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): |
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UK: Train derailment means no Southeastern service from Lewisham to Charlton
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Network Rail said three wagons on an empty freight train derailed as it made its way from sidings at Angerstein Wharf onto the railway from Greenwich to Charlton.
Services from to Greenwich and Dartford are disrupted following the incident.
Netwrork Rail said in a statment: "Trains will begin running through Greenwich and Charlton again by 4pm, following a period of closure this afternoon. However the line from Blackheath to Charlton remains blocked and cancellations are likely this evening (Wednesday).
Jun 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/06/06/city/karachi/eight-injur...
Eight injured as train derails near Jacobabad
As many as eight passengers were seriously injured including women and children when four bogies of Jaffarabad Express derailed due to a bomb blast that damaged railway track near Jacobabad District Jail in the jurisdiction of Sadder Police Station on Saturday.
The train coming from Rawalpindi was on its way to Quetta. The blast was said to be controlled by a remote device. The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Jacobabad.
Meanwhile, a large number of security personnel including police and Rangers rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area while the bomb squad was summoned from Sukkur.
However, DS Railway Sukkur Farrukh Taimoor told media that the track that connects Sindh with Balochistan and Punjab has been damaged and will be repaired within six hours. DS Taimoor said 800 passengers traveling in the train were refunded their fare as they could move to their destinations via road. On the occasion, PPPP MNA Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani, DC and SSP Jacobabad were also present.
Jun 6, 2015
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Borneo:Narrow escape for 50 after train derailment
http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/06/08/narrow-escape-for-50-after-...
The incident happened at 1.30pm, about 30 minutes after the train departed from here to Tenom.
The passengers were stranded for quite a while before a train wagon arrived to ferry them to their destination.
No casualty or serious injuries were reported but many of the passengers were shaken, according to an officer from the State Railway Department at the site of the incident.
He said train services between the Beaufort-Tenom route would be temporarily halted to allow the department’s staff to repair the damaged track and move the train carriages back on the track.
He added that the department was still investigating the actual cause of the accident.
A passenger, Medilina Tupang, described the incident as scary as it occurred suddenly, causing her and other passengers to be thrown from their seats to the cabin wall.
Medilina, who was in one of the carriages, said the train suddenly shook and then followed by screecing sounds before the train slipped sending the passengers screaming in fear.
“At first I thought the shaking was an earthquake because the passenger carriages were swaying from the left to the right.
Jun 11, 2015
Mark
Grain train derailment near Eureka, causes 'big mess,' authorities say
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/grain-train-der...
No one was injured but the derailment of more than two dozen grain cars caused a "big mess," said Eureka Fire Protection District Chief Greg Brown.
The eastbound Union Pacific train derailed near Lewis Road and the Crescent Farms Golf Club about 1:50 p.m., authorities said.
The train originated in Iowa and was heading to Texas, a Union Pacific spokesman said. The train had two people aboard — an engineer and conductor — and neither was injured.
Authorities said the train had 97 cars plus an engine. Twenty-four cars in the middle of the train derailed, spilling grain along the tracks. Of the cars that derailed, 18 overturned. Seventy-two other cars were still attached and upright.
The cause was still under investigation Tuesday. The railroad spokesman said crews would be working through the night to clear the track, which is used by an average of 34 trains daily.
Jim Love, a construction worker, was on a job at the Crescent Farms Golf Club when the train went off the track. Love said he saw white dust rise above the tree line and that it sounded like a "loud roar and thunder-like."
"It sounded like it was right on top of you," he said.
Jun 11, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/spring/news/train-derails-off-bridge...
Train derails off bridge over Old Katy Road and Washington Avenue n...
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 9:24 pm | Updated: 9:28 pm, Thu Jun 11, 2015.
Commuters down Old Katy Road near the 610 Loop were turned away early Thursday morning after a train derailed and fell off the bridge onto the pavement below. Officials say no one was injured in the accident.
Around 8:30 a.m., a westbound Kansas City Southern train traveling between Beaumont and Kendleton derailed at the Eureka Junction in West Houston.
The 84-car train had two locomotives.
Kansas City Southern operates a two-man crew, a conductor and an engineer, and neither was injured in the accident according to Union Pacific spokesperson Jeff DeGraff.
Nine cars, including the locomotive, came off the rails and two cars came off the overpass; one landing on Old Katy Road and the other coming to rest on the embankment.
According to DeGraff, the derailed car that landed on the street was transporting plastic pellets and the car on the embankment was carrying soy beans.
DeGraff confirmed that there were no hazardous materials involved in the incident.
Crews from Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern are on the scene attempting to upright and re-rail the cars and conduct repairs to the track according to DeGraff. Crews with R.J. Corman Railroad Group are leading the rerailing efforts.
“There was significant damage and it will take some time to cut and replace those rails,” he said. “Union Pacific will be handling the cleanup and rerail since it’s their track.”
The dmaged track remains closed, but the track on the north sideof the bridge was not damaged. DeGraff said it is being used to allow trains to bring supplies to the crews. Old Katy road is closed in both directions while repairs are being done.
DeGraff said vacuum trucks are being used to offload the products, but he was unsure how long the process will take, but he is hopeful that the roadway will be cleared by Thursday evening.
“We’re beginning a lengthy process to upright the cars and clear the area,” he said. “It will take several hours to get the product offloaded from the cars.”
The cause of the train’s derailment is currently under investigation.
“ I’m unsure on the facts on how the derailment occurred and the actions of the crew,” he said. “That investigation has already started, but it will take some time.
“We’re in the process of downloading that information from the data recorders that were on both locomotives,” he said. “There was one locomotive at the head of the train and one in the middle of the train to give it distributed power. We’ve pulled the data recorders from both locomotives that will help give us an idea of how the train was functioning and what was happening when the event occurred.”
DeGraff added that investigators will also analyze video from the locomotives and get the account of the accident from the engineer and conductor on board the train.
“Once the trains have been pulled out, we’ll start doing measurements and inspections and scans of the track and the wheels of the cars involved. All of that gets put together to give us the full picture,” he said.
About four hours after the accident, crews had removed the cars that were upright on the track and a locomotive was able to pull them away.
“We’re going to bring in a locomotive from the east side to attach to the back end of the train and we will pull those cars east to our Pierce yard,” he said.
DeGraff said there is no history of problems at this junction to his knowledge.
“I’d have to go back and look through our logs to see if there have been any specific issues,” he said.
DeGraff says they’re doing their best to make the roadways passable as soon as possible, but they will not be able to assess how much damage was done to the pavement until the cars are removed.
“Certainly our focus is on getting this roadway reopened so we can have a minimal impact on the public,” he said.
DeGraff said because no one was injured in the accident, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were not called to the scene. He says Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern will work together on the investigation.
“Certainly we are very fortunate that there were no injuries at all sustained by the crew or any of the passing motorists, which is why the investigation into why this happened is very important, so we can make sure to avoid future incidents like this,” he said.
DeGraff said Union Pacific doesn’t wait for red flags such as this to examine the infrastructure of the company.
“We invest a considerable amount of private capital into our infrastructure, such as these tracks and these bridges,” he said. “In Texas alone we’ve spent $300 million over the last 10 years to upgrade our tracks. We take this very seriously because we want to avoid incidents like this. We’ll certainly be looking into this incident and see if there’s additional work that needs to be done. Our derailments have gone down considerably the last 10 years.”
DeGraff said officials have not yet estimated how much the clean up operation will cost.
Jun 12, 2015
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Disruption for Glasgow passengers as train derails
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/u/disruption-for-glasgow-passeng...
No-one was injured in the derailment of the engineering train in the earlier today at the Greenhill Upper Junction, around three miles west of Falkirk.
The junction is where the main Glasgow to Edinburgh line meets with that heading towards Stirling and Alloa.
The accident and its knock-on to the network comes just 24 hours after work on the main Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line got under way, with passengers expected to face at least six weeks of significant disruption.
The Winchburgh tunnel near Linlithgow in West Lothian will be closed to allow upgrades to be carried out.
The new organisation set up by ScotRail franchise holder Abellio and Network Rail said the derailment had forced some services to Glasgow Queen Street to use alternative routes, impacting upon already lengthened journey times.
A ScotRail Alliance spokesman said: "In the early hours of Sunday morning an engineering train derailed at low speed at Greenhill Upper Junction, north of Glasgow.
"The derailment is a minor incident with only one set of wheels off the rails. The train remains upright and undamaged and there have been no injuries to staff.
"Engineers are on-site working to rerail the wagon and remove the train from the area, but the incident has caused some damage to the track below which will also require repairs.
"We are working to restore normal services as quickly as possible, but the incident is likely to affect trains throughout Sunday."
Jun 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://tribune.com.pk/story/904524/eight-injured-as-breach-in-dadu-...
Railway accident: Dadu canal breach derails six coaches
Railway accident: Dadu canal breach derails six coaches
Eight people were injured when six coaches of a Quetta-bound Bolan Mail derailed in Shikarpur on Tuesday. The incident occurred due to a breach in the Dadu canal that allowed water to flow alongside the railway track, washing away its foundation. PHOTO: ONLINE
SUKKUR: Six coaches of a Quetta-bound Bolan Mail derailed between the Madeji and Ruk railway stations in Shikarpur district on Tuesday. No fatalities were reported, but eight injured people were shifted to Civil Hospital, Shikarpur.
The breach occurred in the Dadu canal near RD-96 on Monday night and water flowed alongside the railway track, washing away the foundation of the track. When the Bolan Mail reached the spot, putting pressure on the track, six coaches derailed, injuring eight passengers.
Jun 17, 2015
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Metrorail train derails, 7 injured
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/train-derails-leaving-7-injured
Gauteng spokesperson Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said, “The accident happened after 12 midday. There were 70 people on the train and seven have minor injuries.”
“The train was travelling from Pretoria towards Park Station when the last two cabins derailed,” she added.
City of Joburg emergency services on Twitter said, “Three people have been seriously injured and others are being treated for minor injuries.”
Mofokeng said, “Trains coming from the Eastern side of Johannesburg, are running 2 hours late, as our teams are working re-railing the train and pull it out.”
This accident come almost a month after as head on train collison in which killed two and left seven with serious injuries.
Metrorail is still investigating the accident.
Jun 17, 2015
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Derailed train had come from the Sault
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=93233
“We are cleaning up presently,” said Manon Beauchemin, vice-president of administration with Geneese & Wyoming Canada Inc., which owns Huron Central Railway, the small rail company involved in the derailment.
Because there were no injuries or hazardous materials on board the train, Beauchemin said the company is responsible for the investigation.
Huron Central operates a 278-kilometre rail line from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury, that interchanges with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Its customers include Essar Steel and Domtar.
The train that derailed Saturday, near the intersection of Municipal Road 4 and Bay Street, was carrying large steel coils. It was headed east, from Sault Ste. Marie toward Sudbury.
Beauchemin said around 15 cars left the track.
Jun 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kxlf.com/story/29428028/train-derails-north-of-dillion-c...
Train derails north of Dillion causing backups on I-15
Trooper Michael Voss says the train derailment caused structure damage to the north bound bridge. He says one of the train cars was carrying logs and another was carrying Magnesium chloride which is used for dust abatement.
Montana Department of Transportation is on scene investigating the accident.Jun 29, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Train-Derails-In-Rural-Central-T...
Train Derails In Rural Central Texas
BREMOND (June 30, 2015)
Fourteen cars of a Union Pacific train derailed early Tuesday in a rural area south of Bremond in Robertson County.
The cars, which were hauling sand, derailed at around 5 a.m. Tuesday along state Highway 14 between Carroll Bashinski Road and Tidwell Prairie Road.
There were no reports of injuries.
The train was bound from Wisconsin to San Antonio.
The derailment was the second in a little more than two weeks.
On June 12 ten cars loaded with corn derailed in Kosse, about 10 miles north of Bremond in neighboring Limestone County.
No one was hurt.
Jul 1, 2015
Mark
Freight train derails near Lincoln
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2015/06/freight-train-derails-near-lincoln/
The incident happened at around 2.40pm near Station Road (A159) level crossing at Langworth.
Around eight wagons have derailed from a DB Schenker train which totalled 22 wagons. Both lines of the railway are blocked.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue attended the derailment and confirmed that there are no spillages of chemicals and no injuries.
Jul 1, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33368391
Double whammy, bridge collapsed plunging train into the canal.
Train plunges into canal in Pakistan, killing 12
At least 12 soldiers have been killed in Pakistan after a train carrying hundreds of army personnel derailed from a bridge and plunged into a canal.
The army said four carriages derailed after part of the bridge collapsed near Wazirabad in Punjab province.
It was not clear what caused the bridge to collapse, but reports said it dated back to the British colonial era.
Khawaja Saad Rafique, Pakistan's railways minister, suggested sabotage may have been involved in the accident.
"It seems like some other hand must be involved because derailment does not happen like this," he told local media.
The dead reportedly included a senior officer.
Mr Rafique called the incident "unprecedented".
"It could either be a case of a blast or someone has tried to loosen the fish-plate on the track," he told Karachi's Geo TV.
A preliminary report would be issued on Thursday night, followed by a more detailed report within 72 hours, he said.
Jul 2, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/02/us-train-fire-csx-idUSKCN...
Thu Jul 2, 2015 2:49pm EDT
Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee
A freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas derailed and a rail car caught fire in Tennessee, forcing the evacuation of more than 5,000 people and the hospitalization of nine for breathing in fumes, officials said.
The evacuation of homes and businesses took place after the derailment around midnight Wednesday of the CSX Corp (CSX.N) train in Blount County, eastern Tennessee, they said.
Nine people were admitted to Blount Memorial Hospital with respiratory issues, while another 21 were held for observation in the emergency room, hospital spokesman Josh West said.
Matt Farr, his brother and their parents woke up to the news in Maryville city and grabbed a change of clothes at about 8:30 a.m. ET before heading to a nearby animal center to drop off their Yorkie dog, Rosie.
Farr, 21, said the four residents planned to stay at a nearby hotel until the evacuation is lifted.
"We didn't think we'd be there that long, but now it's starting to look like we may be there for a couple days," he said from the animal center. "We've had trains derail before, but not with chemicals, so it's pretty bad."
Firefighters were allowing the blaze to burn itself out on the advice of specialists, as attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said.
The county has urban and rural areas and is also home to part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, he said.
Of the 30 people at the hospital, 10 officers - five each from the Blount County Sheriff's Office and the Alcoa Police Department - were exposed to chemical-laden fumes from the blaze, sheriff's spokeswoman Marian O'Briant said.
HAZARDOUS
CSX said a tank car loaded with acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in manufacturing plastics and other industrial processes, derailed on the train headed to Waycross, Georgia, from Cincinnati, Ohio. It said no one was injured in the derailment.
The substance is flammable and presents an inhalation risk, CSX said. The 57-car train included 27 carrying hazardous materials, including cars carrying acrylonitrile on either side of the burning rail car, it said.
There was no crude oil among the 57 cars, CSX said.
The incident comes on the heels of other derailments in North America.
In May, a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in Wells County, North Dakota, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, according to local media.
In March, a freight train with cars carrying methanol derailed in central Texas. In February, 11 railway cars carrying ethanol fuel derailed in Iowa. Officials said there were no injuries in these U.S. incidents.
EVACUATION
Maryville residents could be forced from their homes for up to two days and the Red Cross has set up a shelter in a nearby high school, officials said.
About 100 people were sheltered at Heritage High School in Maryville early Thursday, while many others opted to stay with friends and family, O'Briant said.
CSX said it was offering displaced residents assistance, including lodging.
"People are coming in left and right now," Peter O'Neill, volunteer director at the Blount County Red Cross, said in a telephone interview. "We have food set up. Cots. And we sent games for the kids."
Residents within a two-mile radius were evacuated initially, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. The zone was changed to 1-1/2 miles later on Thursday, O'Briant said.
Maryville officials recommended as a precaution that some residents refrain from drinking well water until groundwater contamination could be ruled out, according to a city government Facebook post.
Jul 2, 2015
Mark
Langworth freight train derailment caused by 'kink in the line'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-33477802
The crash, near Langworth, Lincolnshire, on 30 June, closed the line between Lincoln and Grimsby.
Network Rail - which suggested heat may have caused a kink in the track - said the line reopened on Thursday and normal service resumed on Friday.
The Rail Accidents Investigations Bureau (RAIB) said it was continuing to investigate the cause.
Brakes applied
The RAIB said the train was travelling at 48mph (77km/h) when the driver reported a kink in the left-hand rail ahead of the derailment. The train's brakes automatically applied, bringing it to a stop.
The service - travelling from Kingsbury Oil Terminal to Humber Oil Refinery - consisted of 22 empty diesel wagons.
In total 10 derailed, with some leaving the track and rolling over.
There were no injuries but there was "substantial damage" to the track, points and signalling equipment.
Jul 11, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/homes-evacuated-after-train-jumps-tracks...
Homes evacuated after train jumps tracks near northwest Ontario town
According to CN, 14 rail cars went off the tracks just before 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening near Barwick, Ontario, about 45 km west of Fort Francis. (image: Anthony Bombay)
Published Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:39AM CST
Last Updated Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:30AM CST
According to CN, 14 rail cars went off the tracks just before 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening near Barwick, Ontario, about 45 km west of Fort Frances.
CN says one of the derailed cars carrying a combustible liquid leaked some of that product, but the company says the leak was stopped and contained and crews are working to clean up the spill.
CN did not identify the combustible liquid but Chapel Hill Reeve Peter Van Heyst told CTV News it was a petroleum product.
About 100 people were forced from their homes under orders from Ontario Provincial Police.
CN called the move precautionary and says local emergency officials have since lifted the evacuation order.
According to Heyst, people were allowed to return to their homes around 11:00 a.m. Saturday.
Of the 14 cars that went off the tracks, some were carrying grain and others a combustible liquid that CN did not identify.
CN says the cause of the derailment remains under investigation.
Jul 12, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://regina.ctvnews.ca/homes-briefly-evacuated-after-train-derail...
Homes briefly evacuated after train derails near Ebenezer
Twelve homes were evacuated Friday after a CN train derailed just north of Yorkton.
A dozen rail cars jumped the tracks near Ebenezer, Sask. around 1:50 p.m. Four of the cars were carrying liquid sulfur; seven were carrying cement, and one was empty.
A CN Rail spokesperson told CTV News that some liquid sulfur leaked.
CN train derails near Ebenezer, SK.
No one was injured, according to RCMP, but a dozen homes were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Residents were allowed back in their homes late Friday evening.
Some roads were blocked in the area as CN police investigated.
Crews were still cleaning the spill and repairing the track on Saturday. A CN spokesperson expected the track to re-open later in the day.
Jul 12, 2015
Mark
Crews responding to train derailment in Dublin
The train derailed near the intersection of Lee Highway and Old Route 11
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/new-river-valley/crews-responding-t...
At least five rail cars derailed from the first train after it was hit from behind by a second NS train. The first train had three locomotives and 54 rail cars. Five empty cars at the end of that train derailed.
The second train had two locomotives and 43 empty rail cars used as auto racks for carrying vehicles. Norfolk Southern says the locomotive on that train derailed and there is a diesel fuel spill.
Two crew members on the second train were taken to the hospital.
The cause of the derailment is still under investigation, according to Norfolk Southern.
Three homes were evacuated as a precaution.
Jul 15, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.dispatchtimes.com/crude-oil-train-derails-in-rural-north...
Crude oil train derails in rural northeastern Montana
A mixed-freight train derailed in eastern Montana Tuesday evening, pausing Amtrak’s Empire Builder rail service and stranding travelers, reports the Williston Herald.
The westbound train contained 106 loaded crude oil tank cars and two buffer cars loaded with sand. Twenty-two cars derailed. Of those derailed cars, two remain upright.
Firefighters who responded to the derailment with the Culbertson Fire Department had completed hazardous materials training about a month ago due to the increase in oil shipments and other rail traffic in the area, said volunteer firefighter Travis Northington.
Roosevelt County Sheriff Jason Frederick tells The Billings Gazette that authorities have evacuated some homes within a mile of the derailment. No injuries were reported in that derailment.
He says a BNSF hazardous materials team was flying in from Texas. Oil tankers also derailed near Casselton, N.D., in December 2013, causing a massive fireball and the voluntary evacuation of the town. They had not arrived yet at 11 p.m. “It’s very unfortunate”. The derailed cars are being evaluated for any possible compromises.
Jones says the tracks were expected to re-open on Thursday afternoon.
Tuesday’s derailment disrupted Amtrak service between Whitefish, Mont., and Minneapolis, and the sheriff said he expects more delays are likely.
http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2015/jul/17/bakken-oil-train-derails-...
Bakken oil train derails in eastern Montana - second derailment on line this week
CULBERTSON, MT. (KFGO-AM) - A westbound BNSF train carrying oil derailed in northeast Montana Thursday evening, about 50 miles west of Williston.
It happened several hours after the tracks reopened from another train derailment that happened Tuesday in the same area.
Roosevelt County Public Information Officer Lee Almer says the train contained 100 cars. 22 derailed, 21 are on their side, and several were leaking.
He says the area is remote but as a precaution, an area in a one-and-a-half mile radius of the derailment was evacuated.
There were no injuries and no fires have been reported
Jul 17, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bowmanville-train-derailment-...
Bowmanville train derailment interrupts Toronto Via service
Service expected to resume Sunday morning to and from Ottawa and Montreal
CBC News Posted: Jul 18, 2015 3:51 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 18, 2015 6:39 PM ET
CN says several cars on an intermodal train have derailed near Bowmanville, Ont
A CN freight train derailed near Bowmanville, Ont., at 2:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, causing Via Rail to suspend its trains in both directions between Toronto and Ottawa, as well as Toronto and Montreal, for the rest of the day.
Via Rail said service is expected to resume Sunday morning.
Canadian National Railway spokesman Jim Feeny told CBC News the cars were on a westbound train. He said there do not appear to be any injuries. Seven cars were affected by the derailment and are blocking rail infrastructure. It is not known what the cars were carrying.
Via said it is organizing alternate transportation for passengers who were already en route aboard trains. For all other people travelling Saturday evening, the trains are cancelled.
Bowmanville is near Oshawa, and about 63 kilometres northeast of Toronto.
Jul 19, 2015
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Train derails near Booysens station, approximately 150 injured
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/train-derails-near-booysens-statio...
According to ER24's Russel Meiring, "What we know so far is unconfirmed. We believe two trains collided at Booysen train station at Johannesburg, causing one to derail.
"We responded and on our arrival we found more than 100 patients. As far as we know, there are no fatalities. Most of the injures are moderate to minor, including some serious patients."
ER24 paramedics are treating neck and back injuries as well as major and minor fractures. Injured passengers are being taken to nearby hospitals.
Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said,”We can confirm that the accident happened, it happened over an hour ago.”
“Rescue vehicle and personnel are on the scene. They are helping over a hundred people lying on the platform, with minor to serious injuries,” said Meiring.
Metrorail says it’s too early to say what caused the accident. The company has arranged buses to ferry commuters meant to be using the same route.
Jul 19, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0QA06M20150805?irpc=932
India floods derail trains, killing 21 people, as focus turns to safety
Wed Aug 5, 2015 6:34am EDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two express trains derailed into a river in central India overnight after flood water weakened the tracks, killing 21 people, state officials said on Wednesday, reigniting criticism about lack of safety on the world's fourth-largest rail network.
Divers using gas cutters pulled out trapped passengers and 300 had been rescued by early morning, officials said. Dozens were rushed to hospital.
Twelve coaches of the Kamayani Express to Varanasi from Mumbai derailed near Harda in the central state of Madhya Pradesh just before midnight. Six coaches of the Janata Express derailed around the same time, the railway ministry said.
"The prima facie cause of the incident is stated to be flash floods due to heavy rains," Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told parliament.
Heavy monsoon rains and the tail-end of a cyclone have killed more than 100 people across India in flooding, landslides and building collapses in recent days.
But a former railway minister said if the tracks had been maintained, the accidents could have been avoided.
"It's totally unacceptable. It's a symptom of a deep-rooted cancer in the railway system," Dinesh Trivedi told reporters.
Train wrecks killed more than 25,000 people on India's overloaded and outdated railway network last year alone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year massively increased spending to modernize the network, but improvements will take years.
The head of the railway board, A.K. Mittal, told reporters a flash flood struck the area just minutes before the trains came through, disturbing the tracks. "Ten minutes back at this spot, train movement was normal. There was no problem."
Television images showed train coaches smashed into each other and tilted into the river. Some police and villagers had clambered on top of the coaches lying on their side.
"It shook like a tree in storm. We thought something had hit the train," said Santosh Singh, a passenger.
India's state-run railway network, the fourth largest after the United States, China and Russia, carries some 23 million passengers each day. "The two train accidents in Madhya Pradesh are deeply distressing. Deeply pained over the loss of lives," Modi tweeted.
Aug 6, 2015
Tracie Crespo
http://abc13.com/news/hazmat-crew-en-route-to-train-derailment-in-s...
HAZMAT CREW CLEARING TRAIN DERAILMENT SCENE IN SPRING
Six cargo cars ended up just feet away from spilling into the 2600 block of West Hardy.
Grain was tossed everywhere, and the rear locomotive car was left on its side, leaking diesel. Officials say the engineer wasn't hurt.
Rhonda Watson sitting in her car, waiting for the train to pass.
"As I look at the caboose, it is like wobbling," Watson said.
That wobble quickly turned into a tumble.
"It was going it just like dominoes effect," she said.
Sources close to the investigation say Union Pacific is looking into wether excessive heat caused the tracks to expand.
Crews now working into the night, cleaning up and hoping to get things back on track by morning.
Aug 12, 2015
Mark
Goods train derail in Kathua, disrupts rail traffic
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Goods-train-derail-in-Kath...
The train was on its way from Delhi to Jammu and derailed soon after crossing the Kathua railway station, a police officer said.
"Three bogies of the good train derailed, and there was no loss of life or injury to anyone in the accident as the train was moving at a slow pace," he said.
Several trains on the Jammu-Pathankote railway line had to be stopped at several places following the derailment of the goods train, he said.
Senior DGM Jammu RN Mina along with technical team reached the spot to restore the railway traffic, he said.
The incident took place early in the morning and the reason seems to be a technical snag.
Aug 24, 2015
M. Difato
Train services on Chittagong route resume after six-hour halt
August 25, 2015
Bangladesh
Rail communications on the Chittagong route have resumed six hours after a train derailed at Sitakunda on Tuesday morning.
Two Dhaka-bound trains left Chittagong Railway Station after one side of the tracks was cleared around 11am, Station Master Abul Kalam Azad told bdnews24.com.
Inter-city ‘Bijoy Express’ hit a trailer truck, stranded on the tracks, at Barhbkunda in the morning, killing one person.
The engine and four coaches of the train, which was coming from Mymensingh, derailed, snapping Chittagong’s rail links with the rest of the country.
Four trains were stranded at the Chittagong Railway Station while five more, coming to the port city, were forced to stop at stations at that time.
The situation forced many passengers at the Chittagong station to make alternative arrangements to travel to their destinations.
Railway’s East Zone Divisional Manager Mofizur Rahman said one of the two tracks had been cleared.
“It’ll take about a day to clear the other track,” he told bdnews24.com.
Source: http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/08/25/train-services-on-chittag...
Aug 25, 2015
Tracie Crespo
nation.lk/online/2015/08/26/train-derailment-causes-travel-chaos/
Train derailment causes travel chaos
Many commuters are currently stranded at the Maradana Railway Station as only one line is in operation (Pics by Sajitha Prematunge)
Railway passengers are currently stranded at many railways stations due to a derailment of a train that had occurred between the Maradana and Fort railway stations today.
Speaking to The Nation, officials at the Maradana Railway Station said even though the derailed train has just now been cleared only one out of four railway lines are currently under operation, causing a major disruption and delays in train services during after office hours.
Aug 27, 2015
Mark
Family lucky to be alive after rail horror
http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/local/family-lucky-to-be-al...
Sue and David Williams and Karen and Peter Turnbull were ripped from their sleep when their train derailed on its way to Cape Town.
The holidaymakers said “they are lucky to be alive” as they crawled their way out of their cabin into the dust filled night.
Sisters Sue and Karen clung onto each other whilst their husbands on the top bunks scrambled for their lives as their carriage flipped and bounced off the track.
The Prasa train was heading for Cape Town from Johannesburg, in South Africa, but the 27-hour journey was cut short at midnight when it crashed leaving 60 people injured.
Sue and David, from Bare, and Karen and Peter, from Lancaster, all suffered minor injuries including dust inhalation and brusing.
David, 51, suffered a head injury after the force of the crash catapulted him towards the ceiling leaving him needing stitches. He said: “We felt lucky to be alive, it took a few seconds to realise what was going on.
“When it skidded with the dust it was really difficult to breathe. The four of us were in a sleeping cabin, it was like being in a washing machine, bed pieces and our things all over the place.”
Sue, 46, said “It made it worse because it was pitch black, it felt like ages until we got out but it must have only been about 30 minutes.”
Aug 27, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2015/09/02/trail-derai...
Train derails in Randolph County
7:12 p.m. EDT September 2, 2015
PARKER CITY - Randolph County officials were responding Wednesday afternoon to a 16-car train derailment that had closed one county road.
Sheriff Ken Hendrickson said Randolph County Road 1000-W, which runs directly east of Monroe Central Jr-Sr. High School, would be closed for several hours.
The sheriff said nine of the 16 cars -- which were empty coal cars -- were off the tracks and on their sides near the crossing. Seven other cars remained upright but were considered derailed, he said.
The derailed cars were at the end of a westbound locomotive, on the east-west tracks that run parallel to Ind. 32.
No injuries were reported. Traffic on county roads 900-W and 1100-W has been not impacted by the derailment, which was reported just after 3:30 p.m., the sheriff said.
Hendrickson said cranes would likely have to be brought to the scene to lift the overturned cars back onto the tracks.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known, but foul play was not suspected, the sheriff said.
Sep 3, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/many-injured-af...
5 coaches of Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Express train derail in Tamil Nadu, several injured
The Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Express train derailed near Vridhachalam in Tamil Nadu
At least 38 passengers of a Mangalore-bound express train were injured today after its five coaches derailed near Cuddalore district, about 200 kilometres from Chennai.
Police and railway officials said that the mishap occurred around 2 AM after five coaches of Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Express derailed at Puvanur in Vriddhachalam.
The injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals, official said, adding that the train services on the busy route were disrupted for sometime.
However, trains were later operated on alternative route but they were running late, official added.
Sep 4, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34183935
Warwick train fire 150 passengers evacuated
A train carrying 150 people was evacuated when a fire started underneath a carriage at Warwick Parkway railway station.
The 07:46 Leamington to Worcester Shrub Hill via Birmingham service caught fire just before 08:00 BST.
The fire had started in the running gear of one of the rear carriages, said Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Engineers for train provider London Midland are investigating and replacement bus services are in place.
The 08:00 Leamington to Birmingham service was held up as fire crews from Leamington and Coleshill put out the flames.
Francis Thomas, for London Midland, said the train was in the station when the fire alarm went off.
"I'm glad to say all the automatic fire systems kicked in immediately."
Sep 9, 2015
M. Difato
2 British nationals killed as train derails on Shimla-Kalka track
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/2-british-nationals-kille...
Shimla, September 12
Two British nationals were killed and 10 others injured when three carriages of a train that was carrying a group of tourists from Britain derailed this afternoon about 90km away from here.
According to officials, the mishap occurred at around 1pm on the Shimla-Kalka narrow gauge route near Parwanoo between the Kalka and Taksal stations.
The Great Railway Journey chartered train had 37 passengers aboard, all from Britain.
While two victims, women aged about 35 and 65 years, died on the spot, reports in Chandigarh said that one of the injured passengers had died at a hospital there.
“We have information about two persons who died on the spot. The third death can only be confirmed by authorities in Chandigarh,” said Madan Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner, Solan.
Railway authorities from Ambala and officers of Solan district administration rushed to the spot and all the injured have been taken to hospital and provided medical aid, he said.
The cause of the accident could not be immediately ascertained but experts suspect that it might have occurred due to over-speeding.
A senior Northern Railway official said that two of the passengers were seriously injured in the derailment.
An inquiry is being ordered into the derailment incident and senior officials, including Railway Board Member (Engineering) VK Gupta and Northern Railway General Manager AK Puthia, have rushed to the spot, said the official.
The train had a total of four coaches of which three got derailed on the Kalka-Shimla narrow gauge section.
Three of the injured were in a critical condition, with two of them having sustained head injuries while another one had suffered a fracture, Head of Emergency Services of Max hospital, Dr Sumit Arya said in Mohali.
The patients were in a state of shock and unable to come to terms how a day of joy and outing had turned into mourning and despair.
"However, one of the woman passengers said all were travelling in a happy mood and talking about their holiday.
The woman told us that she felt a sudden jerk and almost fell out of window when she was caught by her friend. The coaches derailed after the sudden jerk, she told us,” Arya said.
“The accident occurred when the train was about 3.5 km away from Kalka. The accident site falls in Himachal Pradesh," Divisional Railway Manager of Northern Railways, Ambala, Dinesh Kumar told PTI.
Kumar also said the cause of the accident was not "immediately clear" and an inquiry had been ordered into the incident.
The Kalka–Shimla Railway is a narrow gauge service which mainly covers the mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla. — PTI
Sep 12, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Two-Dead-as-Durant...
Two Dead as Duranto Express Derails
Published: 13th September 2015 04:37 AM
KALABURAGI:Two women passengers were killed and seven others injured when the Mumbai-bound Duranto Express from Secunderabad derailed at Martoor station, 15 km from here, early morning Saturday.
The victims have been identified as Jyoti Paramanddi (44) and K Pushpalata (28), of Hyderabad.
Of the seven passengers injured, six were admitted to the Kalaburagi Government Hospital with fractures. They were shifted to Hyderabad by the railway authorities in the afternoon. Another woman has been admitted to a private hospital here.
Surendra Reddy, a passenger in the ill-fated train, told Express that the train left Secundarabad at 11.10 pm on Friday. He said most of the passengers were asleep when the train derailed at 2.15 am. “There was a sudden jerk ... we all fell down and the chaos began,” Reddy added.
Express noticed that the track was broken at three spots within a 200 m range. Coach number eight and the pantry car were completely off the track, while coach number seven was partially derailed.
Rescue teams from the Railways, ambulances and fire and police personnel reached the spot from Kalaburagi by 3 am. However, by then the passengers and Martoor locals had begun the rescue operations.
Sep 13, 2015
Mark
LIRR RESUMES NORMAL WESTBOUND SERVICE AFTER DERAILMENT WEST OF HICKSVILLE, LONG ISLAND
http://abc7ny.com/traffic/lirr-resumes-normal-westbound-service-aft...
Even though service has resumed, LIRR customers were advised that some residual delays were possible.
Two cars out of a 16-car freight train derailed west of Hicksville on Tuesday, officials tell Eyewitness News.
The freight train is operated by New York and Atlantic.
No injuries were reported.
It is unclear what caused the cars carrying construction materials to derail. One track was taken out of service.
Emergency crews planned to bring in a crane to remove the train from the tracks, then inspect the 100 foot section of track that was damaged.
Sep 18, 2015
M. Difato
Ten cars of a BNSF Railway train carrying ethanol derailed in rural South Dakota, starting a fire and forcing detours on the company’s main track.
SCOTLAND, SD - Personnel from several area emergency response agencies are on the scene of a train derailment near Scotland.
http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Crews-battling-fire-following-tr...
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad says 10 ethanol tanker cars derailed and two caught fire Saturday morning in southeast South Dakota.
BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth says the 98-car train carrying ethanol derailed at about 6:15 a.m. between the towns of Scotland and Lesterville. She says in a statement that there were no injuries and no nearby structures were threatened by the fire.
Bon Homme County Emergency Management spokesman Lee Rettig says one rural road was shut down as firefighters from several departments worked to extinguish the blaze at a bridge southeast of Scotland. BNSF hazardous materials teams were also responding to help with the cleanup.
Rettig says the derailed cars were near the front of the train.
The local response effort is being led by the Scotland Fire Deparment and also includes firefighters from Lesterville, Menno, Tabor, and Tyndall. The South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Bon Homme Couny Sheriff’s office is also on scene.
Sources
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-19/bnsf-derailment-f...
http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Crews-battling-fire-following-tr...
Sep 20, 2015
Mark
Rajdhani derails, none hurt
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150919/jsp/frontpage/story_43397.jsp...
Though it jerked to a stop around 3.50pm just before reaching platform 2, the impact was mild enough not to hurt passengers on board.
South Eastern Railway (SER), under which Tatanagar falls, has initiated a high-level probe into why the engine of the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani derailed. But, prima facie, authorities feel it was a mechanical glitch and not sabotage.
Railway staff worked swiftly, pulling all 18 coaches of the train, including first, second and third AC ones, pantry, luggage van among others, to platform 3, and attaching a different engine.
The train chugged out of Tatanagar at 5.20pm, delayed by roughly an hour-and-a-half. Normally, Rajdhani reaches Tatanagar at 3.50pm and pulls out at 3.55pm.
The timing was also such that no other train was delayed as a domino effect.
"A major mishap was averted as the train was moving slowly at 10-12kmph while approaching Tatanagar," said Ashok Agarwal, spokesman and senior divisional commercial manager of Chakradharpur railway division, which falls under the SER zone.
"A probe has been initiated in this regard," Agarwal said.
"There seems to be some mechanical snag that led to the derailment, not foul play," Tatanagar station manager O.P. Sharma, who along with officials of railway engineering department and loco shed, personally supervised the bogies as they were being shifted, said.
When The Telegraph met the passengers, the general mood was relief mingled with anger.
Rahul Singh (35), a third AC passenger, said he was standing near the door of his coach because he wanted to alight at Tatanagar, when he heard a "thud". "The next thing I knew, a jerk had dashed me against the door of the coach. I'm lucky I escaped a head injury. Thank god," he said.
Passenger Malini Sharma (46), who was waiting on platform 2 to board the train, said she heard the loud sound and saw the train stopping just before entering the station. "It seemed like the driver of the loco might have applied brakes after the train derailed," she said. "But, a major mishap was averted."
Sujit Mahapatra, in his twenties, who like Sharma was supposed to board Rajdhani from Tatanagar, was furious about the delay. "Unthinkable that a prestigious train like Rajdhani can be derailed. All this is the result of the sheer callousness on the part of railways," he said.
Earlier this March, Rajdhani had another narrow escape near Tatanagar railway station due to a mechanical snag in the engine.
Sep 20, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.newson6.com/story/30076736/two-injured-after-train-derai...
Two Injured After Train Derails In Oklahoma City
Posted: Sep 21, 2015 8:17 AM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Two people were treated for non-life threatening injuries after a train derailed in northwest Oklahoma City, Sunday night.
Oklahoma City Police said it was around 8:40 p.m. Sunday when they received the call to rush to the train tracks at N.W. 10th near the Kilpatrick Turnpike.
According to Union Pacific, which operates the train, eight rail cars and two locomotives were involved and thrown off the track.
The train was not carrying hazardous material at the time of the crash, only scrap paper and scrap metal. But the Oklahoma City Fire Department monitored the air quality and said it is does not pose a threat nearby.
The conductor and another worker on the train at the time of the crash were treated for non-life threatening injuries at a nearby hospital.
It was approximately 6 a.m. Monday when the train was removed from the area, but the cars which derailed will not be removed until later Monday afternoon, according to a Union Pacific spokesperson.
Meanwhile the investigation as to what caused this derailment is still going on and it will be some time before that can figure that out. UP will conduct its own investigation and will submit a report to the Federal Railroad Association.
Sep 23, 2015
M. Difato
September 25,2015
Ingham, Australia- A CANE train carrying 70 full bins has derailed in Ingham and hit a power pole around 3:30pm this afternoon.
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/cane-train-derails-in-ing...
The train snapped a power pole in half along Blackrock Rd after derailing, with live wires lashing the train for over an hour.
The locomotive was two-thirds full, carrying around 800 tonnes, with Wilmar Cane Supply manager Jim Kirchner saying they were unsure of how the train derailed.
“The cause of the accident is unknown, but Wilmar and the police will be investigating the accident together,” Mr Kirchner said.
“We may need to use a crane to move the locomotive, but we are don’t know just yet ... we have to assess whether the locomotive can be pulled back to the mill to be fixed.”
The driver is believed to be uninjured and emergency services are still on scene.
Sep 25, 2015
Mark
Long Island: 2nd train derailment in a week for LIRR
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/2nd-train-derailment-in-a-week-s...
Another derailment on the Long Island Rail Road's tracks -- the second in just over a week -- complicated Wednesday's evening commute but posed no threat to morning riders, according to the LIRR.
The train was not carrying passengers when it derailed as it was leaving the West Side Yard on its way to Penn Station shortly before 5 p.m., according to LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena, who said he did not know the cause of the derailment.
Arena said the derailed train partially obstructed train access into Penn Station, requiring the LIRR to cancel some trains during the evening rush hour. In all, 13 trains were canceled, the LIRR said.
"This basically lasted about an hour," Arena said. "As a result of the derailment at least for a time, we could not move the requisite number of trains into Penn Station that would allow us to keep on schedule, so they had to cancel a number of trains and have those folks wait for the next scheduled train."
The entrance to Penn Station was "not blocked completely," he said, but the LIRR was unable to get enough trains in to meet demand.
Arena said crews worked into the night to get the train back on its tracks, and he did not expect the problem to extend to Thursday morning's commute.
The derailment of a freight train just west of Hicksville on Sept. 15 snarled the commutes of more than 35,000 commuters for more than a day.
Other rush-hour incidents in recent weeks have also caused major service disruptions, including a Sept. 2 power outage that knocked out the signal system just outside the East River tunnels and a train that struck an abandoned vehicle accidentally driven onto the tracks in Bethpage on Sept. 10.
Sep 26, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.fauquiernow.com/index.php/fauquier_news/article/fauquier...
Freight train derails two miles west of Marshall
September 30, 2015
The accident happened around midnight, according to Norfolk Southern spokesman Susan M. Terpay.
The southbound “train with three locomotives, 7,053 feet long, struck a pile of crossties laying across track at Marshall, derailing nine cars . . . with some cars on their sides,” Ms. Terpay said.
The 44-car train’s two-man crew suffered no injury, she added.
Oct 1, 2015
M. Difato
Train's Locomotive Derails After Hitting Rock Slide Debris
LYNCHBURG, Va.
Posted Oct 5, 2015
A CSX spokeswoman say a train's locomotive derailed in Lynchburg after it hit debris from a rock slide.
CSX spokeswoman Kaitlyn Barrett tells The News & Advance (http://bit.ly/1LsCAOi ) that the 104-car train was carrying empty crude oil cars, along with two cars containing industrial sand. One of the cars containing industrial sand was damaged.
Barrett says there were no leaks or injuries.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday near the site where a CSX train carrying crude oil derailed in April 2014. That derailment sent 30,000 gallons of crude oil in the James River.
Sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trains-locomotive-derails-...
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/authorities-respond-to-partia...
Oct 5, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260750/Amtrak-passenger-tr...
'It was a freak of nature': Rock slide in Vermont caused 57mph Amtrak commuter train to fly off the rails and into a ditch, injuring 7
The Amtrak passenger train which derailed in Northfield, Vermont, on Monday morning was sent hurtling by a 'freak' rock slide, the governor has said.
One person was airlifted to hospital and another six went in ambulances to be treated for minor injuries after the southbound train traveling at 57 mph flew off the tracks 10 miles south of Montpelier at 10am.
On Monday afternoon, Gov Peter Shumlin told reporters there was a rock on the track that could not have been avoided even if brakes were applied, adding: 'this really was a freak of nature'.
Passengers traveling from Vermont to Washington, D.C., were sent into a ditch after an apparent rock slide
The crash on Monday morning, shortly after 10am, was caused by a 'real freak of nature,' officials said
A train worker can be seen sat on the tracks (right). Seven people were hospitalized with injuries, there were no deaths
Shumlin praised the 104 passengers, many elderly, who scrambled up the steep hillside to safety after the crash.
'I've just been meeting with the passengers,' Shumlin said, 'and it's really a remarkable thing to hear.
'It was a pretty brutal derailment caused by ledge on the track, and as one of the passengers said to me, "Someone was looking out for us, because literally we walked out of a very difficult situation."'
He said the six passengers with minor injuries were taken to Central Vermont Medical Center in nearby Berlin to be treated.
The seventh was airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Their injuries are unknown.
Oct 6, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.ksla.com/story/30227521/train-derails-west-of-simms-texas
Train derails west of Simms, Texas
Posted: Oct 09, 2015 3:58 PM EST Updated: Oct 09, 2015 5:32 PM EST
SIMMS, TX (KSLA) -
A train derailment Friday afternoon about 6 miles southwest of Simms, Texas, injured no one but left behind a large mess to be cleaned up.
There is no immediate word on whether the crossing at County Road 4269 remains blocked and, if so, how long it will be until it is cleared.
Even so, there should be no major traffic problems as the railroad company removes the debris, Bowie County, Texas, authorities say. They could not say how long the cleanup will take.
At least 13 cars of the Union Pacific train left the tracks, with some overturning.
Simms firefighters extinguished a small fire beneath one of the cars. Otherwise, emergency crews said, the train was carrying sand and posed no threat to public safety.
"Naturally, we always worry about hazardous waste being spilled out here and having to evacuate," said Malvern Stewart, who lives near the railroad tracks nearby in Bassett, Texas.
Simms Fire Chief Paul Beard said: "There is no reason for anyone to be scared or bothered right now as far as this is concerned because there is no haz-mat situation. And there is no danger to the public."
The westbound train was traveling through Bowie County en route to Big Sandy, Texas, when it derailed about 35 miles west of Texarkana.
Residents of the area say this is not the first derailment there.
"We have been lucky so far," Stewart said. "This is just an unforeseen situation that happens."
Representatives of the Bowie County emergency management office have been called in to assess the damage.
And what caused the rail cars to leave the tracks has yet to be determined.
Oct 10, 2015
Mark
Honesty from the Los Angeles Times regarding train derailments:
Why are so many oil trains crashing? Track problems may be to blame
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-crude-train-safety-20151007-sto...
The first 66 cars had passed safely around the curve when the emergency brakes suddenly engaged, slamming the train to a stop. The conductor trudged back nearly a mile through newly fallen snow to see what happened.
Twenty-one cars had derailed, one slamming through the wall of a nearby factory. Four tank cars were punctured, sending 4,300 gallons of crude pouring out of the tangled wreckage.
The cause of the accident in North Vandergrift was identified as a failure in the rails — not aging or poorly maintained tracks, but a relatively new section laid less than a year earlier.
The February 2014 crash fits into an alarming pattern across North America that helps explain the significant rise of derailments involving oil-hauling trains over the last three years, even as railroads are investing billions of dollars in improving the safety of their networks. A review of 31 crashes that have occurred on oil trains since 2013 puts track failure at the heart of the growing safety problem.
Track problems were blamed on 59% of the crashes, more than double the overall rate for freight train accidents, according to a Times analysis of accident reports. Investigators and rail safety experts are looking at how the weight and movements of oil trains may be causing higher than expected track failures.
The growing number of trains hauling crude oil from Canada and the Northern Plains are among the heaviest on the rails today, many extending more than 100 cars in length and weighing a cumulative 19,000 tons or more.
Oct 10, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/10/13/Cargo-train-derails-in...
Cargo train derails in rail yard near North Baltimore
NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio — A cargo train derailed in a CSX rail yard near this Wood County community early today, authorities said.
There were no injuries, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff deputies were notified of the incident at 7:52 a.m., a dispatcher at the office said. The rail yard is about two miles west of North Baltimore at 17000 Deshler Rd.
The dispatcher said she did not know how many cars derailed and whether there was any spillage of hazardous materials. A CSX spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
The incident is under investigation.
North Baltimore is about 32 miles south of Toledo.
Oct 13, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/state-regional/train-with-haz...
Train With Hazardous Material Derails in Big Sandy
Published 10/15 2015 05:45PM
BIG SANDY, TX
A train carrying hazardous material derailed Thursday morning in Big Sandy.
The train was carrying sulfuric acid. However, police said there are no leaks from the Union Pacific railcars. No evacuations were issued in the time since the incident occurred at around 4:00 a.m.
Law enforcement and hazmat crews were on the scene. Authorities did not know what caused the train to derail, and a complete investigation could take several weeks.
A Union Pacific spokesperson, Jeff Degraff, says between 500 to 600 feet of track is damaged and will need to be replaced or repaired before trains go through Big Sandy again.
Officials said a locomotive was pulling 115 railcars when 11 railcars derailed.
Oct 17, 2015
M. Difato
Train derailment causes disruption
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2015-10-20/train-derailment-ca...
Oct 20, 2015
Train services have been disrupted on the main railway line between Norwich and Cambridge and Peterborough after a freight train was derailed.
Train operator Abellio Greater Anglia says services between Norwich and Cambridge and Peterborough are likely to be disrupted until the end of the today.
The problems follow the derailment of a freight train at Wymondham earlier today.
Services are currently beginning and terminating at Thetford with a bus service on to Norwich. But it's adding an hour to journey times.
Oct 20, 2015
Mark
Runaway train sparks traffic chaos in Sweden
http://www.thelocal.se/20151026/runaway-train-sparks-traffic-chaos-...
Nobody was injured when the train derailed just outside Sala railway station, around 100 kilometres north-west of the Swedish capital, in the morning rush hour at around 9am, a spokesperson for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) told The Local.
"It was driving towards a stop sign, so it was going at a very low speed. The passengers have been evacuated and have been put on replacement buses," said Lars Hedström.
Traffic in both directions was disrupted and travellers rerouted via nearby Västerås while inspectors examined damage to the train and tracks. Trafikverket said in an update on its website on Monday afternoon that the railway through Sala was expected to be out of use until Friday.
"It must have been a proper derailment, because the train had torn up asphalt and had brought with it an electrical cabinet and a barrier. Luckily the asphalt seems to have stopped the train; if it had had time to gain speed things could have been catastrophic," said Jan Eriksson, a reporter at the TT newswire and a witness at the scene.
Oct 28, 2015
M. Difato
Montreal train derailment leads to building evacuation
No injuries reported after freight train derails near a train yard in Montreal's east end
CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2015 11:24 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 29, 2015 11:54 AM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/train-derailment-hochelaga-m...
No injuries are being reported following a train derailment in Montreal's east end Thursday morning.
A freight train derailed near the corner of Terrasse Thomas-Valin and Lespérance Street around 11 a.m. Thursday.
According to Montreal police, several empty wagons on the train tipped over and hit a building that has since been evacuated.
The derailment occurred near a train yard. Montreal emergency responders are on the scene.
Oct 29, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/10/freight_train_der...
Train carrying automobiles derails in Durand, sends 14 railcars off tracks
October 30, 2015 at 8:44 AM, updated October 30, 2015 at 10:35 AM
DURAND, MI – A freight train carrying automobiles derailed shortly after midnight Friday, Oct. 30, sending 14 railcars off of the tracks and closing several streets in town.
The 155-car CN train was heading west from Port Huron to Battle Creek when it derailed in Durand, according to CN Spokesman Patrick Waldron.
Oak and New Lothrop streets were because of the crash, Waldron said, but have since been cleared of wreckage.
Main Street in Durand is still closed because of the crash, he said.
Waldron said they're investigating the cause of the crash and do not know how the train was traveling at the time of the crash.
There were no injuries reported, according to CN.
"Ultimately we'll be working through the morning and into the afternoon before we can get Main Street reopened," Waldron said.
There were no hazardous materials involved in the crash, he said.
Oct 31, 2015
Starr DiGiacomo
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CTA train derails in Chicago injuring one
Posted 5:55 PM, October 31, 2015
CHICAGO (WGN) — One person was taken to the hospital following a train derailment in Chicago Saturday afternoon, according to our Chicago affiliate WGN.
The Chicago Fire Department responded to a CTA car derailment in the city’s North Side near the Granville stop at Broadway.
Courtesy Eddie Brg.
Passengers were evacuated from the train. Officials told WGN one person was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury.
Power was shut off and service suspended between Howard and Bryn Mawr on the city’s Red Line following the accident.
Nov 1, 2015