Train derails outside Spanish, Ontario

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/spanish-train-derailment-1.33...

The clean-up continues after a Huron Central freight train derailed near the town of Spanish, Ont., about 100 kilometres southwest of Sudbury.
A company spokesperson says 13 tanker cars left the tracks late last night as the 77-car train was heading west.

No injuries or spills were reported and there is no report of any hazardous material on the train.

Crews from Huron Central Railway are on site. Transport Canada and Ontario's Ministry of Environment are investigating.

https://www.rt.com/usa/321181-train-derail-alma-evacuation/

Train derails in Wisconsin: 32 cars off track, voluntary evacuation announced

2nd train derails in Wisconsin in 2 days, spills crude oil

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin...

The eastbound CP train derailed about 2 p.m. in Watertown, in the southeastern part of the state. The railroad said at least 10 cars derailed, and some were leaking.

No fires or injuries were reported. CP was sending teams to the site.

"CP takes this incident extremely seriously," the railroad said in a news release. The company did not say how much oil spilled.

Federal investigators and hazardous material specialists are on their way to the scene, the Federal Railroad Administration said in a tweet.

Residents of about 35 homes were asked to evacuate around 4 p.m., said Donna Haugom, director of the Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management.

On Saturday, a freight train derailed near Alma in western Wisconsin, spilling thousands of gallons of ethanol. BNSF Railway said crews continued Sunday to transfer ethanol from the derailed cars and get the cars back on the tracks.

The BNSF train derailed at 8:45 a.m. Saturday about 2 miles north of Alma, a town along the Mississippi River. Some of the 25 derailed cars were empty auto racks and tanker cars.

BNSF said railroad crews stopped the leaks from five tanker cars and placed containment booms along the shoreline. One tanker released an estimated 18,000 gallons of ethanol, and the other four released an estimated 5 to 500 gallons each.

No one was hurt. BNSF said it expects the tracks to return to service Monday morning.

3rd train derailment in Wisconsin, 2nd in Watertown

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/2nd-train-derailment-reporte...

A train derailed in Watertown on Wednesday, making this the third Wisconsin derailment in days, the second in Watertown.

WITI-TV, citing a Canadian Pacific spokesman, reports five train cars derailed at a low rate of speed as they were being moved. The cars stayed upright, and the tanks were not affected.

The incident happened around 400 feet west of the site of Sunday's derailment, during which crude oil was spilled and 35 homes were evacuated. Saturday's derailment in Alma resulted in ethanol in the Mississippi River.

The Canada Pacific spokesman said the public was not at risk during Wednesday's incident. The cars were re-railed in around 2 hours.

http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/363189/train-derails-north...

Train derails in North Otago

Sat, 14 Nov 2015

The train was on an overnight run from Christchurch to Invercargill. Photo: Sally Rae

KiwiRail staff are working to clear a railway line in North Otago after a freight train derailed early today, leaving behind three wagons.

The train left Christchurch on an overnight freight service bound for Invercargill and lost the carriages in Wainakarua next to State Highway 1 and just south of The Mill House.

A spokeswoman for KiwiRail said the train derailed about 2am. Three wagons left the track, but the locomotive did not, and the driver was "fine", she said.

The wagons "the first three of the last six" on the 17-carriage train were not carrying any dangerous cargo, she said.

One was empty, one was carrying two empty containers, and one was carrying cement.

There was minor damage to the track.

Access to the derailed wagons was slowing the clean-up, but KiwiRail was hoping to open the track "before tonight".

This was the first derailment in nearly seven months, the spokesperson said.

KiwiRail was investigating the incident.

French high-speed train derails & catches fire near Strasbourg

Rescue workers search the wreckage of a test TGV train that derailed and crashed in a canal outside Eckwersheim near Strasbourg, eastern France, November 14, 2015. © Vincent Kessler / Reuters

A train has derailed and caught fire in Eckwersheim near Strasbourg, France. Rescue teams have arrived to the site, local media reported, adding there are casualties.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

https://www.rt.com/news/322054-tgv-train-derails-eckwersheim/

Islamabad: At least 12 people were killed and more than a hundred injured when a passenger train derailed on Tuesday in Bolan area of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, railway authorities said.

Published: 15:57 November 17, 2015

http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/12-killed-as-train-derails-i...

The engine driver and his assistant were among the dead, officials said. Brake failure caused the derailment of the Jaffar Express near Aaab-Gum area, about 75km from Quetta, they said.

The train was travelling to Rawalpindi, the garrison city adjacent to Islamabad. All carriages and the engine went off track, the state radio quoting police as saying. Railway officials said the train was carrying around 300 passengers.

Seventy wounded passengers were moved to a hospital at Mach while those with serious injuries were being moved to hospitals in Quetta.

A quick reaction force of Frontier Corps Balochistan and ambulances reached the site for the rescue operation, the military’s Inter-Services Public Relations said.

Two MI-17 helicopters of the Pakistan Army were also sent from Quetta, the statement said.

Pakistani TV footage showed several badly damaged train cars and rescuers pulling the injured from the wreckage. In a statement, the military said it dispatched a helicopter and ambulances to transport the injured to hospitals..

Rescuers were seen trying to pull the injured from the derailed cars.

“Among the dead so far confirmed, five are passengers, two drivers of the train and two members of the railway police,” Durrani said.

Train accidents are common in Pakistan, which inherited thousands of miles of track and trains from former colonial power, Britain.

The railways have seen decades of decline due to corruption, mismanagement and lack of investment.

In July, at least 17 people were killed when a special military train fell into a canal after a bridge partially collapsed.

http://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/train-derails-nj-contaminated...

A Norfolk Southern Train tipped off the tracks and derailed on Nutley on Saturday, spilling a load of contaminated soil and leaving a mess for local emergency workers.

According to the Nutley Police Department, the derailment took place around 3 p.m. on Saturday as the train was crossing at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and High Street.

When police arrived on the scene, they reportedly saw several cargo containers leaning hazardously off the tracks, with one container completely overturned, according to a NPD spokesman.

“It appears that the soil beneath the tracks gave way causing the train to tip,” Nutley police stated in a release.

No injuries were reported and there is no hazard to the public, police stated.

Multiple emergency response agencies worked the rest of the evening to upright the trains and contain any possible contaminant that may have spilled during the derailment, police said.

http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/train-derails-in-brownwood

Train Derails in Brownwood

BROWNWOOD

Emergency crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Brownwood.

The incident took place just before 8 p.m. Monday night under the Truman Harlow overpass near the Howard Payne University campus.

The fire department reports that six train cars came off the tracks in the accident. Four of those cars were turned over on their sides. They are said to have been carrying silica sand. Another car involved was transporting molasses.

Officials say that no hazardous materials were involved in the wreck and that evacuations are not necessary.

The Brownwood Fire Department released the following statement to update the public about the status of traffic in the region:

The derailed rail cars have been removed at this time. BNSF crews are now in the process of removing the damaged tracks to install new track. BNSF is estimating to be complete with this work at approximately 4:00pm today. After the completion of this work most of the streets will be reopened, except for the access road on the Howard Payne side of Truman Harlow overpass (east side) that is accessed from the 377 N Carnegie St exit. This part of the access road will be closed until sometime Thursday to allow for delivery of additional materials needed to repair the tracks that cross the access road.

A cause has not yet been released.

WA freight train split in two by derailment in Goldfields region

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-freight-train-split-in-two-by-...

A freight train derailment in Western Australia's Goldfields-Esperance region broke the locomotive in two, sparked a fire in one of the wagons and left crew badly shaken.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the accident which occurred near Rawlinna, 350km east of Kalgoorlie, on Friday.
The ATSB said 39 of the 59 wagons derailed, starting a fire in a refrigerated food van and damaging about 600m of track.
No dangerous goods were involved in the accident and no fuel was spilled.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2393932/cn-train-loaded-with-grain-derail...

CN train loaded with grain derails near Hinton; TSB says no injuries

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) deployed an investigator Thursday to a derailment involving a Canadian National (CN) train near Hinton, Alta.

A TSB spokesperson said 12 loaded grain cars derailed in the incident, though didn’t have information on whether the grain was released. There were no injuries or hazardous materials reported.

The spokesperson said a team of investigators will examine the site, document the incident, interview any witnesses and download information from the train’s black box.

Hinton is about 288 kilometres west of Edmonton.

http://www.ktre.com/story/30734564/train-cars-blown-off-railroad-br...

Train cars blown off railroad bridge at Loop 287 W. in Lufkin

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - Numerous train cars were blown off a bridge on Loop 287 West in Lufkin, Sunday morning. 

According to TxDOT, the bridge crosses above Loop 287/ North John Redditt Drive, near the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. Loop 287 from Highway 103 West to Highway 69 North is closed to traffic at this time. 

Lufkin police sergeant Dale Jowell said 64 empty train cars blew over. Jowell said the cars were blown over around 7 a.m. by what is believed to be straight line winds. Several street signs, power lines, and trees were also blown down. Billboards in the area were also damaged.

The train cars were stored on the bridge by the company A&NR Railroad and have been monitored and maintained by TxDOT, according to a statement by TxDOT. The cars were believed to be empty when a gust of at least 40 mph took them off the tracks around 7 a.m. 

“Removing the railcars in the safest way possible will require certain things to happen,” said Rhonda Oaks, public information officer for the Lufkin District. “Our officials have devised a traffic control plan for motorists until the cars can be removed, and we are hoping that will be by Monday evening. We are waiting on equipment that is being sent from Houston before the cleanup can begin.”

TxDOT says it will take at least 48 hours to upright all 64 rail cars. Barricades will remain in place and drivers will be detoured until the roadway is cleared. Residents with direct access as well as businesses within the barricaded area will be accommodated to and from their locations.

No one was injured.

http://abc3340.com/news/local/train-derails-near-highway-11-in-vance

Train derails near Highway 11 in Vance

Authorities say no one was injured when a train derailed in west Alabama Wednesday morning.

According to police, several Norfolk Southern train cars, most of which were empty, left the tracks near Highway 11 and Sawmill Road in Vance. The accident didn't affect traffic in the area.

It's still unclear what caused the train to derail. An investigation remains ongoing.

Train derails in Brevard County; investigation underway

http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/con...

BREVARD COUNTY --
Crews with Florida East Coast Railway and the National Transportation Safety Board are trying to figure out what caused a train to come off the tracks Sunday morning in Brevard County.

Four rail cars that were carrying cargo containers came off the tracks. One locomotive was turned on its side.
According to officials, there was a diesel spill, but it has been contained.

Brevard County Fire Rescue says Viera Boulevard has been reopened to traffic. One southbound lane of U.S. 1, just south of Viera Boulevad is blocked to traffic, closed indefinitely.
"You don’t see that too often,” says Brent Theilacker, who says he drove 30 minutes so he could snap a picture of his kids with the scene behind them.

According to Brevard Fire Rescue, the cargo train was travelling from Miami, on its way up the coast when a locomotive and 4 rail cars derailed in Rockledge at about 5am.

No injuries have been reported.

Derailment hits train services

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/derailment-hits-t...

Derailment of a Khurda-bound goods train between Garividi and Cheepurupalli stations of Visakhapatnam-Palasa section hit train services on Monday.

Trains were either cancelled or short terminated or diverted.

A railway spokesman said track restoration work was going on a war-footing.

https://www.rt.com/news/327184-australian-train-acid-derailed/

Train with 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid derails in Australia 

A freight train carrying 200,000 liters of sulphuric acid has derailed in northeast Australia. Acid and diesel fuel have spilled. The locomotive and all its 26 carriages derailed at 10:20am local time east of the outback town of Julia Creek.

Attica train derailment under investigation

http://wlfi.com/2016/01/04/attica-train-derailment-under-investigat...

ATTICA, Ind. (WLFI) — A seven grain car train derailed off a Norfolk Southern train while passing through Attica Saturday night. Three of the cars remained up right and four fell off to the side pulling part off the track. The derailment is currently under investigation.

Norfolk Southern public relations manager Dave Pidgeon said there is no known cause of the derailment.

“I don’t want to engage in any speculation,” said Pidgeon. “There is an investigation going on right now looking at all possible factors.”

As of now Pidgeon said Norfolk Southern will file a report with the Federal Railroad Administration by the end of February with either a determined cause or a progress report of the investigation.

“Transportation by train is a safe mode of transportation,” said Pidgeon. “When these very rare occurrences happen though it’s important for us to get in and safely clean up.”

Attica Mayor Duane Roderick said there’s nothing he can do until after the investigation.

“When I spoke with Norfolk Southern, they said that it’s under investigation with what happened,” said Roderick. “So until I really know what happened with the tracks, there’s really not much more I can do beyond that.”

A team of contractors arrived Sunday night and began laying the 350 feet of track that was derailed.

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/union-pacific-train-derails-in-linn...

Union Pacific Train Derails in Linn County Kan.

LINN COUNTY, Kan. (KCTV) -The Linn County Rural Fire Department and EMS crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Linn County, KS.

Authorities say ten cars of a 166-car Union Pacific train came off the tracks Monday afternoon. Many wound up on their side. Crews believe, but have not confirmed, that the cars were carrying grain.

The accident occurred south of Park and Goodrich, KS near 1700 Road and County Road 1077.

There were no injuries, and although the train was carrying hazardous materials, they were not involved in the derailment.

The train was heading to Fort Worth, Texas from North Platte, Nebraska.

http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/freight-train-loaded-with-over-30...

Freight train loaded with over 300,000 litres of diesel derails in Lamphun province

By editor on 2016-01-06

LAMPHUN — A freight train loaded with over 300,000 litres of diesel derailed near Nonglom railway station in Lamphun province, paralysing rail service between Bangkok and the northern cities this morning.

Railway officials said they didn’t expect to put the freight train back on tracks soon as 300,000 litres of diesel are still leaking from broken tanks.

Passengers who have tickets to the northern cities of Lamphun and Chiang Mai today are advised to refund their tickets at Bangkok station.

Maintenance of the rail line and the cleaning of the leaked oil could take over six hours.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/articl...

January 14, 2016 1:59 PM

Train derails near Benbrook Lake

Fort Worth

A train derailed in rural Tarrant County on Thursday morning. Osborne, Ryan - Fort Worth

TARRANT COUNTY

Road remains closed after train derailment

http://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article_51228524-be06-11e5-9326-...

BAD AXE, MICHIGAN — A train derailment that took place Friday afternoon still has East Woodworth Street near the railroad tracks closed until cleanup can take place.

The derailment occurred near the Huron and Eastern Railway building at the end of Irwin Street, where four cars were affected. One of the cars wound up on its side, spilling its contents in the process.

Bad Axe Police Chief David W. Rothe said the spill was just grain and contained no chemicals or hazardous materials. His department put barricades on East Woodworth Street to close off that section of roadway.

In talking with railway officials, Rothe said things have the potential of being cleared by sometime tomorrow.

“I’ve seen this happen twice before in 23 years,” said Rothe. “But this is the first time I’ve seen cars tip over.”

Tank cars full of sulfuric acid derail off tracks in Martinez, hazmat crews at the scene

http://kron4.com/2016/01/20/two-train-tank-cars-derail-off-tracks-i...

MARTINEZ, CA – Hazmat crews have been called to the scene where three train tank cars derailed off their tracks in Martinez Wednesday morning.

The train tank cars derailed around 8 a.m. on Marina Vista Avenue and Interstate 680 near the Benicia Bridge.

The tank cars are full of sulfuric acid but are not leaking, according to the Contra Costa Hazardous Materials Team.

The trains were on their way to ECO Services, a sulfuric acid supply company. ECO Services own the tracks the train derailed off of and is working with Union Pacific to clear the scene.

A crew with a crane is being called to the scene to upright the tank cars. This is estimated to take a few hours.

The hazmat team is at the scene monitoring the air. Sulfuric acid is a corrosive liquid and is dangerous if it touches skin or if large amounts are leaked.

No injuries have been reported at this time.

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/01/24/396034/freight-train-derai...

Picture: Focus Information Agency

Gallery

Sofia. A freight train derailed close to the town of Dupnitsa, district of Kyustendil, on the night of Friday into Saturday.
It was initially said 8 freight wagons had overturned at Dupnitsa railway station.
The accident took place at about midnight.
No people got injured.
The freight train was said to have derailed mostly due to high speed while entering the railway station area.
An investigation was launched.
Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) announced 9 freight wagons derailed while a freight train of BDZ’s freight services division was entering the railway station area.
The train had 13 freight wagons and was carrying cement.
Eng. Biser Minchev, expert at the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC), made comments for FOCUS News Agency in relation to the accident.
“We managed to repair fast the three railway tracks at Dupnitsa railway station so that the schedule of trains travelling between Sofia and Kulata was not interrupted,” he said.
The specialist stated the freight train had been carrying cement and had been travelling from Dimitrovgrad to either Blagoevgrad or Kulata.
According to Minchev, four tank cars and five freight wagons derailed at Dupnitsa train station but due to the NRIC staff railway tracks number one, two, and three were repaired.
The expert declined to comment on the reasons that led to the accident and informed an assessment of the damages was also due to be made.

NZ: Goods train derails in National Park, Ruapehu

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76279990/goods-train-derails-in-nat...

Buckled railway tracks in soaring temperatures are being blamed for the derailment of a goods train in National Park.

KiwiRail senior communications advisor Julie Buchanan said soaring temperatures, which peaked at 31 degrees Celsius at nearby Taumarunui on Tuesday, was behind the derailment blocking a level crossing in the Ruapehu district township.

"It's definitely a factor," Buchanan said. "With this weather the tracks do buckle."

Climo said six wagons had come off the tracks, but KiwiRail senior communications adviser David Miller said, in a statement, it was five wagons.

"The derailment occurred around 4pm and it is reported that one of the wagons has tipped off the track," Miller said.

"As a result of the incident, part of the train is blocking the Fisher Road level crossing, and freight services on that section of the North Island Main Trunk Line, are going to be disrupted. KiwiRail is working to clear the site, and while it is too early to say what caused the derailment, we will be investigating."

Residents of Pehi Rd, where there was banter, laughter and music, were unable to get their cars home as the front of the train is blocking the railroad crossing.

A Fisher Rd resident, who would only give his name as Rodney, said they were also inconvenienced.

"I work locally and I've had to leave my car on the other side of the track. It's a real inconvenience to everyone around here especially the tourists wanting to use Fisher Rd," he said.

Residents had thrown a 'train party' to mark the derailment.

"It's the first derailment I've seen around here. It's quite spectacular," he said. "It's the biggest thing to happen here since the mountain blew up."

It appears some damage has been done to the track and the very last carriage has broken free completely.

Emergency services are at the scene of the derailment.

S. Minnesota train derailment sends 6 cars into Mississippi

http://www.startribune.com/train-derails-in-southeastern-minnesota-...

A freight train derailed late at night in southeastern Minnesota, sending six cars into the Mississippi River, authorities said Wednesday.

The derailment of 15 cars in total from the southbound Canadian Pacific train occurred about 10 p.m. Tuesday near Reno in Houston County, a CP spokesman said.

“None of the cars in the river contained dangerous goods, and it does not appear that any have leaked,” spokesman Andy Cummings said.

One of the cars that derailed and remained on land lost a saltlike product known as sodium chlorate, a material that is classified as dangerous, Cummings said.

“A very small amount of this product leaked when a cap fell off a railcar,” he said, “but none has reached the river.”

Also on some of the derailed cars was vegetable oil, which did not leak, according to a county official.

A hazardous materials teams remained at the scene as daybreak arrived.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/01/28/tri-rail-train-derails-in-pomp...

POMPANO BEACH (CBSMiami) — Tri-Rail services remain affected after a train derailed in Pompano Beach Thursday.

Buses will continue to take passengers to and from Prompano Beach and Cypress Creek stations. However, the passengers are advised to find another form of transportation.

Tri-Rail officials said it derailed in the morning hours just North of Mcnab Road and south of the Cypress Creek station.

The train was headed in the northbound direction with 40 passengers on board at the time. One person was injured.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue working together after a train derailed in Pompano Beach on January 28, 2016. (Source: Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue)

The crew reportedly struck debris on the tracks, causing the derailment. Pompano Beach Fire officials said there was also a diesel spill from the engine of the train. It was later contained.

A number of streets in the area were shut down due to the derailment.

The cause of the derailment remains under investigation.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/train-derails-cuts-of...

Train derails, cuts off Townsville suburb

February 1, 2016 4:55pm

Train Derailment Oak Valley. Traffic is now allowed to and from the community following the earlier derailment of freight train possibly carrying lead.

Townsville Bulletin Train Derailment Oak Valley. Traffic is now allowed to and from the community following the earlier derailment of freight train possibly carrying lead. AN AURIZON train carrying metal has derailed at Oak Valley late last night, blocking the only entry and exit into the Townsville suburb. The freight train was taken off the road early this morning, and traffic has just started flowing across the level crossing on Valley Dr again. In a statement Queensland Rail (QR) said no crew were injured during the crash at 12.05am, although eight of 38 wagons are believed to have derailed. Freight and passenger rail services are currently suspended through the section, which flows through to Charters Towers and Mount Isa, while they work to remove the derailed wagons. Alternative transport has been arranged for an Inlander service which is currently stopped in Charters Towers. QR are investigating the circumstances that led up to the incident.

And another:

http://fox8.com/2016/02/01/crews-battling-fire-after-train-derails-...

Evacuation order lifted after Stark County train derailment and fire

Posted 6:25 pm, February 1, 2016

BREWSTER, OHIO  - Crews remain on scene of train derailment in Stark County that caused a fire and evacuations in the village of Brewster.

Right now, Brewster police say there is no serious threat to anyone however hazmat and EPA crews remain on scene.

The railroad company was on scene as well, but they still don't know what caused the derailment yet.

The derailment happened earlier this evening in the area of First Street.

The accident sparked a fire between two train cars at the Wheeling and Lake Erie rail yard, one of which was carrying butane.

Because of the fumes and the threat of an explosion, Brewster police and fire evacuated people in a half to three-quarter mile of the derailment.

About 300 to 500 people were sent to Fairless high school as a precaution.

"When we went down our street, it seemed kind of calm, only one ambulance and cruiser.  And then within 5 minutes the whole street was lit up red and blue and they were asking us to be out in 20-30 minutes," said Misty Spieker.

Marlon Kurtz added, "We were just sitting at home and then police cars told us to evacuate and go to the high school and wait for instruction."

Ten fire departments, the Brewster police, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Stark County hazmat team, the EPA and the train company were all on scene.

The Red Cross was also at the high school to assist.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kanyakumari...

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 5, 2016 9:09 am

Derailed coaches of the Kanyakumari Bangalore Island Express in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu (ANI photo)

At least ten people were injured after several coaches of the Kanyakumari-Bangalore Island Express derailed near Patchur in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu earlier today.

Railway PRO Anil Saxena told ANI that 11 coaches of the train were affected, out of which eight derailed and three of them capsized. The cause of derailment is not known yet. The accident site is close to the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border.

Buses have been sent to the accident site to gather stranded passengers and the injured have been admitted to nearby hospitals. Rescue operations are in full swing, Saxena told ANI.

The Island Express runs daily between Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Bengaluru in Karnataka. The train runs through a major portion of Kerala as well. The train left Kanyakumari on Thursday morning and was scheduled to reach Bengaluru at 7 am today.

- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kanyakumari...

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2016/02/09/marysville-ohio-two-...

Two Hurt After Train Derails Near Marysville

MARYSVILLE, Ohio - At least two people have been injured after a freight train derailed in southeast Marysville Tuesday morning.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office tells 10TV two engines jumped the rails near Scottslawn Road.

Pictures from Chopper 10 appear to show at least nine red “Kline” cars toppled over, along with an engine car.

The two people injured were on board the train at the time of the derailment.

Scottslawn Road is closed at the railroad crossing as crews clear the scene.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.

No other information was immediately available.

An update link from Poli's post below:

http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/train-crash-in-germany-kills-at-...

Train crash in Germany kills at least 10, injures 80

BAD AIBLING, Germany — Two commuter trains crashed head-on Tuesday in southern Germany, killing 10 people and injuring 80 as they slammed into each other on a curve after an automatic safety braking system apparently failed, the transport minister said.

The regional trains collided before 7 a.m. on the single line that runs near the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling, where the U.S. Army operated a major communications station from 1947 until 2004. Aerial footage shot by APTN showed that the impact tore the two engines apart, shredded metal train cars and flipped several of them on their sides off the rails.

The first emergency units were on the scene within three minutes of receiving the call, but with a river on one side and a forest on the other, it took hours to reach some of the injured in the wreckage. Hundreds of rescue crews using helicopters and small boats shuttled injured passengers to the other side of the Mangfall River to waiting ambulances, which took them to hospitals across southern Bavaria.

Nine people were reported dead immediately while a tenth died later in a hospital, police spokesman Stefan Sonntag said, adding that the two train drivers were thought to be among the dead and one person was still missing in the wreckage.

"We have little more than hope of finding them still alive," he said. "This is the biggest accident we have had in years in this region."

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said safety systems on the stretch had been checked as recently as last week, but Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested that a system designed to automatically brake trains if they accidentally end up on the same track didn't seem to have functioned properly.

Dobrindt, however, said it was too early to draw a definitive conclusion.

"The site is on a curve. We have to assume that the train drivers had no visual contact and hit each other without braking," Dobrindt told reporters in Bad Aibling, adding that speeds of up to 60 mph were possible on the stretch.

Black boxes from both trains had been recovered and are now being analyzed, which should show what went wrong, Dobrindt said.

"We need to determine immediately whether it was a technical problem or a human mistake," he said.

Authorities had initially reported 150 injured but Sonntag later lowered that figure to 80. Seventeen had injuries considered serious, he said.

Each train can hold up to 1,000 passengers and they are commonly used by children traveling to school. Fewer than 200 people in all were on board Tuesday, however, because of regional holidays to celebrate Carnival.

"We're lucky that we're on the Carnival holidays, because usually many more people are on these trains," regional police chief Robert Kopp said.

About 700 emergency personnel from Germany and neighboring Austria were involved in the rescue effort, using about a dozen helicopters. Train operator Bayerische Oberlandbahn started a hotline for family and friends desperate to check on passengers.

"This is a huge shock. We are doing everything to help the passengers, relatives and employees," said Bernd Rosenbusch, the head of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn.

In Munich, 40 miles away, the city blood center put out an urgent call for immediate donations in the wake of the crash.

Germany is known for the quality of its train service, but the country has seen several other accidents, typically at road crossings. Most recently, a train driver and a passenger were killed in May when a train hit the trailer of a tractor in western Germany, and another 20 people were injured.

In 2011, 10 people were killed and 23 injured in a head-on collision of a passenger train and a cargo train on a single-line track close to Saxony-Anhalt's state capital of Magdeburg in eastern Germany.

Germany's worst train accident took place in 1998, when a high-speed ICE train crashed in the northern German town of Eschede, killing 101 people and injuring more than 80.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/70-injured-as-egypt-train-derails-12... 70 Injured As Egypt Train Derails

Updated: February 11, 2016 17:06 IST

70 Injured As Egypt Train Derails

Deadly train and vehicle accidents are common in Egypt, and some have sparked protests against alleged negligence in enforcing safety standards.

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2016/02/18/train-derails-...

Train derails in downtown Shreveport

3:47 p.m. CST February 18, 2016

At least seven cars derailed and partially overturned in downtown Shreveport on Thursday afternoon.

The derailment occurred near the Spring Street junction, just behind the Holiday Inn at the corner of Lake and Spring streets.

Several workers, along with pieces of heavy machinery, were at the scene cleaning up the wreckage just before 2 p.m.

No additional information was available as to what caused the train cars to derail or whether or not there were any injuries involved.

and another:

http://www.castanet.net/news/Business/158827/CP-freight-train-derails

CP freight train derails

The Canadian Press - Feb 18, 2016 / 7:26 am | Story: 158827

Photo: Contributed

More than a dozen cars in Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) freight train have derailed in southeast Calgary.

CP says the accident happened around 6:20 a.m. today in the city's Inglewood area.

It says early reports suggest 15 cars left the tracks.

Emergency responders and company officials are at the scene, but there is no word on whether any cargo spilled.

Media reports say there were no injuries.

Power was also knocked out to about 280 customers of the utility company Enmax when the derailment happened.

Train derails near Weiser
http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/train-derails-near-weiser/49117297
WEISER, Idaho -- No one was hurt when a train derailed near Weiser early Friday morning.

Union Pacific spokesman Francisco Castillo Jr. said the derailment happened at about 4 a.m.

Five of the train's 110 cars went off the track, with one car overturning onto its side. Castillo said the train was carrying soda ash from Wyoming to Portland, Oregon.

Although some of the contents spilled out of the overturned car, soda ash - which is typically used as a water softener or an ingredient in glass - is not hazardous, Castillo said.

Railroad employees are working now to get the train back on the tracks. Two other trains are delayed because of the derailment, but Castillo said Union Pacific hopes to have the train moving again by the end of the day.

The cause of the derailment remains under investigation.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/ifd-responding-to-tra...

Freight train derails downtown

INDIANAPOLIS -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a train derailment downtown.

A freight train derailed several cars near the intersection of College Avenue and Market Street. Two cars, one containing flour and one containing non-hazardous lubricating oil, turned on their sides. 

No injuries or spills have been reported. 

The train was traveling from Indianapolis to Cincinnati and had two locomotives and 111 freight cars.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/one-dead-in-dutch-...

Driver dead as Dutch train derails

February 23, 2016 11:22PM

One person has died and several have been injured in a train accident in the Dutch town of Dalfsen.

Driver dead as Dutch train derails

A commuter train has derailed after slamming into a crane that was crossing the tracks in the eastern Netherlands, killing the train's driver and injuring seven passengers.

Police say they've detained the driver of the crane for questioning as part of their investigation into the cause of the crash.

The accident around 9am on Monday left the train's four carriages lying on their sides scattered in waterlogged fields and across the rails outside the town of Dalfsen, 125km east of Amsterdam.

Dalfsen's mayor, Hans Noten, told reporters that the accident happened at a time when the train was almost empty.

"In the rush hour, this train would have been totally full," he said.

Noten said the train, which was travelling between the eastern cities of Emmen and Zwolle, was at full speed when it crashed into the crane, though he did not elaborate on exactly how fast it was moving.

The crash happened at a rail crossing with barriers that should stop road traffic as trains pass, according to Prorail, the company that manages the Dutch railway network. Investigators were at the scene to establish the exact cause.

Noten said that the train's driver had been confirmed dead. The driver's identity was not immediately released. Two injured people were hospitalised and five more were treated at the scene and released, the mayor added.

Clean-up continues after Ripley train derailment, residents to return home Wednesday night (3/2/16)

Cleanup continues in Ripley on Wednesday following Tuesday's nights train derailment.

About 45 homes were evacuated a nearby church, and those residents will be allowed to return home Wednesday night around 10 p.m.

The Chautauqua County Emergency Services director says 16 cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed around 9:45 p.m. near Shaver Street and State Street in the Town of Ripley. There was no fire, but three of the cars were carrying hazardous liquids. Two were carrying ethanol, and the third was carrying propane.

"We're very, very fortunate that we had no loss of life, no fire," said County Executive Vince Horrigan.

Crews from several departments worked with HAZMAT teams to spray a special spray foam to contain the leak which was flowing at about a gallon per minute. At around 4:30 a.m., firefighters on the scene said the leak had been contained, but they acknowledge there was a loss of between 10,000 and 15,000 gallons of product.

"We damned up and protected the waterways into Lake Erie, and were able to contain the spill," said Ripley Fire Chief Mark Smith.

The Coast Guard will continue to monitor the water as a precaution.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/southern-tier/train-derails-in-riple...

District Line between Ealing Broadway and Acton re-opens after train derails (3/2/16)

...The service between Ealing Broadway and Acton Town were suspended late on Tuesday (March 1) on a train which was carrying a small number of passengers.

But Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said the service had resumed at 10.15pm on Wednesday (March 2) and an investigation into why it derailed is under way.

Steve White, operations director for the District line, said: "Following a signal failure towards the end of service last night, a District line train approaching Ealing Broadway station subsequently became derailed as it crossed a set of points.

"No one was injured in this incident and our engineers are working closely with the Rail Accident Investigations Board on site to investigate."

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/district-line-...

http://keyetv.com/news/local/east-austin-train-derails-early-saturday

East Austin train derails early Saturday

Commuter trains disrupted as long-distance train cars derail (3/10/16)

Hundreds of train passengers experienced delayed commutes in Greater Jakarta on Thursday morning after three cars of a train on its way to Pasar Senen Station from Solo, Central Java derailed.

The cars of the Senja Utama train went off the rails near Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta at around 7 a.m....

KAI  regional operations spokesman Bambang S. Prayitno said three of the train’s cars derailed on its way to Pasar Senen Station in Central Jakarta.

"We are still looking into the cause of the incident," Bambang said adding that the company would conduct an investigation into the incident.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/10/commuter-trains-disru...

Dramatic Photos Show Aerial View of California Train Derailment

http://abcnews.go.com/US/dramatic-photos-show-aerial-view-californi...

MARCH 8TH:  Aerial photos capture the dramatic scene after a passenger train derailed in Northern California, sending the first car plunging into a cold creek.

A mudslide and trees on the tracks led to the Monday night derailment in Niles Canyon, Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Francisco J. Castillo told ABC News, adding that crews were still at the scene this morning removing the mud from the tracks.

The crews are taking the cars off the train tracks before they remove the car that fell in the water, Castillo said, and he estimated the process could take days.

The train had 214 passengers on board when it struck a tree on the tracks and derailed between Fremont and Pleasanton, according to ACE Train, which operates the commuter service between Stockton and San Jose.

Fourteen people were injured, ACE said. Nine people were transported to the hospital, five of them with minor injuries, while the remaining four had injuries that were considered serious but non-life threatening, according to the Alameda County Fire Department.

"Crews had to fight the creek's fast-moving currents to pull riders from the partially submerged rail car,” Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said.

"It was dark, wet, it was raining," Kelly said. "It was very chaotic.”

Castillo said the water temperature was especially cold.

(3/13/16)

About 25 cars with the Great Lakes Central Railroad derailed Sunday morning in Howell Township.

...firefighters were dispatched at 9:09 a.m. to a rural area between Oak Grove and Byron roads.

...the derailment remains under investigation by the rail company, which had representatives on scene as of 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

...the train was on its way to the rail yard in Owosso when the derailment occurred. The grain cars were empty, he noted.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/13/25-freigh...

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/106688449-story

At least 21 reported injured after Amtrak train derails in Kansas

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/14/injuries-reported-after-amtrak...

At least 21 people were hospitalized early Monday after a cross-country Amtrak train derailed in southwestern Kansas.

Amtrak confirmed that its Southwest Chief 4 train derailed approximately 20 miles west of Dodge City shortly after midnight local time.

Amtrak said that there were 128 passengers and 14 crew members on board the train, which was en route to Chicago from Los Angeles. A statement from the railroad said "approximately" 20 passengers were transported to hospitals in Dodge City and Garden City.

KSN-TV reported that 11 passengers had been taken to Western Plains Medical Center in Dodge City, while 10 others had been transported to St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City. None of the injuries were reported to be life-threatening.

Amtrak said the other passengers were brought to a recreation center and would be given alternate transportation to their final destination.

The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed that five train cars were on their side and the derailment had forced the closure of U.S. Highway 50. Amtrak said the train had two locomotives and nine cars.

Susan Morgan, the mother of one of the passengers, told KAKE-TV that her daughter had to be helped out of the train after it began shaking while traveling 75 miles per hour.

http://www.kusi.com/story/31473294/train-derails-near-coronado-bridge

 

 

Train Derails in Okanogan County (3/14/16)

No one was injured in a train derailment in Okanogan County Monday. The locomotive was starting to move after being loaded near Janice Bridge when several of its 52 rail cars slid off the tracks.

The ground under the rails 2-and-a-half miles north of Riverside appeared to liquefy, causing five cars carrying Calcium Carbonate to derail.  The substance is a non-hazardous neutral stone.

The train was also carrying lumber and was traveling less than 9 miles-an-hour when the incident occurred.

http://kpq.com/train-derails-in-okanogan-county/

http://komonews.com/news/local/train-derails-in-okanogan-county-aft...

Train derails in Okanogan County after saturated ground gives way

RIVERSIDE, Wash. -- A train carrying several dozen rail cars derailed near Riverside in Okanogan County Monday afternoon.

Okanogan County emergency officials said the 52-car train and two locomotives was just starting its journey after being loaded near Janis Bridge.

Officials said the train was headed south traveling at less than 9 mph when it appeared the ground under the track liquefied about 2.5 miles south of Riverside.

Five cars hauling Calcium Carbonate derailed. Officials said it's a non-hazardous neutral stone. The train was also carrying lumber.

No one was hurt.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Wagons-of-goods-trai...

Wagons of goods train carrying explosives derails in Madhya Pradesh

Mar 21, 2016, 10.25 PM IST

BHOPAL: Emergency services were put on alert after two wagons of good train carrying high intensity explosives derailed near in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday evening.
Bombs were loaded from ordinance factory Khamaria, Jabalpur for a ministry of defence' stores, said sources.
Wagons got derailed on a special line connecting the ordinance factory to Jabalpur main station.
Derailment of explosive-laden wagons near residential area pressed a panic button among the ordinance authorities and the local administration. Police and fire service were called to the scene.
A company of special armed force (SAF) was also deployed to stop curious residents from reaching the spot. Railway officials said that there was no impact on the rail traffic as the incident was on special line.

"Wagon no 13 and 14 which got derailed were put on track using heavy cranes. Operation lasted within one hour," a railway officer told TOI. Some of the wheels of one wagon slipped from the rail, but it remained upright, he said.
A committee has been set up by the railway department to inquire the matter, he said. One theory is that there must have been some subsidence under the track.
"The bombs were especially packed and there was no risk of explosion. Transportations were being carried out under controlled conditions," said sources in the ordinance factory.
This is the second such incident on this special line within 12 months. Last incident was reported on April 11, 2015 when five wagons of good trains loaded with explosives got derailed. No injury was reported.

Canada: Train derailed east of Cobourg on Sunday

http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/6399394-train-derailed-east-...

NORTHUMBERLAND -- A CN train derailment closed a road east of Grafton for several hours on Sunday.

The derailment of six cars hauling wood and paper happened around 4:30 p.m. on March 20 in the Thomas Road area, east of Grafton, said Patrick Waldron, CN media relations senior manager. There were no injuries or dangerous goods involved in the incident, he said.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation, he said.

Thomas Road was closed until about 10 p.m., he said. The public was not allowed in the area for safety reasons, he said. There are two tracks in the area so train could pass through, he added.

The cars have been removed but repairs to the track continued on March 21.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

UK: Train derails on East Lancashire Railway line blocking Metrolink services in Bury

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news...

A specialist weed killing train which came off the rails on heritage railway is now blocking Metrolink services in Bury.

The specialist vehicle, which is used to clear overgrowth from the line, was running on the East Lancashire Railway when it derailed at around 10.30am on Tuesday morning.

It is currently blocking the Metrolink line between Bury and Radcliffe stations.

Metrolink are running a reduced service on the East Didsbury and Bury lines following the incident.

It is not known at this stage what caused the derailment.

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/train-derails-outside-opelika...

http://www.newsweek.com/amtrak-philadelphia-derailment-train-443478

2 Dead After Amtrak Train Derails Outside Philadelphia

By Reuters On 4/3/16 at 10:52 AM

A damaged window is seen on an Amtrak passenger train near Chester, Pennsylvania, in this social media picture from Glenn Hills Jr taken Sunday.

An Amtrak train locomotive partly derailed when it struck a backhoe in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, and two people were killed in the accident, television stations reported.

Amtrak, the U.S. passenger train company, said about 31 passengers had been transported to hospitals, none with life-threatening injuries.

Services were suspended between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, until early Sunday afternoon, it said in a statement. It had said earlier it was suspending service between Philadelphia and New York.

The southbound Palmetto train running from New York to Savannah, Georgia, had about 341 passengers and seven crew members aboard when it struck the backhoe and partly derailed, Amtrak said.

Philadelphia's ABC and NBC television affiliates reported two deaths. The Amtrak statement did not mention any deaths. Spokesmen for the Chester police and fire departments were not available for immediate comment.

Fox News said those killed were construction workers who were unable to clear the tracks in time. It quoted witnesses as saying the train's horn sounded before it struck the equipment.

Passenger Stephanie Burroughs described a fireball and windows on the train being blown out upon impact.

"The conductor did inform us that there was a fatality, that there were people working on the track," she told Fox News.

A spokesman for the Trainer United Methodist Church in Chester, about 15 miles southwest of Philadelphia, said it was being used as a staging area and hundreds of passengers were in the church's gymnasium.

In one of Amtrak's deadliest recent accidents, eight people were killed and 43 hurt last May when a New York-bound train derailed in Philadelphia. Officials are still determining the cause of that crash.

Last month, about three dozen people were injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Kansas.

https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/train-derailment-this-morni...

ONR train with seven acid cars derails in North Bay

This rail car being held up by trees. Photo by Chris Dawson.