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Bombardier unveils Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed train in Italy
2013-07-08 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Canadian rail manufacturer Bombardier Transportation has unveiled the Frecciarossa 1000 high-speed train at its Vado Ligure facility in Italy.
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Five dead and 40 missing in Canada oil train crash
2013-07-08 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Five people have been killed and 40 others are missing after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec.
CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Five die, 40 missing after Canadian freight train disaster
2013-07-07 16:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Corrects first name of rail consultant in paragraph 10, Gary instead of Guy) By Richard Valdmanis and Julie Gordon LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec, July 7 (Reuters) - At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil exploded and destroyed the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raises fresh questions about shipping oil by rail. The train had been hauling crude from North Dakota to eastern Canada, and was parked, without a driver, outside...
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Canadian freight train blast death toll hits three, set to rise
2013-07-07 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least five people died and 40 were missing on Sunday after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the center of a small Canadian town in a disaster that raised fresh questions about shipping oil by rail. The train was hauling crude in 72 tanker cars from North Dakota to eastern Canada. It was parked, without a driver, but then it rolled downhill, gathered speed and derailed on a curve in the small town of Lac-Megantic at 1 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Saturday. Montreal, Maine...
Oil Freight Train Explodes in Canadian Town, People Killed
2013-07-07 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A fast-moving, driverless train hauling tankers of crude oil derailed and exploded into a sky-high fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and killing several people. The disaster took place soon after 1 a.m. when the runaway freight train with 72 cars and five locomotives hurtled into Lac-Megantic, a lakeside town of about 6,000 in the province of Quebec, and left the tracks. Police spokesman Guy Lapointe said one person had died, and...
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