About 9:15 p.m., on October 19, 1976, at New Haven, Indiana, Norfolk & Western Railway Company (N & W) freight train Extra 1376 West collied head-on with N & W yard locomotive unit No. 3363, which was pulling 55 freight cars. One locomotive unit, a caboose, and one car of Extra 1376 West, and the yard locomotive and one car were derailed. The brakeman on the locomotive of Extra 1376 West was killed and four crewmembers were injured. The estimated cost of damages was $168,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the crewmembers of Extra 1376 West to couple the airbrake hoses between the fifth and sixth cars from the rear, and to test the brakes as required by N & W rules and the Federal Power Brake Law of 1958. As a result of its investigation, the Safety Board submitted one recommendation to the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
Railroad Accident Report. Head-on Collision of Two Norfolk and Western Railway Company Freight Trains, New Haven, Indiana October 19, 1976
1977
24 pages
Report
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Englisch