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Accident Investigations

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HQ-2018-1279 (Finalized)

Westbound Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) freight train 22QA104 (Train 1) with 3 locomotives and 72 cars (43 loads, 29 empty, 8,631 tons, 10,194 feet in length), derailed 25 cars at Milepost (MP) 765.65 on the Alabama Division’s East End District, near Eden, Alabama, on July 5, 2018, at 3:15 a.m.,...

HQ-2018-1255 (Finalized)

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&...

HQ-2018-1278 (Finalized)

Southbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train U CPGSAP0 59T (the Train) derailed 35 loaded crude oil railcars on June 22, 2018, at 4:35 a.m., CDT. All times throughout this report are Central Daylight Time. The derailment occurred approximately a half-mile south of the city of Doon, Iowa, at...

HQ-2018-1253 (Finalized)

On February 15, 2018, at approximately 4:07 p.m., EST, eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train (NS) 28NH714 traveling on single main track in Traffic Controlled System (TCS) territory, traveling eastbound derailed both lead engines and nine loaded auto cars at Milepost (MP) 390.67. The train was...

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-2018-1263 (Finalized)

On April 18, 2018, at approximately 1:23 a.m., CST, a local Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train, symbol MFWMH-15, with 5 lead locomotives and 17 of the original 114 rail cars remaining in the train, derailed a single rail car in yard track 108 at Milepost (MP) 609.43 on UP’s Toyah...

HQ-2018-1262 (Finalized)

On April 7, 2018, at approximately 6:08 a.m., MDT, westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) loaded unit grain train G-DRATAC-9-05H derailed 30 loaded covered hopper cars. The derailed cars were in train consist positions 72 through 101. The train was operating at a recorded speed of 52 mph at the time of...

HQ-2017-1192 (Finalized)

A northbound CSX Transportation (CSX) freight Train Q606-07 collided with a motor coach at a highway rail grade crossing on March 7, 2017, at 2:11 p.m., CST. The accident occurred in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the Main Street public highway-rail grade crossing (U.S. DOT No. 340185W) at CSX Milepost...

HQ-2018-1276 (Finalized)

On June 16, 2018, at 5:29 p.m., CST, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train (ZG4MQB 16) with 3 engines and 73 cars traveling timetable south (geographical south) collided with a westbound automobile that drove across a private crossing, resulting in the death of all 4 occupants of the...

HQ-2017-1204 (Finalized)

On May 18, 2017, at 11:30 a.m., CDT, a southbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) train derailed. The derailment occurred near Mason City, Iowa, at milepost (MP) 184.27, on the single main track of the Twin Cities Service Unit, Iowa Area, Mason City Subdivision.