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Runaway train with 1,000 passengers rolls for miles in India
CNN ^
| March 9, 2018
| Huizhong Wu
Posted on 04/09/2018 5:40:51 AM PDT by BeadCounter
A disaster was narrowly averted in eastern India Saturday after a runaway train carrying up to 1,000 passengers rolled with speed for several miles before being brought to an emergency stop by railway staff.
Video on social media shows the train, which was traveling from the western state of Gujarat to Odisha state in the east, speeding past stations as onlookers and passengers scream helplessly.
The train was eventually stopped after railway workers placed wooden wedges on the tracks, bringing it to a crunching halt.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: india; localnews; rail; train
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This story tells what happened, even if it is CNN. I read some other coverage as well.
To: BeadCounter
I should have added in, amazingly, there were NO injuries.
To: BeadCounter
They should have learned from Lac Megantic. Brakes, brakes, brakes.
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:43:15 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: BeadCounter
Wow, I wonder if anyone ever thought about a runaway train movie?
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:46:21 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: BeadCounter
I said, train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
With a heave, and a ho
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:48:35 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I'm still somewhat onboard but very disappointed. Not so much "Winning" lately.)
To: BeadCounter
“This story tells what happened, even if it is CNN.”
Heh. Seems that the train accidents here to appear to always have a “Trump’s fault for not enough money, etc” attached to it.
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:49:41 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: cyclotic
Wow, I wonder if anyone ever thought about a runaway train movie?
Dont watch the one with Jon Voight and Julia Roberts brother. Its torture to get through that one....
Guess no one could climb up on top and run to the locomotive and shut it down. Heck even cowboys wearing boots could do that!!
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:50:11 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
To: BeadCounter
There remains confusion among officials as to the true number of passengers aboard the train, with East Coast Railway's chief public relations officer JP Mishra suggesting that several hundred passengers may have already exited the train prior to the carriages becoming detached from the engine and the true number may be closer to 500. What I would like to know is how many were in the train and how many were on the train.
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:51:02 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: NonValueAdded
Indian train operators, engineers, etc., are the best in the world, and are accustomed to circumstances most in the "more advanced" countries would find outrageous / unacceptable / not sufficiently automated. I would much rather be on a runaway train in India than on the Northeast corridor AMTRAK or VIA rail in Canada: Indians - not their computers - know how to handle trains, and take immense pride in it.
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:53:14 AM PDT
by
golux
To: Gamecock
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:55:55 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: Gamecock
We’ve ridden trains for considerable distance in India...quite the experience. The yelling of “chai...chai...chai!” and “chicken biriyani...mutton biriyani...biriyani!” still ring in my years after years.
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posted on
04/09/2018 5:56:44 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: golux
“Around 30,000 Indians died in railway accidents in 2015, according to the latest available official data”
Best in the world? Sure........
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:00:03 AM PDT
by
wrench
To: BeadCounter
Good morning, India, How are ya.
Dontcha know me, I’m your native son,
I’m the train they call the City of Visakhapatnam
I’ll be rolling through the town with no slow down.
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:00:39 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: wrench
Mostly from ‘human error’ caused derailments.
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:01:22 AM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: BeadCounter
Having visited India I know that taking a drink of water can be dangerous.And although I never ride the rail system it’s easy for me to imagine it being a near suicidal decision.
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
To: Gay State Conservative
Never ride the Old Delhi freight train.
Only ride the New Delhi freight train!
To: BeadCounter
Life mimics art...
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:06:11 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: wrench
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:06:40 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: BeadCounter
This is the type of story that could only come out of India.
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:07:16 AM PDT
by
Oratam
To: wrench
Near as I can tell, that 30,000 number is fake news BS.
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posted on
04/09/2018 6:07:54 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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