North Carolina Train Derailments 2026

NS TRAIN 12RP904 PULLING HIGH AT CHARLOTTE TO MAKE CUT AND GO IN THE YARD DERAILED 5 CARS.

Y39021 DERAILED (FURX 739069 AND UTCX 53007) WHILE SHOVING NORTH INTO A07 TO MAKE KICKING ROOM FOR THE SWITCH LIST ON A09 CONTAINING 49 CARS TOTAL. WHILE SHOVING INTO A07, THERE WERE 19 CARS IN THE TRACK AND THE FO WAS HOLDING ONTO A TOTAL OF 31 CARS, 3,421 TONS, AND 1,750 FEET.

Y32213 WAS BRINGING A TRAIN TO THE PORT OF WILMINGTON, TRAVELING DOWNGRADE THROUGH A LEFT-HAND CURVEAT APPROXIMATELY 8.1 MPH WHILE UTILIZING DYNAMIC BRAKE IN NOTCH 6. DURING THE MOVEMENT, CARS 16 AND17 DERAILED. TRACK CONDITIONS INCLUDED A MUD HOLE WITH PROFILE AND ALIGNMENT DEFECTS LEADING UP TOAND THROUGH A CONCRE...

B47618 WAS SHOVING OUT OF VULCAN MATERIALS ONTO THE MAINLINE AND THE FIFTH CAR CLIMBED THE SPLIT RAIL DUE TO THE SPLIT RAIL BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT RESULTING IN A 9 CAR DERAILMENT.

E15P230 WAS SHOVING WEST ON THE ATW INTERCHANGE TRACK WHEN THEIR SECOND CAR (CBTX 740674) DERAILED CAUSING THE FIRST CAR (TCBX 251384) AND TRAIL MOTOR (NS 6414) TO DERAIL.

Y19030 WAS SHOVING 49 CARS INTO TRACK A09, WHILE SHOVING, THE CARS SEPARATED BETWEEN LINES 019 AND 020 DUE PRIVATE CAR FAILURE ON THE SILL ON CAR ATW473704. RCF WAS IN THE BODY OF A09 AND DID NOT KNOWTHE CARS SEPARATED AND BEGAN SHOVING AGAIN. WHEN CARS COUPLED, ATW 473704 DERAILED.

202-25 FAILED TO DROP THE DERAIL BEFORE COUPLING INTO THE EAST END OF TRACK #4 AT HENIFF. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO MAKE A STANDING CUT AND TOLD THE ENGINEER TO PULL AHEAD. THEY PULLED ABOUT 150FTAND A TANK CAR STARTED TO DERAIL AND ROLL OVER, THE DOUBLE SHELF COUPLERS STARTED TO PULL 5 MORE TANKS OFF THE TRACKS...

NS TRAIN P05P222 TRAVELING EAST DERAILED LAST SIX CARS. FIVE OF THE SIX CARS THAT WERE TURNED OVER WERE A RESULT OF DERAILED TBOX 634942 ENCOUNTERING A LH NO.10 TURNOUT AT MILEPOST 9.83E.

FAILED RAIL JOINT CAUSED C36013 DERAIL 28 CARS.

ASSIGNMENT 95ZP206 WITH 2 LOCOMOTIVES, 60 EMPTIES, 0 LOADS, 1808 TONS, AND 3343’ WAS SHOVING NORTH IN CAROLINA SUNROCK INDUSTRY TO BEGIN TO LOAD THE 60 CAR HERZOG TRAIN AT WHICH TIME THE 18TH CAR (HZGX 10512) FROM THE REAR DERAILED IN THE INDUSTRY UNDER THE DUMPER.

DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR ON SWITCH PARTS AND COMPONENTS, THE POWER SWITCH FAILED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE SWITCH POINTS ALLOWING THEM TO GAP AND SHOW OUT OF CORRESPONDENCE WHILE CARS WERE TRAVERSING THE SWITCH. THIS CAUSED Y19022 TO DERAIL.

INCIDENT # 07182025 THE DERAILMENT OCCURRED ON JULY 18, 2025. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 02:47 P.M. WITH CLEAR AND SUNNY CONDITIONS. IT WAS 87 DEGREES WITH 55% HUMIDITY. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 6 EMPLOYEES ON THAT TRAIN. ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WAS ON THE CONTROLLING UNITS ,WHILE AN ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WAS ALSO ON THE PUS...

PULLING EAST THE 23RD CAR IN THE TRAIN DERAILED WHICH CAUSED THE TRAILING 11 CARS TO DERAIL. ONCE THE CARS REACHED THE SWITCH THIS CAUSED THE 23RD CAR IN THE TRAIN TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE BRINGING THE 22ND & 21ST CAR WITH IT.

11E MADE A REVERSE MOVE THROUGH A PREVIOUS RUN THROUGH SWITCH, DERAILING/DAMAGING 7 CARS.