UP 8743 sits in the mud from a derailment back in January. The train hit a truck and both of the lead locomotives along with a few railcars went off the tracks. As of now, both locomotives involve... (more)
A switching mishap where two trains tried to occupy a diamond at the same time is being cleaned up at Chicago and North Western’s Butler Yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in September 1983. C&NW EMD SD... (more)
Two units CSX 5284 and 5474 sit on a side track in Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis' Madison Yard. CSX 5284 was involved in a three train wreck in Indiana early January 2012. CSX train ... (more)
A look back at the six EMDs destroyed in a head-on crash north of Two Harbors on September 30, 2010 involving two ore trains on the former DM&IR. The crews had injuries but luckily survived. Five ... (more)
If you derail and are going to crash and stop abruptly, I highly recommend hitting a soft, muddy river bank! This was a St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) work train on the Trumann Subdivisio... (more)
This was a Christmas Eve present that the BN received courtesy of vandals in my hometown of Oswego, IL. Three of four SD9s derailed when the "mainline" half of the crossover switch was thrown rev... (more)
FEC 101 struck a dump truck that possibly was attempting to go around the gates at CR 13. Flagler County Emergency Services responded to the crash. The driver of the truck died. A head on look.
8154 sits on the pit track at the yard office in St. Albans after being involved in a fatal crash on Scary Hill June 7, 1997. 8154 was rebuilt and renumbered 8245.