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	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)

	Transport Administration Amendment (Light Rail) Bill - 28/11/1996 - 2R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As light rail systems may be developed and operated by private sector parties, the Director General is to be given the power to authorise a light rail operator to use or have the benefit of the light rail easement and other land interests acquired.
		It is important that light rail is viewed as an ideal direction for the Government to follow, particularly with today's knowledge of the massive pollution problems involved with the expansion of private vehicle transport throughout the city.
		The second purpose of the bill is generic to light rail as a transport mode and is intended to enable the development of additional infrastructure.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19961128010 (5065 words)

	Transport
		Before considering various forms of transport, it is useful to estimate the relative efficiencies of those operating on the surface, i.e., roads and railways (including trams).
		Air travel is associated with road transport to out-of-town airports and the provision of huge metalled car parks interfering with natural drainage and soil absorption of rainwater.
		Rail connections are also have to be expanded, absorbing capital better employed to improve rail links between population centres.
	www.after-oil.co.uk /transport.htm (5746 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 Blog
		And the other transport device/philosophy is/are these bikes, which are publicly owned, and available for hire.
		Though it's supposed to be the safest form of transport, a third of the population say they are worried about flying.
		Pointing out that Silverlink (a rail company thye themselves own) is no longer offering services from London to Birmingham (Virgin, of course, still is), they used the opportunity to promote their own coach alternative.
	www.transportblog.com (4596 words)

	Rail Projects Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Line building that peaked in the 1930 slowed down after World War 2 and ceased in the early 1970, before completion of the network envisioned by TCDD.
		This project is to be understood as a modern and efficient public transportation across a densely populated area.
		It may come trough one day as a complement to the urban rail system that is currently under study in Antalya.
	www.trainsofturkey.com /rail_projects.htm (1616 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		1930, 1931, 1932 1930 in rail transport1931 in rail transport1932 in rail transport This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1931.
		1930 in science 1931 in science 1932 in science...
		Years: 1929 1930 1931 - 1932 - 1933 1934 1935 Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1932 in art 1932 in aviation 1932 in film 1932 in literature 1932 in music 1932 in radio..
	www.hostingciamca.com /browse.php?title=1/19/193 (6794 words)

	Transport Blog
		The private rail companies cannot invest long-term because their franchises aren't long enough for them ever to pocket the return.
		TransportBlog looks at transport policy from a free-market perspective, often putting forward radical solutions to the problems in the world's transport systems.
		It is edited by Patrick Crozier, Transport Spokesman of the Libertarian Alliance.
	www.transportblog.com /archives/003204.html (1606 words)

	Canada By Rail: News
		The 84,150 Kilogram steam locomotive was disassembled and sent on five tractor trailer trucks from the BC Rail yards in North Vancouver to the Kettle Valley Steam Railway in March of 2003.
		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.
		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)

	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)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - 1930
		October 5 - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
		Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 - 1936, 1941 - 1974).
		Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930 - 1945, 1950 - 1954).
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/1930 (1484 words)

	4. 1890s - 1930
		Those possessing land on either side of the railway for miles back inform me that they regard timber as their greatest source of revenue so soon as it can be despatched by rail; and in this respect alone the owner of Fountaindale may be regarded as fortunate.
		All the back boundary has been fenced with post and rail, and around the comfortable dwelling-house several acres have been cleared, and a large stable, coachhouse, and other out-offices built in a substantial manner.
		Much of the fruit was railed out to the markets, but a significant number of local men were engaged in carting produce by truck.
	www.users.bigpond.com /narrabeen/ourimbah/4.htm (7205 words)

	Transport
		Consolidated Freightways, Inc.--History; CNF Transportation, Inc.--History; Trucking--United States--History.
		Barges and Capitalism: Passenger Transportation in the Dutch Economy, 1632-1839.
		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)

	TRANSPORT ACT, 1950 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(b) All bye-laws made by any former transport company and which are in force immediately before the establishment date shall, on and after the establishment date, continue in force and be deemed to have been made under this section and shall be capable of being amended or revoked by bye-laws made under this section.
		(5) Transport stock (other than substituted transport stock) shall be created and issued subject to such terms and conditions as regards the rate and payment of interest thereon and the redemption thereof as the Minister for Finance may approve.
		—All interest on transport stock unclaimed for one year after having become due may be invested or otherwise dealt with by the Board for the benefit of the Board until claimed.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1950_12.html (11714 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)

	Air Route from Los Angeles to Columbus. / Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. / 1930
		From Clovis, New Mexico to Waynoka, Oklahoma it was still necessary to travel that section by rail.
		On the verso is a schematic Weather map also showing the route, a "Certificate of Flight," and a "Log of the Flight." The log of the flight is filled in indicating that weather trouble en route caused delays and additional travel by train ("A few passengers very mad").
		This is an example of the maps and route tables used in early commercial air travel in the U.S. Map are full color and folded into textured navy blue cloth covers 19.5x11 with "Coast to Coast by Plane and Train.
	www.davidrumsey.com /maps5769.html (488 words)

	M5 East Single Exhaust Stack Proposal - 23/09/1999 - ADJ
		Successive governments have neglected to develop rail transport since 1930, apart from small sections.
		The entire western Sydney area is without a proper rail service, and because of the western Sydney orbital, rail services have not been developed.
		The RTA built the Anzac Bridge, a massive tribute to overengineering, when all that was needed was a couple of extra lanes across the waterway that has little boat traffic and vacant wharves on either side.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19990923036 (810 words)

	State Rail Authority
		The 1930 Transport Act (No.18, 1930) removed the responsibility for tramway and omnibus services from the Railway Commissioner and vested them in transport trusts under the control of a Commissioner of Road Transport.
		In 1952 an amendment to the Government Railways Act made provision for Ministerial control and in 1972 the Public Transport Commission was established under the terms of the Public Transport Commission Act (No.53, 1972).
		The Transport Authorities Act (No.103, 1980) provided for the abolition of the Public Transport Commission and the establishment of the State Rail Authority, with a Railway Workshop Board subsidiary, and an Urban Transport Authority.
	www.records.nsw.gov.au /cguide/sy/sra.htm (491 words)

	Journal of Transport History, The: Japanese Shinkansen: Catalyst for the renaissance of rail, The
		Japanese Shinkansen: Catalyst for the renaissance of rail, The
		The Tsubame ('Swallow') expresses, introduced in 1930, reduced the time from Tokyo to Kobe to nine hours - a significant reduction from the twenty hours required in 1889 and fifteen in 1903.
		Nevertheless, the railways continued to run; indeed, they were the only reasonably practical form of transport available to the vast majority of the impoverished people.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200309/ai_n9253127 (1520 words)

	Biff Books and Records (Sheffield) - Transport
		Ransom, P.J.G.: The Archaeology of the Transport Revolution 1750-1850.
		Hardback, 4to, pp 208, illustrated with colour plates and in b/w throughout.
		Books, parts of books, pamphlets and academic theses on the history and description of public rail transport in the British Isles published up to the end of 1995, with corrigenda and addenda to the entries in the previous volumes.
	www.btinternet.com /~biffbooks/transport.htm (5985 words)

	Gloucester Transport History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		London Transport (LT) ordered underground trains for its District Line ('G' Stock, later uprated to 'Q' standard) and subsequently bought battery locomotives, cable drum, hopper and flat wagons from The Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.
		Streamlined railcar Number 18 was built for the Great Western Railway with buffers, drawhooks and an uprated engine to allow the haulage of trailing vehicles: the ancestor of modern British diesel multiple units.
		Its fleet of 10 000 coal wagons, formerly leased to mines and coal factors, was transferred to the British Transport Commission.
	glostransporthistory.softdata.co.uk /grcw.html (3646 words)

	Transport
		The story of King George V, one of the most famous steam locomotives ever to run the rails, its design, construction and operation; its publicity visit to USA; its later languishing in Swindon shed and its sensational rescue and restoration.
		Here there are the antiques that continue to earn their keep in the canefields of South America as well as the more recent monsters that pound the tracks of China's railways”.
		Superbly illustrated will appeal to railway enthusiasts and travellers alike, with a chapter on lines that are now operating as tourist lines and new life on the main lines.
	www.collectinghouse.co.uk /transport.htm (8929 words)

	RAIL#TEC - CONGRESS 2003: Policy
		The transport of goods requires further development in particular.
		The Eiserne Rhein, for example, was not open for transport as early as expected, and the construction of the Betuwelijn has been, and still is, a main topic for discussion in both riparian countries.
		You can now book your rail # tec ticket both online and offline.
	www.railtec.de /e/1930 (187 words)

	www.X-Rail.net
		The output is reduced by the shift from road to rail by carbon dioxide by 70%, which corresponds to a saving of some 15.000 tons carbon dioxide per year.
		In a market where transport contracts are getting shorter (one to three years) the share of capital costs in the total costs is rising.
		With the rail sector facing intensifying competition, new legislative developments and the recent EU expansion, this event finds itself in an exciting period of transition.
	www.x-rail.net /render.asp?o=4345 (2666 words)

	Government of Saskatchewan - rail transport
		is used for "rail carriers", "rail traffic", "rail transportation", "railway transport", "railways".
		Below are the top 25 results of a search for "rail transport" "rail carriers" "rail traffic" "rail transportation" "railway transport" "railways" across all Government of Saskatchewan websites.
		rail transportation, and how these trends are affecting and will affect the economy...
	www.gov.sk.ca /topics/keyword/keyword?topic=transportation&keyword=2315 (948 words)

	Illinois Railway Museum - IRM Goes Underground
		Later, the elevator hoist house was removed and the shafts were capped and covered over, but the equipment east of the elevators remained intact in the spur tunnel.
		In January 1996, the Chicago Department of Transportation's (CDOT) Commissioner Tom Walker and Chief Highway Engineer Tim Martin agreed to work with IRM to remove the equipment when the elevator shafts were exposed and opened up during construction.
		CDOT Project Manager Richard Kinczyk, who was familiar with the tunnel and the cars, indicated that he would try to work IRM's project into the construction schedule.
	www.irm.org /railwire/rw162a1.html (3030 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 (1322 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)

	SKYE TRANSPORT
		The SCWS (Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society) took over the routes of former private operator Skye Transport in March 1946, and retained the same trading name as had been used by the previous proprietor, D J Nicolson.
		The main Skye Transport service ran several times a day from the capital of the island Portree, through Sligachan and Broadford to Kyleakin, from whence the ferry crossed to Kyle of Lochalsh, the terminus of the rail line to Inverness.
		Following the intervention of the Traffic Commissioner, the Skye Transport routes and seven buses passed to David MacBrayne Ltd on 28th November 1958.
	www.countrybus.co.uk /skye.htm (618 words)

	The Adrenaline Vault \| GNO \| Transport Tycoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main idea of TT is to develop a universal transportation system in a
		The games time range is between 1930 and 2030.
		If you connect two stations by road be aware of rail crossings.
	avault.com /cheats/getcheat.asp?game=tycoofq (6303 words)

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