According to press reports, 19,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid, 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel and about 100 gallons of sodium hydroxide were spilled when a train derailed on 27 January at Martin, in...
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On Saturday 17 January, four wagons of a Transnet Freight Rail goods train bound from Bellville via Sir Lowrys Pass to Caledon derailed while moving out of the loop to regain the single-track...
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On 14 January, a gang made its way through a Metrorail train in Cape Town's southern suburbs, shocking passengers with stun guns and robbing several. One man who was stabbed badly had to have severed...
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Rail traffic was halted on 10 January after an explosive device placed on the Beheira railway in Egypt blew a hole a metre deep and damaged the track. There were no casualties. According to civil...
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While empty tankcars were being shunted at Island View on the Wests branch near the Durban harbour complex on 12 January, a minor derailment occurred, reportedly as the result of the locomotive's...
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Seven wagons in a train travelling from Scottdale to Smithfield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, derailed in Uniontown on 22 January, spilling a type of sand known as 'Frac'. One reportedly came to...
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On 17 January, Central East African Railways (CEAR) spokesman Chisomo Mwamadi announced the suspension of all rail service in the south of Malawi due to severe and widespread flood damage. Track was...
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In the first week of January, Madrid's Atocha station was evacuated after a man threatened to blow himself up. He claimed to have a bomb in his backpack but nothing was found when he was arrested. On...
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Remember the 1993 film The Fugitive? Harrison Ford plays a doctor wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder. In the movie a bus carrying prison inmates plunges down high ground off the highway onto a...
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Early in January, a motorist in Gilroy, 190km south of San Francisco, collided with a rail inspection trolley at a crossing protected by automatic gates and warning lights. His car overturned, pinning...
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