Many people in north-west Norfolk were living in caravans, chalets and old railway carriages on low-lying ground.

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The secretary of state gave further evidence that Iraq has germ-warfare factories mounted on trucks and railway carriages.

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In 1975, in Rhodesia, formerly Southern Rhodesia, talks between the white minority government and black leaders opened in railway carriages near Victoria Falls.

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Dr Hondou examined mobile-phone usage in enclosed spaces such as railway carriages, buses and lifts, all of which are, in essence, metal boxes.

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The original railway carriages dating from 1908 still make chartered journeys from Qatrana, 90km to the south, on one of the last surviving stretches of the Hejaz Railway, says Zureqat.

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The family of a steam railway volunteer crushed to death between carriages is seeking "substantial damages" from the railway.

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The minister said funds were allocated for "thousands of new carriages across the country, electrifying swathes of the rail network, and redeveloping many of our great railway stations" to address "crowding, cut journey times and improve passenger experience".

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