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.

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 26, 2016 at 3:33am: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grain-car-derailment...

Grain cars tumble into Fraser River as train derails north of Yale, B.C.

9 cars and 2 locomotives involved in crash but no injuries

CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2016 5:08 PM PT

Grains cars have derailed north of Yale, B.C. on October 25, 2016. (Curtis Kreklau)

Crews are cleaning up after a train carrying nine grain cars and two locomotives derailed in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon this afternoon.

It happened at approximately 11 a.m. PT across from Saddlerock Tunnel on Highway 1, five kilometres north of the community of Yale, B.C.

Several grain cars ended up in the Fraser River in the accident which appeared to have been caused by a small landslide.

The cars are owned by CP Rail, but the track belongs to CN.

CN spokeswoman Kate Fenske says there are no injuries, nor were any dangerous goods involved. She says equipment is being brought in to remove the cars and begin a cleanup.

The extent of the damage is unknown. There are no estimates available on when the rail line will reopen.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 22, 2016 at 5:35am: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/overloaded-train-derail...

Overloaded train derails in Cameroon, killing at least 53

In this image made from video, people walk beside a derailed train carriage after an accident in Eseka, Cameroon, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Cameroon’s transport minister says at least 53 people have died after a train overloaded with passengers derailed along the route that links the country’s two major cities. (Equinox TV via AP) (Associated Press)

October 21 at 9:23 PM

ESEKA, Cameroon — An overloaded train derailed along the route that links Cameroon’s two major cities on Friday, killing at least 53 people and injuring more than 300, the government said.

The injured could not be evacuated until rail travel is re-established, said government spokesman Issa Tchiroma, adding that the death toll is likely to rise.

“It has been a sad day in Cameroon,” he said. “The president has extended his message of condolence to the families that lost their loved ones and asked me to tell all of you that he is concerned about your well-being and quick recovery.”

Some of the dead are still lying amid the overturned rail cars while others have been evacuated to the Eseka hospital mortuary.

Volunteer rescue workers, family members and others at the scene gave first aid as those stranded and hurt cried for help in Eseka, where the trained derailed and damaged the rail lines about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital, Yaounde.

The train that derailed between Yaounde and the port city of Douala had been carrying 1,300 passengers instead of the usual 600, rail officials told state radio. The accident came as heavy rains have caused landslides along roads in the region. A portion of the road linking the capital Yaounde to Douala had collapsed, so the 30-year-old rail lines were overtaxed, the rail officials said.

Eseka is hard to reach by road, and there was panic at the site of the crash where very few doctors and medical staff were available.

Health Minister Andre Mama Fouda, who flew to the scene with other officials, called on medical staff from neighboring towns to come and help and said that the government would take care of the injured.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 12, 2016 at 11:18pm

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Train derails south of Pickardville

A dozen cars hit the ditch in Oct. 7 accident

The scene from above (with thanks to Georg Hertz-Kleptow) of a 12-car-train derailment Oct. 7, just south of the Hamlet of Pick-ardville. According to a CN Rail spokesperson there were no dangerous goods spilled in the accident, only salt, grain and lumber. The line reopened to train traffic Oct. 8.

Les Dunford/WN

No injuries were reported after 12 rail cars jumped the CN Rail Westlock Sub-Line just south of the Hamlet of Pickardville at approximately 9:30 a.m. Oct. 7.

According to CN Rail spokesperson Kate Fenske there were no dangerous goods spilled in the incident, only salt, grain and lumber.

Main access to the hamlet, which is Range Road 585, was closed until the early afternoon as crews worked quickly to open the line.

A large contingent of backhoes, bulldozers and assorted heavy equipment were dispatched to the site and were able to have the line open for train traffic by Saturday, Oct. 8.

“The guys have been working around the clock trying to get it cleaned up,” said Fenske Saturday, adding that the investigation win the derailment is underway.

She noted that as each investigation is unique, there’s no timeline as to when it will be completed.

The derailment follows an one near Camrose on Oct. 5, where eight cars left the track. No injuries or dangerous goods were reported in that derailment either.

According to the Transportation Safety Board’s website, as of Aug. 31 there have been 66 reported train derailments in Alberta this year, not including the two incidents last week.

This is the second derailment to occur within the borders of Westlock County this year — a train derailed near Westlock on Feb. 14 with no reported injuries or dangerous goods spilled.

There are approximately 310 industrial railways in the province, according to the Alberta Transportation website.

Under the federal Rail Safety Act, trains moving through areas with populations of 10,000 people or more have a maximum speed limit of 40 m.p.h. or 64 km/h. The speed limit for trains outside of populated areas is 50 m.p.h. or 80 km/h.

The 130-mile Westlock Sub-Line runs from Smith, through Westlock and terminates in Edmonton

Comment by M. Difato on October 12, 2016 at 9:42am: A freight train incident in South Jersey, Tuesday morning, is being called minor derailment.

SKYFOX was over the scene in Paulsboro where Conrail said four cars of a CSX train slipped off the track between W. Jefferson and Monroe streets.

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Freight train derails in Paulsboro, NJ October 11, 2016
Four tanker cars of a freight train derailed Tuesday morning in Paulsboro.

No one was injured and nothing was spilled, officials said.

Three of the cars were carrying lube oil, and the fourth was empty, Conrail spokeswoman Jocelyn Hill said. The wheels on the cars came off the rails but the cars themselves remained upright, she said.

The derailment occurred around 11 a.m. on the Conrail freight line between West Jefferson and and Monroe Streets in the Gloucester County waterfront town.

The cause is under investigation. Initial reports indicate a bent rail was to blame.

"In the whole scheme of things here with train derailments, it was very minor," said Susan Jacobucci, Paulsboro's business adminstrator.

Paulsboro was the scene of a major derailment on Nov. 30, 2012.

That accident involved 82-car freight train crossing a swing bridge across the Mantua Creek.

As the train crossed the bridge, seven cars derailed, four of which fell into the creek. One car breached, unleashing 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, into the atmosphere. The leak would eventually cause the evacuation of hundreds from their homes and businesses.

An National Transportation Safety Board investigation blamed human error and problems with the bridge for the derailment.

Residents, businesses, and first responders have filed civil suits against Conrail for the derailment.

Sources: http://www.fox29.com/news/210965730-story

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Freight-train-derails-...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 9, 2016 at 5:42am: http://abc7ny.com/news/lirr-service-suspended-after-train-derails-n...

LIRR SERVICE SUSPENDED AFTER TRAIN DERAILS NEAR NEW HYDE PARK; INJURIES REPORTED

Updated 5 mins ago

NEW HYDE PARK, Long Island (WABC) --
Nassau County Police say at least 20 people have been injured after three cars on a Long Island Rail Road train derailed near New Hyde Park on Saturday night.

Service has also been suspended in both directions on the Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay and Port Jefferson branches.

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The train was heading eastbound to New Hyde Park just after 9 p.m., and derailed a half a mile from the New Hyde Park station. The LIRR crew reported to the MTA police that they hit a LIRR work train. It is unclear if that work train was moving but witnesses say it caught on fire, with smoke then filling the commuter train.
The injured passengers were taken to area hospitals - none of the injuries are considered serious. Passengers describe the first responders arriving quickly, evacuating the train in an orderly manner. Still, many of the passengers were left shaken.

"I'm looking or trying to find out what happened, and that's when I saw the man who probably working, that he was he was trapped under the rubble. He was trying to free himself. He couldn't move - he was pinned," said Joel Werner.

The good news is that passenger says that worker was eventually escorted off the train, and appeared to be okay.

PHOTO: Inside one of the LIRR cars that derailed

The commuter train had 12 cars, and the first three cars derailed in the accident. Approximately 600 people were on board the train at the time of the crash.

Many of the passengers say Hoboken was on their mind, and that added to the panic.

For the latest on delays and cancellations, CLICK HERE.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 26, 2016 at 6:51pm: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/train-derails-near-g...

Train derails near Ga-Rankuwa - PIC

GAUTENG / 26 September 2016, 1:06pm

Pretoria - Workers are still trying to separate the coaches of a Metrorail train that derailed in De Weldt Station, north of Pretoria, on Monday morning.

The incident happened in Makau, just after Ga-Rankuwa. At least five coaches of the Metrorail train came off the tracks, including the cab.

Workers are still trying to separate the coaches of a Metrorail train that derailed in De Weldt Station, north of Pretoria, on Monday morning. Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIA

Most of the windows of the cab were shattered in the process.

No injuries were reported.

Metrorail has yet to comment on what caused the incident.

Comment by KM on September 25, 2016 at 1:29am: https://www.rt.com/news/360511-trains-collide-algeria-casualties/

Trains collide in Algeria, multiple casualties reported (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least one person has reportedly been killed and up to 60 have been injured after two trains collided in Boudouaou, Algeria, according to local media.

According to reports, the trains were travelling in the same direction when they collided.

"It's not a crash but a clash,” Yacine Bendjaballah, director of the National Society Algerian railway (SNTF) said. ”The two passenger trains were rolling in the same direction.”

Local TV channel Ennahar said one of the two conductors is dead, quoting the Civil Defense, and reported the trains were running between Algiers and Thenia.

Injured passengers are being transported to hospital in Boumerdes.

Photos and footage from the scene show passengers and first responders trying to free trapped passengers from the wreckage.

Algeria’s transport minister Boujema Talai said the crash occurred when an express train and a normal speed train collided on the same track, Elbilad reports.

Boudouaou is located on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Boumedes.

Comment by M. Difato on September 22, 2016 at 6:39pm: A BNSF freight train derailed Thursday morning on a washed-out bridge near Ferryville, leaking alcohol and diesel fuel as a second night of heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides.

Two locomotives and five rail cars left the tracks, according to the railroad.

One of the locomotives spilled about 2,500 gallons of fuel, with some making its way into the Mississippi River, said BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth.

McBeth said two of the derailed cars were empty tankers; one last carried ethanol and the other vegetable oil. The others were carrying wall board.

The crew was not injured but were transported to a local hospital as a precaution.

Officials from the DNR and the federal Environmental Protection Agency are responding, but access to the site is difficult because of damage from two days of heavy rains.

McBeth said high water levels in the Mississippi are preventing crews from deploying booms to contain the spill.

Mike Dagnon lives about a mile from the derailment on Rush Creek Road near Ferryville, which he said was covered with two feet of water, mud and a jumble of downed tress.

“I saw a fish swimming down the road,” Dagnon said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Source : BNSF train derails at Ferryville amid flooding, landslides

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/bnsf-train-derails-at-ferryvi...

Comment by Tracie Crespo on September 21, 2016 at 5:30am: www.globalnews.ca/news/2951113/calgary-ctrain-train-derailed-at-tus...

Calgary Transit driver injured in CTrain derailment at Tuscany LRT station

By Melissa Gilligan and Mia Sosiak Global New

The driver of a Calgary Transit driver is recovering in hospital and crews are working to clean up after a CTrain went off the tracks Tuesday. Global’s Mia Sosiak reports.

The driver of a Calgary Transit CTrain was taken to hospital in serious condition after the train derailed at the Tuscany LRT station in the city’s northwest. The light-rail train crashed through the end of the track at more than 60 kilometres an hour.

A power pole and heavy weights that anchored the car pierced the windshield—just missing the operator—and leaving the front car totalled.

“The driver had been pinned in the cab so our crews had to extricate the driver,” Calgary Fire Department spokesperson John Cherweniuk said. “Luckily the passengers were in the back car and that car is still on the track now, so they were uninjured.”

Dan Duplessis was one of those passengers. He said he first thought the train was just moving further up the platform, but then it “accelerated as if going to the next station” despite having arrived at the end of the line.

“The train rapidly came to a halt with a crashing sound, throwing me across the row of seats,” Duplessis told Global News. “Several of the round interlocking pieces were ripped up from the impact.”

A look inside the CTrain that derailed Tuesday morning at Calgary’s Tuscany station.
Dan Duplessis

A look inside the CTrain that derailed Tuesday morning at Calgary’s Tuscany station.

Duplessis said he pushed the emergency help button and was advised by transit security to stay on the train until first responders arrived, which he said took about 10 minutes.

“Medics banged on the door and checked to see if we were in any immediate danger and told us to wait,” Duplessis said. “Firefighters manually opened the door from the outside, which was undamaged, and helped us out of the train.”

Calgary Transit spokesperson Ron Collins said the three-car train left the tracks northwest of the station just before 7 a.m. Tuesday. Its $4.5-million replacement cost will be covered by insurance, officials said.

“The train had continued on beyond Tuscany station – which is the end terminal station – for whatever reason, and then went through the fence just off of the tail-track beyond Tuscany station – and then derailed,” Collins said. The so-called “tail track” at Tuscany station is the longest in the city.

“It’s just a question now of trying to determine what happened here.”

The driver, a woman in her 60s, was transported to the Foothills Medical Centre in serious but stable condition. Transit officials hadn’t spoken to her as of 2 p.m., as she was medicated due to her injuries.

EMS spokesperson Stuart Brideaux said paramedics arrived at the scene prepared to treat multiple patients. Only three passengers were on board and none were injured.

“I just wonder what happened,” transit rider Franco Frroku said. “Was it a malfunction of the actual train or was the driver at fault for it?”

Emergency crews respond to the Tuscany LRT station on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 for a LRT derailment.
Global News / Paul MacEachern

Calgary Transit is investigating the derailment, scouring CCTV footage from cameras at the station and looking for information related to the brakes in the train’s black box recorder.

“We have to look at a lot of things. We have to look at the condition of the vehicle, the condition of the track, signals, as well as the operator,” Calgary Transit’s acting director Russell Davies said. “We expect to have some findings fairly soon, but there’s nothing pointing a specific way just yet.”

There were delays to CTrain service while crews worked to repair the line. A large crane was on its way to help with the cleanup mid-afternoon.

“Shuttle buses will be used during the afternoon commute between Crowfoot and Tuscany stations.”

The Tuscany CTrain Station is located on Crowchild Trail N.W. near Stoney Trail N.W.

“While traffic is flowing in both directions on Crowchild Trail, there are major delays in the area,” the City of Calgary said in a statement. “Motorists are encouraged to consider alternate options.”

Calgary’s light-rail transit has been running since 1981 and has expanded over the years to connect the northwest, northeast and south sectors of the city to the downtown core. Unlike subway systems in other major cities, nearly all of the 53 kilometres of track are above ground.

Davies said there have been accidents over the years involving pedestrians and vehicles, but this one is out of the ordinary.

“I’ve never seen one of this kind of severity of our own equipment and involving our own staff.”

With files from Erika Tucker and The Canadian Press

Comment by M. Difato on September 16, 2016 at 2:13pm: WATFORD TRAP Watford Junction train passengers rescued after being trapped for hours in the dark when their train hit LANDSLIDE and derailed in tunnel
Sept, 16, 2016 - Two people were treated for injuries after the 6.19am London Midland train from Milton Keynes to Euston was clipped by another service and came off the tracks.

Source and full story: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1794204/watford-junction-train-derail...