Authors: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Date of Publication:  1990

Sponsoring Agency:  U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Performing Organization:  U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Report No: RAR-90-02

Abstract:

This report explains the derailment of a Southern Pacific freight train on May 12, 1989, and the subsequent rupture of a Calnev petroleum pipeline on May 25, 1989, in San Bernardino, California. The safety issues discussed in the report are train weight, locomotive brakes, communications, training, operating procedures, wreckage clearing, pipeline surveillance, pipeline integrity, and pipeline check valves. Recommendations addressing these issues were made to the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the Calnev Pipe Line Company, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Association of American Railroads, the City of San Bernardino, the Research and Special Programs Administration, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities.