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On May 26, 2022, at approximately 7:28 a.m., CDT, the Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP) eastbound Train Symbol CWTOK-24 consisting of a total of 294 loaded coal cars, derailed 30 cars at Milepost (MP) 246.66, traveling at a recorded speed of 50 miles per hour (MPH). This loaded coal train...
On October 8, 2022, at 4:19 p.m., EDT, Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation (NS) freight train 310B (Train 1) derailed 20 cars and 1 locomotive at Milepost (MP) CD240.7 on track Main 2 of NS’s Chicago Line subdivision, Great Lakes division, in Sandusky, Ohio. The train was 6,082 feet long and...
On Monday, June 26, 2023, a CSX Conductor Trainee (CSX) was fatally injured at Seagirt Marine Terminal in the Port of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. The crew, made up of an engineer, a conductor, and a conductor trainee, started their shift at 3:59 p.m., EST, after completing the required rest...
On March 9, 2023, at 6:19 a.m., CST, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company (NS) westbound freight train 245A109 derailed at Milepost (MP) 721.3 on NS’s East End Subdivision, in Anniston, Alabama. The train was 9,769 feet long and weighed 9,175 tons configured with 6 locomotives and 108 railcars. Two...
On November 2, 2022, an Illinois Central Railroad (IC) freight train derailed at Milepost 410.1 on the Baton Rouge Subdivision in Paulina, Louisiana, resulting in eight hazardous material (HAZMAT) cars derailing. One car was punctured, leaking approximately 19,500 gallons of Hydrochloric Acid,...
On March 4, 2023, at approximately 2:55 p.m., EST, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) mixed freight train derailed 28 cars at Milepost 178.7 on the Dayton District near Springfield, Ohio. The train, designated as a Key Train, was traveling at 38 mph when it experienced excessive buffing or...
On September 17, 2023, at approximately 3:24 a.m., EDT, a CSX Transportation (CSX) mechanical department employee was fatally struck by a remote-control locomotive in Walbridge East Bound Yard, Walbridge, Ohio. The employee, while crossing an active yard lead track to lock out a track for an...
On May 26, 2022, at approximately 3:45 p.m., EDT, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) freight train collided with a construction dump truck at a private grade crossing in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, on the Conemaugh Subdivision. The dump truck failed to stop at the crossing, resulting in the...