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HQ-2019-1370

Document Series:
Accident Investigations
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Accident Date
Accident Type
Rear End Collision (REC)
Railroad Name
Norfolk Southern Company
Location

Georges Station, PA
United States

Accident Number
HQ-2019-1370
Investigation Status
Finalized
Subject:
Accident Investigations
Keywords:
Derailment; Collison; Georges Station, Pennsylvania; Westmoreland County; Collision; Derailment; Pittsburgh; intermodal cars.
Document
HQ-2019-1370.pdf (1.16 MB)

On November 8, 2019, at 2:17 p.m., EST, Norfolk Southern (NS) westward Train Z7XC107 (Train 1)
struck the rear-end of stopped NS westward Train 21VC108 (Train 2) at Milepost (MP) PT 318.7 on Main Track 2 of NS’s Pittsburgh Subdivision near the rural community of Georges Station in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The three rear intermodal cars on Train 2 and two Train 1 locomotives derailed.The Train 1 lead engine fouled the adjacent track derailing eight intermodal cars of NS eastward train 20QC207 (Train 3) on the adjacent Main Track.


Last updated: Friday, November 8, 2019