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16. Virginia Railway Express

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 05:09 PM

Feb 2012

The cars that run on the VRE, which are double-decker, can hold from 123 to 157 passengers. The cars from 1956 originally ran on the Chicago and North Western Railway. VRE trains are 6 or 8 cars long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Railway_Express#Coach_fleet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%26_Northwestern_Railroad

Edited, because I can't make the links work.

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Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2012 OP

What a horrible accident Marrah_G Feb 2012 #1

Thoughts with the people in Buenos Aires and Argentina Broderick Feb 2012 #2

a horrible tragedy Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #3

These Argentine train cars are very old. I rode on the exact same cars 20 Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #4

16 mph / 49 dead. I didn't think it was that poorly built. Festivito Feb 2012 #5

From what I'm seeing on the stream, thy're the same cars. Very old. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #7

600 injured?! How many does the train hold total? Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #9

Good question. I don't know, but in the mornings each car is packed. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #11

Virginia Railway Express mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2012 #16

I guess I envisioned something smaller like a subway car Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #19

Wow, that's terrible!!! Beacool Feb 2012 #6

It was going the normal speed for between stations. But it didn't slow down. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #8

Oh, OK. Beacool Feb 2012 #15

Well, now I'm not so sure. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #17

A woman is on TV now, saying her sister was on the train. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #10

Lotsa tired people today, day after Mardi Gras / Carnivale JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #18

Not as big as in Brazil, that's for sure. Common Sense Party Feb 2012 #20