On 30 April, a train from Chicago carrying crude oil derailed about 14 wagons in Lynchburg, Virginia. Several tankcars burst open, leaking oil into the adjacent James River. No injuries were reported,...
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On 28 April, four empty wagons in a CSX 72-vehicle freight train derailed at Cypress Gardens, about 30km from Charleston in South Carolina. In the accident, a road bridge spanning the railway...
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Following a 22 April derailment on Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Congolais (SNCC ' the state railway in the Democratic Republic of Congo), at least 63 people were reported dead and over 80...
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On 7 April 2014, the Blue Train en route to Cape Town was annulled at Klerksdorp. A technical inspection took place when this station was reached, following complaints by passengers to the train...
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On 23 April, a lorry that collided with a railway bridge in Hockley near London resulted in the line being closed for some time between Hockley and Rochford. This caused serious delays to the Greater...
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On 6 April, a southbound Union Pacific (UP) ore train ran into the rear of another freight consist in Kosse, Texas. One locomotive and 'about' 14 wagons derailed, UP's Elizabeth Hutchinson told the...
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On 23 April, the Canadian government ordered the removal from service of 5,000 oil tankcars believed unsafe for duty, at the same time ordering the removal or upgrading of a further 65,000 vehicles....
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In yet another incident apparently attributed to wearing headphones while walking, a man was killed on Saturday afternoon 26 April when he was hit by a train. According to a television news report,...
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On 8 April a train travelling from Quetta in Pakistan to Rawalpindi (near the capital Islamabad) had just arrived at Sibi - about 150km into its journey - when a bomb went off in one of the coaches....
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On 19 April, 13 coaches out of 16 in a 19-vehicle Almaty-Atyrau passenger train came off the track between Zhanterek and Enbay in Kazakhstan. Reportedly there were 586 passengers aboard and a crew of...
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