According to an Indian press report, there are nine deaths every day on local suburban lines. Mumtaz Kazi Khathawala - described as the first woman to drive trains in the country - applied brakes when...
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In a malicious incident on 24 May, someone piled rocks on the track near Coeur d'Alene in Idaho. Amtrak's Empire Builder express, which connects Seattle with Chicago, was able to stop short of...
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On Friday night 22 May, 23 of the 125 wagons in a freight train from Nebraska to Illinois derailed in the town of Belle Plaine, Minnesota. Crews worked hard through the weekend and into Monday to...
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Eight coaches of the Jammu-Tata Nagar Muri express derailed in Uttar Pradesh on 25 May. One woman died in the accident. The accident occurred some 170km from Lucknow, between Sirathu and Atsarai in...
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Late in May 2015, middle-of-the-night thieves brazenly stole 150 metres of copper cable from the A Line subway system in the New York borough of Queens, closing down the line and disrupting travel for...
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Eight people were hurt in a 14 May accident reported in Nashville, Tennessee, their ages ranging from 74 to 97. Apparently a 21-year-old entrepreneur was giving rides at a “senior living...
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“Fluctuating power supply” is thought to have “triggered” a collision between two light rail passenger trains on Line 1 in Caloocan City, Manila on 24 May. Presidential...
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Copper signal cable has been targeted by thieves in a number of incidents recently in the Barkly West area near Kimberley. Between 19 and 20 May, in two separate thefts, some 85 metres of cable were...
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A fallen tree on the track is believed to have been the cause of a derailment on India’s North-East Frontier Railway on 23 May. The locomotive and five coaches of the Guwahati-Siphung express...
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Five wagons carrying timber derailed on 9 May near the Union station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Some track damage was reported, but there were no injuries. ...
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