RAILWORKERS IN NEAR MISS

An investigation has found that nine rail workers were just seconds away from being hit by a passenger train with no warning of it approaching at almost 160km/h. The track staff were working on a bend...

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INDIA: FLOODS DERAIL TRAINS

Late on 4 August, the Kamayani Express from Mumbai to Varanasi derailed 12 coaches near Harda in Madhya Pradesh. At about the same time, the Janata Express – travelling in the opposite direction -...

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CANADIAN PACIFIC COAL TRAIN DERAILS

On 1 August, a Canadian Pacific coal train derailed 18 wagons near Sparwood, British Columbia. The crew were uninjured. Emergency personnel attended but due to track damage it was not possible to...

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DERAILMENT AT GODMERSHAM

At approximately 21:40 on 26 July, the 20:10 train from Charing Cross to Ramsgate travelling at approximately 110 km/h struck a number of cows that had gained access to the railway at Godmersham,...

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CTA ELEVATED TRAIN DERAILS

On 5 August, a four-coach train derailed on the Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated Green Line. There were no injuries. The municipal fire department evacuated 78 passengers, including two in...

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JAMAICA SIDE-SWIPE

Afternoon peak-hour service was suspended on 17 July following a side-swipe collision at the busy Jamaica junction in New York. Preliminary findings suggested that the driver of a Huntingdon-bound...

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TRAIN KILLS PHOTOSHOOTER

A California photographer doing a photoshoot used a southbound train as a backdrop to his female model. He appears to have forgotten where he was standing, but a northbound train quickly put him...

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LANGWORTH DERAILMENT

Train 6E54 was the 10:39 from Kingsbury Oil Terminal to Humber Oil Refinery, consisting of a class 60 locomotive and 22 empty, diesel fuel, tank wagons. The train was travelling at approximately 77...

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VAN HITS TRAIN: 1 DEAD

A front-seat van passenger died when it ran into the side of a train in Middletown, Ohio, on 29 July. Nine children were admitted to hospital. The crossing gate was down and the lights were flashing....

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B TRAIN SUICIDE, NEW YORK

Allegedly caught cheating on common core testing at Teachers College Community School, Jeanene Worrell-Breeden, 49, jumped in front of a B train at 135th Street station in New York City on 17...

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