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National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railraod Company Intermodal Freight Train S-CHILAC1-31, Crisfield, Kansas, September 2, 1998.

PB2000916301

Publication Date	2000
Page Count	68
Abstract	About 6:10 a.m., central daylight time, on September 2, 1998, the 17th through 19th cars and the first two platforms of the five-platform 20th car of westbound Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company intermodal freight train S-CHILACI-31 derailed at Crisfield, Kansas. The derailment resulted in a pileup involving four articulated multiplatform cars carrying intermodal shipping containers. Some of the containers were breached, resulting in the release of hazardous materials and fires. About 200 people were evacuated, but no injuries resulted from either the derailment or the hazardous materials releases. Estimated damage was $1.3 million. The safety issues addressed in the report include the adequacy of intermodal container loading and securement standards for the preloading inspection of double-stack cars and the adequacy of railroad industry training and practices with respect to emphasizing the importance of removing foreign objects from the wells of double-stack cars before loading. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the National Transportation Safety Board makes recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration, to the Class I railroads, and to the Association of American Railroads.
Keywords	Railroad accidents Accident investigations Derailment Hazardous materials Fires Safety Recommendations Intermodal freight trains Crisfield(Kansas) Multiplatform cars Intermodal shipping containers Preloading inspection
Source Agency	National Transportation Safety Board
Corporate Authors	National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200101

National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railraod Company Intermodal Freight Train S-CHILAC1-31, Crisfield, Kansas, September 2, 1998.

National Transportation Safety Board Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern and Sante Fe Railraod Company Intermodal Freight Train S-CHILAC1-31, Crisfield, Kansas, September 2, 1998.
PB2000916301

Publication Date	2000
Page Count	68
Abstract	About 6:10 a.m., central daylight time, on September 2, 1998, the 17th through 19th cars and the first two platforms of the five-platform 20th car of westbound Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company intermodal freight train S-CHILACI-31 derailed at Crisfield, Kansas. The derailment resulted in a pileup involving four articulated multiplatform cars carrying intermodal shipping containers. Some of the containers were breached, resulting in the release of hazardous materials and fires. About 200 people were evacuated, but no injuries resulted from either the derailment or the hazardous materials releases. Estimated damage was $1.3 million. The safety issues addressed in the report include the adequacy of intermodal container loading and securement standards for the preloading inspection of double-stack cars and the adequacy of railroad industry training and practices with respect to emphasizing the importance of removing foreign objects from the wells of double-stack cars before loading. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the National Transportation Safety Board makes recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration, to the Class I railroads, and to the Association of American Railroads.
Keywords	Railroad accidents Accident investigations Derailment Hazardous materials Fires Safety Recommendations Intermodal freight trains Crisfield(Kansas) Multiplatform cars Intermodal shipping containers Preloading inspection
Source Agency	National Transportation Safety Board
Corporate Authors	National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200101