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The fatal incident happened around 5:05 p.m., killing one person, according to a Union Pacific spokesperson.
[7] [8] A northbound freight train, Q636-15, was directed onto a siding where the crew uncoupled its locomotive, CSX #8392 (another EMD SD40-2), and waited for the runaway train to pass. #8392 had a crew of two: Jesse Knowlton, an engineer with 31 years of service; and Terry L. Forson, a conductor with about one year's experience. [9]
A police spokesperson said the train sounded its horn before the three victims were hit around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7 3 Men Found Dead on Train Tracks 6 Hours After They Were Hit ...
1910 Grand Trunk collision, Durand, Michigan; 18+ killed [83] 1911 Indianola train wreck, McCook, Nebraska; 18 killed plus 32 injured. Nebraska's deadliest rail disaster to date [84] [85] 1911 Federal Express (train) wreck, Bridgeport, Connecticut; 14 killed. Train was transporting the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team [86] [87]
November 15 – United States – Canadian National train E243 running from Flat Rock, Michigan to Flint, Michigan collided with another CN train, L533 (bound for Detroit), at the Andersonville Siding on CN's Holly Subdivision in Michigan. The engineer and conductor on E243 were killed. [citation needed]
He also hit the emergency brakes but his train, which had been traveling at 33 mph, did not stop for seven seconds. By then, its front end was about 1.5 railcar lengths past the contractors.
Michigan Services are three Amtrak passenger rail routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with the Michigan cities of Grand Rapids, Port Huron, and Pontiac, and stations en route. The group falls under the Amtrak Midwest brand and is a component of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative .