Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Train derailments
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://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/04/Delaware-C...
Train derails near Delaware
Tuesday March 4, 2014 4:55 PM
This was on the Norfolk Southern track and caused damage to both the Norfolk and CSX rail-lines. The train was carrying corn and no hazardous materials were involved, the county Emergency Management Agency reported.
The incident is under investigation. The sheriff's office said the goal is to have the tracks cleared in 24 to 48 hours.
Norfolk Southern said in a news release that the train had two crew members, three locomotives and 87 loaded cars. It departed Clarksfield, Ohio, and was heading for Loudon, Tenn.
Horseshoe Road is closed between Route 42 and Shortcut Road. The Delaware post of the state patrol is assisting deputies with area road closures.
A train derailed this afternoon on tracks north of Delaware, but authorities say no one was injured and no chemicals are believed to have spilled.
The derailment occurred shortly after 2 p.m. along tracks in the area of Rt. 42 and Horseshoe Road near the Delaware County sheriff’s office. Thirty-four rail cars left the track.
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UPDATED: Train tanker derails near Sibley
By noon Tuesday, workers had temporarily left the scene where a Kansas City Southern rail car derailed on the tracks near Hwy. 164 at Sibley.
KCS spokesperson Doniele Carlson said that at approximately 7:20 a.m., the KCS train derailed one rail car loaded with clay. "No hazardous materials were involved and no injuries were reported," Carlson said. "The main line is not blocked and no public crossings are blocked."
Officials are unsure when the car will be righted. Cause of the incident is under investigation.
We will update as more information becomes available.
Mar 5, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boston-crash-20140...
At least 10 injured after Boston subway train derails
A subway train in Boston derailed underground where two tracks cross. Ten people were reported hurt, most not seriously. (MBTA Transit Police / March 10, 2014)
March 10, 2014, 11:45 a.m.
At least 10 people were hospitalized Monday after a Boston subway car derailed underground and another car braked quickly to avoid a collision, officials said.
Only one person had serious injuries, according to a statement from Boston Emergency Medical Services.
A Green Line Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train appeared to have come off its rails and crashed into a wall where a pair of tracks crossed underground, according to photos posted to emergency officials' Twitter accounts.
"Injuries were some people from derailed trolley and some from a 2nd trolley that hit brakes hard to avoid derailed trolley," the Boston Fire Department said in a tweet.
The cause of the incident was under investigation, and trains in the area were canceled for the rest of the day.
Mar 10, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://news.msn.com/us/police-commuter-train-derails-at-chicago-air...
Train derails, climbs escalator at Chicago airport
CHICAGO (AP) — An eight-car Chicago commuter train plowed across a platform and scaled an escalator at an underground station at one of the nation's busiest airports early Monday, injuring 32 people on board, officials said.
No one suffered life-threatening injuries in the Blue Line derailment at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said during a morning briefing.
An enormous disaster was avoided thanks to the timing of the crash at 02:50 a.m. The bustling station is usually packed with travelers making their way to or from Chicago from the major airport, and a Chicago Transit Authority official said the crash happened at a traditionally quiet time.
Denise Adams, a passenger on the train, told the Chicago Sun-Times she heard a loud noise during the impact.
"I heard a 'Boom!' and when I got off the train, the train was all the way up the escalator," she said. "It was a lot of panic."
CTA investigators along with the city fire department and police were reviewing security footage and interviewing the driver and other CTA workers to pin down the cause of the accident around 2:50 a.m. National Transportation Safety Board investigators were expected to arrive later in the day.
"We will be looking at equipment. We will be looking at signals. We'll be looking at the human factor and any extenuating circumstances," CTA spokesman Brian Steele said. "But really at this point, it's far too soon to speculate."
A police officer stands near a Chicago Transit Authority train car that derailed at the O'Hare Airport station early Monday, March 24, 2014, in Chicago.
Transit agency officials said crews were working to remove the train and fix the escalator, which received "significant damage." Hours after the crash, the front of the first car could still be seen near the top of the escalator.
Christopher Bushell, CTA's chief infrastructure officer, said it would likely be at least 12 to 24 hours before the station would reopen. He said workers will cut the train apart and remove it in pieces on a flatbed.
The CTA was busing passengers to and from O'Hare to the next station on the line.
The train appeared to have been going too fast as it approached the end-of-line station and didn't stop at a bumping post — a metal shock absorber at the end of the tracks.
"The train actually climbed over the last stop, jumped up on the sidewalk and then went up the stairs and escalator," Santiago said.
"Apparently (it) was traveling at a rate of speed that clearly was higher than a normal train would be," Steele said.
It wasn't clear how many people were on board at the time of the crash, but that it took place during what is "typically among our lowest ridership time," Steele said.
The injured were taken to four hospitals and Santiago said most were able to walk away from the wreck unaided.
In September, a CTA Blue Line train slammed into another train at a suburban Chicago station, injuring as many as four dozen commuters.
Mar 24, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-train-derails-landslide-3-dead-0414...
Indonesia train derails in landslide; 3 dead
A landslide following torrential rains buried part of the tracks at a dark junction during a heavy downpour and the train's brakes could not stop it from hitting the mud.
The train derailed late Friday in Tasikmalaya, a district on Java island, killing two men and a female train attendant, said Junerfin, a spokesman for the Indonesian Railway Company who like many Indonesians uses only one name. Seven others were hospitalized, including two in critical condition, he said.
Three coaches fell into a 10-meter (32-foot) -deep ravine, sending hundreds of panicked passengers running away. Rescuers pulled out the three bodies pinned under the wreckage, Junerfin said.
Train accidents are common in Indonesia's aging railway network and poor infrastructure.
Apr 5, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kvia.com/news/freight-train-derails-in-upper-valley/2536...
Freight train derails in Upper Valley, brush fire sparked
Nearby businesses evacuated as a precaution
Courtesy El Paso Fire Dept.
A massive plume of thick, black smoke was visible for miles in West El Paso Monday afternoon.
The fire that is the source of the flames appears to have begun when a freight train derailed in the Upper Valley. It happened shortly after 1 p.m. near Doniphan and Talbot (Transmountain). A witness at a neighboring business told ABC-7 that approximately 15 cars appear to be off the tracks.
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The train did not catch fire .
A brush fire may have been started by sparks in the derailment. The fire reportedly close to neighboring businesses. One business manager told firefighters of six propane canisters on his property.
Firefighters from El Paso, and the West Valley Fire Department determined the train did not carry toxic chemicals. Canutillo Independent School District administrators ordered all air conditioners at nearby Canutillo elementary and Alderete Middle School turned off to prevent the smoke from going into the buildings. Service was restored within a couple of hours.
At least 18 units were dispatched to battle the fire. Firefighters put it out by early afternoon and no injuries were reported, though the train remained off the track, upright.
Apr 8, 2014
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For location purpose.
http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Train-derails-in-the-Village-of-...
Train derails in the Village of Maiden Rock
MGN Online
MAIDEN ROCK, Wis. (WEAU) -- A train containing sand derailed at the Chester Street crossing in the Village of Maiden Rock.
On Sunday, at just about 12 in the morning, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department says they were notified by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway that there had been a train derailment.
Employees of BNSF on scene said the set of cars had derailed when they were in the process of moving them.
An initial report said there were unknown injuries but it was later found that no one was hurt.
New Madrid Sequence
Indeed, tearing of the St. Lawrence Seaway will occur during the New Madrid adjustment. Because the lurch of Mexico to the west actually intensifies the bowing of the N American continent, the Seaway tears open. This is actually various adjustments at weak points along the Seaway rather than the tearing apart into a larger inland bay that occurs during the pole shift itself. Niagara Falls will remain, but some of the inland locks will break. When the upper Mississippi region finds the land to its west slipping down and to the southwest, those parts north which were formerly firmly attached find they can spring northward, as the pressure from the bow had been inclining them to do. This allows the edge of the rip, at Duluth, MN, to tear further inland, with consequent rumpling in S Dakota and minor shifting of ground in all parts in between.
Apr 8, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/07/one-dies-as-train-derails...
One dies as train derails at Mirsharai
Chittagong Bureau, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-04-07 14:02:05.0 BdST Updated: 2014-04-07 17:32:19.0 BdST
Three compartments of the Dhaka-bound Karnaphuli Express went off the rails in Chittagong's Mirsharai on Monday.
Railway control room said the accident took place between Mirsharai and Mastan Nagar railway stations around 12:30pm on Monday.
Police are saying at least one person has died in the accident.
Sitakunda Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Salahuddin Shikder told bdnews24.com three compartments towards the end of the train had gone off the tracks.
He said a passenger was seen trapped under one of the compartments.
Chittagong Station Manager Shamsul Alam said the mail train left the station around 11am.
Railway East Chief Engineer Mahbub Ul Alam said a rescue train had been sent to the spot of the accident.
"There are parellel tracks in the area, so traffic will not be affected," he said.
Apr 8, 2014
Mark
TSB discovers companies not reporting all derailments
Transportation Safety Board finds more than 100 incidents that weren't reported by CP, MM&A , CN
http://www.cbc.ca/news/rail-safety-tsb-discovers-companies-not-repo...
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has unearthed fresh problems with its rail safety database after finding railway companies did not report more than 100 accidents, minor derailments and incidents.
TSB chief operating officer Jean Laporte confirms his agency in December began a review of all rail carriers after a CBC News investigation revealed that CN Rail had not reported more than 1,800 mostly minor accidents and incidents between 2000 and 2007.
The TSB database is used by safety investigators to analyze trends and spot potential risks across the rail system and has become increasingly important given the growing number of shipments of dangerous goods.
■TSB says CN Rail failed to report hundreds of derailments, collisions
■Runaway trains almost triple reported rate, CBC finds
The review is not yet complete, but already Laporte says he is considering whether to sanction CN, CP, and Montreal Maine and Atlantic (involved in the runaway train disaster in Lac Megantic, Que.).
“Well that is a question I’ve asked my team to come up with. I want to know was there any repeat of the problems we noted in 2007, and if so what steps do we need to take?” Laporte said.
Apr 8, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/15-hospitalized-after-train-derails-in-...
15 hospitalized after train derails in northeast China
In this July 24, 2011 photo, a wrecked passenger carriage is lifted off the bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, after a train crash. (AP Photo)
Published Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:51PM EDT
BEIJING -- A total of 15 people were hospitalized after a train derailed in northeast China early Sunday, officials said.
The railway bureau in Heilongjiang province's regional capital of Harbin said on its official microblog that the cause of the pre-dawn accident was under investigation.
It said bureau officials responded to the accident, accompanied by police and fire and rescue services.
China has one of the world's most extensive networks of railways, but accidents are extremely rare.
The Harbin railway bureau said the train was an older model, rather than one of the high-speed trains that have been brought into service in recent years.
China's most serious recent railway disaster involved a pair of high-speed trains that collided near the eastern city of Wenzhou in 2011, killing 40 people.
Apr 14, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/train-derails-i...
Train derails in Northampton County
Published: Apr 12 2014 05:40:54 PM EDT
UPPER MT. BETHEL TWP., Pa. - Crews are responding to a train derailment in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. Emergency communications officials said six train cars carrying sand derailed around 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Slateford Road. No injuries were reported, according to emergency officials.
We're told the train's engine did not derail. Officials said Slateford Road remains open while crews clean up. 69 News has sent a crew to the scene. Stay with 69 News and WFMZ.com for updates on this story as they become available.
Apr 14, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/train-gets-derailed-in-assam-over-50-inj...
Train gets derailed in Assam, over 50 injured
GUWAHATI, April 16, 2014
Guwahati: Over 50 passengers were injured, 19 of them seriously, when the engine and 10 coaches of the Dimapur-Kamakhya BG Express derailed at Teghiria in central Assam in the wee hours today.
The derailment damaged 100 mts of railway line leading to cancellation of eight trains on the route. The Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express has also been detained at Lumbing, railway officials said.
They said the engine and 10 coaches of the train derailed near Jagiroad in Morigaon district at around 2 am. Nineteen passengers were seriously injured and have been admitted to various hospitals including Gauhati Medical College Hospital, police said.Many passengers were discharged after receiving first aid in Morigaon Civil Hospital.
The ten coaches of the Dimapur-Kamahya train jumped the tracks but did not topple down near Jagiroad in Morigaon district at 0205 am, sources said.
The cause of the derailment is being investigated, railway officials said.
Senior railway officials have rushed to the site and rescue operations are on.
Apr 16, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wvnstv.com/story/25265513/coal-train-derails-in-mercer-c...
Coal train derails in Mercer County near Rock
Posted: Apr 16, 2014 4:06 PM EDT
A Norfolk Southern train that was traveling eastbound on Tuesday night had a dozen cars jump the tracks.
Officials with Norfolk Southern said that 12 cars of the train derailed at around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15. The train had 180 cars and was fully loaded with coal that was headed for Norfolk, VA. Crews with the railroad have been on the scene all night working to clean up the mess.
The cause of the derailment is still under investigation. Officials said their were no injuries as a result of the accident. The rail line is expected to be reopened by the morning hours on Thursday, April 17.
Apr 17, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://helenair.com/news/world/africa/train-derails-in-congo-dozens...
Train derails in Congo, dozens dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials in Congo say a freight train has derailed in the country's southeast, killing at least 30 people.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende said Wednesday that the death toll could be much higher. It is common in Congo for people to jump onto freight trains for a free ride.
A union official, Fernandez Tshibondo, said the train jumped the tracks Tuesday near the station at Katongola, a town in Congo's Katanga province.
The cause was not immediately clear, and Mende said an investigation has been opened.
Apr 24, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wtoc.com/story/25372294/emergency-officials-vehicle-caus...
Train derails in Monks Corner, SC after bridge collapses. A double whammy that's shared on this additional blog.
http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bridges-at-risk-everywhere...
Apr 29, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/localnews/story/Passenger-Trai...
Passenger Train Derails in Montana
Published: 4/28 3:45 pm
BAINVILLE, Mont. (AP) - Amtrak says a train carrying 117 passengers has partially derailed in northeastern Montana, causing minor injuries to one passenger.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says three cars on the 13-car Empire Builder slipped off the tracks at a switch Monday afternoon near Bainville.
The passenger train was headed west from Chicago to Portland and Seattle. Magliari says the injured passenger is being treated at the scene.
Magliari says the train is upright and still has power, and it's expected to resume its journey Monday night after the three cars are uncoupled.
The Montana Department of Transportation says Montana Highway 327 is closed near the accident and a detour has been set up.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/howrah-dehradun-express-train-de...
Doon Express from Howrah derails in UP, many injured
The incident took place this afternoon when the coaches got detached from the main train and derailed near Jafarganj railway station, Station Officer (GRP) Ambedkar Nagar C B Jaisal said.
Nearly half a dozen people were injured in the incident, he said.
One or two of them have received severe injuries, he added.
Jaisal said the train traffic on the Uttar Pradesh line was disrupted after the accident and repairing work was being done
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roller-coaster-derails-4-hurt
Roller coaster derails; 4 hurt
Tuesday April 29 2014
Two couples suffered both serious and minor injuries when a car from a roller coaster at the amusement park Chamkar Pring in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district derailed and was thrown from the track on Sunday.
Doung Vatanak, a deputy police chief in Sen Sok’s Phnom Penh Thmey commune, said a group of young park-goers were on the ride at about 5pm when the incident occurred.
Victims Ly Manut, 21, and Kim Sern, 21, both suffered severe injuries to the head, while two other riders, aged 16 and 17, were slightly injured.
According to Vatanak, the roller coaster at Chamkar Pring resort was temporarily closed while the reason for the derailment is investigated, though the rest of the park remains open.
An independent vendor inside the park who declined to be named criticised Chamkar Pring for allowing visitors onto a ride that had not been inspected, and said that those in the detached car were lucky to have lived.
“I saw with my own eyes, a part of train fell all the way to the ground,” she said. “They are lucky because they fell from a lower place. If the train fell off of the highest place, maybe they would not have survived.”
The accident is not a first for Cambodia’s amusement parks. Three workers were charged when a broken bolt caused the death of a Japanese tourist in a similar roller coaster derailment in Siem Reap in March of last year. Last May, a 33-year-old woman fell to her death from a ride at Phnom Penh’s Dreamland amusement park, with park employees maintaining that she had suffered a panic attack and jumped.
Mat Pally, 43, the mother of Ly Manut – who remains unconscious – said that the park had only given her $35, a sum that would not cover her son’s treatment.
“Right now, he’s unconscious. He has a serious injury on his head,” she said. “I worry so much. He is a student, but now he has a wound to his head.”
Victim Kim Sern said that in the instant that the train derailed she thought she would die. “When it happened, I assumed that we would not survive, because the train was going so fast and falling towards the ground,” she said.
Apr 29, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://news.msn.com/us/train-derails-in-lynchburg-virginia-official...
Train carrying crude derails in Virginia, bursts into flame
NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - A CSX Corp train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia on Wednesday, with several tank cars spilling oil into the nearby James River, city officials said.
A spokeswoman said several train cars derailed around 2 p.m. EDT and there was fire and smoke at the site of the incident. Photos posted by the city online showed high flames and a large plume of black smoke. Officials said there were no reports of injuries but some 300 people in the area had been evacuated.
Some 14 train cars had derailed, said JoAnn Martin, director of communications for the city. The train was run by CSX Corp, she said. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Local television footage showed that the fire had died down with no flames visible. The train derailed just meters from office buildings in downtown Lynchburg, the footage showed.
John Francisco, a lawyer in Lynchburg at the firm of Edmunds & Williams, told local TV station WSET 13 he heard a loud noise that sounded like a tornado and then watched as several cars derailed from a train of about 60 tank cars.
He then watched in horror as flames streaked into the sky, as high as the 19th floor of his office at Bank of the James building.
Several trains carrying crude oil have derailed over the past year, prompting critics to question the safety of hauling explosive liquids by rail. Last July, a runaway train in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, derailed and exploded, killing 47 people.
There was no immediate information about where the train was coming from or where it was heading. Most East Coast refineries are far to the north. One of the only crude oil facilities to the east of Lynchburg is a converted refinery in Yorktown, which is now a storage depot run by Plains All American.
Many activists have called for tougher regulations related to hauling crude and flammable liquids across North America. U.S. regulators are expected soon to propose new rules for more robust tank cars to replace older models.
Another CSX train carrying crude oil derailed in Philadelphia in January, nearly toppling over a bridge. CSX has been positioning itself to deliver increasing volumes of crude oil to East Coast refineries and terminals.
In January, CSX chief executive Michael Ward told analysts on a conference call that the company, which shipped 46,000 car loads of crude by rail last year planned, to boost such shipments by 50 percent this year.
At the time, Ward said that Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad was working with U.S. regulators to address safety concerns about crude-by-rail shipments in light of recent derailments and fires.
Apr 30, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wnct.com/story/25386204/greenville-police-investigating-...
Train derails in Greenville, leaks non-hazardous fertilizers
Posted: Apr 30, 2014 3:56 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 30, 2014 5:56 PM EDT
GREENVILLE, N.C. -Greenville Fire-Rescue are investigating an early Wednesday morning train derailment parallel to 14th Street between Charles Blvd. and Evans Street.
Melanie Cost, with CSX Corporate Communications, says five cars with a local train out of Greenville carrying mixed CSX freight derailed Wednesday morning. The call came into CSX around 4:15 a.m., people living in the area say the train derailed around 3:30 a.m. There were no reported injuries.
Cost says the derailed cars carried ammonium polyphosphate, an agricultural product that is used for fertilizer, which is non-hazardous material. Two of the five train cars leaked the material, which has since been contained.
CSX deployed trained response professionals to the scene, and additional environmental experts responded to the scene to asses the situation and determine the best course of action.
Cost says the cause of the derailment is under investigation, which will be led by local law enforcement. Train operations, like the speed of the train and when the brakes were applied, the train cars themselves and the condition of the track are all factors in the investigation.
Greenville Fire-Rescue, North Carolina Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team, CSX Police and Greenville Police all responded to the scene.
A CSX thanked the swift response from Greenville Fire and Rescue and the support and cooperation of other first responders in the area.
May 1, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/02/nyc-transit-ag...
Four serious injuries in NYC subway derailment
NEW YORK — A New York City subway train derailed Friday morning in Queens, sending four passengers to local hospitals with potentially serious injuries and causing long service disruptions on several other transit lines.
An additional 15 passengers were treated for minor injuries suffered when an express F train bound for Manhattan and Brooklyn derailed shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Fire Department.
Firefighters and emergency medical service responders who raced to the scene guided passengers to emergency ladders that led up through grates to the street as the derailment site was evacuated, officials said.
EMS crews evaluated and treated riders who rested on stretchers or in wheelchairs after they climbed from the subway tunnel to the street.
All passengers were safely evacuated as of 12:15 p.m., the MTA said.
The train, which was carrying about 1,000 passengers, derailed near 65th Street and Broadway in the Woodside section of Queens, the MTA said. The site, roughly 1,200 feet south of the 65th Street station, is located a few miles east of Manhattan across the East River.
The F train line stretches from central Queens into Manhattan along Sixth Avenue, then south into Brooklyn and a terminus at Coney Island, home of the famed boardwalk and amusement park.
The derailment halted F train service in both directions between Jamaica-179th Street and 21st Street Queensbridge. Subway service on some sections of the E, M and R lines was also disrupted, the MTA said.
Three nearby F and E line subway trains were halted as emergency crews shut down electrical power after the derailment. Those trains were later backed to stations where passengers disembarked.
New York City's subway system is one of the largest public transportation systems in the world, with an average 5.5 million weekday rides.
System derailments are relatively rare. The most recent major derailment occurred in August 1991, when a southbound No. 4 train jumped the tracks as it roared into a curve at the Union Square station at 14th Street in Manhattan.
Five people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the disaster. The motorman, whom authorities determined had been drunk at the time of the accident, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/subway-derailment-involved-rail...
Subway derailment involved rail installed just weeks ago: MTA
The snapped subway rail responsible for a hellish F train derailment was installed just weeks ago, ruling out its age as the cause of the failure, officials said Saturday.
The break in the American-made rail sent the Metropolitan Transportation Authority hustling to locate the rest of the November 2013 batch to ensure there was no widespread problem.
“We’re going to track down other rails from this shipment and see where they went,” said MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg. “And we’re going to closely inspect all other rails in this area.”
Investigators and repair crews remained hard at work one day after 19 straphangers were injured when their subway derailed about 10:30 a.m. inside a dark Queens tunnel soon choked with dust and smoke.
May 2, 2014
KM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/15-dead-87-injured-after-t...
15 dead, 87 injured after train derails in Maharashtra
Vijay Singh & Somit Sen,TNN | May 4, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
The engine and four coaches of the train derailed at about 9.30am just outside a tunnel near Nidi village. Raigad police said they are making every effort to provide rescue and relief to the affected passengers and their relatives.
The Raigad superintendent of police, Ankush Shinde, said, "Till 2.30pm, the total death toll has risen to 15 and the injured count is 87. We are making full arrangement for the affected passengers and their families."
Railways has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the relatives of those killed, Rs 50,000 to the grievously injured and Rs 10,000 to persons who sustained minor injuries.
The injured have been taken to a local hospital while others are still being rescued from the coaches that have derailed.
CR officials said that the route between Diva and Roha comes under their jurisdiction, and the officials were expediting the process of rescuing passengers.
There were also reports of a part of train being stuck inside a tunnel. However, CR public relations officer AK Singh said, "This is not true. The train had crossed the tunnel before it got derailed. Several people have been injured and we are trying to get more details about the passengers," he stated.
The locals have come to the rescue of passengers, with many providing transport, water and medical first-aid, sources said.
Following the mishap, the services on Konkan Railway route were suspended.
The train plies between Diva and Sawantwadi and stops at almost all stations en route.
May 5, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Train_derails_in_Pakist...
Train derails in Pakistan
IANS
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) One woman was killed and 20 people injured after a passenger train derailed in Pakistan on Wednesday morning, media reports said.
TV channel Dunya said the train's engine and three compartments derailed near Nawabshah district in Sindh province, Xinhua reported.
The train was on its way from Faisalabad to Karachi.
Hospital sources said they received 20 injured people and at least two of them are critical.
May 7, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_25732989/train-hauling-cru...
Train hauling crude oil derails on banks of South Platte River
A crude oil train that derailed Friday morning south of Greeley — with six cars toppled along the South Platte River — for several hours was leaking at a rate estimated at 20 to 50 gallons per minute.
Environmental Protection Agency officials were dispatched to the scene. No oil has been confirmed in the river thanks to the work of Union Pacific Railroad responders.
The 100-car train loaded with niobrara crude derailed west of LaSalle near a bridge over the river.
An earthen berm, and sandy material deposited by last fall's flood, was containing the oil as it spilled, according to EPA officials.
The Union Pacific crew placed oil spill booms on the river as a pre-caution. As of 1:20 p.m., no oil had been observed in the river, EPA response coordinator Joyel Dhieux said. She said crews will off-load the crude oil that is in the cars that overturned.
Railroad crews were using a vacuum truck and hose to recover oil from the toppled cars as the oil leaked on the riverside, EPA's on-scene coordinator Craig Myers said Friday afternoon.
"(Union Pacific) got pretty lucky on this one," Myers said. "So far, fairly minimal damage. There's five cars on their side. One is upside down. It is leaking."
Oil was leaking at the rate of 20 to 50 gallons a minute, he said. "They can't really plug it."
Nationwide, the volume of crude oil transported by train has been increasing, raising safety concerns. Federal transportation officials this week warned that moving oil by train is becoming a hazard and said railroads will be required to notify local emergency responders when oil trains are moving through their area.
The cause of the derailment was under investigation, but authorities said it appeared to be accidental.
No injuries were reported and no one was evacuated from the area, said Roy Rudisill, Weld County's director of emergency management.
"I don't know what the extent of the leak is, like how many gallons," he said Friday afternoon.
May 10, 2014
KM
http://rt.com/news/160156-trains-moscow-collide-injuries/
At least 6 killed, 45 injured as passenger, freight trains collide near Moscow
Edited time: May 20, 2014 15:22
An Emergencies Ministry helicopter flies near a passenger train damaged in a collision with a freight train in Moscow region May 20, 2014.(Reuters / Grigory Dukor)
A freight train crashed into a passenger train in the Moscow Region. Dozens of people are injured and at least six confirmed dead. Injured passengers were being carried out of the carriages by hand. Rescuers are working at the scene.
“Today at 12:38pm (08:38 GMT) a freight and a commuter train collided on the Bekasovo-Nara railroad near the regional center of Naro-Fominsk,” reported the transport police press service.
According to preliminary reports, six people were killed in the incident, one of them dying in hospital. Five out of six dead were the citizens of Moldova.
Up to 45 passengers have been injured, 28 have been taken to hospitals, 15 of them are in a serious condition. Three of the injured are children.
“We now know about five dead,” confirmed the head of Naro-Fominsk Region Vadim Andronov. “It is possible that the number of dead and injured passengers will grow as one overturned passenger carriage has been blocked by a container from the freighter train, which now remains on top of it. Rescuers are entering the second damaged passenger carriage right now..”
Health Minister of the Moscow Region Nina Suslova assured that all injured people will receive “all the necessary medical treatment.” Three helicopters are being used to help evacuate the injured, she said.
First Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said that 18 injured passengers in are in a critical condition in local hospitals, most of them suffering head trauma.
A preliminary evaluation maintains that the problem started when the frame of one of the freight carriages broke up, sending several of them off the rails. The passenger train passing on the next railway line was struck by them, completely tearing off a side wall of at least one passenger carriage.
The train drivers tried to bring the train to an emergency halt.
“We used the emergency brake application. Then we could see nothing because of the dust, we had zero visibility,” one of the train drivers told Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has indicated the cause of the crash as the breaking away of a cargo train container.
The Committee also stated that there were track works close to the area where the crash happened.
May 20, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/crew-shaken-after-train-crashes-int...
Crew 'shaken' after train crashes into stopblock, derails
Published: 8:34AM Tuesday May 27, 2014
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/raw-train-crashes-in-lower-hutt-vid...
The crew of a train are "shaken" after it derailed on the Melling Line in Wellington this morning, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union says.
The train failed to stop at the Melling station then crashed into a stop block, bringing down a powerpole.
Two passengers were taken to hospital after the incident, one for minor cuts, and one for shock.
Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson said it was an "very unpleasant shock for commuters on board the train".
He also expressed sympathy for the person who was injured in the incident.
"We are supporting the crew who have been shaken by the incident, and clearly will want to work with KiwiRail to identify the root cause of the crash."
KiwiRail has apologised for the train derailment, and KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy says a full investigation is under way.
He says it will look at data from the black box on the train and cab cameras, and will take some time.
ONE News reporter Kristin Hall said it was "quite an incredible scene".
She says the train is around two metres off the ground, and that it had "lifted a huge slab of concrete out of the ground".
Replacement buses were used to reduce delays. A similar incident happened at the same station in April last year which is still being investigated.
May 27, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
Published on May 26, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr4L8pFy15g
Deadly Train Crash In North India
At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger train derailed and hit a stationary goods train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials say.
Six coaches of the Gorakhdham Express went off the rails and ploughed into the freight train at Chureb railway station on Monday morning.
Rescuers are searching through the mangled coaches, with reports saying a number of people are trapped.
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May 27, 2014
Mark
30/5/2014 - UK Train Derailment
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/locomotive-derailed-at-doncaste...
Trains between Doncaster and Leeds were delayed this afternnon because of a derailed DB Schenker locomotive.
A Networtk Rail spokesman said: “We apologise to passengers that there is severe disruption between Doncaster and Leeds. This follows the derailment of three axles of a freight train at the north end of Doncaster station.
“The derailment damaged systems which meant that no trains were able to operate between Doncaster and Leeds.
“The train remained upright and there were no injuries to the crew. A recovery vehicle is on the way to re-rail the train and engineers are on site to repair any damage as quickly as possible.”
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has attended and the line re-opened around 1.30pm.
Jun 3, 2014
Mark
Concern increases with the amount of oil being transported via train and the increase in derailments.
Fear:
http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2014/jun/02/fear-of-oil-trains/
Protests:
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/05/28/oil-by-rail-protests-planned-to-...
Extra training:
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/bnsf-offers-rail-safety-train...
Slideshow:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/06/01/1-explosive-risk-t...
Jun 3, 2014
Mark
KANSAS: Train derailment near Frankfort damages 1,000 feet of track
No injuries reported, but detours were required
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-06-02/train-derailment-near-frankfort...
Heavy equipment was moving toward Frankfort to remove 12 derailed train cars and some broken track as of Monday afternoon.
A Union Pacific train derailed at about 9 a.m. Monday near Frankfort, closing the west and south entrances to the town. No one was injured.
Mark Davis, spokesman for Union Pacific, said the train was carrying coal from Wyoming to Texas. Out of 137 cars, 12 derailed, and 1,000 feet of track were damaged and will have to be replaced, he said.
Pat Demelo, office manager for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, said calls about a derailed train came in about 9:01 a.m. Monday. The train blocked both the west and south crossings at the edge of Frankfort, she said.
Demelo said spilled coal didn’t require a hazardous material response.
The west and south entrances to Frankfort are closed until the train can be removed, Demelo said. K-9 highway is closed at Blue Rapids, and K-99 highway is closed at Blaine, she said. It isn’t clear how long it will take to clean up from the derailment and reopen the roads.
Jun 3, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.brandonsun.com/lifestyles/breaking-news/cn-crews-clean-u...
The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION
CN crews clean up molten sulfur spill northeast of Edmonton after train derails
By: The Canadian Press
Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2014 at 1:42 PM |
LAC LA BICHE, Alta. - Crews are working to clean up 50,000 litres of molten sulfur that spilled when seven train cars derailed northeast of Edmonton.
The Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) train derailed on Friday afternoon 72 kilometres north of Lac La Biche.
Alberta Environment says a CN dangerous goods team contained the spill from three of the cars and continue to clean it up.
No one was hurt.
The government says molten sulfur doesn't pose a risk to human health or the environment unless it is heated to an extreme temperature.
CN says the rail line has since reopened.
another derailment:
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/06/04/reports-train-derai...
Reports: Train derails, wind damages homes
June 03-- Railway officials suspect high winds derailed at least a dozen train cars northeast of Waynoka on Sunday. While he has not received the official final report on the incident, Joe Faust, BNSF Railway director of public affairs, said a wind advisory had been issued in the area shortly before the train derailed at 11:10 p.m. Sunday. He said every indication...
June 03--Railway officials suspect high winds derailed at least a dozen train cars northeast of Waynoka on Sunday.
While he has not received the official final report on the incident, Joe Faust,BNSF Railway director of public affairs, said a wind advisory had been issued in the area shortly before the train derailed at 11:10 p.m. Sunday.
He said every indication points to high winds being the cause of the derailment.
There were no injuries, Faust said.
"The contents of one of the cars contained fireworks, so that was considered hazardous. But we didn't have to evacuate anything," he said.
The train was pulling intermodal cars -- which are railcars carrying trailers. There were two trailers per car.
"It was basically 28 trailers that derailed ... so 12 to 14 cars," he said.
Faust did not know if the train was traveling or stopped when it was derailed.
The railroad works with Hulcher, a heavy equipment company, to remediate derailments when they occur.
"What normally happens, when these incidents happen, is that we'll work with Hulcher to re-rail the cars that can continue and those that aren't are cleared so that train traffic can resume. Traffic has resumed," he said.
Waynoka Fire Chief John Smiley sent firefighters out to secure the scene of the train derailment.
He said he believes there were straight-line winds at the time. He had received a weather alert about the possibility of 70 mph winds and ping-pong ball sized hail. continues............
and another derailment:
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Crews-respond-after-train-derail...
Crews respond after train derails in Ladysmith
Ladysmith, Wisc. (WEAU) -- Clean-up crews are on the scene, after a train derailed in Ladysmith early Wednesday morning.
Ladysmith Chief of Police, Allen Lobermeier, says it happened just after 5 a.m. at Miner Avenue.
Canadian National train says two cars derailed. One was empty and the other was carrying railroad ties.
The police chief says no one was hurt and there were no evacuations necessary, as none of the derailed cars contained chemicals.
The cause is still under investigation.
and another
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/train-accident-derails-via-rail-service-...
Train accident derails VIA Rail service to Churchill
Last Updated Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:23AM CST
A problem near Churchill has forced VIA Rail to halt its service to the northern port.
On Monday, 13 grain cars derailed just south of Churchill.
No one was injured, but the cleanup is expected to be extensive.
Around 20 passengers who were able to make it to Thompson were flown to Churchill yesterday.
VIA Rail customers travelling to Churchill can cancel or change their travel date at no additional charge.
Trains usually leave Winnipeg for Churchill every Tuesday and Sunday.
There's no word yet on when regular service will resume.
Jun 4, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/high-winds-blow-train-...
High Winds Blow Train Cars over near Weiner
According to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM), 15-20 cars were blown off of the track near Otwell.
The derailment is believed to be weather-related. Storms have been moving through the area since this morning.
Jun 6, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/three-killed-20-injured-as...
Three killed, 20 injured as Karachi-bound train derails in Pakistan
Karakoram Express - travelling from Lahore to Karachi - derailed near Bandhi station, some 30 kilometres from Nawabshah.
Three persons were killed in the accident while 20 others suffered injuries.
The government has announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the heirs of each deceased and Rs 1 lakh each for the injured passengers.
Jun 7, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140625/jsp/frontpage/story_18548915....
4 die as Assam Rajdhani derails in Bihar: Maoist hand or railway fault?
Chapra/New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): Four passengers were killed and eight injured when an Assam-bound Rajdhani Express derailed at a station near Chapra in Bihar early Wednesday, setting off a blame-game in which the Railways blamed Maoist extremists, former railway minister Lalu Yadav blamed the railways and the home minister refused to jump to conclusions.
Maoists ultras had called a two-day bandh in old Tirhut division, which consists of Saran, Gopalganj and Siwan districts, starting Tuesday midnight.
Railway officials said they suspected sabotage by Maoists, as an explosion had derailed a goods train on tracks 60km away.
“Prima facie, it appears to be a case of sabotage. There was a blast on the track, which could have caused the derailment,” Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar told PTI in Delhi.
But railway minister Sadananda Gowda was not so sure about a Maoist hand. ”As far as the Rajdhani derailment is concerned, investigations are on,” he said.
East Central Railway’s chief spokesman, Arvind Kumar Rajak, said Maoists are suspected to be behind the incident. Some of the coaches were hurled as far as 700 feet away from the track under the impact of the derailment.
The railways said 12 coaches of the Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express were derailed at around 0200 hours when the train was passing through the station, about 75km from Patna. Five of the coaches overturned and seven were derailed.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said it was too early to blame the Maoists.
“I have spoken directly to rail officials on the spot. The Prime Minister has been informed regarding all developments. Even he agrees that it is too early to blame the Naxals. Let us wait for further report on the incident,” he told reporters.
Singh, however, said the derailment of a goods train at Motihari, about 60km away from the site of Rajdhani Express accident, could be the handiwork of Maoists.
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also ruled out the involvement of Maoists and said the incident appears to be a result of “error” on the part of Railways.
Manjhi questioned why a pilot engine was not run ahead of Rajdhani Express in line with the standard practice in the Maoist-hit region.
”The incident appears to be a result of error on the part of Railways,” he said.
The state’s new police chief, P.K. Thakur, who joined as director general on Tuesday, also ruled out Maoist involvement.
Former Railway Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad blamed railway officials for the mishap involving the Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express that left four passengers dead.
”I have been the Railway Minister and I know that a pilot engine is run 30 minutes ahead of Rajdhani Express trains. This is done to check whether the line is clear and tracks are safe. It seems this was not done in this case and the accident happened,” Prasad told PTI over telephone.
”This is a clear cut case of negligence by railway officials. I want to know why the pilot engine was not run on the tracks before the Rajdhani Express was scheduled to cross the area,” added Prasad.
Railway Minister Gowda has announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the family of each of the deceased, Rs 1 lakh for the grievously injured passengers and Rs 20,000 for those with minor injuries
Gowda and Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha have rushed to the site along with Railway Board Member Traffic, D.P. Pandey and Member Mechanical, Alok Johri.
Gowda said in the case of the goods train derailment, it is a prima facie case of sabotage.
Saran District Magistrate Kundan Kumar told PTI that the accident seems be due to operational problems and not triggered by Maoists.
He told reporters on the spot that another train Kaviguru Express had crossed the spot safely 15 minutes before Rajdhani Express.
Moreover, the train derailed not in a secluded place but in a town which witnesses regular railway traffic. Hence any attempt of planting bombs or other activities of the Maoists could have been easily spotted, he said.
Kumar also said the casualty would have been higher if it had been an act of sabotage.
Saran Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Singh also ruled out Maoist hand in the incident.
Jun 26, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://english.cri.cn/11354/2014/07/01/2361s834070.htm
Photo taken on July 1, 2014 shows rail staff members working at the Baoshui Area Station in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. A Line 3 light rail train derailed at the station on Tuesday morning. [Photo: weibo.com]
A Line 3 light rail train derailed on Tuesday morning, July 1, 2014, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, according to a message posted on the verified Weibo microblogging account of the City Train, a program of the Dalian TV station.
The accident happened at around 10am when the train left the Baoshui Area Station, the terminal station of Line 3. There were no casualties since no passengers were on board at that time.
The repair work is underway and rail staff members have already separated the derailed carriage from the rest of the carriages.
Line 3 hasn't resumed operation until now.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Jul 1, 2014
Caryn D
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/25933806/train-derailed-in-weste...
Train derailed in western Lucas County
Posted: Jul 03, 2014 9:14 AM EDTUpdated: Jul 03, 2014 2:44 PM EDTPolice confirm a train has derailed near the intersection of Old Airport Highway and South Crissey Road in western Lucas County.
Norfolk Southern says 15 cars derailed around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Twelve of those cars dumped their contents. The railroad says no hazardous material was spilled in the derailment.
Initially those near the tracks were evacuated because of liquid spilling from one of the cars. Eventually those on scene determined the liquid is vegetable oil and the evacuation order was lifted.
The train is currently blocking the railroad crossing on Crissey Road.
"All other train traffic is either stopped or is going to be diverted. These tracks are going to be closed down for quite some time I'm guessing – a couple days, up to a week," said Springfield Township Fire Chief Barry Cousino.
The cause of the derailment is unknown at this time. State Highway Patrol, Railroad Police and the Sheriff and County Engineer are all on the scene investigating.
Norfolk Southern says two passenger trains will have to be diverted because of the derailment.
Amtrak Capitol Limited (Train 30) normally passing through Indiana from Chicago to Washington, D.C., will detour through Michigan Thursday evening/early Friday due to a temporary track closure on the NS railroad west of Toledo. Missed stops at South Bend, Elkhart and Waterloo, Indiana, and Bryan, Ohio, will be covered by chartered buses.
Amtrak Lake Shore Limited (Train 48/448) from Chicago to New York/Boston will operate over the normal route in Indiana and Ohio late Thursday/Friday, subject to significant delay. Passengers are urged to check train status on Amtrak.com/our mobile apps or by calling 800-USA-RAIL.
Tune in to WTOL 11 News at 5 to hear from a man who watched the train derail from less than 50 yards away.
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Jul 4, 2014
Tracie Crespo
Train derails in western Montana; 3 cars in river
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Crews on Sunday will attempt to remove three Boeing 737 fuselages that tumbled down a steep bank and into the Clark Fork River in western Montana after a train derailed.
Montana Rail Link spokeswoman Lynda Frost said Saturday that it's unclear the type of challenge involved because it's the first time the company has faced such a task.
No one was injured when 19 cars from a westbound train derailed Thursday about 10 miles west of Alberton. The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
The train carried six fuselages. Three others also fell off but stayed on land. Frost says Boeing has had workers at the scene assessing the damage.
The fuselages were headed to Renton, Washington, to be assembled into completed airliners.
http://news.msn.com/us/train-derails-in-western-montana-3-cars-in-r...
Jul 5, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thejournal.ie/dart-derail-bray-greystones-1561244-Jul2014/
Dart derails after collision with rocks between Greystones and Bray
None of the 33 passengers on board the train were injured in the incident.
A DART TRAVELLING between Greystones and Bray has come off the tracks this evening.
Irish Rail confirmed toTheJournal.ie that rock fall along the Bray Head area of the track caused the train to derail.
It is believed that a number of large boulders fell on to the tracks below.
None of the 33 passengers on the 11.10pm Dart from Greystones to Connolly Station were injured in the incident.
A spokesperson for Irish Rail said that they are in the process of getting another train out to the area where the passengers have been taken off the train.
“Where they are situated at the moment it would mean the passengers would have to walk a mile or so in the dark,” said a spokesperson for the company, who said that they were working on getting another train to the passengers shortly.
Due to tonight’s incident there will be no trains between Greystones and Bray in the morning.
and another:
http://www.ksla.com/story/25969686/train-derails-near-vivian-rr-cro...
Derailed train back on tracks, no injuries reported
Posted: Jul 08, 2014 5:47 PM EDTUpdated: Jul 08, 2014 6:32 PM EDTDerailed train back on tracks, no injuries reported
Kansas City Southern officials said a locomotive an empty rail car jumped the tracks around 3 p.m. near Highway 1 just south of Rodessa. That sparked a small brush fire, which was snuffed out by Caddo Parish firefighters.
The train did not topple, and nothing was spilled out of it, but the derailment did cause a blockage at a nearby RR crossing. The intersection leads into a private oil rig, so it did not affect public traffic.
No injuries have been reported, and KCS is investigating the cause of the fire and the derailment, said spokeswoman C. Doniele Carlson.
Jul 9, 2014
KM
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/07/10/derailment_of_26car_frei...
Derailment of 26-car freight train in Brockville delays VIA customers
CN rail 26-car train carrying cars, carbon powder and empty tanks with fuel residue; no leaks reported.
LARS HAGBERG / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Derailed CN train cars sit beside the tracks near Brockville, Ont., on Thursday July 10, 2014, after 26 cars jumped the tracks.
Via Rail had to transport some of its passengers via charter bus after a CN freight train derailed in Brockville around 4 a.m. Thursday morning.
Train trips from Toronto to Ottawa and Toronto to Montreal have been cancelled until further notice.
Mylène Bélanger, a media representative for Via Rail Canada, told reporters that approximately 1,600 passengers have been affected.
Customers were immediately alerted of the accident, which could set departure times back by up to one hour, when they arrived at Union Station.
Bélanger said the company has found enough buses to carry all passengers scheduled to travel in the morning, but it is still working on getting rides for the afternoon.
“We have no indication of how long this could last but we are making all efforts to secure buses for passengers travelling today,” she said.
No injuries were reported, but the 26-car freight train did lose some of its cargo.
Lindsay Fedchyshyn from CN Rail said two of the cars were carrying vehicles and another five were holding carbon powder, which is used for mostly water filtration.
The train was also pulling 13 empty tanks which have fuel residue in them, but there aren’t any leaks, confirmed Fedchyshyn. The last six were empty platform cars.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to the scene of the accident. They are currently trying to determine what caused the accident.
Jul 10, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.hngn.com/articles/35813/20140710/mexican-death-train-der...
Mexican "Death Train" Derails, Stranding 1,300 Migrants Headed Toward U.S. Border
By Rida Ahmed r.ahmed@hngn.com | Jul 10, 2014 04:05 PM EDT
A so-called "Death Train" used by Mexicans and Central Americans to travel toward the U.S. border derailed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday, stranding at least 1,300 migrants, emergency services said. It was the same day that President Barack Obama met with Texas Gov. Rick Perry to discuss the border crisis.
Nicknamed "the Beast," the cargo train unexpectedly came off the tracks Wednesday, leaving many of the migrants injured, Reuters reported. However, none of them, most of them young people, were reported to sustain any injuries while riding what others have referred to as "El Tren de la Muerte," or Death Train. Authorities said several days of heavy rain in southern Mexico may have been the cause of derailment.
Jul 11, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/oil-laden-train-derails-in-ctg...
Oil-laden train derails in Ctg
Bay under threat of spillage
A freight train carrying furnace oil from Patenga derailed at Sitakunda in Chittagong yesterday morning and leaked around 21,255 gallons of crude, most of which spilled into a canal.
The accidental spill from three tank wagons of the freight train poses serious threat to aquatic creatures in the canal water that flows toward the Bay.
The engine and six oil-laden tankers of the Dohazari Peaking Power Plant-bound train slipped off the track at Uttar Chhalimpur near Faujdarhat Railway Station around 6:30am.
"The derailment happened as the loco master violated the signal," said Abdul Hai, chief engineer of Bangladesh Railway (East Zone).
Md Javed, a local who was scooping up the split oil, said "I will sell the oil to a local shop to earn some bucks."
Asked whether the oil spill could reach sea water through the canal, Salahuddin Aziz, chairman of 10 Chhalimpur union, said, "There is a possibility of the crude getting mixed with sea water.
"During the high tide sea water floods the canal and then draws back."
Dr Alok Pal, professor of geography and environmental studies in Chittagong University, said, "Fish feed on plankton found on water surface, which would be destroyed by such a large volume of spill."
Jahir Alam, an assistant engineer of Dohazari Peaking Power Plant, said there were about 7,085 gallons of furnace oil in each wagon.
"Six wagons derailed and all oil from three wagons leaked into the nearby canal," said a senior railway official, preferring not to be named.
"It will take three to four days to assess the extent of damage caused by the derailment," Jahir said.
An intercity train with 500 passengers narrowly escaped a fatal accident on the route as the freight train was about to enter Faujdarhat Railway Station, violating the signal.
Udayan Express from Sylhet was approaching the station on green signal when the freight train was on the track, said Chandan Kanti Das, chief signal and telecommunication engineer of BR (East).
Sensing danger, the station master blinked red signal for the Udayan Express and its loco master managed to stop the Chittagong-bound passenger train, he added.
Rail communications between Chittagong and other parts of the country remained suspended for seven hours since 6:30 am following the derailment of the freight train at Sitakunda.
The railway authorities suspended the train's loco master Uttam Kumar Bhattacharya and assistant loco master Didar Hossain on charge of violating the signal, said Mozammel Haque, general manager of BR (East).
Two committees -- one led by BR (East) chief engineer and another by Chittagong Divisional Transportation Officer Md Zakir Hossain -- were formed to investigate the incident.
On July 30, 2013, train service on Chittagong-Dohazari route was disrupted after three oil tank wagons of a freight train derailed in Baruapara area of Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong.
Published: 12:02 am Thursday, July 10, 2014
Jul 11, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-11/train-derails-at-north-melbou...
Train derails at North Melbourne en route to Sydney
Updated 5 hours 51 minutes ago
An interstate passenger train with 180 passengers on board has derailed in Melbourne.
Two carriages of the Melbourne-to-Sydney CountryLink service came off the tracks between Southern Cross and North Melbourne stations, in the inner city about 8:30am (AEST).
The carriages remained upright but came to rest on an angle.
No-one was hurt.
The passengers were transferred to buses for their journey to Sydney.
Staff from New South Wales Train Link and Sydney Trains have been sent to Melbourne to help Victorian authorities investigate how the derailment happened.
V/Line said its Southern Cross to Albury rail services had been cancelled for the rest of the day and passengers would be transferred by coach.
Melbourne's rail operator Metro said none of its services were affected.
Jul 11, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.novinite.com/articles/161993/Sofia-Varna+Rapid+Train+Der...
Sofia-Varna Train Incident Leaves Motorman Dead
One man died after a train traveling from Sofia to Varna derailed near the central Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora on Saturday, 15:17 EEST (13:17 GMT).
The victim was the train's driver.
Fifteen were left injured, two of them in a critical condition, authorities say. Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, however, said the number their number could rise.
He also wrote on his Facebook profile he was closely following the developments and had sent Transport Minister Danail Papazov and other officials to the station where the events took place.
Those wounded were taken to the nearest hospital, according to the Bulgarian National Radio, which quotes official sources.
Most of them were over 43 years of age, and no children were among the injured. It is yet unknown why four carriages and the engine went off the track, but the reasons are under investigation, the Interior Ministry's Chief Secretary Svetlozar Lavarov declared.
The locomotive of the train crossing the south of Bulgaria spinned while derailing and hit the carriages behind it.
It was reported that the incident happened at the Kaloyanovets train station near Stara Zagora, where the composition had been divided, with some of the cars heading for the southern Black Sea city of Burgas.
Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) head Hristian Krastev reported the track had recently undergone repairs.
Jul 13, 2014
Mark
N.S. train derailment caused when track 'buckled'
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/n-s-train-derailment-caused-when-track...
WEST RIVER STATION, N.S. - The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway has determined that a train carrying propane derailed last month in Pictou County when the track buckled.
The province's Transportation Department says the cause of the derailment is outlined in a report submitted by the railway earlier this week.
The department says the report determined the track buckled after a sudden and unusual fluctuation of rail temperature and accumulated steel stress in a section of track.
Six homes were evacuated as a precaution June 9 after seven cars went off the tracks in West River Station, including six that overturned.
Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan says his department is satisfied with the railway's response since the derailment, including replacing a portion of track and performing a stress test on the rail line.
The government says the railway will also implement a number of preventative measures, including restricting train speed during certain hours in the summer and cancelling train operations in extreme heat.
MacLellan says Transport Canada inspectors hired by the department will keep a close eye on the railway to ensure it is doing everything it can to prevent a similar incident.
Jul 15, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
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Russia: 11 Killed, 100+ Injured as Moscow Metro Derail in Rush Hour - EMP Cause!
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Jul 15, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Train-derails--267428201.html
Train derails on Kenaston Boulevard
Posted: 7:31 PM
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Emergency officials are on scene at a train derailment that has blocked Kenaston Boulevard traffic in both directions.
A southbound CN freight train went off the tracks around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday north of McGillivray Boulevard near Kenaston Commons.
CN spokeswoman Emily Hamer said the derailment involved five cars carrying cement.
The train wasn't carrying dangerous goods and there were no injuries or environmental threats, Hamer said. The rail cars were tilted but didn't fall over during the derailment.
Crews were working to clear the tracks Wednesday evening.
Nearby resident Kyle, 17, who didn’t want to give his last name, said he heard a loud bang while he was in his backyard, ran out and saw the derailed train.
"It sounded like a big bang. It really got loud," he said.
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Canadian Pacific Freight Train Derails in Saskatchewan
CP Says 24 Railcars Derailed, Causing No Injuries or Leakage
July 16, 2014 9:05 p.m. ET
TORONTO— Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP.T +0.88% said 24 railcars of a freight train carrying a mixed cargo that included gasoline derailed in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, causing no injuries or leakage.
The 89-car train was heading eastbound on the railroad's mainline in Saskatchewan and was carrying lumber, asphalt and gasoline, said Ed Greenberg, a spokesman with the Calgary-based railroad.
The incident is the third derailment of a major Canadian railroad in two weeks. On Thursday, a train operated by Canadian National Railway Co. CNR.T +0.76% carrying automobiles, carbon powder and empty fuel-tank cars derailed in eastern Ontario. On July 4, two crude-carrying cars on a CN train derailed in central Alberta. There were no reports of injuries or fire in those accidents.
The latest derailment occurred at about 2 p.m. MDT Wednesday near Moose Jaw, a small city in south-central Saskatchewan about 40 miles west of Regina.
Mr. Greenberg said that CP has several rerouting options in the Canadian province and isn't suspending service along its rail network.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has dispatched two investigators to the site, a spokesman for the agency said. CP also is investigating the accident, Mr. Greenberg said.
Train derailments in Canada have faced heightened scrutiny amid regulators' moves to enhance rail safety in the wake of several fiery accidents in North America that involved crude-by-rail transport.
Jul 17, 2014
Mark
200 evacuated, 4 injured in New Jersey train derailment
http://rt.com/usa/172500-derailment-new-jersey-evacuated/
At least 200 people have been evacuated from a train that derailed in New Jersey after colliding with a truck that was crossing the tracks. Four people are currently in hospital with minor injuries following the incident.
Erica Dumas, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York, told AP that the two front wheels of the train went off the rails after the collision Sunday. Dumas said the truck driver, the train conductor, one passenger and an engineer were in hospital receiving treatment.
Authorities are currently investigating what could have caused the incident, which took place as the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train was on its way to Newark from Harrison.
Earlier this year in May two Metro-North passenger trains collided with each other during rush hour in Bridgeport Connecticut, leaving dozens injured. As a result of the incident, authorities were forced to close the tracks to repair the damage.
Jul 17, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10974939/Hi...
High speed train crash in France injures 25
High-speed TGV train collided with a regional express train in southern France injuring at least 25 people, four of them seriously.
By David Chazan, Paris
8:49PM BST 17 Jul 2014
At least 25 people were injured, four of them seriously, when a high-speed TGV train collided with a regional express train in southern France on Thursday.
Among those badly injured were a baby, a 10-year-old boy, a woman and the driver of the regional express train.
The high-speed train carrying 178 people collided with the regional express, which had 70 passengers, near the town of Denguin, on the line between Pau and Bayonne in the south-west of the country, local officials said. The crash happened about 17 kilometres (10 miles) from Pau.
The worst casualties were in a "terrible state", a rescue worker said.
Two of them were airlifted to hospital, police told Le Figaro newspaper.
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Jul 18, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://fox6now.com/2014/07/20/breaking-officials-on-scene-of-train-...
Two trains collide in Slinger; two taken to the hospital; more than 100 homes evacuated
SLINGER (WITI) — Slinger Fire Chief Rick Hanke briefed the media just after midnight on Monday, July 21st after two trains collided in Slinger on Sunday night, July 20th. Two people were injured — and taken to the hospital. The collision prompted evacuations of more than 100 homes near the scene.
Officials have blocked off an area from Storck Street to Kettle Moraine, and Slinger Road to Highway 60 — in the area of Slinger High School.
Chief Hanke says three engines derailed — and 10 rail cars derailed as a result of the collision.
Chief Hanke says hazmat crews have been called to the scene, as 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled as a result of the collision.
It began when two separate trains collided — a Canadian National train, and a Wisconsin Southern train. Chief Hanke says the tracks cross at the point where the trains collided — roughly a quarter-mile east of Kettle Moraine Road.
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Train Derails In Wisconsin, Evacuation In Progress
SLINGER, Wis. (AP) — A fire official says two people are injured and several thousand gallons of diesel fuel have spilled after a train derailment in a small Wisconsin village.
Slinger Fire Department Chief Rick Hanke says three engines and 10 railcars derailed Sunday, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 nearby homes.
He says two people are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening.
Hanke says about 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an engine. He says hazmat crews have dikes and booms in place.
A spokesman for Canadian National Railway Co. says preliminary reports indicate one of the company's trains was headed south and struck cars on another train.
The Red Cross was assisting evacuees at a middle school.
Slinger is about 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee.Jul 21, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://news.msn.com/us/alaska-tourist-train-halts-runs-after-derail...
Alaska tourist train halts runs after derailment
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A vintage rail company that hauls hundreds of thousands of tourists every year along the route of the historic Klondike Gold Rush has suspended operations while it investigates a derailment that injured nine people.
The derailment occurred during the Wednesday afternoon run of the White Pass & Yukon Route tourist train, which goes from Skagway, Alaska, into Canada.
There were few immediate details of what happened, but railroad President John Finlayson said the train derailed as it reached the White Pass Summit.
The derailment involved two vintage locomotives and four passenger rail cars, the company said in a written statement Wednesday night.
The National Transportation Safety Board was informed of the accident, but it wasn't immediately clear if rail safety personnel would investigate, state officials said.
Medical workers went to the scene, where responders outnumbered the injured, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Initial reports had as many as 12 people injured.
Power was restored to the train, and it brought everyone back to Skagway, about 100 miles northwest of Juneau, railroad officials said.
The injured were taken to a clinic in Skagway, said Buckwheat Donahue, tourism director for the municipality. Some already had been released before 6 p.m., approximately three hours after the derailment.
Coast Guard planes and other air ambulances were on standby in case they were needed to transport the injured, but that didn't appear to be necessary, Donahue said. Most of the people on the train suffered "scratches and bruises," he said.
Bartlett Regional Hospital in the state capital was told to prepare for as many as 25 victims, Juneau radio station KTOO reported. That number was later downgraded before the warning was canceled.
The train is a popular tourist attraction, taking passengers on a three-hour, 40-mile roundtrip tour out of Skagway. It climbs to 2,865 feet at White Pass Summit before it turns around and heads back, Finlayson said.
He said the White Pass Summit trip is the railroad's most popular, offering passengers the views they were promised on an Alaska vacation: mountains, glaciers, waterfalls and even glimpses of the trails used by miners hoping to make it rich in the 1898 gold rush.
Donahue said four large cruise ships were in town Wednesday, swelling Skagway's population of 927 by 10,000 people. There were an additional thousand independent visitors in town, he said.
Up to seven train trips were canceled after the derailment, leaving many people with about four unscheduled hours. The railway said it would suspend operations to allow the investigation to proceed, and would run trains again when it could assure the safety of its passengers.
"We're doing our very best to try to gather information as quickly as possible," Finlayson said.
Jul 24, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2103911.html
Train derails in Dexter
Friday, July 25, 2014
Fourteen southbound Union Pacific freight cars, including an LP gas tanker, derailed about 3 a.m. Thursday in Dexter.
At 7 a.m., Dexter police, the Dexter Fire Department, Stoddard County sheriff's deputies and the highway patrol were sent near the Tyson Foods plant on the east end of the city while railroad crews and Dexter Fire Chief Don Seymore performed air-level testing to determine whether there was an immediate danger to nearby residents.
The train derailed in close proximity to a residential area.
At 7:45 a.m., word was received the air was clear.
Union Pacific crews from St. Louis were in the area by daylight and at least one plane carrying additional crew members approached about 7:15 a.m.
The location of the derailment was near County Road 717, but wreckage could be seen just north of Tyson's plant in east Dexter.
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Train Carrying Chemicals Derails in Upstate
Spartanburg, SC - A dangerous situation in South Carolina Friday after a train derailed outside Spartanburg.
Hazmat crews were called to the scene because three of the cards that jumped the tracks are filled with ethanol. According to the Centers for Disease Control website, ethanol is a clear, flammable liquid that can cause irritation if inhaled.
Officials say there are no leaks and no evacuations were needed.
Jul 26, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
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Two Japanese tourists were hurt when a luxury train service connecting Singapore and Thailand derailed in Ratchaburi's Ban Pong district yesterday. Another one off the rails: State Railway of Thailand...
Jul 28, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/train-carrying-grain-derails-near-conqu...
Train carrying grain derails near Conquest
Last Updated Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:07PM CST
Witnesses say the rails seemed to give way when a train derailed near Conquest, Sask. Monday evening.
Eight cars on a 105-car train went off the tracks about two kilometres from the community, spilling a significant amount of flax and grain onto the ground.
The cars were not carrying hazardous material and there were no reports of injuries as a result of the derailment.
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Eight rail cars loaded with grain derailed Monday evening near Conquest.
Eight rail cars loaded with grain derailed Monday evening near Conquest.
Big Sky Rail operates the short-line railway. The company and the province have not yet determined the cause of the crash.
Clean-up is expected to be completed by Wednesday.
Conquest is located approximately 90 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon, near Outlook.
Jul 29, 2014