1.  Garbled announcements about stalled trains or fires in the tunnel can lead to cold dinners, bungled job interviews, broken romances and resolutions to move to Phoenix.

2.  Others had to get off stalled trains and fend for themselves in getting home.

3.  The number of sidings blocked by stalled trains also declined, along with total car inventory on the system.

4.  Union Pacific told the agency yesterday it is sending customers to competitors, diverting stalled trains onto other rails, and temporarily hiring retirees to help ease the strain.

5.  No one was injured, according to Eurostar executives who were trying to get the stalled train back in motion about four hours later.

6.  The stalled train delayed other services for about two hours and the cancellation of two trains.

7.  The driver of the stalled train said he had stopped the seven-car locomotive after hearing a sound that indicated that it had hit something.

8.  The driver of the stalled train said he had stopped the seven-car locomotive after hearing a sound that indicated it had hit something.