On 3 November, an eastbound 137-wagon freight from Prince George in British Columbia to Edmonton, Alberta, derailed 13 vehicles near Peers, about 177km short of its destination. Twelve of the wagons...
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On 1 November, a locomotive and four wagons derailed in Millcreek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania. City fire department officials said the loco, one of three heading the train, was damaged in the...
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Twelve tankcars derailed and three exploded in a 90-wagon train on 7 November in west Alabama. Crude oil spilled and a trestle bridge was burned out. Fire department teams were still at the scene...
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Three covered Union Pacific hopper wagons carrying petroleum coke to the nearby port derailed as they were being hauled from the Valero Refinery at Benicia, California on 4 November, but none of the...
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On 5 November, an afternoon signalling problem at Nyanga on Metrorail's Central Line in Cape Town gave rise to train delays of up to 40 minutes. Apparently three men alighted from a stationary train...
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On 25 August 2010, minibus-taxi driver Jacob Humphreys, who was taking 14 children to school, overtook a line of stationary cars, ignored warning signals and drove around the lowered booms at Buttskop...
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On 30 October 2013, 15 people died when a Dandora-bound commuter train ran into a 33-seater matatu minibus at an 'unofficial' crossing at Mutindwa in Nairobi's Umoja estate. About 20 were admitted to...
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On 2 November, while the Alleppey-Dhanbad Express was travelling between Kerala state near India's southern tip to Dhanbad near the border with Bangladesh, rumours that there was a fire on board led...
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Eight people were killed and two others injured when a train ran over them at Gotlam station in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 2 November. All had been passengers on another train who...
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On 28 October, five passenger train operating companies in England said no services would operate until it was safe to do so. The extraordinary announcement by Southern Railway, Greater Anglia, First...
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