Chatsworth Train crash and derailment- Chatsworth, CA
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calgriz
N 34° 16.188 W 118° 35.965
11S E 352759 N 3793228
Chatsworth train collision occurred Friday 09/12/08 when a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on in the Chatsworth, CA. The scene was on the curved section of single track, east of Stoney Point.
Waymark Code: WM8174
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2010
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Before the collision, the Metrolink train may have run through a red signal before entering a section of single track where the opposing freight train had been given the right of way by the train dispatcher. The Metrolink train's engineer was near the end of a work week of long split shifts, making fatigue a subject of the investigation, along with distraction from text messages he was sending while on duty. The accident remains under investigation; meanwhile the basic circumstances have been released to the public, but the official report determining probable cause is expected to take up to a year to complete.
2005 Derailment, Agency Says (December 22, 2006) news article LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/us/13crash.html