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	1918 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1918.
		June 22 - Hammond Circus Train Wreck, Hammond, Indiana, United States: The engineer of a circus train operating on the Michigan Central Railroad falls asleep while the train is in motion; he misses several signals and runs his train into the rear of a stopped troop train.
		Several of the passenger cars are completely destroyed in the collision and catch fire; 86 people die and 127 others are injured in the accident.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1918_in_rail_transport (427 words)

	Rail Transportation; An Historical Military Study, Quartermaster Review 1927 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	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 exhibition is chronologically divided into 33 "stations of rail history".
	www.dtmb.de /Rundgang/p14_en.html (199 words)

	Rail
		The first Rail, a single-screw, steel "bird"-class minesweeper, was laid down on 15 December 1917 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash.; launched 25 April 1918; sponsored by Mrs.
		Reclassified as a tug (AT-139) on 1 June 1942, Rail remained in the Hawaiian area, serving on ASW patrol and conducting experimental minesweeping operations in addition to completing salvage and towing assignments.
		Decommissioned on 29 April 1946, Rail was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 17 January 1947.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r2/rail-i.htm (1122 words)

	barcelona metropolitan transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	Air Transport Industry - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In 1910 the air transport industry was established in Germany when regular air service with gas-filled airships called dirigibles began to provide service between cities.
		The air transport industry has grown enormously in the second half of the 20th century.
		The U.S. airlines transported their 10-billionth passenger in scheduled service in June 1995, 81 years after the start of scheduled service.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552091___8/Air_Transport_Industry.html (1848 words)

	USS Rail
		Assigned to the Atlantic, Rail departed Bremerton on 25 June reaching Key West on 11 August, she continued on to Norfolk where she conducted minesweeping operations and training exercises into 1919.
		Within the week the North Sea MinesweeDing Detachment was disbanded and Rail moved south, to Norfolk, for overhaul Then, reassigned to duty in the North Sea, she returned to Scotland in March 1920 and operated from Rosyth during April, May, and June.
		Decommissioned on 29 Aprii 1946, Rail was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 17 January 1947.
	www.multied.com /navy/Minelayer/Rail.html (1079 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Photo Archive: Big Guns of the Great War
		Rail presented the perfect transport and firing platform for land based naval ordnance.
		The culmination of the rail gun was the massive French Schneider 520mm howitzer.
		Rail gun Julie with her crew in a camouflaged position.
	www.worldwar1.com /pharc005.htm (1175 words)

	Supplying the front lines
		In the victorious advance of 1918, the pace of railway reconstruction could not keep up and was an important factor in determining the ability of the Allies to continue the move eastwars.
		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)

	1918: Chaos in Russia and Germany's Last Offensive
		On May 14, at the rail town of Cheliabinsk, in the Urals, Austrian or Hungarian prisoners of war being transported in the opposite direction called the Czechs and Slovaks traitors and threw stones at them.
		Meanwhile, in Germany the year 1918 began with General Erich Ludendorff having plans for a great offensive, a gigantic gamble that he hoped would turn the tide and win the war.
		His trucks and transport trains hauled a huge force of German men and material to the Western Front, bringing the number German divisions on the Western Front to 182 - sixty-three of them amassed for an attack against the British, outnumbering the British three to one.
	www.fsmitha.com /h2/ch08.htm (8642 words)

	Across Africa by Rail
		The drama has been staged in the steaming jungle, on the slopes of mountains, on the high veldt, in a palace with a king as one of the chief figures, in several parliaments, and in offices in cities of the Old and New Worlds.
		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.
		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)

	::The German Spring Offensive of 1918::
		However, rather than use the 18th Army to assist other units moving forward so that the Germans could consolidate their advance, Luderndorff ordered the 18th Army to advance on Amiens as he believed the fall of the city would be a devastating blow to the Allies.
		Amiens was the major rail centre for the Allies in the region and its loss would have been a disaster.
		Therefore, the mobility of the 18th Army was reduced and the loss of such transport was to be vital.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /german_spring_offensive_of_1918.htm (1182 words)

	Cassens - Company History
		In 1918, when Hans H. Wilkening's grandson, George Cassens, had his first opportunity to get involved with automobiles, the 38-year-old jumped at the chance and became a subdealer for John Brandes Garage in Marine, Illinois, selling a few of the new Reo automobiles to friends around Edwardsville, Hamel, and Worden.
		Then, due to the demands of the growing transport business, the space was converted into the transport company home office, and no more cars were sold out of that building.
		Cassens Transport got the business and was in place and ready to ship the first load of automobiles from the plant.
	www.cassens.com /transport/companyhistory.html (2452 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1918 in rail transport
		Rail Transport Find Providers of Rail and Intermodal Transportation Services.
		It is a land and water transport hub and a commercial center in the heart of a truck-farming and fruit-growing region.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "1918 in rail transport" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=1918+in+rail+transport (334 words)

	Retention of DOT Markings, Placards, and Labels - 59:36695-36700 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Such markings, placards and labels generally must be retained on packages until the packaging is sufficiently cleaned of residue and purged of vapors to remove any potential hazards and retained on transport vehicles, freight containers, motor vehicles or rail freight cars until hazardous material which requires the marking or placarding is removed therefrom.
		The Secretaries of Labor, Transportation and the Treasury should cooperate in order to ensure that placards and labels required on hazardous materials and explosives, both in transportation and at stationary facilities, be retained until such materials have been removed to the extent that they no longer pose a safety risk.
		In response to both concerns, the final rule applies to the employer who receives the containers of hazardous materials and not the person responsible for transporting such material unless the material is still under the control of the transporter at its final destination when it is out of transportation.
	www.osha.gov /pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=13396&p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER (4820 words)

	Transport
		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 (3394 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)

	Vol. 1, No. 1 - The First Issue of Public Road, May 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Materials, transportation facilities, and workers were reserved for the war effort.
		Page, who served as director from 1905 until his death in December 1918, was a scientist, and he had a prickly personality that left him impatient with those who approached road-building from a nonscientific perspective.
		In "Clearing Roads for Army Transport," PHD Deputy Commissioner George H. Biles explained how his forces mobilized for the challenge by assembling seven motor trucks and plows, 22 road machines, 20 drags, 105 teams (mules), three tractors, and 200 men.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/rw00a.htm (4660 words)

	::War Communism::
		War Communism was the name given to the economic system that existed in Russia from 1918 to 1921.
		On June 28th, 1918, a decree was passed that ended all forms of private capitalism.
		On July 20th 1918, the Bolsheviks decided that all surplus food had to be surrendered to the state.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /war_communism.htm (1415 words)

	2004 in rail transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		August 31 - The United States Surface Transportation Board renews the authority of TTX Corporation to continue pooling and leasing railroad rolling stock for ten more years, over the protests of other rolling stock leasing companies.
		October 14 - The Canadian Transportation Safety Board issues its final report on the CN accident of May 2 2002; the report blames the truck driver's fatigue as the cause of the accident and admonishes fire crews for less-than-optimal training in hazardous materials.
		November 3 - Progressive Rail leases former Wisconsin Central track in northern Wisconsin and begins operations on the line under its subsidiary railroad, Wisconsin Northern.
	2004-in-rail-transport.wikix.ipupdater.com (1480 words)

	GH&D Light Rail Report
		In 1991, FIDO commissioned a light rail study, undertaken by Gutteridge Haskins and Davey Pty Ltd, to identify costs associated with the provision and operation of a light rail system from Woongoolba Creek to Central Station and the McKenzie Line east to the Wabby Plots.
		Another potential use of the rail network is to carry freight from the western to the eastern side of the island, thus minimising cross island freight traffic.
		As such, an alternative transportation option is required that achieve the objective of distributing passengers without impacting on the environmental values and management economics of the Island.
	www.fido.org.au /GHDLightRailReport.html (7286 words)

	1919 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1919.
		November 15 - The "golden spike" is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.
		Dodge, Richard V. Rails of the Silver Gate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1919_in_rail_transport (250 words)

	Chapter 18: WORLD WAR I: The U.S. Army Overseas
		Only in mid-January of 1918, Six months after its arrival in France, was the division ready in Pershing's view to move as a unit into a quiet sector of the trenches.
		The issue arose again early in 1918 when the British offered to provide the shipping to transport I50 battalions of infantry, which would be used to fill out British divisions that because of the manpower shortage had been reduced from 12 battalions of infantry to 9.
		The aim was to cut the enemy's rail line at Mézières and Aulnoye, the latter in front of the British, and thereby force the Germans to retire inside their frontier before winter set in.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/amh-18.htm (8675 words)

	Canada By Rail: Excursions
		The book details a mile by mile description (Canadian railways distances are in miles) of everything from points of interests, locations of communities along the rail routes travelled, route histories, overviews of destination attractions, contact information to reserve your overnight accommodation, and their location for when you arrive at your final destination.
		Railway Adventures across Canada is an invitation to ride the rails exploring a wonderful country, its vastness, beauty, wildlife and the constantly changing patterns of its landscape and diversity of seasons.
		Through the pages of this book the reader will walk between two steel rails, hand in hand with railroaders, and experience their trials and successes as the fledgling railways gros into a modern transportation system.
	www.canadabyrail.ca /intBooks.html (5267 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)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Transport
		In living cells phosphorylation is associated with respiration, which takes place in the cell's mitochondria, and photosynthesis, which takes place in the chloroplasts.
		The island's third most populous city, Camagüey, is a leading hub of rail, road, and air transport as well as an important commercial center.
		The Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, which he organized and of which he was secretary, had as its goal the combining of all Irish industrial workers, skilled and unskilled, into one organization.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Transport (514 words)

	Motor Transport Corps
		Authorized in September 1918, the bronze insignia consisted of a contemporary spoked truck wheel with Mercury's winged hat superimposed at the center.
		Transportation Corps Insignia: On 31 July 1942, the Transportation Corps was established by Executive Order No. 9082.
		Transportation Corps Regimental Insignia: On 31 July 1986, the Transportation Corps was inducted
	www.transchool.eustis.army.mil /museum/BranchInsignia.htm (163 words)

	Subway Centennial
		New York City developed, and flourished, because public transportation made it possible to live in one area, work in another, and get anywhere easily.
		It was the fastest city transportation system in the world; its four-track design enabled both express and local trains to run in each direction, and “City Hall to Harlem in 15 minutes!” was the slogan.
		In Queens, the N, W reached Astoria in 1917, the 7 was completed to Corona, and the continuation to Flushing was under construction.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /mta/centennial.htm (1113 words)

	Today in History: September 12
		Verdun and Nancy known as the Saint-Mihiel salient, effectively preventing rail transport between Paris and the Eastern Front.
		On August 13, 1918, the U.S. First Army established a separate front facing the Saint-Mihiel salient to prepare for the long-planned assault, intending to make a push through Metz across the Rhine River into Germany.
		By September 16, 1918, this area of France was liberated from German occupation.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/sep12.html (1593 words)

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