KHAYELITSHA DERAILMENT

On 11 June, the first day of the Soccer World Cup, part of a 12-coach 8M commuter train derailed on the Khayelitsha line between the Philippi and Stock Road stations in Cape Town. The set was split to...

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NIGERIAN DERAILMENT

Soon after leaving Kano station en route to Nguru in Yobe state, a passenger train derailed on 10 June. No serious injuries were reported but some 400 passengers were left stranded and several nearby...

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LANDSLIDE CAUSES SOTTISH DERAILMENT

On 6 June, a multiple-unit diesel passenger train from Glasgow to Oban derailed after dark near the Falls of Cruachan. The driver said he applied emergency brakes on seeing "two huge rocks on the...

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UP DERAILMENT IN TEXAS

On 3 May, a Union Pacific freight train derailed in Marshall, Texas, right outside the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum. There were no injuries and no hazardous material was spilled, but passenger and...

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AMTRAK DERAILMENT IN ILLINOIS

The last two coaches on an Amtrak passenger train from St Louis to Chicago derailed in Granite City, Illinois on 6 June, sending five of the 63 passengers to hospital with minor injuries. All were...

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TRAIN ON FIRE: RANDFONTEIN

Cable theft during the night of 3-4 June stranded an early Friday morning Metrorail electric commuter train at Randfontein, 45km west of Johannesburg. Angry passengers, realising they would be late...

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TRAINS COLLIDE: KEMPTON PARK

The following is a report exactly as it appeared in iol.co.za: 'Two people were injured and 18 were escaped with no injuries when two trains collided in Kempton Park on Saturday [5 June], Johannesburg...

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CLASS 34 DERAILED AT ALLANRIDGE

At about 05:00 on 2 June, main-line diesel-electric 34 058 ' en route to shunt the silos at Allanridge (29km north-west of Welkom in the OFS) - ran onto the ground. Running hood-first, and in the...

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COLLISION AVOIDANCE TRAIN-TO-TRAIN COMMUNICATION

A collision avoidance technique based on short-distance train-to-train transmission is under test at the Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre near Düsseldorf in Gernamy. The trials are being led by...

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DERAILMENT WEST OF SPOKANE

The derailing of 16 empty freight wagons at Edwall, about 45km west of Spokane in Washington state on 1 June, blocked the main-line to Seattle. Some 300 metres of track were damaged as the train...

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