Oklahoma Train Derailments 2026

FRMC HAD A REPORTABLE RAIL EQUIPMENT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT BY EXCEEDING THRESHOLD AMOUNT ON JULY 21ST 2026. A CREW WAS SPOTTING CARS IN THE ELEVATOR TRACK AT WEST THOM FOR SAND CUSTOMER WHEN THE 24TH CARS WEIGHT ROLLED THE OUTSIDE RAIL IN A CURVE AND WHEEL FELL IN AND CONTINUED ON THE GROUND. THE FOLLOWING 4 CARS FOLLOW...

ON 7/16/26 AT 1325 SLWC407 WAS SHOVING INTO OCM TRACK TO SPOT THE CUSTOMER. AFTER PROTECTING THE SHOVE AND COMING TO A STOP, THE CONDUCTOR WALKED UP TO MAKE THE CUT AND FOUND THAT 6 LOADED SAND CARS HAD DERAILED. CARS ARE UPRIGHT, INCIDENT OCCURRED ON OCM TRACK AND OCM IS WORKING ON THE RE-RAILING PROCESS. WIDE GAGE...

GNBC HAD A REPORTABLE RAIL EQUIPMENT INCIDENT EXCEEDING THE CURRENT THRESHOLD AMOUNT. TRAIN CREW WASPULLING THE LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST OF FOUR LOCOMOTIVES INTO THE SOUTHARD OLD PASS TRACK HEADING NORTH, WHEN TRAILING ENGINE 2309 #L2 WHEEL CLIMBED THE RAIL AT SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED. THIS PULLEDTHE LOCOMOTIVE TOW...

TRAIN WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND AT 450.5 AND HIT WIDE GAUGE AT INDEPENDENCE RD. THE 9TH CAR AND THE FOLLOWING 6 CARS BEHIND IT DERAILRED.

Y TUL3051 26A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK ONTO THE MAINLINE AFTER SERVICINGHOLLY EAST INDUSTRY AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO REMOVING THE SWITCH LOCK WHILE THE TRAIN WAS TRAVERSING OVER THE SWITCH POINT DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE 107 CREW WAS MAKING A SHOVE MOVEMENT OUT OF LONG SIDING ONTO THE MAINLINE. AFTER THE CONDUCTOR CALLED THE ENGINEER TO A STOP, HE NOTICED THAT 3 CARS NEAR WHERE THE CUT WOULD BE MADE, WERE DERAILED. HE NOTIFIED SLWC MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED DERAILMENT WAS DUE TO WIDE GAGE.

S-LPCSCO1-20L WAS STOPPED ON MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND DERAILED 49 ARTICULATED RAILCARS DUE TO EXTREME WIND VELOCITY. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

YOKC102106 PULLING ON YARD TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y-TUL1021-26A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING US A SET OF LOCOMOTIVES IN DSF YARD TRACK. FOREMAN WALKED PASSED THE NON APPLIED DERAIL AND THREW THE SWITCH. AS ENGINEER WAS MOVING LOCOMOTIVE SET THEY DERAILED LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO MECHANICAL EMPLOYEE APPLIED  THE DERAIL UNDERNEATH THE CONSIST. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

R-RDV6531-05I SHOVING DERAILED 4 RAILCARS ON BNSF TRACK AND ALSO DAMAGING INDUSTRY TRACK. STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y-TUL3031-03A WAS MAKING A PULL AHEAD MOVE IN YARD TRACK AND FAILED TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEEDAND IMPACTED THE Y-TUL3041-03A DERAILING 1 LOCOMOTIVES AND 5 RAILCARS. 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL SPILLED.

DURING HUMPING OPERATIONSY-TUL2011-25A RELEASED RAILCARS TBOX 633244 AND BKTY 157831 INTO A CLEAR YARD TRACK (2038) AND THE ACTIVE SKATE RETARDERS FAILED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT ON THE EAST END RESULTINGIN CORNERING EVENT WITH TRIM JOB Y-TUL2031-25 CAUSING 2 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, Y-TUL2011-25A RELEASED 2 RAILCARS DESTINED FOR 2050 YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS BEFORE RETARDER AND 2 ADDITIONAL RAILCARS THAT WERE ALREADY RELEASED FROM THE HUMP IMPACTED THE DERAILED RAILCARS CAUSING THEM TO DERAIL. A TOTAL OF 4 RAILCARS DERAILED. CAUSED BY OTHERROADBED DEFECTS (B...

Y-TUL1061-31A WAS BUILDING A TRAIN IN YARD TRACK 2050. AS THEY WERE PULLING OUT OUT OF TRACK A RAILCAR ROLLED OUT OF 2049 TRACK AND IMPACTED THE SIDE OF THE Y-TUL1061-31A CAUSING 3 RAILCARS TO DERAILDUE TO FAILURE TO COUPLE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H OKCTUL4 20A PULLING ON YARD TYPE TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS AND THEN PRECEDED TO THE MAIN LINE CAUSING DAMAGE DUE TO DAMAGED FLANGE OR TREAD (FLAT). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

TRAIN CL121 WAS SOUTH BOUND ON THE ORIENT MAIN LINE TRACK WITH 11 LOADS OF BALLAST AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. AFTER CROSSING A PRIVATE CROSSING THE 7TH CARIN TRAIN LEADING WHEEL FELL AND CAUSED DERAILMENT OF THE 7-11 CARS. THE RECENT SNOW AND SCATTEREDSHOWERS CAUSED THE RA...

WHILE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON THE ASHDOWN SUBDIVISION, TRAIN C700X-11, AN EMPTY COAL TRAIN, WENT INTOEMERGENCY. UPON INVESTIGATION, THREE LOCOMOTIVES WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED.

NORTHBOUND MFWWT-29 EXPERIENCED AN UDE AT MP368.65 ON THE ENID SUB. UPON INSPECTION THE 21 HEAD CARSIN THE CONSIST WERE DERAILED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CAUSE WAS BROKEN RAIL-TRANSVERSE/COMPOUND FISSURE. THERE WERE NO RELEASES OR INJURIES REPORTED.

WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE LAWTON SUBDIVISION, THE RRSDEQ-13 EXPERIENCED AN UDE AT MP 38.3. UPON INSPECTION, 11 CARS WERE DERAILED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO INJURIES OR EXPOSURES.

LBE48-08 WAS SHOVING FROM THE TRANSFER TRACK TO THE UP MAIN WHEN 7 CARS DERAILED ON THE KRR SIDE DUETO WIDE GAUGE ON THE KRR. **KRR MAINTAINS TRACK. KRR TRACK DAMAGE =$15,000**

LOCOMOTIVE TSU 108 WAS PULLING 8 RAIL CARS SOUTH TOWARDS THE CUSTOMER'S FACILITY ON THE JENKS LEAD MAIN LINE TRACK. ONCE THE TRAIN MADE IT THROUGH THE LAST CURVE, THE ENGINEER FELT SOMETHING TUG ON THE ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY SET UP EMERGENCY MODE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CARS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE LAST 3 CARS IN THE...

Y-TUL3011-11A WAS HUMPING RAILCARS INTO YARD TRACK, 2 RAILCARS BYPASSED CAUSING 1 RAILCAR TO GO THROUGH THE SKATE RETARDER AND SLOWLY ROLL INTO THE FOUL OF Y-TUL3031-11A MAKING IMPACT AND DERAILING 2RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS, A THREE CAR CUT OF LOADED HOPPERS STALLED AT THE WEST END OF BOWL TRACK 2040 FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE CAR ALSO DESTINED ALSO FOR 2040 WHEN THE ATTEMPTED COUPLING IN THE CURVE ATTHE WEST END RESULTED IN BYPASS DRAWBARS AND TWORAILCARS DERAILING.  NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-OKC201-1-23I RCO PULLING ON YARD TRACK IN A RCO ZONE RAN OVER A DERAIL DUE TO THE TRAINMASTER GIVING THE WRONG LENGTH WITH NO LIST. 2 LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED DUE TO INSTRUCTION TO TRAIN/YARD CREW IMPROPER. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

Y-ENI3011-20A PULLED THROUGH THE YARD TRACK SWITCH, THEN STARTED TO SHOVE INTO YARD TRACK 8102 AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-TUL2021-17A WAS IN NORMAL HUMPING OPERATION AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK DUE TO BYPASSEDCOUPLERS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AT APPROXIMATELY 01:45AM ON AUGUST 12TH, 2025, THE ARS 100 JOB WAS HEADING EAST TO WALDRON, AR WITH20 LOADED CORN HOPPERS. THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND CREW WALKED TRAIN TO FIND 3 CARS DERAILED.NO HAZMAT, NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SOO 116166 WAS LIGHT LOADED ON THE A-END HOPPERAND THE TRACK HAD A...

CL221 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITH 12 LOADS WHEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY.

Y-TUL2041-07A WAS SHOVING 50 RAILCARS INTO YARD TRACK WHEN 1 RAILCAR DERAILED AT SWITCH POINT CAUSING RAIL TO ROLL AND AN ADDITIONAL 4 RAILCARS TO DERAIL DUE TO SWITCH POINT GAPPED (BETWEEN SWITCH POINT AND STOCK RAIL). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DURING HUMPING OPERATIONS Y-TUL3011-03A HUMPED EMPTY SCRAP CAR SMIX660987 INTO BOWL TRACK 2018. WHENTHE CAR MADE WENT TO MAKE A COUPLING WITH LOADED SCRAP CAR PSRX 80009 THE CARS COUPLERS BYPASSED CAUSING THE SMIX EAST END TRUCKS TO DERAIL AND PSRXWEST END TRUCKS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-TUL2031-18A WAS PULLING CARS OUT OF BOWL TRACK 2042 WHEN 2 LOADED PIPE RAILCARS DERAILED AT THE FROG DUE TO BROKEN BRAKE PIPE OR CONNECTIONS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-TUL3031-11A HUMPED RAILCAR BNSF 436037 INTO YARD TRACK 2045, LATER THE Y-TUL3021-11A HUMPED A CUTOF CARS INTO YARD TRACK 2045 AND DID NOT MAKE THE COUPLING CAUSING BNSF 436037 TO ROLL THROUGH THE SKATE RETARDER AND MAKE IMPACT WITH THE Y-TUL3031-11A AS IT WAS PULLING A CUT OF CARS OUT OF TRACK 2048 DERAILING 1 RAI...

ON 5-27-25 AT APPROX 1150 THE SLWC 105 WAS PULLING ASHGROVE AND BEGAN SHOVING A CUT OF 12L/2E WESTBOUND OUT OF LONG SIDING TO THE MAIN WHEN THE ENGINEER STOPPED THE MOVEMENT AFTER IT BEGAN TO BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE TO SHOVE. AFTER INSPECTING THE TRAIN, THE CREW FOUND THAT A TOTAL OF 5 CARS HADDERAILED (ALL UPR...

LMK51-26 WAS SHOVING CARS IN TRACK 60 WHEN CARS CAME UNCOUPLED DUE TO DEFECTIVE COUPLER, RESULTING IN CARS GOING THROUGH THE SWITCH POINT DERAIL ON THE NORTH END OF THE YARD, WITH 5 CARS DERAILING.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 HRS, THE SKOL 108 JOB WAS SHOVING 16 CARS ONTO THE SKOL HILL TRACK AT THE PORTOF CATOOSA WITH THE WAMX 4141 (15 LOADS AND 1 EMPTY) WHEN THEY DERAILED. ENGINEER BROUGHT TRAIN TOA SAFE STOP WHEN HE FELT THE CARS DERAIL. THERE ARE 4 LOADED CARS DERAILED ALL UPRIGHT WITH NO INJURIES.

AFTER PICKING UP 131 STORAGE CARS IN TRACK 706 AT OOLOGAH COAL PLANT AND PULLING AT 4 MPH THROUGH THE NORTH LEG OF THE WYE, THE CTUBT1-13 EXPERIENCED A UDE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THE 3RD LOCOMOTIVE AND 12 CARS HAD DERAILED. IT WAS DETERMINEDTHAT WIDE GAUGE RAIL WITHIN THE INDUSTRY LIMITS WASFOUND TO BE THE P...

TRAIN AL111 BUCKY YOUNG (ENGINEER IN LOCOMOTIVE CAB) RANDY WHITE (CONDUCTOR 0N THE GROUND) & JAMES DAVENPORT (CONDUCTOR ON THE GROUND) WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE SLWC MAIN LINE WITH A CONSIST OF 4 LOCOMOTIVES, 38 LOADS (NON-HAZARDOUS) & 2 EMPTIES AT 5 MPH ENTERING THE NORTH LEG SWITCH OF THE SNYDERWYE. GOING FROM THE...

ON 3/26/25 SLWC WAS NOTIFIED OF A DERAILMENT BY FARMRAIL'S LOCAL AL111 WHILE EXITING SLWC PROPERTY AT THE SNYDER WYE. SLWC RESPONDED TO INVESTIGATE, NO INJURY OR HAZMAT INVOLVED. JOINT OPERATION, BETWEEN GNBC & SLWC. TRAIN AL111 WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE SLWC MAIN LINE WITH A CONSIST OF 4 LOCOMOTIVES, 38 LOADS (NON-...

A CUT OF RAILCARS WAS HUMPED INTO YARD TRACK 2049 AND THEN PULLED OUT BY TRIMMER. AS Y-TUL1031-16A STARTED TO PULLED THEY DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS (AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION YARD). NOHAZMAT RELEASED.

MWTFW-16 WAS PULLING THROUGH 1 TRACK AT ENID (HM340) TO MAKE A 54-CAR REAR END SET OUT. THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET TO GO TO BE IN THE CLEAR AND THEY WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE AIR DID NOT RECOVER, AND THE CREW FOUND THEY HAD 4 CARS DERAILED DUETO BROKEN RAIL. THEIR DERAILED CARS STRUCK THE CARSIN 2 TRACK, ADJAC...

Y-ENI1021-15A WAS MAKING PULL AHEAD MOVES ON UP YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 10 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE(DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING SPIKES OR OTHER RAIL FASTENERS). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

U MNSNYF7 04 DERAILED 05 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - TRANSVERSE/COMPOUNT FISSURE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ON 1/3/2025 THE SLWC 407 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AFTER DEPARTING STROUD. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK DISCOVERING A TOTAL OF 7 CARS DERAILED. SLWC MANAGEMENT TEAM RESPONDED TO INVESTIGATE. AN OPEN DOOR ON ALOAD OF ROCK WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE INITIAL CAUSE. NO INJURIES OR HAZMAT INVOLVED.