Pennsylvania Train Derailments 2026

YJPI1-29 WAS SHOVING INTO 4 PITT WHEN THE LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED ON A WORN SWITCH POINT.

QADE-28 WAS STARTING TO SHOVE TOWARDS MOREA ROAD WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN SWITCH ROD IN THE SWITCH.

TKEX-17 WAS OPERATING PUSH PULL TIMETABLE NORTH WITH 10XO THROUGH THE REVERSED "CARNEY' SWITCH AT MEHOOPANY WHEN THE 7TH & 8TH CAR DERAILED DUE TO A WORN SWITCH POINT.

33AC211 PULLING WESTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK 2 AT MILEPOST PT 242.8 NEAR ALTOONA, PA DERAILED 12 EMPTY CARS NOT CONTAINING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. THE CARS ARE ON THEIR SIDE FOULING MAIN 1. NO INJURIES.

MOW EMPLOYEE IMPROPERLY LINED LINE SWITCH IN AT GREENSBURG WYE DERAILING SIX CARS.

Y39030 HOLDING ONTO 66 CARS AND COUPLING INTO DEMMLER YARD TRACK DU7 WITH 55 CARS. RCOF FAILED TO STEP DOWN SPEED SELECTOR FROM 7MPH DOWN TO COUPLE SPEED, THIS RESULTED IN A COUPLING BEING MADE AT 6.3MPH AND PUSHING THE WEST CAR SPMX 8105 INTO THE FOUL OF THE DEMMLER RUNNING TRACK WHERE THE M42030 PULLING INTO AT TH...

CREW PULLING TRAIN INTO TRACK 8 AT WILSON YARD WHEN A VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD RAIL DEFECT BREAK CAUSED CARS 9-13 TO DERAIL.

TRAIN H28H227 PUSHED WEST INTO CUSTOMER WEST LAKE PIPE AND FITTING (F20) AT MP HZ 33.7 NEAR LEOLA PA, DERAILED 1 CAR.

EAST BOUND TRAIN 32AC123 DERAILED 2 EMPTY CARS LINE 105 (LOLX 520) & LINE 106 (GACX 76350) ON MAIN 1TRACK AT PT 208.4 NEAR PETERSBURG, PA. NO INJURIES TO CREW. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON TRACK THAT CARRIES PASSENGER SERVICE. THE NRC# IS 1469082.

32AC220 DERAILED THE LAST THREE CARS AND FIRST HELPER UNIT WHILE CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN THREE TO MAIN 1 THROUGH MO INTERLOCKING. NO HAZMAT INVOLVED AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.

YM32 operated through improperly lined switch LA1 enroute east on ladder a resulting in the derailment of cars 1319 and 1499 during shove move westward.

APPROXIMATELY 2330 REMOTE OPERATOR OF 9B CREW PULLED HIS TRAIN THROUGH #5 SOUTH, STOPPED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRACK, DISMOUNTED HIS LOCOMOTIVE, LINED HIS ROUTE OUT OF THE TRACK, AND PULLED HIS TWOLOCOMOTIVES AND 7 CARS PAST HIMSELF AS HE STOOD AT THE #7 SOUTH SWITCH. THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVE TRAVELED SOUTH APPROXIMATE...

YJPI2-01 WAS PULLING TRACK 12 RIVERSIDE CONSISTING OF 67 LOADS OF SAND WHEN THE REAR 5 CARS DERAILEDINSIDE THE GAUGE.

M81030 DERAILED 17 CARS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE MAIN LINE AT QA 18.8. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE JOURNAL ON NYC 598618 OVERHEATED AND MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE CAR TO DERAIL. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, LOCAL SAFETY FORCES EVACUATED 11 RESIDENCES ON GROVE AVENUE; NO OFFICIAL HEADCOUNT WAS TAKEN; BLOCK 11 IS EST...

UTLX 672910 DERAILED A TRUCK PAST FIRST SET OF RETARDERS. DUE TO BROKEN RETARDER BEAM. NO LEAKAGE ORSPILLS.

HH11 DERAILED 3 CAR WHILE PULLING EAST ON 4P DUE TO DEBRIS IN THE FLANGE WAY.

618-17 WAS TRAVELING THE CLAIRTON BRANCH WHEN THEY DERAILED TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND FOUR CARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE.

TRAIN DERAILED 1 CAR DUE TO WIDE GAUGE. TIES WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AND CAR PUSHED THE RAIL APART FOR 200 FEET CAUSING THE SPIKES TO PULL AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE ROTTEN TIES. THE CAR RE RAILEDITSELF AT THE NEXT CROSSING. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DAMAGE TO THE TRACK AND THE VIDEO PULLED FROM THE ENGINE.

YORK RAILWAY TRAIN YS1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE LADDER TRACK AT THE EAST END OF LINCOLN YARD WHEN THE 9TH THROUGH THE 12TH CARS (FROM THE HEAD END) DERAILED IN THE CROSSOVER BETWEEN TRACKS LY7 AND LY8.

TRAIN 9750 MU 317 DERAILED WITHIN ROBERTS YARD WHILE OPERATING FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE YARD TO NO.7 TRACK. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FORWARD-FACING SWITCH WAS GAPPED PRIOR TO THE TRAIN PASSING OVER IT. THE TRAIN PASSED OVER THE GAPPED SWITCH WHICH CAUSED THE DERAILMENT. AT 11:13 PM THE EQUIPMENTWAS RERAILED.

NS TRAIN 11KC205 TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MAIN 2 DERAILED AT MP PT242.5. 11KC205 WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 9MPH WHEN HELPER ENGINEER PLACED THE TRAIN IN EMERGENCY DUE TO BEING DERAILED. NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE DERAILMENT

YM38 operating east from locomotive 4303 longhood east on the A ladder operated through improperly lined switch LA6 and then subsequently derailed all wheels while enroute west over same switch. Speedof the equipment was recorded at 14mph in yard track restricted speed not exceeding 5mph zone.

THE GROUND WAS SNOW COVERED. THE TRAIN WAS SITTING ON THE HILL TRACK WITH 12 LOADS AND A CABOOSE. THE CONDUCTOR WALKED AHEAD TO FLAG THE NEXT CROSSING ZEAGER RD. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR WAS IN POSITION, THE ENGINEER RELEASED THE BRAKES AND STARTED TO DRIFT DOWN THE HILL. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 MPH. THE TRAIN WENT IN T...

NS TRAIN 12GC205 TRAVELING EAST ON MAIN 3 AT MILEPOST PT238.3 EXPERIENCED AN UNDESIRED EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSING 58 CARS TO DERAIL ON MAIN 3 AND FOULING MAIN 2. THE HEAD END CREW AND N58 HELPER CREW THAT WAS COUPLED TO THE REAR OF THE TRAINARE OKAY. SRIX 32266 WAS CONFIRMED NOT LEAKING ORVENTING BY MECHANI...

HZ24 DOUBLING UP AND PULLING WEST TO MAKE FINAL DOUBLE TO 512 TRACK FOR 36A TRAIN, DERAILED 2 CARS TTXX711648 (A-END) AND TTXX 711366 (A-END) BOTH EMPTY FLATS. CARS ARE STRUNG ACROSS 101 AND 102 TRACKS; MAIN TRACKS ARE CLEAR.

PISB-26 WAS TRAVELING NORTH AT TRACK SPEED COMBINED WITH YJPI1-26 TRAIN ON REAR. CONSIST WAS 8X15 WHEN ENGINEER FELT A TUG, TRAIN WHEN INTO EMERGENCY. CONDUCTOR INSPECTED TRAIN FINDING 13 CARS DERAILED.

UPON THE HZ22 PULLING OUT 508 OUT OF THE BOWL 4 EMPTY CARS INVOLVED IN A DERAILMENT IN FIVE YARD.

TRAIN DERAILED THREE RAILCARS WHILE SWITCHING IN MORRISVILLE YARD DUE TO AN IMPROPELY LINED SWITCH

THE U70261 01 WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND REPORTED DERAILING MULTIPLE CARS.

BT1 DERAILED TWO CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TRAIN AT A SWITCH WHILE CLASSIFYING CARS IN BUTLER YARD(SOUTH END PASSING SIDING). 60TH AND 61ST CARS DERAILED OF THEIR 77 CAR TRAIN. OCCURRED ON THE CROSSOVER FOR THE PASSING SIDING AND THE RUNNING TRACK.

TRAIN 36A WAS PULLING EASTBOUND VIA ONE INDY WITH PERMISSION FROM THE YARDMASTER WHEN THE ENGINEER ANNOUNCED HE WENT INTO EMERGENCY AND THE AIR WAS NOT RESTORING. CONDUCTOR FOUND THAT 3 LOADED CARS HAD DERAILED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

PIEX-15 WAS TRAVELING TIMETABLE NORTH WITH ONE LOCOMOTIVE SHOVING 18 LOADED BOXCARS INTO TRACK 3 RIVER WHEN 6 CARS DERAILED IN THE GAUGE.

TRAIN 4511 DERAILED WITHIN WAYNE INTERLOCKING ON #3 TRACK. NORTH OF THE EQUIPMENT, WITHIN WAYNE INTERLOCKING, AN APPROXIMATE 6FT BLOW OUT OF THE RAIL WAS DISCOVERED. THE BLOW OUT OF THE RAIL OCCURREDAS THE EQUIPMENT WAS TRAVELING OVER THE AFFECTED AREA. TRAIN 4511 REPORTED 140 PASSENGERS ON BOARD,AND THE PASSENGERS...

PNWC-25 WAS SHIFTING OVER THE ABOVE YARD LADDER WITH 18X5 IN CONSIST WHEN 4X1 DERAILED.

LNRX-20 WAS SHOVING 31X1 INTO THE SOUTH END OF TAMAQUA YARD TRACK #4 WHEN 6 LOADED OPEN TOP HOPPERSPOSITION 22-27 IN TRAIN DERAILED.

THE HEAD CONDUCTOR WAS ON LEADING END 4607 WITH THE ENGINEER ON THE SHOVING ENGINE 4301. THE CONDUCTOR DID NOT CONFIRM/SEE THE POSITION OF THE DERAIL ON Y-13 AS EQUIPMENT WAS SHOVED WEST engine 4607 derailed over derail on y-13.

X41014 TRAVELING EAST AT FIELD RECEIVED A DD ALERT FOR DRAGGING EQUIPMENT FOLLOWED BY A WIDE LOAD ALERT. AFTER DD MESSAGE RECIEVED TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY WITH AIR NOT RESTORING. CONDUCTOR WALKED THE TRAIN AND FOUND 75TH CAR CN 626026 AND 76TH CAR NOKL 737078 DERAILED. UNDER INVESTIGATION.

TRAIN X41014 DERAILED 2 EMPTY LONG CARS ON THE MAINLINE. CAR PTTX 140502 BILLED AND SHOWING AS A LOAD. CAR WAS ACTUALLY A 93FT LONG EMPTY CAR USED AS A IDLER.

THE CREW WAS PULLING 9X5 CARS THROUGH THE GROWMARK LEAD SWITCH AND ENGINE PASSED OVER THE SWITCH WITHOUT ISSUE. THE FIRST AND SECOND CARS DERAILED. THE A (2ND) TRUCK OF THE FIRST CAR DERAILED. THE CAR PICKED THE SWITCH POINT AND DERAILED. THE FIRST TRUCK OF THE SECOND CAR WAS PULLED OFF AS THE TRAIN STOPPED. THE SWI...

Westbound keystone reported a possible derailed car at Penfield feed PH line MP 78.4. NS crew dropped off the loaded car and left with the handbrakes and train brakes applied. The car mover coupled tothe feed car a few hours later, lost control of the car and it rolled away and derailed at the split rail before the...

WESTBOUND 11V.28 PULLING FROM D TRACK AND CROSSING OVER FROM MAIN 2 TO MAIN 1 IN CP BANKS DERAILED ONE TRUCK OF LINE 15 (INCLUDING POWER) NW 178062 ON THE #7 SWITCH IN BANKS AT MILEPOST PT113.0.

ENGINES 5165,5611,5645,5618,5355,5035,5821 WERE PARKED ON 11 SOUTH IN READING YARD WHEN THEY ROLLEDOUT CAUSING LEAD ENGINE TO DERAIL ONCE IT WENT OVER THE STATIONARY DERAIL.

NS TRAIN C42C120 PULLING WEST AT 7 MPH DERAILED 4 LOADED CARS ON REAR OF TRAIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

12ZH115 COMING OFF OF THE LURGAN BRANCH MAIN 1 TO THE HARRISBURG LINE MAIN 2, DERAILED 11 CARS. THETRAIN WAS RUNNING 9 MPH AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

28X.09 REPORTED TRAIN IN EMERGENCY WHILE CROSSING OVER MAIN 1 TO MAIN 2 AT CP GREY PT 223.2 28X WASTRAVELING 28MPH IN EAST DIRECTION. 28X WITH NS 4256 NS 4014 41X0 5609 TONS 7320 FEET. CO INSPECTED AND FOUND 29TH H/C CP 527604 DERAILED

SIRI EXPERIENCED A EMERGENCY AND INSPECTED THE TRAIN. CREW FOUND THAT CARS 75 TO 77 HAD DERAILED ATNORTH FOREST SWITCH. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AT MP 190.2, THERE WAS A BUCKLED TRACK THAT OCCURRED UNDER THE SIRI WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH. THIS RESULTED IN 3 CARS DERAILING.

ENOLA YARD CREW HO02 WAS DOUBLING TRACKS CTW34/CTW32 WITH A SETOFF OF TO CTW31 THEN BACK TO CTW32. DURING THE PROCESS OF PULLING OFF OF CTW32 THE ENGINEER REALIZED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP AT THEPOINT WHERE THE CONDUCTOR WAS INSTRUCTING HIM WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT THE CUT BEYOND THE CLEARANCE LINE BY TWO CAR LENGT...

TRAIN WAS TRAVELING NORTH 14X0 WHEN ONE TRUCK OF RBMN 10050 DERAILED. UPON TRAIN CREW INSPECTION THEY DISCOVERED THE CAR HAD BEEN DERAILED FOR 6/10TH OF A MILE.

WHILE SHOVING BACK INTO 907 TRACK, 4 CARS DERAILED ON THE PULLBACK JOB HZ18

CONDUCTOR WAS UNCOUPLING MU 280 FROM 2 OTHER CARS AS PART OF A YARD MOVE ON THE YARD CONNECTION TRACK. CONDUCTOR WAS ON HIS PHONE AND JUMPING ON AND OFF THE MOVING VEHICLE, BOTH RULE VIOLATIONS. AFTERCONDUCTOR UNCOUPLED MU 280, THE MU FREE-ROLLED UNMANNED EASTWARD PAST A STOP SIGNAL AND OVER A DERAIL, DERAILING AT T...