CCCC6097199708 · Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company
1997-08-26 · CC6097
FRA Incident
Derailment
1997-08-26 · BUTLER, IOWA
- Event ID
- F54:CCCC6097199708
- Date
- 1997-08-26
- Time
- 2:40 AM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- BUTLER
- State
- IOWA
- Location Quality
- unmapped
- Location Method
- none
Narrative
CREW WAS SHOVIG FROM WEST TO EAST INTO ELEVATOR TRACK TO SPOT EMPTIES. THERE WAS NO ONE ON LEADING END OF SHOVING MOVEMENT, ALLOWING CARS TO GO OVER DERAIL. DERAILED CARS IN ELEVATOR TRACK JACK-KNIFED, STRIKING CARS STANDING ON MAIN TRACK AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO 4 CARS ON MAIN. AWAITING OUTCOME OF INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED 9/18 TO DETERMINE CAUSE.NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $31,872.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0