AMRE's Top 10 Worst Train Wrecks
(Listed from least to worst as you scroll down)
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9.
This has to be one of the strangest ones I've ever seen. (Photos taken: fall 2007)
8.
Cause: Distracted Engineers (Photo taken: SEP/2007)
7.
Cause: unknown (Photo taken: spring/2007)
6.
Cause: "Heat Kink" in the track (Photos taken: summer 2006).
The above problem has since been fixed (SEP/2006).
5.
The first run of the day was not very fun for this engineer. (Photos taken: 2004)
4.
Cause: Excessive speed (Photo taken: May 2007)
3.
Cause: Dispatcher error (Photos taken: 2004).
2.
Cause: Below (Photos taken: 2004 & 2006)
Both of the trains shown here were running in a Push-Pull consist (Locomotives on both the front and the back running separate from each other) where the lead locos stopped and the back locos kept going.
1.
Cause: Broken coupler on 3% grade (Photos taken: spring 2007)
Last update 02/19/2008
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