Chicago derailment

Power was shut down on the afternoon of 31 October when one vehicle in a Chicago train derailed on the city’s north side. Service on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line was suspended. The fire...

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Montreal derailment: building evacuated

Several wagons came off the line when a Montreal freight train derailed on 29 October. The wagons collided with a building which was evacuated. No injuries were reported in the accident. ...

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Durand derailment of 14 wagons

Main Street in Durand, Missouri, was closed following the derailing of 14 vehicles in a 135-wagon Canadian National Freight train on 30 October. No injuries were reported. Headed west from Port Huron...

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Derailment In North Baltimore

A CSX freight train derailed in a North Baltimore (Ohio) yard early on 13 October. Nobody was injured but no further details were available – number of wagons involved, etc. The incident is being...

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Sulphuric Acid In 11 Derailed Wagons

A 115-vehicle Union Pacific train derailed 11 wagons carrying sulphuric acid in the town of Big Sandy, Texas, on 15 October. About 170 metres of track was damaged and had to be replaced before trains...

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Track Defects Mainly To Blame

Experts are trying to discover why so many oil trains have been derailing across the United States. A review of 31 incidents since 2013 places most of the blame on track failure. In fact track...

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Simms In Texas: 13 Wagons Derail

No injuries were reported when a westbound Union Pacific freight train derailed 13 wagons about 9km south-west of Simms in Texas, 56km west of Texarkana, on 9 October. There was no danger from...

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Loco Derailed By Rockslide

A CSX locomotive heading a 104-wagon freight train derailed when it ran into debris from a rockslide in Lynchburg, Virginia. The consist included empty crude oil tankcars and two wagons containing...

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Long Island Derailment

Two out of 16 wagons in a New York and Atlantic freight train carrying construction materials derailed west of Hicksville, Long Island, on 15 September. No injuries were reported. A 30 metre section...

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Derailment In Oklahoma City

Eight Union Pacific wagons and two locomotives came off the track on 20 September in Oklahoma City, leaving two crew members injured. No hazardous material was involved as the train was carrying scrap...

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