11.   A passenger on the train pulled the emergency brake, which stopped the train.

12.   A Transit Authority rule states that when a red light stops a train between stations, the operator is to let the nearest dispatch center know, by radio.

13.   According to local media reports, the operator reported the fire and was ordered to stop the train and open the doors.

14.   But after the engineer stopped the train in Kensington, something he seldom did, he evidently forgot about the signal and proceeded at high speed.

15.   Colecchia ordered the train stopped and took Gaines off the train to talk to him and search him for a weapon.

16.   Colecchia said he ordered the train stopped and took Gaines onto a platform.

17.   Current train-control systems can limit speeds or stop a train if an engineer ignores a stop signal.

18.   Eventually, the authority plans to adopt a computerized system that would automatically slow or stop a train if it got too close to another train.

19.   He promises to be home for Christmas, but Christmas Eve arrives and snow has stopped the train.

20.   Hofmann, Bianco, Dash and state investigators all said they had never heard of a struck trip cock failing to stop a train.