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	Rail Transportation; An Historical Military Study, Quartermaster Review 1927 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		THE purpose of this brief sketch is to show the humble origin of rail transportation, the mistakes that have occurred in railway operation for military purposes, the present high state of its development and its effect on the strategy of warfare.
		Transportation is the corner-stone upon which the whole structure of modern civilization is reared; and the corner-stone could not be laid until the railroad was produced.
		The most notable achievement of the rail transportation division of the Quartermaster General's office during the year 1865, was the transportation to their homes of the Armies of the West and of the Potomac after their review by the President and his Cabinet.
	www.qmfound.com /rail.htm (3690 words)

	Articles - Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rail transport is an energy efficient means of mechanised land transport.
		Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track used by trains in both directions; on rail lines like these, "crossovers", "passing loops" or "passing sidings", which consist of short stretches of double track, are provided along the line to allow trains to pass each other, and travel in opposite directions.
		In the late 18th century iron rails began to appear: British civil engineer William Jessop designed edge rails to be used with flanged wheels for use on a scheme in Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1789 and subsequently opened an iron-works to produce more rails.
	www.techize.com /articles/Railway (2136 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Surface Transportation Board is authorized and directed upon request of the Mediation Board or upon complaint of any party interested to determine after hearing whether any line operated by electric power falls within the terms of this proviso.
		The term "carrier" shall not include any company by reason of its being engaged in the mining of coal, the supplying of coal to a carrier where delivery is not beyond the mine tipple, and the operation of equipment or facilities therefor, or in any of such activities.
		Fourth division: To have jurisdiction over disputes involving employees of carriers directly or indirectly engaged in transportation of passengers or property by water, and all other employees of carriers over which jurisdiction is not given to the first, second, and third divisions.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/Title_45.txt (9121 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A rail carrier may meet its burden of proof under this subsection by establishing its variable costs in accordance with this paragraph, but a shipper may rebut that showing by evidence of such type, and in accordance with such burden of proof, as the Board shall prescribe.
		That rail carrier must bring the action during the period provided in section 11705(a) of this title or by the end of the 6th month after final judgment against it in an action against the consignee, or the beneficial owner named by the consignee or agent, under that section.
		When the property is delivered to a connecting rail carrier, that rail carrier must also receive and transport it according to the routing instructions and deliver it to the next succeeding rail carrier or consignee according to the instructions.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/49C107.txt (5311 words)

	America on the Move \| Transportation infrastructure
		Transportation infrastructures—the road and rail networks we depend on—are easily taken for granted.
		After that first transcontinental link was made, hundreds of thousands of miles of rail were laid, consolidating the railroad’s grip on the nation’s long distance travel and trade.
		In 1916, Congress realized the importance of good roads to the nation’s economy and allocated millions to improve them.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/themes/story_47_1.html (1238 words)

	1916 Definition / 1916 Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Union Pacific Railroad 240 U.S. 1 (1916) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld the validity of the statute enacting the federal income tax passed pursuant to the newly ratified 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
		He was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1916 (sworn-in on June 5), and served until 1939.
		1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar).
	www.elresearch.com /1916 (1516 words)

	RTE News - Rail line will reopen, says Seamus Brennan
		Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has said the rail track and viaduct damaged in an accident on the Waterford to Limerick Junction line this morning will be repaired and put back in service.
		He said the line would be closed for some months for repair, but he was committed to the rail network and would not allow the closure of any rail line.
		He said he believed freight should be taken off the roads and put on the rail and he reminded the Dáil that he had refused permission to Iarnród Éireann when they wanted to reduce their freight service in the past.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/1007/train.html (314 words)

	Supplying the front lines
		Horse Transport wagons would be loaded up with goods destined for a Brigade, Battalion or other Divisional unit.
		In the earliest days of the war, all rail operations were under the control of the French allies.
		Transport and the lines of communication were the largest areas for which labour was needed.
	www.1914-1918.net /logistics/loc.htm (997 words)

	TRINIDADANDTOBAGONEWS.COM - Rail service is the answer
		Had the rail service not been in existence, then the buses would have been the answer, albeit temporarily, to the route taxis, whose increase in popularity had created uncomfortable problems of their own.
		The transport focus of officialdom was narrow, confining itself in 1968 to buses versus route taxis.
		The rail service in Trinidad was designed, initially, to benefit expatriate investor interests in sugar and has been pointed out, oil.
	www.trinidadandtobagonews.com /selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1135179300,43950,.shtml (714 words)

	A World War I Photo Essay
		The citizen armies raised in Britain from 1914 to 1916 were confident of victory.
		They were all volunteers, and made up in solidarity what they lacked in military experience.
		German soldier standing next to a giant rail gun shell.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/ww1/photoessay.htm (474 words)

	Dates in Canadian Railway History
		On September 10, 1916 the suspension span, which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen.
		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.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm (10460 words)

	BY JINGO - Colonial History & Wargames Page
		On February 9, 1916, the Hedwig von Wissmann was sighted by the British traveling on almost the same path as the Kingani had fatefully traveled earlier scattering smaller Allied unarmed vessels that raced for the safety of the harbor.
		The Wami arrived in Kigoma in February 1916 by rail, was armed with a 3.7 cm revolving gun, and was operational in March.
		The steamer was too large to be transported by rail intact, so it was dismantled and railed in pieces to Kigoma.
	www.geocities.com /cdferree/tanganjikasee/tangan.html (7878 words)

	1917 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1917.
		The longest cantilever bridge in the world, Canadian National Railway's bridge across the St.
		Lawrence River at Quebec City, opens for rail traffic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1917_in_rail_transport (308 words)

	Rail and Freemasonry
		When rail was proposed to link Wellington with the north there were two schools of thought as to the most suitable route (a) via Hutt Valley (b) via the West Coast through Johnsonville and Paekakariki.
		He saw adequate tram transport was provided to enable city brethren to attend meetings with regularity and not use the excuse of having no transport.
		Life and interest centred on the gold mine, with poor transport one of the most important employees of the mines were the engine drivers.
	www.mastermason.com /railcraft/RandFM.htm (6930 words)

	Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers, 1916-1976
		He was chosen because of his administrative ability and the fact that he was removed from the bitter squabbles in which competing modes of transportation had long engaged.
		As Under Secretary, Martin was the principal official responsible for the Department of Commerce's role as adviser to the President on national transportation policy.
		This material pre-dates Martin's accession to office because relevant material pertaining to transportation topics was retained in the files from the previous administration or collected by Martin during his tenure.
	www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /holland/masc/finders/cg449.htm (2223 words)

	Directorate of Air Transport, Allied Air Force, South West Pacific Area
		On the Australian mainland rail transportation was limited to the East and West coasts between the main cities.
		A humorous sidelight on transport problems at this time is the fact that one of their DH 84's was grounded at Laverton airdrome due to termites in the tail section.
		In the early era of air transport in the SWPA safe loading of airplanes was ignored to expedite the transport of as much freight as possible with the limited amount of air cargo space available.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/usaaf/dat.htm (10377 words)

	A Terrible Beauty Is Born: The Easter Rebellion of 1916 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Moreover, the Irish Republic, proclaimed on 24 April 1916 from the steps of the General Post Office, was not to become a reality for many years, and even then, the Republic emerged in a very different fashion than from what the Rebellion’s leaders had intended.
		The willingness of the Rebellion’s leaders to sacrifice their lives for what they believed to be the glory of Ireland coupled with the British military’s eagerness to extinguish their spirit with shotguns aroused the Irish nation and gave it a new vision.
		Most Dubliners were not in sympathy with the rebels, who they generically referred to as the ‘Sinn Feiners.’ If the public was not angry or amused by the insurrection, they were disaffected; all they seemed to know of the freedom the rebels promised them was the opportunity to loot in the absence of the police.
	www.ohiou.edu /~glass/vol/1/13.htm (6633 words)

	Technology, Invention, and Innovation collections
		He had men show the farmers how to raise more wheat, and established cheap rates for rail and steamship for the transport of the grain.
		The 151 scrapbook pages (13" x 15") contain newspaper clippings of the news stories and obituaries of the death of James Jerome Hill on May 29, 1916 at age 78.
		The clippings dated May 29 and 30, 1916 are from throughout the United States and Canada and report on the life and death of the man known as "Railroad Builder" and "Empire Builder".
	americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d8334.htm (336 words)

	History of the American Field Service in France. 1920. Introduction. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The importance of the step is indicated by the fact that although, when the change of base was made in 1916, there were only five sections in the field, a year later the number had increased to forty-seven sections serving with the French armies at the front.
		Almost a year after the arrival of the American troops in France a Motor Transport Corps was in fact established as a department of the United States Army, and it was based in the main on the French model.
		From the point of view of transport from America, it offered the additional advantage of occupying less space on the cargo ships, when such space was precious and difficult to obtain.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/memoir/AFShist/AFS1a.htm (8282 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Sykes-Picot Agreement : 1916
		That in area (a) the Baghdad railway shall not be extended southwards beyond Mosul, and in area (b) northwards beyond Samarra, until a railway connecting Baghdad and aleppo via the euphrates valley has been completed, and then only with the concurrence of the two governments.
		That great Britain has the right to build, administer, and be sole owner of a railway connecting Haifa with area (b), and shall have a perpetual right to transport troops along such a line at all times.
		His majesty's government further consider that the Japanese government should be informed of the arrangements now concluded.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/mideast/sykes.htm (547 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Lenin: Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1916
		It is proved in the pamphlet that the war of 1914-18 was imperialistic (that is, an annexationist, predatory, plunderous war) on the part of both sides; it was a war for the division of the world, for the partition and repartition of colonies, "spheres of influence" of finance capital, etc.
		At the beginning of 1914, there was talk in Berlin of the formation of a "transport trust," i.e., of establishing "community of interests" between the three Berlin transport undertakings: The city electric railway, the tramway company and the omnibus company.
		But the question is complicated by the fact that behind the transport trust that is being formed are the banks, which, if they desire, can subordinate the means of transportation, which they have monopolized, to the interests of their real estate business.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1916lenin-imperialism.html (13846 words)

	rstrl.htm
		The Rails to Trails Conservancy is expected to celebrate its 500th rail-trail conversion by the end of 1992.
		Before acquiring a rail line, lands which are suspected to be hazardous or contaminated should be assessed by a consulting firm which specializes in assessing risks and levels of contamination (commonly referred to as an Environmental Audit).
		For example, a picture can be taken of someone using the rail- trail in it's current state and a brief description of the user's experience could be included Another good idea is to hold a photo contest where participants must take their photos along the trail trying to capture it's true spirit.
	www.lin.ca /resource/html/rstrl.htm (18688 words)

	How To Revive Long Distance Passenger Rail
		Although passenger rail fans would welcome return to 1916 track miles 1945 departure frequency, one-stop airline-style interline booking, TGV-class equipment/comfort, 300+ mph speed, and full integration with off-depot non-rail transport, that doesn't seem to be coming to a century near us, and may never.
		Every time I make a 500..900 mile drive, I gaze wistfully at the active and abandoned rail ROWs along the route, and wish that I could be making the trip while relaxing in a lounge car, while the family 4-wheeler rides along in back.
		The current populace knows rail only from TV reporting of spectacular accidents, or waiting for a mile-long slow freight to clear a crossing.
	www.access-one.com /rjn/rail/rv-rail.html (1189 words)

	RTE News - Approval for €90m Cork rail line
		The Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, has announced approval for a €90m commuter rail service for Cork city and county.
		Five new stations at Dunkettle, Carrigtwohill, Midleton, Blarney and Kilbarry are planned, and it is proposed to have the service up and running by 2007.
		It will be the first major extension to the national rail network in more than 100 years.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0521/rail.html (140 words)

	Trains at the Science Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the opening of the Napoli and Portici Railway on 3 October, 1839, Italy finally became part of the history of rail transport.
		The Rail Transport Building is one of the most impressive areas in the Museum.
		It is the reconstruction of an art nouveau railway station housing a large fleet of steam locomotives and electric engines.
	www.museoscienza.org /english/treni/treni.html (197 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)

	Dallas: Light Rail System - Wired New York Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The station cavern and the twin rail tunnels on either side of the Cityplace Station boarding platform were drilled through the 80,000,000-year-old Austin Chalk formed during the late Cretaceous period when the North Texas prairie was covered by a shallow inland sea.
		Finally, the porcelain tile art along the track walls pays respect to the evolution of both the rail transportation and the cultures that have enriched the area.
		Most people have to drive to rail stations, because they aren't in walkable neighborhoods, and the bus service isn't as extensive as it could be.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4156 (1650 words)

	Chapter 17: World War I: The First Three Years
		This was the tank, an ungainly, ponderous offspring of a marriage of armor with the caterpillar tractor; it owed its name to British attempts to deceive the Germans that the vehicle was a water storage device.
		As Wilson, through the fall of 1916, waged a campaign for reselection on a peace platform, the war on the Western Front remained a stalemate despite two of history's greatest and bloodiest battles.
		To co-ordinate rail transportation, the government established a Railway War Board, which later became the Railroad Administration, but so congested did the railroads become that the government eventually seized and ran them through the Railroad Administration.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/amh-17.htm (8034 words)

	Moving West; Rail development in late 19th century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Until 1916 rail lines continued to grow, and by the 1920s the country was saturated.
		In the twentieth century rail roads began to move people less and freight more.
		Freight also declined as companies found it cheaper to use trucks and planes, but railroads still transport a good deal of America's materials throughout the country.
	riverweb.cet.uiuc.edu /SOCIETY/SOC14.htm (180 words)

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