Four Transnet Freight Rail workers were killed and two others seriously injured when a train collided head-on with a motorised track maintenance trolley on 26 July, the Railway Safety Regulator...
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Early in July, Vista - a local newspaper in the Volksblad group - published a photograph of a police official in a closed truck containing 16 lengths of rail. A team of five was busy cutting the long...
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It was reported recently that two 4-6-2 class 16CR steam locomotives had been cut up for scrap at the St Helena mine in the Free State. It is learned now that this was done illegally. The engines were...
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An item recounted here last week concerning an incident at Koelenhof near Stellenbosch was based on a brief news report which gave no detail. The impression may have been gained, Luca Lategan points...
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Two Metrorail commuter trains collided at Koelenhof, 6km beyond Stellenbosch, on 5 July. 'Teams are on site to clear the area. We expect it will not take long before services resume,' Metrorail...
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According to a BBC report, 'at least' 76 people lost their lives on 21 June about 60km east of Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville when a train derailed. A figure of 450 was given in...
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On 28 June, two locomotives and three coaches of the Gauteng-Musina 'Bosvelder' train derailed on the approach to Radiokoffie, between Polokwane and Groenbult. An employee described as a 'technical...
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Tracks newly laid for the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in the Lagos area have been washed away at Agege, Yaba, and Ebute Meta by floodwaters following torrential rainfall.'Ballast stones were...
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'DRIVER WANTED TO CHANGE TRACKS'
We placed this story two weeks ago but the following verbatim report from 'West Coast News' is worth repeating:
'Commuters were frightened by the derailment of a...
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The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR) investigation thus far, indicates tampering with points on the railway line may be the immediate cause behind the derailment of a Shosholoza-Meyl train. Two (2)...
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