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Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight Train Near Macdona, Texas June 28, 2004. NTSB Team. Jim Remines Investigator-In-Charge George Cochran Operations Ruben Payan Signals/Event Recorders Tom Lasseigne Hazardous Materials

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  1. Collision of a Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with a BNSF Railway Company Freight Train Near Macdona, Texas June 28, 2004

  2. NTSB Team • Jim Remines Investigator-In-Charge • George Cochran Operations • Ruben Payan Signals/Event Recorders • Tom Lasseigne Hazardous Materials • Dr. Eric Sager Human Performance • Richard Downs Emergency Response • Russ Quimby Mechanical • Bob Campbell Track • Brian Fiffick Disaster Assistance

  3. NTSB Team • Dr. Gerald Weeks Human Performance • Frank Zakar Metallurgy • Lauren Peduzzi Media & Public Affairs • Jim Wildey Metallurgy • Bob Trainor Hazardous Materials • Dr. Alan Kushner Hazardous Materials • Christy Spangler Graphics • Robert Moore Writer • Kathleen Curry Editor

  4. Parties • Federal Railroad Administration • Texas Railroad Commission • Union Pacific Railroad • BNSF Railway Company • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen • United Transportation Union

  5. Parties • Bexar County Emergency Management • Southwest Volunteer Fire Department • City of San Antonio Fire Department • American Railcar Industries • GE Capital Rail Services • Occidental Chemical

  6. Accident Site

  7. EASTBOUND TRAIN • BNSF train MEAP-TUL-126D • 2 Locomotives & 123 empty cars • Engineer & conductor • 22 mph

  8. WESTBOUND TRAIN • UP train MHOTU-23 • 4 locomotives & 74 loaded cars • Engineer & conductor • 44 mph

  9. Consequences • 3 fatalities • 30 injuries • 4 locomotive units and 36 cars derailed • $5.7 million property damage

  10. Issues Discussed • Train crew fatigue • The vulnerability, under certain conditions, of railroad tank cars carrying hazardous materials.

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