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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 12:57 PM

Los Angeles, CA Times, 5/25/13:

Seven people were injured when two freight trains collided in rural southeastern Missouri early Saturday morning, causing a highway overpass to collapse, officials said.


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Posted 25 May 2013 - 07:55 PM

NTSB news release:

NTSB Launches Go-Team to Missouri to Investigate Collision Between Two Freight Trains That Partially Collapsed a Highway Overpass

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May 25, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to investigate this morning’s collision and derailment in Scott City, Mo.

At approximately 2:30 AM CDT a Union Pacific freight train and a BNSF freight train collided under a highway overpass causing them to derail and partially collapse the overpass. A post-crash fire was reported.

Senior Rail Investigator Mike Flanigon will serve as the investigator-in-charge. NTSB Board Member Robert L. Sumwalt is accompanying the team and will serve as the principal spokesperson during the on-scene phase of the investigation.

Public Affairs Specialist Terry Williams will also be on scene in Scott City to coordinate media related activities. He can be reached by mobile phone at (XXX) XXX-XXXX or by email at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

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Posted 25 January 2015 - 08:51 AM

Southeast Missourian, 1/25:
 

NTSB cites fatigue as a factor in Rockview train crash

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The Route M overpass at Rockview, Missouri collapsed May 25, 2013, after a Union Pacific train struck

a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, derailing several rail cars and knocking down one of the bridge's

support pillars.  (Fred Lynch)

 

Erratic shifts and sleep deprivation may have led to a May 25, 2013, train collision near Chaffee, Missouri, the National Transportation Safety Board has reported.

 

The 2:30 a.m. collision between a 60-car Union Pacific train and a 75-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at the Rockview Interlocking in Scott County injured seven people -- none seriously -- and forced the closure of Route M for more than three months while crews repaired an overpass that collapsed after derailed train cars crashed into it.

 

The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the accident, determined a Union Pacific conductor and engineer failed to take necessary actions to prevent the collision.

 

Their performance may have been compromised by fatigue as a result of working erratic schedules in the days preceding the accident.

 

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Posted 25 January 2015 - 09:14 AM

NTSB Railroad Accident Report:

 

​Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with BNSF Railway Freight Train
 
Executive Summary
​ On May 25, 2013, at 2:30 a.m. central daylight time, near Chaffee, Missouri, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train 2-ASMAR-25 UP 5668 South collided with BNSF Railway (BNSF) freight train U-KCKHKM0-05T at Rockview Interlocking, where tracks of the two railroads cross. The BNSF train was moving through the interlocking when the UP train struck the 12th car behind the locomotives of the BNSF train. As a result of the collision, 13 cars of the BNSF train derailed. Two locomotives and 11 cars on the UP train also derailed. Diesel fuel spilled from the derailed UP locomotives and caught fire. The engineer and the conductor on the UP train were injured and transported to a local hospital.
 
The Missouri State Highway M bridge crossed over the Rockview Interlocking, and derailed train cars struck bridge supports and collapsed portions of the bridge. After the bridge collapsed, two motor vehicles struck damaged highway elements. Five occupants of the motor vehicles were transported to a local hospital.
 
As a result of their variable work schedules both UP crewmembers experienced disruptions to their normal circadian rhythms for several days before the accident, and at the time of the accident experienced fatigue caused by circadian disruption and the requirement to operate the train during the window of circadian low. Prior to the collision, both UP crewmembers failed to comply with four wayside signals because of likely fatigue-induced performance degradation. Obstructive sleep apnea likely contributed to the engineer's fatigue. Damage was estimated to be more than $11 million.
 
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the Union Pacific Railroad train crewmembers to comply with wayside signals leading into the Rockview Interlocking as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation. Contributing to the accident was the lack of: (1) a positive train control system, (2) medical screening requirements for employees in safety-sensitive positions for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, and (3) action by the Federal Railroad Administration to fully implement the fatigue management components required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Likely contributing to the engineer's fatigue was undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. Also contributing to the accident was inadequate crew resource management.

Probable Cause
​ The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the Union Pacific Railroad train crewmembers to comply with wayside signals leading into the Rockview Interlocking as a result of their disengagement from their task likely because of fatigue-induced performance degradation. Contributing to the accident was the lack of: (1) a positive train control system, (2) medical screening requirements for employees in safety-sensitive positions for sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, and (3) action by the Federal Railroad Administration to fully implement the fatigue management components required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Likely contributing to the engineer's fatigue was undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. Also contributing to the accident was inadequate crew resource management.
 
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Complete Report:  RAR 1402
 





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