Hot Box After being tagged by the XXB 152.0 defect detector, this tanker from Q602 was slowly taken to the house track at Milstead where it will wait for a replacement wheel set. Thankful... (more)

Early in the morning of Dec. 6th 2009 a section of auto-racks on BNSF's MRICBAR straight-lined at Rowen while pulling off the siding. Later in the day UP's MRVWC passes the down autoracks & Rowen ... (more)

You can see on the picture an accident simulation. The two locomotives are (M62 and M44) hitting the car in the railroad crossing. The M62 locomotive pushed the old M44 type engine.

And the winner is: RAILROAD, AGAIN! Demonstration of an accident. Although only two engines hit the car at 20 kph, the brake distance was around 50 metres long.

Aftermath of a Walmart refridgerated truck pulling in front of it at gated crossing, just west of Terrell, Texas on UP mainline. Train was at / near track speed, near 60-70 mph, as I was coming u... (more)

Ann Arbor Railroad steam-powered wrecking crane 3187 saw more than its fair share of derailments during the late sixties and early seventies. Built by the Bucyrus Company in March 1912, it possess... (more)

Ann Arbor Railroad steam-powered wrecking crane 3187 saw more than its fair share of derailments during the late sixties and early seventies. Built by the Bucyrus Company in March 1912, it possess... (more)

Oops! The power of RS-97 climbed over the frog at a switch at Lincoln Park. Maybe that filthy Chessie engine liked dirt!

Oopsies

I recently came across several old family photos of a Soo Line wreck that occurred back on September 6, 1922. It appears that Soo Line #2701 ran right into the rear of Soo #2115, totaling it and t... (more)

I stumbled across several old family photos and discovered that one of my relatives had photographed a Soo Line train wreck that occurred in Stevens Point, WI back on december 30, 1916.

Derailment near Caballito station.

On May 14, 2004, while hauling a Grain Train from Dirranbandi to Toowoomba, QR 2121F and 1722D collided with a truck and were damaged extensively. In the six years this Locomotive has been in sto... (more)

In a light drizzle CN track crews inspect a switch damaged in a derailment of a loaded ore train north of Two Harbors. The rear 8-10 cars on this train from Minorca derailed and ended up on their ... (more)

Both of these locos were sitting at CEECO (Coast Engine and Equipment Company) for a few years. When CEECO ceased operations last summer they were brought to the Tacoma yard only about a mile away... (more)