About 5:16 a.m., e.d.t., on October 1, 1979, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) eastbound freight train ALPG-2 struck the rear of standing Conrail eastbound freight train APJ-2 on the No. 2 main track near Royersford, Pennsylvania. The engineer and conductor of ALPG-2 were killed. The locomotive unit of ALPG-2 was derailed and destroyed. The caboose of APJ-2 and a total of 20 cars were derailed. Damage was estimated to be $562,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the conductor of train ALPG-2, who was operating the train without authority and under the influence of marijuana, to comply with a 'stop and proceed' signal aspect located 3,600 feet from the collision site and to respond to flagging protection provided by the rear brakeman of train APJ-2 and stop the train.
Railroad Accident Report - Rear End Collision of Consolidated Rail Corporation Freight Trains ALPG-2 and APJ-2, Near Royersford, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1979
1980
32 pages
Report
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English
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Railroads , Cargo transportation , Accident investigations , Collisions , Locomotives , Freight cars , Damage assessment , Drugs , Hallucinogenic drugs , Behavior , Pennsylvania , Railroad accidents , Consolidated Railroads , Royersford(Pennsylvania) , Railroad derailments , Human factors , Cannabis