RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORT. HEAD-ON COLLISION OF TWO PENN CENTRAL FREIGHT TRAINS AT HERNDON, PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH 12, 1972

The report describes a head on freight train collision. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the crew to stop train UY-328 on the siding, in violation of the signal indication. As a result, train UY-328 moved onto the main track immediately in front of train S-82. It could not be determined why the engineer of train UY-328 failed to stop his train on the siding. (Author Modified Abstract)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Office of Surface Transportation Safety
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1973-3-14

Media Info

• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Freight cars; Frontal crashes; Railroad crashes; Railroad signals; Railroads; Research; Safety
• Identifier Terms: Penn Central; U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Geographic Terms: Herndon (Pennsylvania)
• Old TRIS Terms: Ntsb
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047572
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-RAR-73-3 Acc Rpt, SS-R-19
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM