Train Derailments in 2026: Map and List (USA)

Y-MEM1122-31A RCO DERAILED 3 RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK WHEN PULLING RAILCARS OUT OF BOWL DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE SHOVING INTO SUNBELT INDUSTRY, TRAIN 905 DERAILED TILX 113923 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

GLC'S CREW HAD TWO ENGINES AND TWENTY LOADED CARS, AND THE BOTTOM 6 LOADS HAD DERAILED. GLC REPORTEDCOST OF EQUIPMENT: $27,999.

DE21 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING A9 WHEN AXLES 3 AND 4 OF CAR AOKX 491478 DERAILED. CAR COUNT VERIFIED.

Y20329 WHEN PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 11 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF MISALIGNED DEPARTURE LEAD DIVIDE SWITCH CAUSING 3 CAR DERAILMENT.

YJPI1-29 WAS SHOVING INTO 4 PITT WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED ON A WORN SWITCH POINT.

WHILE PERFORMING A CONTINUOUS SHOVING MOVEMENT, YNP39R-28 DERAILED A WHEEL AND SPREAD THE RAIL CAUSING 16 CARS TO DERAIL UPRIGHT.

YND212-29 WHILE MAKING A LIGHT POWER MOVE WESTBOUND WITH SET OF 3 LOCOMOTIVE (CSXT5347, UP2601, UP4063) THE MIDDLE LOCOMOTIVE UP2601, DERAILED 2 WHEELS APPROACHING THE FROG ON THE FORWARDER/BOTTOM OFHILL SWITCH.

Z-ALTEAP8-27A WAS STOPPED ON UPRR SIDING TRACK FOR HIGH WIND WARNING. WHEN BNSF TRAIN WAS PULLING OUT OF SIDING IT DERAILED 17 RAILCARS DUE TO METAL WALKWAY THAT BLEW UNDERNEATH TRAIN CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED. BNSF MECHANICAL - $55,000UP STRUCTURES - $80,000UP SIGNAL - $40,000UP TRACK - $45,000

MM-12 DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE 1005 AT SWITCH 2181 ON THE EAST LAYOVER LADDER ENROUTE WEST OUT OF S&I 1 WITH LOCOMOTIVE 1005 OPERATING LONG HOOD WEST AND PULLING 9 CARS. CONDUCTOR WAS POSITIONED INSIDE THES&I BUILDING AND THE AC WAS ON THE EAST END OF THE MOVE, LINED FOR THE LADDER. MM-12 OPERATED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINE...

QADE-28 WAS STARTING TO SHOVE TOWARDS MOREA ROAD WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN SWITCH ROD IN THE SWITCH.

UNIT TRAIN 107X0 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE CADILLAC SUBDIVISION WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 107 LOADS. THE LEADING TRUCK OF THE 11TH CAR (NS 298434) IN THE TRAIN PICKED/CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT OF THE OWOSSO JCT. SWITCH AT MP107.67. BOTH AXLES ON THE TRUCK SET DERAILED TO THE EAST AND CONTINUED TOTRAVEL 0.93 MILES...

APPROXIMATELY 1406 THE 0630RBRCL11 ASSIGNMENT OPERATING GRW LOCOMOTIVES 313/300 DERAILED 9 CARS (POSITIONS 2 THRU 10) WHILE SHOVING WEST OUT OF D-YARD WITH 123 EMPTIES. THE CREW PULLED THROUGH THE LEADS AND INTO D-YARD FOR HEAD ROOM TO CLEAR THE TIN MILL LEAD SWITCH. THEY INTENDED TO SHOVE THE EMPTIES INTO I-YARD. A...

YNP23R-27, DURING HUMP OPERATIONS, OVERSPEEDS OCCURRED IN THE NORTH MASTER. SHQX3006 WAS THE LEADINGCAR, FOLLOWED BY SHQX1167, SHQX3119, AND SHQX3025. THE EXCESSIVE SPEED PREVENTED THE RETARDERS FROMEFFECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, CONTAMINATION FROM ANOTHER CUT OF CARS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INABILITY...

R-RDV8261-26G WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK 0108 AND DERAILED 1 EMPTY RAILCAR GATX 68592 AT SWITCH. NO INJURIES, NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

AB40 HUMPING FULL AUTOMATIC INTO CT18, WHEN SRIX 47070 AND WFRX 826628 DERAILED IN C- GROUP, DURINGNORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS.

LHF35R-26 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE OYSTER CREEK LEAD WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THE FOREMAN FOUND THE REAR 9 CARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT (SUN KINK).

TRAIN CREW MEMBERS DEPARTED MP ACH 341 WITH 46 CARS. 1 LOAD AND 45 EMPTIES, IN THAT ORDER. THE 38THCARS FRONT TWO WHEELS DERAILED AT APPROXIMATELY THE ACH 340.2. THE CAR ROAD THE TIES DOWN THE TRACKUNTIL APPROXIMATELY MP ACH 338.5. THE TRAIN TRAVERSED A SWITCH IN A RIGHT HAND CURVE CAUSING THE DERAILED WHEELS TO NOT...

ZG4CI-24 DERAILED ONE ENGINE (TRAILING DPU) AND THE 29 CARS BEHIND DPU CONSIST. THIS OCCURRED WHILETRAVELING 49MPH COMING INTO SANTA ROSA NM, MP 694.89.

TRAIN MHPNL-25 WAS COUPLING INTO SOUTH END OF TRACK 14 AND CUT IN AIR, RELEASING THE BRAKES ALLOWINGSLACK TO ROLL OUT THROUGH SPLIT POINT DERAIL BEFORE DRAGGING AHEAD AND DERAILING TWO CARS DUE TO FAILURE TO APPLY DERAIL.

ON 8.24.2026 AT 1053 AKDT, TRAIN 225W SB DERAILED THE FRONT 2 AXLES OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE ARR 3015DUE TO MUD/ROCK DEBRIS COVERING THE TRACKS NEAR MP 80 ON THE KENAI SUB-DIVISION. THE ESTIMATED SPEED AT THE TIME THE PASSENGER TRAIN IMPACTED THE DEBRIS FAN WAS 38 MPH. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

NTW821124 LIGHT POWER RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKINGSIGNAL. NO HAZMAT.

G-CCDHER9-21A WAS PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 14 RAILCARS IN CURVE DUE TO WIDE GAGE. NOHAZMAT RELEASED.

YSPO212123 PULLING ON OTHER THAT MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO VANDALISM OF TRACK ORTRACK APPLIANCES, E.G., OBJECTS PLACED ON TRACK, SWITCH THROWN, ETC. SUPPORTING CASE NUMBER 2653004775

YEG01-23 CONDUCTOR LINED WEST CROSSOVER SWITCH AND YARD TRK 1 SWITCH, THEN SHOVED CARS FROM TRK 100THROUGH THE YARD CROSSOVERS AND INTO TRK 1 RUNNING THROUGH THE EAST CROSSOVER SWITCH THAT HE FAILEDTO LINE. CONDUCTOR THEN CHANGED DIRECTION, PULLINGBACK OUT TOWARDS TRK 100, BUT THE CARS THAT WERE PAST THE CROSSOVERS...

YLT67X-23 PULLED WEST ON THE WEST LEAD IN LONGVIEW YARD. THE JOB RAN THROUGH THE WEST SWITCH OF TRACK 4 AND NOT REALIZING THE SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH, STARTED A MOVEMENT EASTWARD, CAUSING THE CARSTO PICK THE TRACK 4 SWITCH AND START GOING DOWN THE LEAD. THIS RESULTED IN 5 CARS DERAILING, UPRIGHT. NO RELEASES, NO...

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MIDLOTHIAN SUB, THE CREW OF THE CWEAO-19 NOTICED THE SPEED DROPPING THEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE DISPATCHER OF THE EMERGENCY.UPON INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED, UPRIGHT. TRACK WAS FOUND WITH INSUFFICIENT SURFACING AND ISSUES WITH...

Y-SIO3211-20 SHOVING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED PROPERLY.NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS WESTWARD THROUGH THE WEST END OF SB 5/6 SWITCH WHEN THEYDERAILED TBOX 664915 AND NOKL 736135. THE CARS FAILED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SWITCH DUE TO BYPASSCOUPLERS (COUPLERS FAILED TO SLEW). TBOX 664915 ENDED UP COMING TO REST AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE.

CREW WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WHEN THE TRAIN EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. WHEN CREW INSPECTEDTHE TRAIN, THEY FOUND LINES 15-20 AND 37-42 HAD DERAILED.

Train #433 derailed the west end truck of car 1490, second in consist, while enroute east through switch 8063 during reverse move eastward from the freight house track. Car 1490 subsequently side swiped car 1425.

Yard Crew WSH18A derailed loco E/792 while traveling southbound on the VRE 1 track due to wide gauge.

R-RDV0101-20I WAS PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK AND PIECE OF METAL WAS FOULING SWITCH POINT CAUSINGPOINT TO OPEN AND DERAILING 2 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, YNL11R-20 WAS SHOVING CARS NORTHWARD OUT OF TRACK 201 TO BE HUMPEDWHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ETTX710294 WAS DERAILED ON THE HUMP LEAD.

TRAIN MNLEW-19 WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND DERAILED 9 CARS ON THE REISOR SUB. AFTER GOING INTO EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR WALKING TRAIN FOUND CARS ON GROUND DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT (SUN KINK).

MHNPX-18 WAS TRAVERSING A -1.0% GRADE THROUGH A 12-DEGREE-30-MINUTE CURVE BETWEEN THE CARRIZOZO ANDLORDSBURG SUB ON MAIN ONE WHEN LINES 156-170 DERAILED IN A GENERAL PILE. THE TRAIN WAS IN DPU CONFIGURATION WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END AND A TWO-UNIT, MID-CONTROLLING CONSIST POSITIONED 74 CARS FROM THE REAR OF...

THE MPSEW-19 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND THROUGH MANSFIELD WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO UDE AND THEY DISCOVERED 11 CARS DERAILED. UPON INVESTIGATION, SEVERAL DEFECTIVE TIES WERE LOCATED AT THE POD.

JOB 213 WAS HEADED EAST AT M.P. 26.5 TOWARDS DERIDDER WHEN ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN JERK AND THEN THETRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE END OF TRAIN WHEN HE FOUND THE8TH THROUGH THE 14TH CAR DERAILED. HE CONTACTED TIBR MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND T...

BNSF TRAIN 2QLOEBJ-17 TRAVERSING HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE INTO AVONDALE HAD A LIGHT TO BN MAIN CROSSING THE UP EAST BRIDGE INTERLOCKER. CREW WAS IN DYNAMICS ONE AND WENT STRAIGHT TO DYNAMIC 7, CAUSING ONECAR TO DERAIL A SET OF TRICKS IN THE INTERLOCKER.**BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE =$5,084**

TKEX-17 WAS OPERATING PUSH PULL TIMETABLE NORTH WITH 10XO THROUGH THE REVERSED "CARNEY' SWITCH AT MEHOOPANY WHEN THE 7TH & 8TH CAR DERAILED DUE TO A WORN SWITCH POINT.

YOG12R-17 CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO A CLEAR RAIL COMING THROUGH A CROSSOVER, THEY HAD LOADS ON EITHER SIDE OF 2 EMPTIES 6 FROM THE HEAD END AND HAD A HOLD OF APPROXIMATELY 6K TONS OF CARS INTOTAL. IT APPEARS AS WHEN THEY STARTED THE SHOVETHE EMPTIES WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSOVER ANDCLIMBED THE GUARD...

E-CLSATM1-55A WAS SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK AND CONDUCTOR FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT DERAIL WAS APPLIEDCAUSING 10 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE Y29016 DERAILED DUE TO FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE HANDBRAKES ON CAR.

EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCE ON THE CNA123694 AT MP687.77 (-644.16 KIPS) RESULTED IN WHEEL LIFT AND SUBSEQUENT DERAILMENT OF THE LEAD TRUCK. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DERAILMENT, THE MNPSA-14 WAS TRANSITIONING A GRADE INFLECTION POINT OF -1.12 TO +1.18. A +4MPH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL OCCURRED AT THE POD CAUSED BY ACOMBINATION OF CUS...

Y-SJO1012-15A REPORTED DERAILING 7 RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK 6242 AND DRAGGING OUT ONTO THE OLD BROOKFIELD MAIN TRACK DUE TO COUPLING SPEED EXCESSIVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED?

WHILE THE VAN JOB Y398 WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF 2 STRIP FROM THE WEST END, 2 CARS DERAILED AT THE 7BSWITCH CAUSING THE TRUCKS UNDER 2 CARS TO LEAVE THE RAIL AND STRIKE 2 CONTROL PANELS.

WHILE WORKING Y12014 AND PERFORMING SHOVE FROM MAIN 1 TO WORCESTER YARD, 4 CARS DERAILED AS A RESULTOF TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS.

YNTW300212 RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO THROTTLE (POWER), IMPROPER USE (H014).MAX TO IDLE. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN YARD TRACK B09 LOCOMOTIVE CSXT 3230 ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE RESULTING IN INJURIESTOO TWO EMPLOYEES.

NS TRAIN G11G013 PULLING NORTH DERAILED 15 EMPTY AUTO RACKS.