RAILWAYS CAUSE FIRES

Investigators in USA's Washington State attribute 'hundreds' of bush fires to sparks set off by railway maintenance crews. Specifically, track grinding machines are blamed for a number of blazes, many...

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LOCOS & 18 WAGONS DERAIL AT MARITZBURG

In a derailment at Pietermaritzburg station on 3 November, three electric locomotives overturned and 18 wagons left the rails, causing extensive damage to track and overhead infrastructure. Driver...

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CHICAGO DERAILMENT & COLLISION

On 1 November, a Canadian Pacific freight train headed south-west out of Chicago derailed in suburban Northbrook, colliding with a train running on the adjacent track in the opposite direction. Both...

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LODI: 19 WAGONS DERAIL

On 28 October, 19 wagons in a westbound CSX freight train derailed at Lodi, 45km west of Akron, Ohio. Local fire chief Andrew Wurstner told the press: ''All but two of the tankcars were empty. The two...

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BROKEN RAIL IN EAST RIVER TUNNEL

Broken rails are a problem wherever they occur, but some places are more problematic than others - like in the tunnels under the East River to and from Manhattan. A break on 27 October caused...

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EIGHT LOCOS RUN AWAY

On 22 October, eight unattended Union Pacific Railroad locomotives, all coupled, took off on their own from Chicago's Canal Street yard. Four derailed at the bridge over the Chicago River, blocking...

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SPANISH END-OF-LINE FATALITY

The driver was killed when a Spanish passenger train ran into the buffers at Lezama in Spain's northern Basque province. Three passengers were reported hurt, one badly. According to...

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NO DEFRIBULATORS ON TRAIN: PASSENGER DIES

Metra Train 610 had just left Chicago's Barrington station early on 8 October when it was announced that a passenger required immediate assistance. Two nurses assisted crew members trying to help a...

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BOMB SQUAD TACKLES OKLAHOMA THREAT

Late on 11 October, all train traffic was halted after a South Oklahoma City resident reported a man 'throwing out several devices' near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). He...

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RUSSIAN COLLISION: 80 HURT

After the locomotive of a passenger express from Moscow failed at Selezni-Tambov station in the west of Russia, a replacement diesel ran into the stationary passenger train, reportedly 'at speed'....

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