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2005-07-13 Afghanistan/South Asia

At least 120 killed in Pakistan train crash

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Posted by ed 2005-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Two comments:

- as they say: Inshallah!

- I've seen how they operate trains in India: men stand along the tracks every few miles, next to small cement cabin, and hold a tiny red or green flag up to signal the train. In case of problems they have to make a phone call elsewhere or send a boy running I suppose. Pakistan's railroads are probably in a worst state of mis-management.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-13 10:42|| 2005-07-13 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I've read that Pakistan doesn't even have a rail line to Islamabad.
There has been zero investment since the end of the Raj.

While India has approximately doubled the amount of track since independence, Indian Railways is grossly mismanaged. It is a huge employment bank leaving almost nothing from budget for safety improvements.

The current Indian railways minister is an idiot called Lalloo who, given his track record as chief minister in running Bihar state into the ground, will destroy the Indian railways if left to his own devices. He faces several criminal charges.

He attended a cabinet meeting where he opined that the problem with Bihar was not his idiot wife, the current chief minister (iliterate woman with nine children) but the lack of ability to print money.
He asked his fellow cabinet ministers for this authority. If only he could print money, all would be well.

The Indian PM and finance minsters (both Harvard educated economists) refused to answer, moving on to other matters. The Indian PM Singh then wrote a memo to all ministers stating that their presence was no longer necessary at cabinet meetings. They could instead send their civil service deputies.

Posted by john 2005-07-13 12:43|| 2005-07-13 12:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah hell, why not, it's Wednesday.
Harmonize with me Frank!

Trouble ahead ...oh lady in red
take my advice, you'd be better off dead
switchman sleeping, train a hundred and two is
on the wrong track and headed for you,

Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed,
trouble ahead, trouble behind
and you know that notion just crossed my mind.

Trouble with you is the trouble with me
got two good eyes but ya still don't see,
comin' round the bend, you know it's the end
though the fireman screams and the engine just gleems,

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-13 19:11|| 2005-07-13 19:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I think Arafat was partial to Shakedown Street.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-07-13 19:25|| 2005-07-13 19:25|| Front Page Top

#5 heh heh both of yas

I'm thinking more of "ship of fools"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-13 20:29|| 2005-07-13 20:29|| Front Page Top

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