Georgia Train Derailments 2026

NS TRAIN G11G013 PULLING NORTH DERAILED 15 EMPTY AUTO RACKS.

ASSIGNMENT GM41 TRAVELING, ENGINE 6212 DERAILED AFTER TRAVERSING THE FROG ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE SOUTH CROSSOVER. UNDER INVESTIGATION.

GA2521 ON THE 286.20 TRAIN PULLING IN THE CLASS YARD SOUTHBOUND STOPPED TO GET THE CT54/55 SWITCH TOPULL THROUGH CT54. THE HEAD END MADE IT CLOSE TO THE SAND TRACK ON THE SOUTH END NEAR THE HUMP WHENTHE SPEED FLUCTUATED FROM 10MPH TO 3MPH THEN TO ASTOP. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ABOUT 2800FT FROM THEHEAD END TOWARDS TH...

U79516 WAS PULLING INTO RICE YARD VIA SOUTH CONNECTION INTO R11. AFTER LINE 45 MADE IT INTO THE POWER SWITCHES COMING INTO THE YARD, U79516 DERAILED 4 LOADED CARS, 3 UPRIGHT (TBOX 971027, TBOX 661353,CSXT 151281) AND 1 LEANING (TTZX 861128).

WHILE L73315 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 26 CARS IN THE BAINBRIDGE YARD, NINE CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUTDERAILED. LACK OF TRACK SUPPORT.

154A113 SHOVED SOUTH THROUGH THE CROSSOVER SWITCH TO PICK-UP TRACK 8 ON THE REAR END OF THEIR TRAIN.CONDUCTOR AND CT ARE RIDING THE DP ENGINE FOR THE POINT PROTECTION AND FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE SOUTH END OF THE CROSSOVER WAS NOT LINED FOR THEIR INTENDED MOVEMENT. REVERSE MOVE THROUGH A PREVIOUSLYRUN THROUGH SWITCH B...

Y39306 WAS PULLING CARS ON TRACK B53 WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO BY-PASSED COUPLER.

GA21 DURING HUMP OPERATIONS WHILE SHOVING, THE FIFTH CAR TTGX701786 L3/L4, R3/R4 PICKED THE SOUTH END OF THE ICEBOX CROSSOVER.

WHILE SHOVING BACK ONTO FT05, GA10 DERAILED TWO CARS CMEX 130182 & DTTX 466582.

Y19116 WAS WORKING IN THE BOWL AT WAYCROSS PULLING OUT OF B54 WHEN 2 CARS DERAILED ON THE LEAD DUE TO BYPASS COUPLERS.

WHILE SHOVING M58512 FROM OWA 2.7 INTO HOWELL YARD INTO AB0 MAIN TRACK, ENGINEER USED EXCESSIVE AUTOMATIC BRAKE (12 LBS) WITH 34 EMPTIES ON THE HEAD END CAUSING POSITIONS 8, 9, AND 10 TO DERAIL.

I18303 WAS PULLING AHEAD OUT OF NE PALMETTO SIDING TO THE MAIN WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKENRAIL.

THE HAL TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH. 8 CARS DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.

394G913 PULLING SOUTH IN FT02 WITH 2 UNITS, 66 CARS, 7787 TONS AND 4064 FEET WHEN THE 13TH HEAD CARTHRU 19TH HEAD CAR DERAILED STRIKING CARS IN FT01. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

NS TRAIN E59P410 PULLED TWO CARS NORTH ON THE LEAD WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN A DERAILMENT. E59 WAS GOING TO PLACE ONE CAR IN BP05 AND TAKE THE SOUTH CAR TO THE SOUTH PULLBACK. ONCE AT THE NORTH END OF THE BOP YARD E59 CONDUCTED A C-102 AND MADE A CUT ONTHE SOUTH CAR WHICH IMMEDIATELY ROLLED SOUTH STRIKING A DERAIL PLAC...

G11G013 CREW WAS SHOVING INTO RT01 WHEN THREE CARS DERAILED

M60111 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND TFOX44440 DUE TO A SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED ON T10 LEAD GOING EAST.

WHILE ENTERING THOMASVILLE YARD, M64526 DERAILED LINES 79-86 DUE TO BROKEN FLANGE.

GS23G513 WHILE LIGHT ENGINE COUPLED UP TO 18 CARS IN THE SIDING. ONCE COUPLED UP AND BRAKES KNOCKEDOFF THE CONDUCTOR GOT BACK ON THE ENGINE TO PULL FORWARD TO THE D65 INDUSTRY TO SPOT THE CARS. THEYHAD ONLY PULLED ABOUT 10 CAR LENGTHS OUT THE SIDING WHEN THE ENGINE WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR GOT DOWN AND THA...

WHILE TRAIN I13711 WAS ENTERING TRACK S25, THE 24TH CAR IN THE CONSIST (BNSF 238152) EXPERIENCED A DERAILMENT DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED JUST PAST THE FROG, WHERE THE R10 AXLE ON THE A-END OF THE CAR WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE INITIAL POINT OF DERAILMENT—THE FIRST WHEEL TO LEAVE THE RAIL. FOLLOWING THE...

THE Y-104 SHOVED NINE (9) CARS IN TO TRACK 10 IN THE SAVANNAH YARD. THE RAIL BROKE UNDER THE CAR DERAILING ONE (1) CAR’S END 1 WHEEL ON THE SECOND CAR FROM THE REAR. 5-15-26 NEWLY ADDED DUE TO INCREASE IN EQUIPMENT COSTS.

367 PULLED INTO RT01 AND MADE A CUT PULLED 45 CARS. THE NEXT MOVE WAS TO SHOVE WEST BOUND ON THE NORTH LEAD TO YARD CARS INTO RT02. WHILE CONDUCTOR WAS DIRECTING THE SHOVE WEST BOUND, THE TRAIN STOPPED DUE TO AEX 4033 AND MGPX 466 DERAILING ON THE EAST END OF THE NORTH LEAD.

THE ALBANY TURN WAS PULLING OUT OF THE "SMALL TRACK #2" WITH 2 UNITS, 5 LOADS, AND 10 EMPTIES WHEN LINES 14 & 15 DERAILED. NO HAZMAT INVOLVED, NO INJURIES. ALL CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT.

WHILE HUMPING R08, Y39712 HAD CARS DERAIL ON THE WEST END OF THE SOUTH HUMP LEAD DUE TO WIDE GAGE.

WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION, THE CREW DISCOVERED A SEPARATION WHERE FIVE (5) CARS HAD DERAILED CAUSED BY A HEAT KINK IN THE TRACK.

379G628 DERAILED ON MAINLINE AT THE H212 DUE TO WASHOUT. LINES 17 - 23 DERAILED. THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVEWAS NS4539. ON 06/29/2025, THE ENGINEER REPORTED PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LEGS.

Y19726 DURING NORMAL HUMP OPERATIONS WAS PROCESSING TRACK R12 UP THE SOUTH HUMP LEAD IN H2 WHEN EMPLOYEE NOTICED CARS NOT SHOVING UP THE HILL AS NORMAL AND NOTICED THAT CARS HAD DERAILED OFF THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE HILL DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

THE HAL CREW WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE HILTON SUBDIVISION WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCYNEAR THE 309 MP. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED SIX CARS ON THEIR SIDE AND SIX OTHERSDERAILED AND UPRIGHT FOR A TOTAL OF 12 CARS. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO THE TIES BEINGDEFECTIVE.

733.21 CREW CUT AWAY FROM BNSF 6318 IN PRB 3 AND MINUTES LATER THE LOCOMOTIVE ROLLED OUT OF THE TRACK AND STRUCK THE DERAIL AT 218.9H, DERAILING THE LOCOMOTIVE.

EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE HAND BRAKE RESULTING IN ROLLOUT OF THE L84117 DERAILING ONE CAR.

130A615 WHILE SETTING OUT A CAR ON THE HOUSE TRACK AT TRENTON SIDING DERAILED DUE TO GAGE SPREAD UNDER MOVEMENT DUE TO DETERIORATED CROSS TIES.

WHILE SERVICING CUSTOMER PACTIV IN CONYERS GEORGIA L84028 DERAILED ONE CAR.

Y29224 WHILE PULLING OUT OF B25, HAD CROSS DRAW BARS BETWEEN FURX738893 AND FURX738849 RESULTING INA DERAILMENT AT THE CURVE OUT OF B25. DUE TO IT BEING A PULLOUT MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MOVE WESTWARD CAUSED AN ADDITIONAL TWO CARS TO DERAIL ASWELL.

WHILE RETURNING FROM NS WITH INTERCHANGE, Y101 HAD NINE (9) CARS DERAIL ON OUR MAINLINE JUST OUTSIDEOF THE MACON YARD.

GA20 PULLED OUT OF FT13 WITH 2838' W/ 3 ENGINES. ROUTE WAS GIVEN FROM THOROUGHFARE NORTH ONTO WEST PULLBACK. YARDMASTER STOPPED CUT ONCE IT PULLED HIGH OF #3 SWITCH AND CLEARED THE CIRCUIT. ROUTE WASGIVEN BY YARDMASTER TO CLASS YARD LEAD AND GA20 BEGAN SHOVE MOVE TOWARDS CT39.YARDMASTER HEARD A BANG AND NOTICEDTHE B...

M64707 DERAILED 17 CARS DUE TO OVERHEATED JOURNAL.

Y29609 WAS SHOVING R03 UP THE NORTH LEAD IN WAYCROSS AN 587. AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS, CUT DERAILED AT X01 FROG AT BASE OF HILL. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CAR FBOX 506365 WAS THE FIRST CAR DERAILED DUETO THE END ARRANGEMENT IN THE FROG. THE 4021E TROLLEY ARRANGEMENT FAILED.

M21002 DERAILED 2 CARS ON THE SPLIT RAIL DERAIL ON THE SOUTH END OF GABBETVILLE. CREW FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL.

WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON THE GC MAINLINE AT MP 9.2, THE 17TH RAILCAR IN THE CONSIST (HZGX 6348) DERAILED AND TRAVELLED 3.7 MILES TO MP 5.5. AT MP 5.5 THE CREW PLANNED TO SHOVE THE TRAIN INTO AN INDUSTRY LEAD TO CLEAR THE MAIN. THE CONDUCTOR DROPPED DOWN, AND WHEN THE TRAIN BEGAN TO PULL BY, HE SAW THE DERAILED CAR. T...

X64725 TRAVERSED OVER A SECTION OF RAIL THAT WAS MISSING AT THE TYRONE ROAD CROSSING AT THE ANB 836.1 CAUSING A DERAILMENT OF THE LAST 6 CARS IN THE CONSIST.

Y19219 SWUNG OUT OF A05 WITH 23 CARS AND STARTED SHOVE DOWN 3 LEAD. THE 16TH CAR IN THE CUT, ECXU881686, DERAILED 17’ NORTH OF THE A05 SWITCH. THE RAIL STARTED TO ROLL JUST PRIOR TO THE A05 SWITCH WHICH SHOWED FRESH FLANGE MARKS ON THE JOINT BAR SOUTH OF THE SWITCH POINTS. POOR DRAINAGE IS THE ROOTCAUSE AS THE TRACK...

Y39106 CAME OUT OF B24 TO S/O CAR LRS 141209 THAT HAD BYPASS DAMAGE. AFTER SETTING OUT CAR, Y39106 COUPLED BACK UP TO B24 AND BEGAN TO PULL TRACK WEST. BKTY 158647 HAD ONE WHEEL ON THE " A" END TRUCKDERAILED. THE DERAILED CAR TRAVERSED MULTIPLE SWITCHES AND FROGS BEFORE BECOMING DE-TRUCKED ON BOTHA AND B ENDS STOPPI...

Y29007 WAS IN PROCESS OF KICKING CARS WHEN THE 3 CARS BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO LONG CARS SWITCHING IN 15 DEGREE CURVE. THERE ARE NOW SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE TYPE OF CARS ON THAT LEAD.

G68 PULLING NORTH ON SWITCHING LEAD IN LANGDALE YARD DERAILED ALL SEVEN CARS IN TRAIN. ACCOUNT A STRATO COUPLER MOUNTED AIR HOSE BRACKET FROM B END OF HS6663 FELL OFF CAR AND BLOCKED FLANGEWAY. NO INJURIES.

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...

NS TRAIN G02G803 TRAVELING WENT INTO EMERGENCY ON SINGLE TRACK. AFTER THEIR INSPECTION, CREW ADVISED10 CARS DERAILED. NO HAZMAT. NO SPILLS.