Train derailments
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I've been keeping a close eye on train derailments because as plates adjust the simplest things to occur, at least for now would be derailments. I'm sure once spring comes they'll still blame the derailments on snow having caused ruptures on the tracks. So far this year there has been 1 death of a conductor but as we progress in the 7 of 10 events this is sure to change. There were so many this week that I just copied and pasted with the links being provided from their source.
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| Plowed snow derails freight train in Dover Dailyrecord.com The last time a train derailed on the line was about 15 years ago, he said. "We've been down there other times this winter without any problems. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Derailment causes detour, but no damage in Vinton Vinton Today ... ago Vinton drivers headed to the VS basketball game and Band Booster Soup Supper may have experienced an extra detour, due to a train derailment. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Train cars derail in W. Spfld rail yard WWLP 22News (WWLP) - Several freight train cars went off the tracks in West Springfield Friday morning. The cars derailed at the CSX train yard while traveling through ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Plowed snow derails freight train locomotive in NJ Newsday (subscription) By AP (AP) — A railroad spokesman says snow plowed onto the tracks in a northern New Jersey town caused a 100-ton diesel locomotive to derail. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| A solution without a problem Minot Daily News ... provide important information and details about tragic public events, such as the recent Arizona shooting or the 2002 train derailment west of Minot. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo yesterday -
http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/flood-derails-train-charles-...
Flood derails train; Charles City flood warnings remain in place
Crews work at the scene of a Canadian Pacific derailment near Charles City, Iowa, on Tuesday. No injuries were reported. The derailment was caused by a washed-out rail line caused by flooding in the area.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:47 am | Updated: 9:31 am, Wed May 22, 2013.
HOUSTON, Minn. — Even as high rivers started to recede in southeastern Minnesota, flooding caused a train to derail near Charles City, Iowa, late on Monday.
Rescuers called to the scene found the train's engineer and conductor atop one of the derailed locomotives in an area surrounded by rising floodwaters.
No one was injured in the derailment of the Canadian Pacific train.
Railroad spokesman Ed Greenberg says the derailment was caused by a washed-out rail line. Five cars — four of them carrying ethanol — derailed.
Railroad inspectors initially reported none of the ethanol leaked, but Tuesday night the Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed ethanol and diesel were leaking into the Little Cedar River.
The DNR says one of the ethanol cars has been punctured, resulting in a slow leak.
Meanwhile, flood warnings remain in place from the National Weather Service today for two southeastern Minnesota rivers after spring storms inundated the area with rain, though projected water levels are expected to fall steadily through the weekend.
The Root River in Houston County rose nearly nine feet after the recent storm, but it peaked Tuesday night at 16.42 feet; 17 feet is considered moderate flood stage. It had dropped to 14.71 feet as of Wednesday morning, which is still considered minor flood stage, but is projected to fall back to around seven feet by Sunday.
The water level of the Trempealeau River in Dodge County peaked Wednesday morning at 9.19 feet, which is just above what the service considered minor flooding. That marks an increase of three feet since Sunday night as thunderstorm ripped through the area. However, that river is expected to fall to around eight feet by Thursday morning before dropping below the "action" stage on Friday.
Rochester received a record rainfall of 2.07 inches Sunday, which nearly doubled the previous high on that date of 1.20 inches from 1959. Dover got 2.65 inches of rain, and Altura got 2.29.
This spring is already the wettest recorded in Rochester. The weather service said the 15.89 inches through Friday topped the previous record of 15.87 inches in March, April and May of 2001.
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Comment by KM on Tuesday
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/derailed-saskatchewan-...
Derailed Saskatchewan train spills more than 91,000 litres of oil
A freight train jumped the tracks in southeastern Saskatchewan Tuesday and spilled more than 91,000 litres of oil.
The accident happened as the Canadian Pacific Rail eastbound train was rolling through an area near the village of Jansen, about 150 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.
The company said five cars derailed, but only one leaked its contents. A total of 575 barrels hit the ground, said spokesman Ed Greenberg.
“There is one car that was leaking product,” Mr. Greenberg said. “It has been contained into the area around the car.”
The leaking car was well back in the 64-unit train and remained upright. The other four cars were on their sides.
Excavation equipment was being sent to the site to build a wall of dirt to further contain the spill.
Reeve Bruce Elke with the rural municipality of Jansen was content with the way the situation was being handled, although he noted he was seeding his farmland and had not been to the scene.
“My understanding was that it wasn’t that big a spill and everything is going well,” Mr. Elke said.
Oil spills of any sort have been increasingly under the microscope as debate rages over how best to get Canadian oil to foreign markets.
CP Rail has been increasing crude shipments as production ramps up from the oilsands and pipeline companies struggle to increase capacity quickly. Canadian National Railway moved more than 30,000 carloads of crude to various North American markets last year and believes it can double that business in 2013.
However, in New York earlier this month, Prime Minister Stephen Harper suggested rail was a riskier way to go while stumping for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf Coast.
Tuesday’s spill marked at least the third involving a CP train in the last few months.
In April, about 20 freight cars, including two that were carrying light sweet crude oil, went off the tracks near White River, Ont., about halfway between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. While it was initially thought that only 630 litres of oil leaked, the total was revised to about 63,000 litres.
In March, a Canadian Pacific train derailed in Minnesota. At the time, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said 76,000 litres leaked onto the still-frozen ground.
In January a Canadian National train collided with a road grader near the community of Paynton in Saskatchewan. Police said at the time that about 1,000 litres of oil leaked from two tankers in that crash.
Mr. Greenberg said the train that detailed Tuesday was carrying other products besides oil, but there was no indication they were hazardous.
“It was a mixed freight train, so there were other rail cars with other commodities on it.”
Firefighters from Jansen were called in as a precaution.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada was sending an investigator to the site.
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Comment by Lynne Warbrooke on Sunday -
http://www.3news.co.nz/National/tabid/1230/articleID/298397/Default...
Seems the world over the little tell tale signs of movement are makig themelves noticed. I onder how much longer the establishment can continue to ignore the real reasons why these trains just are not running on the rails anymore!
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Comment by Kojima on May 18, 2013 at 8:35am -
US derailment: 'Extensive damage', says Gov Malloy [BBC News; 18 May 2013]
Dozens injured in US train crash [BBC News; 18 May 2013]
Some 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say.
About 250 people were on the trains involved in Friday evening's crash. No fatalities have been reported.
Officials said a train that left New York City's Grand Central station en route to New Haven, Connecticut, derailed then was hit by another train.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said the front of one of the trains had been extensively damaged and its wheels were "sticking into the other train".
One of the five people with the most serious injuries was described as being in a "very critical" condition.
Amtrak has suspended its service between New York and Boston.
Metro-North Railroad described it as a "major derailment", just outside Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said the front of one of the trains had been extensively damaged and its wheels were "sticking into the other train".
One of the five people with the most serious injuries was described as being in a "very critical" condition.
Investigators are trying to find out what caused the crash, which came shortly after 18:00 local time (22:00 GMT).
Gov Malloy said he had no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident.
Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said most of those hurt were walking wounded.
"Everybody seemed pretty calm," he told the Associated Press. "Everybody was thankful they didn't get seriously hurt. They were anxious to get home to their families."
But Canadian passenger Alex Cohen told NBC Connecticut that "people were screaming... they had to smash a window to get us out".
One witness, Brian Alvarez, told CNN: "I saw this one car and it was completely destroyed and they were pulling people out of the car. They were all bloody."
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on May 7, 2013 at 11:29pm
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http://www.wcax.com/story/22178909/train-derails-into-the-passumpsi...
Train derails into the Passumpsic River
Posted: May 07, 2013 6:31 AM ADT Updated: May 07, 2013 11:41 AM ADT
BARNET, Vt. -Three freight cars will be pulled from the Passumpsic River Tuesday morning after derailing in East Barnet.
The cars went off the tracks near the Comerford Dam, and two cars are almost completely submerged. No one was hurt.
The cars were carrying feed grain for Washington County Railroad.
Vermont State Police say it appears the cars tumbled because of bank erosion.
EAST BARNET, Vt. -Heavy machinery pushes gravel along a blown out section of track in East Barnet. Other crews work to shore up the bank of the rail line which parallels the Passumpsic River. This section of the track failed Monday night, causing the freight train to derail.
"The tail four cars derailed. We got three over the bank and one still on top," said Shane Filskov of the Vermont Rail System.
The Washington County Railroad train was headed south from Newport, its cars loaded with corn. No one was injured during the accident. Angie Nelson was watching TV in her nearby apartment as first responders raced to the scene.
"There was a fire truck in the back of our yard in the field over there, and then there was another fire truck that went zooming down past and we were like, what the heck is going on? We all came out and looked around and were like, we don't smell any smoke, we don't see any fire," Nelson said.
At this time, crews are still working to figure out why the tracks gave way. Getting the line back up and running was the priority Tuesday afternoon.
"The cause is still under investigation; it will take some time for us to figure it out," Filskov said.
The cars rest partially submerged just south of the Comerford Dam. It's the same section of river that recently claimed the life of a boater. Throughout the day Tuesday, interested bystanders stopped by to check out the scene.
Reporter Adam Sullivan: You don't get this too often around here do you?
Angie Nelson: No, a little out in the boonies.
Train officials are currently developing a game plan to get the three cars out of the river and up the bank. However, they say that process could take several days.
Repairs to the bank and tracks are expected to be completed Tuesday evening. Railway officials say that will allow them to begin off-loading the corn over the next few days in preparation for removing the cars from the river.
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on May 7, 2013 at 11:23pm
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http://www.news10.net/news/article/244247/2/Wheatland-pumpkin-farm-...
Wheatland pumpkin farm train derails; 3 kids hurt
3:18 PM, May 7, 2013
WHEATLAND - Emergency responders were sent to a pumpkin farm in Wheatland when a small railroad train derailed and several children
onboard were hurt Tuesday morning.According to Austin, the son of the owner of Bishop's Pumpkin Farm, three children received medical treatment. One girl had a bruised arm and was taken to the hospital to determine if it was fractured; one boy had a cut finger and a third child became upset - "a panic attack", according to Austin.
It wasn't immediately clear if the children were on a school tour or otherwise.
Farm maintenance workers were checking the track and train and an inspector was expected to also investigate, Austin said.
In May, the pumpkin farm offers a "hamburger farm" tour where children can see all of the crops needed for making a hamburger, according to the farm's website.
Bishop's Pumpkin Farm is located at 1415 Pumpkin Lane.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2319412/Hundreds-evacuated-...
Hundreds evacuated from homes in Belgium after freight train carrying chemicals crashes and explodes
- It had been thought no-one was injured in the explosion this morning
- But it is now believed two have died after inhaling toxic fumes
Belgian authorities evacuated nearly 300 people from their homes
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Two people are believed to have died after a freight train carrying chemicals crashed and exploded in Belgium this morning.
It had been thought no-one was seriously injured in the explosion after the train came off tracks near the city of Ghent.
But it has now been reported that two people have died, possibly as a result of inhaling toxic fumes from the explosion.
Belgian authorities confirmed they had evacuated nearly 300 people from nearby houses.
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A freight train has exploded on a track near Schellebelle, 20 kms east of Gent, Belgium
It had been thought no-one was injured in the explosion. But it is believed two have died
Belgian authorities evacuated nearly 300 people from their homes after several cars of the train carrying chemicals derailed
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on May 3, 2013 at 10:24pm
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Train-derails-i...
Train derails in downtown Lytle
Updated 2:50 pm, Friday, May 3, 2013
LYTLE — Twenty-six cars of a northbound Union Pacific train derailed Friday morning in downtown Lytle, a railroad official said.
No one was injured, and all the cars, which usually carry sand, were empty, said Raquel Espinoza-Williams, spokeswoman for Union Pacific.
The tracks are closed and UP crews will work overnight to replace about 400 feet of damaged rail. The line might reopen Saturday morning, she said.
It was the second derailment on the UP line to Lytle since October. That one involved three cars and also caused no injuries or evacuations.
UP had a crew working on replacing track somewhere north of Lytle Thursday, the spokeswoman said. Also within the last two weeks, crews were working on crossings in Lytle as part of a track replacement program between Gessner and Gardendale in LaSalle County, a 90-mile stretch and a busy area for fracking.
UP are investigating Friday's derailment. An investigator from the state Railroad Commission also was on the scene, because the cars went off the tracks close to a propane storage unit.
The train, with five locomotives and 101 cars, derailed on a street that runs parallel to Main Street.
About 8 a.m., a police officer came into the city's police station, about a quarter mile from the rail line, to tell Lytle Police Chief Richey Priest that some rail cars had run off the tracks.
“I thought he was joking,” Priest said, “and he wasn't.”
Among the businesses and homes that border the tracks is a propane company at Prairie and Railroad streets. The derailed cars grazed about 11 propane tanks, Priest said, which were empty. But they appear to have missed a propane filling station that can store more than 4,000 gallons of liquid propane, an employee with Lytle Propane said.
About 20 minutes after the derailment, the city sent a reverse 911 call to town residents telling them to evacuate, Priest said. Lytle Primary School had children loaded onto buses when officials determined the derailment didn't pose a danger. A second reverse 911 call went out, 20 minutes after the first, to cancel the evacuation order, Priest said.
The train was headed to San Antonio from Gardendale in La Salle County. Espinoza-Williams said she was not sure when the train left Gardendale.
The cause of the derailment is unknown.
By 11 a.m., spectators, some with cameras, have gathered around the tracks as trucks hauled away some of the damaged railcars.
Lytle Police Lt. Matt Dear said another work train was going to pull up next to the derailed train and remove the undamaged cars.
There were some traffic tieups Friday morning, Priest said, he doesn't expect any major problems until possibly this afternoon, when children leave school.
For now, he's just thankful the cars weren't carrying any hazardous materials.
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on May 2, 2013 at 3:25am
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http://www.wnem.com/story/22134299/train-derails-in-saginaw-several...
Derailed train blocks several streets in Saginaw
Posted: May 01, 2013 6:10 PM ADT Updated: May 01, 2013 7:48 PM ADT
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI (WNEM) -
A train has derailed on the Saginaw-Saginaw Township line and several streets are blocked as a result.
Train derails in Saginaw, spills cargo
A train moving through a Saginaw neighborhood had two cars derail and spill their contents. More >
Until further notice, Superior, Wheeler and Maple streets are blocked due to the derailed train. Wheel is a major thoroughfare. The site looks to be just southeast of the Saginaw Country Club. The street that runs parallel to the crash scene is Burrows.
The derailment happened late Wednesday afternoon. The tracks in that area run east to west.
Photos sent to TV5 show at least two cars on their sides, with their load -- possibly soybeans or corn -- spilled along a grassy stretch near a road. One photo shows a severe bend to the tracks near where the cars flipped.
For a more detailed look into the damage, take a look through the photos in the slideshow to the left of this page.
No timeframe has been given for when the roadways will reopen.
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on May 1, 2013 at 6:36pm
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-01/more-delays-as-another-train-...
More freight delays as another train derails
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Tasmania's southern railway line is expected to be closed for most of the day after a train derailed early this morning.
The train was heading to Burnie when it derailed near Colebrook about 3:30am.
Six wagons came off the track, but TasRail says there has been no damage to the freight and no-one was injured.
Crews are working to repair the line but it is expected to stay closed until later today.
It is the sixth train derailment this year.
TasRail's chief executive Damian White says major track upgrades are scheduled to be completed by September which should minimise future derailments.
He says TasRail is working with customers on an alternate freight solution while the track is repaired.
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