A freight train struck a motor home at a railroad crossing in Burlingame, south of San Francisco, late on 24 April. The vehicle apparently stalled on the line. People in the vicinity helped try push...
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On 1 May, an unattended locomotive set off on its own on a siding in Winchester, North Virginia, and derailed at a road crossing. To contain spilled oil, crews from the local fire department dug a...
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At least seven people were killed and 20 injured when a local passenger train collided with a freight including several oil tankcars in the southern city of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu....
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On 2 May, five Transnet Freight Rail diesel locomotives (class 34 and 37) left the track together with a number of wagons after colliding with a large articulated truck at a crossing near Ermelo. The...
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On 24 February, 34 048, heading the southbound pick-up goods from Bothaville in South Africa's north-eastern Orange Free State, failed at Schuttesdraai siding, 21km. Attempts were made to restart the...
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Approaching the Keechi Creek trestle in a remote part of Leon county, Texas, on 23 April, the driver of a Union Pacific freight put his train into emergency braking when he realised the bridge was on...
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On 21 April, two CSX Transportation locomotives derailed and overturned in the Benning yard in north-east Washington DC. The local fire department was called to contain fuel and chemical spills....
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All passenger train services by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit were suspended on 28 April when a bush fire jumped the tracks near Union City, New Jersey, in the busy north-east corridor. Firefighters...
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Rail services in the Blackwater coal system in central Queensland were disrupted for four days following the 22 April collision of two coal trains at Grantleigh, about 150km west of Rockhampton.
The...
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On 19 April, “at least” 80 people were reported hurt when two commuter trains collided at San Rafael on the outskirts of Mexico City. The 27km Metropolitan Area Suburban Railway from Buenavista to...
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