Accidents and Derailments

HILL SLIP VIEW (uday)

A 2-8-2 locomotive derailed and lying on its side probably due to monsoon damage to the permanent way. Location and details unknown.

loco and front SLR after the accident.. (sreeraj)

coaches hav become scrap after the accident.. u can see the temperory OHE mast(RED)laid after the accident to resume traffic.. (sreeraj)

After effects of the Tiruppattur accident... (sreeraj)

sequence 3 of 3 : This clearly shows how the tankers block both the UP & DN lines which disrupted traffic for more than 3 hours. (Subbaraman)

Sequence 1 of 3 : Derailed tanker wagon near Thiruvottiyur on the Chennai - Gudur route. The tanker was preceeding my EMU and the derailment blocked both the lines disrupting traffic (Subbaraman)

A damaged coach rests at Danapur goods yard. (UDBHAV SINGH)

RTM WDM-3A #18623 waits in BSR yard with its badly damaged brother #18864 and a BCNA rake behind it. (Karan Desai)

Derailed coaches of 727 SR (Madurai - Quilon Fast Passenger) between Valliyur and Aralvazhimozhy. The accident took place on early morning of 20th March 2008. Giri. 04-26-2008. Camera: Nikon Coolpix. Email: giri304@yahoo.co.in

Another view of the derailed coaches.Giri. 04-26-2008. Camera: Nikon Coolpix. Email: giri304@yahoo.co.in

This time the other coach from the close. Looks like they are awaiting some type of inquiry/inspection, otherwise they should have been towed away to railway scrapyard.

The derailed coaches of JU-HWH express lying in Kanpur.

Nagarcoil-Howrah Express accident at Duvvada: For some people it was their world turned upside down.

Nagarcoil-Howrah Express accident at Duvvada: Twisted remains of the Sleeper coaches. The accident occurred just outside of Duvvada station towards VSKP when the train was cruising at 105 kmph speed. On top is a goods train carrying hot-rolled coils from

Sad News . WAG5RH 23576 ASN is no more with us. - Kanchrapara Workshop.

Termination and beginning of WAPs . WAP4 22265 waiting for its final cremation while WAP1 22044 at the beginning of its duty after a POH. Kanchrapara Workshop.

Mangled remains of one of the coach of the Howrah-Jamalpur express.A 150 year old bridge had collapsed on the moving train in Dec 2006.Picture clicked by Anish Niranjan,Feb 2007 Bhagalpur.

The newly constructed bridge can be seen in the background.Picture by Anish Niranjan,Feb 2007 Bhagalpur.

What happened to this fellow?? BSL loco shed. Photo by Mayur Shinde

Overturned BOXN wagons somewhere between Madgoan and Kulem.Ramdev Gowda.

This is what is left of the trailing five bogies of the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express that was firebombed on the night of February 18, killing 67 people at Diwana station near Panipat.

The accident loco at aler ,the news clipping said it was banking loco 27328 WAG7 hit a stationary goods train on the up line to SC.

Mangled parts of the loco in the center lie strewn this accident claimed the life of the wag7 driver and asst driver.
the third shot which i wanted to take was of the cab but it was too painful to shoot pic of that and i did not...