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	rail transport
		Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads.
		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.
	encyclopedia.vestigatio.com /rail_transport (0 words)

	swissinfo - Transport
		Switzerland has one of the densest rail networks in the world, most of it operated by the Swiss Federal Railways, which has been nationalised since the early part of the 20th century.
		Switzerland's early participation in the "rail fever" of the mid 19th century means many rail lines meander between villages rather than forming direct links between cities.
		The pioneering Gotthard rail line, with its twisting route, steep gradients, and a sixteen-kilometre tunnel under the pass of the same name was opened in 1882.
	www.swissinfo.ch /eng/country_profile/transport/detail.html?siteSect=2605&sid=5246988&cKey=1140616353000 (0 words)

	St Louis County Parks and Recreation Museum of Transportation
		The Museum of Transportation houses "one of the largest and best collections of transportation vehicles in the world" according to John H. White, Jr., Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution.
		It was founded in 1944 by a group of historically minded citizens with the acquisition of the 1870s mule-drawn streetcar "Bellefontaine." A non-profit educational organization, then known as the National Museum of Transport, was formed to work towards artifact preservation.
		Land was acquired at Barrett Station in St. Louis County along the right-of-way of the historic Missouri Pacific Railroad, the pioneer rail line west of the Mississippi River.
	www.museumoftransport.org /about.htm (0 words)

	PRINCIPAL VOICES ~ Transport
		The need to increase people's mobility by providing safe, efficient, cost-effective transport, while at the same time minimizing the negative impact of that transport on health, lifestyle and the environment, is the key transport imperative of our time.
		Even the rail and shipping sectors, traditionally the least environmentally damaging and least congestive modes of transport, are having to grapple with the issue of sustainability, albeit in their own unique ways.
		Lack of investment, for instance, is causing the railway system in many developing countries to slowly collapse, with disastrous effects both for those countries' economies, and for the safety of their citizens.
	www.principalvoices.com /transport.html (1883 words)

	Chapter 6 - The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas
		Transportation Corps theater planners were unhappy about this number, and as D Day approached they were endeavoring to arrange for the earlier employment of some of the thirty truck units scheduled to arrive between D plus 41 and D plus 90.
		The assumption that motor transport would bear the brunt of overland traffic during the first ninety days was premised on the expectation that extensive destruction of railway equipment, track, and structures would severely limit the immediate use of rail transportation.
		Transportation Corps railway planners believed that by D plus 120 there would be in operation an extensive railway system, consisting mainly of double-track lines, which would be based on Cherbourg and the Brittany ports of Quiberon Bay and Lorient and would extend eastward as far as Dreux and Chartres.
	www.army.mil /cmh/reference/Normandy/TS/TC/TC-6.htm (17495 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Funicular (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A funicular, also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a system of transport in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very steep slope.
		In such a setup, the gaps in the inside rails for the passing segment and cable path mean that only the outside rail is the guide rail for each car.
		Rail transport related lists An inclined plane is a system used on some canals for raising boats between different water levels.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Funicular (3422 words)

	Rail transport information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rail transport is an energy-efficient means of mechanised land transport.
		However, outside of New York City, rail transport as a form of public transit in the United States is rare.
		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.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Rail_transport (2873 words)

	Science Fair Projects - 1944
		1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar).
		September 2 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz.
		November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/1944 (2594 words)

	Rail
		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.
		Assigned a tow to the New Hebrides in early January 1944, she spent the latter half of the month en route to and from New Zealand and in February resumed towing operations out of Espiritu Santo.
		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)

	Transport - German New Guinea - German Neuguinea railways 19th Century (1884 - 1914)
		Passenger transport on the railway was improved in the 1920s.
		The rail motor was presumably a boon to those with the privilege of travelling by air.
		However, rails from the Nazareth line were taken up to construct power poles at the station.
	www.pngbuai.com /300socialsciences/transport/railgerman2a.html (3738 words)

	Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa . 1944 . 1968 . Solidarity . 1990 . Witold Pilecki
		It was established in 1944 as the Urząd Bezpieczenstwa UB, from which the slang name for secret policemen in Poland - "Ubeks" - is derived.
		Throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, the UB was heavily under the influence of the Soviet Union, and responsible for, amongst other task, the investigation and prosecution of Armia Krajowa AK, or Home Army Polish resistance fighters, and those believed to be sympathetic to the Western Allies during and after the Second World War.
		Way Double Indemnity 1944 in literature An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 1944 in music January 18 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Sluzba_Bezpieczenstwa_UK_539355_rz (601 words)

	swissinfo - Transport
		Although many Swiss are car fanatics, they use rail transport more often than anyone else bar the Japanese, and public transport infrastructure covers the country.
		Switzerland's early participation in the "rail fever" of the mid 19th century means many rail lines meander between villages rather than forming direct links between cities.
		The pioneering Gotthard rail line, with its twisting route, steep gradients, and a sixteen-kilometre tunnel under the pass of the same name was opened in 1882.
	www.swissinfo.org /eng/country_profile/transport/detail.html?siteSect=2605&sid=5246988&cKey=1140616353000 (924 words)

	St Louis County Parks and Recreation Museum of Transportation
		The Museum of Transportation houses "one of the largest and best collections of transportation vehicles in the world" according to John H. White, Jr., Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution.
		It was founded in 1944 by a group of historically minded citizens with the acquisition of the 1870s mule-drawn streetcar "Bellefontaine." A non-profit educational organization, then known as the National Museum of Transport, was formed to work towards artifact preservation.
		Land was acquired at Barrett Station in St. Louis County along the right-of-way of the historic Missouri Pacific Railroad, the pioneer rail line west of the Mississippi River.
	www.stlouisco.com /parks/mot/about.htm (373 words)

	Cassens - Company History
		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.
		In 1979 the transport company had shown revenue of $40 million, but by 1980 the figure had dropped to $31 million.
	www.cassens.com /transport/companyhistory.html (2452 words)

	Fall Bulletin # 137
		Just as the expression "cargo preference" comes from maritime transport and "traction capacity" is normally applied to rail transport, so the expression "the fifth freedom", which was formally defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944), is borrowed from air transport, although in fact the term applies to all forms of transport.
		In its preamble, the Southern Cone Agreement establishes three basic principles: that international land transport is a public service; that the relationship between the contracting States is one of reciprocity; and that transport is an efficient means of integrating the countries of the region, given their individual needs and geographical characteristics.
		However, horse-drawn carriages and trams coexisted until both disappeared as a significant means of transport in the second decade of the twentieth century, displaced by the electric tram and the gasoline-powered bus, which together emerged victorious in a very interesting competition with other now nearly forgotten technological options.
	www.eclac.org /Transporte/noticias/bolfall/2/5122/fal137.htm (3583 words)

	Twentieth Century: Transport - Dartford and the railway
		In the hard winters of 1944 and 1946 there were considerable delays as points and tracks froze.
		The architect of the newly modernised station was described as a 'madman'; it was stated in the local press that a 10 year old child with a box of lego bricks could have produced a more functional design.
		With British Rail in recession and commuter lines hit by strikes and disruption there was little hope of additional improvements until the 1990s.
	www.dartfordarchive.org.uk /20th_century/transport_railway.shtml (859 words)

	Timeline 1944
		1944 Jun 5, Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote a note to be issued in case the D-Day invasion turned out to be a failure: "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold, and I have withdrawn the troops." The note was [apparently misdated] dated July 5.
		1944 Oct 24, The aircraft carrier USS Princeton was sunk by a single Japanese plane during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		1944 The ballet "Fancy Free" was composed and choreographed by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins (25).
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1944.HTML (15068 words)

	Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest
		By July 1944, the Hungarians and the Germans had deported nearly 440,000 Jews from Hungary, almost all of them to the Auschwitz-Birkenau, where the SS killed approximately 320,000 of them upon arrival and deployed the rest at forced labor in Auschwitz and other camps.
		As Soviet troops had already cut off rail transport routes to Auschwitz, Hungarian authorities forced tens of thousands of Budapest Jews to march west to the Hungarian border with Austria.
		During the autumn of 1944, Wallenberg repeatedly and, often personally, intervened to secure the release of bearers of certificates of protection and those with forged papers from the columns of marching people, saving as many as possible.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.jsp?ModuleId=10005211 (0 words)

	1944
		Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar).
		September 2 - WWII: Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz.
		November 7 - WWII: U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey to become the only U.S. president to be elected to a fourth term.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1944.html (4023 words)

	Transportation - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated (A Library of Congress ...
		The Ministry of Transport operated a network of railroads and steamers, but private companies were also involved in rail, river, and canal transport.
		From the beginning of Russian railroad construction in the 1850s, rails were laid using a wider gauge (5 feet 3.5 inches) than the standard European one.
		The rail car in the background is thought to be Prokudin-Gorskii's traveling photographic laboratory and living quarters.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/empire/transport.html (644 words)

	Transportation Capabilities in NorthWest France
		Wherever possible, known German plans call for mobile reinforcements to use road nets, on some of which it is known the Germans have high maintenance priorities.
		But for tracked vehicles at distances greater than 120 miles, German plans provide for rail movement and for this purpose they have developed an elaborate railway program.
		German troop movements by rail are generally made in standard trains whose compositions rarely vary.
	spearhead1944.com /campaign/transport.htm (645 words)

	The Alaska Railroad - History
		These services enable rail cars from any rail point in the Lower 48 to be shipped to any point along the Alaska Railroad.
		Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole and Governor Bill Sheffield sign a report detailing the Alaska Railroad's property, assets and liabilities to be transferred to the state.
		ACT uses the space to transport containerized and break bulk cargo between Seattle and Whittier.
	www.alaskarailroad.com /arrc119.html (0 words)

	Companies in Latvia,Vacation and business information
		Mangaly Shiprepair Yard Ltd was established in 1944 as a repairing base for fishing vessels from the Western Parts of the USSR, and the company was privatised in December 1995.
		Riga Port Authority is a suitable partner for cargo transport from the East and from the West.
		We handle and transport by rail and road general and bulk cargo, industrial heavy loads, perishable food stuffs and consumer goods, excise cargoes and cargoes labelled as dangerous.
	www.randburg.com /lv (1538 words)

	Surfbirds News: November 2002 Archives
		The fact that rail transport cannot compete at present, at least in the UK, is a consequence of several factors, but these certainly include a failure to invest in a rail infrastructure and a failure to reflect environmental externalities in the cost of air transport.
		In an analysis of the possible technological measures to reduce the environmental effects of air transport, the Commission concluded that, unusually, there was little scope for significant improvements in the medium-term.
		Carbon dioxide and fuel use per tonne-kilometre for rail or marine freight transport is dramatically lower than it is for air transport.
	www.surfbirds.com /sbirdsnews/archives/2002/11 (4400 words)

	TRANSPORT ACT, 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(2) The wayleaves, which immediately before the establishment date were payable by the dissolved transport company to each of the road authorities, shall cease to be payable in respect of any period commencing on or after the establishment date.
		(5) For the purposes of sections 28 of the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932), the Company shall be deemed to be a company to which Part III of the said Act applies.
		Conditions on which merchandise is to be carried by rail by the Company.
	www.irishstatutebook.ie /1944_21.html (9659 words)

	The American Soldier, 1944
		The crossing of the Seine further complicated matters and a critical stage was reached when an impending operation required stockpiling 100,000 tons of supplies.
		As only 25,000 tons could be moved from the beaches by rail, trucks would have to deliver the balance to points behind the front lines.
		Fortunately repairs to rail and waterways made it possible to continue the flow of supplies to the front.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/art/p-p/As-4/1944.htm (436 words)

	Aviation Safety
		The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is Australia's prime agency for the independent investigation of civil aviation accidents, incidents and safety deficiencies.
		Annex 13 was also incorporated into the now repealed Part 2A of the Air Navigation Act 1920 which applies to all investigations commenced on and before 30 June 2003.
		The ATSB must be notified of all aviation, marine and rail accidents and incidents.
	www.atsb.gov.au /aviation (0 words)

	RailroadData.Com Railroad Links: Tourist Railroads and Museums: International
		Australia - New South Wales Rail Transport Museum -
		The Moe to Walhalla railway was one of four experimental narrow gauge routes constructed early this century by the Victorian Railways to develop isolated districts where conventional broad gauge lines would incur prohibitive construction costs.
		The railway operated to Walhalla until 1944, and the final section from Erica to Moe closed in 1954.
	www.railroaddata.com /rrlinks/Tourist_Railroads_and_Museums/International (0 words)

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