On Saturday 27 August 2011, New York shut down America's largest public transport system for the first time ever. It took eight hours to fully close the subway system and took longer to get it back on...
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By Tuesday 30 August, in the aftermath of Hurr4icane Irene, New York's Metro-North Railroad was able to resume full service on its major lines, but some sections remained 'indefinitely suspended'....
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Prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irene in the north-east of the USA , Amtrak cancelled or truncated intercity train service for Friday 26 August, Saturday and Sunday, both south and north of...
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On 23 August, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centred in Virginia rocked the eastern USA. Amtrak and Metro passenger trains were slowed to 25km/h while stations, tracks and overhead wires were thoroughly...
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Among many similarities between San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) and Gautrain was the choice of a track gauge different from the whole of the rest of the country. Both systems rely...
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On 9 August, two coaches of 10-car Trenton-bound New Jersey Transit commuter train 3823 derailed in the tunnel near Penn station, New York. No one was injured. The 300 passengers on board were...
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On 31 July, 22 vehicles in a 136-wagon coal train headed from Wyoming to Illinois derailed at Denison, Iowa. Both lines of the double track were blocked by spilled coal and about 240 metres of track...
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July in Texas was extremely hot, so much so that during the last week of the month, trains were warned to go slow. Between Fort Worth and Dallas, the normal limit of 126km/h was cut to 100. It was so...
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On 22 July, a 'massive' lightning strike hit the light rail signalling system at Hopkins Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. As a result of the damage, signals and points had to resort to manual control. The...
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On 24 June, two truck drivers and the driver of an Amtrak passenger train watched helplessly as a semi-trailer rig skidded 'the length of a football field' before smashing through the lowered gates...
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