TOETOE7199810 · Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern RR Co
1998-10-22 · TOE7
FRA Incident
Derailment
1998-10-22 · MCCURTAIN, OKLAHOMA
- Event ID
- F54:TOETOE7199810
- Date
- 1998-10-22
- Time
- 8:30 PM
- Event Family
- FORM54
- County
- MCCURTAIN
- State
- OKLAHOMA
- Location Quality
- unmapped
- Location Method
- none
Narrative
SWITCH CREW WAS SWITCHING THE CAR REPAIR TRACKS AT VALLIANT. THEY WERE HANDLING A MIXED CONSIST (LOADED PAPER CARS AND EMPTIES). THEY WERE SHOVING UP A GRADE IN A SHARP CURVE USING TWO ENGINES. ATSF 600625 WHICH WAS EMPTY CLIMBED OVER THE CURVE LEAD OF THE SWITCH AND DERAILED CAUSING TWO LOADS OFPAPER TO DERAIL AND ONE OVERTURNED (RBOX 31825).NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Event Measures
- Total Damage Cost
- $14,000.00
- Total Persons Injured
- 0
- Total Persons Killed
- 0