Nazarbayev has been the President of Kazakhstan since 1989, when he was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. He was elected the nationâs first president following its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NOBLE, Okla. - Residents in an Oklahoma town say they are waiting as long as four hours for a train to move along the tracks. âWhen the train just stops, it totally disrupts life for everyone that's on this street,â said Chad Byrd, who lives near the track.
Some train wrecks occur when drivers exceed the posted speed limit (19 derailments last year), but, more often, the cars go off the rails because the brakes weren't used correctly. An object that happens to be sitting on the track isn't likely to derail an oncoming train. A freight train can typically throw a 4,000-pound car out of its way without getting off trackâalthough in 2005 an SUV left on a commuter track caused a fatal derailment in California.