(from the link above)
October 22, 2005 - MILLBURY, Ohio (AP) - Two trains on the same track collided head-on Friday, derailing about 20 cars. No one was seriously injured.
Two crew members on one locomotive jumped just before impact, said Lake Township Police Chief Mark Hummer. There was just one person on the other train.
The accident shut down a busy Norfolk Southern Corp. rail line that carries about 100 trains a day and connects the East Coast with Chicago, said Rudy Husband, a spokesman for the railroad.
Trains were being re-routed to other lines.
It was not clear why the two trains were on the same line just east of Toledo.
Neither train was moving very fast when they collided, Hummer said. One was able to come to a stop and the other had been trying to slow down, he said.
One conductor suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, Hummer said.
Both trains were carrying tractor-trailers full of cargo. A few cars with hazardous materials were not knocked off the track.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
[:(] EEEEEwwwwwHHHHHHHHH!!! This forum was the first I had heard about that accident.I never even heard about it at work(got in Sunday morning,I work on the NS in Portsmouth Ohio).Glad there was no serious injuries . [?]The big question like mentioned in the news article ,why the two trains were on the same track ?Lots of questions,answers,and butt tearing.Hope they all had fired insurance.
why do you need fired insurance with the start program its a waste of money. second why was they both on the same track well ask the know it all dispatchers they lined up the route.
Wabash is very correct. If proper radio procedures and movement documentation are used in conjunction there is no excuse for two trains to be occupying the same piece of rail. With the government getting even more involved due to all the recent collisions you’d think folks would stay on their toes, cross their “T’s” and do their “I’s.” [V]
The photos I saw showed double stack containers, nary a trailer (or tractor) in sight. Also, when did NS or anyone other than Amtrak have only one crew member in the lead locomotive? Obviously, there is more to this story than what has been reported.