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One of the Talgo sets split the consist down tracks 2 and 3. The train brought down the tall historic speaker tower (look at Union Station photos older than this date) and bumped up against the st... (more)

ISRR 252 after December 2005 derail. TRAIN WITH 98 COAL LOADS OUT OF SOMERVILLE -SOUTH CAME APART AND THE REAR END OF THE COAL LOADS CAME IN ON THE FRONT PORTION OF THE SEPARATED TRAIN AND THE LO... (more)

With Q612 occupying the entire Talladega St. crossing, a drunk driver decided to take his own route. Amazingly he fouled both tracks! Luckily, Q615 saw the cars headlights as they were taking the ... (more)

4814 rests in the Coal River about five miles south of St. Albans after hitting a mud slide. CSX 295 and several loaded hoppers were also involved, but did not get wet.

A slight touch of hidden flame is quickly extinguished as mop up operations continue on this container box that caught fire on this east bound stack.

A small wooden trestle collapsed under the weight of an 8-car UP train heading to a sugar mill in Chaska, MN. The cause of the accident is believed to be excessive spring melt off weakening the s... (more)

The force of this derailment can be seen in the snapped drawbar coupling between two ore cars.

Cranemasters goes to work to untangle an eastbound coal train that piled up in Suffolk early this morning.

Ore empties split the switch at 2nd street giving residents of Proctor a front row seat to the derailment cleanup

Ore empties split the switch at 2nd street giving residents of Proctor a front row seat to the derailment cleanup

W&LE train 391 derailed seven cars on the morning of August 24, 2005. The derailment occurred at approximately milepost 61.1 in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania along the W&LE Rook Subdivision (ex P&WV).... (more)

A broken rail on the New Transfer Track caused a 5 car derailment. An AOK 60 ft boxcar derailed off of the Paint Creek trestle an into the creek below.

About two weeks ago a program aired and discussed about how many derailments CN seems to have, here is another. About 32 cars went off the track. The cause is not yet know but I suspect one of the... (more)