12 Oil tankers destroyed on goods Train

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.

Twelve oil tankers on a goods train were destroyed and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa). Golaghat district, Assam, India. 16/11/2009.

Twelve oil tankers of a goods train were charred and four others derailed due to a blast allegedly triggered by United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants nearGolaghat district in Bilgaon area under Sarupathar Rly station on 16 Nov.night at around 9.00pm in Assam's disrupting train services on the sectionEach tanker was carrying 70,000 litres of high speed diesel valued at about 25 lakh each, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd sources said.
The fire in the tankers broke out when the train was coming from Numaligarh refinery to Panki in Uttar Pradesh at about 9.30 pm last night.
"Ulfa militants caused the sabotage. Forty metre of flexible wire was recovered from the area leading to the tracks. Investigations have begun and a clear picture will emerge soon," GRP sources said.
The fire was contained after 12 hours at about 9.30 am till Tuesday, Northeast Frontier railway sources said.
The guard and driver of the freight train carrying 51 tankers were safe, officials said.
A total of 16 tankers have been affected. While 12 of them were charred, four others derailed with oil leaking from three of them. A small bridge was also damaged in the incident.
Fire tenders were brought in from Army, police, fire brigade and nearby industries.
The nature of the fire is such that fire officials will have to wait for the fuel to be burnt out.
Train services have been disrupted in upper and lower Assam as the main track has been blocked, officials said. The UP and DOWN Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express are among the trains disrupted by the fire.

Services of both the UP and DOWN Dibrugarh Rajdhani Expresses were disrupted. The Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express has been stopped at Moriani station and the passengers would be taken to Simoluguri station in Jorhat district by road.
From Simoluguri, they will be taken to Dibrugarh by the Rajdhani Express coming from Dibruragh, railway officials said.
The passengers of New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani express stopped at Simoluguri will be brought to Moriani by road. They would start their onward journey to New Delhi by Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express stopped there.
"Brahmaputra Express and Kamrup Express were short-terminated at Dimapur in Nagaland and they will start from here today, NF railway sources said.