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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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A Garda spokesman said: "It makes sense that we do some practice derailments and test peoples response and also response times.
Business Editors & Legal Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002 Federal Railroad Administration Conducted Special Audit of CSX After Series of Derailments - Some in Florida According to NTSB officials on the scene in Florida, the engineer of the Amtrak Auto Train that derailed on Thursday tried to stop when he saw the tracks ahead were misaligned.
There were two other derailments in 2003, at Camden Town, North London, in which seven people were hurt, and at Hammersmith, West London.
 
 
 
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