Runaway train, derailment, and subsequent pipeline explosion
Cause
Train derailment: Train weight miscalculated and several locomotives with inoperative dynamic brakes. Pipeline rupture: undetected damage to pipeline during cleanup
Statistics
Trains
1 (SP 7551 East)
Crew
5
Deaths
6 (4 by derailment, 2 by pipeline)
Injured
4
Sketch of the accident site
The San Bernardino train disaster (sometimes known as the Duffy Street incident), was a combination of two separate but related incidents that occurred in San Bernardino, California, United States: a runaway train derailment on May 12, 1989; and the subsequent failure on May 25, 1989, of the Calnev Pipeline, a petroleum pipeline adjacent to the tracks which was damaged by earth-moving equipment during the crash cleanup.
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