EIGHT DIE IN THAILAND DERAILMENT

On 5 October, 'at least' eight people were reported killed when an overnight train to Bangkok from Thailand's southern Trang province derailed 13km south of Hua Hin. Officials said 'nearly 90'...

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DARJEELING-HIMALAYA PROBLEMS

  UK-based GW Travels, which has chartered trains on the famous narrow-gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) eight times since 2005, is planning to switch to road for its four trips in 2011. There...

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DUTCH 3-TRAIN COLLISION KILLS DRIVER

The driver of a freight train died and several people were injured when two freight trains collided near Barendrecht outside Rotterdam. A spokesperson for rail management company ProRail said that...

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AUSTRALIAN RAIL SAFETY HANDBOOK

The Australian Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) has published a security handbook providing non-prescriptive guidance on the management of security risks in a rail environment (both...

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FATAL DRIVE AROUND CROSSING GATES

  On 30 September, Fannie Black, 68, overtook another car waiting at a level crossing in Brookhaven, Mississippi, zigzagged through the lowered crossing gates and was hit by an Amtrak passenger...

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LEVEL CROSSINGS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Electronic files of Southern California's rail system can be downloaded from the Federal Railroad Administration's website,' the Los Angeles Times says, 'but are riddled with errors, placing hundreds...

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INACCURATE US RAIL RECORDS

The official record of accidents and deaths on the Metrolink commuter rail system is incomplete, marred by inconsistencies and largely hidden from view,' says the Los Angeles Times. 'The record makes...

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TRUCK JAMS UNDER RAIL BRIDGE

A construction truck driver who failed to see a sign warning of restricted clearance beneath a railway bridge jammed his vehicle under the structure. Reported in the Erie Times, the incident occurred...

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LOCO THIEF SENTENCED

Brandon Dowdy, the 22-year-old who helped himself to 120 ton CSX Railroad locomotive 2617 in Florida last February has been sentenced to three years' probation and 100 hours of mandatory community...

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COSTLY LAWSUITS FOLLOW RAIL ACCIDENT

On 17 September 2005, a Metra commuter train derailed on a crossover between Joliet and Chicago. Two passengers were killed, and more than 100 injured. Investigations by the National Transportation...

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