OIL SPILLS FROM DERAILED LOCO

The locomotive and several wagons derailed on 17 November during a shunting movement at Bulls Gap in Hawkins County, Tennessee, on the Southern Railroad. Fortunately the last four vehicles - tankcars...

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BROKEN AXLE CAUSED DERAILMENT & FIRE

On Monday 30 December 2013, a westbound BNSF grain train derailed near Casselton, a small town in North Dakota, and wreckage fell onto the adjacent track. This caused the two locomotives and 21...

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8-HR STALL IN SUB-ZERO CANADA

According to a report on Canadian television, a Quebec passenger train running from Sept-Iles to Schefferville was stalled for eight hours at temperatures between minus 26C and minus 33C before fire...

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8-HR STALL IN SUB-ZERO USA

On 5 January, the locomotive of an Amtrak passenger train lost power during freezing weather in south-western Michigan. The passengers were left stranded aboard for more than eight hours, but did have...

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OIL TRAIN COLLIDES, DERAILS, EXPLODES

Residents of Casselton, a small town in North Dakota, were advised to evacuate their homes on Monday 30 December following a collision between two freight trains. One of the consists, more than 100...

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HUNDREDS EVACUATED AFTER OHIO OIL SPILL

On 27 November, four loaded tankcars derailed during a shunting move in a CSX yard at Willard, Ohio. 'About half' one wagon's 117,000 litre load of styrene monomer spilled. The adjacent wagon also...

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AMTRAK'S CRESCENT DERAILS

On a very cold 25 November, seven of the nine coaches in a New York-bound Amtrak Crescent express left the track in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, soon after midnight. The two locomotives...

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NEW YORK COMMUTER CRASH KILLS 4

On 1 December 2013, the 05:54 Metro-North (New York) commuter train from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan's Grand Central station derailed at speed on a curve near Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx area....

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95 MILLION DOLLARS FOR LAC-MEGANTIC DECONTAMINATION

When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Lac Megantic region in Quebec on 21 November, he promised a government contribution of $95 million towards the town's cleanup cost - 50% of the...

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90-WAGON TANKCAR TRAIN DERAILS & EXPLODES

On 15 November, a train conveying crude oil in 90 tankcars derailed in western Alabama. A number of wagons went off the line, spilling oil into a wetland area and some reportedly exploded....

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