• Source: List of wind-related railway accidents

    • High winds can blow railway trains off tracks and cause accidents.


    Dangers of high winds


    High winds can cause problems in a number of ways:

    blow trains off the tracks
    blow trains or wagons along the tracks and cause collisions
    cause cargo to blow off trains which can damage objects outside the railway or which other trains can collide with
    cause pantographs and overhead wiring to tangle
    cause trees and other objects to fall onto the railway.


    Preventative measures


    Risks from high winds can be reduced by:

    wind fences akin to snow sheds
    lower profile of carriages
    lowered centre of gravity of vehicles
    reduction in train speed or cancellation, at high winds
    a wider rail gauge
    improve overhead wiring with:
    regulated tension rather than fixed terminations
    shorter catenary spans
    solid conductors


    By country




    = Australia

    =
    1928 – 47 wagons blown along line at Tocumwal
    1931 – Kandos – wind blows level crossing gates closed in front of motor-cyclist
    1943 – Hobart, Tasmania; Concern that wind will blow over doubledeck trams on 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge if top deck enclosed.
    2010 – Marla, South Australia; Small tornado blows over train.


    = Austria

    =
    1910 – Trieste (now in Italy) – train blown down embankment.


    = China

    =
    Lanxin High-Speed Railway#Wind shed risk
    February 28, 2007 – Wind blows 10 passenger rail cars off the track near Turpan, China.


    = Denmark

    =
    Great Belt Bridge rail accident. On 2 January 2019 a DSB express passenger train is hit by a semi-trailer from a passing cargo train on the western bridge of the Great Belt Fixed Link during Storm Alfrida, killing eight people and injuring 16.


    = Germany

    =
    Rügen narrow-gauge railway, 20 October 1936: derailment of a train, five injured


    = India

    =
    One reason for choosing broad gauge in India for greater stability in high winds.


    = Ireland

    =
    On the night of 30 January 1925, strong winds derailed carriages of a train crossing the Owencarrow Viaduct of the 914 mm (3 ft) gauge Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway.


    = Japan

    =
    Inaho
    Amarube Viaduct
    1895 Gale blows train into sea


    = New Zealand

    =
    Rimutaka Incline railway accident


    = Norway

    =
    Makrellbekken (station)#Wind related accident – blowing snow disoriented a tractor driver who collided with a train


    = South Africa

    =
    Wind tangles overhead wiring in Cape Town, 2012.


    = Switzerland

    =
    In 1996, one train from the Wengernalp Railway derailed in Bernese Oberland with four people injured.
    On January 19, 2007, one train derailed near Wasserausen.
    In 2018, one train from the Montreux–Lenk im Simmental line derailed in the Simmental region, injuring eight people.
    On March 31, 2023, two trains derailed in the Canton of Bern due to strong winds, with fifteen people injured.


    = United Kingdom

    =
    Tay Bridge disaster 1879
    Chelford rail accident 1894 – during shunting
    De-wirements on the East Coast Main Line
    Leven Viaduct, Cumbria 27 February 1903
    Carrbridge 1914 – train derailed due to torrent caused by storm
    Cheddington 2008 – two containers blown off train – design of "spigots" criticised.
    Moston 2015 – out of gauge train hits platform, throwing stones onto other track.
    Scout Green 2015 – empty 30-foot ISA container blown off train


    = United States

    =
    On April 24, 1883, 2 cars of a passenger train were blown from the narrow-gauge Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks near Como, Colorado, with only minor injuries.
    Around 6:15 pm, May 6, 1876, a passenger train traveling south on the Illinois Central Railroad at about 23 miles per hour was derailed during a storm just south of Neoga, Illinois. Numerous minor injuries were reported.
    Around 7 am, Feb. 23, 1884, 2 cars were blown off the narrow-gauge tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad near Georgetown, Colorado.
    Around 2 pm, February 4, 1885, the wind overturned an entire 3-car Colorado Central Railroad train just east of Georgetown, Colorado. The express train had slowed to 8 miles per hour because of the wind. 18 out of 20 passengers were injured.
    At 3:30 pm, April 1, 1892, a narrow-gauge passenger train of the Burlington and Northwestern Railway was blown off the tracks while running at full speed 1 mile east of Butler, a station between Fremont, Iowa and Hedrick, Iowa.; 4 were seriously injured, a dozen more suffered minor injuries. Note that the location places this on the Burlington and Western Railway tracks.
    On September 2, 1911, tram services in Charleston, South Carolina, were suspended due to winds.
    On June 28, 1986, a derecho derailed 18 piggyback cars on the Kate Shelley High Bridge over the Des Moines River in Iowa.
    On June 29, 1998, the Corn Belt Derecho blew several double stack and piggyback cars off the Iowa Interstate Railroad bridge across the Iowa River.
    A 2008 tornado in Northern Illinois derailed a Union Pacific train. Dramatic footage of the event was captured by a camera mounted on the train.
    On April 27, 2015, a severe storm knocked several double stack cars off the track as a train crossed the Huey P. Long Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana, with no injuries. The accident was captured by a WGNO News Team dashcam.
    On March 13, 2019, mid-day winds of around 80 mph derailed the rear 26 cars of a double stack train on the Union Pacific high steel trestle over the Canadian River south of Logan, New Mexico.
    One reason for choosing broad gauge (17% wider than standard gauge) for BART was the greater stability in high winds and perhaps earthquakes.


    Factors


    Lightweight trains
    Narrow gauge
    Aspects of the terrain
    Tunnels


    See also


    Snowshed


    References

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