Nearly 30' wagons were reported off the track near Williford, Arkansas, on the morning of 23 January. Two tankcars carrying hazardous material were involved but no leakage from either occurred. No...
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On 20 January, a 139-wagon freight train from Oakland (across the bay from San Francisco) bound for Chicago derailed five vehicles in the town of Colfax, California. Although these remained upright, a...
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More than 300 people were reported hurt on 31 January when Metrorail commuter train 9017 ran into the rear of stationary train 9009 between Cordelfos and Kalafong stations, shortly after 07:00. One...
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A strike by railway workers delayed nearly 400 scheduled trains, according to Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (PKP - Polish State Railways). Important junctions and key stations were reportedly blocked,...
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From Bruno Martin, 25 January:
'After a prolonged dry spell and heatwave, now the entire east coast of Queensland is being lashed by torrential rain from ex-tropical cyclone ‘Oswald' that formed over...
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Participants in Canada's 'Idle No More' grassroots movement have been staging almost daily protests against the government's Bill C-45, which they say violates treaty rights and weakens environmental...
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Four coaches on fire (and burned out) in a Metrorail emu commuter set at Woodstock, one station from the main Cape Town terminal, badly disrupted afternoon peak-hour services on 22 January,...
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During the evening of 22 January, two coaches in an incoming Metrorail commuter train from the south-west were set alight at Croesus, south of Langlaagte in Gauteng. A motor coach and trailer were...
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Unprecedented violence on 26 January in Port Said, Egypt's fifth largest city was so extreme that long-distance trains ran through without stopping, to avoid being caught in the trouble. More than 350...
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Train operations were being authorised manually at Vienna on 21 January while technicians were working on the points. During this time ' the morning rush hour - two opposing trains, both consisting of...
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