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that control track operations was a common method of sabotage during the
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582:"Oil Train Disaster Near Seattle May Have Been Caused By Sabotage"
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478:"SABOTEURS DYNAMITE RAIL BRIDGE"
252:Intentional switch misalignments
90:2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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556:Beaumont, Hilary (2021-07-29).
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139:New York Central Railroad
443:Richardson, Len (1995).
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152:Vanceboro bridge bombing
101:Damage to infrastructure
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276:Greenock rail crash
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207:Palo Verde, Arizona
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