Arkansas Train Derailments 2026

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.

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.

LWH30-27 WAS OPERATING NORTHBOUND ON THE NASHVILLE SUBDIVISION WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL ONTHE WEST RAIL AT MP 488.08 DERAILING 11 CARS. NO INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES OR PUBLIC.

TRAIN WAS SHOVING AND DERAILED 13 CARS. THERE WAS FOUND TO BE ROLLED RAIL UNDER THE CARS AND 5 CARSTHAT ENDED UP ON THEIR SIDE. THE CONDUCTOR WAS STANDING AT THE CROSSING, FLAGGING FOR THE PART OF THE MOVE THEY WERE SHOVING OVER, DURING THIS EVENT. ENGINEER STOPPED SHOVING WHEN HE NOTICED THE SHOVEWAS HARDER THAN TH...

LWG64-17 WAS SHOVING INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THEY DERAILED 4 CARS ON INDUSTRY TRACK DUE TO IMPROPER COMPBARS WITH BOLTS MISSING, CAUSING A MISALIGNED JOINT. DERAILMENT OCCURRED ON INDUSTRY TRACK, CARS WERE PULLED BACK ONTO UP MAIN TRACK TWO. THAT IS WHEN THE LOCAL STOPPED AS THEY WERE SHOVING BACK AGAIN AND TRAIN WENT I...

THE YPB55R-17 WESTBOUND WAS OPERATING THROUGH NO. 19 CROSSOVER WHEN A LOOSE GUARD RAIL SHIFTED OUT OF POSITION, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF THREE CARS. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE LOOSE GUARD RAILTO BE THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT.

WHILE SHOVING NORTH OUT OF GRANITE INDUSTRY ONTO THE UPRR MAIN LINE, THE RNLMO-12 HAD CAR NUMBER GMQX40 FALL INTO THE INSIDE OF THE RAIL (DERAILING) DUE TO WIDE GAUGE AND POOR TIE CONDITIONS. **INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK**

TRAIN MNLLI-07 ACTIVATED DRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR AT MP 320.8. THE CREW STOPPED TO INSPECT, ANDTHE CONDUCTOR LOCATED A DERAILED CAR 5 FROM THE REAR. TRUCK WAS DRAGGING, ONE SET OF WHEELS DERAILED, AND THE JOURNAL HAD BURNED OUT OF THE CAR. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE RAIL EQUIPMENT WAS MOVING ABOVE THE MAXIMU...

UP TRAIN RMVJKQ-09 WORKING SOUTH OFF OF THE AKMD HOT SPRINGS MAIN WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED WIDE GAUGE ON AKMD MAINTAINED TRACK, CAUSING DERAILMENT OF 8 CARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES. UP DID INCUR TRACK DAMAGESOF $183,770 AS WELL. NO INJURIES ALL EQUIPMENT REMAINED UPRIGHT WITH NO SPILLAGE.

JAX01 WAS SWITCHING CARS BETWEEN INDUSTRY TRACK AND AKMD TRACK. 24 CARS WERE PULLED OUT OF TRACK TOGET A LIST. WHEN SHOVING THE CARS BACK INTO THE TRACK, THE BOTTOM CAR WAS SHOVED OVER A DERAIL. THE CONDUCTOR DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS DERAILED. AFTER MORE SWITCHING, HE PULLED THE CUT OF CARS APPROX. 3CAR LENGTHS AND THE BO...

IT WAS A SIMPLE BROKEN RAIL.

A UP CREW WAS PULLING 125 CAR ROCK TRAIN FROM AKMD MAIN LINE BACK TO UP WHEN LINES 18-38 DERAILED.UP EQUIPMENT=$50,000

MNLNP-25 WAS DEPARTING NORTH FROM VAN BUREN SIDING WHEN THEY DERAILED EIGHT CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. AS A RESULT, THE DERAILED CARS COLLIDED WITH TRAIN LVR03-25 ON ADJACENT TRACK. THE ENGINEER ON THE LVR03 JOB WAS THE ONLY CREW MEMBER ON THE TRAIN,THE OTHER TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE ON THE GROUND IN THE YARD COMPLETIN...

IMNSI-19 WAS DEPARTING PINE BLUFF ON NUMBER 49 LEAD WHEN SIX CARS DERAILED. THE DERAILMENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO TRAIN HANDLING, SPECIFICALLY EXCESSIVE BUFF AND DRAFT FORCES GENERATED DURING AUTOMATIC ANDINDEPENDENT BRAKE APPLICATIONS MADE TO STOP THE TRAIN.

BNSF DERAILED WHILE WORKING IN THE BNSF BAKERSFIELD YARD IN TRACK BNSF-409. THIS DAMAGED FIVE (5) CARS IN THE ADJACENT TRACK (SJVR-450) WHICH ARE IN THE SJVR YARD.

MNLEG-20 WAS TRAVERSING WEST ON THE PINE BLUFF SUB IN STEPHENS, ARKANSAS WHEN THEY WENT INTO UDE. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND A BROKEN KNUCKLE ON TBOX665666. ONCE THE KNUCKLE WAS REPAIREDTHE AIR DID NOT RETURN TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN.THE CONDUCTOR AND TCI WALKED THE REST OF THE TRAINAND FOUND THAT THER...

WHILE HUMPING, THE YNL33R-14 DERAILED 5 CARS IN TRACK 201 THAT MADE IMPACT TO THE SIDE OF GRAIN TRAIN GSAMBX-12 WHICH WAS IN THE RUNNER AND DERAILED TWO CARS ON THE TRAIN. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HARDENED SODIUM BICARBONATE COMMODITY LEFT BEHIND INSIDE EMPTIED CAR BY CUSTOMER, RESULTED IN THE CAR...

E-PAMBTM0-23A DERAILED 7 RAILCARS ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO A HANDBRAKE LEFT APPLIED TO RAILCAR FROM THE INDUSTRY FACILITY RAILCON THAT BUILDS THE TRAIN AND DOES THE INSPECTION. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MNLNP-19 WAS TRAVELING ON THE VAN BUREN SUB WHEN THEY DERAILED 13 OF THE REAR 14 CARS DUE TO TRACK BUCKLING.

WHILE OPERATING EAST WITH THREE LOCOMOTIVES AND 77 CARS, THE REAR CAR DERAILED.

THE YNR60R-07 PULLED OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK WITH 12 CARS, 514 FEET IN T3 TRAVELING 8 MPH, WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE FOREMAN WALKED BACK AND OBSERVED 6 CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN GUARDRAIL. **INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK**

DUE TO TORNADO IMPACTING THE S-LBTMEM1-29A DERAILED 5 RAILCARS AND BLEW CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE V-BIRSBD1-02A WHILE STOPPED ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 9 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE LKA25-12 RAN THROUGH SWITCH AND SHOVED BACK THROUGH IT AND DERAILED 2 TANK CARS.

WHILE HUMPING, YPB35R-04 RELEASED TWO LOADED TANK CARS INTO BOWL 8. WHILE STILL IN MOTION, A SINGLETANK CAR WAS ALSO RELEASED. THE TWO TANK CARS CAME TO A STOP, FOLLOWED BY THE SINGLE TANK CAR, WHICHSTOPPED BEFORE COUPLING. THE YPB35R THEN SHOVED TO COUPLE INTO THE SINGLE TANK CAR. UPON COUPLING,THE SINGLE TANK CAR...

THE AS201X WAS TRAVELING EAST AT MP 782.25 WITH 47 CARS (36X11) WHEN LINES 14-18 DERAILED. CARS HAVEBEEN RERAILED.

THE AS201X WAS PULLING 117 EMPTY HOPPERS WHEN LINES 1-6 DERAILED. CARS HAVE BEEN RERAILED.

THE BATESVILLE NORTH LOCAL WAS PULLING 20 LOADS FROM THE MYERSVILLE QUARRY AT LOVE HOLLOW IN ARKANSAS WHEN EIGHT LOADED LIMESTONE CARS DERAILED AFTER A 53 INCH SECTION OF RAIL BROKE WITHIN THE CUSTOMER FACILITY. SEVEN CARS ARE ON THEIR SIDE WITH ONE UPRIGHT. THE RAILCARS AND TRACK ARE OWNED BY THE CUSTOMER MAKING TH...

THE Y104 TRANSFER JOB WAS PULLING 31 LOADED CARS OUT OF TRACK 11. AFTER THEY MOVED ABOUT 20 CARS, WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR LOOKED BACK AND DISCOVERED RAIL BROKE UNDER THE 21TH CAR AND THEY BROKE AWAY FROM THE DERAILED CAR. 3 CARS ON TRACK 11 DERAILED. AS THEY LEANED OVER, THEY STRUCK 2 OTHER EMPTY CARS ON...

MNA CREW TASKED WITH RETRIEVING AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN FROM THE INDEPENDENCE POWER PLANT EXPERIENCED ADERAILMENT OF ONE SET OF TRUCKS OVER THE DERAIL ON THE DP ENGINE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINEER PROCEEDED TO SHOVE SOUTH WITHOUT ADEQUATE POINT PROTECTION. CUSTOMER TRACK=$456

WHILE IN MANUAL MODE DURING AUTOMATED HUMPING OPERATIONS (MANUAL ROUTE), YARDMASTER FAILED TO PROPERLY LOCK OUT #40 SWITCH WITH THE NECESSARY TRIM MODE REQUIRED, RESULTING IN 2 (PTTX140569/PTTX 136313) CAR DERAILMENT ON HUMP.