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	1889 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1889.
		January 16 - The Mito Railway between Mito and Oyama, Japan, begins passenger train operations.
		June 12 - The Armagh rail disaster occurs near Armagh, Northern Ireland; runaway carriages collided with an oncoming train, killing 88, and spurring the UK Parliament to pass the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, mandating improved brake and signal systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1889_in_rail_transport (322 words)

	Portal:Trains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In rail transport, a train consists of a single or many connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
		Although the network has characteristics of light rail, such as the type of rolling stock used, the system is more akin to a rapid transit system.
		While this forms a comprehensive transportation system serving many parts of Metro Manila, the system has only been partially successful in decongesting the very busy thoroughfare, which is further aggravated by the rising number of motor vehicles in the metropolis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portal:Trains (1261 words)

	Interurbans
		Rails were light, perhaps 56 pounds per yard, and narrow gauge, say 3 feet, was quite common, since these railways were promoted at the height of the narrow-gauge fever.
		In 1889, there were 805 miles and 2800 cars; in 1899, 17,685 miles and 58,569 cars; and by 1909, there were some 40,000 miles of electric railway.
		Rail joints were bonded with copper wire welded into plugs that were hammered into the rail web on each side of a joint.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/railway/trolley.htm (13488 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 1889 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		March 4 - Grover Cleveland, 24th President of the United States (1885 - 1889) is succeeded by Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
		June 12 - 88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.
		In March of 1889, a German naval force shelled a village in Samoa, and by doing so destroyed some American property.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /1889.htm (1603 words)

	ConnDOT: Chapter 1 DOT History
		Water transportation had always been popular and favorable on the Connecticut River, for commerce as well as travel, and the river was still a very active waterway in these years.
		Rail lines along the coast opened between New London and New Haven in 1850, and between New London and Stonington in 1858.
		Rail expansion continued until 1920, when there were 938 miles of track in the state.
	www.ct.gov /dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1380&Q=259692&dotPNavCtr= (4092 words)

	Transport - German New Guinea - German Neuguinea railways 19th Century (1884 - 1914)
		Passenger transport on the railway was improved in the 1920s.
		The rail motor was presumably a boon to those with the privilege of travelling by air.
		However, rails from the Nazareth line were taken up to construct power poles at the station.
	www.pngbuai.com /300socialsciences/transport/railgerman2a.html (3738 words)

	Chapter 4: Building Australia's First Railways, 1848-1873 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was conceived from the beginning as a total transportation system, carrying a wide range of commodities as well as passengers in different classes of accommodation in scheduled trains run by the company.
		It is a peculiar measurement, which probably arose from the fact that the rails were laid five feet apart measured across their outside faces, thereby creating what became the standard gauge between the rails' inner faces.
		Once the rails had reached the Murray, Melbourne was assured at least of the temporary economic domination of the rich pastoral districts of southwestern New South Wales.
	www.ahc.gov.au /publications/national-stories/transport/chapter4.html (4795 words)

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		The proclamation required by section 3 of the act of March 2, 1889, relating to the killing of seals and other fur-bearing animals, was issued by me on the 21st day of March, and a revenue vessel was dispatched to enforce the laws and protect the interests of the United States.
		The delegates of the Seminole Nation, having first duly evidenced to me their power to act in that behalf, delivered a proper release or conveyance to the United States of all the lands mentioned in the act, which was accepted by me and certified to be in compliance with the statute.
		For the settlement of the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company, which was the subject of a joint resolution adopted at the last session of Congress, negotiations are still in progress, and their early conclusion is anticipated.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/suhar11.txt (20127 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Scientific American Supplement, September 28, 1889
		The rail is bolted to longitudinal wooden sleepers, and the shoe is held on the rail by four pieces of metal, A, two on each side, which project slightly below the top of the rail.
		The bottom of the shoe which is in contact with the rail is grooved or channeled, so as to hold the water and keep a film between each shoe and the rail.
		It is not easy for the carriages to be thrown from the rails, since any body getting on the rail is easily thrown off by the shoe, and will not be liable to get underneath, as is the case with wheels; the train can be stopped almost instantly, very smoothly, and without shock.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17755/17755-h/17755-h.htm (17552 words)

	Main Lines of Brazil
		A stop is made at Penna to change the engine central rail brake blocks, the wear of which is from one to one and three-eighth inches, according to the weight of the train.
		The central rail steam brake was redesigned and sprung from the engine frame to allow for irregularities in track; also the weight on the driving-wheels was increased to bring the total up to 49 tons.
		The discrepancy of eleven miles is due to the fact that parts of the lines are dual gauge - a third rail of the narrow gauge is laid between the broad gauge line so that trains of both gauges can use them - and these lines have been counted twice over.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r020.html (6302 words)

	1889 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
		June 3 - The first long distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
		You can find it there under the keyword 1889 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1889andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1889 (1333 words)

	HVCEO - HISTORY OF RAIL LINES IN THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY, CT REGION
		In 1835 a rail charter was granted by the Connecticut Legislature to an enterprise known as the "Fairfield County Railroad." The charter was established only to build a railroad between Danbury and Long Island Sound.
		Raising the necessary construction funds, $230,000, proved difficult for the size of the population the rail line was to serve.
		In October of 1970, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (Conn DOT) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) entered into an agreement effective 1/1/1971 to oversee the operation of the New Haven Line by Penn Central and to jointly fund the operating deficit.
	www.hvceo.org /transport/railhistory.php (3383 words)

	'Farce rail' angers rural voters - National - theage.com.au
		In one of Labor's 179 press releases mentioning the project, the Transport Minister heralded the completion of the first works on the Geelong line upgrade as a "fantastic result for passengers" and praised builders Thiess Alstom and then track owners Freight Australia for their hard work, support and co-operation.
		With renewed suggestions this week that Labor's popularity is waning in country Victoria, the project's faltering delivery threatens to cast a long shadow over Steve Bracks as he fights to retain key regional seats at next year's state election.
		It sounded attractive as a big piece of monumentalism and symbolism at a time when country people felt they were being ignored and at a time when rail lines were being closed and hospital services were being closed.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Farce-rail-angers-rural-voters/2005/06/10/1118347594371.html (2041 words)

	3rd and 4th rail dimensions and settings
		As conductor rail wear takes place, the insulators are re-packed underneath, or packing is inserted between the underside of the rail and the cradle of the insulator, to maintain the conductor rail relationship with the running rails.
		The conductor rail is probably 106lb/yard section: the slight height difference between it and the cast ribbed ramps can be seen, being accommodated by the use of different types of insulator and packing thickness under the conductor rail itself.
		The out of gauge rails are anchored longitudinally to their insulators by small, thin, steel flats welded to the underside of the out of gauge rail, these flats being located just outside the insulator cradle.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /russelliott/3rd-4th.html (8998 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)

	National Park Service - The Presidents (Historical Background) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rail networks crept across the continent to the Pacific and further bound the Nation together.
		These two new modes of transportation, along with an ascendant technology, were to revolutionize the entire American socioeconomic system.
		The growth of air transport would further integrate it and tie it closer to other peoples of the world.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/introa.htm (2135 words)

	Ireland's Railway Systems
		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.
		The rail omnibus has the advantage over the steam train of being able to stop at level crossings, in addition to stations, to pick up or set down passengers.
		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)

	Urban Transport
		There are a number of historical pamphlets about London transport, including "Cheap trains for London workers" by J.B. Maple, 1891 (HE1(42)/66) and "Railway communication in London and the Thames Embankment" by C.B. Lane, published in 1860 (HE1(42)/318).
		There are publications from the London County Council, London Transport Passenger Board, London Reform Union, the London Municipal Society and the National Union of Ratepayers' Asociation on the problems of transport in London in the 1920s and 1930s.
		Examples of urban transport from other parts of the world include "Delhi municipal bus transport" published in 1959 (HE5/B9), "One hundred years of Berlin trams" by P.J. Walker, published by the Light Railway Transport League in 1965 (HE5/D32) and a pamphlet on the Moscow subways published in 1934 (HD4/11).
	www.lse.ac.uk /library/pamphlets/Transport/transportpamphletpages/urban_transport.htm (916 words)

	Ogden Rails, Rail-Served Industries
		By 1889, large stockyards and horse corrals were located on Central Pacific land between the CP tracks and the Weber River.
		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.
		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)

	Railroads in Utah
		The company was reorganized in 1889 as the Rio Grande Western Railway to enable it to finance the conversion of its line from narrow gauge to standard gauge.
		The completion of the transcontinental rail line through Utah Territory in May 1869 was the beginning of a much larger story of railroads in Utah that has largely gone untold.
		A good example of the importance of transportation is the delay in economic development within the Uinta Basin until a network of federally funded highways was completed in the 1930s, connecting the area with the rest of the surrounding region.
	historytogo.utah.gov /utah_chapters/mining_and_railroads/railroadsinutah.html (5195 words)

	Florence, Venice, and Rome Package, Travel to Florence, Tour Rome & Venice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Transportation between cities via First Class (Plan A, B or C) or Standard (Plan D) rail with reserved seats ▲
		Traveling by rail is a great and economical way to get around Italy.
		Your reserved seats await, ready to transport you from Venice to Florence and Florence to Rome.
	www.gate1travel.com /italy-travel/8d-italy-rail-06.asp?ad=hpdeals (887 words)

	Tyler Morning Telegraph - RAILROAD HISTORY ROLLS ALONG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By 1869, rail traffic in the Northern Utah area was humming.
		A brick depot replaced the wooden one in 1889, complete with an impressive clock tower dominating the center of the structure.
		To the left of the entrance to Union Station is the Eccles Rail Center and the exhibits are hard to miss.
	www.tylerpaper.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=16123046&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=510178&rfi=6 (806 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Heatwave causes rail disruption
		Network Rail imposed the limits on most of Britain's busiest lines, amid fears of rails buckling in temperatures of up to 33C.
		Steve Hounsham of Transport 2000 questioned why the rail network could not cope with the temperature extremes of "what is, after all, a relatively mild climate".
		A former British Rail director blamed the blanket nature of the speed limits on the splintered nature of post-privatised railways.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3120805.stm (689 words)

	Of steam engines & rail signals - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The setting up of the rail museum in Mysore on June 2, 1979 was one of the first major steps to reclaim and protect the precious belongings of the railways before they found their way into the pages of history.
		The rail museum in Mysore exhibits steam locomotives, coaches, equipment and records related to the Mysore State Railways and Indian Railways.
		The steam locomotive was synonymous with rail transport the world over during the 19th century.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun082004/spt7.asp (800 words)

	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Transport - Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Commonwealth was first involved in rail transport when they acquired administration of the Northern Territory in 1911.
		was established to advise on land transport in relation to railways.
		Other railway photographs can be found in the rail transport section of PhotoSearch.
	www.naa.gov.au /the_collection/transport/rail.html (677 words)

	American Experience \| Emma Goldman \| Primary Sources \| PBS
		These contacts, together with the impression made upon her by the execution of the Chicago anarchists in the Haymarket bombing tragedy of 1886, brought her actively into the anarchist movement.
		Because of their agitation against the war draft and their opposition to the war Berkman was sent to Atlanta and Miss Goldman fined $10,000 and sentenced to two years in jail in Jefferson City, Mo. The deportation proceedings were brought by the government upon their release.
		They received a gala reception from the Bolsheviki, but it was not long before Miss Goldman and Berkman discovered that the regime set up by Lenin and Trotsky did not correspond to their conception of the new society.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/goldman/filmmore/ps_obit.html (1713 words)

	Railroad Collections
		Milwaukee Manuscript Collection BP Collection includes the papers of Albert Earling, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company; his daughter, Harriet Earling Dake; and Lawrence Fitch, Mrs.
		The TMERandT sold its property to the Milwaukee Suburban Transport Corporation in 1952, and went out of existence in 1963.
		Includes records of organizations of which Mowry was an officer: the Citizens Civic Council of Milwaukee County and the Property Owners and Renters Association of Milwaukee concerning such items as electric railroads, coal supply, and a water filtration plant; and a 1922 letter from the Federal Trade Commission concerning food and coal prices.
	www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/rail.htm (1396 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)

	History for MY Experiences With The 86th
		In 1940, around 30,000 Gypsies were deported to Poland and in Austria, around 4,300 were transported to the death camp at Chelmno and gassed.
		On May 31, 1944, the complex at Monovitz was photographed for the second time and Auschwitz itself was photographed but the row upon row of prisoners huts, which was holding around 52,000 prisoners, failed to register as an extermination camp in the minds of Allied intelligence services.
		Conditions became catastrophic during the final months of the war as transports bringing food supplies to the camp were increasingly being destroyed on the roads and railways by Allied bombers.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,732699\|787554,00.html (15138 words)

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