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	Encyclopedia: 1929 in rail transport
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1929.
		Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar).
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	Rebuilding U.S. Rail System Is Top Priority
		The breakdown of the U.S. rail transportation system, for both passengers and freight, threatens the operation of the American physical economy and the integrity of the United States as a nation.
		On the freight rail side, for Class I rail companies (the biggest ones), comparing 1980 to 2000, forty percent of the track has been contracted, 27% of the locomotives have been furloughed, and 63% of the labor force has been fired.
		The culminating assault against rail occurred in the "post-industrial society" shift which began in the second half of the 1960s, and became an avalanche of industrial destruction with the 1970s oil hoaxes and the Federal Reserve "interest rate shock" of 1979-80.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/2002/2934rail_infra.html (3119 words)

	1929 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Prior to 1929, African elementary education in Kenya was...
		The economic crisis which began in 1929 is often seen as the major turning point...
		November 18 - 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area, killing 28.
	hallencyclopedia.com /1929 (1558 words)

	History: Public transport museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The foundation for the collection of historical vehicles of Prague public transport was laid as early as in 1929 when a former horse tram car from 1886 was allocated for museum purposes.
		The collection of historical trams of Prague Public Transport Company started to be extended particularly in the first half of the 1960s in connection with a massive renewal of the rolling stock of Prague trams which culminated in 1974 on the opening day of Metro service.
		A permanent exhibition on the history of Prague public transport is an integral part of the exhibition.
	www.dp-praha.cz /en/hist-muz.htm (1115 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.hostingciamca.com /browse.php?title=1/19/193 (6794 words)

	Refrigerated Transportation Timeline
		Most of the early refrigerated transport of perishable goods was carried out by ship and by train.
		Henry Peyton Howard (1829-1913) of the United States transported a shipload of beef frozen in a salt-ice mixture from Indianola, Texas, to New Orleans and served it in hospitals, hotels and restaurants.
		Transport from California to NY averaged 12 days in 1900.
	www33.brinkster.com /iiiii/inventions/reftranstimeline.asp (1289 words)

	Transport - the Railways
		Their constituent parts had been around for years before they were finally brought together early in the 19th century to form a viable transport system.
		Unfortunately the cast-iron rails of the tramway were not strong enough to support the five-ton weight.
		As the rails fanned out across the country, there was plenty of work for everyone, and when home demand eased off, the rest of the world clamoured for Britain's expertise and engineering skills.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /transrail.htm (826 words)

	Air transport
		Air Transport Industry is one of the best prototypes of the future world where all human activities will be integrated including administrations, companies and contractors.
		Air Transport early became a global industry requiring the cooperation of independent organizations, private companies of different size and civil servants.
		As a consequence the Air Transport system is increasingly complex and maybe the main contribution of the computers has been to enable this growing complexity.
	www.pagebox.net /airtransport.html (7943 words)

	History of Light Rail
		In the major conurbations Passenger Transport Authorities were created to take over responsibility for operation and development of the network, and they were soon commissioning studies to determine the place of public transport in land-use transportation planning, and options for the future.
		Light rail is not a rigid concept, but a flexible mode that fits between the bus and the heavy metro or conventional railway, and can behave like either of them as well.
		Trams and light rail can cover the whole spectrum of public transport provision, and international experience of 350 systems worldwide confirms that this is the most successful intermediate mode, with over 100 years of development behind it, yet incorporating the latest technology for the future.
	www.lrta.org /mrthistory.html (4381 words)

	Transport
		Barges and Capitalism: Passenger Transportation in the Dutch Economy, 1632-1839.
		History of Transportation in the United States Before 1860.
		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 (1371 words)

	Public transport for public good
		Around the country, sections of the public transport network are being sold off, sub-contracted, or (as in the case of buses) public transport is being forced to compete for routes against the private sector.
		For public transport to be a viable alternative to gridlock, it must be patronised at levels many times larger than is presently the case.
		So-called efficiencies under the new corporate model being generated within the urban transport networks are costing jobs, pay and working conditions of transport workers, without corresponding gains for patrons (and even, as in the case of the NSW rail service, at risk to their safety).
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/574/574p12.htm (1535 words)

	Austria's Rail Transport
		At the beginning of the nineteenth century increasing trade called for improved transport, and this led to the construction of Austria's first railway.
		Gerstner advocated a horse railway from Linz to Joachimsmuhle, but left the project in the hands of his son, who in September, 1824, was granted by the Emperor Franz I the exclusive right of building a wood and iron road between Mauthausen, on the Danube, and Budweis (now called Ceske-Budejovice).
		Innsbruck running shed provides the electric locomotives for nearly all trains-de-luxe and international expresses between Salzburg and the Swiss frontier, as it is found that long locomotive runs can be accomplished most economically by a running shed situated in the centre of the district.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r094.html (4388 words)

	Across Africa by Rail
		In 1929 the railway was extended across a barren region aptly called the "Hungry Country" to the border of the Belgian Congo.
		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 (5585 words)

	Canada By Rail: News
		In 1976, BC Rail received the engine from the City of Port Coquitlam and for the next 26 years, it was used as a back up for the well-known Royal Hudson on the North Vancouver to Squamish route before being retired in April 2001.
		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.
		Travelling on a rail route established 125 years ago along the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, the 70km adventure aboard classic rail cars is sure to be a memorable experience.
	www.canadabyrail.ca /news.html (7701 words)

	Transport Pamphlets
		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).
	library-2.lse.ac.uk /collections/pamphlets/transport/transport7.html (889 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.
		The solution to the problem of transporting sugar cane to central mills emerged with the development of light rail technology by the French farmer and engineer, Paul Decauville, and the English firm John Fowler and Company.
		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 (6778 words)

	ADELAIDE Rail and Tram Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whilst Adelaide was originally a well-planned city, local authorities are beholden to the motor industry, and this has dramatically marred the development of adequate rail transport.
		Adelaide has the worst metropolitan rail service in the nation, and is the only major city in Australia without electric train services.
		It is operated by wonderful 1929 vintage American style interurban tramcars, Australia's oldest public transport vehicles in regular service.
	www.railpage.org.au /railmaps/adelaide.htm (614 words)

	The Rail Philatelist Newsletter
		Also saw four sets of two car light rail trains on the line in the I-105 median from Norwalk to LAX and back, so it wasn’t a trainless day.
		But to a group like this I can certainly make the observation that discerning collectors who patiently seek top material and then are willing to pay for it when it’s available, these collectors will wind up creating collections that contain things that other collectors will want to own.
		RAIL FACTS AND FEATS: The heaviest train pulled by a single locomotive was probably a 250-car 17,100 ton freight stretching 1.6 miles.
	www.railphilatelist.com /newsletaug00.htm (5685 words)

	Adelaide, South Australia travel guide - Australian Tourism Net
		Public transport provides access for visitors to most major areas in both the city square mile and the suburbs.
		South Australia's public transport system is operated by the State Transport Authority (STA).
		Adelaide's country and interstate rail terminal is located at Keswick, 2 kilometres west of the city centre.
	www.atn.com.au /sa/south/trans-g.htm (972 words)

	Gliders Rethinking the Utility of these Silent Wings for the Next Millennium
		The majority of the gliders represented underwent rigorous field testing and refinement; the payload capabilities are comparable to heavy-lift helicopters and even tactical transport aircraft at one-tenth or less of the unit cost of either; and, background studies and after-action reports on performance in combat exist.
		This is in stark contrast to armored and mechanized divisions that continuously train, with the platforms that transport them into battle, for combined arms operations integrating battalions of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled artillery into a cohesive combination of firepower, maneuver, and mass.
		In the case of the latter, UH-60 #1 transports the TOW Squad (squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, and ammunition bearer) and the TOW system (optical sight, tripod, missile guidance set, launch tube, and a basic combat load of encased missiles) while UH-60 #2 transports the M-966 via slingload.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/torrisi.html (15877 words)

	3rd World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England1929
		It was known as the "Coming of Age" Jamboreee as it celebrated 21 years since the foundation of the Scouting Movement.
		The great movement which Baden-Powell had founded and nurtured came of age in 1929, when the occasion was celebrated by a World Jamboree held at Arrowe Park, near Birkenhead, where a campsite of 450 acres was provided free of charge by the Corporation.
		For months before the Jamboree, committees were busy in Merseyside, and sections of the Boy Scouts' Association were fully occupied in arranging the transport, shelter, feeding, and medical welfare of the Scouts, arranging the programmes, and advertising the Jamboree.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /1929-jamboree.htm (1179 words)

	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Transport - Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On overland routes horse drawn vehicles were the main form of transport for travel, commerce and communication.
		The benefits to a large country of reliable, fast and affordable mechanical transport, however, were obvious as the nineteenth century drew to a close.
		The lack of rail transport in many areas means that heavy haulage is left to these behemoths of the road.
	www.naa.gov.au /the_collection/transport/road.html (2996 words)

	Clulow: Multimodal Transport in South Africa
		Contractual multimodal transport takes place when a single person assumes responsibility for the goods throughout the entire carriage from A to B regardless of whether he is physically involved in the carriage of the goods.
		The legal problems caused by contractual multimodal transport include whether a multimodal transport document is a document of title, whether the mandatory carriage regimes apply and how can the different mandatory carriage regimes be reconciled in the case of a multimodal transport operation.
		The difference from the pure network system, is that if the damage occurs during a mode of transport which is not subject to a mandatory carriage regime, or if one cannot establish during which mode of transport the damage occurred, then the liability will be governed by the provisions of the multimodal contract itself.
	www.uctshiplaw.com /theses/clulow.htm (9285 words)

	Book Report
		Transport History 1969: Volume 2 of the Journal Transport History.
		Transport of Delight: a Pictorial Celebration of the West Somerset Railway.
		Transport in Jersey: an Historical Survey of Public Transport Facilities By Rail and Road in the Island of Jersey 1788-1961.
	www.anvilbookshalesowen.co.uk /Rail.htm (7239 words)

	COLCHESTER BOROUGH TRANSPORT TRAMS
		The 45ft rails weighing 87lb /yard came from Belgium and the construction of both tracks and overhead line equipment were carried out by J.G.White and Co. Ltd.
		The overhead suspension was of various types, center poles were erected in High Street and side poles with bracket arms or span wires used at other places according to the width of the road.The power being taken from the slightly enlarged Corporations own electricity works.
		In Sept 1928 the first double deckers (10 and 11) Dennis H's commenced and then in May 1929 another Dennis H was purchased.
	www.aspects.net /~markcol/colbus/TRAMHIST.HTM (827 words)

	Peace River Real Estate
		Between 1910 and 1916, the rail lines were extended north from Edmonton.
		With rail came an influx of settlers and others interested in harvesting the Peace Country of trees and oil.
		Rail transport became the most important link to the south at the end of the steamboat era.
	www.albertahomesearch.com /offices/peaceriver.html (555 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)

	Teacher Resources - Collection - Panoramic Maps, 1847-1929
		A contributing factor to the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1857 was the fact that railroads had overbuilt and too often defaulted on debts.
		Although by 1868 the town of Portage, Wisconsin appears to have regained firm financial ground, it had suffered a setback in 1857 when plans to make it a terminus for a northern branch of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road failed because of the economic downturn.
		Remember that sailing craft were central to the transport of agricultural supplies, industrial goods, and the U.S. mail until the early twentieth century.
	international.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpedu/collections/pmap/file.html (8194 words)

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