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Derailments And Other Train Related Accidents

Information and photos related to train derailments and other train related accidents. This page is a good source to turn to when you want to find out more information on a recent passenger train derailment in the United States or Canada.

11/30/07 Fre: Amtrak Train #371 Collides With Freight Train in Illionois.
07/17/07 Tue: Minor Amtrak Derailment in Plant City, Florida
04/23/07 Mon: Amtrak train involved in accident in Northern Mississippi
07/01/06 Sat: Commuter trains collision outside Philadelphia injures 30 people
01/28/06 Sat: Minor derailment of Amtrak Empire Builder near Spokane, Washington
10/05/05 Wed: Amtrak Texas Eagle Derails in Missouri
08/02/05 Tue: Amtrak Carolinian Strikes Dump Truck and Derails
04/04/05 Mon: Amtrak Empire Builder Derailment in Southern Washington State
01/26/05 Tue: Metrolink Trains Derail In Southern California
01/12/05 Wed: Amtrak California Zephyr derails near Grand Junction
04/06/04 Tue: Amtrak City of New Orleans Derails
02/09/04 Mon: Amtrak Southwest Chief Derails In Kansas City Near Railyard.
01/01/04 Thu: Amtrak California Zephyr Temporarily Derails in Blizzard.
10/12/03 Sun: Chicago Metra Train Derails On South Side. (Chicago Sun-Times)
06/20/03 Fri: Runaway Union Pacific Freight Train Derails in Commerce, CA.
05/07/03 Wed: Truck Derails Amtrak Silvers Star in Georgia.
01/06/03 Mon: Truck Derails L.A. Metrolink Train.
09/12/02 Thu: Collision derails Amtrak Vermonter. (Rutland Herald)
09/09/02 Mon: Train Derailment in India Kills 50. (AP)
08/21/02 Wed: Amtrak Coast Starlight derails in Hayward, California.
07/29/02 Mon: Amtrak Capitol Limited derails in Maryland.
07/29/02 Mon: A list of recent passenger train accidents (AP)
06/06/02 Thu: Number of U.S. Train Derailments Up.
05/14/02 Tue: Log truck derails Amtrak Silver Meteor in South Carolina.
04/23/02 Tue: Metrolink / BNSF collision in Placentia, California.
04/18/02 Wed: Amtrak AutoTrain derails in Northern Florida.
09/13/01 Thu: Amtrak California Zephyr derails in Utah.
09/11/01 Tue: Amtrak Texas Eagle derails near Hallsville, Texas.
07/29/01 Thu: Amtrak Texas Eagle derails in Sabula, Missouri.
04/12/01 Thu: VIA train derails in Nova Scotia. At least 20 injured.
03/18/01 Sun: Amtrak California Zephyr derails in Iowa.
02/05/01 Mon: Amtrak Hits Freight Train, Hurts 60.
12/07/00 Thu: Amtrak Coast Starlight derails in Northern California.
11/04/00 Sat: Truck derails Amtrak Pacific Surfliner killing one in truck.
08/21/00 Fri: Amtrak Silver Meteor derails in South Carolina.
03/15/00 Wed: Amtrak Southwest Chief derails near Topeka, Kansas.
11/30/99 Tue: Freight Train derails in Torrance, California.
11/18/99 Thu: Metrolink Collision with Freight Train in Fullerton, California.
10/16/99 Sat: Earthquake derails Amtrak Southwest Chief near Barstow, California.
07/08/99 Thu: Amtrak Sunset Limited derails in Texas.
04/23/99 Fri: VIA Rail Train 74 derails.
03/15/99 Mon: Amtrak City of New Orleans crash 50 miles south of Chicago.
12/20/98 Sun: Amtrak Texas Eagle derails in Arlington, Texas.
05/06/98 ---: Amtrak Texas Eagle derails near Austin, Texas.
08/09/97 Sat: Amtrak Southwest Chief derails near Kingman, Arizona.

Historical Derailments:

01/22/56: ATSF San Diegan RDC train 82 derails at Redondo Junction, 30 killed.
- Bad Night at Redondo Junction

Other sources of derailment information and photographs:

A List Of Other U.S. Train Accidents (AP)
Timeline: US train accidents (BBC)
Yahoo! News Photo Matches
Yahoo! News Headline Matches
Stan's Railpix Derailment Page
Brett Wirick's Derailment Photos
NTSB Publications on Railroad Accidents
ICC Investigations on Railroad Accidents, 1911-1966
Danger Ahead! - Historical Railway Disasters
Operation Lifesaver
RAILsafety.org
TrainWeb's Safety and Security Page

At this time, the main focus of this page is passenger train derailments in the United States and Canada. As time permits, we will try to expand the information on this page to cover other areas of the world and information on freight derailments. Some time in the future, we hope to add more data related to the history of derailments.

George Black, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators are impressed with how the double-deck Superliner cars remained intact even though they were pounded with massive forces. Unlike airliners, which are built of lightweight aluminum and composite material, rail passenger cars are built of heavy steel. This factor alone often prevents deaths or major injuries in even high-speed train wrecks. "The good story is that the cars stood up like champs," Black said.

-- Washington Post, Sunday, April 21, 2002, Page A10

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