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Accident Investigations

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HQ-2018-1277 (Finalized)

At 9:08 a.m., CDT, a southbound Canadian National Railway (CN) freight train Q-11651-10 (Train 1) traveling at 26 mph on a single main track struck southbound CN intermodal freight train Q-11851-10 (Train 2) traveling at 3 mph from behind. The collision caused the derailment of two locomotives and...

HQ-2018-1275 (Finalized)

At approximately 8:12 p.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) freight Train Q513-17, operating southbound on the CSX CE&D Subdivision, derailed 22 loaded and 1 empty mixed-freight and tank cars at Milepost (MP) 0ZA261.2. This derailment collided into 3 standing auto rack cars that were on the...

HQ-2018-1269 (Finalized)

At about 7:02 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) southbound freight train X41518 (the train) derailed 31 cars at Milepost (MP) CFP102.9 on the CSX RF&P Subdivision, near Alexandria, Virginia. The train consisted of 3 locomotives, 167 mixed-freight cars, was 9,910 feet long, and had 14,394...

HQ-2018-1266 (Finalized)

At approximately 1:30 a.m., CDT, BNSF Railway (BNSF) derailed 18 railcars in the Saginaw, Texas Yard, at Milepost (MP) 351.4 on the Ft. Worth Subdivision. The switch crew handling Y-FTW331-1-01A, consisting of 3 locomotives and 41 railcars, was performing switching operations in the BNSF’s Saginaw...

HQ-2018-1265 (Finalized)

At 3:21 p.m., EST, CSX Transportation (CSX) southbound freight train Q24129 (Train 1) derailed 2 locomotives and 19 loaded auto carriers at CSX Milepost (MP) 00026.7, on the Louisville Division in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky. Train 1 was operating in throttle notch 6 as the train speed increased to...

HQ-2018-1249 (Finalized)

At approximately 11:16 a.m., EST, a westbound National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train traveling on single main track in TCS territory collided with a garbage truck at a public highway grade crossing. The accident occurred near Crozet, Virginia, at milepost (MP) 195.85, on...

HQ-2017-1239 (Finalized)

At 7:33 a.m., PST, southbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Passenger Train Number 501 (Train 501) derailed in an 8-degree, 22-minute, left-hand curve at Milepost (MP) 19.86 on the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Sounder Commuter Rail (Sound Transit) Lakewood...

HQ-2017-1218 (Finalized)

At 4:52 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) eastward Train Q38831 (Q388) derailed 32 cars, with the general pile up near Milepost (MP) BF 192.3 on Main Track No. 2 of CSX’s Keystone Subdivision at Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. The actual point of the derailment was identified at MP BF...

HQ-2016-1141 (Finalized)

At approximately 8:21 a.m., CDT, eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) intermodal freight train, S-LACLPC1-26K, travelling at a recorded speed of 54 mph, collided head-on with westbound BNSF intermodal Freight Train Q-CHISBD6-27L, which was travelling at a recorded speed of 29 mph. The collision occurred...

20492

On Sunday, March 18, 2018, at 11:14 p.m., EDT, southbound Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train 175T817 (Train 1) passed an absolute stop signal without authority and was struck head-on by northbound NS freight train M74T817 (Train 2). The head-on collision occurred on the NS Lake Division, CNO&...