The International was the name of two different passenger trains.
The first International operated between Chicago and Toronto, Ontario. It was originally operated by Canadian National and Grand Trunk Western. When the route was revived in 1982, it was operated jointly by VIA Rail and Amtrak. The Amtrak service was discontinued on April 25, 2004.
The second International is a route operated by Great Northern between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. This route began in 1950 and is still in operation, although it is now operated by Amtrak and is part of its Amtrak Cascades train.
The train from Mansoura was going at least 50 mph when it sped through the stop signal before a crossing, police officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give statements to the media.
Most of the passengers were poor men between the ages of 20 and 50 who began their commute to Cairo as early as 4 a.m.
Passenger Nasser Gafaar, 37, said it was difficult to escape the wreckage after the train car turned upside down.
The International was a named passengertrain originally operated by the Great Northern Railway between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
This route began in 1950 as the International Limited, and was restored in 1995 using a Talgo Pendular train set purchased by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) as Amtrak's Mount Baker International service and is still in operation as part of its Amtrak Cascadestrain.
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