As the train charged toward the crematorium, two boys pried open a tiny window and jumped out.
From the initial coverage of the fire that started on a train in Godhra, Gujarat a decade ago which sparked riots that left more than 1,000 dead: Leaders of the World Hindu Council, the fundamentalist group whose members jammed the train, charged that the call for the attack came from a nearby mosque.
That morning he'd had a few new, freshly trained charges assigned to him.
The $500,000 flight training charges that led to all of this are still dwarfed by the costs to the military of training pilots.
Behind her, a squad of campers, some wearing balaclavas, is being put through direct action training, charging silently among the marquees.
Ours is a toll-booth economy, unchallenged by any major party, in which companies which have captured essential public services – water, energy, trains – charge extraordinary fees we have no choice but to pay.
Furthermore, many trains charge supplements, and the time constraints (22 days for two zones) will often lead you scurrying from city to city to get your money's worth.
The two trains charge similar rates.
The proceeds, some $40 billion a year, would be directed toward a grand "21st Century Clean Transportation System" that includes shoring up the federal highway fund, building mag-lev trains, charging stations for electric vehicles, self-driving cars and other lower-carbon transportation boondoggles.
Getting around: British trains charge about $7.50 to carry each bicycle accompanying a paying passenger, though sometimes this fee is waived.
