2008 Chatsworth Train Collision

Timeline

The events on September 12, 2008 leading up to the collision (all times local):

05:54		Engineer Sanchez begins his 11-hour split shift.
06:44		Sanchez begins his morning run.
08:53		Sanchez finishes his morning run after exchanging 45 text messages while en route.
09:26		Sanchez finishes the first part of his shift and goes off duty.
14:00		Sanchez returns to work after reportedly taking a two-hour nap.
15:03		Sanchez begins his afternoon run.
15:30		Sanchez uses his cell phone to order a roast beef sandwich from a restaurant in Moorpark.
15:35		Metrolink train #111 departs Union Station with Sanchez at the controls of locomotive #855.
16:13		The signal north of the Chatsworth station is set to red to hold the Metrolink train.
16:16		Train #111 is scheduled to depart Chatsworth station with the next stop in Simi Valley.
16:21:03		Sanchez receives a seventh text message while en route.
16:22:01		Sanchez sends the last of five text messages while en route, 22 seconds before impact.
16:22:19		The locomotive crews can first see each other 4 seconds before impact.
16:22:21		The Union Pacific freight engineer triggers the emergency brake 2 seconds before impact.
16:22:23		The trains collide after Sanchez runs through a track switch without applying the brakes.

2008 Chatsworth Train Collision - Timeline