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  High-speed rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
High-speed rail is public transport by rail at speeds in excess of 200 km/h (124 mph).
Railways were the first form of mass transportation, and until the development of the motorcar in the early 20th century had an effective monopoly on land transport.
Bombardier Transportation is a partner in both the Talgo-led and the Siemens-led consortium.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High-speed_rail   (5626 words)

  
 Transport
Transport, or transportation in American English, is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Infrastructure includes the transport networks (roads, railways, airways, canals, pipelines, etc.) that are used, as well as the nodes or terminals (such as airports, railway stationss, bus stations and seaports).
The growth in transport would be impossible without communication, which is vital for advanced transportation systems, from railroads which want to run trains in two directions on a single track, to air traffic control which requires knowing the location of aircraft in the sky.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/transport_1.html   (758 words)

  
 BC Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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)

  
 1982 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
June 6 - 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
July 16 - The Reverend Sun Myung Moon is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/9/8/1982.html   (2694 words)

  
 Speakers
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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