Transcript Head-On Collision

Head-On Collision
Portsmouth, VA
September 22, 2005
~3:00am
Train IDs
K95921(Lead Engine 9011) & K96021(Lead Engine 471)
Authority for movement:
DTC
Dispatcher Recording
2:16 am
Dispatcher gave
block to CSXT 471
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Dispatcher.
A train crew.
Hello K960.
K960 over.
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Dispatcher.
K960 engine number 471 absolute north and south Boykins and
Branchville blocks 2 blocks JCC over.
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Crew.
9011 absolute both directions Branchville and Boykins blocks 2
Dispatcher.
Crew.
Dispatcher,
Crew.
Dispatcher.
Crew.
Dispatcher.
Crew.
blocks over.
Boykins and Branchville, Boykins and Branchville 0217 over.
Boykins and Branchville, Boykins and Branchville.
That is correct over.
CSXT 9011 copied
What's that time over?
the block in error
Show that at 0217 over.
217, where is that other train er other Rock train over?
Waiting for you at Branchville over.
OK alright.
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Dispatcher Recording
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Crew.
Dispatcher.
2:59 am
Hello K960 over.
K960 over.
Engine number 471 absolute north and south Seaboard block, 1
block only JCC over.
Dispatcher Recording
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2:59 am
K960 --------------- engine 471 permission to occupy the Seaboard
block absolute block 1 block JCC over.
That's right 259 over.
OK what about the uh Boykins and Branchville blocks over.
What about them over.
We never got those over.
Show giving them to you at 217 over.
Dispatcher Recording
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3:00 am
Uh we don't we don't recall getting uh at 217 JCC over.
I got um in the computer 217 I remember giving them to you but will
do it again. 471 absolute north and south Boykins Branchville and
Seaboard blocks 3 blocks JCC over.
Alright ------------ on the engine 471 has permission to occupy
absolute north and south Boykins, Branchville, Seaboard, that's 3
blocks JCC over.
Show that at 0259 over.
OK 0259 thank you JCC over.
Alright.
Dispatcher Recording
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Crew.
3:17 am
AE this is the uh K960 we just hit we had a head on collision at MP
just past the Hand siding.
Dispatcher.
Who did you hit?
Crew.
I'm not sure I don't know who the other train was hold on.
Another crew member. AE.
Dispatcher.
Yea
Crew.
Yea we got a fire going down here, and everything I pitched in we
need to get some help right now to get the fire out we (garbled)
pass train.
Dispatcher:
OK getting people right now.
Crew.
What's that again, get somebody out here ASAP.
Dispatcher.
Doing it right now, what's the MP.
Crew.
We're just south of Hand siding we just went by the southend of the
Hand siding.
Dispatcher.
Alright getting somebody right now.
Crew.
OK I don't know it don't look good here AE.
Dispatcher.
OK alright getting people right now.
Crew.
Thank you very much.
Dispatcher.
Alright.
The Aftermath
The Aftermath
6 CSX employees injured
 6 potential fatalities
 Damage to equipment
 Who is affected by this?
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Everyone!
• Train crews
• Dispatchers
• The general public!
Rules to LIVE by!
420 – Mandatory Directive Procedures
 424 – Repeat Oral Instructions
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171 – DTC Track Authority – Crew on
CSXT 9011 acted upon authority
given to CSXT 471
34A - Announce entrance to DTC block or
block signal