Train wreck at Superior WV – photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. The railroad calls this location Huger which is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Divisi... (more)

Nearly a year later, 8133 waits bruised and battered in Altoona for attention. This loco was damaged at Hiram Ga after train 370 derailed in November of 2021.

A CSX worker observes CSX 6539 sitting in the trackside gravel a couple days after an eastbound train derailed two locomotives and 20+ cars at CP 37 in Wellington, Ohio. The 6539 was left upright ... (more)

Bad day at Broomfield, freight and passenger train collision in September 1958 involving CB&Q EMD E7 number 9936B and CB&Q EMD F3 number 700D. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Big derailment at Irondale

Oops! The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck dera... (more)

The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck derailed.

Big derailment in Norris Yard.

Big derailment in Norris Yard.

Sir, you can’t park there! Union Pacific YBE51X heads back from Loves Park on the UP KD line with scrap cars from Cimco to take back to Belvedere. They have came to a halt due to a broken down c... (more)

One of Canadian Pacific's large SD70ACU class of SD9043MAC rebuilds leads a train past typical North Portland.

Amtrak P42DC 133 is seen pretty banged up in Chicago after it struck a cement truck while leading the Southwest Chief back in June, 2022. The crash derailed the entire train killing 4 people. Amtr... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)

NS 183 derailment photo in Logansport, IN just east of 18th Street during July 1988. The derailment occurred due to 183 going into emergency when the head end was crossing the Wabash River over 1 ... (more)