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30 March 2021
The resilience of rail infrastructure: reports from the Network Rail earthworks and weather advisory task forces
The resilience of rail infrastructure: reports from the Network Rail earthworks and weather advisory task forces
25 August 2020
Initial information about the fatal landslide-induced train derailment at Carmont, Scotland
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released factual information about the fatal landslide-induced train derailment at Carmont
14 February 2020
Elkhorn City, Kentucky: a fiery train derailment by a landslide
On 13 February 2020 at about 7 am a train carrying ethanol was derailed by a landslide close to Elkhorn City in Pike County in Kentucky, USA
10 July 2018
Tekirdag Province, Turkey: a geotechnical failure caused a derailment, killing 24 people
On Sunday a comparatively small geotechnical failure triggered a train derailment in Turkey, killing 24. The accident serves to illustrate the need for vigilance on earthworks on the railway network.
27 February 2015
George Monbiot and the Harbury landslide
The writer George Monbiot has linked the Harbury landslide with the removal of vegetation from the embankment that failed. This does not seem to be correct based on the images on Google Earth and from the scene
19 December 2012
Unbelievable – a video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train in Everett, near Seattle, USA
On Monday a landslide derailed a freight train Everett, near Seattle in Washington State, USA. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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