Metro Rail, which is the government agency that runs the train service, has now hired Mzembe and Lefa.

CNN: World's Untold Stories

The gap between the pantograph, which is the arm on top of the train car that draws power from overhead lines, and the catenary system must remain within a precise distance and tension.

WSJ: Commuters warned: Summer heat may slow Metro-North

It's all well and good having 25-metre pools to train in but that is so different to 50-metre ones which are used at the majority of big international events.

BBC: The untouchables

Washington, playing a dispatcher on the New York subway system, finds himself negotiating with a hijacker (John Travolta) who has taken over a train and is now demanding a ransom (a paltry ten million bucks, which tells you that a twist is on the way).

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The train wreck illustrates one economic reality of the U.S. shale drilling boom, which is that energy companies have turned to shipping by rail as pipeline capacity has been filled.

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The rear train was operating on "automatic" mode, which is routine during rush hour, and preliminary evidence shows that the driver may have employed the brakes, Hersman said.

CNN: Investigator: D.C. Metro crash 'a scene of real devastation'

What follows is a hair-raising escape involving an SUV and a freight train, after which Nick concocts the grand design that brings him 200 feet above midtown.

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