FREIGHTS SIDESWIPE: 15 WAGONS DERAIL

One freight train that sideswiped another along Puget Sound near Tacoma in Washington state on 25 February resulted in the derailing of 15 wagons. Four were conveying sodium hydroxide. No injuries...

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46 DERAILMENTS ON BEIRA LINE

Lack of maintenance on the Beira-Zimbabwe railway caused 46 derailments in just two months, according to a spokesperson for Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique (CFM ' the state railway & harbours), cited...

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SEVENTEEN OFF NEAR FLATHEAD TUNNEL

On 22 February, 17 wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) train comprising over 100 vehicles carrying wheat derailed at Rock Creek west of Whitefish, along the western portion of the...

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MINOR DERAILMENT IN NORTHBOROUGH

A westbound consist from Framingham derailed a wagon on 10 February in Northborough, Massachusetts, where it was headed with goods for local firms. There was no spillage and nobody was injured. The...

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ARGENTINA'S WORST IN 15 YEARS

Four people died and 120 were injured when a passenger train crashed into another standing near the San Miguel station, about 30km outside Buenos Aires. Officials said 16 people remained in hospital,...

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BOMB BLAST ON COLUMBIAN MINE RAILWAY

The 149km mine railway operated by coal giant Cerrejon - Colombia's largest coal exporter - suffered its second bomb attack of 2011 just before midnight on 23 February. No casualties were reported and...

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HIGH SPEED PROBLEMS IN SOUTH KOREA

The high-speed KTX train system is causing safety concerns after a Seoul-bound train from Busan came to a halt near Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, two weeks after the derailment of a KTX train near Gwangmyeong...

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POTTERS BAR CRASH IN 2002

The UK's Network Rail has admitted failings that led to the Potters Bar crash in which six passengers and a pedestrian were killed when a train from London to King's Lynn derailed on 10 May 2002. The...

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PASSENGERS EVACUATED; 50 FREIGHTS DELAYED

Unruly' Hussein Abdi Hassan, 24, who was removed from a Chicago-Seattle express at 20:30 on 14 February, later made a threat that led to the train's 150 passengers being evacuated.The train was...

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DELIVERY VAN BRINGS TRAIN TO A STOP

The driver of a delivery van in Boise, Idaho, noticed too late that the red lights were flashing as he approached a level crossing. He stopped but realised he was too close to the automatic barriers...

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