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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Cause of Hays train derailment/fire under investigation

by Heather WilliamsKWCH 12 Eyewitness News

8:51 a.m. CDT, July 16, 2013

(HAYS, Kan.)—

Update - 8:45 am:  Authorities say the investigation into a train derailment in Hays this morning will be handled by Union Pacific police.  

Crews are still on the scene battling the fire. 

Right now, their primary concern is keeping the diesel fuel contained so it does not get into the water supply.  They are still urging residents to conserve water to help free up resources so crews can continue to fight the fire.

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Drivers are also urged to avoid the area around the fire.

More than a dozen people from a mobile home park across the street have been evacuated.  They will remain out of their homes at least until the fire is out.

No injuries have been reported.

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Authorities in Hays say a dozen train cars derailed and caught fire at 8th and Vine overnight.  Those cars are carrying general cargo and freight.

The train was also hauling 20 cars of ethanol, but officials say those are still upright and on the tracks.

Two of the three locomotives caught fire, causing a massive fire which crews are still on the scene battling.

Due to the large amount of water needed to fight the fire, citizens in Hays are asked to conserve water and refrain from any outdoor watering until further notice.

Citizens are also asked to avoid the area of Highway bypass to 10th and Highway bypass to 10th and Highway bypass to Riley Street.  Non-emergency personnel will not be allowed in the area.

Eyewitness Susan Moss tells us the fiery crash happened around 1:15 Tuesday morning just east of 8th and Vine. Moss says she heard screeching and the train horns going off before it hit a vehicle and burst into flames.

Reporter Heather Williams is on the scene. She says hazmat crews are on scene working to control the fire. Both Williams and Moss say you can still smell fuel burning for miles.

So far there are no reports of any injuries.

Crews from Ellis County, Victoria, and Ellis are helping put the fire out.

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Norfolk Southern freight train derails north of Millsboro  Jul. 14, 2013 12:07 PM

Delaware State Police are investigating a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment north of Millsboro early this morning. / Courtesy Delaware State Police

Delaware State Police are investigating a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment north of Millsboro early this morning.

It happened on the railroad tracks between West State Street and Patriots Way at 4 a.m.

About 70 train cars hauling stone were being pulled by two locomotives and were traveling south on the tracks in a wooded area north of Millsboro, Sgt. Paul G. Shavack said in a release.

He said a preliminary investigation indicates that the derailment happened on a section of the tracks east of U.S. 113. The tracks run parallel with the highway between West State Street and Patriots Way.

Shavack said 15 of the cars were forced off the tracks and spilled stone as a result of the derailment, while the rest remained upright. He said the two locomotives derailed but remained upright as well.

The train conductor and engineer were not injured, he said.

About a three-quarter mile length of track was destroyed or heavily damaged, Shavack said, but there are no threats to the environment or surrounding community due to the derailment, and roads remain open in the area.

State police and Norfolk Southern officials are continuing to investigate the derailment.

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Seven people either crushed to death or electrocuted in French rail crash horror  as train smashes into platform south of Paris

• Intercity train  carrying 385 passengers was travelling to the city of Limoges
• It derailed onto  its side in train station at about 3.15pm GMT
• Rescue workers  desperately trying to free passengers trapped inside train
• At least 60  passengers believed to be seriously injured
• 'It is  apocalyptic’  said Mayor of Bretigny
• Officials warn  numbers of dead likely to increase

12 July 2013

 

SOURCE:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362061/Seven-people-crushe...

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Freight train derails, rail cars plunge into Brandywine Creek

Updated at 06:18 PM today

VALLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - July 8, 2013 (WPVI) -- Emergency crews were on the scene of a freight train derailment in Chester County.

It happened after 3:00 p.m. Monday on the tracks near the 900 block of Wagon Town Road in Valley Township.

Authorities say a train carrying scrap steel was crossing a bridge over the Brandywine Creek when two empty rail cars derailed and overturned in the creek.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

An investigation is underway.

And another in Michigan

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Train derails north of White Cloud

11:30 AM, Jul 8, 2013 

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Michigan (WZZM) - A train derailed in Newaygo County Monday morning. Newaygo County Dispatch was informed of the derailment by Marquette Rail, which says it happened about 8:00 am.

The train derailed north of White Cloud, between Monroe Street and Foss Avenue.

No one was injured in the derailment and it did not effect road traffic.  However, it will take some time for Marquette Rail to move the train cars and repair the tracks.

No word on what caused the derailment

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Russian train derails near Black Sea, dozens injured

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Published July 07, 2013

MOSCOW (AFP) –  At least 76 people were injured Sunday when a Russian passenger train travelling from Siberia derailed near the Black Sea, the emergency situations ministry said, giving its latest toll.

Sixteen people including five children were admitted to hospital with serious injuries, while the rest were only slightly hurt, the health ministry said, according to Russian news agencies.

An earlier toll had 80 people hurt.

The locomotive and several cars of the train, which connects Novossibirsk in Siberia to Adler on the shores of the Black Sea, went off the rails and slid sideways.

Interfax news agency quoted investigators as saying that 11 train cars derailed in the crash, while the emergency situations ministry had five overturning.

More than 1,000 rescuers were sent to the site of the accident.

The driver braked sharply after noticing that part of the tracks in Russia's southern Krasnodar region was deformed, according to a security source quoted by the Itar-Tass agency.

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Train derails in Barker (with photos)

By Perry Russom 

July 3, 2013Updated Jul 3, 2013 at 6:55 PM EDT

Barker, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Extreme weather caused a train carrying construction and demolition debris to derail just outside of Whitney Point.

The train was on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway.

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The railway reported the train derailed at approximately 6:15 a.m. Tuesday along Route 11.

On Wednesday, crews continued to clean up the six cars that toppled over. Specialized heavy equipment was brought in to pick up the cars.

To reach the freight cars, clean up crews cut through a wooded area about a half of a mile of the nearest road.

A railway's spokeswoman said the track should be back in service by early next week

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Coal Train Derails In Zanesville

Thursday June 27, 2013 11:26 AM 
UPDATED: Thursday June 27, 2013 11:32 AM

COSHOCTON, Ohio - A train headed for Coshocton derailed near a bridge in Zanesville on Thursday morning.

The Zanesville Times Recorder reported that seven cars went off the track near Veterans Memorial Bridge.

The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported.

The newspaper reported that the clean-up is expected to take most of the day.

The cause of the derailment has not been determined.

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Train wreck leaves a mess

No serious injuries or spills in Fonda-area derailment; cause still undetermined

Updated 9:51 pm, Thursday, June 27, 2013

Mohawk

A corner of Montgomery County came to a standstill Thursday after a freight train derailment along a busy Mohawk Valley corridor blocked a section of Route 5, affectedAmtrak passenger service and brought a personal visit from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Two trains coming from opposite directions sideswiped each other for an as yet undetermined reason at about 8 a.m., CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said.

A conductor and engineer suffered minor injuries at the scene, which left several rail cars carrying dry goods, lumber, garbage and other cargo sheared and crumpled, officials said.

In one case a tanker rammed a boxcar, part of which landed on Route 5.

A hazardous-materials team was at the scene but nothing leaked from the hazardous-material cars, which were still upright, stateDepartment of Environmental Conservation spokesman Rick Georgeson said.

Sullivan said some diesel fuel leaked from the locomotives. Georgeson said it didn't appear that fuel had reached the nearby Mohawk River, though absorbent booms were placed in the river as a precaution. He also said a fuel additive residue car came to rest on its side, but it didn't appear to be leaking.

Montgomery County Sheriff Michael Amato said a switch on the tracks may be to blame for the derailment.

"I'm not sure how they sideswiped. I think there is a change to the other track," he said.

Cuomo, coming in from Utica, stopped at the scene in the late afternoon to survey the damage. Standing a few feet from bags of spilled food on the Route 5 and Martin Road intersection, the governor said the state response includes the DEC and State Police, but said the removal operation is primarily a private one.

He said assumptions shouldn't be made before a cause is found.

Cuomo expressed relief that despite the "tremendous damage" there was no serious injury, and amazement at how the trains can get tossed around.

Scores of CSX workers and contractors using large equipment worked steadily. The sheriff said CSX officials told authorities they hoped to have the train car removed from Route 5 by Thursday night. But the state Department of Transportation will have to examine the pavement before deciding if the road needs repair. At least a couple of dozen people live along the 12-mile stretch of Route 5 from Route 334 in Mohawk to Route 10 in Palatine that was closed off, Amato said Just when the traffic will return to normal was unclear.

A total of about 45 cars and four locomotives derailed, CSX's Sullivan said.

One train was headed east from Avon, Ind., to Selkirk and the other was traveling west from Selkirk to New Castle, Pa., at the time of the accident, Sullivan said. The eastbound train was hauling four locomotives and 126 freight cars, while the westbound train had two locomotives and 83 freight cars.

Amtrak posted an early-evening advisory on its website:

Empire Service trains will run Friday with alternate transportation to points west of Albany with these exceptions:

Train 280 – cancelled between Niagara Falls and Albany; no alternate transportation.

Train 283 – cancelled between Albany and Niagara Falls; no alternate transportation.

Empire Service between New York Penn Station and Albany will operate on a normal Friday schedule. Lake Shore Limited (between Chicago and New York) will run with alternate transportation provided between Buffalo and Albany, the advisory said.

The route sees as many as 60 freight trains a day. Sheriff Amato said trains run through the area at a rate of one every 10 or 15 minutes.

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Collapsing Bridge in Calgary Derails Train, Threatens to Submerge Rail Cars in Bow River - June 27 

A train has derailed on a Calgary rail bridge that is collapsing, threatening to send five rail cars carrying a diesel-like substance into the Bow River, acting Fire Chief Ken Uzeloc said Thursday.

Emergency management director Bruce Burrell says the cars are not leaking, but the bridge is failing and slowly sagging into the river.

"The bridge is continuing to drop as we speak, so that distance between the failure point and where the bridge decking is, is starting to open up more," he said.

"It appears that the bridge is failing."

The train derailed after a section of the bridge dropped two feet (60 centimeters) Thursday morning. Emergency management director Bruce Burrell the bridge is not in the water but is slowly sagging into the river.

Each car could have 80,000 pounds (36,000 kilograms) of flammable product, said Uzeloc, adding that he could not specify the liquid. A sixth car on the bridge is an empty oil tanker, he said.

Canadian Pacific spokesman Ed Greenberg said the bridge gave way after most of the eastbound train had crossed.

"The (derailed cars) are all upright," he said. "There are no leaks reported and no injuries reported as a result of the incident."

The bridge, southeast of downtown Calgary, typically sits about 25 feet (7.6 meters) above water level, though water levels remain high after last week's flood.

Emergency crews are working to string a cable through the railcars to secure it to bulldozers on land to prevent the cars from being carried down the river in case the bridge gives way.

Uzeloc said crews then hope to pull another train along a parallel bridge so the cargo can be pumped off and the empty cars can be removed with a crane.

"The thing we want to do is secure the cars. The last thing we want is these cars floating down the river and causing problems downstream," Uzeloc said.

Booms are being deployed down river in case of any spills.

Both the Bow and Elbow rivers that run through Calgary burst their banks when heavy rain pounded southern regions of Alberta last week.

Canadian Pacific said the bridge was inspected by a qualified inspector on Saturday and the track was inspected on Monday. Additional inspections were scheduled.

Officials said it was too early to say whether the structural failure was specifically due to flooding.

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High wind derails 47 BNSF cars

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FRIONA, Texas — A rail line in the Texas Panhandle has reopened after storms packing winds strong enough to form a tornado overturned more than 40 BNSF Railway cars.

BNSF spokesman Joe Faust said Tuesday nobody was hurt in the derailment between Friona and Summerfield.

Faust said 47 cars, some empty, derailed before dawn Monday. He said 42 cars ended up on their sides. No cargo spilled from the 71-car train traveling from Clovis, N.M., to Amarillo. BNSF reopened the line at about midnight Monday.