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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Examples (click on pictures for link): |
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on March 4, 2012 at 7:32pm
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http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Train+derails+near+Wolseley+Sask/624...
Train derails near Wolseley, Sask.
March 4, 2012
Canadian Pacific Railway is investigating a train derailment that occurred near the community of Wolseley Saturday evening.
According to information from the RCMP and CP, emergency crews — including Indian Head RCMP, Wolseley fire crews, Grenfell EMS and CP officials — were called to the scene of a train derailment involving an eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) train at about 7:45 p.m.
A CP spokesman said on Sunday that the train had been travelling east from Moose Jaw to Winnipeg on the main line when the incident occurred near the Wolseley grain elevator. While Kevin Hrysak said CP isn’t commenting on a potential cause pending the outcome of the investigation, RCMP had reported the train experienced problems with the brakes.
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Comment by KM on March 4, 2012 at 4:06am
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17248735
Southern Poland train crash leaves 14 dead
Two trains have collided in southern Poland, leaving 14 people dead, local officials say, and 50 hurt.
The accident occurred on Saturday evening on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline at the small town of Szczekociny, according to Polish TV.
Two express trains, one of which was on the wrong track, collided head-on, a senior railway official said.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived at the scene early on Sunday morning, with three other cabinet ministers.
"This appears to be one of the most serious railway accidents in recent years," Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak told the TVN24 news channel.
Some passengers remain trapped in the wreckage, police say. Helicopter ambulances from Warsaw and Wroclaw are helping to take the injured to hospitals.
"The rescue is difficult and complicated," firefighter Jaroslaw Wojtasik told Polish television.
"The damage to the wagons is huge. We have contact with victims. We are approaching very cautiously."
Engineering works
The accident occurred at 21:15 (20:15 GMT), when a train travelling north from Przemysl to Warsaw collided with a southbound train from Warsaw to Krakow.
Scheduled engineering works were taking place on one track at Szczekociny station at the time of the accident.
The Krakow train was on the wrong track, Andrzej Pawlowski, a member of the board of the state railway company PKP, told the TV station TVN24.
Three coaches are reported to be especially damaged, and the rescue operation is focusing on finding passengers there.
The three coaches were "completely destroyed - like a concertina", one eyewitness told the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper.
Another passenger estimated that his train was travelling about 120km/h (75 mph), when it started braking very sharply.
"Then we felt a powerful impact, and we were thrown about the compartment," the passenger told TVN24.
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UPDATE: Heavy equipment arrives for derailed train in Minnesota
Updated: Feb 28, 2012 10:10 AM AST
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Heavy equipment arrived to clean up a big train derailment in Minnesota.
The accident happened in Jackson County, Minnesota near the town of Brewster around 8:00 Monday night.
Officials with Union Pacific Railroad tell us 23 cars were derailed Monday night. They say the train was from St. Paul and was heading to North Platte, Nebraska. Officials say there weren't any chemicals on board but some diesel fuel did leak from one of the refrigerated cars.
Union Pacific Railroad Spokesman Mark Davis said the heavy equipment will help replace about one thousand feet of railroad tracks. He also said heavy snow could slow down the process because crews are extra cautious during inclement weather.Witnesses who called the newsroom Monday night said the accident was about 5 miles north of Worthington on Highway 60. Witnesses also said there was a large amount of grain spilled in the area of the accident. Officials say no one was hurt in this accident but clean up will probably take at least a day. The cause of the derailment is under investigation
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Comment by Howard on February 27, 2012 at 2:53am
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Chaos as train derails
Rail services between Preston and Crewe have been badly affected by a train derailment.
The engineeering train derailed at Winsford overnight blocking the main line between Liverpool and Crewe and Warrington and Crewe.
The closure has badly affected thousands of Liverpool supporters bound for the carling Cup final at Wembley.
Issuing an apology, Virgin Trains recommended those travelling to London consider driving to Crewe, Stafford or Stoke stations and taking the train from there.
A Virgin spokesman said: “Due to the derailment of an engineering train at Winsford overnight, the line between Liverpool and Crewe and Warrington and Crewe is blocked.
“Due to the high number of passengers intending to travel from Liverpool/Runcorn to London for the football at Wembley it is recommended that if possible they consider driving to Crewe, Stafford or Stoke stations and use the rail services from there.
“Coaches will also be provided to connect Liverpool and Crewe and Runcorn and Stafford.
“Virgin Trains apologises for the disruption and is doing everything it can to minimise the major disruption caused by the derailment.”
The Preston to Crewe route is also affected.
Passengers travelling between Liverpool Lime Street and Crewe towards London Euston have been advised to travel via Chester or Manchester Piccadilly, while those heading to the capital from Runcorn have been told to take a replacement bus service to Crewe.
Commuters travelling from Wigan North Western or Warrington Bank Quay have also been advised to travel to London via Manchester Piccadilly.
Affected passengers may use Merseyrail services between Liverpool and Chester, First TransPennine Express and Northern Rail services between Liverpool and Manchester, Arriva Trains Wales services between Chester and Crewe and CrossCountry and East Midlands Trains on any reasonable route
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017582031_oilspill...
Train derails, oil spill contained
Some 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled Thursday morning after a locomotive derailed and its fuel tank ruptured.
Seattle Times staff reporter
GREG GILBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Interbay train workers inspect a switcher that earlier had tipped over, causing a fuel spill.
Three thousand or so gallons of spilled diesel fuel provided a scare Thursday morning, but the fuel was mostly contained in a railside ditch, officials said.
The spill occurred at about 7:50 a.m. after a locomotive traveling at less than 5 mph derailed in the Interbay train yard, BNSF Railway spokesman Gus Melonas said. The derailed train's fuel tank struck a section of rail and ruptured.
While most of the diesel was contained in a nearby ditch, some did make it into storm drains and entered the West Point Treatment Plant, said Larry Altose, a spokesman for the state Department of Ecology.
There were concerns early in the day that the fuel might reach Elliott Bay.
But plant operators, notified of the situation, separated and contained the oil, Altose said. The plant's normal operations were not impacted.
Meanwhile, the train was re-railed by 11 a.m., Melonas said.
No one was injured in the incident, he said. Investigators did not yet know the cause of the derailment Thursday evening.
Department of Ecology officials were evaluating the effect of the spill and determining whether further cleanup in the ditch would be necessary, Altose said.
There is minimal risk to the public, he said.
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Not again! Train derails just north of downtown
http://www.kens5.com/news/Not-again--trail-derails-just-north-of-do...
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 4:21 PM
SAN ANTONIO - An early morning train derailment just north of downtown has neighbors saying, 'Not again!'
Around 3:30 a.m. Thursday seven train cars on a southbound train heading to Mexico derailed near W Hollywood Ave. and N. Flores just north of downtown.
The cars were empty, and no one was injured.
However, neighbors said it could have been deadly.
"One of those cars could have gone sliding right into the side of the house," said Thomas Smith.
That's what happened less than six years ago at nearly the same spot.
In 2006, 18 train cars jumped the tracks and hit two homes.
No one was killed in that derailment, and Union Pacific determined it was caused by an engineer incorrectly applying the brakes.
Union Pacific spokesperson Raquel Espinoza-Williams said the cause of this latest derailment is unknown.
“At this point, it is too early to determine what may have caused this accident, but we have opened an investigation," she said.
Espinoza-Williams said the investigation could take days, but added that the tracks were just inspected on Tuesday.
"That's funny,” said Smith. “If they inspected it, how did it happen?"
Having seen derailments in their neighborhood before, Smith and other neighbors said they are skeptical of Union Pacific’s explanation and worry it will happen again.
"It is going to take a life one day,” said J.J. Tapia, who lives within a hundred feet of the tracks. “I don't care about the train. The train can be fixed, but a life you can never take back
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http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=140160553&fPath=/news/local&f...
Derailed locomotive spills 2,000 gallons of fuel near Magnolia
Credit: Gary Chittim / KING
Seattle Fire Department hazmat crew cleans up a diesel fuel near Pier 90.
by KING 5 News
NWCN.com
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Updated today at 10:15 AM
SEATTLE -- Seattle Fire Department hazmat crews are cleaning up about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled when a locomotive derailed near the Magnolia neighborhood early Thursday.
The derailment happened in the 3600 block of Gilman Avenue West in the Interbay area.
Fire department spokesman Kyle Moore said no train cars were attached to the locomotive and no injuries were reported.
Moore said the fuel did not spill into the water, but it did leak into a drainage system that leads to Pier 91.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Train-derail...
Train derailment injures 340 in Buenos Aires: Official
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Around 340 people were injured, some of them seriously, Wednesday when a train derailed and struck a railway station platform in Buenos Aires, transport and health officials said.
Around a dozen ambulances were sent to the accident in the west of the Argentine capital to treat those hurt, said Alberto Crescenti, a senior city official.
Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi gave the toll and said many of the passengers were badly injured, including some with multiple fractures and abrasions, adding that "there could be fatalities" among the casualties.
He added that there were an unknown number of commuters still trapped in the wreckage of the train.
"The train was full and the impact was tremendous," a passenger identified only as Ezequiel told local television, stating that medics at the scene were overwhelmed.
Local television pictures showed a trapped train driver and several people being carried away from the scene on stretchers.
The accident occurred just five months after another major transit incident rocked the Argentine capital, during a morning rush hour crash involving two trains and a bus.
That accident in September killed 11 people including the bus driver and injured more 200.
The region's transit system has been plagued with serious accidents in recent years.
In March 2008, 18 people were killed and 47 injured when a bus was hit by a train in Dolores, 212 kilometers (132 miles) south of Buenos Aires.
Argentina's deadliest train tragedy was in 1970, an accident that killed 200 people in northern Buenos Aires.
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8423764/sa-train-derails-at-ade...
Train derails at Adelaide station
A train full of passengers has derailed at Adelaide railway station due to a mechanical switch failure, and authorities say they can't guarantee it won't happen again.
No one was hurt in the incident, in which half a carriage went off the rails about 8.30am (CDT). The derailment was caused by a problem with the switch, a piece of rail that moves the train from one track to another, Public Transport Services executive director Peter Doggett said.
"Sometimes the switch doesn't lock in fully, and that's what we're investigating," Mr Doggett told journalists on Wednesday.
"That could be for a range of reasons - could be for a little rock in the switch."
The train began shaking and came to a stop before it reached the platform. All passengers and crew were transferred safely to the station.
Mr Doggett said the system had alerted the driver to the switch failure, but it had appeared fine when he looked at it.
After consulting the controller, the driver moved the train forward slowly, but half of one carriage left the rails.
Mr Doggett said the transport authority had a very good inspection regime and would do all it could to prevent another derailment, but could not guarantee it.
"We will have switch failures again. We're dealing with mechanical equipment, things do go wrong," he said.
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