2016 Cimarron train derailment

Rail accident in Kansas, United States February 2025 Cimarron train derailment File:Westbound_Southwest_Chief_-_Colorado.jpg Photograph of train Southwest Chief heading west toward Trinidad, Colorado; Sangre de Cristo Range in the distance. 37.808598 -100.381975 region:US-KS_type:event inline,title 2016 03 14 12:02 a.m. local time (5:02 UTC) Cimarron, Kansas United States BNSF Amtrak Derailment Track displaced by runaway Road Truck. 1 1 130 14 28 (including 2 critically) more than $1.4 millionhttps://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/DCA14MR004_prelim.aspx Preliminary Report: Railroad DCA16MR004 NTSB 5 April 2016 19 April 2016 The Cimarron train derailment occurred on March 14, 2016, when Amtrak's Southwest Chief derailed about 20 mi west of Dodge City in Kansas, United States. Twenty-eight people were injured, including two critically. Accident The accident occurred at 12:02 a.m. local time (5:02 UTC) when Amtrak's Southwest Chief derailed, with four cars falling onto their sides and two others derailing yet remaining upright. The remaining four cars stayed on the rails, as did the 2 locomotives which were pulling the train. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago and was near Cimarron, Kansas. It was traveling at 60 mph when it derailed. The train cars consisted of 2 P42DC locomotives, baggage car, one Superliner transition sleeping car, two Superliner sleeping cars, a Superliner dining car, a Superliner lounge car, and three Superliner coach cars. There were 130 passengers and 14 crew on board the train. Of those, 28 were injured. Three of them remained hospitalized for more than 24 hours, including two people who were critically hurt and later airlifted to Amarillo, Texas. The rest were released the same evening as the accident.http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article65910017.html Problem with track may have led to Amtrak derailment in Kansas that injured 32 The Wichita Eagle 14 March 2016 20 April 2016 Morrison, Oliver Dunn, Gabriella Finger, Stan One of the airlifted victims was the percussionist and experimental musician Z'EV, a pioneer of industrial music.Re/Search Re/Search No. 6/7 Industrial Culture Handbook, Limited Hardback Edition 2006 RE/Search San Francisco 978-1-889307-16-9 106–117 After the accident, he continued having health problems and died in December 2017.http://louderthanwar.com/rip-zev-industrial-music-legend-and-supreme-percussionist/ RIP: Z'ev – industrial music legend and supreme percussionist Louder Than War John Robb John Robb (musician) December 17, 2017 December 18, 2017 After the accident, passengers waited about 12 hours in Cimarron at the 4-H recreation center where cots and blankets were set up. Food was provided by local restaurants. They then boarded buses to Kansas City and transferred to a Chicago bound train. Investigations The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the accident. The Gray County sheriff's deputy said that there was a separate vehicle accident that may have damaged the rails, and authorities were examining tire tracks leading to the train tracks and preserving the scene with crime scene tape. Later reports said that an agricultural vehicle damaged the track prior to the train's derailment, 25 feet from impact.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-amtrak-derailment-idUSKCN0WH2VJ Agricultural truck hit track where Amtrak train derailed in Kansas Reuters 15 Mar 2016 20 April 2016 Skinner, Curtis The tracks were displaced 12 to(-) 14 in by the impact. This displacement of the tracks could be seen in the video recorded by the camera on the locomotive.http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article66279717.html Large feed truck had crossed track in Kansas where Amtrak train derailed The Wichita Eagle 15 March 2016 20 April 2016 Morrison, Oliver On April 5, 2016, the NTSB released a preliminary report about the accident. It focused on the apparent collision of the feed truck into the railroad track. Tire tracks in the ground by the displaced railroad track matched the tires on a 2004 Kenworth International truck at a local feed lot owned by Cimarron Crossing Feeders, LLC. Aftermath On April 8, 2016, a lawsuit was filed by Amtrak and BNSF against Cimarron Crossing Feeders, LLC. It alleges employees of Cimarron Crossing Feeders left a Kenworth truck "unattended, out of gear, and without any brakes applied" while loading grain March 13 into March 14. According to the lawsuit, the truck from the Cimarron facility rolled downhill to the south, crossing U.S. Highway 50 and striking the side of the railroad tracks. The truck then came to rest on the tracks. According to the lawsuit, Cimarron Crossing Feeders then called for a tow truck to remove the Kenworth "without permission or consent from BNSF," which owns the tracks.http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article70934457.html Amtrak, BNSF suing Cimarron feed company, alleging 'gross negligence' The Wichita Eagle 9 April 2016 20 April 2016 Riedl, Matt The initial filing states that damages claimed are over $75,000 for each of BNSF and Amtrak. It also states that a specific employee of Cimarron Crossing Feeders, Arturo Carrillo, was working on loading the truck involved in the incident. It also claims that Cimarron should have known that the damage to the track was a danger and yet they did not call Amtrak, BNSF or any law enforcement agencies.http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article70934452.ece/BINARY/Lawsuit%20filed%20by%20Amtrak,%20BNSF PDF NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. and BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY v. CIMARRON CROSSING FEEDERS, LLC. 8 April 2016 20 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213160319/http://www.kansas.com/news/state/article70934452.ece/BINARY/Lawsuit%20filed%20by%20Amtrak%2C%20BNSF 13 December 2017 dead A liability trial was cancelled on November 28, 2018, after Cimarron Crossing Feeders admitted that its truck had caused track damage.https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2018/11/28/510274.htm Kansas Company: Feed Truck Caused Amtrak Derailment November 28, 2018 Insurance Journal See also List of rail accidents (2010–2019) References External links Archive of Tweet from Kansas Highway Patrol showing aerial view of derailed train. 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