Missouri Train Derailments 2026

Y-SJO1012-15A REPORTED DERAILING 7 RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK 6242 AND DRAGGING OUT ONTO THE OLD BROOKFIELD MAIN TRACK DUE TO COUPLING SPEED EXCESSIVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED?

CBTTU1-25 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN TWO NEAR MP 24.47 WHEN THEY DERAILED 28 CARS. FOLLOWING A REVIEW OFTRACK GEOMETRY HISTORY, ROADWAY CONDITIONS, TRAIN HANDLING DATA AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT WAS AN UNSTABLE ROADBED, RESULTING FROM CHRONIC SUBGRADE DET...

THE GSJOCQ-08, WHILE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH YARD 2 TRACK 007 IN ST. JOSEPH YARD DERAILED 9 CARS DUE TOBROKEN RAIL.

MASNP-08, OPERATING WESTBOUND ON THE SEDALIA SUBDIVISION, EXPERIENCED A DERAILMENT INVOLVING 25 CARS. THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE MID-TRAIN DPU (UP6579) EXPERIENCED A PCS OPENING AT 00:58:52WHILE TRAVELING AT 33 MPH. TWO SECONDS LATER, AT00:58:54 AND 33 MPH, THE REAR DPU (UP6940) ALSO EXPERIENCED A PCS OPE...

R-HLA8381-24I WAS TRAVERSING SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 10 RAILCARS DUE TO TRACK ALIGNMENT IRREGULAR (BUCKLED/SUNKINK). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MASNP-09 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND FROM UP MT4 TO KCT INCLINE TRACK AND DERAILED 2 CARS WHILE NEGOTIATING TURNOUT DUE TO DEFECTIVE SNUBBING DEVICES ON CAR ALLOWING LIFT THROUGH TURNOUT.

TRRA RAILROAD WAS PULLING ON BNSF YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO CROSS LEVEL CAUSED BY AMUD HOLE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

R-HLA4151-16I WAS SHOVING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO WIDEGAGE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

NS TRAIN 279D304 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE MAIN TRACK DERAILED TWO EMPTY GONDOLAS IN POSITIONS 26 AND 27.

MASNP-04 OUTBOUND CREW WAS ON HEAD END POWER DOING WORK EVENT ON MAIN 4 THRU MAIN 1. THE YNU21 (UTILITY JOB) SHOVED THEIR MID TRAIN SET OUT INTO 212 TRACK WHICH CLEARED THE CP283 SIGNAL AND THEY NEEDED TO DOUBLE BACK TO REAR OF TRAIN IN 211. CREW STARTED PULLING WEST RE-ENTERING THE OS WITHOUT PERMISSION AND RAN THR...

THE EQUIPMENT DAMAGE BELONGED TO THE TRRA $3001.12, THE TRACK MAINTENANCE BELONGS TO THE ADM COMPANY, THE COST WAS $13,018.72.

MOW BOOM TRUCK WAS PICKING UP MATERIAL FROM TRUCK AND PLACING RIGHT AWAY. DURING THE BOOM SWING THEOUTRIGGER SLIPPED OFF TIE AND CAUSING BOOM TRUCK TO OVERTURN AND DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-NTWKCK1-06A WAS TRAVERSING ON MAIN 2 TRACK AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO TRUCK HUNTING FOUND ON FXE 911691. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE WORKING AT DESOTO, THE LSE72-26 WAS PERFORMING A SOUTHBOUND MOVE FROM EISENHOWER LEAD TO SIDING TRACK, WHEN THEY DERAILED AT THE NORTH CROSSOVER OF DESOTO SIDING DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH.

LSJ49-21 WAS SHOVING 29 L, 17 E, 4485 T, AND 2839 FT OVER A FACING POINT SWITCH THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE LINED FOR NORMAL MOVEMENT IN THE TIR. AEPX5583 WAS THE FIRST CAR OVER THE SWITCH, THE LEAD SETOF TRUCKS TRAVERSED FOR STRAIT RAIL AND THE 2ND SET OF TRUCKS MOVED TOWARDS THE TURNOUT DERAILING 5CARS. UPON INVESTIG...

E-PAMWTM0-10C WAS TRAVERSING SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR (JHMX 991945, LINE 100) DUE TOHANDBRAKE BEING LEFT ON BY THE INDUSTRY. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ON 12/31/25, AT ABOUT 1240 CT, THE MER UNION JOB WAS EASTBOUND WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES (MER 588 AND 633) AND TWELVE EMPTY CARS, TRAVELING 8.5 MPH WHEN THE LEADING END OF THE FIRST CAR IN THE CONSIST (NRLX 3162) DERAILED THE A END (LEADING END) OF THE CAR NEAR MP 54.5. THE TRAIN CONTINUED ABOUT 155 BEFORE STOPPING NEAR...

D44D329 WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF TRACK 37 WITH 39 CARS TO START SWITCHING OPERATIONS. THE TRAIN PULLED ABOUT 24 CARS PAST THE 55 SWITCH BEFORE THEY STARTED SHOVING BACK TO TRACK 46. 6 LOADED CARS (LINES 16-21) DERAILED DURING THE SHOVE MOVE ON THE 55 SWITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

G-GNNEAP9-15A WAS DEPARTING MURRAY OUT USTICK 2 YARD TRACK DERAILING 14 RAILCARS DUE TO DEFECTIVE SPIKES OR MISSING SPIKES OR OTHER RAIL FASTENERS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

TRAIN 781-20 WAS SITTING IN THE SIDING AT JOPLIN MEETING TRAIN 868-133, AFTER THE MEET TRAIN DEPARTED & DERAILED WHEN GOING OUT THE NORTH SWITCH AN GOING OVER A BRIDGE.

A PRIVATE CITIZEN HAD REPORTED SPARKS COMING FROM TRAIN CWLNA9-16 TO RMCC. THE CREW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING TRAIN CWLNA9-16 WHEN IT WENT INTO EMERGENCY. TCI WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSPECTIONAND FOUND THE DERAILED CARS AND A LOCKED AXLE ON THE #4 TRACTION MOTOR ON UP8737. TRAIN CONSISTED OF275 EMPTY RAILCARS...

C-NAMOPP0-61A REPORTED DERAILING 10 RAILCARS ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - HEAD AND WEBSEPARATION (OUTSIDE JOINT BAR LIMITS). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-NTWMEM4-09A DERAILED 04 RAILCARS WHILE TRAVERSING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DUE TO DRAFT GEAR/MECHANISMBROKEN OR DEFECTIVE (INCLUDING YOKE). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

C-BTMSKS0-33B WAS PULLING THROUGH INDUSTRY TRACK WHEN THE REAR RAILCAR CEFX 600786 BOTTOM DUMP DOORSOPENED UP AND DUMPED ALL ITS COAL ON TO THE TRACK CAUSING CEFX 600786 AND DP MOTOR BNSF 6156 TO DERAIL DUE TO THE EXCESS PILE OF COAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.  INDUSTRY TRACK COST $7,745.

AT ABOUT 0840 CT, THE UNION JOB WAS SHOVING 11 LOADED CARS WESTWARD ON THE TOPS LEAD, USING TWO GP-15 LOCOMOTIVES WHEN THE LEADING WHEELS OF THE 7TH CAR FROM THE LEADING END OF THE MOVEMENT (CHVX 890053) DERAILED ABOUT 50 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TOPS WAREHOUSE. THE DERAILED CAR TRAVELED ABOUT 142 ON...

HYRAIL WAS TRAVELING IN REVERSE ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DERAILED THE HYRAIL VEHICLE CAUSING SIGNIFICANTDAMAGE TO HYRAIL SYSTEM DUE TO SPEED GOING ACROSS THE SWITCH, IN THUS MOTOR CAR OR ON-TRACK EQUIPMENT RULES (OTHER THAN MAIN TRACK AUTHORITY) - FAILURE TO COMPLY. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-MEMGAL1-12A WAS TRAVERSING SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR AND CAUSED TRACK DAMAGE DUE TOJOURNAL (ROLLER BEARING) FAILURE FROM OVERHEATING. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DS02.21 YARDING THE 33KD818 TRAIN AT LUTHER YARD. WHILE PULLING NORTH THROUGH LU41 THE TRAIN WENT IN EMERGENCY, THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK SOUTH AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY HAD DERAILED 2 CARS IN THE TRAIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

C-BTMSKS0-19B WAS PULLING ON INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 14 RAILCARS DUE TO INDUSTRY ALLOWED COAL TO PILE UP ON TRACKS WHILE RAILCARS WERE BEING UNLOADED. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MASNP-01 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE SEDALIA SUBDIVISION. CREW REPORTED THAT THEY WENT INTO UDE AND FOUND EIGHT CARS DERAILED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE TRACK BUCKLE ON THE SEDALIA SUB AT MP 192.09,IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POINT OF DERAILMENT (POD) OCCURRED WITHIN THE SPIRAL IN A REVERSE CURVE.THE BUCKLE WAS NOTA...

RCO Y-KCM3452-03A WAS SHOVING 9 CARS OVER TO THE BEDFORD YARD AT THE KAW RIVER RAILROAD WHEN 3 RAILCARS DERAILED AT A SWITCH DUE SWITCH (HAND OPERATED) STAND MECHANISM BROKEN, LOOSE OR WORN. KAW HAD $50,815 IN TRACK DAMAGE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE YKC54R-27 HAD HOLD OF 99 CARS WHILE SHOVING TRACK 305, WHEN THE TTGX962084 DERAILED, CAUSING THREE ADDITIONAL CARS TO DERAIL. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE GAPPED SWITCH POINT.

WHILE PULLING A CUT OF CARS FROM 208 THROUGH THE 208/207 AND 207/208 CROSSOVERS, THE YKC54R-17 HAD 3CARS LINES 6-8 FROM THE REAR OF THE CUT DERAILED THE UP76156, SP517440 AND THE ETTX716675 DUE TO WIDE GAGE.

MNPIN-07 WAS SHOVING INTO 301 WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED DUE TO A POORLY MAINTAINED CURVE THERE WAS NOTENOUGH SPIKES TO HOLD THE RAIL. THIS TRACK DERAILED THE TTGX993070 ON THE 301 LEAD INTO 211.

L-HLA4151-07 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS INTO THE PROCTOR AND GAMBLE INDUSTRY LEAD TO SERVICETHE CUSTOMER, WHEN THE LAST 4 RAILCARS IN THEIR CONSIST AND THE REAR LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED IN THE CURVE DUE TO WIDE GAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

UP TRAIN YSJ60R3 DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO M501 - INTERFERENCE (OTHER THAN VANDALISM) WITH RAILROAD OPERATIONS BY NON-RAILROAD EMPLOYEE ON BNSF TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

BNSF H-GALKCK1-04A TRAVERSING WESTBOUND ON KCT MAIN 2 TRACK REPORTING EMERGENCY TO KCT DISPATCHER DUE TO UDE. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED DERAILING 12 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RIM ON RAILCARDMIX 190137. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

BNSF H-GALKCK1-04A TRAVERSING WESTBOUND ON KCT MAIN 2 TRACK REPORTING EMERGENCY TO KCT DISPATCHER DUE TO UDE. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED DERAILING 12 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RIM ON RAILCAR DMIX 190137. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Z-WSPSBD1-05A DERAILED 4 LOCOMOTIVES AND 4 RAIL CARS ON KCT MAIN 3 TRACK WHEN THEY STRUCK 2 DERAILEDRAILCARS FROM THE H-GALKCK1-04A THAT DERAILED ON BNSF MAINTAINED MAIN 2 TRACK DUE TO KCT CONTROL OPERATOR/DISPATCHER FAILED TO COMMUNICATE THE BROADCASTED EMERGENCY FROM THE H-GALKCK1-04A ON KCT TRACK TO THE BNSF CONT...