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The accident came more than a week after a commuter train derailment in Connecticut that injured 70 people and disrupted service for days.
Nebraska, where strong winds caused a train derailment in the eastern part of the state earlier in the day, also was expecting more snow.
Federal officials have narrowed their probe into the cause of a May 17 derailment and train crash in Connecticut, saying a cracked rail joint where the first train slid off the tracks had been repaired by maintenance workers last month.
WSJ: Probe of Metro-North Derailment in Connecticut Focuses on Rail
Metro-North railroad officials said they plan to restore full train service on the New Haven Line for the Wednesday morning rush, five days after a derailment and crash halted train service on a busy stretch of the Northeast Corridor.
Rail services in the north west continue to be disrupted by the derailment of a train in Salford.
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Derailment of a freight train near Reading station was caused by poor packing of carriages, a report said.
Twenty-five flat-bed carriages, each with car components packed into pallets, were being pulled by the train at the time of the derailment.
Arriva Trains Wales services in the Rhymney Valley were suspended for a while after a minor derailment when a passenger train hit a fallen tree between Brithdir and Bargoed.
In a statement issued Friday, the NTSB said the engineer of the eastbound train that derailed told investigators he noticed "an unusual condition on the track" as the train approached the area of the derailment in Bridgeport, Conn.
WSJ: Probe of Metro-North Derailment in Connecticut Focuses on Rail
In 2004, seven people died in a derailment at the level crossing when a train hit a stationary car on the track.
Federal investigators are trying to determine what caused Friday's derailment of a northbound Metro-North train that struck Metro-North train that was headed south.
In the first derailment incident, the locomotive of a train transporting coal ended up on its side after derailing on a set of points at Filton at 0230GMT on Wednesday.
The crash happened when a broken rail caused the derailment of a London-to-Leeds express train travelling at 117mph.
The partial derailment happened after two cars separated from the rest of the train, said Transportation Ministry spokesman Mohammed Shahat, according to the same news organization.
Can you imagine getting on a train and knowing for a fact that there was nearly a 40 percent chance of derailment?
Kyodo said the passenger train was moving slowly because of the heavy snow on the tracks, and the derailment caused no injuries.
"This was a minor derailment, where one bogie has come away from the track, " said an Arriva Train Wales spokesperson.
The attorney representing the engineer on the westbound train said other railroad employees have described repeated calls to replace the joint at the site of the derailment since early this year.
WSJ: Probe of Metro-North Derailment in Connecticut Focuses on Rail
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