The American state of Ohio is served by more than 40 railway companies operating on 8,800km of line. There are more than 6,500 level crossings. The figures appear in the annual Highway-Rail Grade...
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On 14 May, trains approaching Cape Town via Ysterplaat were badly delayed when the signals at Bay Junction went down in a power failure. Commuters who were late for work thronged a Metrorail office at...
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On 13 May, fire destroyed the roof of the station at Mabalane, on the Maputo-Zimbabwe line in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza. According to the Maputo daily "Noticias", it is believed that...
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According to the Herald, published by the government of Zimbabwe, 'the line between Harare and Norton has been completely stripped of catenary copper wires.' As there are now no electric locomotives...
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On 12 May, 37 loaded coal wagons in a 142-car Union Pacific train derailed a short distance west of the town of Washington (Missouri, not DC). Workers had their hands full putting things to rights, as...
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A former switchman [shunter] employed by the Raritan Central Railway in Edison, New Jersey, who severely injured his knee in a fall in July 2004, has settled with the company out of court for $1.25...
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When a 37-year-old woman offered a scrap-metal yard bags containing hundreds of rail anchors, tie plates and spikes, the dealer tipped off the police. She had pilfered a ton weight in pieces of the...
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On 8 May, approximately 200 people were reported hurt after a Metrorail commuter train ran into another at Wonderboom station north of Pretoria at 19:00. Sapa quoted a Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)...
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Unconfirmed reports talk of a 'major' derailment on the main-line east of Harare, near Headlands. Apparently a freight train bound for Mutare ran away without the driver. The cargo included granite...
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A burst water main in Baltimore County flooded the north-east corridor main-line, the busiest in North America, on 29 April, with all through and local services between New York and Washington DC...
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