PNWR98P053D199804 · Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.
1998-04-01 · 98P053D
FRA Incident
Derailment
1998-04-01 · COLUMBIA, OREGON
- Event ID
- F54:PNWR98P053D199804
- Date
- 1998-04-01
- Time
- 12:43 PM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- COLUMBIA
- State
- OREGON
- Location Quality
- unmapped
- Location Method
- none
Narrative
TRAIN WAS PULLING OUT OF YARD TRACK #3 ONTO MAINLINE. AS SPEED APPROACHED 8 MPH ENGINEER PUT ENGINEINTO DYNAMIC TO HOLD SPEED. WHEN ABOUT 15 CARS WAS ONTO MAIN ENGINEER FELT TRAIN BOG DOWN, THEN TRAIN WENT INTO EMERGENCY. CAR DERAILED ON SWITCH FACING POINT MOVEMENTNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $9,599.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0