Alabama Train Derailments 2026

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

DURING SHOVE MOVEMENT OF AUTORACK CARS, TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

Y10215 COUPLED TO TRACK F02 ON THE SOUTH END TO PULL 10,663 TONS WITH ENGINES CSXT 5249, 987, AND 589. HAD TO USE ALL 3 ENGINES TO PULL THIS CUT OUT OF THIS TRACK. PULLED A TOTAL OF 35 CARS ON TRACK P18 BEFORE DERAILMENT STARTED AT THE DOUBLE SWITCHES.

B48805 PULLING INTO INTERCHANGE HAD 7 CARS DERAIL. INVESTIGATION FOUND A BLUNT STRIKE TO THE SWITCHPOINT. THEN MARKS BEHIND THE SWITCH TO SHOW THE WHEEL RIDING AGAINST THE INSIDE RAIL.

THE DOTHAN YARD CREW WAS INTERCHANGING CARS TO THE CSX INTERCHANGE TRACKS. AFTER SHOVING TO FILL THEYARD TRACK, THE CONDUCTOR WENT TO THE CROSSING TO CUT. WHEN CUTTING THE CROSSING THE CARS ROLLED 63' BEFORE THE CONDUCTOR SAW SPARKS AND THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INVESTIGATION THE NORTH TRUCK ON THE SOUTH C...

A64A128 CREW COUPLED TO CARS AND THE DERAIL WAS ON UNDERNEATH THE CARS. DERAILED FOUR CARS AITX210808, TEIX25017, TEIX25016 AND TEIX25109 WHILE PULLING OUT.

NS TRAIN 54ZA620 WITH LEAD LOCOMOTIVE NS1163, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN, TO BIRMINGHAM, AL, WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A DERAILMENT. DUE TO SWITCH POINT AND STOCK RAIL GAP.

M52116 DEPARTING FROM THE EAST YARD THROUGH THE RECEIVING YARD, PULLED THROUGH CROSSOVER AND DERAILING LINES 111-115 IN TRAIN.

JOB 16 WAS SHOVING OUT OF TRACK N-9, RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT AT THE SWITCH ON THE EAST LADDER. THECARS HAD A PASS COUPLING AND BECAME HUNG UP. THE CREW STRETCH THE CARS CONFIRMING THEY WERE TOGETHER , BUT THE COUPLERS REMAINED STUCK AND THE CARS SEPARATED DURING THE SHOVE MOVE, TRAVELING THROUGHTHE CROSSOVER TO TH...

THE EARY CREW WAS HEADED NORTHBOUND WITH WHEN THE EARY 3577 DERAILED THE REAR SET OF TRUCKS IN THE CONSIST. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FIRST SET OF WHEELS ON THE LAST TRUCKS CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT AND GOT BEHIND THE SWITCH CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DERAIL. THE DIESEL TANK WAS PUNCTUREDFROM STRIKING THE...

L69713 PULLING CARS OUT OF KEEGO STORAGE TRACK BEFORE RAIL BROKE APPROX. 80 SOUTH OF ROAD CROSSING.LARGE SECTION OF BALL BROKE OFF CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.

A40 DERAILED TWO ENGINES AND FOUR CARS ON THE SOUTH END OF MCCALLA YARD WHILE SWITCHING THE AUTO LOT.

A78A227 OPERATING EASTWARD EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. TRAIN INSPECTION DISCOVERED 23 CARS DERAILED.

101AB22 WHILE DEPARTING AT 1836 FROM SHEFFIELD YARD WESTBOUND FROM FT06 AT 401A DERAILED 4 CARS. NOINJURIES INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT.

TRAIN WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT 9.3MPH WHEN TRAIN DERAILED LINES 91-105 DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 THE ABSR 131 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE BROOKWOOD SUBDIVISION WITH A TRAIN CONSIST OF 2 LOCOMOTIVES (CSXT 4581, WAMX 6020) AND 54 CARS (31 LOADS AND 23 EMPTIES) . THE ENGINEER WENT THROUGH THE ROAD CROSSING AT JOE AVERY ROAD WHERE HIS LEAD LOCOMOTIVE (CSXT 458...

THE Y29426 PULLED 32 CARS OUT OF TRACK N09 TO SWITCH AND DERAILED THE 26TH, 27TH, AND 30TH CAR IN THE CUT FROM EXCESSIVE ROCK BUILDUP ON THE RAIL DUE TO PMRX4632 DROPPING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ROCK OUTTHE BOTTOM OF THE CAR.

JOB 17 PULLING INTERCHANGE T7 NORTH AND WHILE PULLING TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. ENGINEER WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO MOVE, AFTER WALKING TRAIN IT WAS DISCOVERED SIX CARS HAD DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

THE WHITE OAK JOB WAS SHOVING 19 CARS ON THE EUFAULA INDUSTRIAL LEAD WHEN LINES 11-15 DERAILED. 12-31-25 NEW ADDED DUE TO AN INCREASE IN EQUIPMENT COSTS.

TRAIN CREW #1 UNLOADED A UNIT TRAIN FOR USG FROM 2100 ON 8/6/25 UNTIL 0700 ON 8/7/25. DURING THAT PROCESS THE ENGINEER RAN THROUGH A SWITCH WITHOUT HIM REALIZING THAT HE HAD DONE SO. THAT SWITCH WAS IMPROPERLY LINED FOR THE MOVE. TRAIN CREW #2 WAS CALLED TO PULL THE EMPTY UNIT TRAIN FROM USG. TRAINCREW #2 TOOK THE L...

ABSR 111 DERAILMENT - NO INJURIES, NO HAZMAT, NO SPILLS, RAILCARS ARE UPRIGHT - ON 08/04/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 HOURS CST, THE ABSR 111 CREW EXPERIENCED A DERAILMENT IN THE TUSCALOOSA YARD. THE 111CREW OPERATING A FOUR-LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST (WAMX 6021, WAMX 6019, WAMX 3903, WAMX 3851) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING 3...

TRAIN CREW COUPLES TO 30 CARS, BUILT UP AIR PRESSURE, SET AND RELEASE ON REAR, THEN THE CONDUCTOR GOT IN COMPANY TRUCK AND DROVE TO THE CROSSING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ALDRIDGE CREEK BRIDGE TO PROTECT THE SHOVE MOVEMENT. ONCE THE CONDUCTOR WAS IN PLACE, HE INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO SHOVE CARS, CLEARFOR 30. AFTER THE...

Y29606 CONDUCTOR PULLED OUT A CUT OF 31 CARS 1980 FEET FROM S02 TO SWITCH. HE WAS SHOVING A CAR IN S08 TO TIE DOWN IN A CLEAR TRACK AND CAME OUT WITH 1715 FEET. HE GAVE THE BRIDGE TENDER PERMISSION TOOPEN ONCE HE CLEARED UP. STARTED PULLING NORTH WITHOUT HEAD END PROTECTION AND DERAILED AN ENGINE CSXT4372 AND A SET...

WHILE PULLING OUT OF F02 AT 6 MPH WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 159 CAR THE ENGINEER USED ONLY THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE TO STOP THE TRAIN AT 6 MPH AND DERAILED.

M21016 EMPLOYEE FAILED TO CONTROL/STOP THE TRAIN MOVEMENT DURING A SHOVING MOVEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAST SPECIFIED DISTANCE PROVIDED THRU RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.

Y29914, WHILE PULLING INTO TRACK R07 WITH CARS FROM THE SHOP, THE POWER SWITCH FAILED UNDER THE CARS, CAUSING DERAILMENT.

Y19429 KICKED A SINGLE EMPTY INTO N15 FROM N06. LATER IN THE DAY WHILE SWITCHING AN ADDITIONAL 3 CARS INTO N15, THE 3 CARS COUPLED TO TRACK N15 AND LCEX145 THE SINGLE EMPTY COVERED HOPPER DERAILED. AFTER RADARING SPEEDS OF CARS BEING KICKED AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE HAS BEEN ADDED TO ALLOW NO MORE THAN2 LOADS TO BE KICK...

EARY CREW WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND WITH 41 CARS WHEN LINES 18-22 DERAILED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTEDWITH THIS INCIDENT.

CREW WAS PULLING THROUGH THE TASD MAIN AT SCOTT PAPER WHEN THE 25TH CAR CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT DUETO BAD SWITCH POINT PROTECTOR PUTTING THE R2 AND L2 WHEEL ON THE GROUND AT THE SCOTT PAPER SWITCH ON THE TASD MAINLINE. TSAD REPORTS TRACK AT $6,039

WHILE WORKING THRU BOYLES YARD, ENGINEER FAILED TO ALLOW THE TRAIN TO COME A CONTROLLED STOP VIA TRAIN BRAKE SYSTEM. ENGINEER THREW THE LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE ON THAT RESULTED IN THE SLACK RUNNING IN AND BUFFING (3) CARS OFF AND DERAILING.

M64501 COUPLED TO 47 CARS IN TRACK E01 AND PULLED SOUTH WHEN A BREAK IN THE EAST RAIL CAUSED 4 CARSTO DERAIL.

L46123 WAS PULLING THRU 2 TRACK BRIDGEPORT YARD AT 9 MPH WHEN THE TRAIN HAD AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY.AFTER INSPECTING THE TRAIN, 6 CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED, WITH 3 ON THEIR SIDES. AFTER INVESTIGATINGTHE DERAILMENT, IT WAS DETERMINED A BROKEN RAIL WAS THE CAUSE.

WHILE WORKING PLASMINE L67228 FAILED TO PROTECT THEIR SHOVE RESULTING IN DERAILING 1 CAR.

111-20 HEADING SOUTH HIT A BROKEN RAIL CAUSING 18 CARS TO DERAIL.

Y-BIR3041-18 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING TRAIN IN YARD TRACK. FOREMAN INADVERTENTLY LINED THE SWITCH AGAINST HIS MOVEMENT. AFTER SHOVING THROUGH THE IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH, HELPER MADE A CUT ON 19CARS TO DOUBLE TO 3902 AS THEY PROCEEDED WEST THEY DERAILED 4 RAILCARS AT THE CROSSOVER SWITCH DUETO SWITCH IMPROPERL...

NS TRAIN A58A711 SHOVING INTO LIV-LITE EAST TRACK DERAILED 6 CARS.

M52110 WAS PULLING THROUGH ON THE NORTH END OF THE INBOUND EAST YARD CROSSOVER, DERAILING LINES 01,02, AND 05 DUE TO IMPROPER TRAIN BUILD.

AB23 WAS SHOVING 4 WEST WITH 94 CARS 28 LOADS, 5559 TONS, 5233 FT, RESULTING IN THE MSRC 2330 AND THE SHQX 4157 DERAILING.

M21103 OUTBOUND PULLED SOUTH TO DEPART OFF OF THE EAST YARD LEAD. STRING LINED 12 CAR DERAILMENT DUETO EXCESSIVE TRACTION EFFORT.