KENILWORTH BOOMS

A badly upset motorist who called in to Cape Talk Radio on 15 December reported an unnerving experience at Kenilworth. She said the crossing booms, though not in the normal completely open position,...

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HEADPHONE BOY KILLED BY TRAIN

On 12 December, Shane Johnson, 15, on his way home after visiting a friend, slipped through a hole in the fence close to the Kromboom Road bridge over the Cape Flats line near Crawford station....

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NAMIBIAN COLLISION

More details have been reported about the Namibian collision on 7 December in which a 14-year-old boy was killed. New Era, published in Windhoek, says the driver of the three locomotives left...

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PARKED ON LINE - ARRESTED

A 32-year-old woman who left her car on a rail line in Moorhead, Michigan, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, driving under the influence and refusal to submit to alcohol testing....

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MIRROR IMAGE, 3 YEARS BACK

Boon Boonzaaier recalls: 'Almost exactly three years ago (26 December 2006) the last Bushveld Train Safari was stopped at Frederikstad to cross the tourist train from Cape Town. Our driver dropped...

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MARIENTAL CRASH

According to The Namibian, published in Windhoek, two passenger coaches of a train travelling from the capital to Keetmanshoop with 95 passengers on board were derailed and damaged beyond repair when...

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TRANSNET PAYS 12-YR-OLD R16M

In February 2007, Adriaan Andrew, then nine years old, lost both legs in an accident at Kalbaskraal station near Malmesbury. His mother instituted an action in the Cape High Court which has ordered...

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CORNFIELD MEET

Shortly after 14:00 on 7 November, tourist class train 71010 from Johannesburg to Cape Town was instructed by radio to take the loop at Frederikstad, 43km north of Potchefstroom, in order to cross a...

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VIDEO AIDS L A SPAD PROBE

A new safety breach on the San Bernardino commuter line east of Union Station near downtown Los Angeles is under investigation. The current probe is among the first to study footage from newly...

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WHITEFISH CLEANUP DELAYED

Removal of contaminated sediment from the Whitefish River in Montana is taking longer than expected. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) to...

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