IRISH BRIDGE COLLAPSE FOLLOW-UP

A year has passed since the Malahide viaduct on the main Belfast to Dublin railway collapsed. A report from the Railway Accident Investigation Unit claims Iarnród Éireann (IE - the Irish state...

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TRAIN PASSENGERS HURT IN CROSSING COLLISION

Though train passengers do not usually sustain injury in level crossing collisions, 19 were reported hurt ' one critically ' at Sewage Works Lane near Sudbury in Suffolk, UK on 17 August 2010. The...

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BROKEN RAIL CAUSED TUNNEL DERAILMENT

CSX Transportation has blamed the 5 August derailment of 13 wagons in Baltimore's 100-year-old Howard Street Tunnel on defective track, spokesman Gary Saese told The Baltimore Sun's Michael Dresser....

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CANADIAN TRAIN DERAILS 43 WAGONS

On 25 August, a Canadian National freight train derailed 43 wagons at the Scotford Yard, about 3km north-east of Fort Saskatchewan.  The 'mixed cargo' included seven types of hazardous materials, from...

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BLACKHEATH CROSSING: 9 DEAD

During the morning peak on 25 August, a minibus-taxi carrying 14 scholars overtook a queue of vehicles waiting at the Buttskop Road crossing 1km south of Blackheath station (29km east of Cape Town),...

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MASSIVE WASHAWAYS IN PAKISTAN

Already facing a serious financial crisis which led to discontinuation of services on many routes, several hundred kilometres of railway line have been washed away in Pakistan. Officials of the...

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RSR INVESTIGATES FATAL BLACKHEATH LEVEL CROSSING COLLISION

The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR) inspectors are on site, investigating a level crossing accident which left eight (8) school children dead in Blackheath in the Western Cape. The collision...

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LONDON UNDERGROUND RUNAWAY

On 13 August 2010, a serious runaway occurred on the London Underground's Northern Line. A self-propelled diesel-powered rail re-profiler had been working between Highgate and Archway stations on the...

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TREES DISRUPT AMTRAK

Train passengers along Amtrak's busy north-east corridor confronted delays for most of Wednesday 11 August after a tree knocked out power and signals in Mercer County. The tree took down overhead...

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CANADIAN DERAILMENTS

A Wekusko Subdivision work train derailment on 12 August disrupted long-distance passenger trains in Canada's Manitoba. Bus replacement services were provided between The Pas and Thompson. Then at the...

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