Kansas Train Derailments 2026

Y-KCK1012-26A RCO WAS HUMPING RAILCARS INTO BOWL TRACK 2035 AND ROLLED OUT OF TRACK STRIKING INTO THE SIDE OF Y-KCK1031-26A DUE TO FOREIGN SUBSTANCE ON THE WHEELS NOT ALLOWING THE RETARDER TO SLOW THERAILCAR. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

G-COUHER9-25A WAS PULLING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 23 RAILCARS DUE TO T299 CODE, WITH NO SUSPECT RAIL IDENTIFIED LOST IN DEBRIS OF DERAILMENT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-KCK1012-23A RCO HUMP JOB RELEASED RAILCAR INTO BOWL TRACK 2031 AND WITH OVERSPEED AND IMPACTED ANOTHER RAILCAR CAUSING 1 RAILCAR TO DERAIL DUE TO AUTOMATIC HUMP RETARDER FAILED TO SUFFICIENTLY SLOWCAR DUE TO FOREIGN MATERIAL ON WHEELS OF CAR BEINGHUMPED. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 ON 7/22/2026, THE SKOL 106 JOB WAS PULLING THE PITTSBURG TRAIN OUT TO LAKE RDTO STAGE FOR THAT NIGHT. THEY HAD 3 LOCOMOTIVES, 50 LOADS AND 25 EMPTIES. AS THEY WERE PULLING AROUND THE NORTH LEG, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK AND FOUND 3 LOADED SAND CARS HAD DERAILED. C...

TRAIN GS5HJO 09 DERAILED WHILE OPERATING ON THE KANSAS CITY TERMINAL (KCT) NEAR 25TH STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED A STOP, THE ENGINEER INITIATED BRAKING ACTIONS THAT GENERATED EXCESSIVE BUFF (RUN-IN) FORCES THROUGHOUT THE TRAIN CONSIST. DURING A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 13 SECONDS, THE ENGIN...

WHILE BUILDING THE ZKCLB-11, THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO CHECK ALL SWITCHES ALONG THE INTENDED ROUTE, CAUSING A SHOVING MOVEMENT INTO AN INCORRECT TRACK AND GOING OVER A DERAILER IN THE ON POSITION. THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE MOVE DERAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DERAILER, CONCRETE CROSSING, AND 12 CONCRETE CROSSTIES. CONDUCT...

H-GALKCK1-22A WAS PULLING INTO YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 8 RAILCARS DUE TO DYNAMIC BRAKE, TOO RAPID ADJUSTMENT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Z SBDWSP8 19 STOPPED AT ON MAIN 1 TRACK AND WAS BLOWN OVER DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DERAILING 17 RAILCARS. NO INJURIES. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. 28 HIGH BOX STORAGE CARS WERE LOCATED IN THE SIDING ATGEM, KS. AFTER THE STORMS HAD PASSED, A CUSTOMER IN THE AREA REPORTED THE DAMAGES TO THE KYLE RAILROAD. 22 HIGH BOX CARS WERE FOUND ON THEIR SIDES.

Y-KCK1022-06A RCO WAS PULLING IN YARD TRACK 4023 WHEN RCO OPERATOR EXPERIENCED A PRIMARY LOSS OF COMMUNICATION CAUSING LOCOMOTIVE TO REDUCE SPEED PROMPTLY AND CAUSING RAILCARS TO RUN IN AND DERAILING16 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WSLPUR-04, UP6265 ENCOUNTERED A TRACK MISALIGNMENT DUE TO ROADBED ISSUES CAUSED BY A FAILED CULVERT,RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AND 7 HEAD CARS.RAIL = CWR

TRAVELING EAST ON CONCORDIA SUB APPROXIMATELY MP 513.95, 6 LOADED GRAIN CARS DERAILED. CAUSE OF DERAILMENT WAS WHEEL FAILURE ON CMO 105047, L2 WHEEL.

CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AN OUTBOUND TRAIN IN THE UNION PACIFIC YARD AT SALINA, KS. DURING SWITCHING OPERATIONS, THE CONDUCTOR FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE THE LONG 3 TRACK SWITCH PRIOR TO INSTRUCTING THE ENGINEER TO BACK UP TO MAKE A JOINT ON TRACK 3. THE CREW COMPLETED THE JOINT ON TRACK 3 AND SUBSEQUENTLY P...

WHILE SWITCHING CARS FROM NORTH MAIN TO WORK LEAD, KCTLY105 JOB WAS SHOVING 11 CARS THROUGH 504/505CROSSOVER. LINES 4-6 DERAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO 504 TRACK AND 2 RAILCARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ACONNECTING ROD WAS MODIFIED WHEN MAKING REPAIRS FROM A PREVIOUS DERAILMENT AND THIS LED TO THE DERAILMENT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 ON 4/26/2026, THE SKOL 101 WAS PULLING THE 203 TRAIN THROUGH THE NORTH LEG WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES (WAMX 4157 AND WAMX 4242) 5 LOADS AND 2 EMPTIES WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE TRAINPULLING HARD. THEY BROUGHT THE TRAIN TO A STOP AND DISCOVERED 2 CARS HAD DERAILED, BOTH UPRIGHT. NOHAZMATS INVOLVED AN...

AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 ON 4/26/2026, A STORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO HIT SHERWIN, KANSAS. 3 RAILCARSWERE BLOWN ONTO THEIR SIDE AND 1 WAS LEANING OVER. NO HAZMATS INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES.

ZMNNP-12 WAS COMING OFF THE KCT THRU THE OUTBOUND, HEADING INTO THE KCIT VIA 124 TRACK. WHEN COMINGAROUND SHAWNEE AVE AND KANSAS AVE THE CREW SET UP BRAKES TO STOP FOR SWITCHES. AT THAT POINT THEYWENT INTO UDE. UPON INSPECTION, TWO SPINE CARS DERAILED AROUND THE CURVE BEFORE SHAWNEE AVE CROSSING. NO RELEASES OR INJU...

WHILE ARRIVING AT WICHITA, KS TO YARD TRAIN, MHNWT-20 DERAILED 7 CARS IN THE CONNECTION TRACK BETWEEN YARD 3 AND YARD 1. THE DERAILED CARS FROM MHNWT-20 SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED 4 CARS IN TWO ADJACENT TRACKS. DERAILED CARS FROM MHNWT: NKCR7358, TTGX706755, TTGX995021, TTGX990534, GATX54769, ATW318349,DJNX41090. DAMAGED...

Y-KCK302-15A RCO DURING HUMPING OPERATION RELEASED RAILCAR TILX 291330 (SOYBEAN BYPRODUCT) THAT HADCONTAMINATED WHEELS CAUSING FOLLOWING RAILCAR GACX 8031 TO OVERSPEED INTO YARD TRACK IN THUS CAUSING1 RAILCAR TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

KYLLISA-09 WAS EASTBOUND ON SOLOMON SUB WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 30 LOADS AND 22 EMPTIES WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND CAR 34 FROM HEADEND HAD DERAILED.

Y-KCK1052-05A RCO WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK 4005 AND DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUE TO ROADBED SETTLED OR SOFT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-NEWKCK1-25A WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK 8106 AND DERAILING 3 EMPTY COAL RAILCARS DUE TO COUPLING SPEED EXCESSIVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH NEAR MP 268.75 OF THE ENID SUB NORTH OF WELLINGTON, KS, LOADED GRAIN TRAIN GSPKHO-22, UP5971 ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL, RESULTING IN THE DERAILMENT OF 28 CARS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE MASNP-22, UP7169 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT 7 MPH OFF THE KCT HEADING TOWARDS TRACK 211 IN ARMOURDALE, WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO UDE. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT A TOTAL OF 8 CARS AND THEMID DPU HAD DERAILED AROUND THE SPRING SWITCH, MP2.05, DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

L-RDV7511-17T WAS DEPARTING THE ARK CITY YARD VIA THE 198 YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS AT THE0246 SWITCH DUE TO SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 2010 ON 02/15/2026, KOWIC17 CONTACTED KO MANAGEMENT ADVISING THAT WHILE PULLING EAST ON THE KO HUTCHINSON SUBDIVISION, THE TRAIN SLOWED AND CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT ANY CONTROL INPUT FROM THE CREW. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED. A 9TH CAR SHOWED SIGNS CONSISTENT WITH HAVING...

Y-KCK2012-09A RCO HUMPED RAILCAR INTO YARD TRACK 2059 AND CGEX 1029 ROLLED OUT IMPACTING THE Y-KCK2061-09A AS IT WAS PULLING OUT OF  YARD TRACK 2054 CAUSING 1 RAILCAR TO DERAIL DUE TO CONTAMINATED WHEELS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ON 02/08/26 AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 THE SKOL 620 REPORTED THAT THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON THE NEODESHA SUB. AFTER WALKING THE TRAIN DISCOVERED CARS 21 THROUGH 32 HAD DERAILED. NO HAZMATS INVOLVED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BROKEN RAIL CAUSED DERAILMENT.

Y-NEW9212-26A OPERATING AS CONVENTIONAL WAS SHOVING BACK TO MAKE A COUPLING AND BYPASSED DRAWBARS DERAILING 6 RAILCARS CAUSING A RAILCAR TO IMPACT A STANDING RAILCAR IN ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS IN YARD TRACK A CUT OF CARS WAS RELEASED FROM THE HUMP AND IMPACTEDA STALLED HOPPER THAT WAS IN THE FOUL CAUSING 1 RAILCAR TO DERAIL. THE STALL WAS CLEARED BY THE TPCOPERATOR THAT ALLOWED THE 3 RAILCAR CUT TO PROCEED. CAUSE IS DUE TO MANUAL INTERVENTION OF CLASSIFICATION YARD AUTOMAT...

H-NTWKCK1-10A DERAILED 6 RAILCARS ON THE WEST END 4023 YARD TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

F-GLGEC05-08G (UP 5297) DERAILED 4 RAILCARS IN THE CURVE OF BNSF SINGLE MAIN TRACK NEAR THE HAND THROW SWITCH CONNECTING UPRR LOST SPRINGS SUB. TO BNSF STRONG CITY DUE TO TRUCK BOLSTER STIFF, IMPROPERSWIVELING ON THE UP TRAIN, RAILCAR RCPE 470145. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y DDC1012 10G WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING INTO 112 YARD TRACK IN DODGE CITY YARD DERAILED 2 RAILCARS IN TANGENT TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-NEWKCK1-02A WAS PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 4027 AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO SIDE SILL BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-KCK3012-21A (RCO) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE MECHANICAL REPAIR YARD TRACK 2072 TOWARDS THEWEST END THROUGH THE ESCAPE WHEN A MISROUTED RAILCAR BEING HUMPED BY Y-KCK2022-21A (RCO) IMPACTED THE Y-KCK3012-21A RESULTING IN A 4 RAILCAR DERAILMENT DUE TO CLASSIFICATION YARD AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM - INADEQUATE O...

H-AMSKCK1-18A WAS PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 4027 WHEN 4 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - DETAILFRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MHNTP-20, UP7776 YARDED THROUGH THE EAST END CROSSOVERS. CONDUCTOR LINED THE MAINLINE SWITCH FOR CROSSOVER MOVEMENT, FAILED TO LINE THE INSIDE CROSSOVER SWITCH. HE PROTECTED THE SHOVE FROM THE LEADINGEND OF MOVEMENT AND RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH. SHOVED TIE 3, STRETCHED AHEAD UNTIL ENGINEER STATED HECOULDN'T MOVE THE T...

MNPEW-29 DERAILED 33 CARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE IN THE OS AT Z053. THE CREW REPORTED GOING OVER ROUGH TRACK BEFORE THEY WENT INTO UDE. AFTER REVIEWING THE TIR OF THE DERAILED TRAIN, AND TRAINS AHEAD, THEREWAS EVIDENCE OF A BROKEN RAIL THAT DID NOT SHUNTTHE TRACK DUE TO BEING INSIDE THE OS.

H-KCKALT1-25A WAS DEPARTING WESTBOUND IN YARD TRACK 4022 AND DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL- DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK AND IMPACTING 1 SINGLE RAILCAR IN ADJACENT YARD TRACK4023. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CREW WAS TRAVELING WEST AT 10 MPH WHEN THEY INCURRED AN UDE, TRAIN LINE AIR DID NOT RECOVER, CONDUCTOR INSPECTED TRAIN AND FOUND 1 CAR DERAILED AND 2 CARS LEANING OVER.

GSBDAM-19, UP7751 DERAILED 15 CARS WITH 5 ON KCT SIDE WHEN DEPARTING ARMOURDALE 210 OUT THE INBOUNDTRACK 15/609. DERAILMENT STARTED ON UP TRACK. **KCT TRACK DAMAGES = $80,000**

CCDSA9-14, LEAD UP7900 WENT UDE. FOUND MULTIPLE CARS DERAILED. BATTERING ON WHEELS INDICATES BROKENRAIL IN THE CROSSING. BELIEVED THE RAIL BROKE UNDER TRAIN WHILE GOING OVER IT. CONSIST HAD 285 RAILCARS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0400 ON 11/13/2025, THE SKOL 202 WAS RUNNING A COKE UNIT TRAIN ORPMX10 FROM OSWEGOTO CHANUTE. WHILE COMING THROUGH CHERRYVALE AROUND MP 385.4 ON THE NEODESHA SUB, THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR BEGAN WALKING THE TRAIN AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD DERAILED CARS 63-69 IN THETRAIN. A TOTAL OF...

BNSF 1974 BEING OPERATED BY KCS CREW WAS SHOVING LIGHT ENGINE WEST INTO YARD TRACK 4033 AND DERAILEDAT SWITCH DUE TO SWITCH POINT WORN OR BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASED. LOCO COST - $28,000BNSF TRACK - $554.20

KYLDOLI-08 CREW WAS PULLING OFF THE YUMA SUB ONTO THE BELLEVILLE SUB WHEN 3 LOADED SOYBEAN CARS DERAILED.

WHILE APPROACHING A 30 MPH PERMANENT SPEED RESTRICTION, AND CRESTING GRADE, THE CREW ON THE ZG2LC-02WERE FORCED BY THE EMS SYSTEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR TRAIN. THE ENGINEER MOVED THE HEAD END CONSIST INTO HEAVY DYNAMIC BRAKING BEFORE REDUCING TRACTIVE EFFORT ON THE MID-TRAIN CONSIST AS IT CRESTEDGRADE CAUSING A BU...

Y KCK2042 24 WAS DOUBLING OUT OF BOWL TRACK 2032 WHEN THEY DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED. NO HAZMAT RELEASED

NORTHBOUND MANIFEST CONSISTING OF TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 86 CARS WAS NORTHBOUND ON THE YUMA SUBDIVISIONWHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CREW WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND THE REAR CAR DERAILED AND LAYING ON ITS SIDE.

YUT13 WAS LOCKING OUT TRACK 110 FOR BLUE SIGNAL PROTECTING TO PERFORM INSPECTION OF TRACK. EMPLOYEELINED TRACK 110 AGAINST THE LEAD AND INTO TRACK 110 AND LOCKED OUT. SWITCH THAT WAS BEING OPERATED WAS ON ACTIVE RCL ZONE 31. THE YKS10R-10 THEN PULLED OUT OF THE BOWL IN ZONE 31 AND RAN THROUGH THE IMPROPERLY LINED SW...

Y KCK1061 11 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING RAILCARS ON THE EAST RIP LEAD IN PREPARATION TO SPOT 14 BAD ORDERED RAILCARS AND DERAILED 4 EMPTY AUTO RACKS DUE TO BUFFERING OR SLACK ACTION EXCESSIVE, TRAIN HANDLING. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.