We Brits are rightly suspicious of toutes les choses francais. I was brought up to know that everything francais was suspect. "Don't drink the water". "Of course, the French don't wash themselves: they just add...
Unbelievable. Finally after 25 people are killed, Metrolink approve use of technology that was used back in the 1940's!! What an absolute joke!"October 26, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports Metorlink who is facing probable legal suits for wrongful death...
After admitting they were at fault, now Metrolink is trying to sue the company that employed the homosexual train engineer who was text messaging little boys when he crashed the Metrolink, killing 25 people. Check it out."October 26, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) It has been...
An outraged Tory MP is calling for the new public artwork proposed for St. Pancras Station, the Eurostar terminal to be changed. The work shows modern Britain warts and all and some feel it will be a poor greeting...
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The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano Who do you think won the 2nd debate? Obama sounded good to me tonight..Although I don't agree with him 100%....such...
opinion by djermano | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 398 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Union officials have failed to reach a deal, and strikes are set to go ahead on Scotland's rail network. 450 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union will walk out today on the first of two 24-hour strikes. The next strike will start at noon on Thursday. "Commuters...
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" LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Metrolink engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into a freight train last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said...
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" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....
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More sad developments in the Metrolink saga."A Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cellphone seconds before he slammed into an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people and injured...
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" RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The federal government is chipping in nearly $30 million for 15 passenger rail projects across the country as Americans continue to drive less and take the train more, U.S....
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The intelligence officer who left secret terrorism files on a train is going to be criminally charged. "Civil service An intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office who left top secret documents about Iraq and Afghanistan on a train is to face charges under the Official...
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"Pembroke, N.C. — A passenger train collided Sunday with a truck in Robeson County, killing two people. Biven Lochlear, 19, was driving around the crossbars when his 1995 Chevrolet truck was hit by the Amtrak...
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"Yes, they're still out there. Uncounted tens of thousands of freight-hopping hobos still criss-cross the country every year, for free. Although rumors have been purporting the extinction of the American hobo for...
I know nothing about economics or finances. However, it would seem to me that the things which have led to this current financial crisis isn't anything new. It's been going on for a while now. The housing market...
The fire is out and trains were running again, an now a Eurostar train has stalled in the Channel Tunnel."A passenger train from London to Paris was halted briefly in the undersea Channel Tunnel linking England...
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