This accident was caused by a truck that cross with red light. The train was running in the express service Buenos Aires - Rosario (303 kms). Luckily no passenger or crew get bad hurts. The Fiat ... (more)
Darailment, luckily with no personal or severe material damage.
Luego de accidentarse cerca de Timbues, esperando ser reparada.
After derailment :(
A truck with 30.000Lts of gasoline chash with the locomotive and explode, fire and derrailment included. The 2 locomotive driver was die in the accident, included the truck driver.
Derailment of coal loaded gondolas train, interrupting one of the most important suburban passengers services in Buenos Aires.
Derailment of loaded gondolas train, interrupting one of the most important suburban passengers services in Buenos Aires.
After days of raining in Southern AZ a hot EB Union Pacific Z train derailed just outside of Tucson, AZ. Seen here is the aftermath and cleanup of the wreck in Marana.
The roasted shell of the UP 1407 sits yards away from the scene of the initial fire. After a small derailment, a diesel fire ensued completely charing this former SSW unit. Thankfully no crew was ... (more)
After a firey incident the night before, the UP 593 & chared UP 1407 sit just a few dozen yards away from the scene of the incident. The cause is still unknown, all that is known is the crew is fi... (more)
The cab of UP 1407, former SSW 7654, after the massive diesel fire the night prior. Thankfully according to local news sources all crew is fine and accounted for. The cause of this firey derailmen... (more)
UP SD70 #3975 and SD40T-2 #8602 were involved in a derailment here on May 21, 2003. The two damaged units weren't moved from the site until mid July 2003.
SD40T-2 #8602 and UP SD70 #3975 were involved in a derailment here on May 21, 2003. The two damaged units weren't moved from the site until mid July 2003. (ex-D&RGW 5411)
Rerailing the 4557 following a late night derailment at the Vail crossovers.
A wide angle view of the derailment site while attempting to rerail the trailing unit.
the power and some stack cars sit near the Seligman depot after an eastbound derailed and the power shown on a westbound sideswiped the derailed eastbound near West Crookton the previous day. Ther... (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)
Every employee's nighmare --- derailed tank cars of LPG exploding and burning. When will it end? AT&SF derailment at Love, Ariz. on March 16, 1977, 65 miles east of Parker on the Parker Distri... (more)
Perhaps the first made from scratch SD70ACe is A&M 70. All of the hood doors were fabricated, the pilot sheet is new, but the inverter cabinet panels are coming from EMD. The trucks are just sho... (more)
Derailment put three Alcos on the ground.
Train wrecked by vandals
This ex-L&HR C-420 is on the ground due to a vandalized switch.
Crew cleaning up a wreck caused by vandals.
SD70ACe CSXT 4833 sits beside NS 8426, which was damaged in a derailment a month earlier in Pine Bluff.
A damaged UP SD9043MAC sits in the sun, awaiting to be moved to North Little Rock for repairs.
the results of a serious level crossing collision, one fatailty, the truck driver. Crew escaped with minor injuries. Note, the remains of the truck can be seen to the left of 8147
The aftermath of a rear on collision involving a Metro Comeng set and Pacific National freight train near Craigieburn.
8104 assisting with the clean up after Mondays derailment at Mossvale.
Up in smoke - train crew attend to a hot box on a wagon.
Diesel Tilt Train Power Car DTD 5403/5401 and City of Townsville consist have been repaired following the Tilt Train derailment in November 2004. Here, the train (without Car B) crawls out of Isi... (more)
Recovery of Comeng cars 612M and 1156T following a rear on collision between two trains at Holmesglen.
The first portion of a QR empty coal train remains stationary as a crew member walks back to check the rear of the train seen derailed in the distance. The rear eight wagons were derailed by a su... (more)
With crane at the ready, C508 is about to be lifted back onto the rails after it and C505 derailed at Bomen near Wagga Wagga NSW while shunting a sleeper train on the 20-11-08.
The aftermath of the derailment with the HAZMAT fire Brigade and rail workers inspecting some of the 8 overturn carriages just before Petrie Station,the container 2nd from the left in view was ca... (more)
Cement bound freight train derailed just before Petrie Station,a day after the incident the clean up is under way with heavy haulage tow trucks and cranes assisting to remove the damage containers... (more)
Siemens motor 822M after overshooting No.2 road and crashing into a Bendigo Bank branch at Sandringham.
Xtrapolis set lead by 872M derailed after colliding with an abandoned motor vehicle near Mooroolbark on the Lilydale line.
On September 2 1995 a passenger service to Warrnambool led by A60 derailed near Werribee after a wheel shattered, possibly the result of hand brake being left on. This view shows the recovery ope... (more)
N452 on it's side and on a 90 degree angle to the main line, having run into a fallen tree in the middle of the night some days earlier. Second unit N456 is still coupled behind, the cranes have a... (more)
Just a bit in the dirt - second unit N456 sits buried in the dirt, after the lead loco hit a fallen tree in the middle of the night, rolling side on and ending up at a 90 degree angle. Surprisingl... (more)
N452 rests on it's side still coupled to N456 after striking a tree across the line the previous night while running 8243 passenger service to Warnambool.
At around 2am on Wednesday 11th of November 2015, an unknown person/s entered the drivers cab of an X'trapolis EMU stabled at the quiet suburban terminus of Hurstbridge. They managed to drive the ... (more)
A Sydney single deck suburban train derailed and another train ploughed into the wreckage. Thankfully no one died but 39 people were injured.
Recovery crews re-rail N463 following a collision with a runaway suburban train at Southern Cross Station.
The tender of K163 and leading bogie of carriage 33MT after derailing on the Crib Point triangle while departing HMAS Cerberus on a heritage tour.
Recovery crews clear a broad gauge freight derailment at West Footscray Junction.
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)
Damage to A78 believed to be the result of a collision with a truck.
The aftermath of a head on collision between an empty runaway suburban train and a parked V/Line train in platform 2 at Spencer Street Station.
The aftermath of a level crossing accident involving a six car Metro Comeng set and a semi trailer on the Cranbourne line near Lynbrook. 306M and 1003T are the carriages in picture being recovered... (more)
Electric Tilt Train 303/304 The City of Rockhampton on #Q301 passes through Petrie on the Northern Line with the first revenue service utilising Automatic Train Protection (ATP). This marks stage... (more)
Diesel Tilt Train 404/402 pass through Dakabin on the Northern Line with #V9Q4. Note that 'The City of Townsville' Decals have been removed from Tilt Train Power Car DTD 5404 involved in last yea... (more)
One of the rare occassions one will see a QR Locomotive without its engine running - A cab-shot of Goninan/GE Locomotive 2804 with its suspended freight service due to the temporary closure of the... (more)
Two Tilt Train Passenger Carriages embedded in the bank beside the track after Diesel Tilt Train 403/404 City of Townsville derailed early Tuesday morning on a 60kmh (37.5mph) bend travelling at 1... (more)
A 'pancake stack' of Tilt Train Carriages have come to rest embedded in the bank perpendicular to the track after Diesel Tilt Train 403/404 City of Townsville derailed early Tuesday morning causin... (more)
The cab of Diesel Tilt Train Power Car DTD 5402 is similar to an aircraft cockpit. It has all the modern technologies, including a 'Black Box' that will provide valuable information to the invest... (more)
Electric Tilt Train 303/304 City of Rockhampton passes through Northgate running to an ammended timetable. In the aftermath of the Tilt Train Derailment, Queensland Transport imposed a 100... (more)
EL 3637 waits at Coppabella for a transfer to Rockhampton to become 3537.
This afternoon the Trailing Car (IM5123) of 120 Series Interurban Multiple Unit 122/123 on CityTrain #TP63 to Brisbane Airport derailed as a result of buckled at Chelmer on Western Line. More pho... (more)
NR52-DL40 near Lismore after being driven into by a truck, derailing 40+ wagons and burying a 3'rd loco. Click Here to view more shots of the accide... (more)
Car B from Diesel Tilt Train 'City of Townsville' outside EDI during repairs following the derailment near Berajondo in November 2004. The repaired Tilt Train Cars are stored in the disused 'Wood... (more)
EL56-EL58 after coming to a rest at Benalla loop, after derailing on a set of points. Click Here to view more pictures of the derailment.
EL56-EL58 lay on their sides, while the leading portion of their train lays zig-zagged behind. Click Here to view more pictures of the derailment.
While hauling a frieght from Dirranbandi to Toowoomba 2121F & 1722D collided with a truck at Goondiwindi on May 14, 2004 - 2121F which may be withdrawn from service is pictured here in the yard at... (more)
Close up of 2121F showing the extent of the damage when she (and 1722D - not shown) collided with a truck at Goondiwindi while hauling a frieght from Dirranbandi to Toowoomba on May 14, 2004
In an derailment involving two 3-Car EMUs at Petrie in 2001, carriages EM205, EM305 and EM160 were scrapped - Carriages EM105, EM260 and EM360 were salvaged and have been renumbered as EMU 060, ph... (more)
Electric Multiple Unit 018 slows for a station stop at Carseldine on the Northern Line with a southbound afternoon service to Ipswich - EMU 018 was recently involved in a fatal grade crossing acci... (more)
In a derailment at Roma Street Station this year, carriage SM8203 was damaged when it slid off the tracks - Carriages SM5203 and SM6203 of 3-Car 200 Series Suburban Multiple Unit 203 are shown par... (more)
After an overhaul in May 2004 following a derailment, Clyde/GM Locomotive 2485 spent some time on the QR Mainline but is now back at QRs Locomotive Maintenance Centre at Redbank - Photographed nex... (more)
220 Series Suburban Multiple Unit Carriage SM8234 derailed this morning on approach to Brisbane Central with #1704 to Beenleigh - Photographed here back on the tracks, SMU234 prepares to be towed ... (more)
The leading bogie on S312 derailed in the yard at North Shore.
Derailed cars on the Melbourne to Sydney XPT service (ST24) near the North Melbourne flyover. This section of track was only recently relaid and commissioned as part of the Regional Rail Link proj... (more)
CF4410-CF4409 leading 6MC1 freight pass derailed wagons off 9102 up Mildura freight at West Footscray Junction.
2912 has obviously been involved in a heavy shunt at some time. Sister loco 2914 is prepared for an afternoon passenger duty.
A crash damaged carriage is seen on it`s side, loaded on a flat wagon at Laksham Junction.
Derailed DMU en route from the factory to its owner.
Locomotive that caught fire in the tail of a pulp train
#4319 has delivered the crane to the site of a derailment of 3 boxcars and a gondola
Big Mess Railroading has changed a lot since I took this photo of a massive coal train derailment on the shared BN/CN route through Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver. Built ... (more)
12 hours after the derailment, MOW crews work to clear the Autorack cars from the CP and CN mainlines. The 2 closest tracks are CP's Thompson Sub and the farthest track is CN's Ashcroft Sub. The 2... (more)
This is a result of an early morning derailment on CP's Thompson Sub. This derailment resulted in no trains running on CP's Thompson and CN's Ashcroft Sub.
