# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977020501 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — BRANCHVILLE, VA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977020501  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1977-02-01  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-02-01 in BRANCHVILLE, VA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977020501.
Incident date: 1977-02-01.
Location: BRANCHVILLE, VA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD.
Shipper: N-REN CORPORATION.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 7220 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: Spillage.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=knMZ4WYfbBLlkxzU2mj%2Fcw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3a68d60e1b342bede85c1bd2f196b3a33b3299dbed51db3951716523f3d5461c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T17:23:11.373Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977020501`

### Source metadata

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```