A northbound Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, (SEPA), passenger train had a rear end collision with another northbound SEPA train on May 14, 2007 at 4:52 p.m. EST. Neither train derailed. The accident occurred in the Center City Commuter Tunnel, (CCCT), in Philadelphia at Vine Interlocking milepost 0.6. There was minor equipment damage and no track or signal damage reported. There were 37 minor injuries, including 4 railroad employees and 33 passengers, reported to the Federal Railroad Administration, (FRA). At the time of the accident in was daylight and clear with a temperature of 68DG F. The accident was caused by failure of the locomotive engineer to comply with restricted speed rules. Failure of the crew to comply with an Automatic Block Signal or Interlocking Signal displaying other than a stop indication. A contributing cause was failure of the crew to comply with restricted speed in connection with the restrictive indication of a bolck or interlocking signal.


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    Titel :

    Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2007-28, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 14, 2007


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch