Skip to content

Tag: train

Car drives into train

By Virtual RailfanIn Incidents on the tracks, Latest NewsPosted May 27, 2017

Amtrak train preparing for a station stop in Ashland, VA hits a SUV that failed to stop for the lights and gates. SUV struck the train and then bounced off into a building across the street.

Tags: amtrak, ashland, car, car crash, crash, hits, injuries, suv, train, virginia, vs
3More

Final RBBX Train @Ashland, VA

By Virtual RailfanIn Latest NewsPosted May 25, 2017

The curtain falls on 146+ years of the greatest show on earth.  The final "purple" train heads south, it's final journey home.  Goodbye Friends!

Tags: and, bailey, barnum, blue unit, brothers, circus, final, last, purple, RBBX, red unit, ringling, train
0More

Last Red Unit

By Virtual RailfanIn Latest NewsPosted May 11, 2017

This is the very last Red Unit Circus train you will see. It's seen here passing our live cams in Ashland, VA at 03:58am on May 11, 2017. Thanks for a lifetime of memories from the greatest show on rails.

Tags: ashland, bailey, barnum, brothers, circus, earth, end, final, greatest, last, on, over, rails, ringling, show, train, virginia
0More

Train Derailment in MO.

By Virtual RailfanIn UncategorizedPosted May 5, 2017

Live video footage courtesy of KSDK-TV

Tags: bnsf, coal, derailment, fatal, live, train, truck
1More

Riding with Red Unit

By Virtual RailfanIn Latest NewsPosted May 2, 2017

Virtual Railfan was pleased to be able to broadcast live from one of the last trips of an American Institution. Check out our Facebook page for more footage about the Greatest Show on Rails. A huge thanks to M. Harper Lee, we appreciate you!

Tags: bailey, barnum, board, brothers, circus, live, on, red, ringling, train, unit
0More

Train Separation @ Folkston

By Virtual RailfanIn Incidents on the tracks, Latest News, The CamsPosted April 26, 2017

Q458 Experiences a train separation at Martin St. in Folkston.

Tags: broke, CSX, emergency, martin st, ms chessie, railside lodging, separation, train
0More

Live from the Circus Train!

By Virtual RailfanIn Latest News, The CamsPosted April 25, 2017

For those of you that follow our Facebook page be on the lookout for FB Live notifications from Virtual Railfan. We're super excited to be riding along with M. Harper Lee as she documents the last trips of the Circus Train aboard the red unit. She'll be broadcasting live from...

Tags: and, bailey, barnum, brothers, circus, last, live, RBBX, red, ringling, run, train, unit
0More

Separation on Cajon Pass

By Virtual RailfanIn Incidents on the tracks, Latest NewsPosted April 21, 2017

Watch as an eastbound freight breaks in two as it comes by our live cams in Hesperia, CA. The train goes into emergency and comes to a stop as the separated section makes a hard joint.

Tags: break, cajon pass, DPU, hard couple, hard hit, knuckle, run-in, separation, slack, split, that'll do, train, up
0More

Recent Posts

  • Amtrak Adopts Phase VII Livery
  • Bridging Nations
  • Free preview of Muncie, Indiana
  • “ONE CSX” is more than just a tagline
  • Rebuilding the Clinchfield

Categories

  • Incidents on the tracks
  • Latest News
  • Memberships
  • Press Releases
  • Rail Aftermath
  • Status
  • The Cams
  • Time Lapses
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Loading...
Guests with Free Membership

As of July 17, 2020, folks with a free membership no longer need to login. Simply click on Free Cams in the top menu.

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.