Did you just grope me? Shall we head to the police? That's the message women are flashing on their cell phones with a popular program designed to ward off wandering hands in Japan's congested commuter trains. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

At least one person has died and several people are trapped and injured after a Metro Red Line train derailed and collided with another Metro train, officials say. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

Many pics of a HUGE set-up for a model train and the miniature town it runs through. The detail is incredible. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the instructions his GPS unit gave him. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Cem Tokac stood by as a truck crossed a railway line. Obscured from his view an approaching train ploughed into the other side of the truck and pushed it right over him.

Watch the video in some considerable disbelief as Cem escapes this with minor injuries. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

And it is all caught on video.

The train is very quiet and at the intersection you must rely on the lights and the arm coming down, but in this case the arm was going up. picked by peqie 11 months ago

"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. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

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. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A man talking on his cell phone while walking down the middle of train tracks was killed by an Amtrak train Wednesday. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A Japanese man has been arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police say. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by lostsoul135 2 years ago

New Jersey drivers who insist on sending text messages on their cell phones or personal digital assistants may find themselves on the wrong side of the law if legislators approve a new bill. picked by sfeldner 3 years ago

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. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Send a free text message giving thanks to American soldiers until midnight, PT, on Thanksgiving Day. Troops around the world can log on to read the sentiments and respond. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

A 3.2 x 2.1 meter (10 x 7 ft) work of Astro Boy pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets. See also: Mona Lisa from recycled train tickets. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A mother is horrified as the pram her child is in rolls onto tracks and is hit by a train. Miraculously, the child survived picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

Now 79 and seriously ill, train robber Ronnie Biggs is set to be released from prison into a nursing home.

NB - Since posting, the Home Office refused his parole application and the story at the end of the link was updated. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

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. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Truman Duncan was dragged 75 feet under the carriage of a train. The damage was so severe that his leg was left attached by just one muscle.

Against all odd, Truman has survived and recovered. The definition of "fighter". picked by pocksucket 10 months ago