A CSX locomotive
heading a 104-wagon freight train derailed when it ran into debris from a
rockslide in Lynchburg, Virginia. The consist included empty crude oil tankcars
and two wagons containing...
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One of seven
passengers hurt when an Amtrak express hit debris on the track in Vermont was
airlifted to hospital on 5 October. The train was travelling at 92km/h at the
time. Six others went to...
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Norfolk Southern 44-car Intermodal train 204-29 derailed nine wagons on the single main-line track at Marshall, Virginia (approximately 80km west of Washington, DC) on 30 September, when it collided...
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On 30 September, a Shosholoza Meyl intercity train travelling from Johannesburg to Cape Town was stranded near Nelspoort in the Karoo, between De Aar and Beaufort West, following the theft of overhead...
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The coroner at an inquest in London returned a verdict of double suicide in the case of two women who died at Ealing Broadway station in June. According to evidence, the 36-year-old mother and her...
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Two out of 16 wagons in a New York and Atlantic freight train carrying construction materials derailed west of Hicksville, Long Island, on 15 September. No injuries were reported. A 30 metre section...
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Shortly after noon on 17 September 2015, the 10:55 from Cambridge collided with the buffer stops at King's Cross station, London, platform 11. The train was formed of a four-car class 317 electric...
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Eight Union Pacific wagons and two locomotives came off the track on 20 September in Oklahoma City, leaving two crew members injured. No hazardous material was involved as the train was carrying scrap...
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On 25 September, a power pole was brought down by a cane train that derailed near Ingham, Australia. It took an hour before live wires at the accident scene were disconnected. The driver is believed...
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On 23 September, an empty train derailed as it was pulling out of the West Side Yard on its way to Penn Station, shortly before 17:00. Due to its partially obstructing train access into Penn Station,...
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