El Cajon Train Derailment; Cajon Junction, California

Cajon Junction, California | 1996-Feb-03

Initial Notification: On February 1, 1996, a runaway Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train, 4 locomotives and 49 cars, derailed on the south main track near the intersection of interstates I-15 and 138 in Cajon Junction, California. The train was carrying 178,000 pounds butyl acrylate, 158,000 pounds trimethyl phosphite, 191,000 pounds methyl ethyl ketone, 193,000 pounds denatured alcohol, one train car of petroleum distillates, and one train car of glycol. Also onboard were fiberboard, tires, fuel oil, lubrication oil, and diesel oil. Weather at the time was clear and calm. USCG district 11.