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Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1262 (Finalized)
Keywords: Derailment, BNSF,
Abstract: On April 7, 2018, at approximately 6:08 a.m., MDT, westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) loaded unit grain train G-DRATAC-9-05H derailed 30 loaded covered hopper cars. The derailed cars...
Oswego, MT
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1255 (Finalized)
Keywords: head-on collision, Norfolk Southern, Georgetown, KY
Abstract: On Sunday, March 18, 2018, at 11:14 p.m., EDT, southbound Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train 175T817 (Train 1) passed an absolute stop signal without authority and was struck...
Georgetown, KY
United States
Accident Investigations
20492
Keywords: head-on collision, Norfolk Southern, Georgetown, KY
Abstract: On Sunday, March 18, 2018, at 11:14 p.m., EDT, southbound Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train 175T817 (Train 1) passed an absolute stop signal without authority and was struck...
Georgetown, KY
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1253 (Finalized)
Keywords: Derailment, Accident, New York, NS, Freight Trains
Abstract: On February 15, 2018, at approximately 4:07 p.m., EST, eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train (NS) 28NH714 traveling on single main track in Traffic Controlled System (TCS)...
Attica, NY
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1250 (Finalized)
Keywords: CSX, Amtrak, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, head-end collision, Cayce, South Carolina, Dixiana, signal suspension, auto rack, Silica storage
Abstract: On February 4, 2018, at 2:27 a.m., EST, CSX Transportation (CSX) freight train F77703 (Train 1) was struck head-on by southbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)...
Cayce, SC
United States