The Graniteville train crash was an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina. At roughly 2:40am EST, two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville. NS local P22 (lead engine GP59 #4622) was parked on a siding near the Avondale Mills plant. NS freight train 192 (lead engine SD60 #6653), which was transporting chlorine gas, sodium hydroxide and cresol, was diverted by an improperly lined railroad switch onto the siding and collided with P22.