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	Camp Hill Train Disaster
		He knew of a passenger train due to be coming in the opposite direction on the same single track, but calculated they could use the siding at Edge Hill to safely pass each other.
		The passenger train engineer also knew of the excursion train due to be coming towards him, but also calculated a safe passing at the Edge Hill siding.
		The conductor of the regular passenger train was so devastated by the accident that by the end of the day, he took his own life.
	www.amusementparknostalgia.com /camphill.html (1000 words)

	Eschede train disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The toll of 101 dead and 88 injured surpassed the 1971 Dahlerau train disaster as the deadliest accident in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.
		The InterCityExpress high-speed train "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen" was on the route from Munich to Hamburg.
		At 11:02, the local police declared an emergency; at 11:07, as the magnitude of the disaster quickly became apparent, this was elevated to "major emergency" and at 12:30 the Celle district government declared "catastrophe emergency" (civil state of emergency).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eschede_train_disaster#Causative_factors (1760 words)

	Israel Train Crash Disaster
		The Israel passenger train, carrying 300 to 400 people from Tel Aviv to the southern Negev desert city of Beersheba, was traveling as fast as 80 mph when it hit the coal delivery truck at about 6 p.m.
		According to Yossi Mor, CEO of Israel Railways, every train in the country's fleet, including the one involved in the accident, is equipped with a recording device, similar to a fl box on airplanes.
		Train crashes are rare in Israel which has recently begun to expand its railway network.
	www.israelnewsagency.com /israeltraincrash8890622.html (1238 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Ryongchon disaster (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Ryongchŏn disaster was a train disaster that occurred in the town of Ryongchŏn, North Korea near the border with China on April 22, 2004.
		It was initially reported that the explosion was the result of a collision between two trains carrying gasoline (petrol) and liquified petroleum gas, possibly donated by China to alleviate the ongoing North Korean fuel shortage.
		If the incident did involve a train collision, it has been suggested that the cause of the accident may have been a miscommunication related to the changes in train timetables due to Kim Jong-il's itinerary.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Ryongchon_disaster (923 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Eschede train disaster
		The Eschede train disaster was the worst train accident since 1967 in German history and the world's worst high-speed train disaster.
		The ICE high-speed train "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen" was on the route from Munich to Hamburg.
		At 11:02 the local police declared an emergency; at 11:07, as the magnitude of the disaster quickly became apparent, this was elevated to "major emergency".
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Eschede_train_disaster (1561 words)

	150 Years of Train-Disasters
		Derailments, head-on or rear-end train collisions, and crossing collisions caused by weakened bridges and tracks, were and are too often caused by human error, faulty maintenance and gross negligence.
		The last disaster involving a high-speed train occurred in northern Germany in the remote town of Eschede (100 miles south of Hamburg).
		Train accidents can occur in areas that are virtually inaccessible for emergency vehicles and personnel, especially at night or in extreme weather conditions.
	www.emergency-management.net /traincrash.htm (2515 words)

	Print Article: 150 dead, 1200 injured in N Korean train disaster
		Five international delegates from the Red Cross in Pyongyang would be heading by car to the disaster scene early tomorrow, probably arriving in the early afternoon, he said.
		If the death and injured toll is confirmed, it would be one of the worst train disasters ever, outweighing a 1981 accident in India which killed more than 800 people.
		One report said the gas that one of the trains was carrying was a donation from China to energy-starved North Korea, locked in an 18-month standoff with the United States over its nuclear weapons drive.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/04/23/1082616273448.html (1068 words)

	CNN.com - Probe into runaway train disaster - Feb. 18, 2004
		The train crashed through several villages, and among the hundreds of bodies already recovered were the Neishabour's governor and other local officials.
		A day of mourning has been declared for Thursday and the disaster is likely to prompt serious questions about how such a volatile mix of chemicals could all be in the one train convoy.
		The disaster comes amid political uncertainty, two days ahead of disputed elections on Friday in a country still recovering from a December earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people in the ancient citadel city of Bam, some 650 km further south.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/02/18/iran.train/index.html (519 words)

	Ashtabula Train Disaster of 1876
		In December 1876, a Howe-truss bridge, near Ashtabula, Ohio, collapsed while a train with three passenger cars was crossing it.
		The train and its passengers plunged sixty feet into a ravine and creek.
		The lamps and stoves used to light and heat the train cars quickly caught the wreckage on fire.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=466 (428 words)

	Great North Korean Train Disaster
		Train cars laden with ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded in a massive fireball at a North Korean railroad station near the Chinese border.
		The massive explosion was sparked by two train cars carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer touching a live electrical wire as the cars were being moved in the rail yard.
		The train explosion is a sign of a strategic failure and a holocaust, or fire testing.
	www.biblenews1.com /history4/20040422.htm (1158 words)

	Great Armagh Train Disaster
		But, when the train was within 700-800 yards from the summit at a point called Derry's Crossing the speed began to drop and finally the labouring engine came to a complete halt just 200 yards from the summit at Dobbin's Bridge at a place called Killuney Townland.
		Instead of choosing the more sensible course of waiting for the lightly loaded scheduled 10.35 passenger train from Armagh to assist, he decided that his only course of action was to divide the train and take the front portion forward to the next siding and then to come back for the rest of the train.
		To prevent the train from rolling back down the incline the guard in the rear brake van was told to apply his brake, which incidentally he had already had the foresight to do, and was also told to place stones under the wheels of the van.
	members.aol.com /victoroly/TrainDisaster.htm (524 words)

	[KFCC] Bullet Train Review
		BULLET TRAIN is one of the disaster film classics and it was blatantly ripped-off by Jan De Bont`s SPEED which launched a short lived career for writer Graham Yost who was hailed as an inventor of this successful concept.
		BULLET TRAIN is derived form the tradition of vehicular suspense thrillers along the lines of George Henri Cluzot`s WAGES OF FEAR (later remade as SORCERER by William Friedkin).
		BULLET TRAIN is a very interesting case study from the screenwriting point of view since it clocks at 152 minutes but it is not vast in scope.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/action/bullettrain/bullettrain.html (918 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		North Korean railroad trains, due to obsolete tracks and diminishing funding, have long been exposed to danger.
		In 1997, a passenger train that departed from Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, and headed to Manpo, Jagang Province, derailed on a bridge on a descending slope called Kaegogae Hill between Huichon and Chonchon, and plunged into the valley tens of meters below.
		Unlike other major accidents, a considerable number of passengers on the train who were killed in the disaster were posthumously made "martyrs." This indicates that the North Korean authorities, for fear of side-effects from the accident, went a long way to cope with popular feelings.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200103/200103040194.html (289 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Train disaster at Wellington kills 96 on March 1, 1910.
		This is one of the worst train disasters in U.S. history and the worst natural disaster (with the greatest number of fatalities) in Washington.
		The trains had passed through the Cascade Tunnel from the east to the west side of the mountains, when snow and avalanches forced them to stop near Wellington, in King County.
		A surviving train conductor sleeping in one of the mail train cars was thrown from the roof to the floor of the car several times as the train rolled down the slope before it disintegrated when the train slammed against a large tree.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5127 (921 words)

	The Standard - Japan train disaster raises safety fears - World Section
		This week's rail disaster has train-dependent Japan deeply concerned about safety on the tracks, focusing scrutiny on driver training, carriage design and the ever-present pressure to make the trains run on time.
		Japan's first steam train ran in 1872 as a symbol of the nation's emergence from feudalism, and today 7.2 million people ride on some of the country's 27,516 kilometers of track each day.
		Rising suspicions that the train was traveling well over the speed limit have prompted harsh questions about the training of the 23-year-old driver, who overshot the station just before the crash and had only 11 months of experience on the job.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/World/GD28Wd01.html (635 words)

	Japan train disaster: Investigators find black box
		Investigations into Japan’s worst train crash in 40 years are in full swing and investigators are hoping to zero in on why the train skidded off the tracks.
		The focus apparently is on the speed of the train and also the inexperienced driver, Ryujiro Takami, who was a new employee.
		Survivors in the train accident have blamed the speed of the train as it rounded off a curve as the cause of the crash.
	www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/2582.html (328 words)

	Train Accident Lawsuit Resources Train Accident Recent Train Accidents
		Train Accidents can occur anywhere; the following list of train accidents are a small sample of accidents from around the world from 2000 to 2005.
		The train's crew are only slightly injured, and all of the train's passengers are uninjured and continue their journey by bus.
		Both occupants of the dump truck died at the scene, 15 of the train's occupants suffered minor injuries, and the remaining 182 passengers are bussed to another train to continue their journey to New York City.
	www.weitzlux.com /accident/rail/subway/lawsuit/recenttrainaccidents_4533.html (1848 words)

	Japan train disaster probe continues - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rescuers untangling Japan's worst train crash in decades have uncovered body after body in the wreckage to put the death toll at 91.
		The seven-car train was packed with 580 passengers when it jumped the tracks near this Osaka suburb and plunged into the first floor of an apartment complex.
		Monday's accident was the worst rail disaster in nearly 42 years in this safety-conscious country, which is home to one of the world's most complex, efficient and heavily travelled rail networks.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/news/World/Japan-train-disaster-probe-continues/2005/04/27/1114462079067.html (514 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Train for disaster, speaker says
		Training is absolutely essential for us to react properly under stressful conditions.
		We all know that we are going to have a natural disaster at some point, and our ability to respond to it appropriately and quickly will be the difference in piecing our economy back together, putting lives back together and saving lives," said Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey.
		Among Herbert's recommendations for businesses are having a disaster reaction plan in place, having emergency kits handy, knowing where utility shut-off valves are located at a business, having contingencies in place if electrical power goes out and preparing to deal with financial obligations.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635203076,00.html (599 words)

	ASHTABULA BRIDGE DISASTER!
		The exact number of passengers aboard the train remains a mystery to this day, but it is believed that there were at least 128 passengers and 19 crew members on the No. 5 as it steamed onto the railway bridge that spanned Ashtabula Creek.
		Miss Marian Shepherd, a survivor of the disaster, was in her sleeper berth and later recalled that she knew something was wrong when the bell rope snapped in two, with one piece smashing an oil lamp and the other knocking over a burning candle.
		The train car was plunged into darkness and Miss Shepherd distinctly remembered the cry of someone in the car as he wailed “We are going down!” The scream was followed by the sickening sensation of falling and she desperately braced herself.
	www.prairieghosts.com /rr_disaster.html (3514 words)

	Great Armagh Train disaster - part 2
		This was enough to crush the few miserable stones set under the rear van's wheels, and before the full implications had fixed themselves into the minds of the crew, the last ten carriages slowly start to slip imperceptively backwards before starting to run away down the incline.
		Murphy the driver had already seen the excursion train leave earlier and had remarked that his own powerful engine would have no trouble in taking the fifteen carriages over the bank.
		As they approached the bank they were appalled to see the ten carriages careering backwards towards them at 20-30 mph with people jumping off the running boards and children being thrown from the windows of the locked carriages.
	members.aol.com /victoroly/TrainDisaster2.htm (385 words)

	THE ASHTABULA TRAIN DISASTER
		Legend states that the ghosts of the victims return to the bottom of the bridge on the anniversary of the disaster.
		The town firefighters and citizens were ill-equipped and simply unprepared to deal with this kind of disaster.
		Stone was held partly responsible for the disaster by the same investigative jury before which Collins had testified, and was publicly scorned for many years (Stephen D. Peet, The Ashtabula Disaster, Chicago: J. Goodman-Louis Lloyd and Co., 1877).
	www.deadohio.com /AshTrain.htm (842 words)

	Train Wreck Disaster, Ashtabula, Ohio
		Hear the horror of the Ashtabula Train Disaster at this audio memorial in front of the hospital.
		Twenty years after the disaster, a tall obelisk was erected in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
		The unique audio memorial is in a little garden in front of the entrance to the Medical Center; push the button and you'll hear the harrowing story of the wreck, complete with sound effects.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/OHASHtrainwreck.html (612 words)

	Chapters 1,2 & 3
		The train that had started from New York the night before, had divided at Albany; a portion of it was plunging through the snow drifts of the mountains of Vermont while the other portion was struggling amid the snow drifts near the banks of Lake Erie.
		Both trains were destined to be wrecked except that the Chicago bound train would take with it, countless lives.
		The train had begun to slow down on approaching the bridge as the depot was a short distance on the other side of the bridge.
	www.ashtabula200.com /id108.htm (2213 words)

	asahi.com：Driver in 2005 train disaster focused on radio, not braking on curve - ENGLISH (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The driver in a train derailment that killed 107 people in 2005 was so worried about a previous mistake that he likely became fixated on radio communications and failed to brake in time, a report said Wednesday.
		At his own discretion, the conductor reported to the Shin-Osaka general control center that the train had overshot the stopline by 8 meters, and that it was behind schedule by one minute and 30 seconds.
		With the train schedule compiled in such an unreasonable manner, the driver was likely under heavy pressure to operate on time, which could have made him rush to make up for delays, the report said.
	www.asahi.com /english/Herald-asahi/TKY200612210160.html (683 words)

	Great Armagh Train disaster - part 2
		This was enough to crush the few miserable stones set under the rear van's wheels, and before the full implications had fixed themselves into the minds of the crew, the last ten carriages slowly start to slip imperceptively backwards before starting to run away down the incline.
		Murphy the driver had already seen the excursion train leave earlier and had remarked that his own powerful engine would have no trouble in taking the fifteen carriages over the bank.
		As they approached the bank they were appalled to see the ten carriages careering backwards towards them at 20-30 mph with people jumping off the running boards and children being thrown from the windows of the locked carriages.
	www.members.aol.com /victoroly/TrainDisaster2.htm (385 words)

	The Great Byron Train Disaster
		This evening the train was also host to an unusual group of passengers, a colorful Chinese wedding party bound for Fresno.
		Various inquiries generally concluded that both trains were running under accepted operating rules but failed to exercise the care that even the flawed rules allowed.
		The Byron disaster and other train crashes caused the passage in 1903 and 1910 of amendments to the Safety Appliances Act of 1893.
	www.cocohistory.com /essays-wreck.html (1087 words)

	CaliforniaVolunteers: How You Can Help
		Members of the public without proper training should not attempt to collect the oil or oil contaminated debris, since it needs to be disposed of properly to prevent broader contamination and exposure to the oil can be hazardous to your health.
		Keep in mind that during a disaster first responders and disaster relief organizations may be working at capacity and an unexpected arrival of hundreds of volunteers may negatively impact their relief and recovery efforts.
		This allows you to train with a disaster relief organization to be ready when the next emergency strikes.
	www.californiavolunteers.org /disaster_prep.asp (1014 words)

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