The busy 24-platform main station at Cape Town was brought to a standstill on the afternoon of 11 June, following a bomb threat. No trains were able to enter or leave until security personnel had...
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Early in June, a derailment described as 'major' occurred east of Mutare on the line to Beira. Chas Rickwood reported on the zimrail site that a train apparently ran away down the escarpment and that...
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On 5 June, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) spokesman Sandile Simelane told the press that cable theft had resulted in the cancellation of several trains carrying coal from Mpumalanga to Richards Bay. "If...
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On 29 May, the derailment of 15 wagons in a 136-vehicle freight train at Haines, Oregon, disrupted rail operations throughout the region for a day and hampered road traffic on the US 30 highway. One...
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A defective Canadian Pacific locomotive is suspected of causing a 5 June derailment at Oshawa in Ontario. The Canadian Transportation Safety Board says it could take up to three weeks to determine...
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On 10 March, three locomotives and several wagons filled with coal derailed when a train collided with stationary rolling stock 140km south-east of Mackay in Queensland's Coppabella Yard, the main...
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Unnecessary mishaps on the railway can be avoided largely by minimising access and for this reason, unauthorised presence on or even near rail tracks can cost you dearly in the USA. Recently, three...
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Residents whose homes adjoin the railway in Greece, New York state, are unhappy with the view from their windows ' a line of wagons that hasn't moved in months. The vehicles are some of the 30,000 CSX...
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On 30 May, 16 out of 122 loaded coal wagons in a freight train on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) derailed near Chillicothe in southeast Iowa. No injuries were reported. The track was...
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Very early on 20 May, a medical records clerk on her way home in Lake Wales, Florida, found the gates at a level crossing down with the lights flashing. When she had waited - by her estimation - for...
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