Tennessee Train Derailments 2026

Y-MEM1122-31A RCO DERAILED 3 RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK WHEN PULLING RAILCARS OUT OF BOWL DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

DUE TO BROKEN RAIL IN YARD TRACK B09 LOCOMOTIVE CSXT 3230 ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE RESULTING IN INJURIESTOO TWO EMPLOYEES.

NS TRAIN 197T610 EXPERIENCED MAIN LINE DERAILMENT NEAR MP 243.8. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Y-MEMTOA1-27A OPERATING LIGHT ENGINE IN YARD TRACK SHOVED THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH AND THEN THE PULLED BACK THROUGH IT CAUSING 3 LOCOMOTIVES TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AC06 HUMPING RT05 WHEN CARS TCBX 290067 AND OEEX 255041 DERAILED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HUMP-TCBX 290067 B END R/L 1-2 WHEELS AND OEEX 255041A END R/L 3-4 WHEELS

M52410, WHILE YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN NASHVILLE ON THE RECEIVING YARD TRACK A09 UTILIZING THE INTERMODAL FACILITY FOR HEADROOM, DERAILED FOUR CARS. INVESTIGATION THROUGH LOCOMOTIVE DOWNLOAD AND VIDEO FOOTAGE DETERMINED THE LOCOMOTIVE OPERATOR APPLIED EXCESSIVE DYNAMIC BREAKING, IN VIOLATION OF CSXT AIR BRAKE AND TRAI...

LOCAL TRAIN WAS TRAVERSING OUT OF KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE CLAY PLANT AND CARS DERAILED CAUSING 2 CARS TOHAVE SEVERE LEAN AFTER DERAILED.

TRAIN KXHR 102 OPERATING SOUTH ON RIVER FRONT EXTENSION AND LINES 13 THROUGH 20 DERAILED ACCOUNT GAGE OPENED UNDER MOVEMENT ACCOUNT WEAK TIMBERS.

H MEMAMO1-22 DERAILED 15 RAILCARS WHILE DEPARTING 102 YARD TRACK. AFTER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WHEN THE CREW WAS STOPPING TO LINE A SWITCH, ENGINEER FULLY APPLIED INDEPENDENT BRAKE TO STOP CAUSING RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-MEM3222-15A WAS SHOVING BACK INTO YARD TRACK 2034 AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR AT SWITCH DUE TO METAL INSIDE SWITCH CAUSING IT TO GAP. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

B64718 REPORTED UDE PULLING OUT OF SIDING AT SOUTHEND OF WARTRACE. CONDUCTOR REPORTED 4 CARS DERAILED AND INSPECTION DETERMINED DUE TO BROKEN RAIL.

RCO PULLBACK AC13 SHOVING MIDDLE PULLBACK TO FT01 IN DEBUTTS YARD IN CHATTANOOGA, TN DERAILED 4 EMPTY CARS DUE TO WHEEL LIFT ON THE #3 SWITCH FROG IN THE NX PLANT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

RCO PULLBACK AC22 SHOVING MIDDLE PULLBACK TO FT08 IN DEBUTTS YARD, DERAILED 2 EMPTY CARS DUE TO WHEEL LIFT ON THE #3 SWITCH FROG IN THE NX PLANT, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Y-MEM3121-07A PULLING THE NS 16A TRANSFER, OUT OF  YARD TRACK 2057 AT THE NORTH END OF THE YARD ANDDERAILING 4 RAILCARS DUE TO BYPASSED COUPLERS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-MEM3511-31A OPERATING LIGHT POWER SHOVED INTO YARD TRACKS AND FAILED TO REMOVE DERAIL FOR BLUE FLAG PROTECTION AND DERAILED 1 LOCOMOTIVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

M58524 DERAILED 5 LOADED AUTO RACKS DEPARTING NORTH RADNOR. EMPLOYEE FAILED TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIMEFOR THE TRAIN BRAKES TO RELEASE CREATING LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE ON CURVE, EXCESSIVE TRAIN HANDLING RESULTING IN A FIVE CAR DERAILMENT.

MNLCN-27, TRAILING LOCOMOTIVE UP6159 DERAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCES CREATED BY ENGINEER. **BNSF MAINTAINS TRACK. BNSF TRACK DAMAGE =$5,057**

Y-MEM2122-26A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING THE OUTBOUND M-MEMMEM1-26A SOUTH INTO YARD TRACK 102(HUB2), WHEN THE TRAIN SEPARATED ROLLING SOUTH OUT OF HUB 2 MAKING IMPACT WITH THE H-MEMBIR1-26A DEPARTING SOUTH OUT OF TRACK 101(HUB 1), RESULTING IN A16 RAILCARS DERAILING DUE TO INTERFERENCE (OTHER THAN VANDALISM) WITH...

AC46 HUMPING CARS OUT OF RT08 WHEN SWITCH AT BOTTOM OF MASTER KICKED OUT UNDERNEATH CAR, CAUSING TCBX 290215 TO DERAIL.

CONTRACTORS WERE UNLOADING SIDE DUMP CAR CR 53344, ONCE UNLOADED THE CREW PULLED AHEAD TO CLEAR THECROSSING. AFTER CLEARING THE CROSSING TO LET DUMP TRUCKS BY THE CREW SHOVED BACK TO FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO DUMP THE REMAINING CARS. THE CAR DERAILED WHILE SHOVING BACK DUE TO THE SIDE DUMP HAD NOT SETALL THE WAY DOWN....

L45008 REPORTS DERAILING TWO CARS ON WTNN TRACK IN MILAN TN.1200 FT OF TRACK INCLUDING REPAVING A CROSSING AND A NUMBER 10 SWITCH TIE PACKAGE IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO REPAIR TRACK.CAUSE IS UNKNOWN DUETO THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE SET OF TRUCKS ON RAILCAR THAT DERAILED.THERE WAS NO WIDE GAUGE FOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION AF...

CONTRACTOR LAST TO HANDLE CARS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. LOCAL YARD SWITCHER T32T501 IN KNOXVILLE SEVIER YARD WORKING IN THE CLASS YARD PULLING TWO LOADED ARTICULATED TRASH CARS OUT OF CLASS TRACK 48 WHERE 2 LOADED ARTICULATED WASTE CARS DERAILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Y-MEM1711-10A DERAILED 4 RAILCARS WHILE PULLING INTO YARD TRACK 1003 SOUTH TO THE HUMP LEAD DUE TO KNUCKLE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

V-MEMTUP4-28A WAS IN PROCESS OF SETTING OUT BAD ORDERED RAILCAR IN YARD TRACK AND FAILED TO LINE NORTH CROSSOVER SWITCH AND SHOVED OVER IN THUS RUNNING THROUGH SWITCH CAUSING 2 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NOHAZMAT RELEASED.

MNLNV-27, DURING SWITCHING MOVE AND WHILE SHOVING BACK, THE UP99671 DERAILED A-END SET OF TRUCKS DUETO EXCESSIVE HORSEPOWER THAT CAUSED THE WHEEL TO CLIMB THE GUARD RAIL ON THE CSX/UP CROSSOVER. SETOF TRUCKS WENT .76 MILES BEFORE COMING TO A REST WHEN NOTICED BY THE CONDUCTOR.

D-MEMMEM1-27I WAS SHUTTLING S-MEMLBT1-27A, AS THE CONSIST WAS PULLING OUT OF IMF YARD TRACK 0111 THEY DERAILED 1 RAILCAR AND WAS PULLED APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET DAMAGING TRACK DUE TO TRUCK BOLSTER STIFF, IMPROPER SWIVELING. DUE TO CONTRACTOR TTX CHANGED A WHEEL OUT OF DTTX 742199 AND DID NOT PROPERLYALIGN THE RAILCAR...

Y-MEM351-16A PULLED IN THE EAST LEG OF THE CN WYE TO THEN SHOVE OUT THE WEST LEG OF THE WYE TO PROCEED SOUTH TOWARD KC JCT TO DELIVER THE NS 16A. WHILE SHOVING NORTH OUT OF THE WEST LEG ON TO BNSF MAIN ONE TRACK, THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. POINT OF DERAILMENT WAS AT THE INTERLOCKER AT CN JCT, BUT 2 RAILCARS WERE...

RCO Y-MEM3721-10A OPERATING LIGHT ENGINES WAS SHOVING ON HUMP LEAD YARD TRACK, RUNNING THROUGH IMPROPERLY LINED SWITCH, THEN PULLS A BACK THROUGH IT CAUSING 1 LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL DUE TO MALFUNCTION,IMPROPER OPERATION OF TRAIN ACTIVATED WARNING DEVICES. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y29711 WAS SHOVING INTO B04 WITH 32 CARS WHEN THE 7 CAR FROM THE ENGINE BNSF 535921 DERAILED BEFORETHE GROUP RETARDER.

TRAIN AC33 SHOVING 39 CARS INTO FT10 AT MP335 IN CHATTANOOGA, TN DERAILED 1 ENGINE, 3 LOADED CARS AND 1 EMPTY CAR STRIKING AND DERAILING AN EMPTY CAR IN FT09. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

Y-MEM1712-07A HUMPED A CUT OF RAILCARS INTO YARD TRACK 2041. THE TRACK ALREADY HAD ONE RAILCAR SECURED WITH A HANDBRAKE ON THE SKATES. DUE TO AN OVERSPEED, THE 2 RAILCARS HUMPED INTO TRACK 2041 CAUSEDTHE TRACK TO ROLL-OUT AND IMPACT THE CUT OF CARSTHAT THE TRIMMER JOB WAS PULLING NORTH ON 2045. DERAILING 1 RAILCAR D...

L69603 CONDUCTOR FAILED TO REMOVE THE SOUTH END DERAIL ON GM STORAGE TRACK IN YARD RESULTING IN DERAILING CARS.

RCO Y-MEM3222-17A WAS PULLING IN YARD TRACK 1008 AND DID NOT PROTECT THE HEADEND AND STRUCK THE RCOY-MEM3122-17A WHILE PULLING WITHIN THEIR LIMITS CAUSING 3 RAILCARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE YARDING M51308 THE ENGINEER MADE MULTIPLE AIR BRAKE REDUCTIONS. EVENT RECORDER DOWNLOAD SHOWED AIR AT THE REAR WAS NOT RESPONDING, RESULTING IN SLACK RUN IN CAUSING A DERAILMENT. CAR INSPECTION COULD NOT DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE KINKED AIR HOSE.

M84208, BROKEN WHEEL ON CAR PVCX 13451 CAUSED A DERAILMENT.

H-MEMKCK1-08A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING LIGHT LOCOMOTIVES FROM THE DIESEL SHOP FACILITY ON YARD TRACK. CONDUCTOR LINED THE NORTH END OF THE RETARDER CROSSOVER SWITCH AGAINST THEM DERAILING 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED.  NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y39129 WAS BUILDING A TRAIN FROM THE BOWL TO C15 WHEN LINE 22-25 CARS DERAILED ON THE 4 THROAT. TRAIN LINE CARRIER BROKE OFF AND WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE SWITCH POINTS AND STOCK RAIL.