[2017]
10 March – United States – A freight train convoying ethanol derails and bursts into flames as it crosses a trestle bridge near Graettinger, Iowa. At least 27 of 101 cars derail. […]
18 December - United States - 2017 Washington train derailment : Amtrak Cascades passenger train #501, the inaugural run of the Cascades service on a new rail line designed for higher speeds than the previous route, fails to slow down when approaching a 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) speed restriction and derails on a bridge over I-5 in Pierce County, Washington. Three people are killed and over 80 injured […]
[2018]
4 February - United States - Cayce, South Carolina train collision : Amtrak Silver Star train #91traveling from New York City to Miami collided with a CSX freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, killing at least two people, injuring at least 100 others, and spilling thousands of gallons of fuel […]
19 May - United States - A CSX freight train is derailed when a bridge collapses under it at Franconia, Virginia […]
17 June - United States - A freight train consisting of 89 cars derails and causes an explosion outside of the city of Princeton, Indiana. Of the 23 derailed cars, 5 contain propane. Authorities evacuate homes within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius of the derailment.[ […]
4 October - United States - A Union Pacific freight train loses its brakes and collides with the rear of a stationary train in Granite Canyon, Wyoming.[citation needed] Preliminary NTSB reports have put the cause at a kink or pinched air hose along with a communication failure between the head end and the train’s end-of-train device. The crew of the runaway train were killed […]
[2019]
6 January – United States – A Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derails in Jefferson County, Georgia near Bartow, prompting the evacuation of all addresses within a 7-mile (11 km) radius of the crash site due to tanker leakage. No injuries from the derailment were reported; however, at least 26 people, including a firefighter and three law enforcement officers, were treated for chemical exposure […]
9 April – United States – Several cars of a Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad train derail in Dickson City, Pennsylvania […]
16 April – United States – Six cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying trash derail in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. The train was traveling westbound from Oak Island, New Jersey to Mingo Junction, Ohio. The derailment backs up train traffic as far away as Chicago […]
17 August – United States – About 140 cars from two BNSF Railway trains derail near Walton, Kansas due to high winds from a storm […]