page_title: 2002 Farragut derailment
section_title: Derailment
hierarchical_section_title: 2002 Farragut derailment / Derailment
caption_attribution_description: English: Derailed cars block a roadway in Farragut, TN in 2002.
context_page_description: The 2002 Farragut derailment occurred on the morning of Sunday, September 15, in Farragut, Tennessee. Norfolk Southern freight train 15T derailed 27 cars, resulting in the release of oleum or fuming sulfuric acid. Roughly 2,600 residents were evacuated from nearby homes for three days until hazardous materials crews were able to mitigate the scene. No fatalities or major injuries were reported as a result of the derailment, but property damage and losses were calculated at US$1.02 million. 17 people were injured.
context_section_description: At 11:20 AM EDT, Norfolk Southern train 15T was traveling westbound at 38 mph (61 km/h) when it passed through the eastern end of the Boyd Siding (normal track speed in the area is listed at 50 mph). As the locomotive passed over the switch, the engineer stated that he felt a tug. The crew of 15T looked back and observed the train derailing. Of the 142 cars, two locomotives and 25 cars derailed. The crew immediately noted a white cloud rising from the derailed cars and radioed the dispatcher at the same time as the signal maintainer was calling the incident in via telephone.
  Of the derailed cars, a flatbed car carrying two US Army tanks derailed. The 18th car of the train, a tank car carrying 10,600 US gallons (40,000 l) of oleum (fuming sulfuric acid) was crushed by other cars and began to leak its contents.  The result of this spill was a large plume of acid vapors, that began to envelop the area and drift southeast with the prevailing wind.
caption: Fire Department using a ground monitor to suppress vapors.
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