Located on the Hinton division between Hinton and Handley; double-tracked, TCS, laid in a side-hill cut on the north bank of the New River.
Train #1 (3-E8's and 16 cars) Dp. Hinton at 12:08AM; received train orders to be alert at 5 known landslide areas because of persistent heavy rain. While moving at about 45 mph, train hit a landslide at a location not included in the train orders. The units and head 8 cars (2 head-end, 3 sleepers, 2 coaches, diner) derailed; no fatalities, 22 injuries.
Landscape rose over 200' above the tracks and had a strip mine on top. Location did not have slide-detector fences or bluff protection. In view of that, would PTC have prevented this accident?
Train #1 (3-E8's and 16 cars) Dp. Hinton at 12:08AM; received train orders to be alert at 5 known landslide areas because of persistent heavy rain. While moving at about 45 mph, train hit a landslide at a location not included in the train orders. The units and head 8 cars (2 head-end, 3 sleepers, 2 coaches, diner) derailed; no fatalities, 22 injuries.
Landscape rose over 200' above the tracks and had a strip mine on top. Location did not have slide-detector fences or bluff protection. In view of that, would PTC have prevented this accident?
