摘要: |
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 or 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. The safety issues discussed in this report are as follows: train movement under reduced visibility conditions, positive train control for collision avoidance, and adequacy of recorded information for post accident analysis. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the Safety Board makes safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration, all Class I railroads, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the United Transportation Union, the Association of American Railroads, and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. Additionally, the Safety Board reiterates one and reclassifies three safety recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration. |