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train crash photoThe Bay of Quinte Railway was a small regional rail line located in Hastings County, ON, Canada. This unusual photo shows a collision between two engines back in 1892.

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Robert Scortico
Robert Scortico
7 years ago

Train engines should not play chicken

ALBERT LUPPO
ALBERT LUPPO
7 years ago

Never saw a BUCKING BRONCO ENGINE. WOOOOOOOOOW

Kimi
Kimi
7 years ago

Bless You… Have the sniffles long?

Robert
Robert
7 years ago

Position number 69 in the Karma Sutra?

W Rusty Lane
W Rusty Lane
7 years ago

The first 0-4-0 switcher by accident!

Stephen VanBrocklin
Stephen VanBrocklin
7 years ago

Railroad engineers try to determine why tracks were laid upside-down.

Trevor Farley
Trevor Farley
7 years ago

I’m still not exactly sure what happened but having a look at the following link may be helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KBaQ41TMaU

Regards, Trevor

Gerry
Gerry
7 years ago
Reply to  Trevor Farley

That was very enlightening, thank you for sharing…

Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
7 years ago
Reply to  Trevor Farley

Thank you, Trevor. Very interesting video.

Louis
Louis
7 years ago

He was missing his sweatheart so much that he needed a hug.

Ian McIntosh
Ian McIntosh
7 years ago

There’s just no stopping them when it’s mating season.

Bernard Singer
Bernard Singer
7 years ago

I was sure I left the remote for station door right under here.

Louis
Louis
7 years ago

He missed his sweat heart so very much that he needed a hug

Jerry Boya
Jerry Boya
7 years ago

One day while double heading, the rookie engineer…

Gregg
Gregg
7 years ago

The closer locomotive started up over the cowcatcher of the other locomotive. The first locomotive went over on its back, while the second started climbing the first one

Fred Mason
7 years ago
Reply to  Gregg

Correct, I had the same idea, the cowcatchers on those engines were massive just like a launch ramp.

Geren W Mortensen
Geren W Mortensen
7 years ago

How many times must I tell you, you cannot do a loop with a steam engine!

Phil Gliebe
Phil Gliebe
7 years ago

I told you we should never have switched to DCC! With DC and a Block Control System, this would never have happened!

Joe
Joe
7 years ago

Wait till Dad sees this. It’s not my fault.

Tivis7
Tivis7
7 years ago

They thought playing Chicken was all fun and games until…

Fred
Fred
7 years ago

N scale?

Carl Cantrell
Carl Cantrell
7 years ago

Steam engine mating season.

J R
J R
7 years ago

“No means No”, she yelled !

louis hofstad
louis hofstad
7 years ago

Looks like one train rear ended the other.

Jerry Lynch
Jerry Lynch
7 years ago

The birth of the Piggy Back line

Stephan
Stephan
7 years ago

Doing the railroad tangle, eh.

David Stokes
David Stokes
7 years ago

Thanks for the giggles guys. “I thought I was on that line up there on the top of the bank”

RockyJohn
RockyJohn
7 years ago

It easy to see that it is “Matting Season for Iron Horses Arrives In Canada”.

Tom
Tom
7 years ago

So this is how little engines are made !!!

Tom
Tom
7 years ago

And I always thought they did it doggy style !!

Frank Borke
Frank Borke
7 years ago

Going in, –I had a bad feeling about this election (2016)

Phil
Phil
7 years ago

Bottoms Up!

John Revel
John Revel
7 years ago

How many months did you say for a baby train?

Vyt
Vyt
7 years ago

“It said something about being from Cybertron & started transforming, but looks like it got steps 2, 3 & 4 mixed up”

Kevin Ching
Kevin Ching
7 years ago

Dave you must wait for the rear engine to brake first!.

Neil Glenn
Neil Glenn
7 years ago

Strange mating habits of early American locomotives!X

john
john
7 years ago

thank you for the tummy rub but you needed to get lower!!!

Juergen
Juergen
7 years ago

Funny picture and two people died in that accident. Head on collision with the passenger train hitting the gravel train.

Wayne Orr
Wayne Orr
7 years ago

Gee! the Safe working did not work

Keezling
Keezling
7 years ago

Where the term “reverse engineering” came from…

DaveB
DaveB
7 years ago

Ouch – after that insertion, I’m feeling a little tender.

Fred
Fred
7 years ago

Early attempts of an MU or early n scale.

Don Jennings
Don Jennings
7 years ago

OOOOOPPPPPSSS Now you did it.. We have to tell someone about this because You are in trouble now.

saul
saul
7 years ago

women drivers Dont tell the mrs i said that

Jason VK4FJGS
Jason VK4FJGS
7 years ago

Yeah, just stick it in the ute and I’ll fix it at home.
No worries mate.

John Bennett
John Bennett
7 years ago

I told you the brakes were a bit keen

Joe
Joe
7 years ago

There goes our on-time reputation!

Peter Fasake
Peter Fasake
7 years ago

one engine ran into the other.

Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
7 years ago

I’ll second Phil. “Bottoms Up!!”

Rich S
Rich S
7 years ago

Driving that train high on cocaine, Casey Jones you better watch your speed.

Glenn Hilliker
Glenn Hilliker
7 years ago

Perhaps it was mating season and they were making another train!!

William
William
7 years ago

UMM BOSS I CAN EXPLAIN… THAT WHEELIE DIDN’T GO AS PLANNED.

Bernard
Bernard
7 years ago

Not now Josephine.

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