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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...