Louisiana Train Derailments 2026

JOB 213 WAS HEADED EAST AT M.P. 26.5 TOWARDS DERIDDER WHEN ENGINEER FELT THE TRAIN JERK AND THEN THETRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE END OF TRAIN WHEN HE FOUND THE8TH THROUGH THE 14TH CAR DERAILED. HE CONTACTED TIBR MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND T...

BNSF TRAIN 2QLOEBJ-17 TRAVERSING HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE INTO AVONDALE HAD A LIGHT TO BN MAIN CROSSING THE UP EAST BRIDGE INTERLOCKER. CREW WAS IN DYNAMICS ONE AND WENT STRAIGHT TO DYNAMIC 7, CAUSING ONECAR TO DERAIL A SET OF TRICKS IN THE INTERLOCKER.**BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE =$5,084**

WHILE CONDUCTING A MOVEMENT FROM DEPARTURE YARD TRACK 300 TO DEPARTURE YARD TRACK 303, UTR15-11 NOTICED THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS NOT PULLING AT THE SPEED COMMANDED ON THE RCL BOX. THE MOVEMENT WAS STOPPED AND SUBSEQUENTLY REINITIATED. FOLLOWING THE RESTARTOF THE MOVEMENT, UTR15-11 OBSERVED THAT EIGHT LOADED RAILCARS HAD D...

L52171-28 CREW MAKING THEIR 2ND SHOVE TO TRACK 2 INSIDE OF CARGILL WHILE SPOTTING THE G88691-25. CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE POINT, HE GOT ABOUT 8 CARS LENGTHS IN THE TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY BRINGING THEM TO A STOP. CONDUCTOR WALKED UP AND FOUND 3 CARS DERAILED, CAUSE WAS DUE AN INSUFFICIENT/FAULTY HOO...

JOB 1 WAS BUILDING ITS TRAIN IN THE GIBSLAND YARD AND COUPLED TO A CUT OF 12 CARS ON THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE MP 61.2. AFTER COUPLING, THE CONDUCTOR CUT IN THE AIR, RELEASED THE HAND BRAKES, AND INSTRUCTED THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD. AFTER APPROXIMATELY NINE CARS HAD CLEARED, THE CONDUCTOR OBSERVEDDUST RISING FROM T...

LAFAYETTE JOB SHOVED 4 CARS ONTO ELKS LEAD (TRACK 5019). WHILE SHOVING, DERAILED 2 LOADS. BNSF REPORTS $10,000 IN TRACK DAMAGES

LN61-06 WHILE SHOVING INTO TRACK #10 IN NEW ORLEANS YARD DERAILED (3) LOADED COVERED HOPPERS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 THE LASR111 NOTIFIED MANAGEMENT THEY DERAILED FIVE CARS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 113 IN HODGE. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY WIDE GAUGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGES TO RAILCARS AND NO INJURIES.

FLNISW1 CREW SHOVING 15 CARS ONTO THE MAIN AT CARBO AND WHILE SHOVING, LINES 11 AND 12 DERAILED.

OUIDP-25 WAS TRAVERSING THE LIVONIA SUB WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY, FINDING THE REAR 10 CARS HADDERAILED DUE TO WORN TREAD ON RAILCAR WFRX874996.

THE UTR25-30 WAS PERFORMING A SHOVE MOVEMENT ON TRACK 303 WHEN TWO RAILCARS DERAILED ON THE SHOVE LEAD NORTH OF TRACK 303. THE FIRST CAR TO DERAIL, EGSX950241, CLIMBED THE GUARD RAIL AT THE 304/305 SWITCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED ITS TRAILING WHEELSET FROM THE RAIL. THE FOLLOWING CAR, WLPX60402, ALSO DERAILED AND RO...

AT 00:30 HOURS THE LASR 111 NOTIFIED MANAGEMENT THEY DERAILED ON THE EAST LEAD AT GIBSLAND WHILE CUTTING A CAR OUT OF THEIR INBOUND TRAIN. IT ORIGINALLY APPEARED THAT WHILE SHOVING A CUT OF CARS, THE19TH CAR FROM THE POINT PICKED THE SWITCH RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT. CREW REPORTED AN UNKNOWN PERSONWAS SEEN IN THE AR...

AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 AM THE LAS 232 WAS SPOTTING UP CALUMET ON THE PRINCETON SUB. THEY SHOVED INTOTRACK 702 AND PREFORMED A SAFETY STOP, THEN PROCEEDED TO SPOT UP THE REAR CAR AT THE END OF THE TRACK. WHILE SPOTTING THE REAR CAR, THE SPOT WAS OVER SHOT DUE TO RADIO FAILURE. THE LEADING WHEEL SETSTRUCK THE RAIL SKA...

AFTER INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT AN M599 CODE IS BEING USED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING. A HUMAN FACTOR CAUSE WAS NOT APPLIED BECAUSE NO TRAIN HANDLING EXCEPTIONS WERE NOTED DURING THE REVIEW. THE TRAIN IN QUESTION WAS RECEIVED AT INTERCHANGE FROM THECSXT WITH IMPROPER TRAIN MAKE-UP (OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH UP STANDAR...

TRAIN WWLC 19 WAS PULLING A CUT OF 50 LOADED GRAIN CARS INTO TRACK 142 WHEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED SOMETHING UNUSUAL UNDERNEATH THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE, NOGC 1015. HE SIGNALED THE ENGINEER TO STOP THETRAIN. THE ENGINEER APPLIED THE BRAKES UNTIL HE SAW THE TRAILING ENGINE WOBBLE, SO HE APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.

ASSIGNMENT L56871-22 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF 33 LOADED HOPPER CARS IN SOUTH YARD TRACK 1 AT FORMOSA. THE CONDUCTOR WAS ADVANCED OF THE MOVE AT THE COUPLING. AS THEY WERE SHOVING INTO SOUTH YARD TRACK 1,THE ENGINEER STATED THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT AND IT WAS BECOMING HARD TO SHOVE. THE CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE E...

UTR23-05 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO THE DEPARTURE YARD WHEN CAR KCSM19263 DERAILED AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP DUE TO ROADBED BEING SOFT/SETTLED.

CREW WAS MAKING SWITCHING MOVES AT FORMOSA. AFTER SETTING 1 PULL CAR OVER TO THE OUTBOUND TRACK, THECREW PULLED 236 FEET OVER THE SWITCH. AFTER PULLING OVER THE SWITCH, THE CREW PROCEEDED TO SHOVE 33CARS INTO SOUTH TRACK 1. AFTER SHOVING 1988 FEET THE CREW CAME TO A STOP PER THE CONDUCTOR’S INSTRUCTIONS AND FOUND TH...

CREW WAS SWITCHING IN THE SOUTH YARD OF THE BULK. THEY PULLED 19 CARS OUT OF 9S5, KICKED ONE CAR TO9S1. LEAVING 18 CARS TO SHOVE BACK INTO 9S5. CREW MEMBER LINED THE WRONG SWITCH AND LINED THE 18 CARS INTO 9S6 THAT HAD 23 CARS IN THE TRACK ALREADY. CREW SHOVED ALL 41 CARS WHICH WAS SHOVED OUT OFTHE OTHER END OF THE...

AT 15:30 THE LASR 131 REPORTED THE LAST 3 CARS IN THE TRAIN DERAILED WHILE TRAVELING TO INTERCHANGENEAR MP 34.5. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY WIDE GAUGE. THERE ARE 2 LOADED BOX CARS ON THEIR SIDE AND ONE TANK UPRIGHT.

THE CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING THEIR CUT OF CARS NORTH THROUGH THE INSIDE LOOP AT HELVETA, WHENTHE ENGINEER NOTED THE DROPPING SPEED. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INSPECT AND DISCOVERED 6 CARS HAS DERAILED.

ON DECEMBER 17,2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 0415, THE BRS 312 WAS MAKING A SHOVE MOVE ON THE MAINLINE. THETEAM MEMBER IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING THE SHOVE WAS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTING THE MOVE, AND THE TRAIN WENT TO AN UNDESIRED LOCATION RESULTING IN STRIKING A DERAIL, DERAILING 2 LOADED HOPPER CARS.

ASSIGNMENT R98271-17 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS NORTH OF TRACK GE12 WHEN THEIR MOVEMENT WASSTRUCK BY A CUT OF CARS THAT ROLLED NORTH OUT OF TRACK GE11. THE SIDE SWIPE COLLISION CAUSED A DERAILMENT 12 EMPTY CARS WITH 11 ON THEIR SIDE. 2025/12/18

TRAIN L51271-12 DERAILED ONE LOCOMOTIVE (CN3820) UPRIGHT ON INDUSTRY TRACK RS54.

TRAIN AANLDR-15 REPORTED A 5-CAR DERAILMENT IN THE YARD DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFFING AND SLACK ACTION.

Y-LAL2021-22A WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR AT SWITCH DUE TO SWITCH POINT WORN ORBROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AT 03:30 LAS MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LASR 111 THEY HAD DERAILED ON THE HODGE MAINLINE. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED A MISMATCHED JOINT CAUSED THE TRAILING WHEELS ON THE SIXTH CAR TO CLIMB THE RAIL RESULTING IN FOUR TOTAL CARS DERAILING. THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CARS DAMAGED A LIGHT POLEAND TORE UP ABOUT...

PB104 SHOVED OFF THE BACK END OF TRACK 812 DUE TO MISCOMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTIVES. THE CONDUCTOR GAVE A CAR COUNT OF CLEAR FOR 15 CARS AND THEN NOTHING WAS SAID OR HEARD UNTIL THE TRAIN DERAILED ONERAILCAR BY SHOVING OFF THE END OF TRACK. THE CONSIST TRAVELLED 18 CAR LENGTHS BEFORE IT HIT THE BACKSTOP OF THE TRACK...

MEWLK-16 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO TRACK 432 WHEN THEY FAILED TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE POINT, SHOVING ONE CAR, THE SNHX2638 OVER THE WEST END DERAIL IN LOCKMOOR YARD AND THEN PULLING CAR BACK OVERTHE DERAIL, CAUSING CAR TO DERAIL.

ON AUGUST 11, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 2330, THE BRS 314 WAS MAKING A COUPLING IN TRACK 210. DURING THE MOVE THE COUPLERS BYPASSED RESULTING IN THE RAIL ROLLING AND DERAILING 2 CARS (XOMX 37847 AND XOMX200101). BOTH CARS REMAINED UPRIGHT, ONE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE END OF THE CAR. THERE ARE NOHAZMAT OR INJURIES...

H-NSILAL1-10A WAS PULLING DOWN SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 2 EMPTY RAILCARS DUE TO ROADBED SETTLED OR SOFT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

YLC51R-22, WHILE SHOVING 12 CARS INTO TRACK 3 OF LAKE CHARLES YARD, MADE A SAFETY STOP PRIOR TO COUPLING UP TO STANDING EQUIPMENT IN TRACK 3, WHEN THE FOREMAN FELT THE LOCOMOTIVE TILT TO ONE SIDE. UPON INSPECTION HE FOUND ONE LOCOMOTIVE AND 6 CARS ONTHE HEAD END OUT OF THERE 12 CARS CUT DERAILED UPRIGHT IN TRACK 3.

TRAIN MAULIX-19 DERAILED RAILCAR UTLX910069 UPRIGHT AT MP 554.5 ON THE DEQUINCY SUBDIVISION, DUE TOJOURNAL BEARING OVERHEATING.

YAK64-11 WAS DRAGGING THE MLKLI OUT OF LAKE CHARLES YARD WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED A BROKEN RAIL IN TRACK 3 IN LAKE CHARLES YARD, CAUSING 3 LOADED CENTER BEAMS TO DERAIL AND SIDESWIPE A STANDING CUT OF CARS IN TRACK 4 IN LAKE CHARLES YARD.

BNSF TRAIN QDYIJJ-05 WAS TRAVERSING EAST THROUGH THE IOWA SIDING AT MP. 208.7 WHEN THEY DERAILED NINE NON-HAZARDOUS HOPPER CARS. **BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE =$341,067**

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING ON THE NORTH LEAD, TRAIN LS22-14 CONTACTED THE YARDMASTER TO SEE IF THE CUT CAME UNCOUPLED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT A TOTAL OD SIX CARS DERAILED,TWO OF WHICH WERE ON THEIR SIDE.

LSH64-28 CREW WAS SHOVING 95 CARS ON THE BPIE LEAD AND FAILED TO PROTECT SHOVE. THERE WAS A RAIL COMPANY OUT REPAIRING RAIL AND HAD PORTABLE DERAIL IN PLACE. THE LSH64 FAILED TO SEE RED FLAG AND DERAIL AND RAN OVER DERAIL, DERAILING 5 CARS AND HITTING TRACK MACHINE. **INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK**

LLL23-17 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 32 AND DOUBLING TO TRACK 31, WHEN THE CREW FAILED TO LINE THE HIGH CROSS OVER SWITCH, CONSEQUENTLY RUNNING THROUGH THE SWITCH. UPON SHOVING BACK INTO TRACK 31, CAR CAGX95184 PICKED THE SWITCH, CAUSING FOUR CARS TO DERAIL.

R96071-10 CREW SHOVED BACK LIGHT ENGINES ONTO THE NORTH END OF THE 46 CARS IN BR14. THEY STARTED TOPULL THEM OUT TO SWITCH THEM AFTER REMOVING HANDBRAKES BUT STOPPED THE MOVEMENT SOON AFTER DUE TO THE BRAKEMAN NOTICING DUST RISING TOWARD THE REAR OF THE CONSIST, LEADING TO THE DISCOVERY THAT THE LAST 10 CARS HAD DER...

WWLC 18 WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK 819 TO SWITCH OUT BWC TERMINAL. THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING THE REAR CAR OUT WHEN HEARD LOUD NOISE AND SAW THE RAILCARS START TO DERAIL. HE WALKED UP AND NOTICED THE RAILWAS ROLLED AND HE HAD FOUR RAILCARS ON THE GROUND. HE CALLED THE GM AGEE TO REPORT IT.

TRAIN MNLHO-13 DERAILED 11 CARS. DOWNLOAD SHOWS ENGINEER WAS OPERATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,161 SECONDS IN POWER ON THE HEADEND, T2 AND T3, BEFORE TRANSITIONING RAPIDLY TO DYNAMIC BRAKE MOVING TO D3; 10 SECONDS AFTER MOVING THROTTLE INTO DYNAMIC BRAKE, A RAPID REDUCTION IN SPEED FOLLOWED BY A RUN INCAN BE SEEN ON THE...

RAIL CREW WAS SHOVING 40 CARS INSIDE THE PORT WHEN THE 25TH CAR CAME OFF THE TRACKS CAUSING FOUR (4)MORE CARS TO DERAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN. ESTIMATED CUSTOMER TRACK=$10,000

H-NWOLAL1-23A REPORTED DERAILING 1 RAILCAR ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK CAUSING APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET OF TIE DAMAGE DUE TO OTHER BODY DEFECTS (LOCOMOTIVE) (LOCOMOTIVE BNSF 7677 RECEIVED A WAIVER TO MOVE ENGINE AND PLOW FELL OFF IN TRANSIT IN THUS IMPACTING1 RAILCAR CAUSING IT TO DERAIL). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-LAL2011-15A WAS PULLING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 3 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO MISMATCHED RAIL - HEAD CONTOUR. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE L56971-09 CREW WAS HOLDING ONTO 27 CARS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE BRPO LEAD AT 10 MPH. THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE TRAIN STARTED PULLING HARD AND THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE BK WALKED BACK AND NOTICED THE 23RD,24TH CAR DERAILED. THEY WERE HOLDING ONTO 26 EMPTIES AND 1 LOAD. UPON THE INVESTIGATION,IT WAS DETERMINED...

THE LASR 111 WAS SHOVING LOADS INTO 19 TRACK WHEN THE 5TH WHEEL FROM THE LEADING END DERAILED IN A GAUGE SPOT THEN RE-RAILED ITSELF 10 FEET AWAY ON THE GUARD RAIL. LATER, THE CARS WERE BEING PULLED BACK OUT AND THE CAR DERAILED AGAIN IN THE GAUGE SPOT ROLLING THE RAIL, ALLOWING THE CAR FOLLOWING ITTO DERAIL. THE CAR...

MLINLB-05 WAS PULLING INTO TRACK 3 WHEN A PORTION OF THE TRAIN DERAILED 6 CARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

WHILE OPERATING THE UP8422, THE ENGINEER ON THE ODCDP-03 CALLED THE BRIDGE OPERATOR VIA RADIO CHANNEL 24/24 ON THE AVOYELLES SUB AT MP 6.5 AND ASKED FOR AUTHORITY TO CROSS THE PORT ALLEN BRIDGE. THE LIGHT POWER MOVE WAS STAGED IN THE CHAMBERING YARDWHICH IS LOCATED AT MP 6.49 ON THE AVOYELLES SUB. AFTER HEARING THE...