Canadian train quarantined after woman dies on board Posted: 3 months ago by dollyllama
A passenger train was placed under quarantine Friday in northern Ontario after an undetermined illness left one woman dead and at least 10 other people sick.
Authorities said the train was carrying 230 passengers and 30 crew members. Police ordered the train station evacuated in the tiny hamlet of Foleyet.
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17 Dead As Train Rams Bus Posted: 3 months ago by lostsoul135
Bangladesh- At least 17 people were killed and 25 injured after a packed train rammed into a bus in a northern Bangladesh town early Wednesday morning, police said.
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Man Texting While Driving Hits Train Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
When Robert Gillespie looked up from his text message, he saw a freight train. EOM. ("End of message," that is, for non-texters.) Eugene police say Gillespie's car crashed into the side of the Union Pacific freight train about 2 a.m. Tuesday.
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Amazing Model Train Exhibit Posted: 1 year ago by gnikgnok
Many pics of a HUGE set-up for a model train and the miniature town it runs through. The detail is incredible.
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Newborn survives after slipping out of train loo Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
It's probably the ultimate survival story. A child is born prematurely, slips through the toilet bowl of a running train, crash lands onto the tracks. The entire train passes over her, but she is alive and is now sleeping peacefully at the Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad.
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California Tourist Drugged; Killed By Train In Rome Posted: 2 months ago by dollyllama
An American tourist from California was killed by a train as he walked on the tracks in a daze after he drank a cappuccino laced with drugs and then was robbed, railway police said Monday.
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German steals from corpse after death on train Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A German took advantage of a passenger's death on the underground by stealing from the dead man before pretending to help save him.
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Train Carrying Space Shuttle Parts Derails in Alabama Posted: 1 year ago by larknet
A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed Wednesday after a bridge collapsed, authorities said. Six people were reported injured. You can locate the wreckage by the line of pick up trucks.
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Graffiti Artist Swarm Train Posted: 2 years ago by shredtone
A swarm of graffiti artist hit a train stop and completely cover a stopped train in under 2 minutes and do a pretty good job considering how fast they did it.
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Train stunt kills engineer Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo
...When the engine moved off without him, the driver flagged down a taxi and chased it for six km (3.7 miles) before catching up with it. He jumped aboard the moving engine but slipped and fell under its wheels, railway police said.
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Dead man travels unnoticed on train Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A dead passenger traveled unnoticed for at least half a day on an executive passenger train, an Indonesian newspaper reported Friday.
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Derailment dumps coal cars into D.C. river Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
"And then, the train just started going up in the air. The wheels separated from the train. Then the track went over, the rails went up in the air. I never saw anything like it before," she said.
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Runaway Train in Argentina Posted: 7 months ago by bevissimo
Driverless Train goes through three towns. Authorities suspect foul play.
Ya think?
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Man on cell phone killed by train Posted: 3 months ago by muppet
A man talking on his cell phone while walking down the middle of train tracks was killed by an Amtrak train Wednesday.
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Magnetic train test run ends in deadly crash Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
A high-speed magnetic levitation train crashed Friday on a test run in northwestern Germany, killing at least one person and leaving 18 people unaccounted for and believed unlikely to have survived, German officials said.
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The world's fastest trains Posted: 1 year ago by neilharvey
Want to get from Paris to London in just over two hours? How about Barcelona to Madrid in two-and-a-half?
Take the train.
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Dumb and dumber: Muggers pose for CCTV camera after train attack on teen Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Are there the most stupid muggers in Britain? Minutes after attacking a teenager on a commuter train, these young lads shamelessly posed for CCTV footage. Then, astonishingly, they tried to cover up their faces with their scarves and jumpers once they realised what they'd done.
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3 Teens Die Trying To Beat Train Posted: 11 months ago by buddha
Train: 1 Car: 0
Didn't they show these kids "Last Clear Chance" at school?
"Why don't they look, Ralph. Tell me, why don't they look?"
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Man using GPS drives into path of train Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the instructions his GPS unit gave him.
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Accused groper causes havoc by fleeing onto Tokyo train tracks Posted: 11 months ago by mitzuzake
Services on five Tokyo railway lines were thrown into confusion Wednesday morning after a man accused of groping a high school girl on a train escaped and fled onto the train tracks. The commotion forced delays of up to 18 minutes for 37 trains, affecting about 80,000 passengers.
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World Wide Peace Train hitting Myspace! All Aboard! Posted: 2 years ago by RobertS22
A Massive Myspace Movement is hopping aboard the Peace Train! Over 500+ are already joining and their goal is 100,000! Joining is easy and reposting the train is not neccesary, but would be nice!
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