US TRAIN LOSES ITS WHEELS

On 11 September, a six-loco, 140-wagon Union Pacific coal train from the Twentymile Coal company's Foidel Creek Mine in Colorado lost some of its wheels. More precisely, one wagon in the consist...

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CASSELTON: 19 OFF

On 13 September, an eastbound freight of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) derailed 19 wagons 5km west of Casselton, North Dakota. No injuries were reported but damage was considerable,...

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A BRIDGE TOO FAR

Infrastructure maintenance backlogs are a recurring theme in reports about Africa's railways, with derailments often blamed on poor track. Less frequently ' though this seems to be pure luck ' bridges...

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HITMAN SHOT AT TRAIN

On 3 September, the Chicago Tribune reports, Theodore Howard, 49, a local man who hired a crack addict to kill his ex-girlfriend while she controlled a Metra suburban train, was convicted by a federal...

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TRAIN BRAKED BY TWO MEN AND A GIRL

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train bound for Amarillo, Texas, carrying hazardous materials, was boarded in western Colorado by two men and a girl, aged between 25 and 31. They entered an...

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TODDLERS ON THE TRACK

On 3 September, police in Anaheim (where Disneyland is located) where called by local residents who had noticed two two-year-olds on the railway, used at this point roughly every half hour by...

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BNSF MUST CLEAN WHITEFISH RIVER

In August 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was notified that an oily sheen was reportedly seen on the stream that flows through the town of Whitefish, Montana, originating at Whitefish...

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CAMEROON ACCIDENTS LEAVE SIX DEAD 12

Ten people died and hundreds were reported injured in a passenger train crash near the Cameroon capital Yaoundé on 29 August. On the previous day, a train with 13 wagons carrying gas derailed to the...

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TRUCK JAMS UNDER RAIL BRIDGE

On 28 August, a rental truck running on a road beneath a Norfolk Southern overbridge in downtown Greensboro jammed fast under the structure. No injuries were reported and the span was not damaged. The...

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IRISH LINE COLLAPSES

A potentially serious accident was averted on 17 August when the driver of a Belfast-Dublin main-line train spotted subsidence while crossing the Broadmeadow Estuary viaduct in north County Dublin. On...

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