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	The Ultimate Rail transport - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Rail transport is one of the most energy efficient means of mechanised land transport known.
		Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount of time than a four-laned road.
		In the late 18th century iron rails began to appear: British civil engineer William Jessop designed edge rails to be used with flanged wheels for use on a scheme in Loughborough, Leicestershire (in 1789 and subsequently opened an iron-works to produce more rails).
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Railroad (1672 words)

	List of Rail Accidents Encyclopedia Article @ BetterSafe.com (Better Safe) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The accident is announced over the radio and so many doctors, nurses, and sightseers drive to the scene that it causes one of the first Sig Alerts.
		October 1966 – The Dorion level crossing accident: A merchant CN Rail train traveling at an excessive speed collides with a school bus at a level-crossing in Dorion, Quebec, Canada, killing 19 of 40 teenage students and the bus driver.
		November 5, 1967 – Hither Green rail crash, England: 49 people are killed and 78 people injured as an express train from Hastings to Charing Cross derails at Hither Green, due to a broken rail at a rail joint.
	bettersafe.com /encyclopedia/List_of_rail_accidents (2806 words)

	Train
		In rail transport, a train consists of several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
		A light one- or two-car rail vehicle running through the streets is not called a train but a tram or streetcar, but the distinction is not strict.
		The term light rail is sometimes used for a modern tram, but it may also mean an intermediate form between a tram and a train, similar to metro except that it may have level crossings.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/t/tr/train.html (1391 words)

	Accidents
		Accidents can be as minor as small spills or releases to major incidents that require evacuation, personal injury or death.
		Residents kept on thronging to accident spot since morning and were told by the authorities of the hazards that the acid could pose.
		The accident occurred on southbound I-35W at the Highway 287 northbound ramp.
	www.sulphuric-acid.com /TechManual/Plant_Safety/safety_accidents.htm (13697 words)

	List of rail accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 25, 1988 – Sorø train accident, Denmark: 8 people die and 72 are injured as an intercity train derails in a switch in Sorø due to excessive speed.
		This accident, coupled with the Amtrak Colonial wreck at Chase, Maryland on January 4, 1987, is instrumental in driving new federal rules for engineer certification and toxicology.
		May 3, 1995 – Nalgonda rail disaster, 35 people are killed in a collision with a tractor in Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_rail_accidents (5052 words)

	Drug tests pushed after rail accidents - The Boston Globe
		Four commuter rail workers tested positive for drugs or alcohol after they were involved in the three most serious accidents that occurred since the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad took over the system in December 2003, according to a memo outlining a new safety agreement with federal officials.
		Two of the employees involved in a June 2006 fatal accident in Gloucester, in which a track worker was crushed by machinery, also tested positive for drugs or alcohol, the agreement said.
		The program requires a supervisor to test a maintenance-of-way employee if there is reasonable suspicion that the employee violated alcohol or drug policies, contributed to a reportable accident, committed a rule violation, or committed an unsafe act that violated a company rule, according to the agreement.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2007/06/06/drug_tests_pushed_after_rail_accidents (1040 words)

	FAQ: NYC Subway Accidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Accident on 239th Street Yard lead- collision between two trains.
		Accident at 59 Street/Colombus Circle involving R-10 #3283 hitting R-42 #4798 on NB crossover.
		The cause of the accident, of course, lay with the motorman of the rear train who had stopped at Prospect Avenue and took on and discharged passengers at that point.
	www.nycsubway.org /faq/accidents.html (2360 words)

	Train Accidents — Pennsylvania Injury Lawyers, Collision, Derailment, Mechanical Failure
		Also, train accidents tend to be more dangerous, especially when you consider the weight and high speeds trains can reach.
		A train is considered a common carrier, so when a train accident has occurred a train accident attorney can find out if the business is liable for the injuries and damages sustained.
		Rail companies continue to rely on technology that was developed more than 70 years ago and very little effort has been made to update safety measures.
	www.munley.com /articles/train_accidents.html (653 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Annual Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment ...
		225.19(c) of this chapter (a ``rail equipment accident'' involving damage in excess of the current reporting threshold, $6,300 for calendar years 1991 through 1996, $6,500 for calendar year 1997, $6,600 for calendar years 1998 through 2001), including an accident involving a switching movement.
		Reportable injury to any person in a train accident (i.e., a rail equipment accident involving damage in excess of the current reporting threshold, $6,300 for calendar years 1991 through 1996, $6,500 for calendar year 1997, and $6,600 for calendar years 1998 through 2001) involving a passenger train.
		Since the result is rounded to the nearest $100, the new reporting threshold for rail equipment accidents/incidents that occur during calendar year 2001 is $6,600, which is the same as for calendar years 1998 through 2000.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/November/Day-21/i29574.htm (1912 words)

	Wikinfo \| Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A rail transport system consists of several necessary elements, and should be viewed from a system-wide perspective.
		Possibilities for accidents include jumping the track, derailment, head-on collision with another train coming the opposite way and collision with a vehicle at a grade crossing.
		Significant railway disasters are those accidents where lessons were learned, and practices were changed.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Railroad (1674 words)

	List of Godhra victims still a secret-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nitish has been distancing his ministry from the Godhra carnage on the ground that what happened was not a ârail accidentâ but a law and order issue.
		After all rail accidents, the list of passengers and victims is usually published by the rail ministry.
		Though the Gujarat government released the names of 39 of those who died â” it is known that 19 victims have yet to be identified â” the WR list reveals a hitherto unknown fact: That one of the four passengers who suffered grievous injuries was a Muslim.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?artid=16608252 (406 words)

	Accidentes
		List of rail accidents from 2000 to the present.
		October 17, 2000 – Hatfield rail crash, England, United Kingdom: 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.
		Implications of this rail failure forces biggest and most expensive re-railing exercise in British history, with huge service disruption for many months.
	ten-cartoons.info /accidentes (666 words)

	List of rail accidents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This accident was attributed to one of the engineers' watches having stopped and being four minutes behind, and led to the adoption of quality control standards for railroad-grade watches in the United States.
		May 22, 1915 â“ In the Quintinshill rail crash, four trains including a troop train collide causing 227 fatalities and injuring 246 people at Quintinshill, Gretna Green, Scotland; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
		The accident is the worst railroad accident in Wyoming's history.
	recreation.abcworld.net /List_of_rail_accidents.html (5367 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Annual Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment ...
		FRA has determined that the current reporting threshold of $6,600, which applies to rail equipment accidents/incidents that occur during calendar year 2001, should increase by $100 to $6,700 for the same rail equipment accidents/incidents that occur during calendar year 2002, effective January 1, 2002.
		List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 225 Investigations, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
		Since the result is rounded to the nearest $100, the new reporting threshold for rail equipment accidents/incidents that occur during calendar year 2002 is $6,700, which represents an $100 increase from the monetary threshold for calendar years 1998 through 2001.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/December/Day-26/i31521.htm (1557 words)

	Danger Ahead! - Historic Railway Accidents
		Derail is an unprecedented analysis of many of the most dramatic, bizarre and terrifying rail accidents over the past 150 years.
		The accidents in Norway on 4 January, 2000 and at Paddington on 5 October 1999 have produced a new fear, especially to accident watchers in Britain and on the Continent, which is the emergence of FIRE.
		Holland's worst-ever rail accident occurred on a foggy morning in the middle of the winter of 1962.
	danger-ahead.railfan.net (378 words)

	UNEP - APELL - Disasters Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The following is a list of selected accidents involving hazardous substances, arranged by category.
		The list is not comprehensive, but it does provide compelling evidence for the need for effective disaster prevention and response planning.
		Please see below for information regarding the sources of data used in the list, and for the criteria of inclusion in the list.
	www.uneptie.org /pc/apell/disasters/lists/disastercat.html (70 words)

	India - News - Indian Rail Experts On Britain’s Wanted List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A spokesman for the British company Jarvis Rail, which has a partnership agreement with Rail India Technical Engineering Services (RITES), confirmed 14 signaling and design engineers had already been hired from India and the company is looking for 50 more at salaries in the region of 40,000 pounds per annum.
		The step by Jarvis, which is based in the Hertfordshire village of Watton at Stone, north of London, adds rail specialists to the flow of Indian IT professionals and teachers finding jobs in Britain and other Western countries.
		Britain's troubled rail network has recently been overwhelmed by problems exacerbated by rising costs and poor track maintenance that has contributed to a series of accidents.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/britainrail.html (470 words)

	Railroad Accidents: Commuter Rail
		The difference between the two is the amount of traveling that each does, the interior and styling of the train and the areas in which they travel.
		Most commuter rail trains are operated in urban areas and transport people that live in the suburbs of large cities to and from work.
		This meant that, up untill 1999, the safety standards that passenger trains were supposed to follow were mere reccomendations of the AAR that used a reccomendation guidelines list that was last updated in 1984.
	www.railroad-accidents.com /railroad_accidents/commuter_rail.html (516 words)

	Fluoridation Chemical Accidents
		Accidents where the medium is listed as "drinking water" are those where the spill or accident resulted in an overdose of fluoride in the drinking water system itself.
		while unloading a tanker truck (capacity: 12,500, had 2200 at time of accident) connected to the the wrong tank and two chemicals reacted caused an explosion.
		A water fluoridator at a local elementary school was accidentally left running, elevating fluoride levels to 1041 ppm (250 times the legal amount), poisoning 22 individuals attending a farmers market hosted at the school.
	www.actionpa.org /fluoride/chemicals/accidents-us.html (2525 words)

	List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom
		This list is of railway accidents in Britain sorted chronologically.
		For a list sorted by death toll see List of British rail accidents by death toll.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_British_rail_accidents (993 words)

	Fire Training
		From then onwards, it was only a matter of time until a serious accident occurred.
		The most current event should be listed first, the least current last.
		New items can be added in positions other than first as long as they are listed in the proper date order.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/61/fire-training.html (1005 words)

	AL'S RAILINGS-
		Then, I met a NB "ROCK and RAIL" gravel train (the first I've seen!) coming from a pit west of the Royal Gorge on the old Denver and Rio Grande with 20 loads heading for Denver.
		I didn't see any sparks but the first part of the grinding units was spraying water on the tracks and there was smoke and dust around the rest of the units as it worked its way slowly toward Denver.
		There I saw the LORAM rail grinding train turned, waiting to go south along with a couple coal trains plus the BNSF yard was full as I drove by.
	www.railphilatelist.com /newsletmay01.htm (4063 words)

	Houston: Epidemic of Destructive Motorists Is Accentuated in Crashes With Light Rail
		The excuse given most often by a driver causing an accident with a motorcycle is, "I didn't see it." If Houston drivers cannot see a train, they certainly won't see motorcyclists unless they take responsibility to focus their attention on their driving.
		These accidents were well-reported in the Chronicle, on all the local TV news and on local radio stations.
		The contrast in attitudes toward "ordinary" traffic accidents and motor vehicle encounters with LRT trains is highlighted by a highway accident in late January 2004, reported in the Chronicle: A motorist killed one person standing at the roadside, then continued on her way, managing to then hit a truck.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_hou006.htm (2397 words)

	Monorail vs. Other
		On the other hand, when heavy rail is elevated, the guideway casts a wide shadow and blocks out much more of the sky.
		Proponents of Light Rail will tell you that overhead rail is ugly, but they don't mention that Light Rail requires a spiderweb of overhead wires with support posts.
		While light rail proponents say it's easy to put in rail on the surface, the reality is that businesses always fail along the route.
	www.monorails.org /tMspages/MonoVs.html (843 words)

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