OIL TANKERS DERAIL IN CANADA

On 7 January, 23 wagons in a Canadian National train of 114 derailed about 40km west of Wainwright in Canada's Alberta. The consist was headed from Edmonton to Saskatoon. No injuries were reported and...

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RIO PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE

On the evening of 5 January, one passenger train ran into the rear of another (stationary) set at Mesquita near Rio de Janeiro. Press reports said 129 people were admitted to hospital, though most...

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MADRID POLICEMAN PUSHED INTO TRAIN'S PATH

On 2 January, a 28-year-old police officer died in hospital after being pushed off the platform and hit by a train at Embajadores station in the centre of Madrid. His assailant, thought to be an...

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MADRID STATION EVACUATED AFTER BOMB THREAT

Atocha station in the centre of Madrid, where 191 people were killed in a terrorist attack in 2004, was evacuated on 2 January 2014 following a bomb threat. Police sealed off the complex for several...

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SCHOOLBUS HIT BY TRAIN: 2 DIE

In a horror collision on 6 January, a schoolbus that failed to stop at a crossing in Larimore, about 160km from Fargo in North Dakota, was hit by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) freight,...

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PROPANE LEAK: HOUSES EVACUATED

During a routine inspection of a Union Pacific train in a yard at Pittsburg, California, on the evening of 7 January, a small leak from a tankcar was detected. As the train comprised 30 wagons...

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TRAINS COLLIDE IN NY TUNNEL

On 17 December, a Metro-North train with 20 passengers that had just pulled away from New York's Grand Central Terminal received a slight corner bump at slow speed from a light locomotive that ran a...

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FIRE ON NRZ PASSENGER TRAIN

The generator van of a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train from Bulawayo caught fire a short distance from Harare on 4 January and burned out at Somersby siding despite attention from...

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FOG DISRUPTS INDIAN EXPRESSES

Dense fog on 22 December caused extensive disruption to South Eastern Railway services in India's Ranchi district. Apparently due to the restricted visibility, one goods train ran into another,...

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TRAIN PASSENGER HURT IN SCOTS FLOOD

Buses were brought in to replace train services between Dumfries and Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland, on 21 December, when tracks were submerged by floodwater. The 22:12 Glasgow Central to...

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