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	Train crash in northern Egypt kills 58 - Boston.com
		The train from Mansoura was going at least 50 mph when it sped through the stop signal before a crossing, police officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give statements to the media.
		Most of the passengers were poor men between the ages of 20 and 50 who began their commute to Cairo as early as 4 a.m.
		Passenger Nasser Gafaar, 37, said it was difficult to escape the wreckage after the train car turned upside down.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/08/21/train_crash_in_northern_egypt_kills_36 (570 words)

	International (passenger train) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the named passenger train jointly-operated by the Canadian National Railway and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, see International Limited (passenger train).
		The International was a named passenger train originally operated by the Great Northern Railway between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
		This route began in 1950 as the International Limited, and was restored in 1995 using a Talgo Pendular train set purchased by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) as Amtrak's Mount Baker International service and is still in operation as part of its Amtrak Cascades train.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_(passenger_train) (220 words)

	Anatomy of a NATO War Crime: The Grdelica Passenger Train Bombing \| Carl Savich \| Columns \| Serbianna.com
		When NATO attacked the Yugoslav passenger train at the Grdelica bridge in the second wave, NATO violated Article 57 of the Protocol which requires an attack to be “cancelled or suspended” if the attacker is aware it is not a military target or would cause civilian losses.
		The second NATO attack against the civilian passenger train violated Article 57 of Protocol I which stipulated that an attack had to “be cancelled or suspended if it becomes clear that the objective is a not a military one...
		Amnesty International contacted NATO on April 15, 1999, requesting that an investigation be conducted to determine whether there was criminal culpability in the NATO attack on the civilian passenger train.
	www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/088.shtml (3206 words)

	NATO hits Passenger Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The train carried both domestic and international passengers, but the identities of the dead and injured are now known at this time.
		The train had not completely left a bridge over the Juzna Morava River when an electricity cable supplying it was cut by a missile fired from a NATO plane at a road bridge over the track, said an official from the Yugoslav Army's press center.
		State media said the train was on an international route to Greece, but a railway official in Belgrade told Reuters that for several months the train service had only gone as far as the border with the neighboring former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
	southmovement.alphalink.com.au /southnews/990412-trainhit.html (536 words)

	ABC News: Passenger Train Crash Injures 50 Near Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A view of a passenger train that rammed into another at the Roccasecca station, south of Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, injuring more than 40 people, some critically, and trapping others in the wreckage, officials said.
		ROME Dec 20, 2005 (AP)— A passenger train rammed into another that was stopped at a station south of Rome on Tuesday, injuring about 50 people some critically and trapping others in the wreckage, officials said.
		The most recent deadly crash in Italy was in January, when a passenger train and a freight train collided in the north, killing 17 people.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1425815 (409 words)

	Train to Tragedy
		As was the custom at the time, trains often pulled onto sidings to wait for a specified number of trains to pass in the opposite direction.
		In his research Irwin found the cold facts behind the tragedy interesting, but to him the most fascinating and poignant part of his research was collecting the stories of the families affected by the wreck and of their hometowns which mourned the loss of prominent citizens.
		A year after the wreck the freight train engineer and conductor were tried for manslaughter and found not guilty despite the engineer's testimony that he was "pumped full of morphine" to keep him awake on the run.
	www.ruralmissouri.org /02pages/Jan02train.html (1404 words)

	RailroadData.Com Railroad Links: Passenger Trains: International: Page 2
		Raja Passenger Trains Co. is pioneer in passenger rail services in Iran.
		NMBS, SNCB, Belgium, Railways, Train, thalys, tgv brussels-france, eurostar, bcargo, b-cargo, b-telecom, btelecom, aridisc, timetables.
		Riding the train does not always have to be elegant, cosy and warm.
	www.railroaddata.com /rrlinks/Passenger_Trains/International/more2.html (1467 words)

	TRAIN TIMES IN MEXICO, An article by Blaise in MEXICO CONNECT
		On the train, the five-hour trip was extended another hour and a half, as three different stops were extended by inspections and interrogations.
		With the ‘Privatizing’ of the railroads, it is not clear what the future of passenger trains, both current and ‘suspended’, is to be.
		Many passenger routes are in limbo (such as the Guadalajara - Puerto Vallarta route) until the private companies and the Federal government come to an understanding as to who will underwrite the costs of maintaining passenger service.
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/wdevlin/wdtrains.html (1819 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Survivors tell of tsunami train horror
		Up to 1,500 people were crammed inside the train as it travelled 75 miles (110km) along the Sri Lankan coastline from Colombo to the southern city of Galle.
		The force of the wave threw the train's eight cars into a bog and left the coastal railroad a twisted mess of metal.
		As the tsunami engulfed the train, the Colombo restaurateur found himself stranded in a flooded carriage, cast adrift from his son and daughter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4132247.stm (947 words)

	CNN.com - 5 killed in Israel train crash - Jun 12, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The passenger train, carrying 200 people from Tel Aviv to Haifa, crashed into a car at a rail crossing near the city of Netanya, the official said.
		Police said the train smashed into the truck that had stopped at a rail crossing but was pushed on to the tracks by another vehicle that hit it from behind.
		Efforts were made to alert the train to stop, but it struck the truck at high speed, a witness told Channel 2 TV, according to The Associated Press.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/06/12/israel.train (403 words)

	Train passenger: 'I felt a very violent impact' - CNN.com
		Some passengers were taken to hospitals after the accident, but it was not believed there were any major injuries, he said.
		Another passenger, Keith McCoy, said the train hit a side wall of the tunnel, smashing in the front end of the lead car and knocking at least one door off the train.
		Some passengers remained aboard for up to 40 minutes, but there was no sense of panic among them, he said.
	edition.cnn.com /2007/US/01/07/dc.train.derail (310 words)

	FOXNews.com - 5 Killed in Egyptian Train Collision - International News \| News of the World \| Middle East News \| Europe ...
		CAIRO, Egypt — A passenger train collided with a cargo train north of Cairo Monday, killing 5 people and injuring 30 others, police officials said, two weeks after a major train crash in the same area killed 58 people.
		They said the driver was one of those killed, and most of the injured were passengers.
		On Aug. 21, a passenger train rammed into the back of another train at a station in Qalyoub in the same province as Shebin al-Qanater, killing 58 people.
	www.foxnews.com /wires/2006Sep04/0,4670,EgyptTrainCollision,00.html (296 words)

	CNN.com - S. Africa train crash kills 22 - February 6, 2002
		Nomsa Sithole, a spokeswoman for the Metrorail passenger service, said 10 of the injured were in a critical condition.
		The passenger train and the freight train were both en route to Durban.
		The country's worst rail accident in recent history was in 1994, when a train derailed near Durban, killing 67 people.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/02/06/safrica.train (255 words)

	The Hindu : International : 14 die in Italy train crash
		Firefighters carry an injured passenger from the wreckage of a train that collided head-on in thick fog with a freight train in Bolognina di Crevalore, near Bologna, northern Italy, on Friday.
		— AP A passenger train and a freight train collided in thick fog on Friday in northern Italy, killing 14 people and injuring dozens, rescue officials said.
		The Civil Defence Department said that around 100 people were on board the passenger train, which was a local train travelling south from Verona to Bologna.
	www.hindu.com /2005/01/08/stories/2005010813661500.htm (313 words)

	The Hindu News Update Service
		Islamabad, Feb. 4 (PTI): Six children were crushed to death by a passenger train when they were playing on a railway line in eastern Pakistan today.
		The train, heading to the port city of Karachi from Lahore, the capital of Punjab, was passing through Bahawalpur city when the accident occurred, Geo television quoted police officer Mohammed Aslam as saying.
		At least 11 persons were killed when they were electrocuted and fell down of the roof of a crowded train in the southern Sindh province as many were sitting on the roof of the train.
	www.hinduonnet.com /holnus/003200702041654.htm (249 words)

	favorite passenger train. - Trains.com Forums
		Job description required that she be an RN and also required that she serve as tour guide on the train pointing out all the scenic highlights.
		The Silver Meteor with coach passengers allowed into the round end observation and a mid-train lounge with glass in the roof to give single-level train passengers some of the feeling of a dome car.
		There were so many wonderful trains from the august 20th Century Limited to the Laker they were all interesting in their own way.
	www.trains.com /TRC/CS/forums/3/9648/ShowPost.aspx#9648 (1071 words)

	French train smash kills 5 - CNN.com
		The passenger train was traveling from Luxembourg to the French city of Nancy.
		Luc Ankrai, the deputy police chief for Moselle told CNN the freight train collided with the passenger train at 11:45 a.m.
		The passenger train was on its way from Luxembourg to Nancy.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/10/11/france.train/index.html (470 words)

	BFRL: Fire on the Web -- Passenger Trains
		Fire safety of passenger trains in the United States has been approached by regulating the flammability of furnishing and finish materials since early in the 20th century.
		In the past decade advances in technology associated with the development of high-speed trains has led to increasing use of light-weight synthetic materials whose end-use performance may not be well predicted by small-scale tests.
		During the work a major train accident in Silver Spring, Maryland occurred in 1996 that eventually resulted in the FRA guidelines being converted to federal regulations.
	www.fire.nist.gov /fire/trains/index.htm (1277 words)

	International Limited (passenger train) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pulling the consist was often a CNR 5700 class Hudson (4-6-4 wheel arrangement) or a CNR 6400 class Streamlined Confederation (4-8-4 wheel arrangement).
		When Amtrak and VIA Rail respectively took over the operation of the International Limited in 1982, they cut back the route to terminate and originate in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of two or three coaches and a food-service / custom class car combination.
		The train was powered alternately by a VIA Rail or an Amtrak F40PH locomotive and the cars can be any combination of Amtrak's Heritage, Amfleet I and II, or Horizon Fleet coaches or by cars provided by VIA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Limited_(passenger_train) (380 words)

	SP passenger train #43
		Trains #43 and #44 were the Californian and operated between Chicago and Los Angeles via the CRIandP and SP.
		According to Beebe, The Apache ran as trains 11 and 12 and were discontinued in 1938.
		A note on the trains 43 and 44, for a time after they were discontinued east of Tucumcari they still carried cars that connected with other CRIandP trains at Tucumcari.
	www.trainorders.com /discussion/read.php?1,54769 (701 words)

	Train Accident Kills Two in Finland - Technology - RedOrbit
		HELSINKI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A train accident occurred at a level-crossing about 480 km northwest of the capital where a passenger train hit a cattle truck on Thursday, killing two in the truck, a railway spokesman said.
		Nobody was hurt in the train which was traveling between Oulu in northern Finland and Helsinki.
		Passengers were transferred to buses to get to their destinations.
	www.redorbit.com /news/technology/302514/train_accident_kills_two_in_finland/index.html?source=r_technology (138 words)

	Serbia Info News / Missiles against a passenger train
		Leskovac, April 12 (Tanjug) - The NATO aggressor air force attacked international passenger train No.393 on the route Belgrade-Salonika at about 11:49 a.m.
		Monday, torching three coaches and knocking them off a bridge, and probably killing two passengers.
		The train left Leskovac, southern Serbia, at 11:25 a.m., the station chief said, adding the train was hit while crossing the Bistrica Bridge in Grdelicka Klisura gorge.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-04/12/10823.html (145 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		The passenger train which ploughed into a car at a level crossing in Berkshire.
		Rail analysts said the train from London?s Paddington station to Plymouth in western England would have been travelling at 160 kph as it approached the crossing and passengers said it braked hard just before the crash.
		The train?s operator First Great Western, a subsidiary of rail and bus operator FirstGroup Plc, said the train driver was one of those killed.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041108/asp/foreign/story_3978519.asp (357 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- 2 trains collide in northeastern France
		They said the two train drivers and a person who was working on the tracks were among the dead.
		The train line it was traveling on was being repaired, so it switched onto a second track, hitting the oncoming freight train, said France's SNCF rail operator.
		SNCF director-general Guillaume Pepy said the 22-car freight train had a green light at the time of the crash, and said there were no signs of speeding.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20061011-1006-france-traincrash.html (294 words)

	CNN.com - Deadly blaze aboard Indian train - May. 15, 2003
		At least 36 people have died in a fire aboard a passenger train in northern India, police say.
		At least 13 people were injured in the blaze aboard the moving train, some of them seriously, rail authorities said.
		The train was about two hours short of its destination when the fire broke out.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/05/14/india.train (262 words)

	RailroadData.Com Railroad Links: Passenger Trains: International
		Passenger trains in areas outside of North America.
		Raja Passenger Trains Company, affiliated with The Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company, started its operation in passenger transportation in October 1996.
		LFU is an Uruguayan-Swiss project established in 1995 in order to reintroduce rail passenger service in as many lines in Uruguay as possible in order to contribute to the development of the country, the domestic tourism and to provide public transportation to rural communities.
	www.railroaddata.com /rrlinks/Passenger_Trains/International (991 words)

	The Seattle Times: Travel & Outdoors: Scenic train ride to Whistler serves up a photographer's paradise
		Frank and Lainie Cargould, on their way to attend a conference in Whistler, position themselves on the east side of the train as it snakes into what is perhaps the most scenic part of the three-hour journey: Cheakamus Canyon, a roughly hewn granite carving by Mother Nature.
		Much of what you see from the train is not visible from the highway to Whistler, which is undergoing major reconstruction in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
		This is the inaugural season of the first passenger train under that agreement.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/traveloutdoors/2003236007_nwwwhistlertrain31.html (1068 words)

	BFRL: Fire on the Web -- Passenger Trains
		Fire safety of passenger trains in the United States has been approached by regulating the flammability of furnishing and finish materials since early in the 20th century.
		In the past decade advances in technology associated with the development of high-speed trains has led to increasing use of light-weight synthetic materials whose end-use performance may not be well predicted by small-scale tests.
		During the work a major train accident in Silver Spring, Maryland occurred in 1996 that eventually resulted in the FRA guidelines being converted to federal regulations.
	fire.nist.gov /fire/trains/index.htm (1277 words)

	Amazon.com: LEGO City Train Starter Set: Toys & Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We thought he would build it once and that would be it but now that he's got the hang of it, he likes to break it apart, put other lego people in the coach and try other ideas.
		It is reminiscent of the hi-speed trains (TGV) in Europe.
		The trains maximum speed seems well matched with the curvature of the track so my son was able to run full speed through the turns without derailing.
	www.amazon.com /LEGO-City-Train-Starter-Set/dp/B000F0GXG0 (1294 words)

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