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 September 29, 2019 at 6:40pm: https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/salem-train-derails-causes...

Train derails, causes powerline fire in N Salem

Marion County

River Rd is closed between Brookdale and NE Waconda Rd

Sep 29, 2019 / 07:17 AM PDT

A train derailed and caused a powerline fire at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (MCSO)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A train derailed and caused a small fire after crashing into powerlines near Northeast River Road in Salem on Sunday morning.

The train derailed around 2 a.m. by the 9500 block of River Rd. No injuries have been reported.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said River Rd will be closed between Brookdale and Northeast Waconda Road for about a day.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 18, 2019 at 7:45am: https://in.news.yahoo.com/8-hurt-passenger-train-derails-154120034....

8 Hurt as Passenger Train Derails In Hong Kong During Rush Hour

17 September 2019

A passenger train derailed during the morning rush hour in Hong Kong on Tuesday, 17 September leaving three people injured, authorities said.

another link: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1165422/train-derails-in-hong-kong-du...

Train derails in Hong Kong during rush hour; 8 hurt

Agence France-Presse / 01:32 PM September 17, 2019

HONG KONG — A passenger train derailed during the morning rush hour in Hong Kong on Tuesday leaving eight people injured, authorities said.

Images from the scene showed three carriages had left the tracks and were zigzagged across the rails near Hung Hom station in Kowloon – a busy interchange that provides services to mainland China.

Passengers had to leave the train through a broken door and cross tracks on the East Rail line to make their way to safety.

Five hundred passengers had been evacuated from the train. Eight passengers reported injuries when they arrived at the concourse of the station, according to authorities.

The cause of the derailment was still under investigation but there was no immediate suggestion of foul play after previous attacks by pro-democracy protesters on the city’s mass transit system.

“We would not rule out any possibility but at this stage, we won’t speculate on any particular suggestions,” the city’s transport chief Frank Chan told reporters in a presser.

Train services between two stations on the line had been suspended due to the accident, according to MTR Corporation, the city’s only rail company.

Hong Kong is in its fourth month of political unrest, which has seen millions of protesters hit the streets in the biggest challenge to China’s rule since the city’s handover from Britain in 1997.

Sparked by a now-withdrawn bill to allow extraditions to the mainland, the protests have turned increasingly violent with clashes between police and hardcore protesters becoming frequent.

MTR Corporation has been targeted by protesters since the company refused to hand over CCTV footage of police last month beating demonstrators and passengers on a subway train.

Protesters have vented their fury by vandalizing entrance barriers and ticketing machines and smashing windows in several stations.

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In March, an MTR locomotive derailed and crashed into another train during the testing of a new signaling system.

Both trains were badly damaged and the two train drivers suffered only minor injuries. No passengers were on the trains at the time. /kga

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 6, 2019 at 5:45pm

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Train derails in Downtown Shreveport

Sep 1, 2019 Updated Sep 1, 2019

SHREVEPORT, La. - A train derailed in Downtown Shreveport Sunday.

The Shreveport Fire Department tells KTBS that shortly after 3:00 p.m. a train derailed behind the Holiday Inn on the 100 block of Lake Street.

The department says the train was not carrying anything that might pose a threat to the community or the environment.

After a short investigation, firefighters placed the situation under control and returned back to service.

No injuries were reported.

The fire department adds that train company will be responsible for setting the trains upright. They did not have a time frame on when the train would be set upright.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on September 6, 2019 at 5:39pm: https://globalnews.ca/news/5845668/train-derailment-octane-leak-sou...

Evacuation order lifted in southern Alberta hours after train derails, leaks octane

September 2 2019

Rail cars were leaking octane after a derailment in southern Alberta Monday morning, prompting road closures and evacuations.

An evacuation order prompted by a train derailment in southern Alberta was lifted on Monday afternoon.

Fire crews from Barons, Picture Butte, Nobleford and Coalhurst responded to a train derailment at Highway 23 and Township Road 120 on Monday.

“There are rail cars currently leaking octane,” the county said in a message on Facebook shortly after 10 a.m

The derailment happened south of the village of Barons, which is about 45 kilometres northwest of Lethbridge.

CP Rail said the derailment happened at approximately 7:40 a.m.

“CP has deployed teams and equipment to the site,” the company said in an email to Global News.

An evacuation was ordered just before 11 a.m. for everyone from Highway 23 west to Range Road 23-5, Highway 23 east to Range Road 23-2, and Township Road 12-2 south to Township Road 11-4, an Alberta Emergency Alert said. The evacuation order includes the Keho Lake area and the Keho Lake campground.

The evacuated area was about two kilometres in size, according to the county. The village of Barons was outside that zone but was put on evacuation notice as a precaution.

The evacuation order was lifted at 4 p.m., Lethbridge County officials said in a news release.

“Fire crews in co-ordination with CP Rail have contained the octane leak from the overturned rail cars,” officials said. “As the evacuation order has been rescinded, the reception centre at the Nobleford Community Complex has been closed.”

Highway 23 was shut down between Township Road 114 and Township Road 122 and traffic was being rerouted westbound.

In a 12:30 p.m. update, Lethbridge County officials said this was the worst leak the area has seen in some time.

“The cars that were leaking were octane and it is a flammable liquid,” Reeve Lorne Hickey said. “I think it’s an additive for gasoline.”

“No timeline yet on when the situation will be resolved,” Hickey added. “They currently have two cars stopped leaking and are working on the third.

“The car that’s leaking is underneath a couple other cars so they’re having to lift those cars off to get to the one that’s leaking.”

Had different train cars derailed, the situation could have been worse, the reeve said.

“The other cars involved were anhydrous ammonia, which they would have had to double the site they’d have to evacuate if that was the case.”

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 20, 2019 at 6:57am: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/08/19/train-derails-hillsboro-hill-co...

Approximately 30 Train Cars Derail Outside Of Hillsboro In Hill County

August 19, 2019 at 8:40 pm

HILL COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A train derailed just outside of Hillsboro around 3:45 p.m. Monday.

It happened off of Highway 81 just north of the city.

No one was injured and no chemicals spilled.

Approximately 30 cars on a Union Pacific train derailed south of Itasca.

The Hill County Sheriff’s Department released the following statement:

Due to a recent train derailment just outside of Hillsboro, Union Pacific and other work crews are diligently trying to clean up. Please AVOID the area of HCR 4281 just outside Hillsboro for the next 24 hours. The road will be shut off due to loading and off-loading heavy equipment. The closed portion of the road will be closed between HCR 4231 and HCR 4223. If you live between this area, you will be allowed to pass safely. Please have patience with the work crews. Your assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated by all involved. I would also like for you to know that nobody was injured during this accident and there were no chemical spills at all.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 20, 2019 at 5:20am: https://fox4kc.com/2019/08/19/strong-winds-caused-about-140-rail-ca...

Strong winds caused about 140 rail cars to derail in Kansas

Posted 8:26 am, August 19, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYejkuVuYmA

WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities say strong winds caused about 140 rail cars from two trains to derail over the weekend in central Kansas.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the derailments happened late Saturday near Walton. The National Weather Service says the rail cars were all empty and many were double stacked. No injuries were reported.

Wind gusts at a nearby airport in Newton measured as high as high 67 mph around the time of the derailment.

another link:

https://www.thekansan.com/news/20190819/train-derails-near-walton

Train derails near Walton

Cleanup continued Monday of a train derailment near Walton that was apparently caused by high winds.

Storms hit the area early Sunday morning as wind gusts at the Newton Airport were recorded at 67 miles per hour during the overnight hours Saurday night.

About 140 cars were affected by the derailment. According to the Harvey County Sheriff’s office, there were no injuries and there was no threat to the public. Traffic on U.S. 50 was slowed with the use of warning signs — and temporary closure of one lane of traffic. KDOT reduced the traffic lanes again on Monday.

Cleanup crews began work at about 5 a.m. Sunday. Monday morning at least one track of two was cleared and train traffic was beginning to resume. The Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, was delayed and rerouted Sunday morning.

Two trains derailed with cars toppling southwest of Walton while traveling an estimated 15 mph. The train was preparing to stop after being notified of severe weather in the area.

There were a number of downed trees in Walton, and at least a portion of the area was without power after the storm.

Comment by KM on August 3, 2019 at 5:07am: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/train-derailment-irvine-albe...

'Chemical exposure' train derailment shuts Trans-Canada Highway in southern Alta., prompts evacuation

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Residents near hamlet of Irvine asked to leave immediately as county declares local state of emergency

A train derailment is shown near the hamlet of Irvine, Alta., on Friday. Residents are being told to evacuate the area within seven kilometres as a precaution.

A train derailment in southern Alberta has forced an evacuation and shut down part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Between 12 and 15 cars left the tracks near Irvine, Alta., on Friday afternoon, police said, and some may contain flammable cargo.

The derailment involves "chemical exposure" according to Alberta Emergency Alert, which told residents within a seven-kilometre radius to evacuate the area immediately.

The train derailed on the west side of Irvine — a community of about 300 people, some 35 kilometres southeast from Medicine Hat — along the north side of Highway 1 in Cypress County, officials said in an alert sent at 4:52 p.m. MT.

"Cypress County has declared a state of local emergency and is working with stakeholders and partners to assist in the evacuation," the county said in a release Friday evening.

RCMP and fire officials are assisting.

Canadian Pacific Railway says the derailment happened at about 3:20 p.m. MT and they have "dispatched teams to the site."

Cypress County declared a local state of emergency after the derailment. (Jennifer Radisic/Facebook)

Train, grass on fire

"One of the train cars was on fire and then the grass lit on fire, so they closed the highway," Lethbridge resident Trehia May Stevenson, who drives that stretch of road often, told CBC News.

She says she was there shortly after the accident — "before the first responders."

"I was about five minutes behind the derailing. There were about 12 cars that derailed, maybe more, and none of them were tankers. It was close to the back end of the train and the rest of [the] train was still on the track."

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 31, 2019 at 1:56am: https://myfox8.com/2019/07/25/train-carrying-tankers-filled-with-et...

Train carrying tankers filled with ethanol derails in Greensboro

Posted 9:16 pm, July 25, 2019,

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A train with nine rail cars carrying tankers derailed in Greensboro Thursday night.

The derailment happened parallel to Oakland Avenue at 6:43 p.m. as the train was headed toward Winston-Salem.

Each of the tankers is filled with 30,000 gallons of ethanol, according to the Greensboro Fire Department. None of the tankers are leaking.

Crews say they first need to turn the trucks upright, which are not connected to the tankers. Then they will put the tankers on top.

Norfolk Southern is bringing a team from Atlanta with a crane to upright the tankers.

Workers are also trying to work around other trains coming through the area.

Oakland Avenue was blocked off from Holden Road to Lindell Road but has since reopened. It will be closed again when the crane team from Atlanta gets to the scene.

No injuries were reported.

There is no word on what caused the train to derail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQfOc5CfKQ

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https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/train-derails-cars-of-...

Train derails 70 cars of sand in Mercer County

Jul 26, 2019

Throughout the weekend, cleanup crews from Union Pacific Railway will have their hands full as they clear away 70 train cars’ worth of sand.

The train was headed southbound near the Iowa border in Mercer County when it overturned, spilling sand all along the track near U.S Highway 65 and the Destiny Loop. Kristen South, junior director of corporate communications and media relations for Union Pacific, said that while a large mess was made, the derailment did not present much danger.

“There’s no hazmat involved, no one was hurt and the cause is still under investigation,” South said. “We hope to have the tracks reopened by Sunday.”

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2nd train to derail at horseshoe curve

Another train derails at Horseshoe Curve

by WJAC STAFF
Friday, July 26th 2019

https://wjactv.com/news/local/another-train-derails-at-horseshoe-curve

BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — UPDATE:

Norfolk Southern Corporation officials said six rail cars on the westbound tracks derailed a little after 4 p.m. Friday.

The six cars were all empty and remained upright after the derailment.

According to Norfolk Southern officials, the mixed-freight train was on its way to Conway, Pa. from Enola when the incident occurred.

Officials said there were no injuries reported and no hazardous materials were spilled.

Norfolk Southern officials have been on scene cleaning up the cars.

Officials said the cause of the derailment is under investigation.

ORIGINAL STORY:

Another train has appeared to have derailed at the Horseshoe Curve in Blair County.

We are currently monitoring a live feed from the curve and are working to get more information.

The video, provided by Virtual Railfan, shows some smoke but none of the cars appeared to have completely gone off the tracks.

A train derailed on the curve on July 5th as well.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 31, 2019 at 1:38am: https://www.socialnews.xyz/2019/07/30/train-carrying-bulk-lime-dera...

Train carrying bulk lime derails in Czech Republic (Video)

Posted By: Gopi July 30, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs7p6CMoN8

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 24, 2019 at 12:16am: https://raillynews.com/2019/07/russian-culvert-coktu-komur-load-tra...

In Russia, the culvert crashed, coal-loaded train derailed

23/07/2019

In Russia, a freight train carrying coal derailed when a culvert collapsed due to excessive rainfall.

Coal-fired freight train derailed due to the collapse of a culvert due to excessive rainfall in the Siktiyvkar city of the Komi Republic of Russia. While the locomotive of the freight train passed through the culvert, there was a collapse in the culvert.

According to the statement made by the North West Research Department of the Russian Ministry of Transport, there were no casualties in the train accident and the machinists survived the accident. 23 wagon connected to the locomotive is also derailed, some wagons flew into the culvert, the region was closed to train access was learned. It was announced that the works were started for towing the wagons coming out of the rail, and that all the wagons were towed and repair works would be started. Initiating an investigation into the accident, 4 passenger train during the day has been canceled, the line will be closed to the train during 48 hours said.