| Railroad Accident Report: Collision Involving Three Consolidated Rail Corporation Freight Trains Operating in Fog on a Double Main Track near Br Contributor(s): National Transportation Safety Board (Author) |
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ISBN: 1514111306 ISBN-13: 9781514111307 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Transportation - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.38 lbs) 64 pages |
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| Publisher Description: About 1:58 a.m. eastern standard time on January 17, 1999, three Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) freight trains operating in fog on a double main track were involved in an accident near Bryan, Ohio. Westbound Mail-9, traveling near maximum authorized speed on track No. 1, struck the rear of a slower moving westbound train, TV-7, at milepost 337.22. The collision caused the derailment of the 3 locomotive units and the first 13 cars of Mail-9 and the last 3 cars of TV-7. The derailed equipment fouled the No. 2 track area and struck the 12th car of train MGL-16, which was operating eastbound on the adjacent track. The impact caused 18 cars in the MGL-16 consist to derail. The engineer and conductor of Mail-9 were killed in the accident. The crewmembers of TV-7 and MGL-16 were not injured. Total estimated damages were $5.3 million. |