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	Timeline 1898-1899
		1898 Feb 23, Writer Emile Zola was imprisoned in France for his letter J'accuse in which he accused the French government of anti-Semitism and the wrongful imprisonment of army captain Alfred Dreyfus.
		1898 Mar 28, The Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
		1898 Oct 18, Lotte Lenya, actress and singer (Appointment, Semi-Tough), was born in Vienna, Austria.
	timelines.ws /1898_1899.HTML (9218 words)

	1898 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		1895 1896 1897 - 1898 - 1899 1900 1901
		1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).
		You can find it there under the keyword 1898 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1898andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1898 (1306 words)

	3rd and 4th rail dimensions and settings
		Standard rail relationships 4mm scale recommended dimensions for the basic interrelationship between prototype-gauged running rails and the 3rd and 4th rails for LT and Southern/SR prototypes are shown in the adjacent drawing.
		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.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /russelliott/3rd-4th.html (8998 words)

	Canada By Rail: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burrows concluded by stating that the bottom line for RAC is to see all governments include rail and intermodal solutions as part of their publicly funded infrastructure projects, and be prepared to partner with the private sector to make this happen.
		Gouk feels if rail tours are scheduled to run through the area, it will benefit local hotels, restaurants, recreation and tourism attractions as well as stores and services."This is a very exciting thing for our area because there's so much potential and there's so much benefit that can come out of it," Gouk said.
		Rail Travel Tours out of Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, is offering the "Superior Colours of Ontario" tour, a rail package that begins and ends in Albany, Wednesday, Sept. 29, to Tuesday, Oct. 5.
	www.canadaentrain.ca /news-2004.html (14425 words)

	Across Africa by Rail
		The Benguela Railway, which has made this new Atlantic all-rail route possible, is due to British enterprise and capital, used in co-operation with the Portuguese, and owes its existence to the foresight and perseverance of a Briton, Sir Robert Williams, one of the makers of modern Africa.
		OVER 3,000 MILES of sea and rail transport were avoided by the building of the Benguela Railway.
		Produce is now taken by rail from Katanga to Port Francqui, put aboard river steamers and taken down to Kasai River to Leopoldville, where it is again hauled by rail to Matadi and shipped direct to Europe.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r011.html (5624 words)

	Canada By Rail: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As Canada's national passenger rail service, VIA Rail Canada's mandate is to provide efficient and cost- effective passenger transportation services, both in Canada's busiest corridor and in remote and rural regions of the country.
		Whistler Rail Tours is based in Vancouver and is presently working with Via Rail to reopen a rail service on the BC Rail line from Vancouver to Whistler.
		BC Rail had tried to implement a circle type rail tour several years ago, but according to the Port Authority, it was flawed because the service did not provide passengers a complete circle tour.
	www.canadaentrain.ca /news-2003.html (14324 words)

	Europe By Rail
		European rail has a reputation for being on time to the minute—mostly so in our case; and providing high quality transportation—only a mid grade score here as we experienced indifferent service, equipment failures and not always the quality of accommodations expected of first class travel.
		Prague rails are not busy like some of the other cities we will be in, but there is action to catch—from a caboose hop with a freight motor, local commuter trains and other intercity trains for Budapest, Hungary and Hamburg, Germany.
		Another was a delightful hour long light rail ride from the centre of Vienna (right) out to the town of Baden, with some fast running covering 45 miles in 55 minutes with stops.
	www.wcra.org /features/europe-by-rail.htm (3946 words)

	Norfolk Rail News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	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)

	Line facts - Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The original wooden-built trains survived until 1940 when they were replaced by specially designed tube-sized cars embodying the relatively unrefined technology of the Southern Railway's surface stock, which had been superseded on the Underground several years earlier.
		The PPP contract was signed with Metronet Rail BCV to upgrade, renew and maintain Waterloo and City line.
		In order to ease transition to the new PPP structure, the operational side of the Underground has been reorganised from individual lines to a new structure reflecting the proposed Infraco groupings.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tube/company/linefacts?line=waterloo-city (481 words)

	Rail transport in Barcelona
		The Quail Map Company’s inexpensive Barcelona Transport Maps (ISBN 0 900609 36 2, price 75p + 27p postage) is recommended, showing both RENFE and FGC railways, plus metro track layout, plus tram routes in 1898 and 1955.
		On the broad-gauge third-rail Línia 1 just west of Plaça de Sants is a short section of route in the open, with a closed station (Bordeta), one open to passengers (Mercat Nou) and a small depot, all visible from the RENFE main line to the west which is alongside.
		The most recent section of metro is Línia 2, from Paral.lel (where platforms are in a tunnel adjacent to those of Línia 3 and the tracks are connected) to La Pau (interchange with Línia 4) via the centre of the city.
	www.rinbad.free-online.co.uk /es_barna.htm (2251 words)

	RAIL#TEC - CONGRESS 2003: THE DAY OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
		eTicket and dynamic information systems: The digital age for public transport has begun.
		Transport and cargo systems of the future: science' impetus to innovations for goods transport.
		The railway industry as an employer: Between new market opportunities and difficulties in finding junior staff.
	www.railtec.de /e/1898 (82 words)

	LRTA - The Light Rail Transit Association site - news items
		The West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority meeting in Birmingham, England this week received a report from its executive arm, Centro, recommending development work go ahead on 2 of 3 "bite sized chunk" extensions to Midland Metro Line 1 (which is due to open in October this year).
		Although light rail can move many more people per hour than can a motorway costing similar ball park costs, it is not surprising that the sheer "lump-sum" size of the bill for major light rail projects frightens central government.
		He said "We are now expecting the White Paper (on Integrated Transport) on 21 July and we look forward to to working with the Government on the important tasks of re-establishing public transport as the mode of first choice, particularly for urban and local journeys".
	www.lrta.org /news0798.html (4249 words)

	World Rail Transit List
		These criteria work relatively well among the limited North American examples but break down when they are applied to the diversity of systems in Europe or elsewhere.
		CR - Commuter Rail (Regional rail, suburban rail, S-bahn,...)
		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.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/rail-transit-list.html (2275 words)

	Paris Pages; Metro / RER / Bus
		Both the Métro and the RER (Réseau Express Régional) are run by the RATP - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens.
		The Métro opened on 19 July 1900, its first line being from Porte de Vincennes to Porte Maillot (not surprising it is now the line number 1).
		An example of one of the Art Nouveau métro entrances designed by Hector Guimard between 1898-1904: Abbesses in the 18th arrondissement.
	www.paris.org /Metro (469 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > UK > London Underground & DLR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1898, 2 years after Glasgow's cable drawn subway and Budapest's first electric underground line had opened, another short electric tube line started operating in London, this is today's
		In South London, around Croydon, a modern tram network was built which runs on street level in downtown Croydon and on old BR rail alignments on outer routes.
		For suburban rail services a new tunnel (Crossrail line 1) is planned between Liverpool Street and Paddington via Holborn and Bond St. Preliminary works on this RER type system began in 2002, completion is scheduled for 2012.
	de.geocities.com /u_london/london.htm (1252 words)

	1898 - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		[[1895 {{{in?}}}1895]] [[1896 {{{in?}}}1896]] [[1897 {{{in?}}}1897]] [[1898 {{{in?}}}1898]] [[1899 {{{in?}}}1899]] [[1900 {{{in?}}}1900]] [[1901 {{{in?}}}1901]]
		1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar).
		This page was last modified 21:50, 2 April 2006.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/1898 (1437 words)

	Plurabelle - Transport
		A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers Union.
		Hawkins, E K : Road Transport in Nigeria: A Study of African Enterprise.
		Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC-3).
	www.plurabelle.co.uk /catalog/transp.html (8641 words)

	Alaska vacation travel, hostels, cheap hotel, bed breakfast, nature photography, motel, cruise, wildlife viewing
		Against all odds this iron rail was born of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush and built through some of the North's most ruggedly beautiful terrain.
		Activities, dining, shopping, lodging, services and means of transportation provide countless options for everyone.
		Alaska Marine Lines is a marine transportation company that ships all types of freight to and from Southeast AK and the Yukon Territory of Canada.
	takeaimalaska.tripod.com (2313 words)

	The Transport Forum - LUL GENERAL DISCUSSION
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		The Transport Forum :: LUL RELATED FORUMS :: LUL GENERAL DISCUSSION
		THE WATERLOO AND CITY RLY as written about in 1898
	billz1064.proboards1.com /index.cgi?board=General (109 words)

	Martin Bott - Transport Bookdealers
		BRITISH RAIL FLEET SURVEY : 9 DIESEL MULTIPLE - UNITS, THE SECOND GENERATION AND DEMUs
		BRITISH RAIL TRACK DIAGRAMS 1 - SCOTLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN
		BUSES IN ULSTER Volume 2 - ULSTER TRANSPORT AUTHORITY 1948 - 1967
	www.bottbooks.com /onlinebookshop/user/html/titles/b.html (835 words)

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