Nebraska Train Derailments 2026

WHILE PERFORMING A CONTINUOUS SHOVING MOVEMENT, YNP39R-28 DERAILED A WHEEL AND SPREAD THE RAIL CAUSING 16 CARS TO DERAIL UPRIGHT.

YND212-29 WHILE MAKING A LIGHT POWER MOVE WESTBOUND WITH SET OF 3 LOCOMOTIVE (CSXT5347, UP2601, UP4063) THE MIDDLE LOCOMOTIVE UP2601, DERAILED 2 WHEELS APPROACHING THE FROG ON THE FORWARDER/BOTTOM OFHILL SWITCH.

YNP23R-27, DURING HUMP OPERATIONS, OVERSPEEDS OCCURRED IN THE NORTH MASTER. SHQX3006 WAS THE LEADINGCAR, FOLLOWED BY SHQX1167, SHQX3119, AND SHQX3025. THE EXCESSIVE SPEED PREVENTED THE RETARDERS FROMEFFECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, CONTAMINATION FROM ANOTHER CUT OF CARS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INABILITY...

E-CLSATM1-55A WAS SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK AND CONDUCTOR FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THAT DERAIL WAS APPLIEDCAUSING 10 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CBMHL-11 COAL TRAIN WAS PULLING LOAD UP TO HALLAM COAL FACILITY WENT UDE, DISCOVERED REAR DPU AND 1CAR ON IT SIDE AS WELL AS ANOTHER CAR WITH 1 SET OF TRUCKS DERAILED.

THE R-HLA4311-30I WAS PULLING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 01 LOCOMOTIVE (BNSF 1458) ON THE WEST-END OF TRACK 3802 DUE TO PREVIOUS RUN THROUGH SWITCH. DIVISION UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHO RAN THROUGH SWITCH. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MCBNP-02 CREW WAS MAKING LIGHT POWER MOVE FROM EAST RECEIVING 1 TO 2 AND TRAVERSED THE WEST END EASTRECEIVING 1-2 POWER SWITCH BEFORE IT WAS LINE/LOCKED FOR INTENDED ROUTE RESULTING IN 3 LOCOMOTIVESDERAILING IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. CONDUCTOR WAS RIDING POINT OF UP7269 AT THE TIME 3 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED.

CCKHS9-20 REPORTED THEY WERE OPERATING WITH PTC/EMS ENGAGED IN T5 AT 45 MPH WHEN THEY GOT HIT FOR DRAGGING EQUIPMENT ON THE 177.8 DETECTOR AND EXPERIENCED A UDE WITH THEIR HEAD END AT MP175.73. THE PASSING TRAIN ON MT1 REPORTED THE REAR TRUCK ON THE170TH CAR (EDEX9594) HAD DERAILED AT PRIVATE XING AT MP177.2.

S-OMASCO1-12A RELIEF CREW SHOVED THROUGH YARD TRACK SWITCH AND WHEN THEY CHANGED DIRECTIONS, THEY DERAILED 2 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

IN AN ACTIVE RCL ZONE, SWITCH 703 WAS LINED FOR THE 703 TRACK BY TRACK INSPECTOR WITHOUT PERMISSIONFROM THE RCL OPERATOR OR RCL ZONE SUPERVISOR WHICH RESULTED IN AN 8 CAR DERAILMENT ON THE YND14R-29ON THE SPARE YARD LEAD.

LNJ43-18 WAS BUILDING THE MCBNP IN TRACK 22. CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE WEST LEAD; UTILITY EMPLOYEE DROVE TO EAST END OF THE TRACK TO PROTECT THE SHOVE FROM THE WEST. THERE IS A SET OF CROSSOVERS IN THEMIDDLE OF THE YARD WHICH WERE LINED FOR THE CROSSOVER MOVEMENT. ON THE WAY TO THE EAST END, UTILITYEMPLOYEE DID NOT CHECK...

YNP33R-09 WAS SWITCHING ON VAN YARD PULLBACK WHEN THEY DERAILED DURING SWITCHING MOVES, RESULTING IN18 CARS DERAILING. NO MAINLINE IMPACT OR HAZMAT RELEASES. INVESTIGATION FOUND MISSING AND BROKEN BOLTS FROM JOINT BAR AT POINT OF DERAILMENT.

Y-LIN2042-22A WAS PULLING OUT OF BOWL TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO BYPASS COUPLERS. NO HAZMATRELEASED.

YNP117-07 CREW WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THE MNPPR. CREW HAD JUST DOUBLED EAST DEPARTURE 4 TO EAST DEPARTURE 6. PULLED ALL OF EAST DEPARTURE 6 OUT AND WAS COMING TO A STOP TO PICK UP THE REAR DP, AND THE ENGINEER SAID TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. FOREMAN, STUDENT AND MTO STARTED TO DRIVE THE TRAIN AND FOUND 5 DERAILED CARS...

H-LINGAL1-04A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOUBLING THE RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 6 RAILCAR DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED WHEN CREW WAS PULLING OUT OF TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

YNP04R-22 WAS TRIMMING OUT OF EAST BOWL 36. CREW WAS TOLD TO STOP BY YNP05R FOREMAN AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE IN THE DIRT. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND 7 CARS TOTAL DERAILED WITH ONE CAR COLLIDING WITH SWITCHENGINE UPY422. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY MOFW ANDCAR DEPT, FOUND ROLLED RAIL EAST OF SWITCH ON THEEAST TRIM LEAD THAT...

WHILE YNP25R-20 WAS PULLING EAST OUT OF EAST BOWL TRACK 158, A 7-CAR DERAILMENT OCCURRED NEAR MIDDLEOF CUT BEING TRIMMED. THE FIRST DERAILED CAR IS OFF THE RAIL UPRIGHT. CARS TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE ONTHEIR SIDES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACK. THE LAST TWO CARS ARE OFF THE RAIL IN UPRIGHT POSITION.

Y-ALN3021-10A WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK AND FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE SWITCH IN TRACK 0501 DERAILING 1RAILCAR. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AFTER PULLING EAST OUT OF BOWL 19 WITH 30 CARS, YNP10R-05, UP361 RAN THROUGH THE 531 SWITCH ON TEAMLEAD WITH 16 CARS, STOPPED AND PITCHED CONTROL TO FOREMAN AT THE WEST END OF CUT OF 30 CARS THEN SHOVED BACK TO BOWL 12 DERAILING 5 CARS DUE TO RUN THROUGH SWITCH.

C-NRMTHH0-09A WAS TRAVERSING MAIN 1 TRACK AND DERAILED 22 RAILCARS DUE TO OTHER RAIL AND JOINT BAR DEFECTS EXCESSIVE VERTICAL WEAR, GAGE CORNER SHELLING, CONSISTENT MARKS ON WHEELS AHEAD OF THE FIRSTCAR TO DERAIL, AND THE COLD TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE DERAILMENT SUPPORT BROKEN RAIL AS THE DERAILMENT CAUSE. NO...

X-PSAHAS3-09A OPERATING LIGHT POWER COMING OUT OF YARD TRACK 110 AND SPLIT THE SWITCH CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL DUE TO SWITCH POINT WORN OR BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-HAV2471-26I WAS SPOTTING AN INDUSTRY WITH A SIX CAR CUT OF EMPTY TANKS. WHILE SHOVING THE LEAD CARCLIMBED THE RAIL DUE TO EXCESS SNOW AND ICE AND 1 RAILCAR DERAIL AND IT MADE CONTACT WITH A STRUCTURE THAT HOUSES PUMP EQUIPMENT FOR THE INDUSTRY. NOHAZMAT RELEASED.

YNP24R-14, DURING AUTOMATIC HUMP OPERATIONS A CUT OF TWO CARS WERE CLASSIFIED TO BOWL 15 AND DERAILED AT THE 9-24 SWITCH. AFTER REVIEW AND INVESTIGATION, THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE 9-24 SWITCH NOTCOMPLETELY LINED FOR ROUTE DUE TO HUMP COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND TRACK PROTECTION LOGIC AND DID NOTALLOW ADEQUATE TIME...

Y-LIN3032-28A RCO WAS PULLING RAILCARS OUT OF BOWL TRACK AND DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

E-AUNALN9-22A WAS TAKING RAILCARS OUT OF STORAGE TRACK AND CONDUCTOR INSTRUCTED ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD AND ENGINEER ACTUALLY SHOVED OVER DIRT PILE CAUSING 4 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE YND14R-22 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 9 WITH 33 CARS OUT OF 104 CARS, CAR LINES NUMBER 36-48 DERAILEDIN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUT NOT AROUND A SWITCH OR FROG.

R-PWR4281-18I WAS SHOVING CARS INTO CRETE YARD WHEN THEY FAILED TO REMOVE THE DERAIL, OPERATING OVERTHE DERAIL AND DERAILING 3 LOADED TANKS. CONDUCTOR REMEMBERS UNLOCKING THE DERAIL, BUT NOT PLACINGTHE DERAIL IN THE NON-DERAILING POSITION. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-HAS9001-14A WAS SHOVING IN INDUSTRY TRACK ATTEMPTING TO COUPLE INTO RAILCARS. COUPLING ATTEMPT WASMADE AT 13MPH AND FAILED TO COUPLE CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE AND 1 RAILCAR TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

G-HASPSA3-30M WAS PULLING OUT OF AGP FACILITY TOWARDS THE BNSF SINGLE MAIN TRACK WHEN 4 RAILCARS DERAILED ON INDUSTRY NEAR FROG DUE TO TRUCK BOLSTER STIFF, IMPROPER SWIVELING. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

K-BRGBRG3-20A WAS TRAVERSING OVER MAIN 2 TRACK SWITCH AND FAILED TO LINE SWING NOSE FROG AND RAN THROUGH IT CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-OMA2011-16A WAS SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 7 RAILCARS AT THE FROG. CAUSE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CCDCL9-26, UP7517 WHILE TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON MAIN TRACK 1 ON THE SOUTH MORRILL SUB AT APPROXIMATELY MP 52, DERAILED 12 CARS 2 WERE UP RIGHT, 10 WERE ON THEIR SIDE. NO TRAIN HANDLING ISSUES FOUND. CONSIST HAD 261 RAILCARS.

YNP31R-03 WHILE SHOVING IN A CUT OF CARS, A SINGLE WHEEL ON THE ARMN110353 CLIMBED A SWITCH AND DERAILED CAUSING THREE CARS TO DERAIL AFTER PASSING FROG. DERAILMENT RESULTED FROM DRAWBAR NOT SLEWING/TRANSITIONING WITH CAR WHILE TRAVERSING SWITCHES CAUSING CAR TO LIFT WHEN TRAVERSING TRACK STRUCTURE.

YNP07R-24, DURING NORMAL HUMPING OPERATIONS, HUMPED A CUT OF 3 CARS TO BOWL 55, THE LEAD CAR NAHX502230 CAME OFF THE RAIL AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH THAT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

EXTREME WIND AT 91 MPH PUSHED A CUT OF RAILCARS OUT THE EAST END OF YARD TRACK 3007 IN HAVELOCK YARDCAUSING 2 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-LINNTW1-09 WAS DOUBLING THE HEAD END OF THEIR TRAIN FROM TRACK 762 TO DEPARTURE 1 TRACK. CREW STARTED PULLING EAST, WHEN 5 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DISPATCHER REPORTED THE SWITCH AT OREAPOLIS ON THE MAIN 2 TRACK WILL NOT LINE FOR MOVEMENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A LOOSE WHEEL ON FURX 855286 CAUSED IT TO DERAIL AND DAMAGE TRACKAND SWITCH POINT. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

TRAIN CREW WAS SHOVING 10 EMPTY CARS AND 6 LOADED CARS THROUGH THE CROSSOVER FROM THE CIE STORAGE TRACK TO THE MAINLINE WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES. THE LEADING WHEEL ON THE TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE CLIMBED THE POINT ON THE FROG AND DERAILED. WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVE DUG INTO THE GROUND IT CAUSED 6 EMPTY CARS TO LEANAND TIP OVER. INVE...

YND48R-30 WAS PULLING CARS BACK FROM TRACK 694 WHEN CARS DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL NEAR THE C CROSSOVER SWITCH ON THE DEPARTURE LEAD. EIGHT CARS DERAILED AND TWO CARS WERE LAYING ON THEIR SIDE.

THE C4 TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WHEN THE 58TH TO 64TH CARS DERAILED (7 LOADED GRAIN CARS). INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING ON-SITE AND LOCOMOTIVE DATA DOWNLOAD, DETERMINED THE PRIMARY CAUSE TO BE SLACK RUNIN FOLLOWING AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE VALVE APPLICATION.

H-DENLIN1-08A WAS OPERATING LIGHT ENGINE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING YARD TRACK AND WENT OVERA DERAIL CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CPWNA9-8 DERAILED 3 RAILCARS WHILE SHOVING TRAIN INTO THE PROGRESS RAIL LEAD AT GLOVER NEBRASKA WHERE IT WAS TO BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW AND MINIMAL TRACK DAMAGE.DOWNLOAD SHOWS THE ENGINEER WAS SHOVING WITH 9 LBSOF AIR SET IN THROTTLE POSITION 4 ON A DECENDING GRADE IN VIOLATION...

GSVL4P-23 COMING INTO THE PASS AT LEVEL YARD DERAILED 8 CARS. TRAIN WAS TRAVELING SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT 17 MPH WHEN 44 CARS HAD PASSED THE POD. UPON INVESTIGATION THERE WAS ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE TRUCKBOLSTER CMO21706, THAT WAS FIRST CAR DERAILED. THERE WAS A CROSS LEVEL AT THE POD THAT FOR THAT TRACK OF CLASS IS WIT...

TRAIN STOPPED FOR A HIGH WIND ADVISORY.  WHILE STOPPED IT WAS HIT BY A TORNADO WHICH DERAILED 129 RAILCARS AND 1 DP LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION - TORNADO. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE WEST FROG ON MAIN LINE 2 AT CPW130 BROKE WHILE CBHML-04 WAS PASSING OVER IT. THE REAR CAR, NPPX91135 DERAILED UPRIGHT AND DP LOCOMOTIVE UP7052 DERAILED ON ITS SIDE. FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION ONE ADDITIONAL CAR, NPPX91067 HAD DERAILED AND RERAILED ITSELF.

CATAU-31 TRAVELING EAST TO NORTH YARD 1 TRACK, DERAILED 9 CARS ON THE #5 SWITCH ON THE WEST LEAD. RAIL WAS WORN, THOUGH STILL IN SPECIFICATIONS, TO ALLOW THE SWITCH TO GAP.

Y-HAS3611-23A WAS SHOVING WEST IN YARD TRACK 0112 AND DERAILED 2 RAILCAR AT THE FROG DUE TO OTHER WHEEL DEFECTS (CAR) (A-END TRUCK SET CRDX 29090 HOLLOW TREAD NON-CONDEMNABLE ON THE RIGHT #3 AND #4. PLUS, THE CIRCUMFERENCE MISMATCH OF 1” WAS LATERALFORCES WERE STEERING THE TRUCK SET TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE L4 WHEE...

YNP11R-04, WHILE MOVING LIGHT POWER HAD THE LEAD SET OF TRUCKS DERAIL WHILE TRAVERSING SWITCH. THISOCCURRED IN THE SAME SEGMENT OF TRACK WHERE A DERAILMENT OCCURRED THE DAY PRIOR (ROOT CAUSE WAS M411), IN WHICH REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED TO STANDARD.

GSS9MH-08 WAS WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 ON THE KEARNEY SUB. TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT 48MPH WESTBOUND WHEN THEY FELT ROUGH TRACK AND WENT INTO UDE. AFTER COMING TO A STOP CREW FOUND 46 CARS DERAILED STACKED UP BLOCKING MT 1-3. AFTER INVESTIGATION CAUSEDETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN JOINT BAR THAT WAS MISSEDDURING A PREVIOUS...

ZBRG2B-07 WAS TRAVERSING EAST AND WENT INTO UDE. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED AND FOUND CARS DERAILED AND RAIL EQUIPMENT ON FIRE. FIRE INVOLVED CONTAINER XPOU410989 (LOAD-MXFRT) ON RAILCAR DTTA727622 AND CONTAINER HGIU651511 (LOAD-PLSTCS) ON RAILCAR BNSA254819. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND #4 FLANGE BROKEN ON DTTX454887 W...