ELEVEN OFF IN CLEVELAND

Eleven wagons of a Union Pacific train derailed in Cleveland, Jackson County, Wisconsin, on 23 July, but the cargo of lumber, steel and liquid molasses was undamaged and there were no injuries. [...

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ROCKFORD TANKCAR DERAILMENT & FIRE

On 19 June, 12 of 14 tankcars in a 114-wagon train, each containing 135,000 litres of ethanol, which derailed at the Mulford Road crossing in Rockford, Illinois, caught fire. The two other derailed...

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COAL TRAIN DERAILS 34 WAGONS

No injuries were reported on 16 July when 34 wagons of a Union Pacific (UP) coal train derailed about 13km west of Limon, Colorado. Company spokesman Mark Davis was quoted saying that crews worked...

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BRIDGE COLLAPSE KILLS SIX

Six people died and at least 15 were injured when a bridge collapsed in New Delhi. The structure forms part of the city's metro rail system. 'Five sections of trackbed were in place on the elevated...

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FAULTY MANUFACTURE CAUSED CRASH

The cause of a train crash in China's Hunan Province that left three people dead and 63 others injured has been attributed to the negligence of a worker at Nanjing Puzhen Vehicles Corporation, which...

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SENA LINE DERAILMENT

Urgent repairs have been completed in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, when a locomotive and 19 wagons came off the track near the Chitsadze river...

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SAN FRANCISCO LRT COLLISION

Four people were hurt critically, 23 'seriously' and about 35 others  were also treated in hospital after a San Francisco L Taraval light rail vehicle ran into a K Ingleside stationary train on 18...

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US ACCIDENT KILLS 2

On 13 July, the two-person crew in a train of 83 freight wagons were killed in Bettendorf, Iowa, when their locomotive collided with stationary vehicles in a railway yard at 02:00. 'About a dozen'...

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WEST JAPAN PRESIDENT RESIGNS FOLLOWING CRASH

After indictment by prosecutors following a train derailment that killed more than 100 people in 2005, West Japan Railway Company President Masao Yamazaki says he will resign, but will remain on the...

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UK ENVOY IN TANZANIAN CROSSING ACCIDENT

Three people aboard a British High Commission vehicle escaped unhurt when their vehicle collided with a train at a railway crossing in Tanzania recently. Deputy minister for infrastructure development...

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