SWSW101200708 · SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, INC.
2007-08-14 · SW101
FRA Incident
Derailment
2007-08-14 · EDDY, NEW MEXICO
- Event ID
- F54:SWSW101200708
- Date
- 2007-08-14
- Time
- 2:00 PM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- EDDY
- State
- NEW MEXICO
- Location Quality
- unmapped
- Location Method
- none
Narrative
ROAD SWITCHER PULLING INTO YARD TRACK WITH 62 CARS. 47 CARS WERE IN THE TRACK ALREADY WHEN THE 49THCAR SPLIT THE SWITCH AND DERAILED, TAKING THE FOUR CARS BEHIND WITH IT AND EVENTUALLY PULLING ONE CAR AHEAD OF IT OFF THE RAIL.
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $31,235.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0