Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Train MHOTU-23 With BNSF Railway Company Train MEAP-TUL-126-D With Subsequent Derailment ... Release Macdona, Texas June 28, 2004

About 5:03 a.m., central daylight time, on Monday, June 28, 2004, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train traveling on the same main line track as an eastbound BNSF Railroad Company freight train struck the midpoint of the 123-car BNSF train as the eastbound train was leaving main line to enter a parallel siding.