About 2:35 p.m., September 11, 1969, an Illinois Central freight train struck a pedestrian near the Glendora, Mississippi, station. When the engineer applied the brakes in full emergency in an attempt to avoid striking the pedestrian, the 149-car train buckled at the 108th car. The resulting derailment involved 15 cars, including eight tank cars loaded with vinyl chloride. The cars separated in the derailment and the coupler of one of the cars punctured one of the tank cars, spilling its contents on the ground. The following morning a fire-impinged tank car of vinyl chloride exploded violently, seriously damaging the surrounding area. The Safety Board determined that the derailment was caused by the buckling of the underframe of the 108th car when the engineer made a full emergency brake application. The fire and explosions resulted from the rupture of a tank car of vinyl chloride by the coupler of one of the derailed cars. The absence of interlocking couplers and other means of preventing separation and jackknifing allowed the cars to jam up together. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Illinois Central Railroad Company Train Second 76 Derailment at Glendora, Mississippi, September 11, 1969


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1970


    Format / Umfang :

    30 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch