1.   The agreement averted a strike that would have idled the passenger rail line in the Northeast Corridor and stranded tens of thousands of New England commuters.

2.   The flooding closed roads, businesses and stranded tens of thousands of commuters when a train line had to be shut down.

3.   A nationwide power failure in Malaysia Saturday stranded tens of thousands of passengers aboard trains and caused traffic jams in cities.

4.   Avalanches have stranded tens of thousands of travelers this winter in train stations and isolated resorts across France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria.

5.   Bus and taxi drivers went on strike in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday to demand lower fuel prices, stranding tens of thousands of Haitians.

6.   Foul weather which has stranded tens of thousands across Europe and brought chaos to transport showed no signs of relenting Tuesday as new avalanches struck in Italy and Switzerland.

7.   In March, a rush-hour fire in March stranded tens of thousands of passengers while causing a handful of minor injuries for smoke inhalation.

8.   One of the worst derailments occurred this summer near Rome when tens of thousands of travelers were left stranded for two days.

9.   Train traffic slowly returned to normal after wildcat strikes had severely disrupted rail schedules earlier in the week, stranding tens of thousands of people during rush hours.

10.   Protesters set up roadblocks and squatted on rail tracks stranding tens of thousands of commuters who daily travel to work in Calcutta, witnesses said.