Pick a railroad for each column. Every bar is drawn to the same scale across
all sixteen roads, so the lengths compare straight across the gutter. Each card
also flags itself against the sixteen-road average.
Union Pacific
Class I · Union Pacific Railroad Company
Reportable accidents
33,039 above avg
Hazmat cars released
434 above avg
Persons killed
588 above avg
Persons injured
4,162 above avg
Reported damage
$4.0B above avg
BNSF Railway
Class I · BNSF Railway Company
Reportable accidents
17,037 above avg
Hazmat cars released
329 above avg
Persons killed
328 above avg
Persons injured
2,448 above avg
Reported damage
$2.8B above avg
CSX Transportation
Class I · CSX Transportation
Reportable accidents
14,605 above avg
Hazmat cars released
310 above avg
Persons killed
345 above avg
Persons injured
3,163 above avg
Reported damage
$1.5B above avg
Burlington Northern
Class I · Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Reportable accidents
13,414 above avg
Hazmat cars released
155 above avg
Persons killed
214 above avg
Persons injured
1,912 below avg
Reported damage
$842M above avg
Conrail
Class I · Conrail
Reportable accidents
12,897 above avg
Hazmat cars released
203 above avg
Persons killed
165 below avg
Persons injured
3,107 above avg
Reported damage
$446M below avg
Norfolk Southern
Class I · Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Reportable accidents
9,711 above avg
Hazmat cars released
216 above avg
Persons killed
140 below avg
Persons injured
1,660 below avg
Reported damage
$925M above avg
Southern Pacific
Class I · Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Reportable accidents
8,957 below avg
Hazmat cars released
189 above avg
Persons killed
194 below avg
Persons injured
1,406 below avg
Reported damage
$447M below avg
Chicago & North Western
Class I · Chicago And North Western Railway Company
Class I · Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Reportable accidents
5,434 below avg
Hazmat cars released
136 below avg
Persons killed
143 below avg
Persons injured
754 below avg
Reported damage
$339M below avg
Illinois Central Gulf
Class I · Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
Reportable accidents
4,349 below avg
Hazmat cars released
150 below avg
Persons killed
56 below avg
Persons injured
1,981 below avg
Reported damage
$168M below avg
Louisville & Nashville
Class I · Louisville And Nashville Railroad Company
Reportable accidents
4,154 below avg
Hazmat cars released
102 below avg
Persons killed
54 below avg
Persons injured
364 below avg
Reported damage
$124M below avg
Milwaukee Road
Class I · Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Reportable accidents
4,145 below avg
Hazmat cars released
14 below avg
Persons killed
21 below avg
Persons injured
280 below avg
Reported damage
$122M below avg
Kansas City Southern
Class I · Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Reportable accidents
3,495 below avg
Hazmat cars released
35 below avg
Persons killed
43 below avg
Persons injured
375 below avg
Reported damage
$274M below avg
Soo Line
Class I · SOO Line Railroad Company
Reportable accidents
3,485 below avg
Hazmat cars released
43 below avg
Persons killed
27 below avg
Persons injured
363 below avg
Reported damage
$194M below avg
Seaboard Coast Line
Class I · Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Reportable accidents
3,345 below avg
Hazmat cars released
70 below avg
Persons killed
54 below avg
Persons injured
524 below avg
Reported damage
$94M below avg
Bars share one scale per metric across all sixteen roads, so a longer bar is
genuinely a larger figure - the visual comparison is honest with no client
JavaScript. The "above / below avg" flag is each road against the sixteen-road
mean, computed at build time. Figures cover 1975-2026 and are badged
Illustrative (see the home page's Method note).