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	1947 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar).
		The 1947 World Series brought in an estimated 3.9 million people, becoming television's first mass audience.
		October 5 - The first presidential address is telecast from the White House.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/1947 (2023 words)

	USS 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.
		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)

	Rail industry news
		Rail safety inspectors from the Railway Inspectorate have ordered Metronet to improve track on the District Line, and speeds have been restricted on some parts of the system because the track was not stretched, or stressed, correctly after being laid, with the result that the track could buckle in hot weather and result in derailment.
		Rail prices are to rise by 35 euros/t from the beginning of 2006, reflecting the higher costs of raw materials, energy and transportation.
		Former transport secretary Stephen Byers will be in the witness box next month in a case brought by 49,000 former Railtrack shareholders against the government, in which the shareholders are accusing the government of misfeasance in public office, and a breach of human rights, when they put Railtrack into administration in 2001.
	www.iorw.org /news_index.html (15439 words)

	1947 in rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1947.
		September 1, 1947 – Dugald, Manitoba, Canada: A Canadian National Railway passenger train failed to take the siding and collided with the No. 4 Transcontinental that was standing on the main line.
		September 17 - The American Freedom Train, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, begins a two-year tour of the United States starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1947_in_rail_transport (447 words)

	UNECE - Transport Division - About us
		The Transport Division also received inputs from the UNECE Conference on Transport and the Environment and from the Third Pan-European Ministerial Transport Conference, whose follow-up activities are integrated in the ITC work programme.
		The Inland Transport Committee (ITC) and its Subsidiary Bodies The ITC is since 1947 the PSB of the UNECE for cooperation in the field of inland transport.
		The Transport Division of the UNECE secretariat has been closely involved in the preparation of the Pan-European Transport Conferences held so far, was given a relatively prominent role in their programs and was associated to their follow-up.
	www.unece.org /trans/presentTransDiv.html (2284 words)

	Railway system in india, Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India
		Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India.
		The GIPR was one of the largest rail companies at that time.Soon various independent kingdoms began to have their own rail systems and the network spread to the regions that became the modern-day states of Assam, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
		The existing rail networks were abandoned in favour of zones in 1951 and a total of six zones came into being in 1952.
	www.nriol.com /returntoindia/indian-railways.asp (3387 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.
		In March, she moved up to the Solomons to participate in the Russell Islands offensive, and, through the New Georgia campaign, towed gasoline, oil, and ordnance barges; retrieved landing craft from the beaches; assisted in rescue and salvage operations; and brought damaged merchant and naval ships and craft into Tulagi for repairs.
		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)

	Rail transport in Great Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A symbolic loss to the UK rail freight industry was the custom of the Royal Mail, which from 2004 is discontinuing use of its 49-train fleet, and switching to road haulage after a near 170 year preference for trains.
		The Strategic Rail Authority is the statutory strategic planning and coordinating body for the rail industry, and the guardian of passenger and freight interests.
		The Office of Rail Regulation has as its principal functions to regulate Network Rail's stewardship of the national rail network infrastructure, and to hold train operating companies accountable to the terms of their operating licence.
	rail-transport-in-great-britain.ask.dyndns.dk (2621 words)

	British Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Transport Act 1947 made provision for the nationalisation of network and British Railways came into existence 1 January 1948.
		The British Railways Board was created in the early 1960s over from the former British Transport Commission which in addition to the railway also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
		Between the mid-1960s and mid- 1970s the size of the British rail was reduced from around 20 000 miles 12 000 miles as a result of " Beeching Axe " the cost-cutting review conducted by BR Dr Richard Beeching.
	www.freeglossary.com /British_Rail (418 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1948 in rail transport
		Rail Transport Find Providers of Rail and Intermodal Transportation Services.
		railroad RAILROAD [railroad] or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more.
		British Rail breakup entails own risks: ensuring safety top priority.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=1948+in+rail+transport (490 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1962 in rail transport
		Impacts of institutional change on urban transport policy in Rome: an update.
		Moving ahead: the past three decades have seen remarkable deregulation of the airline, air freight, trucking, and rail industries.
		The law of intermodal transportation: what it was, what it is, what it should be.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=1962+in+rail+transport (649 words)

	British Rail
		The rail transport system in Great Britain developed during the 19th century.
		The Transport Act 1947 made provision for the nationalisation of the network, as part of a policy of nationalising public services by Clement Attlee's Labour Government.
		The modernisation plan however failed to take into account the effect that mass-road transport would have upon the traditional role of the railways, and as a result much money was wasted by heavy investment in things like marshalling yards, at a time when small wagon-load traffic was in rapid decline.
	www.keywordmage.net /br/british-rail.html (1457 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)

	Road and Rail Transport: 2 Jul 2003: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		He will know that the Rail Passengers Council is particularly interested in a railcard that would encourage more people to turn up and go on trains, and use them at the last minute rather than for pre-planned journeys.
		It is fascinating that the part-time Secretary of State for Transport has a problem in respect of his other part-time job in relation to the Scottish Parliament building, let alone the rail building.
		It is wrong for the Secretary of State to imply that a fixed sum is being spent on rail and that we should simply allocate that between taxpayers and passengers on the basis of fairness without taking into account whether that fixed sum is appropriate.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2003-07-02.387.1 (8028 words)

	Rail Versus Road in Ireland 1900 - 2000 - Transport Centre, Colourpoint Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As we approach the new millennium, it is an opportune time to look back and survey how public transport policy in Ireland, north and south, has developed during the twentieth century.
		Chapters 1-3 and 8 survey the development of transport policy in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1900 and 2000.
		Chapters 4-7 detail the various self-propelled passenger rail vehicles developed to meet road competition and describes the bus fleets developed by the railways to enable integration of rail and road services in their areas of operation.
	www.colourpoint.co.uk /titles/1898392374-9.html (315 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Until the 1980s, transport infrastructure (rights of way, track, terminals and associated traffic management) in developing countries was primarily provided by the public sector, for all modes of transportation (road, rail, air, maritime and inland water) and at all levels (international, national, regional and local, both urban and rural).
		In contrast, in trucking, bus and inland waterway transport the private sector was predominant, despite the fact that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for transport existed in many countries and non-transport SOEs often possessed their own fleets.
		In transport “service” provision (conveyance of passengers and freight), railways were usually a public sector monopoly, while in air and maritime transport national “flag carriers” were also usually in the public sector.
	www.worldbank.org /transport/pol_econ/tsr_docs/link1.doc (899 words)

	RAND \| Research Memoranda \| The vulnerability of hypothetical rail transport for a mobile ballistic missile system.
		A description of the nuclear blast loading and response of some rail transport equipment that might be typical of that in a mobile rail ballistic missile system.
		The response of the rail vehicles is determined for several levels of blast "hardening," and the results are presented in terms of critical overpressures.
		The Research Memorandum was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1947 to 1973 that represented working papers meant to report current results of RAND research to appropriate audiences.
	www.rand.org /pubs/research_memoranda/RM2410 (239 words)

	Water transport
		The transportation of goods in an organized form is confined to West Bengal, Assam, parts of North Eastern region and Goa.
		Development of inland water transport commenced from the Second Five Year Plan and up to the end of Fifth Plan the total expenditure on this sector was Rs.
		On December 31, 1947 the Indian shipping tonnage was 1.92 lakh GRT (of which the coastal was 1.19 GRT and the overseas was 0.73 lakh GRT).
	www.tcil.com /water.asp (1679 words)

	Indian railway, india rail transport, rail ticket booking, tours and travel package.
		The saloon was made from the finest quality teakwood adorned with the silver crest of the State of Mysore.
		A fascinating sight at the Rail Museum is a pair of rail motors or motors cars that have been converted to travel on rails.
		Being light, heap and better maneuverable than locomotives, rail motors were used for inspecting hill tracks, which were unapproachable, by road.
	www.indiaprofile.com /transportation/railways/indianrailways.htm (1417 words)

	British National Rail Ridership from 1919
		The Strategic Rail Authority reports indicated that intercity rail ridership reached 42.4 billion passenger kilometers in 2004/2005.
		This is the highest ridership level since the immediate post war year of 1946.
		Data from Department of Environment, Transport and Regions and the Strategic Rail Authority
	www.publicpurpose.com /ic-ukbr1919.htm (123 words)

	Royal Australian Corps of Transport
		he origin of the RAE Transportation Service dates back to 1929 with the appointment in the RAE of a Director of Railways, retitled in 1941 as the Director of Road and Rail Transport.
		The Directorate of Docks and the Directorate of Water Transport were formed in 1942 and together with the Directorate of Road and Rail Transport, merged in 1945 to form the Australian Army Transportation Corps.
		In 1947 the Service was disbanded, with a Directorate of Transportation being established within the RAE with the responsibility for water transport, terminal operations and movement control.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/rar-sasr/corps-transport.htm (426 words)

	British Customs and British Traditions - British Transport
		With the Industrial Revolution in the UK there was a need to transport coal more quickly and efficiently, efforts were made to improve water transport.
		Service stations came with the motorway and the legend of the transport café was born.
		There are also a number of government organisations like the Strategic Rail Authority and the Health and Safety Executive which are involved in running the railways, making the whole structure extremely complicated.
	www.learnenglish.de /culture/transport.htm (1276 words)

	Aliyah Bet
		British soldiers transported the passengers to the Atlit internment center.
		This ship, carrying some 4,500 Jewish displaced persons, set sail from France in July 1947 and was intercepted by British destroyers even before entering Palestine's territorial waters.
		British troops began to withdraw from Palestine in April 1948, and in May 1948 the Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005776 (662 words)

	RailServe.com: Rail Industry Organizations
		Freight on Rail - Aims to get goods off roads and onto railways to develop a more sustainable distribution system; promotes the economic, social, and environmental benefits of rail freight both nationally and locally; London, UK
		Rail Applications Special Interest Group - Founded in 1994 to facilitate productivity improvements and growth in the rail industry through appropriate application of management science techniques
		Transport Canada - Develops and administers policies, regulations, and services for improved transportation in Canada
	www.railserve.com /Industry (1793 words)

	ABC News: Nazi-Era Rail Car for Display at Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The rail car is the type used by the Nazis during the Holocaust to transport Jews to concentration camps.
		On Wednesday, the 67th anniversary of Germany's infamous Kristallnacht pogrom, she and other Holocaust survivors gathered to unveil the remnants of a Nazi-era rail car that will be displayed when the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center opens in suburban Skokie in 2008.
		I was terrified," said Harris, 70, who arrived in Chicago as an orphan in September 1947 and now is president of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1299091 (533 words)

	Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Acting as the corporate memory for Transport for London and its predecessors, the TfL Group Archives collects, preserves and makes available the historic records of Transport for London, London Transport and its subsidiaries and predecessors.
		Items forming this vast collection chart the development of Transport for London from its origins as the operator of the world’s first underground railway to its present day role as the capital’s integrated transport system.
		TfL is responsible for ensuring that its records of historical importance are identified and preserved within suitable accommodation as required by the Transport and Greater London Acts and subsequent amendments.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tfl/foi/archives.shtml (1063 words)

	World Rail Transit List
		Installations not part of urban or suburban common carrier passenger transport (private use, rural lines, museums, etc) and facilities confined within a complex, institution, amusement park, airport, or other non-"public" space should not be included on this list.
		Irkutsk, Irkutsk [626K]; LR 1947, TB 1970, CR
		Beograd (Belgrade), Serbia [m1470K]; LR 188?/1894, TB 1947, CR
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/rail-transit-list.html (2275 words)

	This Day in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Castro, who became commander in chief of Cuba's armed forces after Batista was ousted on January 1, replaced the more moderate Miro Cardona as head of the country's new provisional government.
		Castro was born in the Oriente province in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant who had made a fortune building rail systems to transport sugar cane.
		He became involved in revolutionary politics while a student and in 1947 took part in an abortive attempt by Dominican exiles and Cubans to overthrow Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?month=10272954&day=10272981&cat=10272946 (852 words)

	1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar).
		The 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was set in Hollywood, 1947.
		In Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown said that suitable parts for his time-circuits are invented.
	www.tocatch.info /en/1947.htm (3110 words)

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