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===List of accidents and incidents=== *[[1986 Miamisburg train derailment]] near [[Miamisburg, Ohio]] *1993 [[Big Bayou Canot rail accident]], near [[Mobile, Alabama]] *[[1996 Maryland train collision]], in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]] *1997 West Virginia train collision; one killed<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 1997 |title=Train collision kills 1 in West Virginia - June 8, 1997 |url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9706/08/train.crash/ |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref> *2000 [[Tennga, Georgia]] bus–train collision; 3 killed, 4 injured *2001 [[CSX 8888 incident]], in northwest Ohio, 1 minor injury. This was the inspiration for the 2010 action film ''[[Unstoppable (2010 film)|Unstoppable]]'' *2001 [[Howard Street Tunnel fire]], in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] *2007 [[Brooks derailment]], in Brooks, Kentucky *2011 [[Mineral Springs, North Carolina]], train wreck-fire involving 2 (Union Pacific) units and its train of fuel tankers at the back, 2 killed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rear end collision, Mineral Springs NC {{!}} FRA |url=https://railroads.dot.gov/human-factors/elearning-attention/rear-end-collision-mineral-springs-nc |access-date=2021-10-03 |website=railroads.dot.gov}}</ref> *2012 [[Ellicott City, Maryland]], train derailment, two killed *2013 [[July 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment|Spuyten Duyvil derailment]] *2014 [[Midnight Rider (film)#Events of February 20, 2014|''Midnight Rider'' train incident]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2019 |title=Film Crew member of Midnight Rider killed by train |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-csx-sarah-jones-settlement-20190130-story.html |access-date=2021-10-22 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2014 |title=A Train, a Narrow Trestle and 60 Seconds to Escape: How 'Midnight Rider' Victim Sarah Jones Lost Her Life |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/midnight-rider-accident-sarah-jones-death-gregg-allman-685976/ |access-date=2021-10-22 |website=hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref> *[[2015 Mount Carbon train derailment]], [[Mount Carbon, West Virginia]] *[[2015 Tennessee train derailment]], [[Maryville, Tennessee]] *2017 [[Biloxi, Mississippi]] collision with tour bus stuck on tracks; 4 killed, 44 injured<ref name="Sun Herald - Biloxi Train Crash">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Anita |date=15 March 2017 |title=Driver was 'Sober' Before Train Hit Tour Bus, Biloxi Chief Says |url=https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article138752663.html |access-date=29 October 2018 |website=Sun Herald}}</ref> *2017 Pittsburgh suburb coal cars derailment<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 September 2017 |title=CSX Working to Remove 25 Coal Cars Derailed in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2017-09-28/csx-working-to-remove-25-coal-cars-derailed-in-pennsylvania |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> *2017 [[Hyndman, Pennsylvania]] derailment, chemical release and fire<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preliminary Report: Railroad: CSX Transportation, Train Derailment with Hazardous Materials Release |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/DCA17FR011-prelim-report.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403142330/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/DCA17FR011-prelim-report.aspx |archive-date=2019-04-03 |access-date=2017-12-18 |website=www.ntsb.gov}}</ref> *2017 [[Atlanta]] derailment destroys occupied home<ref>{{Cite news |title=Train crashes into Atlanta house, destroying it |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/05/atlanta-train-crash-house/734637001/}}</ref> *2018 [[Cayce, South Carolina]], train collision involving [[Amtrak]] [[Silver Star (Amtrak train)|Silver Star]] and a CSX autorack train (Q210-03). 2 dead, 116 injured. *2018 [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], derailment – On July 21, 2018, a CSX Intermodal train from Worcester, Massachusetts, hits a low overpass, causing 12 cars to derail. One car nearly crashed into a car full of toxic chemicals, engineer injured.<ref name="Telegram.com">{{Cite web |last=Moulton |first=Cyrus |date=21 July 2018 |title=CSX Cars Derail at Cambridge Street Bridge in Worcester |url=http://www.telegram.com/news/20180721/csx-cars-derail-at-cambridge-street-bridge-in-worcester |access-date=15 October 2018 |publisher=Telegram.com}}</ref> *2021 [[Barnsley, Kentucky]], [[2021 Western Kentucky tornado|tornado]] – On December 10, 2021, an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF4]] tornado struck and derailed a CSX train, throwing several cars uphill, including one that landed on a house.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2021 |title=Kentucky tornado derails a train in Hopkins County; one car lands on home |url=https://news.yahoo.com/western-kentucky-tornado-derails-train-145024314.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=news.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *2023 [[Rockland County, New York]], wildfire – On April 14 and 15, 2023, a multitude of wildfires broke out in suburban Rockland County, New York. Several firefighters suffered heat exhaustion battling the flames, and the fires inflicted some damage on property and structures. An investigation into these incidents is underway, with local officials claiming that a CSX train passing through several towns lit sparks, which then ignited on an unseasonably dry day with record-high temperatures upwards of 90 °F.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2023 |title=Rockland County, New York, officials say sparks from CSX train apparently cause brush fires |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/14/us/rockland-county-csx-train-brush-fires/index.html |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=CNN |language=en-US}}</ref> *2023 [[Rockcastle County, Kentucky]]. 16 cars, two containing molten sulphur and two filled with magnesium hydroxide derailed, causing a large fire that required hundreds of responders to contain. A state of emergency was declared by the governor and residents of the town of Livingston were evacuated. There were no reports of injuries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frosch |first1=Dan |title=Crews Extinguish Fire After CSX Train Derailment in Kentucky |url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/csx-train-carrying-molten-sulfur-derails-in-kentucky-6cb38970?mod=Searchresults_pos7&page=1 |website=WSJ}}</ref>
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