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Title: Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight Train Near Macdona, Texas


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  • Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight
    Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight Train
    Near Macdona, Texas
  • June 28, 2004

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NTSB Team
  • Jim Remines Investigator-In-Charge
  • George Cochran Operations
  • Ruben Payan Signals/Event Recorders
  • Tom Lasseigne Hazardous Materials
  • Dr. Eric Sager Human Performance
  • Richard Downs Emergency Response
  • Russ Quimby Mechanical
  • Bob Campbell Track
  • Brian Fiffick Disaster Assistance

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NTSB Team
  • Dr. Gerald Weeks Human Performance
  • Frank Zakar Metallurgy
  • Lauren Peduzzi Media Public Affairs
  • Jim Wildey Metallurgy
  • Bob Trainor Hazardous Materials
  • Dr. Alan Kushner Hazardous Materials
  • Christy Spangler Graphics
  • Robert Moore Writer
  • Kathleen Curry Editor

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

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

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Accident Site

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

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

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

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

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