On 7 March, a Canadian National (CN) train carrying crude oil from Alberta derailed five tankcars on a bridge near the northern Ontario community of Gogama, about 600km from Toronto. Fire erupted and...
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Yet another North American oil train derailment occurred on 5 March, this time in a wooded area near where the Galena River meets the Mississippi in western Illinois. A train of the Burlington...
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On 2 March, a commuter train of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) ran into a sports utility vehicle on the Rocklyn Avenue crossing in East Rockaway. A witness was quoted saying the 63-year-old driver...
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On 7 March, a 65-year-old resident of Athens, Alabama, was airlifted to hospital after her car was in collision with a freight train at a crossing in the town. Preliminary police investigations...
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This week, we highlight another bizarre but instructive accident in America. On 24 February, before dawn, a truck and trailer were mistakenly driven off the roadway onto the railway at a crossing in...
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During a heavy snowfall on 16 February, 29 tankcars carrying crude oil to Yorktown, Virginia, derailed on CSX tracks near Pratt, about 50km south of the state capital Charleston. Two went into the...
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Late on 14 February, 29 loaded tankcars in a 100-wagon Canadian National train came off the line in a remote area of Northern Ontario. Seven wagons caught fire, creating a massive blaze. Nobody was...
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Very early on 14 February, 12 CPC-1232 tankcars in an oil train derailed at Crows Nest Pass in southern Alberta, Canada, two coming to rest on their sides. Fortunately no crude leaked from the two...
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It was Friday the thirteenth with a vengeance in Anahuac, northern Mexico, when a bus on its way from Nuevo Laredo to Nueva Rosita in Coahuila state collided with a Kansas City Southern de Mexico...
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On 29 February, smoke poured into a commuter train standing in the Quincy Center station in Boston, Massachusetts, but passengers were unable to open the doors. In all, six windows were broken by...
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