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Old Jul 17, 2010, 3:11 AM
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Default Stranded Passengers Not Unique To Airlines

I've been on vacation for the last week so I'm just now hearing about these. Apparently an Amtrak (MARC) train in Maryland with about 900 people on it stalled for 2 hours on JUN21. It had no power and no air.

On JUL05 another Amtrak train stalled with over 600 people on it for over an hour without air, but delayed even longer before it was moving again.

These passengers weren't really stranded in the same sense, but it shows that delays, some of them lengthy, are certainly not limited to airlines.

For all those who tout the rails as the best things ever and the airlines as the worst, time to air your dirty laundry.
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Old Jul 19, 2010, 2:31 AM
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And trains have run into more cars and trucks then airliners have run into birds or other aircraft.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents
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Old Jul 19, 2010, 5:27 AM
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The sheer pointlessness of this thread is breathtaking. Trains break down... cars break down, planes break down, everything mechanical breaks down. What is your point?
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