About 5:08 a.m., e.s.t., on January 31, 1979, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) freight train CNEN-O collided with the rear end of standing Conrail train SYEN-O at Muncy, Pennsylvania. The lead locomotive unit of train CNEN-O was destroyed and the second unit was heavily damaged; 14 cars were damaged. Four cars of train SYEN-O were destroyed, and one was heavily damaged. Two crewmembers were killed and three were injured. Total property damage was estimated to be $1,304,200. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the engineer and the front brakeman of train CNDN-O to operate the train at a speed required by signal indication that would have allowed the engineer to stop the train short of standing train SYEN-O. Contributing to the collision was the failure of the operating rules to require the conductor to be located in a position to properly supervise the safe operation of the train.
Railroad Accident Report - Rear-End Collision of Two Consolidated Rail Corporation Freight Trains, Muncy, Pennsylvania, January 31, 1979
1979
24 pages
Report
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English