Texas Train Derailments 2026

Z-ALTEAP8-27A WAS STOPPED ON UPRR SIDING TRACK FOR HIGH WIND WARNING. WHEN BNSF TRAIN WAS PULLING OUT OF SIDING IT DERAILED 17 RAILCARS DUE TO METAL WALKWAY THAT BLEW UNDERNEATH TRAIN CAUSING IT TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED. BNSF MECHANICAL - $55,000UP STRUCTURES - $80,000UP SIGNAL - $40,000UP TRACK - $45,000

R-RDV8261-26G WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK 0108 AND DERAILED 1 EMPTY RAILCAR GATX 68592 AT SWITCH. NO INJURIES, NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

LHF35R-26 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE OYSTER CREEK LEAD WHEN THE TRAIN CAME TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THE FOREMAN FOUND THE REAR 9 CARS DERAILED DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT (SUN KINK).

G-CCDHER9-21A WAS PULLING INTO INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 14 RAILCARS IN CURVE DUE TO WIDE GAGE. NOHAZMAT RELEASED.

YLT67X-23 PULLED WEST ON THE WEST LEAD IN LONGVIEW YARD. THE JOB RAN THROUGH THE WEST SWITCH OF TRACK 4 AND NOT REALIZING THE SWITCH HAD BEEN RUN THROUGH, STARTED A MOVEMENT EASTWARD, CAUSING THE CARSTO PICK THE TRACK 4 SWITCH AND START GOING DOWN THE LEAD. THIS RESULTED IN 5 CARS DERAILING, UPRIGHT. NO RELEASES, NO...

WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MIDLOTHIAN SUB, THE CREW OF THE CWEAO-19 NOTICED THE SPEED DROPPING THEN THE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE DISPATCHER OF THE EMERGENCY.UPON INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND 8 CARS DERAILED, UPRIGHT. TRACK WAS FOUND WITH INSUFFICIENT SURFACING AND ISSUES WITH...

R-RDV0101-20I WAS PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK AND PIECE OF METAL WAS FOULING SWITCH POINT CAUSINGPOINT TO OPEN AND DERAILING 2 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

TRAIN MNLEW-19 WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND DERAILED 9 CARS ON THE REISOR SUB. AFTER GOING INTO EMERGENCY, CONDUCTOR WALKING TRAIN FOUND CARS ON GROUND DUE TO IRREGULAR TRACK ALIGNMENT (SUN KINK).

MHNPX-18 WAS TRAVERSING A -1.0% GRADE THROUGH A 12-DEGREE-30-MINUTE CURVE BETWEEN THE CARRIZOZO ANDLORDSBURG SUB ON MAIN ONE WHEN LINES 156-170 DERAILED IN A GENERAL PILE. THE TRAIN WAS IN DPU CONFIGURATION WITH 4 LOCOMOTIVES ON THE HEAD END AND A TWO-UNIT, MID-CONTROLLING CONSIST POSITIONED 74 CARS FROM THE REAR OF...

THE MPSEW-19 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND THROUGH MANSFIELD WHEN TRAIN WENT INTO UDE AND THEY DISCOVERED 11 CARS DERAILED. UPON INVESTIGATION, SEVERAL DEFECTIVE TIES WERE LOCATED AT THE POD.

EXCESSIVE BUFF FORCE ON THE CNA123694 AT MP687.77 (-644.16 KIPS) RESULTED IN WHEEL LIFT AND SUBSEQUENT DERAILMENT OF THE LEAD TRUCK. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DERAILMENT, THE MNPSA-14 WAS TRANSITIONING A GRADE INFLECTION POINT OF -1.12 TO +1.18. A +4MPH SPEED DIFFERENTIAL OCCURRED AT THE POD CAUSED BY ACOMBINATION OF CUS...

ON AUGUST 09, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM, THE WEST CREW WAS SHOVING A LOADED 77 CAR PIPE TRAIN INTO THE WEST RECEIVING TRACK AT TITAN LANSING FACILITY AT MP-867.4. WHILE SHOVING IN, THE RAIL ROLLED AND 5 LOADED PIPE CARS DE-RAILED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE WORN CROSS TIES AND...

MASEW DERAILED ON THE KATY NECK AND CONTINUES TRAVELING NORTH TOWARD, TRAVERSING THROUGH THE STRANGSUB, BOOTH YARD AND DERAILING AT THE 76TH STREET CROSSING. UP DAMAGE 9660

CREW WAS DRAGGING IN SPOT CARS WHEN THEY STARTED TO FEEL SOME RESISTANCE ON THE TRAIN AND THEN THE TRAIN THEN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. THEY WENT TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND SAW THEY HAD DERAILED. THEREWERE 2 CARS ON THE GROUND. NO INJURIES AND NO HAZMAT ISSUES.

JOB 1 HAD FINISHED CUTTING CARS AND WAS PULLING OUT OF SIDING WITH A CUT OF 6 CARS TO SET OVER THE ADJACENT TRACK, WHEN THEY HIT A SUN-KINK IN A SPOT WHERE THE TIES DID NOT HOLD THE WHEELS FELL IN.

CONDUCTOR ON TEAM 3 HAD SET XOMX 710440 (SEE PREVIOUS REPORT SAME DATE) TO WEST 2 AND HAD PUT OTHERCARS BACK TO WEST 4. THE CONDUCTOR CAME BACK TO WEST 2 HOLDING ONTO 3 CARS AND COUPLED INTO XOMX 710440 AND START TO SHOVE WEST 2, THE CONDUCTOR TOOK A POSITION OF THE SIDE OF THE B END OF THE CAR, WITH THE A SEND BEIN...

Y-AMA2042-22A RCO PULLED THROUGH A SWITCH IN YARD TRACK AND THEN SHOVED BACK THROUGH IT CAUSING 4 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

CREW WAS SHOVING BACK INTO 2 TRACK WHEN A CAR DERAILED DUE TO CROSS LEVEL.

CREW ON TRAIN YCC49R-21 DID NOT REMOVE THE DERAIL ON THE 112 SWITCHING LEAD. CREW RAN OVER DERAIL ATMP 142.9 ON THE 112 LEAD WITH THE UP1415, RESULTING IN A DERAILMENT.

H-TEAEGW1-15A WAS TRAVERSING ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS CAUSING DAMAGE TO DRAGGINGEQUIPMENT DETECTOR DUE TO TRACK INSPECTOR NOT COMPLYING WITH REPORTS OF ROUGH TRACK AND PROVIDING THOROUGH INSPECTION AND ACTION. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

AFTER CREW SWAP, UEWEW6-09 CREW BEGAN PULLING ON TRAIN WHEN THEY NOTICED THE SECOND ENGINE UP4245 STARTING TO TURN OVER DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. THEY STOPPED THE MOVE AND FOUND SECOND AND THIRD ENGINES BOTH DERAILED FROM PREVIOUS MOVEMENT. NO INJURIES, NORELEASES.

E-DONEBM0-49H WAS STOPPED ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 29 EMPTY RAILCARS DUE TO EXTREME WIND VELOCITY. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

LAS11-25 DERAILED 5 CARS WHILE PULLING DOWN THE CLINE INDUSTRIAL LEAD DUE THE MULX400119 NOT NEGOTIATING THE CURVE DUE TO THE CENTER PLATE BEING EXTREMELY DRY.

CREW WAS OPERATING LIGHT POWER WHEN THEY FELT A JUMP WHEN THEY TRAVERSED A FROG. UPON INSPECTION, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AND RE-RAILED ITSELF. UPDATING INCIDENT TYPE ON 08/24/2026 AND RESUBMITTING.

YSA21R-23 WAS WORKING THE TRIM LEAD AND SHOVING TOWARDS A JOINT IN THE BOWL WHEN THE 19TH CAR (ECUX887690) FROM THEIR LOCOMOTIVES DERAILED. THE CAR WALKED UP ON THE RAIL AT A JOINT ABOUT 6 FEET AHEADOF THE TRACK 3 SWITCH. IT TRAVELED ON TOP OF THE RAIL FOR 5 FEET BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNNING SURFACEOF THE RAIL. THE CA...

Y-AMA3032-17A RCO LINED THE 109 YARD TRACK SWITCH UNDERNEATH THE L-KAN0341-17I INBOUND RELIEF CREW PRIOR TO EQUIPMENT CLEARING SWITCH AND DERAILED THE REAR 2 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

TRAIN TRE 2918 CAR 1053 (A-END ONLY) DERAILED WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 13 MPH WHEN COMING INTO EBJ UNION STATION. THE LEAD CAB CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE STATION. ALL PASSENGERS DEBOARDED AT EBJ UNION STATION. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. RAIL MEASURED IN TOLERAN...

Y-NYF3051-09 PULLING OUT OF INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUE TO TRACK DAMAGE CAUSED BY NON-RAILROAD INTERFERENCE WITH TRACK STRUCTURE. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y-GAT1012-10A WAS SHOVING IN YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 7 RAILCARS AND 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO WIDE GAGE.NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE LBN42-05 SHOVED INTO TEX-HARVEY/REGENT CHEMICALS AND PUT THEIR SPOTS AWAY. THEY REACHED OVER TOTHE NEXT TRACK AND GRABBED THEIR 1 PULL. AS THEY WERE PULLING OUT, THEY DERAILED 4 CARS, 2 CARS WITHIN THE FACILITY AND 2 CARS FOULING THE MAINLINE. INVESTIGATION FOUND WIDE GAUGE ON INDUSTRY SIDE OFMAINTENANCE. **INDU...

BNSF G-HCBLDH9-29A WAS PULLING IN UP BASIN 4 YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE TO BROKEN RAIL -DETAIL FRACTURE FROM SHELLING OR HEAD CHECK AND THEN DERAILING 1 RAILCARS IN ADJACENT TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED. **BNSF EQUIPMENT DAMAGE –$240,003** **UP TRACK - $128,522 * UP EQUIPMENT - $20,000****PTRA INCIDENT NUMB...

H-DYTLAL1-02A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING OUT OF YARD TRACK 607 WHEN THEY DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUETO DEVIATION FROM UNIFORM TOP OF RAIL PROFILE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED. BNSF CAR COST – $68,000. UP TRACKCOSTS - $50,000

YNYF202203 A RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, MAN ON OR AT LEADINGEND OF MOVEMENT, FAILURE TO CONTROL AND COUPLING SPEED EXCESSIVE (14MPH). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

D701-03 WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS TO SPOT WITH THE CONDUCTOR RIDING THE SHOVE. THE CONDUCTOR LOST COMMUNICATION WITH HIS ENGINEER. ONCE REALIZED THE TRAIN WASN'T SLOWING DOWN, THE CONDUCTOR DISMOUNTEDTHE TRAIN. TRAIN CONTINUED AND 2 CARS WERE SHOVED OFF THE END OF THE TRACK.

WHILE OPERATING EASTBOUND ON THE SHERMAN SUBDIVISION, TRAIN S710 EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION, AND 12 CARS WERE FOUND TO BE DERAILED.

MARASX-31 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAIN TRACK ONE WHEN THEY WENT INTO UDE. THE AIR DIDN'T RECOVERSO THE CONDUCTOR WALKED BACK TO INSPECT THE TRAIN AND FOUND A DERAILED CAR DUE TO BROKEN RAIL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND ALL EQUIPMENT WAS UPRIGHT.

ON HOUSTON SUB, MAIN TRACK 2, TRAIN 781-29 WAS INSTRUCTED BY UP DISPATCHER TO HOLD AT HOTEL CROSSINGJUST WEST OF EUREKA. THE LOCATION IS WITHIN A 10- DEGREE CURVE IN TERRITORY WITH A MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED SPEED OF 25 MPH. THE CONDUCTOR'S LOG INDICATES THE TRAIN PASSED LF 369 AT APPROXIMATELY 8 MPH & THE EVENT RECORDER...

HTULTPL327A SHOVING ON YARD TYPE TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y-AMA1041-26A WAS SHOVED LIGHT ENGINE ONTO TURNTABLE AND ROLLED INTO THE TURNTABLE PIT DERAILING L LOCOMOTIVE AND RELEASING 1833 GALLONS INTO THE PIT.

WHILE TRAVERSING INSIDE ROCK PLANT, TRAIN RGOBM-23 WENT INTO UNDESIRED EMERGENCY. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TRAIN HAD DERAILED DUE TO A FOUR-FOOT FAILURE IN THE NORTH RAIL INSIDE THEFACILITY. **INDUSTRY MAINTAINS TRACK**

R-RDV0051-23G WAS SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

PT 300 DROVE UP 5 CAR LENGTHS OVER THE SWITCH TO TRACK 19-414. CREW BEGAN TO SHOVE AND PTRA 2221 PICKED THE SWITCH AND DERAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE SWITCH POINT.

S712 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING CARS FROM A CUT OF STORAGE CARS. THE CONDUCTOR SPOTTED ONE CAR MAKING IRREGULAR MOVEMENTS AND RELAYED TO THE ENGINEER TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, THEY FOUND THREE CARSHAD DERAILED.

Y-TPL1032-24A (RCO) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVING 16 RAILCARS NORTHBOUND INTO YARD TRACK 108 WHEN THE FOREMAN SAW A RAILCAR DERAIL ON THE LEAD NEAR 110 TRACK SWITCH. AFTER INVESTIGATION A HOOK FROM LOOSE CHAIN FOULED THE SWITCH POINT CAUSING 2 RAILCARS TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-TPL2022-24A WAS SHOVING INTO YARD TRACK TO MAKE A COUPLING AND IMPACTING Y-TPL2042-24A DUE TO EXCESSIVE COUPLING SPEED CAUSING RAILCARS TO ROLL OUT TRACK AND DERAILING 2 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ZSAYC-23 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON THE AUSTIN SUB AT 15 MPH AND DERAILED 3 CARS AT MP 179.6. DPU UP7331 FAILED DUE TO A GROUND RELAY FAULT. TRAIN WAS OKAYED TO CONTINUE ON AT 45 MPH PER OPCC. WHILETRAVERSING DOWN AUSTIN HILL, APPROACHING A 15-MPHCURVE, SLACK CAME IN DUE TO THE DPU FAILURE, CAUSING DERAILMENT TO TH...

AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 HOURS, THE CREW WAS CUTTING AWAY A TOTAL OF 11 CARS ON TRACK 97. AS THE UNIT WAS HEADING EASTBOUND WITH THE CARS AND EXITING THE TURNOUT, THE ENGINEER NOTICED THE TRAIN SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONDUCTORS OBSERVED THAT THE LAST THREE RAILCARS WERE ON THE GROUND.

TRAIN MEWLK-19 OPERATING ON THE BEAUMONT SUB AT MP 446.2, TRAVERSED OVER A BROKEN RAIL, CAUSING A 20-CAR DERAILMENT ON THE MAIN TRACK. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE RAIL EQUIPMENT WAS MOVING ABOVE THE MAXIMUM FOR THE TRACK CLASS REPORTED

YNYF302217 RCO DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO COUPLING SPEED EXCESSIVE AND THEN NOT IN A PLACE TO WATCHTHE SHOVING CAUSING MORE DAMAGE. 12MPH

UP LBC45-18A WAS SHOVING ON BNSF YARD TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO CENTER PLATE DISENGAGED FROM TRUCK (CAR OFF CENTER). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.