About 8:17 a.m., on June 30, 1976, 2 locomotive units and 11 cars of Amtrak Train No. 59 derailed on the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company's track near Goodman, Mississippi. Thirty-four of the 145 passengers on the train were injured, 11 crewmembers were injured, 6 trackmen were injured, and 1 trackman was killed. Property damage amounted to about $453,100. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the tipping of the east rail and widening of track gage when the track structure was unable to withstand the lateral forces generated by excessive oscillations of the locomotive trucks due to irregularities in the track alignment and cross level, the wet ballast and subgrade, and the train's excessive speed. The excessive oscillations occurred even though track alignment, track surface, and cross-tie spiking complied with the minimum requirements for FRA Class 4 track, indicating that these FRA requirements are inadequate.


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    Titel :

    Railroad Accident Report. Derailment of Amtrak Train on Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Goodman, Mississippi, June 30, 1976


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977


    Format / Umfang :

    22 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch