Train derailments

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Spain Experiences its Worst Train Accident in 40 Years An increase in train derailments was one of the first symptoms of the approach of Planet X to become noticeable, being expressed even before Planet X entered the inner solar system in 2003. Planet X was described as affecting the Earth from afar, like tugging on the edge of a spider web where the effects are felt elsewhere on the web; in this way there has been an increase in earthquakes and unpredictable weather going back years, even before Planet X entered the solar system, due to the increased swirling of the Earth’s core. It is therefore logical that an increase in train derailments would accompany any increase in seismic activity – train tracks need to be straight and even the slightest shift to the side of a section of track would cause a train to derail. The area most affected by train derailments is the stretch zone.  Stretch zone quakes are silent, and people are generally unaware anything is happening, although signs such as booms and trumpet sounds can occur. This zone stretches from Western Europe across the Eurasian Plate, and also includes the South-East United States, the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Red Sea and the African Rift. In other parts of the world, shifting ground is more associated with earthquakes that people are aware of, such as the Pacific which is compressing, so authorities inspect railway tracks after any seismic activity, reducing the likelihood of accidents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Examples (click on pictures for link):

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Station Road in Amherst still closed a crews work to clear train derailment

Published: Wednesday, June 01, 2011, 1:14 PM     Updated: Wednesday, June 01, 2011, 2:26 PM

Michael S. Gordon | The Republican06.012011 | AMHERST - Crews from R J Corman Derailment Services, LLC work to remove derailed freight cars at the intersection with Station Rd. Wednesday.  

AMHERST - Station Road remains closed today as crews work to clear the scene of a train derailment that happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday.

No injuries were reported in the incident, which saw seven freight cars carrying steel billets spill across the road and into the surrounding woods.

The crossing at Station Road is blocked by a single 65-foot gondola car, according to an update on the town's website.

The train was owned by New England Central Railroad, the St. Albans, Vt. company that operates on the 400 miles of track between the Vermont and Quebec borders and New London, Conn.

The cleanup effort began around 10 a.m. today after the arrival of specialized heavy equipment.

W. David Ziomek, who is acting as town manager while John P. Musante is away, said Tuesday that it could take days to clear the scene.

In addition to the closing of Station Road, the Norwottuck Rail Trail is also closed from Station Road to Southeast Street and from Station Road to Belchertown.

While the incident was not considered a hazardous materials emergency, the derailment caused heavy damage to the tracks and damaged a Sprint fiber optic transmission cable.

Sprint personnel were at the scene Wednesday working to repair the cable.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/station_road_in_amhe...

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Coal cars derail in West Alton

UPDATED at 5:40 p.m. with revised information from a railroad spokesman

WEST ALTON • Sixteen rail cars carrying coal went off the tracks Wednesday afternoon in West Alton, including seven that overturned, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman said.

Chief Richard Pender of the Rivers Pointe Fire Protection District said there were no injuries and no fire in the derailment, which took place about 1:30 p.m.

The incident occurred alongside farm fields near Saale Road. A cause was not immediately available. 

The Burlington Northern spokesman, Andy Williams, said crews arrived later in the afternoon to begin cleaning up the scene - including coal that dumped out of the cars. The train had 134 cars overall, each carrying coal.

It was the second time in recent weeks that a coal train derailed in the area. On May 15, Pender said, nine cars went off the track within 500 to 700 feet of the site of Wednesday's incident.

Williams said train traffic was cut off because of the derailment and that the railroad will get trains moving as soon as possible.

Pender said after the previous incident the railroad had the situation "squared away" in less than 24 hours.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stcharles/article_dc11a088-8c84-...

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Train derails on BHP line

Barry Fitzgerald

June 2, 2011

BHP's Pilbara mishap. Photo: Supplied

RAIL services at BHP Billiton's highly lucrative iron ore operations in the Pilbara have resumed after a derailment on the group's main Newman line.

The derailment occurred on Saturday and BHP said any impact on the group's production would be shown in its June-quarter production report, due on July 20.

''No employees were injured or at risk and the relevant authorities have been notified,'' BHP said.

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The group's iron division is investigating the cause of the derailment. No other details were provided but Pilbara sources said the damage bill could be as much as $20 million, given the damage to the locomotives.

BHP is the No.2 iron ore producer in the Pilbara behind Rio Tinto. Like Rio and third-ranked producer Fortescue Metals, BHP is spending up big to capitalise on the China-led boom in iron ore prices. In March, BHP's board approved $US7.4 billion in new capital investment.

The investment will lift BHP-owned and managed iron ore production in the Pilbara to more than 220 million tonnes a year.

Safety at its Pilbara iron ore operations has been a focus for BHP following a run of fatal accidents in 2008-09. At the time, BHP's iron ore president, Ian Ashby, said the five deaths in the West Australian operations were unacceptable. ''The reverberations of these events to business performance will be felt for some considerable time but, clearly, we won't relent until we've eliminated these sorts of incidents from our operations,'' he said.

Mr Ashby has since added that the deaths ''were partly due to a poor attitude to safety in the region''. ''There is a complacency generally in the Australian workforce and a bit of an arrogance. I think some of that is quite manifest in the Pilbara.''

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/train-derails-on-bhp-line-20110601-1...

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The Bure Valley Railway

Train derails on Bure Valley Railway

Lucy Wright Monday, May 30, 2011
9:23 PM

Passengers were left shaken but uninjured after a train came off the rails on the Bure Valley line on Monday afternoon.

Around 50 passengers were on the train at Brampton when the front of it derailed at 3.25pm.

Edwin Rose, 61, a retired archeologist from Reepham was travelling in the first carriage when the crash happened.

He said: “The sound was horrific. It was an awful screeching sound and when I looked out of the window I could see pebbles flying up everywhere.

“ I was sitting in the first carriage and could see through to the second carriage. I saw wheels crash up through the floor of the carriage.

“A woman was sitting directly above the wheels and her husband saw them coming up and lifted her out of the way with a fraction of a second to spare.

“When we managed to get off the train, we were told we could wait for a taxi or walk the two miles to Aylsham.”

About 20 to 30 people walked along the footpath, including a man pushing his disabled son in a wheelchair.

“When we reached a crossing a lorry stopped and offered the man and his disabled son a ride to Aylsham.” Mr Rose said.

*Were you on the train? Contact reporter Lucy Wright on 01603 772495 or email [e-mail]

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/train_derails_on_bure_valley_railway_1_...

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Train derails on Bure Valley Railway

Lucy Wright Monday, May 30, 2011
9:23 PM

Passengers were left shaken but uninjured after a train came off the rails on the Bure Valley line on Monday afternoon.

Around 50 passengers were on the train at Brampton when the front of it derailed at 3.25pm.

Edwin Rose, 61, a retired archeologist from Reepham was travelling in the first carriage when the crash happened.

He said: “The sound was horrific. It was an awful screeching sound and when I looked out of the window I could see pebbles flying up everywhere.

“ I was sitting in the first carriage and could see through to the second carriage. I saw wheels crash up through the floor of the carriage.

“A woman was sitting directly above the wheels and her husband saw them coming up and lifted her out of the way with a fraction of a second to spare.

“When we managed to get off the train, we were told we could wait for a taxi or walk the two miles to Aylsham.”

About 20 to 30 people walked along the footpath, including a man pushing his disabled son in a wheelchair.

“When we reached a crossing a lorry stopped and offered the man and his disabled son a ride to Aylsham.” Mr Rose said.

*Were you on the train? Contact reporter Lucy Wright on 01603 772495 or email [e-mail]

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/train_derails_on_bure_valley_ra...

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MOSCOW, May 28 (UPI) -- A cargo train carrying fuel oil derailed in eastern Siberia, spilling an undetermined amount of fuel oil on the ground, Russian officials said.

The derailment Friday involved the locomotive and 22 oil tanker cars, 14 of which were carrying the fuel oil, RIA Novosti reported Saturday.

The head spokesman for the East Siberian Railway, Yevgeny Khokhryakov, initially said the train wasn't carrying hazardous cargo and said no spill occurred.

The report didn't say why the train derailed. There were no injuries and railway workers were working to restore rail services.

At least 10 passenger trains were delayed because of the accident, officials said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/05/28/Russian-train-der...

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Japanese train derails, injuring 39 people

The government ordered the railway company, JR Hokkaido, to carry out a thorough investigation into the incident

Tokyo: An express train in Japan derailed and caught fire inside a tunnel overnight, injuring 39 passengers, railway officials said on Saturday.

The injured were taken for hospital treatment though no-one was seriously hurt, officials said.

The train, carrying 240 passengers, made an emergency stop inside a tunnel on the northern Hokkaido island on Friday after its driver noticed smoke emerging from the train.

The passengers escaped but the fire continued to burn until early on Saturday morning, destroying the six-carriage train.

Officials and emergency workers found marks on the track and said one of the carriages had apparently derailed just before entering the tunnel.

The government ordered the railway company, JR Hokkaido, to carry out a thorough investigation.

Naotoshi Nakajima, president of JR Hokkaido, apologised for the accident.

"This serious accident caused injuries to so many of our passengers," he told reporters. "We are extremely sorry. We will investigate the cause and will draft prevention measures," he said.

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/japanese-train-derails-i...

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  I had no problem posting this piece of news outside of the US.  Interesting.

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Trains delayed after engine derails near Panipat

May 25, 2011, 01.19pm IST

LUDHIANA: Commuters had a tough time on Tuesday owing to delay in arrival of trains. The derailment of an engine in the rail yard, near Panipat resulted in the delay. The commuters were seen inquiring the status of the trains for reaching their destinations but even the railway employees at the inquiry counters seemed helpless as they were unable to inform the exact reasons for the delay.

However, the tracks were cleared in one hour but it disturbed the schedule of major trains like Shatabdi Express, Malwa Express, Happa Jammu Tawi Super Fast, Shane Punjab and Dadar Express. These trains were delayed for more than three to four hours adding to woes of the commuters who kept waiting for the trains to arrive.

When contacted, divisional traffic manager at the city railway station Parminder Singh said, "An engine derailed in the rail yard in Diwana station near Panipat because of which the rail track was obstructed. By afternoon the movement of trains had returned to normalcy."

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/ludhiana/295...

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TODAY, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME STAYING ON THE INTERNET WHEN I SEARCH THE US LOCAL NEWS FOR TRAIN DERAILMENTS.  THERE IS A HUGE UPTICK IN TRAIN DERAILMENTS BUT WHEN I TRY TO READ THE ARTICLE, I'M BOOTED OFF IMMEDIATELY AS IF I'M BEING TOLD.  YOU DON'T LIVE IN THIS AREA, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO READ THIS PAPER.  MY GUT TELLS ME THIS WILL BE HAPPENING TO ALL OF US AS WE DILIGENTLY POST THE EARTH CHANGES.  TPTB ARE PLAYING THEIR HAND AT MAINTAINING INTERNET SECRECY.  IF THEY CAN'T SHUT DOWN THE INTERNET, THEY WILL USE WHATEVER TACTIC THEY CAN TO SLOW DOWN THE RUSH OF INFORMATION BEING SHARED.  THIS IS JUST IMO BUT IT'S HAPPENING TO ME AND I'VE HAD TO HIGHLIGHT THE ADDRESS BAR IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I'M BOOTED OFF AND THEN GO BACK AND TRY TO QUICKLY COPY AND PASTE WHAT I CAN.  AS FAST AS I TRY TO DO THIS IS AS FAST AS I'M BOOTED.  I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH NON NEWS AFFILIATED LINKS.  I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT THIS WAS ALL I COULD GRAB.  INTERESTING.

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According to the Washington County dispatch, a train on the Battenkill Railroad line has derailed in the town of Eagle Bridge. Officials tell CBS6 the train was carrying propane tanks as cargo. HazMat teams are on their way to the scene. ...

 

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Mogadore train derailment closes Gilchrist Road

By Beacon Journal staff

POSTED: 01:50 p.m. EDT, May 25, 2011

Authorities say a portion of Gilchrist Road just north of Mogadore Road could be closed until Friday after a train derailment Wednesday morning.

Police Chief David Fowler said three train cars carrying lumber along the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway lines derailed Wednesday about 7:45 a.m. at the Gilchrist Road crossing.

No one was injured, although a motorist narrowly escaped being struck by a snapped utility pole, police said. No hazardous materials were spilled.

A cause of the derailment has not been determined.

Gilchrist Road, between Munroe Falls and Mogadore roads are closed. Trucks may enter the industrial parkway in the area.

Fowler said railroad officials are waiting for equipment to lift the train cars and clear the heavily damaged crossing. The equipment is expected to arrive from Toledo by Friday, he said.

Workers on the scene of a train derailment on Gilcrest Rd. just north of Mogadore Rd. on Wednesday in Mogadore. The crossing will be closed until Friday. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Authorities say a portion of Gilchrist Road just north of Mogadore Road could be closed until Friday after a train derailment Wednesday morning.

Police Chief David Fowler said three train cars carrying lumber along the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway lines derailed Wednesday about 7:45 a.m. at the Gilchrist Road crossing.

No one was injured, although a motorist narrowly escaped being struck by a snapped utility pole, police said. No hazardous materials were spilled.

A cause of the derailment has not been determined.

Gilchrist Road, between Munroe Falls and Mogadore roads are closed. Trucks may enter the industrial parkway in the area.

Fowler said railroad officials are waiting for equipment to lift the train cars and clear the heavily damaged crossing. The equipment is expected to arrive from Toledo by Friday, he said.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/122600644.html