FLOOD CARRIES AWAY 40KM OF LINE IN CHILE

The future of a 155km railway in Chile hangs in the balance after torrential rain in the Andean foothills carried away 40km of track during March. The line runs from a copper smelter at Potrerillos,...

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RIO PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE

On the evening of 5 January, one passenger train ran into the rear of another (stationary) set at Mesquita near Rio de Janeiro. Press reports said 129 people were admitted to hospital, though most...

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ARGUMENTS OVER LIABILITY FOR PROBLEMS IN MEXICO

Mexico City's 25km metro Line 12 opened in October 2012, but part has been closed since March 2014, when it was determined that six metro coaches were the cause of serious track damage. French experts...

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BUENOS AIRES CRASH - 99 HURT

Shortly after 07:00 on Saturday 19 October, a commuter passenger train overshot the end of the line in a dead-end platform at Once station in Buenos Aires, ending up wedged between the floor and...

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ARGENTINE DRIVERS IN THE LIMELIGHT

Peak hour Buenos Aires suburban train services came to a halt on 1 August when drivers went on strike. The union claimed that salaries were in dispute but Argentine interior and transport minister...

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BUENOS AIRES COLLISION KILLS THREE

On 13 June, a southbound commuter train crashed at speed into a stationary set between the stations of Moron and Castelar on the Sarmiento line from Buenos Aires to the densely populated western...

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FATAL BRIDGE COLLAPSE

On 4 July, a Union Pacific coal train derailed in Glenview, Illinois, when a bridge over a road collapsed. First reports said there were no injuries, but when employees worked their way into the...

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SERIOUS DERAILMENTS IN COLOMBIA

In an interview with Platts, Fenoco Railroad (Colombia) superintendent Juan Miguel Duran said that between 2008 and 2011 the line experienced 283 accidents, mostly derailments, and reported 25...

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BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BRAZIL

Vale SA cancelled iron ore and passenger trains for five days between Parauepebas in Para state and the port of Sao Luis in Maranhao state (northern Brazil), when a bridge structure collapsed on 16...

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PATAGONIA NARROW-GAUGE IN TROUBLE

A disastrous storm on 8 March caused serious damage to the Patagonian narrow-gauge line, Bryan Acford reports following a Farrail tour to the area.  At a point about 60km west of Ing Jacobaci, long...

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