LEICESTERSHIRE DERAILMENT

On 20 February 2010, one pair of wheels on a passenger train derailed at East Langton, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Train 1F45, the 14:55 from London St Pancras to Sheffield, comprised a...

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COLLISION IN WASHINGTON UNION STATION

An out-of-service MARC train, operated by an Amtrak crew, was being backed into Washington Union Station. It collided with an Amtrak shunting movement pulling a dome car and a privately-owned coach....

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BRAKSPRUIT BRIDGE REOPENED

The Brakspruit Bridge has been reopened following the derailment of a rock phosphate train on 19 September 2010 that knocked the first two steel spans off the supporting piers. This resulted in...

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UK TRAIN OVERSHOOTS STATION BY 4KM

On 8 November, the 06:45 passenger train from London Charing Cross to Hasting overshot Stonegate station where it was scheduled to stop by 4km. On its approach it was travelling at about 100km/h. The...

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PROSECUTION IN AFTERMATH OF UK CRASH

On 10 May 2002, seven people died when a London to King's Lynn train derailed due to points failure at Potters Bar in North London. In 2005, a Health and Safety Executive report said poor maintenance...

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TICKETED FOR PARKING ON THE LINE

Just after midnight on 27 October, the police in Taylor (Williamson County, Texas) arrested a man who had parked his Ford pick-up on the railway track. According to press reports, he 'failed a field...

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DRIVER DIES IN KROMKLOOF DERAILMENT

Two class 37 diesels - 37-076 and 37-094 ' were badly damaged and the driver died when a train derailed in a cutting at Kromkloof, between Bosoord and Bultkop, 84km from Belfast on the Steelpoort...

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METRORAIL TRAIN ON FIRE

At approximately 12:15 on 5 November, a Metrorail train caught fire at the Braamfontein yard where rolling stock is stabled. No injuries were reported, but three Metrorail employees were treated for...

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CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK FALLS ONTO TRAIN

On 5 November 2010, a three-axle concrete mixer vehicle crashed through the parapet of a bridge over the double-track railway near Oxshott, Surrey, UK, and fell 10.5 metres onto train 2G46, the 15:05...

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GRAFFITI WRITERS FATAL RUN-DOWN BY TRAIN

From a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) report: On 31 October, three Montreal teenagers who had been decorating a wall with graffiti failed to notice an approaching train which ran them down,...

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