Menaggio Station (northern end) 25 February 1934
Every station had signals which were initially large red discs which turned to face the track to signal danger, and parallel to the track to signal all clear. The centre of the disk had a hole covered with red glass behind which an oil lamp was lit at night. At some stage these were replaced by hand operated semaphore signals. Unfortunately none of the photographs I have found seem to show these signals.
On the 21/22 August 1911, a violent overnight storm in the upper region of Lake Como and the northern shores of Lake Lugano caused the Rezzo torrent to suddenly burst its banks and flood Porlezza station. There were no casualties but the rapidly rising waters not only left two locomotives submerged inside the workshop but swept a third locomotive into the lake.
A month later a cloudburst caused the Cuccio torrent to flood and wash away a section of track.
Menaggio Station (northern end) 25 February 1934
The only recorded accident on the railway occurred at 4.15pm on Sunday 25 February 1934. A train pulled by the locomotive "Giocondo Albertolli", consisting of one carriage and two baggage vans, skidded and overshot the platform at Menaggio. The locomotive broke through the perimeter wall and fell through the adjacent antique shop wall before stopping. One of the fifteen passengers was slightly injured. Traffic was restored after a couple of hours although the locomotive needed substantial repairs.