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Title: RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORT: AUTO-TRAIN CORPORATION TRAIN DERAILMENT ON THE SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD NEAR JARRATT, VIRGINIA, MAY 5, 1976
Accession Number: 00147591
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: National Technical Information Service 5301 Shawnee Road Abstract: About 6:57 a.m., on May 5, 1976, 25 automobile carriers derailed from Auto-Train Corporation's northbound train No. 4 near Jarratt, Virginia. No one was injured. The train was traveling about 72 mph on the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was an undetected, fractured, loose, and out-of-gauge wheel which struck the track structure. Dragging and incompletely released brakes caused the wheel to overheat at its tread; the overheating caused design stress patterns on the wheel to change and the wheel to fracture. The brakes did not fully release because of the train's length and because of the type of brake equipment used.
Report Numbers: NTSB-RAR-76-11
Corporate Authors: National Transportation Safety Board Bureau of Accident Investigation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW Pagination: 26 p.
Publication Date: 1976-10-21
Features: Appendices
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment
Source Agency: National Transportation Safety Board Office of Surface Transportation Safety Source Data: u7705
Files: TRIS
Last Modified: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM
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