A cracked wheel caused the derailment of 23 cars of a freight train in eastern Manitoba last year, the Transportation Safety Board has found. Eight of the derailed cars, destined for Winnipeg ...

On August 10, 2023, when an SBB train with 30 freight wagons was on its way from Chiasso to Basel, part of a wheel disk broke off the eleventh wagon in the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

He continued, “The mine-bearing carriage and four train carriages derailed. The two other carriages tilted. In addition, the train track was cut about 200 feet on each side.” ...