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11-11-2026, 08:24 AM
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Locomotive and Passenger Coaches Derail After Hitting Track Barricades
India. This morning the Kolkata-Sairang Express (Train No. 13125/13126) derailed near Digaru railway station. The locomotive and five to six passenger coaches went off the tracks during the incident. Around 6:54 AM, the train was arriving at Digaru station to shift onto a loop line and give way to the Guwahati-Jorhat Jan Shatabdi Express train but the train failed to stop in time while moving at a relatively low speed. A video recorded inside the locomotive cabin shows the loco pilot is urgently manipulating levers and shouting over the radio: "Signal is red, the emergency brake has been applied, but it is not working. Nothing is working at all!"   The locomotive then crashed into a track barricade/buffer and derailed.At least seven passengers suffered injuries and have been hospitalized. Fortunately, no fatalities have been reported. NFR General Manager Vivek Khare and senior officials are at the site. A formal high-level inquiry has been launched to investigate the emergency brake failure. |
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11-11-2026, 10:54 AM
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Re: Locomotive and Passenger Coaches Derail After Hitting Track Barricades
Any train landing you can walk away from, is a good one. Trains in India, who have a poor lot in life to begin with, are apparently now exploring self-sacrifice as a way to take out as many Indians at once as possible, rather than waiting for them to volunteer for such treatment. This was just a first step, mark my words.
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