According to an official statement from Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique (CFM ' the state railway), a train derailed 146km north of Maputo on 19 February, on the line to Zimbabwe. One person died and...
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A TransNamib train which left Keetmanshoop at 19:00 on 12 February, due in Windhoek at 07h00 the following day, broke down en route. Passengers complained they were left without food or water until a...
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During a heavy snowfall on 16 February, 29 tankcars carrying crude oil to Yorktown, Virginia, derailed on CSX tracks near Pratt, about 50km south of the state capital Charleston. Two went into the...
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Late on 14 February, 29 loaded tankcars in a 100-wagon Canadian National train came off the line in a remote area of Northern Ontario. Seven wagons caught fire, creating a massive blaze. Nobody was...
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Very early on 14 February, 12 CPC-1232 tankcars in an oil train derailed at Crows Nest Pass in southern Alberta, Canada, two coming to rest on their sides. Fortunately no crude leaked from the two...
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Egyptian news agency Mena reported a 15 February explosion about 200km from Cairo on the railway to Alexandra. There were no injuries but the track was damaged and all train services were cancelled....
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In another tragic Friday the thirteenth railway accident, the locomotive and ten coaches of the Bangalore-Ernakulam intercity Express derailed at Belagondapalli near Anekal in India. Early reports...
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It was Friday the thirteenth with a vengeance in Anahuac, northern Mexico, when a bus on its way from Nuevo Laredo to Nueva Rosita in Coahuila state collided with a Kansas City Southern de Mexico...
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On 29 February, smoke poured into a commuter train standing in the Quincy Center station in Boston, Massachusetts, but passengers were unable to open the doors. In all, six windows were broken by...
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Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Lucky Montana routinely attributes problems to elderly infrastructure and trains - some as much as forty years old. Spare a thought for operational problems in...
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