Train derailments

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JUST IN - Massive fire erupts after train carrying ethanol derails in Tepetitlán, Mexico, November 1, 2025 VIDEO: https://t.me/ZetaTalk_Followers/78651 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.

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Concern increases with the amount of oil being transported via train and the increase in derailments.

Fear:

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2014/jun/02/fear-of-oil-trains/

Protests:

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/05/28/oil-by-rail-protests-planned-to-...

Extra training:

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/bnsf-offers-rail-safety-train...

Slideshow:

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1 Explosive Risk That Could Derail America's Oil Boom from The Motley Fool

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30/5/2014 - UK Train Derailment

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/locomotive-derailed-at-doncaste...

Trains between Doncaster and Leeds were delayed this afternnon because of a derailed DB Schenker locomotive.

A Networtk Rail spokesman said: “We apologise to passengers that there is severe disruption between Doncaster and Leeds. This follows the derailment of three axles of a freight train at the north end of Doncaster station.

“The derailment damaged systems which meant that no trains were able to operate between Doncaster and Leeds.

“The train remained upright and there were no injuries to the crew. A recovery vehicle is on the way to re-rail the train and engineers are on site to repair any damage as quickly as possible.”

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has attended and the line re-opened around 1.30pm.

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Published on May 26, 2014

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Deadly Train Crash In North India

At least 20 people are feared dead after a passenger train derailed and hit a stationary goods train in India's Uttar Pradesh state, officials say.

Six coaches of the Gorakhdham Express went off the rails and ploughed into the freight train at Chureb railway station on Monday morning.

Rescuers are searching through the mangled coaches, with reports saying a number of people are trapped.

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Crew 'shaken' after train crashes into stopblock, derails

Published: 8:34AM Tuesday May 27, 2014 

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• A train has crashed on the Melling Line in Wellington this morning. - Source: ONE News reporter Kristin Hall

The crew of a train are "shaken" after it derailed on the Melling Line in Wellington this morning, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union says.

The train failed to stop at the Melling station then crashed into a stop block, bringing down a powerpole.
 
Two passengers were taken to hospital after the incident, one for minor cuts, and one for shock.

Rail and Maritime Transport Union General Secretary Wayne Butson said it was an "very unpleasant shock for commuters on board the train".

He also expressed sympathy for the person who was injured in the incident.

"We are supporting the crew who have been shaken by the incident, and clearly will want to work with KiwiRail to identify the root cause of the crash."

KiwiRail has apologised for the train derailment, and KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy says a full investigation is under way.

He says it will look at data from the black box on the train and cab cameras, and will take some time.

ONE News reporter Kristin Hall said it was "quite an incredible scene".

She says the train is around two metres off the ground, and that it had "lifted a huge slab of concrete out of the ground".

Replacement buses were used to reduce delays. A similar incident happened at the same station in April last year which is still being investigated.

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At least 6 killed, 45 injured as passenger, freight trains collide near Moscow

Published time: May 20, 2014 09:32 
Edited time: May 20, 2014 15:22

An Emergencies Ministry helicopter flies near a passenger train damaged in a collision with a freight train in Moscow region May 20, 2014.(Reuters / Grigory Dukor)

A freight train crashed into a passenger train in the Moscow Region. Dozens of people are injured and at least six confirmed dead. Injured passengers were being carried out of the carriages by hand. Rescuers are working at the scene.

“Today at 12:38pm (08:38 GMT) a freight and a commuter train collided on the Bekasovo-Nara railroad near the regional center of Naro-Fominsk,” reported the transport police press service.

According to preliminary reports, six people were killed in the incident, one of them dying in hospital. Five out of six dead were the citizens of Moldova.

Up to 45 passengers have been injured, 28 have been taken to hospitals, 15 of them are in a serious condition. Three of the injured are children.

“We now know about five dead,” confirmed the head of Naro-Fominsk Region Vadim Andronov. “It is possible that the number of dead and injured passengers will grow as one overturned passenger carriage has been blocked by a container from the freighter train, which now remains on top of it. Rescuers are entering the second damaged passenger carriage right now..”

Health Minister of the Moscow Region Nina Suslova assured that all injured people will receive “all the necessary medical treatment.” Three helicopters are being used to help evacuate the injured, she said.

First Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said that 18 injured passengers in are in a critical condition in local hospitals, most of them suffering head trauma.

A preliminary evaluation maintains that the problem started when the frame of one of the freight carriages broke up, sending several of them off the rails. The passenger train passing on the next railway line was struck by them, completely tearing off a side wall of at least one passenger carriage.

The train drivers tried to bring the train to an emergency halt.

“We used the emergency brake application. Then we could see nothing because of the dust, we had zero visibility,” one of the train drivers told Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has indicated the cause of the crash as the breaking away of a cargo train container.

The Committee also stated that there were track works close to the area where the crash happened.

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Train hauling crude oil derails on banks of South Platte River

A crude oil train that derailed Friday morning south of Greeley — with six cars toppled along the South Platte River — for several hours was leaking at a rate estimated at 20 to 50 gallons per minute.

Environmental Protection Agency officials were dispatched to the scene. No oil has been confirmed in the river thanks to the work of Union Pacific Railroad responders.

The 100-car train loaded with niobrara crude derailed west of LaSalle near a bridge over the river.

An earthen berm, and sandy material deposited by last fall's flood, was containing the oil as it spilled, according to EPA officials.

Crews work to clean up several train cars that were derailed and flipped along the track southwest of LaSalle, Colo. on Friday, May 9, 2014. (Joshua Polson, The Greeley Tribune)

The Union Pacific crew placed oil spill booms on the river as a pre-caution. As of 1:20 p.m., no oil had been observed in the river, EPA response coordinator Joyel Dhieux said. She said crews will off-load the crude oil that is in the cars that overturned.

Railroad crews were using a vacuum truck and hose to recover oil from the toppled cars as the oil leaked on the riverside, EPA's on-scene coordinator Craig Myers said Friday afternoon.

"(Union Pacific) got pretty lucky on this one," Myers said. "So far, fairly minimal damage. There's five cars on their side. One is upside down. It is leaking."

Oil was leaking at the rate of 20 to 50 gallons a minute, he said. "They can't really plug it."

Nationwide, the volume of crude oil transported by train has been increasing, raising safety concerns. Federal transportation officials this week warned that moving oil by train is becoming a hazard and said railroads will be required to notify local emergency responders when oil trains are moving through their area.

The cause of the derailment was under investigation, but authorities said it appeared to be accidental.

No injuries were reported and no one was evacuated from the area, said Roy Rudisill, Weld County's director of emergency management.

"I don't know what the extent of the leak is, like how many gallons," he said Friday afternoon.

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Train derails in Pakistan

IANS

Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) One woman was killed and 20 people injured after a passenger train derailed in Pakistan on Wednesday morning, media reports said.

TV channel Dunya said the train's engine and three compartments derailed near Nawabshah district in Sindh province, Xinhua reported.

The train was on its way from Faisalabad to Karachi.

Hospital sources said they received 20 injured people and at least two of them are critical.

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15 dead, 87 injured after train derails in Maharashtra

Vijay Singh & Somit Sen,TNN | May 4, 2014, 03.00 PM IST

 

The injured have been taken to a local hospital while others are still being rescued from the coaches that have derailed.

MUMBAI: At least 15 passengers were killed and 87 injured when four bogies of the Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train derailed in Maharashtra on the Konkan Railway route on Sunday.

The engine and four coaches of the train derailed at about 9.30am just outside a tunnel near Nidi village. Raigad police said they are making every effort to provide rescue and relief to the affected passengers and their relatives.

The Raigad superintendent of police, Ankush Shinde, said, "Till 2.30pm, the total death toll has risen to 15 and the injured count is 87. We are making full arrangement for the affected passengers and their families."

Railways has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the relatives of those killed, Rs 50,000 to the grievously injured and Rs 10,000 to persons who sustained minor injuries.

The injured have been taken to a local hospital while others are still being rescued from the coaches that have derailed.



CR officials said that the route between Diva and Roha comes under their jurisdiction, and the officials were expediting the process of rescuing passengers.

There were also reports of a part of train being stuck inside a tunnel. However, CR public relations officer AK Singh said, "This is not true. The train had crossed the tunnel before it got derailed. Several people have been injured and we are trying to get more details about the passengers," he stated.

The locals have come to the rescue of passengers, with many providing transport, water and medical first-aid, sources said.

Following the mishap, the services on Konkan Railway route were suspended.

The train plies between Diva and Sawantwadi and stops at almost all stations en route.

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Four serious injuries in NYC subway derailment

2:02 p.m. EDT May 2, 2014

NEW YORK — A New York City subway train derailed Friday morning in Queens, sending four passengers to local hospitals with potentially serious injuries and causing long service disruptions on several other transit lines.

An additional 15 passengers were treated for minor injuries suffered when an express F train bound for Manhattan and Brooklyn derailed shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the New York City Fire Department.

Firefighters and emergency medical service responders who raced to the scene guided passengers to emergency ladders that led up through grates to the street as the derailment site was evacuated, officials said.

EMS crews evaluated and treated riders who rested on stretchers or in wheelchairs after they climbed from the subway tunnel to the street.

All passengers were safely evacuated as of 12:15 p.m., the MTA said.

The train, which was carrying about 1,000 passengers, derailed near 65th Street and Broadway in the Woodside section of Queens, the MTA said. The site, roughly 1,200 feet south of the 65th Street station, is located a few miles east of Manhattan across the East River.

The F train line stretches from central Queens into Manhattan along Sixth Avenue, then south into Brooklyn and a terminus at Coney Island, home of the famed boardwalk and amusement park.

The derailment halted F train service in both directions between Jamaica-179th Street and 21st Street Queensbridge. Subway service on some sections of the E, M and R lines was also disrupted, the MTA said.

Three nearby F and E line subway trains were halted as emergency crews shut down electrical power after the derailment. Those trains were later backed to stations where passengers disembarked.

New York City's subway system is one of the largest public transportation systems in the world, with an average 5.5 million weekday rides.

System derailments are relatively rare. The most recent major derailment occurred in August 1991, when a southbound No. 4 train jumped the tracks as it roared into a curve at the Union Square station at 14th Street in Manhattan.

Five people were killed and more than 200 were injured in the disaster. The motorman, whom authorities determined had been drunk at the time of the accident, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/subway-derailment-involved-rail...

Subway derailment involved rail installed just weeks ago: MTA 

The snapped subway rail responsible for a hellish F train derailment was installed just weeks ago, ruling out its age as the cause of the failure, officials said Saturday.

The break in the American-made rail sent the Metropolitan Transportation Authority hustling to locate the rest of the November 2013 batch to ensure there was no widespread problem.

“We’re going to track down other rails from this shipment and see where they went,” said MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg. “And we’re going to closely inspect all other rails in this area.”

Investigators and repair crews remained hard at work one day after 19 straphangers were injured when their subway derailed about 10:30 a.m. inside a dark Queens tunnel soon choked with dust and smoke.

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Train derails in Greenville, leaks non-hazardous fertilizers

Posted: Apr 30, 2014 3:56 AM EDTUpdated: Apr 30, 2014 5:56 PM EDT

GREENVILLE, N.C. -Greenville Fire-Rescue are investigating an early Wednesday morning train derailment parallel to 14th Street between Charles Blvd. and Evans Street.

Melanie Cost, with CSX Corporate Communications, says five cars with a local train out of Greenville carrying mixed CSX freight derailed Wednesday morning. The call came into CSX around 4:15 a.m., people living in the area say the train derailed around 3:30 a.m. There were no reported injuries.

Cost says the derailed cars carried ammonium polyphosphate, an agricultural product that is used for fertilizer, which is non-hazardous material. Two of the five train cars leaked the material, which has since been contained.

CSX deployed trained response professionals to the scene, and additional environmental experts responded to the scene to asses the situation and determine the best course of action.

Cost says the cause of the derailment is under investigation, which will be led by local law enforcement. Train operations, like the speed of the train and when the brakes were applied, the train cars themselves and the condition of the track are all factors in the investigation.

Greenville Fire-Rescue, North Carolina Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team, CSX Police and Greenville Police all responded to the scene. 

A CSX thanked the swift response from Greenville Fire and Rescue and the support and cooperation of other first responders in the area.