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Accident Investigations

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HQ-2019-1370

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...

HQ-2019-1350

On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at 5:22 a.m., PDT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train, MNPWCB-08 (Train 1), traveling at a recorded speed of 35 mph, derailed 32 loaded bi-level autorack cars. The derailment occurred at Milepost (MP) 432.8 on the UP's Caliente...

HQ-2019-1365

On September 25, 2019, at approximately 2:59 p.m., CDT, a southbound CSX freight train M97225 (Train 1) derailed at CSX Milepost (MP) J22 on the CSX Nashville Division, Chattanooga Subdivision in Smyrna, Tennessee. Train 1 was making a shoving movement with 85 loaded autoracks at a recorded...

HQ-2019-1368

On October 9, 2019, at approximately 12:25 p.m., EDT, a southbound Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) freight Train 32109 (Train 1) derailed at Milepost (MP) 28.3G on the NS Georgia Division,Macon District near Perry, Georgia. Train 1 was traveling at a recorded speed of 42 mph, when a DP...

HQ-2019-1344

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at approximately 9:49 a.m., PDT, westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train MNPRV-17 (Train 1) derailed 27 cars at approximately Milepost (MP) 611.25 on UP's Lakeside Subdivision. The derailment occurred approximately 5 miles east of Wells, Nevada,...

HQ-2018-1306 (Finalized)

On November 19, 2018, at approximately 3:05 p.m., EST, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (WE) remote control yard train 561 (Train 1) collided head-on with Akron Barberton Cluster Railway Company (ABC) freight train Z641 (Train 2). Train 1 was being operated by remote control...

HQ-2019-1336 (Finalized)

On May 6, 2019, at 10:18 a.m., MDT, Regional Transportation District-Commuter (RTDC) passenger train 4056 (Train 1), struck a semi-tractor trailer (Vehicle 1) at Milepost (MP) 10.36, Sable Boulevard, in the City of Aurora, Colorado. The method of operation for RTDC on the East Line is Traffic...

HQ-2019-1340

On June 6, 2019, at 4:57 a.m., CDT, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) eastbound train CBTOK 03 (Train 1), with 141 loads, 0 empties, weighing 20,163 tons, and 7,909 feet in length, derailed at Milepost (MP) 51.20 on the Great Lakes Service Unit/Clinton Subdivision, in Stanwood, Iowa.

HQ-2019-1338

On May 28, 2019 at approximately 5:54 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight train Q56027 (Train 1), consisting of 3 head-end locomotives, 116 cars, 89 loaded, 27 empties, 7,487 feet long with 11,234 trailing tons, derailed the leading axle (right and left No. 4 wheels) of locomotive...