Colorado Train Derailments 2026

CAOWE1-31, LEAD UNIT UP8539, DERAILED WHILE TRAVELING 46 MPH IN THROTTLE 1 WITH NO AIR BRAKES APPLIED. THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE OUTWARD FACING CAMERA SHOWED A TRACK DISTURBANCE AT THE INTERMEDIATE SIGNAL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DERAILMENT LOCATION.

BNSF CREW RAN THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED 303/SIDING SWITCH N SOUTH END OF FT COLLINS YARD. CREW THEN REVERSED MOVEMENT, CAUSING 6 CARS TO DERAIL ON GWR TRACK 303. RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

THE ZLBDV-03, DURING A SHOVING MOVE INTO TRACK 805 DERAILED 11 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN JUSTAFTER CLEARING THE FROG.

ZLBDV-22, WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 804 WHEN 1 AUTORACK AND 3 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED NEAR THE BACK LEAD SWITCH TO THE OUTBOUND TRACK. FIELD INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE TTGX692734 HAD A DEFECTIVE DRAFT GEAR MECHANISM THAT DID NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO PROPERLY TRAVERSE THE TURNOUT, ROLLING THE RAIL.

H-DENAMS1-17A WAS PULLING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - BASE. NO HAZMATRELEASED.

H-DENAMS1-27A WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS AT THE SWITCH DUE TO METAL OBJECT INSIDE SWITCH POINT CAUSING SWITCH TO GAP WHILE TRAVERSING OVER SWITCH. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CREW SHOVING 10 CARS INTO #2 TRACK AT LIMON CO. ON FACING POINT MOVEMENT, THE GAPPED SIDE OF SWITCHFLOATED BECAUSE OF BROKEN TRANSITION CLIP ON SWITCH POINT. THIS CAUSED DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS OF A 10-CAR CUT OF CARS BEING SHOVED INTO TRACK. CARS 5-7 FROM HEAD OF TRAIN DERAILED.

Y-PUE1021-10A SHOVED DOWN YARD TRACK 743 AND FOREMAN, WHO WAS RIDING THE CARS, REALIZED HE WOULD NOTBE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME, Y-PUE1021-10A COLLIDED WITH THE TIED-DOWN H-SLADEN1-08A, DERAILING TWO OFTHE CARS ON THE SHOVING CUT, AND DAMAGING 2 OF THECARS ON THE STANDING TRAIN. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H DENAMS1 02 WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING YARD TRACK 140 TO 141 AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR WHILE SHOVING BACK TO TRACK 141 MADE A JOINT ON LOADED GONDOLA (MP 642815) WITH AN EMPTY THREE WELL BARE TABLE EQUIPMENT (BNSF 253937). JOINT OCCURRED IN THE CURVATURE OF THE TRACK AND THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE BNSF 253937 DE...

CREW WAS PULLING SOUTH ON B-LEAD WHEN SWITCH HANDLE FLOATED UP IN MIDDLE OF TRAIN CAUSING CARS TO LIFT AND DERAIL.

ZLBDV-13, UP6576 USED THE INBOUND FOR HEADROOM TO SET OUT THEIR CARS TO THE RAMP. WHILE SHOVING TO SPOT TRACK 804, A SET OF WHEELS OF TTGX 700112 JUMPED THE FROG AT THE MELODY CROSSOVER DERAILING THECAR. 20 STATIONS MEASURED BY MTM WITH NO GAGE OR LOADED CROSS LEVEL OUT OF COMPLIANCE. TRAIN WAS OPERATED PER TRAIN HA...

AT APPROXIMATELY 1502 MST, WAS OPERATING A LOADED GRAIN TRAIN OF APPROXIMATELY 123 CARS DISTRIBUTEDPOWER GRAIN TRAIN, 1X2. ENG WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL, IN DYNAMIC BREAKING. ALMOST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, TRANSITIONED INTO POWER AND SLOWLY NOTCHED MY TRAIN INTO NOTCH 8. AS STARTING TO ASCEND THEHILL, REACHED A MAX...

WHILE SWITCHING THE YDV34R FAILED TO CUT IN AUTOMATIC BRAKES TO THEIR CUT OF CARS IN ACCORDANCE WITHSUPERINTENDENT BULLETINS, THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE A SOUTHBOUND SWITCHING MOVEMENT. DUE TO THE TONNAGE AND NO AUTOMATIC BRAKES CUT IN CARS THE CREW WASUNABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED OR STOP THE MOVEMENT RESULTING IN THEM P...

H-LINDEN1-02 WAS SHOVING INTO 103 YARD TRACK AND DID NOT IDENTIFY MISALIGNED CROSSOVER SWITCH RESULTING IN IMPACT WITH A STANDING CUT OF RAILCARS FOR H-DENLIN1-05A IN TRACK 102 AND A STANDING CUT OF RAILCARS FOR H-DENPVO1-04A IN 101 TRACK DERAILING ATOTAL OF 7 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

RP 11 ANCHOR APPLIER MACHINE STUCK THE REAR END OF THE HEATER/MOBILE LAVATORY ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK CAUSING THE HEATER MACHINE TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CW 1207 WAS PULLING 19 LOADS THROUGH 432 WITH CW 1204 PUSHING. RAIL ROLLED BEFORE CROSSING, CAUSINGPOINT 4 CARS TO DERAIL. UPON VIDEO REVIEW THERE ARE SIGNS OF DUST KICK UP UNDERNEATH CW828 AND 811 POINTING TOWARDS BOTH THOSE CARS DERAILING AS WELL AND RE-RAILING THEMSELVES. CARMEN INSPECTED 828 SHOWS NO SIGN OF DER...

CREW WAS PULLING SEVEN LOADS OUT OF 487 WHEN RAIL SPREAD CAUSING CARS TO DERAIL.

E-VANSCM0-15A WAS TRAVERSING UP SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAIED 54 RAILCARS DUE TO ROCKSLIDE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H DDCDEN1 23 ARRIVING TRAIN INTO DENVER YARD ON TRACK 143, ENGINEER WAS BRINGING TRAIN TO A STOP TODROP OFF CONDUCTOR. WHEN COMING TO A STOP, INDEPENDENTS BRAKES WERE APPLIED CAUSING 3 RAILCARS TO DERAIL DUE TO INDEPENDENT (ENGINE) BRAKE, IMPROPER USE (EXCEPT ACTUATION) (H023). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK 1, THE YDV22-07 DERAILED CAR TTZX87419 THAT RERAILED ITSELF AT UTAH JCT. ALL TRACK MEASUREMENTS AT ALL STATIONS CAME BACK IN STANDARD, NO ISSUES NOTED WITH FROG, GUARD RAIL ORSWITCH. ALL CAR MEASUREMENTS ARE TO STANDARD, NOWHEEL OR TRUCK ISSUES NOTED. NO TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES NOTED, CREW WAS...

Y DEN3031 25A WENT INTO 124 TRACK LIGHT POWER TO START SWITCHING 124 TRACK, WHEN PULLING RAILCARS OUT TO SWITCH THE RAIL BROKE AT THE FROG DERAILING 7 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-DEN3031-12A WAS SWITCHING IN YARD TRACK WHEN 6 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO KNUCKLE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE, CAUSING THEM TO ROLL FREELY INTO 131 TRACK AND CAUSING TRACK DAMAGE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.