Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight.

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Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight Train Near Macdona, Texas June 28, 2004

NTSB Team Jim Remines Investigator-In-Charge George Cochran Operations Ruben PayanSignals/Event Recorders Tom LasseigneHazardous Materials Dr. Eric SagerHuman Performance Richard DownsEmergency Response Russ QuimbyMechanical Bob CampbellTrack Brian FiffickDisaster Assistance

NTSB Team Dr. Gerald WeeksHuman Performance Frank ZakarMetallurgy Lauren PeduzziMedia & Public Affairs Jim WildeyMetallurgy Bob TrainorHazardous Materials Dr. Alan KushnerHazardous Materials Christy Spangler Graphics Robert Moore Writer Kathleen Curry Editor

Parties Federal Railroad Administration Texas Railroad Commission Union Pacific Railroad BNSF Railway Company Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen United Transportation Union

Parties Bexar County Emergency Management Southwest Volunteer Fire Department City of San Antonio Fire Department American Railcar Industries GE Capital Rail Services Occidental Chemical

Accident Site

EASTBOUND TRAIN BNSF train MEAP-TUL-126D 2 Locomotives & 123 empty cars Engineer & conductor 22 mph

WESTBOUND TRAIN UP train MHOTU-23 4 locomotives & 74 loaded cars Engineer & conductor 44 mph

Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations

Consequences 3 fatalities 30 injuries 4 locomotive units and 36 cars derailed $5.7 million property damage

Issues Discussed Train crew fatigue The vulnerability, under certain conditions, of railroad tank cars carrying hazardous materials.