Three tankcars in a northbound Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) train conveying diesel oil to Mandeni derailed a short distance past Maidstone station on 29 July. Though the Durban fire department attended...
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On 2 August, there was a break-in at the Transnet Freight Rail substation located at Soetendal railway station, 89km north of Cape Town. It is assumed the objective was to steal copper cable. The...
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According to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which maintains a running tally on incidents of copper theft, there has been a third 'substantial' drop in cases reported since the...
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On 2 August, four roads in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, were blocked while crews recovered six rail wagons and their cargo of coal after a derailment. The 75-wagon CSX train from Beckley 'with...
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A 5 August derailment of 15 tankcars on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway near Plevna in Montana resulted in a spectacular fire, as eight vehicles conveying denatured alcohol caught alight....
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At the end of July, a coach on India's overnight Tamil Nadu Express from Delhi to Chennai caught fire at Nellore, about 500km south of Hyderabad. At least 32 people were reported dead. An electrical...
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At the end of July, a coach on India's overnight Tamil Nadu Express from Delhi to Chennai caught fire at Nellore, about 500km south of Hyderabad. At least 32 people were reported dead. An electrical...
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Thousands of rail commuters were stranded at the end of July by huge power disruptions in the north and east of India. The capital Delhi was among the states worst affected by two days of successive...
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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said the stoning of buses and trains in Khayelitsha on 3 August followed public threats by the ANC Youth League to make Cape Town "ungovernable" and "bring it to its...
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According to a News24 report on 30 July, a security guard at Mayfair station west of Johannesburg told people on the platform they were not allowed to drink alcohol. Three men then tried to assault...
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