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Nosaby Level Crossing Disaster
The Nosaby level crossing accident ( sv, Järnvägsolyckan i Nosaby or ''Tågolyckan i Nosaby'') occurred on 10 September 2004 at 9.07 a.m. in Nosaby in Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden. Accident Train 357 bound for Malmö left Karlskrona at 7.33 a.m. According to witnesses, a truck was going to pass the level crossing near Nosaby Church exactly when the barriers went down at 9.00 a.m. The train crashed into the truck trailer and the pellets which were loaded in the trailer flew out. The truck was thrown forward and crashed into another truck that was waiting for the barriers to go up. The first railcar derailed completely and rotated 180°. The second and third also derailed, destroying the rail and the embankment. The two drivers who were at the front of the train (one on duty, one off) died and 47 passengers were injured. Legal process The truck driver claimed that he was dazzled by the sun, and that he didn't see the barriers that went down. Rather than quickly leavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Swedish county roads () are roads with Route number, road numbers from 100 and upwards in Sweden. The Swedish county roads are public roads maintained by the Swedish Transport Administration ( sv, Trafikverket). There is a total of 82,873 km (51,495 mi) of county roads in Sweden. The roads are divided into three categories: ; Primary county road (): Common number series in the range 100–499 throughout Sweden, and can stretch over Counties of Sweden, county borders despite the name. ; Secondary county road (): Each county has its own number series in the range of 500–2999. ; Tertiary county road (): Each county has its own number series in the range of 3000–9999. The primary county road number signs are rectangular with a blue background, white numbers, and a white border. The secondary and tertiary county roads are not signed along the roads, and they are prefixed with the Map of counties of Sweden, county code of the county they are in. See also *Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embankment (transportation)
A road, railway line, or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain, the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A cutting is used for the same purpose where the land is originally higher than required. Materials Embankments are often constructed using material obtained from a cutting. Embankments need to be constructed using non-aerated and waterproofed, compacted (or entirely non-porous) material to provide adequate support to the formation and a long-term level surface with stability. An example material for road embankment building is sand-bentonite mixture often used as a protective to protect underground utility cables and pipelines. Intersection of embankments To intersect an embankment without a high flyover, a series of tunnels can consist of a section of high tensile strength viaduct (typically built of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 2004 Events In Sweden
September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equivalent. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on 1 September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is on 1 September. September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is the start of the academic year in many countries of the northern hemisphere, in which children go back to school after the summer break, sometimes on the first day of the month. September (from Latin ''septem'', "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar, the calendar of Romulus , with March (Latin ''Martius'') the first month of the year un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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