Transportation Accidents Archive

Historical photos depicting the aftermath of devastating transportation accidents involving buses and trains. The stark imagery reflects chaos and tragedy.

Bar Harbor train wreck - people looking at wrecked railroad cars after a railroad accident in which the White Mountain Express crashed through two cars of the Bar Harbor Express, north of New Haven, Connecticut on Sept. 2, 1913.

N.S.W. Railway Accidents - Brooklyn Crossing Acc. 1944. August 21, 1944.

12/21/1978. Muñoz (Salamanca) Accident between a locomotive and a school bus. 30 dead childrenIn the image: Remains of the bus.

Anefo photo collection. Ravage after noticed locomotive on railway line in the Rotterdam Alexanderpolder. Locomotives, railway accidents, destructions, prince Alexanderpolder. November 8, 1981. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Amstelstation, Amsterdam, 5 kills and about 40 seriously injured. Social workers try to provide assistance. May 30, 1971. Duivendrecht, Noord-Holland

Empty Bogie trolley that had no passengers at the time of accident

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Amstelstation, Amsterdam, 5 kills and about 40 seriously injured. Social workers try to provide assistance. May 30, 1971. Duivendrecht, Noord-Holland

Bar Harbor train wreck - people looking at wrecked railroad cars after a railroad accident in which the White Mountain Express crashed through two cars of the Bar Harbor Express, north of New Haven, Connecticut on Sept. 2, 1913.

Repair Crews Remove Train Wreckage -- Santa Fe repair crews tackle the job of clearing the right-of-way near the Santa Anita race track where the road's California Limited was derailed last night, with loss of at least four lives and injury was derailed last night, with loss of at at least four lives and injury to several score passengers. September 05, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Freight wagons after derailment.

Image of the salvage work after the frontal collision between two trains in Elst, with the diesel-electrical train set no. 162 (the 3, series 141-169) of the N.S. on the left. And on the right the electric train set no. 276 (Mat. 1946).

Anefo photo collection. Nazh tram derailment after collision with truck. Meeuwenlaan in old dry dock. September 26, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

New South Wales Government Railways, NSWGR Motorvagn EFTER KILLITISION.

Anefo photo collection. Passenger train collides freight train gravel Rilland (Zeeland). June 1, 1988. Rilland-Bath, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Train disaster Sauwerd. Overview of damage. July 25, 1980. Groningen, Sauwerd

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Amstelstation, Amsterdam, 5 kills and about 40 seriously injured. Social workers try to provide assistance. May 30, 1971. Duivendrecht, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Boxtel, in middle locomotive, which rammed stationary train. December 11, 1964. Boxtel

Photo collection First World War. Broken railroad wagon .. 1914-1918}

Anefo photo collection. Train disaster in Sauwerd. Help with the disaster. July 25, 1980. Groningen, Sauwerd

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Rotterdam; Frontal collision between the Nord-West Expres and the Stopple train The Hague-Rotterdam, where three people fell and thirty-two people were injured. Overview of the ravage. December 27, 1982. Rotterdam, South Holland

Remains of the train after the Crylboyckan.

Wagon tracking at Flen. The State Railway, SJ Mätvagn B07 2249 built on Örebro Main Workshop in 1915. After the accident, the wagon was rebuilt at Kalmar workshop when it got a new steel basket. It was used as a measuring cart until 1971 when the measuring equipment was removed and donated to the Technical Museum.

12/31/1905. Italy. The fast train from Milan to Rome derailed at Plaisance station. Photo: Luca Comerio.

Anefo photo collection. Train collision at Beesd. Front piece of character train on top locomotive. 25 August 1967

Photograph of rail road bumpers.

The State Railways, SJ D 539 is raised after the accident in Pålsboda in 1951.

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Photograph showing the wreckage of a train at Trappes, in the western suburbs of Paris, in the south-western suburbs of Paris , during the liberation of France from German occupation in the summer of 1944. Dated 20th Century

Freight car with ore that is high after accident in Nattavaara September 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Cleaning up train ravage at Woerden. Wagons covered with sailing. January 9, 1962. Utrecht, Woerden

Anefo photo collection. Car accident with four Ladies of The Hague road. January 17, 1957

Railway accident at Loster 1917.SJ 12041

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Anefo photo collection. Train derailed after a collision with a truck between Alphen A / D Rijn and Bodegraven. 28 June 1989. Alphen aan den Rijn, Bodegraven, South Holland

Auto in subway on 7th Ave.

GS and G wagon at the accident site in Säffle. Derailment the night between 2 and 3 October 1948.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Train accident Poerwakarta. Friday afternoon, October 22, 1948, the Express train Batavia-Bandoeng is located at 4.50 pm two kilometers south of Poerwakarta, at Bendoel, as the rails had broken up through a gang terrorists over a distance of twenty meters. Immediately after the derailment, the train was taken under fire by the automatic weapons and guns, manned of an estimated fifty man, so that eight people were killed and twenty-three injured. Because a significant number of soldiers increased by train, the fire from the gang could almost immediately be answered. This prevents worse. Overview of the derailed wagons. The large light-colored carriage is a new sleeping car, just arrived from the Netherlands. October 23, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Remains of bus after train accident at the railway crossing between Notviken and Gammelstad.

Derailed freight wagon with roof iron.

Anefo photo collection. Train disaster in Sauwerd. Image of damage. July 25, 1980. Groningen (province), Sauwerd

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Wezep. October 1, 1958. Gelderland, Wezep

Anefo photo collection. Ravage after the derailment of a person train at Halfweg. Trains, railway accidents. November 2, 1966. Halfweg, Noord-Holland

Derailment with the state's railways, SJ E10 1746 in the steam area.

Train accident in Holmsveden 1917-02-16. Snap trains 3048, drawn by steam locomotive SJ B 1324, was led due to a felled gear into a side track and derailed.

Train accident at Nyland Local driver Frank looks at the devastation

Freight trains deleted on the line between Verkebäck and Jenny.

Personnel and derailed wagons by train accident.

Remains of carriage after derailment between Håmojåkk and Lina River.

Large train tracking on the line between Hultsfred and Vena.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. wreck plateau. October 1958. Guinea

The State Railways, SJ D 539, injuries after accident in Pålsboda in 1951.

Train 93, Nordpilen, after derailment on the route between Simeå and Undersvik 1956-03-27.

Vintage photograph. Wooden boat yard with ship wreckage.

Elsevier photo collection. train trailer Dragline driven trail Nootdorp secured automatic flashing securities Veenweg Nootdorp. accident happened middle trailer remained rail. manager trailer accident coming safety time. January 30, 1961. Nootdorp

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Train collision at De Brug in Krantji, group at Tjikempek. Batavia sector 24/7. Close to Klari, a town close to Krawang, a (wild) locomotive was released by the Republicans on a train, which accompany the advancing troops. Personal accidents did not occur, since timely the wild locomotive was signaled and everyone from the train had jumped. 24 July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fire in train and snow gallery at the national border.

Lagerlunda accident 15/11 1875. Both the locomotives involved, the State Railways, SJ A 77 "Svea" and the State Railways, SJ B 125 "Einar", were scrapped after the accident.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Railroad accident Poerwakarta. Saturday evening, August 21, 1948 at around 10.20 pm, a freight train has been placed by sabotage of a gang in the vicinity of the railway bridge of meaning on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler truck collapsed in a variety of ravine. Five people were killed and seven injured, including the operator and two stokers. The accident that happened about five kilometers for Poerwakarta is due to the fact that the rails had broken up over a great distance. An overview of the great havoc. August 22, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Train accident at Moskosel 1935-06-27. LOK SJ E2 1096

Anefo photo collection. Viaduct truck deposited on railroad track. March 12, 1969

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Anefo photo collection. Railway accident at Woerden, overview of the ravage. November 22, 1960. Utrecht, Woerden

Anefo photo collection. Viaduct truck deposited on railroad track. March 12, 1969

Anefo photo collection. Train collision Northern Oprit Moerdijkbrug .. July 14, 1955

Crashed aircraft at Bodens Bangård.

Anefo photo collection. Collision between line 3 and line 3 on the Insulindeweg. October 9, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Chain collision on the road Arnhem-Utrecht; Destroyed cars. 31 December 1970

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to Wonogiri and Patjitan. A leg truck passes a railway line and drives through the bed of a ditch along a (destroyed?) Bridge. January 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Boxtel, in middle locomotive, which rammed stationary train. December 11, 1964. Boxtel

Anefo photo collection. Chain collision on Haagweg at Schiphol; Overview. October 9, 1970

Three children at one of the demolished wagons

The State Railways, SJ S 43, SJ D 298 and Cars and staff at the accident site in Älvsjö 1934.

Wreck of the 20th Century Limited- Middletown, O.

08/31/1911. Car accident in England. State of the bus Overturned in Consett that caused the death of ten Travelers and twenty Seriously Injured.

Rail accident outside Västerljung,

11/24/1907. Remains of the Valencia express, on the Hundido bridge over the Riudecañas stream, in Cambrils.

Train accident in Holmsveden 1917-02-16. Snap trains 3048, drawn by steam locomotive SJ B 1324, was led due to a felled gear into a side track and derailed.

Interior from a crash -damaged bus. State Railways, SJ Bus1869.

Anefo photo collection. Tramlijn-4 is extended from Europaplein on Europaboulevard in Amsterdam to the end station of the Schiphol line under construction. November 24, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

High Seas held up Malabar salvage work today. April 09, 1931.

Car U 1318, hit by train

Accident in Vagnhärad. State Railways SJ Cars 2577.

Anefo photo collection. Accident in the Maas tunnel, overviews of the two destroyed cars. 19 August 1964. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Train accident Schalkwijk-Culemborg. March 2, 1950

Wreck at Tye R., Southern Railway, Va. Engine overturned

Anefo photo collection. 2 trucks with trailer, loaded with barrels and bottles of soft drinks, collided with Utrechtse Brug, Amsterdam: Ravage. August 19, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Tracks And All Are Gone This Locomotive Lies Gutted In Three Rail Yards At Reims, France, After An Attack By 8Th Air Force Heavy Bombers.

Anefo photo collection. Too Nieuwleusen near Zwolle, a van rammed by train. September 10, 1962. Overijssel, Zwolle

State Railways, SJ C3D 2114. Train accident Holmsveden 1917-02-16. Snap trains 3048, drawn by steam locomotive SJ B 1324, was led due to a felled gear into a side track and derailed.

Anefo photo collection. Freight train relists on the bridge over the Gouwe at Gouda One of the Wagons came on the ice and one on the road. March 3, 1963. Gouda

The State Railways, SJ, SJ MAS 22877, damaged after derailment on 17/4 1956 on the route between Vassijaure and the dog. A wheel stands off the track, there are broken grinders where the wheel stands.

The State Railways, SJ BK 743 injuries after collision in Upphärde 1951.

Train accident with a car

Anefo photo collection. Tiled tanker on A9 at Amstelveen. March 22, 1978. Amstelveen, Noord-Holland

Rälsbuss State Railways, SJ YC06 834 after the accident at Koskivaara station in 1955.

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Anefo photo collection. Truck combination loaded with crates of soft drink from the road. January 4, 1969

Anefo photo collection. First anti-slip school for Autos in Amsterdam. January 27, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Delay after train accident in Huddinge.

The State Railways, SJ Bus 1198 crashed.

London's Last Tram Is Burned -- This is the Funeral Pyre of London's last Tramcar. Bereft of Everything of value, Tram Number 179, which Ran most of its life on the Kingsway Subway Service, Burns on its side at the scrapping yard in Woolwich road, Charlton, this afternoon January 29th. No. 179 went to the Sobap Yard when the Trams finally disappeared from Lon streets last July and is the last of 740 to be burned there. January 29, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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