Washington Train Derailments 2026

YSPO212123 PULLING ON OTHER THAT MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO VANDALISM OF TRACK ORTRACK APPLIANCES, E.G., OBJECTS PLACED ON TRACK, SWITCH THROWN, ETC. SUPPORTING CASE NUMBER 2653004775

TRAIN WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 8 MPH IN EXTREME HEAT, DOWN HILL SOUTH BOUND INTO THE S CURVES WHEN THE ENGINEER NOTICED SLOWING DOWN RIGHT BEFORE TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. 9 CARS DERAILED.***CORRECTIONS MADE 9/15/26*** **CORRECTION MADE TO SECTION 14. (9/22/26)

701 JOB TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN ABERDEEN YARD, OPERATING WITH THREE LOCOMOTIVES AND 14L/10E DERAILEDTHE 9TH -11TH CARS ON THE EAST LEAD SWITCH.

RNIR DEPARTING CENTRALIA YARD DERAILED ONE SCRAP LOCOMOTIVE AND TWO RAILCARS DUE TO TRUCK BOLSTER STIFF, IMPROPER LATERAL OR IMPROPER SWIVELING LOCOMOTIVE. BNSF REPORTED $12,239.00 TRACK DAMAGE. PSAP REPORTED $28294.00 IN TRACK AND STRUCTURE DAMAGES. RNIR CREW REPORTED INCIDENT TIME AT 04:49 PM,THE TIME ENTERED IN B...

Q-PTLLAC4-28E DERAILED EIGHT ARTICULATED RAILCARS DUE TO EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION - EXTREME WIND VELOCITY. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

YTAC256227 SHOVED THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED TWO RAILCARS DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT, FAILURE TO CONTROL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

XRILCSN523 PULLING ON INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED 13 RAILCARS DUE TO THE INDUSTRY CREW NOT LATCHING THESWITCH BACK INTO THE LOCK POSITION WHILE THE TRAIN WAS PARKED OVER THE SWITCH. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSPO202122 ENGINEER MISUNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS NOT THE TRAIN TO TAKE A SHOVE COMMAND VIA RADIO AND AND STARTED SHOVING WHEN HE RAN INTO ANOTHER TRAIN SHOVING THROUGH THE CROSSOVERS, RADIO COMMUNICATION, FAILURE TO GIVE/RECEIVE. 2 RAILCARS DERAILED. NOHAZMAT RELEASE.

G BDETAC9 17B PULLING ON INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO SWITCH DAMAGED OR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. A DERAILED RAILCAR HIT THE ADJACENT TRACK CAUSING IT TO ROLL AND DERAIL AND DAMAGE 1 UNATTENDEDSINGLE RAILCAR. NO HAZMAT RELEASE. INDUSTRY TRACKDAMAGE IS XX.

Y-TAC2591-12 PULLING ON YARD TRACK PULLED THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

CREW WAS TRAVELING SOUTH. PASSED THE BLUE CREEK CROSSING, ENGINEER CLEARED THE SLOW ORDER AND WAS PICKING UP SPEED WHEN FELT A TUG AND TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CREW DISCOVERED THE DERAILED CARS.***ERRORS CORRECTED 9/15/26*** **CORRECTION MADE TOSECTION 14 & SECTION 23. (9/22/26)

H LVJEVE1 28A PULLING ON SIDING TRACK DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO OTHER BODY DEFECTS (CAR) – WARPED CAR BODY ON COER 875136 INITIATED R1 WHEEL UNLOADING AT THE POD IN THE 10+ DEGREE CURVE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y EVE3042 16 WITH UTILITY ENGINEER, PULLING TRAIN H PASEVE1 15 DERAILED 7 RAILCARS DUE TO LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE ON CURVE EXCESSIVE, TRAIN MAKEUP. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

YPAS106217 RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 3 RAILCARS DUE TO OBJECTS SUCH AS LADING CHAINS OR STRAPSFOULING SWITCHES. A CABLE ON A CENTER BEAM SPLIT A FACING POINT SWITCH. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

HLVJEVE102 PULLING ON YARD TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEEDOR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL, REVERSED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

PCC- DERAILMENT (PLEASANT VALLEY SUBDIVISION) AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2025 THE PCC CREW WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND WHEN THE LAST CAR OF THEIR TRAIN DERAILED AND RERAILED AT THE NEXT CROSSING, BUT CAUSED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES OF RAIL TO COME OUT OF THE TIE PLATES. NO HAZMAT AND NO INJURIES WERE INVOLVED...

THE WWAWAB-15 DUMPED BALLAST TODAY ON THE KALAN IND LD. AS THEY STARTED DOWN TRACK 150 TO DUMP MOREBALLAST THEY DERAILED 3 CARS. THEY WERE NOT UNLOADING BALLAST AT TIME OF DERAILMENT.

Y-PAS2262-03A RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UTILITY PERSON (Y-PAS7231-03A) LINEDTHE SWITCH AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, REVERSED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 6 RAILCARS DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y PAS225 29A DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS (AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION YARD). NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSEA361120 SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO SWITCH NOT LATCHED OR LOCKED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSSE331108A SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS AND 1 LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO BROKEN RAIL - WELD (FIELD). NO HAZMAT RELEASE. NO INJURIES

R NWE8041 21I SHOVING INDUSTRY TRACK IN THE DARK, STRUCK A DERAILED RAILCAR DERAILED BY THE INDUSTRYLEAVING IT IN THE FOUL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YPVN330120 SHOVED THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 4 RAILCARS DUE TO SHOVING MOVEMENT, MAN ON OR AT LEADING END OF MOVEMENT, FAILURE TO CONTROL. INDUSTRY HAD $10,000 IN TRACK DAMAGES.NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSPO315213 SHOVING YARD TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YSPO111212 PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO PASSED COUPLERS (OTHER THAN AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION YARD). NO HAZMAT RELEASE. THE DRAWBARS WERE ALREADY CROSSED WHEN THE CREW PULLED. NO ONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

YPAS227212 RCO SHOVING YARD TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO COUPLER RETAINER PIN/CROSS KEY MISSINGAND RUNNING OVER THE DRAWBAR. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

HVBTLVJ101 PULLING ON OTHER MAIN TRACK DERAILED 2 ARTICULATED RAILCARS DUE TO INDEPENDENT (ENGINE) BRAKE, IMPROPER USE (EXCEPT ACTUATION) (H023). NO HAZMAT RELEASE

LIS48-18 WAS SHOVING TRACK 602 IN SEATTLE ON AIR AND DERAILED 3 CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR CUT THATWAS COMING THROUGH A CURVE AND FROG. THE ENGINEER WAS NOT COMPLYING WITH THE TRAIN HANDLING REQUIREMENTS; HE HAD 3 UNITS ONLINE WHEN THE MAX SHOULDHAVE BEEN 2. HE ALSO HAD AN INITIAL BRAKE PIPE REDUCTION APPLIED AND C...

YINB790211 RCO PULLING RAILCARS DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO THE RETARDERS NOT RELEASING. CLASSIFICATION YARD AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM RETARDER FAILURE. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YPAS227212 RCO HUMPING RAILCARS DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE THE RAILCAR SHOWING EMPTY AND ACTUALLY BEINGLOADED NOT ALLOWING THE HUMP SYSTEM TO PROPERLY SLOW THE SPEED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

H NTWPAS3 29A PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO INDEPENDENT (ENGINE) BRAKE, IMPROPERUSE AND BUFFERING OR SLACK ACTION EXCESSIVE, TRAIN HANDLING. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

Y SPO1101 19A PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO OBJECTS SUCH AS LADING CHAINS OR STRAPS FOULING SWITCHES. VALVE CAP HANGING BY CHAIN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR CAUGHT IN THE HEEL BLOCK OFSWITCH. CHAIN BROKE, LEAVING THE CAP BEHIND. NEXT WHEEL FLANGE RODE UP BETWEEN THE BALL OF THE RAIL AND THE CAP, CAUS...

T PSAP 621R PULLING ON BNSF MAINTAINED TRACK RAN THROUGH A SWITCH, REVERSED DIRECTIONS AND DERAILED1 RAILCAR DUE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

YVAW901104 PULLING ON YARD TRACK DERAILED 3 LOCOMOTIVES DUE TO A SWITCH PREVIOUSLY RUN THROUGH. NO HAZMAT RELEASE

INDUSTRY CREW SHOVED OVER A BNSF MAINTAINED DERAIL, DERAILING 4 RAILCARS DUE TO SWITCH IMPROPERLY LINED. NO HAZMAT RELEASE. INDUSTRY COST $46,208.

METHK-21 TRAVELING SOUTH ON AYER SUB EXPERIENCED UDE AT MP 315. UPON INSPECTION OF TRAIN, FOUND THEUTLX95093 HAD DERAILED LEADING AXLE AND LOST A WHEEL 115 CARS FROM THE HEAD END DUE TO A MELTED JOURNAL.

GHVRKAH913 SHOVING INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED 8 RAILCARS DUE TO WIDE GAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSINGCROSSTIES).. INDUSTRY HAD $25,000. IN TRACK DAMAGES. NO HAZMAT RELEASE.

HPASSPO116 DEPARTING THE YARD RAN THROUGH A SWITCH DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED ORITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. LATER Y-PAS106-1-16A DERAILED2 LOCOMOTIVES BECAUSE OF THE RAN THROUGH SWITCH.NO HAZMAT RELEASE

MHKSK-09 WAS YARDING THEIR TRAIN IN SPOKANE YARD AND CUT AWAY LIGHT POWER TO STAGE ON WEST END OF THE YARD. THE CREW RAN THROUGH THE EAST END TRK 2 SWITCH THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED THAT RESULTED INA DERAILMENT OF ONE SET OF TRUCKS FROM THE UP7805.