ANOTHER OSHAWA (TORONTO) DERAILMENT

On 30 March, three locomotives and nine wagons in a Canadian National (CN) freight train derailed near Oshawa (Toronto), resulting in trip cancellations through eastern Ontario and into Montreal....

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POLICE AVERT COLLISION

On 28 February, police in Hoopeston, Illinois, were called at 02:00 to the railway at West Washington Street where a Ford Ranger truck was trapped at an angle across the track. While officers tried to...

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BUCKLED RAIL AT CUMMERSDALE, UK

On 1 June 2009, at approximately 14:20, diesel single-unit class 153 railcar forming train 2C31, the 13:05 from Whitehaven to Carlisle, was travelling on the Maryport and Carlisle section of the...

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RAIL ACCIDENTS IN EUROPE

Legislators work constantly with rail companies and engineers to help limit rail accidents, structural damage to rolling stock and - most importantly - loss of life. Causes include human error, lack...

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INDIANA DERAILMENT

A 128-wagon Norfolk Southern coal train headed from Chicago to a Detroit Edison coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Michigan, derailed 38 vehicles in Waterloo, about 80km east of Elkhart, on 27 March....

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FATAL DERAILMENT AT WASHBURN

On 25 March, two of five Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad locomotives heading north about 5km south of Washburn, xxxxxx, derailed on the banks of Turtle Creek when the ground beneath the...

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ARSON & VANDALISM DURING CT STRIKE

A strike by Metrorail employees in Cape Town ' in its tenth day as at 8 April - has been marred by incidents of arson and cable vandalism. Seven coaches have been set on fire in separate incidents, as...

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TRANSNET FREIGHT RAIL DERAILMENTS

Acting Transnet CEO Chris Wells told a press briefing in Johannesburg that there was an overall reduction in the number of derailments in the 2009/10 financial year compared to the previous year....

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MOSCOW UNDERGROUND BOMBS KILL 38

According to an Associated Press report, 'female suicide bombers' were responsible for massive blasts at two central Moscow underground stations on 29 March. The bloodbath left 'at least' 38 people...

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NORWEGIAN RUNAWAY KILLS THREE

According to a BBC report, 16 wagons broke loose from a Norwegian freight train and ran away towards the port in Oslo. Derailing at speed, they smashed into a building, demolishing the structure and...

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