=====Accident     1 =========================================================================================

    DERAILMENT                 on May 09 1997    Consolidated Rail Corporation            30002DEARB   <- Report #

Involving  FREIGHT TRAIN       at 10:0 AM                                                  
Locos(Total/derailed)   2/0    in Ohio           Consolidated Rail Corporation            30002DEARB   <- Track Maint rr
 Cars(Total/derailed) 130/7       County of LUCAS
Speed 022  Eqp Dmg  $89,123         Near or in HOLLAND

....................Track information....................
Main       Damage   $5,000   Milepost 302.0   FRA Class 3                                Kld 0     Inj 0

....Method(s) of operation   ....Cause(s)....
AUTOMATIC BLOCK              Use of brakes, other                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
DERAILMENT,5-9, HOLLAND, OH. (DEARB. DIV.): TRAIN BUEL9 ON CHICAGO LINE DER
AILED 7 CARS (CR 221094, CR 221424, CR 221356, CR 221092, GATX 90798, CR 22
1344, MP 269815) BLOCKING BOTH MAIN TRACKS FOR APPROX. 10AM ONWARD; GATX CA
RS WAS EMPTY HAZMAT (SODUIM HYDROXIDE)AND SO AREA WAS INITIALLY EVACUATED;
EVACUATION WAS LIFTED AND RERAILING BEGAN; BOTH MAIN TRACKS CLEAR AT APPROX
11 PM WITH AT LEAST 24 TRAINS DELAYED. NO RELEASE OF PRODUCT WHICH WAS VE
RIFIED WITH HAZMAT DEPT. CAUSE CODE: H099 - UNDESIRABLE BRAKE APPLICATION.
NO CHARGES OR HEARING.