RAIL ARSONIST APPREHENDED

Jeffrey Scott Rigterink, 45, was arrested on 14 February and charged with the arson six days previously of a CSX Railroad portable office in a Grand Rapids (Michigan) railway yard. He is also...

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FLOODS DERAIL TRANSNAMIB TRAIN

On 12 February, floodwater from Namibia's Dabib River washed away the railway between Hardap en Salzbrunn, just north of Mariental , resulting in the derailment of a 17-wagon, Windhoek-bound train...

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NEW ZEALAND QUAKE AFTERMATH

Queensland’ state-owned coal miner Solid Energy is stockpiling coal destined for foreign markets at its mines until its export logistics chain through Lyttelton (the port of Christchurch) is...

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UK SPADS INCREASE

The number of serious incidents in which British trains passed danger signals increased last year. There were 306 category A cases of signals passed at danger (SPAD) on the railways in 2010 compared...

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BOMB ATTACK ON BERLIN SIGNALS

On 12 February, German police were able to prevent a bomb attack on railway signals on the northern edge of Berlin. They seized and defused two explosive devices in cable ducts near the town of...

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QUEENSLAND CYCLONE AFTERMATH

From the Courier Mail, 5-6 February 2011: 'Category 5 Cyclone 'Yasi', packing in wind speeds of 280/290km/h at the core, is recorded as the strongest to have hit Australia in recent times. 'Yasi'...

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RAIL THIEVES CAUGHT

On 6 February, according to the Napa Valley Register, Cameron Alan Nauman, 21, of Martinez, and Joshua David Elmore, 20, of Brentwood, allegedly used a boltcutter on the locks at a yard of the...

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CAPE TOWN TRAINS DISRUPTED

From early on Monday 14 February, serious disruption of Cape Town commuter services followed extensive vandalism and cable theft on the busy Khayelitsha section. A shuttle service was introduced...

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INDIAN ROOFRIDERS KILLED

According to the Times of India on 1 February 2011, at least 15 people were killed and more than 50 seriously 'injured when over a thousand people returning from a recruitment rally of the...

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FALLING DEBRIS DERAILS TRAIN

On 5 February, train 2T02, the 05:55 from Hebden Bridge to Leeds in Yorkshire, struck rubble as it approached Dryclough Junction in Halifax at about 48km/h. Comprising a class 158 two-car diesel...

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