UNION PACIFIC TRAIN ACCIDENTS
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TRAIN ACCIDENTS
Office of Railroad Safety
| LAX 97 FR 011 Collision of a Union Pacific Freight Train into the Rear of a Standing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Freight Train Shawnee Junction, Wyoming August 23, 1997 |
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At approximately 5:16 a.m., on August 23, 1997, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) loaded eastbound coal train CRMLU-22 collided with the rear car of standing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) eastbound loaded coal train CRCMWAGO-045A. The collision occurred near Shawnee Junction, Wyoming, at milepost 115.6 on BNSF Powder River Division, Orin Subdivision.
The locomotive engineer and conductor from the UP train sustained minor injuries. Three locomotive units and six loaded coal cars were derailed from the UP train; five loaded coal cars were derailed from the BNSF train. About 600 feet of track was destroyed. Approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the first and third locomotive units.
INJURY TABLE
| Injury
Type |
Train Crew on
CRMLU-22 |
Train Crew on
CRCMWAGO - 045A |
Others | TOTAL |
| FATAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERIOUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Monetary damage was estimated $700,000.
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