The United States Federal Railroad Administration recently released preliminary safety statistics for the first quarter of 2009. Compared with the first three months of 2008, reportable train...
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On 15 June, the locomotive of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight train departing to Portland, Oregon, derailed when it was in a collision with a train shunting in the yard at...
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Somebody climbed onto a shed belonging to the Arizona Eastern Railroad on 13 June and stole a video camera worth about $2,000 which records events at the adjacent level crossing when a train passes....
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On 4 June, a bus collided with a light rail train carrying 30 passengers in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the worst crash on the system since it opened last year. Eight people were taken to hospital with...
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Very early on 16 June, a light rail vehicle on a southbound training run derailed in Houston, Texas, and collided with a power pole. No members of the public were on board and no one was hurt. It took...
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The bodyshell of one of New York state's new Kawasaki M-8 coaches failed a safety design test recently, but this will not delay the 2010 start of delivery for 300 vehicles in the $713 million order,...
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On 29 May, the derailment of 15 wagons in a 136-vehicle freight train at Haines, Oregon, disrupted rail operations throughout the region for a day and hampered road traffic on the US 30 highway. One...
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A defective Canadian Pacific locomotive is suspected of causing a 5 June derailment at Oshawa in Ontario. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board says it could take up to three weeks to determine...
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Unnecessary mishaps on the railway can be avoided largely by minimising access and for this reason, unauthorised presence on or even near rail tracks can cost you dearly in the USA. Recently, three...
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