On 10 April, 30 residents within a 2km radius were evacuated after 39 wagons in a Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train came off the track in Trenton, South Carolina. One of the derailed tankcars...
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Track damage following the derailing of three Canadian National loaded grain wagons at Grande Prairie, Alberta, on 8 April provided a headache for repair crews, but local pigeons had a field day. The...
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On 10 April, 24 Canadian National grain wagons left the track in a spectacular accident near Kathyrn, Alberta, 32km north-east of Calgary. The vehicles landed up on their sides, parallel to each...
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A 'slight landslide' following heavy rain was believed to be the cause of a 30-wagon freight train derailing15 vehicles near Gefyra in Greece, late in March. Two crew members were reported hurt. The...
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The Faridpur Express in Bangladesh made a scheduled stop at Rajbari around breakfast time on 12 April. Apparently the driver alighted; reportedly he was chewing beetle leaf on the platform. To his...
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On 10 April, 30 rural South Carolina residents were evacuated within 2km of a Norfolk Southern Railroad derailment. Press reports datelined Trenton, a small town of less than 250 people, said a...
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A Union Pacific freight train routed from Council Bluffs in Iowa to Kansas City derailed seven wagons as it left the station in Des Moines on 31 March. Four of the affected vehicles were empty; the...
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Vandalism of railway property in the Western Cape reached crisis proportions several times in 2013 and 2014. In the past three years, vandalism cost the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)...
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Metrorail in Cape Town faces continuing problems along its busy central line to Khayelitsha, notably where the track adjoins informal settlements. Any type of fencing or walling is stolen or broken...
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The report on an incident in India a year ago highlights the importance of fast rescue action following an accident. On 20 March 2014, five coaches in a local train from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji...
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