ONTARIO DERAILMENT

A freight train derailment near Parry Sound, Ontario, on 1 October delayed VIA passenger service between Toronto and Capreol for two days. Both west and eastbound "Canadian" transcontinental expresses...

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LOS ANGELES MOVES AGAINST ACCIDENTS

The Metrolink (Los Angeles) Board of Directors has authorised completion of a $120 million contract for a system intended to prevent train-to-train collisions. CEO John E Fenton was directed to...

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AMTRAK HITS TREE

On 24 September, an Amtrak passenger train from Richmond bound for Newport News hit a tree that had fallen across the track. There were no injuries aboard the passenger train and it did not leave the...

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WHITEFISH SAGA

Whitefish, population 5,000, a city in Flathead County, Montana, and home to a ski resort, originated when the Great Northern Railway was built through the area in 1904. In 2006, over 68,000...

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MORE UGANDAN RAILWAY THEFTS

The Police in Kamuli intercepted two lorries loaded with railway sleepers, estimated to weigh over two tonnes, following a tip-off from residents. The first vehicle, carrying more than 250 pieces of...

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INDONESIAN COLLISION KILLS 36

On 2 October, 36 people lost their lives when a passenger express to Surabaya ran into a stationary Semarang-bound train at a station in Petarukan Pemalang, Central Java province, Indonesia. More than...

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METRO NORTH SUSPENDED DUE TO FIRE

On 20 September, all service on the busy Metro North commuter line into Manhattan was suspended due to a fire beneath the bridge over the Harlem River. The fire reportedly followed the explosion of a...

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TRACK STOLEN FROM MINIATURE LINE

Miniature railway track in the South Kitsap Community Park, Washington state, was damaged by vandals during late September and parts from some 12 metres of track were stolen. A representative of the...

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BRIDGE COLLAPSE HITS PROMINENT MINE

JSE-listed Palabora Mining Company has warned shareholders that magnetite shipments and sales revenues will be impacted by the catastrophe at Brakspruit on the line between Phalaborwa and Hoedspruit...

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INDIAN COLLISION: 22 DEAD

At least 22 people were killed and 50 injured when two trains collided in central India on 21 September. According to a Times of India report, a freight train smashed into a passenger service that was...

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