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derail
Chiefly US a device designed to make rolling stock or locomotives leave the rails to avoid a collision or accident
derail [dē′rāl]
(engineering)
To cause a railroad car or engine to run off the rails.
A device to guide railway cars or engines off the tracks to avoid collision or other accident.
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In 2007, a bomb on the same line derailed a train, injuring 60 passengers.
Nine dead, 55 hurt in Russia train crash: reports by AFP / AFP Global Edition
ESKISEHIR, Nov 14, 2009 (TUR) -- A high-speed train derailed near a Central Anatolian province in Turkey on Friday.
(GEN) HIGH-SPEED TRAIN DERAILS NEAR CENTRAL PROVINCE, NO CASUALTIES by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey)
Byline: ANI Mumbai, Nov 13 (ANI): Two coaches of a Satara bound train entering the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), derailed outside platform number six here this morning.
Satara-bound train derails at Mumbai's CST station by Asian News International
 
 
 
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