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Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2007-25, Amtrak/Union Pacific Railroad Company (ATK/UP), Ontario, California, May 3, 2007.
| 题名： | Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2007-25, Amtrak/Union Pacific Railroad Company (ATK/UP), Ontario, California, May 3, 2007. |
| 关键词： | *Accident-investigations; *Railroad-trains; *Railroad-passenger-service; *California-.;Commuter-transportation; Derailment-. |
| 摘要： | On May 2, 2007, at 4:04 p.m. PDT, eastbound Amtrak passenger train ATM02-02 Sunset Limited, traveling at a recorded speed of 29 mph, derailed on the Guasti Siding, Ontario, California, at milepost 523.8. The Guasti Siding is located on the Union Pacifics (UP) Los Angeles Service Unit, Alhambra Subdivision. The consist included two locomotives with eight passenger cars. ATM02-02 was scheduled to operate between Los Angeles, California and Orlando, Florida. The crew was scheduled to take the train from Los Angeles to Maricopa, Arizona. Train movements in this part of the railroad are under centralized traffic control, controlled by a UP dispatcher located in San Bernardino, CA. The authorized speed on the Guasti Siding is 30 mph, FRA Class 3 track. The second locomotive and the eight passenger cars derailed but remained upright; the lead locomotive did not derail. A total of 198 passengers were aboard. One service crew member, a cook, was slightly injured when his right elbow hit a table in the dining car. He was taken to a local hospital and was released from the area hospital and returned to duty with no time lost. No other injuries were reported among the train crew members, service crew members or passengers. The weather was clear, visibility was good, and the temperature was 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Damage was reported at $201,857 for equipment and $50,876 for track and signal. The probable cause of the accident was wide gage due to defective or missing crossing ties, T110. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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