CAR ABANDONED ON TRACKS: DRIVER JAILED

A resident of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, who drove onto the railway on 29 January, abandoned her vehicle when it became stuck on the track. Within minutes it was hit by a train. Kentucky State Police...

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SANTA FE: 22 OFF

On 18 February, 22 wagons in a freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway derailed near the city hall in Santa Fe. Ten were tankcars, some carrying propane. Two tankcars were...

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US RAIL HARD HIT BY WEATHER

Railways in the north east of the United States were brought to a halt by the worst weather in decades. Washington's metropolitan system closed down all surface portions of its system, retaining...

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FATAL DERAILMENT: BRUSSELS

At least' 18 people died on 15 February and nearly 60 were injured when two peak-hour Belgian electric commuter trains collided head-on at Buizingen, a suburb in south Brussels. It is thought one ran...

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RODENT'S MEAL DELAYS 99 UK TRAINS

During January, a rodent that chewed through a one-inch high-voltage cable on Britain's west coast main-line delayed 99 trains. Twenty services had to be cancelled. Network Rail has embarked on a...

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WEATHER CLOSES PERUVIAN LINE

Peru's popular tourist railway to Machu Picchu is to be closed for at least two months following torrential rain and mudslides. Late in January, many tourists were stranded after the line was washed...

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WARRENTON DERAILMENT DIVERTS BLUE TRAIN

On 11 February, the Blue Train and two other Cape main-line passenger expresses were diverted via Bloemfontein due to a goods train derailment at Warrenton, 70km north of Kimberley. The Blue was held...

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STELLENBOSCH CYCLIST SURVIVES SPAT WITH TRAIN

A 20-year-old University of Cape Town student from America is "very lucky" to be alive after being hit (from behind) by a Metrorail commuter train near Stellenbosch. She was cycling with friends at a...

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INDIAN DERAILMENTS FOLLOW BLASTS

On 10 February, rail lines were blown up in India's Sundargarh district for the second time in 48 hours, derailing eight wagons of a goods train. The rebels responsible are fighting for communist rule...

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THE EUROSTAR BREAKDOWNS

Kevin Smith, reporting in the International Railway Journal (IRJ), has explained what went wrong beneath the English Channel on 18 December: 'Extreme weather conditions in northern France caused five...

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