Wyoming Train Derailments 2026

Q-SSELAC4-21B WENT INTO EDU ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK. AFTER INSPECTION FOUND 16 RAILCARS DERAILED DUE TOEXTREME WIND VELOCITY. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

C-NAMSPS0-06D WAS TRAVERSING MAIN 1 TRACK AND FAILED TO PROPERLY LINED THE MOVABLE POINT SWITCH CAUSING 2 LOCOMOTIVES TO DERAIL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ORIGINAL CREW OF Q-PTLLAC4-07E SHOVED THROUGH SOUTH SWITCH ON YARD TRACK AND TIED TRAIN. RELIEF CREWPULLED THROUGH SWITCH AND DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO PREVIOUS RUN THROUGH SWITCH. ALSO C-NAMCRD0-18D STRUCK AN AXLE OF A RAILCAR THAT WAS FOUL OF THE TRACK. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MNPNY-09, UP8917 HAD PULLED INTO THE CHEYENNE YARD AND MADE A CUT ON THEIR TRAIN AT THE EAST END OFNORTH FIVE TRACK WITH A BLOCK OF 71 CARS THAT WERE TO GO TO EATON CO. AFTER SECURING CARS IN NORTH FIVE, THEY PLANNED TO USE NORTH SIX TRACK (A CLEARRAIL) TO GRAB THE NEXT BLOCK OF CARS WHICH WERE THEIR CHEYENNE SETOUT...

Q-PTLLAC4-15E WAS PARKED AND TIED DOWN ON SINGLE MAIN TRACK. EXTREME WIND VELOCITY BLEW OVER 39 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

THE MNPRO-10, UP5814 HAD A WHEEL BREAK ON CAR L4 A END OF THE NDYX320974 AT MILE POST 612.5 AND WASOFF RAIL TO 622.05.

E-ALMBTM9-12C WAS WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON MAIN 1 TRACK COMING IN GURNSEY YARD AND DERAILED 2 RAILCARS DUE TO RIGGING DOWN OR DRAGGING. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

H-LAUDEN1-21A WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING OUT RAILCARS IN YARD TRACK 4104 AND FAILED TO PROPERLY LINE THE 4101 SWITCH AND SHOVED INTO 4101 MAKING IMPACTED WITH THE L-PWR4111-24I THAT WAS PARKED DERAILING 4 RAILCARS. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

C-BTMCXC1-84B WAS TRAVERSING ON MAIN 2 TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO BROKEN PLATE. TRAIN WAS NOTIFIED BY DED. UPON INSPECTION FOUND WHEEL MISSING FROM CAR BNSF 672188. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

ZLTG2-19 DERAILED DUE TO THERMAL MISALIGNMENT ON MAIN #2 AT MP 591.25 LARAMIE SUB THAT DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND 11 RAILCARS.RAIL = CWR

MRVGR-15 WAS PULLING INTO THE WEST END OF THE YARD INTO TRACK 6 WITH ALL SWITCHES ON THE WEST END LINES FOR THEIR MOVE OFF THE NEW YARD LEAD. THE MRVGR PULLED DOWN TO THE EAST END AND STOPPING IN THECLEAR OF TRACK 6 TO LINE THEIR SELF OUT ON THE EAST END. FOUND THE GUARDRAIL ON THE 13 SWITCH DID NOT HOLD CARS ON RAI...

YGR11R-12 HAD THE 2ND TO LAST CAR OF 66 CARS IN THE CUT DERAILED DUE TO SIDE BEARING CLEARANCE. CARDID NOT TRAVERSE THE SWITCH.

E-CEBNAM0-75A WAS PULLING THE TRAIN INTO INDUSTRY TRACK DERAILED 5 RAILCARS DUE TO GUARD RAIL LOOSE/BROKEN OR MISLOCATED. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

MNPPC-12 REPORTED UDE AT MP 713.8 AND 715.4 TO THE DISPATCHER. 34 TOTAL CARS WERE DERAILED IN TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS. (FOUND AIRBOSE BLOWN, SENDING FINDINGS TO SIMULATION 3RD PARTY FOR VERIFICATION.) TRAIN CONSISTED OF 229 RAILCARS.

THE MPCNP-08 WAS OPERATING EASTBOUND ON THE LARAMIE SUB, APPROACHING WALCOTT AT MP 662 WHEN THEY DERAILED THE TTZX864829 DUE TO A FAILED JOURNAL ON THE R3 BEARING SITUATION. THE CREW OPERATING THE WESTBOUND MNPRO-08 ALSO HAD CARS DERAILED. THE TTZX864829 DAMAGED THE FROG IN THE CP AT WALCOTT.

CBTJK-06 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON MAINLINE ONE AS THEY PASSED OVER THE HDD EQUIPMENT DETECTOR AT MILEPOST 248.5, CREW RECIEVED A DEFECT MESSAGE OF DRAGGING EQUIPMENT AT NEAR AXLE 298 FROM HEAD OF TRAIN. CREW STOPPED TRAIN AND PERFORMED INSPECTION AS REQUIRED, UPON INSPECTION THEY FOUND THE 76TH CAR FROM HEAD OF TR...

C-NAMARB0-15A WAS TRAVERSING SINGLE MAIN TRACK AND DERAILED 1 RAILCAR DUE TO JOURNAL (PLAIN) FAILUREFROM OVERHEATING AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRACK DAMAGE. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

Y-CAS3012-14A WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING OUT A CUT OF CARS IN YARD TRACK WHEN 1 LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH RESTRICTED SPEED OR ITS EQUIVALENT NOT IN CONNECTION WITH A BLOCK OR INTERLOCKING SIGNAL. NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

LDR08-30 WAS DEPARTING INDUSTRY AND DERAILED REAR 9 CARS DUE TO WIDE GAUGE ON CUSTOMER OWNED PROPERTY. **INDUSTRY MAINTAINED TRACK**

THE MNYGR-27 WAS INSTRUCTED TO PULL TO WEST END AND SHOVE TRAIN IN THE YARD DUE TO THE EAST BEING OOS FOR TRACK WORK. THE MNYGR-27 WAS SHOVING INTO THE YARD TRACK 14 WITH MINIMUM AIR SET (6 POUNDS) FOR 2,875 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A SLOW STOP FOR THECONDUCTOR TO GET OFF AND LINE THE SWITCH. STOPPED FOR 3 MINUTES TO L...

TRAIN ZLTG2-23, LEAD UNIT UP 7158. HIGH WINDS BLEW TRAIN OFF TRACK WHILE TRAIN WAS MOVING. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 41-47 MPH.

L-PWR4111-13I WAS PULLING OUT OF TETON WEST LUMBER INC INDUSTRY TRACK AND DERAILED 2 LOCOMOTIVES AND1 RAILCARS AT SWITCH DUE TO WIDE GAGE (DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR MISSING CROSSTIES). NO HAZMAT RELEASED.

WHILE WORKING THE LDR08-03, ENGINEER SHOVING INTO WEST END OF THE YARD GOING EAST DERAILED ONE CAR BEHIND THE LOCOMOTIVE DUE TO THREE UNITS ONLINE, WITH LOCAL INSTRUCTION AND GCOR INSTRUCTIONS DO NOTGO OVER 28.1 EPA WHEN SWITCHING. EPA WAS 30.4 FROMUSING ALL THREE UNITS.

MNPRO-10 WAS MAKING A STOP AT EVANSTON. ENGINEER HAD TRAIN IN DYNAMIC BRAKES TO SLOW TRAIN AND THENSET HIS AIR. HE REDUCED THE DYNAMIC BRAKE FROM FULL DOWN 2 AND THEN WENT BACK TO FULL DYNAMIC BRAKING AT 11 MPH TRAIN WENT INTO UDE AND 2 CARS WERE DERAILED.