http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/train/ en-us Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071791/posts Midnight Train to DelawareIt is the image the Obama campaign has been pushing since the moment the selection was made: that of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Amtrak. Lunchpail Joe, they say, is just “one of the people.” Such a Regular Joe Sixpack, in fact, we’ll end up calling him Vice President Joey. Joe Biden, you see, takes the morning train. He works from nine to five a day. He takes another home again, to find….well, you get the idea. Or, if you don’t, there’s been no shortage of voices clamoring to paint the picture for you: "He's not a creature of... Culture11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071791/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058685/posts According to early reports, an express train crashed into a collapsed bridge at around 87 mph, sending the locomotive and three passenger carriages careering off the tracks. A Czech Railways spokesman said the EuroCity train derailed after the crash, which took place at Studenka, around 215 miles from the capital, Prague, close to the border with Poland. The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058685/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055069/posts Really chuffed: First full-size British steam locomotive for 50 years fires up Last updated at 22:25pm on 01.08.08  First came the sweet toot of the whistle, then a steady hiss. Finally, sporting her battleship-grey undercoat, Britain's first new steam locomotive in almost half a century emerged in all her majesty. It was a sight that took those old enough to remember back to a golden age of rail travel. Even though Tornado only had 120 yards of track to cover as she chugged into action in a Darlington rail yard, the moment was, with good reason, marked with a... The Evening Standard (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055069/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052268/posts FOB SHANK, Afghanistan (July 10, 2008) — Czech soldiers mentored and trained Logar Police Academy cadets at an Afghan national police compound, here, recently. The Czech soldiers have an ongoing mission of training 36 cadets, who will become Afghan national police officers upon graduation from the academy, July 17. Coalition soldiers actively support the Afghan national security forces by training the ANP. The police academy, led by a U.S. Police Mentoring Training team, cooperates daily with Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team Logar soldiers at FOB Shank, Logar province. These efforts focus on training the Afghanistan national auxiliary police to become members... Czech Army Public Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052268/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:36:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts MUSLIM SUBWAY ADS LINKED TO TERROR PLOTS - New York Post Jul 21, 2008 ... An Islamic group plans to blitz 1000 subway cars with advertisements this September in a campaign being promoted by a Brooklyn imam whom ... nypost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048842/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013584/posts 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... CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013584/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 15:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007886/posts BEIJING (Reuters) — Dozens were injured or killed Monday in a collision of two passenger trains in eastern China, the official Xinhua News Agency cited a medical worker at the scene as saying. Witnesses and a government spokesman also said there were heavy casualties in the crash in Shandong Province, which made 10 cars of the train topple into a ditch, Xinhua reported. “More than 80 people are injured, both seriously and not as seriously,” a hospital official in Zhoucun district told Reuters. NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007886/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:49:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992117/posts Scientists 'train' fish to catch themselves By Katie Franklin and agencies Last Updated: 1:01pm GMT 26/03/2008 Fish will one day be able to catch themselves if an experiment by US scientists proves successful. Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at Wood's Hole, Massachusetts, are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by using a sound broadcast to attract them into a net. Here fishy, fishy: American scientists are using sound to influence the behaviour of fish They hope to release fish into the open ocean, where they would grow to market size, before enticing them into an... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992117/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991109/posts Train Blocks Chili Avenue by Rich Turner Published Mar 24, 2008 A disabled train has Chili Avenue blocked at the 3300 block, near Old Chili-Scottsville Road. The train hit a boulder on the tracks, causing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991109/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982664/posts SOFIA - A fire on a Bulgarian train that killed nine people last week was a terrorist attack, an expert said Friday, heightening speculation over the deaths. ‘The train was intentionally torched and not just by one, but by several terrorists,’ Christo Smolenov, who was in charge of training defence ministry special forces in the 1990s, told the Trud daily in an interview published Friday. ‘If it was a terrorist act, it would represent a signal that must be recognised. If we close our eyes, the terrorists will be tempted to do it again,’ he also told national television. Smolenov... Khaleej Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982664/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 00:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981096/posts [Snip]  Government warns of terror threat to trains In a bulletin released Friday to U.S. law enforcement officials, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning of “continued strong terrorist interest” in targeting mass transit systems in the U.S. The 10-page threat assessment, obtained by NBC News, cautions that the “U.S. mass transit and passenger rail systems are vulnerable to terrorist attacks because they are accessible to large numbers of the public and are notoriously difficult to secure.”……[Snip]  NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981096/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:37:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980539/posts n a bulletin released Friday to U.S. law enforcement officials, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning of “continued strong terrorist interest” in targeting mass transit systems in the U.S. The 10-page threat assessment, labeled “Unclassified/For Official Use Only” and obtained by NBC News, cautions that the “U.S. mass transit and passenger rail systems are vulnerable to terrorist attacks because they are accessible to large numbers of the public and are notoriously difficult to secure.” Previous rail attacks in Madrid, London and Mumbai “could inspire terrorists to conduct similar attacks in the United States,” the report adds. However, the authors... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980539/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 03:47:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977621/posts AHMADABAD, India — A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found, relatives said Thursday. Ap-Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977621/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976607/posts I missed the train today...again. The nitwit in front of our car let out her husband at the stop sign instead of making her way through the three-way stop and across the tracks. By the time they finished their goodbye, the brief window of opportunity to pass through the intersection had passed and the gates were down. This happens for a combination of reasons. One reason this happens is because the train I ride is so long that the crossing gates are triggered well before it arrives. The second reason is that another train, heading in the opposite direction, always... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976607/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:20:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972603/posts Two U.S. Border Patrol agents parked near the tracks at Union Station on a recent morning. Amtrak passengers filed out onto the platform, ready to board. The train screeched to a stop on the southbound tracks. The agents set to work. They checked passengers boarding the train. Then the agents got on the train. They walked down the aisles of two coach cars, asking some of the 150 riders -- many half-asleep in their seats -- for identification. The conductor stood outside on the platform. This is part of his routine -- the daily visit from federal agents whom some... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972603/posts#comment Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964424/posts LOS ANGELES -- A plan to accelerate transportation in the region with a $26 billion high-speed train system has received initial approval from the Los Angeles City Council as it created a joint-powers agreement with neighboring cities. The move Wednesday marked the first step in negotiations to solidify an Atlanta-based firm's proposal to construct a magnetic-levitation train system that would start at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, run through downtown and eventually reach Ontario Airport, the Daily News reported. Los Angeles City Councilman Greig Smith said American Maglev Technology would foot the bill for the system and... KNBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964424/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 01:26:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts Is the U.S. Failing in Afghanistan? It was malice in wonderland at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday as Bush Administration envoys insisted things are getting better in Afghanistan, while angry lawmakers from both parties cited facts and figures showing just the opposite. Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said. Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities, Afghanistan is in the Washington spotlight this week with the release of three independent reports concluding... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963607/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 02:55:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961983/posts An Illinois man on Monday was pulled from his van minutes before two trains smacked into it, crushing it into pieces. The 75-year-old mistakenly turned onto the tracks, and while police were trying to remove the car a nearby man noticed what was happening and got him off the tracks just in time, MyFoxChicago reported. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1961983/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961774/posts Kyrgyzstan: Authorities Seize Radioactive Material Bound For Iran January 10, 2008 If the world needed reminding of the ongoing threat posed by nuclear materials left unsecured and scattered across the former Soviet Union, it's got it now. On January 9, Kyrgyz officials announced that they had taken possession of a small load of a radioactive substance discovered aboard a train bound for Iran. The material has been placed in a special area in Kyrgyzstan, but questions are being raised about the nature and quantity of the substance, who was behind its transport, and how the train carrying it crossed three... RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961774/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:39:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961170/posts MADRID (Reuters) - A Moroccan suspected of direct involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people was arrested on Sunday in Rabat, a judicial source in Spain familiar with the case said on Monday. Abdelilah Hriz, 29, will be tried in his home country for his suspected part in Europe's deadliest Islamist attack, the first time Morocco has agreed to try one of its citizens for crimes allegedly committed abroad, said the source. Spanish Judge Juan Del Olmo recently traveled to Morocco to question Hriz and take DNA samples, the Moroccan state news agency MAP said last... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961170/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952889/posts A Polish teenager allegedly turned the tram system in the city of Lodz into his own personal train set, triggering chaos and derailing four vehicles in the process. Twelve people were injured in one of the incidents. The 14-year-old modified a TV remote control so that it could be used to change track points, The Telegraph reports. Local police said the youngster trespassed in tram depots to gather information needed to build the device. The teenager told police that he modified track setting for a prank. "He studied the trams and the tracks for a long time and then built... "The Register" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952889/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:59:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949940/posts QAIM, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2008 – Iraqi soldiers are learning to fight and win on the battlefield thanks to the efforts of U.S. Marines here. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, observe members of the Military Transition Team partnered with Marines from Weapons Company, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, during a training evolution at Combat Outpost North, Qaim, Iraq. Photo by Cpl. Billy Hall, USMC   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, not only are engaged in a constant... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949940/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:34:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944927/posts BAGHDAD — When one thinks of a police force, he may think of a two-man team, patrolling through a neighborhood in their white-Chevy Monte Carlo, with blue and red lights, and the word “police” written on the side. They move throughout talking with local citizens at the diner, coffee shop, or on the streets corners. No matter what community, country or religious sect, policemen are there to “protect and serve.” Take away the type of vehicle, re-write it in Arabic, from right to left, and an average policemen in Iraq is no different. One of the biggest areas of focus... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944927/posts#comment Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:50:20 GMT