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The accident happened after the driver of the freight train disregarded a signal and hit the rear end of the express train, Sinha added.
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Reuters, NBC News, 17 June 2024
The crash comes more than a year after India experienced one of the worst train disasters in the country’s history, when more than 280 people were killed in a three-way collision involving two passenger trains and a freight train in eastern Odisha state.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 17 June 2024
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay more than $310 million to settle claims and cover costs stemming from the February 2023 derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials in an Ohio town, the federal government said on Thursday.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 23 May 2024
That amount, if placed in hopper cars, would fill a freight train long enough to circle the earth — and that's just from the last 44 years.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 17 June 2024
The crash comes more than a year after India experienced one of the worst train disasters in the country’s history, when more than 280 people were killed in a three-way collision involving two passenger trains and a freight train in eastern Odisha state.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 17 June 2024
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay more than $310 million to settle claims and cover costs stemming from the February 2023 derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials in an Ohio town, the federal government said on Thursday.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 23 May 2024
That amount, if placed in hopper cars, would fill a freight train long enough to circle the earth — and that's just from the last 44 years.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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