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  British Rail Class 442 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Class 442, no. 2407 "Thomas Hardy" at Moreton on 10th April 2006.
Class 442, no. 2419 "BBC South Today" at London Waterloo on 19th July 2003.
The Class 442 is based on the Mark 3 carriage bodyshell, and has a number of features which distinguish it from the slam-door units it replaced:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_442   (1280 words)

  
 Christian Wolmar :: Class of 2003: end of year report says 'must do better'
As the scholastic year winds down with yet another spate of ‘rail chaos’ headlines, the heat generated this time by a real heatwave, it is time for the annual assessment of the performance of the various pupils in the school of railway children.
At least, unlike in last year’s report (Rail 442) which saw the demise of a whole class as well as several pupils, there were fewer expulsions than last year to report but nevertheless some significant ones.
The big trouble with Network Rail class is their tendency to want to go to the Treasury tuck shop the whole time (something which is also a worrying trait among several other classes, too).
www.christianwolmar.co.uk /articles/rail/468.shtml   (1441 words)

  
 British Rail Class 411 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Class 411 4Cep no. 1592, at Dover Priory on 27th April 2003, whilst forming a special excursion train around Kent and East Sussex.
Class 411 4Cep no. 1602, at Dover Priory on 27th April 2003, whilst forming a special excursion train around Kent and West Sussex.
The British Rail Class 411 (or 4Cep) electrical multiple units were built at Eastleigh works from 1956-63 for the newly electrified main lines in Kent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_411   (2414 words)

  
 Christian Wolmar :: Expulsions but extra pocket money for the class of 2002
Even then the class could have redeemed themselves somewhat by challenging the Byers decision or tried to stall it by applying for Winsor’s class to intervene, but no, they sat on their hands until after the weekend and then moaned and moaned and moaned.
It is hard not to feel sorry for some of the class, particularly those hard-working people who are not prefects, but there is little sympathy for any of those who are being forced to go.
It must be said that as a whole the contractors’ class is in a state of limbo and this is particularly shown by the huge prices they try to extract off everyone else.
www.christianwolmar.co.uk /articles/rail/442.shtml   (1735 words)

  
 Green Left - BRITAIN: Breakdown leads to new electoral alternative
Leaving aside questions of ministerial competence and honesty, a recurrent theme in the British press, the country is showing signs of core infrastructure collapse.
This follows a series of fatal rail accidents, caused by the decay of infrastructure, and a recurrence of major industrial action against further rail privatisation.
Rail workers, more traditional opponents of privatisation, are also taking industrial action over the safety of the Underground.
www.greenleft.org.au /2001/442/26423   (949 words)

  
 Electric Railroader’s Association
In short, 13 rail cars are ready, 29 operators are certified to take the controls and tracks have endured the load of two-car trains during stepped-up testing with no incidents of rail pull-aparts.
An update on repairs to MBTA commuter rail cars, which do not seem to be going as well as planned based on a correspondence between T officials and Joe of Norwood, who wrote that car shortages and air-conditioning failures on his Franklin Line were getting worse, not better.
Of course, both rail enthusiasts and the public can be a big part of the safety/security solution by always cooperating with law enforcement and, any time you see suspicious activities near the tracks, reporting them to local authorities.
www.electricrailroaders.org /swindler/2004_0626-0702.php   (20318 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
No. Our daylight rail tours through the Canadian Rockies are scheduled to show you all of the spectacular scenery.
Our Winter Rail Vacations are designed with families in mind and the festive musical entertainment and dedicated children's programs provided in our special lounge cars, make this an unforgettable family vacation.
Travelling during this time of the year ensures that we take full advantage of the daylight hours and the spectacular scenery during the time of year when the regions show their full colours.
www.adventurelinktours.com /faqs.html   (1593 words)

  
 Planning Your Vacation - Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is your opportunity to stretch your legs, explore this lakeside city or join the fun at Two River Junction Dinner and Musical Revue.
Absolutely, and thousands of our guests take advantage of the rail and cruise seasons which are very similar.
Our winter rail tours are designed with families in mind and the festive musical entertainment and dedicated children's programs provided in our special lounge cars, make this an unforgettable family.
www.adventurelinktours.com /rail/travel_experience/faqs.htm   (1227 words)

  
 Railplus - Austrian Railpass
The Austrian Rail Pass is valid on all non-stop trains on the German leg of the section between Kufstein and Salzburg called “DB Korridor”.
Austrian Rail Passes must be presented for refund unused and not validated.
Austrian Rail Passes cannot be refunded or reissued if lost or stolen.
www.railplus.com.au /europe_by_rail/austrian_railpass.cfm   (416 words)

  
 Hampshire County Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 442 Wessex Electric units freed by this re-organisation may be utilised to provide a second morning peak service from Portsmouth to London.
Rail users at Totton have been disappointed with unreliable connections at Southampton for trains to and from London during the 'off-peak'.
It is, therefore, RECOMMENDED 1 That British Rail's 1992 winter timetable changes be noted and the concerns of the County Council and the District Councils, regarding the withdrawal and down grading of services at certain locations, be expressed to Network SouthEast.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c9245.html   (1449 words)

  
 Eurail Austria- Switzerland Pass: Worldwide Train Passes & Tickets - Railpass.com
There is a 1st class and 2nd class version for individual travelers and for groups of 2 or more people traveling together (Saver Pass).
For travelers under 26 years of age, there is a 2nd class Pass available (Youth Pass).You can also benefit from bonuses, such as discounts at Hilton hotels and additional bonuses in both Austria and Switzerland.
There are 1st class versions for individual travelers (Adult) and for groups of 2 or more people traveling together (Saver Pass).
www.railpass.com /new/passes/pass/austria-switzerland.asp   (434 words)

  
 5 Wes (Class 442)
The fact that there was to be only one type of unit would lead to there being two catering cars in a ten car formation, however because of the restricted power supply between Bournemouth and Weymouth (caused by the low cost nature of the scheme) only one unit could work this end of the line.
A new 442 unit on display at the Southern Electric Group/Network South East London Bridge Event on 28 August 1988.
The 442 units (the designation 5 Wes is less commonly used) with their stylish looks and internal comfort proved to be popular and a great success with passengers, the only poor aspect being only two doors per car - expected on long distance Intercity stock but not on the relatively short haul intensively used Southern.
www.semg.org.uk /gallery/class442_1.html   (603 words)

  
 Swanage Railway News Gallery - Page 34
History is made at South West Trains’ Bournemouth Rail Gala '98 with ex-LSWR M7 tank No. 30053 running at Branksome for the first time since May, 1964 - operating brake van rides down the half mile line close to where Bournemouth’s first railway station stood.
Attracting some 12,000 people over the two days, the Bournemouth Rail Gala '98 was staged by South West Trains (a Stagecoach company) at its Bournemouth Traincare Depot off Nelson Road close to the old Somerset and Dorset sheds at Branksome which closed in 1963.
During the rail gala, a special shuttle train service composed of an early 1990s built three-coach Class 159 diesel unit from the Waterloo to Salisbury and Exeter main line ran between Bournemouth station and the Branksome depot.
www.swanagerailway.co.uk /news34.htm   (531 words)

  
 Destination : Freedom - June 25, 2001
Rail enthusiasts the length of the Sunshine State were paying close attention to this train, as was Florida's media, which gave the story good play in many publications the following day.
Soon after the first train hit the rails in November 1997, myriad problems arose with the radio equipment, heat and air-conditioning systems, lights, horns that were too loud, doors that opened at the wrong times, and cracks that developed in shock absorbers and the steps to engineers' cabs.
Rail crashes, earthquakes and terrorist attacks will be among topics studied by students at a British university that says it is offering the world's first disaster studies degree, according to Reuters news agency.
www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df06252001.shtml   (7270 words)

  
 Dorchester South
Motive Power for the Waterloo to Weymouth line is provided by Wessex Electric Class 442 Units.
Class 66 locomotives have been frequent visitors to Dorchester in 2000.
Following a contract to transport sand by rail from Wool to Neasden, the trains are run through to Dorchester South where the locomotive can run round its train of hopper wagons.
website.lineone.net /~south-station-buffet/south3.htm   (161 words)

  
 Eastleigh March 31st 2006 - British Rail Engineering Ltd Eastleigh 1891-2006
Formerly British Rail Engineering Ltd and before that being only a Carriage works for the London & South Western Railway from around 1891.
66539 is passed by a fast and unidentified Class 442 unit.
EWS have been hired for a few weeks to transport a number of trains carrying Ford cars and vans to various areas of the country until around the end of April.
www.hentis-rail.co.uk /Eastleigh310306a.html   (704 words)

  
 CHAPTER XVII
When patients were evacuated, they were moved by air, rail, ship, or ambulance to the next echelon hospital, usually the general hospital, although in certain instances they might be sent to a station hospital.
The theater policy for reclassification to class C (return to the United States) for malarial patients was set forth in Circular Letter No. 21, Office of the Surgeon, Headquarters, NATOUSA, dated 3 April 1944.
The British thought they had achieved this goal, or come near it, by their use of Plasmochin in conjunction with quinine.
history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/infectiousdisvolii/chapter17.htm   (13181 words)

  
 Kent Rail
Class 159: Network SouthEast's answer to modernisation of the Waterloo to Exeter route via Salisbury.
Class 442: The renaissance of rail travel between Waterloo and Weymouth, and a project instigated by the London and SouthEast sector.
London and Greenwich Railway 150th Anniversary: Photographs and information on this special event on 23rd and 24th August 1986, organised by British Rail's Southern Region, featuring stock of the newly-formed Network SouthEast sector and locomotives provided by Railfreight, in addition to traction of preservation groups.
www.kentrail.co.uk   (1115 words)

  
 Subpoena (Interprovincial) Act
(b) in relation to the nature and importance of the proceeding, is reasonable and essential to the administration of justice in British Columbia.
(a) is deemed, while in British Columbia in answer to the subpoena, not to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia except as a witness in the proceedings in which the person is subpoenaed, and
7 (1) A person who is required to attend before a court in British Columbia by a subpoena adopted by a court outside British Columbia, may request the court in British Columbia to order additional fees and expenses to be paid for the person's attendance as a witness.
www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/stat/S/96442_01.htm   (900 words)

  
 RailPictures.Net » Photo Search Result
Remarks: It has almost been forgotten that for its first season the Rocky Mountaineer was a VIA Rail train.
Remarks: Steam in the Transylvanian countryside this autumn.
Remarks: Preserved 4-6-0 derived from the famous P8 class trundles through the Transylvanian countryside, still farmed by traditional methods.
www.railpictures.net /showphotos.php?userid=5029   (299 words)

  
 German Rail Pass, German Rail Youth & Twin Passes, Train Travel in Germany - Britain on Rail
You can acquire a German Rail Twin pass from us which is a special rail pass for two people who are traveling together.
These passes named German Rail Youth passes are ideal for youngsters who love traveling in big cities and also at the same time want to save precious money!
Europe On Rail is the easiest way to travel in Europe.
www.britainonrail.com /german-rail-pass.htm   (636 words)

  
 Hampshire County Council
4.3 The introduction of Class 442 Wessex Electric trains on the Waterloo-Portsmouth line provides a marked increase in both passenger comfort and the image of the service, provided that capacity problems are not experienced on either line involved.
The down grade of two journeys (the 0902 departure from Winchester to Waterloo and 1645 departure from Waterloo) and lost capacity on the Weymouth line associated with this change continues to be the subject of discussions with Network SouthEast and remains a matter of some concern.
It is, therefore, RECOMMENDED 1 That British Rail's May 1992 timetable proposals be noted and the concerns of the Sub-Committee, regarding withdrawal of services and the reductions in quality of service at certain locations, be expressed to InterCity, Regional Railways and Network SouthEast.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c8288.html   (1312 words)

  
 50class:NSW:Trains:AJH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
THe other classes were the 53 class, 55 class, Commonwealth Railways K class, and SMR 10 class.
Beyer Peacock built 151, the most of any one builder, and North British were in second place with 84 plus the 10 that went to the War Department's Railways Operating Division in France.
They were gradually rebuilt from the original saturated design to a superheated version, but not all were so treated, and the last one in active service was in fact a saturated loco, 5069, seen here in these pages.
www.csse.monash.edu.au /~ajh/trains/nsw/50class   (1269 words)

  
 4 Rep (Class 432)
Come the mid 1980s the decision came to replace the Bournemouth line stock not only since finance had become available to electrify the line between Bournemouth and Weymouth using new low cost technology but also the unpowered Rep and TC cars were originally built in the 1950s.
The new stock was to be the class 442 - at long last Mk3 main line stock was to become native to the Southern.
Temporary formations resulted including 6 Rep, replacement of a MBSO by an EDL (class 73) and 5 TCB (a 4 TC unit including a Rep restaurant car) powered by class 73s.
www.semg.org.uk /gallery/class432.html   (726 words)

  
 The Vanguard, August
Arviragus, an British King is given Venius Julia, Emperor Claudius' daughter, at peace negotiations in Rome during a six month hiatus of hostilities.
August 24, 1814: British troops under the command of General Robert Ross marched into the City of Washington, in the Distict of Columbia, after defeating an American force at Bladensburg, Maryland.
After 24 hours of bombardment, the British attack on Fort McHenry was repulsed on September 14, 1814.
www.hightowertrail.com /VanguardAug05.htm   (12364 words)

  
 Stoneybridge teKno enginE, Reference Library for railway modellers.
Proto: CLASS 59, 59005, Kenneth J Painter at Hamworthy on returning Merehead stone train.
Proto: CLASS 60, 60089, The Railway Horse at Hamworthy with stone train of JNA wagons.
Proto: CLASS 66, 66092 waiting to leave the Hamworthy branch on scrap steel train.
www.fortunecity.com /business/director/1255/reflib.html   (410 words)

  
 Southern Electric History
The British Railways Southern Region organisational structure of the three South Eastern, South Western and Central Divisions continued to reflect the pre-grouping South Eastern and Chatham Railway, the London and South Western Railway and London Brighton and South Coast Railway companies which had been little altered by the Southern Railway.
The major project for British Railways Southern Region at this time was the Kent Coast scheme extending the third rail beyond Gillingham and Orpington to Dover, Folkestone, Ramsgate and Margate.
The HAs, later British Railways Class 71, E5001-5024 were also fitted with the flywheel booster control system and with pantographs for use at low speed on a few freight sidings equipped with trolley wires.
www.southernelectric.org.uk /seginfohistory3.html   (953 words)

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