Utah Train Derailments 2026

YOG12R-17 CREW WAS SHOVING A CUT OF CARS INTO A CLEAR RAIL COMING THROUGH A CROSSOVER, THEY HAD LOADS ON EITHER SIDE OF 2 EMPTIES 6 FROM THE HEAD END AND HAD A HOLD OF APPROXIMATELY 6K TONS OF CARS INTOTAL. IT APPEARS AS WHEN THEY STARTED THE SHOVETHE EMPTIES WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSOVER ANDCLIMBED THE GUARD...

CWELB9-10 WAS OPERATING ON THE SHARP SUB 2X1 WHEN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM A BRIDGE STRUCTURE THEREAR OF THE TRAIN HIT A THERMAL MISALIGNMENT CAUSING THE REAR 14 CARS AND DPU TO DERAIL AND THE DPUCAUGHT FIRE.

THE OWUSJ-04, UP7764 WAS PULLING ON TRACK 2&9 AND WHEN GOING BY TRACK #2, 5 CARS DERAILED (BEHIND 11CARS FORM THE HEAD OF TRAIN). MOW WAS HI RAILING AND WORKING ON THE TRACK AND SWITCHES WHEN THEY DIDN'T PUT THE HOOK OR LOCK BACK IN THE SWITCH, CAUSING IT TO VIBRATE OPEN.

YRO31R-05 WAS SHOVING INTO TRACK 33. SW1 WAS IN THE FIELD TAKING THE SHOVE INTO TRACK 33. CARS THATDERAILED WERE LINES 11-14 FROM THE FROM THE POWER. THE FOR LINED THE SWITCH INTO TRACK 33 WHEN THE 29TH CARS IN THE SHOVE DERAILED FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT 3 CARS (TOTAL OF 4). THE SWITCH WAS NOT PROPERLYLATCHED/LOCKED AND...

TRACK 11 WAS RELEASED TO OPERATIONS, HOWEVER WHILE THE LIGHT AND FLAG WERE TAKEN DOWN THE DERAIL ITSELF WAS NOT REMOVED FROM ITS POSITION ON THE RAIL. LOCO 21 WAS MAKING A REVERSE MOVE OUT OF THE SHOP HEADING SOUTH BOUND AND STRUCK THE DERAIL CAUSING AXLES 3 AND 4 TO COME OFF THE TRACK. THE LIGHTING IN THE YARD IS N...

LOCO #1 WAS EXITING THE YARD ON TRACK 15 HEADING NB. THE REAR AXEL OF THE FRONT TRUCK SET DERAILEDIN THE ASPHALT CROSSING. TRAINS HAVE WALKED OFF THE TRACKS IN THIS AREA BEFORE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TOTHE RAIL AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE LOCO. THE DAMAGE TO THE LOCO WAS MINOR AS THEY WERE ONLY GOING 3MPH.MOW INVESTIGATED THE...

THE ENGINEER OF THE MPDOG-20 WAS USING EXCESSIVE AUTOMATIC AIR WHILE SHOVING INTO THE YARD, WAS SHOVING ON A CUT OF CARS TO PUT TRAIN AWAY. THE TRAIN STARTED TO SHOVE ON THE CARS INTO THE TRACK WHEN THE ENGINEER SET AIR TO CONTROL TRAIN, GOT GOING TOSLOW. THEN THROTTLED DOWN TO NOTCH 6 AND PINCHED ACAR OUT OF CUT DE...

THE YRO21R-03 CREW WAS SHOVING 96 CARS INTO TRACK 40, WHEN CAR CLSX5303 DERAILED ON THE GUARD RAIL OFF THE LEAD/27 TRACK SWITCH, THEN TRAVERSED ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 100' TO THE 27/40 SWITCH, CAUSING 8 OTHER RAILCARS TO DERAIL. THE CLSX5303 WHEEL CAUGHT THE FROG POINT AND CAUSED THE CAR TO CLIMB THE GUARD RAIL. TH...

CWEIP-23 HAD RAILCAR IPPX1087 DERAILED, AND A BROKEN WHEEL FOUND BY THE WHEEL DETECTOR AFTER APPROXIMATELY SCARING 3,800 TIES AND DAMAGING MULTIPLE SWITCH HEATERS, SWITCH MACHINES AND HOT BOX DETECTORS ALONG THE GREEN RIVER SUB.

RUT-310-30 CREW HAD JUST DROPPED OFF CARS AT CUSTOMER KENNECOTT'S YARD AND WERE RUNNING TO THE OTHEREND OF THE YARD LITE ENGINE TO GET THEIR PICKUP, WHEN THEIR LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST WENT INTO EMERGENCY.INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE 3RD/MIDDLE LOCOMOTIVE'S FRONT SET OF TRUCKS HAD CLIMBED A SWITCHPOINT CAUSING BOTH...

MOGHP-12 ENGINEER MAKING FORWARD MOVE OF 5,125 FEET. 329 FEET PRIOR TO THE STOP ENGINEER WAS IN 2 THROTTLE GOING 6.38 MPH AND ENGINEER SETS FIRST SERVICE ON THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE. 126 FEET PRIOR TO STOPENGINEER IS IN 4 THROTTLE AND MOVES IT DOWN TO 3FOR 2 SECONDS THEN BACK TO 4 THROTTLE. 34 FEET PRIOR TO STOP ENGINEER...