A coal train operated by the DB Schenker company came off the track at West Sleekburn, Northumberland, on 17 November, leaving wagons strewn across multiple tracks. The consist was heading from Blyth...
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A rock slide caused the derailment of a Union Pacific freight on 23 November near Kremmling, Colorado, about 160km west of Denver. Amtrak's Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr was forced to miss...
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A heavy snowstorm on 25 November cut Amtrak operations west of Albany through Buffalo to Chicago. Buffalo itself reported snow nearly two metres deep. Amtrak runs four passenger trains in each...
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A 'blaring' hooter that sounded at Gautrain's Sandton station on Friday morning 21 November reportedly sent commuters scurrying. Apparently it was a 'false fire alarm' (according to Bombela's Errol...
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A 22 November explosion on Egypt's Sharqiya line damaged a metre-long section of rail and left a cavity beneath the track. Train services had to be suspended until repairs were completed and security...
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Our attention has been drawn to a release by the Railway Safety Regulator concerning an occurrence at Centurion on 2 October which was not reported here at the time.
Apparently a Metrorail commuter...
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It's one thing to find oneself stalled on a crossing with a train coming, but imagine the embarrassment of driving into a stationary train - a train stalled on a crossing. That's what happened to a...
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On 9 November, an unidentified person pushed a 61-year-old man waiting on a New York subway station platform (with his wife) onto the track in the path of an incoming train. He was killed instantly....
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On 13 November, 16 people were injured when a bomb exploded in a Cairo metro train. It appears they were hurt when passengers panicked and stampeded in trying to leave the coach. Nobody was reported...
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Lengthy delays to suburban passenger service followed the derailing of a Rift Valley Railways freight train on the main-line at Embakasi, a residential area east of Nairobi's CBD, on 11 November 2014....
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