SOO97080495199708 · SOO Line Railroad Company
1997-08-16 · 97080495
FRA Incident
Derailment
1997-08-16 · COOK, ILLINOIS
- Event ID
- F54:SOO97080495199708
- Date
- 1997-08-16
- Time
- 12:30 PM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- COOK
- State
- ILLINOIS
- Location Quality
- unmapped
- Location Method
- none
Narrative
TWENTY FOURTH CAR OF A 93 CAR TRAIN CLIMBED SWITCH POINT, DERAILING ITSELF AND THE 23RD CAR AS TRAINWAS PULLING INTO YARD. DERAILMENT CAUSED BY LATERAL DRAWBAR FORCE ON CURVE. TRACK GEOMETRY CORRECTED, NO CREW DISCIPLINE.NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $14,866.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0