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Derailment makes triple Friday headache for British network

Simon Walton
April 5, 2024
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A triumvirate of deep depressions hit British railways on Friday. Commuters into London Paddington and airline travellers heading for Heathrow were grounded by a freight train derailment just after sunrise. In addition, pickets were on duty at Euston and elsewhere, in pursuit of the latest strike by drivers. To cap it all, there was a…

Train operators fined over derailment that killed two

Guest authors
April 4, 2024
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NSW Trains and the Australian Rail Track Corporation were charged with breaching the state’s rail safety laws after the XPT passenger train came off tracks north of Melbourne on February 20, 2020.

2021 CP Derailment Caused by Undetected Rail Flaw

Jennifer McLawhorn
April 2, 2024
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Winnipeg, MANITOBA – The TSB in Canada reported an undetected rail flaw led to a broken rail and subsequent derailment of a CP train back in October 2021.
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NTSB Sheds Some Light on NS Derailment

gobstopper
March 8, 2024
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LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP, Pa. –– As Railway Age reported on March 2, there was a three-train derailment on Norfolk Southern’s line just east of Steel […]

BNSF Settles Lawsuit With Private Landowners After 2018 Derailment

Jennifer McLawhorn
February 21, 2024
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed as of reporting, but BNSF has reportedly settled the lawsuit from the Kooima family over a 2018 derailment.
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NYC train collision causes subway derailment 24 injured

gobstopper
January 9, 2024
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NEW YORK — A subway collision caused two trains to derail Thursday afternoon in Manhattan, the MTA said. The accident happened at around 3 p.m. near 96th Street and Broadway […]

Fortescue Metals Group rail operations expected to resume Wednesday after WA derailment

gobstopper
January 9, 2024
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Rail operations at Andrew Forest’s Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) have been hit following the derailment of multiple ore cars over the weekend. Key points: The […]

Kevin Pearson, 75, charged with causing deaths of Kevin Baker and Mick Warren in horror truck, train smash has cancer

gobstopper
January 9, 2024
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The man accused of driving his truck into a freight train near the NSW border, killing two people, has cancer and was doing only “occasional truck driving”, a court has heard

Firefighters control grassfire sparked by coal train derailment in NSW

gobstopper
January 9, 2024
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New South Wales firefighters have controlled a grass fire that was sparked from a coal train that derailed on Wednesday. Key points: Twenty-six carriages of […]

Long-awaited report into 2020 North East train derailment due soon

gobstopper
January 9, 2024
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A long-awaited report into a Barnawartha train derailment is set to be released four years after the incident.