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): |
Starr DiGiacomo
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/train-derails-la-50-homes-evacua...
Train Derails in La., About 50 Homes Evacuated
LAWTELL, La. August 5, 2013 (AP)
A train carrying flammable and corrosive materials derailed in Louisiana on Sunday and about 50 homes have been evacuated as a precaution, authorities said.
Master Trooper Daniel "Scott" Moreau said three cars were leaking but the amount is so small air pollution detectors have not picked up anything. Authorities have not reported any injuries.
The evacuated homes were within one mile of the derailment. Police said at least 26 cars went off the tracks about 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Latwell, which is about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge.
Gov. Bobby Jindal was expected to talk to reporters Sunday night.
The Union Pacific train had 76 cars, and some of them held lube oil and vinyl chloride, KATC-TV reported (http://bit.ly/14Xi9NA).
Traffic was being diverted away from the evacuation zone. Moreau says it's not clear how long the evacuation will last.
Aug 5, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/express-train-...
Express train derails in Thailand
An express train derailed today in a 382m-long tunnel while heading for northern Thai tourist town of Chiang Mai with 415 passengers on board, many of them foreigners.
Nobody was hurt in the accident at 3 am (local time) which has blocked all Bangkok- and Chiang Mai-bound trains.
The Chiang Mai-bound special express train derailed in the 382m-long tunnel between Ban Pang Ton Phueng station in Muang district of Uttaradit province and Huay Rai station of Phrae's Den Chai district, Poonsawat Im-emchai, the chief of Sila-at railway station, said.
Several buses were arranged for the passengers to proceed with their trips to Chiang Mai and other destinations.
Deteriorated condition of the rail tracks was believed to cause the derailment, Bangkok Post said.
On June 17, a Bangkok-Chiang Mai express train had derailed.
Aug 5, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.newson6.com/story/23105582/train-carrying-consumer-produ...
Train Carrying Consumer Products Derails Near Waynoka
Posted: Aug 11, 2013 2:49 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 11, 2013 7:40 PM CDTEmergency crews are on the scene of a train derailment near Waynoka, Oklahoma, Sunday morning.
At about 7:30 a.m. a BNSF train carrying consumer products derailed in the area of NS 330 and Comanche Rd., about two miles north and one mile east of Waynoka. The train was heading westbound to Los Angeles at the time.
Authorities say the train was going 56 mph when it derailed. The speed limit is 60 mph.
First responders on the scene say a total of 40 trailers of the train derailed, spilling beer and soda cans, as well as paper rolls all over the railway.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNSF) is in charge of cleaning up the scene. The train was carrying "mixed freight," according to Joe Faust, Director of Public Relations for BNSF.
No injuries have been reported. The town of Waynoka was not evacuated, according to Woods County Sheriff Rudy Briggs Jr.
Faust says no roads or highways in the area were shut down as a result of the derailment. The railroad is expected to be back open 2 p.m. Monday.
Aug 12, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kmvt.com/news/breakingalert/Train-Derails-In-Minidoka-Co...
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/mini-cassia/train-derails-in-mini...
Train Derails in Minidoka County
MINIDOKA • A train partially derailed Sunday morning in Minidoka County near 800 East Road and Idaho 24 outside of Minidoka.
Eleven cars from the 63-car train left the tracks at 11:20 a.m. Sunday.
No one was injured, and no crossings were blocked, said Minidoka County Sheriff Eric Snarr.
The cause of the derailment had not been determined, Snarr said, but the engineer and conductor thought the train was dragging something when it reached the switch, causing those cars to catch and leave the tracks.
Cars were scattered on both sides of the tracks, and one tipped over and spilled lye, he said.
The train was en route from Salt Lake City to Oregon, said Union-Pacific Railroad spokesman Aaron Hunt.
One of the derailed cars was an empty tanker that usually carries anhydrous ammonia.
“That was definitely the car we were most focused on,” said Hunt.
The other cars were carrying mixed freight, including lumber, grain and potash.
“None of those spilled,” he said.
Union-Pacific has 800 miles of track and 1,000 employees in Idaho, Hunt said.
The clean-up process is now up to Union-Pacific Railroad. Snarr said law enforcement and fire department personnel left the scene within a few hours.
Aug 13, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/25/20181828-mexican-carg...=
Mexican cargo train used by migrants derails, killing at least 5
EPA
General view of the derailment of the cargo train called 'The Beast' in Huimanguillo, in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.
A freight train derailed in a remote area of the Mexican state of Tabasco early Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring at least 35 others, according to officials.
Of the injured, 16 people were seriously hurt, according to a tweet from Luis Felipe Puente, national coordinator for Mexico’s Civil Protection branch of the Secretariat of the Interior.
Local media reports said the death toll could be as high as 50, but that figure was not immediately confirmed by Mexican authorities.
The freight train, known as “La Bestia” — “The Beast” — crisscrosses Mexico from south to north. Migrants, primarily Central Americans, seeking illegal passage to the United States often jump aboard the train under the cover of darkness.
Federal and state authorities were at the scene, according to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who tweeted his sympathies Sunday afternoon.
“My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident,” the tweet said.
The derailment reportedly occurred in a rural area near Huimanguillo in the southeastern state of Tabasco around 3am local time (4am ET) Sunday, near the border with the Mexican state of Veracruz, which is difficult to reach by vehicle.
At least 250 migrants were apparently on the train traveling north from the Guatemala border, Tabasco state Civil Protection chief Cesar Burelo Burelo told the AP.
All of the dead are non-Mexican and from different Central American nations, officials said.
The locomotive and the first car apparently did not overturn in the accident, and were later used to transport victims to the nearest medical facility in Veracruz, according to the AP.
Hard rainfall had evidently loosened the earth under the tracks and shifted the rails, officials told the AP.
Burelo told the AP eight cars had derailed, but authorities have yet to determine a cause.
Soldiers, marines and civilian emergency workers were attempting to enter the area, which ambulances could not access, the Red Cross told the AP. Officials were working to set up air or water links to the scene of the fatal derailment.
Aug 25, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/31/c_132679529.htm
Railway staff work at the train accident site in Pingtung, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 31, 2013. A train derailed in Taiwan on Saturday morning after encountering a landslide, injuring 12 passengers, with three in serious condition, said the Taiwan railway authority. (Xinhua)
TAIPEI, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- A train derailed in Taiwan on Saturday morning after encountering a landslide, injuring 12 passengers, with three in serious condition, said the Taiwan railway authority.
The Kaohsiung-bound train had about 250 passengers on board when it came across a landslide at a tunnel entrance on Saturday at 7:33 a.m.Beijing Time, leading to separation of the fifth and sixth passenger cars and derailment of the sixth, said the Taiwan railway authority in a press conference.
Altogether 12 passengers were injured, with three in serious condition and suffering fractures. All the injured have been sent to hospitals, said the authority.
As of 10 a.m., it was still raining heavily at the site of the accident, and the car remained stuck in the landslide. Railway staff and soldiers have been sent to the site to rescue and evacuate passengers.
The South-Link Line has been suspended due to the accident, and the railway authority estimated it will remain suspended for at least half a day.
Heavy rains have hit Taiwan in recent days due to Tropical Storm Kong-rey, the 15th of this season
Aug 31, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
Train derails in KZN
DURBAN - A goods train has derailed near Margate on KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast.
Netcare 911 says it was travelling towards Durban, and derailed near Banana Beach.
Some of the coaches landed in the lagoon under the bridge the train was travelling on.
The cause of the derailment is not yet known.
Paramedics say the units were empty and no one was injured.
The railway track was completely destroyed and has been closed indefinitely.
Sep 3, 2013
KM
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/11/calgary-train-derailment-se...
Calgary Train Derailment, Several Cars On Their Side (PHOTOS, UPDATED)
The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted: 09/11/2013 7:37 pm EDT | Updated: 09/12/2013 10:09 am EDT
Eight cars of a CP Rail train derailed Wednesday at a rail yard in southeast Calgary.
The derailment occurred at a track along 19 Ave. and 15 Street in the Aylth railroads.
Company spokesman Ed Greenberg says there were no injuries and there was no leakage from the cars, which are lying on their sides at the Alyth Yard.
The cars were carrying a diluting agent used in oil pipelines.
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said there was briefly a small evacuation of the immediate area but everyone has since been allowed to return home.
He said Blackfoot Trail, a major commuter route, would be closed overnight but crews were working to ensure it could be reopened by morning.
Evacuations took place between 13th and 15th street south of 9th Avenue.
Calgary Police Service Duty Inspector Leah Barber told CTV Calgary several tanker cars left the rail, before coming to a rest on their side.
Barber also said there are reports a hissing noise could be heard coming from several cars.
The derailment also closed 15 Street between 9 Ave., according to 660 News.
CP Rail official Ed Greenberg told CTV Calgary the derailment occurred while a northbound train was leaving the Alyth yard at 4:55 p.m.
Greenberg says the north-bound train was moving at a slow speed when the cars left the tracks Wednesday afternoon.
He says the company has launched an investigation to determine what happened.
Sep 13, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wavy.com/news/local/csx-train-derails-injuring-two
Virginia train derailment
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) - A CSX train derailed in Southampton County early Thursday morning, injuring a conductor and engineer and sparking a fire.
Maj. Gene Drewery with the Southampton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a call from CSX that a train derailed between the Dominion Power Plant and the Ashland Chemical Plant around 2:30 a.m.
Drewery said the train was slowing into the chemical plant when it derailed. There was a diesel fuel spill, but there was not a chemical spill. Two locomotives and nine cars were involved.
The crash also caused a large fire, which Drewery said spread to trees along the side of the tracks, but was later contained.
An engineer and a conductor were transported from the scene with injuries. "They were disoriented, our officers just opened the door and helped them get out of the train and get off because of the fire," Drewery said. One was treated at Southampton Memorial Hospital, and the other was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. They were released from the hospital Thursday.
Donald Case said he used to work for CSX and drove from Richmond to check on the crash. "It's a bad one. I mean the pictures I saw on the news this morning looked pretty rough. So I rode down there to see if I could see anything," Case said.
Case said he knows the two men who were on the train, and was thankful they were not seriously hurt. "They really are lucky. They could have been killed real easy," Case said.
The train is made up of 41 cars which were carrying mixed freight. The train originated in Portsmouth and was en route to Rocky Mount, N.C.
It was not clear Thursday afternoon when the track would reopen. Investigators said it could take weeks to determine the cause of the derailment.
Sep 20, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
From Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r91F7oyW...
http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/train-derails-near-central...
Train derails near Central City
CENTRAL CITY — An eastbound Union Pacific train headed from California to Chicago derailed near Central City at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
“There were no injuries,” said Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis. “The cause of the derailment is under investigation.”
All 42 cars that went off the tracks were flat cars loaded with ocean-going containers. Those containers had everything from electronics to batteries to apparel and other consumer goods loaded in them, Davis said.
“Crews worked throughout the night to move the rail cars off the tracks and to begin repairs,” Davis said.
Both tracks there were damaged. A total of 800 feet of rail had to be replaced on one track and 2,000 feet of rail needed to be replaced on the other, he said.
One track was expected to reopen at 5 p.m. Sunday. It’s unknown when the second track will reopen, Davis said.
As of late Sunday afternoon, 20 trains had been detoured to other routes around the damage. Another 40 trains sat idle waiting for the tracks to clear, he said.
The derailment occurred at Highway 30 and 21st Street.
Sep 24, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/leaking+after+train+derails+west...
Train car leaks oil, school closed, after CN train derails near Landis
LANDIS, Sask. - Hazardous material crews were cleaning up oil spilled from a Canadian National train car that derailed close to a small community in western Saskatchewan early Wednesday.
RCMP said 17 rail cars — some carrying flammable petroleum, ethanol and chemicals — came off the tracks after 4 a.m. within 500 to 700 metres of the village of Landis, west of Saskatoon.
"The spill involved a petroleum product that is not considered highly explosive," Sgt. Grant Rusk said.
"Because of the flammable nature of some of the other rail-car contents, and the proximity to Landis and the school, the decision was made to close the Landis School for the day while the contents of the damaged cars were unloaded."
No one was injured.
Warren Chandler, a spokesman for CN (TSX:CNR), said it was not clear how much oil spilled, but that the oil was concentrated along the right of way of its the transcontinental rail line.
Chandler said some of the cars were on their sides and CN crews were working to clean up the area.
"One of the derailed cars is leaking lube oil," he said from Edmonton.
"CN crews immediately began a process using vacuum trucks to contain and reclaim the leaking product."
The Saskatchewan government said one of the other derailed cars contains ethanol and was on its side, but was not leaking.
Premier Brad Wall said most goods shipped by train move safely across Canada and railways are needed.
But he said the spill is another chance to talk about the benefit of pipelines.
"There is a debate though now that's precipitated by Keystone and by (the proposed Northern) Gateway and maybe by the Energy East pipeline, about what is the safest way to move certain products," Wall said in Regina.
"We think it's an all-of-the-above proposition. We are going to be railing more oil out of this province, that's just the fact of the matter. We're doing it now and frankly doing it efficiently and safely for the most part, again from a statistical standpoint.
"But we need pipelines. We need them and we need to be unequivocal that pipelines are still certainly the best way."
Greenpeace Canada said the derailment was an example of the perils of shipping oil by rail.
"How much longer are they willing to gamble on unsafe rail cars carrying ever-increasing amounts of oil through our communities,” Greenpeace spokesman Keith Stewart said in a release.
Greenpeace and other organizations have called on the federal government to ban the shipping of oil in older tanker cars that have been identified as spill-prone.
The groups also want an independent safety review of all hydrocarbon transportation, including pipelines, rail, tanker and truck.
RCMP said the cars that went off of the tracks were in the middle of the 560-metre-long freight train and no other vehicle was involved in the derailment.
Fire crews from nearby communities put out a grass fire in a ditch caused by the derailment, but police said none of the rail cars caught fire.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said it is sending an investigator to the site. The TSB is an independent agency that investigates marine, pipeline, railway and aviation transportation occurrences. It looks at ways to prevent similar incidents, but does not assign blame.
Rogers Communications said the derailment severed cables which temporarily cut wireless services Wednesday morning for many of its customers in Western Canada.
Sep 26, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://myfox8.com/2013/10/01/two-train-cars-derail-in-rockingham-co...
Train derails in Rockingham County (Photos)
Posted on: 10:01 am, October 1, 2013, by Web Staff, updated on: 11:04am, October 1, 2013
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Three train cars derailed in Rockingham County on Tuesday, however no injuries were reported.
The train cars derailed at Ruffin Road and Lick Fork Creek Road around 9 a.m. One of the derailed cars was carrying paper and the other two were empty.
The 95-car train was headed from Linwood to Allentown, Pa.
“An Amtrak train passes by this location about 2 or 3 a.m., but we anticipate having the derailment cleaned up by then, so passenger traffic will not be affected,” Robin C. Chapman, Director of Public Relations at Norfolk Southern Corporation, said in an e-mail.
Norfolk Southern is working to resolve the derailed train cars.
The cause of the derailment has not been determined.
No other information is available at this time.
Oct 2, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/uzbekistan/2200183.html
Tajik passenger train crashes in Uzbekistan
10 October 2013, 22:05 (GMT+05:00)
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Oct. 10 /Trend, D. Azizov/
About 30 people were injured because of the derailment of five coaches of a Tajik passenger train, which was passing through Uzbekistan's territory, a source in the Ozbekiston temir yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) told Trend on Thursday.
According to the representative of the railway company, five cars of the train that was on the Dushanbe-Kanibadam route derailed at low speeds in the Gallyaral district of Jizzakh oblast on Thursday at around 10:00.
According to preliminary reports, the victims of the accident did not get life-threatening injuries. All of them were taken to the local hospital, where they received the necessary medical assistance.
The Dushanbe-Kanibadam train connects Tajikistan's capital with the northern Sughd oblast of the republic.
But the most part of its route accounts for Uzbekistan, because there is not a direct railway between these parts of Tajikistan.
An investigation is underway at the scene of the accident.
Oct 10, 2013
Sandor Daranyi
Dozens hurt in Buenos Aires train wreck
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/19/world/americas/argentina-train-cr...
(CNN) -- At least 35 people were injured Saturday morning when a train crashed in a Buenos Aires neighborhood, Argentina's Security Secretary Sergio Berni told state news agency Telam.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Saturday's crash comes four months after two commuter trains collided near the Argentine capital, killing at least three people and injuring hundreds more.
"In addition to solidarity and pain, I feel anger and impotence," President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said in June. "Because the truth is, we are putting everything (into the train system), not just economic resources and investment, but also time and human resources. When things like this happen, it hurts all of us."
And in February 2012, a commuter train on the same rail line crashed into a barrier at a station in Buenos Aires, killing 50 people and injuring hundreds.
That crash sparked a criminal investigation. More than two dozen suspects, including former government officials, were accused of mismanagement and defrauding the public.
Now, a government consortium oversees the train line, rather than a private company.
In 1970, 200 people died when two trains crashed north of Buenos Aires.
Eight years later, 56 people were killed when a train hit a truck in Argentina's Santa Fe province, the state news agency reported.
Oct 19, 2013
Howard
Fuel Tanker Train Derails in Alberta, Closes Highway, Area Evacuated (Oct 19)
Emergency crews are battling a massive fire after a tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton overnight.
Thirteen cars — four carrying petroleum crude oil and nine carrying liquefied petroleum gas — came off the tracks around 1 a.m. in the hamlet of Gainford, about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton on Highway 16, authorities said Saturday.
The westbound CN Rail train derailed along Highway 16 and Range Road 61.
One resident described hearing a series of crashes moments before he saw a “huge, huge fireball” shoot into the sky.
“The fireball was so big, it shot across both lanes of the Yellowhead (Highway) and now both lanes of the Yellowhead are closed and there’s fire on both sides,” said the witness.
Two cars containing gas are leaking, and officials said they fear there could be an explosion.
“It’s still leaking, so there is that risk of explosion,” said Carson Mills, spokesman for Parkland County, which includes Gainford.
“It’s still a risky situation so we need to contain as much as possible and keep people far away.”
Parkland County has declared a local state of emergency for Gainford and the immediate surrounding area. All area residents are to avoid the area until further notice.
The entire community of roughly 100 has been evacuated, Mills said.
A reception centre has been set up at the Entwistle Community Centre.
Parkland County and Yellowhead County fire crews are on scene, alongside the Edmonton Fire Rescue’s hazardous materials team and Edmonton police helicopter Air One.
Mills said residents reported seeing a huge fireball shoot across Highway 16 after the derailment.
A stretch of the highway, also known as the Yellowhead, has been shut down due to the fire, he said.
Highway 16 traffic has been rerouted north along secondary Highway 765, westbound along secondary Highway 633 and returning southbound on secondary Highway 757. The portion of the highway is expected to be rerouted for the next 24 to 48 hours.
The Transportation Safety Board said it has deployed a team of investigators to the scene.
Gainford is about 20 kilometres west of Wabamun, where on Aug. 3, 2005, 43 cars of a westbound CN freight train derailed, spilling 700,000 litres of heavy fuel oil and 88,000 litres of pole treating oil into and around Wabamun Lake, and forcing the evacuation of 20 people.
Sources
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Huge+fireball+streaks+across+Ye...
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Huge+huge+fireball+erupts+after+tra...
Oct 19, 2013
KM
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-look-at-train-accidents-in-canada-ov...
These are some of the more major incidents that have occured...
The latest train accident near Gainford, Alta is just one of many that have taken place in the last five months.
Here's a look at some of the accidents involving trains in Canada since May of 2013:
Oct. 19, 2013: Thirteen CN tanker cars -- four laden with petroleum crude oil and nine carrying liquefied petroleum gas -- came off the rails just after midnight in the hamlet of Gainford, about 80 kms west of Edmonton. At least two explosions and a massive fire followed, but there were no early reports of injuries.
Oct 17, 2013: Residents in the northwestern Alberta town of Sexsmith were forced from their homes after four CN rail cars carrying anhydrous ammonia left the rails. The cars remained upright and there were no leaks.
Oct. 7, 2013: Four empty tanker cars that had been used to carry jet fuel went off the track in Brampton, Ont. A CN employee suffered minor injuries and the derailment caused commuter delays for GO Train travellers.
Sept. 25, 2013: Seventeen CN rail cars, some carrying flammable petroleum, ethanol and chemicals, came off the tracks near the village of Landis, in western Saskatchewan, in the middle of the night. A nearby school was closed as hazardous material crews cleaned up spilled oil. No one was injured.
Sept. 18, 2013: Crossing lights, bells and gates were all reported to have been activated when an Ottawa city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train west of the capital. Six people on the bus were killed, including the driver, and more than 30 passengers were injured. No one on the train was hurt.
Sep 11, 2013: Eight cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying a diluting agent used in oil pipelines derailed at a rail yard in southeast Calgary. There were no injuries and no leaks from the cars, which were left lying on their sides. More than 140 homes were evacuated briefly.
July 27, 2013: A CPR locomotive and seven tanker cars carrying oil left the tracks in Lloydminister, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. Some diesel spilled from the locomotive and was contained. RCMP said nothing spilled from the cars, no one was injured and no evacuations were necessary.
Jul 8, 2013: An ammonia leak from a train caused the evacuation of roughly one-quarter of the population of the small northern Ontario town of Gogoma. No one was injured.
July 6, 2013: A runaway train of 72 tank cars loaded with a volatile crude oil crashed and exploded in the centre of Lac-Megantic, Que., killing 47 people and destroying half the downtown area. The train, owned by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, was unmanned at the time.
June 27, 2013: Seven cars derailed as a bridge over the flood-swollen Bow River in Calgary collapsed as a CPR train tried to cross it. Five cars carried petroleum products, one was filled with ethylene glycol and one was empty. No spills or injuries were reported but Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi demanded answers.
June 2, 2013: Eleven CPR rail cars derailed on a trestle bridge near Wanup, east of Sudbury, Ont. There were no injuries, but the cars were carrying containers of consumer goods and about half of them entered a nearby river, prompting a drinking-water advisory.
May 23, 2013: Police in the southern Alberta community of Okotoks had to respond to an unusual call when a runaway train car rumbled through town. They said the wayward train car was empty and eventually stopped when it bounced off the tracks. No one was injured and CPR attributed the incident to vandalism.
May 21, 2013: Five cars on a CPR train derailed near the village of Jansen in southeastern Saskatchewan and one of them spilled more than 91,000 litres of oil. There were no injuries
Oct 19, 2013
KM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24595870
Argentine train crashes into Buenos Aires Once station
A commuter train in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has crashed at the end of the line, leaving at least 80 people injured.
The train failed to stop as it arrived at Once station, crashing through the buffers and ending up wedged between the floor and ceiling of the platform.
The accident happened at the same station where 51 people were killed in a similar crash last year.
The cause of the accident remains unclear.
Saturday's crash happened shortly after 07:00 local time (10:00 GMT).
The line from Moreno 40km (25 miles) west of Buenos Aires to Once station, operated by the Sarmiento train company, is normally a busy commuter line during the week, and its trains are usually packed with passengers.
Security Secretary Sergio Berni said some of those injured on Saturday had been waiting on the platform and were hurt by flying glass as the train's windows shattered.
Jorge Ramirez, a chef who got on the train nine stations before the end of the line, told the AP news agency the accident was "a tragedy".
"I saw people hurt, shouting, others thrown on the floor. The people in the first wagon ended up piled on top of each other," he said.
After the 2012 crash, the authorities revoked a local company's right to operate trains on the line and pledged to make new investments in safety.
But commuters complain of frequent delays and bad service, and it is not uncommon to see travellers crammed into trains on their way to work, says the BBC's Ignacio de los Reyes in Buenos Aires.
Oct 19, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3196305.shtml?cat=500
Train derails in Socorro County
Updated at: 10/19/2013 8:42 PM
By: Johnny Cordoba, KOB 4
Train derails south of Socorro
NMSP
Socorro County – A broken track apparently was the cause for a train derailment that happened 18 miles south of Socorro, at approximately 5 a.m. New Mexico State Police reported to KOB Eyewitness News that four auto haulers ended on the ground, but none of the vehicles inside fell out of the haulers.
The locomotive pulling the cars did not stray from the train tracks and minimal fuel spilled at the site of the accident. No injuries were reported
A spokesperson for BNSF Railway, operator for the train, indicated that the exact cause for the derailment is still under investigation.
Oct 20, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
Nigeria Train Derails
Wednesday October 23 2013
Thousands of passengers escaped death Tuesday evening as a train loaded with over 2,000 people derailed at Oshodi bus stop.
The incident which took place close to the pedestrian bridge caused a lot of panic with passers-by running for their lives during the commotion that took place.
According to a ngtrends.com correspondent who arrived the scene shortly after the incident, thousands of stranded passengers lined the side of track, with each person narrating the incident.
A passenger, who was inside the coach that derailed identified himself as Francis to our correspondence. He narrated his experience stating that “I heard a loud sound and thought I was going to die. I thank God the train did not over turn.”
He added: “Passengers who were seated on top of the train quickly jumped. I thank God the train wasn’t on top speed, my story would have been different my brother.”
No lives was lost in the incident and work to evacuate the derailed coach had already began when our correspondent arrived the scene.
http://www.spyghana.com/nigeria-train-derails/
Oct 24, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/2-killed-40-hurt-as-train-de...
2 killed, 40 hurt as train derails
Published: Friday, November 1, 2013
Our Correspondent, Brahmanbaria
The wreckage of a train after it derailed early yesterday in Akhaura while going to Chittagong from Dhaka. The accident left two people dead. Photo: Star
The deceased were identified as Mostakim, 20, of Mymensingh, and Nurul Amin, 35, of Netrakona.
The accident occurred as a compartment of the Chittagong-bound train overturned after being derailed around 3:00am, just before entering Akhaura station, said Md Saidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Government Railway Police (GRP) at Akhaura Railway Junction.
Passengers inside the compartment were heavily jolted when four wheels of the coach slipped off the track.
Mostakim and Amin died on the spot as they were on the roof of the train, the OC said, adding that at least 40 more passengers had sustained injuries.
The injured were taken to different local hospitals and clinics for treatment.
The cause of the derailment could not be ascertained immediately, said Abdul Motalib, station superintendent of the junction.
A three-member committee headed by Divisional Transport Officer (DTO) of Railway Eastern Zone Md Nazmul Hossain was formed to investigate the cause of the derailment by three days, he added.
The rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong, Sylhet, Noakhali, and Chandpur remained suspended for more than five hours as seven trains remained stranded at different stations after the incident.
Communications, however, resumed around 8:30am when a salvage train removed the coach from the track.
Chittagong-bound Turna Nishitha Express got stuck in Brahmanbaria Railway Station while Sylhet-bound Sylhet Mail at Talshar station, situated in between Akhaura and Brahmanbaria; Sylhet-bound another train Surma Mail at Brahmanbaria, and Akhaura-bound Titas at Paghachang, a place in between Brahmanbaria and Akhaura.
Dhaka-bound Turna Nishitha Express from Chittagong got stranded at Koshba, Chittagong Mail train at Akhaura, and a Demu train at a place between Comilla and Akhaura railway stations.
Two youths killed in train accidents
Two youths were killed in two separate train accidents in Jamalpur, reports our district correspondent.
The deceased were identified as Omar Ali, 22, of son of Gyan Miah of Langaljora village in Jamalpur, and Billal Hossain, 16, son of Shakawat Hossain of Durgapur upazila in Netrakona.
Omar, who had hearing impairment, was run over by a Dhaka-bound commuter train from Dewanganj while he was crossing Langaljora level crossing around 5:35am yesterday, said Khokan Sarker, officer-in-charge of the GRP at Jamalpur Railway Station.
In a separate incident, Billal fell down from a Dewanganj-bound commuter train from Dhaka near the Nandina Railway Station around 9:30pm on Wednesday as he was standing by the door of the compartment, the OC said.
Critically injured Billal was taken to Jamalpur General Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries there around 2:30am yesterday, the OC added.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Jamalpur General Hospital morgue for autopsies.
Nov 1, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.yourerie.com/news/news-article/train-derails-in-millcree...
November 1, 2013
A train derailed in Millcreek Township on the CSX Tracks at about 10:30am today. Four rail cars, reportedly carrying construction debris, are now on their sides. At least two other cars, including an engine, are off the tracks but still upright. Emergency Management from Erie and Millcreek are currently on the scene. Some diesal fuel was leaking at the site, which is just west of Pittsburgh Avenue. No injuries have been reported. Traffic is being diverted in the area of Pittsburgh Avenue, Greendgarden Blvd, and Raspberry Street.
The railroad is bringining in a wrecking crew from out of town. It will take them several hours or longer to turn the cars upright, clean-up the debris and repair the tracks.
Reports at the scene indicate an engine will be brought in to pull the unaffected portion of the train in an easterly direction, to clear the railroad crossings in the city.
At this time, no cause for the derailment.
Nov 3, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wafb.com/story/23913896/explosion
Train derailment causes fire and crude oil spill near Aliceville
Posted: Nov 08, 2013 5:44 AM CSTUpdated: Nov 08, 2013 8:03 AM CST
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -
Crews are working at the scene of train derailment that caused explosions and a crude oil spill.
It happened near Highway 14 in Aliceville in Pickens County. Nelda Hudgins, who lives nearby, says her husband Bart woke her up around 1 a.m. on Friday after he saw the fire. Nelda reports hearing explosions and says 6 or 7 train cars were on fire.
Lt. Travis Parker with Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue says they received the call around 2 a.m. and have sent a battalion, an engine and a hazmat team to the site. Attempts are being made to contain the crude oil spill.
The train was composed of 90 train cars and 12 cars derailed, according to the Regional Coordinator for Alabama EMA, Don Hartley. Hartley says the accident happened near a slough and crews are working to keep the spill out of the water. The current plant is to let the fire burn out. The railroad company will be handling the clean up and will investigate the accident along with the NTSB.
Hartley says the accident happened near a trestle. The trestle is now gone after it was consumed by the fire. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the trestle could have caused the accident.
Parker says no injuries have been reported and he believes no homes are in danger. There has been no word on what caused the derailment or explosion.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57611455/train-carrying-crude-o...
Train carrying crude oil derails, catches fire in Ala.
Updated 7:10 a.m. ET
ALICEVILLE, ALA.A 12-car freight train carrying crude oil derailed on a trestle and caught fire late Thursday night near Aliceville, in western Alabama, authorities say.
Ken Gibson of the Pickens County, Alabama Emergency Management Agency tells CBS News of the cars were destroyed and nine are still periodically flaring up.
A local hazardous materials team raced to the scene but had left early Friday morning, Gibson said.
The cause of the derailment was under investigation, as was the extent of any remaining oil spill.
No injuries were reported. One home was evacuated.
Nov 8, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/train-carrying-lumber-derails-west-of-...
Train carrying lumber derails west of Saskatoon:
Last Updated Sunday, November 10, 2013 7:48PM EST
A train reported to be carrying lumber has derailed near Asquith, Sask., located about 33 kilometres west of Saskatoon.
Saskatchewan RCMP responded to the CN derailment around 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, Cpl. Con Lerat said in a statement.
None of the six cars were carrying dangerous goods, Lerat said.
A train reported to be carrying lumber has derailed near Asquith, Sask., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013.
There was no mention of any injuries or evacuations as a result of the derailment.
There have been four train derailments in the neighbouring province of Alberta in the past two months, including one in October that forced the evacuation of Gainford after a dangerous petroleum fire was sparked.
Nov 11, 2013
sourabh kale
McCormick County emergency services says a train has derailed in Modoc.
Officials say the incident is minor though, with less than five cars coming off the rails around 5 a.m.. No cars overturned and no one was injured.
CSX railroad crews are fixing the track issue now.
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Officials-say-train-derailment-i...
Nov 14, 2013
sourabh kale
NASHIK/MUMBAI: Four passengers were feared killed and several others injured when ten coaches of a train derailed at Ghoti near Igatpuri in Nashik district on Friday morning.
The mishap took place at around 6.20am today when 12618 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Express train was passing through the Ghoti-Igatpuri section near Nashik of the Central Railway, a Central Railway spokesperson said in Mumbai.
The cause of the accident is not yet known, he said. According to rural police, four passengers were feared dead and several others injured in the derailment.
The injured have been rushed to Ghoti, Kasara and Nashik civil hospitals, while rescue operations were in progress, police added.
The Central Railway has set up a helpline for anxious relatives and kin of the passengers to enquire about them, the official said, adding that a medical relief van has already reached Ghoti.
Following the mishap, rail-traffic on the up side was affected, forcing railway authorities to cancel various trains, including Manmad-Kurla-Godavari Express and Manmad-Mumbai Panchavati Express.
Also, Sevagram Express and Rajya Rani Express were halted at Lasalgaon, a railway official at Nashik told PTI.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Mangala-Express-derails-near-Nashik...
Nov 15, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
Another link to Mangala derailment with 3 killed and 37 injured.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/mangala-express-derails-ne...
Mangala Express derails near Nashik; 3 dead, 37 injured
Three passengers were killed and 37 others injured when ten coaches of a train derailed at Ghoti near Igatpuri in Nashik district this morning.
The mishap took place at around 6.20 when 12618 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Lakshadweep Mangala Express train was passing through the Ghoti-Igatpuri section, about 35 km from Nashik, a spokesperson of the Central Railway (CR) said in Mumbai.
While three passengers were killed in the mishap, 37 others sustained injuries and have been admitted to different hospitals, Railway sources said.
Two of the deceased have been identified as Rahul Kushwaha (31) from Aligarh and Satbir Singh from Haryana.
The body of another deceased passenger was trapped between two derailed coaches and was yet to be extricated and identified, the sources said.
CR sources said that out of the 23 injured, 7 were admitted in Nashik Civil Hospital, 3 at Vakratunda Hospital in Nasik, 2 in Gramin Hospital at Ghoti and 11 were being treated for minor injuries.
Around 450 passengers were brought by buses from the derailed site to Igatpuri Station. A special train carrying Mangala Express passengers had left Igatpuri for Ernakulam and would halt at Kasara.
The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained, an official said.
Rescue operations are being carried out with the help of railway police and rural security personnel, police said. Cranes have been pressed into service to lift the derailed coaches, they said.
The Central Railway has set up a helpline number for inquiries from anxious relatives and kin of the passengers, the official said.
Following the mishap, traffic on the up side was affected, forcing Railway authorities to cancel various trains, including 12109 and 12110 Godavari Express, 22101 and 22102 Rajya Rani Express, 51153 and 51154 Bhusaval-Mumbai Passenger and 17618 Tapovan Express, Railway sources said.
Nov 16, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.timesnews.net/article/9070100/photo-gallery-train-transp...
Photo gallery: Train transporting 100,000 gallons of propane derail...
November 20th, 2013 3:48 pm
BULLS GAP — Rescuers dodged a big bullet Tuesday night when a Southern Railroad train derailed in Bulls Gap, and the only cars that didn’t tip over were at the back of the line including four carrying 28,000 gallons of propane each.
The accident occurred around 10:20 p.m. as some cars were being pulled through a spur at Seminole Gas. Apparently a middle car came off the track, which caused chain reaction, tipping all cars in front of it including the engine.
The biggest cleanup was for diesel fuel that leaked out of the engine. Two men were on the train at the time of the derailment, including the engineer who suffered a head injury and other bumps and bruises when the engine tipped over.
The engineer was treated for injuries but returned to the accident site early Wednesday morning. as of noon Wednesday the cars were back upright and cleanup was continuing.
Hazardous material enters Hawkins County on the Southern Railroad through Bulls Gap on a daily basis, most of which is on its way to Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport.
For years Hawkins County emergency responders have been planning and training for a train derailment of this nature, and Tuesday night that plan was put into action.
In this case, however, it wasn’t a pass-through “Eastman” train that derailed, but some cars that were being picked up for transfer to the exchange yard in Bulls Gap.
Route 66-S, which runs parallel to the tracks, was closed from the Rt. 113 intersection near Cherokee High School to the 11-E intersection in Bulls gap for about an hour until the situation was assessed and it was determined that no hazardous material had spilled or was in danger of spilling.
Hawkins County Emergency Management Agency director Gary Murrell said Southern Railroad was investigating the cause of the derailment Wednesday afternoon.
“It was a switch engine pulling out of Seminole Gas,” Murrell said. “They had pulled in to pick up four loaded (propane) tank cars to take to Bulls Gap yard so the regular train could pick them up and take them to where they’re going. They were coming out of the yard on the switch track and they don’t know how it happened, but somewhere in the middle of that train something happened and it started pulling cars off the track. It just pulled off everything from that (middle) car forward. It turned everything over including the engine.”
There were some empty tankers behind the engine.
The first emergency responders found the badly shaken engineer laying on the ground outside the train, and initially it wasn’t know that those first tankers were empty.
Aside from the four propane tanks at the rear of the train, there were some cars carrying scrap metal and some carrying plastic pellets. Some of the pellets also spilled.
Hepaco Environmental and American Environmental cleanup companies were both called to assist with the cleanup.
“Hepaco said they would be there for days for the diesel,” Murrell said. “The diesel is going to be the biggest thing. We’ve had EPA there. All the diesel was confined to one side of the railroad tracks, and they’re digging everything up to get the diesel out of the ground.”
Murrell said the emergency services from Hawkins and Greene counties that responded deserved to be commended for working together to put the emergency plan into action while the situation was being assessed.
“This is why we put in so many hours of training,” Murrell said. “If it had turned out to be a major disaster, we had the highway blocked already. That way if there was an evacuation we only had to worry about getting people out, and not new people coming in. There are a lot worse things than propane moving up and down that line, and it’s good to know everybody (in emergency services) is on the same page if something major does happen.”
Nov 21, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://news.sky.com/story/1171293/chester-train-crashes-into-buffer...
Chester Train Crashes Into Buffers At Station
An investigation is under way after a Virgin Trains service from London to Chester partially derails and crashes into barriers.
A train has derailed and smashed into the buffers at Chester railway station, leaving one man in hospital with back injuries.
Emergency services were called to the station shortly after midday following reports that the five-carriage train had partially derailed.
Among the passengers was Jake Pickering, who wrote on his Twitter page: "The @VirginTrains train I was on from London has just crashed at Chester station. I believe everyone is okay."
A Virgin Trains spokeswoman said: "We can confirm an incident took place earlier today at Chester Station.
"The incident took place at approximately 12.10pm and the train involved was the 10.10am Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Chester. No other train was involved.
"The emergency services have been called, but at this stage it is believed that there are no serious injuries."
A statement from British Transport Police said: "All coaches of the five-car train have remained upright.
"One man has been taken to a local hospital by North West Ambulance Service, with reported injuries to his back."
The statement said the crash was "being investigated to establish the full circumstances surrounding the derailment".
Nov 21, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1225061&CategoryId=14090
Eight Die in Train Derailment in Brazil
SAO PAULO – Eight people died when a train derailed over the weekend in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, officials said Monday.
The initial death toll was reported as six, but firefighters recovered two more bodies from the wreckage early Monday.
The derailment occurred Sunday night in the poor Jardin Conceicao neighborhood of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, a city located about 438 kilometers (272 miles) from Sao Paulo.
Nine cars loaded with corn went off the tracks and hit four dwellings, destroying the structures and killing eight people, including children ages 2 and 5, who were inside.
Six other people were hospitalized, with two of them listed in serious condition.
Railway operator America Latina Logistica, or ALL, released a statement in which it expressed its condolences to the victims’ families and offered assistance.
“The causes of the accident will be investigated in an administrative process,” ALL said.
Company spokesmen denied that the train was traveling at more than 40 kph (25 mph), the speed limit in urban areas.
Train speeds are controlled via satellite, preventing engineers from speeding, ALL said.
Two derailments occurred in Sao Jose do Rio Preto in 2002, but there were no injuries.
ALL was fined in 2009 for failing to comply with an agreement to prevent derailments.
Nov 26, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/24080936/willard-hundreds-evacuat...
Willard: Hundreds evacuated after train derailment causes chemical spill
Posted: Nov 27, 2013 5:01 AM ESTUpdated: Nov 27, 2013 11:27 AM ESTPolice say 400 households were affected by a chemical spill on CSX train tracks in Huron County.
At 11:42 p.m. Tuesday, a caller notified police of a leaking train on North Main Street in Willard.
Upon arrival, police found that the 33,000 gallon railcar was leaking styrene monomer, a highly flammable substance, through a four inch hole.
Authorities decided to immediately evacuate residents within a one-half mile radius. Willard High School is being used as an emergency shelter.
CSX released the following statement on Wednesday:
CSX Transportation is working with first responders in Willard, Ohio, to assist residents who have evacuated their homes due to a tank car leak. The company is establishing a community outreach center at the Willard Town Hall, and securing hotel rooms for displaced residents. The leak from the tank car of styrene monomer, a flammable product used in the manufacture of plastics, has been stopped. The tank car was damaged in a derailment at the CSX Willard Yard. CSX thanks the first responders for their support, and pledges to work with them and the community to resolve this incident as safely and quickly as possible.
There is really not much of a health threat, but the clean up is the issue. Any kind of spark could cause a serious explosion or fire.
No word on when evacuees will be allowed to go back to their homes.
http://www.sewardindependent.com/friend/news/article_abd4d7aa-56e4-...
BNSF train derails near Friend
Pictured are BNSF workers at the site of the derailment on Nov. 25.
Posted: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 5:00 am
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway workers were hard at work addressing a derailment that occurred at 2:55 a.m. on Nov. 25 near Friend.
“The train derailed on the siding and was moving slowly when it derailed,” Andy Williams, BNSF public affairs director, said.
Out of the 75 cars, seven of them derailed and four fell on their sides.
“The main line in that area is open. That track has several trains a day, but it is not impacting customers because we can reroute the traffic,” Williams said.
Williams said that those working on the track hoped to have it up and running at approximately 5 p.m. on Nov. 25.
Damages to the track have yet not been determined, according to Williams.
Nov 27, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/01/21702589-at-least-4-dead...
At least 4 dead, more than 60 injured after NY commuter train derails in Bronx
A commuter rail line derailed in New York City Sunday morning, killing at least four people.
Officials said that at least 63 others were injured when the Metro-North train jumped the tracks as it was rounding a curve about 100 yards from a stop. Fire officials said as many as 11 of those injured were "critical."
AP / Craig Ruttle
First responders gather around the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York Dec. 1, 2013.
Metro-North said the seven-car 5:54 a.m. diesel train from Poughkeepsie derailed at 7:22 a.m., just feet from the water near the historic Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, NBC New York reported. It was due at Grand Central at 7:43 a.m.
The locomotive was on the north end pushing the cars southward.
"I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times. Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I heard people screaming. There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train," he said, holding his bloody right hand.
At least four train cars were knocked completely on their side, and officials said it would be awhile to assess all of the damage and injuries involved. Early reports said that cars had gone into the Hudson river, but they narrowly avoided plunging into the frigid waters.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the big curve where the derailment occurred is in a slow speed area approaching the station.
NBC News
A commuter rail line derailed in New York City early Sunday morning, killing at least four people.
Dozens of firefighters were on the scene helping pull people from the wreckage. Many people were transported to area hospitals for treatment, said New York City Fire Department spokesman Michael Parrella.
Speaking at the scene, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the train operator was among the injured.
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At first, he said, he didn't notice that the train had flipped over.
"I didn't realize it had been turned over until I saw a firefighter walking on the window," he said.
Steve Kornacki reports on a train derailment on the Metro North Hudson Line in New York.
As a result of the crash, Metro-North Hudson line service was suspended in both directions, and Amtrak service was suspended be tween New York City and Albany, rail officials said.
A senior Metro-North official told NBC News there was no evidence of criminality, but cautioned that it was still early in the investigation. National Transportation Safety Bureau officials confirmed a "go-team" is on their way to the area to launch an investigation.
In July, a CSX freight train hauling trash on the same line derailed near the the same area of the Bronx. No one was injured but questions were raised about the safety of the track design, which has a notoriously sharp turn right before the station.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
Dec 1, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hazmat-spill-freight-train...
Freight train derails, triggers hazmat spill next to New Jersey Turnpike
Emergency workers were still trying to clean a noxious, flammable material from the scene where a freight train derailed early Thursday. No injuries were reported.
BY JOE KEMP / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013, 6:48 AM
Officials said the train was carrying a noxious, flammable material
A train carrying hazardous materials derailed near New Jersey highway early Thursday, officials said.
The train was backing into a facility near Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike in Carteret — across the border from Staten Island — when one car of the train flipped on its side about 1 a.m., authorities said.
Another car partially overturned in the wreck.
Investigators were still trying to determine what caused the train to derail.
RELATED: PHOTOS: METRO-NORTH ENGINEER MINUTES AFTER CRASH
It was not immediately clear how the train derailed, but no injuries were reported.
Officials said the train was carrying a noxious, flammable material, WABC-TV reported.
WABC
Emergency workers were still trying to clean the hazardous material from the scene after a freight train derailed in New Jersey early Thursday.
Hazmat crews were still working to clean the area hours later.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hazmat-spill-freight-train...
Dec 5, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.twoharborsmn.com/event/article/id/25741/
Train derails in Two Harbors
An ore train derailed in Two Harbors early Thursday afternoon and two injuries were reported, Lake County Sheriff Carey Johnson told the News Tribune. -
A Canadian National Railway train filled with iron ore pellets from the Iron Range derailed in Two Harbors early Thursday afternoon and two injuries were reported, Lake County Sheriff Carey Johnson said.
According to the Two Harbors Police Department, at 1:14 p.m. the THPD, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Enforcement Division, Two Harbors Fire Department, Lake County Ambulance Service and Lake County Search & Rescue responded to the accident.
The two CN employees were transported from the scene via ambulance. Patrick Waldron, a spokesman for CN, said the injuries appear to be minor. The two other employees on the train were uninjured.
The accident occurred just after 1 p.m. on a bend in the tracks between Northshore Manufacturing and Two Harbors Lumber on Fourth Avenue, Johnson said. Waldron said the area is considered the CN train yard.
Uwe Kausch, a sales manager at Northshore Manufacturing, said the rail cars were everywhere, “stacked up like cord wood,” with some pointing up vertically.
A typical ore train has just over 100 cars and Kausch said it looked like most of them were affected by the derailment. Waldron said there were 107 cars but said it hadn’t been determined how many were damaged or upended.
LeRoy Veness, who owns a repair shop about 100 yards from the rail line, said he heard the derailment.
“Our whole building was rumbling,” Veness said.
Andy Johnson of Two Harbors was at the recycling center next to the repair shop and saw the accident take place.
“It was a rush,” Johnson said. He saw taconite pellets fly into the air and said it made a “loud rushing noise.”
Johnson said he immediately knew it was a derailment.
Waldron said a CN crew is on the scene investigating.
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Train-derailment-sen...
Train derailment sends two to the hospital in Two Harbors
Two Harbors, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- Authorities are investigating what caused a train to derail just south of Two Harbors, Minnesota Thursday afternoon.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office, along with Two Harbors Police, the Minnesota DNR and rescue squads were called to the incident around 1:15pm.
The 107 car CN train that was carrying iron ore pellets derailed next to the lumber yard. Between 20-50 cars came off the track.
Two crew members were hurt and were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Two other crew members on the train were not hurt.
Patrick Waldron the CN Regional Public Relations Director spoke with the Northland's NewsCenter this afternoon saying they have not received an update on the conditions of the crew members that were hurt.
Waldron also said he was unsure if the National Transportation Safety Administration would send investigators to the scene.
Authorities continue to clean up the incident.
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/Train-derails-in-Norfolk-234635...
Train derails in Norfolk causing traffic to be re-routed
Posted on December 5, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Updated today at 5:59 PM
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Norfolk Train Derailment
UPDATE 4:24 p.m.: Crews on the scene tell WVEC.com the road has reopened to traffic.
UPDATE 3:34 p.m.: Chief Williamson told 13News Now the train was hauling cement. Crews from Norfolk Southern are on scene working to get the train back on the track.
NORFOLK -- A Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad train derailed while changing tracks at East Princess Anne and Ingleside roads in Norfolk Thursday afternoon causing traffic to be re-directed.
City of Norfolk spokeswomen Karen Parker-Chesson said emergency communications received word around 2:30 p.m.
Parker-Chesson says no injuries have been reported.
Robin Chapman with Norfolk Southern told 13News Now that a Norfolk Portsmouth Belt Line train was on a Norfolk Southern track. The train was about to get on a Bay Coast Railroad track when it derailed. The Norfolk Southern Princess Anne line is now blocked by the derailment.
Chief Williamson with the Norfolk Fire Department said no evacuations were issued and they are currently investigating what the train was hauling. Hazmat crews are on the scene as a precaution.
Dec 6, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x429883529/Freight-trai...
Freight train derails west of Tehachapi
Crews inspect the wreckage where a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train derailed about 3 miles west of Tehachapi. Seven cars left the tracks and the accident could be seen from the eastbound lanes of Highway 58.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train has derailed about four miles west of Tehachapi. Special Agent Lee Henning of Union Pacific said seven cars left the tracks sometime between 6 and 6:15 a.m. Tuesday.
The train appeared to be westbound and the engine of the train had emerged from one tunnel while the end of the train was through another tunnel to the east and three railcars were sideways across the track while another had fallen completely off the track.
Train tracks in the area hug the side of the mountain just south of the Highway 58 through the Tehachapi Pass. The area of the derailment was about eight miles east of the famous Tehachapi Loop.
Henning said about 200 feet of track was damaged in the derailment. About a 70-foot length of track was lying mangled down the side of the mountain below the railbed.
Kern County Sheriff and Fire Department personnel responded to the derailment but had left the scene by about 7:45 a.m. A number of railroad officials were on scene inspecting the damage.
The cause of the derailment is not yet known. Henning said no hazardous materials were on the train.
Dec 11, 2013
Yvonne Lawson
Kenya cargo train derails in Nairobi slum, six injured
A cargo train derailed in a sprawling Nairobi slum on Sunday, injuring at least six people as it crashed into makeshift homes where people are feared still trapped, rescuers and residents said.
Transport Minister Michael Kamau, who was at the scene, told journalists that six injured had so far been taken to hospital.
"We have rescued six people, most of them were crying out from the structures that were crushed and they couldn't move, but we managed to dig out and rescue them," said Johnson Maina of the fire service department.
Local people suggested casualties may be lower than initially feared as most of those whose houses were destroyed appear not to have been at home when the accident happened, having either left for church or gone back to their villages for the Christmas holidays.
"Because of the time of year and the time of day a lot of people were not at hone," a local chief who identified himself as Patrick told AFP.
"The initial report is that people are feared trapped, but so far we have not received reports of any actual missing persons," a Red Cross emergency officer at the scene told AFP.
The Red Cross had earlier said that "scores were feared trapped".
"We are thankful for the swift effort in rescuing people, it is by luck that it did not happen at night when people are sleeping. We could have a huge disaster here," said Mercline Akelo who sells fish just next to the rail line.
"I was about to open my business, I had gone for stock and heard about it on my way back, I don't know what could have happened if the accident had occurred when I was selling my fish," she went on.
"The rescue efforts are underway, we cannot talk of the number of those injured at the moment," Nairobi Police chief Benson Kibue told AFP.
One of Africa's largest slums, Kibera's tin-roofed shacks are home to an estimated quarter of a million people, according to an NGO that carried out a population study there.
Kamau said the government has long warned the residents of Kibera not to put up houses right next to the railway, which crosses the settlement.
"We have always warned people against encroaching on the line," he said. So they must move, we cannot continue having such disasters," he went on.
Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cargo-train-derails-nairobi-slum-scores-fe...
Dec 22, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.bdtonline.com/breakingnews/x1186896779/Train-derails-in-...
December 27, 2013
Train derails in McDowell County, tanker car crashes into Elkhorn R...
Seventeen cars from a train have derailed this morning in McDowell County, including a tanker car that is in the Elkhorn River, emergency officials said.
The derailment occurred near Kimball between the Vivian and Landgraff communities, according to John Sidote, a public information officer with the McDowell County 911 Emergency Communications Center.
At least 17 cars are involved in the derailment, including two tankers. One of the two tankers is in the Elkhorn Creek.
No evacuations have been ordered at this time, and U.S. Route 52 has not been closed at this time. Sidote said officials do not know what type of liquid the tanker car is carrying.
Regional hazardous material crews have been contacted, and are responding, including a team from Charleston, a Norfolk Southern team and a hazmat crew with the Welch Fire Department, along with the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department.
The tanker car in the Elkhorn River is believed to have a leak. Robin Chapman, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern, said the tanker leaking fluid into the Elkhorn Creek contained asphalt. Chapman said NS has hazmat teams on the way.
The county’s Emergency Services Office has opened, and is coordinating the response to the derailment.
Dec 27, 2013
KM
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-415803/
Fire Erupts After Two Trains Derail in North Dakota
Some 10 Railcars Ablaze After Crude-Oil Train Accident
Some 10 railcars were engulfed in flames after two BNSF Railway Co. trains derailed on Monday about 25 miles west of Fargo, N.D., a local official said.
By Betsy Morris
Some 10 railcars were engulfed in flames after two BNSF Railway Co. trains derailed on Monday about 25 miles west of Fargo, N.D., a local official said. At least one of the trains was carrying oil, the railroad said.
Fire and hazardous materials team are battling the fire, which is about a mile west of Casselton, N.D., said Sgt. Tara Morris of the Cass County Sherrif’s office. She added that all people and animals within a 10-mile radius of the town should find shelter and avoid going outside until the area is deemed safe.
No injuries have been reported, local officials said.
The Fort Worth, Tex.-based railroad said one train derailed on a track around 2:10 p.m. Central Time and “impacted” a second train on another track, causing it to derail.
A spokesman for BNSF confirmed its trains were involved and at least one of the trains was carrying oil. He said railroad employees were on their way to the accident.
BNSF, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., told its customers it couldn’ t estimate when the main tracks would reopen, but warned customers they might experience delays of 24 to 48 hours on shipments through the corridor.
This is the latest in a series of derailments of crude-oil trains this year. In July, 47 people were killed in a crude-oil train derailment that wiped out much of the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic. In November, a train carrying crude oil derailed in a rural area of Alabama.
Dec 31, 2013
Tracie Crespo
An update from KM's earlier post.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/30/22113442-residents-of-nd...
Residents of ND town urged to evacuate after train collision sets oil tankers ablaze
Bruce Crummy / AP
A fireball erupts at the site of an oil train derailment, on Monday, in Casselton, N.D.
Authorities urged residents to evacuate a small North Dakota town late Monday after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed nearby after colliding with another train.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office said Monday night it is "strongly recommending" that people in the town of Casselton and anyone living 5 miles to the south and east evacuate to shelters set up in Fargo, which is about 25 miles away. Casselton has about 2,400 residents.
The sheriff's office said the National Weather Service was forecasting a shift in the winds that would push the plume of smoke down, possibly posing a health risk. Earlier, authorities had advised nearby residents to shelter inside their homes.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and local emergency crews responded to reports of a derailment near the city of Casselton, N.D., and discovered the oil train burning, with up to 10 cars fully engulfed, said sheriff’s Sgt. Tara Morris.
“There was an explosion, where a car let loose and there was a giant fireball, hundreds of feet in the air,” said Assistant Chief Gary Lorenz of the City of Fargo Fire Department, who was in touch with a crew on the scene.
“It’s burning very strong right now,” he said. “You can see the plume of smoke for 25 miles.”
The collision occurred at a street intersection just before 2:20 p.m., when a westbound BNSF train carrying grain derailed and was then hit by an eastbound train carrying oil, Cecily Fong, a public information officer with North Dakota Emergency Services, told NBCChicago.com. Both trains were owned by BNSF, she said.
Amy McBeth, a spokeswoman for BNSF Railway, confirmed the collision but said she could provide no additional details.
Fong said the train carrying grain was approximately 111 cars long and crews were able to get the unaffected cars separated from the burning wreckage and moved out of the way.
Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service via Reuters
Smoke rises from a derailed train near Casselton, N.D., on Monday.
Fong said the Federal Aviation Administration was putting flight restrictions in place over the area due to the smoke.
NBC affiliate KVLY in Fargo, N.D., reported that the train emitted a cloud of toxic smoke but that prevailing winds were blowing the smoke away from Casselton.
Kevin Thompson, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman, told NBC News that the agency was sending investigators to the scene.
"The Federal Railroad Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration have investigative teams en route to North Dakota and will work in concert with the National Transportation Safety Board, the lead investigator, to ascertain all the relevant facts that may have contributed to the accident," he said. "FRA's goal in all investigations is to determine the facts and learn how we can minimize risk to prevent a similar incident in the future."
Dec 31, 2013
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.pardaphash.com/news/train-carrying-kerosene-derails-in-u...
The rail route to Delhi was also affected and efforts were on to normalise traffic, railway officials said.
Train carrying 'Kerosene' derails in UP
Published on: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 at 12:05 IST
Lucknow: Rail traffic on the Gorakhpur section of North Eastern Railway in Uttar Pradesh was hit on Tuesday when two wagons of a goods train transporting kerosene derailed between Gonda and Gorakhpur, officials said.
No one was injured in the incident.
The train was headed to Gorakhpur when the derailment took place. The contents of the wagons spilled all over, forcing railway authorities to shut down the section for all up and down trains.
"We are trying to normalise traffic on the sector as soon as possible. For now, some trains are stranded," an official said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/wapske-derailed-train-o...
Emergency crews have blocked off roads leading to the scene of a train derailment in northwestern New Brunswick. (wagmtv.com)
Wapske derailed train on fire, carrying propane, crude oil
Witness saw 'big cloud of orange smoke'
CBC News Posted: Jan 07, 2014 8:22 PM AT Last Updated: Jan 07, 2014 10:59 PM AT
A CN Rail train carrying dangerous goods has derailed and caught fire in northwest New Brunswick, not far from the U.S. border.
Jim Feeny, director of public and government affairs for CN Rail, said the train derailment happened just after 7 p.m. AT about five kilometres outside of Plaster Rock in Wapske, N.B. He said the train was coming from central Canada and was heading to Moncton.
He said the train was carrying dangerous goods.
“The number of derailed cars has not yet been confirmed. We do know that there are dangerous goods cars on the train and that they are in the derailment area these include cars carrying LPG — which is propane — and crude oil but we cannot confirm if those cars are actually derailed at this point. We know they’re in the immediate area,” said Feeny.
He also confirmed there was a fire at the site, but said it's unclear what is fuelling the fire.
A train that caught fire in Wapske, N.B., was carrying propane and crude oil at the time of the derailment. (Google)
RCMP Cpl. Marty Van Dijk said emergency crews are working with the train's conductor to identify the cars and determine whether they contain hazardous materials.
“Our emergencyresponders are just beginning to arrive, the local fire department is also on site,” he said.
Feeny said it's too early to determine what caused the derailment.
He said none of the train's crew was injured. There's been no word of other injuries at this time.
Van Dijk said a HAZMAT team is en route. He said a two-kilometre radius is being cleared and evacuated around the site. Most of the residents within that radius have been moved out.
There were 122 cars on the train. It's still not clear how many derailed.
'I saw a great big cloud of orange smoke'
J.D. Saddler and his girlfriend were at her grandmother's house, next to the train tracks in Plaster Rock.
"After we left her house, we were driving across the river over to Wapske and that’s where the train derailed. And as we were driving to Wapske, I saw a great big cloud of orange smoke and the flames were really high in the air, the smoke was really high in the air," he said.
Saddler said they went home. About an hour later, he drove back and the route was blocked off. People were being evacuated from the area.
“I think probably a lot of people are scrambling right now,” he said.
Saddler's father owns a sawmill located not far from where the train derailed happened.
“We were a little concerned because our place of business is located half a mile from where the [derailment] happened but our place wasn’t affected,” he said.
"There’s about 10 or 12 homes along the road where the train derailed.“
A woman who lives in nearby Wapske said she was asked to evacuate her home, located about two kilometres away. She said she can't see any fire from her house. She said there are about eight homes located near the site.
Not the first CN derailment in Plaster Rock
A CBC investigation into rail safety revealed that CN Rail did not report to authorities more than 1,800 derailments and accidents, including 44 on key rail arteries.
One of those derailments occurred in Plaster Rock which was one of two incidents that prompted the Transportation Safety Board to seek a summons ordering CN to turn over all accident records.
Jan 8, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kxlh.com/news/train-derails-northwest-of-helena-no-injur...
Train derails northwest of Helena, no injuries reported
HELENA - Gusty winds are not being ruled out in a train derailment that happened near Austin, where 25 train cars were derailed.
Wind gusts of up to 75 mph were reported in the area with sustained winds around 45 mph.
The derailment wad reported around 5 a.m. on Monday, and is only affecting the east side tracks.
It was reported that most of the cars which were double-stacked were empty; no hazardous material was reported in the ones that were.
Train traffic was able to continue with use of the other tracks but is very slow due to gusty winds.
There are no reports of injuries.
Jan 13, 2014
sourabh kale
http://www.whig.com/story/24440324/train-derails-along-bonasinga-dr...
Train derails along Bonansinga Drive in Quincy
Jan 14, 2014
Workers were on the scene Tuesday morning after five railcars derailed Monday night along the Burlington Junction Railway shortline along Bonansinga Drive in Quincy, just north of the Pier restaurant.
The cars, which belong to BNSF Railway, left the tracks about 8 p.m. Monday, blocking traffic for about 90 minutes at Front and Broadway, according to the Quincy Police Department. One of the five cars rolled onto its side, spilling its load, while another had its wheels ripped off. One car was loaded with soybeans, a second with cattle feed and the rest were empty, according BNSF Railway Public Affairs Director Andy Williams.
No cause for the derailment was announced. The incident remains under investigation by BNSF.
Jan 15, 2014
sourabh kale
Train derails in Burnaby, B.C., spilling coal into creek
Jan. 11 2014,
A Canadian Pacific Railway train operated by a CN Rail crew derailed in Burnaby, B.C., sending seven cars off the tracks and spilling coal into a creek that feeds into a lake.
Emily Hamer, a spokeswoman for CN, said the train went off the tracks Saturday morning and that three of the cars were lying on their sides while four remained upright.
Hamer said she could not say how much of the coal went into the water near Burnaby Lake.
She said she also did not know whether CP or CN, which owns the tracks, is responsible for the derailment of the train with a total of 152 cars.
“The incident is under investigation at this time,” she said. “CN and CP are on site, and environmental crews have been mobilized to assess the impact and implement an appropriate response plan.”
Earlier this week, a CN freight train jumped the tracks and caught fire near the village of Plaster Rock, N.B., where 150 people were forced to leave their homes.
The company has said 17 of the train’s 122 cars derailed, and some of them were carrying crude oil and propane.
read more at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/cn-train-derai...
Jan 15, 2014
sourabh kale
Train derails in north Edmonton
jan 15 2014
Fire and emergency crews are at the scene of a train derailment in north Edmonton.
An Edmonton Fire Rescue spokesperson confirmed that three engines derailed in the area around Yellowhead Trail and 72nd Street.
The call came in at 10:34 a.m. The spokesperson said one engine is leaking diesel fuel. There have been no injuries
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Train+derails+north+Edmonton/9390320...
Jan 15, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3287340.shtml?cat=504#.UtnDVdIo4nI
Train derails, spills fuel near Vaughn
Updated: 01/17/2014 3:50 PM | Created: 01/17/2014 1:26 PM
By: Elizabeth Reed, KOB.com
VAUGHN, N.M. -- Hazmat crews have responded to the scene of a train derailment near Vaughn due to a fuel spill Friday morning.
The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. when two rear locomotives and ten cars derailed near Highway 285, according to a spokesman for Union Pacific. He said only the conductor and engineer were on board at the time of the incident.
Vaughn Police Chief Philip Holmes said the engineer was injured and taken to a local hospital.
The area is declared a hazmat scene because of the spill, according to Chief Holmes.
Jan 18, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Train-derails-on-overpass-in-C...
Train derails on overpass in Caledonia
CALEDONIA-- A train derailed in Caledonia Sunday morning just east of the intersection of 5 Mile Road and Nicholson Road. It happened around 6 a.m.
Authorities said that 19 cars had derailed and that there was some concern that some of them could fall off the overpass at that location.
For safety reason, the roads in that area have been shut down as officials respond to the situation.
The train is a Union Pacific freight train. It had 3 locomotives and 135 cars loaded with coal.
There have been no injuries reported.
The train was heading from Wyoming to Sheboygan.
Union Pacific is sending heavy equipment to get the cars back on the track.
The cause of the derailment is still under investigation.
Jan 19, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.csnchicago.com/article/train-derails-bridge
Train Derails on Bridge January 20, 2014, 1:10 am
A train from Chicago derailed early Monday morning in Philadelphia, leaving a tanker car and a boxcar leaning off a city bridge. Seven cars of the 101-car freight train derailed on the Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge where it crosses over the Schuylkill River, according to CSX spokesman Gary Sease. Six cars carried crude oil, but no leaking was reported. Another car contained sand, he said. No injuries were reported. The U.S. Coast Guard brought in a 25-foot response boat from its Philadelphia station to enforce a safety zone in the river just south of the bridge. Local police firefighters and emergency personnel also responded to the scene. "CSX would like to thank Philadelphia emergency first responders who arrived at the scene quickly and took prompt precautionary action," said a statement from CSX. Both directions of the Schuylkill Expressway were closed shortly after the derailment as crews worked to stabilize the cars. By 2:30 a.m. traffic began to move eastbound. It took another hour for the westbound lanes to open. There was no information as of 7 a.m. as to what caused the derailment. The bridge was built around the turn of the 20th Century and has since carried rail traffic for more than a century.
Jan 20, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://kplr11.com/2014/01/22/train-derails-in-south-st-louis/
Roads will close to clear train derailment in south St. Louis
Posted on: 8:30 am, January 22, 2014
ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) – St. Louis police will close several streets while crews try to clear a train derailment in south St. Louis.
Several cars jumped the tracks on a trestle near Interstate 44 and Wellington Road near the rail yard in the Ellendale neighborhood.
St. Louis police will close the roadway at Ellendale and Wellington and at Wabash andTholozon in both directions.
The closure could last from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Railroad recovery crash teams are on the scene surveying the damage and have moved equipment into the area to help get the train cars back on the tracks.
Jan 23, 2014
Mark
Train derailment in Janesville, Wisconsin:
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2014/jan/22/train-derailment-causes-r...
A minor train derailment tied up traffic in downtown Janesville during Wednesday morning's rush hour.
Police said two grain cars on a Wisconsin and Southern Railroad train jumped the tracks.
Rock County sheriff's officials got the word around 5 a.m. Media reports said none of the cars tipped over, and the fallen grain did not pose a health risk to anyone nearby.
Traffic was diverted in anticipation of the morning commute. Among the roads was one of downtown Janesville's major arteries, Court Street.
Jan 23, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
Train derails Thursday morning in Carroll County
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140123/NEWS01/140123004/Train-d...
Jan. 23, 2014 10:51 AM
A train wreck in Carroll County. / MEGAN SMITH/ THE JACKSON SUN
Forty freight train cargo cars lay in a tangled mess on a railway just south of McKenzie Thursday morning.
According to Trezevant Police Chief John Richardson, the train derailed some time between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.
Richardson said the train derailed, hit a tree, then the tree hit an 18-wheeler. He said the train busted a window on the truck, but that the driver was not injured.
He said no injuries were reported and that the accident is still under investigation.
The train belonged to the CSX international transportation company. The wreck was along Highway 79 between McKenzie and Trezevant.
Clean up at the accident is not expected to be completed until around 6 p.m., Richardson said.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated the tractor trailer crash.
A release from the THP said the 18-wheeler was traveling southbound on Highway 79.
The train was traveling south on a rail system that runs parallel to Highway 79.
The train derailed from the tracks and struck a tree and the tree was knocked out into the roadway of Highway 79, and the semis struck the tree, the highway patrol reported.
Officials said there was little damage to the vehicle. The driver was David Letson, 45, of Mississippi.
Officials also said the CSX Railroad Company is investigating the train derailment.
Jan 23, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
Emergency crews work on the scene of a train derailment under Interstate 5 near Gibson Road near Lakehead this evening.
Four box cars pulled by a Union Pacific train headed to Portland, Ore., went off the tracks Monday afternoon about 35 miles north of Redding, in the Pollard Flat area north of Lakehead.
Authorities said no one, including the two-man crew on the train, was injured in the incident, reported at 3:32 p.m. between Gibson Road and Pollard Flat under Interstate 5.
http://www.redding.com/news/2014/jan/27/union-pacific-train-derails...
Coal train derails return for Amtrak passengers
Posted on January 27, 2014 at 6:42 PM
Updated today at 8:05 PM
When your train stops on the tracks on the way home from Canada, these are not the words you want to hear: "They came on and told us, 'this could get ugly,"' said Kathy Colwell.
Kathy and her husband Steve were celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in Vancouver this past weekend, when the trip home came to a screeching halt.
"We started thinking it would be a 3 hour delay, then a 4 hour delay," said Steve. It ended up being a 61/2 hour delay -- 10 hours to get from Vancouver to Seattle. A broken down coal train was to blame for clogging the tracks north of Bellingham Monday night.
"Bathrooms were overflowing, babies were crying, people were pounding on the doors to get out," said Kathy.
The couple says things got so bad, some simply couldn't take it anymore and called for cabs to come drive them to Seattle.
"They told the workers if they continued to keep them hostage they were going to break the door open and leave," said Kathy. "And sure enough, in the middle of the wilderness a cab did show up."
The Colwells chose not to abandon ship. They were left with minimal food, no cell service and no back-up plan.
"I just would've thought someone would've had a plan for something like this," said Steve.
The couple says some did make the most of the situation. A group of swing dancers from Edmonds-Woodway High School danced in the aisles, entertaining the frustrated, weary passengers.
Calls to Amtrak for comment late Monday were not immediately returned.
The Colwells said the entertainment was much appreciated, but their post-anniversary dinner left a lot to be desired. "Peanuts and water," they said with a laugh. "Happy anniversary, honey!"
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Coal-train-derails-return-for-Amtrak-passn...
Jan 28, 2014