Six people have died in a high-speed train crash outside of Zagreb, Croatia on July 24, 2009. The train derailed en route to the coastal town of Split; the derailment occurred midday at the height of tourist...
created by Blaine Metzgar | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 547 views | 34 recommendations | 0 comments
A car crossed in front of an Amtrak passenger train in Detroit Michigan this morning, killing five people in the car. Canton Township police say the victims included a 14-year-old female from Wayne and four young...
created by albertacowpoke | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 473 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Equipment supposed to detect stopped trains on the rails in Washington's Metro system was repaired five days before the June 22 DC train crash, revealed the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday, July 1.The detectors still failed to work, causing a train...
created by cyn.khoo | 20 wks ago 72 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
Washington D.C's Train in Vain.. no bells..no whistles. As I stood photographing the site earlier yesterday I recalled several other train wrecks. Did it resemble the June 4, 2003 train crash in southeastern Spain...
created by ACE PRESTON | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago 208 views | 30 recommendations | 4 comments
A cargo train has hit a stationary passenger train in the town of Dodoma in central Tanzania on Sunday, killing at least 15 people. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash. Currently, the train wreckage is being separated by cranes to retrieve...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 88 views | 20 recommendations | 0 comments
Firefighters dealing with a freight train carrying oil and diesel that derailed and caught fire south of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland has brought the fire under control. A railway bridge has partially...
Amid the devastating Chatsworth Metrolink accident of 2008, a panel has finally released it's findings. It is so unbelieveable to me that they did not even have basic safety procedures to stop such an avoidable accident. " ...
created by panzerlawyer | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago 88 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Cool blog discussion about the $200 million dollar damages cap that may apply in the Metrolink crash. This is also a very cool blog that deals with all the issues of the deadliest train crash in...
created by panzerlawyer | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 55 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The death toll has risen to at least 100 after the crash of a goods train in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The train jumped the tracks in Western Kasai province.An official of the railway operator said many of...
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"A TRAIN crash in a remote location in central Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 68 people, the UN peacekeeping force said.
“There are 68 dead and 128 severely wounded,” UN mission spokesman Kemal Saiki said.
The accident took place late on Wednesday near...
created by pgaliba | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 289 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
"At least 51 people were killed and 138 injured when two commuter trains collided near Cairo today.
The crash happened in the town of Qalyub, 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of the Egyptian capital."
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