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derailment
Sign in to saveAlso known as train derailment, derail, derailing, going off the rails
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24 sectionsContents
- History
- United States
- Incidents over time
- Causes
- Broken rails
- Defective wheels
- Unusual track interaction
- Improper operation of control systems
- Derailment following collision
- Harsh train handling
- Flange climbing
- Wheel-rail interaction
- Rerailing
- Examples
- Primary mechanical failure of a track component
- Primary mechanical failure of a component of the running gear of a vehicle
- Dynamic effects of vehicle–track interaction
- Improper operation of control systems
- Secondary events following collision
- Train handling effects
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
alt=Train wreck in Leavick, Colorado in 1897|thumb|Train wreck in Leavick, Colorado in 1897 thumb|right|250px|A picture by "C. Petersen" [[Fayette County, Texas [?] of a train derailment]] thumb|2002 Farragut derailment|A derailed freight train in Farragut, [[Tennessee (2002)]]
In rail transport, a derailment is a type of railway accident that occurs when a moving rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails. Although many derailments are minor, all result in temporary disruption of the proper operation of the railway system and they are a potentially serious hazard.