Overheating of Fepasa's Trolley Shaft Would Have Caused Freight Train Wreckage in Chiguayante

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The Railway Accident Investigation Unit (UIAF) presented this Monday a preliminary report on the derailment of a freight train that took place last Saturday in the municipality of Chiguayante, pointing as an initial cause to a mechanical failure in one of the cars belonging to Fepasa. The emergency was registered at the railway station of the commune and left a balance of nine derailed cars, four of them turned over, also interrupting the railwa…

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The Railway Accident Investigation Unit (UIAF) evacuated the preliminary report of the contingency on Saturday, May 9, at the Chiguayante station, which meant the destruction of 9 wagons from a freight train, of which 4 were overturned and which were mobilized by the freight carrier company Fepas. From the administrative point of view, the documentation of the crew in charge of the train mobilization was reviewed, moving towards Colonel and movi…