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Police gather evidence near a signal light at the site of a train collision in Buizingen, Belgium, on Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. The train collision that claimed 18 lives outside a suburban
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The great battle of Messines Ridge Description: A light railway Boch smashed by our guns. Annotation: The battle for Messines Ridge. A shot to pieces by English cannon German light rail line.
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