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To: Dallas
Sure have been a lot of train mishaps lately, but I am sure they are all unrelated..............!
2 posted on 05/12/2002 8:24:32 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: ladyinred
"Sure have been a lot of train mishaps lately, but I am sure they are all unrelated..............!"

Actually they are all related. They are all related to Federal regulation of the Rail industry, and the consequent mis-management that this causes.

3 posted on 05/12/2002 8:31:13 PM PDT by monday
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To: ladyinred
Who is John Galt?
4 posted on 05/12/2002 8:39:10 PM PDT by CatoRenasci
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To: ladyinred
So many unrelated isolated incidences involving train accidents! They are piling up like derailed box cars. You don't suppose ..... ............. ...................... ....................... ........................ ............................ ............................................ ???
5 posted on 05/12/2002 8:41:41 PM PDT by Cascadians
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To: ladyinred
Sure have been a lot of train mishaps lately, but I am sure they are all unrelated..............!

Seems like India is not afraid to call it as they see it.

Shramjeevi Exp mishap points to sabotage: Rlys

NILANJANA BHADURI JHA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2002

NEW DELHI: The Railways have confirmed sabotage as the cause of the Shramjeevi Express derailment on Sunday, which left 12 people dead and over 70 injured near Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh.

"Preliminary investigations by the Railways have revealed that some fishplates had been removed at the site of the accident", Devendra Sandhu, chief PRO, Northern Railway, told Times News Network.

Earlier in the day, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar had said in Patna that sabotage could not be ruled out.

Sandhu said that a more detailed statutory inquiry would be conducted into the incident by the Commissioner of Railway Safety.

Thirteen bogies of Patna-bound Shramjeevi Express derailed between Kheta Sarai and Mehrawan stations near Jaunpur in the Lucknow division at around 3.45 am on Sunday. The train had left New Delhi at 1.20 pm on Saturday.

Sandhu said that six of the 11 dead had been identified so far. Relief work is on, with medical teams having rushed to the spot.

Early in the morning, the non-affected coaches in the front portion of the train were attached to a special train to transport stranded passengers. Another relief train was also rushed to the site.

The injured have been admitted at the civil hospitals in Jaunpur, Shahganj, Mehrawan and at Habib Hospital in Kheta Sarai.

Enquiry counters have been opened at New Delhi, Patna, Varanasi and Lucknow. A Northern Railways official said that 37 of the injured were still in hospital.

Nitish Kumar rushed to the accident site, as did a team of senior railway officials from the Capital led by Additional General Manager Northern Railways K K Gupta. Additional Divisional Railway Manager Lucknow has also reached to supervise relief operations.

54 posted on 05/13/2002 12:37:24 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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