Two passenger trains collided in Britain on Friday evening, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more, according to the authorities. The collision took place about 5:15 p.m. local time near the town of Bedford, in south-central England, officials said, prompting a major emergency response from the police and health workers, according to the…
One day in the early 1940s, David Plowden grabbed his Kodak Brownie box camera and headed to the train depot near his family’s farm in Vermont, accompanied by his mother. He was 11 and fascinated by steam engines — so much so that he often rode the rails and had befriended some of the conductors…
Commuting in the Philippines has become extremely chaotic. “When you get on the train, you have to protect yourself so that you don’t get squeezed.” “We call it a sardine situation. It’s becoming unimaginable.” The war in Iran has created a global energy crisis, more than doubling the price at the pump in the Philippines….
