After being pulled from the Mississippi River, the CP 4520 still remains at the scene of a derailment that happened on 12/17/2008. The remnants of SOO 4648 can be seen in the background. Around ... (more)

Derailment. Time for the torches.

A Norfolk Southern crew approaches the crossing flashers which have been activated at Morris Avenue on the west side of Bloomington, Illinois, with a loaded grain train that had stalled earlier on... (more)

Another shot of the damage to the lead unit on CV 490 which hit a wash out caused by a beaver dam letting go in heavy overnight rain. The crew was shaken but suffered no life threatening injuries... (more)

GP40-2 #6086 and GP15T #1515 ran through a closed switch, then derailed after reversing direction around 7am on January... (more)

A remote control set ran through a closed switch and derailed when they reversed direction at CSX's Barr Yard just before dawn on January 2nd. I happened to pass over the bridge and picked up a s... (more)

NS B23-7 # 3994 was involved in a head on crash with a pair of C39-8`s south of Dalton , Ga. Locomotives 8641 , 2799 , & 3994 were destroyed .

Somebody missed a red light!

The scene of Mondays derailment of Lincoln Service 301. The rear section of a lowboy trailer remains under amtk 173 as R.J. Corman equipment move in position. The passengers and crew have been r... (more)

This is what happens when you don't watch the switch indicators. Engineer assumed that the siding switch was properly lined, but not only was it not, it was not lined against him completely, so h... (more)

A loaded coal train derailed eightteen cars, seven of them hit the Crain Ave bridge.

A westbound 'shooter' has just slammed into a boom truck at track speed and pushed it about a mile down the track before coming to a stop. The two men in the truck jumped to safety shortly before... (more)

E7A 9922B was subsequently scrapped. She was 19 years old and obviously not worth the repair expense. E9A 9987A at the right however was returned to service. For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wr... (more)

Hulcher crews are busy cleaning up the aftermath of a derailment involving both UP and BNSF. Reports have a westbound BNSF rear ending a UP empty coal train between the Yarmony west switch and S... (more)

Hospital train limping eastbound, Amtrak 140/141 and the remains of its train rest at Congress Park on the BNSF due to the crew timing out. This is the train that derailed at Creston, IA. as #5 o... (more)