Definition of Derailment. Meaning of Derailment. Synonyms of Derailment

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Definition of Derailment

Derailment
Derailment De*rail"ment, n. The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.

Meaning of Derailment from wikipedia

- deliberate derailment with derails or catch points is sometimes used to prevent a more serious accident. The first recorded train derailment in history...
- crude oil derailed, resulting in an explosion which killed 47 1986 Miamisburg train derailment, a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailment resulting...
- The Amagasaki derailment (JR福知山線脱線事故, JR ****uchiyama-sen d****en jiko, lit. "JR ****uchiyama Line derailment") occurred in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, ****an...
- rolling stock. The device works by derailing the equipment as it rolls over or through it. Although accidental derailment is damaging to equipment and track...
- The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007, just to the south of Grayrigg, ****bria...
- The Viareggio derailment was the derailment and subsequent fire of a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas. It occurred on 29 June 2009 in a...
- as the cause of the derailment. That section of track was scheduled for replacement. Hither Green rail crash, another derailment caused by a broken rail...
- and 2020 there were seven derailments, which caused injuries (some severe) but no fatalities. The Chancery Lane derailment in 2003 led to a closure of...
- Look up derailed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Derailed may refer to: Derailment, in which a rail vehicle leaves the tracks on which it is travelling...
- or a bomb caused damage on the railway track, which in turn led to the derailment, before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages, resulting in...