May 17, 2007
That’s Pushing It!
Stumble it!Overcrowding on India’s trains is legendary - but sometimes it pays off. The driver of a stranded train in Bihar, eastern Indian, asked passengers to get out and push.
The train came to a screeching halt when a passenger pulled the emergency cord. Unfortunately, the train stopped on a bit of track with no electrical current.
Hundreds of passengers hopped off the train and worked together for half an hour to shove it to the next powered stretch of line - about twelve feet away.
“In so many years of service on the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident,” said a spokesperson for Indian Railways.
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