At the fork in the ATSF mainline where one leads to Topeka and the other to Ottawa, two trains collided and sideswiped between Christmas and New Years Day 1967. Soap powder anyone... it really ... (more)

On February 18, 1970, an eastbound Santa Fe freight struck the caboose of a Union Pacific local at a crossing in Fullerton, California. The UP conductor was fatally injured. The UP caboose was cut... (more)

The Barstow derrick and a contractor's truck crane move ice reefer NRC 19693 to a position where it can be re-trucked. The reefer was part of a multi-car derailment in the Needles Yard, July 21, 1... (more)

On October 17, 1971, a train derailed in front of another at Hackberry on Santa Fe's Albuquerque Division, Kingman Dsitrict. Five 4-axle locomotives on train 308 were derailed and some tumbled dow... (more)

UP e/b manifest train derailment at Aikins, Kansas, on the Kansas Division between Topeka and Marysville. Units involved: U25Bs 632, 627, and Alco DL-640 (RS-27) 677. Photo made on November 24, 19... (more)

UP e/b manifest train derailment at Aikins, Kansas, on the Kansas Division between Topeka and Marysville. Units involved: U25Bs 632, 627, and Alco DL-640 (RS-27) 677. The up-side-down 677 can be s... (more)

As a result of a SPAD infringement these two 10M5 commuter sets rubbed noses at New Durban Yard. PRASA / Metrorail are the National and only suburban commuter operator in South Africa.

After a nasty derailment, Hulcher works to get the single track main open between Elkhart and Kalamazoo.

On Friday April 13th, 4663 was added to the deadline in Northtown. Well it appears to be closer to its' fate this fall. The unit and another, along with 17 grain hoppers were damaged when the tre... (more)

BNSF crews look at the result of a sideswipe wreck at Tehachapi Summit.

The EMD G26 HCW-2 Nº 2006 passing slowly by the side of a mining hopper derailed.

Rock Island's passenger Train 39, formerly called the "Imperial," derailed at Valencia, Ks., 11 miles west of Topeka, and two steam-powered derricks were slowly clearing the double-track mainline ... (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)

The southbound Loyall-Varilla mine run rear-ended a standing freight on the former double track on the north end of Loyall Yard on this foggy day in 1958. This was CTC territory, but the track on ... (more)

Aboard Amtrak No. 8 from the cab of F40PH No. 357 on November 9, 1992 just east of Rio and about 14.5 miles east of Portage, Wisconsin, we pass the scene of a derailment. I don’t remember the de... (more)