A freak hurricane that lashed southern England on 22 October, killing three people (a tree fell on one woman in central London's Knightsbridge), turned rail services upside down. Winds of 170km/h...
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On 28 October, 28 out of 119 wagons in an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) coal train came off the track in Waco, Nebraska, narrowly missing collision with a grain elevator....
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A bus carrying 45 people which stalled on a mine railway crossing near Rustenburg on 17 October was hit by a locomotive. Reportedly 30 passengers were taken to hospital, including two 'critically'...
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Buses were brought in to carry passengers on Gautrain's airport line on 13 October. Service was halted due to a power failure which meant no trains could operate between Sandton and O R Tambo...
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Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) district manager south-west zone Rasheed Gbadamosi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the corporation suffered substantial loss of revenue due to the main...
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A 17 October excursion special taking sightseers to view autumn trees in the Ozark Mountains stalled when the locomotive lost adhesion, apparently due to leaves on the line. The incident occurred near...
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There have been a number of incidents where people have been hit by trains when trapped on trestle bridges in America. The latest, on 11 October in Southern California, resulted in the death of a...
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Eastern India was on high alert at the weekend as the powerful cyclone Hudhud approached. Airport operations were suspended and large numbers of army personnel placed on standby. Some 24,000 people...
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On 7 October, the derailing of 12 wagons in a Konkan Railway freight train badly damaged 160 metres of track. In a press statement, the railway explained that the train had been travelling between two...
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The France-Spain high-speed line was closed between Figueres and Barcelona on 4 October because of serious flooding in the 7km tunnel below Girona. Emergency services working with the military pumped...
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