AT&SF 3529 West (southbound) to Houston had a meet with an opposing eastward train at Booth, Texas, and failed to get stopped at the closing end, sideswiping and plowing into the rear portion of t... (more)

On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)

Oooops, someone forgot to set the derail and a handbrake on a roundhouse lead track at Santa Fe's La Junta, Colo. roundhouse. F7 247 rolled off into the turntable pit June 1, 1968, and apparentl... (more)

As far as I know, this is the first time a derailment has happened here in Mt. Airy. The cause has not been ascertained at the time of this photo upload. Do know that it was a Northbound NS 118 ... (more)

A head on wreck caused by one train overrunning the meet at Gilchrist. I heard on the radio that "2 westbound trains collided head on" (accuracy in the media!) so I highballed across the border (I... (more)

I was very lucky that time waiting at Larisa station to take the train 601 from Alexandroupoli to Athens. From the station's speakers we hear the announcement of the train arrival in the next two ... (more)

No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)

I was very lucky that time waiting at Larisa station to take the train 601 from Alexandroupoli to Athens. From the station's speakers we hear the announcement of the train arrival in the next two ... (more)

the power and some stack cars sit near the Seligman depot after an eastbound derailed and the power shown on a westbound sideswiped the derailed eastbound near West Crookton the previous day. Ther... (more)

March 28, 1976 was troublesome day along D&RGW's Subdivision 6 in Utah. A westbound freight went on the ground at the west switch at Gilluly, a control point about 10 miles west of Soldier Summit.... (more)

On the evening of October 6, CP 114 derailed here on the CP while entering the CN Bala (directional running zone) spilling a few containers.

just like a model railroad this is what happens when you pull with too much power on a sharp curve. The phenomenum is called "stringlining or straight lining". The MWARBAR had been separated at a ... (more)

this is what a unit looks like that has gone through an apartment building. the previous night a company was MOVING A *corrected* building across the Santa Fe Pasadena Sub in Highland Park CA with... (more)

A northbound CSX manifest is coming up on the scene of a minor derailment from a month prior that resulted in the new signal on the left and the hoppers pushed over to the side of the ROW.

DITCHED, part 5: THE LIFT. On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, a southbound New England Southern light engine struck a patch of ice and toppled a full 130 degrees off the tracks and d... (more)