1.   Once again, another train appeared, stopping on the parallel express tracks so conductors could throw down bench seats between the cars like wooden planks.

2.   Somewhere beneath New York City, a subway train on the express track catches up to a train on the local track.

3.   Someone in a control tower mistakenly activated a switch to send the train from the local to the express track.

4.   The switch involved in the accident is generally used to shift southbound M trains from the local track to the express track.

5.   The switch itself was apparently locked into the closed position that shunts the train from the local track to the express track.

6.   While many African-American nominees of President Clinton were derailed for their alarming thoughts, Ashcroft is now on the express track to the office of attorney general.

7.   Work then turned to the Flushing-bound local track, and local service switched to the express track.

8.   Jose Vizcaino put the New York Yankees on the express track in this Subway Series.