A locomotive that ran through a derailer on a siding in Bladensburg, Maryland, on 6 December tipped over and spilled 2,250 litres of fuel. The Prince George's County Fire Department assisted crews...
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On 4 December, six loaded hopper cars in a 110-wagon CSX Transportation coal train derailed in downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina. Four tipped right over, spilling their cargo. Two level crossings...
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On 30 November, Union Pacific Railroad police in Modesto, California, arrested a 40-year-old man who was coolly blowtorching sections off the railway track. He was cutting it into lengths of about a...
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It doesn't only happen in South Africa. Two 18-year-old students at Michigan State University were robbed when they alighted from an Amtrak train at Battle Creek, Michigan, at midnight. Threatened...
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Late on 19 November, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) freight train derailed about a dozen wagons east of Glasgow, Montana. According to reports, some vehicles landed upside down and on their...
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Following a month-long independent investigation which criticised Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway security - finding that freight trains could easily be boarded almost anywhere by anyone -...
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Repairs to Metro North lines washed away in the Hudson Valley near New York by Hurricane Irene are expected to permit the restoring of normal commuter service by 28 November. Nearly 3km of track was...
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On 14 November, a load of metal pipes dislodged and fell from a Union Pacific freight train in Sacramento, the capital of California. Wagons in the consist derailed as a result, and hazmat crews were...
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Trestle railway bridges constructed of timber - unknown in Southern Africa - are still to be found in many places in the Unites States. Provided there is consistent inspection and maintenance, coupled...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called a special board meeting early in November to discuss the final report on the 28 November 2008 accident at Miami International Airport. An...
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