FLASHERS AND GATE. TRUCK DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EVAULATION. NO CREW MEMBERS WERE INJURED.    


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE #1005 DERAILED WHILE ENROUTE WEST ON THE WEST END ENGINE HOUSE TRACK DUE TO SWITCH NOT PR OPERLY LINED.      


nearest_city: HOBBS
county: LEA
railroad: TNMR
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: LOVINGTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
CREW WAS SHOVING CONSIST INTO TRACK 771 IN THE NAVAJO YARD. CARS 4 THROUGH 13 IN TRAIN FELL BETWEEN RAIL ON FINAL SHOVE MOVE DERAILMENT CAUSE ATTRIBUTED TO WIDE GAGE DUE TO TIE CONDITION.      


nearest_city: SAHUARITA
county: PIMA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: ANAMAX MINE SPUR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
THE LKT21-23 CREW WAS PULLING UP HILL IN THE S CURVE.  TRAIN STARTED LOSING SPEED AND STOPPED.  ENGI NEER CHECKED POWER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG.  CREW THEN CHECKED TRAIN AND FOUND REAR 15 CARS DERAILED .  CAUSE WAS WIDE GAGE DUE TO TIE CONDITIONS.  UPRR MAINTAINS TRACK.     


nearest_city: AVON
county: GASTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-08T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. TRAIN 204 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND STRUCK TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE HANCOCK ROAD CROSSING. DRIVER EXITED PRIOR TO IMPACT.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO C REW MEMBERS OR DRIVER. 
44: HOURS WORK 07 HRS 09 MIN     


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SPOKANE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
Y-SPO1111-16 DERAILED 3 CARS IN TRACK 1605 WHILE GETTING CARS IN THE TRACK TOGETHER DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
UPRR TRAIN MEWHO-26 HAD MADE A SHOVE TO SET OUT RAILCARS ON PTRA MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN CUT OF RAILCA RS FROM PTRA ROLLED OUT AND STRUCK UP'S UP3890.  NO DERAILMENT.  PTRA ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $ 10,000 AND ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $500     


nearest_city: WARDEN
county: GRANT
railroad: CBRW
date: 2011-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
W/W CREW WAS PULLING WEST AT WARDEN YARD WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 3 LOADS AND 19 EMPTIES AT 10 MPH WHEN T HE 13TH CAR BRCX 3051, EMPTY DERAILED THE L3 AND L4 WHEELS, THE SHPX 42838, LOADED DERAILED ALL WHEE LS, THE BNSF 474050, EMPTY DERAILED ALL WHEELS AND THE TILX 641284 EMPTY DERAILED THE R1,R2,L1,L2 WH EELS, CAUSE - BROKEN SWITCH POINT UNDER MOVEMENT.    


nearest_city: WILLIAMSON
county: MINGO
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
subdivision: POCAHONTAS
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
799U223 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN ONE TRACK STRUCK A 2005 FREIGHTLINER SEMI- TRUCK WHICH WAS TUCK ON TH E CROSSIG AT MP N477.7      


nearest_city: HERMISTON
county: UMATILLA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
ITAG32-08 WAS AT THE 301/109 SWITCH, WHEN THE LEAD WHEEL OF CAR FEC72408 ROLLED UP THE POINT AND OVE R THE RAIL, AND THEN STARTED ROLLING RAIL TAKING OUT THE 302 SWITCH AND DERAILING THE NEXT 14 CARS. 1 DRUG POSITIVE - NOT DETERMINED TO BE A CAUSAL FACTOR.     


nearest_city: INDIANAPOLIS
county: MARION
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Y336 WAS SHOVING FROM THE MAIN TO THE EAST MAIN WEST WHEN AN UNEVEN RAIL HEAD ALLOWED A CAR TO CLIMB THE RAIL AND DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SELKIRK
county: ALBANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SELKIRK
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TWO SALT CARS (GNWR-9037 AND GNWR 9009) BEING HUMPED TO THE SAME CLASS TRACK # 026. CARS COUPLED AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED DUE TO AUTOMATED HUMP RETARDER FAILING TO SLOW CARS DOWN ACCOUNT OF WHEEL CONTAMI NATION. THIS RESULTED IN END OF CAR DAMAGE TO BOTH PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. NO EQUIPMENT DERAILED. FOREI GN MATERIAL FOUND ON CAR WHEELS HAS BEEN SENT TO A LAB TO CONFIRM SUBSTANCE.   PRO-YARD HIMP SYSTEM FOR HUMPING OPERATIONS. TRAIN WENT OVERSPEED.   


nearest_city: ELKHART
county: ELKHART
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
BE42 HUMPING RT10 WITH 74 X 33 TO CLASS TRACK #7 WITH CONTAMINATED WHEELS RESULTING IN RUN OUT AT TH E WEST END RUNNING INTO THE SIDE OF BE47.      


nearest_city: MORRISVILLE
county: BUCKS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
TRAIN #3800 RAN THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SW #LL-23 WHILE ENROUTE EAST ONLEAD #2 AND DERAILED L OCOMOTIVE #4620 (POSITION 1 IN CONSIST).      


nearest_city: CHARLESTON
county: BERKELEY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: South Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
RCO FOREMAN PLACED SEVEN CARS IN THE NORTH END OF TRACK 013, CARS ROLLED OUT STRIKING LOCOMOTIVE CSX T 1166.      


nearest_city: ATLANTIC
county: CASS
railroad: IAIS
date: 2011-09-02T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
ENGINEER FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONDUCTORS RADIO SIGNALS WHEN RUNNING LITE POWER BACK TO THEIR TRAIN. LITE POWER IMPACTED A STANDING CUT OF 93 CARS AT 17MPH.      


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: MIDLAND
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
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: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZLAMN-04, WITH LEAD UNIT UP7416, STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WENT THROUGH DOWNED ACTIVE WARNING DEVI CES.  IMPACT ON FRONT END OF PICKUP TRUCK.  UP7416 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  DRIVER INJURED.      


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, AEX 13335 WAS HUMPED INTO C42 WHICH WAS A FULL TRACK. THE FOLLOWIN G 3 CARS (ADMX 636100, CRDX 13994, AND CRDX 13925) WERE ROUTED INTO C41 WHICH ONLY HAD 1 CAR ON THE SOUTH END. ADMX 636100 CAUGHT UP TO AND CORNERED AEX 13335 BEFORE IT HAD CLEARED CAUSING CRDX 13994 TO CATCH UP AND CORNER AEX 13335 AND CRDX 13925 TO CATCH UP AND CORNER CRDX 13994.    


nearest_city: SAN JOSE
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: PCMZ
date: 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
UNION PACIFIC LRB32 09 WAS COMING OFF OF THEIR WARM SPRINGS SUB ONTO CALTRAIN MAIN TRACK AT CP SHARK . ON THE LEG OF WARM SPRINGS WYE ONE OF THEIR RAILCARS HIT AND DRAGGED A ROLE OF CHAIN LINK FENCE AR OUND AND ONTO CALTRAIN. PROPERTY.  WHEN THE LRB32 09 CAME THROUGH THE CROSSOVER AT CP SHARK THE ROLL OF FENCE CAUGHT THE SWITCH MACHINE. THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT OR UPRR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE, THE SWITCH MA CHINE WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE DAMAGE. UPRR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $0   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YG270-18 TOOK 3 CARS FROM TRACK 314 AND DOUBLED TO TRACK 311.  WHILE PULLING WEST OUT OF TRACK 311 T OWARDS TRACK 805 THE TRAIN STALLED ABOUT 5-6 TUBS WEST OF THE EAST CROSSOVERS.  THE ENGINEER ASKED T HE UTILITY PERSON TO INSPECT THE TRAIN SINCE THEY HAD STALLED OUT.  UTILITY PERSON REPORTED THAT CAR S BNSF270703 & IAIS55094 WERE ON THE GROUND.    


nearest_city: AMERICAN FALLS
county: POWER
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-16T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: NAMPA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
APDWG-15 WAS MEETING ZG2BR AT QUIGLEY SIDING.  APDWG PULLING INTO THE SIDING WENT INTO UDE.  CONDUCT OR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND SEVEN CARS DERAILED 2 CARS EAST OF THE FROG.  SEVEN CARS DERAILED, UPR IGHT AND 2 CARS ARE LEANING TO THE SOUTH FOULING THE MAIN TRACK.     


nearest_city: JEFFERSON
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NOPB
date: 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
U.P. TRAIN COMING OFF HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE HEADING EAST TO CSX RAILROAD. TRAIN CROSSED OVER IN EAST B RIDGE INTERLOCKER TOWARDS NS MAIN LINE WHEN 6 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE DRAFT GEAR.      


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE ACICI-15 CREW WAS MOVING TWO UNITS EASTWARD FROM THE EAST END OF TRACK 206 ONTO THE LEAD TO GO D OWN TRACK 205 WESTWARD.  CONDUCTOR LINED THE 201 SWITCH AGAINST HIMSELF AND SHOVED THRU THE SWITCH O N THE EASTWARD MOVE AND DERAILED THE EAST SET OF TRUCKS ON UNIT UP8361 ON THE WESTWARD MOVE.     


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2014-01-18T00:00:00Z
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: 14-Jan
narrative:
THE Y29018 STARTS HUMPING A CUT OF CARS. THE YARDMASTER HUMPS TWO SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29. THE LAST CAR IN THE TRACK WAS NOKL 725237. HE THEN HUMPS TTZX 85726 INTO C29 AND IT BYPASSES NOKL 725237 RES ULTING IN A DERAILMENT. NEXT THE YARDMASTER HUMPED 2 MORE SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29 FOLLOWING THE TTZ X 85726. THE Y29018 STARTS HUMPING A CUT OF CARS. THE YARDMASTER HUMPS TWO SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29. THE LAST CAR IN THE TRACK WAS NOKL 725237. HE THEN HUMPS TTZX 85726 INTO C29 AND IT BYPASSES NOKL 7 25237 RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT. NEXT THE YARDMASTER HUMPED 2 MORE SINGLE CAR CUTS INTO C29 FOLLOWIN G THE TTZX 85726. THE LAST CAR, TTZX 865549, WAS HUMPED INTO C29 AND WAS FOULING THE LEAD DUE TO THE CARS AHEAD BEING DERAILED FROM A BYPASS COUPLER. THE YARDMASTER THEN ATTEMPTS TO HUMP CRGX 8274 TO


nearest_city: OTTUMWA
county: WAPELLO
railroad: DME
date: 2010-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
676-002 S06 WAS DOUBLING CARS INTO NORTH 4 TRACK AT THE SOUTH END OF OTTUMWA YARD WHEN 4 LOADED CARS DERAILED. 3 OF THE 4 CARS ARE ON THEIR SIDE, 1 CAR HAS "A" END DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GALLUP
county: MCKINLEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
G-LINSWA9-01, MOVING 7 MPH ON TRACK 1626 IN GALLUP YARD, EXPERIENCED UDE.  INSPECTION REVEALED 4 CAR S DERAILED.      


nearest_city: LENZBURG
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: IC
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
L54891-16 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 28 LOADS OF LIMESTONE OFF OF THE KRPD'S LIMESTONE TRACKS LOC ATED AT SPOT 3. THEY PULLED SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 15 CAR LENGTHS WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT RAIL BRO KE UNDER LOAD. LMIX 2016, LIMX 2026, LIMX 2002, LMIX 2022
KASKASKIA RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY IS RESPO NSIBLE FOR THE TRACK MAINTENANCE AND HAS ADVISED $12,500 IN TRACK COSTS.    


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
CJ10 FLAT SWITCHING WESTWARD 3 UNITS, 1 LOAD, 0 EMPTIES, 319 TONS ON 446 TRACK, STRUCK A STANDING CU T OF CARS DAMAGING CAR ( GIMX 525083).      


nearest_city: BIG SPRINGS
county: DEUEL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GLCEBE-23 WAS EASTBOUND ON THE NO. 2 MAIN AT MP 353.5 ON THE SIDNEY SUB, WHEN THEY DERAILED AND DRAG GED THE UP91288 ABOUT 1 MILE BEFORE STOPPING DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL PLATE.  THE CMO21267 WAS ALSO DAM AGED, BUT DID NOT DERAIL.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-06-17T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3012-16 DERAILED 9 CARS WHEN DRAWBAR FELL FROM CAR AND WEDGED BENEATH CUT. NO HAZARDOUS MAT ERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: BROOKLYN
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2014-01-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: EADS SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
T102 DERAILED 0NE CAR BNSF686444 WHILE YARD THEIR TRAIN IN THE TRRA MADISON YARD. TRAIN CONSIST OF 8 2 LOADS 42 EMPTIES, 11277 TONS, 7626FT.      


nearest_city: NEW BRAUNFELS
county: COMAL
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: AUSTIN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RJVOG-04 WAS BEING YARDED BY THE CREW OF THE RNBCR-06 ON THE NORTH END OF OGDEN QUARRY.  ENGINEER US ED 1300 AMPS OF EXCESSIVE HORSEPOWER TO SHOVE CUT OF CARS THAT HAD 4 HAND BRAKES APPLIED ON THE REAR PORTION, LIFTING CARS OFF THE TRACK, RESULTING IN A 9 CAR DERAILMENT.  HANSON MATERIALS MAINTAINS T RACK    


nearest_city: GARY
county: LAKE
railroad: GRW
date: 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: GARY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ON 7-24-12 AT APPROXIMATELY 0856 TWO GRW HOT METAL REMOTE CONTROL ASSIGNMENTS COLLIDED NEXT TO #6 BL AST FURNACE JUST SOUTH OF THE NORTH #7 CROSSOVER SWITCH. THE 0630 HMRCL 11 ASSIGNMENT USING LOCOMOTI VE GRW 320 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANDLING THREE IRON LADLES FROM #6BF.   THE OPERATOR OF THE 0800 HM RCL 14 ASSIGNMENT WAS USING LOCOMOTIVE 317.  GRW 317 WAS SHOVING TWO EMPTY IRON LADLES (170 AND 191) SOUTH ON 5C LEAD AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE HOT METAL YARDMASTER TO STOP NORTH, CLEAR OF THE #7 CROS SOVER.  THE GRW 317 OPERATOR STATED THAT HE STOPPED NORTH CLEAR OF #7 CROSSOVER. HE THEN LINED BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH CROSSOVER SWITCH FOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE GRW 320. HE THEN INFORMED THE GRW 320 O PERATOR THAT MOVEMENT WAS LINED THROUGH #7 CROSSOVER FOR THE GRW 320. WHILE STANDING NORTH OF THE SO


nearest_city: LA PORTE
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: STRANG SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
LHU45R-25, WITH LEAD UNIT UPY2669, WAS SHOVING 25 CARS INTO TRACK 13.  FOUR CARS ON THE CUT DERAILED DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT ON THE CURVE.  CARS THAT DERAILED WERE: NDYX828475, MCEX330213, LIMX10058, MCE X350235.     


nearest_city: WESLEY
county: KOSSUTH
railroad: DME
date: 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SHELDON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
575-11 WAS SPOTTING FERTILIZER INTO INDUSTRY WHEN 4 LOADS AND 2 UNITS DERAILED. THIRD PARTY TRACK CO STS ARE ESTIMATED $5,500.      


nearest_city: QUINCY
county: ADAMS
railroad: BJRY
date: 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: QUINCY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
BNSF WEST QUINCY SWITCH CREW DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING OUT OF TRACK 2 DUE TO A WORN SWITCH POINT .  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CINCINNATI TERMINAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
Y22220 WAS SWITCHING AT THE NORTH END OF IVORYDALE YARD AND AFTER HAVING PULLED THROUGH TRACK N01, T HROUGH THE CROSSOVER TO THE #2 MAIN, THREE TANK CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: TULSA
county: TULSA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-TUL3042-23 SHOVING 91 CARS WEST INTO RD 4 DERAILED NEAR FROG OF 37 SWITCH.  1 CAR TURNED CROSS WAY AND STRUCK AND DERAILED CARS IN RD 11 TRACK WHILE 3 CARS STRUCK 23RD STREET OVERPASS SUPPORTS. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.     


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YNY84-15 WAS INSTRUCTED TO BACK INTO YARD AND CLEAR UP MAIN LINE.  JOB SHOVED RAILCARS INTO TRACK 00 9.  JOB PULLED AHEAD.  JOB FAILED TO REMOVE DERAILS AND DERAILED 4 RAILCARS.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
LOAD JUMPER  AT CATENARY 783 BROKE.  GRABBED PANTOGRAPH OF LEAD CAR OF ATK 2151 WHICH INVERTED, AND WIRE LET GO FROM SLED AND KINKED.      


nearest_city: BUSH
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: MT VERNON SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
2CNAIM9-16 TRAVELING NORTH ON MT VERNON SUBDIVISION EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.  THE TRAIN C REW STOPPED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE TRACK ALIGNMENT.     


nearest_city: CHOWCHILLA
county: MADERA
railroad: UP
date: 2010-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
LRF73-03, WITH LEAD UNIT UP0361, THEY HAD LEFT THEIR TRAIN IN THE SIDING, PULLED NORTH OUT OF THE SI DING WITH THE LOCOMOTIVE ONLY, PAST CP168.  CREW RECEIVED A SIGNAL TO PROCEED SOUTH DOWN THE MAIN LI NE AND STARTED THEIR MOVE AND STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK HAULING HAY AT KING STREET.  DRIVER ALLEGES GATES WERE NOT DOWN.  DOWNLOAD FROM SIGNAL INDICATED SPEED WAS 10 MPH.  THERE WAS SIGNAL DAMAGE AND LOCOMO TIVE DAMAGE.  NO TRACK DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
14 CARS (ALL LOADED) SET ON SOUTH END OF 13-015 WITH FOUR HANDBRAKES ON SOUTH END. SET BY JOB 140-26 AT 1530. MEWHO-26 DRAGGED THROUGH TRACK 13-010, MADE A CUT & DRAGGED UP TO SHOVE REMAINING 13 CARS ( ALL EMPTIES) INTO TRACK 13-009. WHEN READY TO SHOVE TRACK 13-009, THE ENGINEER COULD NOT MOVE THE TRAIN. THE CONDUCTOR THEN STEPPED INTO THE OTHER SIDE (RR EAST) TO SEE A CUT OF CARS HAD ROLLED SOUT H OUT OF TRACK 13-015.  AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE COLLUSION HAPPENED WITH THE SECOND ENGINE OF A 2 ENGINE CONSIST ( SOUTH END OF CONSIST). THE MEWHO-26 APPEARED TO HAVE MOVED SOU TH 10 CARS AFTER THE COLLUSION OCCURRED. THE ONLY IMPACT POINT WAS WITH THE 2ND ENGINE (UP 3890) AND THE SOUTH CAR IN TRACK 13-015 (GACX 201037).


nearest_city: WHITE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: ETOWAH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE FAILED TO LINE TWO SWITCHES ON A SWITCHING LEAD. THE EMPLOYEE THEN SHOVED THROUGH THE SWITC HES, WHEN THE MOVEMENT REVERSED THE REAR OF THE CUT WENT DOWN THE WRONG TRACK RESULTING IN A DERAILM ENT.     


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
AARAS-14 DERAILED ON MAIN TRACK #1 WEST OF CJ YARD.  TWO CARS DERAILED THE TTGX160050 AND THE TTGX25 3927.  IT WAS RULED A MECHANICAL FAILURE.      


nearest_city: BETTSVILLE
county: SENECA
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
INDUSTRY OWNED LOCOMOTIVE AND 45 CARS LEFT UNSECURED ROLLED EAST OVER DERAIL FOULING MAIN TRACK WITH A DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-03-08T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW3002-07 HUMPED TWO CARS INTO 2047 TRACK. SKATE FAILED TO SLIDE AND FIRST TRUCK OVERRODE SKA TE CAUSING DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


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


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z
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: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
UP TRAIN QASLI-23 DERAILED 6 EMPTIES IN CURVE IN THE ST LOUIS HORN DEPARTING YARD WHEN 12TH THRU 17T H CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT LATER DRAWBAR FORCES IN CURVE.      


nearest_city: ASHEVILLE
county: BUNCOMBE
railroad: NS
date: 2012-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
P34 PULLING WEST INTO YARD TRACK CT13 DERAILED REAR THREE CARS AOK 021 570 A&B END. SOU099458 A&B EN D.  SOU 098904 A&B END.      


nearest_city: CARMI
county: WHITE
railroad: EVWR
date: 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
CREW WAS SITTING ON THE MAIN LINE WAITING FOR TRAIN WOA1-18 TO LEAVE THE SIDING WHEN THEY FELT THE T RAIN NUDGE AND GO INTO EMERGENCY.  AFTER WALKING THE TRAIN IT WAS DETERMINED WOA1-18 HAD DERAILED AN D STRUCK THEIR TRAIN CAUSING 2 CARS TO DERAIL.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
LSE 57A-08 PULLING NORTH INTO TRACK 100 WENT INTO UNDESIRED EMERGENCY AND FOUND 3 LOADED CARS DERAIL ED ACCOUNT BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: RAWLINS
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: RAWLINS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ZSKDL4-19, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8434, STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS STUCK ON THE TRACKS AND DRIVER FLED THE SCENE.  THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON A CROSSING.      


nearest_city: FRANKFORT
county: CLINTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
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:
D43D114 SHOVING 20 CARS INTO ADM TRACK 4 WHEN THE #3 TRACK SWITCH POINT T BROKE UNDER MOVEMENT ALLOW THE R-3 WHEEL ON THE NS 296127 TD CLIMB THE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
YSA24-22 WAS SHOVING 100 CARS INTO TRACK #5 FROM THE SOUTH END WHEN MOVEMENT SLOWLY STOPPED.  CONDUC TOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED 9 CARS ON THE GROUND.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: TRE
date: 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER LEFT THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE DOWN THE TRACKS EVENTUALLY GETTING HIS CAR STUCK.  DRIVER EX ITED THE VEHICLE AND MOVED TO S PLACE OF SAFETY AND HIS VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY A EASTBOU ND DEADHEAD COMMUTER.     


nearest_city: HARVEY
county: WELLS
railroad: SOO
date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
subdivision: PORTAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
ASSIGNMENT HV21 MADE CUT ON HIGH 1 TRACK, PULLED AHEAD (EAST) PAST CROSSOVER TI BACK DOWN MAIN TO TI E ONTO CARS TO PICKUP. TOLD TO BACK UP LONG JOINT, GAVE CAR SIGN OF 6 CARS. WHEN GOT CLOSE APPARENTL Y ENGINEER DIDN'T HEAR ME. HOLLERED THAT WILL DO. FINALLY ENGINEER HEARD US, BUT WAS TOO LATE. JOINT MADE AT ABOUT 15 MPH. DTTX 729742 ( A 3 WELL ARTICULATE FLAT CAR) DERAILED AND DAMAGE TO CP 606245 (COVERED HOPPED) ALONG WITH DAMAGE DDT 645026, DTTX 659760 AND CP 527859 ( WHICH WERE EACH SINGLE WE LL CARS)  


nearest_city: PINECLIFFE
county: GILPIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
subdivision: MOFFAT TUNNEL SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
ENYGJC-10 DERAILED AT MP 34.89 DUE TO SHIFTED RAIL.  ALL 6 UNITS WERE DERAILED.  CREW WAS NOT HURT.       


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
YY29111 WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO SPOT AND COUPLE TRACK B10.  THE CREW DOUBLED TRACK B9 TO B10.  THE SWITCHMAN WAS NOT AT THE SPOT OF THE COUPLE IN TRACK B10.  THE COUPLE DID NOT MAKE AND A CUT OF CAR S ROLLED OUT OF TRACK B10.  THE CUT OF CARS DERAILED INTO Y29511 THAT WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS OUT ON THE WEST END OF HALSTED B-YARD.    


nearest_city: CORVALLIS
county: BENTON
railroad: PNWR
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
THE TOLEDO HOULER WAS WEST BOUND ON THE TOLEDO DISTRICT IN CORVALLIS MP 703.3 WHEN IT ENCOUNTER WIDE GAUGE CAUSING 38 CARS TO DERAIL. CAUSING DAMAGE TO CARS WHEELS AND TRACK/SHEET DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: MIAMI
county: OTTAWA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-10-28T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: AFTON
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
U-CAKFTM-26 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 7 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO A SIDING TRACK DUE TO SIGNAL BLOCK SHOWING A FALSE PROCEED INDICATION.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DENT
county: OTTER TAIL
railroad: CP
date: 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: DETROIT LAKES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
299-13 TRAVELING WESTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 38 MPH WHEN THEY LOST THEIR AIR AND CAME TO A STOP. CONDU CTOR WALKED BACK TO INSPECT TRAIN & FOUND 4TH THROUGH 9TH CARS DERAILED. ONE OF THE DERAILED CARS (D TTX 620642) WAS A 3 WHEEL ARTICULATED FLAT CAR. THERE WERE 9 EMPTY HAZMAT RESIDUE CARS INVOLVED. NOT HING RELEASED.    


nearest_city: ATOKA
county: TIPTON
railroad: IC
date: 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
A43171-28 REPORTED THAT UNIT CN 2154 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE MAIN LINE. DISPATCHER NOTIFI ED THE ATOKA FIRE DEPT. AND CREW STOPPED THE TRAIN AT THE NEXT ROAD CROSSING WHERE THE FIRE DEPT. EX TINGUISHED THE FIRE. TRAIN PROCEEDED WITH UNIT SHUT DOWN. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A FUEL LINE CAME LOOSE SPRAYING FUEL ON THE HOT TURBO.    


nearest_city: LONG ISLAND CITY
county: QUEENS
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
ENGINE 2024 WITH 6 CARS WAS DEPARTING S&I TRACK IN SUNNYSIDE YARD WHEN UNIT 2024 DERAILED DUE TO A D ERAIL MALFUNCTION.  THE DERAILS WERE ELECTRIC AND WERE PLACED IN NON-DERAIL POSITION AND AS ENGINE 2 024 APPROACHED, A MALFUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM ALLOWED THE DERAIL TO GO BACK TO DERAIL POSITION.     


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
F-END COLLECTOR HEAD OF PANTOGRAPH DAMAGED ON LOCOMOTIVE #4607 ON TRAIN #3969 DUE TO BROKEN HANGERS LOCATED AT BERGEN INTERLOCKING NEC MP 3.6.      


nearest_city: DAYTON
county: LIBERTY
railroad: CMC
date: 2011-06-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
Y-DYT2411-22 DAMAGED 4 CARS WHILE KICKING CARS INTO 635 TRACK. REVIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLOADS REVEAL ED EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEEDS.      


nearest_city: RICHMOND
county: CONTRA COSTA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
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-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK'S AMT530-25, TRAVELING EAST BOUND STRUCK THE TRAILER ON A SEMI-TRUCK AT THE CUTTING BLVD CROS SING.  NO INJURIES TO THE DRIVER OR CREW.  AMTRAK'S EQUIPMENT DAMAGE: $35,050.  NO UP TRACK DAMAGE. RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: ALEXANDRIA
county: ALEXANDRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2013-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: PIEDMONT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LOCAL P58P111 SHOVING 2 ENGINES, 21 LOADS, 26 EMPTIES INTO VULCAN INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN 7 OF THE LOADE D CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: BENSON
county: COCHISE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: LORDSBURG SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
THE LKP36-29 DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE, THE UP 6397.  THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS PICKED UP BEFORE MAJOR REPAIR S WERE MADE TO UNIT.  LOCOMOTIVE TRACTION MOTOR LOCKED UP AND CAUSED DERAILMENT IN PROCESS OF SETTIN G UNIT OUT AT BENSON, AZ.  LOCOMOTIVE MANAGER (HDC) FAILED TO FOLLOW PROCESS FOR SET OUT LOCOMOTIVES REQUIRING REPAIR WHICH ALLOWED LOCOMOTIVE TO BE PLACED IN TRAIN.    


nearest_city: NEW BRIGHTON
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
RAIL GRINDER RG 314 OPERATING SOUTH DIRECTION ON 102 TRACK DERAILED THE FIRST TRUCK. 38: PRIMARY CAU SE: GRINDING STONE ON MACHINE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING BUGGY TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: SUNNYVALE
county: SANTA CLARA
railroad: PCMZ
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
CALTRAIN 101 WITH ENGINE 911, 4 CARS, AND CAB CAR 4025, STRUCK AN ABANDONED AUTO. SHORTLY AFTER IMPA CT, THE AUTO CAUGHT FIRE, DESTROYING THE AUTO AND HEAVILY DAMAGING CAB CAR 4025.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: GVSR
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
SHOVING 109 LOADS OF GRAIN FROM BNSF TO ADM YARD. A END OF 92ND CAR CLIMBED THE BROKEN SWITCH POINT FROM HE BRIDGE SWITCH TO THE MAIN & DERAILED 1 SET OF TRUCKS AND ANOTHER CAR DERAILED.      


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: WILL
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WBNBNB-25 TRAVELING NORTHWARD ON THE JOLIET SUBDIVISION, DERAILED THREE OF THE LAST FOUR CARS DUE TO SOFT ROADBED.  CARS DAMAGED UP TO 30 PANELS WORTH OF TRACK.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: PLYMOUTH
county: RICHLAND
railroad: ASRY
date: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
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-Nov
narrative:
30. YARD LIMITS. AUTOMATIC INTERLOCKING IN YARD LIMITS. AT 05:15 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 13, 2012; THE CREW OF WT-3 WAS PROCEEDING EASTBOUND THROUGH PLYMOUTH YARD LIMITS WITH 27 CARS CONSISTING OF 14 LOADS A ND 13 EMPTIES. THE TRAIN WAS APPROACHING THE HOME SIGNAL PROTECTING THE ASHLAND RAILWAY AND THE WHEE LING AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD CROSSING AT GRADE. A SIGNAL INDICATION TO PROCEED WAS RECEIVED BY THE CR EW AND MOVEMENT CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTERLOCKING. THE HEAD END CLEARED THE DIAMOND BY ABOUT 4 TO 5 CAR LENGTHS WHEN A TRAIN LINE INITIATED WALKING PROTECTION OF THE TRAIN. AS THE CONDUCTOR REACHED T HE REAR END OF THE TRAIN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LAST 5 CARS OF THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED TO THE INSIDE OF THE CURVE. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT: CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DERAILMENT INDICATED THAT LOADED BOX CAR LRS


nearest_city: HARRISON
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
NJTR EXTRA MMC DRILL CREW SHOVING TRAIN WEST ONTO TRACK # 14 DERAILED THE LAST CAR, C/6051, DUE TO S WITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.  NJTR HAD $8,000.00 EQUIPMENT DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: RUTLEDGE
county: MORGAN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-10T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Q19710 DERAILED 8 CARS ON MAINLINE AT YYG 111. TRAIN ENTERED 25 MPH SPEED RESTRICTION AT 30 MPH. ENG INEER SLOWED TRAIN TO 25 MPH OR LESS USING DYNAMIC BRAKING. 35TH CAR IN TRAIN DERAILED WHEN MOVING T HRU SPEED RESTRICTION AT 25 MPH.     


nearest_city: OAKLAND
county: ALAMEDA
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-02T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 5S EQUIPMENT, CONSISTING OF 2 ENGINES AND 19 CARS, WAS STANDING IN OAKLAND YARD WHEN AN ELECTR ICAL FIRE STARTED AT ONE OF THE COFFEMAKERS STATION, CAUSING FIRE DAMAGE TO 4 CARS.      


nearest_city: MONT BELVIEU
county: CHAMBERS
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-27T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BAYTOWN SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
LHX21R-27, LEAD UNIT CONDUCTOR RAN REMOTE POWER CONSIST UP THE LEAD FROM TRACK FIVE AND DERAILED ON MECHANICAL DERAIL NOT PROPERLY LINED FOR NON-DERAILING POSITION.  NUMBER 1 AND 2 WHEELS ON THE LEADI NG LOCOMOTIVE LLPX2223 WERE DERAILED AT THIS POINT.  CONDUCTOR THEN PROCEEDED TO BACK UP ABOUT TWO H UNDRED YARDS WITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ENGINE WHEELS ON THE GROUND.  THE FUEL TANK WAS PUNCTURED LEA KING APPROXIMATELY TWO THOUSAND GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.   


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: JACKSON
railroad: KCS
date: 2011-07-19T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED TWO ENGINES AT THE EAST END OF KNOCHE YARD. DME HAD MECHANICAL REPAIR COSTS OF $5,762 .      


nearest_city: DEPEW
county: ERIE
railroad: NS
date: 2010-06-12T00:00:00Z
state: New York
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CP427 SHOVING WEST WITH 3 CARS ENGINES, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, ON ENGINE TRACK DERAILED 2 UNITS, CP 952 0, CP 5833.      


nearest_city: BALTIMORE
county: BALTIMORE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: HARRISBURG
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:
HB44 SHOVING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS AND 29 EMPTIES WHEN THE HEAL BLOCK ON THE 6 TRACK SWITCH SUNK.  CAUS ING THE SWITCH POINT TO RISE ABOVE THE STOCK RAIL, CAUSING SOU 526576 TO PICK THE SWITCH: DERAILING SOU 526576 AND NS 406864.     


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-OKC2031-22 DERAILED ONE CAR IN YARD TRACK 952 DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINES SWITCH.  NO HAZARDOUS MA TERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HARRISBURG
county: DAUPHIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS, TRAIN 21TC127 PULLING WEST OVER ROCKVILLE BRIDGE WITH 3 LOC OMOTIVES, NS9656+2, 47 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY, 4225 TONS, 8177 FT. WHEN EXCESSIVE WIND GUSTS FROM THE NOR TH CAUGHT DOUBLE STACKED CONTAINERS DERAILING THE 26TH CARS.     


nearest_city: JERSEY CITY
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2013-11-07T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013, ENGINEER/SWITCHMAN J. AVILES WAS MOVING A THREE CAR PA-5 CAR CONSIST: (W- 5790-5114-5704) ON TRACK 8 IN A YARD.  THERE WAS A FOUR-CAR PA-5 CONSIST: (W- 5604-5184-5194-5615) THAT WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME ON TRACK 8.  THE ENGINEER/SWITCHMAN WAS AD DING CAR 5790 TO CAR 5615.  ACCORDING TO THE EVENT RECORDER IN OPERATING CAR 5790, THE TRAIN WAS MOV ING AT 14 MPH ON TRACK THAT WAS RESTRICTED TO 8 MPH.  IT RAINED DURING THE MORNING HOURS, AND THE RA ILS ON TRACK 8 WERE WET.  DUE TO THE WET RAIL CONDITION, ACCORDING TO PROPULSION/BRAKING DESIGN, THE TRAIN WAS IN SPIN/SLIDE WHEN TRAIN LINE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  CAR 5790 IMPACTED CAR 5704 AT 
8 MPH .  AS A RESULT FIVE CARS SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  

AT 1400 HOURS YARD FOREMAN D. RYAN REPORTED THAT AN


nearest_city: HAINES CITY
county: POLK
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 98 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/165-E/21 AND 10 CARS STRUCK THE REAR OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUC K AT MP829.53, HAINES COURT CROSSING.      


nearest_city: PORTLAND
county: MULTNOMAH
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YPD72R-06 WAS COUPLING CLEANER 5 AS THE YPD63-06 ARRIVED TO TRACK 19.  AFTER YPD63-06 CLEARED, CREW STRETCHED INTO ZONE 3 TO START SWITCHING.  THEY HAD HOLD OF 18 CARS FROM TRACK 566.  THE FIRST CAR B EING A SINGLE EMPTY FOR TRACK 14.  THEY STOPPED REAR CAR AROUND THE 15 SWITCH AND BEGAN KICKING.  AS THE ENGINE BEGAN SHOVING, FIFTH CAR FROM THE READ WENT TOWARDS 19 RAIL, WHILE THE OTHER 3 REAR CARS DERAILED AND LEFT ONLY THE VERY REAR CAR STILL ON THE TRACK AHEAD OF THEIR MOVEMENT.  ENGINE AND HE AD 13 CARS WERE ALSO STILL ON THE RAIL EAST OF THE 19 SWITCH INTO ZONE 3.  


nearest_city: WAYCROSS
county: WARE
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Y19822 ONE MAN REMOTE CONTROL HUMP JOB SHOVING 90 CARS FROM TRACK R05 TO HUMP, WHEN MOVEMENT WAS STO PPED AT HUMP CREST WHILE WAITING TO BEGIN HUMPING CARS, KNUCLE BROKE BETWEEN THE 52ND AND 53RD CAR F ROM HEAD RESULTING IN BY PASS AND ROLLED RAIL. HUMPING MOVEMENT BEGAN AND HUMPED 4 CARS BEFORE ANOTH ER HUMP JOB NOTICED CARS DERAILED AND STOPPED THE MOVEMENT.    


nearest_city: WINSTON SALEM
county: FORSYTH
railroad: YVRR
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
NS CREW VW84 WAS SWITCHING AN INDUSTRY TRACK WITHIN YARD LIMITS AND FAILED TO PERFORM A C102 BRAKE T EST ON A BOX CAR THEY HAD  SIT ON MAINLINE.  THIS CREW CLEARED UP THEIR ENGINE IN THE SIDING AND BLE D THE CAR OFF TO ROLL IT BY AND LEARNED THE HAND BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING.  THE CAR ROLLED 1.5-2 MILES WEST AND RAN INTO OUR TRAIN APPROACHING YARD LIMITS.  NS YARDMASTER AND 
VW84  CREW MADE CONTACT WI TH OUR CREW AND TOLD THEM TO STOP AND GET OFF OF TRAIN TELLING THEM THE CAR WAS ROLLING THEIR WAY. OUR CREW STOPPED AND DISMOUNTED THE TRAIN AND THE BOX CAR HIT THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAILING THE EMPT Y BOX CAR.  WE ARE REPORTING YVRR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE ONLY. 


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
COKE LOADS SWITCHED AGAINST EMPTY AIR DUMPS, NEXT SHIFT SHOVED CARS FOR ROOM AND ROLLED RAIL.       


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: FEC
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 209 WAS UNDER THE OPERATION OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN CREW AND WHILE TRAVERSING THROUGH SWITCH 19, D ERAILED DTTX 785739, FEC 72424 AND DTTX 724958.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.      


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 HUMPED THE TBOX 665200 THE 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: MCPHERSON
county: MCPHERSON
railroad: KO
date: 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
KORR 800, WORKING IN MCPHERSON, KS WAS MAKING A SET OUT IN MCPHERSON YARD. THEY LEFT 8 CARS ON THE M AIN AND WERE SHOVING WEST BOUND INTO TRACK 4722 WITH 18 CARS. WHILE SHOVING, THE SIDE SWIPED 2 CARS THEY WERE SHOVING INTO THE HEAD CAR THAT WAS LEFT ON THE M/L. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED T HAT THE CONDUCTOR LEFT THE CARS ON THE M/L IN FOUL OF 4722 AND WELL OVER THE CLEARANCE MARKED PAINTE D ON RAIL.   


nearest_city: LAKE CHARLES
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: HARBOR IND LD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
YLC31-10 DERAILED TWO CARS.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT THE INITIAL TERMINAL CLASS ONE INSPECTI ON AT THE ORIGINATING TERMINAL OF ALEXANDRIA, LA FAILED TO PROPERLY RELEASE A HAND BRAKE IN THE MIDD LE OF THE TRAIN, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE TREAD BUILDUP.     


nearest_city: TACOMA
county: PIERCE
railroad: TMBL
date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
RAILCAR GATX 3461 WAS KICKED INTO TRACK 17.  WHILE CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL SWITCH MOVES BETWEEN TRACKS 17, 18 AND 19, GATX 3461 ROLLED BACK TOWARDS TRACK 18, IMPACTING AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO RAIL CARS TI LX 350111 AND TILX 350094. GATX 3461 DERAILED ONTO ITS SIDE ON TRACK 17.
 

LINE 36 UPDATED TO RE FLECT ACTUAL REPAIRS COSTS.    


nearest_city: BROOKLAND
county: CRAIGHEAD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
MPIPB-10, WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP7491, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG CARRYING RICE SEED TRAVELING NOR TH ON HIGHWAY 49 WHEN THE TRACTOR TRAILER TURNED EAST ON COX AND LUTHER INC, A PRIVATE CROSSING, AND WAS STRUCK BY THE LEAD UNIT.  THE DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.     


nearest_city: ELK CITY
county: BECKHAM
railroad: FMRC
date: 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: SUNBELT
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
TRACK KINKED UNDER TRAIN ROLLING RAIL AND DERAILING 5 CRUDE OIL CARS. TRAIN MOVEMENT WAS MADE UNDER WAIVER FRA 2012-0011.      


nearest_city: GAINESVILLE
county: COOKE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: RED ROCK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
R-TEX0021-16, FAILED TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE DERAIL FROM YARD TRACK 6506 BEFORE SHOVING INTO TRACK, D ERAILING 2 CARS. DERAILED CARS STRUCK AND DERAILED ONE CAR IN ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: DUNDEE
county: MONROE
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
M38461-22 WAS OPERATING THROUGH ANN ARBOR/DIANN WYE AT 10 MPH WHEN AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATIO N WAS EXPERIENCED.  UPON INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND THE 55TH-57TH CARS, UTLX 903214 - NAHX 9977 9 - UTLX 902471 DERAILED UPRIGHT ON THE MAIN.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT UTLX 90321 4 HAD DERAILED AT MP 19.8 ON THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD, THE JOURNAL, BEARING RACE AND ADAPTER FOR THE R 3 WHEELS WAS LOCATED AT MP 19.1.  THE TRAIN HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILE ACROSS THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD WHEN THEY ENTERED THE FLAT ROCK SUBDIVISION AT MP 39.5 AND STOPPED AT MP 39.5.  THE CREW RE CEIVED AN EMERGENCY CALL FROM THE ANN ARBOR'S DISPATCHER SECONDS AFTER THE TRAIN HAD GONE INTO EMERG ENCY.  THE CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A BURNT JOURNAL ON UTLX 903214.  BOTH THE ANN ARBOR RAILR


nearest_city: LOS ANGELES
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: SCAX
date: 2010-01-26T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS WALLET WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL TRAIN INTO S&I TRACK, AND RUN OVER DERAIL.      


nearest_city: OREGON
county: LUCAS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y19929 TORCO JOB FAILED TO ENSURE SWITCHES IN ZONE WERE PROPERLY LINED AND PULLED THROUGH TRACK T25 INSTEAD OF T24 AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH AT THE OPPOSITE END. JOB THEN SHOVED BACK AND DERAILED 14 CARS AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: MAJESTIC
county: PIKE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
U71 4 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES 826U107, 3 UNITS, 48 LOADS TRAVELING WEST INTO BURKE SIDING WHEN ALL THRE E UNITS AND HEAD 10 CARS DERAILED DUE TO OPEN GAUGE DUE TO WEEK TIMBERS.      


nearest_city: BRIDGEPORT
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2013-09-10T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
A STABILIZER WIRE WORE THROUGH AT CATENARY 860 DROPPED INTO THE FOUL, DAMAGING THE KUPLAR BREAKER, A LLOWING THE PANTOGRAPHS ON CARS 9132 AND 9106 TO ENGAGE SAME, CAUSING CARBON STRIP DAMAGE ON 9132 AN D A FLIPPED PANTOGRAPH SHOE ON 9106.     


nearest_city: MIDLAND
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
C10C516 SHOVING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 17 LOADS, 3 EMPTIES AND 2272 TO NS ON SHE BELL LEAD, DERAILED THE 1ST THROUGH 5TH HEAD CARS.      


nearest_city: FREDONIA
county: WILSON
railroad: SKOL
date: 2012-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: NEODESHA
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:
WICH WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE NEODESHA SUBDIVISION WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE EN GINEER TRIED TO RECOVER THE AIR AND NOTIFIED THE ATM WHICH INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND LINES 13 TH ROUGH 17 HAD DERAILED.  TRAIN WAS IN THE BODY OF CURVES  AS WELL AS IN A BOWL. NO TRAIN HANDLING EXC EPTIONS NOTED PER DOWNLOAD 
DOWNLOAD: 09 MPH THROTTLE 6 BRAKE PIPE: 87 INDEPENDENT BRAKE: 0 AMPS: 8 18 
   


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-09T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LONG BEACH
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:
PHL CREW SHOVINH A TRAIN IN THE LAXT LOOP - FOREMAN WAS NOT RIDING ON THE EQUIPMENT AND COULD NOT SE E THE SWITCHES FOR THE MOVEMENT.  THE TRAIN WAS ON LOOP 2 TRACK AND CROSSED OVER TO LOOP 3 STRIKING EMPT EQUIPMENT. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.     


nearest_city: ELKO
county: ELKO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-12-19T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Sleet
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
KLTG4-18 TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 CAME AROUND A CORNER AND STRUCK A BOULDER THAT WAS ON T HE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAIN LINE FOULING THE TRACK.  THE BOULDER WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET IN DIAMETER. TRAIN DID NOT GO INTO EMERGENCY OR DERAIL.  UPON INSPECTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE THE PLOW WAS PUSHED I N ON THE CONDUCTOR'S SIDE CAUSING THE STEPS TO BE CAVED IN ON THE CONDUCTOR'S SIDE ALSO.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: EAST ST LOUIS
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: ALS
date: 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
LOADED COVERED HOPPER EXITED MASTER RETARDER AS OVERSPEED ACCOUNT FOREIGN MATERIAL ON WHEELS.  STRUC K CAR IN TRACK, CAUSING DAMAGE BUT NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: WELLESLEY
county: NORFOLK
railroad: MBTA
date: 2010-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Rain
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
THIS INCIDENT BEING REPORTED LATE. TRACTION MOTOR FIRE ON LOCO FIRST BELIEVED TO BE MINIMAL DAMAGE. 
BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT TRACTION MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.      


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


nearest_city: LITTLE RIVER
county: BELL
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
BNSF TRAIN UM5BTJ-30, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF5220 WAS TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED SINGLE MAIN LINE TRAC K.  JOB WAS INSTRUCTED BY DISPATCHER TO STOP AND SHOVE INTO LITTLE RIVER SIDING.  WHEN TRAIN MADE SH OVING MOVE, JOB DERAILED 7 RAILCARS WHEN SPRING SWITCH CLOSED AT NORTH END OF TRACK.  BNSF ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $31,750.  RAIL = CWR    


nearest_city: SOPER
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: LAKESIDE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
COAL TRAIN WAS HEADED EAST ON THE LAKESIDE SUBDIVISION WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  AFTE R MAKING 2 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE TRAIN MOVING THE CREW CONTACTED THE TRAINMASTER.  THE TRAIN HAD DERAI LED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL AND INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT NO TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES FROM THE DOWNLOAD.     


nearest_city: BRIMSON
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2010-06-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
U79381-05 WAS A LOADED ORE TRAIN TRAVELING AT 36 MPH ON CWR MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGE NCY AND STOPPED.  THE CONDUCTOR INSPECTED THE TRAIN AND FOUND DMIR 52648, 53117, 51826, 52227, 51382 4, 51205, 52695, 52803, 52769, 52825, 52729, 52503, 52792, AND 52958 DERAILED.  TRACK WAS DAMAGED BE TWEEN FAIRBANKS AND BRIMSON INCLUDING NORTH SWITCH AT BRIMSON.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FO UND THAT THE CAUSE WAS AN INCOMPATIBLE FOR THE LEGACY CARS WITH D2 SPRINGS ON CLASS 4 TRACK RESULTIN G IN A VEHICLE RESONANCE.  THE FRA TRACK CLASS ID DESIGNED FOR 60' CARS AND NOT 24' CARS, AND THE D2 SUSPENSIONS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN GRANDFATHERS DESIGNS.  THE STIFFER SUSPENSIONS COMBINED WITH THE SH ORT CAR LENGTH REACT TO TRACK DEVIATIONS THAT THOUGH LEGAL BY FRA CRITERIA ARE NOT COMPATIBLE FOR TH


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: GTW
date: 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
C78361-14 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK LT03 IN LANG YARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPE CTION, THE CREW FOUND 5 LOADED COAL HOPPER CARS DERAILED, ALL IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION.  CARS DERAILE D WERE: FURX 964189, DEEX 990651, CRIX 46200, AND DEEX 6909.  CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT HAS BEEN DETER MINED TO BE A BROKEN RAIL ( HEAD WEB SEPARATION).  NO INJURIES OR HAZARDOUS WERE INVOLVED.    


nearest_city: PLYMOUTH
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-09T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
E44608 WAS HEADING EAST THEN SOUTH AT THE PLYMOUTH DIAMOND FROM GRAND RAPIDS TOWARDS TOLEDO. TRAIN W AS BUILT WITH 106 MT ALUMINUM COAL CARS, 5684 LONG AND 2220 TONS. WHILE COMING AROUND THE SOUTHWEST WYE THE 27TH CAR DERAILED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVE WHILE TRAIN WAS IN DYNAMIC BRAKES AT APPROX 22 0 AMPS OF RESISTANCE. CARS WERE UNUSED COAL HOPPERS THAT WERE BUILT NEW ON 10/01/2002 AND NEVER LOAD ED WITH COAL.   


nearest_city: HAMILTON
county: MONROE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
R-SPR8521-09, WHILE PULLING 18 CARS FROM TRONOX CORP FACILITY ATSF 313235 DUE TO RAIL HEAD WEB SEPAR ATION.  CREW DIDN'T KNOW CAR HAD DERAILED AND CONTINUED TO PULL TRACK; WHEN CAR HIT FROG AT SWITCH, THIS CAR AND ANOTHER OVERTURNED, DAMAGING A 3 RD CAR.     


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
ENGINE HOUSE EMPLOYEE MOVING WESTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 0 TONS ON THE TEST TRACK , DERAILED THE FIRST UNIT (NS 6766).      


nearest_city: MOORHEAD
county: CLAY
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: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
RCO Y-DIL2042-10 PULLED FROM INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 3 CARS AT POINT OF WIDE GAU GE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WILLIS
county: BROWN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
CTCEY1-20 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 2 CARS DUE TO A FAILURE TO REMOVE HANDBRAKE.  RESPONSIBLE CREW COU LD NOT BE FOUND.      


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-02T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: MERCHANTS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
H-GALMEM9-02 DERAILED ONE CAR AND DAMAGED TWO CARS WHEN IT STRUCK A BRIDGE AT MP 1.4 DUE TO BEING MI SROUTED DURING A REROUTE.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: WOOLDRIDGE
county: COOPER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
2CETWL9-13 ROUNDED CURVE AND FOUND TREE ACROSS TRACK CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO LEAD UNIT.  NO INJU RIES TO CREW.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: STERLING
county: WHITESIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-07T00:00:00Z
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-Mar
narrative:
MSTPR-07 WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF YARD 5 THROUGH TRACK 25 WHEN A SECTION OF RAIL BROKE UNDER THE MP 6 40602.  THIS CAUSED THE RAIL TO ROLL RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 8 CARS TOTAL.      


nearest_city: ABERDEEN
county: HARFORD
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: MAD
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
ENGINE 924 HAD A BROKEN CARBON STRIP ALLOWING THE TROLLEY WIRE TO RIDE ON BARE METAL OF PAN HEAD ASS EMBLY UNTIL IT CUT COMPLETELY THROUGH.  THIS ALLOWED THE PANTOGRAPH TO RISE ABOVE THE RIDING PLANE O F THE WIRE AND INVERT AS WELL AND STRIKE THE CATENARY HARDWARE/WIRES CAUSING DAMAGE BACK ALONG ITS P ATH.    


nearest_city: PALMETTO
county: COWETA
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-08-07T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: AWP W OF A
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
Q60007 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS STALLED ON CROSSING RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE FIVE OCCUP ANTS OF THE TRUCK. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.      


nearest_city: MONTICELLO
county: DREW
railroad: AKMD
date: 2012-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
TRAVELING EASTWARD WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND TWENTY LOADED RAILCARS, MCGEHEE TURN DERAILED SEVEN WOOD CHIP CARS, THE EIGHTH THROUGH FOURTEENTH CARS BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVES, WITH SIX CARS OVERTURNING AND THE SEVENTH DERAILING 4 WHEELS.  INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT THE CENTER PLATE HAD COME OUT OF THE BOWL PRIOR TO THE DERAILMENT. DUE TO THE IRREGULAR MOVEMENT  OF THE CAR BODY ON THE TRUCK FRAME, BEING OUT OF THE CENTER BOWL, CAUSED THE SIDE FRAME TO FLEX WIDENING THE TRUCK SET ENOU GH FOR ONE SIDE OF THE BRAKE BEAM TO BECOME DISLODGED AND FALL OUT OF THE BRAKE BEAM BRACKET. THE BR AKE BEAM THEN DRAGGED, IN FRONT OF THE NUMBER 4 AXLE (TRAILING AXLE) ON MP 592628, ON TOP OF THE RAI L FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL DERAILMENT. WHEN THE BRAKE BEAM DRAGGED ACROSS THE TI


nearest_city: SAUGET
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
CNADY-25 WHILE SHOVING WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND FOUND 4 LOADED COAL CARS DERAILED, 2 ON THEIR SIDE AN D 2 UPRIGHT.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2014-01-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YSA12R-11 HAD CUT OF 11 CARS THAT THEY SHOVED NORTH TO A JOINT IN TRACK 10.  CREW SHOVED SOUTH ABOUT 500 FEET SO RCL OPERATOR COULD GET ON REAR OF THE CUT TO SHOVE INTO THE TRACK TO MAKE ANOTHER JOINT WITH THE REST OF THE CARS IN THE TRACK.  THE OPERATOR WAS ON THE CUT OF 18 CARS AT POINT TO SHOVE N ORTH ABOUT 500 FEET AT WHICH TIME MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED WHEN CARS STARTED TO DERAIL.  INITIAL CAUSE S EEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED FROM BYPASS COUPLERS THAT WELDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER ON CARS BNSF727731 AND FBOX504144.  FBOX 504144 WAS SWITCHED INTO THE TRACK BY THE YSA19R-10.  RAILROAD VERIFIED THE ENGIN EER TIME - THEY SWITCHED EARLIER IN THE DAY. 


nearest_city: ROFF
county: PONTOTOC
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
R-TEX6561-21 SHOVING FROM UNIMIN SAND PLANT INTO SIDING DERAILED 4 CARS. INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATIO N FOUND WORN FLANGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SWITCH POINT CAUSED INCIDENT.      


nearest_city: PETERSBURG
county: PETERSBURG
railroad: NS
date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: VIRGINIA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
V62V111 WAS SHOVING WEST OUT OF COLLIER (CSXT) YARD DOWN THE NS NEW TRACK WHEN THE 22ND THROUGH 25TH CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: MATTAWAMKEAG
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: GRS
date: 2013-03-07T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
subdivision: EASTERN
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
WHILE HEADING EAST ON THE FREIGHT MAIN LINE AROUND MILE POST 1.7 THE TRAIN LOST ITS AIR AND WENT INT O EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK 
AND FOUND 15 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: AUSTIN
county: TRAVIS
railroad: CMTY
date: 2012-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER FAILED TO STOP AT PRIVATE GRADE CROSSING AND WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN. ONE PASSENGER WAS TRA NSPORTED FROM THE TRAIN FOR UNKNOWN INJURIES      


nearest_city: LUKE
county: ALLEGANY
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
THE U89131 PULLED LOADS FROM METTIKI TO CUMBERLAND. AFTER THE TRAIN ENTERED ONTO THE INTERCHANGE TRA CK THE ENGINEER REALIZED HE WAS RAPIDLY SLOWING DOWN.  HE STOPPED THE TRAIN, AND THE CREW INSPECTED THE CARS. NINE CARS DERAILED DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: K C METRO KANSAS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
YKS38R-07 WHILE SHOVING, RAN THROUGH A POWER SWITCH THAT WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR MOVEMENT.  SWITCH D AMAGE ONLY.  NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-09-07T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: OAKLAND SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
LRS56-06 DOUBLED TRACK 210 TO TRACK 13 ON THE EAST END.  THE CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE WEST END AND TOOK THE SHOVE OUT OF 13 TOWARDS 2 LEAD TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEIR LAST DOUBLE OVER.  IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS THEY RAN THROUGH THE CLEANER LEAD SWITCH ON THE WEST END.  THIS WAS NOT NOTICED.  AFTER THEY F INISHED BUILDING THEIR TRAIN ON THE EAST END THEY ATTEMPTED TO DEPART, MAKING A REVERSE MOVE THROUGH THE RUN-THRU SWITCH DERAILING 5 CARS.  CONDUCTOR WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVE BUT MISSED THE SWITCH, IN ITIALLY CAUSING THE RUN THRU SWITCH.  


nearest_city: TOLEDO
county: LUCAS
railroad: NS
date: 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: DEARBORN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
781 TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 2 UNITS (BNSF 9095, BNSF 9562), ON DETROIT MAIN #2, TOLEDO, OH. DERAILED AL L WHEELS OF DEEX 060538.      


nearest_city: BARTLETT
county: COOK
railroad: NIRC
date: 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN #2242 WAS ROUNDING THE CURVE HEADED INTO BARTLETT WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED A SEMI TRUCK TRAIL ER CARRYING CARS ON THE GRADE CROSSING. THE ENGINEER PUT THE TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY BUT, STRUCK THE TR AILER CAUSING CAB CAR #8525 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: BRUNSWICK
county: GLYNN
railroad: GITM
date: 2010-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
PULLING A CUT OF 14 LOADED GRAIN HOPPERS CONDUCTOR HEARD A LOUD POP (BROKEN RAIL). CAR CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING DERAILED AND SIDE SWIPED AN EMPTY TANK CAR ON THE NEXT TRACK.      


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YPB25R-20 WAS DRAGGING A CUT OF 83 CARS OUT OF THE NORTH END OF TRACK 251 TO HUMP ZONE 2.  THE 42ND CAR BACK, NS165243, DERAILED AND TURNED OVER.  THE YARDMASTER SAW THE ACTION AND TOLD THE JOB TO STO P.  AS THEY STOPPED 4 CARS IN FRONT OF THE NS165243 ALSO TURNED OVER DUE TO THE PRESSURE.     


nearest_city: PADUCAH
county: MCCRACKEN
railroad: PAL
date: 2012-09-04T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
CREW SHOVED 8 CARS OVER SWITCH POINT AND THE 9TH CAR CLIMBED THE RAIL.  BRAKEMAN TOLD THE ENGINEER T O STOP TRAIN AND BEFORE TRAIN STOPPED 4 CARS WERE ON THE GROUND.  IT WAS DETERMINED THE SWITCH POINT WORN CAUSING A PIECE TO BREAK AND MADE CARS CLIMB RAIL.     


nearest_city: CALIENTE
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CBTMA9-13 WAS OPERATING ON A DESCENDING GRADE IN DYNAMIC BRAKE.  THEY REDUCED DYNAMIC TO INCREASE SP EED AND AS THE TRAIN ROLLED OUT THE DRAWBAR FELL OUT DUE TO THE DRAWBAR KEY MISSING.  THIS CAUSED TH E TRAIN TO GO INTO EMERGENCY AND DERAIL 6 CARS.     


nearest_city: OMAHA
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: FALLS CITY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
MKCCB-26 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING 119 CAR TRAIN ON MAIN #4, FALLS CITY SUB. AT B005 THE CREW WEN T FROM MAIN #4 ONTO 3 POCKET AND AT B004 CROSSED FROM 3 POCKET ONTO THE OMAHA SUB "SUB MAIN 2". THE CREW WENT INTO EMERGENCY, AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE AEX13753 DERAILED INTO CEFX30491. THE CREW D IDN'T EXPERIENCE ANY UNUSUAL SLACK OR BUFF FORCE UPON THE UDE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.    


nearest_city: LISSIE
county: WHARTON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GLIDDEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 2 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/120-E/170 AND 9 CARS STRUCK A PIECE OF FARM EQUIPMENT (FERTILIZ ER APPLICATOR) AT MP 61.60, COUNTY RD 275 CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $250,000.00.      


nearest_city: OREGON
county: OGLE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
IR CREW PULLING EAST FROM INDUSTRY ONTO BNSF SIDING FAILED TO RELEASE HAND BRAKES ON APPROXIMATELY L INES 7-11. WHEN TRAVERSING SLIGHT CURVE AT SWITCH STRAIGHT - LINED THE CARS THROUGH THE SWITCH RESUL TING IN DERAILMENT. BNSF DISAGREES WITH IR CAUSE CODE T110 FOR ABOVE REASONS.     


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW 330 PULLED THREE LOADED IRON LADLES FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF C-5 BLAST FURNACE.  WITH THE LOADS N EXT TO THE LOCOMOTIVE, THE CREW TIED ON TO FOUR EMPTY LADLES FROM ANOTHER TRACK TO RESPOT THE FURNAC E.  AS THE CREW SHOVED SOUTH ON TRACK 911 WITH THE THREE LOADS AND FOUR EMPTIES TO RESPOT THE FURNAC E, THE HEAD OF THE RAIL BROKE FROM THE WEB CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF LOCOMOTIVE CWRO 213 AND THE FIR ST TWO LOADED IRON LADLES, AM 63 AND AM 79, COUPLED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.   


nearest_city: NORWALK
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: DANBURY BRANCH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
ELECTRIC TRAIN OPERATED NON-ET WIRED CROSSOVER AT CP400, ALLOWING PANTOGRAPHS OF CARS 9374 AND 9370 TO RIDE OFF WIRE, DAMAGING SAME ON REVERSE SOUTHWARD MOVE.      


nearest_city: WESTBOROUGH
county: WORCESTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING 16 EMPTY CARS INTO TRACK 2 AT WESTBORO AUTOSITE, B72328 DERAILED FOUR HIND CARS.       


nearest_city: PRINCETON
county: CALDWELL
railroad: PAL
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
CREW WAS COUPLING CARS TO SHOVE INTO TRACK #8.  AFTER THE COUPLING WAS MADE THEY SHOVED APPROXIMATEL Y 3 CAR LENGTHS ONLY STOPPING AFTER CONDUCTOR NOTICED THE RAIL WAS TURNED OVER.  AFTER INVESTIGATION , THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATIONS OF SHOVING AGAINST A HAND BRAKE AND BAD TIE CONDITION.     


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YARD CREW DRILL EXTRA MOVED #4139 FROM FUEL PAD TO CENTER YARD AND COUPLED TO #4147 AND DERAILED #41 47 WHILE ENROUTE WEST THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SW #3014.      


nearest_city: PALMETTO
county: MANATEE
railroad: MAUP
date: 2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
ENGINEER AND SWITCHMAN PUSHED 18 LOADED PHOSPHATE CARS INTO THE SOUTH SIDE TRACK. AS THEY PUSHED, TH E 8TH CAR DERAILED ON BAD TIES AND THE HIGH SIDE RAIL OF THE CURVE ROLLED OVER. 5 RAIL CARS CLAIMED. CSXT245170, CFSX 101430, CERX 301096, FURX 826151, CSXT 301685. DURING THE RERAILING PROCESS (BY HU TCHER SERVICE) AN EMPTY CAR USED BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND LOADS DERAILED 1 WHEEL SET AND ROLLED ON THE GROUND 5 FT. CSXT 203204. THE TRACKAGE WAS REBUILT WITH 100 LB RERAIL.   


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
MECHANICAL REPAIRS MADE IN THE SHOP WITH A TORCH APPEAR TO HAVE CAUSED THE WOOD UNDER DECK IN THE CA R TO IGNITE.  THERE WAS NO DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: MINGO JUNCTION
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: WE
date: 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
535-04 TRAIN CREW WAS SWITCHING OUT THEIR TRAIN IN MINGO YARD. WHILE THEY WERE SHOVING CARS INTO #5 TRACK THE CREW NOTICED THE RAIL WAS ROLLED OVER IN #4 TRACK. CAR# PPGX 1715 HAD DERAILED IN # 4 TRAC K AND RERAILED ITSELF AT THE FROG.     


nearest_city: EASTPORT
county: BOUNDARY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-31T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: SPOKANE 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-Oct
narrative:
THE GSETHS-31 HAD JUST PULLED THROUGH VACIS AND STOPPED WITH THE TRAILING CARS AND DPU LOCOMOTIVE ON THE SWITCH POINT.  TRAIN PULLED OUT AND POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS ON THE SWITCH POINT.      


nearest_city: GRAFTON
county: TAYLOR
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-19T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
V82918 WAS TRAVLEING EASTBOUND TO GRAFTON AND DERAILED 114TH - 124TH CARS WHILE DESCENDING GRADE. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: WALBRIDGE
county: WOOD
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-03-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE Y29225 TIED UP B06 WITH 46 CARS THEN WENT OVER TO TIE UP B12 WITH 50 CARS AND DOUBLE B12 TO B06. THE FOREMAN WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND AT THE ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACK WHEN HE NOTICED TH E PTEX 20305 DERAILED AND CAUSING SPARKS AT THE ROAD CROSSING. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE POINT OF DERA ILMENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL WHICH WAS LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK ON TOP OF A PILE OF SAND WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE DERAILED CAR THE L4 WHEEL ONTO THE RAIL DERAILING TH E CAR.  


nearest_city: WIBAUX
county: WIBAUX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
AS TRAIN DEPARTED FROM SIDING, CARS DERAILING ON SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP UNDER TRAIN. DERAILMENT CARS W ERE PULLED THRU TURNOUT UNDETECTED  AND PROGRESSED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES BEFORE DED ACTIVATED. CREW INSPECTION REVEALED DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: STATESVILLE
county: IREDELL
railroad: ARC
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
TRACTOR TRAILER HAD ALREADY CROSSED OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND HAD ENTERED THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY OF COMMSCOPE CORP.  UPON ENTERING THE DRIVER REALIZED HE WAS INTHE WRONG LANE AND BEGAN TO BACK UP SO HE COULD REAPPROACH.  HE BACKED INTO THE PATH OF OUR ONCOMING TRAIN.  THE TRAIN STRUCK THE RIGHT REA R CORNER OF THE TRAILER.  NO ONE WAS INJURED OR RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.    


nearest_city: ELKINS
county: RANDOLPH
railroad: WVC
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
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:
2 LOCO AND 3 HEAD CARS PASSED OVER THE SWITCH BUTTERFLY BROKE BETWEEN 3-4TH CAR CAUSING CAR 4-5-6 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: NENANA
county: DENALI
railroad: ARR
date: 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Alaska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Head on collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
EMPLOYEE OPERATING CB-6 TRAVELED DOWN HILL FROM 412.6 AND STOPPED AT NSS NENANA TO LINE BOTH HIS MAC HINE AND BR-18 INTO THE SIDING TO CLEAR THE SOUTH BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN.  WHILE SWITCHING THE EMPLOYEE NOTED THE BR-18 COMING DOWN THE HILL BEHIND HIM WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND HIT THE CB-6 WHICH WAS STOPP ED AT THE SWITCH.    


nearest_city: SOUTH PORTSMOUTH
county: LEWIS
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
TRAIN 51 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVE E/141 AND 5 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT MP554.02, A PRIVATE RD CROSSING.      


nearest_city: STARKE
county: BRADFORD
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-05T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CREW ON A78105 WEIGHED DUPONT CARS, PULLED AHEAD TO CLEAR THE SCALE TRACK SWITCHES. LINED THE SWITCH FOR THE DEAD RAIL ON BOTH ENDS. MADE REVERSE MOVE SOUTHBOUND ABOUT A DOSEN CARS TO COUPLE TO CUT ON THE SE OF TRACK. PULLED AHEAD ABOUT 10 CARS WITH TOTAL OF 18 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN STOPPED AFTER 3 CA RS HAD DERAILED    


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-NTW2112-23 DERAILED IN CURVE WHILE PULLING FROM TRACK 2044. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PASSED DRAW BARS IN TRACK THAT WERE UNDISCOVERED BY CREW UNTIL PULLED TRK. PRESSURE DUE TO LATERAL FORCES IN CUR VE AND BYPASSED COUPLERS RESULTED IN DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-12-13T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
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-KCK2022-13 FOUND 1 CAR DERAILED AND MISSING ONE WHEEL SET AND VARIOUS TRUCK PARTS. REVIEW OF C AMERA MEDIA DATA SHOWED CAR STRUCK OBJECT IN TRACK COMING OFF HUMP THAT DAMAGED AND DERAILED CAR, WH ICH WAS SHOVED BY OTHER CARS THROUGH RETARDERS, DAMAGING THEM.     


nearest_city: HUNTINGBURG
county: DUBOIS
railroad: NS
date: 2010-08-02T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 61A SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT HUNTINGBURG DERAILED THE REAR 7 CARS WHEN THE HIGH RAIL ROLLED ACCOUNT DETERIORATED TIES.      


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ENNIS 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-Nov
narrative:
YMY16R-01 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS INTO TRACK 005 WHEN RAIL BROKE UNDER RAILCARS.  SEVERAL RAILCARS DERA ILED.      


nearest_city: GIBBON
county: BUFFALO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: KEARNEY SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
ZLTG2 02, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8578, STRUCK A BLUE DODGE PICKUP TRUCK THAT DID NOT STOP AT SODTOWN ROAD CROSSING. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED.      


nearest_city: WARMINSTER
county: BUCKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-May
narrative:
C74630 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK TO PLACE CARS CONDUCTOR LOST COMMUNICATION WITH ENGINEER RESULTING IN TRAIN SHOVING THRU BUMPING BLOCK AND DERAILING ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-08-28T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
RCO-Y NTW2002-28 DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT.  NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS .      


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
DGNO TRAIN SLDGTJJ-11 WITH LEAD UNIT DGNO2002 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 5 RA ILCARS.  JOB CAME OUT OF PASS AND INTO MILLER YARD AND RAN THROUGH THE MAIN LINE SWITCH.  JOB MADE R EVERSE MOVE AND DERAILED.  DGNO ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $5700     


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-27T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
THE CONDUCTOR ON THE MRVPT-26 IMPROPERLY LINED THE TRACK 1 SWITCH BEHIND THE TRAIN AND SHOVING 40 CA RS THROUGH THE IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY DERAILING THE BNSF561957 AND TTZX863778 WHEN CARS WERE PULLED BACK INTO TRACK 1.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
YARDMASTER CONTACTED YHO20R-25 ADVISING RAILCARS ON GROUND.  JOB STOPPED HUMPING RAILCARS.  INVESTIG ATION REVEALED 13 RAILCARS HAD DERAILED.  RAIL ROLLED OVER UNDER RAILCARS DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITIONS .  CAUSE DETERMINED AS BYPASSED COUPLERS.     


nearest_city: LONG BEACH
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: PHL
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
L-CAL1931-04I CREW WAS SHOVING 0 LOADS AND 75 EMPTIES, WITH THREE LOCOMOTIVES. THE CONDUCTOR AND BRA KEMAN WERE RIDING THE SHOVE CAR AND PASSED A RED SIGNAL ON THE PHL SUBDIVISION BY 459 FEET. THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE TAHT THEY PASSED A RED SIGNAL UNTIL THE TRAIN RAN THROUGH THE MAINLINE SWITCH DAMAGIN G THE SWITCH (ML3 POWER SWT).    


nearest_city: TAFT
county: SAN PATRICIO
railroad: UP
date: 2012-11-06T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: KOSMOS IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
LHK47-05 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS TO SPOT ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED DU E TO WIDE GAGE ON TRACK.  CROP PRODUCTION SERVICES MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: BELL LINE HOUSTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
ILBEW-27 WAS SWITCHING AND SPOTTING UP INTERMODAL RAMPS.  JOB SPOTTED UP FIRST CUT OF RAILCARS AND P ROCEEDED TO UP AROUND THE WYE TRACK WHEN SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: NEWTON
county: HARVEY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-NEW102217 DERAILED 3 CARS ON 8113 TRACK AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.       


nearest_city: STAMFORD
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
subdivision: NEW HAVEN LINE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
NORTH SIDE LEAF SPRING OF CAR #9114 BECAME DISENGAGED AT UNKNOWN LOCATION, CAUSING NORTH SIDE OF PAN TOGRAPHY SHOW TO DROP RESULTING  IN SOUTH SIDE OF PANTOGRAPHY SHOE TO RISE TO ABOVE WIRE AND ENGAGE HANGERS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO SAME.     


nearest_city: AUGUSTA
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-22T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
Y39018 SWITCHING A LIST OF A20 ON EAST END OF YARD. FOREMAN KICKED 8 CARS TO TRACK A18 (ON THE HIGH SIDE) THEN LINED THE FIELD SWITCH TO KICK CARS TO THE LOW SIDE. FOREMAN KICKED 6 CARS TO THE LOW SID E LEAD TO HOLD OUT TO CLASS AFTER THEY FINISHED SWITCHING ON THE HIGH SIDE. HE THEN WENT BACK TO THE HIGH SIDE TO KICK 4 MORE CARS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LINE UP FOR TRACK A13 FOR 2 LOADED GONDOLAS. HE CHECKED THE CLEARANCE OF THE 6 CARS ON THE LEAD AND DETERMINED THEM TO BE CLEAR. HE PROCEEDED TO WA LK BACK TO HIS CUT TO KICK THE 2 GONDOLAS. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF KICKING THE 2 GONDOLAS THE CUT OF 6 CARS STARTED ROLLING. THE CARS CAME INTO THE FOUL RESULTING IN THE FIRST GONDOLA, CSXT 486613 TO SIDESWIPE UTLX 210060. NEITHER CAR DERAILED.


nearest_city: LYTLE
county: ATASCOSA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
MPBMX-03 WITH LEAD UNIT UP4686 TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE LAREDO SUB WHEN THE DRAW BAR FELL OUT OF THE U P369016 CAUSING 3 CARS BEHIND IT TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: GOLD RUN
county: PLACER
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE AKFNSR-01 OPERATING AT 11 MPH IN THROTTLE 5 ON ASCENDING GRADE RAN OVER A BROKEN RAIL DERAILING THE 16TH CAR FROM THE HEAD END.  DETECTOR AT MILE POST 152.1 ACTIVATED AND TRAIN WAS STOPPED.  TRAIL ING TRUCK ON CAR WAS ON THE GROUND.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: JACKSONVILLE
county: DUVAL
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-12-16T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
AUTO TRAIN 52 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/162-E/6 AND 42 CARS STRUCK A PICK-UP TRUCK AT CROSSING       


nearest_city: SPRINGFIELD
county: HAMPDEN
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-02-27T00:00:00Z
state: Massachusetts
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 432 WITH ENGINE 110 AND 2 CARS DERAILED 3 OR 4 WHEELS OF ENGINE 110 DUE TO RAIL SPREAD.       


nearest_city: PINE BLUFF
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: PINE BLUFF SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
YPB75R-05, WHILE SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY, 3RD CAR, BN286188 DERAILED ON THE LOW SIDE OF CURVE AT A BAR JOINT.  TOTAL OF 2 CARS DERAILED.  WAGNER INDUSTRIES MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
YPB71-03, TRAVELING NORTH INTO BIDDLE SIDING, CAR NYC238146 DERAILED ON THE SOUTH SWITCH.  AT THE TI ME OF DERAILMENT, THE ENGINEER WAS IN NOTCH FIVE TRAVELING AT 18 MPH.  YPB71 WAS ASKED TO PLACE HIS TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY BY YNR60 ENGINEER WHO WORKS THE EVENING BIDDLE RACK HAULER JOB.  UPON INSPECTIO N YPB71 DERAILED SEVEN CARS, POD WAS SOUTH SIDING SWITCH AT BIDDLE.  TRAIN TRAVELED 2110 FEET.  CAUS E OF DERAILMENT WAS LOCO AXLES ARE ON HEEL BLOCK OF THE SWITCH POINT, POINT ROSE UP BETWEEN ONE QUAR TER AND HALF INCH ABOVE BALL OF RAIL.  


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS 3 HUMPED CARS INTO 44 ECLS-ALL LOADED-SINGLE CAR CUTS-A LOADED TANK CAR DBUX302620 RAN INTO THE SIDE OF 700 EYD JOB-PULLING CONSIST FROM 34 ECLS TO THE DEPARTURE YARD- RESULTING IN THE TANK CAR DERAILED AND NAHX24050 & AGPX98011 SUSTAINED SIDE DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: LAS VEGAS
county: CLARK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-06-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
CVSTA-04 WAS PULLING THE 1 PERCENT GRADE AT ARROWLIME, DOING 20 MPH WHEN THE 70TH CAR IN THE TRAIN F ROM HEAD END BROKE AN AXLE, CAUSING IT AND 7 OTHER CARS TO DERAIL.  EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO CARS AND TRA CK WITH MAIN LINE SHUT DOWN.  RE-COLLECTABLE FROM CAR OWNER.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: HANNA
county: CARBON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-23T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
GSC4TU-22 DERAILED 40 CARS OF LOADED GRAIN DUE TO A JOURNAL FRACTURE ON THE AXLE OF CAR CGAX9187.  R AIL = CWR      


nearest_city: HIALEAH
county: MIAMI-DADE
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Explosive-detonation
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVE 810 WAS SHOPPED FOR INSPECTION FOR REPORTED EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOVEMENT. THE LOCOMOTIVE WA S OUT OF SERVICE AND NOT IN OPERATION. AN EMPLOYEE REPORTED HEARING AN EXPLOSION. FURTHER INVESTIGAT ION REVEALED THAT AN EXPLOSION HAD NOT OCCURRED BUT RATHER THE EMPLOYEE HEARD THE SOUND OF A ROD PIE RCING THE BLOCK OF THE HEP UNIT. THIS MECHANICAL FAILURE RESULTED IN HOT OIL COMING INTO CONTACT WIT H HOT EXHAUST EQUIPMENT, SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN A FIRE. THE HEP WAS THE ONLY COMPONENT DESTROYED. SFRV EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $26,274.00.  


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
subdivision: SEATTLE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES USING INDUSTRY LOCOMOTVE SHOVED 6 CARS OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK ONTO WEST SEATTLE LE AD BUT FAILED TO SECURE THE CUT. CARS SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED OUT AND 2 WENT OFF END OF TRACK.      


nearest_city: PROVIDENCE
county: PROVIDENCE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-08-04T00:00:00Z
state: Rhode Island
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
LOCOMOTIVES E/539-E/532 WERE WORKING ON NO.9 TRACK IN PROVIDENCE YARD WHEN ENGINE E/539 DERAILED THR EE WHEELS ON THE ENGINEERS SIDE.  THE TWO ENGINES WERE PULLING LOADED CONCRETE TIE CARS CAUSING LATE RAL PRESSURE TO THE RAILS DUE TO DETERIORATING TIE CONDITIONS.     


nearest_city: SHIPSHEWANA
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2011-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
TRAIN 313 WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 14 LOADS, 9 EMPTIES, AND 2107 TONS PULLING EAST INTO EW22 DERAILED LEA D AND THIRD LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: ELLISVILLE
county: JONES
railroad: NS
date: 2011-01-09T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
AMTRAK 019 MOVING SOUTH, 68MPH, STRUCK A FORD 500 THAT AFTER HYDROPLANING LANDED ON THE HOLLY ST. CR OSSING IN ELLISVILLE, MS.      


nearest_city: CLAIRTON
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: CLAIRTON
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
46TH CAR OF TRAIN, CSXT 297784, DERAILED ON 2X MAIN TRACK AT CLAIRTON. CAR WAS DRAGGED 2.5 MILES BEF ORE STOPPING, DAMAGING CROSSTIES AND A CROSSOVER SWITCH.      


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-03-14T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CREW #HX-02 ENROUTE WEST WITH #4149 AND 6 CARS DERAILED HIND TWO CARS #9203 AND #9204 AT SWITCH #45B DUE TO UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED SPOILS IN CAR #9203.      


nearest_city: GILLETTE
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-01-27T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
subdivision: BLACK HILLS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
C-CRMMSH0-05 WAS INSTRUCTED BY DISPATCHER TO HAND OPERATE DUAL CONTROLLED SWITCH. CREW LINED SWITCH FOR MOVE TO BE MADE BUT MOVABLE POINT FROG, RUNNING THROUGH AND DAMAGING FROG. NO EQUIPMENT WAS DERA ILED.     


nearest_city: DOVER
county: MORRIS
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-07-06T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
TRAIN #6913 DERAILED WHILE OPERATING THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH #6001 AND DERAILED CARS # 7586, 7551 AND 7046      


nearest_city: TECUMSEH
county: SHAWNEE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-04-30T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
C-WTMLRT0-44, WHILE SPOTTING TRAIN FOR UNLOADING, RAN THROUGH 802 TRACK SWITCH.  WHEN TRAIN REVERSED MOVEMENT, 3 CARS DERAILED.      


nearest_city: COVINGTON
county: COVINGTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
subdivision: ALLEGHENY
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
Y19007 RCO CREW COUPLED INTO STANDING CUT OF CARS CAUSING REAR CAR TO HIT BUMPER BLOCK AND DERAIL A CAR.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2010-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
JOB 241 WAS SWITCHING ON THE NORTH END WHILE JOB 235 WAS DOUBLING UP ON THE SOUTH END.  JOB 241 LET A CAR GO THROUGH A CLEAR TRACK AND STRUCK THE SIDE ON THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-18T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
YNL39R-17 WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND WITH LIGHT POWER INTO BOWL TRACK #40.  AFTER PASSING OVER THE SOUTH SWITCH INTO TRACK 40, THE REAR TRUCK ON THE UPY848 AND BOTH TRUCKS ON THE UPY843 WERE ON THE GROUND AND DERAILED.     


nearest_city: BRIGHTON
county: ADAMS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
MDVGR-02 CREW WAS TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE GREELEY SUBDIVISION AT MILEPOST 12.5.  CREW STATED TH AT THEY HAD SLOWED THE TRAIN UNTIL THEY COULD CLEARLY SEE THE SIGNAL ASPECT AT CPW11.  ONCE THE SIGN AL WAS CLEAR, THE ENGINEER THROTTLED UP FROM DYNAMIC BRAKING AND THEY FELT A SURGE.  THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION, THEY FOUND THAT THE DRAWBAR AND CENTER SILL HAD BROKEN OFF THE NOR TH END OF THE 5TH CAR (UTLX48648) A LOAD OF SUNFLOWER OIL.  NO EXCEPTIONS WERE TAKEN ON THE TAPE.  N O DERAILMENT.  THE CREW INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT DID NOT DAMAGE THE CAR.  UPON INVESTIGATION AN UNID ENTIFIED YARD SWITCHING CREW CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CAR AT AN EARLY TIME.  RAIL = CWR 


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: NORTH PLATTE TERMINA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jun
narrative:
THE YNP21R-18 RCL CREW DROPPED THE INERT RETARDERS IN EAST BOWL 127 TRACK FOR THE TRIM CREW WORKING AT THE WEST END OF THE TRACK.  THREE CARS HAD STALLED AT THE WEST END OF TRACK AND THEY WENT IN AND KICKED THE CARS TO THE EAST END WHERE THEY ROLLED OUT OF THE UNSECURED TRACK AND INTO THE SIDE OF TH E EAST TOWERS TRIM CREW'S CONSIST DERAILING THE SP48396 AND DAMAGING SEVERAL OTHER CARS.    


nearest_city: SIOUX CITY
county: WOODBURY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-07-24T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
DAIR CREW SHOWING 87 LOADED CARS ON YARD TRACK 612 DERAILED 5 CARS. TRACK DAMAGE TO THE BNSF - $17,2 00 UP TRACK DAMAGE $72,659      


nearest_city: ALTONA
county: MADISON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
DA22 SHOVING EMPTY COAL TRAIN OUT OF PLANT WITH THE BRAKEMAN PROTECTING SHOVE RAN THROUGH NORTH CROS SOVER SWITCH AND MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT DERAILING 10 CARS POSITIONED 120, 122, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, AND 135 FROM HEAD END.     


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MADISON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: S & N A NORTH
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Q23518 TRAVERSING SWITCH AT DECATUR CONTROL POINT (NS) WHEN GUARD RAIL BROKE LOOSE, RESULTING IN 5 C ARS DERAILED. NS ESTIMATED TRACK COST $1600.      


nearest_city: LINCOLN
county: LANCASTER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: RAVENNA
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
G-FANMII7-25 DERAILED 10 CARS WHILE PULLING INTO COAL ONE TRACK AT 715 TRACK SWITCH WHEN SWITCH POIN T GAPPED UNDER MOVEMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RALEIGH
county: RALEIGH
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-10-05T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
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-Oct
narrative:
MINE SHIFTER BRINGING 72 LOADS DOWN HILL AT PINEY CREEK EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. INSPECTI ON REVEALED 8 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT OF BROKEN RAIL.      


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


nearest_city: BURLINGTON
county: BURLINGTON
railroad: CRSH
date: 2012-12-30T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: SOUTH JERSEY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
FC 11 WAS SHOVING WEST ON THE INTERNATIONAL PAPER LEAD WHEN 8TH THRU 13TH CARS FROM REAR DERAILED AL ONG THE CURVE ON THE OCCIDENTAL LEAD.      


nearest_city: CHAFFEE
county: SCOTT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-25T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: RIVER
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Flagging, Fixed, Hand and Radio Signals
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
U-KCKHKM0-05 WAS STRUCK AT AN INTERLOCKER BY UP TRAIN 2-ASMAR2-25 DUE TO UP TRAIN FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN AUTO BLOCK SIGNAL DISPLAYING A STOP.      


nearest_city: GREENWICH
county: FAIRFIELD
railroad: MNCW
date: 2011-09-11T00:00:00Z
state: Connecticut
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
WESTBOUND TRAIN #6547 GROUNDED THE OVERHEAD WIRE ON TRACK 1 BETWEEN PORT CHESTER AND GREENWICH STATI ON FROM CATENARY 245 TO CATENARY 310. TRAIN CAME TO A STOP ON TRACK 1 AT CATENARY 264 AND CREW REPOR TED A DAMAGED PANTOGRAPH ON CAR #8920. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE WAS DEBRIS REPORTED IN THE OVE RHEAD WIRE WITHIN THE INTERLOCKING LIMITS OF CP 229 ON TRACK 1. FOUND PART OF PANTOGRAPH SHOE ASSEMB LY WEDGED IN THE OVERHEAD TROLLEY BRIDGE AT CATENARY #296B. CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.   


nearest_city: BARTON
county: ORLEANS
railroad: WACR
date: 2010-09-14T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AND SAW LOG CAR SWAY. ENGINEER IMMEDIATELY DUMPED THE AIR AND IMM EDIATELY SAW THE CAR ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE, THEN THE 2ND CAR ROLLED OVER FROM THE 1ST CAR DRAW BAR F ORCES. LOCOMOTIVE STAYED ON THE RAIL.     


nearest_city: ANGUS
county: NAVARRO
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-27T00:00:00Z
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-Jul
narrative:
MFWHO-27, WITH LEAD UNIT UP4480, STRUCK A TRAILER BEING PULLED BY A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS HIGH CENT ERED ON CROSSING FOULING MAINLINE.  POSSIBLE MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUCK.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: KERRVILLE
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN 21 DERAILED LEAD UNIT E/202 DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND WEAK TIE CONDITION.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT D AMAGE IS $20,000.00.      


nearest_city: CENTRALIA
county: LEWIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Dec
narrative:
M-PASTAC1-12 CREW DID NOT LINE 3896 TRACK SWITCH FOR INTENDED MOVE AND RAN THROUGH IT, REVERSED MOVE MENT AND DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: RUTLAND
county: RUTLAND
railroad: VTR
date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
state: Vermont
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
TRAIN 291 DEERAILED WHITE BACKING ONTO THE NORTH END OF THE MANSFIELD TRACK. DEFECTS IN THE TRACK CO NDITION ARE WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT. THE SWITCH IS AT THE END OF A CURVE WITH NO TARGET POINTS, WORN RIGHT STOCK RAIL AND SWITCH POINT CAUSED BY THE 4TH AND 5TH CARS TO DERAIL. POINT PROTECTOR AND RAIL ALSO WORN.    


nearest_city: GARWOOD
county: COLORADO
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: ARENAL IND LD
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
THE REGEG-11 CREW WAS PULLING THE RAOHK-11 TRAIN OUT OF TRACK 108 AT THE ARENAL ROCK PLANT WHEN THE 3 REAR CARS DERAILED DUE TO THE SUBGRADE HAD WASHED AWAY, ALLOWING THE SUPPORTING TIES TO SINK INTO THE MUD.  DERAILMENT.  UP MAINTAINS TRACK     


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-07-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
Q38609 WAS PULLING 71 CARS OFF 30 EAST DEPARTURE OUT ONTO 4 LEAD WHEN THE 69TH AND 70TH CARS DERAILE D. THIS WAS DUE TO THE WEST END OF 30 CROSSOVER SWITCH BEING GAPPED WITH DEBRIS. THE 30 CROSSOVER SW ITCH WAS SPIKED AND TAGGED ON BOTH ENDS DUE TO THE SWITCH BEING REPORTED AS HARD TO OPERATE.     


nearest_city: NORTH BERWICK
county: YORK
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-07-11T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 681 STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER AT ELM STREET IN NORTH BERWICK MAINE CAUSING A SEPARATION OF THE TRAIN A DERAILMENT OF THE PASSENGER CAR. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED.      


nearest_city: PORTAGE
county: PORTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
Q50009 COLLIDED WITH AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE AT CROCKER ROAD CROSSING. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROSSING: ADVA NCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS (STOP LINES & RR XING SYMBOLS).      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
MM-10 WITH 7 CARS COUPLED TO MU CARS 1413/1412. HANDBRAKE WAS APPLIED ON 1412 AND A CHOCK ON THE OUT ER RAIL OF 1413 EAST TRUCK. 1413 DERAILED OVER CHOCK.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: NCRC
date: 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN OPERATING NORTH BOUND AT APPROX. MP 34.0, ENGINEER REPORTED SETTING AIR WHISTLE STARTING DOWN A SLIGHT DOWNHILL GRADE. WHEN TRAIN STARTED PULLING DOWN ENGINEER RELEASED THE AIR WHEN STARTING  UP A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE. TRAIN WAS JUST STARTING DOWNHILL. GRADE INTO MADISON WHEN ENGINEER REPORTED HE WAS JUST GETTING READY TO SET TRAIN AIR AGAIN & BEFORE THAT WAS DONE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. E NGINEER REPORTED NOT FEELING ANY SLACK ACTION UNTIL AFTER THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR I NSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND 7 CARS DERAILED (CARS #37 THRU 43 FROM THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN). 4 OF 7 C ARS DERAILED WERE RESIDUE HAZMAT'L CARS WITH NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS COM PANY TRACK DUE TO EXTENSIVE TIE WORK RECENTLY COMPLETED IN THE AREA. RAIL IN THE CURVE IS EXTREMELY


nearest_city: BURKVILLE
county: LOWNDES
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Fire/violent rupture
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
M&B RR TRAIN L12611 HAD LOCOMOTIVE BL 500 CATCH FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE CARRYING 85 CARS UP HILL. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND LOCOMOTIVE SET OUT OF CONSIST.      


nearest_city: BIG SPRING
county: HOWARD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-03T00:00:00Z
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-Apr
narrative:
MFWEP-02 TIED DOWN TRAIN AND WAS MOVING LITE POWER TO MAKE PICKUP, WHILE MOVING LITE POWER, LOCOMOTI VE UP4165 DERAILED ACCOUNT RAIL BROKE UNDER LOCOMOTIVE.      


nearest_city: MCALESTER
county: PITTSBURG
railroad: UP
date: 2011-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
MMUFW-13 WAS SETTING OUT AND PICKING UP RAILCARS ON FOREIGN LINE MAINTAINED TRACK WHEN TRAIN DERAILE D WHILE PULLING FROM INTERCHANGE TRACK.  POD ON FOREIGN LINE AND PULLED ONTO UPRR MAIN LINE.  CAUSE DETERMINED INTERACTION OF LATERAL FORCES.  AOK MAINTAINS TRACK.  AOK ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $1,000 .00.  UP TRACK DAMAGE = $13,952    


nearest_city: NORRISTOWN
county: MONTGOMERY
railroad: NS
date: 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
C74619 PULLING EAST WITH CSXT 8869, CSXT 8864, 0 LOADS, 25 EMPTIES DERAILED CSXT 8864, ITLX 42017, U SLX 7138, GBRX 20671.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YKS21R-20 WHILE PULLING, DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO A SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH BY ANOTHER TRAIN. CREW RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH COULD NOT BE FOUND.      


nearest_city: WENDOVER
county: TOOELE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
subdivision: SHAFTER SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
CBBVY-26 TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT MP 830.85 BURNED OFF A BEARING JOURNAL ON CAR VALX26113 CAUSING 1 SE T OF TRUCKS TO DERAIL ON THE A END OF CAR.      


nearest_city: HERMANTOWN
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DWP
date: 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
M34641-17 WAS TRAVELING AT 22 MPH ON MAIN LINE TRAIN WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  UPON INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 6 CARS DERAILED ON THE BRIDGE THAT OVERPASSES THE MISSABLE SUBDIVISION.  THE CON DUCTOR FOUND CARS TTGX 93074, TTGX 965437, TTGX 913144, TTGX 980171, TTGX 996656 AND TTGX 604467 DER AILED.  INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCES ON THE CUR VE DUE TO TRAIN MAKE-UP.   


nearest_city: FAIRFIELD
county: SOLANO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
AN EMPTY TANDEM TRACTOR TRAILER WAS STOPPED ON THE TRACK AT THE FAIRFIELD ROAD CROSSING AND WAS UNAB LE TO CLEAR.  AMTRAK'S AMT11-31 CLIPPED THE BACK HALF OF THE TANDEM TRUCK DAMAGING THE LOCOMOTIVE'S PLOW, DITCH AND HEADLIGHTS AND SIDE OF LOCOMOTIVE.  OTHER DAMAGES INCLUDE ONE SIGNAL STAND, LIGHTS, ARM AND DAMAGE TO A SIGNAL BOX.  AMTRAK'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $1900.00    


nearest_city: HAMMOND
county: LAKE
railroad: IHB
date: 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
ON 12/6/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 0045AM KG53/RUN 334 WEST END TRANSFER JOB WAS SWITCHING A CUT OF CARS AN D KICKED 6 CARS INTO TRACK GR16.  THE CARS STALLED AND CREW TIED BACK ON AND STRETCHED, AND KICKED T HE CARS AGAIN.  THE CARS STALLED AGAIN AND CREW WALKED BACK AND FOUND  TTGX994423 AND PW104211 DERAI LED.    


nearest_city: DALLAS
county: DALLAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-15T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT22-15 WITH LEAD UNIT AMTK163 WHILE TRAVELING ON UPRR MAINTAINED TRACK, DERAILED 1 RA ILCAR DUE TO WORN OR BROKEN SWITCH POINT.  AMTRAK'S ESTIMATED EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $252,033.  RAIL = C WR     


nearest_city: PILOT POINT
county: DENTON
railroad: UP
date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CHOCTAW SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
OKFGE-29, WITH LEAD UNIT BNSF6177, STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE WHICH IGNORED ACTIVE CROSSING WARNING DEVICE S AND DROVE ONTO CROSSING.  NO INJURIES TO CREW.  DRIVER FATALLY INJURED.      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
AFTER GIVING TC68 PERMISSION TO SHOVE FT04 FROM MIDDLE.  YARDMASTER GAVE 180'S CONDUCTOR PERMISSION TO SHOVE THE MIDDLE TO FT04 RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 180'S UNIT AND THE 33RD THROUGH 37TH HEAD CAR DS OF TC68'S CUT.     


nearest_city: WICHITA FALLS
county: WICHITA
railroad: UP
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WICHITA FALLS BNSF
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
CONDUCTOR WAS HOSTLING LIGHT POWER WHICH WAS THE LAST MOVE.  THE ENGINEER WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE W HERE THE SWITCH WAS LOCATED THAT WAS ZIPPED.  THE CONDUCTOR ROLLED THE ENGINES OVER ONE SWITCH AND S TOPPED THE ENGINEER WHEN POWER WAS OVER THE SWITCH TO BE LINED FOR THEIR MOVE.  THERE WAS ALSO A SWI TCH BEHIND THEM THAT THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT THINK HE WOULD FOUL, HOWEVER HE DID AND THE SWITCH WAS ZI PPED.  THE REVERSE MOVE THEN ALLOWED THE ENGINES TO GO INTO TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS RESULTING IN TH E LAST SET OF TRUCKS OF THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.  WTJR ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $121,925  


nearest_city: BLOOMER
county: CHIPPEWA
railroad: WN
date: 2013-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
subdivision: CHIPPEWA FALLS
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-Nov
narrative:
RUNNING CONSIST TRAIN WITH UP 6462 AND UP 8499 AS SECOND UNIT, UP 7810 AS DPU ON REAR OF TRAIN.  MOV ING SOUTHBOUND AT MP 27.5 AT 10MPH.  THE TRAIN GAVE A COUPLE OF SMALL JERKS AND THE ENGINEER PUT THE THROTTLE IN IDLE.  TRAIN WAS NOT PLACE IN EMERGENCY.  18 CARS DERAILED AND REMAINED UPRIGHT WITH MI NIMAL DAMAGE TO TWO CARS.    


nearest_city: OKTAHA
county: MUSKOGEE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
subdivision: CHEROKEE SUB
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
2CROSA9-18 WITH LEAD UNIT UP6584 WHILE TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAINLINE HAD SEVERAL RAILCARS DERAIL DUE TO WHEEL RIM BREAKING ON RAILCAR SATX15119.      


nearest_city: SEATTLE
county: KING
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
A YARD MOVE WITH YARD ENGINE 530 WAS OPERATED OVER A FIXED DERAIL WHICH DERAILED THE ENGINE IN THE S EATTLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.      


nearest_city: SERGEANT BLUFF
county: WOODBURY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: SERGEANT BLUFF IND L
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
CBMNN-29 ENTERED TRACK 870 TO LOOP THE TRAIN TO PUT AWAY, APPROXIMATELY 115 FEET WEST OF THE DUMP SH ACK A BROKEN RAIL ON THE SOUTH RAIL CAUSED FOUR CARS TO DERAIL.  INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: CHEYENNE
county: LARAMIE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THE YCY29R WAS PULLING 30 CARS WESTWARD IN NORTH 2 TRACK WHEN THE FOREMAN SAW SPARKS AND STOPPED THE MOVE.  1 UNIT AND 1 CAR WAS DERAILED, AND THE UNIT CAME TO REST AGAINST 2 CARS IN NORTH 3 CAUSING D AMAGE TO THEM ALSO.     


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN 20 WITH ENGINES 196 AND 19 AND 9 CARS STRUCK SEVERAL DOWNED TREES NORTH OF MERIDIAN, MS, DUE T O HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING DOWN TREES. LEAD ENGINE 196 WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE SET OUT .     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
LHR02-26 HAD PULLED A CUT OF 8 RAILCARS OUT OF TRACK 207 TO SET OVER 2 RAILCARS.  JOB SET OUT 2 RAIL CARS AND SHOVED BACK INTO TRACK 207.  JOB SHOVED OVER MOW DERAIL WHICH HAD BEEN APPLIED TO PROTECT M OW EMPLOYEES ON OPPOSITE END OF TRACK.  ONE RAILCAR DERAILED.     


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CW 44 MOVING EASTWARD WITH 1 UNIT, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 0 TONS ON #3 LADDER TRACK, RAKED THE 1ST HEAD CAR (GRW 90878) ON WC 525 TRACK.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: BENTON
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
WHILE PULLING AHEAD IN THE SIMMONS FEED MILL THE EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONED RESULTING IN THE ARM TO THE MOVER RAISING AND STRIKING THE CARS CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: VENICE
county: MADISON
railroad: TRRA
date: 2011-10-19T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Wheels
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
TWO CARS DERAILED AS CREW SHOVED FOUR CARS FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMP INTO TRACK 31 TO CUT OFF A FLAT CAR LOADED WITH LOADS OF STEEL BEAMS.  AS THE THIRD CAR REACHED THE 29/44 POWER SWITCH IN THE BOWL N ORTH OF THE THIRD GROUP RETARDER THE R2 WHEEL OF THE TRAINLING AXEL CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT DUE TO A HIGH AND THIN CONDEMABLE FLANGE THAT CAUSE THE WHEEL TO CLIMB THE POINT AND DROP TO THE OUTSIDE AN D DERAILING THE CAR WHICH CAUSED THE FOURTH CAR IN THE CUT TO DERAIL.   


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
subdivision: LITTLE ROCK SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
THE YNL03R-17, DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS DERAILED 2 CARS ON THE HUMP LEAD.  THE FXE873597 AND FXE871 741 BOTH DERAILED DUE TO THE WHEELS PICKING A SWITCH ON THE HUMP LEAD.      


nearest_city: ODESSA
county: ECTOR
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
YOD51R-10 WAS MOVING SOUTH ON TRACK 801 LEAD.  CREW STOPPED MOVEMENT TO OPEN HUNTSMAN GATE.  RCO OPE RATOR LINED SWITCH AND CLIMBED ON LEAD CAR FOR SHOVING MOVEMENT.  MOVEMENT STARTED AND CREW HEARD LO UD NOISE AND NOTICED DEBRIS.  LOCOMOTIVE UP356 DERAILED ACCOUNT DAMAGED FLANGE ON LOCOMOTIVE.     


nearest_city: ST LOUIS
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: CUBA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-STL3332-21 DERAIED 4 ARTICULATED CARS WHILE SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK 1432 TO MAKE A COUPLING DU E TO EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED.   NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: FORT WAYNE
county: ALLEN
railroad: NS
date: 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: LAKE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
LOCAL ASSIGNMENT LF21 WITH 1 LOCOMOTIVE, 12 LOADS AND 5 EMPTIES ALLOW ED CARS TO FREE-ROLL INTO EW 1 2 BYPASSING COUPLERS WITH SOO 600403 RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF 600403.      


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2011-02-11T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CP299-11 ON 29WDEP AS A RUNNER-REACHES FIRST CROSSOVER-SWITCH LINED TOWARD A TRAIN BEING PULLED TOWA RD 24WDEP-CP299 RUNS INTO THE 3RD AND 4TH CAR IN THE 2330 WEST YARD TRAIN BEING PULLED DOWN.      


nearest_city: EAGLE ROCK
county: BOTETOURT
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z
state: Virginia
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CSX TRAIN U16831 CALLED 1920 HOURS CLIFTON FORGE TO RICHMOND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 14 HEAD CARS IN TRAIN AT BELLS TUNNEL ON THE JAMES RIVER SUBDIVISION.      


nearest_city: CHATTANOOGA
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS IN FULLY AUTOMATIC TC04 HUMPING ETF WITH 75 CARS CUT AEX 8486 DESTINED FOR CT21 WHEN B-END R&L 1,2,3,4 DERAILED ACCOUNT  EXCESSIVE SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
0414-14 HOSTLERS WITH LIGHT POWER DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE WHEN WHEEL CLIMBED SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR.       


nearest_city: BELDEN
county: PLUMAS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
THE WEST BOUND BNSF TRACKAGE RIGHT TRAIN QPABAJ-24 WENT INTO UDE AT MP262.  INSPECTION OF TRAIN FOUN D ONE AXLE OF THE REAR TRUCK ON THE BN460629 DERAILED.  POINT OF DERAILMENT IS AT MP263.  BNSF'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE: $5,000     


nearest_city: MODESTO
county: STANISLAUS
railroad: MET
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN CREW BOTTLED HIS CAR AIR AND KICKED NKOL 550100 INTO A TRACK THAT HAD 14 EMPTY CARS IN IT AND DERAILED HIS CAR AND CAUSED DAMAGED TO ITS LOAD.      


nearest_city: LORDSBURG
county: GRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
EMPLOYEES WERE OPERATING TFM0901, ONE EMPLOYEE WAS CONTROLLING THE LEFT SIDE AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE THE RIGHT SIDE.  THE MACHINE HAD THE BALLAST WINGS EXTENDED TO RECLAIM BALLAST; AS THE MACHINE APPRO ACHED BRIDGE AT MP 1158.65 THE EMPLOYEE CONTROLLING THE RIGHT SIDE NEGLECTED TO RETRACT OR RAISE THE WING HE WAS OPERATING; RESULTING IN A SEVERE COLLISION WITH BRIDGE AND EXTREME DAMAGE TO TFM0901. RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: LEWISVILLE
county: DENTON
railroad: DCTA
date: 2011-10-14T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
HIGHWAY USER (VEH #1) REAR ENDED ANOTHER HIGHWAY USER (VEH #2) CAUSING VEH #2 TO GO THROUGH WARNING PROTECTION DEVICES AND INTO THE PATH OF A NORTHBOUND COMMUTER TRAIN. ONLY OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #2 SUS TAINED INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD (46 YEAR OLD FEMALE) COMPLAINED OF INJURIES TO HER STOMACH, NECK, AND BACK.    


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: FIRST
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
THE TOP OF THE EAST PLACED A CUT OF 12 CARS IN 101 ON THE WEST END OF THE YARD.  THEY FAILED TO SECU RE THE CARS, CUT AWAY AND DEPARTED THE TRACK.  THE CARS, UNSECURE, ROLLED DOWN, UNNOTICED TO THE EAS T END OF THE YARD WHERE THEY COLLIDED WITH A CUT OF THREE CARS THAT BOTTOM OF THE EAST WAS SWITCHING ON THE LEAD CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: OLD TOWN
county: PENOBSCOT
railroad: GRS
date: 2011-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Maine
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TRAIN SJWA -12 WAS HEADING WEST INTO THE OLD TOWN RAIL YARD WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK  7 CARS WERE DERAILED. ENGINEER REPORTS THAT THE TRAIN SLOWED DOWN TO FAS T AND CARS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: ARCADIA
county: BIENVILLE
railroad: KCS
date: 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-May
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WEST THE IZATLA STRUCK THE TRAILER OF AN 18 WHEELER AS IT WAS CROSSING THE TRACKS AT FOSTERS FARM IN ARCADIA, LA.      


nearest_city: EDGEWOOD
county: ORANGE
railroad: ATK
date: 2012-11-29T00:00:00Z
state: Florida
subdivision: ORLANDO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 91 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/60-E/144 AND 10 CARS STRUCK A DUMP TRUCK AT MP 795.87, GLENROS E STREET CROSSING.      


nearest_city: MADISONVILLE
county: HOPKINS
railroad: PAL
date: 2013-06-26T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
CSX CREW WAS ON P&L TRACK LEAVING WARRIOR MINE WHEN TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-May
narrative:
THE QEWWC-10 CREW WAS TAKING THEIR POWER TO THE ROUNDHOUSE WHEN THEY DERAILED ONE TRUCK OF THE LOCOM OTIVE CONSIST DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MADISON
railroad: ALS
date: 2013-01-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
UPRR'S YMA53-02 WAS SWITCHING CARS AT U.S. STEEL AND DERAILED TWO LOADED CARS DUE TO BROKEN/WORN SWI TCHPOINT.      


nearest_city: STANLEY
county: MOUNTRAIL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00Z
state: North Dakota
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
H-NTWPAS9-29 EXPERIENCED UDE WHILE PULLING INTO SIDING AT STANLEY, ND. INSPECTION REVEALED 5 CARS DE RAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JAMAICA
county: QUEENS
railroad: LI
date: 2013-11-19T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN #4326 WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVE INTO 3D TRACK IN D YARD. CONDUCTOR DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS ALIN GNED FOR 2D AND TRAVELED DOWN, PASSED STOP SIGNAL 14LB AND RAN OVER THE DERAIL CAUSING F-END OF TRUC K 7595 TO DERAIL.     


nearest_city: SOUTH HOLLAND
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: VILLA GROVE SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
IHB CREW BP5 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 3 WHEN THE ENGINEER FELT A TUG AND HE CAME TO A STOP.  HE THOUGH T HIS BRAKES WERE STICKING.  PUT IT IN THROTTLE 2,  THEN THROTTLE 3 AND WAS STILL IN IDLE AFTER 22 S ECONDS.  HE SENT HIS CONDUCTOR TO WALK THE TRAIN AS THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT AND THE CONDUCTOR FOUND 5 CARS ON THE GROUND.  4-8 FROM THE HEAD END.  IHB EQUIPMENT REPAIR IS $7,450    


nearest_city: BIRMINGHAM
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
CREW, WHILE DOUBLING FROM 3902 TO 3903 TRACK, DERAILED AT POINT WHERE ROADBED AS SOFT. NO HAZARDOUS MTLS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HUGO
county: CHOCTAW
railroad: KRR
date: 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
KRCMAWE1-03, EASTBOUND LOADED UNIT COAL TRAIN WITH 120 LOADS IN ALUMINUM CARS WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES ON THE REAR, TRAVELLING AT 8 MPH DERAILED THE REAR TWO DP LOCOMO TIVES AT MP 675.4. THE TRAIN TRAVELLED A DISTANCE OF 3.4 MILES WITH THESE REAR TWO LOCOMOTIVES DERAI LED CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE. TRAIN WAS STOPPED WHILE PULLING INTO THE HUGO YARD, DUE TO A ROL L BY INSPECTION WHEN THE REAR TWO LOCOMOTIVES WERE OBSERVED DERAILED. IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENSIVE T RACK DAMAGE (TIES CUT, RAIL ROLLED, PLATES AND ANCHORS BROKEN) WOODEN DECK BRIDGE AT MP 676.8 SUSTAI NED HEAVY DAMAGE. 


nearest_city: SULPHUR
county: CALCASIEU
railroad: UP
date: 2013-12-15T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: ROSEBLUFF SPUR
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Main Track Authority
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Dec
narrative:
OPERATOR WAS MOVING MACHINE BACKWARDS AND HIT THE JOYSTICK WITH HIS ELBOW; CAUSING GUN TO DROP IN-BE TWEEN TIES WHILE MACHINE WAS MOVING.      


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
THE YNP28R-18 RCL CREW SHOVED EAST INTO VAN 8 AND RAN THRU THE EAST VAN 8 SWITCH AND UP THE EAST LEA D WHERE THEY RAN THRU THE 1-9 SWITCH AND STOPPED.  THE CREW LINED THE VAN TRANSFER SWITCH ON THE WES T END OF THE VAN YARD AND BEGAN MOVING WEST UP THE VAN TRANSFER TOWARDS WEST RECEIVING.  IN DOING SO THEY PULLED CARS THRU 4 PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU SWITCHES DERAILING 5 CARS AND CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRACK D AMAGE.   


nearest_city: VON ORMY
county: BEXAR
railroad: UP
date: 2013-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: LAREDO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
ZMXDT-20, WITH LEAD UNIT UP8498, STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK TRAILER AT A PRIVATE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER WAS FOLLOWING HIS GPS DIRECTIONS TRYING TO GET TO SCHLUMBERGER, AND HE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN ON A PRIVAT E CROSSING, WHERE HIS TRAILER GOT HIGH CENTERED.  DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND CALLED RMCC, BUT BY THE TIME THE TRAIN WAS NOTIFIED IT WAS LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AWAY.  THE ENGINEER SET A FULL SERVI CE, WHEN GIVEN THE EXACT LOCATION HE REALIZED HOW CLOSE THEY WERE TO THE LOCATION, HE PLUGGED THE TR AIN.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER AND, NOTHING DERAILED, BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.  


nearest_city: CINCINNATI
county: HAMILTON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Dec
narrative:
TQ01 ENGINEER FAILED TO PROPERLY PERFORM L-236 WHEN SECURING ENGINE ON SPUR TRACK, ONCE THE AIR HAD LEAKED OFF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE AIR BRAKES TO RELEASE. THE ENGINE ROLLED NORTH OVER DERAIL. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW LONG ENGINE HAD SAT THERE BEFORE THE HAND BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD OR THE EXACT TIME OF DER AILMENT. DERAILMENT WAS DISCOVERED BY ANOTHER CREW AFTER TQ01 WAS OFF DUTY.    


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2011-09-29T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Sep
narrative:
YNY57R-29 HAD PULLED RAILCARS FROM TRACK 9 AND WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 013.  WHILE SHOVING, 3 RAILCAR S DERAILED JUST NORTH OF THE SWITCH.  CAUSE DETERMINED AS FAILURE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT.      


nearest_city: RESERVE
county: ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
railroad: IC
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
L51671-10 WAS MAKING A ROUTINE PICK UP AND COUPLED TO 40 CARS IN THE NORTH PASS WITH 3 ENGINES. WHIL E PULLING THE CUT OUT TO DOUBLE BACK TO THE TRAIN ON THE MAIN LINE, THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE TRAIN 3 0 CARS FROM THE NORTH END OF THE NORTH PASS DERAILING 4 CARS. CARS DERAILED WERE DOWX 49059, DUPX 16 182, CEFX 13781 AND UTLX 665744. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. TRACK IS CWR. ONE OF THE CARS INVOLVED, DUPX 16182 CONTAINED PHENYLENEDIAMINIES 1673 CLASS 6.   


nearest_city: SPOKANE
county: SPOKANE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
Z-SSECHC8-03A WAS SHOVING BACK TO THEIR TRAIN ON MAIN 2 AFTER MAKING A ONE CAR PICKUP FROM TRACK 7. THE CONDUCTOR WAS PROTECTING THE SHOVE, GIVING THE CAR COUNTS TO THE ENGINEER WHEN THE FIRST AND SE COND PLATFORMS OF THE THREE PACK ARTICULATED CAR IMPACTED.  ALL CARS WERE UPRIGHT AND DID NOT FOUL M AIN 1.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.    


nearest_city: WILMINGTON
county: NEW CASTLE
railroad: NS
date: 2013-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Delaware
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-Apr
narrative:
36A ENGINEER SET THE AUTOMATIC AS HE APPROACHED SOUTHWARD SOUTH SWITCH, THEN PERFORMED AN IMPROPER R UNNING RELEASE AFTER DETERMINING THE SWITCH WAS PROPERLY LINED.  WHILE APPROACHING THE 5 RUNNER SWIT CH, THE ENGINEER DETERMINED THE SWITCH WAS PROPERLY LINED AND RE-APPLIED THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE BUT FAI LED TO MAKE A SUBSEQUENT BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION OF 3 PSI GREATER THAN THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION, CAUSIN G THE REAR OF THE TRAIN TO RUN-IN AND DERAILED CARS 41-58.   


nearest_city: BLYTHEVILLE
county: MISSISSIPPI
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
R-SPR6121-10 SHOVING TO MAKE JOINT ON OIL MILL LEAD NOTED CAR LEANING AND STOPPED MOVEMENT. CREW FOU ND 5 CARS DERAILED AT BROKEN RAIL. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: PROCTOR
county: ST LOUIS
railroad: DMIR
date: 2011-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
WHILE SWITCHING THE RIP TRACK ON THE SOUTH END OF PROCTOR YARD, R92581-04 WAS INVOLVED IN A CORNERIN G INCIDENT. THE CREW KICKED 4 EMPTY HOPPER CARS TO PE06 AND AFTER KICKING ONE LOADED CAR TOWARDS PF0 2, THE CARS ON PE06 ROLLED BACK AND STRUCK THE SINGLE CAR GOING TOWARDS PF02, THE BRAKEMAN ON THE AS SIGNMENT WAS RIDING THE FOUR CARS GOING TOWARDS PE0. AFTER THE CARS WERE IN THE CLEAR ON PE06  HE AP PLIED ONE HANDBRAKE. THE HANDBRAKE DID NOT HOLD THE 4 CARS SO HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE 
NEXT CAR FR OM BEING KICKED, BUT THE CONDUCTOR HAD ALREADY PULLED THE PIN. THE BRAKEMAN THEN APPLIED A SECOND BR AKE, WHICH DID NOT STOP THE CARS BEFORE THE CORNERING OCCURRED. THE TWO CARS INVOLVED ARE, DMIR 2126 STRUCK DOWX 21041. THE CAUSE WAS FAILURE TO SECURE EQUIPMENT.


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
subdivision: BROOKLYN SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN AMT500-10 DERAILED ONE EMPTY PASSENGER CAR IN THE EUGENE YARD.  NO INJURIES.  AMTRAK HA D EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000.      


nearest_city: TEAGUE
county: FREESTONE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: HOUSTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
R-GFC8221-15 KICKED CARS DOWN MAIN TRACK AGAINST TRAIN AT EXCESSIVE SPEED RESULTING IN ROUGH JOINT A ND DERAILMENT. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CAR MBLX28485 FOUND DAMAGED AND NOT DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION COULD NOT REVEAL WHERE DAMAGE OCCURRED.       


nearest_city: WRIGHT
county: CAMPBELL
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Miscellaneous
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
RAIL GRINDING MACHINE OVERRAN AUTHORITY AND RAN THROUGH MOVABLE POINT FROG AND SWITCH IN CONTROL POI NT AT EAST COAL CREEK, DAMAGING BOTH SWITCH MACHINES.      


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


nearest_city: MEMPHIS
county: SHELBY
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Tennessee
subdivision: THAYER SOUTH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
Q-LACATG1-05, SHOVING INTO TRACK 116, RAN THROUGH SPLIT POINT DERAIL WHEN CREW MEMBERS FAILED TO LIN E DERAIL FOR MOVEMENT.  TRAIN WAS HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: LIBERTY HILL
county: WILLIAMSON
railroad: ATCX
date: 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: WEST
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
SEMI RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN. SIDES WIPING THE LOCOMOTIVE AND 3 PASSENGER CARS. THE EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES CAUSED FLAT ON 12 WHEEL SETS.      


nearest_city: SALT LAKE CITY
county: SALT LAKE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
MRVRO-05 YARDED THEIR TRAIN IN TRACK 7.  CREW DETACHED LEAD UNITS FROM THE TRAIN AND CAME BACK THRU TRACK 21 TO THE TEN POCKET CROSSOVER.  THE CONDUCTOR LINED THE CROSSOVER TO ALLOW THE POWER TO MOVE THE 10 POCKET.  CREW THEN WENT TO TRACK 7 AND TIED ONTO THE TWO REAR DPU UNITS.  CREW THEN CAME BACK TO THE 10 POCKET CROSSOVER.  AS THE POWER TRAVERSED THE CROSSOVER, TWO DPU UNITS WENT ON THE GROUND AT THE TRACK 11 SWITCH.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU BY A N UNDETERMINED JOB.  


nearest_city: WICHITA
county: SEDGWICK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: ARKANSAS CITY
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
KO RR DERAILED ON KO TRACK JUST PRIOR TO PULLING ONTO BNSF TRACK. DERAILED EQUIPMENT WAS PULLED ONTO BNSF WHERE CARS TURNED OVER. NO EVACUATION ORDERED. 1 CAR RELEASED HAZARDOUS: HOKX 8062, STCC 49352 40, UN 1824, 36 GALLONS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: WALNUTPORT
county: NORTHAMPTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
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-May
narrative:
13T WITH 3 ENGINES AND 32X15 CONSIST 4040 TONS TRAVELING IN AN EAST DIRECTION STRUCK A GRADE-ALL (FO RK LIFT) THAT DID NOT YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE TRAIN.      


nearest_city: OKLAHOMA CITY
county: OKLAHOMA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
V-OKC2021-30A PULLED 34 CARS FROM 1230 TRACK. DURING THIS MOVEMENT, ONE CAR EXPERIENCED KNUCKLE FAIL URE UNDETECTED BY CREW. AFTER KICKING 1 CAR TO 1235 TRK, CREW MOVED BACK TO CARS IN 1230 AND SHOVED, CAUSING PASSED DRAWBARS CAR RESULTING IN CARS DERAILING.     


nearest_city: JASPER
county: JASPER
railroad: TIBR
date: 2012-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SAN AUGUSTINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
AT 1300 WE WERE NOTIFIED BY OUR CUSTOMER, LOUISIANA PACIFIC, IN KEITHTON, TX, THAT 13 EMPTY RAIL CAR S HAD ROLLED OUT OF THEIR FACILITY, DERAILING ONE CAR ON OUR MAIN LINE.  UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS F OUND THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE CARS INTO THEIR LOADING FACILITY AND RELEASED ALL HANDBRAKES TO PERFORM THIS MOVE.  IN DOING SO THE CARS ROLLED OUT APPROXIMATELY 35 CAR LENGTHS WITH THE LEADING CAR DERAILING ON A FIXED DERAIL TOWARDS OUR MAIN LINE.  ESTIMATED EQUIP DAMAGE WAS $20,000, AND TIB R TRACK DAMAGES $8,000  


nearest_city: BEDFORD PARK
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2010-04-24T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CONDUCTOR WAS SHOVING UP 57 CARS WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP WHEN THE SIGNAL TURND RED AND STRUCK TRA N # SOO 63000      


nearest_city: FAIR OAKS
county: CROSS
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
MTTPB-01, LEAD LOCOMOTIVE UP8417, STRUCK A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG (RICE TRUCK) THAT HAD STALLED ON THE CROSSING.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE BEFORE IMPACT.  ENGINEER INJURED.  TRAIN W AS CARRYING 52 HAZMAT RESIDUE CARS.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: LEWISTOWN
county: MIFFLIN
railroad: NS
date: 2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Explosive-detonation
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
62EC109 TRAVELING WEST WITH 2 UNITS, 72 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, 842 TONS ON PITTSBURGH MAIN TRACK TWO DERAIL ED THE 32ND (SOU 6195) HEAD CAR.
      


nearest_city: AVON
county: HENDRICKS
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
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-Jun
narrative:
Y29722 WAS SHOVING LOADED AUTO RACKS EAST INTO CLASS TRACK 003 WHEN 2 CARS DERAILED AT SWITCH NUMBER 10      


nearest_city: MUSCLE SHOALS
county: COLBERT
railroad: NS
date: 2013-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
AFTER YARDING THEIR TRAIN, 16A023 DERAILED NS 9211.  NS 9153, NS 7510, AND NS 6649 ACCOUNT REVERSE M OVE THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RUN-THRU SWITCH.      


nearest_city: SUPERIOR
county: DOUGLAS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-20T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
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-Aug
narrative:
Y-SUP3121-19 PULLING CARS ON 4169 TRACK DERAILED 3 CARS THAT LEANED AND IMPACTED 2 ON TRACK 4167 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.      


nearest_city: CONWAY
county: BEAVER
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-07T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
ENGINE HOUSE PERSONNEL SHOVING EASTWARD WITH 1 UNIT, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, 2050 TONS ON 24 ENGINE HOUS E TRACK DERAILED THE 1ST UNIT (NS 2506).      


nearest_city: THREE RIVERS
county: LIVE OAK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
LHD67-04 WAS SWITCHING THE VALERO PLANT.  THEY COUPLED INTO 1 CAR AND SHOVED BACK ABOUT 4 CAR LENGTH S WHEN THE CAR DERAILED.  THE B-END OF THE CAR THAT WAS COUPLED TO THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE GOT A SET OF TRUCKS ON THE GROUND AND THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE GOT ITS LEAD SET OF TRUCKS ON THE GROUND.  UPRR MAINTAI NS TRACK    


nearest_city: HAMLET
county: RICHMOND
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-12-27T00:00:00Z
state: North Carolina
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
Y39826 DERAILED CARS AT THE DERAIL ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CAR SHOP. YARD FOREMAN REPORTED INJURY TO KNEE AFTER MAKING AN EMERGENCY DISMOUNT.      


nearest_city: DECATUR
county: MACON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ILLINOIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
DB04 WITH 1 ENGINE AND 30 CARS COUPLED INTO 27 CARS STANDING IN EB9. AFTER STRETCHING COUPLING AND D ETERMINING TRACK MOVED EAST, CREW SHOVED TRACK WEST DERAILING THE 31ST AND 32ND HEAD CARS WHILE SHOV ING FOR ROOM ACCOUNT UNDETECTED BYPASSED COUPLING. 32ND HEAD CAR RBOX 38418 DERAILED TO THE NORTH ST RIKING AND DAMAGING 11 CARS STANDING IN EB08 DURING FINAL 700FT OF SHOVE MOVEMENT. GROUND CREW AND E NGINEER WERE ALL WORKING FROM THE SOUTH (LEAD SIDE) SIDE OF EB09." 


  


nearest_city: CARLETON
county: THAYER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
CBMHL-06 DERAILED BOTH LEAD LOCOMOTIVES IN THE CROSSOVER DAMAGING THE MOVEABLE POINT FROG.  WHEN THE Y WERE HAND LINING THE CROSSOVER SWITCHES DUE TO WEATHER AND THEY FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH FOR THEI R MOVEMENT.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: POPLAR
county: ROOSEVELT
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
subdivision: GLASGOW
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WHILE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK TRAIN Z CHCPTL6 19A STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WENT AROUND THE GATES.      


nearest_city: SCOTIA
county: SCHENECTADY
railroad: GRS
date: 2013-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: WESTERN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
RJ-2 CREW WHILE SWITCHING CARS ONTO THE MAIN LINE THEY BUILTED UP A TOTAL OF 44 CARS THAT WAS BEING HELD BY THREE HAND BRAKES. THE CREW THEN ADDED MORE CARS TO THE 44 ON THE MAIN THAT WAS BEING HELD B Y THREE HAND BRAKES, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT HAND BRAKES THE CARS STARTED TO MOVE RESULTING IN A DERAILM ENT.    


nearest_city: CLINTON
county: CLINTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-04-23T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
subdivision: IMRL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
R-CHI4241-23 WITH STUDENT ENGINEER MADE SHOVING MOVEMENT WITH AIR SET, THEN REVERSED WITHOUT RELEASI NG AIR.  OPPOSING FORCES DERAILED ONE CAR.      


nearest_city: AMA
county: ST CHARLES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-29T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
M-DYTCSX1-26A CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE WHEN THE TRAIN STRUCK A PILE OF DEBRIS THAT WAS O N THE TRACK  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.      


nearest_city: JANSEN
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
subdivision: HALLAM SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
THE CNAHL-09 A LOADED COAL TRAIN DERAILED 11 CARS ON THE HALLAM SUB AT MP 5.7 DUE TO SOFT ROADBED TH AT RESULTED IN HARMONIC ROCK OF THE CARS.  THE TRAIN WAS EXCEEDING THE SPEED FOR THE CLASS OF TRACK ON WHICH IT WAS OPERATING HOWEVER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DERAILMENT.     


nearest_city: MORAN
county: ANDERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
MNPFW-27 TRAVELING ON SINGLE MAIN LINE HAD RAILCAR TERX232 HAD CENTERSILL BREAK AND CAUSE UTLX630659 DERAIL AND DAMAGE ANOTHER RAILCAR.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-22T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
WHILE SHOVING TRAIN QNPPR-20 INTO YARD 2 TRACK 320 CAR TBOX660156 WHEELS LOCKED ACCOUNT AIR BRAKE PR OBLEMS CAUSING 7 CARS TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: HARRISON
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-02-05T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
EXTRA MMC DRILL CREW SHOVING WEST ONTO TRACK #14 FROM THE EAST END OF HUDSON YARD DERAILED THE #2 TR UCK OF #6051 ACCOUNT SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH.      


nearest_city: HELMSBURG
county: BROWN
railroad: INRD
date: 2011-06-28T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
THERE WERE WHEEL MARKS ON INSIDE OF EAST RAIL AND OUTSIDE OF WEST RAIL AND BOTH WERE INLINE WITH EAC H OTHER AT POINT OF DERAILMENT (POD). INVESTIGATION FOUND NO TRACK DEFECTS OR WHEEL MARKS ON TOP OF RAIL. AFTER REVIEWING DOWNLOADS, SHOED TRAIN HANDLING WAS CONSISTENT WITH TERRAIN AND TRACK SPEED AN D TRACK WAS WITHIN FRA STANDARDS FOR CLASS OF RAIL 250 FEET NORTH TO THE NORTH OF POD AND 62 FEET TO THE SOUTH OF POD. CAR WAS INSPECTED AS WELL AND NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE DE RAILMENT.  


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 463136 DRAFT GEAR STOPS WERE BROKEN AND THE PIN PULLED FORWARD OF THE RETAINER PLATE AND FELL CAUSING COUPL ER TO FALL ($4,000.00 DAMAGE TO CAR).  TRACK DAMAGE TO PAVONIA 1 CLASS IS $3,500.00.  NO TRACK DAMAG E TO 1 RECEIVING.   


nearest_city: NORTH PLATTE
county: LINCOLN
railroad: UP
date: 2011-05-22T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-May
narrative:
A HOSTLER AND PILOT MOVING THE UP5259 WESTWARD IN EAST RECEIVING 2 COLLIDED WITH A CUT OF CARS BEING HUMPED OUT OF EAST RECEIVING 3 WHEN THEY FAILED TO LINE THE SWITCH TOWARD THE EXTENSION OF EAST REC EIVING 2 AND STOP THEIR MOVEMENT BEFORE IMPACT.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE UP76606 AND CN W178405 AND THE UP5259 WAS DERAILED.    


nearest_city: HUNTINGTON
county: DUBOIS
railroad: NS
date: 2012-09-18T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
subdivision: ILLINOIS
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-Sep
narrative:
168D917-0'55" 168D917 CONSISTING OF 2 ENGINES (NS7549-2658) PULLING 2 LOADS  - 2 EMPTIES DERAILED 2N D UNIT NS 2658 L/R WHEELS.      


nearest_city: NORTH LITTLE ROCK
county: PULASKI
railroad: UP
date: 2011-04-26T00:00:00Z
state: Arkansas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
YNL61R-25, WHILE SHOVING 15 LOADED TIES CARS IN FROM KOPPERS, MAIN 1 TO 2 TO EAST LEAD, UP909014 AND UP925011 DERAILED ACCOUNT UP925011 LOADED IMPROPERLY AND SHIFTED.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: GALESBURG
county: KNOX
railroad: BNSF
date: 2014-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BROOKFIELD
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-GAL1012-05A DERAILED 1 CAR  AND CAUSED SIGNAL DAMAGE IN BOWL TRACK 2071 DUE TO SNOW/ICE BUILDU P ON TRACK.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: DENISON
county: CRAWFORD
railroad: UP
date: 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
state: Iowa
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Axles and Journal Bearings
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
CBMWK-06 HAD AN AXLE BREAK ON TEH 14TH RAILCAR FROM THE HEAD END CAUSING TWO RAILCARS TO DERAIL ON T HE NUMBER TWO MAIN LINE.      


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: UP
date: 2011-06-02T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
YEW28R-02 WAS SHOVING RAILCARS EAST INTO TRACK 505 WHEN JOB DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO RAILCAR SRN55 100 HAD TRAINLINE HOSE CATCH IN RACK 514 SWITCH FROG CAUSING THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: CAMPBELLTON
county: ATASCOSA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: CORPUS CHRISTI SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Apr
narrative:
LGTEYS-12, WITH LEAD UNIT UP3639, STRUCK THE REAR PORTION OF A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG THAT FAILED TO ST OP AT THE FM791 CROSSING.      


nearest_city: BIGGS
county: BUTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2011-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
THE NORTH BOUND REDDING TURN WAS REQUIRED TO SET OUT THE 5TH CAR FROM THE REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN BY DISPATCHER ACCOUNT CAR HAD TRIPPED READER FOR DEFECT.  CREW SET OUT CAR AND AS THEY WERE PULLING OU T OF THE INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED TWO CARS RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH THE INDUSTRY AND UP TRACK SEGM ENTS.  POOR TIE CONDITION CONTRIBUTED TO THE DERAILMENT.  BUTTE COUNTY RICE GROWERS ASSOCIATION MAIN TAINS TRACK.  RAIL = CWR   


nearest_city: NORTHLAKE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
YP895-19 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING OVER TRACK 218 TO TRACK 206 IN YARD 9.  THE CREW SHOVED OVER A PORTABLE DERAIL WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE MOFW AND THERE FOR THE PROTECTION OF TRACK EQUIPMENT.  7 CA RS DERAILED.     


nearest_city: CARTERSVILLE
county: BARTOW
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
G79630 WAS HEADING SOUTHBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY DERAILING 18 CARS. IT WAS FOUND THA T A BROKEN RAIL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.      


nearest_city: SIBLEY
county: JACKSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
C-KCKSIS0-04 DOUBLED HEAD 40 CARS TO TRACK 2601, PULLED AHEAD 3-4 CAR LENGTHS TO CUT CROSSING IN TRA CK 2601 AND DERAILED ON SWITCH FROM 2601 TO LOOP TRACK 2603.  SWITCH POINTS WERE FOUND TO BE GAPPED, SWITCH LINED IN PLACE FOR MOVEMENT.     


nearest_city: EUGENE
county: LANE
railroad: UP
date: 2010-04-13T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
CORP'S LCOR2J-13, LEAD UP5061, WAS PULLING TRAIN IN FROM THE MAIN LINE INTO THE YARD BY THE ICE DOCK SWITCH WHEN THE 15TH TO 20TH CARS FROM THE LEAD END OF TRAIN DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TBOX670774 WAS THE CAUSE OF DERAILMENT DUE TO STIFF TRUCKS AND 1 HOLLOW WHEEL.  CENTRAL OREGON & PAC IFIC RAILROAD'S EST EQUIP DAMAGE:  $77,255    


nearest_city: REARDAN
county: LINCOLN
railroad: EWG
date: 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
NIWX8924-8925 EASTBOUND WITH 7126, 9370 TONS, 4390 FT HAD JUST CLEARED A 5 MPH RESTRICTION AT 29.7, BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE UP TO 14 MPH.  TRAIN TRAVELLED ABOUT 700 FT, THEN HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION.  INSPECTION REVEALED 66, 67TH CARS TURNED OVER ON SOUTH SIDE, 68TH CAR SIDEWAYS WTIH 69TH CAR DERAILED ON EAST END, LEAD END ONLY.  INVESTIGATION FOUND WHEEL MARKS AND RAIL SHAVING S FOR 300 FT WEST OF SWITCH ON OUTSIDE (HIGH-SIDE) OF CURVE.  ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE CURVE WORN RAIL, ASSESSMENT IS A TRUCK BOLSTER ON AEX 13568 WAS NOT SLOWING PROPERLY.  


nearest_city: DENVER
county: DENVER
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-08-26T00:00:00Z
state: Colorado
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
CREW ON H-DENBEL1-25 LEFT 2 CARS STANDING IN 139 TRACK FOUL OF LEAD. TRAIN DEPARTED FROM 140 TRACK A ND CORNERED THE STANDING CARS, DRAGGING THEM OUT OF 139 TRACK WHERE THEY DERAILED AND STRUCK A LIGHT TOWER. LIGHT TOWER COLLAPSED ON YARD ENGINE BNSF 1933. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: WINNEMUCCA
county: HUMBOLDT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Nevada
subdivision: WINNEMUCCA 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-Jan
narrative:
GSG5TR-24 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ACTIVATED THE HOT BOX AND DRAGGING DETECTOR LOCATED AT MP475.1 THE IND ICATION WAS 381 AXLES.  INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN FOUND 1 SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED ON CNW178064 WITH A D EFECTIVE JOURNAL.     


nearest_city: MERIDIAN
county: LAUDERDALE
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-10-26T00:00:00Z
state: Mississippi
subdivision: ALABAMA
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Oct
narrative:
TRAIN 20 WITH ENGINES 173 AND 1 AND 9 CARS STRUCK BOULDERS, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO UNIT 173.  A MTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $18,151.00.      


nearest_city: LAUREL
county: YELLOWSTONE
railroad: MRL
date: 2010-10-24T00:00:00Z
state: Montana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Side collision
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Oct
narrative:
*RCL - BOTTOM OF EAST RAN INTO SIDE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WEST AT THE EAST CROSSOVERS CAUSING MRL 110 2 TO DERAIL.      


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BRC
date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: KENTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-May
narrative:
UP CREW ECHG41-09 WAS TRAVELING WITH LITE LOCOMOTIVES EAST ON BRC NORTH THOUROUGHFARE RACK AND RAN T HROUGH THE EAST SWITCH. 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED.      


nearest_city: STOCKTON
county: SAN JOAQUIN
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: FRESNO SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Fog
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
ACE TRAIN, ACE07 STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AT MCKINLEY AVE, CROSSING DOT #752775G.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR TRACK DAMAGE.  ACE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE = $42,732      


nearest_city: CHATSWORTH
county: LIVINGSTON
railroad: TPW
date: 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN EX 1 TRAVELING WEST WITH 19 LOADS AND 83 EMPTIES WAS TRAVELING AT 25 MPH AND DOPPED TO 21 MPH WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE 18 CAR IN TRAIN CLIMBED SOUTH RAIL. EFFECTS FROM 18TH CAR DERAIL ED 15 FOLLOWING CARS PUTTING 14 CARS ON THEIR SIDE. INVESTIGATED BY RAIL SCIENCE AND SUMMARIZED IT T O BE A TRACK BUCKLE CAUSING DERAILMENT.    


nearest_city: MINDEN
county: WEBSTER
railroad: LAS
date: 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
AFTER KICKING 20 CARS INTO TRACK 4, THEY FREE ROLLED AND IMPACTED ANOTHER CUT OF 23 CARS, CAUSING TH E 2 CARS THAT IMPACTED TOGETHER TO DERAIL.       
REVISED - 9/13/2011 - PCW      


nearest_city: BRADDOCK
county: ALLEGHENY
railroad: URR
date: 2011-10-22T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
CREW OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE #1 IN REMOTE CONTROL WAS HAULING 5 CARS (LOADS OF SLABS) NORTH OVER THE NO RTHEAST/SOUTHEAST CROSSOVER SWITCH IN THE US STEEL ET PLANT (BRADDOCK PA) WHEN THE CAR NEXT TO ENGIN E APEX 907 DERAILED ALL WHEELS DUE TO WIDE GAGE. DERAILED CAR CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO INDUSTRY TR ACK. TRACK IS OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY US STEEL CORPORATION.    


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: HOBOKEN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Aug
narrative:
TRAIN #5710 DERAILED THE WEST TRUCK OF LOCOMOTIVE #4027 OPERATING THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH S WITCH WHILE ENROUTE ON COACH LEAD TOWARDS THE S&I LEAD. #7239 B-END COUPLER WAS CUT OFF DURING WRECK ING.     


nearest_city: LIBERAL
county: BARTON
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-07-21T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: PITTSBURG
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:
TRAIN STRUCK THE SIDE OF A BNSF TRAIN AT THE BNSF INTERLOCKER LOCATED AT MP 114.6 ON THE PITTSBURG S UBDIVISION.  BNSF ESTIMATES TOTAL REPORTABLE DAMAGE AT $1,078,118. 6455 GALLONS OF FUEL RELEASED DUE TO ACCIDENT.     


nearest_city: RATHDRUM
county: KOOTENAI
railroad: MRL
date: 2013-07-14T00:00:00Z
state: Idaho
subdivision: FOURTH
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jul
narrative:
VEHICLE TRAVELED SOUTH ON RAMSEY ROAD.  CRASHED THROUGH THE CROSSING APPARATUS AND INTO THE SIDE OF THE ECECSCM8-50 TRAIN.      


nearest_city: MEDINA
county: MEDINA
railroad: WE
date: 2010-07-10T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jul
narrative:
711-20 WAS SPOTTING CARS AT MEDINA SUPPLY, AS THEY WERE SPOTTING THE CARS, THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION THEY DISCOVED THAT THE HEAD 7 CARS IN THEIR TRAIN HAD DERAILED.      


nearest_city: GALVESTON
county: GALVESTON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: GALVESTON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Nov
narrative:
RCO Y-GAT2012-26 FAILED TO LINE SOUTH CROSSOVER SWITCH ON 6191 LEAD FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, RUNNING THRO UGH SWITCH.  CREW THEN REVERSED DIRECTION, SPLITTING SWITCH AND DERAILING 5 CARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: LONGVIEW
county: COWLITZ
railroad: UP
date: 2010-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
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-Oct
narrative:
UP'S LIC55-25 DEPARTING THE BNSF YARD, DERAILED 4 LOADED CARS WHEN A 4 FOOT SECTION OF RAIL BROKE UN DERNEATH A LOADED SAND HOPPER.  BNSF'S EST TRACK DAMAGE $19,447.      


nearest_city: WASHINGTON, DC
county: WASHINGTON, DC
railroad: ATK
date: 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
state: District of Columbia
subdivision: MAD
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 14-Jan
narrative:
YARD CREW OPERATED OFF OF 14 SHOP TRACK WITH  ENGINE 737, C/82740 AND C/85999 DESTINED FOR #5 SHOP O N THE NORTH END.  THE MOVE WENT IN TO 9 TRACK TO SHOVE BACK FROM 14 TO 5 AND AS THE EQUIPMENT WAS SH OVING SOUTH THE B END TRUCK OF C/82740 DERAILED ON THE 910 SWITCH.  THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS I MPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $14,275.00.    


nearest_city: CHICAGO
county: COOK
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN SHOVING SOUTH OFF MAIN 2 DERAILED WHEN WEST RAIL ROLLED UNDER TRAIN DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FASTEN ERS ON WEST SIDE OF RAIL RESULTING IN WIDE GAGE. TRAIN CONTAINED ARTICULATED EQUIPMENT.      


nearest_city: NEW YORK NEW YORK
county: NEW YORK
railroad: NJTR
date: 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: New York
subdivision: NEWARK
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Other Way and Structure
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
WATER LEAKING FROM TUNNEL CEILING AT THE WEEHAWKIN SHAFT ONTO OCS HARDWARE RESULTED IN INSULATOR FAI LURE AND DAMAGED MU #1337 ON TRAIN #3806 IN SOUTH TUBE.      


nearest_city: CANTON
county: STARK
railroad: WE
date: 2010-08-22T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
554-22 WAS PULLING INTO GAMBRINUS YARD WHEN THEY STOPPED TO THROW THE DIVIDE SWITCH. WHEN THEY START ED TO PULL TOWARD #10 TRACK, THE TRAIN STOPPED. UPON INSPECTION THE CONDUCTOR FOUND CAR# WC 54176, W C 54232, GATX 201941, PROX 32284, AND WE 527390 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.     


nearest_city: DALHART
county: DALLAM
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALHART
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
C-EDYDHT5-19 FAILED TO LINE SWITCH TO 9983 FOR THEIR MOVEMENT, RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH. CREW THEN REV ERSED MOVEMENT, SPLIT SWITCH AND DERAILED 3 CARS.      


nearest_city: SMITHFIELD
county: FULTON
railroad: KJRY
date: 2013-09-16T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN DERAILED ON/NEAR BRIDGE: DERAILMENT CAUSED BRIDGE TO COLLAPSE.  DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE/WR ECKAGE, A DIRECT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.      


nearest_city: MIRA LOMA
county: RIVERSIDE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-09-06T00:00:00Z
state: California
subdivision: LOS ANGELES SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
NATIONAL SWITCHING SERVICES YML02-05 WAS PUTTING AWAY THE AAMML-02.  THEY SHOVED TRACK 857, PULLED W EST AND PROCEEDED TO SHOVE EAST TO FILL NEXT TRACK.  THE IGSDI CALLED THE SWITCH CREW TO INFORM THEM THAT THEY HAD DERAILED.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: PTRA
date: 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE PULLING SOUTH THROUGH CROSSOVER THE R4 WHEEL ON MK9604 PICKED THE NORTH CROSSOVR SWITCH.  THIS CAUSED BOTH ENGINES AND THE TWO TRAILING CARS TO DERAIL.      


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 (NAHX 60862).  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO NAHX 60862 & GATX 96282.  TOTAL EQUIPMENT COST WAS PREVIOUSLY $12579 6-16-12, INCREASED TO $12632 6-20-12, DECREASED T O $9335 ON 7-13-12.  EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR GATX 96282 $9282, NAHX 60862 $53.   


nearest_city: PLYMOUTH
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: UP
date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Nov
narrative:
M/W TRUCK DRIVER WAS HYRAILING ON THE HALLAM SUB AT MP18.4 WHEN THE HYRAIL SECTION TRUCK CLIMBED A J OINT BAR AFTER COMING OFF OF A CROSSING DERAILING THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE HYRAIL.      


nearest_city: MADISON
county: MORGAN
railroad: SCS
date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: MADISON
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
AS THE ENGINEER WAS GOING DOWN A GRADE AND PICKING UP SPEED (H603-TRAIN ON MAIN TRACK, INSIDE YARD L IMITS, EXCESSIVE SPEED), HE FAILED TO PROPERLY USE THE TRAIN BRAKES (H510- AUTOMATIC BRAKE, INSUFFIC IENT-H099) TO KEEP HIS CONSIST TIGHT AND EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE BUFFERING AND SLACK ACTION, (H503- BU FFERING OR SLACK EXCESSIVE, TRAIN HANDLING).  THE ENGINEER THEN REALIZED HE WAS SPEEDING AND IMPROPE RLY USED HIS INDEPENDENT BRAKE WHILE STARTING UP A GRADE, (H525-IMPROPER USE OF INDEPENDENT BRAKE), AND WITHOUT THE USE OF THE TRAIN BRAKES HE CAUSED EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION THAT CAUSED INTERNAL FORCE IN A CURVE THAT CAUSED THE FOURTH (4TH CAR NOKL 824974) CAR'S SET OF WHEELS TO JUMP TO THE TOP OF TH E RAIL, WHICH CAUSED A HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION (T210- HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION OUTSIDE THE JOINT BAR


nearest_city: HORICON
county: DODGE
railroad: WSOR
date: 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z
state: Wisconsin
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
CONDUCTOR KICKED 3 CARS INTO THE WRONG TRACK DUE TO THE SWITCH NOT PROPERLY LINED FOR INTENDED MOVEM ENT.  CARS STRUCK OVERHEAD DOOR OF WASHOUT BUILDING.      


nearest_city: PALMETTO
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: NONE
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
A 1999 INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR TRAILER GOT THE TRAILERS LANDING GEAR JAMMED ONTO THE STREET AND COULD NOT MOVE BEFORE BEING STRUCK BY Q24221 AT CROSSING. AGE OF MOTORIST UNKNOWN. PROTECTION ALSO AT CROS SING: ADVANCE WARNING AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS.     


nearest_city: HOBOKEN
county: HUDSON
railroad: NJTR
date: 2010-08-29T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Aug
narrative:
RELAY #3 ENROUTE WEST FROM DEPOT TRACK TO TRACK #B-13 FOR FUEL AT HOBOKEN TERMINAL DERAILED BOTH TRU CKS OF #7643.      


nearest_city: ATLANTA
county: FULTON
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Switches, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Mar
narrative:
Q61702 FAILED TO LINE SPLIT RAIL AND RAN THROUGH IT AND THEN PULLED SOUTH AND DERAILED 6 CARS.       


nearest_city: BENSENVILLE
county: COOK
railroad: CP
date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: ELGIN
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
GH11 WAS SHOVING TO A JOINT ON TRACK FT09 WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED. RECORDED SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE DE RAILMENT WAS 12 MPH. RAILROD VERIFIED CONSIST SPEED AND TRACK CLASS.      


nearest_city: KANSAS CITY
county: WYANDOTTE
railroad: UP
date: 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: KC TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Frogs, Switches and Track Appliances
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jul
narrative:
CATWL9-30 DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO A SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.  KCT RAILWAY MAINTAINS TRACK       


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
THE CREW WAS SHOVING EMPTY COAL TRAIN INTO INTERCHANGE FROM THE SOUTH END WHEN RAILCARS DERAILED IN CROSSOVER DO TO IMPROPER TRAIN HANDLING.  STUDENT ENGINEER WAS AT THE CONTROLS.      


nearest_city: DURANT
county: BRYAN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-11-04T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
LBE48-03 CREW WAS SHOVING BACK ON THE INTERCHANGE TRACK NORTH BOUND AT 5 MPH, WHEN THE AOK11027 DROP PED OFF THE LOW RAIL OF THE CURVE AT THE INTERCHANGE TRACK.  GAGE MEASURED AT 58 1/8TH IN AT POD WIT HOUT LOAD ON IT.  POD ON UPRR AND CONTINUED ONTO KRR TRACK.  KRR ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $5,000.  R ECOLLECTIBLE KIAMICHI RAILROAD CO.    


nearest_city: CLEVELAND
county: CUYAHOGA
railroad: CWRO
date: 2012-08-24T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: SYSTEM
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
SPOTTING INSIDE BOTTLE OF C6 THE 45 BOTTLE DERAILED.  THE CREW WAS SHOVING 3 LOADS AND 6 EMPTY'S EAS T FROM 915 TO 914.  JUST EAST OF 915, THE A END OF 45 BOTTLE DERAILED.  THE CREW CONTINUED SHOVING U NTIL THE DERAILED TRUCK HIT THE 914/915 SWITCH.  THE B END CONTINUED ON 914, NOT DERAILING BUT THE A END PICKED THE SWITCH CAUSING THE BOTTLE TO TURN SIDEWAYS AND SLIDE INTO THE 40 BOTTLE.    


nearest_city: OLATHE
county: JOHNSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-09-21T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
subdivision: EMPORIA
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Brake
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Sep
narrative:
S-LBALPC1-19 DERAILED 2 ARTICULATED CARS DUE TO BRAKE RIGGING DRAGGING THE GROUND AND HITTING CROSSI NG AT DENNIS STREET. TRAIN HANDLING ALL ARTICULATED CARS. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.      


nearest_city: VALPARAISO
county: PORTER
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-06-16T00:00:00Z
state: Indiana
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jun
narrative:
Q14916 DERAILED CARS ON MAINLINE NEAR MANDER ROAD. BOTH MAIN LINES BLOCKED. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT IS T RACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR (BUCKLED/SUNKINK).      


nearest_city: DANVILLE
county: BOYLE
railroad: NS
date: 2011-02-06T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
285T705 WITH 2 ENGINES 45 LOADS, 41 EMPTIES 5619 TONS 8469 FEET PULLING INTO WY06 TRACK DERAILED 10T H THRU 14TH H/C.      


nearest_city: LOUISVILLE
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: NS
date: 2012-04-14T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
subdivision: CENTRAL
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Apr
narrative:
055 WAS COMING DOWN THE #1 MAIN CROSSING OVER TO THE #2 MAIN AT THE WEST END CROSSOVER #21 SWI PORTL AND INTERLOCKING WHEN THE 2ND ENGINE (NS 9298) DERAILED THE "B" END.      


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


nearest_city: BEAUMONT
county: JEFFERSON
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-06-18T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Jun
narrative:
M-TPLLAL1-17, INBOUND CREW, TIED TRAIN DOWN ON 2103 TRACK.  OUTBOUND CREW CUT POWER OFF TRAIN ND MAD E P/U FROM 2109 TRACK.  ON DEPARTURE, TRAIN DERAILED.  CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN SWITCH THRO WN UNDER TRAIN WHILE TIED DOWN ON 2103 TRACK (BETWEEN CREWS).  NO HAZMAT WAS RELEASED.  MECHANICAL I NTERFACE COSTS OVER REPORTING THRESHOLD.    


nearest_city: CITY OF COMMERCE
county: LOS ANGELES
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
Y-LAC3151-09, WHILE SPOTTING COMMERCE INTERMODAL FACILITY, PULLED TOWARD "C" YARD ON "C" LEAD. WHILE DOING SO, RAN THRU 6414 SWITCH, THEN STOPPED AND BACKED THRU IT, DERAILING 3 CARS. CREW HANDLING AR TICULATED EQUIPMENT. NO HAZARDOUS INVOLVED OR SPILLED.     


nearest_city: HARRISON
county: HUDSON
railroad: PATH
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
ON FEB. 10, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 HOURS, ENGINEER M. PRENDERGAST AND CONDUCTOR S. GORAS WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE NEWARK TRAIN DISPATCHER TO MOVE A SEVEN-CAR OUT OF SERVICE TRAIN FROM NEWARK STATI ON, TO HARRISON YARD.  THE CREW WAS TOLD THAT THE TRAIN WAS OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE C HARGED FROM OPERATING CAR 611.  DURING THE MOVE, THE CONDUCTOR WAS FLAGGING THE TRAIN FROM LEAD CAR 611, AND THE ENGINEER WAS OPERATING FROM CAR 607, THE FOURTH CAR IN THE CONSIST.  THE MOVE WAS MADE DURING A WINTER STORM, AND OPERATIONS WERE HAMPERED BY POOR VISIBILITY AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.  AT THE TIME, SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE RECORDED AT TWO INCHES AN HOUR; ICING WAS ALSO OF CONCERN.

AT 1245 HOURS, THE TRAIN ENTERED TRACK 2 IN HARRISON YARD, THE TRAIN WAS OPERATED WITH EXTREME CAUTION


nearest_city: ALTOONA
county: CAMBRIA
railroad: NS
date: 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
subdivision: PITTSBURGH
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Oct
narrative:
C8KC225 TRAVELING EASTWARD WITH 2 UNITS, 0 LOADS, 0 EMPTIES, AND 0 TONS ON #1 RELAY TRACK, DERAILED THE LEAD UNIT (NS 6312)      


nearest_city: STANDISH
county: ARENAC
railroad: LSRC
date: 2011-07-15T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Environment Conditions
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jul
narrative:
JOB #326 LOCOMOTIVES LSRC805 LSRC800 CARS DERAILED NDYX 298020, NDYX 20163, NDYX 20111, NDYX 20143, NDYX 20141, AND NDYX 20190 TEMP WAS IN THE 80'S AND 90'S ALL WEEK, TEMP WAS AROUND 85 HEAT KINK UNDE R TRAIN.     


nearest_city: LUSK
county: NIOBRARA
railroad: UP
date: 2011-01-30T00:00:00Z
state: Wyoming
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Roadbed
weather: Snow
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Jan
narrative:
2CATWS9-30 A LOADED COAL TRAIN WAS TRAVELING EAST ON NO. 1 MAIN WHEN AT MP 233.7 THERE WERE TWO BROK EN RAILS DUE TO THE ROADBED BEING SOFT OR SETTLED THAT RESULTED IN BOTH RAILS BREAKING AT THE FIELD WELDS.  AS THE TRAIN TRAVELED OVER THE BROKEN RAILS THAT HAD SUNK SIX INCHES OR SO IT CREATED AN IMP ACT TO THE CARS.  FORTY FIVE CARS WERE NOT DERAILED BUT HAD DAMAGE.  THE WPSX498 HAD A BROKEN BOLSTE R THAT SHOT THE SIDE FRAME ONTO NO. 2 MAIN WHERE IT LAY UNTIL A WESTBOUND TRAIN STRUCK IT AT A LATER TIME.  NO DERAILMENT, JUST CAR AND TRACK DAMAGE.  RAIL = CWR  


nearest_city: SAN BERNARDINO
county: SAN BERNARDINO
railroad: BNSF
date: 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
state: California
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
YARD CREW MOVING ENGINE TOGGLE RADIO CONTROLLED DERAIL TO OPEN, MOVED OVER AND DOWN LEAD. CREW REVER SED AND DID NOT NOTE THAT DERAILED HAD CLOSED BEHIND MOVEMENT AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN ADVANCE. LOC OMOTIVE DID NOT DERAIL, BUT WAS NECY TO REPLACE RADIO CONTROLED DERAIL APPARATUS.     


nearest_city: PHOENIX
county: MARICOPA
railroad: UP
date: 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z
state: Arizona
subdivision: PHOENIX 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:
THE YPX70-20 WAS SERVICING CAPITOL LUMBER WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED DUE TO DAMAGED TRACK WITHIN THE FACIL ITY.  CAPITOL LUMBER MAINTAINS TRACK      


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
subdivision: M AND M
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:
Y20312 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SHOVING NORTH INTO TRACK S17 WITH 41 CARS. THIS DERAILMENT OCCURRED WHE N THE WEST RAIL BROKE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE SOUTH END OF S17.      


nearest_city: HUNTINGTON
county: CABELL
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z
state: West Virginia
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
H80702 WAS SHOVING 41 CARS INTO L08 AND DERAILED THE 7TH AND 8TH CARS FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE ACCOUNT OF MISMATCHED RAIL-HEAD CONTOUR.      


nearest_city: CAPAC
county: ST CLAIR
railroad: GTW
date: 2011-02-07T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Feb
narrative:
X39691-05 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT 60 MPH ON MAIN LINE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERG ENCY APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AFTER THE AIR WOULD NOT RECOVER AND D ISCOVERED THE DERAILED CARS. DERAILED WERE BLE 31106, BLE 30134, IC 295088, CN 2190805, GACX 470460 & ACFX 73980. CARS ACFX 75512 AND GATX 32411 WERE DAMAGED BUT NOT DERAILED. GACX 470460 HAD A LEAK O F AMMONIUM NITRATE OF APPROX. 7,200 LBS. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT FOUND THE CAUSE TO BE THE CROSS KEY AND RETAILING PIN FAILED ON BLE 30134 CAUSING THE COUPLER AND DRAWBAR TO FALL THE CAR DUR ING MOVEMENT. 


nearest_city: HAZARD
county: PERRY
railroad: CSX
date: 2011-08-15T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
C84914 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON CARR'S FORK BRANCH WITH 105 EMPTY CARS TO LOAD AT YELLOW CREEK MI NE. THE 83RD CAR DERAILED AT 0VI 253.1 AND WAS DRAGGED TO 0VI 254.6 WHERE IT DERAILED THE 82ND AND 8 4TH CAR. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE DERAILMENT CAUSE CODE WAS AGREED UPON BY ALL PARTIES AS T102.     


nearest_city: ST PAUL
county: RAMSEY
railroad: UP
date: 2013-03-06T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: ALBERT LEA SUB
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
LTB82-05, TRAVELING SOUTH, STOPPED AT SOUTH END OF TRACK WAITING FOR JOB TO CLEAR.  CREW THEN PULLED SOUTH OUT OF 26 TRACK AND AT MAIN METRO SWITCH THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.  CREW WAITED A MINUTE OR TWO AND THE AIR CAME BACK.  CONDUCTOR WALKED TO REAR OF TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT LAST CAR IN TR AIN DERAILED.  UTLX644340, LOAD OF SOYBEAN OIL, DROPPED BETWEEN THE RAIL CAUSING THE RAIL TO TURN TH E WHOLE LENGTH 26 TRACK ALSO TAKING OUT 25 - 21 SWITCH STANDS.   


nearest_city: FORT WORTH
county: TARRANT
railroad: UP
date: 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DALLAS SUB
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Feb
narrative:
YFW11R-08 WAS SHOVING TRACK 309 WHEN RAILCAR TNER9271 DERAILED AT THE #5 SWITCH AND 5/6 CROSSOVER. DERAILED RAILCAR DAMAGED 3 SWITCHES PRIOR TO STOPPING.      


nearest_city: LIDGERWOOD
county: RICHLAND
railroad: RRVW
date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00Z
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: 11-Apr
narrative:
ILSX1389 CREW WAS PULLING 25-0 CORN FROM SOUTH ELEVATOR TRACK AT LIDGERWOOD, ND, WHEN TRAIN WENT INT O EMERGENCY.  HEAD TWO CARS OF TRAIN DERAILED AND ROLLED INTO THE DITCH.  THIRD CAR HAD SAFETY APPLI ANCE DEFECTS.     


nearest_city: OGDEN
county: WEBER
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
state: Utah
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
YOG53R-05 MOVING EAST PAST THE SWITCH FOR THE CAB TRACKS.  FOREMAN CONTROLLING THE MOVE STOPPED THE UNITS AND LINED THE CAB TRACK SWITCH.  THE SWITCHMAN PUT THE DERAIL INTO THE NON-DERAILING POSITION. THE FOREMAN BROUGHT THE UNITS THROUGH THE CAB TRACKS SWITCH, OVER THE DERAIL AND THRU THE SWITCH, CAUGHT A GAP IN BETWEEN THE SWITCH POINT AND STOCK RAIL AND DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE UPY582 COMPLETELY AN D B END OF UPY557.  THE 506 SWITCH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THRU.   


nearest_city: SHREVEPORT
county: CADDO
railroad: KCS
date: 2012-05-30T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: SHREVEPORT TERMINAL
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Body
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-May
narrative:
CREW FOUND A DAMAGED CAR WHILE SWITCHING IN THE SHREVEPORT TERMINAL.  CAR APPEARED TO HAVE DAMAGE DU E TO A STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS.      


nearest_city: TEXARKANA
county: BOWIE
railroad: KCS
date: 2013-03-31T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: SHREVEPORT
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:
HIGH RAIL VEHICLE SLID INTO A BNSF TRAIN ON UP TRACK ON THE SHREVEPORT SUBDIVISION.  UP REPORTED $14 0 IN TRACK DAMAGES.  BNSF REPORTED $800 IN CAR DAMAGE.      


nearest_city: WILLARD
county: HURON
railroad: CSX
date: 2013-11-26T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
subdivision: WILLARD TERMINAL
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Nov
narrative:
Q35226 DERAILED FOUR CARS AS THEY WERE PULLING OUT OF THE WILLARD EASTBOUND YARD. STCC CODE 4907265, STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED WITH APPROX.13,538 GALLONS BEING RELEASED BY PROX 24047.      


nearest_city: DETROIT
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
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:
DETROIT PD AND FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED TO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT LONYO AVENUE.  ENGINE #13 FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKED FOUL OF #1 MAIN.  AFTER HEARING THE LIGHT AND FLASHES ACTIVATE, THE DRIVER OF ENG INE #13 TRIED TO MOVE THE TRUCK AND FAILED TO DO BEFORE AMTRAK #353 WESTBOUND STRUCK THE TRUCK.     


nearest_city: MINNEAPOLIS
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: WC
date: 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: STAPLES
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Mar
narrative:
L50681-16 WAS OPERATING LITE ENGINES (CN 8853, CN 2590) ON THE NORTH LEAD TRACK IN THE BNSF NORTH TO WN YARD AFTER MAKING DELIVERY OF TRAIN WHEN BOTH UNITS DERAILED.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE SECON D UNIT, CN 8858, DERAILED THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS PULLING OFF THE SECOND SET OF TRUCKS ON UNIT CN 2 590 DUE TO POOR TIE CONDITION ALLOWING THE POINTS OF THE RIP YARD SWITCH TO GAP UNDER THE LOAD.  BN ADVISED $0 IN TRACK COSTS.   


nearest_city: RIVER ROUGE
county: WAYNE
railroad: CRSH
date: 2010-12-09T00:00:00Z
state: Michigan
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Dec
narrative:
PULLING EMPTIES FROM DETROIT EDISION PLANT, CARS DERAILED. SHIPPER FAILED TO UNLOAD COAL CAR COMPLET ELY. THE CARS WERE NEVER TREATED CAUSING COAL TO FREEZE TO SIDES OF FREIGHT CARS.      


nearest_city: TROY GROVE
county: LA SALLE
railroad: UP
date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: TROY GROVE SUB
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-May
narrative:
JOB LPJ04-03 DERAILED 3 CARS WHILE SWITCHING THE INDUSTRY IN TROY GROVE DUE TO FAILURE TO REMOVE DER AIL.      


nearest_city: SAN ANTONIO
county: BEXAR
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: DEL RIO
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN 1 OPERATING WITH LOCOMOTIVES E/20-E/823 AND 9 CARS STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED AUTOMOBILE AT MP 228.2 5, SHEPHERD RD CROSSING.  AMTRAKS EQUIPMENT DAMAGE IS $10,006.00.      


nearest_city: KLAMATH FALLS
county: KLAMATH
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-17T00:00:00Z
state: Oregon
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
RCO Y-KLF9202-17 SET TTPX 806028 TO 9410 TRACK, THEN PULLED BACK ONTO NORTH LEAD.  CREW FAILED TO SE T HAND BRAKE ON CAR WHICH ALLOWED CAR TO ROLL OUT AND CORNER ALHX 1642 IN THEIR CONSIST.  NO HAZARDO US WAS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: NINNEKAH
county: GRADY
railroad: UP
date: 2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
state: Oklahoma
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Hwy-rail crossing
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
WMLFWZ-09, WITH LEAD UNIT UP9783, STRUCK A COCA COLA TRUCK WHICH FAILED TO STOP AND YIELD TO TRAIN O N CROSSING.  IMPACT WAS BEHIND PASSENGER SIDE OF CAB.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR DRIVER OF TRUCK.  UP97 83 DAMAGED.  DRIVER WAS ISSUED A CITATION.  RAIL = CWR     


nearest_city: PASCO
county: FRANKLIN
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-04-16T00:00:00Z
state: Washington
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Truck Components
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Apr
narrative:
RCO Y-PAS2282-16A PULLING WEST INTO TRK 2403 DERAILED 5 CARS OF THEIR CUT.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS R ELEASED.      


nearest_city: LOLITA
county: CALHOUN
railroad: UP
date: 2010-01-10T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
QFMEW-09 WAS DEPARTING INDUSTRY TRACK 231 AT FORMOSA PLASTICS WHEN 3 CARS DERAILED ACCOUNT BROKEN RA IL HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION OUTSIDE JOINT BAR LIMITS.  FORMOSA PLASTICS MAINTAINS TRACK.      


nearest_city: MULDOON
county: FAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-01-16T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Rain
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Jan
narrative:
COUPLER RETAINER PIN/CROSS KEY FELL OUT, CAUSING COUPLER TO FALL OUT OF REAR OF LINE 102.  FOLLOWING CAR (FXE 911207) DERAILED L2-R2 WHEN COUPLER.  NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED.      


nearest_city: GORDON
county: WILKINSON
railroad: NS
date: 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
state: Georgia
subdivision: GEORGIA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jun
narrative:
G18G503 SHOVING NORTH ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED WITH 1 UNIT, 2 LOADS, 1 EMPTY, 240 TONS, DERA ILED GPFX 11246, 3HC, AND SHPX 450801, 4HC.      


nearest_city: KEARNY
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Oct
narrative:
NJTR TRAIN 6635 OPERATED INTO AMTRAK TERRITORY WITH INCORRECT PANTOGRAPH CONFIGURATION, CAUSING EXTE NSIVE DAMAGE TO AMTRAKS CATENARY SYSTEM.      


nearest_city: BOWLING GREEN
county: WARREN
railroad: CSX
date: 2010-08-09T00:00:00Z
state: Kentucky
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:
S21008 STRUCK FUEL TRUCK MAIN LINE SD JUST NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN KY TRUCK DRIVER MINOR INJURIES TAK EN TO HOSPITAL. PROTECTION ALSO AT THE CROSSING INCLUDES ADVANCE WARNING.      


nearest_city: BLOOMINGTON
county: HENNEPIN
railroad: PGR
date: 2013-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Minnesota
subdivision: DPL
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Brakes, Use of
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Jan
narrative:
THE TRAIN CREW CUT OFF PLCX 42917 ON THE MAIN AND DID NOT APPLY THE HANDBRAKE ON THE CAR.  THE LOCOM OTIVE PROCEEDED TO SWITCH OUT A CAR FROM THE TRANSLOAD TRACK AND WAS STRUCK AFTER IT GOT BACK ON THE MAIN BY THE FREE ROLLING CAR AT APPROXIMATELY 5-8 MPH.  ACCORDING TO GPS DATA THE PLCX CAR WAS ESTI MATED TO BE TRAVELING AT 8 MPH.  UPON INVESTIGATION THE HANDBRAKE ON PLCX 42917 WORKS AS INTENDED. GCOR 7.5, 7.6, 7.7.1 - ABTH 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3   


nearest_city: ALLIANCE
county: BOX BUTTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2010-02-04T00:00:00Z
state: Nebraska
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Track Geometry
weather: Snow
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
C-BTMCNM0-18A DEPARTING TRACK 100 TO TRACK 101 AT EAST ALLIANCE DERAILED TEN CARS LINES 71-80 BEGINN ING AT MP 364.2 AS A RESULT OF WIDE GAUGE.      


nearest_city: NORWOOD
county: DELAWARE
railroad: ATK
date: 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z
state: Pennsylvania
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Snow
accident_type: Obstruction
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Feb
narrative:
AMTRAK TRAIN 2151 REPORTED STRIKING TWO TRESPASER AT NORWOOD STATION ON 3 TRACK. BOTH TRESPASSERS WE RE CONFIRMED FATALITIES. THE FRONT NOSE CONE OF POWER CAR 2038 SUSTAINED DAMAGE BUT REMAINED SECURE.      


nearest_city: HERINGTON
county: DICKINSON
railroad: UP
date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00Z
state: Kansas
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 10-Sep
narrative:
LMF40-20 PULLED THROUGH A MISALIGNED SWITCH, THEN MADE A REVERSE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN THE DERAILMEN T OF 5 CARS.  RAIL = CWR      


nearest_city: BELEN
county: VALENCIA
railroad: BNSF
date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
state: New Mexico
subdivision: CLOVIS
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: General Switching Rules
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dawn
am_pm: AM
month: 13-May
narrative:
SWITCH CREW Y-BEL3042-20A RCO JOB, WHILE SWITCHING OUT A CUT OF CARS FOREMAN ON THE JOB FAILED TO LI NE SWITCHES AND CROSSOVERS FOR MOVEMENT CAUSING CAR BRAN 2145 TO IMPACT CAR AGR 6182.
      


nearest_city: GOSHEN
county: TULARE
railroad: SJVR
date: 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
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-Nov
narrative:
TRAIN 608 OPERATING IN AN EAST DIRECTION, STRUCK A 1987 DUMP TRUCK TRAVELING IN A SOUTH DIRECTION PU LLING A TRAILER LOADED WITH A BOBCAT. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED DRIVER SWERVED TO THE EAST TO AVOID STRIKING TRAIN AND DROVE ONTO TRACKS WHERE IMPACT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 35' EAST OF THE CR OSSING, DERAINING LOCOMOTIVE AND HEAD 2 CARS. LOCOMOTIVE FULE TANK WAS RUPTURED RESULTING IN THE REL EASE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,300 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL.   


nearest_city: WAUSEON
county: FULTON
railroad: NS
date: 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
state: Ohio
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 10-Nov
narrative:
THIS CONSIST CONTAINED ARTICULATED CARS. 21QB222 WESTBOUND ON MAIN #2 CROSSING TO MAIN #1 AT CP320 ( CD320.5) OPERATING AT 34MPH WITH 51 X 13 6118 TONS 11,995 FEET DERAILED THE HEAD 8 CARS.      


nearest_city: RIVERDALE
county: COOK
railroad: UP
date: 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
state: Illinois
subdivision: BARR
cause: Rack, Roadbed and Structures
cause_subcategory: Rail, Joint Bar and Rail Anchoring
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
UP'S YPRCU-13 WAS PULLING TRAIN INTO CSXT TRACK 4 AT BARR YARD. YARDMASTER CALLED TRAIN IN THE CLEAR ON THE WEST END. CONDUCTOR MADE A CUT IN THE CLEAR TO SET OVERFLOW TO TRACK 1. ENGINEER HAD PULLED AHEAD ABOUT 2-3 CAR LENGTHS WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. 16 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. **C SXT'S ESTIMATED TRACK DAMAGE = $20,000.**    


nearest_city: LAFAYETTE
county: LAFAYETTE
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z
state: Louisiana
subdivision: LAFAYETTE
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Coupler and Draft System
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 12-Feb
narrative:
Y-LAL1011-09 KICKED 3 CARS TO 102 TRACK.  STOPPED AND MADE STRETCH. EXTRA SLACK WAS NOTED DURING STR ETCH AND CREW STOPPED TO INSPECT CUT. INSPECTION REVEALED BROKEN KNUCKLE AND DAMAGE COUPLER CARRIER ON ONE CAR. NO DERAILMENT AND NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MOSBY
county: CLAY
railroad: UP
date: 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
state: Missouri
subdivision: KANSAS CITY
cause: Miscellaneous Causes Not Otherwise Listed
cause_subcategory: Loading Procedures
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Jan
narrative:
MDMKSX-14 WHILE PULLING WITH A SHOULDER BALLAST CLEANER ON THE REAR OF THEIR CONSIST, CAUSED TRACK D AMAGE DUE TO A PIECE OF DRAGGING EQUIPMENT FROM THE BALLAST CLEANER.  NO DERAILMENT, TRACK DAMAGE ON LY.  DME TRACK COST = $17,810.     


nearest_city: FEDERALSBURG
county: CAROLINE
railroad: MDDE
date: 2013-09-23T00:00:00Z
state: Maryland
subdivision: SEAFORD LINE
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Speed
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Day
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Sep
narrative:
TRAIN WAS OPERATING WESTBOUND ON MDDE SEAFORD LINE ENTERING STATION OF FEDERALSBURG. LOCOMOTIVE ENGI NEER FAILED TO STOP TRAIN SHORT OF PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH SWITCH DISPLAYING RED TARGET. TRAIN DERAIL ED AS A RESULT OF HITTING IMPROPERLY LINED AND SECURED SWITCH.     


nearest_city: SECAUCUS
county: HUDSON
railroad: ATK
date: 2013-03-22T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
subdivision: NST
cause: Mechanical and Electrical Failures
cause_subcategory: Locomotives
weather: Clear
accident_type: Other
visibility: Dusk
am_pm: PM
month: 13-Mar
narrative:
TRAIN 55 WAS DELAYED EAST OF PORTAL DUE TO LOCOMOTIVE E/910 WITH PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE.  AMTRAKS EQUIPME NT DAMAGE IS $13,027.00.      


nearest_city: NEWARK
county: ESSEX
railroad: CRSH
date: 2011-08-25T00:00:00Z
state: New Jersey
cause: Signal and Communication
cause_subcategory: Signal and Communication
weather: Cloudy
accident_type: Raking collision
visibility: Day
am_pm: AM
month: 11-Aug
narrative:
WHILE THE F049 CREW WAS HUMPING, THE UTLX 640715 SIDE SWIPED THE SWIPED 641327. THE NEXT CAR, GATX 9 0276, CAME DOWN AND CROSS COUPLED THE UTLX 641327.  TRACK #18 AND 20 EACH SUSTAINED $125.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE.     


nearest_city: HOUSTON
county: HARRIS
railroad: BNSF
date: 2012-08-03T00:00:00Z
state: Texas
subdivision: MYKAWA
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 12-Aug
narrative:
Y-HOU2891-03 DERAILED 1 CAR AND 2 UNITS SHOVING INTO 913 TRACK. ENGR SET 12 LBS OF AIR, REDUCED THRO TTLE AND SLOWED FROM 8 MPH TO 4 MPH, THEN INCREASED THROTTLE AS SPEED DROPPED TO ZERO WITHOUT RELEAS ING AIR BRAKES. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASED.     


nearest_city: MOBILE
county: MOBILE
railroad: TASD
date: 2011-04-21T00:00:00Z
state: Alabama
cause: Train operation - Human Factors
cause_subcategory: Train Handling / Train Make-Up
weather: Clear
accident_type: Derailment
visibility: Dark
am_pm: PM
month: 11-Apr
narrative:
TASD ENGINEER WAS PULLING TRAIN NORTH IN LOOP#3 WHEN DIRECTED TO STOP THE SLACK RAN IN CAUSING 2 CAR S TO LIFT OFF RAIL AND DRAIL.  THE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED DUE TO 26 LOADS ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AN D 72 EMPTIES ON THE HEAD. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT EXCESSIVE TRAIN HANDLING AND EXCESSIVE SLACK ACTION BY THE ENGINEER WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE DERAILMENT. ENGINEER STOPPED TRAIN ABRUPTLY USING MAIN LY INDEPENDENT BRAKE CAUSING EXCESSIVE RUN IN.   


