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The collision happened at around 2:35 a.m. in Cayce, about 4 miles southwest of Columbia. An Amtrak Silver Star passenger train with 139 passengers and 8 crew on board was traveling south from New York to Miami when it collided with CSX train Q210-03 (Cayce, SC-Smyrna, TN), an empty Autorack train.
Once the runaway had slowed to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h), CSX trainmaster Jon Hosfeld ran alongside the train, climbed aboard, and shut down the engine. The train was stopped at the Ohio State Route 31 crossing, just southeast of Kenton, Ohio, before reaching locomotive #6008. All the brake shoes on #8888 had been completely burned off by the ...
On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, United States.It was caused by displacement of a span and deformation of the rails when a tow of heavy barges collided with the rail bridge eight minutes earlier.
Shortly after, a CSX freight train began approaching the crossing from the south. As required, contractors reportedly attempted to contract the transportation company to warn them of the hazard.
The freight train, operated by CSX struck the lowboy trailer in Goose Creek, South Carolina, after it got stuck on the tracks. 'Like a bomb going off': Video captures freight train smashing ...
The train collided with a stopped CSX freight train. RAR-19-02: September 25, 2021: Empire Builder: Joplin, Montana: Derailment 3 [14] 50 The train derailed due to a track defect. RIR-23-08: June 27, 2022: Southwest Chief: Mendon, Missouri: Grade crossing 4 150 [15] The train derailed after colliding with a dump truck obstructing a railroad ...
The proposed class action lawsuit filed in Kentucky federal court claimed CSX's negligence, recklessness and failure to follow federal train regulations were to blame for the Nov. 22 crash, which ...
The weather at the time of the accident was 15 °F (−9 °C) with 8 inches (200 mm) of recent snow. The train was traveling at 33 miles per hour (53 km/h), below the 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) speed limit for the area and a 40-mile-per-hour (64 km/h) speed restriction imposed by CSX due to cold weather.