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American student who pushed woman on to rail track jailed

A student who pushed a woman on to railway tracks after missing his train has been jailed.

Cheyenne Naeb, 26, walked away from Brittany Mansfield after shoving her in front of a stationary train on platform seven at Glasgow’s Queen Street Station in February last year.

The 28-year-old railway worker injured her hip and suffered cuts to her hand, scrapes to her legs and a swollen elbow.

American student Naeb, who was studying for a PhD in philosophy at the University of Dundee, was jailed for 20 months after admitting assaulting Mrs Mansfield to her injury and danger of life and behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.

During sentencing at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff John McCormick told Naeb the consequences of actions could have been “catastrophic,” describing his behaviour as a “gross overreaction”.

Naeb, who had planned to become a professor after graduating from his course, had run on to the platform at about 09:11 on 1 February 2023 to see the train he wanted to board departing.

Mrs Mansfield told him that the train had gone, to which Mr Naeb shouted: "Don't you come near me, you made me miss my train. Don't look at me." He also swore at her.

When Mrs Mansfield turned to face Naeb, he pointed his finger at her, to which she told him he was no longer allowed to travel.

Naeb reacted by pushing Mrs Mansfield with both hands to her chest with such force that she came off the end of the platform.

The court heard she landed “in between the running lines of platform seven in front of a train that was preparing to leave the station”.

She was able to pull herself back on to the platform, but Naeb had already walked off showing “no concern” for her wellbeing.

Naeb was stopped by police after Mrs Mansfield radioed for help.

She was later taken to hospital to be checked over.

Naeb’s father had flown in from the United States to attend the sentencing.

'I could have died'

Paul Sweeney, defending, said: "He asks me to offer his appologies to her [Ms Mansfield] and he fully accepts his behaviour on that day was wrong.

"He knows the physical and mental anguish he caused to her and he is sorry for that."

He added: "It was hoped that he would embark on further academia by becoming a professor but this will be difficult.

"His father travelled from America to see his son imprisoned rather than be at his graduation."

Sheriff McCormick said: "I have read the victim impact statement regarding the ongoing physical and mental injuries.

"Taking everything into account, there is no appropriate alternative to a custodial sentence."

Speaking outside the court, Miss Mansfield said: "As a victim, I think the sentence should have been longer. I could have died.

"It is not as if he pushed me off a kerb - it was quite a drop."

The mum said she was off work for around nine months after the attack.

She added: "I still have to stand on the platforms where it happened. It is never ending."

When asked if she had any ill feelings towards Naeb, Miss Mansfield replied: "No, I do not necessarily forgive him but I do not want to be bitter.

"If I was to carry on hatred and things like that, I think I would go on a downward spiral.

"I have children and I want to make sure that I am in the best frame of mind."

Seeing America by train

What it’s really like to travel cross-country by rail.

This summer, I was determined to take a train across the United States.

I started in Northern California, and over the course of 80 hours, 12 states and 3,397 miles, I meandered my way alongside deserts, forests, mountains, rivers; through coal plants, suburban backyards, vast cornfields, and the occasional Big American City — and ended in the very Biggest of them all, New York City.

This idea was not well-received among most of my friends.

Kind of. A truly transcontinental, coast-to-coast train does not exist. It requires at least two legs.

True. A sleeper car ticket across the country will set you back at least $1,000. And Amtrak’s labyrinthine dynamic pricing model can easily bump that up to a cool $2,000.

And most of all ...

But on a warm day in June, I stepped onto the California Zephyr, one of Amtrak’s long-haul Superliners, and began my voyage east.

Before I even made it to my roomette, I overheard a conversation that more or less answered that question: Why?

For my first leg from California to Chicago, I splurged on a roomette, the smaller of the two sleeper options.

I did not spend much time in my roomette, aside from sleeping and an ill-fated attempt at yoga.

That’s because the social hub of long-distance train travel was three cars down in the dining and observation cars.

When you book a sleeper room on an Amtrak train, you technically become a first-class passenger. And in true first-class fashion, you are served three meals a day in the dining car.

In the heyday of train travel, first-class dining served up some of the best food in the country. Menus from the mid-20th century boast dishes like Russian caviar, charbroiled steak and aged bourbon, all served on fine china with shiny silverware.

Today, the dining car is more utilitarian, offering entrees a few steps above airplane food. The china has been replaced with fancily molded plastic plates, but we did eat with real silverware. In a charming touch harking back to the golden days, each table is set with a white tablecloth and a vase of real roses.

Dining is communal, and passengers are grouped in tables of four. Within hours of boarding the train, a friendly retired couple more or less adopted me, and over the next two days, we ate most of our meals together.

Toan and Maria had never been on a sleeper train before and were excited for a chance to see the country en route to Chicago.

They had come to the United States as refugees from Vietnam at age 30. Upon arrival, they quickly realized their work experience back home didn’t mean much to their new countrymen. So they moonlighted as dishwashers and collected odd jobs while getting their requisite degrees.

The pair were now enjoying their well-deserved retirement, which included sampling Amtrak’s dessert menu.

The observation car is where the magic happens.

Over the course of my time on the California Zephyr, I became acquainted with a cast of regulars. Among them were:

Robin, a teacher from Georgia who made it her goal to start and finish knitting a beanie on the train. (She succeeded!) At the end of the trip, she gave me a lifetime top-five hug.

Victor and David, an indefatigably friendly couple from D.C., who liked to refer to me as “fabulous” and “ah-MAY-zing.” Naturally, I enjoyed their company.

Doug, a Texan missionary with a slight hippie flair, who gave me fist bumps every morning.

I also did my fair share of eavesdropping.

But of course, the primary purpose of the observation car is to, well, observe.

Which I did.

At night, I fell asleep to the gentle rocking and muted whistles of the train.

Sometime in the middle of my first night on the Zephyr, we passed through the center of Utah.

It was here, 155 years ago, where the famed Golden Spike was driven into the earth by Leland Stanford, marking the completion of the country’s first transcontinental railroad (which technically did not run coast-to-coast, but from Omaha to Sacramento).

The railroad, lauded as one of the greatest achievements in U.S. history, also set the stage for an era of aggressive westward expansion, empire-building and the subjugation of Indigenous people .

Our conductor, when providing a brief history of rail travel, recounted a railroad operator who would pause the train when it encountered a bison herd, encouraging passengers to disembark to shoot the animals (“kill the buffalo, kill the Indian” as the mantra went).

The famed first transcontinental railroad — that slow serpent winding through the middle of America — fell out of operation by 1904. Today, parts of those old rail tracks are used for freight.

The Colorado River is long. Somewhere in Utah, we sidle up against one of its tributaries, and then we follow it to the source. We then trace it up and up, into the Rocky Mountains.

To appreciate the true immensity of the Colorado River, its power, beauty and significance, you have to sit with it.

To ride alongside it for an entire day.

To follow the river as it slices and swells and shrinks.

The people in the Colorado River know that you, as a train-rider, are watching the scenery with rapt attention. And they like to have some fun at your expense.

The California Zephyr terminates in Chicago, and I get off unsteadily, finding my land legs. Fifty-two hours after my journey began, I say my goodbyes to my new train friends and embark on the home stretch of my journey aboard the Lake Shore Limited.

The remaining 20 hours to New York City take me through the old Great Lakes industrial corridor, along the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River.

This leg of my trip is decidedly less luxurious. For one, I’ve opted to ride in coach, which means no flat surface to overnight on — and, as I later find out, no access to the dining car. In addition, the Lake Shore Limited, like most trains on the East Coast, lacked an observation car.

Most train enthusiasts will recommend traveling across the country from east to west. I quickly understood why. Taking the California Zephyr before the Lake Shore Limited was like eating a scrumptious dessert before a much blander dinner.

I boarded the train at night and immediately tried to get some shut-eye. As it turns out, a coach seat is not very conducive to sleep. It is, however, quite conducive to overhearing your neighbor’s conversations … at all hours of the night.

The next day, after three or so hours of non-REM sleep, I headed to the cafe car (not to be confused with the vastly superior dining and observation cars). There, I spent the bulk of the day observing my fellow passengers and striking up various conversations.

By the time we pulled into Manhattan, the sun was setting. Warm orange light glanced off the Hudson River.

The buildings grew taller. The trees fewer.

Then, darkness.

Soon after, without fanfare, we pulled into the bowels of Penn Station.

And with that, I gathered my things, and, having completed my three-and-a-half day journey from sea to shining sea, entered the warm New York night.

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Editing and art direction by Hannah Good. Additional editing by Gabe Hiatt. Design, animations and development by Katty Huertas with support from Carson TerBush. Design editing by Christine Ashack. Copy editing by Jordan Melendrez.

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Tom Brown Jr., World-Renowned Survivalist, Is Dead at 74

For decades, he ran a school in the New Jersey wilderness that taught thousands of students how to survive and even thrive in the great outdoors.

By Clay Risen

Tom Brown Jr., who was considered the country’s foremost authority on wilderness survival, and who taught thousands of people how to track deer, fletch arrows, forage for food and generally thrive in the great outdoors, died on Aug. 16 in Neptune, N.J. He was 74.

His son Coty confirmed the death, in a hospital. He said his father had recently been in failing health.

Though Mr. Brown’s trim, sturdy build and neatly coifed mustache were more reminiscent of the media magnate Ted Turner than John Rambo, he was in every way the quintessential outdoorsman.

His preferred wilderness was the Pine Barrens, a vast, unpeopled expanse of sandy forest that stretches across the middle of New Jersey. He would disappear into the woods for weeks at a time, often with nothing but the clothes on his back, and emerge ruddy in health and even a few pounds heavier.

“If you have clothes or a knife, then you aren’t really surviving,” he told The Maine Times in 1998.

By way of income, Mr. Brown ran Tracker School, a series of weeklong courses in the intricacies of bare-bones wilderness living and what he referred to as “the wisdom of the track.”

There is nothing cozy about Tracker School. Students sleep in tents on the ground, eat around a campfire and use field latrines, in between classroom instruction and hours of what Mr. Brown called “dirt time,” which they spend bent to the earth, looking for traces of woodland creatures.

Tracker School proved immensely popular: Mr. Brown and his instructors welcomed hundreds of people a year, including middle-school students, bored computer programmers and seasoned outdoor professionals from around the world.

Though he could seem aloof and intense, Mr. Brown built a broad following; former students returned home to form tracker clubs, or even start schools of their own.

“He pretty much changed my life,” Jim Lowery, another Tracker School alumnus, said in an interview. Mr. Lowery left his job as a nonprofit fund-raiser to start Earth Skills , a wilderness school in Frazier Park, Calif., with his wife, Mary Brooks.

Among Mr. Brown’s fans was the director William Friedkin , who hired him as a technical adviser for his film “The Hunted” (2003), about a Brown-like survival coach, played by Tommy Lee Jones, who comes out of retirement to track down a murderous former student, played by Benicio Del Toro.

Mr. Brown laid out his origin story in his first book, “The Tracker” (1978). When he was 7, he wrote, he befriended a boy named Ricky, whose grandfather Stalking Wolf was a Lipan Apache from New Mexico who had moved to New Jersey to be near his son. Over the next decade, Stalking Wolf taught the boys the ways of the forest.

“He taught me how to teach myself,” Mr. Brown wrote. “I have been using the tools he gave me ever since.”

Stalking Wolf’s influence also led Mr. Brown to infuse his teaching and writing with an urgent environmentalism and an insistence that people need to relearn the Native Americans’ sense of balance with the land — or else.

“Mankind must reach a balance with nature and live in harmony where the quest for spirit is more important than the gods of the flesh,” he wrote in “The Journey” (1992). “Unless we can change, and change quickly on both a physical and spiritual level, we all soon must face the Final Winter.”

Thomas Haughey Brown Jr. was born on Jan. 29, 1950, in Toms River, N.J., to Thomas and Janet (McLaughlin) Brown. His father, a Scottish immigrant, was an engineer.

Even before he met Ricky and Stalking Wolf, young Tom preferred sleeping in the woods to sleeping in his bedroom. He wore buckskins and outdoor gear to school. Both Ricky and Stalking Wolf died when Tom was 17, and he left home to wander the country for the better part of a decade, living mostly off the grid.

He returned to New Jersey in the mid-1970s and began offering his tracking services to law enforcement and emergency rescue teams. At first no one was interested.

People asked “over and over why I wasn’t in college, why I didn’t have a permanent 9-to-5 job, why I wasted so much of my time running around in the Pine Barrens, and I had begun to wonder if perhaps my life really was a waste, after all,” Mr. Brown wrote in “The Tracker.”

Finally, he was brought in to help locate a mentally disabled man who had gone missing for days in the Pine Barrens. When he found the man, they both sat down and cried.

In 1977, he helped police identify a man suspected of multiple sexual assaults, winning him national news attention and making him a go-to guy for search-and-rescue operations.

Mr. Brown wrote a total of 16 books on survival and tracking, selling some two million copies. He also put his name on a line of survival knives sold by the knife maker Tops.

His career was not without controversy. Detractors called into question the story of Stalking Wolf, though they didn’t have evidence to disprove it. And the suspected rapist was later cleared for lack of evidence.

Mr. Brown’s first two marriages ended in divorce. In addition to his son Coty, from his second marriage, he is survived by his third wife, Celeste Brown; another son from his second marriage, River; a son from his first marriage, Tom Brown III; his brother, Jim; two stepchildren from his first marriage, Kerry and Paul; two stepchildren from his third marriage, Matt Sinclair and Shannon Brown; and three grandchildren.

Two of his children, Tom Brown III and River, followed their father into survival teaching. Tom Brown III has his own program in Oregon, and River will succeed his father at Tracker School.

Clay Risen is a Times reporter on the Obituaries desk. More about Clay Risen

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As a regular long standing passenger I have always found C2C a great mode of transportation. I understand that there are national strikes this week so I checked the C2C app for my travel the night before. The service was running every half hour so I planned my journey for work. To my dismay, in the morning of Tuesday 3rd January, I found the service wasn’t running at all. This was very disappointing. I purchase a season ticket as I know your service has always been excellent but now I feel dubious to do so in the future. Like many others, it affects all our work lives as well. I hope this feedback will help to ensure that both parties come to an agreement soon to end this strike.

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You get there in the end but the app is clunky. The time out is frustrating as it allows you to enter what you’re looking for, then tells you you’ve been away a while, then resets and wipes all the information you’ve just added. Selecting stations in live travel is painful, the list updates that few nanoseconds too late so you’re just about to select the station at the top and it suddenly replaces it with your most recent, which is the same one you’ve started with, so you end up with the same station twice and have to reselect. And by far the most frustrating thing is loading tickets onto smart cards, even when you get a blue tick you have to check the actual tickets on your smart card to make sure it’s there, which it often isn’t. It can take tens of attempts to actually get the ticket loaded, even if waiting the couple of minutes that the app warns you about. I bought my first flexi season this morning and getting that to load was horrendous.

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To begin with, I lost two of my smart cards. One was stolen, one was lost I cannot remove the stolen card details from the app and neither can I reported stolen When I lost my second card, i was able to order a replacement and paid £20 to transfer my ticket allowance from the lost card to the new card. I received the replacement card by post and could not confirm receipt of the card on the app because of a server issues. I’ve been backwards and forwards with the customer service team to figure out a way to accept the new card on the app/my account, and the transfer the money I am owed to the replacement card. One month later, this issue is still not fixed and my money are blocked with c2c. I cannot register the replacement card separately to my name either. Customer service have asked me to order yet another card and they will try and transfer the allowance again. This has been an incredibly painful experience with backward and forward emails and 0 phone calls from the management team. The app has potential, saves a lot of time and hassle, however it needs more work. I’d rate the app a 3 and the customer service a 1 for not providing the service I have paid for.

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Whitehaven Many cycle routes begin with nothing more than a modest blue sign. The C2C has a towering metal sculpture on the seafront slipway, where it’s traditional to dip your back wheel in the water, and a market cross-like shelter where your group can get their kit together for the hills ahead.

No hills yet, though, as the first ten miles (give or take some backstreets in Whitehaven) are all high-quality tarmaced railway path, adorned with bike sculptures and idiosyncratic metal signs. Even when minor lanes take over, the gradients are fairly tame, with one or two sharp ascents but nothing too taxing. (Take care on the descents, though, as it’s easy to misjudge a corner especially with other cyclists about.) It’s a beautifully designed route; you’re cycling through the northern Lakes, but without the massive climbs you might expect. Tree-lined sections burst out into giant mountain views, and roadside farms have honesty boxes for homemade flapjacks.

Whinlatter (25mi) This idyll is rudely shattered at Whinlatter. After High Lorton (mile 21), the hills loom up ahead of you, and there’s no way round. Three miles of climbing, on minor road, B road and forest track, take you over from the Cocker to Derwent valleys. Sharp descents and steep bends on the forestry road mark the summit, from where the route turns back on itself to the welcome (and very busy) Siskins Café.

The final descent from the café is gravelly, steep and very twisty. Don’t take chances. The reward is an easy, level five miles into Keswick with several tempting pubs along the way (the Middle Ruddings has excellent beer and cider).

Keswick (32mi) Keswick is the capital of the North Lakes, a thriving, outdoor-focused town which makes an excellent overnight stop for the four-dayer. There are no stratospheric climbs in the next 20 miles, but they’re hillier than a map might suggest. Despite the inescapable drone of the A66, they also offer some of the finest moments on the whole route.

The exit from Keswick is on a railway path, part of the old Cockermouth–Keswick–Penrith line – one of Beeching’s most unforgivable closures. The route then ducks onto a cyclepath alongside the A66, which is convenient if hardly interesting. Still, on Britain’s premier long-distance route, it jars to be told ‘Cyclists Dismount’ just for a truckers’ layby.

Note that the railway path is closed until 2020 for flood repair work; a diversion is signposted along nearby (fairly hilly) lanes.

Mungrisdale (41mi) The dogleg to Mungrisdale may look unnecessary on the map, but it’s a terrific four miles of riding on tiny gated lanes. (Leave half an hour for a brief stop at the Mungrisdale pub.) At Greystoke, don’t miss the welcoming cyclists’ café on the edge of the village. The hill in Newton Reigny has a speed readout sign that triggers for bikes as well as cars; anything in double figures is more than respectable.

Penrith (55mi) The last two miles into Penrith are on a delightful traffic-free route through a college, under the railway and motorway, and then onto back streets. The official route avoids Penrith town centre. Much smaller and quieter than Keswick, it’s a worthwhile stop with an attractive market square and useful shops for provisions.

The C2C’s central section is where the really tough climbs fall (or rise). There’s a tough warmup out of Penrith itself, but believe us, it gets tougher. The lanes around the Eden Valley are enjoyable and not too hard, though there’s a sharp ascent out of Little Salkeld.

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Hartside (71mi) Looming to your right is the great bulk of Hartside, the best-known climb on the C2C. At Renwick, the route swings sharply right, and a red warning sign marks the start of the long, four-mile haul to the top.

Despite its reputation, Hartside is not the hardest part of the C2C, and certainly not the steepest. It’s relentless, and all but the fittest will need to stop for regular breaks. But slow and steady wins the day.

The 1250ft of climbing means there are superb views at the hairpins; it’s generally well-surfaced; and the drivers respect cyclists, even on the A road section. The white cottage is the landmark that means you’re almost there. Unless you’re a really accomplished MTBer, don’t be tempted by the off-road alternative route, which is rough and boggy in equal measure; stick to the road. Sadly, the famous Hartside Top Café has closed after a fire, so bring your celebratory cake with you from Penrith.

The descent is long, fast and hairpin-free. Don’t miss the right-hand turn after three miles, after which the gradient sharpens considerably. There are good sightlines on this straight road so you can enjoy the downhill, but don’t forget to stop in Leadgate at the bottom! The three remaining miles to Garrigill are more taxing, a series of little valleys imposing an undulating character.

Garrigill (79mi) Sorry, Hartside. You may not quite be a pussycat, but you’re definitely domesticated. This next leg, by contrast, is where the C2C really shows its teeth.

Pretty little Garrigill, with its village green and olde-worlde pub, is the start of the most brutal climb on the whole route. Though just one-and-a-half miles long, it feels much longer; the desperately steep initial section becomes a relentless, grinding haul up to Flinty Fell.

Nenthead (82mi) The descent into Nenthead is short and exhilarating. Should your brake pads prove not up to scratch, there’s a bike shop in this old mining village, as well as pubs and a community-run shop. A shorter, but still, steep climb on the A689 takes you to the minor road on which the C2C reaches its highest point. The summit, Black Hill, is also where you enter Northumberland. Don’t miss the right turn on the ensuing descent, for one more, smaller climb before the strung-out valley village of Allenheads.

Allenheads (89mi) This is a popular overnight stop for C2Cers, with a good pub at the far end. Northumberland’s brief flirtation with the C2C has one more hill left. A deceptive cattle grid looks like it should be the summit, but the climb continues until the County Durham border and a roadside sculpture. There’s then a long, gentle descent to Rookhope: look out for the mine on the right.

Rookhope (95mi) Rookhope is a bike-friendly village with camping, pub, and even a church with a sign saying “Bless all cyclists on the C2C”. It’s here that the off-road grouse moor route starts. In good weather, this is worth considering if you have a cross bike or MTB, but do expect to push for parts of it.

Alternatively, cycle uphill past the church onto a lovely valley-side minor road. This gives excellent views, though at the cost of a tough climb up to the summit. Descend again into Stanhope, an attractive, down-to-earth town; accommodation is available, though evening meal options are limited. The catch is that you then have to cycle up the near-vertical Crawleyside Bank, so steep that descending traffic is provided with a sandy escape lane. The ascent becomes more manageable after the village and the cattle grid onto the moor.

To the North Sea

Crawleyside (100mi) It’s all downhill from here. The climb out of Stanhope is the last one of any size on the C2C, taking you to 400m above sea level – and it’ll take 37 miles of descending before you finally reach the coast.

For those who have struggled up Crawleyside Bank, the café in the old station building will be a very welcome sight. It’s the start of a gorgeous, isolated railway path across the moors, stark and beautiful even in wet weather. The surface starts gravelly and a little puddly, but gains a new, smoother surface as the comfortable descent begins. Consider stopping at either the station café or the tea-room further along the railway, as there are fewer tempting refreshment opportunities in the urban reaches of the route which follow.

Consett (109mi) Just before Consett, the route meets a crossroads. Turn left for the alternative C2C finish via Newcastle, or right for Durham. (Newcastle-bound cyclists will actually be better off continuing for another half-mile to a better-surfaced link route.)

The main C2C goes straight on towards Sunderland. On balance this is the more scenic and enjoyable route, though the roundabouts and roadside paths of Consett might briefly convince you otherwise. Eventually, after Stanley, the route emerges into picturesque countryside once again, hugging the side of the hill to give good views to the north.

Washington (126mi) The railway path continues all the way through Washington, easy cycling all the way. Eventually the C2C drops down to the banks of the River Wear, with a small climb to awaken your legs – but nothing compared to the previous days’ exertions.

Sunderland (131mi) There are on-off views of the Wear as you approach Sunderland; more traffic noise, too, as the Nissan plant looms on the left. The riverside Shipwrights Inn welcomes cyclists. When the path divides, be sure to take the rightmost fork along the riverside, rather than the northern braid past the Stadium of Light. The river route is unmissable: glorious views across the water, fascinating traces of industry, and Wearmouth Bridge looming ahead of you.

Passing under the bridge, ‘Keep Going’ installations encourage you on to the finish. There are views of former shipbuilding yards, in an area now being regenerated through projects such as the National Glass Centre. This is a popular path, so watch out for dogs and pole-toting anglers.

Roker Beach (135mi) Eventually, after the marina, you’ll have your first glimpse of the North Sea. The route turns north for a very short way to Roker beach, where a striking sun-inspired statue marks the end of the C2C. Haul your bike over the beach and dip your front wheel in the sea; then treat yourself to coffee, cake or chips at the cheerful refreshment kiosk. Congratulations. What will your next challenge be?

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