After taking down some power lines in Elmhurst on their first day running from the EJ&E onto the Iowa Division, CN's Q118 had another red letter day, encountering some clearance issues with the UP... (more)

According to internet reports, CSX Q114 saw sparks flying from a car on loaded coal train CSX T909 and notified them. T909 was running Westbound coming into Hamler, OH and trying to bring the tra... (more)

In a photo taken in 2007, an empty coal train passes by the remnants of a small derailment on the S-curved Crater Loops. Sources tell me that this was caused by a "stringlining" of the train whe... (more)

After being pulled from the Mississippi River, the CP 4520 still remains at the scene of a derailment that happened on 12/17/2008. The remnants of SOO 4648 can be seen in the background. Around ... (more)

Tank train crashed into a train with lots of new Porsche and Audi cars.

GP40-2 #6086 and GP15T #1515 ran through a closed switch, then derailed after reversing direction around 7am on January... (more)

Track work is done to get the trains rolling again but the cleanup is still not over and would take several more weeks to finish.

E7A 9922B was subsequently scrapped. She was 19 years old and obviously not worth the repair expense. E9A 9987A at the right however was returned to service. For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wr... (more)

651 was scrapped. For details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=23180

Thalys 4536 and intercity train collide on each other in Gouda various men lift wounded

Surreal and gut-wrenching ... almost like it stopped mid-collapse. I have no idea what kept this car from plunging, unless it was still coupled to the car below.

OmniTRAX switcher 1451 had been helping out at the Coors Brewery in Golden, CO. The switcher was being returned to Loveland, CO when the Longmont Turn derailed. The pileup behind the switcher is q... (more)

Around 10:30pm the night before, BNSF's Longmont Turn struck a tree stump deliberately placed on the tracks. The lead unit, BNSF 8105, somehow managed to stay mostly upright.

Engineer's side wasn't exactly unscathed! This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The crew apparently survived. On it's way to CE... (more)

This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts... (more)