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16
Jun
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1276 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Grade Crossings
Keywords: Accident, Railroad Crossings, UP, Union Pacific, Grade Crossing
Abstract: On June 16, 2018, at 5:29 p.m., CST, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train (ZG4MQB 16) with 3 engines and 73 cars traveling timetable south (geographical south) collided...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
Location
Tilton, AR
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2018-1276
Investigation Status
Finalized
15
Feb
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1253 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Passenger Rail
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)...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Location
Attica, NY
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2018-1253
Investigation Status
Finalized
31
Jan
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1249 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Amtrak,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: grade crossing incident; Amtrak; Crozet, VA; fatalities
Abstract: At approximately 11:16 a.m., EST, a westbound National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train traveling on single main track in TCS territory collided with a...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
Amtrak
Location
Crozet, VA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2018-1249
Investigation Status
Finalized
18
Dec
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1239 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Amtrak,
Human Factors,
Occupant Protection,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: derailment; Amtrak; DuPont, WA; Cascades passenger train service; fatalities; human factors
Abstract: At 7:33 a.m., PST, southbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Passenger Train Number 501 (Train 501) derailed in an 8-degree, 22-minute, left-hand curve at...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
Amtrak 501
Location
DuPont, WA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2017-1239
Investigation Status
Finalized
18
Nov
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1234 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Freight Operations,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Accident Investigations, NS, Freight Operations, Passenger Rail, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Abstract: On Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 8:37 p.m., EST, Norfolk Southern (NS) Train U43U918 (the train) traveling east, derailed 38 cars on the NS St. Charles Branch (Pocahontas...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Other Impact Accident (OTI)
Railroad Name
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Location
Imboden, VA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2017-1234
Investigation Status
Finalized