Norway - railway incidents, merged posts

Chris from Nailsea

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Norway - railway incidents, merged posts

« on: March 24, 2010, 14:37:38 »

From the BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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A train has crashed in Norway, killing at least two people and seriously injuring another three, according to media reports.
The train was reportedly an unmanned goods train which sped out of control towards the port in Oslo, the capital.
It derailed and smashed into a building, bringing part of it crashing down, killing and injuring some of those working nearby, police said.
Some of its wagons then fell into a fjord.
Police and emergency workers are at the scene, along with coast guard helicopters and divers.

See also a BBC video report.


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Re: Train in deadly crash in Norwegian capital (24/3/2010)

« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 16:18:44 »

The wagons ran away from the Alnabru freight yard, which is eight kilometres from the harbour at the top of a stiff gradient . An attempt was made to derail them but failed.

Eyewitnesses estimate the wagons were doing about 60mph when they reached the harbour.

Aftenposten, one of the main Norwegian papers, has used Google Earth to show the route taken here http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3579581.ece
picture gallery here http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3579293.ece

Latest Norwegian media reports say three dead and at least five seriously injured.


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Level Crossing Incident - Porsgrunnin Norway 01 May 2020

« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2020, 17:15:56 »

https://mobile.twitter.com/Ogilvie_CJ/status/1255497384966176770?s=20


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Re: Level Crossing Incident - Porsgrunnin Norway 01 May 2020

« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2020, 19:44:02 »

Interesting/extremely alarming to see the front three quarter view (and how unusual to be able to see an incident like this caught on video from two view points). Thank goodness it was not a faster train involved.


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Re: Level Crossing Incident - Porsgrunnin Norway 01 May 2020

« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2020, 22:04:41 »

Also a video Inside the train if you scroll down this twitter posting. (Warning the soundtrack includes bad language in English as its by an American.)
https://twitter.com/Ogilvie_CJ/status/1255537074930925569


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