Remote control job H5R, on duty 13:00 on 3\10\04, using RCL UPY 626 and another unidentified trailing unit, was switching the GM plant at Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas from the west end of the plant. Weather was clear with temperatures in the mid 60s.

...An eyewitness at the location of the crash said he heard a rumble and felt the ground shake. He went outside and saw the auto rack lying on its side with the locomotive, attached to a string of cars, still pushing against it. He said the locomotive then stopped shoving, backed up about 50 yards and again rammed the overturned car. At this point the locomotive stopped, paused for a while, and then backed up approximately one quarter mile. He said the locomotive again came back toward the auto rack, this time at full throttle, at a high rate of speed, colliding once again with the overturned car, causing metal parts to fly into the air. The locomotive had enough momentum this time to shove the auto rack out of way of its movement, and proceeded down the track. This is the point when the pictures were first taken.....