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	1863 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1863.
		January 8 - Ground is broken by the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento, California, on the western half of the First Transcontinental Railroad in North America.
		October 5 - The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1863_in_rail_transport (321 words)

	India rail transport, animal transport, india rail network, tour, travel, india visit, rail travel : Indiaprofile.com
		The train was run on the narrow gauge (2 ft and 6 inches) and is said to be amongst the pioneer of narrow gauge.
		The rails were laid weighing 13 lb and it was built with the help of the Government of Bombay.
		The wagons loaded with goods were pulled by a pair of bullocks while the passenger trains were served by bullocks while the passenger trains were served by bullocks or ponies.
	www.indiaprofile.com /transportation/railways/animalpower.htm (670 words)

	SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE
		rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m.
		These towers may be constructed either of wood or iron, and if the exigencies of the work render it desirable, they may be mounted on trolleys and rails, in which case the cableway is rendered portable, and can be moved about, sometimes a great advantage in excavating work.
		Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIDE.html (5308 words)

	Transport Pamphlets
		Pamphlets were issued in opposition to the railways- for instance;-"Railway tyranny: a letter of appeal to the President of the Board of Trade against railway companies and their persistent disobedience to the law; by one who has defeated them five times" published in 1885 (HE1(42)/340) and by J.
		The debate about rail nationalisation and privatisation was reopened in the 1990s and pamphlets on this subject have been published by the main political parties, and bodies such as Transport 2000 and the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy.
		Transport 2000 however saw a future for the railways and published a pamphlet on electrification called "An electrification case" in 1976(fHE1(42)/F28).
	library-2.lse.ac.uk /collections/pamphlets/transport/transport4.html (1632 words)

	Pacific Railroad Act - Transcontiental Railroad and Land Grants
		AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes.
		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the gauge of the Pacific railroad and its branches throughout their whole extent, from the Pacific coast to the Missouri river, shall be, and hereby is, established at four feet eight and one-half inches.
		AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
	cprr.org /Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html (7266 words)

	Spencer Street Station - Rail - Trains - Transport - Melbourne Online - Only Melbourne
		Melbourne's Spencer Street Station, the most important rail terminal in Victoria, will be redeveloped into a world-class public transport interchange, with fast rail connections to regional Victorian centres and new facilities for rail, taxi and bus passengers.
		The station is synonymous with the rise of rail transport in Victoria and is now being redeveloped as a world-class public transport interchange.
		1862 First of a fleet of 32 passenger locomotives (later known as the B-class) is acquired.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne_details.php?id=3115 (1017 words)

	Rail Spin Off (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rail access is limited to a London based service and a few from the Midlands via a circuitous Peterborough route.
		Yet with government at best dithering and at worst in denial of these vital rail links, modal choice and environmental lifelines, the government let’s itself off the hook of responsibility to formally identify and protect the said routes from development and planning pressures, of which the areas concerned are at a premium.
		Yes there is the London factor, but orbital rail routes would also help London, as a poor resident in the inner city at one stage, diversity of traffic flow is to be highly desired, especially if it means reductions within the M25 of road traffic and subsequent pollution and time wasted.
	www.brta.org.uk /html/rail_spin_off.html (10086 words)

	1862 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		1859 1860 1861 - 1862 - 1863 1864 1865
		1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
		You can find it there under the keyword 1862 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1862)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1862andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1862 (1657 words)

	Ipswich Transport Museum
		Preserving the transport heritage of Ipswich since 1965, and now supported by the Friends of the Ipswich Transport Museum.
		The introduction of cheap mass produced road trucks for military use, coupled with the training of thousands of men to drive them, produced another transport revolution as significant as the coming of the railways in the first place.
		The Great Eastern Railway was formed on the 1st July 1862 by the amalgamation of the Eastern Counties, the East Anglian, the Newmarket, Eastern Union and Norfolk Railway Companies.
	www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk /hrail.htm (1095 words)

	Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		November 26, 1832 - public transportation began in New York City; fare of 12-1/2 cents; three non-connecting compartments, each able to carry ten passengers, rode on iron wheels along iron rails laid in the middle of the road.
		H.W. Stewart, then the General Manager of Burlington Transportation Company, to found an umbrella association of privately-owned and independent carriers to increase passenger traffic between and within members' respective territories; newly-organized association operated under name Trailways; served 24,023 miles of routes, principally in the Midwest.
		Transportation Research; Information Services (TRIS) Http://Tris.Amti.Com/Search.Cfm Database is the world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation information." (400,000 bibliographic records).
	www.kipnotes.com /Transport.htm (3368 words)

	Motor Transport Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Water transportation was critical to Union logistics, particularly in the West, where the Mississippi and other rivers flowed into the very center of the Confederacy.
		She was used as a transport in support of the Western Gunboat Flotilla.
		And thus, Herman Haupt was appointed by Secretary of War Stanton to the position of Chief of Construction and Transportation for the Department of the Rappahannock, and was given the rank of Colonel.
	www.transchool.eustis.army.mil /museum/CivialWar.htm (1633 words)

	Civil War Part 1 1861-1862 rev 10-23-2002
		By 1862 both sides were becoming standardized on one of two muzzle-loading rifle muskets, the Enfield (each side imported about 400,000 from Britain), or the American-designed Springfield (800,000 produced in federal arsenals, 670,000 purchased from private firms in New England.) They were highly accurate and reliable weapons, easy to clean and repair.
		Often the horses were used as rapid transportation, and the cavalrymen dismounted to fight as infantry.
		Runners faced an increasing risk of capture--in 1861 and 1862, one sortie in 9 ended in capture; in 1863 and 1864, one in 3; by war's end, imports had been choked to a trickle as the risk of capture soared to 50% per sortie.
	tigger.uic.edu /~rjensen/cw-1.htm (13417 words)

	Late Breaking Rail Industry News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In a June 28 letter to transportation supervisors, the committee wrote that UTU challenged “the legality of the railroads' national bargaining proposal on staffing and consolidation of operating positions.
		As for a rail connection from downtown Manhattan to JFK International Airport, a favorite of current Gov. George E. Pataki, Spitzer said further study is needed on whether the benefits would justify the cost, which is estimated at $6 billion.
		The Surface Transportation Board has concluded its environmental review of the Kansas City Southern/Norfolk Southern joint venture on the 320-mile Meridian, Miss.-Shreveport, La., “Meridian Speedway.” The review was the final regulatory step to be cleared for KCS and NS to move ahead with the project, originally announced on Dec. 2, 2005.
	www.railwayage.com /breaking_news_archive.shtml (17458 words)

	Helsinki area public transport history
		First horse tram rails were laid in 1981 and electric power was taken into service in 1900.
		The Ministry of Transport and the Helsinki area cities called 3 auditors to evaluate the Helsinki urban area transportation system in 1992, and the auditors analysis supported the idea of a Light Rail system to the area.
		So the trams are the most important public rail transport system even though the network covers only the city centre area of Helsinki.
	www.kaupunkiliikenne.net /English_site/helsinkiuk.htm (763 words)

	Military News, 1862
		This extra clothing has in every case been so placed in the ships as to be accessible at any moment, and will be distributed to the men on the voyage should the weather be such as to requir3 the use of sealskin caps and similar articles.
		The number of transports wholly chartered by the Government is thirteen, all powerful screw-steamers; and in several cases troops have been sent by the Cunard mail-steamers to Halifax.
		The Globe states that the wives and families of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers, as well as of the other branches of the service ordered to British North America, will have the same liberal allowance as was granted in the case of the families of soldiers ordered to India during the rebellion.
	www.theshipslist.com /1862/milnews.html (704 words)

	Boyhood Memoirs of Jefferson Moses
		That such a thing could walk on rails and haul a lot of cars was something to wonderful for us to study out.
		Then they took it out and carried it to the big rolers and begun to run it back and forth thru different places til at last a long rail was run out on a long platform and the ends was sawed off.
		We were together most of the time and in 1862 in August when a company was made up in Cedarville.
	www.ioweb.com /civilwar/html/boyhood.htm (3300 words)

	Norfolk Rail News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rail travellers will also be able to claim 10 percent off the price of two-course meals at a selection of pubs on the routes between 1 November and 25 May 2005.
		However, the East-West Rail Consortium, which began work on the three-part scheme in 1995, last night described the decision as a "hiccup" and insisted it was confident the final stage of the line would be up and running within 12 months of securing preivate funding.
		Transport Secretary Stephen Byers will come under pressure this week to revive the East-West Rail Link, which was expected to create up to 10,000 jobs in towns and cities along the route.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/rj.cullen/00.htm (20917 words)

	Bedford - Sandy - Cambridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		BRTA is seeking to get East West Rail, Skanska and Bedfordshire Local Authorities to identify an official Bedford-ECML: route with realignment south of Blunham and to the north of Sandy with north and south facing junctions.
		There is also a need for a strong public voice in favour of the rail link and a fuller recognition of the positive benefits such will bring to the areas it would serve.
		Moreover if we got that, that would be the minimum for allowing East West Rail services across country around the 50 mile radius of London axis, serving a 25 miles north and south cordon stretching roughly from the M25 to the A14 and from the M11 to the M40 and all spaces in between.
	www.brta.org.uk /html/bedford_-_sandy_-_cambridge.html (2470 words)

	The London Underground
		<3> There was a lack of direct rail services (railroad lines which connected with each other to give a passenger direct access to his destination); the solution to this problem was the idea for a succession of main line stations linked by an underground railway.
		Not only would the Victorian public have lost a method of transportation, but future generations would have been denied references to a metaphor of motion which fascinated the Victorians and permeated their art and literature.
		The first trial run was on May 24, 1862, but it was not until January 10, 1863, that the line opened to the public.
	www.loyno.edu /~history/journal/1989-0/ladart.htm (2676 words)

	Te Puna Web Directory > NZ > Business and Economy > Transport
		The National Federation of Rail Societies Inc was formed in 1972 to provide co-ordination and leadership to the heritage and tourist rail industry in New Zealand.
		Toll NZ is a multimodal freight transport and distribution company, offering an integrated national network of rail, road and sea freight transportation, distribution and logistics management services, and interisland and urban passenger services.
		The principal purpose of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is to determine the circumstances and causes of accidents and incidents with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in future.
	webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz /dir/en/nz/business-and-economy/transport (4254 words)

	Victorian Society - History 1837 to 1901 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Victorian prosperity for an elite was built on the development of new machinery, new work methods and an underpaid workforce consisting of adults and children living in wretched poverty.
		Rail towns such as Crewe soon developed as main rail junctions.
		Carriages were divided into categories called classes and the 1st class rail carriage was designed like a horse drawn coach.
	www.fashion-era.com /victorians.htm (1006 words)

	The Green Rail Link-home page of kennyb
		In 1862 a more detailed treaty was signed which created the Huddersfield Junction Joint Committee between Springwood Junction and a point some 50 yard, east of the station.
		In fact as rail freight growth continues, demand is now exceeding line capacity and as a result, Railtrack wants to upgrade the trans-Pennine route to win more business.
		The tide is turning in rail's favour as a fast, relatively safe, comfortable and environment-friendly form of transport.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~kennyb (2267 words)

	Gloucester Transport History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		London Transport (LT) ordered underground trains for its District Line ('G' Stock, later uprated to 'Q' standard) and subsequently bought battery locomotives, cable drum, hopper and flat wagons from The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.
		Streamlined railcar Number 18 was built for the Great Western Railway with buffers, drawhooks and an uprated engine to allow the haulage of trailing vehicles: the ancestor of modern British diesel multiple units.
		Its fleet of 10 000 coal wagons, formerly leased to mines and coal factors, was transferred to the British Transport Commission.
	glostransporthistory.softdata.co.uk /grcw.html (3646 words)

	Network Rail - Victoria
		Discover more about the local area, including what there is to see and do there.
		The London Chatham and Dover Railway (later South East and Chatham Railway, or SECR) station was opened on 25 August 1862.
		British Transport Hotels took it over in 1977 but it was then sold to Thistle Hotels in 1983.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /aspx/947.aspx (1215 words)

	RAIL-MARINE
		Most major rail lines coming into the NY metropolitan area from the south and west, the PRR (Pennsy, Pennsylvania RR), Erie, LV (Lehigh Valley), Lackawanna, and the Jersey Central, itself, had rail-marine terminals on the Jersey side of the river.
		Two steam-tug-drawn floats were constructed, each holding 8 cars transversely, and they were served by triple-track aprons at the transfer landings, running from Alexandria down the Potomac 60 miles to Aquia Landing, about 10 miles northeast of Fredricksburg, Maryland.
		Either site is well worth "navigating", with their plethora of photos of European heavy rail, road, and marine operations.
	home.att.net /~Berliner-Ultrasonics/railmarn.html (2146 words)

	NJ Transport Heritage Center - Book List
		A panorama that transports the reader to a way of life lost to history as the canal people, on water and on land, weave tales enjoyable to all.
		Covers the rail car era on the Erie; infant gas cars; maturity; post depression era; pre to postwar; end of the line; nostalgic memories; preface, table of contents, forward, introduction, rosters, and biblio.
		The Tuckerton RR: A Chronicle of Transport to the NJ Seashore, by John Brinckmann.
	www.njthc.org /booklist42002.htm (8293 words)

	1862 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1862 (1958 words)

	Ballarat Australia History - Transport
		Before the gold discoveries in 1851, the roads in Victoria were no more than rough bush tracks, most of them passable only in the dry seasons.
		The Ballaarat line from Geelong was opened in April 1862 - Australia's first country railway.
		In 1870 the Phoenix Foundry obtained the first Victorian government contract for the construction of steam locomotives (eventually totalling 357), previously imported from England.
	www.ballarathistory.org /transpt.html (161 words)

	Network Rail - Paddington
		The detailing of Brunel’s roof and Digby Wyatt’s ornamentation is exceptionally clear and has assisted in recent restoration works.
		The British Transport Police are on duty at the station at all times – their office is on platform 1.
		If the office is unmanned, there is a telephone to the front, which has a direct line to BTP control.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /aspx/935.aspx (1124 words)

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