More information on the serious 15 October derailment near Bushtick, 58km south of Bulawayo on the line to Beitbridge, was contained in the following report from the Bulawayo Chronicle:
'A trainee...
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The news spreads at night during a suspiciously long stop in the middle of nowhere: the train derailed and we are waiting for the rescue squad. In the morning we find that the engine is gone and the...
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Britain's Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating a serious incident involving a freight train that occurred on the West Coast Main Line in Cumbria. At around 01:51 on 17 August...
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To date it has cost 28 million to build the new Caernarfon to Porthmadog 610mm gauge Welsh Highland Railway (WHR). The locomotives are ex-South African Garratts and much of the track came from...
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Amtrak and South Eastern Philadelphia Transit Authority (Septa) regional lines through North Philadelphia were suspended for several hours on 25 October because of a man stuck 40 feet up a pole next...
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The latest figures released by South Africa's Rail Safety Regulator ' for the financial year 2008-2009 - show that the direct costs of rail accidents to the country amounted to R635 million. These...
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A woman who died when her car collided with a train at a level crossing in Paarl on 25 October appeared to have ignored all the warning signs prior to the accident, Western Cape transport MEC Robin...
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In the first incident of its kind in the Calcutta Metro's 26-year history, two carriages of a Garia-bound train derailed during the morning rush hour, trapping over 2,000 passengers. The derailment...
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One of the fundamental drawbacks of the railway is the unavoidable seizing up of traffic if one train breaks down: the operator cannot simply drive around the obstruction. The problem is at its worst...
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In an early morning derailment on 13 October, a locomotive and 21 wagons left the track at Marche, a small community between Oak Grove and Maumelle in Arkansas. The Union Pacific train from North...
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