RailIncident

FRA Incident

Derailment

1992-04-16 · CRAIG, OKLAHOMA

Event ID
F54:TOE01199204
Date
1992-04-16
Time
3:00 AM
Event Family
FORM54
County
CRAIG
State
OKLAHOMA
Location Quality
unmapped
Location Method
none

Narrative

TRAIN STOPPED TO SWITCH AT CRAIG. CREW THOUGHT THEY HAD SEEN A LIGHT EARLIER. AFTER SWITCHING PULLEDTRAIN BY TO CHECK IT AND WHEN TOE 887 GOT TO EAST WYE SWITCH IT OVERTURNED AND CAUSED TOE 831 AND KCS502308 TO DERAIL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE JOURNAL HAD OVERHEATED, CAUGHT FIRE AND JOURNAL MELTED OFF CAUSING THE TOE 887 TO DERAIL.NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

Event Measures

Total Damage Cost
$24,000.00
Total Persons Injured
0
Total Persons Killed
0

Contributing FRA Reports

TOE01199204 · Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern RR Co

1992-04-16 · 01

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