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On March 4, 2023, at approximately 2:55 p.m., EST, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) mixed freight train derailed 28 cars at Milepost 178.7 on the Dayton District near Springfield, Ohio. The train, designated as a Key Train, was traveling at 38 mph when it experienced excessive buffing or...
On September 17, 2023, at approximately 3:24 a.m., EDT, a CSX Transportation (CSX) mechanical department employee was fatally struck by a remote-control locomotive in Walbridge East Bound Yard, Walbridge, Ohio. The employee, while crossing an active yard lead track to lock out a track for an...
On May 26, 2022, at approximately 3:45 p.m., EDT, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) freight train collided with a construction dump truck at a private grade crossing in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, on the Conemaugh Subdivision. The dump truck failed to stop at the crossing, resulting in the...
On September 22, 2021, at approximately 2:40 p.m., CDT, a contractor for Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) was fatally injured while performing maintenance work on a bridge in Castroville, Texas, near Milepost 240.65 on UP’s Del Rio Subdivision. The contractor, operating a hi-rail excavator...
On November 9, 2022, at around 11:20 a.m., CST, a BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) employee, who was part of a work crew moving a heavy switch point, was fatally injured when the load fell and struck him.
On August 4, 2023, an accident occurred along the Berkshire Line operated by the Housatonic Railroad (HRRC) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, resulting in the death of a laborer employed by The Middlesex Corporation (XMDD). The employee, who had been working on a Massachusetts Department of...
In Fall 2024, FRA launched the Grade Crossing Toolkit, an interactive resource to identify effective highway-rail grade crossing safety measures. The Grade Crossing Toolkit is useful for individuals who work in railroad safety and for researchers, community members, or other...