According to TransNamib acting CEO Eugenia Tjaronda, the derailment during December 2012 behind Dune 7 near Walvis Bay cost the parastatal more than N$65 million. The two locomotives ' both write-offs...
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On 2 March, all rail traffic through Voi, 164km from Mombasa on the main-line to Nairobi, was halted for some six hours following the derailing of a Magoda Soda freight train. The cause was suspected...
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Firefighters from Quincy and Port Jefferson attended a locomotive 'with its engine room ablaze' in the early hours of 27 February in the city of Sidney in Shelby county, Ohio. The fire was reported...
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There is a problem at an elderly railway bridge crossing 273rd West Avenue in the city of Bristow, Oklahoma. Residents duck their heads when driving underneath because from time to time, large lumps...
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On 19 February, signal problems halted Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) train 1255 outside Union station in Chicago in the afternoon rush hour. Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile told the media...
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Lengthy and very costly stoppage in the movement of export coal hit Mozambique's Moatize mines on 12 February. This resulted from the closure of the Sena line to the port of Beira following washaways...
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A serious goods train derailment involving ten wagons near Tenga on the Maputo-South Africa main-line in mid-February resulted in total closure of the route to all traffic. The accident weakened the...
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On 1 March, protestors blocked the railway in Upper Egypt by standing on the line, shutting down all train operations. Chairman of the National Association for the Egyptian Railways Hussein Zakaria...
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On 9 February, according to the Indian Express, the Shahjahanpur district administration ordered an inquiry into an incident on 6 February when two deaf and dumb children, both about 12, ran away from...
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Minor delays' to scheduled Metrolink commuter services were reported on 3 February when an empty Amtrak passenger trainset due to work the Coast Starlight service to Seattle derailed a short distance...
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