Ohio Train Derailments 2026

DE21 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMPING A9 WHEN AXLES 3 AND 4 OF CAR AOKX 491478 DERAILED. CAR COUNT VERIFIED.

Y20329 WHEN PULLING CARS FROM TRACK 11 FAILED TO STOP SHORT OF MISALIGNED DEPARTURE LEAD DIVIDE SWITCH CAUSING 3 CAR DERAILMENT.

NS TRAIN 746L807 TRAVERSING EAST ON SINGLE MAIN AT MP S51.4 NEAR MARION, OH DERAILED 1 LOADED CAR. NO INJURIES TO REPORT.

NS TRAIN 272L818 WENT INTO EMERGENCY WITH THEIR HEAD END AT MP S94.3. CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN ANDFOUND 1 CAR DERAILED AT MP S95.7.

RCO YARD SWITCHER HJ12 SWITCHING IN CANTON YARD, A CUT OF 33 CARS EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED SEPARATION BETWEEN LINE 13 AND 14 ON 513 CLEAR TRACK. 13 CARS 11 LOADS AND 2 EMPTIES ROLLED FREELY THROUGH 513 TRACK TO THE WEST END OF THE YARD REACHING THESPLIT POINT DERAIL. 4 WEST CARS DERAILED AND FOULING FORT WAYNE #2 M...

NS TRAIN 170L803 DERAILED AT BUCYRUS, OH WHILE TRAVERSING THE EAST LEG OF COLSAN CONNECTION TRACK. THE POINT OF DEPARTURE WAS ON NORFOLK SOUTHERN MAINTENANCE LIMITS. ALSO DAMAGED CFE RAILROAD'S MAIN LINE. TRACK WITH AN ESTIMATED DAMAGE OF $306,123.00. NOTE: PER FRA INSTRUCTIONS, LINES 2, 2A AND 2B ARE A PLACE HOLDER...

ON JUNE 30TH, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 0030, THE AA7 WAS SHOVING 24 CARS INTO 14 TRACK WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE CARS ROCKING BADLY. THE ENGINEER STOPPED ALL TRAIN MOVEMENT AND WALKED THE TRAIN WHENHE NOTICED THE HEAD 2 CARS ON THE GROUND. NO HAZMAT OR INJURIES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.

SINGLE MAN HUMP RCO JOB DE04 TIED ONTO TRACK AA04 WITH HUMP SET 871 AND SHOVED THE TRACK TO THE HUMP. THE TRACK STOPPED MOVING HALFWAY AND THE RCO ENGINE GAVE A MOVEMENT FAILURE, RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT OF 13 CARS.

L42516 DERAILED COMING INTO THE WOP FOR R3S RESULTING IN DERAILMENT OF ENGINE CSXT8367 AND CAR BNGX31043 DUE TO GAP IN SWITCHPOINT.

Y19030 HAD A HOLD OF 72 CARS AND TIED ON TO 37 CARS AT THE EAST END OF N03, THE WEST 20 IN N03 HAD AIR ON THEM. WHEN THE SWITCHMAN BEGAN TO SHOVE, IT CAUSED 4 AUTO RACKS TO DERAIL IN N03 TRACK AT THEEAST END.

CREW, WHILE SWITCHING AT THE EAST END OF THE YARD, ENCOUNTERED BROKEN RAIL WHILE PULLING EAST ON TAIL TRACK IN NEWARK YARD, DERAILING 1 AXLE OF LOADED UTLX 630603, THE 5TH CAR FROM THE ENGINES. THE CREW SHOVED WEST APPROXIMATELY 40 LENGTHS AND STARTED SWITCHING, DERAILING AXLE 2 WHICH IS WHEN THEY STOPPED TO INSPECT...

IT APPEARS THAT AT SOME POINT WHILE TRAIN 583 WAS DOUBLING, A WELD FAILURE OCCURRED. OVER TIME, CONTINUED MOVEMENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS CAUSED THE HEAD OF THE RAIL TO DETERIORATE, ULTIMATELY ALLOWING THE WHEEL OF AN EMPTY BOXCAR TO CLIMB ONTO THE RAIL WHILE THE OPPOSING WHEELS DROPPED INTO GAUGE WHILEMAKING A SOUTHWAR...

Z32016 TRAVELING NORTH ON 2 MAIN, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO MATERIAL FALLING THROUGH THE CAR BODY ON LINE 52 DREX 022015, IMPACTING 5 OTHER CARS DERAILING THEM LINES 59,60,61,62,63 ON MAIN 2. NS DAMAGES$29,395.

WHILE TRANSVERSING OVER SWITCH, Y29314 DERAILED 6 CARS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DURING THE INSTALL OFTHE 8N SWITCH IN QUEENSGATE YARD TWO WIRES WERE MISTAKENLY SWAPPED INSIDE THE SWITCH. THESE WIRES HAD VERY SIMILAR NOMENCLATURE HOWEVER, THEY HAD DIFFERENT VOLTAGE AND CURRENT. THIS CAUSED A SHORT AND BACK FED INTO TH...

Y294 WHILE SHOVING INTO A03, BEGAN TO START SLOWING HIS TRAIN WHEN LINES 44S KNUCKLE BROKE, CAUSING10 LOAD AUTO RACKS TO RUN OUT OF THE TRACK AND SIDE SWIPE INTO M42811 POWER.

SY2 WAS PERFORIMING SWITCHING OPERATIONS IN YARD. AFTER MOVING CARS TO ADJACENT TRACK, CONDUCTOR PULLED REAR END OF 25 CARS UP TO START SHOVING MOVE IN MY2 POCKET. CONDUCTOR GOT ON REAR CAR AND BEGANSHOVE. ENGINEER MADE MINIMUM BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION AND FELT SLACK BUNCH UP. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS ENGINEER FELT IN TRAIN...

Y39426 WHILE SWITCHING CARS AT THE WEST OF THE ARRIVAL YARD SWITCHED 32 AUTO RACKS INTO TRACK A08. THE CREW TIED ONTO A08 WITH THEIR LAST 5 CARS COUPLING TO A TOTAL OF 35 CARS THE CREW STRETCHED AND PULLED THE BOTTOM OF THE CUT UP TO HIMSELF TO PROTECT HIS SHOVE INTO A08 TO TIE ONTO THE CARS AT THEEAST END OF THE YA...

CREW WAS PULLING NORTH THROUGH THE YARD WITH THEIR TRAIN WHEN CAR 15 AND 16 DERAILED. THE 16TH CAR IMPACTED STANDING EQUIPMENT ON AN ADJACENT TRACK AND SHOVED IT FOR ABOUT 50FT IN THE TRACK. THE STRIKE IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND CAUSED IT TO TEAR OPEN AND RELEASE PLASTIC PELLETS ON TO THE GROUND.

C51626 PULLING INTO Q02 AT THE TOLEDO DOCKS WITH 104 LOADS OF COAL MADE IT 79 CARS INTO THE TRACK THEN DERAILED LINES 79 - 83. TAPS TEAM FOUND BROKEN RAIL TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT. WHEN C51626 DERAILED IT HIT A CUT OF CARS ON Q01 DERAILING 2 MORE CARS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:05AM, THE KN380 CALLED THE TRAINMASTER TO INFORM HIM THAT THEY WERE ON THE GROUND INSIDE HOBSON YARD LIMITS. TRAINMASTER INFORMED THE PROPER DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 5 CARS HAD DERAILED AND BROKEN JOINT BARS APPEARED TO BE THE CAUSE. NO ONE WAS INJ...

Y29520 SHOVING TO THE HUMP , WENT ON THE GROUND , COMING OUT OF TRACK R05, IN THE INTERMEDIATES. ITWAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROCESS OF SHOVING CARS TO THE HUMP NEEDS TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR USING EXCESSIVE CROSSOVERS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SIGNAL AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW THE TYT SYSTEM TODO THIS THROUGH TEC...

WHILE WORKING IN THE CLASSIFICATION YARD DE43 YARD JOB COUPLED UP TO CT23 TRACK, PULLED HIGH WENT TOSHOVE INTO CT24. MADE SEVERAL TIES TO BE SOLID. AS HE STARTED TO PULL THE ENGINE STOPPED MOVING. HEWALKED BACK AND NOTICED ABOUT 6 CARS ON THE GROUND.

E101 CREW WAS SWITCHING IN LIMA YARD. THEY SHOVED 64 CARS INTO #1 TRACK FROM THE EAST END TO CLEAR UP FOR ANOTHER CREW TO DEPART. THEY SHOVED THROUGH A MISALIGNED SWITCH ON THE WEST END OF THE YARD AND ULTIMATELY PULLED BACK THROUGH IT, RESULTING IN CARS 61-63 DERAILING.

625-30 CREW WAS SHOVING CARS INTO STERILITE WHEN THEY CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY APPLICATION. THE ENGINEER RESET THE AIR AND PULLED AHEAD AN ADDITIONAL 36 FEET WHILE LOADING EXCESSIVE AMPERAGE. CONDUCTOR WALKS TO THE REAR OF THE TRAIN AND FOUND IARX 600396 AND TILX 623659 DERAILED ON THEIR SIDES.

CUT OF 3 TANK CARS TILX 201640, TILX 201888 AND TILX 201653 WERE HUMPED IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ANDDERAILED BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 4TH GROUP. 4TH CAR, NAHX 66247 FOLLOWED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE CUT OF 3 CARS, DAMAGING THE CAR, BUT NOT DERAILING. NOINJURIES OCCURRED.

C54C520 PULLED WEST THROUGH MJ440, MADE A CUT BEHIND 128 CARS TO MAKE A SETOVER TO MJ446. AFTER MAKING THE CUT THE CONDUCTOR STOPPED AT THE WRONG SWITCH, FAILED TO LINE THE CORRECT SWITCH, AND COUPLEDBACK UP INTO THE CARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CUT AWAY FROM ON MJ440, RESULTING IN A 6-CAR DERAILMENTON THE HUMP LEAD TH...

ENGINEER WENT THRU A MISALIGNED SWITCH MADE A REVERSE MOVE DERAILING THREE EMPTY CARS

ECL CREW TIED ONTO THE ROYSTER TRACK WITH 2 CARS. THEY STARTED TO PULL AND WENT APPROXIMATELY 1 CARLENGTH WHEN THEY FOUND THE SECOND CAR FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED. CAR WAS UPRIGHT AND WHEELS WERECLOSE TO THE RAIL. THE CAR ORIGINALLY DERAILED WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY SHOVED IN.

TRAIN 554-21 DERAILED FOUR LOADED COVERED HOPPERS (TILX 340637, SOXX 325710, MCEX 330018, AND ONE ADDITIONAL SOXX CAR) WHILE MOVING NORTH INTO TRACK C05 AFTER MAKING A DOUBLE. THE ENGINEER FELT RESISTANCE AND STOPPED THE TRAIN, DISCOVERING THE DERAILMENT AT THE SWITCH. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE OPEN SWITCH POINT...

TRAIN CREW WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN THE HILL YARD AND C & N MAIN IN NEWARK YARD LIMITS WHEN THE CONDUCTOR INADVERTENTLY LINED THE C & N MAIN / PAN SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE C & N MAIN/HILL YARD SWITCH CAUSING THE C & N MAIN/PAN SWITCH TO BE RUN THROUGH WHEN THE TRAIN SHOVED WEST. ON THE NEXT EASTBOUND PULL, THE 7TH CAR OF...

B53 SHOVING THE B45 TRAIN DOWN THE WEST WYE OUT TO THE EDISON LEAD WITH 131 CARS AND 2 ENGINES. CONDUCTOR RODE THE SHOVE BACK TO THE 1ST CROSSING, GOT OFF TO PROTECT THE CROSSING, THEN REPOSITIONED HIMSELF AT THE REAR TO CONTINUE SHOVING. TOLD THE ENGINEER OK BACK CLEAR 50. ENGINEER STARTED SHOVINGAND WENT INTO EMER...

WHILE DEPARTING CN LANG YARD FROM THE SOUTH END OF TRACK #9, THE 224-19 CREW REPORTED THAT THEIR TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INSPECT AND DISCOVERED THAT FIVE CARS HAD DERAILED DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. THE DERAILED CARS WERE IDENTIFIED AS: ONT 4116, ALLX 3285, AND FURX 809121.

NEWARK YARD CREW WAS PULLING FROM THE HILL YARD TO THE LOWER YARD WHEN 5 CARS DERAILED NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN, CAUSING 3 CARS TO FALL ON THEIR SIDES. CREW WENT INTO EMERGENCY. SOME COMMODITY SPILLED FROM THE OPEN TOP GONDOLAS, BUT NO IMPACT TO ANY WATERWAYS.

L33919 WHILE PULLING INTO N09 ENCOUNTERED BROKEN RAIL DERAILING 3 CARS.

DURING HUMP OPERATIONS, THE KNUCKLE ON OLNX 718125 DROPPED OUT AHEAD OF FROG . WHILE TRAVERSING THROUGH FROG, REAR TRUCK SET IMPACTED KNUCKLE DERAILING THE A END TRUCK SET. TILX 113168 WAS ALREADY OVER THE CREST, AND IMPACTED DERAILED CAR AT THE GROUP 3/4-5 FROG.

THE 561-05 CREW WAS SWITCHING ON THE EAST END OF AKRON YARD. THE CONDUCTOR WAS IN THE FIELD LINING SWITCHES, WHILE THE REMOTE OPERATOR AND STUDENT WERE POSITIONED ON THE LEAD. THE REMOTE OPERATOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO KICK CAR OLMX 715285 DOWN TRACK NUMBER 3, WHICH WAS CLEAR AT THE TIME. THE CARROLLED THROUGH TH...

CREW CCET.01.15 OF ENG AND CO WERE TRAVERSING THE MAINLINE WEST AND PULLING LOADED BALLAST CARS FROMPLUM RUN. AT APPROX 2:00PM, THE TRAIN CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. CO WALKED TO THE TRAIN TO FIND THAT THEY HAD MULTIPLE CARS ON THE GROUND. GENERAL MANAGER, OPERATIONS MANAGER AND MOW MANAGER REPORTED TOO THE INCIDENT ALL...

THE 571-07 CREW, OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE WHEELING 7003 AT THE WYANDOTTE SHELLY MATERIALS FACILITY IN CARY, OHIO, BEGAN PULLING WEST OUT OF A TRACK WHEN THEY FELT A TUG AND BROUGHT THEIR MOVEMENT TO A STOP. AT THAT TIME, THE TRAIN WENT INTO AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT SEVEN CARS HADDERAILED AS A RES...

R611-23 WAS PULLING SOUTH ON THE LOGAN MAIN WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION, CARS 29 - 36 IN THE CONSIST WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED.

THE 554-19 CREW WERE PULLING IN A NORTHBOUND DIRECTION OUT OF TRACK 5 WITH 21 LOADS AND 7 EMPTIES INGAMBRINUS YARD. DURING THIS MOVEMENT, THE R2 POCKET DETACHED FROM CAR WE-910. THE TRAIN SUBSEQUENTLY RAN OVER THE DETACHED POCKET, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DERAILMENT OF WE-910 AND CAR WE-400192. THE CREW WAS UNAWARE THA...

M36105 WAS TRAVERSING THE TURNOUT FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS SUB TO THE CINCINNATI TERMINAL SUB WHEN THECREW REPORTED THAT THEIR TRAIN WAS IN EMERGENCY AND HAD DERAILED LINES 17 AND 18 IN THEIR CONSIST.INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEEL LIFT WAS PRESENT ON TOP OF THE GUARDRAIL IN THE CROSSOVER FROM INDIANAPOLIS SUB. DOWNL...

DE94 WHILE SHOVING EAST TOWARDS W5 DERAILED THE 24TH, 25TH, AND 26TH CARS (FROM THE EAST END) IN THEIR CONSIST. ELTX 5167 A END DE-TRUCKED, AMCX 463471 BOTH ENDS DERAILED, XOMX 717958 B END DERAILED.NO INJURIES.

NS TRAIN 48AC101 TRAVELING EAST AT RD87.3 ON MAIN 1, DERAILED AXEL ON CONSIST LINE 73 CAR NEAR RAVENNA OHIO DUE TO A BROKEN WHEEL ON COER313641.

Y19601 WHILE KICKING A CUT OF 57 CARS, DERAILED LINES 17 THRU 19 IN THE CROSSOVERS BETWEEN THE WESTBOUND LEAD AND BLOCKSWAP LEAD. PRINCIPLE CAR (NKCR 120371) HAVING COUPLER MISMATCH ON THE B END, WHILE TRAVELING IN AN EAST DIRECTION THRU A CROSSOVER, PUSHED ATW 273456 OFF THE RAIL TO THE NORTH CAUSING A 3 CAR DERAIL...

TRAIN 60VLB27 PULLING WEST ON MAIN TRACK GOT WITH 3 LOCOMOTIVES AND 85 LOADS GOT A CRITICAL ALARM ATDRAGGING EQUIPMENT DETECTOR CAM TO A STOP AT S54.9 TO INSPECT. THE 3RD CAR IN THEIR CONSIST WFRX 844067 HAD A WHEEL ON THE GROUND. NO INJURIES.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SPOT SCRAP MATERIAL AT FERRIS IN CLEVELAND, THE CREW OF TRAIN 663 REPORTED A DERAILMENT INVOLVING SIX CARS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CREW ALERTER HAD TRIGGERED AN UNDESIREDEMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION, RESULTING IN A HIGH BUFF FORCE THAT CAUSED THE INITIAL DERAILMENT OF ONE CAR. UNAWARE OF...

SOUTHBOUND TRAIN ON IORY MOVING THROUGH SPRINGFIELD, OH, DERAILED ONE LOADED CAR OF WHEAT. CAR CAMETO REST ON ITS SIDE AND LESS THAN 10 BUSHELS OF WHEAT WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ENTERED BUCK CREEK.

Z24801(CN) WAS PULLING INTO TRACK E19 MOVING AT 10.3 MPH WITH A 118 CAR CONSIST AND DERAILED LINES 47 AND 48. CN SENT CSX A DOWNLOAD OF THEIR MOVE DURING THE TIME AND SHOWED NOT TO HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE TRAIN HANDLING WITH THE CREW MOVING AT 10.3 MPH IN NOTCH 2 AND NO BRAKING APPLICATIONS BEING APPLIED. CN DAMAGE...

WHILE M36127 WAS PULLING INTO THE YARD DOWN C TRACK, THE WR9 SWITCH FAILED CAUSING CAR MRMX 131016 TO TRAVERSE DOWN WR2 TRACK AND DERAIL. THIS IN TURN CAUSED 4 MORE CARS TO DERAIL.

I15731 WAS STOPPED AT GODSEND WHEN WIND GUSTS OF 72+ MPH CAUSE 7 CARS TO BLOW OVER IN THE TRAIN.