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Location

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I've been trying to figure out where this happened. The crossings between Henneman and Kroonstad all appear to be viaducts, not grade crossings. Does anyone have a better idea of where this happened? Abductive (reasoning) 04:06, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Right here [1] . See the youtube video at sec 26 [2] . I modified the name of the article.-EugεnS¡m¡on 09:44, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The coordinates are wrong https://goo.gl/maps/22Vkgb4pCNB2 - EugεnS¡m¡on 09:46, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed coordinates.Conlinp (talk) 10:37, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Map

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Is it possible to have the locations of both Hennenman and Kroonstad displayed on the map? Mjroots (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What caused the carriages to catch fire?

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This is a passenger train, with passenger carriages, yes? Was there a large amount of luggage in said carriages holding flammable or explosive materials? This confuses me. DesertPipeline (talk) 11:04, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Overhead electrical wires had snapped and are thought to be the cause of the fire. Conlinp (talk) 12:59, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Right, thank you. Can this be added to the article for clarity? Wording it in a way that indicates it is only guesswork at this time. It can be changed later if it's wrong. Edit: For instance, It is possible but not confirmed that the carriages caught fire due to overhead electrical wires broken by the crash. DesertPipeline (talk) 13:09, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Added. Paper is also claiming 19 now dead. Conlinp (talk) 13:48, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The direct cause of fire might have been the overhead, but it must have also been some flammable stuff there to catch fire, wouldn't it? What about the fuel for the diesel engine? 194.174.76.21 (talk) 18:52, 12 January 2018 (UTC) Marco Pagliero Berlin[reply]

Help please

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Can someone look at reference 21, cant get the title and link to work properly. Cant work out how to fix it. Conlinp (talk) 09:36, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Done There was already a reference named RSR, so I changed this one to be named RSR2. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:31, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Understand the issue now, didn't look hard enough. Conlinp (talk) 11:35, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]