On 21 May, a south-east bound Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) consist collided head-on with the north-westbound East London-Johannesburg intercity express near Peelton, 56km from the coast in the King...
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North America is increasingly perturbed at the incidence of oil train derailments, accompanied - invariably – by explosions and huge fires. Though most recent accidents have been in remote...
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On 7 May, a flatbed tractor-trailer carrying steel went off a road in Dade County, Georgia, USA, while making a turn, spilling pipes onto an adjoining rail line. A Norfolk Southern Railroad freight...
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A man who was not supposed to be aboard a tram during a “maintenance trip” was hurled through the windscreen when the vehicle made a sudden stop. He fell some five metre s to the ground...
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Two Mexico City subway trains collided on4 May at Oceanía, a busy metro interchange station, reportedly causing injuries to 12 passengers, none serious. Three were taken to hospital. No further...
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The lead locomotive of an Amtrak passenger train sustained “significant” damage when it hit a flatbed truck at a crossing in Amite City, Louisiana, 122km from New Orleans, on 10 May. Two...
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On the evening of 6 May, a Metrorail train with an estimated 2,000 people on board stopped between stations on the line to Umlazi south of Durban due to the preceding train breaking down. Impatient...
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The UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into the derailing of a Heathrow Express trainset at London's Paddington station on25 May 2014. At around 05:20 on Sunday 25...
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On 28 April, two freight trains collided head-on in a siding about 16km south-east of Roswell in south-eastern New Mexico. The driver of one train died in the accident. Reportedly a freight consist of...
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For two years since the disastrous oil train derailment and explosion that wiped out downtown Lac Megantic in Quebec, North American research has been focusing on stricter specifications for tankcar...
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