Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Amtrak Train No. 97 on Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Track, Lochloosa, Florida, May 26, 1981

摘要

AT 12:30 p.m. on May 26, 1981, southbound Amtrak train No. 97, operating over Seaboard Coast Line Railroad track, derailed in Lochloosa, Florida. The locomotive and nine-car train derailed at a previously damaged switch lading to a siding that paralleled the main track. Nine passengers and nine Amtrak employees were injured; damage was estimated at $241,258. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the movement of train No. 97 through a damaged and improperly positioned track switch that was not properly signalled because of an inverted relay that interfered with the normal functioning of the signal circuitry.