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TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

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RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORTS

BRIEF FORMAT ISSUE NUMBER 2 - - 1984

NTSB/RAB-85/06

REPRODUCED BY NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE US DEPARMENT OF COMMERCE SPRINGFIELD, VA. 22161

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE

PORWORD

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency that serves as the overseer of safety in railroad, highway, pipeline, marine, and civil aviation transportation. The Safety Board was created by the Transportation Act of 1966 at which time it functioned as an autonomous agency under the Department of Transportation. In 1974, Congress enacted the Independent Safety Board Act which established the Safety Board as a totally independent agency of the Federal Government and broadened the Board's investigative role in the surface modes of transportation.

Under the Independent Safety Board Act, the Board has the authority to investigate, determine the facts, conditions, circumstances, and probable cause(s) of accidents, issue safety recommendations, conduct special studies on transportation safety, assess techniques of accident investigation, evaluate effectiveness of other government agencies with respect to transportation safety, and evaluate the adequacy of safeguards and procedures for transporting hazardous materials.

In accordance with the provisions of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, the NTSB has determined the probable cause of the accidents reported herein.

This publication contains the reports of 37 U.S. railroad accidents arranged in alphabetical order by railroad company name and tabulations of selected accident information including (1) types of accidents by carrier, (2) types of accidents by state, (3) casualties by types of accident and classes of persons, and (4) causal factors arranged by categories, types and numbers of accidents. These brief format reports are published quarterly on a calendar year basis and mostly include summaries of field investigations conducted by the Board's six railroad field offices. (See figure 1.) The briefs also contain data extracted from reports of investigations of major accidents which may be distinguished from the field investigations by the reference to the published National Transportation Safety Board major accident report under the probable cause section.

Care should be taken in interpreting the data contained in the four tables as they reflect only a three-month period and thus do not reflect an accurate long-term statistical distribution. At the end of each calendar year, an annual review of railroad accident data is published which contains tables and graphs compiled from that year's accident data.

These Briefs are summaries of reports of the National Transportation Safety Board and are thereby subject to the limitation of 49 USC 1903(c):

No part of any report or reports of the Guard, relating to any accident or the investigation thereof, shall be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such report or reports.

For those readers who wish more detailed information, the original factual reports for both field and major accidents are on file in the Washington, D.C., office of the National Transportation Safety Board and may be examined. These reports will be reproduced for a fee covering reproduction cost and postage. Orders for material also are subject to a user charge by the Board for special services, and such charge will be included in the bill.

Requests for reproduction should be forwarded to:

National Transportation Safety Board, Public Inquiries Section Washington, D.C. 20594

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWARD i

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

EXPLANATORY NOTES vii

STATISTICAL. TABLES:

1. Accidents by Type and Railroad · · · · · · 1

1. Accidents by Type and State · · · · · · · · 2

1. Casualties by Type of Accident and Class of Person $\dots$ 3

1. Causal Factors by Major Category and Accident Type. 4

REPORT OF ACCIDENTS $\ldots$ 5-41

EXPLANATOKY NOTES

Scope

The accidents included herein are those occurrences incidental to railroad operations which fall within the scope of Section 304 of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974. As provided in that Section, the Board investigates and determines facts, conditions, circumstances, and probable cause of any railroad accident in which there is a fatality or substantial property damage, or which involves a passenger train. The following definitions, as set forth in Part 840 of the National Transportation Safety Board's regulations (49 CFR 840), effective April 1, 1976, and as amended August 14, 1980, are applicable.

Railroad - 840.2(a)

"Railroad" means any system of surface transportation of persons or property over rails. It includes, but is not limited to, line-haul freight and passenger-carrying railroads, and rapid transit, commuter, scenic, subway and elevated railways.

Accident - 840.2(b)

"Accident" means any collision, derailment, or explosion involving railroad trains, locomotives, and cars; or any other loss-causing event involving the operation of such railroad equipment that results in a fatality or the emergency evacuation of persons.

Joint Operations - 840.2(c)

"Joint Operations" means rail operations conducted on a track used jointly or in common by two or more railroads subject to this part, or operation of a train, locomotive, or car by one railroad over the track of another railroad.

Fatality 840.2(d)

"Patallily" means the death of a person either at the time an accident occurs or within 24 hours thereafter.

Substantial Damage - 840.3

"Substantial Damage" in nonfatal railroad accidents is defined as follows:

1. Damage of $150,000 or more to railroad and nonrailroad property; or

1. All accidents involving passenger trains.

Causes and Other Factors

In determining probable cause(3) of an accident, all facts, conditions, and circumstances are considered. The object is to ascertain those cause-effect relationships in the accident sequence about which action may be taken to prevent recurrence. Accordingly, for statistical purposes, where two or more causes or contributing factors exist in an accident, each is recorded with no attempt to establish a primary cause or factor. Therefore, in the causal factor tables, the figures shown may exceed the total number of accidents.

TABLE 1:

ACCIDENTS BY REPORTING RAILROAD AND TYPE

(FIGURES BELOW REPRESENT A 3 MONTH PERIOD)

(1) NOT INCLUDED :N TOTAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED

(2) AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN ACCIDENTS ARE INCLUDED UNDER REPORTING RAILROAD

(3) ONE INVOLVED FIRE ONLY

TABLE 2:

ACCIDENTS BY STATE AND TYPE

(FIGURES BELOY REPRESENT A 3 MONTH PERIOD)

(1) NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED

(2) ONE INVOLVED FIRE ONLY

TABLE: 3

CASUALITIES BY CLASS OF PERSON AND ACCIDENT TYPE

NOTE: "GENERAL PUBLIC" CONSISTS OF ALL PERSONS UNC ARE NEITHER RAILROAD EMPLOYEES NOR PASSENGERS, INCLUDING EUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSGS ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS ON THE RAILROAD, EMERGENCY FORCES, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT CH RAILROAD PROPERTY"

TABLE 4:

CAUSAL FACTORS BY MAJOR CATEGORY AND ACCIDENT TYPE

(1) NOT INCLUDING IN TOTAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS INVESTIGATED

(2) "OTHER" INCLUDES HUMAN FAILURE, DAMAGE FROM NATURAL FORCES, VANDALISM, SABOTAGE, SYSTEM DESIGN INADEQUACIES, FAILURE OF RADIO AND RADIO COMPONENTS, AND FAILURE OF CARGO AND CARGO TIEDOWN AND/OR BLOCKING

(3) ONE INVOLVED FIRE ONLY

82-175

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BONRO Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Amtrak

Brief of Railroad No.: NYC82FR030

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1647 EDT

02/11/82

Clear

Day/1,000 ft

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No. 3

1 Amtrak

2

Accident Description: Amtrak train No. 612 had the 3 rear cars derail while entering the 30th Street Station. The train consisted of 6 electric self-propelled Metroliner passenger cars. There were no riders in the 3 derailed cars. The speed of the train was 23 mph. The derailment occurred at a rail joint where the gage was 59-3/8 inches and had a split crosstie under it..

Probable 1. Track geometry - track gage not properly maintained

Cause: 2.

Other

Factors: 1. Defective crossties

Fatalities: Number: Description: Injuries: Number: -0-

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ROARD

84-079

Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company

Brief of Railroad No.: DEN8477019

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Goldthwaite, Texas

0555 CST

04/06/84

Clear

Dawn/6000 Ft

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Freight

East

En route

1

2 Archison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Freight

West

Standing

3

Accident Description: Freight train Extra 3632 east collided with the head end of train Extra 2073 west while it was standing near the westbound signal. One crewmember was killed and 2 were injured. Six locomotive units of 3632 were derailed. Three locomotive units of 2073 were destroyed by collision and fire, and two cars derailed. The speed of 3632 at impact was 29 mph. Train 3632 had a track warrant issued by radio, instructing them to take the siding. Instead, they continued on the main track where 2073 was standing.

Probable 1. Failure to enter siding per instructions of track warrant.

1. Failure of personnel to recognize improper operating procedure as hazardous.

.

Other

Factors: 1.

Fatalities:

Number: Description:

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Number:

2

Description:

Probable Cause of Casuality:

1. Thrown from seat/position in collision.

Employees on duty

Property Lossance:

Railroad: $861,000

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84-103

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ZOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Archison, Topoka & Santa Fe Railway Company Brief of Railroad No.: LAX84FX006

Location: Time: Date: Weather: Visibility:

Ballico, California 1305 PDT 06/14/84 Clear Day/7900 FT

Train: Railway: Class: Direction: Operating Phase: Track No.:

1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Freight East En route 1

2

Accident Description: Freight train No. 1-901-14, consisting of 4 locomotive units and 75 cars, derailed at a grade crossing while moving 51 mph. The 4 locomotive units and first 22 cars derailed. The e-gineer saw that the track was out of alignment and reached for the brake handle when the train derailed. Five minutes before the train arrived, a semi-tractor lowboy trailer had got stuck on the grade crossing and dislodged the track.

Probable 1. Lowboy truck-trailer dislodged track at grade crossing

Cause: 2.

Other

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Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Losses:

Railroad: $2,081,000

Non-Railroad:

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

83-120

Reported by: Burlington Northern Inc.

Location:

Pacific Junction, Iowa

Train:

1 Burlington Northern Inc.

2 Burlington Northern Inc.

3

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-83-A-R006

Time:

Date: Weather:

leather: Visibility:

0355 CST

C2oudy

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

Freight

West

tering Yard

Main

Freight

west

Standing

Accident Description:

Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) freight train 64TT085 (64T85) (Extra 5086 West), while moving about 47 mph, struck the rear of standing BN freight train 43JJ005 (43JO5) (Extra 5089 West) at Pacific Junction, Iowa. Four locomotive units and eight cars of train 64T85 and the caboose and seven cars of train 43J05 were derailed. The accident occurred about 2 miles within the yard limits of Pacific Junction. There was no flag protection provided by the standing train, and none was required by BN operating rules. There was no fire, and no hazardous materials were involved.

Probable 1. Human Failure For Probable Cause see NTSB Publication KAR-83-09

Cause: 2

Other Factors: 1.

Fatalities:

Number:

Description:

Engineer 64TT085

Injuries:

2018-09-17

Number:

6

2008年12月19日

Description:

5 treated and released

1 hospitalized

Probable Cause of Casualty:

1. Thrown from operating compartment/crushed

1. $\_$

1. $\_$

Property Losses:

Railroad: $972,000

Non-Railroad:

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83-121

Reported by: Burlington Northern Inc.

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-83-A-R007

Location:

Time:

Date: mother

Visibility:

Crystal City, Missouri

1635 CDT

07/12/83

Clear

Accident Description:

Fifty-eight cars of Burlington Northern Railroad Company freight train No. MTC-0718, moving about 52 mph, were derailed on the main track near Crystal City, Missouri. Two of the derailed cars came to rest in the Mississippi River. Within the train's 94 cars were 17 maintenance-of-way, ballast-laden hopper cars being transported to maintenance-of-way work locations north of St. Louis, Missouri. The train was being operated in revenue service without restriction.

Probable 1. Cracked & Displaced Cencer Plate - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication NTSB/RAR-84-01 Cause: 2.

84-073

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ROARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

NATIONAL TRANSPOREXION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

84-83

Occident: Description:

Burlington Northern Zillroad Company freight trains Extra 6714 West and Extra 7820 East collided head-on on the single main track about 1,027 feet west of the west turnout of the passing track at Wiggins, Colorado. Seven locomot've units derailed and were destroyed in the collision and burning diesel fuel was released from ruptured fuel tanks; 40 cars derailed, 26 of which were destroyed.

Probable 1. Human Failure - For Probable Cause See .JB Publication RAR-85-04

Cause: 2. $\_$

1. $\_$

Factures: 1. Use of Alcohol

1. Fatigue

Fatalities: Number: Description: Injuries: Number: Description: Employees

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1. Crushed and or ejected from locomotive

Non-Railroad: 33,891,428

NATIONAL TRANSPORATION SAFETY BOUND Washington, D.C. 20594

84-86

Reported by: Burlington Northern Inc.

Location:

Newcastle, Wyoming

Train:

1 Burlington Northern Inc.

2 Burlington Northern Inc.

1. Burlington Northern Inc.

Accident Description:

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-34-A-R009

Time:

Date:

Meather:

Clear

Clear Dark

Class:

Direction:

Freight

East

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

En Route Main

Freight

East

En Route

Main

Freight

East

Standing

Side track

Burlington Northern freight train Extra 7843 East struck the rear of Burlington Northern freight train Extra ATSF 8112 East on the main track et Pedro passing siding near Newcastle, Wyoming. During the collision and subsequent derailment sequence several cars of freight train Extra 5533 East, which were standing mentioned in the Pedro passing track, were also struck and derailed. As a result, 5 locomotives units, a caboose, and 21 cars derailed. The locomotive units, cabocse, and 13 cars were either destroyed or heavily damaged.

Probable 1. Procedural Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication NTSB RAR-85-04

Cause: 2.

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Factors: 1. Use of alcohol by crewmembers

obstalities:

Number:

Description:

Injuries:

Number:

Description:

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Probable Cause of Casuality:

1. Collapse of structure (caboose)

1. Jumped from moving train

Property Losses:

Railroad: $1,358,993

Non-Railroad:

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

84-102

Reported by: Burlington Northern Inc.

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA+84-A-R012

Location:

Time:

Date:

weather:

Vis(bility:

Motley, Minnesota

ólŐŐ CDT

06-14-84

Clear

Dark

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1. Burlington No.-Aern Inc.

Freight

East

En Route

Main

2 Burlington Northern Inc.

Freight

West

En Route

Main

3

Accident Description:

Burlington Northern Railroad Company freight trains Extra 6760 West and Extra 79C7 East collided head-on on the single track main line near Motley, Minnesota. The trains were being operated on dispatcher-insued train orders, in nonsignalized territory. The westbound train had been travelling about 35 to 40 mph and the eastbound train about 45 to 49 mph just before the emergency applications of the automatic air brakes of both trains. The dispatcher controlling the movement of the trains had been promoted to dispatcher recently before the accident and was working in his second tour of duty in that position. The dispatcher had been promoted from a stenographic/clerical position after having been nominated to and completing a company training program; he had no prior operating experience.

Probable 1. Procedures. Failure - For Probable Cause Sea NTSB Publication NTSB/RAR-85-06

Cause: 2.

Fatalities:

Probable Cause of Casualty:

1. Collapse of structure (locomotive)

1. thrown from seat (caboose)

Non-Railroad: $\_$

84-107

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

84-104

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

Brief of Railroad No.: ATL84FRO10

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Campbel)sburg, Kentucky

0440 ED

Cloudy

Dark/800 PT

Train:

Railroad:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1 The Cheaspeake and Ohio Railway Co.

Preight

South

En route

2

Accident Description: Sixty-one freight cars in southbound train GCQLO derailed in two locations in the train, the 11th through the 50th except the 17th car, and the 73rd through the 94th car out of a total consist of 104 cars, at mile post 38.4 and mp 39. The train speed was 61 mph in a 25 rph maximum authorized zone. Both the engineer and head brakeman stated that they had fallen asleep. When the engineer awoke he initiated an emergency application of the air brakes. There were no injuries or hazardous materials involved.

Probable !. Excessive speed due to crew being asleep.

Ceuse:

1. Excessive speed turned rail over in curve.

Other

Factors: 1.

Injuries: Number:

Description:

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Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Losses:

Railroad: $2,439,000

Hc:3-Railroad:

84-108

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY NOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company Brief of Railroad No.: CHI8AFR007

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Windows, Minnesota

1430 CDT

Clear Day/1000 FT

Train:

Railroad:

Class:

Direction: Operating Phase: Track No.3

1. Chicago and Northwestern Transp. Co.

Freight Unit

West En routes

1

Acciden: Description: Twenty-two loaded ore cars in westbound unit train No. ICUS derailed at mile post 146.8. The derailed cars struck and derailed 8 cars that were standing on adjacent tracks. According to the engineer the train speed had been reduced to 20 mph to comply with a train order speed of 20 mph. Speed reduction was accomplished by using the dynamic brake. After positioning the throttle in power No. 1, an undesired emergency brake application occurred. The outside rail turned on its side with car trucks dropping inside the gauge of the track.

Probable 1. Rail displaced in curve under draft forces

Cause:

1. Improperly secured rail in curve

Other

Factors: 1.

Fatalities: Number: Description:

Injuries: Number: Description: -0-

Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Losses:

Railroad: $473,000

Non-Railroad: $19,000

84-092

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Brief of Railroad No.: CHI84FR003 $\_$

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather

Visibility:

New Carlisle, Indiana

1950 CST

Clear Duak/5000 PT

Train: Railroad:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase: Track No.:

1 Chicago, So. Shore & So. Bend RR

Passengec/comuter

En route

$$\frac{1}{1}$$

2

Accident Description: Westbound CESS&B RR computer train No. 20 consisting of two self propelled electric cars erailed at a facing point switch at Olive riding which is approximately ten miles went of South Bend , Indiana . Speed was about 60 mph at time of derailment . There was a two man crew on the lead car and thirty- five passengers in the second car . Three passengers were treated and released at a local hospital . Engineer was not aware of impending accident.

Probabl 1. Broken switch crank which allowed switch to góp. Cause:

Other

Factors: 1.

Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property cases:

Railroad: $636,000

Non-Railroad: $\_$

NATIONAL TRANSPORTION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

84-65

Accident Description:

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) Train ENPI-6X struck the rear of standing Conrail Train OIPI-6 at Control Point (CP) Salts near Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, while moving westward on track No. 2 about 27 mph. Derailing cars from train OIPI-6 were struck by eastbound Conrail train TV-12M while it was moving about 38 mph on No. 1 track. The derailment of a car in train TV-12M caused its brakes to apply in emergency. Two cars and a cabosese derailed in train OIPI-6, 1 locomotive unit derailed in train ENPI-6X, and 1 car derailed in train TV-12M. In addition, a fire ensued and 19 "piggy-back" truck semi-trailers carried by train TV-12M were severely damaged and some destroyed.

NATIONAL TRANSPORIATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

83-62

Accident Description:

Train 1 broke in two during switching. As locomotive moved cut of cars forward, empty boxcar coupler overrode the coupler of a loaded tank car, puncturing it and releasing about 14,500 gallons of nitric acid. Ninety thousand (90,000) nearby residents were evacuated from a 4 square mile area.

Probable 1. Component failure ● For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication RAR-85-10

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|Fatilities:|Number:0|Description:|Injuries:|Number:34|Description:Minor|Proble Cause of Casualty:|Injuries:Property Losses:

1. Inhalation of nitric acid fumes

Property Losses: Railroad: $341,000.00 Non-Railroad:

NATIONAL TRANSPORMENTION SAFETY BONDO

Washington, D.C. 20594

82-314

Accident Description: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) freight train Extra 9629 East (GS-2-28) derailed 43 cars on the single main track of the Hammond District in Livingston, Louisiana. Of the derailed cars, 36 were tank cars; 27 of these cars contained various regulated hazardous or toxic chemical commodities, 2 contained nonregulated hazardous materials, and 5 contained flammable petrolicum products. A total of 20 tark cars were punctured or breached in the derailment. Fire broke out in the wreckage, and smoke and toxic gases were released into the atmosphere. Thermally-induced explosions of two tank cars that had not been punctured caused them to rocket violently. About 3,000 persons living within a 5-mile radius of the derailment site were evacuated for as long as 2 weeks. Nineteen residences and other buildings in Livingston were destroyed or severely damaged. More than 200,000 gallons of toxic chemical product were spilled and absorbed into the ground requiring extensive excavation of contaminated soil and its transportation to a distant dump site. This has resulted in long-term closure of the railroad line and an adjacent highway.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

83-118

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ROARD Morphiesber D.C., 2004

83-122

Accident Description:

Amtrak train No. 301, operating on the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, collided with a Marquette Motor Service Terminals, Inc., delivery truck at the New River Road railroad/ highway grade crossing about 1 mile north of Wilmington, Illinois. The locomotive unit and all three cars of the train were derailed, and the truck and its lading were destroyed.

Proble Cause of Casualty:

1. Thrown from seat/positions
2. Injurious environment
3. Falling Luggage

84-088

NATIONAL TRANSPERATION SAFITY BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.

Brief of Railroad No.: CHI84PR002

Location:

Time:

Date:

Visibility:

Olympia Fields, Illinois | 1715 CST | 4/26/84 | Clear | Day/3000 FT

JAI KAIU TUKU

class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1 Illinois Central Gulf RR

Unit Freight

North

La route

4

2

Accident Description: Northbound loaded unit coal train WEP 225 with 4 locomotive unit, 101 cars, 13,370 tons, derailed 14 care at mile post 25.8. Speed of train was 40 mph and train brakes were applied with 7 pounds of air at time of accident. Track had been surfaced in November 1983 and rail anchors were disturbed and ineffective in anchoring rail. Temperature was 840 at time of derailmert.

Probable 1. Track buckled due to missing rail anchors and heat.

Cause:

Other

Factors: 1.

Pastalities: Number: Description: -0-

Injuries: Number: Description:

$$ \frac{-0}{-} \qquad \dots $$

Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Losses:

Railroad: $292,000 Non-Railroad:

〔图〕插图 〔图〕插图 〔图〕-\n 〔图〕插图 ![1.2.].\n](5/c30bHCsB7t5ziiaOum9G8B/pdf_78ab0cf185284213efdf3845e35acd1e_33dad94df937971a24d8c69a473d53d97490560193474857/tmp_zip_img/762f2663-0353-4df3-b6c7-634faf1e1f61.png) ô4–089

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Metropolitan Made County Transit Agency Brief of Railroad No.: ATL84MEC08

Location:

Time:

BRIE Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Niami, Florida

1812 ZST

%/29/84

Clar

Day/9900 55

Train:

Railroad:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1 Metro. Dade County Transit Agency

Passenger transit

North

Testing

2

Accident Description: Two coupled rapid transcit cars being operated by a rail supervisor collided with a standing pair of cars which were then driven into a third pair of cars standing. A short distance ahead of the impacted cars. The initial point of impact was 600 ft. south of Vizcya Station. A rail operator was seated at the control stand on the south end of the two coupled cars that struck the standing cars. Speed at impact was estimated to be 25 mph. both occupants were created and released at local hospital. Operator was aware of impending accident.

Probable $1$. Failure of operator to control speed of train approaching cars ahead.

Other

factors:

Fatalities:

Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Losses:

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOQRO

83-117

washington, D.C. 20594

reported by: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co.

Location:

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-83-A-R002

Time: 1610 CST

Date: weather:

G = 18 Clear Day

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track NO.:

1. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR Co.

Freight South

En Route Main

2

〔图〕插图

〔图〕|\n

Aocianic Manipation:

After receiving a clear signal indicating a clear main track route, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad train No. 103, entered a misaligned track switch leading from the main track to an interchange track and collided with standing freight cars on the interchange track. A signal maintainer was working on the switch circuit controller, and had disconnected the shunt wires while working at that location.

Probable 1. Procedural Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication NTSB-RAR-83-08

NATIONAL TRANSPORDATICIN SAFETY BOORD

Washington, D.C. 20594

84-017

Reported by: Missouri Pacific RR Co.

Brief of Railroad No. : DCA-84-A-R002

Location:

Tráno:

Date: 11

weather:

Visibility:

Woodlawn, Texas

1009 CST

Clear

Day

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

En Route

Main

Accident Description:

Amtrak train No. 21 (The Eagle), with 162 persons aboard, derailed near Woodlavn, Texas, while travelling at 72 mph on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The train was travelling westbound on the single main track when it passed over a section of rail that a repair crew had just installed to replace a broken rail. The break had occurred at a field weld in a length of new continuous-welded, 136-16 RE section, chrome-vanadium alloy, high-strength, vacuum-treated rail, which had been installed in the track about 1 month earlier. The temporary repair consisted of removing a length of the outer rail in a curve and replacing it with a 19-foot 6-inch length of rail bolted in place. The repair insert was a section of used, 136-16 RE section, standard-carbon rail. The repair crew used an oxyacetylene torch to cut both the new alloy rail and the used standard-carbon rail during the repair.

Probable 1. Procedural Failure - For Probable Cause Sec NTSB Publication RAR-85-01

Fatalities:

Number:

Description:

Injuries:

Number:

Description:

4

Employees hospitalized

〔图〕二\n 〔图〕2347\n Passengers hospitalized Passengers treated & released

Probable Cause of Casality:

1. ______ Thrown from seat position.

1. Burned by track baliast

Property Losses:

Railroad

Railroad: $2,180,000

Non-Railwood:

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY DCNO Washington, D.C. 20594

84-75

Accident Description:

A New York City Transit Authority 10-car IRT, subway train derailed in the Joralemon Street Tunnel under the East River about 1,900 feet south of Bowling Green Station in New York, New York. The train which was loaded to virtual capacity with about 1,500 passengers, was exceeding the 10-mph speed restriction authorized by a general order for a track section under repair. The derilment did not result in serious injuries to passengers or serious damage to the equipment. The passengers detrained and walked about 700 feet to an emergency exit from the tunnel to the street. A second train stalled in the tunnel just south of the Bowling Green Station when the derilment interrupted traction power to the train. Passengers were evacuated through another train onto the station platform.

Probable 1. Human failure- For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication RAR-85-07

NATIONAL TRANSPORIATION SAFETY BUNG Washington, D.C. 20594

82-211

Reported by: Seaboard System RR Inc.

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-82-A-R013

Location:

Time:

Date:

weather:

Visibility:

Colonial Heights, VA

1325 EDT

Cloudy

8 miles

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1. Seaboard System Railroad Inc.

7re1ght.

North

En Route

2

〔图〕.\n .

. -

.

.

Accident Description:

Northbound Seaboard Coast Line freight train No. 120 derailed at the Swift Creek Bride in Colonial Heights, Virginia, following a hard slack run in which occurred when the train transited a change in grades. The train was classified as restricted by SCL Timetable Designation with a maximum authorized speed of 50 mph. The engineer stated the train speed was 45 mph at the time of derailment; however, tests conducted following the accident indicate that the train speed was 64 mph when the train derailed. Cars No. 89 through No. 118 derailed. A tank car was breached in the derailment, and its contents were released and immediately ignited. Erroneous and conflicting information concerning hazardous material on the train caused confusion and resulted in misdirected emergency response efforts.

Probable 1. Human Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication XAR-83-04

Fatalities:

Number:

Description:

Injuries:

Number: 12

Description:

〔图〕插图 refighters - Treated and released

〔图〕T\n State official - Treated and released

Probable Cause of Casualty:

1. Smoke inhalation

〔图〕2.3.\n

Property Losses:

Railroad: $1,228,444

Non-Rail Roads

• Railroads:

• 29 -

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

84-64

Reported by: U, S, Coast Guard (Seaboard System RR Inc.) Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-84-A-R003

Location:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Time:

0345 CDT

Date:

Weather:

Visibility:

Clear 1

Dark

Train:

1 Formosa Plastics Co.

2 (on Seaboard siding) 3

Class:

Cut of cars

Direction:

N/A

Operating Phase:

Loading

Track No.:

6

Accident Description:

Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) under pressure escaped from a railroad tank car at the loading facility within the Formosa Plastics Corporation Chemical Manufacturing Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The release VCM was ignited by one or more sources, and a large billowing fire ensued. An adjacent tank containing VCM was involved in the fire but did not rupture. Two tank cars were destroyed, three tank cars were damaged moderately, and the loading facility was damaged extensively.

Probable 1. Human Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication RAR-85-08

〔图〕三\n 〔图〕插图 Probable Cause of Casualty:

〔图〕1.2.3.\n 〔图〕Property toeees:$1,000,000Railrond:IPUOrT TI-UON\n NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

83-133

Reported by: Seaboard System Railroad Inc.

Brief of Railroad No.: ATL-83-A-R042

Location:

Time:

Date:

weather

visibility:

Rowland, North Carolina

0110 EDT

8/25/83

Clear

Dark but lighted

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

〔图〕插图 Passenger

Norsh

En Route

Accident Description:

Northlound National Railway Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) train No. 88, the Si, meteor, struck an S.L. Balogh Trucking Company, Inc., tractor-lovboy semitrailer combination true, at had become lodged on a grade crossing of the single main track of the Feaboard System Railroad of Island, North Carolina. The 2 locomotive units and 2 cars of the 18-car consist of the train were dered. The truck was damaged substantially and its cargo destroyed. Two of the 363 passengers on the train were treated at the scene and 15 were taken to local hospitals; 1 passenger was admitted, and the others were treated and released. Six train attendants also were treated and released. The truck driver was not injured. There was no fire.

Probable 1. Human Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication RHR-84/01

〔图〕插图

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

washington, D.C. 20594

83-135

Accident Description:

Seaboard System Railroad train Extra 1751 North moved onto the main track from the north end of the siding at Sullivan, Indiaa, and proceeded northward. About 5:37 a.m., after Extra 1751 North had attained a speed of approximately 18 mph and had traveled 1,939 feet beyond the siding switch, Seaboard train Extra 8051 North, moving about 35 mph, overtook and struck the rear caboose of Extra 1751 North. The impact derailed 2 cars and 2 cabooses of Extra 1751 North and 3 locomotive units and 25 cars of Extra 8051 North.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOUND Washington, D.C. 20594

84-70

Accident Description:

Southbound ANTRAK train No. 81, the Silver Star, consisting of 3 locomotive units and 18 cars, derailed 1 locomotive unit and 18 cars while traveling at 79 mph on Seaboard System Railroad track near Kittrell, North Carolina.

84-096

NATIONAL TRANSPOKTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Seaboard System RR Inc.

Brief of Railroad No. ATL84PR009

Location:

Time:

Date: Weather: Visibility:

Nontrrose, Georgie

0300 KDT

Cloudy Dark/300 PT

Train: Railroad:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Track No.:

1 Seboard System RR Inc.

Freight

En route $\ldots$ 1

2

Accident Description: Preight train Extra 4628 East, consisting of four locomotive units and 60 cars, derailed 29 cars while moving 49 mph. The train ran through an area of washed-out track as the brakes went into an emergency application. The locomotives and 2 cars made it through the wash-out, but the following 29 cars derailed. About seven inches of rain had fallen the previous evening.

Probable 1. Track washed out due to excessive rainfall.

Cause:

1. Weather aIerter system had been turned off.

Othex

Factors: 1.

Fatalities:

Number: Description:

$$ \frac{-0^{-}}{1} $$

Injuries: Number: Description:

$$ \underline{\hspace{2cm}}-0\underline{\hspace{2cm}} $$

Probable Cause of Casualty:

Property Lossees:

Ràïz-oé: $906,000

Non-Railroad:

NATIONAL TRANSTORATION SAFETY SOOC Hashington, D.C. 20594

34-110

Reported by: Southeastastern Pennsylvania Transp. Auth.

Srief of Railroad No.: NYC-84-FR028

Location:

Timer:

Date:

Mathars

Visibility:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0752 EDT

06/26/84

Clear

Day/1000 ft.

Train:

Class:

Direction:

Operating Phaser:

Track No. 1

1. Souchesatern Pennyanyania Tranen. Auth.

PARRIDRET

$$ \frac{x \cos t}{x} $$

$$ W_{ab} = t $$

Fnroute

〔图〕1\n 2.

Acident Description:

Comuter Train No. 817 was starting to move out of the Fox Chase Station when a late-arriving passenger ran from the parking lot, crossed the platform and attempted to board the second car of the three-car train. The person was not completely inside the car and he struck a raised handicapped person's boarding platform that is at the end of the low-level platform. He was dragged from the train and fatally injured. The train speed was about 25 mph. After hearing the person strike the raised platform, the conductor signalled the engineer to stop the train.

Probable 1. Human failers - passenger struck obstruction while boarding moving train.

Chapter 2.

other

Factor: 1.

Fatalities:

32000

Descriptions

Injuries:

Heibur 1

Descriptive:

〔图〕Passenger\n 〔图〕1o\n

Probable Cause of Casualty:

1. Struck by object while entering train

2024-2025

Non-RailRoads

〔图〕0\n 84-090

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Brief of Railroad No. LAXB4FR003

Location:

Time:

Date: Weabber: Visibility:

El Honte, California

0649 PDT

Day/3000 F1

Train: Railroad:

Cice:

Direction: Operating Phaee: Track No.:

1 ĂmŁzák

Passenger West

$\frac{1}{2n}$ route $\frac{1}{n}$ route $\frac{1}{n}$

Accident Description: Westbound train No. 1 struck e vehicle at the Peck Road Intersection with the railroad and fatally injured four members of the same family. The accident occurred on the Alhambra Line main track at mile post 495.30. The train speed was 50 mph. The whistle was being sounded and the headlight was illuminated at the time of the collision. The crossing is protected by flashing redlights, bells and gates. Post accident tests indicate that the protection was functioning properly.

Probatie Cause: 1. Failure of vehicle operator to stop at protected rail-highway grade crossing due to error in judgment. 2.

other

Factors: 1.

Fatalities: Number: Description:

6 Public on RR property

Injuries: Number: Description:

$$\frac{-\theta}{2}-\frac{1}{2}$$

Probable Cause of Casualty:

1. Strack by train $\_$

1. $\_$

Property Losses:

Railroad: $1,000 $\_$

Non-Railroad: $4,000

ล

84-201

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: southern Pacific Transportation Company

Brief of Railway No.: LAXB4FRO05

Location:

Time:

Date:

Weather:

visibility:

Ei Nonte, California

0330 PDT

Clear

Dark/50

Train:

Railroad:

Clasee:

Direction:

Operating Phase:

Tack No.:

1 Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

Freight

West

En route

2

2

Accident Description: six locomotives and 10 freight cars in westbound train No. 01 MECHF-10 derailed at a speed of 25 mph. The point of derailment was the junction switch that connects the Alhambra Line and the State Street Line. An inspection of the switch disclosed that a rail anchor wedged between the right hand point and the running rail approximately one-half inch below the top of rail. The rail anchor exhibited flange marks where the wheel of the land locomotive forced it down between the switch point and running rail resulting in the gapping of the switch points. The general derailment followed.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

83-119

Reported by: Southern Railway Co.

Location:

Rockfish, VA.

Time:

0555 EST

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-83-A-R005

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either: Visibility:

Cloud

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Accident Description:

AMTRAK passenger train No. 820 (The Crescant), en route from New Orleans, Louisiana to Washington, D.C., with 331 passengers and 18 crewmembers aboard, deriled when it struck a landslide near Rockfish, Virginia, about 23 miles south of Charlottesville, Virginia. Heavy rains in the area preceded the landslide. The track had been inspected 6 hours before the accident. The train was moving about 48 mph at the time of the accident. There was no train order in effect for reduced speed in the area of the derailment.

Probable 1. Procedural Failure - For Probable Cause See NTSB Publication RAR-83-10

84-080

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

Reported by: Union Pacific Railroad

Brief of Railroad No.: LAX84FR002

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Time: Date:

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Del Pasão, California

0320 PST

Clear Dark/500 FT

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i Union Pacific Railroad

Prelighe

West En route

2

Accident Description: Seventeen loaded freight cars in westbound train No. BST-6 derailed at mile post 143.9 at a speed of 50 eph. Initial marks of the derailment were wheel and truck side marks on the crosties at 143.9. A failed journal was on the R-1 axle on the B-end of car BW244599. The derailed wheels and truck side struck a switch and destroyed the treck structure. There were no injuries, or hazardous materials involved.

Probable Cause: 1. Failure of a level journal due to overheating. 2.

Other Factors: 1.

Fatalities: Number: Description: -0 -

lujuries: Number: Description: -0 - 0 - 1

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84-094

MATICAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

· U.S. GOVERNIMENT PRINTING OPICE, 1905-461-136, 20029

NATIONAL TRANSIGARDATION SAFETY BOARD Washington, D.C. 20594

82-162

Reported by: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth.

Brief of Railroad No.: DCA-82-A-R010

Location: Authority (WMATA)

Smithsonian Interlocking, Usedeaton, D. C

Time: Date: Weather: Visibility: 1630 EST 1/13/82 Underground Dark - 300 Ft.

Accident Description:

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (MATA) Blue/Orange Line train No. 410 derailed at the Smithsonian Interlocking on the "downtown" subway line. While being operated manually, train No. 410 had been unintentionally routed into a crossover track at the interlocking. Without requiring a supervisor, who was at the location, or the train operator to ascertain that it was safe to do so, the WHATA Operations Control Center (OCC) allowed the supervisor to back the train out of the crossover track. As this was being done, the rear car deralled and struck the end of a reinforced concrete barrier wall separating the two main tracks in the subway tube. The aluminum sidewall of the car was severed and the main passenger compartment was breached.

Probable 1. Hunan Failure - For probable cause See NTSB-RAR-82-6

Cause: 2. Proceure! Failure

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