Southannan: a major railway landslide in Scotland
9 February 2021 08:11 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Southannan: a major railway landslide in Scotland over the weekend has blocked the line between Ardrossan and Largs
9 February 2021 08:11 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Southannan: a major railway landslide in Scotland over the weekend has blocked the line between Ardrossan and Largs
13 August 2020 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Yesterday a rail accident near to Stonehaven in Scotland killed three people. There is speculation that it was caused by a landslide. This shines a light on the challenges of managing ageing earthworks on the UK rail system.
1 December 2014 23:50 in Art by Dave Petley
The 1970 movie The Railway Children featured a translational landslide that blocked a railway track. Fortunately three children were on hand to save the day
14 December 2012 07:50 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Some images of a spectacular rockslide in western Canada that blocked the CN mainline last month
15 August 2012 07:09 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The latest edition of landslides in art, this time featuring a Victorian lithograph from Devon, Southern England
29 June 2012 07:55 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Intense rainfall brought by thunderstorms triggered multiple landslides on the UK rail network yesterday
1 May 2012 06:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In exceptionally heavy rainfall over the last week in the UK there has been two significant landslide events on railway lines.
4 May 2011 03:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to several people who sent me a link to this Youtube video of a railway washout occurring at Stackpool in Ontario, Canada in the middle of last month:
8 March 2011 07:23 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
After the September 2010 Darfield earthquake I posted Malcolm Teesdale’s now famous image of distorted railway track. This post provides an update in light of the Christchurch earthquake, including an explanation as to why this type of deformation can occur in tracks.
3 November 2010 13:49 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
This is a general update email on a range of recent posts: 1. The railway line affected by the Canterbury Earthquake in New Zealand Yesterday I posted the image to the left of the deformation to a railway line were it crossed the surface expression of the fault that was responsible for the Canterbury Earthquake in New Zealand. A number of people contributed to the discussion (thanks to you all) …
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