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	Light rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Light rail is the successor term to tram (streetcar or trolley in North American English) in many locales, although the term is most consistently applied to modern or modernised tram or trolley operations employing features more usually associated with metro or subway operations, including exclusive rights-of-way, multiple unit train configuration and signal control of operations.
		Light rail is generally powered by electricity, usually by means of overhead wires, but sometimes by a live rail, also called third rail (a high voltage bar alongside the track), requiring safety measures and warnings to the public not to touch it.
		Light rail systems are generally cheaper to build than heavy rail, since the infrastructure does not need to be as substantial, and tunnels are generally not required as is the case with most metro systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_rail (5395 words)

	BC Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		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)

	Manila Light Rail Transit System - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Manila Light Rail Transit System, popularly known as the LRT, is the main metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines.
		Although the system is referred to as a "light rail transit system", some would argue the system is more akin to a rapid transit (metro) system.
		LRT-1 runs light rail vehicles made either in South Korea by Adtranz or in Belgium by ACEC (both companies are now part of Bombardier).
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Manila_Light_Rail_Transit_System (2404 words)

	Speakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		George Haikalis is a civil engineering and transportation planner with over 43 years of experience in the NY area.
		Paul Steely White is the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, the leading local bicycle, pedestrian and transportation reform group in the United States.
		Before joining Transportation Alternatives in April 2003, Paul served as Regional Director for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, a non-profit group based in New York City.
	www.energysolutionsconference.org /Speakers/speakers.html (6039 words)

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