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	Level crossing - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way (or a reserved track tramway) crosses a road; the term "metro" usually means by definition that there are no level crossings (i.e.
		The director of rail safety at the UK Railway Inspectorate commented in 2004 that "the use of level crossings contributes the greatest potential for catastrophic risk on the railways." Eighteen people were killed in the UK on level crossings in the 2003-4 period.
		Bridges and tunnels are favoured, and there is a commitment on the part of UK rail authorities not to build new level crossings, and to reduce the number of existing level crossings from the present 8,200.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Level_crossing (1230 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Level crossing
		It also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way (or a reserved track tramway) crosses a road; the term "metro" usually means that there are no level crossings (i.e., that the system is grade-separated).
		The director of rail safety at the UK Railway Inspectorate commented in 2004 that "the use of level crossings contributes the greatest potential for catastrophic risk on the railways." Eighteen people were killed in the UK on level crossings in 2003-4.
		Where third rail systems have level crossings, there is a gap in the third rail over the level crossing, but the power supply is not interrupted since trains have current collectors on multiple cars.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Level_crossing (3153 words)

	HC PQ [Roads] \| Margaret Thatcher Foundation
		Following the Hixon inquiry, the whole question of automatic half-barrier crossings was gone into fully and each site proposed for a crossing is very carefully examined.
		The Hixon inquiry suggested that an industrial designer should be appointed to consider design and presentation of automatic half-barrier crossings.
		It is the first time that anyone has suggested putting crash barriers along the centres of all motorways.
	www.margaretthatcher.org /speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=101648 (4682 words)

	Bull Sheet Monthly News
		The crash sent boxcars and metal containers lurching into barbecues and garden plots, and caused a quarter-mile mess that was visible from the adjacent 605 Freeway.
		A 6-foot rail segment with the defect was being sent to Washington, D.C., to be further analyzed by the National Transportation Safety Board.
		RAIL INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES NEW SAFETY INITIATIVE: The nation's freight railroads have announced an initiative that will use innovative trackside technology to improve safety and efficiency on the rail network by giving freight car owners advance warning when freight car wheels are deteriorating, according to this release issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
	www.bullsheet.com /news/wire-r.html (16912 words)

	Our Century 1950-1975 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Crumpled carriages at the scene of the rail disaster at Hixon, near Stafford, in January 1968.
		The crash, which became know as the Hixon Rail Disaster, happened as the low loader was being driven across one of the new continental style level crossings.
		In an uncanny coincidence it was the second train crash in the Midlands that weekend with 36 people being hurt as two passenger trains collided under a bridge at Crocketts Lane, Smethwick.
	www.westmidlands.com /millennium/1900/1950-1975/1968.html (897 words)

	pitch.com - News - It Takes Balls
		With its thriving rail industry, Kansas City had a ready supply of scrap iron and steel.
		The corporate crash left the Kansas City workers and managers with nothing to do but point fingers at each other.
		Hixon had gone back to school to learn the heating-and-air-conditioning business.
	www.pitch.com /Issues/2003-04-10/news/feature_full.html (5501 words)

	Destination : Freedom Newsletter - November 10, 2003
		Crandall said rail between some cities could be an important alternative to airlines where he rose to prominence as a bare-knuckles chief executive who in the 1980s and 1990s oversaw American’s transformation from a mainly regional carrier to a global powerhouse.
		The Florida High-Speed Rail Authority’s decision to select the $2.1 billion proposal from the Fluor-Bombardier consortium is being heralded by high-speed rail proponents as a major breakthrough in the effort to build the corridor.
		A number of rail transit projects hang in the balance for this bill, though it has sparked opposition from those who argued that its permanently-indexed hike in the gas tax will be burdensome for many, including lower income Americans who must drive in order to hold down their jobs.
	www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df11102003.shtml (10943 words)

	Bull Sheet Monthly News
		The rail line was shut down in the area while police and Amtrak officials investigated the crash.
		The rails are the primary means of carrying chemicals like chlorine needed to purify water, and for materials like brick, iron, and lumber that will be used to rebuild homes, roads and bridges.
		Front Range Commuter Rail is trying to capitalize on rail support from Denver-area voters, who in November supported the FasTracks project to expand rail in the metro area, and proposals in the works to move commercial freight traffic off Front Range rail lines that could then be used for a 602-mile high-speed commuter line.
	www.bullsheet.com /news/wire-w.html (21163 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Timeline: Rail crashes in the UK
		Timeline: Rail crashes in the UK The crash is the latest in a long line of British rail disasters
		The train crash on a level crossing in Berkshire joins a long list of fatal accidents to have blighted the UK's rail network over the past 50 years.
		A broken rail was found to be the "substantial" cause of the accident.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3989465.stm (906 words)

	The News-Bulletin: Belen candidate forum focuses on development
		Torres said the project is seven years in the making and plans to restore an "antique flavor" to the area with streetlights and a walkway to the future Rail Runner commuter station.
		He said he feels anyone working in Albuquerque will not take the commuter rail to work and the only people who will utilize it will be seniors, teenagers and those who can't drive.
		Ulivarri said the first three years on the commuter rail are covered, but, after that, probably a quarter of a cent will (be assessed)...
	www.news-bulletin.com /news/59545-03-04-06.html (3386 words)

	List of rail accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		October 17, 2000 – Hatfield rail crash, England: As the London-Leeds express passes at 115 mph (185 km/h), a faulty rail shatters into 300 pieces because of a condition known as rolling contact fatigue.
		Investigation at the scene of the Amagasaki rail crash.
		October 29, 2005 – Veligonda rail disaster, Veligonda, Andhra Pradesh, India: At least 114 are killed and many more are injured when part of the track is swept away by a flood, causing a train to derail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_rail_accidents (5130 words)

	Jewish RAF Special Operators in Radio Counter Measures with 101 Squadron
		Crashed at Schillerslage, 4 kms northwest of Burgdorf and sent to Stalag 4B.
		Crashed on 6 September 1944 in Lancaster III ND983 SR-B after the Le Havre raid, take-off 1737 crashed 2055 (Chorley p.
		The plane crashed at Welsh Bicknor, Ross-on-Wye, and he and his crew are buried at Ross and Whitchurch cemetery (CWGC information).
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/ww2/sugar1.html (9675 words)

	Level crossing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This system resembles a fortified version of a standard crossing gate, with two larger arms blocking the entire width of the roadway and locking into a securing device on the side of the road opposite the gate pivot mechanism.
		The gate arms are reinforced with high-strength steel cable, which helps the gate absorb the impact of a vehicle attempting to crash through the gate.
		Hixon rail crash — 1968 - 11 killed
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Railroad_Crossing (3390 words)

	SS George Law 4-22-1856
		All I recollect from that moment is feeling a sudden crash and crying out, "We are all killed." I saw the passengers jump to their feet, and I made a jump myself, but how or where I know not.
		As soon as possible after the crash, those uninjured turned their attention to discover the extent of loss of life and wounds sustained.
		While those having escaped personal injury were seeking to recover from beneath then wreck those still giving symptoms of life, the locomotive detached from the train which had come back to the scene of the disaster was dispatched to Aspinwall for help to search for the dead and wounded.
	www.pt5dome.com /gl042256.html (2379 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Accidents on Britain's railways - Call for rail gates probe after crash
		Investigators probing the crash which killed seven people were today focusing on evidence suggesting a suicide driver caused the collision.
		Today, former British Rail safety chief Peter Rayner said the Railway Inspectorate should look at the criteria for the type of half barriers used at that junction and come up with a report.
		Mr Rayner was with BR at the time of devastating level crossing accident at Hixon in Staffordshire in January 1968 when 11 people were killed after a packed Manchester-to-London passenger train crashed into a 120-ton abnormal load which was slowly traversing the crossing.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=335&id=1290522004 (795 words)

	Level Crossing Telephones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The level crossing is one of the most hazardous parts of the railway: where the unregulated road traffic meets the strictly regulated rail traffic.
		For many years in the UK the way of making crossings safer was to employ a controller in the form of a crossing-keeper.
		By the time of the Hixon disaster on 6th January 1968, telephones were provided for the use of drivers of slow-moving or unusual loads.
	www.samhallas.co.uk /railway/crossing.htm (359 words)

	British Rail Class 81 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Rail Class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail.
		E3002 and E3019 were damaged by fire and both were scrapped at British Rail Crewe Works.
		E3009 was destroyed in an accident at Hixon in 1968.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_81 (840 words)

	Northoftampa: Accident report
		The driver, a 70-year-old woman, had suffered a flout and didn't remember anything prior to the crash.
		SHELDON ROAD AT GUNN HIGHWAY, MARCH 20, 3:40 P.M.: A westbound 1990 Honda was speeding when the driver lost control, went over the curb, hit a sign and phone box, crossed the median into the southbound lanes and hit the side of a northbound 1993 Chevrolet truck.
		HIXON ROAD AT SHELDON ROAD, MARCH 21, 4:15 P.M.: A northbound 1997 GMC tractor truck lost control around a curve, spun clockwise and overturned.
	www.sptimes.com /News/040101/Northoftampa/Accident_report_.shtml (1223 words)

	Local History
		During the summer of 1834 the residents of the locality determined to organize a school, and hiring a teacher (as some say, a female instructor; as others, S. Hanson, of Maumee) they sent their children en mass, to gather up the crumbs of wisdom which might fall from the tongue of the pedagogue.
		For six weeks the children attended school, while their teacher "boarded round," receiving at the close of the term a small sum in recognition of his services.
		It was considered by the commissioners September 3, 1855, but not until November 9 did they grant it, excluding, even then, the N 1/2 of S. 1/4 Sec.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/localhis.html (15105 words)

	Trades Union Congress - Risks 259 - 3 June 2006
		Hixon based manufacturer Sandmaster Ltd was fined £20,000 and costs of £4,500 at Stafford Magistrates' Court, after pleading guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation.
		The two companies, which applied for their costs to be reimbursed, were handed record fines totalling £13.5 million in October 2005 after being convicted of other health and safety offences (Risks 228).
		This was, however, only in relation to the manslaughter and health and safety charges that they were found not guilty on.' DCA added: 'The two companies were not refunded their costs on the charges for which they were found guilty.
	www.tuc.org.uk /h_and_s/tuc-11963-f0.cfm (5013 words)

	Archive Page One
		Once the rail cars were all accounted for and secured on the north side of the border, the gate is secured and locked once again.
		Catalan alleges that in the wake of trying to blow the whistle on the "torpedoed" investigation, she was subjected to retaliation and severe emotional abuse, which included a death threat, that eventually led her to resign from her job in 1999.
		These (rail) tanker cars are the perfect instruments for a terrorist attack against the U.S. As previously stated, anyone with cash and phony identification can lease or sublease these cars using a front company as the importer/exporter of record.
	www.customscorruption.com /archive_page_one.htm (15058 words)

	Stafford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Stafford is home to the computing and IT campus of Staffordshire University.
		Stafford is a rail stop for most inter-city trains on the West Coast Main Line, enabling easy commuting to the cities of Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, and Manchester.
		Business news in Stafford is covered by the Express and Star newspaper.
	stafford.iqnaut.net (833 words)

	my first commute, my first crash
		It was during the first weeks of owning a hybrid bike with 1.5" tires, and I had been using a thick-tired mountain bike before that, which could have easily taken the groove.
		If you can get to the Hixon Schmixon building there is a pedestrian bridge and stairs that comes out near the bus station.
		We all crash eventually, be glad you've gotten the first one out of your system.
	www.bikeforums.net /archive/index.php/t-212136.html (3821 words)

	Level crossing Summary
		Where third rail systems have level crossings, there is a gap in the third rail over the level crossing, but the power supply is not interrupted since trains have current collectors in the front and rear cars; however, care must be taken that a current or voltage gap is not created between the two ends.
		In the United States and in countries following U.S. practices, a train must have a bright headlight and ditch lights, a working bell, and a whistle or horn that must be sounded four times as the train approaches the crossing.
		All crossings in the United States are required to be marked by at least a crossbuck; most crossings that intersect rural roads have this setup.
	www.bookrags.com /Level_crossing (2661 words)

	Honda FT-500 Ascot FAQ
		Anyone that races the stock forks and front rim after their first novice season is asking to crash.
		My brother used to race an ascot and he took his forks apart and welded up all the holes in it for oil to pass thrugh then drilled one hole about 1/2 the size of the stock ones.
		As of the 1995 season, the Ascot is legal and competitive in WERA V4/5/6, Formula Clubman, D Superbike, and Twins at the club level.
	www.thumperpage.com /articles/ft-500faq.html (6075 words)

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		After their divorce, he remarried, had a son named Guillaume, and then lost his wife in a car crash.
		It is the kind of city where a man can walk down into a subway and be the only person there, except for a little girl bouncing her ball against the third rail.
		Whether it is or not, he gets slammed by the next train, and the cops are startled by the expression on his face.
	www.xmission.com /pub/lists/movies/archive/v02.n369 (7093 words)

	The SABRE Roads Website
		These are, incidentally, within a mile and a bit north of the site of the Great Heck train crash on the ECML, under which the freight line passes, which was, incidentally caused by another vehicle straying onto the railway line, the driver of which, incidentally, was a former collegue of mine at Lincolnshire County Council.
		This type of crossing is permissive - the user has to get permission from the signal box before they are allowed to cross - and there are thousands of them around the country.
		Sent: 12/7/2004 8:28 PM I see every driver will have to pay an extra 50p next year on their insurance to fund the £30 Million pay out via the Motor Insurers' Bureau for the Berkshire rail crash.
	groups.msn.com /TheSABRERoadsWebsite/roadsnews.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=45956&LastModified=4675500722066478373&all_topics=1 (1491 words)

	P.L.E.A.D. Walk: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We just crashed there for the rest of the afternoon, since it was hot and not much else ahead, plus we didn't want to back track too far.
		The road is wide, newly asphalted and easy walking except for the hills and double guard rails, which I generally jump over when traffic is coming.
		I knew there was one coming up, because I had seen a police car and ambulance go by and shortly after that the traffic coming towards me slowed down considerably and people had this very concerned look on their faces.
	www.pleadwalk.org (22169 words)

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