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The Balvano train disaster was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. [1] [2] It occurred on the night between 2–3 March 1944 in Balvano, Basilicata. 517 people in a steam-hauled, coal-burning freight train (mostly stowaways) died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel.
The Ambrosiano was a national (domestic) Italian express train which connected Rome with Milan. The name refers to the patron saint of Milan. For its first 13 years it was a Trans Europ Express (TEE) service (train nos. 78/79). It was introduced on 26 May 1974, [1] after enough Gran Conforto carriages were delivered.
The Settebello was a famous [4] Italian high-speed express train that linked Milano Centrale in Milan with Roma Termini station in Rome, via Bologna and Florence.Introduced in 1953, it was operated by the Italian State Railways (FS) and used the distinctive ETR 300-type [2] [3] [5] electric multiple unit trainsets, featuring observation lounges at the front and rear of the train.
The Italicus Express was a night train of the Ferrovie dello Stato on which, during the early hours of 4 August 1974, a bomb exploded, killing 12 people and injuring 48. The train was traveling from Rome to Munich; having left Florence about 45 minutes earlier, it was approaching the end of the long San Benedetto Val di Sambro tunnel under the Apennines.
An ETR 300 Italian fast EMU of the 1950s, used for Settebello service In the 1960s, the FS started an innovative project for high speed trains . E.444 locomotives were the first standard locomotives able to reach 200 km/h (125 mph), while an ALe 601 EMU reached a speed of 240 km/h (150 mph) during a test.
Walkden (on right) as part of a Trades Union Congress delegation to Downing Street in 1925. Alexander George Walkden, 1st Baron Walkden (11 May 1873 – 25 April 1951) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician.
Alitalia Express Embraer 170. The airline was established as a subsidiary of Alitalia and started operations on 1 October 1997. It was founded from the defunct Avianova.It was announced that Minerva Airlines would be acquired by Alitalia in March 2003 and that Alitalia Express's fleet would be transferred, but the plan did not go through.
Text of Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., No. 12-133, 570 U.S. 228 (2013) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived) This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government