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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...