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Primary document

Chatsworth rail investigation docket DCA08MR009

National Transportation Safety Board

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  1. Transportation & maritime · 12 September 2008

    The 2008 Chatsworth Train Collision

    Ventura Subdivision milepost 444.123 near tunnel 28 · United States

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    Why editors use it here

    Primary reports, engineering drawings, track measurements, signal evidence, records, and interviews supporting the final findings.

    1. Quick read

      At 4:22 p.m.

      Reviewed 24 July 2026
    2. Trigger and conditions

      Train 111's engineer did not appropriately respond to approach indications and the red signal at Control Point Topanga.

      Reviewed 24 July 2026
    3. Uncertainty

      Contemporary reports briefly gave changing death and injury totals.

      Reviewed 24 July 2026
    4. Why it matters

      Distraction explains the engineer's missed signal, but a safe system must also anticipate a single human error.

      Reviewed 24 July 2026