Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:53 AM

The Kanpur-Shikohabad passenger train derailed near Sarai Bhupat station in Etawah on North-Central Railway in the early hours of today, railway sources said here.

No one was injured in the accident, which occurred around 0130 hours, they said.

This is the third incident of derailment in the last fortnight on the busy Howrah-Delhi route.

The accident has affected the running of more than a dozen trains, including the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express.

Relief trains have reached the spot to remove the derailed engine and two coaches of the train. Several trains, including four Rajdhani Express trains, Prayagraj, Gorakhdham and Kanpur-New Delhi Shatabdi Express have been detained at different stations on the way.

Meanwhile, efforts are on to clear the tracks to allow important trains to pass through the down track.

The Railways have ordered a probe into the derailment.

Over 80 passengers were killed when 13 coaches of the Kalka Mail derailed at Malawan station near Fatehpur on July 10. Later, a couple of wagons of a goods train had derailed near Kanpur last week.

http://netindian.in/news/2011/07/27/00014510/passenger-train-derail...

The disruption was expected to continue until this morning while Network Rail engineers examined the scene.

The train was travelling to a depot in Edinburgh when the derailment happened at around 6pm.

There were no reports of any injuries and i

t is believed there were only two railway workers on board at the time.

An emergency timetable was put in place and passengers were warned to expect delays of up to 90 minutes on routes such as Edinburgh to Glasgow and Dunfermline.

Passengers for the 11:40pm Edinburgh to London Euston sleeper service were told they would need to catch a special bus service to Carstairs, where they would be able to join the train.

A spokeswoman for ScotRail said last night: "We are currently preparing a temporary timetable and will update our website this evening with details.

"We are also trying to source replacement buses."

She continued: "An empty train on its way to the depot has derailed at Princess Street Gardens. No passengers were on board the train."

One passenger wrote on micro-messaging website Twitter: "Scotrail have their flagship Glasgow line running. Rest of us are left to make our own way home."

http://news.scotsman.com/transport-news/Commuters-plans-are-deraile...

Passenger train derails near Glencoe

By RANDY RICHMOND AND JOHN MINER, The London Free Press

Last Updated: July 29, 2011 8:52pm

GLENCOE - Inside the train a jolt, then the scream of metal ripping, wooden ties splintering, steel slashing gravel and a hundred voices rising in panic.

Outside the train, a pickup truck crumpled and thrown into a ditch.

The collision of a truck and Via passenger train west of Glencoe on Friday morning sent the 22-year-old truck driver, John Jobson of Southwest Middlesex, to hospital, where he was fighting for his life.

The crash also injured at least six people and shook up many more of the 99 passengers and seven crew on board.

“People were screaming and holding on for their lives,” passenger Naanan Williams said. “I was scared and clo

Quetta-bound train derails in bomb attack

QUETTA: A Quetta-bound passenger train was attacked with a remote controlled bomb near Dera Allah Yar on Friday, about 400 kilometres from Quetta. The bomb explosion derailed the locomotive and four carriages. However, no one was hurt in the attack, a senior district police officer said. The outlawed Baloch Republic Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack. “Such attacks will continue in future,” the spokesperson of BRA told reporters over the telephone. According to district police officer Javed Gharshen, a passenger train, Bolan Mail, was on its way to Quetta from Karachi when it came under attack near Marri Farm Tentaged village area in Dera Allah Yar, district headquarters of Jaffarabad. The explosion destroyed 30 feet of railway tracks and derailed the locomotive and three bogies of the train. “It was a remote controlled blast aimed at the Bolan Mail,” said Gharshin. According to railway officer Nazir Ahmed, around 30 to 35 feet railway track was completely destroyed and 345 feet of railway track was damaged in the explosion. He said that the rail service between Quetta and the rest of the country was suspended soon after the blast. “Repair work to the damaged track has begun and the rail service will likely be restored by late Friday night. The passengers were transported to Dera Murad Jamali after the incident,” he added. No case was registered till the filing of this report. staff report

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\07\30\story_30-7-2011_pg7_6

Derailed train causes chaos

July 29 2011 at 12:02pm

INLSA

A train derailed outside Bellville station this morning caused delays for commuters.

STAFF REPORTERS

COMMUTERS on the city’s northern railway lines were plunged into chaos this morning when a train carriage derailed outside Bellville and an overhead power failure near Kraaifontein stopped trains in their tracks.

Metrorail regional manager Lindelo Matya said the carriage had been empty and the driver had not been injured, but the incident had rendered two northern service corridors “inoperable”.

Trains were unable to run from Strand and Bishop Lavis to Bellville.

A third line serving Kraaifontein was also out of operation because of an overhead power line failure at Huguenot station.

Matya said that while a bus had been arranged to transport commuters between Paarl and Wellington, there were not enough available buses for the other routes affected by the derailment and power failure.

“We have no option but to advise customers to make alternative travel arrangements. We realise the extent of their inconvenience and we are working as fast as we possibly can to clear the affected lines.”

Matya said Transnet Freight Rail was working to restore the overhead power so that the service on the Kraaifontein corridor could be restored.

He asked employers to be lenient with employees affected by the disruptions. By 8am today, traffic along the N1 and main roads in the northern suburbs was heavily congested as a result of the train service disruptions.

Stranded commuters streamed from stations into the streets to try to get a taxi or a bus.

Those who had travelled to their nearest station by car and parked there appeared to be back on the roads to make their way to work.

“Everything coming from Somerset West and the Bellville area has been affected and, apart from more vehicles, there are also lots of people on the streets,” said Kevin Jacobs, Cape Town traffic spokesman.

“The main roads are heavily congested. I am driving through Kuils River and it is very busy on the road here at the moment,” he said this morning.

http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/derailed-train-causes-chaos-1.1108474

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 30 Jul.'11 / 19:52

Screen grab from Rustavi 2 TV footage showing derailed cars from the incident site on July 30 close to Mtskheta.

Cargo train hauling over dozen of cars, carrying fuel and other types of products, derailed close to Mtskheta, a small town outside Tbilisi on July 30, an emergency service official said.

Ten rail cars, including those carrying fuel, have left the track and overturned as a result of the incident in which no one was injured, Nodar Chumbadze, an official from the emergency services management agency, told Rustavi 2 TV.

Fuel was spilled, he said, and to prevent fire the incident site was filled with foam by fire fighting teams. Fuel also spilled over on a section of the main east-west highway, running close to the site where the derailment occurred, disrupting movement on the highway too.

According to preliminary information one of the rail cars was “technically faulty” which caused the derailment, Irma Stepnadze, a spokesperson for the state-run Georgian Railway, told Civil.ge.

She said that the freight train was carrying cargo belonging to various firms, including from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
 
The derailment will cause at least two hour delays in schedule of passenger trains, planning to head from Tbilisi to the western part of the country, according to the Georgian Railway.

http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=23812

EUNICE CITY, La. — Ever since a string of train cars derailed in 2000, dumping hazardous materials and chemicals into the bayous and Eunice City Lake, lots of folks have been turned off of fishing.

Although lake fish are safe to eat, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says fears about contamination have prompted them to use $1 million in money left over from federal court proceedings against Union Pacific Railroad to drain the lake and remove all the fish. It will then be restocked with bass, bluegill, red-ear sunfish and sac-a-lait.

Thirty-three cars of an eastbound Union Pacific train derailed northwest of Eunice on a bridge crossing a tributary to Bayou Des Cannes. Fifteen cars contained hazardous materials and chemicals and two rail cars exploded.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e641c7bdfeb5404683a7e5ac3fa01...

One person was killed and several were injured when the Bengaluru-bound Guwahati-Bangalore Express and the Azimgunj Fast Passenger collided between Jamirghata and Gourghata stations in Malda district of West Bengal around 7:10 pm on Sunday evening.

According to Railway Authorities, six coaches, including the engine, of the Bangalore-bound train derailed and moved to the parallel tracks, where they were hit by the passenger train coming from the opposite direction.

The derailed coaches of the Bengaluru-bound train, which left Guwahati at 6:30 am on Sunday, included two parcel bogies and a general compartment. The two parcel bogies fell into a ditch after the impact.

“A major disaster has been averted. One bogie of the Azimgunj passenger climbed over another another bogie. So far one person has died. The number of deaths can increase,” Sabina Yeasmin, Minister of State for Labour, who is overseeing rescue operations, told The Indian Express over the phone.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/1-killed-as-train-derails--hits-a...

22 rail cars full of coal derail in western Iowa

Railroads crews are cleaning up after 22 cars of a coal train derailed in western Iowa.

Mark Davis, spokesman for Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific, says the 136-car train was headed from Wyoming to Illinois when a section derailed about 6:40 a.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported.

Davis says crews will work into Monday to clear debris and repair about 800 feet of damaged track that stretches over two rail lines. One of the lines is expected to reopen early Monday.

The cause of the derailment is under investigatio

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-coaltrainderails,0,407...

Kolkata: At least one person was killed and 50 were injured when 11 bogies of Guwahati-Bengaluru Express and a passenger train derailed after a collision this evening at Jamirghata in West Bengal's Malda district.

Malda GRP sources said one passenger was killed and 50 were injured.

Railway spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena said the body of an elderly woman was found near the derailed engine of the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express.

The accident occurred between Gour Malda and Jamirghata stations in Malda division of Eastern Railway at 19:05 hours.

Two bogies and the engine of the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express, which was on its way to the southern city, derailed first and were hit by the Azimganj-Malda Town Passenger leading to further derailment of bogies of both the trains, Railway sources said.

While six coaches - three sleeper class, two parcel and one luggage - and the engine of Guwahati-Bengaluru Express derailed, three general bogies and the engine of the passenger train also derailed, they said.

The passenger train was coming from the opposite direction on the second line when the driver applied emergency brakes after seeing the derailed coaches but could not stop it from brushing the coaches.

The accident has affected train services on Malda route with seven trains cancelled.

Helplines have been set up at Howrah (033-26411416), Malda (03512-283444) and Rampurhat (03461-255131) rail stations for the public.

Senior Eastern Railways officials are supervising rescue operation at the scene.

Local villagers immediately came to the accident spot and ferried the injured to clinics and hospitals.

Saptarshi Deb, a passenger on the Express train, said that he came out of the emergency exit after the accident.

Deb said that he heard screams of trapped passengers and saw some passengers with head injuries.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/guwahati-bangalore-expres...

Derailment injures 6 miners in Triadelphia

By AP  | July 31, 2011

TRIADELPHIA, W.Va. (AP) — Six coal miners have been injured in a train derailment in West Virginia.

Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency director Lou Vargo says the accident occurred Saturday evening at the Tunnel Ridge Mine in Triadelphia. The miners were transported by ambulance to Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling. Nursing supervisor Debbie Azallion tells The Intelligencer that one miner had a broken leg, but all were expected to be OK.

Vargo says he doesn't know why the train jumped its tracks.

Some underground coal mining has been going on at Tunnel Ridge since last March. The mine is owned by Alliance Resource Partners of Tulsa, Okla..

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/37137--derailment-injures-6...

KOLKATA, India -- Officials say a train accident in eastern India has caused one fatality and at least several injured.

Barun Bharadwaj, a senior railway official, said the accident occurred late Sunday near Malda, 185 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.

He said that three coaches and the engine of the Gauhati-Bangalore express derailed and were thrown into the path of the oncoming Azimganj express.

Earlier this month at least 68 people were killed when a packed passenger train derailed in north India.

India's railroad network is one of the largest in the world and carries about 14 million passengers each day. Accidents are common, with most blamed on poor maintenance and human error.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/india/2011/08/02/311964/Train-dera...

A woman was hospitalized and Blue Line service near O’Hare Airport was disrupted for more than five hours after a train car derailed near the airport station Tuesday afternoon.

The Blue Line train was leaving the O’Hare station when it derailed at 4:47 p.m. while going through an interlocking switch, CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said.

Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said the derailment happened in a tunnel about 1,000 feet from the station.

One woman suffered a minor shoulder injury and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, Langford said. No other injuries were reported.

Passengers were safely escorted off the train and back to the O’Hare station platform, Hosinski said.

The CTA offered a shuttle bus between the Rosemont and O’Hare stations after the incident, Hosinski said. By 7:30 p.m., Blue Line trains were running on a single track between the Rosemont and O’Hare stations.

Normal service was restored about 10:15 p.m., she said.

http://www.suntimes.com/6848062-417/cta-blue-line-trains-operating-...

Train Derails Near Belle Chasse School

Read more: http://www.wdsu.com/news/28746589/detail.html#ixzz1U13l3p8a

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August 3, 2011

Train carrying ethanol derails leading to evacuations

By Brian Ojanpa Free Press Staff Writer

EAGLE LAKE — Four Canadian Pacific eastbound rail cars carrying ethanol went off their tracks in Eagle Lake about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of 320 nearby residents.

“There was no leaking. We did that as a precautionary measure,” Eagle Lake Mayor Tim Auringer said.

Canadian Pacific spokesman Mike Lovecchio said the derailment along Highway 14 on the northeast edge of town involved no injuries and the cause has yet to be determined.

The Salvation Army and the Red Cross set up an emergency shelter center at the Eagle Lake American Legion, but Auringer said Wednesday night that most of those evacuated had found lodging in Mankato motels or with friends and relatives.

He said about 60 housing units — townhomes and single-family residences — were affected and Canadian Pacific personnel would be draining the cars of ethanol overnight.

He said residents would be allowed back into their homes sometime today.

http://mankatofreepress.com/latestnews/x670918452/Train-caring-etha...

Train derails near Mineola, 24 cars off the track

Gary Edwards/Mineola Monitor Photo

Train derailment near Mineola

Cars rest beside the track Thursday after a derailment near Mineola. Debris in the background is from the previous derailment.

 

Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2011 5:01 pm | Updated: 5:04 pm, Thu Aug 4, 2011.

Seventeen cars of an East bound Union Pacific freight train derailed just East of Mineola Thursday afternoon at the same location 24 cars derailed just less than a month ago.

There were no reported injuries and traffic was expected to be disrupted for approximately 24 hours.

http://www.news-journal.com/news/local/article_7d4fb060-bee5-11e0-b...

CSX train derails in Oldham County

 Derailment crews are working on the clean up of nine derailed freight cars – one of which is an upright tanker of hydrogen peroxide – behind Northland Corp., according to CSX officials.

 There were no injuries, and the derailment produced no leaks or hazards to the surrounding area, CSX spokeswoman Carla Groleau said.

Four of the nine cars are lying on their side, and the other five are upright, Groleau said.

“Derailing doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re knocked over. They’re just knocked off track,” Groleau said.

The mixed-freight train was carrying scrap , rocks and the one tanker with hydrogen peroxide. Many of the cars were empty, Groleau said.

The derailment, called in to Oldham County dispatch shortly after midnight Friday morning, was in a wooded area behind Northland Corp., away from roads and out of si

Train traveling from Kingfisher derails in Texas; heat could be factor

MINEOLA, Texas — A freight train derailment in rural East Texas has left 18 grain-hauling cars off the tracks as Union Pacific officials review whether heat was a factor.

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Published: August 5, 2011

MINEOLA, Texas (AP) — A freight train derailment in rural East Texas has left 18 grain-hauling cars off the tracks as Union Pacific officials review whether heat was a factor.

UP spokeswoman Raquel (ruh-KEL') Espinoza says crews are working to clear the tracks, several miles east of Mineola (min-ee-OH'-luh), but it would likely be Saturday before the line reopens.

She says nobody was hurt Thursday afternoon in the derailment of a train made up of four locomotives and 99 cars, traveling from Kingfisher, Okla., to Westwego, La.

Espinoza says the cause of the derailment is sought, but heat will be considered. The National Weather Service says the temperature in the area reached 109 degrees.

Some hopper cars overturned, spilling grain. Espinoza didn't immediately have a damage estimate.

Mineola is 75 miles east of Dallas.

Train derails near Sabin

SABIN, Minn. – Nine rail cars were off their tracks Saturday afternoon after a BNSF Railway train derailed about 10 miles south of Moorhead in rural Clay County.

SABIN, Minn. – Nine rail cars were off their tracks Saturday afternoon after a BNSF Railway train derailed about 10 miles south of Moorhead in rural Clay County.

The accident occurred around 1:30 p.m., less than a mile north of Hoff Lutheran Church, said Deputy Mike Trygg of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

Trygg said the nine cars that came off the track had not been hauling cargo, and no injuries were reported. He said there was no hazardous waste spilled.

Amy McBeth, a spokeswoman for BNSF, said the cause of the accident was not yet known but was being investigated. She said crews expected to have the track cleared and the line repaired by early this afternoon.

On average, 10 cars per day travel that stretch of track, McBeth said. The train that derailed had 33 cars loaded and 31 without a load and was heading to Minot, N.D., coming north from Minneapolis, she said. It was hauling a variety of types of freight, she said.

A long string of rail cars that had been connected to those that derailed still sat on the track north of the site of the accident about two hours after the incident, which blocked access across 100th Avenue South where it crosses the track.

McBeth said she wasn’t sure how long it would be before those cars would be released to continue north.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/329625/group/News/

Now heatwave 'causes' train to derail amid fears 100F-plus temperatures warped tracks as thousands of heat records were set last month

Last updated at 11:50 PM on 8th August 2011

A freight train derailed in drought-hit Texas could have come off the line due to warped tracks caused by the state's relentless heatwave after it experienced its hottest July on record.

Thousands of heat records were set during July across the country with Oklahoma racking up the country's highest monthly average temperature ever.

That's the highest average temperature, for any month, for any state, at 89.1 degrees, topping an average of 88.1 set in July 1954, associate Oklahoma state climatologist Gary McManus said.

Mr McManus said: 'We've been beating temperature records left and right, from the 1930s Dust Bowl drought and the 1950s drought.'

He also revealed that nationwide, in the past 30 days, 3,709 high temperature records have been set or tied.

Extreme drought: Texans have endured over a month of extreme heat and drought

And, worse, there have been 7,410 records for overnight warmth broken or tied, meaning less chance to recover from the sweltering daytime readings.

'This has been a devastating year,' National Weather Service director Jack Hayes said. 'Natural disasters are on the rise in the United States,' he noted, including records for heat, tornadoes, floods and fires, and with the bulk of hurricane season still remaining.

And it appears that with the end of August did not come the end of the heatwave.  Waco, Texas, tied its record for the most consecutive days of 105 degrees or more at six from August 1 to 6.

And Dallas-Fort Worth is on pace to establish a new record for consecutive 100-degree days. It's currently at 38 days, from July 2 to August 8

The July average for Texas was 87.1 degrees.

Power officials had warned last week of rolling blackouts in the state as sweltering residents turned to air conditioning units in unprecedented numbers.

The current heat wave is typical of U.S. heat waves in the past decade and is consistent with the increasing warm summer night time extremes observed across much of the country since the late 20th century, NOAA reported.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023744/Now-heatwave-causes...

Swiss train derails, eight hurt

http://www.expatica.com/ch/news/swiss-news/swiss-train-derails-eigh...

NJ Transit officials are hoping for a smoother commute Wednesday morning following a train derailment that sent commuters scrambling for alternative routes into and out of New York on Tuesday.

RECORD FILE PHOTO

An NJ Transit train pulling into Penn Station in Newark.

Two cars on a 10-car train derailed around 8 a.m. shortly after leaving Penn Station. The trains were using the north tube, which carries trains out of New York.

An estimated 300 people – none of whom were in the derailed cars – were moved to another train, and there were no injuries, said Penny Bassett Hackett, spokeswoman for the transit agency.

The north tube was shut down and all NJ Transit and Amtrak trains – which share a pair of tunnels in and out of the city – were restricted to the south tube.

The derailed cars remained inside the north tube after the evening commute. NJ Transit planned to use a crane to retrieve them overnight. Bassett Hackett said the agency did not want to remove the car during the commute and create more delays. Normal service is expected to resume in time for today’s morning rush, she said.

NJ Transit canceled several trains on both the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line on Tuesday to minimize the use of the single track, but delays of up to 90 minutes tested the patience of customers, many of whom had to hustle to catch the PATH to Hoboken.

Passengers used social media to vent about the delays. After getting an NJ Transit notification about the delays, one Twitter user wrote, “YEAH! @NJT_Advisory is delayed this evening too. Woo hoo! Consistency is a good thing. But not in

http://www.1380kcim.com/Second-train-derails-near-Denison/10580673

2nd train in week derails in NYC; disrupts commute

NEW YORK — A train has derailed in New York City and disrupted the evening commute for the second time in a week. No injuries were reported.

The Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit say an Amtrak train slipped off the rails at the Sunnyside train storage yard in Queens Thursday. Both railways were reporting track changes and delays up to 30 minutes at Penn Station because of the derailment.

An Amtrak spokesman could not be reached for comment.

Two cars of a New Jersey Transit train derailed Tuesday as it was leaving Penn Station and heading into the tunnel under the Hudson River.

Authorities were forced to shut down the tunnel, disrupting train traffic throughout the Northeast. The train was finally cleared and the track repaired around noon on Wednesday.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP133c921bdae045e986b1ceebe2769dc8.html

A train derailed here on Thursday in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), killing at least 3 people, an official from the railway company said.

The official, who declined to be named, was quoted by local media as saying that some were also injured in the incident.

The official did not comment on the cause of the accident.

Meanwhile, there were still reports which said the casualties of the accident stood at about 100.

http://english.cri.cn/6966/2011/08/12/2724s653137.htm

Train derailment in Berkshire County

At least 12 rail cars tipped over in Stockbridge

Updated: Friday, 12 Aug 2011, 9:33 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 12 Aug 2011, 9:28 PM EDT

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (WWLP) - At least 12 rail cars of a 2000-foot-long freight train tipped over during a derailment in Stockbridge Friday night.

Stockbridge Police officer  Bruce Stringer said some 600 feet of track were damaged when the train left the tracks a little after 6:30 p.m.  Officer Stringer said the Housatonic Railroad train was hauling trash from Canaan, Connecticut to Pittsfield.  The train is stuck on and off tracks parallel to Glendale Road between Furnace Road and Great Barrington town line.

The affected area is on tracks parallel to Glendale Road near Furnace Road.  Police have closed a section of Glendale Road where the fire department has set up a command post.

"There is no fuel spill.  There is no Hazmat... No one was hurt" Stringer said.

Stringer also told 22News that, "there are at least a dozen cars on their side, and several others leaning over... it's dark."

Stockbridge firefighters were called in to hose down the cargo of garbage, which officer Stringer said was smoking.

Police and recovery workers are waiting for daylight to better assess the situation, and await the arrival of heavy equipment to begin the process of removing the derailed freight cars.

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/berkshire/train-derailment-in-be...

Polish train derails, 4 people killed

A Polish train travelling from Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice derailed on Friday, killing four people and injuring 30 more, local police official Adam Kolasa told state news agency PAP.

The train, carrying around 280 people in four carriages, came off the rails near Piotrkow Trybunalski in central Poland and at least one of the carriages turned on its side. (Reuters)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4108122,00.html

NJ Transit's 2nd nightmare

By JENNIFER FERMINO

Last Updated: 6:49 AM, August 12, 2011

Posted: 1:38 AM, August 12, 2011

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nj_transit_nd_nightmare_qrhbFVN7...

The Blame Game....

Train driver charged over deadly derailment in Poland

Topic: Polish train crash

Four carriages of a passenger train bound from Warsaw to Katowice went off the tracks in the village of Baby, near the city of Piotrkow Trybunalski in central Poland

© AFP/ PAP / Grzegorz Michalowski

The Polish attorney general's office charged a train driver over Friday's derailment in Central Poland which left one person dead and more than 80 injured, Polish media said.

Four carriages of a passenger train bound from Warsaw to Katowice went off the tracks in the village of Baby, near the city of Piotrkow Trybunalski in central Poland at 4 p.m. local time.

The attorney general's office requested a three-month arrest for the 42-year-old train driver, saying that his actions caused the tragedy. The driver pleaded not guilty and faces a prison sentence of two to 12 years if convicted.

The TVN 24 channel said on Saturday the train exceeded the speed limit as travelled at a speed of 118 kmph at a railway section, which had been under repair for a month and where the speed limit was 40 kmph.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20110815/165785350.html

1st Magnetic Trimester, 2011

2011

• January 1, 2011 – Amritsar-Sealdah Akaltakth Express strikes two trucks in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district when the truck driver "failed to notice" the red signal at a level crossing at Babura railway crossing, killing a man (a truck driver) and leaving two people (another truck driver and a helper) injured. No passengers are injured in the collision.^[59]
• January 1, 2011 – Two passenger trains collide in Buenos Aires, injuring 45 people.^[60]
• January 3, 2011 – Four wagons of a goods train derail in the Dadri area of Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The goods train is going towards Aligarh from Delhi when the mishap occurred. No one is injured in the accident. Train traffic on the Ghaziabad-Aligarh section on the Delhi-Howrah trunk route is disrupted following the derailment.^[61]
• January 4, 2011 - Kings Mountain, NC, An Amtrak train hits a tractor trailer stuck on a steep grade cross

• January 29, 2011 – 2011 Saxony-Anhalt train accident - a freight train and a passenger train collide near Hordorf in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on the Magdeburg–Thale line. The passenger train derails. Ten people die and 23 people are injured.^[62]
• February 4, 2011 – An Amtrak train collides with a snowplow in Dearborn, Michigan on Monroe Street. The driver of the plow is seriously injured. A city spokeperson says the plow got caught in a rail and the driver did not have enough time to get it out before the Chicago-bound train struck it.^[63]
• February 17, 2011 – According to AOL News online, a train departing from from Retiro station in the capital runs into the back of another train near San Miguel rail station. Four passengers die, 14 injured. Federal Judge Juan Manuel Yalj is in charge of the investigation. Two of the four brakes from the Ferrobaires train's engine are reported unusable because "one was blocked and the other had been locked and nailed down."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_%282010%E2%80%9...

• March 11, 2011 – 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - four trains are missing on lines running along the north east coast of Japan following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami.^[64] They are found later, it was just general confusion and phone network breakdown.^{[citation needed]}
• March 13, 2011 – 2011 California BART train derailment - two cars of a ten car BART train derail in Northern California. Three minor back injuries were reported.^[65]
• March 27, 2011 – About 20 cars of a 116-car train derail Sunday afternoon near Port Hope en route to Toronto. Families in 20 houses flee and a major passenger rail corridor is shut down. One empty derailed car catches fire and burns for about an hour.^[66]
• March 28, 2011 – A CSX train traveling through Newton Falls, Ohio with an estimated 100 cars of mixed freight (including hoppers and tankers), suffers a 12-car derailment at approximately 7:00am (local time) Eastern Daylight Time. Three rail cars fall off a bridge and

• April 7, 2011 – Two trains collide near Netanya, injuring 60 people.[1]
• April 17, 2011 – A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train hauling 130 cars of coal from Wyoming to Chicago rear-ends another train hauling maintenance equipment near Red Oak, Iowa about 7 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, April 17, 2011. The lead locomotive on the coal train derails and fire engulfs the cab. The crew of two, the conductor and engineer, on the coal train are killed. Ten cars on the maintenance train derail. The two crew members on the maintenance train are not injured. The line is heavily trafficked and is shut down for 24 hours, with trains re-routed. An investigation is conducted by the NTSB.^[70][71]
• April 27, 2011 - Six people are killed and 61 injured in Alishan when a falling tree strikes a train carrying mostly tourists from mainland China.^[72]
• April 28, 2011 – A train derails after hitting a truck in Mosty, Pomeranian Voivodeship, killing two and injuring at least twenty people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_%282010%E2%80%9...

• May 20, 2011 – 857 people are injured, 25 seriously, when a rear-end collision occurs at Soweto.^[74]
• June 3, 2011 – A Burlington Northern commuter train from Aurora, Illinois and an Amtrak train heading to Carbondale, Illinois collide at Chicago's Union Station at about 8:15 A.M, injuring at least five people. One of the trains derails.^[75]
• June 24, 2011 – Reno, Nevada: Despite the working signals on the track, a semi truck, driving on a rural stretch of U.S. Route 95 near Reno and Sparks, strikes one of the cars of a west-bound California Zephyr Amtrak passenger train, killing at least six, according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez and the Churchill County Sheriff's Office (the driver of the semi-truck rig, whose reason or motivation remains unclear at this time, and an Amtrak conductor on board the train are two confirmed deaths so far).^[76]
• July 07, 2011 - A Mathura Chhapra Express train rams into a bus carrying wedding guests around 2 a.m. at an unmanned railway crossing in Thanaga

• July 10, 2011 – Fatehpur derailment - The Kalka Mail train running from Howrah to Delhi derails near the town of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing 70 people and injuring more than 300.^[78][79]
• July 10, 2011 – The engine along with four coaches of the Guwahati Puri Express derails between Rangiya and Ghagrapar, Nalbari district, Assam and capsizes in a rivulet, injuring more than 100 people, 20 critically.^[80]
• July 12, 2011 – An Amtrak Downeaster passenger train from Boston, Massachusetts heading to Portland, Maine is struck by a garbage truck at a crossing in North Berwick, Maine, killing the driver of the truck and setting the locomotive and one passenger car on fire.^[81]
• July 21, 2011 - A Rock Island Line Metra train destined for Chicago strikes an automobile at a rail crossing between the Tinley Park and Oak Forest stations at about 4 p.m. Traveling as fast as 60 miles per

• July 23, 2011 – Wenzhou train collision - Reportedly due to signal failures, a high-speed train rear-ends a stopped high-speed train at a speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) near Wenzhou in the province of Zhejiang, killing at least 39 people and injuring over 200.^[82]Five carriages derail and fall off a bridge.^[83]
• July 26, 2011 – Seven goods wagons roll uncontrolled 2 km (1.2 mi) and then derail and crash into a Strzelce Krajeńskie Wschód rail station building. Three people die.^[84]
• July 31, 2011 – The engine and some coaches of the GuwahatiBangalore Express derail and are hit by another train in Malda district, West Bengal. At least three people are killed and 200 injured.^[85]
• August 12, 2011 – the locomotive and first three carriages of a passenger train derail at Baby, Piotrków County, Poland. One passengers are killed and 70 are injured.

Working backwards somewhat to post what is official so far.  There are many other derailments listed in this blog but I haven't done a comparison check yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_%282010%E2%80%9...

Train derails in C’nawabganj

Star Online Report

Train services between Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi and in the adjoining areas remained suspended since Friday morning after a passenger train derailed near Chapainawabganj railway station in the town.

Locals and station officials said two bogies of the Rajshahi Express derailed some 15 yards away from the railway station around 7:55am as soon as it started for Rajshahi.

The accident might have occurred due to faults in railway tracks, they added, reports our correspondent from Chapainawabganj.

Railway communications between Chapainawabganj-Rohanpur and Rajshahi remained snapped since then.

Monirul Islam, stationmaster of Chapainawabganj railway station, said mechanics from Amnura Railway junction rushed in and are working to salvage the compartment.

No casualties were reported.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=31635

Train Collision Near Waterloo

http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Train-Collision-Near-W...

Petrol tanker derails on Delhi-Kanpur rail route

Normal train services on the busy New Delhi-Kanpur route have been affected following derailment of three wagons and the engine of a goods train near Bhaupur station under North-Central railway today.

No one was injured in the incident, railway sources said here.

According to railway officials the empty petrol tanker train was on its way to New Delhi when the derailment occured this afternoon between Kanpur and Etawah.

A rescue and relief train from Kanpur has rushed to the spot and repair works have started.

Several trains have been detained at different stations due to the accident.

Officials said that the UP track was totally damaged due to the accident but trains were being passed through the Down track. The tracks would be repaired later tonight, the sources added.

http://netindian.in/news/2011/08/22/00015184/petrol-tanker-derails-...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Star Online Report

Rangpur Express, the intercity train inaugurated on Sunday, derailed in Tangail Tuesday morning, delaying the journey by about seven hours.

Railway officials said the engine of the train derailed with a passenger coach at Mohera Railway Station at about 11:30am. The train with seven passenger coaches left Kamalapur Railway Station for Rangpur at 9:30am.

They said derailment occurred due to a mistake by the driver while giving passage to Silk City from Rajshahi.

“Usually, a train enters a side loop and waits there for another train to pass. But the driver of Rangpur Express continued running the train after entering the loop that caused derailment,” said a railway official.

The assistant director (operation) of Bangladesh Railway said an engine was sent to the scene from Dhaka.

“The train left Tangail for Rangpur at about 6:30pm, leaving the derailed engine and the coach at the spot,” he told The Daily Star.

Rangpur Express which was supposed to reach Rangpur at 7:00pm will be delayed by at least seven hours. This means the train will reach Rangpur seven hours late, causing immense suffering to the passengers.

Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain inaugurated the first intercity train between Dhaka-Rangpur Sundayy evening.

The 11-compartment train runs twice daily, excepting Sunday. It leaves Rangpur station at 7:40pm and reaches Dhaka at 6:35am, taking almost 11 hours. On the other hand, the train leaves Dhaka at 9:00am and is scheduled to reach Rangpur at 7:00pm.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=31749

I looked for news immediately after but nothing had been on RSOE or breaking news on google.  That's the 1st thing I thought of too but I remember reading an article earlier in the morning that standard mph had been reduced saying slower trains would reduce the risk of derailments.  That came in just enough time which is suspect since we know USGS holds on to information and waits for the OK to post their findings.  I'm wondering if the (real) graphs that we don't get to see (until altered) had shown the administration that we were about to have a shakeup in VA.......interesting.

Train derails in C’nawabganj

Rail communication of Chapainawabganj with Rohanpur of the district and Rajshahi remained suspended for six and a half hours since Thursday morning after a passenger train derailed near Chapainawabganj Railway Station.

According to railway sources, four wheels of a compartment of Chapainawabganj-bound Mahananda Express from Khulna veered off the tracks just before entering the station around 5:00am.

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, stationmaster of Chapainawabganj Railway Station, said the train service on the routes resumed around 11:30am after mechanics from Amnura Railway Junction reached the spot and salvaged the bogie.

The accident may have occurred due to faulty tracks, reports our Chapainawabganj correspondent quoting the railway officials.

Earlier, Rajshahi Express, a Rajshahi-bound passenger train, derailed at the same spot on April 19 while another Rajshahi-bound passenger train derailed at Mohadanga in Chapainawabganj town on July 24 due to faults in the rail tracks.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=31788

Train's wagon dragged along tracks

A wagon on a freight train derailed about nine kilometres south of Kaikoura early yesterday.

KiwiRail spokeswoman Kimberley Brady said the last wagon on the train derailed and was dragged for about 200 metres before the train came to a stop.

It was not known what caused the derailment, but there were no slips in the area, she said.

Freight trains were cancelled until the track was repaired about 1.30pm yesterday. The Coastal Pacific was replaced by buses for the day but was back in operation today, she said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/5506652/Trains-wago...

Train wagons 'jumped' at level crossing in Sutherland

Network Rail were alerted to the derailment of a freight train after a member of the public saw some of its 27 empty wagons "jump".

The train had been travelling from Georgemas in Caithness to Hartlepool on 23 February this year.

Parts of a brake broke and fell on to the tracks at Dalchalm level crossing in Sutherland causing the last wagon to derail, according to a new report.

It re-railed at another level crossing about 340m (0.2mile) down the line.

No-one was hurt in the incident.

A newly-published Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report said a man living near the Dalchalm crossing had seen some of the wagons "jump".

When the train had passed he found parts of the broken brake and alerted a signaller at Inverness.

The train driver, who had been unaware of the derailment, stopped between Golspie and Rogart.

After finding the damaged brake he considered it unsafe to continue any further and called for assistance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14650782

Muni N-Judah service returning to normal after derailment

Service is beginning to return to normal after an N-Judah train derailed at the Church and Duboce streets intersection before going underground Thursday evening.

What caused the train to derail is unknown, but the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency is investigating the incident, according to agency spokesman Paul Rose.

The train, which was heading toward downtown, derailed around 7:15 p.m. Shuttle buses were in place, but as of 8:20 p.m., light rail service is returning to the tracks.

Rose said no passengers were injured and there still may be residual delays.

“Schedules are returning to normal,” Rose said.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/08/muni-n-judah-service-return...

Birmingham train derailment causes travel delays across the region

TRAIN services from Birmingham New Street to Leamington Spa are facing delays after freight trail was derailed in the early hours of this morning.

Four wagons of the train derailed near Bordesley Station as the train made its way from Banbury to Leicester.

Nobody was hurt in the accident, which happened just after midnight, but extensive damage was caused to the track.

As a result cross country trains from Birmingham to Leamington have been diverted via Coventry.

London Midland customers also faced delays as trains bound for New Street for the early morning rush hour struggled to leave the firm’s Birmingham depot.

A spokesman for Network Rail said passenger services were not expected to be seriously effected as repairs are carried out to the track

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/08/26/birmingha...

KANAWHA COUNTY, (WSAZ) -- A derailed train has shut down part of Cabin Creek Road.

Kanawha County dispatchers tell WSAZ.com it happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning along Cabin Creek Road at Rhonda Road.

Two locomotives (engines) and four empty coal cars came off the tracks.

CSX is handling the situation, and company representatives tell dispatchers they do not need outside assistance at this time.

No injuries have been reported, and no leaks have been found.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Train_Derailment_Closes_Roadway_...

BNSF train derails at Havre, Mont.

Published 09:25 p.m., Sunday, August 28, 2011

http://www.chron.com/news/article/BNSF-train-derails-at-Havre-Mont-...

Cabin Creek Road Reopened After Train Derailment
Posted Sunday, August 28, 2011 ; 03:46 AM
Updated Sunday, August 28, 2011; 01:52 PM

Emergency dispatchers in Kanawha County said two engines and several empty coal cars came off the tracks early Sunday morning.

CHARLESTON -- A train derailment shut down part of Cabin Creek Road in Kanawha County early Sunday morning.

The road has since reopened.

Kanawha County dispatchers said it happened just before 1 a.m. at the Rhonda Road intersection.

Dispatchers confirmed that two engines and four empty coal cars came off the tracks.

Kanawha County dispatchers said no injuries were reported and no leaks were discovered as a result of the derailment.

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=10...