Middle East Migrants Swarm Onto Trains In France To UK

No power: Frustrated passengers on board a stranded Eurostar train shared images of people trying to sleep in their seats in pitch black carriages overnight.

[From article]
Chaotic scenes and 16 hour delays hit London-bound Eurostar services overnight as migrants climbed on to the roof of an 186mph train and attempted to break into train carriages.
Passengers on board one train stranded near Calais are understood to have threatened to smash the windows after a power outage left the sweltering carriage in total darkness for five hours.
The power failure also saw those on board left without air conditioning and unable to communicate with Eurostar staff before the stricken train eventually returned to Paris.
As they searched in vain for the migrants, Eurostar staff went as far as making the bizarre move of appealing to passengers to listen out for the sound of movement on the roofs of the trains.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3219104/Misery-Eurostar-passengers-migrants-climb-roof-186mph-London-bound-train-Calais.html

Screaming passengers threatened to smash windows of Eurostar after being trapped in dark and sweltering carriages for FIVE HOURS after migrants climbed on train roof
Migrants climbed on to the roof of a London-bound Eurostar train in Calais
Up to four trains were delayed for several hours to allow their removal
Passengers had to to sit in pitch-black, 35C carriages for up to five hours
Many struggled to remain calm as they couldn't contact Eurostar staff
Were you on board one of the stricken Eurostar trains? Send your photographs to pictures@mailonline.co.uk
By JOHN HALL FOR MAILONLINE and SARA SMYTH AND CLAIRE DUFFIN FOR THE DAILYMAIL
PUBLISHED: 19:56 EST, 1 September 2015 | UPDATED: 19:24 EST, 2 September 2015

Black San Diego CA Teen Plays Knockout on Train Station, Attacks White Man, 52

Published on Jun 27, 2015
San Diego, CA - Authorities on Wednesday circulated surveillance camera images of a youth sought for beating up a 52-year-old man at a La Mesa transit depot.
The victim had just exited a trolley about 8 p.m. June 13 when the assailant jumped him, punching him until he fell to the ground and then kicking him in the head, according to police.
By the time officers arrived, the attacker had fled, Lt. Angela DeSarro said. Police do not know why the victim was targeted.
The man, whose name was withheld, was taken to Alvarado Hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
A surveillance camera captured images of the aggressor, described as a black teenager with braided hair, wearing blue jeans, a white sweat shirt, red tennis shoes and a black baseball cap.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or contact the agency online at sdcrimestoppers.org. Tipsters may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpNrlHPrJY

Trains Crash in New York City and South Africa

Emergency workers gather at the scene of a train collision at the Booysens train station near Johannesburg.
Photo: AP

[From article]
“The one train had stopped because of a signal when another came from behind us hooting and smashed into its back,” one commuter told the African News Agency.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/18/more-than-300-people-hurt-in-south-africa-train-collision/

More than 300 people hurt in South Africa train collision
By Associated Press
New York Post
July 18, 2015 | 6:06am

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Two Long Island Rail Road trains collided just east of Jamaica Station
[From article]
Nobody was injured when the trains sideswiped one another just east of Jamaica Station shortly before 6:30 p.m., the MTA said.
All westbound service has been temporarily suspended and eastbound commuters can expect cancellations and heavy delays.
Passengers aboard the disabled train headed to Jamaica were forced to evacuate onto an adjacent rescue train, one witness said.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/18/lirr-trains-collide-during-rush-hour-commute/

LIRR trains collide during rush hour commute
By Kenneth Garger and Melkorka Licea
New York Post
July 18, 2015 | 4:10am

Two Killed on LIRR Tracks In Queens, NY

[From article]
A local commuter who asked to only be identified as Al, 61, said he often sees young people hanging out on the tracks.
“At nights the trains are silent and they are quick so you really don’t have time to spin around. You are gonna get hurt,” he added.
“There should be cops placed up there,” said Harry Raj, 53, an auto body repair worker who lives nearby. “It is easy to get to and it’s isolated. People are always up there all hours of the night. I’m not surprised it happened.”
Their bodies were discovered 200 feet east of of the Hollis platform and the engineer did attempt to stop, but it was too late, the MTA said.
“This location is known to have kids playing on the tracks all the time,” said Raj.
According to the MTA website, the train, which left from Ronkonkoma at 1:46 a.m., was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station at 3:05 a.m. but the accident caused major delays.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/09/two-struck-and-killed-by-nyc-commuter-train/

Two struck and killed by NYC commuter train
By Natasha Velez, Dan Prendergast and Georgett Roberts
New York Post
July 9, 2015 | 7:44am

Chuck "You" Schumer Exploits Train Deaths For Poltical Purposes

Amtrak Crash in Philadelphia, May 2015

[From article]
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, ridiculed a reporter for asking whether the crash in Philadelphia on Tuesday night was caused by a lack of federal funds for Amtrak. The railroad is an easy target for politicians because large swaths of the nation don’t have Amtrak, which is heavily used in the Northeast, Schumer said.
“Speaker Boehner speaks with massive ignorance,” Schumer said as he stood in front of Penn Station, Amtrak’s New York City hub. “Amtrak has been robbing Peter to pay Paul. … They don’t have enough money, plain and simple. Because Congress has cut it.”
[. . .]
“Instead of playing politics in the wake of this tragedy, the senator ought to focus on building a coalition in the Senate to advance the responsible, bipartisan House-passed Amtrak reform bill that paves the way for important upgrades to the Northeast Corridor,” [Boehner] spokesman Kevin Smith said.

http://nypost.com/2015/05/15/schumer-blasts-boehners-ignorance-on-amtrak/

Schumer blasts Boehner for ‘ignorance’ on Amtrak
By Associated Press
New York Post
May 15, 2015 | 6:55pm

Six Dead, 140 Injured in Amtrak Crash In Philadelphia, DC-NYC Train

Mangled: Multiple fire engines, ambulances and police cars were deployed on the scene and the fire department said it had requested helicopters for additional lighting.

[multiple videos images embedded]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3079138/Amtrak-train-crashes-Philadelphia.html

Six dead and 65 injured as train carrying 243 derails and rips apart in Philadelphia: Seven cars crash off the tracks en route from Washington to New York as mayor calls scene a 'disastrous mess'
Train 188 traveling from Washington DC to New York City on Tuesday night went off the tracks in Philadelphia
At least six people were killed in the crash and 65 people were reported injured, six of whom are critical
Seven cars derailed around 9.20pm carrying 243 people - 238 passengers and five crew members
Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia said the scene was an 'absolute disastrous mess' before adding: 'I've never seen anything like this in my life'
The mass casualty incident required 200 police officers and 120 firefighters on the scene, and all passengers have still not been accounted for
FBI agents arrived on the scene soon after the crash but said there is no indication of terrorism in the derailment
By CHRIS SPARGO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS and AFP
PUBLISHED: 21:05 EST, 12 May 2015 | UPDATED: 06:13 EST, 13 May 2015

Magnetic Japanese Train Sets World Speed Record

The maglev technology could be exported to the US
[From article]
A magnetic levitation (maglev) train in Japan has broken the world speed record by hitting 366mph.
[. . .]
Another test run is scheduled for Tuesday during which the train's speed could reach 373mph.
[. . .]
The speeds are twice as fast as today's bullet trains.
By comparison, Britain's HS2 rail line will run at just 224mph.
Maglev trains use a magnetic charge to lift and move the train cars above a guideway.

http://news.sky.com/story/1466944/japans-maglev-train-breaks-world-speed-record
Japan's Maglev Train Breaks World Speed Record
Japan hopes to export the technology to the US and has offered to cover the costs of a line between New York and Washington DC.
12:15, UK,
Friday 17 April 2015

Feds Urge Scrutiny of Railroad Grade Crossings After Third Incident in New York

Sounds like a good job for the FBI, instead of protecting criminals and harassing law abiding citizens, they might save some lives.

[From article]
On Tuesday, an LIRR Montauk-branch train was heading east from Patchogue when the front end of the driver’s Ford Focus went beyond the lowered warning gate at Rider Avenue just after noon, the MTA said.
The oncoming train demolished the hatchback and dragged it.
“The car went airborne like it was a toy,” said Wayne Berry, who was headed to lunch when the crash took place.
“The driver just went through the gate like there was no train coming at all. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. [The car] got spun around and dragged like a rag doll.”
None of the 13 passengers aboard the train’s four passenger cars was injured.
The driver, identified as 67-year-old Garry Calderon, of Shirley, LI, was rushed to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/04/feds-call-for-crossing-crackdown-after-third-ny-train-collision/

Feds call for crossing crackdown after third NY train collision
By Victor Alcorn and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
March 4, 2015 | 1:36am

Updated: Metro North MTA Train Crashes Into Car, 7 Dead North of New York City

Posted February 3, 2015 11:14 PM ET; Last updated February 6, 2015 4:49 PM ET


Firefighters work at the scene of a train vs car accident at the Commerce Street crossing in Valhalla Feb. 3, 2015.

People arrive for Ellen Brody's (inset) funeral in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Photo: AP (2)

[From article]
He said Brody, a jewelry store saleswoman, had been on her way to meet a client at the time and was unfamiliar with the neighborhood in Valhalla where the crash occurred.
“Somehow she ended up in this strange and unfamiliar place,” said Alan Brody, a native of Durban, South Africa. “I once drove there in that area two years ago, and I remember thinking, ‘This looks like my old home in Africa,’ and I was also thinking, ‘Are you kidding me? Who could imagine a major commuter railroad running through this? How could it?’”
http://nypost.com/2015/02/06/husband-eulogizes-wife-who-caused-fatal-metro-north-crash/

Husband eulogizes wife who caused fatal Metro-North crash
By Lorena Mongelli and Laura Italiano
February 6, 2015 | 3:15pm
New York Post

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2938864/Metro-North-train-bursts-flames-crashing-car-just-outside-NYC-resulting-multiple-deaths.html

At least seven dead and a dozen seriously injured after train crashed into a Jeep stuck on the tracks and burst into flames just outside New York City
Metro-North train crashed into car while traveling in Valhalla, New York
Officials: At least seven people killed and further 12 seriously wounded
After crash, passengers in the first three cars were evacuated via ladder
Dozens of firefighters were pictured battling shocking blaze amid snow
One unnamed passenger tweeted: 'Front of train is completely burnt out'
It is unknown why car was on the railway tracks; police are investigating
By SOPHIE JANE EVANS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:51 EST, 3 February 2015 | UPDATED: 23:45 EST, 3 February 2015

Chaos: Emergency crews stand outside the train, while concerned passengers line up inside one of its cars.

[From article]

At least seven people were killed Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a car just north of the train station, according to officials.
At least 12 others were said to be injured in the crash.
Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, had said earlier the victims included the driver of the car, a woman who was outside of her vehicle when the crash occurred, and five people on board the train. But later Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino tweeted that there were at least seven people killed.
The fiery scene began to unfold about 6:30 p.m. when the Harlem Line train out of Grand Central Terminal struck the black Jeep Cherokee at the narrow, two-lane Commerce Street crossing, causing an explosion that engulfed both the car and the train.

Evacuation: Following the crash, the first three cars of the train were evacuated via ladder. Many were crying and screaming. Above, a man from a car toward the back of the train is helped out of it by emergency crews.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/

At least 7 dead, multiple injuries after Jeep, train collide in Valhalla

Matt Spillane, Khurram Saeed and James O'Rourke

The Journal News

10:55 p.m. EST February 3, 2015

MA Turnpike Tolls To Subsidize Harvard University Train Station

"Toll revenue from the Turnpike, meanwhile, will fund the larger realignment project, according to MassDOT officials." New arguments, like this one, are needed to justify continuing collecting tolls many years after they were supposed to end. High ranking members of the Spending Other People's Money campaign run the state of Massachusetts. Many of them have Harvard degrees e.g., the lawyer governor.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/10/1/west-station-harvard-mbta/

MBTA To Build Commuter Rail Station on Harvard Property in Allston
By KARL M. ASPELUND

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
October 1, 2014

Opposition To PipelIne Shares Blame For Oil Train Crash

[From article]
Oil production booms, but new pipeline construction, such as Keystone XL, has been blocked by liberal activists. Five years ago, very little oil was transported on trains, but in 2013, 1 million barrels a day moved by rail in the US, and in 2014 some 1.5 million barrels of oil per day will do so. Estimates are those figures will double again by 2015.
This is a bonanza to railroads, but to the rest of us this is Railway Russian Roulette. Already there have been three near misses.
[. . .]
Opponents of the Keystone Pipeline pat themselves on the back for keeping the Obama administration paralyzed. Meanwhile, the oil continues to be delivered — in ways more dangerous and dirty.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/05/keystone-pipeline-opponents-causing-environmental-disaster/

Keystone pipeline opponents causing environmental disaster
By Diane Francis
New York Post

October 5, 2014 | 7:41am

Three Killed in Car On Tracks in Massachusetts by AMTRAK Train

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665856/Amtrak-train-hits-vehicle-tracks-killing-3.html

Three people killed after Boston-bound Amtrak train collides with their SUV after they were driving on the tracks
Accident happened overnight near Boston
Authorities unclear how car managed to get onto the main East coast line
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 10:10 EST, 23 June 2014 | UPDATED: 13:06 EST, 23 June 2014

Panhandler Admits Pushing Man to Death on NYC Subway Platform

The attacker, who had been menacing others in the station, looms over his victim after pushing him on the tracks. He has confessed to shoving Han.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nightmare_on_subway_tracks_GgvCtkeJj6cTeyxHns2VNP

Suspect confesses in pushing death of Queens dad in Times Square subway station
By KIRSTAN CONLEY, LARRY CELONA, ANTONIO ANTENUCCI, CHRISTINA CARREGA and JEANE MacINTOSH
Last Updated: 8:08 PM, December 4, 2012 Posted: 12:47 AM, December 4, 2012
New York Post

AMTRAK Rail Sabotage

http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/561944.html

Authorities Investigate Reservation Train Incident

Post-Journal (Jamestown NY)

POSTED: July 9, 2010