The collapse of a supporting pier carrying the viaduct across the Broadmeadow Estuary 13km north of Dublin on 21 August was caused by tidal 'scouring' of the foundations, subsequent investigations...
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Metrorail suburban passenger services in Durban were disrupted on 21 September by a widespread power failure. According to spokeswoman Thandi Mkhize, trains in the KwaMashu, KwaDukuza and Umlazi areas...
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The urgency of work involved in the current upgrading of the 781km metre-gauge Chemin de fer Djibouti-Ethiopien (CDE ' the Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway). has been emphasised by a 'string of derailments'...
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On 21 September, Chicago Metra suburban train service was disrupted following a report at 06:00 saying there was a suspicious package at the Aurora station. Police were alerted and the area was...
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On 22 September, the diesel locomotive of a Metra suburban train on the Rock Island Line caught fire shortly after 06:00. The Chicago fire department attended and was able to extinguish the blaze....
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On 22 September, Train 158, scheduled to depart from Newburyport for Boston at 07:00, failed to start due to a mechanical failure in the diesel locomotive. The line serves Ipswich, Beverly, Hamilton,...
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The one line refers to the extent of newspaper coverage ' nobody was killed, nobody was injured and no locomotives were written off in this distinctly unnewsworthy event. In railway terms however, it...
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On 9 September, in yet another senseless level crossing accident, two men lost their lives. Their bakkie was hot right in the middle near Stellenbosch by a Metrorail passenger train. It took the train...
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A 25-year-old man who sat on the line until a train came was badly injured at Durban's busy Berea Road station. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. According to a press report "The man...
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On 8 September, police were alerted by a motorist reporting a three-year-old who was standing on the rails at a crossing in Gary, Indiana. She positioned her car so that other vehicles would not...
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