There was a major derailment at Muldersvlei, 47km north of Cape Town on Easter Friday 22 April. A number of flat wagons came off the line and some containers were destroyed. The main-line remained...
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According to a 4 May radio report:
Passengers booked on a Shosholoza Express to Johannesburg on 3 May were told at Cape Town that the train had been cancelled as there were no locomotives....
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From the British press, 4 May 2011:
Angry mobs in Argentina burned train coaches in at least three stations after a derailment caused long delays to commuter services on 2 May.
Police said the...
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On 27 April, emergency and hazardous materials crews were dealing with two out of four barges that broke free from a towboat on the Ohio River and jammed against a rail bridge over a back channel. One...
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On 17 April, a coal consist rear-ended another eastbound train at McPherson, about 72km south-east of Council Bluffs near Red Oak, Iowa, killing two crew members and shutting down the Burlington...
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Late in April, flooding by the Red River forced the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch and to close another, while Canadian National Railway (CN) closed one...
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On 20 April, about 30 out of 124 wagons derailed in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train around 3km south of Hannibal in eastern Missouri, alongside the Mississippi River.
According to BNSF...
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In a shunting accident in a yard at Seattle, a double-stack container flat wagon derailed when it was sideswiped by a passing train. No other damage was reported in the collision, which took place at...
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During peak hours, commuter trains on the Senseki line used to arrive every few minutes at stations along a 48km stretch of north-east Japan. Train traffic stopped at 14:46 on 11 March, when the 9.0...
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Snow melting on already saturated ground contributed to floods in North Dakota's Red River Valley which caused the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) to close six lines. Grand Forks, Minot...
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