Virginia Train Derailments 2026

E16 WORKING T25 SECURED TRAIN AND PULLED INDUSTRY LIGHT POWER, DOUBLED BACK TO TRAIN ON THE MAIN. WENT BACK INTO T25 WITH ENTIRE TRAIN TO SPOT THE EMPTIES. THE FIRST 12 CARS MADE IT PAST THE FLIP FLOP STYLE DERAIL WITHOUT ISSUE. BETWEEN THE 12TH AND 13TH CAR SOMETHING FROM THE CONSIST SNAGGED THEDERAIL AND RETURNED...

G63530 DERAILED AT CAB 83.3, AND DRUG THE CARS TO CA 84.40 WHERE THE TRAIN SEPARATED CAUSING THREE CARS TO FALL INTO THE CANAL DUE TO THE TRACK BUCKLING UNDER THE TRAIN.

L23830, WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE INDUSTRY, DERAILED 4 CARS LINES 11-14 DUE TO SWITCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

TRAIN 815U727 TRAVELING WEST ON CV MAIN AT MP453.0 WITH 4 UNITS ON THE HEADEND FOLLOWED BY 202 EMPTIES. TRAIN STOPPED AT CV453.0 TO LET CONDUCTOR OFF TO MAKE A CUT ON HEAD 101 CARS. ONCE CONDUCTOR WASIN PLACE TRAIN BEGAN TO PULL WEST DERAILING 15 CARS. CAR COUNT CONFIRMED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES

WHILE SWITCHING CARS IN 2 1/2 TRACK IN THE OLD MILL, FO COUPLED TO 1ST OF 2 CARS SPOTTED IN TRACK, THEN PROCEEDED TO COUPLE TO 2ND CAR IN THE TRACK. PER FO STATEMENT, HE WAS WALKING WITH THE CAR TO COUPLE TO CAR # 2 TRIPPED AND BUMPED SPPEN SWITCH ON RCO BOX. HE DID NOT FALL, ONLY STUMBLED, BY THE TIME HE REGAINED H...

TRAIN UL01 PULLING WEST WITH 70 CARS ON MAIN YARD 50 DERAILED LAST 3 LOADED CARS AND SIDE SWIPED 4 LOADED CARS IN MAIN YARD 52 DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL IN MAIN YARD 50. NO INJURIES.

UR41 SHOVED EAST INTO RT18, PULLED BACK WEST AND WERE ATTEMPTING TO SHOVE IN RT16 WHEN CARS STARTEDDERAILING OVER THE RT14 SWITCH.

TRAIN CREW WAS PERFORMING REVERSE MOVE OUT OF YARD TO ENTER MAIN LINE AND MAKE DEADHEAD MOVE TO UNION STATION. DURING THE MOVEMENT, THE GAUGE OF THE TRACK WIDENED AND THE LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED AT A VERYSLOW SPEED. THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE REGION EXPERIENCED A HISTORIC SNOW/ICE/FREEZING EV...

CSXT 262853, ON G77502, CAUSED A BROKEN ON THE RAIL AROUND THE CAB 203.4. AROUND CAB 203.9. TAPS TEAM WOULD DISCOVER DRAG MARKS ON THE RAIL. PD WOULD BE FOUND AT CAB 178.6. L1 WHEEL WOULD DROP AROUND178.77. CSXT 262853 WOULD FINALLY COME TO REST CAB 172.3. RAILCAR WOULD REMAIN UPRIGHT, NOT AFFECTING THE LOCOMOTIVES.

C13523 DERAILED. T103 – DEVIATION FROM UNIFORM TOP OF RAIL PROFILE. SEQ. 70 CSXT 301679 FIRST CAR DERAILED. FOUND A VERTICAL IRREGULARITY IN THE RAILHEAD SURFACE OVER A GIVEN CHORD LENGTH. IT IS CONFIRMED 220 CARS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45PM DURING A 7MPH PULL MOVE UL 29 DERAILED 7 CARS NEAR THE MIDDLE OF MA50, WHICHCAME TO REST ON 3 CARS IN MA48. THE MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS CONFIRMED THERE WAS CONTACT WITH THE CARS IN MA48 BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT OR TRACK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

E19P222 DERAILED TWO CARS WHILE SHOVING 45 CARS EAST FROM KY08 TO THE DURHAM MAIN LINE ON THE EAST END OF KINNEY YARD LEAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

TRAIN 826V322 PULLING EAST ON MY52 AT LAMBERTS POINT, DERAILED 9 LOADED CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL.

L20610 CREW COUPLED TO CARS IN W001. THEY ATTEMPTED TO PULL BUT COULD NOT DUE TO BUNCHED SLACK. ATTEMPTED 2ND PULL AND DERAILED 2 CARS ON SIDE; 2 LEANING, 1 DETRUCKED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT CREW BYPASSED COUPLERS IN THE TRACK THE DAY PRIOR AND WHEN THEY PULLED THE CARS TODAY THE CARS DERAILED...

NS TRAIN 16TV721 WAS TRAVELING NORTH WITH 3 ENGINES AND 93 CARS WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED A MAINLINE DERAILMENT. NRC WAS NOTIFIED.

K90 LINING OUT OF THE SOUTH END OF THE SPRINGFIELD RUN AROUND TRACK, FAILED TO REMOVE THE DERAIL ANDPULLED OVER THE DERAIL, DERAILING THE LEAD TRUCK OF THE NS 6938

L20620 CONDUCTOR LINED THE TRAIN FOR THE DOCK TRACK, COMMUNICATED WITH THE CONDUCTOR TRAINEE TO START INITIATING THE MOVE TO MAKE THE COUPLE. TRAINEE STANDING AT THE COUPLE COMMUNICATED TO THE ENGINEER THAT THE SWITCH WAS LINED FOR THE MOVEMENT. EVERYONE WAS IN THE CLEAR. COME BACK 6 TO A COUPLE. TRAINEE HEARD A CLI...

NS TRAIN 826V314 SHOVING WEST INTO THE HORN TRACK AT LAMBERTS POINT DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 1 RAIL CAR DUE TO A WORN SWITCH POINT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

C20829 DERAILED 75TH CAR DUE TO BROKEN RIM. CONFIRMED 220 CARS ON C20829.

NS TRAIN V70V221 SETTING CARS OFF IN KY09, SHOVING WEST, DERAILED 5 CARS DUE TO SIDE BEARING INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE.

NS TRAIN 18MV216 DERAILED 2 LOADED AUTO RACKS (ETTX 85381 AND TTGX 715337) AT PARK ST. CP IN ROANOKE, VA-N257.8. THE TRAIN WAS DEPARTING EAST FROM ROANOKE YARD ON THE PARK STREET LADDER AND WAS TRAVERSING EAST THROUGH THE RUNNING TRACK SWITCH AND FROG WHEN IT DERAILED. THE POINT OF DEPARTURE WAS ONTHE RUNNING TRACK...

C13804 DERAILED. DUE TO AMOUNT OF DAMAGE A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TRACK STRUCTURE AND WAYSIDE DATA IS BEING ANALYZED. BROKEN RAIL IS BEING ANALYZED TO DETERMINE DEFECT/CAUSE. T299 CAUSE CODE WAS SELECTED DUE TO THE RAIL BEING BROKEN IN TO SEVERAL SMALL FRAGMENTS AROUND POINT OF DERAILMENT. IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO REASSEM...

NS TRAIN 16TV502 PULLING INTO MS01 DERAILED 14 CARS DUE TO A BROKEN RAIL. POINT OF DEPARTURE WAS MS01. CARS FOULED AND DAMAGED MS02 AND MAIN 2.