Florida Train Derailments 2026

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

B34109 WAS PULLING OUT OF NEW WALES WHEN A THREE FOOT SECTION OF RAIL BROKE CAUSING DERAILMENT. MOSAICS PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE.

CREW WAS PULLING CARS ONTO THE FLORIDA MIDLAND RAILROAD FROM CSX'S AUBURNDALE SUB, AS THE CREW TRAVERSED SOUTH ON THE FLORIDA MIDLAND MAINLINE WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 24 CARS, 22 LOADS AND TWO EMPTIES THE RAIL ROLLED DUE TO INEFFECTIVE TIES DERAILING LINES 11 THRU 14.

B31124 DERAILED 3 CARS RESULTING FROM DEFECTIVE/MISSING CROSSTIES WHILE PULLING OUT OF ROCKPORT YARD.

I02518 LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR EXCESSIVELY USED THE DYNAMIC BRAKES BUFFING TWO CARS OFF THE RAIL RESULTING IN A SEVEN CARS DERAILMENT.

L79216 DERAILED 3 CARS DUE TO COUPLER RETAINER PIN/CROSS KEY MISSING. SFRV DAMAGES= $ 45,000.00.

M45214 DERAILED TTXX863458. COUPLER PIN FELL OUT CAUSING THE DRAWHEAD TO COME OUT OF CAR. SFRV DAMAGES =$32,500.00.

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK, THE BALLAST REGULATOR WING CAUGHT ON THE NORTH SIDEOF THE KINGS ESTATE ROAD CROSSING, FOLDING THE WING UPWARDS, SNAPPING THE WING FRAME ASSEMBLY, ANDDERAILING THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. THE EQUIPMENT HAD DISPATCHER AUTHORITY TO BE ON THE TRACK.

AS LOCAL 963 TRAVERSED THE CURVE AT THE NORTH END OF THE 2 RAIL AT ANDREWS RAMP, THE BALL OF THE RAIL SEPARATED FROM THE WEB, CAUSING THE RAIL TO SPREAD. THIS RESULTED IN THE 3RD AND 4TH CAR DERAILING.

YY16120 SHOVING 109 CARS INTO TRACK W05 AT WINSTON YARD WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED ON THE NORTH END LEAD AT WINSTON YARD. LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR APPLIED TOO MUCH AUTOMATIC BRAKE AND BUFFED CYXX 94696 OFF THE TRACK.

TRAIN B34002 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE VALRICO SUBDIVISION WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND DISCOVERED THAT LINE 50, CAR CSXT 635354, HAD A WRUNG JOURNAL. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT CARS ON LINES 72 THROUGH 77HAD DERAILED.

TRAIN 336 WAS PULLING THROUGH THE SERVICE TRACK WHEN FEC 818 DERAILED AXLE 1-2-3. FIELD 31(1)C IS BLANK BECAUSE THE FIRST INVOLVED WAS A LOCOMOTIVE.

P200 WAS HEAD SWITCHING IN THE YARD WITH LOCO 110 AND 107 AND CAR 3004. BRAKES WERE CUT OUT ON 110AND TRAIN LINE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO 3004. BRAKE TESTS WERE DONE WITH THIS SET UP. 107 WAS REMOVEDAND BRAKE TEST WAS NOT PERFORMED. TRAIN WAS HEADING TO AMTRAK AND HEADING NORTH OUT OF THE YARD, WHEN THE CREW WAS UNABLE...

AT 10:53AM ON 7/25/25, SOUTHBOUND 0700 OCALA LOCAL FCEN 1802 WAS OPERATING BETWEEN OCALA YARD AND CANDLER, FL WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION. INSPECTION FOUND CARS 2 THRU7 HAD DERAILED, WITH CARS 4 THRU 6 ON THEIR SIDE. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THERMAL EXPANSION/SUNKINK UNDER THE SECOND...

WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF 3 CARS TOWARDS THE EAST LIME TRACK AT MATCO, THE THIRD CAR (ANGX 4289) ENCOUNTERED A PIECE OF BROKEN RAIL, CAUSING THE R4 WHEEL TO CLIMB THE RAIL AND DERAIL THE R4 AND L4 WHEELS.

L74312 WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE WILDWOOD SUBDIVISION HAD THE REAR CAR R4 JOURNAL OVERHEAT AND FAIL CAUSING THE REAR CAR TO DERAIL AND TRAVEL TWO MILES.

Y20303 DERAILED 4 CARS DUE TO CUT LEVER BEING PULLED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS 29 CARS FROM HEAD END. WHENTHE TRAIN WAS SHOVING BACK, THE SEPARATED CARS ROLLED BACK INTO IT CAUSING DERAILMENT.

I02630 PULLING OUT OF RAMP P01 DERAILED DUE TO WIDE GAGE.

WHILE SHOVING CARS ON THE MAINLINE (IN THE YARD), JOB 10 STRUCK A DERAIL THAT WAS PLACED ON THE TRACK BY AN ENGINEERING EMPLOYEE, CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF 3 CARS (FURX738927, ATW 171094, BKTY 158127). THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FIRST SHIFT YARDMASTER DID NOT COMMUNICATE DURING HIS TURNOVER TO THE SEC...

I02511 DERAILED TTXX788245, TRUCK SET FAILED TO SLEW CORRECTLY THROUGH TURNOUT WHILE SHOVING INTO DUVAL RAMP.

Y29330 2-MAN RCO KICKING CARS AT MCCLOSKY YARD, WHEN THE CAR ROLLED BACK INTO THE SWITCHING CUT. CREW FAILED TO ENSURE CAR WAS COUPLED BEFORE PRECEDING. RC CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE GROUND MAKING THE MAKING MOVEMENTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. FOREMAN WAS PROVIDING HEAD END PROTECTION.

TRAIN B36019 ENROUTE NORTH FROM SOUTH FORT MEADE ON THE VALRICO SUB WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR CONDUCTED A WALKING INSPECTION AND OBSERVED TRAIN B36019 DERAILED DUE TO A RUNG JOURNAL. THE CAR THATDERAILED WAS CSXT 294004.

TRAIN 101 WAS SWITCHING RAMP PIGS FROM PORT PIGS. DURING THE FINAL SHOVE, 7 CARS (TTGX 987785, TTGX953701, TTGX 7009510, TTGX 987697, TTGX 979998, TTGX 983119, TTGX 706965) DERAILED BETWEEN THE OLD BALLOON CROSSOVERS AND THE SOUTH END OF NEW YARD #7.