FATAL GERMAN COLLISION

At 22:30 on 30 January, a passenger and goods train collided head-on at Hordorf, near Magdeburg in Germany's eastern Saxony-Anhalt. Ten people died and some 40 were injured. The passenger train,...

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QUEENSLAND FLOODS AFTERMATH

Queensland's Blackwater coal rail system, which supplies the big Gladstone coal port, may not be back at full capacity until the end of March. Flood washaways to the spur line to Xstrata's big...

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BUSIEST US COMMUTER RAIL SUSPENDED

On the day after Christmas, all passenger service on the Long Island Railroad, the busiest commuter line in the United States, was suspended due to heavy snow. According to an Associated Press report,...

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BNSF PERRY DERAILMENT

Late on 13 January, a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight derailed 13 wagons in the middle of Perry, Ohio, only blocks away from the public library, post office, city hall...

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ELEVEN WAGONS OFF AT WINFIELD

On 24 December, 11 wagons in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight train left the rails at Winfield, Kansas. Nine fell over but two remained upright. The area was cleared within 12...

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DERAILMENT: 90 COAL TRAINS CANCELLED

On 22 January, a derailment on the heavy-haul export coal line to Richards Bay resulted in a three-day shutdown and 90 coal trains cancelled, according to a Reuters report quoting Transnet Freight...

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GIFT TRAIN DERAILS

A train carrying birthday gifts for North Korea's future leader derailed on 11 December in a possible act of revolt by the regime's opponents, according to a Seoul-based radio station. Open Radio for...

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WIND DERAILS TRAIN ON BRIDGE

A gust of wind is believed to have caused the derailment of a goods train on a bridge near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 27 December, disrupting passenger and freight service between there and...

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COLLISION NEAR SPRINGS

According to a News24 report on 15 January, 95 passengers sustained injury ' of whom seven were said to have been hurt seriously ' when two passenger trains collided near Springs, 33km east of...

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EASTERN CAPE MAIN-LINES AT A STANDSTILL

A derailment outside East London, according to a News24 report on 15 January, blocked both tracks on the main-line, bringing all traffic ' long-distance and commuter, passenger and freight - to a...

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