South Dakota Train Derailments 2026

MTPRO CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS TO BE LOADED WHEN WSOR 17641 WENT THROUGH A TIGHT CURVE AND HADA WHEEL DERAIL. THE WHEEL THEN HIT A FROG, CAUSING THE DERAILED WHEEL TO MOVE FURTHER OUT FROM THETRACK AND HIT A SWITCH STAND CAUSING 2 CARS TO OVERTURN AND 1 TO DERAIL BEFORE MOVEMENT STOPPED. TRACK REPAIR COSTS LIS...

G-LYSKAL9-04B ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUE TO  BROKEN RAIL - DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

APPROXIMATELY AT 1038 ON JUNE 23, 2026 CONDUCTOR ON THE RWR401 JOB CALLED TO NOTIFY THE TRAINMASTERTHAT THE LOADED GKBC HAD DERAILED 5 CARS AT MP410. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TRACK HAD CROSS-LEVELISSUES, WHICH CAUSED 1 CAR TO LEAN AND 4 TO TIP OVER.

CREW WAS PULLING INTO RAP 2 TRACK WHEN 4 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TO TIGHT GAUGE TWO FEET PAST THE SWITCH POINT.

DUE TO A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT, 7 CARS OF A 110 CAR TRAIN DERAILED. SIX CARS TIPPED ON THEIR SIDES WHILE THE SEVENTH CAR REMAINED UPRIGHT ON THE GROUND.

RTWI890215 SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 25 RAILCARS ON MULTIPLE TRACKS DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, ABSENCE OF MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

CHS RIVER PLAINS ELEVATOR RAN THROUGH SOUTH SHUTTLE TRACK SWITCH WHILE MAKING PLACEMENT OF FIRST LOADED CARS. ELEVATOR EMPLOYEES DID NOT KNOW THEY RAN THROUGH THE SWITCH. AFTER TRAIN WAS LOADED, RCPEEMPLOYEES ADDED LOCOMOTIVE TO SOUTH CUT OF CARS AND SHOVED NORTH TO MAKE FIRST CROSSING. WHILE SHOVING, 5 CARS DERAILE...

XFRSMNX509 SINGLE LOCOMOTIVE PULLING ON YARD TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTIONWITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

MMITSIO120 ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE BROKEN RAIL - DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLINGOR HEAD CHECK. NO HAZMAT RELEASE. NO INJURIES.

RTWI890323 PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO SIDE FRAME BROKEN. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

G MITTAC9 05 SHOVING INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, ABSENCE OF MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT. THERE WAS A CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK WITH RAILCARS LINED ON THECROSSOVER. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

GBNBKAH911 ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK DERAILED 15 RAILCARS DUE TO OTHER RAIL AND JOINT BAR DEFECTS (PROVIDE DETAILED DESCRIPTION I NARRATIVE)). NARRATIVE PENDING TR&D REPORT. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

GMITPTN201 PULLING ON INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - HEAD AND WEB SEPARATION (WITHIN JOINT BAR LIMITS). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

MRCHU 30 EASTBOUND TRAIN DERAILED NINE (9) CARS DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT (SUNKINK).

TRAIN WAS MOVING DOWN THE EAST LEG OF THE WYE AT BLUNT WHEN TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND 14 RAILCARS DERAILED. INVESTIGATION OF INCIDENT FOUND EXCESSIVE LATERAL MOTION OF THE AXLES IN THE LOCOMOTIVE TRUCKS OFTHE MNA 2765, COMPOUNDED WITH DRY RAIL ON A CURVE LED TO THE DERAILMENT.

ON MAY 9TH, 2025, AT AROUND 15:10, THE RWRRBR1 CREW CONTACTED THE TRAINMASTER TO REPORT A DERAILMENTINCIDENT. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF EIGHT CARS DERAILED, SIX ARE ON THEIR SIDE AND TWO REMAIN UPRIGHT.

M-LAUALN1-25A SHOVED THROUGH THE MAINLINE/YARD SWITCH 501 GOING WESTBOUND AND PULLED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS RAN THROUGH SWITCH DERAILING 3 LOCOMOTIVES ON MAIN 1 TRACK DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED IN CONNECTION WITH RESTRICTIVE INDICATION OF A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.