DERAILMENT AT COLBORNE

An eastbound Canadian National train comprising 137 wagons derailed six vehicles at Salem near Colborne, Ontario, on 23 March. Two were empty flatcars but the others were tankcars carrying...

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RAILWAY CHARGED OVER DRUG SMUGGLING

On 17 March, the United States government sued the Union Pacific Railroad for $37.7 million in fines that have accumulated since 2001 as a result of drug smuggling across the Mexican border on the...

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HE WAS ON-LINE

A 60-wagon CSX Transportation freight train underwent emergency braking on 14 March when the driver spotted a man sitting on the track at Rockwood in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. State police were...

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10 WAGONS DERAIL, ONE IN RIVER

Ten wagons carrying wheat derailed on a trestle at Williston, North Dakota, on 17 March, spilling 4,000 bushels. One vehicle fell 5 metres into Red Bank Creek. According to an official of the...

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DOCKLANDS DERAILMENT

Britain's rail accidents investigation board (RAIB) is looking into the derailment of a train at West India Quay on London's Docklands Light Railway (DLR) on 10 March 2009. Train 706 from Bank to...

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UK RAIL FOLLOWED RAIB RECOMMENDATIONS

The UK rail industry has acted on 97% of the recommendations made by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) says chief inspector Carolyn Griffiths. "Whilst the RAIB is a very new organisation...

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NRZ LOSES TRACTION WIRES ETC

According to the Herald, published in Harare by the government, the theft of overhead wires worth $US108,000 has disrupted National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) services between the capital and...

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HOPPERS MANHANDLED BACK ON TRACK

On 5 March, a CSX Transportation train exiting a poultry feed company siding in Falkville, Illinois, derailed nine empty grain hoppers. It is suspected that a steel piece fell off one wagon and lodged...

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BRIT POLICE AT PENN STATION

According to the New York Daily News, 'members of the British Transport Police (BTP), sporting distinctive 19th century helmets, strolled through Penn Station [in Manhattan] with teams of Amtrak...

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FOOTBALL FANS DIE ON THE TRACK

Two football fans died and 11 were hurt when they were hit by an empty passenger train travelling at about 60km/h near Aubervilliers, north of Paris. They had taken a short cut to reach their bus stop...

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