51.   Blocks like the one hit are normally used at the end of rail lines to stop trains after they have slowed to a near halt.

52.   Customs officials stopped the train in the southern Kyrgyz town of Osh on Saturday and found weapons and explosives hidden in a shipment marked humanitarian aid.

53.   For about four hours, rioters blocked the main road with burning tires and rolled rocks and metal rods onto railway tracks, stopping trains from passing.

54.   Heightening terrorism fears, an explosion rocked an empty passenger train in a southern Russian city and another train was stopped over a bomb scare.

55.   In addition to laying on tracks to stop commuter trains from passing through their neighborhoods, slum dwellers threw stones at police and blocked a stretch of highway.

56.   In addition, the driver had turned off the mechanism that stops the train automatically in case of any brake failure.

57.   Jesus de Jesus, engineer of the second train, told reporters he tried to stop the train when the coaches suddenly appeared but it was too late.

58.   Jesus de Jesus, engineer of the second train, told reporters he tried to stop the train when the wayward coaches suddenly appeared but it was too late.

59.   Lights went out in the capital Tbilisi and metro trains were stopped, as was railway traffic throughout the former Soviet Caucasus republic.

60.   Local trains were automatically stopped because of the quake, and officials were checking the tracks to make sure they were safe.