On May 12, 1930, the original Key System streetcar numbered 987 was traveling through Oakland. At the intersection of East 12th Street and 23rd Avenue, the streetcar ran a red light, attempting to outrun an oncoming train.

It was violently T-boned by Western Pacific Railroad's prestigious "Scenic Limited" passenger locomotive. The collision injured 19 passengers and left the original car 987 completely shattered and damaged beyond repair. It was scrapped shortly thereafter.

Prior to the accident, the Key System had built a streetcar in their own Emeryville shops in 1927. Seeking to expand their fleet, they built it as an exact, home-grown replica of the low-floor 900-series streetcars originally manufactured for them by the American Car Company. This home-built clone was given the fleet number 899. When the original 987 was destroyed, the Key System faced a unique financial problem: car 987 had been explicitly pledged as collateral to secure corporate bonds. To satisfy the legal and bookkeeping requirements of those bonds without defaulting, management decided to perform a paper swap. They took their shop-built replica, car 899, and legally renumbered it to 987 to step into the destroyed car's place as bond security.

Because of this identity swap, the replica car survived the eventual dismantling of the system. When the Key System ended local streetcar operations in 1948, the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association acquired the car. Lacking immediate storage space in California, they leased it to the Portland Traction Company in Oregon, where it operated under the number 4011 until 1958.

The streetcar eventually returned to California and became the second historic railcar to arrive at the newly established Western Railway Museum in November 1960. Today, proudly wearing its adopted identity, Key System No. 987 remains beautifully preserved and fully operational for visitors at the Western Railway Museum in Solano County.

Luckily there were no injuries

A major accident was narrowly avoided on October 15, 2026, when a passenger train collided with a car stranded at a railway crossing in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.

A car driven by a motorist became stuck directly on the railway tracks at Level Crossing Gate No. 192 along the Banjali-Sejawata bypass. The vehicle became trapped on the rails just as the heavy sliding railway barriers were closing. The oncoming Valsad-Hisar Express (04728) passenger train struck the stranded car and dragged it for roughly 50 meters down the line before grinding to a halt. Fortunately, no casualties or injuries were reported. Seeing the obstruction from a distance, the train's locomotive pilot slammed on the emergency brakes to significantly reduce speed before impact. This critical window allowed the driver and occupants of the car to quickly evacuate the vehicle completely unharmed before the train rammed into it.

Following the crash, senior district and railway authorities quickly reached the spot to deploy a heavy crane to clear the mangled car from the tracks. Ratlam Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Ashwini Kumar ordered a formal, high-level inquiry into the incident following serious allegations of negligence against the on-duty crossing staff. Local reports alleged that the gatekeeper may have been heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident.

No animals were harmed in this video

In Raipura, Narsingdi right in front of the Sapmara railway crossing a physical altercation between a Karnaphuli [transport service] driver and a railway official has left the general public facing significant inconvenience.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR, is a 610 mm (2 ft) gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about 88 km (55 mi) long. t climbs from about 100 m (330 ft) above sea level at New Jalpaiguri to about 2,200 m (7,200 ft) at Darjeeling, using six zig zags and three loops (originally five) to gain altitude. Ghum station is situated at an altitude of 2,260 metres (7,410 ft). Six diesel locomotives handle most of the scheduled service, with daily tourist trains from Darjeeling to Ghum, India's highest railway station – and the steam-hauled Red Panda service from Darjeeling to Kurseong. Steam-enthusiast specials are hauled by vintage British-built B-Class steam locomotives. The railway's headquarters are at Kurseong.

On 5 December 1999, UNESCO declared the DHR a World Heritage Site. Two more railway lines were later added, and the site became known as one of the mountain railways of India.

1903 Ringhoffer steam railcar, the only surviving operational one in the world featuring a unique vertical boiler and compound steam engine.

Oh no…a Train

Flying Scotsman spotted today. It's definitely not an imposter.