diff --git a/src/water_cmd.cpp b/src/water_cmd.cpp
index 3ad2b235fa..e82e8cbbaa 100644
--- a/src/water_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/water_cmd.cpp
@@ -889,7 +889,11 @@ static void FloodVehicle(Vehicle *v)
 				case VEH_TRAIN:
 					if (IsFrontEngine(v)) {
 						pass += 4; // driver
+						/* FreeTrainTrackReservation() calls GetVehicleTrackdir() that doesn't like crashed vehicles.
+						 * In this case, v->direction matches v->u.rail.track, so we can do this (it wasn't crashed before) */
+						v->vehstatus &= ~VS_CRASHED;
 						FreeTrainTrackReservation(v);
+						v->vehstatus |= VS_CRASHED;
 					}
 					v->u.rail.crash_anim_pos = 4000; // max 4440, disappear pretty fast
 					InvalidateWindowClassesData(WC_TRAINS_LIST, 0);