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...
- oil derailed, resulting in an explosion which killed 47 Miamisburg train derailment (1986), a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight train derailment resulting...
- 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 Viareggio derailment was the derailment and subsequent fire of a freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas. It occurred on 29 June 2009 in a...
- the derailment, but property damage and losses were calculated at $1.02 million. Seventeen people were injured. On January 6, 2005, a derailment in Graniteville...
- 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...
- 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...
- injured. 1905 Ninth Avenue derailment 1918 Malbone Street wreck 1928 Times Square derailment 1991 Union Square derailment 1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway...
- May 1970 – Derailment of 18up Delhi-Madras Janata Express Train at Talamanchi Station, South Central Railway. 28 September 1970 – Derailment of 6 Down...
- Derailer may refer to: A railroad derail, also called a derailer, used to prevent fouling of a railroad track Derailleur gears, a variable-ratio transmission...