FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
When the fire is not the railway’s fault
It has been almost a week since the devastating blaze adjacent to Glasgow Central Station forced the indefinite closure of Scotland’s busiest rail hub. Passenger…
UK suffers second fire incident in a week
Fire blocks West Coast Main Line in London
A fire at commercial premises in London has blocked the West Coast Main Line. The significant blaze, in the north London suburb of Chalk Farm,…
Broken power wire caused the fire on freight train carrying cars a year ago
Almost a year ago, on Wednesday, 14 September, a DB Cargo train transiting in the Netherlands caught fire near the city of Breda on the…
Explosion in Donetsk destroys Russian tank containers
An explosion that occurred on the evening of 26 October in a railway facility at Shakhtarsk, Donetsk oblast, destroyed Russian rolling stock. Specifically, 12 Russian…
Freight traffic resumed after bomb blast on Crimea Bridge
Rail freight traffic has resumed on the Crimea Bridge, which was temporarily closed due to a truck bombing on Saturday 8 October. The bridge that…
Freight train carrying cars bursts in flames in the Netherlands
A freight train carrying cars was involved in a fire accident in the Netherlands near the city of Breda on the south of Rotterdam. According…
Trieste burns, freight traffic stops
A massive fire started on 19 July in the Carso region, around the area of Trieste-Lisert, 27 km from the port of Trieste. The fire…
Fire closed a major Midlands line and disrupted traffic across the UK
An animal feed factory was totally destroyed in a major blaze at the end of last week. Fire fighting services in the region were at…
Wales tanker train derailment causes huge fire
A freight train derailed and caught fire in South Wales, UK, late on Wednesday night. The accident forced the evacuation of homes in the village…