On 8 June, the pantograph of a locomotive on an Amtrak train travelling between Lynchburg and Boston entangled in the catenary near Wilmington, Delaware. Passengers were transferred to other trains,...
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On 8 June, the pantograph of a locomotive on an Amtrak train travelling between Lynchburg and Boston entangled in the catenary near Wilmington, Delaware. Passengers were transferred to other trains,...
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Late in May, the derailment of a BHP Billiton iron ore train caused a two-day closure of the company's 426km privately-owned heavy-haul line to Port Hedland in Western Australia. . The trains on this...
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The driver of a South African Metrorail commuter train who rear-ended a freight consist on 2 January 2011 has been fired. Damage to the value of R12 million was caused and a guard was in hospital for...
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On 29 May, according to a BBC report, travel chaos hit thousands of East Coast Main-Line passengers after four power lines came down. East Coast said 70 of its 102 scheduled services were disrupted....
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A system-wide malfunction of the Long Island Railroad's (LIRR) 350 ticket vending machines on 26 May forced morning rush-hour commuters into Manhattan to pay cash for tickets -- or be billed onboard...
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According to SA Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) figures quoted by the Mail & Guardian, daily collisions on the country's railways averaged 3.28 in 2009. The total of 1,200 compared with 1,002 in 2008....
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In mid-May, two class 34 diesel locos derailed on the Cullinan branch east of Pretoria as a result of sleeper theft. In the last weekend of May, more sleepers were stolen, resulting in the...
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During May, electric points motors were stolen at Capital Park yard and on the line from Pretoria North to Rustenburg. A 28 May hook-up at Bon Accord north of Pretoria (loco pantograph tangling in and...
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On 25 May, passengers on a train that failed near Kentish Town station at 18:30 due to electrical supply problems complained that they were stuck in a tunnel for nearly three hours with no water, air...
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