Minnesota Train Derailments 2026

NTW821124 LIGHT POWER RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKINGSIGNAL. NO HAZMAT.

YNTW300212 RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO THROTTLE (POWER), IMPROPER USE (H014).MAX TO IDLE. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSP21-04 WAS SHOVING CARS INTO TRACK 26 FROM THE SWITCHING LEAD WHEN THE CBTX725756 DERAILED IN A CURVE PORTION OF THE TRACK, SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLING THE RAIL AND DERAILING A TOTAL OF 9 CARS.

TRAIN 346-22 DERAILED 30 CARS ON THE DETROIT LAKES SUBDIVISION AT MILE 235.2. THE TRAIN, TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT 35 MILES PER HOUR, REPORTED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION WITH AIR NOT RESTORING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, 30 CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED. TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL LEADERSHIP...

J15-17 DERAILED DEPARTING MNNR A-YARD. CAR 26 OF 30 (NDYX 863391) DERAILED AXLE 3 LEFT AFTER CLIMBING SWITCH POINT. FOLLOWING AXLE / CARS TRAVERSED NORMALLY. NDYX 863391 CAUSED FURTHER DERAILMENT OF FOLLOWING CARS (FURX 854119 & AEX 015873). UPON INVESTIGATION, SPEEDWAY SWITCH POINT FOUND TO BE WORNAND PRIMARY CAUSE...

MVPNP-02 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE MANKATO SUB AND WENT UDE DUE TO BROKEN RAIL AT MP 57.5, DERAILING EIGHT CARS. AFTER INVESTIGATION A BROKEN RAIL WAS FOUND WITH A HORIZONTAL SPLIT HEAD.

THE UTILITY POSITIONED HIMSELF TO WATCH THE SHOVE EASTWARD SO THE WEST END WOULD CLEAR THE HOLE TRACK SWITCH AND GET LINED TO PROCEED TO HALLETT DOCK. UTILITY DIDN#T RESTORE THE EAST END P604 SWITCHTO NORMAL, SO WAS LINED AGAINST THEIR SHOVE MOVEMENT, AND THE SWITCH WAS RUN THROUGH DURING THE SHOVE. THE MOVEMENT CHA...

A43841-27 WAS ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER FROM TRAIN GOING INTO EMERGENCY, ONCE AIR WAS NOT RECOVERING CONDUCTOR STARTED TO WALK TRAIN. CONDUCTOR LATER DID FIND A BROKEN KNUCKLE ON LINE 5 (CN558019) AND HADISSUES REPLACING, EVEN WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE ENGINEER. MECHANICAL AND LRC HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO ASSIST PRIOR TO THE...

CREW WAS SHOVING TO PICK UP CUT OF CARS. WHEN JOINT WAS MADE AND THE CREW STARTED PULLING EAST, THELEAD CAR IN A CURVE, NEXT TO A INSULATED JOINT DERAILED.

G EMETAC9 07 PULLING ON INDUSTRY OWNED AND MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL -BASE. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

H-NTWBRC-1-19A SHOVING ON YARD TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT, FAILURE TO CONTROL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YNTW101208 RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK, DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND REVIEW OF THEFLOW CHART INDICATES THAT CAUSE WAS LIKELY DUE TO THE EMPTY BOX CAR COUPLE TO A LONG DRAWBAR CAR NAVIGATION A #9 TURNOUT WITH TRACK CONSISTING PREDOMINATELY LOADED CARS CAUSED THE LATERAL FORCES ON THE REAR AXLE OF BOX...

YDUL116208 RCO JOB PULLING, RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH ABLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

H-DILLAU1-24A PULLING ON MAIN 1 TRACK DERAILED 14 RAILCARS DUE TO INDEPENDENT (ENGINE) BRAKE, IMPROPER USE (EXCEPT ACTUATION) (H023). THE RAILCARS LEANED OVER ON A STANDING X-TACHAG9-20H ON MAIN 2 TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

CP TRAIN PULLING DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO SWITCH POINT WORN OR BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

SWITCH CREW WAS SHOVING TRAIN INTO 8 TRACK. THE BR BOTTOM OUTLET DOOR HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON THE RRVW2061 WAS HANGING DOWN DUE TO A MISSING PIN. THE HANGING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BECAME WEDGED IN THE FLANGE WAY BETWEEN THE LH AND RH WING RAILS OF 9 TRACK FROG AND WAS TORN OFF THE CAR. THE CYLINDER IN THE FLANGE WAY BEGA...

Y-NTW3002-30A SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 13 RAILCARS IN MULTIPLE TRACKS DUE BUFFERING OR SLACK ACTION EXCESSIVE, TRAIN HANDLING. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

THE TRAIN CREW WAS PERFORMING SWITCHING OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE MIDDLE TRACK AND THE EAST TRACK. UPONCOMPLETION OF THE MOVES, THE PLAN WAS TO PULL ALL CARS FROM THE EAST TRACK. AS THE ENGINEER BEGANPULLING THE TRAIN OUT, HE REPORTED FEELING RESISTANCE SHORTLY AFTER MOVEMENT COMMENCED. IMMEDIATELYTHEREAFTER, THE CONDU...

R TWI8541 05I SHOVING SIDING TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO TIE FOULING TRACKS CAUSING WHEELS TO LIFT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

USTCMRS528 SHOVING SINGLE MAIN TRACK DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 4 RAILCARS DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION - FLOOD. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

TRAIN 242-22 DERAILED 19 CARS ON THE PAYNESVILLE SUBDIVISION AT MILE 68.2. THE TRAIN, TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT 21 MILES PER HOUR, REPORTED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION WITH AIR NOT RESTORING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRAIN, 19 CARS WERE FOUND DERAILED. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE RELEASED FROM THE DERAILMENT...

LTU62-15, WHILE PULLING TRACK 213 FROM THE NORTH END OF ELK CREEK TO SET OUT CARS TO 216, TRAIN RANTHRU THE 212 SWITCH. ONE CAR WAS SET OUT INTO 216 AND THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING TWO CARS BACK TO 213 WHEN THEY DERAILED.

AN UNATTENDED STANDING CUT OF RAILCARS WAS BLOWN OUT OF A YARD TRACK AND INTO A DERAIL, DERAILING 5RAILCARS DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION - EXTREME WIND VELOCITY. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

MVPSS-18 TRAVELING NORTH ON THE MANKATO SUB AND EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY, RESULTING IN CARSEPARATION AND AN 8-CAR DERAILMENT DUE TO A SUN KINK.

JOB 99 WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIAWATHA MAIN RUNNING LEAD WAS UNABLE TO STOP FOR GAPPED SWITCH WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH. LEAD LOCOMOTIVE AXLE 2 DERAILED WHILE TRAVERSING SWITCH. TOTAL DAMAGES OF $16,103 FOR INCIDENT. LOCOMOTIVE MNNR 51 AXLE 2 WAS REPLACED. NOTE: MNNR DOES NOT USE MILEPOSTS AT THIS TIME.

EAST OB CHS SHUTTLE TRAIN WENT INTO UNDESIRABLE EMERGENCY, INVESTIGATION FOUND 6 DERAILED CARS.

CPKC PULLING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO TURNOUT FROG (SELF GUARDED) WORN, OR BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

U KEEALL0 74T DERAIL 1 RAILCAR AND EXPERIENCED A BROKEN WHEEL ON THE BNSF 601556 THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE TRACK DAMAGE DUE TO BROKEN RIM. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y-NTW113-2-18A RCO JOB SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 8 RAILCARS AND STRUCK AN RAIL BRIDGE GOING OVER THE YARD DUE TO GUARD RAIL LOOSE/BROKEN OR MISLOCATED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE. NO INJURIES.

YNTW301213 RCO HUMPING RAILCARS DERAILED 2 RAILCARS AND DAMAGED A 3RD DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS (AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION YARD). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YMK82-08 WAS SHOVING CARS TO A JOINT WHEN TRAIN STOPPED AND WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR WALKED UPAND THE MIDDLE OF THE CARS BEING SHOVED WERE ON THE GROUND. 5 TOTAL CARS UPRIGHT, NO INJURIES. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN RAIL.

YNTW117204 RCO PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YWLM122107 SWITCH CREW THROUGH A SWITCH AND DID NOT CLOSE THE HASP CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 4 RAILCARS TO DERAIL ON THE INBOUND H LINNTW1 06A DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE. ZERO DEGREES WAS REPORTED AS THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

MNPAL-21 WAS TRAVELING EAST WHEN WRFX380757 DERAILED THE NUMBER 3 WHEEL AT MP18.45 ON THE ALTOONA SUB AND KEPT TRAVELING UNTIL MP23.77 BEFORE GOING UDE AND COMING TO A STOP, DERAILING 2 CARS. UPON INVESTIGATION CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE COUPLER VERTICAL TRAVEL.

E-COBBTM0-01B DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO FAILURE TO RELEASE HAND BRAKES ON CAR(S) (RAILROAD EMPLOYEE). THE TEMPERATURE WAS ZERO AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.