After deveral days of continuous rainfall, three train wagons of the Rhätische Bahn have been derailed by a shallow landslide on 13 August 2014, in the canton of Grisons (Switzerland). Luckily, as was the case with the train the pignes in France, the most critical wagon was retained by trees downslope, instead of falling 60 meters down into the ravine. Nevertheless, the landslide caused 1 casualty and several injured persons.
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Landslide derails train in Switzerland
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