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CSX denied the film crew permission to film on CSX property. Because of contradictory information in the interviews, the investigation could not determine who made the final decision to disregard the denial and film on CSX’s bridge. As a result of this accident, one person died, and six were injured.

Railroad property is private property. The film crew leadership had enough awareness about railroads to ask for CSX’s permission to film. In NTSB interviews, some of the film crew leadership stated that they thought others were handling the permission to be on CSX property; while others believed it was safe to film. This assumption was reckless, and it endangered the entire film crew.

Scenes on and near railroad tracks appear in a number of movies; however, it is not known how often any of the film crews trespassed on railroad property, or how often a film crew had the permission and cooperation of the railroad. Although this accident involved an intentional disregard for CSX’s denial of access, trespassing by film crews may be due to a lack of awareness of the risks.