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At least 6 dead in train derailment in France
At least seven people were killed and tens of others were injured Friday when a train derailed in Bretigny sur Orge, the French interior minister says.
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26 passengers killed as fire sweeps train in India
KOTHACHERUVU, India — A fire engulfed two coaches of an express train in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 26 passengers, many of whom became trapped and suffocated after the doors failed to open, officials said.
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Train collision in North Dakota sets oil rail cars ablaze
A BNSF train carrying crude oil in North Dakota collided with another train on Monday, setting off a series of explosions that left at least 10 cars ablaze.
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A flashy funeral for 'Great Train' robber Ronnie Biggs
Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal who won worldwide fame as a member of the gang that committed the “Great Train Robbery” of 1963, was given a colorful gangster style funeral in London on Friday.
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500 passengers spend night on stranded Amtrak trains
More than 500 passengers spent the night aboard three Amtrak trains stranded 80 miles west of Chicago by ice and snow that had drifted over the tracks, officials said. The trains -- the Southwest Chief from Los Angeles, the Illinois Zephyr from Quincy and the California Zephyr from the San Francisco Bay area - were halted around 5 p.m. Monday near Mendota, according to Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari.
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Train vs Minivan
This is why you don't stop your car on the railroad tracks.
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China to build high-speed rail to Singapore, via Laos
China is giving a steely infrastructural hug to its southeast Asian neighbors, with plans to roll out a massive high-speed rail system to crisscross Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia en route to Singapore. Laos, which currently boasts a humble two miles of functioning railway track, is in for a bit of a shock.
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10 Snapshots Of Life Aboard Hospital Trains In WWI
Hospital trains during World War I enabled medical personnel to tend to ill and injured servicemen on their way to hospital. Though conditions were more crowded and sometimes less hygienic on the trains than in brick-and-mortar hospitals, nurses and doctors could provide vital treatment to soldiers, no doubt saving countless lives.
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Report: US rail spilled more oil in 2013 than in past 37 years combined
More crude oil was spilled in US rail incidents last year than during the previous 37 years, according to a new government analysis. Oil by rail transport has become more popular as pipeline capacity has fallen behind increases in oil production during the North American shale boom.
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Video Tour of 18055 SW Seiffert Rd Sherwood Oregon
Video Train Tour of 18055 SW Seiffert Rd Sherwood Oregon
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This brew crew keeps trainloads of beer from freezing
Beer freezes at around 13 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's Bill Diamond's job to make sure that doesn't happen. Not on his watch, at least.
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Amtrak's New 8600-Hp Locomotive
Amtrak will freely admit it has used a patchwork of locomotives to pull its trains over the last three or four decades, and those locomotives have racked up nearly four million hard-earned miles. Starting tomorrow, though, it hopes that one new workhorse will haul American trains in the future.
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Rock strike kills two on Alps train
Two people were killed when a falling boulder derailed a tourist train in the southern French Alps, local officials and firefighters say.
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Bomb derails train in southwest Pakistan, kills 8
A bomb placed by an ethnic separatist group derailed a train in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing eight people, police and the militants said. Three of the dead were children and another 20 people were wounded by the blast in Kashmor district, which caused several train cars to run off the track, said police official Mohammad Azeem.
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Metrolink becomes first railroad to roll out Positive Train Control
The Metrolink passenger railroad Thursday will become the first commuter service in the nation to roll out a sophisticated collision avoidance system designed to overcome human error.
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This 1960s Jet Train Is Still America's Fastest Locomotive
In the mid-1960's, New York Central Railroad engineer Don Wetzel was exploring ways to make trains run safer, cheaper, but most importantly: faster. And, clearly, the most logical means of accomplishing all three of these objectives was to strap a pair of Air Force surplus jet engines to the roof of a prototype high-speed locomotive, creating the world's fastest self-propelled train. Wait, what?
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Great places for fans of steam locomotives
The mournful wail of the whistle, the whoosh of boiler steam and the welcome warning of "All aboard!"
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NZ rail operator halts 40 trains after asbestos discovery
New Zealand's national rail operator has pulled 40 of its newest locomotives from service after discovering they contain asbestos. KiwiRail says urgent tests are underway on the engines to determine if the asbestos poses any safety threat.
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U.S., rail industry agree on safety improvements for crude oil trains
The Department of Transportation has outlined several steps aimed at improving the safety of crude oil in trains after a series of derailments.
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Siemens wins US high-speed train contract, outbids rivals Caterpillar, GE
Siemens and US engine maker Cummins had been awarded a $226-million (162-million-euro) contract to build 32 diesel locomotives for the US market, the German industrial conglomerate announced Tuesday. The passenger locomotives would be delivered to five US states, including California, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Washington, which were developing high-speed rail routes with US rail operator Amtrak, Siemens said.
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