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	barcelona metropolitan transport
		The organisational model of public transport is based on the identification of three large sections or levels, whose basic characteristics correspond to elements and functions laid down in the ISOTOPE project of the European Union, which examines the regulatory framework for public transport in large cities.
		The participation of public transport in the corridor/axes varies greatly according to the capacity of the infrastructures and the demographic importance of the capital of the axis.
		In this period the urban transport of the eighteen municipalities of the MTE was metropolitanised, as were the municipal companies Transports de Barcelona, S.A. and Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, S.A. The third period began with the creation of the MTA as a consortium of the Generalitat, Barcelona City Council and the MTE.
	www.bcn.es /publicacions/b_mm/abmm_transport (16860 words)

	Rail transport
		In Berlin, as the historical centre of Germany's rail network, the exhibition not only shows the history of these impressive machines - it also displays the everyday history of people who were involved in the railways as travellers, employees, shareholders and even as deportees.
		In honour of its location at the former Anhalter freight station, the rail department of the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin was the first unit to be fully expanded and set up in 1987/88.
		The "largest exhibit" of the museum is its historical locomotive shed complex dating back to 1874.
	www.dtmb.de /Rundgang/p14_en.html (199 words)

	Stock car (rail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Certain costly inefficiencies were inherent in the process of transporting live animals by rail, particularly due to the fact that some sixty percent of the animal's mass is composed of inedible matter.
		The fish were transported from hatcheries in the Midwest to locations along the Pacific coast to stock the rivers and lakes for sportfishing.
		Fish car use declined in the 1930s as fish transportation shifted to a speedier means of transport by air, and to trucks as vehicle technology advanced and road conditions improved.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Stock_car_(rail) (2516 words)

	1874 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport
		1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
		You can find it there under the keyword 1874 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1874andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1874 (936 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.
		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 1, 1862.
		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.
	cprr.org /Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html (7266 words)

	Timeline 1871-1874 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		1874 Apr 24-26, The 2-story mansion leased by Thomas Clarke on the southwest corner of 16th and Castro in Oakland, Ca., was reported to be haunted.
		1874 Jul 26, Serge Koussevitsky, conductor of the Boston Symphony, was born in Vishny-Volotchok, Russia.
		1874 Nov 29, Antonio Egas Moniz, lobotomist (Nobel 1949), was born in Portugal.
	www.timelines.ws /1871_1874.HTML (13243 words)

	QT - Types of Transport Past!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A transport system was difficult to establish but it was important to the survival and growth of the colony.
		The main reason for rail development was to connect the hinterland with the major seaports which in most cases were the capital cities.
		Road transport became popular again with the development of the motor car as a personal, independent means of transport.
	www.transport.qld.gov.au /qt/qtkids.nsf/index/typesPast (2499 words)

	Chapter 5: The Railway Age, 1874-1920 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A change of government in 1874 led to the abandonment of the hated railway levy, and civil disturbances came to an end.
		In 1874, work began on the government's line from the port of Geraldton to the lead and copper deposits of Northampton.
		At last the continent could be crossed by rail, and the journey only took four days, despite the need to change trains on account of gauge differences no less than eight times between Brisbane and Perth.
	www.ahc.gov.au /publications/national-stories/transport/chapter5.html (13114 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.
		In 1874 major rebuilding was again proposed (and rejected), but in the following years new goods and engine sheds and another passenger platform were constructed.
	www.onlymelbourne.com.au /melbourne_details.php?id=3115 (1017 words)

	The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But back in 1874, just 5 years after the first transcontinental rail linkup, the journey was a downright arduous expedition—especially when tending 35,000 shad fry.
		Because of transport limitations, fish were generally first planted in areas near the rearing stations.
		If no rail terminus was nearby, a fish car messenger would unload 25 or 30 pails of fish and transport the shipment to a more convenient pickup point.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/fishcar.Html (1979 words)

	The Story of the G.W.R.
		Early prejudices against the new method of transport were slowly vanishing: the authorities at Eton College, who had formerly regarded the railway's influence with disfavour, chartered a special train for the conveyance of their pupils.
		Work began in 1874, and progressed so satisfactorily that the preliminary bore was continued until a sudden incursion of water flooded the excavations and imperilled the lives of the builders.
		A 46-ft. coach with eight wheels appeared in 1874, and about that year the lighting of trains by dim and evil-smelling oil-lamps was replaced by gas compressed in cylinders and burners of a crude type.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r010.html (8069 words)

	Ireland's Railway Systems
		It was found that the waves had battered the piers of the viaduct with such force that the vibration of the whole structure had thrown the rails out of gauge, and the viaduct was abandoned.
		This battery is used for road and rail transport, and has operated eighty-ton suburban passenger trains on the Great Southern Railways for several years without one failure.
		Through rail communication between Belfast and Londonderry was, however, not established until the completion of the viaduct over the River Bann at Coleraine in 1860.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r051.html (9156 words)

	Sugar Cane Transport
		Efficient transport of chopped cane is essential to avoid losses of sugar content after harvesting and to maintain a uniform flow of cane through the mills.
		An ocean-going steamer, the Keera (158 tons) was introduced in 1873 to carry coal from the Hunter to the northern mills and a steam launch was in use on the Clarence by 1874 (2).
		Small petrol-engined rail tractors were employed for light duties from the early 1920s and, after 1925, petrol-powered locomotives by Fowler and Hudswell Clarke appeared on mainline operations.
	www.lrrsa.org.au /LRR_SGRb.htm (6787 words)

	POLITICAL - Online Information article about POLITICAL
		In 1874 a concession was granted for a line from the port of Progreso to Merida (222 m.), and in 1878 four concessions were added under which 806 m.
		rail connexion with Vera Cruz and Mexico City, the distance between the latter and Salina Cruz being 520 m.
		advent of railways, and is still the common means of transport away from the railway lines.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/POLITICAL.html (6043 words)

	transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The transport of material around the mountain and from the mines to the port was an important consideration.
		Once ore had been dug out on the mountain it had to be transported to the copper ladies for dressing.
		The rail company directors were now "assured that the future traffic will be greatly extended from the great impetus that has of late, and is now being given in the working of the copper mines at Amlwch, and from the fact that the smelting works are again about to resume their former activity"
	www.amlwchdata.co.uk /parys/transport.htm (1994 words)

	Public Safety Act, 2002 improves legislative framework to fight terrorism and protect public safety - April 29, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The amendments also address the issue of passenger data that may be required in the interest of transportation security.
		The amendments incorporate references to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), which was established on April 1, 2002, and is responsible for the provision and funding of several key aviation security services, including screening, in Canada.
		The Marine Transportation Security Act is being amended to enable the Government of Canada to provide funding to the marine sector, including ports, to strengthen marine security.
	www.tc.gc.ca /mediaroom/releases/nat/2002/02_gc001e.htm (2741 words)

	Island Railways
		August 1874 saw the opening of the line from Douglas to Castletown and Port Erin, serving the southern portion of the island.
		Bermuda, lying in the Atlantic, is a place without motor-cars, and until the coming of the railway it was without mechanical transport except bicycles, of which there were hundreds.
		The line was reconstructed in 1912, wooden bridges were replaced by steel structures, curves were straightened as far as possible, and the track was relaid with a heavier rail than that of the original railway.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r008.html (4841 words)

	Dates in Canadian Railway History
		This is the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.
		Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA.
		The line is managed by Orangeville and Brampton Rail Association Group and Cando Contracting operates the line with running rights to an interchange with CPR at Streetsville.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm (10460 words)

	Donington on Bain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A route was planned leaving the East Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern Railway by a junction near to Monks Dyke crossing at Louth and terminating at a junction near to Five Mile House at Washingborough.
		It was hoped that a new rail link would facilitate the exploitation of ironstone deposits at Apley, near Wragby and Donington on Bain.
		In October 1874 a build−up of water resulted in a deluge which washed men out of it and in November the bricklayer´s hands were so badly burned by the wet lime that they refused to work.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bainvalley/page2.html (1131 words)

	Story: Jackson's Evolution as a Rail Center
		The Central road was one of three railroads created by the legislature of Michigan for the purpose of improving travel and transportation of goods throughout the southern half of the lower peninsula.
		Between 1858 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 there was little rail expansion in Jackson.
		Jackson became a very accessible community which was attractive to industry because of competitive rail shipping rates.
	www.michiganrailroads.com /RRHX/Stories/JacksonEvolution.htm (1782 words)

	Ogden Rails, Rail-Served Industries
		The year 1945 was also the peak year for livestock-related rail traffic, with 20,000 cars of sheep, 19,000 cars of cattle, and 6,000 cars of hogs being either unloaded at Ogden, or loaded after sale, or re-loaded after the prescribed four-hour rest period.
		The cost of transportation was, and still is, a great factor in keeping Ogden mills open, furnishing flour and grains for sale in the West.
		Railroads, and the low-cost transportation they offered, were important to the canneries and each of these successful canning factories was located on a railroad spur, which allowed direct shipment of canned goods to market.
	utahrails.net /ogden/ogden-industry.php (6187 words)

	48/ft, OSN - Weird Rail News
		He threw his arm over the third rail when he attempted to get up and his clothing being wet the third rail caused his death.
		The verdict of the jury was that Henry Montague came to his death by coming in contact with the third rail while trespassing on the right-of-way of that company.
		The iron rails which touch and cross each other in every direction, serve as conductors and equalizers of the electrical currents, and so prevent the terrible explosions which used to terrify us in former years.
	users.foxvalley.net /~osn/WeirdRailNews.htm (8470 words)

	SUSANSMITH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 1874 at age seven, Susan was sent to Canada as part of the "British Home Children" scheme.
		In 1874, an official government report was critical of Maria Rye's operation and she was forced to suspended her activities for two years.
		At the time of Susan's arrival in 1874 John is 30 years of age and his wife Catherine Victoria is 29 years of age.
	home.earthlink.net /~gaalli/SUSANROBINSON.html (4010 words)

	The Badger Fish Cars & Dr. Fish Commish
		The Wisconsin Commissioners of Fisheries had been transporting its fish in milk cans that were stacked in standard baggage cars.
		By the early 1930s, Wisconsin's road system was improving and highways reached many areas of the state not served by regular rail service.
		As rail transport costs rose, more fish trucks were added to the fisheries fleet, and the end of the fish car era was in sight.
	www.wnrmag.com /stories/1998/jun98/hatch.htm (490 words)

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		According to a Railroad Commission staff memo from 1982, the Rail Division staff was encouraged to create an archives of rail company records to preserve the history of the Commission's rail activities.
		Regulatory powers over rail safety were granted in 1985 when the 69th Legislature authorized the Commission to implement a rail safety program in conjunction with the Federal Railroad Administration Act of 1970 (Senate Bill 444, 69th Legislature, Regular Session).
		According to a RRC staff memo from 1982, the Rail Division staff was encouraged to create an archives of rail company records to preserve the history of the Commission's rail activities.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/tslac/20086.xml (2408 words)

	Line facts - Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The railway reached Hammersmith in 1874, Richmond in 1877 and Ealing Broadway two years later.
		The PPP contract was signed with Metronet Rail SSL to upgrade, renew and maintain the District line.
		Metronet Rail SSL's contract also covers the maintenance of the Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City and East London lines.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tube/company/linefacts/?line=district (956 words)

	A History of the Addison Railroad
		During this first year of operation the effects of the vast amount of wood being used to build the railroad and for fuel for the woodburning locomotives was seen in the disappearing forests.
		It is interesting to note the difference between this accident caused by a broken rail and previous accidents that occurred during the time the railroad was in serious disrepair.
		Heavier rail was being laid in the main-line and some of the rail taken up transferred to the Addison.
	www.vuhs.org /arrhs/arrhist.htm (6065 words)

	Top20Birmingham.com - Your Top20Guide to Birmingham, AL. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Due in part to its central location in England, Birmingham is a major transport hub on the motorway, rail, and canal networks.
		Local public transport is by bus, local train and tram (the Midland Metro light railway system between the city centre and Wolverhampton).
		The city's main station, Birmingham New Street, is at the centre of the national rail network, whilst Birmingham International railway station serves Birmingham International Airport which has flights to cities across Europe and several Asian and North American destinations.
	top20birmingham.com (3903 words)

	NS Railway Companies
		NSL 1874 chapter 74 — Act to incorporate the Halifax Co. Ltd.
		The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
		NSL 1874 chapter 63 — Act to incorporate the Inverness Railway Co.
	alts.net /ns1625/railways.html (9724 words)

	World Rail Transit List
		Their list of tramways, metros, trolleybus systems and commuter rail is at the URL:
		Installations not part of urban or suburban common carrier passenger transport (private use, rural lines, museums, etc) and facilities confined within a complex, institution, amusement park, airport, or other non-"public" space should not be included on this list.
		Bucuresti (Bucharest) [1990K]; HR 1979, LR 1874/?, TB 1950
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/rail-transit-list.html (2275 words)

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