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A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in a fiery wreck, officials said.
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Trains collide in south India, killing 15
Privately-funded service set to offer luxurious high-speed travel between Milan and Naples.
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London, Jan 18 : A former Playboy pin-up model is so keen to make her daughter follow in her footsteps that she is training her to become a topless model.
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John W. Huffman created synthetic marijuana for tests on lab animals. His formulas ended up in the hands of head shops, which have created substances that can lead to seizures, hallucinations and convulsions. John W. Huffman is a bearded, elfin man, a professor of organic chemistry who runs model trains in his basement and tinkers with antique cars. At 79, he walks a bit unsteadily after a ...
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Scientist's research produces a dangerous high
The physicist John Hardy was an international authority in the field of lattice dynamics – the vibrations of atoms within crystals – and was responsible for the development of the famous Deformation Dipole Model for calculating the vibrational properties of insulators. He started his career in England, but moved to the University of Nebraska in 1966, and spent the rest of his life there ...
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Professor John Hardy: Physicist celebrated for his work in the field of lattice dynamics
South Korea trains defectors to rebuild North in the event of regime's collapse.
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Seoul trains N Korea 'intellectual troops'
The tour includes 10 displays at seven sites in Latrobe, Ligonier and New Florence. The largest venue will be Latrobe's Huber Hall, where three model railroad clubs will display large modular layouts in the three gauges.
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Ligonier area collectors to open homes for train tour
ITrainCollect.com, an online community and blog about model train collecting, has published new blog posts about model train stores, model train layouts, and collecting toy trains.
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Train enthusiasts are double blessed this holiday season, as two major train displays are being offered for viewing pleasure -- Appleby Manor Presbyterian Church, Manor, and at the Masonic Hall, as part of the annual Freeport Celebrates Christmas event.
The Iain Coucher era is coming to an end. For three years the Lamborghini and Aston Martin-driving former missile designer has ruled Network Rail in his abrasive, can-do style. In that time, he has established Network Rail, the publicly funded body that took over the operation and maintenance of the railways in 2002, as a model of cost-cutting and passenger safety.
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Wanted: One thick-skinned chief exec for Network Rail