Train derailments

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Spain Experiences its Worst Train Accident in 40 Years An increase in train derailments was one of the first symptoms of the approach of Planet X to become noticeable, being expressed even before Planet X entered the inner solar system in 2003. Planet X was described as affecting the Earth from afar, like tugging on the edge of a spider web where the effects are felt elsewhere on the web; in this way there has been an increase in earthquakes and unpredictable weather going back years, even before Planet X entered the solar system, due to the increased swirling of the Earth’s core. It is therefore logical that an increase in train derailments would accompany any increase in seismic activity – train tracks need to be straight and even the slightest shift to the side of a section of track would cause a train to derail. The area most affected by train derailments is the stretch zone.  Stretch zone quakes are silent, and people are generally unaware anything is happening, although signs such as booms and trumpet sounds can occur. This zone stretches from Western Europe across the Eurasian Plate, and also includes the South-East United States, the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Red Sea and the African Rift. In other parts of the world, shifting ground is more associated with earthquakes that people are aware of, such as the Pacific which is compressing, so authorities inspect railway tracks after any seismic activity, reducing the likelihood of accidents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Examples (click on pictures for link):

[Tracie Crespo]

www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/coal-train-derails-along...

Coal train derails along Clark Fork River in western Montana

• DAVID ERICKSON [e-mail]
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• Aug 14, 2017 Updated 16 min ago 

About 30 cars of a Montana Rail Link freight train carrying coal derailed Sunday near Noxon, just east of the Montana-Idaho border.

NOXON — A coal train carrying 30 cars derailed next to the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir near Noxon in northwestern Montana late Sunday night, according to the train’s operator, Montana Rail Link.

Company spokesperson Jim Lewis said in a statement that the train was not hauling hazardous material and that nobody was injured in the accident.

Sanders County Emergency Manager Bill Naegeli said that he hadn’t been out to the scene yet, so he couldn’t provide any additional information. He did confirm that coal isn’t considered a hazardous material, however.

“It comes from the ground to begin with and it’s a fossil fuel and it doesn’t break down,” Naegeli said before the connection to his phone broke up.

He said the wreck occurred at about mile marker 20 on Highway 200, between Noxon and Heron.

Noxon is located about 50 miles west of Thompson Falls and about 137 miles northwest of Missoula.

Cabinet Gorge Reservoir is part of the Clark Fork River that eventually flows into the Columbia River and then, finally, the Pacific Ocean.

Missoula resident Nate Haflich was out boating on the reservoir on Monday and took photos of the scene that show large amounts of coal that had spilled right on the shoreline.

The incident remains under investigation and it is unclear how long the tracks will be closed.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.wave3.com/story/36125263/train-derails-in-hardin-co

Train derails in Hardin Co.

Sunday, August 13th 2017, 3:13 pm EDT

HARDIN COUNTY, KY (WAVE) - A train derailed in Hardin County late Saturday night.

Twenty-two cars went off the tracks about a mile south of the Colesburg crossing, according to Bryce Shumate with Hardin County Emergency Management.

Most of the cars were auto haulers with vehicles inside, Shumate said.

Several of the derailed cars tumbled down a hill.

No hazardous materials were involved and no one was injured.

Kentucky State Police monitored traffic in the area on Sunday, but the incident did not cause any closures on Interstate 65.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://sanangelolive.com/news/crashes/2017-08-10/fracking-mess-sand...

A Fracking Mess: Sand Train Derails in Miles

Aug. 10, 2017 10:16 am

MILES, TX — A train has derailed just east of downtown Miles. According to Texas Pacifico Railroad who operates the rolling stock along the old Orient rail line, six cars went off the rails. All of the cars were carrying fracking sand for the oil fields west and south of San Angelo.

The derailment happened late Wednesday night at 11:15 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety told KTXS. Our first notification came at 6:30 a.m. when an eyewitness contacted us.

There were no injuries that were directly caused by the derailment. DPS told KTXS that an occupant of one vehicle suffered minor injuries after hitting debris, a rail tie, from the derailment on CR 357. The vehicle experienced "severe damage to its undercarriage," DPS reported. The vehicle’s driver was not injured, but a passenger sustained minor injuries and was taken to Shannon Medical Center, KTXS reported.

In addition, DPS reported that a large rail tie landed in the roadway of U.S. 67, the highway the railroad tracks are next to.

Texas Pacifico said they are working to get the cars cleared and the rails repaired. With no injuries or other damage other than to the railroad assets themselves, Texas Pacifico is required to conduct its own investigations. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is not required to get directly involved. While crews are clearing the tracks, U.S. 67 is down to one lane on the westbound side.

Texas Pacifico said one car will be "righted" and placed back on the tracks, the other five will be moved away from the tracks.

[Derrick Johnson]

Pennsylvania town evacuated after freight train carrying hazardous materials derails and catches fire

• The small town of Hyndman in Pennsylvania was evacuated on Wednesday 
• A freight train with 32 cars carrying hazardous materials derailed around 5am
• The locomotive caught fire, as well as a nearby residential garage
• Some of the substances on board were liquid petroleum gas and molten sulfur 
• The entire town, around 900 people, were still evacuated as of Wednesday night

An entire Pennsylvania town was evacuated after a freight train carrying hazardous materials careened off the tracks and caught fire on Wednesday.

Residents from the small town of Hyndman were told to leave their homes after 32 CSX cars carrying liquid petroleum gas and molten sulfur derailed around 5am.

At least one of the dozens of cars leaked and caught fire, prompting 900 people to evacuate the town located about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

It is not immediately known what caused the train to run off the rails but the fire continued to burn hours later, including at a nearby residential garage.

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Residents of the small town Hyndman were evacuated after a CSX freight train carrying hazardous materials careened off the tracks and caught fire on Wednesday morning

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At least two cars carrying liquid petroleum gas and molten sulfur leaked, causing a fire

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Aerial footage of the derailment shows a number of cars stacked nearly perpendicular to the tracks while others landed in a burning, zig-zag pattern in a residential area where some structures seemed crushed and other ablaze

The only confirmed structure fire was at the garage, but video from the scene seems to show more extensive damage.

No injuries were reported, said CSX spokesman Rob Doolittle. The train was traveling from Chicago to Selkirk, New York. 

At least one car containing liquid petroleum gas and one containing molten sulfur leaked and caught fire, including the residential garage struck during the derailment, Doolittle said.

Aerial footage of the derailment shows a number of cars stacked nearly perpendicular to the tracks while others landed in a burning, zig-zag pattern in a residential area where some structures seemed crushed and other ablaze.

Hyndman resident Jim Shaffer told the (Cumberland) Times-News he was awakened by the sound of crashing rail cars.

'It woke me up. It was louder than a thunderstorm,' he said. 'I heard the cars banging into each other. Then I heard the fire whistle.'

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4753492/Residents-evacuated...

[M. Difato]

Cameroon freight train derails, killing one

 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-derailment-idUSKBN1AC23E

 Douala, Cameroon (Reuters) - One person was killed in Cameroon when a freight train operated by state rail company Camrail derailed, less than one year after another Camrail train crash killed 79, an official said on Thursday.

Nine cars left the tracks on Wednesday (July 27, 2015) near the town of Makondo, about 140 km (87 miles) west of the capital Yaounde, said an official at Camrail, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak about the crash.

"The train was carrying hydrocarbon products. Five cars completely overturned," he said.

One guard on the train died from injuries, he said. He did not say how many people had been on board.

Camrail, a unit of French industrial group Bollore, was determined to be "mainly to blame" for the derailment of a passenger train last October that was going more than twice the speed limit, was overloaded and had defective brakes, according to a government report.

The government said at the time that President Paul Biya would review the concession agreement signed between the state of Cameroon and Camrail.

A Bollore spokesman in Paris declined to comment on the latest crash.

Government sources were not immediately available for comment.

Reporting by Josiane Kouagheu; Additional reporting by Mathieu Rosemain in Paris;

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://abc3340.com/news/local/csx-train-derails-carrying-potassium-...

CSX train derails carrying potassium nitrate in Jefferson County

July 25 2017

Jefferson County, Alabama — 

Officials tell ABC 33/40 two train cars carrying the hazardous material potassium nitrate came off the tracks near Seabourd Road late Monday night.

Crews are monitoring the situation and ensuring those chemicals do not pose a threat.

No injuries were reported.

and another:

http://wkbn.com/2017/07/25/train-engine-derails-spills-600-gallons-...

Train engine derails, spills 600 gallons of diesel fuel in Youngstown

Mahoning County Hazmat crews and Youngstown and Girard fire departments are on the scene

Published: July 25, 2017, 11:35 am

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A train engine has derailed at the old V & M property on the city’s north side.

V & M is now known as Vallourec Star, which is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The engine is the only part of the train that is off the tracks.

About 600 gallons of diesel fuel has spilled. The engine was holding about 1,100 gallons.

Mahoning County Hazmat crews and Youngstown and Girard fire departments are on the scene.

We’ll bring you more details of this breaking story as we get additional information.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.ksat.com/news/train-carrying-coal-derails-on-south-side...

Train carrying coal derails on south side, SAFD says no injuries

Train derailed in 7800 block of South Presa

Posted: 5:53 PM, July 23, 2017

SAN ANTONIO - A train carrying a load of coal derailed on the city's south side Sunday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called to the 7800 block of South Presa Street around 4:30 p.m. for the derailment. Firefighters said no one was injured and that the materials being carried in the train carts are not hazardous.

This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/train-carryin-g-coa...

Train carrying coal derails in Vivian

KCS releases statement on derailment

Posted: Jul 22, 2017 11:07 AM CDT

CADDO PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises motorists that LA 2 over the KCS railroad tracks in Vivian, Caddo Parish, is closed until further notice following a train derailment.

DOTD will advise when the roadway is reopened and safe for travel.

UPDATE: KCS released a statement on the derailment.

At approximately 12:45 a.m. today, a southbound KCS train derailed 30 rail cars in Vivian, La.  Some coal is on the ground.  No injuries have been reported.  No hazmat is involved.  Crews are on the scene.  Highway 2 at Highway 1 is temporarily closed and public traffic is being routed around.  No estimate is available at this time as to when Highway 2 will reopen.  The cause of the incident is under investigation.

A train carrying coal derailed early this morning in Vivian, LA.

It happened around midnight on South Pine Street. 

According to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office Highway 1 from Airport Road to Rebel Road is closed.

There is a large presence of heavy equipment and personnel on scene. 

No evacuations were reported. 

Parts of Vivian are also under a boil water advisory.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/breaking-train-derails-darling...

BREAKING: Train derails on Darling Downs

21st Jul 2017 6:14 PM

A COAL train has derailed west of Toowoomba which has blocked the rail line. (Pic Seven News)

A COAL train has derailed west of Toowoomba which has blocked the rail line.

Police were alerted to the incident in which 18 wagons derailed about 4.30pm between Oakey and Jondaryan.

The coal train had been heading east and was travelling on an open section of the rail line.

The train driver is not believed to have been injured.

Police and Queensland Rail remain at the scene and the line is expected to be closed into tonight.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.cp24.com/news/via-trains-cancelled-after-freight-train-d...

Via trains cancelled after freight train derails in Strathroy, Ont.

Workers inspect an overturned oil tanker car after a train derailed in Strathroy, Ont. on July 19, 2017. (CTV News)

The Canadian Press 
Published Wednesday, July 19, 2017 2:15PM EDT 

STRATHROY, Ont. -- Via Rail says train service between Toronto and the city of Sarnia, Ont., near the U.S. border, has been cancelled for two days due to a freight train derailment early Wednesday morning.

Thirteen cars from a CN freight train derailed in the centre of the community of Strathroy, Ont., -- about 230 kilometres west of Toronto -- just before 4:30 a.m., said Joanne Vanderheyden, mayor of Strathroy-Caradoc.

No one was injured in the incident, she said.

The cars that derailed were not carrying any dangerous material when they went off the tracks, said Vanderheyden, who explained that an east-west railway line used by CN and Via Rail effectively divides the town.

"Most of the cars were either empty, or had paper in them, or soybeans," she said. "So, nothing to be too worried about."

One of the cars had residual traces of petroleum, Vanderheyden said, but it wasn't carrying a load of it when the derailment happened.

"That was not a concern, either," she said.

Via Rail said the derailment had led to the cancellation of daily trains between Sarnia and Toronto on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as an early morning train from Sarnia to London, Ont., on Friday. It said trains would still be operating between Toronto and London, Ont.

The Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team of investigators to the site of the derailment.

"The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence," it said in a statement.

Some Strathroy residents said the derailment was the talk of the town on Wednesday.

Stu Solomon, a local business owner, said the crash happened near the community's downtown core.

"There's a lot of walking traffic going by to look," he said. "That's what most of the commotion is."

James Poag, a jewellery shop owner in the town's core said the emergency response to the derailment was "impressive for the size of the town."

"The emergency response to keep everyone informed as to which crossings were opened was so well put together this morning,' said Poag, who said that none of his employees had trouble getting to work this morning.

"It's really caused less of an angry response than they might have gotten."

The municipality had closed most of the railroad crossings linking north and south Strathroy shortly after the derailment occurred, but most crossings have since re-opened, Vanderheyden said.