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HQ-2013-05 (Finalized)
On March 17, 2013, at 1:10 a.m., EDT, eastbound Providence & Worcester Railway (PW) freight train FPCH, consisting of four locomotive and 104 empty hopper cars, derailed three hopper cars at milepost 75.3 while the Train was backing from the main line through the interlocking into the yard at...HQ-2013-6 (Finalized)
On March 23, 2013, at 9:40 a.m., CSX Transportation Train Q69722 derailed. The derailment occurred in the Russell Tunnel, located at Milepost Z-11.5 on the Kingsport Subdivision, near Haysi, Virginia. The train was operating in Timetable direction North on Single Main Track at a recorded speed of...HQ-2013-18 (Finalized)
Northbound CSX Freight Train Q704-18 operating on trackage rights over Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) derailed at 8:29 p.m., EDT, on July 18, 2013, at Milepost 9.9 on Metro-North’s Hudson Line in the Bronx, New York. Ten cars of the 24-car train derailed. The entire train consisted of modified 89-foot...HQ-2014-4 (Finalized)
On April 30, 2014, at 1:54 p.m., EST, CSX Transportation (CSX) unit crude oil train, K08227, traveling eastbound from Clifton Forge, Virginia, to Yorktown, Virginia derailed on the James River Subdivision. The derailment occurred on Number 2 track at Milepost (MP) CAB 146.45. The train was...HQ-2014-7 (Finalized)
A Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) westward train, 65KC201 (65K), struck the rear of a NS Intermodal Train 25ZC101 (25Z), at Sewickley, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2014. The collision occurred at 1:39 p.m. at Milepost (MP) 12.9 on Main Track Number 3 of the NS Fort Wayne Line. The Engineer and Conductor...HQ-2014-8 (Finalized)
On July 3, 2014, at approximately 4:06 p.m. MDT, a westbound Montana Rail Link (MRL) freight train, H-KCKSPO1-28A, derailed 20 rail cars on single main track at MRL Milepost (MP) 164.4 between Alberton, Montana, and Superior, Montana. The derailment site is located on MRL’s 4th Subdivision and is...HQ-2014-11 (Finalized)
Download PDF Document [160 MB]HQ-2015-1102 (Finalized)
An eastbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train, ZBRG1-29, collided with a sport utility vehicle (SUV) at a public highway-rail grade crossing on December 29, 2015, at approximately 2:50 p.m. PST. The accident occurred just east of La Grande, Oregon on the Huntington Subdivision, Portland...Crash Energy Management: One and Two Car Passenger Rail Impact Tests - Summary of Structural and Occupant Test Results
Two full-scale impact tests were conducted to measure the crashworthiness performance of Crash Energy Management (CEM) equipped passenger rail cars. On December 3, 2003, a single car impacted a fixed barrier at approximately 35 mph and on February 26, 2004, two-coupled passenger cars impacted a...