Following a short break in the mindless acts of railway vandalism near Cape Town which persisted almost unabated since November 2011, more interruption to the Khayelitsha service occurred on the...
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To date this year, three people have died under trains on the main line out of Luanda, capital of Angola, apparently due to carelessly walking on the track. Caminhos de ferro de Luanda (CFL) and the...
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In the first week of April, tornados caused extensive damage in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, where many rail lines had to be closed until cleared for service following inspection. Trinity...
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An eastbound Union Pacific freight train that derailed in downtown Arlington, Texas, blocked a number of crossings in the central area, causing gridlock. Six tankcars came off the track but as they...
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An employee of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) is suing the company for alleged 'past and future medical expenses, mental anguish, pain, impairment, disfigurement and lost wages, plus...
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During February, a 15-year-old girl was thrown from a moving Metrorail suburban train at Lentegeur station in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, Police found her lying at the side of the line with multiple...
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From a Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) Bulletin: 'TFR officials from Polokwane depot went to hot spots level crossing areas on 27 March 2012 in order to sensitise motorists about the dangers of not...
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Vale SA cancelled iron ore and passenger trains for five days between Parauepebas in Para state and the port of Sao Luis in Maranhao state (northern Brazil), when a bridge structure collapsed on 16...
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A disastrous storm on 8 March caused serious damage to the Patagonian narrow-gauge line, Bryan Acford reports following a Farrail tour to the area. At a point about 60km west of Ing Jacobaci, long...
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Major damage to the railway between Gisborne and Wairoa in New Zealand has meant serious disruption to transport in and out of the district. During bad weather in mid-March, two massive dropouts under...
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