Have you ever seen 63 loaded CR iron ore jennies derail, and the engine keeps shoving back ... it is quite a mess ... 3 tracks of iron ore gennies all jumbled up, all over creation.
Just some of the most notable recent car train accidents were:
In December 2013 Metro-North push-pull passenger train cars are scattered after the train derailed in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 while rounding a curve, 4 people were killed.
Feb 4, 2015 a Metro North commuter train hits a car about 30 miles from New York City, spearing the first railcar with an electrified 3rd rail, bursting the railcar into flames, 6 people are killed.
There have been many push-pull fatalities, not all of them involving collisions with road vehicles.
I really would not enjoyed this most recient train ride:
3 cars flipped over, and only one derailed, makes push-pull look 25% safe