Buckled rails due to temperatures exceeding thirty degrees may have been the cause of a New Zealand freight derailment in the North Island national park. Six wagons left the track blocking a level...
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Four wagons derailed on 15 January near the Huron and Eastern Railway building at the end of Irwin Street, Bad Axe, blocking Woolworth Street for some time before the wreckage could be cleared. One...
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UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report:
At around 17:31 on 22 February 2015, a high speed passenger train (HST), the 16:34 First Great Western service from London Paddington to...
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There was alarm at Martinez in San Francisco’s East Bay area on 20 January when three tankcars carrying sulphuric acid came off the track beneath the Benicia road bridge and one turned over on its...
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An unusually severe storm hit the United States east coast on Friday 22 January. Ten people were initially reported to have died and a state of emergency was declared in 10 states as well as...
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Heavy rains in Mozambique’s Zambezi Valley undermined the Sena railway to Moatize on 16 January, causing the derailment of a Vale coal train and considerable track damage. At one point the rails were...
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On 21 January, the last two vehicles of an 8-coach Metrorail 5M2A set caught fire near Glencairn station, between Fish Hoek and Simon’s Town. The flames ignited vegetation close to the line and a...
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Something went wrong with the brakes on a Shosholoza Meyl express from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg on 3 January 2016. On a video clip taken by a passenger, screeching noises could be heard that...
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A train from Johannesburg bound for East London was stranded in Burgersdorp at 07:00 for five hours in a heat wave on 4 January. Prasa spokesman Mthura Swartz confirmed the five-hour delay, explaining...
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On 4 January, Transnet Freight Rail driver Martinus van der Merwe was conducting external inspection of diesel locomotives 37 066, 37 095 & 37 019 heading train 9693 which was stationary on...
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