jump the rails

idiom

chiefly British, of a train

: to come off the track

Dozens of people were injured when the train jumped the rails.

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He is accused of tampering with a rail and causing two locomotives and five loaded BNSF cars to jump the rails in Bennet on April 21. —

Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 26 July 2024

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