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  • Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "The Cassandra Crossing" (1977)

    01/20/2013 12:34:28 PM PST · by ReformationFan · 8 replies
    You Tube ^ | 1977 | George P. Cosmatos
    With tomorrow being the inauguration of the disastrous 2nd Obama Administration(a/k/a the 3rd Jimmy Carter Administration that never was), what could be more appropriate for today's MFASA pick than a disaster film released the same year as the inauguration of the Carter presidency? A plague infected terrorist stows away on a passenger train which gets rerouted to a quarantine camp that will have to cross a rickety bridge with a good chance of not being able to sustain the train's weight. Come to think of it, the innocent train passengers probably have more reason to be optimistic about their fate...
  • Train quarantined in Ont. after death reported (260 aboard)

    05/09/2008 8:04:35 AM PDT · by fanfan · 167 replies · 714+ views
    CTV.ca ^ | Fri. May. 9 2008 | CTV News Staff
    A Via Rail train, carrying more than 260 passengers to Toronto, has been quarantined in Foleyet, Ont. after one person died and several people fell ill. "Currently there are a few people who are seriously ill on the train and one person is being airlifted right now," OPP Sgt. Laura Nichols told CTV.ca from the North Bay Communications Centre. The train was quarantined at the train depot in Foleyet, a community near Sudbury, Ont., after officials notified police that someone was feeling ill. More than 260 people were aboard the train when it stopped in Foleyet. Police believe there are...