COLLISION AT CALDWELL

On 30 March, two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) trains collided head-on at Caldwell, 86km south of Temple in Texas. One locomotive and three empty wagons derailed. [ Temple lies 206km...

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COLLISION NEAR VIENNA

Eleven people were injured when two trains collided north of Vienna during the last week of March. A local passenger train from Tulln to the city ran into a freight near Klosterneuburg in the...

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SCHOOLBUS HIT BY TRAIN

On 23 March, a schoolbus with seven students on board attempted to negotiate a level crossing that was being reconstructed at Moorine Rock in Western Australia. The front wheels became wedged over the...

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MANY FATALITIES IN TANZANIAN COLLISION

On 31 March, a passenger train ran into a freight that had stopped between the Gulwe and Igandu stations, about 90km east of the Tanzanian capital, Dodoma. According to the This Day reporter in...

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INDIAN REBELS BLOW UP RAILWAY

According to the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), a group of suspected radical left-wing rebels blew up a railway track in the northern Indian state of Bihar, disrupting train services, but nobody was...

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LOUISIANA : 5,500 LEVEL CROSSINGS

On 14 March, 48-year-old Brenda Buggs, with four children (none her own) in the car, failed to hear or see an approaching train at a three-track crossing in Monroe, Louisiana. A westbound Kansas City...

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RIG GROUNDED ON STEEP CROSSING

On 18 March, a Union Pacific freight train hit an empty semi-trailer at a crossing in North Shore near the Salton Sea, California. Highway. The big low-loading rig stuck as it attempted to cross, as...

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ARSON IN THE US

The Crimestoppers organisation offered up to $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of arsonists who caused extensive damage to rolling stock of the Union Pacific Railroad...

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USA DERAILMENT: 15 OFF

At 07:15 on 25 March, 15 freight wagons derailed in a yard at Clarksville, Tennessee. No injuries were reported and no hazardous substances leaked. Three tankcars were involved but all were empty. The...

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WASHINGTON METRO TRAINS DERAIL

On Friday 27 March, a six-car Washington DC Red Line Metro train experienced braking problems at the Bethesda subway station,. After a second, empty, train was brought up to provide pushing power, it...

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