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	sh: Transport Through The Ages - Brooke Bond tea cards offered in the interest of education
		The stage coach remmained a dominent factor in transport until the railroads superseded it.
		Trams, that is, wheeled vehicles running on rails laid in the roadway, developed, like the railways, from the transport used in mines.
		From 1931 to the outbreak of war in 1939 the Handley Page HP 4.15 were used on these routes, and when introduced were the largest landplanes in regular service.
	www.whom.co.uk /squelch/transport.htm (3811 words)

	2004 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2004.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_in_rail_transport (1569 words)

	Aluminium and Rail Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Most modern subway cars are made of aluminium.
		Most rail freight cars are also made of aluminium.
		In the 1960s, the first 100-tonne capacity box cars were built with aluminium bodies.
	www.world-aluminium.org /applications/transport/rail.html (108 words)

	HVCEO - HISTORY OF RAIL LINES IN THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY, CT REGION
		In 1835 a rail charter was granted by the Connecticut Legislature to an enterprise known as the "Fairfield County Railroad." The charter was established only to build a railroad between Danbury and Long Island Sound.
		Raising the necessary construction funds, $230,000, proved difficult for the size of the population the rail line was to serve.
		In October of 1970, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (Conn DOT) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) entered into an agreement effective 1/1/1971 to oversee the operation of the New Haven Line by Penn Central and to jointly fund the operating deficit.
	www.hvceo.org /transport/railhistory.php (3383 words)

	1930 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1930.
		January 1 - The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, the Indiana, Columbus and Eastern and the Lima-Toledo Railroad merge to form the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad
		General American Transportation Corporation assumes ownership of Swift Refrigerator Line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1930_in_rail_transport (178 words)

	Transport Tycoon FAQ-Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The main idea of TT is to develop a universal transportation system in a randomly created world using road vehicles, trains, ships and airplanes.
		Your airport is near a coal mine and the coal at your airport is up to 1000 or so and your rating in coal is down to 11% then just build a train station next to your aiport and pick up the coal with a train.
		To start with a transportation system based on railroad transporting only passengers and mail between nearby cities needs more time at first but later on you will receive lots of money for those trains, the cities love you and they will grow extremely fast.
	www.geocities.com /hector_sui/tt.htm (6757 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	Encyclopedia: 1931 in rail transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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		Jump to: navigation, search This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1930.
		This article is about trains in rail transport.
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	Tearing up the Tracks. Public transport in the UK pulled to pieces to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and ...
		Rail privatisation is the best step ever towards making the railways succesful and encouraging investment but you are only going to see that on long distance peak lines and dense commuter networks.
		One of the many criticisms of the former British Transport Commission regime was that, of their 15 members of the BTC board, only 2 were railwaymen.
		The aim should be to harmonise and co-ordinate the newer and older forms of transport with the objective of obtaining from each the maximum of advantage to th e public.
	www.mega.nu:8080 /ampp/www.bilderberg.org/railways.htm (4861 words)

	Transport Plans for the London Area - South
		In October 2001, Transport for London were considering taking over the single track railway through Birkbeck to allow doubling of the existing tramway to Beckenham Junction, with a triangular tram junction near Harrington Road station and a new tram route to Crystal Palace.
		In December 1999, London Transport's map of possible Tramlink extensions showed an alignment from South Wimbledon station direct to Tooting Thameslink station (presumably via the abandoned railway), crossing Merton Tramlink at or near Colliers Wood.
		In December 2000, the Camberwell Group (a community group) proposed to the Strategic Rail Authority and Southwark Council that the imminent reconstruction of Elephant and Castle should be used as an opportunity to realign the Bakerloo tunnels to facilitate subsequent Bakerloo extension to Camberwell.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla_s.html (5839 words)

	Netherlands 'light-rail' projects 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In theory it includes rail transport, but in practice it means a busway, or simply express buses on ordinary roads.
		This is the transport-policy context of official ‘light rail’ proposals in the Netherlands.
		Rail use by typical new-town populations is low, and this does not help.
	www.rinbad.demon.co.uk /nl_light.htm (11223 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)

	Encyclopedia: 1930 in rail transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Jump to: navigation, search This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1929.
		The Pullman Palace Car Company, owned by George Pullman, manufactured railroad train cars in the mid to late 1800s through the early decades of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.
		General American Transportation Corporation or GATX (the company changed their name to their most common reporting mark) is a railway equipment leasing company.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1930-in-rail-transport (793 words)

	1932 In Rail Transport Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1932.
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	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Transport - Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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)

	TRANSPORT ACT, 1950 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		(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.
		—(1) For the purposes of sections 28 of the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932), the Board shall be deemed to be a company to which Part III of the said Act applies.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1950_12.html (11714 words)

	National Defense Rail Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		According to the Department of Transportation, in 1999 the cost of wasted time and extra fuel consumption due to delays on congested roads was estimated at $78 billion.
		Any statutory limitation on the number of employees in the Transportation Security Administration of the Department of Transportation, before or after its transfer to the Department of Homeland Security, does not apply to the extent that any such employees are responsible for implementing the provisions of this title.
		That liability to the United States may be discharged by direct payment to the State transportation department of the State in which the project is located, in which case such payment shall be credited to the cost of the project.
	www.theorator.com /bills108/s104.html (9311 words)

	Trains at the Science Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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.
		The progressive little Jay Street had bought one of the first gas-electric locos ever made from GE, their #3, a 45-ton center-cab 175-hp unit, back in 1915, considered the prototype for the boxcabs which followed.
		While I don't get into genealogy, a gentleman from Sweden was interested in where his grandfather, one Tage Roslund, who came to the US in 1924 and lived in Brooklyn, worked.
	home.att.net /~Berliner-Ultrasonics/railmarn.html (2146 words)

	Cinerail railway videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This commitment to quality is also reflected in modern filming, which is to broadcast standard, and the editing of all railway video and DVD material uses the very latest state-of-the art digital computer technology.
		The result is a diverse range of high quality railway videos and DVD spanning almost eighty years of UK rail operations - from the days of steam to today's hi-tech diesel and electric traction.
		The Isle of Wight’s rail services were handled primarily by ex-LSWR Class ‘02’ 0-4-4 tank locomotives which, with their pre-grouping stock, are shown between 1961 and 1966 at a wide variety of locations on the island.
	www.cinerail.com (525 words)

	Trans World Airlines, Inc. 1961 - Pre American Airlines Takeover
		July 7, 1929 Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) inaugurates coast-to-coast air and rail service on route laid out by Col. Charles Lindbergh from New York to Los Angeles (Glendale) via Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri; Wichita, Kansas; Waynoka, Oklahoma; Clovis and Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Winslow and Kingman, Arizona.
		Summer, 1931 TWA relocates its headquarters from New York to Kansas City.
		August 6, 1931 TWA inaugurates the first air cargo service in the U.S. with a shipment of livestock from St. Louis to Newark.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,trans-world-airlines,345209.html (961 words)

	Transit History of the Banlieue de Montreal, Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Two commuter lines, the former CP Rail line from Windsor Station to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot, Dorion (Vaudreuil), Hudson, and Rigaud, and the former CN Rail electrified line to western Laval and Deux-Montagnes.
		Bus transport ranging from once per week service to levels approaching transit frequencies have been operated for many years between Montréal and outlying communities.
		Québec legislation in late 1983 allowed the establishment of local Conseils intermunicipaux de transport [Intermunicipal transport boards] with the authority to contract for bus service with either of the three public operators (Montréal, Rive-Sud or Laval) or private carriers (bus or taxi).
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/montreal-suburbs-qc.html (1495 words)

	1930 In Rail Transport Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	Action for Public Transport (N.S.W.)
		The existing public transport concentrates on the older areas (east of about Lidcombe); much of the newer West is not well-served.
		It is operated by a subsidiary of the State Rail Authority There are many privately-owned bus services, but these are organised more for the benefit of the proprietors than for the passengers.
		The light rail badly needs a quick connection to the city but this has been deferred until after a road tunnel is constructed under Park and William streets, which means that no useful light rail can be operational for several years.
	www.cs.usyd.edu.au /~jimd/apt/sydtrans.html (703 words)

	Europe-Asia Studies: Stalinism and Soviet Rail Transport: 1928-41. - book reviews
		This work is part of a larger project devoted to studying the role of Soviet commissariats in economic decision making in the 1930s using newly available archive materials.
		This particular study focuses on the People's Commissariat of Ways of Communication (NKPS), which was responsible for the administration of the rail transport system.
		The author provides an institutional case-study, in great depth, of the role of this commissariat in determining railway policy, in fulfilling the second five-year plan, in implementing repressive policies in the railway sector, and in assisting or hindering overall Soviet economic growth in the 1930s.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3955/is_n7_v47/ai_17792339 (1089 words)

	Modellbahn Collectors' Rail Zeppelin Article
		The Rail Zeppelin was never put into production, but it attracted attention wherever it went.
		The failure of the Rail Zeppelin has been attributed to everything from the dangers of using an open propeller in crowded railway stations to competition between Kruckenberg's Flugbahngesellschaft company and the Deutsche Reichsbahn's separate efforts to build a "Fliegende Zuege".
		The Schienenzeppelin was, however, an important part of the evolution of high speed passenger rail transport and continues to attract the attention of railroad fans and hobbyists.
	www.modellbahn.com /kruckenberg.html (603 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)

	China Recruits Worldwide Technology for $12 Billion Rail Upgrade - Elites TV - Your Elite News Source
		The Chinese initiative aims to upgrade 1,250 miles of track because of a lack of capacity for passenger and cargo rail transport.
		The group takes its name from the date in 1931 when Japanese troops invaded China and plans to deliver the petition of nearly 500,000 signatures to the railway ministry and other government departments on September 18.
		Chinese officials have not settled on what technology they will use for the new rail link, but they plan to open the project to international bidding once a decision is reached later this year.
	www.elitestv.com /pub/2004/Aug/EEN413392e2a3c32.html (566 words)

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