ARR20130079201308 · Alaska Railroad Corporation
2013-08-15 · 20130079
FRA Incident
Derailment
2013-08-15 · ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
- Event ID
- F54:ARR20130079201308
- Date
- 2013-08-15
- Time
- 9:00 PM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- ANCHORAGE
- State
- ALASKA
- Location Quality
- exact_fra_coordinate
- Location Method
- direct_form54
Narrative
CREW HAD JUST SWITCHED OUT 2 CARS AND PULLED OVER THE TK-1 SWITCH, THE COMMAND BACK 5 CARS TO A CUTWAS GIVEN AND WHILE SHOVING OVER THE TK-1 SWITCH THE CAR PICKED THE SWITCH AND THE SOUTH TRUCKS DERAILED AND WENT APROX 100 FT. THE CREW RE-RAILED THE CAR AND WHEN THEY PULLED BACK OVER THE SWITCH, THE RAIL ON STRAIGHT TRACK IN TK-1 WAS BROKEN.
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $10,300.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0