LANDSLIDE DERAILS KURANDA TOURIST TRAIN

A tourist train carrying 200 passengers on the scenic Kuranda line in Australia's Queensland derailed following a serious mudslide near Redlynch, 16km from its starting point at Cairns. Five people,...

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SCHUYLKILL RIVER DERAILMENT

On the evening of 8 March, five vehicles in a 123-wagon CSX freight train derailed on the east bank of the Schuylkill River in Center City, Pennsylvania. Repair workers suffered a setback when a...

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FIFTEEN ON THEIR SIDES IN LINCOLN

One of 15 freight wagons that derailed and fell on their sides at about 02:00 on 16 March in Lincoln, Nebraska, was a tankcar containing about 93 tons of chlorine. Had this leaked out, an 8km area...

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DELHI: MOST IMPROVED METRO

Delhi's system was judged the 'most Improved metro' at the 3rd Metro Awards in London on 23 March. Managing director E Sreedharan received a special mention for his 'outstanding contribution to the...

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CHINA: TUNNEL COLLAPSES

Rescuers were working around the clock on 26 March in a search for 10 workers trapped in a collapsed railway tunnel in North China's Inner Mongolia region. The victims were busy with excavation in the...

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FROM FINLAND TO THE ARCTIC

A recent study evaluating the prospects of an Arctic railway from Rovaniemi in northern Finland to the north Norwegian coastal town of Kirkenes shows large potential, the Barents Observer reports. The...

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UP TRAIN CATCHES FIRE

A military truck hit by the leading diesel of three hauling a 100-wagon Union Pacific (UP) wheat train at Saginaw, Texas (about 16km north-west of Fort Worth), caused a fire that seriously damaged the...

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TWENTY OFF IN SANTAFE

Investigations into a 20-wagon derailment in Santa Fe on 18 February which spilled oil and caused 80 people to be evacuated from their homes suggest that a faulty track brace was to blame. The...

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TRAIN SURFER ELECTROCUTED

On 19 March, a suburban electric 'train surfer' was electrocuted in Umhlali, KwaZulu-Natal. According to Metrorail's Thandi Mkhize, "It was not known how the man climbed on top of the train. It is...

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DARN TRAIN GOT IN HER WAY

On 20 February, a Ford Explorer driven by a 19-year-old hit the last vehicle of an Amtrak passenger train at a crossing in Albion, Michigan. Despite bad damage to the front of her car, she continued...

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