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Drone Attack Derails Russian Freight Train

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 17, 2024
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A drone strike this week derailed a Russian freight train, burning a tank car and leaving others strewn across the line in what looks like the first ever successful drone attack on a train.

Hand brake test shortfalls lead to derailment of rail cars loaded with sulphuric acid

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 17, 2024
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Transport Canada conducting performance inspections at CP’s Toronto Yard, inspections focused specifically on switching/securement activities nationally

No one injured in Rio train derailment

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 14, 2024
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There have been no injuries recorded after an autonomous train derailed at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The […]

Freight train derails in Russia due to ‘interference’, officials say

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 14, 2024
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The Russian Railways said that according to preliminary information, there were no injuries and the train traffic in the area of the Kotluban station is […]

Rio Tinto autonomous train derailment left five workers shaken as they escaped potential harm

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 14, 2024
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The Mining and Energy Union says rail workers were left “shaken” and narrowly escaped harm when the train they were repairing was struck by another in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Train operators fined over derailment that killed two

Guest authors
April 4, 2024
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NSW Trains and the Australian Rail Track Corporation were charged with breaching the state’s rail safety laws after the XPT passenger train came off tracks north of Melbourne on February 20, 2020.

Railway to Bergen reopens, freight traffic restarts

Marco Raimondi
April 2, 2024
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As of last night, freight trains are running again along the railway connecting Oslo and Bergen, as Henning Aandal, the CEO of OnRail, told RailFreight.com. Rail access to Bergen was impeded after a derailment in Arna on Friday 22 March 2024. The derailment was a significant thorn in the side for operators active in the…