• Troop Train is a short American propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1943. While the film's assumed purpose would be to educate...
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    carriages of the troop train ignited, starting a fire which soon engulfed all five trains. Only half the soldiers on the troop train survived. Those killed...
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    Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada, when a westbound troop train and the eastbound...
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    engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rear of a circus train near Hammond, Indiana. The circus train held 400 performers and roustabouts...
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  • Bombing of Troop Train NY Times, April 23, 1947 Two Britons Killed in Palestine Mine NY Times, May 16, 1947 Terrorists Wreck Haifa Troop Train NY Times...
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    train wreck on June 22, 1918, at Hessville, Indiana, (about 51⁄2 miles east of Hammond, Indiana), when an empty Michigan Central Railroad troop train...
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  • known as the Hermit of Gully Lake, was a recluse who, after jumping a troop train to avoid service in World War II, lived in a secluded hut by Gully Lake...
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  • collided with a troop train going to Metz (now in France); 20 were killed and 41 seriously injured. June 9 – Canada – A freight train derailed near Marathon...
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  • the American built AC16 class, joined the running fleet as part of the Troop Train Event of 2016 as a representative of US involvement in the Australian...
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  • (November 28, 1933) Train jumps rails, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (April 20, 1934) 12 killed in Japanese troop train tragedy, The Singapore...
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