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Train driver comes up with solution for 'leaves on the line' delays
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 1 month ago
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The Telegraaf reports on Monday that train driver Rene Slagter came up with the idea because leaves are less likely to stick to wet tracks. Trains have to drive more slowly in the autumn because leaves which have become stuck on the rails can slow
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Runaway train cleaner 'did everything to stop it'
Stockholm :: Sweden | 1 month ago
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www.thelocal.se/47126/20130404/ The cleaner accused of ramming a commuter train into a block of suburban flats has spoken out to her union magazine, saying she did everything she could to stop the runaway train. The woman, 22, suffered multiple
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Motorist killed as high-speed London-bound train hits car on level crossing 'while barriers were down' and shunts it half a mile down tracks
Basildon :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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51 Click to rate Rating 71 Sad as it is is, people need to take this as a lesson, the barriers are down for a reason, ignoring them leads to death. - CantThinkOfAName , Liverpool, United Kingdom, 21/3/2013 10:49 Click to rate Rating 83 Oh,
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Freight train derailment under investigation
Broken Hill :: Australia | 4 months ago
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The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the cause of a freight train derailment in north-eastern South Australia on Thursday. The derailment at Yunta, about 200 kilometres south-west of Broken Hill, has forced the closure of the track
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Train kills man lying on tracks near Kamloops
Vancouver :: Canada | 5 months ago
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The identity of a man killed by a west-bound CP Rail train early Thursday morning is still unknown. Chief regional coroner Larry Marzinzik said the case is still under investigation and he couldn't give an age for the dead man. "Right now, I don't
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2 cars upturned in accident, occupants escape serious injury
Mumbai :: India | 5 months ago
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In a miraculous escape, six persons were saved as two cars were upturned and were badly damaged. The accident took place late Tuesday evening between the Hallomajra light point and Airport Light point where the two cars which were at a high speed
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Thousands of rush hour commuters left stranded after damaged power lines cause i¿½massivei¿½ disruption on line linking Kings Cross and Scotland
Welwyn Garden City :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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I was on one of the few train from Peterbough ferrying people to St.Neots so they could get on coaches to go to Bedford and then change to another coach to get to London and they all looked nervous. Sakura , Huntingdon, United Kingdom, 17/12/2012 21:
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What to Do if You Fall onto the Subway Tracks: Run Away (Seriously)
New York City :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
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Unfortunately, not a single one of those four suggestions can really qualify as universal advice: you don't know if bystanders will help you, or take your photo ; you can't tell till you're down there if there's space under the platform lip; you run
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Railroad's little pest can cause big delays
Hackensack :: NJ :: USA | 7 months ago
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The Record Train riders have had their commutes sabotaged by unruly passengers, mechanical breakdowns and power outages caused by severe weather or fallen trees. But the culprit behind a disruption this month that crippled more than 100 trains along
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Investigators looking into Md. train derailment
Ellicott City :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press Investigators were checking videos, track conditions and maintenance records Wednesday to find the cause of a deadly train derailment in Maryland and figure out if two young
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