On March 17, 2006, at 2:35 p.m. Eastern standard Time (EST), CSX Train No. F224-17, operatig as a light locomotive in a southward direction on the CSX Spartanburg Subdivision, struck a CSX maintenance-of-way (M/W) hi-rail vehicle and pushed it into a second M/W vehicle at milepost (MP) AK554.9. The accident occured in Laurens, South Carolina (SC) on a single main track on the approach of a deck plate girder bridge. The accident included one locomotive and two M/W vehicles. None of the equipment derailed. One M/W vehicle was completely destroyed, and the second sustained moderate damage. The locomotive sustained minor damage. There were no injuries and no evacuation ordered. Equipment damages totaled $100,500. The weather at the time of the accident was daylight, clear and 62DGF. The cause of this accident is the failure of the engineer and conductor of Train F224-17 to stop at the Irby Block Sign. In addition, the train crew failed to stop at the Form W conditional stop sign placed at MP AK555.07 by the CSX M/W foreman.


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    Title :

    Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2006-12: Amtrak (ATK)/CSX Transportation (CSX), Boca Raton, Florida, February 22, 2006


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English