About 9:30 a.m. on December 28, 1981, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L&N) northbound train No. 586 struck the rear of standing L&N train Extra 8072 North at New Johnsonville, Tennessee. Train No. 586 passed two consecutive wayside automatic block signals displaying an approach aspect (yellow) and a restricted proceed aspect (red), respectively, before it struck the rear of Extra 8072 North. The caboose and six cars of Extra 8072 North and five locomotive units and one car of No. 586 were derailed. The conductor of Extra 8072 North was killed, and the engineer and head brakeman of No. 586 were slightly injured. Damage was estimated at $998,313. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the lack of alertness of the engineer and head brakeman of train No. 586 in approaching the area of the accident and the failure of the engineer of train No. 586 to properly use the automatic train brakes to control the speed of the train in compliance with the speed requirements of the wayside automatic block signal aspects, so that the train could be stopped before it struck standing train Extra 8072 North.


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    Title :

    Railroad Accident Report - Rear End Collision of Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Trains No. 586 and Extra 8072 North, New Johnsonville, Tennessee, December 28, 1981


    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    44 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English