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HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT: COLLISION OF AMTRAK TRAIN NO. 88 WITH ROUNTREE TRANSPORT AND RIGGING, INC., VEHICLE ON CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., RAILROAD NEAR INTERCESSION CITY, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 30, 1993.
| 题名： | HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT: COLLISION OF AMTRAK TRAIN NO. 88 WITH ROUNTREE TRANSPORT AND RIGGING, INC., VEHICLE ON CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., RAILROAD NEAR INTERCESSION CITY, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 30, 1993. |
| 关键词： | RAILROAD/HIGHWAY-GRADE-CROSSING; ACCIDENT-REPORTS; AMTRAK-; TRUCK-ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENT-CAUSES; LOW-CLEARANCE-VEHICLES; PERMITS- |
| 摘要： | On November 30, 1993, a 184-foot-long vehicle consisting of a truck-tractor and modular transporter operated by Rountree Transport and Rigging (Rountree), Inc., was enroute to deliver an 82-ton turbine to a Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) electricity generating plant under construction near Intercession City, Florida. The private access road to the plant facility crosses over a single railroad track owned by CSX Transportation, Inc., (CSXT). Because of the configuration of the truck and the profile of the roadway, the cargo deck of the transporter began to bottom out on the roadway surface as the vehicle moved across the tracks and began down the descending grade. To gain sufficient clearance, the Rountree crew shimmed the transporter while the cargo deck was on the tracks. About 12:40 pm, they had finished raising the cargo deck and were preparing to move the vehicle when the lights and bells at the grade crossing activated. The gates descended, striking the turbine. Seconds later, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) train number 88, the Silver Meteor, carrying 89 passengers, struck the side of the cargo deck and the turbine. The locomotive and the first four cars of the eight-car consist derailed, carrying the turbine and parts of the Rountree vehicle with them. No deaths resulted from this accident. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of Rountree to notify CSXT in advance of its intent to cross the railroad track at the accident grade crossing and to ensure through CSXT that it was safe to do so. Contributing to the accident were deficiencies in the permitting processes of the CSXT and the Florida Department of Transportation that resulted in a lack of appropriate guidance for permitting officials, oversize, low-clearance vehicle operators and escort personnel. |
| 总页数： | 1995/05/16. pp72 (Figs., Apps.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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