The Fire Department in Arkansas City, Kansas, used some 9,000 litres of water putting out flames in a pile of 30 timber sleepers that caught fire twice during the weekend of 21-22 July. Fire chief Jon...
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On 26 July, a freight train from Chicago bound for Portland, Oregon, derailed about 32km east of Glasgow in north-east Montana. An official of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway was quoted...
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On 22 July, a freight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, derailed seven wagons carrying sand about 60km north of its destination, Fort Worth in Texas. Other traffic was diverted to alternative routes until repairs...
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According to press reports from India, a landslide near Kasara in the Thane district caused a local train to run off the track. The Vidarbha Express, bound for Mumbai, ran into the derailment. Two...
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We reported previously on the tragic death of much-loved Cradock Primary principal Wimpie van der Merwe, who organised tours by train from Port Elizabeth to rugby matches for nearly 20 years. The...
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On 4 July, a Union Pacific coal train derailed in Glenview, Illinois, when a bridge over a road collapsed. First reports said there were no injuries, but when employees worked their way into the...
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From 1994 for nearly 20 years, Wimpie van der Merwe organised train tours from Port Elizabeth for fans travelling to rugby matches. The excursions were widely known as “Wimpie se trein”....
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Blaming a computer problem for the breakdown of a Gautrain set on 17 July near Centurion did not endear the system passengers. Another train was sent to pull the defective unit back to the station but...
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Gautrain has made much of being disabled-friendly but the real test lies in its capability to deal with equipment failures. A regular user spelled out his experience with the lifts going out of order...
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According to a BBC report, two passenger trains collided in the Badrashin area of Giza, south of Cairo, after rocks were placed on the track. Three coaches in a train from the province of Suhag...
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