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Accident Investigation Summary Report HQ-2022-1643

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...

Accident Investigation Summary Report HQ-2022-1777

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...