![Aerial view of the derailment scene. (Photograph courtesy of Pike County Office of Emergency Management with overlay annotations by NTSB.)](https://clone.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RRD20FR002-315x168.jpg)
NTSB: Loose Debris from Mudslide Probable Cause of CSX Derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently determined that the probable cause of a February 13, 2020, derailment of CSX Transportation (CSX) train K42911 on a railroad track that runs between a hillside and the Russel Fork River in Draffin, Ky., was loose mud, vegetation, sand, soil and rock from a mudslide that obstructed the track following excessive rain accumulation over several weeks.