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...

Five killed, dozens injured when tram derails in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (BNO NEWS) -- At least five people were killed on Saturday and 54 others were wounded when a tram derailed in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, officials confirmed on Sunday.

Fabio Couri, the commander of the district fire department, said four people died at the scene of the accident, including the driver. One of the passengers who were seriously injured later succumbed to injuries at an area hospital, raising the total death toll to five.

Health officials said among the injured are five tourists, including three French, one Portuguese and one British citizen. At least eight patients have undergone orthopedic surgeries due to several fractures, the officials added.

Rio's Secretary of Transportation, Julio Lopes, visited the scene of the accident, which he said could hurt tourism in the city. Lopes said the tram service in the district will be suspended until the cause of the accident is determined.

According to a preliminary investigation, poor maintenance and overloading may have caused the derailment. At the time of the accident, the tram was carrying 62 passengers while the maximum allowed is 40.

On Sunday afternoon, residents of Santa Teresa demonstrated near the crash site while flowers were left to mourn the victims. Sunday's accident is not the country's first tram accident this year. In June, a French tourist died after falling from a tram as it was crossing a bridge.

http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/08/five-killed-dozens-injured-wh...

22 injured in Amtrak derail

Last Updated: 6:45 AM, August 28, 2011

Posted: 12:44 AM, August 28, 2011

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/injured_in_amtrak_derail_somo...

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=113987

Main rail line across MT reopened after derailment

Updated 04:52 p.m., Monday, August 29, 2011

Train derailment sees two injured

Posted 1 day ago

An Ontario Northland train derailment near the Reesor Siding monument on Hwy 11 west of Opasatika has left two men with minor injuries. This according to an ONTC employee who was stationed at the scene Sunday night as investigators were en route.

According to the employee the derailment occurred around 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. No cause for the incident had been determined as of this writing.

Look to this week's edition of The Times for more details or to www.kapuskasingtimes.com for updates as they become available.

http://www.kapuskasingtimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3276607

Man injured as cane train derails

http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2011/08/31/man-injured-as-cane...

ALLAHABAD: A goods train derailed near Mirzapur station in the Allahabad-Mughalsarai section of New Delhi-Howrah route on Tuesday. The derailment affected the rail traffic on the up line of the route.

According to reports, four wheels of 14th wagon of the goods trains got derailed when it was passing on the up line near Mirzapur at about 2:25am. An Accident Relief Train (ART) was rushed to the spot from Allahabad.

The up line was cleared at about 6:30am. Triveni Express was the first train to pass through the up line.

Due to derailment, most of the trains were stranded at smaller stations. Train number 2443 Rajdhani Express and train number 3039 Janta Express were stranded at Jhingura station.

Other trains which got delayed by several hours included train number 1093 Mahanagri Express, 2304 Poorva Express, 2402 Magadh Express, 2150 Patna-Pune Express and 13202 Patna Kurla Express.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Goods-train-derai...

Freight train derails, rail traffic disrupted

PTI | 02:08 PM,Aug 30,2011 Basti (UP), Aug 30 (PTI) Seven bogies of a freight train derailed near Basti Railway Station this morning, disrupting rail traffic on the Gorakhpur-Lucknow route.The incident occurred in the wee hours at the outer of the station, Basti station superintendent S S Mishra said."While traffic on up line resumed at 7 am, the movement of trains on down line could not be started," he said.Area manager B K Gaur, who visited the spot, said the technical cell was inquiring into the incident

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/freight-train-derails-ra...

Irene flooding, derailed train strand thousands of Amtrak passengers

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-irene-flooding-derailed-train-strand-...

Wreckage of the derailed train

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110901143813.aspx

Coach on Rangoon passenger train derails; four people injured

Rangoon (Mizzima) – Four passengers were seriously injured when the last carriage of a Rangoon “circle” passenger train detached from the train and derailed between Kamayut and Hledan stations in Kamayut Township at 1:55 p.m. on Thursday.

Three men and a woman were seriously injured after the carriage detached and fell on its side, authorities said.

Rangoon Region Transportation Minister Aung Khin and the Rangoon Region military commander went to the scene of the accident. The commander told reporters that the accident was from “natural” causes.

The railway carriage carried 20 people at the time of the accident. The injured were identified as the Insein railway station chief Kyaw Shwe, 56, Ye Win, 57, Hla Oo, 27, and Naw Li Khin, 49.

The Rangoon military commander told reporters that the train coach derailment was due to a "natural cause." The derailment of the last passenger coach seriously injured four people, authorities said. Photo: Mizzima

“The train left Insein at 1:35 p.m. I stopped the train as soon as I knew that the last carriage had detached from the train,” said Win Min Oo, the train driver.

http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/5869-coach-on-rangoon-pass...

21 injured when passenger train hits construction equipment

Engines from Amtrak’s No. 6 California Zephyr route derailed and toppled to their side after striking a crane being used to demolish an aging grain elevator at Doane, located between Benkelman and Parks. EMTs, firefighters and law enforcement officers from Wauneta, Palisade and Imperial were among the 200 responders assisting after the accident. 

Emergency responders from Wauneta, Palisade and Imperial joined others from across southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado in responding to what many feared would be a grim scenario of disastrous proportion.

Emergency medical technicians, firefighters and other first responders braced themselves for a situation they had been warned could involve dozens of serious injuries in a train/vehicle accident and subsequent derailment of the Amtrak passenger train in the sparsely populated reaches of far southwest Nebraska.

Thankfully, when they arrived at the scene, they found crew members calmly helping most passengers climb down from the train.

The collision occurred when an Amtrak train en route from California to Chicago struck a piece of construction equipment being used on a demolition project west of Benkelman in rural Dundy County Friday morning, forcing two locomotives and several cars off the rails but causing no critical injuries, officials said.

The train, running Amtrak’s California Zephyr route from Emeryville, Calif., to Chicago, had 175 passengers and 17 crew members on board when it struck the crane shortly before 8 a.m. at an old railway loading stop called Doane.

An old tin-covered wooden elevator was being torn down at the site, with the crane used in the dismantling process.

The two locomotives left the tracks and tipped over, but the derailed passenger cars did not topple, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. The other cars on the 10-car train remained on the tracks.

Magliari said the train collided with the crane. “Our understanding is a portion of a crane working on a demolition project near the tracks became an obstruction to us as our train approached, either across the tracks or on laying on the tracks, obstructing the path of the train,” he noted.

Officials reported that 21 people were injured in the incident and transported by ambulance to area hospitals. Those hurt in the crash were taken to hospitals in Benkelman, Imperial and Wray, Colo., where most were treated for back, shoulder and neck injuries.

None of the injuries were critical, and most of the injured had been released by Friday evening, said Dundy County emergency director Elaine Frasier.

“We all felt very fortunate that no one was critically injured,” added Frasier.

Over the course of the morning Friday the other passengers were shuttled by school buses to Benkelman’s Dundy County-Stratton High School where they were picked up later that afternoon by private buses provided by Amtrak or in vans and taxis hired by passengers.

In the meantime school staff, community members and area volunteers hosted the stranded passengers at the school, passing out bottled water and grilling hamburgers and hotdogs on gas grills outside the school’s commons area as the commun

Emergency responders answer call after Amtrak train derailment in Dundy County

Emergency responders from Imperial, Wauneta and Palisade joined others from across southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado Friday morning, Aug. 26, in responding to what many feared would be a grim scenario of disastrous proportion.
Emergency medical technicians, firefighters and other first responders braced themselves for a situation they had been warned could involve over 100 injuries in a train/vehicle accident and subsequent derailment of the Amtrak passenger train in the sparsely populated reaches of far southwest Nebraska.
Thankfully, when they arrived at the scene, they found crew members calmly helping passengers climb down from the train.

An Amtrak passenger train derailed west of Benkelman Friday morning after striking the boom of a crane that was outstretched over the tracks. (Republican photo by Russ Pankonin and Jeff Pribbeno)

 

 

 

 

LANCASTER, SC (WBTV) - Police in Lancaster are on the scene of a train derailment near the downtown area of the city.

According to railway officials, a train derailed along the Lancaster and Chester Railway between Main Street and Market Street just after noon on Friday.

Officials say three cars of the cargo train derailed from the tracks, but declined to say what was in the cars.

The derailment blocked a section of Market Street and side roads around Main Street on Friday afternoon. Early reports indicate that no one was injured in the derailment. 

This section of train tracks has presented problems in the past four years for the city of Lancaster.

In August 2010, a train jumped the tracks in the same area, blocking Main, Market and 15th streets for several hours.

A train also derailed and crashed into the Buy-Rite Discount Beverage in February 2007.  Two people were inside the store when the cars came crashing through, one of those people was airlifted to the hospital.

Railroad officials say the train's engineers accidentally shoved the train's cars about 30 feet off the track while trying to add a rail car to the line. The store was demolished.

http://www.wbtv.com/story/15384561/train-derails-near-downtown-lanc...

Coach of empty Mahabodhi Express derails

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Gaya, Sept 2 (PTI) A coach of Mahabodhi Express derailed today at the yard of Gaya railway station, officials said.

The accident took place while the train was being taken to the main line ahead of its departure for New Delhi, Gaya railway station general manager Sandeep Kumar said.

There was

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) As many as 40 train accidents, including four collisions and 31 derailments, have taken place from January to July 2011, the Rajya Sabha was informed Friday.

Minister of State in Railways Bharatsinh Solanki said five derailments took place in northeastern states.

According to inquiry reports, three of these were caused due to sabotage by miscreants, one derailment happened because of failure of loco pilot, and another was caused due to failure of engineering maintenance staff.

Besides, three manned level crossing incidents and two cases of fire in train also took place in the railways, he said.

http://www.inewsone.com/2011/09/02/40-train-accidents-till-july-201...

Train Derails in Crawford County, Illinois

A train carrying coal derails in Crawford County, Illinois.

    It happened sometime last night between Robinson and Oblong south of Illinois Route 33.
    Details are few, but we can tell you this is a line owned by the Indiana Rail Road Company.
    We have put a call in to a company spokesman and he's not returned our call.   
    When we arrived on scene, several bulldozers and trucks were busy getting the coal from the site of the derailment.
    The accident seriously damaged that stretch of tracks.
    So far, there have been no reports of injuries.

http://mywabashvalley.com/fulltext?nxd_id=206617

Union Pacific crews plan to work overnight and into Tuesday at the scene of a train derailment west of Topeka, said Mark Davis, spokesman for UP’s northern region.

A southbound train left the tracks at 3:50 a.m. in Pottawatomie County near Emmett.

“They will be working through the night and maybe the next couple of days,” Davis said. “They will work around the clock.”

There were 56 cars full of coal that derailed on a bridge. The bridge sustained some damage, and crews are still evaluating the area. The crews haven’t made a determination of when the track will reopen.

“They really won’t have a good idea until they get things picked up,” Davis said.

No injuries were reported from the conductor and engineer who were on the train at the time of the derailment.

The cause of the derailment remains under investigation, Davis said.

http://cjonline.com/news/2011-09-05/train-derails-near-emmett#.TmZO...

Passenger train derails in Hedmark

A passenger train heading from the historic mining town of Røros to Hamar derailed Monday morning, not far from the scene of a fatal train accident on the same line in Hedmark County 11 years ago. This time, though, passengers escaped death, and injuries were believed to be relatively minor.

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that emergency crews had to chop down trees to get to the scene of the accident, which occurred just before 7am between Koppang and Rena in the valley of Østerdalen.

Fractures, neck and back injuries
There were 31 people on board the three-car train, including passengers and crew. Rescue workers said seven were injured and suffering from fractures, neck and back pain. An air ambulance was sent to the scene near Opphus and the injured were being taken to hospital in Elverum. Operations leader Wenche Gusjås told NRK that none of the injuries were life-threatening.

The location of the accident meant it took time for police to reach the site, but “all available resources” were being put into the rescue efforts, according to a press release from the police.

Railway NSB was also awaiting more details of the derailment and said it was too early to establish its cause. Gusjås, however, told NRK that heavy rain in the area had washed away the ground under the rails. “The train is lying on its side,” she told NRK.

Dag Svinsås of state railroad Jernbaneverket, which is responsible for railroad infrastructure while NSB is responsible for operations, said crews had been inspecting various stretches of tracks because of the heavy rain. “At the exact site of this derailing, we have not had visitations,” he told news website Adressa.no.

‘Confusing and chaotic’
One passenger, Jannika Grimbe, said on NRK’s national radio news broadcast that she was dozing in her seat when she was abruptly awakened by a lurch and felt the train leave the track. “Then everything was very confusing and chaotic on board the train for awhile,” she said. “Folks were yelling and several were in pain.”

She said the train was leaning to the left and several seats were jarred off their mountings. “People walked back and forth but also called home to say they were okay,” she said. “I tried to help as many as I could.”

The accident forced closure of the train line, known as Rørosbanen, which also has been disrupted earlier this summer by heavy rain and flooding. A collision on the same line farther south at Åsta in January 2000 killed 19 persons and injured many others.

http://www.newsinenglish.no/2011/09/05/passenger-train-derails-in-h...

Three injured as train derails in MP

PTI | 10:09 PM,Sep 05,2011

Jabalpur, Sep 5(PTI)Three persons were injured when two bogies of the Bhopal-Bilaspur passenger train derailed today near Salaiya station between Damoh and Katni section of the Western Railway. The incident occurred around 08.15 am when two bogies, third and fourth from the engine derailed causing injuries to three persons, railway sources said. A relief train was soon dispatched from Jabalpur to help the stranded passengers, they said. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Jabalpur, A K Gupta has formed a three-member committee to probe the incident. The injured were provided a relief of Rs 500 each by the railway authorities. The train resumed its onward journey by noon, the sources added.

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/three-injured-as-train-d...

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EMMETT, Kansas -- A Union Pacific train derailed in northeast Kansas early Monday morning.

According to a spokesman for Union Pacific, 56 cars went off the tracks around 3:50 a.m. just east of Emmett, which is northwest of Topeka.

There are no injuries.

The train was coming from Wyoming and was hauling as many as 130 coal cars.  Each coal car can carry up to 100 tons.

Crews have been working to clean up the mess and fix the tracks.  It is unclear when the rail line will be open again.

http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Coal-train-derails-NW-of-Topeka...

Goods train derails in Kochi

The engine of a goods train with 10 bogies jumped tracks at the Kalamassery station here on Wednesday morning affecting traffic along the Ernakulam-Shornur route.

The incident took place around 5.30 a.m. while shunting of the goods train was progressing at the railway yard near Kalamassery.

Railway sources said that the engine slipped off the track and hit the overhead cable electric post causing it to bend. Traffic was disrupted for more than four hours.

According to railway officials, normal traffic would be restored by afternoon.

Traffic has been diverted through the down line leading towards Thiruvananthapuram.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2431684.ece

The ZetaTalk Newsletter
Issue 255, Sunday August 21, 2011

Train Derailments

If the Kiev trumpets are due to a stretch in the area, might this stretch of eastern Europe through to Asia that the Eurasian Plate endures have something to do with a train derailment in Poland? No cause evident, but rails to not just zig and zag suddenly without cause. Railroad lines are regularly checked, in fact, and well maintained. The Pole Shift ning has a blog of such derailments, and in addition to the stretch in the Ukraine and Poland, the eastern half of the US is a stretch zone experiencing many derailments just in this month of August, 2011, in places that the New Madrid adjustment will tear, in fact. Regularly checked rail lines, but derailments without apparent cause. In addition, two Chicago buildings collapsed on the same day. Chicago is very much in a stretch zone, impacted by the Seaway pulling apart. Same day, same location - boom. Per the Zetas, not a coincidence.

ZetaTalk Prediction 12/14/2005: Confused investigators look for reasons for disasters that have their etiology in Earth quietly pulled apart, rock flakes pulled away, rather than pressed together, so that no quakes occur. The stretch zone is that sinking feeling, where support weakens, the ground sinks, and silently so. As there is no other explanation for the effect on the stretch zone, lacking any earthquakes to blame, and as these stretch zone accidents will continue to emerge, and with ferocity, this is a certain clue to those on the fence, that the influence of Planet X is the cause.

Poland: Train Passenger Killed in Derailment
August 12, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14509200

A passenger train has crashed in central Poland, killing one passenger and injuring at least 40. The inter-city train from Warsaw to Katowice was derailed at the town of Baby, near the city of Piotrkow Trybunalski. The engine and three of the carriages went off the tracks. It was not clear what caused the derailment.

 

NYC: Subway Service Resumes After 6 Train Derailment
August 3, 2011
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110803/harlem/derailed-subway-train-at-125th

A 6 train carrying roughly 100 passengers derailed near Harlem's 125th Street station early Wednesday - trapping people underground and snarling the morning rush. The train came off the tracks between 116th Street and 125th Street at about 4 am. The cause of the accident was still under investigation.

 

22 Rail Cars Full of Coal Derail in Western Iowa
August 4, 2011
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/D2/20110731/NEWS/

Railroads crews are cleaning up after 22 cars of a coal train derailed in western Iowa today. The 136-car train was headed from Wyoming to Illinois when a section derailed about

Passenger trains suspended through Nebraska
by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) - 9/6/2011
Courtesy Photo­Image The California Zephyr Amtrak passenger trains between Denver and Chicago won’t be available until later this month. Track was damaged by floods near Omaha as well as a derailment on the other end of the state near Benkleman. Amtrak stops in Nebraska in McCook, Holdrege, Hastings, Lincoln and Omaha. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company owns the track, and is making repairs to “massive flood damage near Omaha that had led to a detour route, resulting in lengthy Amtrak delays across Nebraska and Iowa,” Amtrack officials said Sept. 1. Amtrak also suspended the Denver-Chicago California Zephyr on Aug. 26, after the boom of a construction crane hung above the tracks near a grain elevator and caused two Amtrak train locomotives to derail near Benkelman. After that wreck, daily passenger service from San Francisco-Denver was also suspended for a week, but resumed during the Labor Day weekend. Eastbound from Emeryville, Calif. resumed on Sept. 3, and westbound from Denver resumed Sept. 4. Direct train service from Denver-Chicago continues to be suspended between Fort Morgan, Colo., and Burlington, Iowa, Amtrak officials said.

http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=r...

Six wagons of a goods train derails at Sabarmati

AHMEDABAD: Vehicular traffic movement was disrupted early in the morning on Wednesday after six wagons of a goods train carrying coal derailed at the Sabarmati Yard.

The incident took place at 4.10 am on Wednesday. However, vehicular traffic was disrupted till 5.30 am. Officials said that the six wagon were detached from the train to allow movement of the traffic.

Senior officials rushed to the spot. After a long operation, all the six wagons were brought back on the track. Officials said that an inquiry has been ordered to find out the cause of the accident.

Officials said that since the incident was away from the main track, the movement of passenger trains were not affected. The officials said that had the incident taken place about 200 meters before, it would have affected the movement of trains between Ahmedabad station and Sabarmati. The officials used heavy duty jacks to raise the wagons and put them back on the track.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Six-wagons-of-a-g...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/10/c_131131253.htm