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	Canadian Women in Aviation - Transport Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Transport Canada is pleased to highlight some of the many extraordinary women who have helped shape the aviation industry in Canada.
		In 1984, she began discussions with Transport Canada that led to the regulations being changed to allow a pilot who is pregnant to fly while under her doctor's supervision.
		In 1959 she became the first woman in Canada to be a Captain with a charter airline.
	www.tc.gc.ca /mediaroom/infosheets/womenpilots.htm (528 words)

	1959 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
		February 3 - The plane transporting Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper goes down in an Iowa snowstorm, killing everyone on board.
		Trujillo is killed less than two years later by men partly inspired by the deaths of the 1959 martyrs.
	www.gogog.com /project/wikipedia/index.php/1959 (1702 words)

	BC Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BC Rail (AAR reporting marks BCOL and BCIT), known as the British Columbia Railway between 1972 and 1984 and as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE; AAR reporting marks PGE and PGER) before 1972, was a railway that operated in the Canadian province of British Columbia between 1912 and 2004.
		Looking to retire BC Rail's debt, on May 13, 2003, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell reneged on promises to the contrary and announced that the government would seek a private sector partner to run the operations of the railway while retaining ownership of the right-of-way.
		With an amendment to the Western Grain Transportation Act in 1985 that included the railway in the Act, it became economical for the railway to transport grain, and it also carried grain from Northern Alberta bound for Prince Rupert, interchanging with CN at Dawson Creek and Prince George.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/BC_Rail (4759 words)

	History: Public transport museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	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.
		In 1959, Chrysler was preparing to open the new assembly plant in Fenton, Missouri.
		Cassens Transport got the business and was in place and ready to ship the first load of automobiles from the plant.
	www.cassens.com /transport/companyhistory.html (2452 words)

	The Past and Future of U.S. Passenger Rail Service
		They also found rail demand to be elastic with respect to time, estimating that a 1 percent increase in travel time would yield a 1.67 percent decrease in business trips and a 1.58 percent decline in vacation trips (see Table 3).
		Rail, bus, and automobile travel have not changed as fundamentally since that time, however, so the conclusions about those modes are likely to still apply.
		Rail supporters contend that in crowded areas, such as the Northeast Corridor, a rationale exists for subsidizing rail service because doing so could reduce congestion at airports and on highways.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=4571&sequence=5 (5142 words)

	Call to ‘reward not punish’ people for using trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rail fares in the UK are already among the highest in Europe and have risen by 7 per cent in real terms since 1997 while motoring costs have fallen.
		Transport 2000 also criticised requests by ATOC that lightly used stations or services be closed down to release capacity for long distance trains.
		Public transport fares in the UK are more expensive than in other European countries with the exception of Denmark and Sweden.
	www.transport2000.org.uk /news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=250 (650 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)

	Urban Transport Technology - Gatwick Express Airport Rail Link, London, United Kingdom
		Gatwick Express, the first dedicated city centre - airport rail link in the UK, has undergone a major service transformation with the introduction of a fleet of brand new trains at the end of 2000.
		On privatisation, bus and rail operator National Express was awarded a 15-year franchise for Gatwick Express from April 1996, on the condition that it invested in new trains.
		Gatwick Express was carrying 83% of all rail passengers to the airport by 1998, exploiting its advantage of offering the fastest journey time from the airport to central London.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/gatwick (667 words)

	Rail Transit World - Light Rail, Rapid Transit, Regional Rail
		A quick overview of some of the highlights of rail transit developments around the world may be helpful in comprehending the significance of modern rail transit technological options and their relevance to a city or region near you.
		Rail rapid transit: Over the last several decades, America has seen a truly remarkable comeback in urban rail transit, once considered a moribund victim of the private motor vehicle transportation system.
		Rail rapid transit: Mexico City's metro, opened in 1969, is predominantly not a standard-rail rapid transit system, but is, like Montreal's, almost entirely modeled after Paris's rubber-tired Gadgetbahn-type technology (although Line A, launched in 1991, is a standard steel-wheel light metro).
	www.lightrailnow.org /features/f_lrt_2005-12a.htm (4877 words)

	Dates in Canadian Railway History
		This is the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.
		Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA.
		The line is managed by Orangeville and Brampton Rail Association Group and Cando Contracting operates the line with running rights to an interchange with CPR at Streetsville.
	www.railways.incanada.net /candate/candate.htm (10460 words)

	Strasburg Rail Road, Lancaster County, PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Strasburg Rail Road was incorporated by a special Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
		Over the next hundred years, the Strasburg Rail Road would become an important part of the transportation network in Central Pennsylvania, carrying both freight and passengers.
		The Strasburg Rail Road celebrates “40 Years of Steam.” Engine 31 recreates its first run with William Moedinger’s son Linn at the throttle.
	www.strasburgrailroad.com /media_background.aspx (422 words)

	International Conference on the Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material
		The transport can involve many types of materials (radionuclides and radiation sources for applications in agriculture, energy production, industry, and medicine) and all modes of transport (road, rail, sea and waterways, and air).
		As a result, in 1959 the United Nations Economic and Social Council requested that the IAEA be entrusted with the drafting of recommendations on the transport of radioactive substances.
		The latest version of the Transport Regulations was issued in 2000 by the IAEA as Publication TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised).
	www.iaea.org /worldatom/Meetings/2003/infcn101.shtml (2167 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK makes more than 1bn rail trips
		Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said: "The railways are now carrying more people than at any time since 1959."
		The site, www.transportdirect.info, is claimed to be the first in the world offering both private and public transport information.
		Transport Direct also has 'live' travel information, where travellers can also check out the delays on road and rail routes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4135889.stm (314 words)

	Airmobility: The Growth of the Airmobile Concept
		The Transportation Corps and Signal Corps had reluctantly brought their test activities to Fort Rucker with the Army Aviation Test Board, but there were still many fragmented efforts at many echelons.
		In the area of transport aircraft, the Board determined that more specifics were needed on exact requirements for Army airlift to support contingency plans and a program was needed to provide a vertical or short-take-off-and-landing long-range replacement for the Chinook and Caribou in the early 1970's.
		Third, they stated that air transportation, all things considered, was less costly than rail or ship transportation even in peacetime, and wartime urgency would make it even more important.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/Airmobility/airmobility-ch01.html (8185 words)

	1959 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, I do not know of any church that is truly honoring the Sabbath, following the Bible only, and exposing the papacy.
		1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar).
		February 3 - The plane (called the American Pie) transporting Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper goes down in an Iowa snowstorm, killing everyone on board.
	www.worldslastchance.com /encyclopedia/index.php/1959 (2063 words)

	Press Releases
		Regarded as America’s premier private rail operator, GrandLuxe Rail Journeys was purchased from Oregon Rail Holdings, of Portland, Ore. Rader, a veteran of the rail and tour industry, also founded Colorado Railcar Manufacturing, which builds luxury passenger railcars for which he has been awarded a number of U.S. and Canadian patents.
		Bringing the new concept of “rail cruising” to life, a trip aboard the AOE isn’t just transportation – it’s an experiential journey, with the train serving as hotel, restaurant and entertainment all wrapped up into one all-inclusive travel experience.
		AOE’s rail cruises maintain a sense of exclusivity with only 120 passengers aboard any given itinerary, while simultaneously indulging customers with highly personalized service, an epicurean adventure, exciting itineraries and carefully planned land tours, all topped off with the glamour and romance of a bygone era.
	www.americanorientexpress.com /html/media-agents/media/press_release.html (12221 words)

	International Economics Glossary: I
		A cost of transporting a good that uses up only some fraction of the good itself, rather than using any other resources.
		Based on the idea of floating an iceberg, which is costless except for the amount of the iceberg itself that melts.
		The facilities that must be in place in order for a country or area to function as an economy and as a state, including the capital needed for transportation, communication, and provision of water and power, and the institutions needed for security, health, and education.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~alandear/glossary/i.html (4035 words)

	Transport Plans for the London Area - Central or Londonwide
		At the same time it avoids adding to the already overcrowded Brixton Road outside the tube station: transfer from bus to tube at Brixton is already one of the heaviest in London and the situation is made worse by the narrow pavement on the northbound side and the impossibility of building a subway.
		In June 2001, Transport for London was expected to publish the scheme order in July 2001, to be followed by consultation with the boroughs.
		Alan Francis, Green Party Transport Speaker - "When [the Deputy Prime Minister] launched the consultation for the Transport White Paper back in 1997 he said that the Outer Circle was the sort of thing he wanted to see in the White Paper.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla_c.html (12829 words)

	RAND \| Research Memoranda \| The vulnerability of hypothetical rail transport for a mobile ballistic missile system.
		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.
	www.rand.org /pubs/research_memoranda/RM2410 (239 words)

	BTF - British transport Films - History
		Their purpose was the making of travelogue films that promoted destinations in town, country and seaside resorts throughout the British Isles and promoted rail or associated transport as the best means for people to travel to the destinations represented on screen.
		Another successful vein was the production of films that represented the nationalised transport workforce and the part they had to play in rebuilding the country.
		This chapter emphasises a shift in attitude by Anstey from the innovative young filmmaker responsible for ‘Housing Problems’, to the mature producer who, as Grierson before him, was responsible to the sponsoring organisation ensuring their message was effectively promoted to the target audiences they most wanted to reach.
	www.derby.org /btf/history/history0.html (911 words)

	British National Rail Ridership from 1919 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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.
		Ridership is up 41 percent since 1995-6, the last full year before award of the first privatization franchise.
	www.publicpurpose.com /ic-ukbr1919.htm (123 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 29 \| 1959: Fog brings transport chaos
		Dense fog - the worst for seven years - has brought road, rail and air transport in many parts of England and Wales to a virtual standstill.
		Thirty-five vehicles were involved in a collision in dense fog at Hampton Hill in Middlesex.
		A London Transport spokesman said many buses had been unable to leave their garages because crews could not get to work on time.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/29/newsid_2506000/2506057.stm (461 words)

	Rail Transport Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Rail Transport Museum at Bassendean, Perth Western Australia is Western Australia's premier museum devoted to railway history.
		The museum relies entirely on the voluntary efforts of the membership of the Australian Railway Historical Society to undertake the massive task of restoration of exhibits and running the museum.
		You are welcome to assist in the preservation of the unique rail heritage of Western Australia by becoming a member of the society.
	members.westnet.com.au /rapalmer/arhs/museum.htm (252 words)

	Spain Budget Travel, Tour Madrid, Granada, Costa del Sol and Seville, Spain Vacation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Transportation between cities via first-class (Plans A & B) or standard class (Plan C) rail including reserved seats on the AVE high-speed train between Madrid, Cordoba and Seville
		High-speed rail (the AVE) is a great and economical way to get around Spain.
		Your round trip flights from the U.S., hotel accommodations with breakfast daily, and rail tickets are included.
	www.gate1travel.com /spain-travel/11D-spain-via-rail06.asp (788 words)

	India-Burma
		Not only were lines of communications unusually long— Assam was an incredible 67-day journey by rail from Calcutta—but they also were congested and inefficient, plagued by differing railroad gauges, slow construction, and differing national attitudes on allocation of resources.
		Mogaung, a key rail center southwest of Myitkyina, fell to the Chinese and Chindits on 27 June, ending any threat to the siege from that direction.
		The tremendous distances, the difficult terrain, the inefficiencies in transport, and the complications of Indian politics presented formidable obstacles to efficient logistics.
	www.army.mil /CMH-pg/brochures/indiaburma/indiaburma.htm (6861 words)

	History of the Overbrook Line
		Early 1800s -- Pittsburgh Coal Co. built rail lines to transport coal from the mines of the Saw Mill Run Valley.
		1959 -- The Port Authority of Allegheny County was created.
		Port Authority promised to seek future funding to reconstruct and modernize the Overbrook, Drake and Library lines.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20000413TimeLine9.asp (367 words)

	Transport Public (Montréal , Laurentides) / Public Transportation (Montreal, Laurentians)
		On passenger trains, railroads operated lots of equipment other than sleepers, coaches, dining cars, etc. This equipment was generally called 'head-end' equipment, these 'freight' cars were at one time plentiful and highly profitable for the railroads.
		Liens sur la sécurité en transport de personnes et aussi pour les jeunes.
		Le BST est un organisme indépendant qui a été créé pour promouvoir la sécurité du transport par la conduite d'enquêtes sur les événements de transport survenus dans les domaines de la marine, des pipelines, du rail et de l'aviation.
	www.lakemirabel.com /TransPub1.html (1232 words)

	Transpor Cargo Aircraft Model Airplanes.
		In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin.
		Many U.S. Air Transport and Air Cargo Aircraft were used including the C-47 Dakota or very popularly called DC-3 These aircraft also flew over the hump of the Himalayas of Tibet to China.
		This 1/144 scale, limited edition die cast model of a 1959 Air France L-749 Constellation measures 8" in length with a 10" wingspan.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Models_Bombers/G_Air_Transport.html (971 words)

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