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HQ-2017-1205 (Finalized)

On May 18, 2017, at 4:54 p.m., EDT, westbound Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (MNCW) commuter Train No. 1373, originating from Stamford, Connecticut, and destined for Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, New York, derailed five passenger coaches when the Engineer failed to comply with a 10-...

HQ-2017-1209 (Finalized)

On June 14, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., CDT, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train, MYCAS- 14, operating southwest from Villa Grove, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, struck an occupied van on the N 80 Road public highway-rail grade crossing (also known as County Road 1800 East). The U....

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...