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Head-On Collision. Portsmouth, VA September 22, 2005 ~3:00am Train IDs K95921 (Lead Engine 9011) & K96021 (Lead Engine 471) Authority for movement: DTC. Dispatcher Recording 2:16 am. Dispatcher gave block to CSXT 471. Dispatcher. Hello K960. A train crew. K960 over.
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Head-On Collision Portsmouth, VA September 22, 2005 ~3:00am Train IDs K95921(Lead Engine 9011) & K96021(Lead Engine 471) Authority for movement: DTC
Dispatcher Recording 2:16 am Dispatcher gave block to CSXT 471 • Dispatcher. Hello K960. • A train crew. K960 over. • Dispatcher. K960 engine number 471absolute north and south Boykins and Branchville blocks 2 blocks JCC over. • Crew. 9011absolute both directions Branchville and Boykins blocks 2 blocks over. • Dispatcher. Boykins and Branchville, Boykins and Branchville 0217 over. • Crew. Boykins and Branchville, Boykins and Branchville. • Dispatcher, That is correct over. • Crew. What's that time over? • Dispatcher. Show that at 0217 over. • Crew. 217, where is that other train er other Rock train over? • Dispatcher. Waiting for you at Branchville over. • Crew. OK alright. CSXT 9011 copied the block in error
Dispatcher Recording 2:59 am • Dispatcher. Hello K960 over. • Crew. K960 over. • Dispatcher. Engine number 471 absolute north and south Seaboard block, 1 block only JCC over.
Dispatcher Recording 2:59 am • Crew. K960 --------------- engine 471 permission to occupy the Seaboard block absolute block 1 block JCC over. • Dispatcher. That's right 259 over. • Crew. OK what about the uh Boykins and Branchville blocks over. • Dispatcher. What about them over. • Crew. We never got those over. • Dispatcher. Show giving them to you at 217 over.
Dispatcher Recording 3:00 am • Crew. Uh we don't we don't recall getting uh at 217 JCC over. • Dispatcher. I got um in the computer 217 I remember giving them to you but will do it again. 471 absolute north and south Boykins Branchville and Seaboard blocks 3 blocks JCC over. • Crew. Alright ------------ on the engine 471 has permission to occupy absolute north and south Boykins, Branchville, Seaboard, that's 3 blocks JCC over. • Dispatcher. Show that at 0259 over. • Crew. OK 0259 thank you JCC over. • Dispatcher. Alright.
Dispatcher Recording 3:17 am • Crew. AE this is the uh K960 we just hit we had a head on collision at MP just past the Hand siding. • Dispatcher. Who did you hit? • Crew. I'm not sure I don't know who the other train was hold on. • Another crew member. AE. • Dispatcher. Yea • Crew. Yea we got a fire going down here, and everything I pitched in we need to get some help right now to get the fire out we (garbled) pass train. • Dispatcher: OK getting people right now. • Crew. What's that again, get somebody out here ASAP. • Dispatcher. Doing it right now, what's the MP. • Crew. We're just south of Hand siding we just went by the southend of the Hand siding. • Dispatcher. Alright getting somebody right now. • Crew. OK I don't know it don't look good here AE. • Dispatcher. OK alright getting people right now. • Crew. Thank you very much. • Dispatcher. Alright.
The Aftermath • 6 CSX employees injured • 6 potential fatalities • Damage to equipment • Who is affected by this? • Everyone! • Train crews • Dispatchers • The general public!
Rules to LIVE by! • 420 – Mandatory Directive Procedures • 424 – Repeat Oral Instructions • 171 – DTC Track Authority – Crew on CSXT 9011 acted upon authority given to CSXT 471 • 34A - Announce entrance to DTC block or block signal