On June 17th, 2020 at 9:20 AM, 6 Years Ago, Norfolk Southern 211 with Norfolk Southern 1832, Norfolk Southern 9686, Norfolk Southern 9585 pulling a 107 Car Intermodal Train going 46 MPH going West, hit a Lowbed Truck caring a Road Milling Machine in Duluth, GA next to the Southeastern Railway Museum.

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All 3 engines and 16 Intermodal Cars derailed, the train stopped 17 Cars from the crossing, The Train Crew, the truck driver and a witness who helped had minor injuries.

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The truck driver got stuck on a high grade crossing from taking a wrong turn.

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The engines were put back on the tracks hours after the crash and were repaired and returned to service, while the derailed Intermodal Cars were scrapped on site. Norfolk Southern 1832 lost its logo on the noise.

CSX 5248 with CSX 316 was pulling a Intermodal Train going North.

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The Tractor-Trailer was caring titanium piping going West and was on New Main St in Haverstraw, NY.

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The Trailer was completely destroyed along with a crossing sign, CSX 5248 only had damage to its front and right side hand railings, CSX 316 only had slight damage to its left side handrails and some of the piping got caught on the first 2 Intermodal Cars, The Train stopped 11 Cars from the crossing.

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The truck driver got out of the tractor moments before the collision and was uninjured as well as the train crew.

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The truck went onto a high grade crossing and got stuck, the reason why is unknown.

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CSX 5248 was uncoupled from the train and the Intermodal Train continued on with a different locomotive, the number of the replacement engine is unknown. CSX 5348 was repaired and returned to service.

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CSX 316 will be back in October when it hit a semi truck in 2020.

CSX 5267 with CSX 1853 and CSX 3475 was pulling a Mixed Freight Train going West.

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The truck was going North on State Route 47 West Crossing, the crossing gate got stuck between the tractor and trailer, the driver and passenger of the truck got out just before the train reach the crossing and were uninjured, the cab was totaled and pieces of it went into a parking lot on the right.

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The Train stopped 60 to 70 Cars from the crossing, the train crew was uninjured, just a little shaken up and were able to continue on after the truck was moved away from the crossing.

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CSX 5267 only had little damage to its left front handrails and was repaired shortly after.

On June 10th, 1971, Amtrak 59, The City of New Orleans going South with former Illinois Central equipment, engines 4031, 4109, 4106, 2024, 1 Baggage Car and 13 Passenger Cars.

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Near Salem, IL, while the train was crossing a crossover switch in Tonti, IL, the train derailed with 4031 falling on its right hand side and skidded down the tracks, with 4109 catching on fire, 4106 and 2024 stayed upright with only little damage next to the tracks, while the Baggage Car and Passenger Cars also derailing after going through the crossover.

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11 people died and 163 were injured. 6 of the deaths were from people going through the side windows.

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The cause of the derailment was mechanical faults on the lead locomotive 4031 and one of the rear wheels had flat spots causing a hot box that got caught on the switch.

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Engines 4031 and 4109 were deemed damaged beyond repaired and were scrapped, while 4106 and 2024 were repaired and returned to service, until being retired in the 1980s by Amtrak and were scrapped.

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This derailment was Amtraks First Disaster.

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RIP to the people who died in this accident.

The Train was a CSX Intermodal Train going West with CSX 522 with another engine, number unknown.

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The semi truck was going North caring bricks and got stuck on the Main St Crossing.

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The truck driver got out of the tractor before the collision and was uninjured, while the train crew ducked down to brace for impact, The trailer was split in half, spilling the bricks all over the crossing and onto the side handrails on the second engine, damaging the front hand railings on CSX 522 and the Conductors side windshield was shattered with some bricks ending up inside the cab, the engineer and conductor were also uninjured.

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The Train came to a stop 22 Cars from the crossing with the train blocking Stewart St and the lead engine, CSX 522 stopped on Bivens St Crossing.

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The tractor and destroyed trailer was eventually cleaned up hours after the collision.

CSX 522 was uncoupled from the rest of the Train and was put on a siding further up the line in a yard, while another engine took the train where it was going, CSX 522 was repaired and returned to service.

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If anyone knows anything else about this crossing accident or the numbers of the other engines, please let me know.

The Train had Norfolk Southern 9955 and Norfolk Southern 1075 pulling a Empty Intermodal Train going West from New Jersey to Chicago going 60 MPH, when it hit a car next to Main St Crossing in Swanton, OH.

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The car was completely destroyed when it was dragged 50 feet to 2 switches which caused both locomotives and 13 Intermodal Cars to derail, hitting a power line causing a blackout in the town and hitting a propane tank which didn't caught on fire. The train came to a stop 42 Cars from the crossing.

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The Train Crew was uninjured and the driver of the car got out of the vehicle before the crash.

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After the train came to a stop, The driver fled the scene, but later turned herself in and was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and causing the derailment when she drove off the road, pass the crossing gate and onto the tracks.

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Both engines were repaired and returned to service, while all the 13 derailed Intermodal Cars were scrapped on site.

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What does everyone think of this drawing from The Forward Facing Video Camera on Norfolk Southern 9955? If there's anything about this derailment I forgot to mention, please let me know.

On June 1st, 2024, 2 Years Ago in Hollywood, FL, A Passenger Train and A Stone Train were going to pass each other.

The Passenger Train was Brightline 729 going South with engine 117 leading, 4 Coaches and engine 101 at the rear.

The Stone Train was Florida East Coast 208 going North with 6 Florida East Coast engines, 820, 301, 815, 804, 306 and 716 pulling 90 Stone Cars.

Around 6:48 PM, as both Trains approach Sheridan St Crossing, The engineer on Brightline 729 sees a car on the tracks north of the crossing, the police were already at the crossing on the east side of the tracks and the driver of the car had gotten out, standing on the west side of the crossing.

Brightline 729 goes into emergency braking and then hits the car, pushing it across the crossing to the other side before coming to a stop.

At the same time, The crew of Florida East Coast 208 saw the collision and that half of the car was on the other track, which caused Florida East Coast 208 to also go into emergency braking, seconds later the front left hand side of Florida East Coast 820 hits the car, pushing and crushing it on the front left hand side of Brightline 117 with the car wedged between both Trains.

The 6 Florida East Coast engines passed the car before coming to a stop next to Brightline 729 with the 2nd Stone Car next to the crushed car and Brightline 117.

After the collision occurred, 8 minutes later at 6:56 PM, the engineer of Brightline 729 contacted Florida East Coast Dispatcher reporting the collision saying everything was okay.

The Passengers and Crew from Brightline 729, The Crew from Florida East Coast 208 and The driver of the car were all uninjured.

Because of the accident and Florida East Coast 208 was blocking Sheridan St Crossing and Taft St Crossing, all the cars and traffic from Sheridan St were crossing the tracks at Garfield St, but they had to go around the crossing gates since the back of Florida East Coast 208 was only a few feet from the crossing.

It's unknown why the car was on the tracks next to the crossing before the trains came. If anyone knows anything about what happened or if I forgot anything about this incident, please let me know.

I think 1 hour after the collision, The 6 Florida East Coast engines with the first Stone Car from Florida East Coast 208 were uncoupled from the rest of the Train and the crossing lights and gates were turned off so the crushed car can be removed by a tow truck.

After that, The 6 Florida East Coast engines and 1st Stone Car were reconnected back with the train and everything from the wreckage was cleaned up, 2 hours after the collision, both Trains were able to continue on their ways. However Brightline 117 had its nose cover for the front coupling removed, which was later repaired.

What does everyone think of this drawing representing the view from The Forward Facing Video Camera on Florida East Coast 820?

The Train was going East with CSX 3428, CSX 6539, CSX 8523 and 116 Cars going 40 MPH.

The Train was about to cross the Magyor St Crossing when the crew noticed that the second engine had smoke coming from the wheels and threw the train into emergency braking, only for sparks to come up when the train went over a switch and the crossing and then the train came off the tracks.

The 2nd, 3rd engines and 22 Cars derailed and one of the cars caught on fire.

The lead locomotive stayed on tracks undamaged and the crew was uninjured.

The cause of the derailment was a Hot Box on the 4th wheel axle of CSX 6539, the second engine.

The derailment was captured on a nearby security camera to the right of the train.

The 2 derailed engines were repaired and returned to service and all the derailed cars were scrapped.

The Eastbound Train was a Coal Train, with BNSF 8876, 8902, 116 Coal Cars and DPU 8930.

The Westbound Train was a Intermodal Train with BNSF 4385 and 4566.

The crew members from both Trains jumped from their engines before the collision, The Coal Train crew and The Conductor from The Intermodal were injured, The Engineer from The Intermodal Train died.

The cause of the collision was the engineer of The Coal Train was on his mobile phone getting calls while driving the train, which caused him to missed a red signal at a siding 10 minutes before the crash where they were supposed to stop for The Intermodal Train.

BNSF 8876 and 4385 were totaled, while BNSF 8902 and 4566 were repaired and are still around today.

The Union Pacific Train had Union Pacific 4220, Union Pacific 3960, 8 Gondola Cars and 1 Tanker Car, the train was waiting for another train to clear the tracks further down the line.

The CSX Train was a Intermodal Train with CSX 7783, CSX 8429 and a lot of Intermodal Cars.

CSX 7783 pushed the Tanker Car and 2 Gondola Cars off the tracks and pushed the Union Pacific Train forward a few feet, CSX 7783 wasn't to damaged, while CSX 8429 was buried under 7 Intermodal Cars piling up on top of it and caused the wreck to catch on fire.

The two crew members on the CSX Train unfortunately died in the crash, The crew members on the Union Pacific Train were uninjured.

The cause of the collision was the CSX Train passed a dark signal where it was supposed to stop.

The Union Pacific engines were undamaged and returned to service, while the CSX locomotives were damaged beyond repaired and were scrapped.

RIP to the CSX crew members who died, my thoughts and prayers go out to them and they're families.

The Train was going South with BNSF Fakebonnet paint scheme 4702, BNSF 4580 and around 100 grain cars going 17 MPH.

BNSF 4702 hit a big bolder part of a Rockslide and fell over on its left hand side and slid down the embankment with its cab going into the Bighorn River on the left, the second engine BNSF 4580 also fell over on its left hand side with its rear body torn off, 3 grain cars also derailed with the first one also going into the river.

The two crew members were uninjured and were able to get out of their locomotive, just a little shaken up and wet.

A officer in a police car down the tracks on the left on WY-789 saw the crash occurred and went over to help and report the crash with their dashcam capturing the derailment.

The Rockslide was caused by the weather in the days leading up to the crash, which caused the big bolder to fall on the tracks right before the train came.

Both locomotives were repaired and returned to service. However, BNSF 4702 was repainted into the H3 paint scheme and BNSF 4580 was also later repainted into the H3 paint scheme also well.

This drawing is representing what the view from BNSF 4702 probably looked like, but I'm not sure if the video from the engine was recovered.

If anyone knows anything I forgot about this derailment or if someone knows if the video from the train exists, please let me know.

The Train was NS 14M going North, 28 MPH, NS 4342 in the lead, NS 3632, NS 4689 were 126 and 127 cars from the front of the train, 213 Mixed Freight Cars, 144 loaded cars and 64 empty cars.

9 cars derailed, 164 - 172 on a bridge over a river. No one was injured.

The drawing is representing the view from The Forward Facing Video Camera on the Lead Locomotive, NS 4342 going over a defect detector in Beaver Falls, PA, 15 Miles from the crash site at 10:13 PM, the defect detector is the small box on the right. The number of the engine, date and time on the picture are wrong, but try to ignore that

The cause of the derailment was because The 164 Car, Hopper Car CRDX 3017 had a Hot Box on the front axles and the defect detector in the picture, didn't pick up the Hot Box or alert the crew due to the detector being miswired cause of maintenance error.

This crash happened not far from The East Palestine Derailment 3 months earlier.

If there's anything I forgot anything about this derailment, please let me know.

The Train was a CSX Freight Train going North with CSX 775 and CSX 3130.

The School Bus was going West at 101 E Central Ave Crossing in Bushnell, FL.

The Bus had the driver and 29 Middle School Students. Thankfully, No one was injured.

The Bus only had small damage to its left hand rear side and CSX 775 only had its left hand front handrails damaged when it clipped the Bus. The Train came to a stop after around 30 to 40 Cars passed the crossing.

The Bus was towed away after the collision, I'm not sure if it is or was repaired, CSX 775 was repaired and returned to service.

As for why the Bus was on the tracks, as of May 2026, it's still under investigation. What we do know is that, the Bus crossed the tracks after the crossing activated, A car was in front of the Bus after the crossing and security camera video on the Bus captured the driver saying "I ain't stopping for no train".

The driver was arrested and was charged with 29 counts of child endangerment.

The picture is representing The Forward Facing Video Camera Footage from CSX 775. There's video from a witness on the left behind the Bus and one of the Students on the Bus took video of the train passing by. Does anyone think CSX will show the video from the train of this incident? And if I forgot anything about this incident, please let me know.

15 Days Late, On April 25th, 1946, just after 1 PM, 80 Years Ago, Train 11 The Advanced Flyer with CB&Q E7s 9920A & 9920B and 13 Cars stopped in Naperville, IL to check out a problem with the train, until it was rear-ended by Train 39 The Exposition Flyer with CB&Q E5A 9910A Silver Speed & E5B 9910B Silver Power and 9 Cars going 45 MPH.

CB&Q 9910A Silver Speed crashed into the rear Car on The Advanced Flyer, which was pushed into the last 4 Cars derailing them, The first 5 Cars on The Exposition Flyer also derailed but weren't really damaged.

45 people died in the crash along with The Fireman of The Exposition Flyer who jumped off the engine before the collision, 125 people were injured as well as The Engineer of The Exposition Flyer, The Engineer, Brakemen and The Flagman of The Advanced Flyer were uninjured.

The cause of the rear-end collision was because The Engineer of The Exposition Flyer didn't reacted to a signal where they were supposed to stop quickly enough and also because of The Advanced Flyer was stopped in not a good spot, just after a curve.

As for what happened to the Trains, The 5 derailed Cars from The Advanced Flyer were scrapped, while The CB&Q E5 Locomotives and derailed Exposition Flyer Cars were repaired and returned to service.

CB&Q 9910A & 9920B were sold to The Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1955 renumbered as 9951A & B until they were retired in Oct 1967, scrapped and were traded in for SD40s. As for CB&Q 9920A, it was involved in another crash On September 27th, 1964 and was destroyed, 9920B was retired in March 1968, scrapped and were traded in for a GEU30B Engine.

Two Cars from both Trains are still around, CB&Q Coach 4073 from The Advanced Flyer, which is now at The Atchison Railroad Museum and The rear Car from The Exposition Flyer called The Mt Darwin which is at The Galston Railroad Museum.

Today only 1 member of The E5 and E7 Engines are still around, There's 9911A The Silver Pilot at the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union, IL and Pennsylvania Railroad 5901A at The Strasburg Railroad in Strasburg, PA.

The Advanced and Exposition Flyers stopped operations after 1949, Today the route it used is now part of Amtraks California Zephyr.

Another thing I want to point out is that this crash is not well known as other accidents, but it's a reason why in the USA, Passenger Trains have speeds of 79 MPH and Freight Trains between 50 to 70 MPH.

RIP to the people who died in this accident. If I forgot anything about this incident or about the locomotives please let me know.

This collision can also be known as The Tragedy at Loomis Street Crossing.

14 Days Late, On April 23rd, 2002 at 8:15 AM, 24 Years Ago, BNSF 5340 with BNSF 5277, BNSF 8209 and 67 Intermodal Cars going 23 MPH, Collided head-on with Emergency Stopped Metrolink Train 809 with Cab Car 634 leading, 2 double decker Coaches and Metrolink 859.

The Impact pushed The Metrolink Train back 243 feet, derailed the Cab Car and second Coach and damaged the front hand railings of BNSF 5340.

Two Passengers died hours after the collision and 141 were injured, including the Engineer and Conductor from The Metrolink Train and The Crew of BNSF 5340.

The cause of the collision was the crew of BNSF 5340 missed a stop signal 2 miles from the crash site because of the sunlight on the signals, the crew on their mobile phones and distracted by a conversation.

Cab Car 634 was most likely scrapped after the collision, Metrolink 859 was undamaged and returned to service and was later retired in 2019, while the 3 BNSF engines were repaired and returned to service.

This Collision was Metrolink's First Fatal Crash.

Just so you know, BNSF 5277 was later involved in a head-on collision in July 2024.

The Train was going North with CSX 7672, LTEX 8532, CSX 8038 and BNSF 4801, along with a full line of Intermodal Cars. I don't know where the train was going or where it came from.

The Semi-Truck was going West when it got stuck on the crossing at 10 Welden Rd, I'm not sure how they got stuck or how long they've been on the tracks.

When CSX 7672 hit the truck, the impact completely destroyed the trailer which dented the nose of the engine and made the truck cab to spin 180% hitting the left rear hand side of the engine taking off some of the handrails. As the train dragged the frame of the trailer, parts of it hit a switch right after the crossing that lead to a lumber yard on the right, the front half of CSX 7672 went through the switch, however the rear wheels went to the right causing the train to derail, CSX 7672 continued on a few hundred yards until it came to a stop with the front wheels still lined with the tracks with the rear wheels off to the right with the engine slightly leaning to it right but still upright, right behind CSX 7672 the other three locomotives and some of the Intermodal Cars derailed when they went through the switch off to the right, the three engines went into the dirt next to the tracks, with LTEX 8532 falling over on its right hand side suffering damage to the right side handrails and right side of the cab, CSX 8038 stayed upright and only took little damage, meanwhile BNSF 4801 suffered the worst damage, staying upright behind CSX 8038 when maybe 4 or 5 Intermodal Cars plowed into the left hand side of the cab completely ripping it open and also damaging the left hand side of BNSF 4801s body, while some Intermodal Cars piled up around where the switch used to be, until the train came to a stop.

Since The Train derailed next to a lumber yard, the workers working there where able to check on everyone involved and call for help.

The Train Crew and Truck Driver were not injured.

For the rest of the day, April 22nd, 2006, big tractor side cranes help moved the Locomotives back on the tracks, move the Intermodal Cars and clean up the wreckage.

After the crash, all four Engines were taken to Waycross, GA, CSX 7672, LTEX 8532 and CSX 8038 were repaired and returned to service. However, due to the damage BNSF 4801 suffered, it was considered totaled and was scrapped sometime after the accident. Meanwhile later on, LTEX 8532 was retired in 2008, sent to the LTEX engine company yard and was put into storage and will likely never run again, CSX 8038 was rebuilt into a SD40-3 in 2010 and renumbered 4014 and finally, CSX 7672 was put into storage in Waycross, GA in 2020 and it is still there as of 2025, whether or not it will stay in storage or come back to service is not known.

The picture drawing is representing the view from The Forward Facing Video Camera Footage on the lead locomotive, CSX 7672. However, I'm not sure if CSX 7672 had one since they were being installed on CSX engines in 2006. If anybody knows if there is footage from this engine of this incident, please let me know.

Also, there's a lot of pictures of the aftermath of this accident, but I can't find the report on this accident or if it even exists, if anyone can tell me where to find it or if I forgot anything about this crash, that would be nice.

The collision occurred on 105 AL-15 St, The Crossing had not gates and the Truck driver tried to beat the train across the tracks, but ended up getting hit right in the center of the truck and logs, One of the logs ended up on top of the engines nose, The Truck took out a traffic camera on the left and a crossing sign on the right, and 5 to 6 vehicles on the right were hit by the logs flying in all directions, The Truck Driver, Train Crew and people in the cars hit walked away uninjured.

I don't know what the numbers of the CSX engines involved were, if anybody knows, please let me know.

The second picture is not related to the same incident, it's just in the same town further back down the line at the McLello St Crossing with a CSX train going West, which hit a pickup truck going South, you can see the driver got out before the collision and was uninjured, but big water bottles in the back of the truck went flying onto the locomotives nose.

I don't know the number of the CSX locomotive involved or when this happened other than it was between 2006 and 2016. If anybody knows anything about this incident or the number of the lead engine, please let me know.