Michigan Train Derailments 2026

GLC'S CREW HAD TWO ENGINES AND TWENTY LOADED CARS, AND THE BOTTOM 6 LOADS HAD DERAILED. GLC REPORTEDCOST OF EQUIPMENT: $27,999.

UNIT TRAIN 107X0 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE CADILLAC SUBDIVISION WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 107 LOADS. THE LEADING TRUCK OF THE 11TH CAR (NS 298434) IN THE TRAIN PICKED/CLIMBED THE SWITCH POINT OF THE OWOSSO JCT. SWITCH AT MP107.67. BOTH AXLES ON THE TRUCK SET DERAILED TO THE EAST AND CONTINUED TOTRAVEL 0.93 MILES...

THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS WESTWARD THROUGH THE WEST END OF SB 5/6 SWITCH WHEN THEYDERAILED TBOX 664915 AND NOKL 736135. THE CARS FAILED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SWITCH DUE TO BYPASSCOUPLERS (COUPLERS FAILED TO SLEW). TBOX 664915 ENDED UP COMING TO REST AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE.

THE Y29016 DERAILED DUE TO FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE HANDBRAKES ON CAR.

Y39024 WHILE SWITCHING IN GRAND RAPIDS YARD ON THE OLD EVEN LEAD, KICKED 2 LOADED AND 1 EMPTY CAR INTO 1 SECURED CAR ON THE OLD EVEN LEAD CAUSING BYPASS COUPLERS CAUSING ROLLED RAIL AND DERAILMENT.

NS TRAIN B19B611 SHOVING EAST OUT OF CL10 DERAILED LINES 16 TO 21, DUE TO WIDE GAUGE RESULTING FROMDEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSS TIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

L57261-29 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING SOUTH THROUGH CR06 ON THE SOUTHBOUND TRIM LEAD WHEN 4 CARS DERAILED UPRIGHT (FTTX 940491, FTTX 972694, FTTX 961562, FTTX 972609). INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINEER WAS AT FAULT / TRAIN HANDLING.

THE CREW ADVISED THEY TIED ONTO SOUTH 1 TRACK AND STARTED TO MOVE 37 CARS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS 4” OF PROFILE ON THE WEST RAIL, 2” OF PROFILE ON THE EASTRAIL FOLLOWED BY 13/4” CROSSLEVEL. THERE WAS ALSO REVERSE CANT ON THE RAIL FROM FIELD SIDE PLATE CUT TIES WHICH ALLOW...

HESR 825 CREW WAS MOVING WEST ON THE BAD AXE SUB MAINLINE IN UBLY MI AT 11 MPH WITH 2 LOCOS AND 44 LOADS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED A WASHOUT DERAILING 5 TOTAL CARS WITH 4 ON THEIR SIDE.

TRAIN DERAILED FOUR RAILCARS WHILE PULLING ON INDUSTRIAL TRACK

OWEX1-24 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE MIDDLETON SUBDIVISION WITH 24 CARS. AS THEY WHERE ENTERING THE ASHLEY YARD LIMITS, THE CONDUCTOR WAS WALKING TO THE BACK UNIT TO GET A COAT. THE CONDUCTOR SAW THE PMRX152277 CONSTANTLY LEANING TO THE SIDE (THIS WAS VERIFIED BY A BYSTANDER THAT SAW IT). THE CONDUCTOR TOLD THE ENGINE...

R98361-04 WAS SHOVING CR25, CLEAR TRACK. HAD A HOLD OF 21 CARS, WHILE SHOVING THE BELL HOUSING BROKEON THE CR 297631 CAUSING THE DRAWBAR TO DROP AND COME APART FROM THE CAR NORTH OF IT. CAUSING THE SOUTH 20 CARS TO FREE ROLL SOUTH INTO CR25 WHILE JOB L57461-04 HAD CARS FROM CR30 PULLED OUT ON THE LEAD. THE TTGX 6975...

THE SWITCH CREW WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS IN THE YARD WHILE SWITCHING AND LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED ON WIDE TRACK GAUGE. THE RAIL ROLLED CAUSING THE 3 RAILCARS CLOSEST TO LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL.

ON 3-11-26 AT 2103, THE CAD10-11 WAS PULLING SOUTH THROUGH THE BELT TRACK IN CLARE. AFTER STOPPING FOR THE CROSSING, THE CREW PROCEEDED SOUTH APPROXIMATELY 10 CAR LENGTHS WHEN THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. AFTER INSPECTING THEIR TRAIN, THEY NOTICED 3 CARS HAD DERAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TRAIN. GLC MANAGEMENT...

THE R98261-09 WAS DEPARTING TRACK CR03 WITH 41 CARS WHEN THE ENGINE WENT INTO EMERGENCY, LEADING TOSLACK THAT RESULTED IN TWO CARS (TTGX 254878, TTGX 256139) DERAILING AND TRACK DAMAGE. CAUSE TO WASDUE TO THE REMOTE LOCOMOTIVE NOT KEEPING COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOX.

TRAIN DERAILED ONE RAILCAR AND DAMAGED ANOTHER AFTER A CAR ROLLED INTO TRAIN WHEN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HANDBRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED.

TRAIN DERAILED ONE ENGINE IN LIVERNOIS YARD WHILE SWITCHING DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.

SOUTH RAIL BROKE AS TRAIN WAS GOING OVER IT. CONDUCTOR ON THE POINT OF SHOVING MOVE DIDN'T FEEL OR HEAR ANYTHING. ENGINEER STATED HE FELT A SMALL BUMP BUT THOUGHT IT WAS SLACK. THEY WERE SLOWING DOWNFOR THE CENTER ST. GRADE CROSSING. AFTER THAT THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. ALL CARS STAYED UPRIGHT ANDON THE ROADBED. WHE...

THE CREW ADVISED THEY WERE PULLING ACROSS THE SB RECEIVING TRACK INTO SR01 WHEN SIX EMPTY AUTO FRAMECARS DERAILED ON THEIR SIDE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AN IMPROPER REPAIR TO THE BELL MOUTH ON CAR FTTX961213 WAS THE CAUSE.

WHILE PULLING UP THE LONG LEAD TO PARK THE TRAIN, ENGINEER WAS DRAGGED TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION CARS 2-6 WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED AWAY FROM THE MAIN AND PASS TOWARD THE DITCH. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE A VERTICAL SHIFT SPLIT HEAD IN THE RAIL THAT BROKE OUT UNDERNEATH THE CARS AFTER THE LOCOMOTIVE PASSED.

TRAIN CREW WAS HEADED EAST WITH THEIR TRAIN THROUGH FAIRLY SHARP S-CURVE AT AN ESTIMATED 8 MILES PERHOUR. THE CREW FELT THEIR LEAD LOCOMOTIVE DERAIL IN WIDE GAUGE AN IMMEDIATELY PUT TRAIN INTO EMERGENCY. ALL ROLLING EQUIPMENT STOPPED QUICKLY AND STAYED VERY CLOSE TO RAIL. EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSED SUNKINK IN CURVE CAUSI...

TRAIN DERAILED ONE ENGINE AND ONE RAILCAR DUE TO TRACK DEFECT.

DURING SHOVE MOVEMENT, TRAIN 311 DERAILED 9 CARS IN CURVE APPROACH TO SWING BRIDGE DUE TO RAIL ROLLING. CARS DERAILED WERE LINES 19 THROUGH 27. ALL LOADS OF STONE WILL GO TO REPOTABLE DUE TO WHEEL REPLACEMENTS ON CARS.

LSRC 311-14 CUT AWAY FROM THEIR ORIGINAL TRAIN (71X11) AT THE MARATHON CROSSING TO HEAD IN THE YARDTO PICK UP 25 CARS OFF OF THE B RINKS LEAD (TRAIN WOULD NOT FIT IN THE YARD OTHERWISE). AFTER TYINGUP THE CARS (SCJ CROSSING WAS CUT) THEY BEGAN TO PULL NORTH OFF OF THE LEAD WHEN THE CONDUCTOR NOTICED DUST FLYING. THE...

TRAIN DERAILED ONE RAILCAR WHILE SWITCHING DUE TO COMPRESSION LIFTOFF.

THE CREW ADVISED THT THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, THEY DISCOVERED CARS HAD DERAILED. THE CAUSE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO PTC, WHICH INITIATED BRAKING ACTION WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE CREW.

LSRC WAS PULLING EASTBOUND ON HESR TRACK WITH 90 LOADED GRAIN CARS WHEN CARS DERAILED.

THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CROSSING OVER FROM SB03 IN THE EAST YARD USING WEST LEAD TO SHOVE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC INTO RB05 IN THE WEST YARD. ASSIGNMENT INITIATED SHOVE MOVE IN AN EASTWARD DIRECTIONWHEN THE ON-DUTY TRANSPORTATION MANAGER NOTICED CARS WERE ROCKING IN AN ALARMING MANNER THEN IDENTIFYING SPARKS AND WH...

M39671-04 WAS PULLING THROUGH SOUTH 10 IN FLINT YARD TRAVELING AT 7.6 MPH.THE ENGINEER STOPS AT EASTEND DUE TO POSSIBLE DEBRIS IN SWITCH AHEAD AND DISMOUNTS LOCOMOTIVE TO INSPECT. DURING STOPPING PROCESS ENGINEER FULLY APPLIES THE INDEPENDENT BRAKE REACHING 67 PSI AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKES A FULL-SERVICE AUTOMATIC BR...

TRAIN 311S WAS OPERATING WITH 2 OF 3 UNITS ON LINE AND AFTER COMING AROUND CURVE AND OVER CROSSING AT WOODSIDE, ENGINEER FELT ENGINE GO ON GROUND AND MADE ACTIONS TO STOP TRAIN. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED A TRAILING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT PICKED THE SWITCH ENTERING THE MAINLINE AT MP 14.7, AND IT CAUSEDTHE INSIDE CURVE RA...