On 2 May, five Transnet Freight Rail diesel locomotives (class 34 and 37) left the track together with a number of wagons after colliding with a large articulated truck at a crossing near Ermelo. The...
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On 24 February, 34 048, heading the southbound pick-up goods from Bothaville in South Africa's north-eastern Orange Free State, failed at Schuttesdraai siding, 21km. Attempts were made to restart the...
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According to a 25 April report in New Vision, published in Kampala, the railway to Uganda remained paralysed for two weeks after youths ripped up the track at Kibera near Nairobi. The area, the...
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On 12 April, a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train en route from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo collided with two adult elephants and a calf in the Bongoro area between Dete and Thompson Junction....
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On 15 April, rioting youths ripped up a substantial portion of the main railway running through Kibera township near Nairobi, severely disrupting train operations. Their actions, recalling similar...
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On 9 April ' the Thursday before the Easter weekend - Shosholoza Meyl's 'economy' class Durban-Cape Town express was stranded for some eight hours between Harrismith and Bethlehem due to theft of the...
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On 31 March, a passenger train ran into a freight that had stopped between the Gulwe and Igandu stations, about 90km east of the Tanzanian capital, Dodoma. According to the This Day reporter in...
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According to the Herald, published in Harare by the government, the theft of overhead wires worth $US108,000 has disrupted National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) services between the capital and...
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Concern over a recent spate of railway derailments and collisions, notably in South Africa's northern Free State, has led to a suspicion that language may be a contributory factor. Traditionally,...
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On 4 March, four Metrorail coaches ran away down a slight grade and derailed near Brackenfell station, 26km from Cape Town on the main-line to the north. It appears they were being worked on at a...
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