On October 3, 2006, at 11:06 a.m., Central Daylight Time (CDT), a southbound BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) freight Train C-BTMPAM1-19A derailed. The accident occurred in Sherman, Mississippi (MS) on a single main line track at milepost (MP) 575.9 on the Springfield Division, Birmingham Subdivision. The train consisted of five locomotives and 135 loaded coal hoppers. Two locomotives were on the head-end of the train, and three locomotives were on the north or rear end of the train. The 35th car behind the locomotives, JHMX 97448, derailed the lead set of wheels of the front trucks at MP 575.9 while traveling on tangent track. Train C-BTMPAM1-19A continued southward for about one mile, then derailed causing the 34th through the 73rd cars behind the lead locomotives to derail at the main line switch MP 577.0. Forty three of the forty five derailed cars ended in a general pileup and two remained upright. There were no injuries to the train crew and no hazardous materials were released. There were no evacuations and this is not an Amtrak route. The railroad reported track damages of $240,700, signal damage of $40,800, and equipment damages of $2,798,558. Total estimated damages are $3,080,058. The temperature at the time of the derailment was 84F and clear. The probable cause of the accident was the journal fractured due to a new cold break.


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    Title :

    Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2007-78, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Sherman, Mississippi, October 6, 2006


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English