1997 Sanbe train derailment

The  is one of the most infamous train derailments in El Kadsreian history. It happened on June 20, 1997 in Sanbe near El Kadsre City.

Lead-up to crash
On June 19, 1997, the 62-car EKRail Special No. 892, an intermodal train, departed from a goods yard near Eirabourne. The train was hauled by two GE C44-9W's, numbered 550 and 551 respectively, a GE U25B, numbered 105 and formerly with as no. 2653, and a EMD SD40-2, numbered 301. 105 had been involved in the whilst serving for Penn Central.

On the night of June 20, as the train was heading to Glonisla, Sheena Asumi was returning from a pub crawl and was drunk whilst driving her 1991 Mazda 323. She lodged her car onto the Peters Road railroad crossing in Sanbe.

Crash
Sheena left her car just before the train hit it, and left the scene of the accident. The car was dragged to a switch, and the car got jammed on the switch causing the locomotives and several cars to derail. The derailment took out power lines, a propane filling station, and three houses, causing 35 deaths and 50 injuries.

Aftermath
Sheena was arrested in May 1998 by a undercover police officer, who was injured trying to handcuff her. She was found guilty of accidental manslaughter and sentenced to death. She was executed by Alonso Ursúa leading a firing squad in December 1998, being one of only two women in El Kadsreian history to be executed.

Fate of rolling stock
All locomotives involved were salvaged by EKRail:
 * 550 was rebuilt and returned to service, but was repainted into a Vlokouzian State Railways heritage scheme.
 * 551, which rolled down into a resident's yard and was retrieved after two weeks with severe damage, was rebuilt and returned to service.
 * 105 was rebuilt into a GE C30-S7R using a spare Super 7 kit, retaining it's number in the process.
 * 301, which was nearly damaged beyond recognition due to being the piece of rolling stock that made contact with the propane filling station, was rebuilt using the cab from a wrecked  and parts from a ex-  and returned to service. Some railfans noticed that it looked new upon being rebuilt.