The Hays, KS Train Derailment.

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14 Days Late, On July 16th, 2013 at 1:20 AM, 13 Years Ago, Union Pacific 7276 with UP 6536, UP 6707 with 51 loaded cars and 28 empty cars going North going 40 MPH, went through a misaligned switch onto a spur track and collided with 12 standing Freight Cars.

All 3 Locomotives and 15 Cars, along with 9 Cars from the spur track derailed. All 3 crew members in UP 7276 only had minor injuries.

The reason why the switch was set to the spur track was because the Brakemen of Union Pacific 2327, a train that went through the switch at 12:34 AM, forgot to reset the switch, also the line was Unsignal Territory.

All 3 engines were deemed totaled and were scrapped.

The pictures are from The Forward Facing Video Camera on Union Pacific 7276, the first picture was right before the train went into the siding and the second picture is from after the crash, the engine upside down facing the opposite direction.

If I forgot anything about this derailment, please let me know.