LOCK UP THE SCRAP DEALERS

From the The Charleston Gazette. See readers' comments below the following story : 'Five members of one family have been arrested  after they allegedly tried to steal several large metal plates...

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CONGO CRASH KILLS 60

A serious derailment on 21 June between Bilinga and Tchitondi - about 60km from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville - reportedly resulted in some 60 deaths. Chemin de fer Congo-Océan...

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CULLINAN STEAM TRAIN DERAILED

Recently refitted class 15F no 3117 heading a steam-hauled excursion derailed in a cutting on 20 June due to sleeper theft. There were more than 600 passengers on board the run from Pretoria to...

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JBG-DBN MAIN-LINE CLOSED BY DERAILMENT

On 24 June, 15 wagons in a Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train carrying dolomite derailed in Sprucewell, near Balfour in Mpumalanga, closing both tracks of the main Johannesburg-Durban line. According...

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RSR INVESTIGATES GOODS TRAIN DERAILMENT IN SPRUCEWELL

The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR) inspectors are investigating the derailment of a Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train, which took place in the early hours of Thursday 24 June, in Sprucewell near...

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Cullinan Derailment

RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR INVESTIGATES CULLINAN DERAILMENT Following a derailment early this afternoon of a steam locomotive, owned and operated by a private operator, Friends of Rail, traveling...

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MANCHESTER RUNAWAY

Britain's Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is looking into the derailment of two out of five runaway wagons in a siding at Ashburys, Manchester at about 00:25 on 4 May 2010. Five wagons,...

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FALLS OF CRUACHAN AFTERMATH

Britain's Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is looking into a derailment at about 20:55 on Sunday 6 June 2010, involving the 18:20 from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban. The train comprised a...

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MEXICAN CRASH KILLS 13

On 15 June, according to a BBC report, 'at least 13' people were killed when a freight train ran into another in north-western Mexico. 'TV footage showed dozens of wrecked train carriages that had...

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FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN AMTRAK FIRE

A piece of metal found in the track is suspected to have something to do with a fire aboard an Amtrak passenger train on 27 May. The FBI is investigating what is believed to be foul play in Van Buren...

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