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Accident Investigations

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HQ-2017-1223 (Finalized)

On August 13, 2017 at approximately 10:43 p.m., MST, westbound Montana Rail Link (MRL) Train No. CNAMSPB0- 03 derailed 33 loaded coal cars at milepost (MP) 76.8 on the MRL Fourth Subdivision. MRL MP 76.8 is located approximately four miles east of the town of Heron, Montana, in a very remote area...

HQ-2017-1228 (Finalized)

On September 14, 2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., CST, westbound Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) mixed freight Train MBNNL12 was operating on the Laredo Subdivision (just east of Laredo, TX) – handling 78 loads, 17 empties, with 10,852 trailing tons and 6,364 feet - under clear, dark skies at...

HQ-2017-1193 (Finalized)

On March 7, 2017, at 3:11 p.m., CSX Transportation (CSX) Freight Train Q40907, consisting of 77 mixed freight cars and 3 locomotives, was traveling southward on single main track in traffic control system territory and collided with a man lift at River Road in Newburgh, New York. The train derailed...

HQ-2017-1205 (Finalized)

On May 18, 2017, at 4:54 p.m., EDT, westbound Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (MNCW) commuter Train No. 1373, originating from Stamford, Connecticut, and destined for Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, New York, derailed five passenger coaches when the Engineer failed to comply with a 10-...

HQ-2017-1209 (Finalized)

On June 14, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., CDT, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train, MYCAS- 14, operating southwest from Villa Grove, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, struck an occupied van on the N 80 Road public highway-rail grade crossing (also known as County Road 1800 East). The U....

HQ-2017-1194 (Finalized)

On March 10, 2017, at 12:51 a.m., CST, Eastbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) Train UEGKOT 09, an ethanol train, derailed 20 rail cars. The accident occurred approximately two miles east of Graettinger, Iowa, at Milepost 56.72, on UP’s Twin Cities Service Unit, Estherville Subdivision. Of...

HQ-2016-1136 (Finalized)

On June 3, 2016, at 12:11 p.m., PDT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) loaded petroleum crude oil unit train, ONETU 02, derailed 16 loaded crude oil tank cars on single main track at UP Milepost (MP) 69.3 at Mosier, Oregon. The 16 derailed tank cars were located at positions 19 through 34...

HQ-2016-1160 (Finalized)

On September 29, 2016, at approximately 8:38 a.m., EDT, eastbound New Jersey Transit (NJT) Train No. 1614 struck the bumper block located at the east-end of No. 5 station track, at the Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey. The train was traveling at a recorded speed of 20 miles per hour (mph) when...

HQ-2016-1158 (Finalized)

On September 2, 2016, at 1:25 p.m., CST, southbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Train ZG4MQ 02, struck a westbound sport utility vehicle (SUV) on UP’s North Little Rock Service Unit, Jonesboro Subdivision near Dexter, Missouri. The collision occurred at County Road 732 (CO 732), UP Milepost 43.63...

HQ-2016-1152 (Finalized)

On Sunday, August 14, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., CDT, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) westbound Manifest Train MPBMX-14, operating with 2 lead locomotives, 3 rear locomotives, 113 loaded rail cars, and 11 empty rail cars, derailed 31 rail cars at a recorded speed of 42 mph.