Derailment in New Zealand

Buckled rails due to temperatures exceeding thirty degrees may have been the cause of a New Zealand freight derailment in the North Island national park. Six wagons left the track blocking a level...

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Derailment in New Zealand

In a minor incident near Wainakarua in North Otago on 14 November – said to be the first derailment in New Zealand in seven months – three wagons in an overnight freight from Christchurch to...

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HORRIFIC ACCIDENT: KIWIRAIL PLEADS GUILTY

On 17 June 2014, Paul Anderson (37) was working an excavator on a New Zealand rail line. He had been told that a passing train was the only one that day – but then he was hit by another. He suffered...

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HOT RAILS IN NEW ZEALAND

Train services in New Zealand's South Island have been held up on unusually hot days during the summer, due to the rails ‘overheating’. According to the Greymouth Star, rail temperatures up to 43°C...

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MAJOR STORM DISRUPTS WELLINGTON

Late in June, a storm of unprecedented severity caused major rail service disruptions in the New Zealand city of Wellington. Entire sections of track on the foreshore were reportedly washed away, with...

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TRACK DROPOUTS IN NEW ZEALAND

Major damage to the railway between Gisborne and Wairoa in New Zealand has meant serious disruption to transport in and out of the district. During bad weather in mid-March, two massive dropouts under...

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NEW ZEALAND QUAKE AFTERMATH

Queensland’ state-owned coal miner Solid Energy is stockpiling coal destined for foreign markets at its mines until its export logistics chain through Lyttelton (the port of Christchurch) is...

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