Details are still a little sketchy, but on Monday, 12/23/24, Union Pacific ore train OUTS1 (Iron Springs, UT (near Cedar City) to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor) ran through a red signal at Con... (more)

"Down, But Not Out"

On the morning of Friday, August 9th, 2024, Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 141 collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying paper rolls, which w... (more)

Lead locomotive on NS 26C’s derailment in Collegedale, Tennessee.

M of W crews worked overnight to get the line open.

NS 26C-19 after striking a semi truck and derailing. The crew managed to escape with minor injuries.

"Removing the Wreckage at Eagle St."

On the afternoon of October 17, 2022, Avenue Auto Towing crews begin removing wreckage at the scene of an earlier grade crossing strik... (more)

No injuries to driver or train crew; which is good, because I know the engineer personally. Glad you're ok ZM... At 10:54 CST, the H-TEAEGW 1-03A inadvertently struck a disabled three axle semi... (more)

At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)

At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)

Amtrak train A-920-1-05A creeps through Elk River after making multiple stops in inspect hot axles. On May 29, Amtrak 7 collided with a John Deere tractor/sprayer in Bainville, MT. The end resu... (more)

Special Amtrak move #920 rolls past Morton Grove with the Empire Builder set that was damaged in an unfortunate collision between the train and a tractor in Montana on May 29th.

SMASH!!! The B&O Railroad Museum staged a controlled crash between an automobile and train, complete with a demonstration by the Baltimore City Fire Department of extricating bodies from th... (more)

Today, December 18th 2017, started out as a day of celebration for the first runs of the Amtrak Cascades and the Starlight on the recently finished Lakewood Sub. Instead, it was a day of tragedy... (more)

Amtrak no. 8 meets its fate? Amtrak's Beech Grove facility has been the resting place for this GE P42DC for quite some time. This locomotive was involved in a head on collision accident several ye... (more)