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HQ-2015-1100 (Finalized)

On December 22, 2015, at 5:45 p.m., CST, an Amtrak (ATK) passenger train (two engines and seven cars) traveling timetable east (geographic east) collided with a northbound automobile that stopped on a public crossing, resulting in the death of five occupants of the automobile. The train crew did...

HQ-2015-1094 (Finalized)

On November 7, 2015, at 8:45 a.m., CST, eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) Mixed-Freight Train H-NTWKCK-9-06 derailed 25 cars while operating on BNSF’s Chicago Division, St. Croix Subdivision, on Main Track 1. The train consisted of 58 loaded cars, 54 empty cars, and weighed 9,726 tons. The train was 8,...

HQ-2015-1063 (Finalized)

On July 4, 2015, at 10:15 p.m., CST, a westbound Amtrak passenger train, AMT 01-03, in Harwood, Texas, in Gonzales County, collided with a northbound pick-up truck at the highway-rail grade crossing (at Milepost 144.31) on FM 794 (U.S. DOT Crossing Number 742684Y). AMT 01-03, with two locomotives...

HQ-2015-1062 (Finalized)

On Friday, July 3, 2015, at 7:45 a.m., CST, Kansas City Southern Railroad (KCS) southbound loaded rock train, OHTSM 03, operating with 2 head-end locomotives and 50 loaded rock cars, struck the rear of a standing manifest train, HKCSH-30, operating with one head-end locomotive and one rear-end...

HQ-2015-1051 (Finalized)

On May 6, 2015, at 1:45 a.m., CST, a southbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) loaded mixed freight train derailed. The derailment occurred at Peck, Kansas, Milepost (MP) 262.5, on the main track of the Wichita Division, Enid Subdivision area, Timetable Number 4, dated March 26, 2012.

HQ-2015-1025 (Finalized)

On March 9, 2015, at 12:19 p.m., EDT, northbound Amtrak Carolinian Passenger Train PO80-09 struck a semi tractor-trailer near Halifax, North Carolina. The truck, pulling an oversized load, was attempting to maneuver over the highway-rail grade crossing on State Route 903 East to turn left onto...

HQ-2015-1024 (Finalized)

On March 5, 2015, at 1:15 p.m., CST, eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Train Number U-ELUCXP0-25T, derailed 21 tank cars containing hazardous materials (Bakken Crude Oil) near Galena, IL, at Milepost 171.6 on the BNSF Aurora Subdivision.

HQ-2015-1007 (Finalized)

Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) freight Train Symbol 632-015, traveling southbound at 24 mph on a single main track, in non-signaled track warrant control (TWC) territory, experienced a major derailment on February 04, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. The accident occurred near Sherrill, Iowa, at Milepost...

HQ-2014-1015 (Finalized)

On Thursday, November 13, 2014, at 5:35 p.m., (CST), eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train H-PASBRC9-09A, consisting of two head end locomotives, 85 freight cars (61 loads and 24 empties) derailed 18 cars (consist positions 12 through 29) while traveling on Main Track Number Two (2), at a...