Archive for the Railways Category

Off the Rails 3

Posted in News, Railways on 2 Mar 2007 by dem1972

jr.pngMy guess is they missed the end of the station. “Ooo look, there’s a truck…”

Japan

[via LeFigaro]

**Update. I found a related news story in the Japan Times. This type of thing is highly unusual in Japan, so this must have made headline news all day.

Off the tracks 2

Posted in News, Railways on 1 Mar 2007 by dem1972

There is a bit of a theme here…

Four people have been killed and 30 injured after extremely strong gusts of wind toppled 11 carriages of a train in north-west China, official media said.

[BBC News]

Off the tracks

Posted in News, Railways on 27 Feb 2007 by dem1972

_bttogsak_jpg_518160h.jpgAn express train from Bergen to Oslo derailed on Wednesday, and then another special maintenance train sent in to clear the wreckage got stuck in snowdrifts as well.

[Aftenposten]