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	Rail transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The first railways in Great Britain (also known as wagonways) were built in the early 17th century, mainly for transporting coal from the mine to the water side where it could be loaded on to a boat.
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in northern England in 1825 to be followed five years later by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, considered to be the world's first "Inter City" line, which proved the viability of rail transport, with Stephenson's famous Rocket steam locomotive.
		Railways soon spread throughout the United Kingdom and through the world, and became the dominant means of land transport for nearly a century, until the invention of aircraft and automobiles, which prompted a gradual decline in railways.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Railways.htm (2744 words)

	Many Qualified: Funicular
		A '''funicular''', also called '''funicular Slippery Sara railway''' or '''inclined railway''', '''inclined plane''', or in England a '''cliff railway''', consists of a system of Mosquito ringtone transport in which Allison Virgin cables attach to a Secret ringtone tram-like vehicle on Amy Virgin rails to move it up and down a very steep Download ringtones slope.
		In addition, the cars of a funicular usually are permanently attached at the end(s) of the cable whereas the cars on a cable railway can usually detach and reattach to the cable during normal operation.
		The steepest funicular in the United States is the Johnstown Inclined Plane in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with a grade of 70.9% (the angle of the railway is set at 35°, 25 minutes).
	many-qualified.blogspot.com /2006/12/funicular.html (800 words)

	Railway system in india, Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long distance transportation in India
		Railways were first introduced to India in 1853, and by 1947, the year of India's independence, it had grown to forty-two rail systems.
		The Railway Board operated under aegis of the Department of Commerce and Industry and had three members: a government railway official serving as chairman, a railway manager from England and an agent of one of the company railways.
		Central Railway trains approaching through Igatpuri switch from AC to DC using a neutral section that may be switched to either voltage while the locomotives are decoupled and swapped.
	www.nriol.com /returntoindia/indian-railways.asp (3387 words)

	[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ - Miscellaneous items
		Rack railway systems use a geared wheel on the loco to engage with a rack, a toothed rail or rails set in the track, where the grade is too steep for the normal adhesion (friction) between wheels and rails to be used.
		British India did not adopt the standard time zones, however, until 1905 when the meridian passing through Allahabad at 82.5 degrees east longitude was picked as the central meridian for India, corresponding to a single time zone for the country at 5 hours and 30 minutes in advance of GMT.
		In the 19th century, timekeeping by the railways was by means of standard-issue pendulum clocks at stations and of course, the iconic station master's watch or timepiece.
	www.irfca.org /faq/faq-misc.html (4774 words)

	British narrow gauge railways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A number of railways were built to connect standard gauge railways with smaller towns, including the Southwold Railway, the Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway and the famous Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in Devon.
		In Wales, the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway was built to served farming communities; in England the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway served similar purposes in the Derbyshire Dales.
		This became the first railway to be run entirely by volunteers and sparked a movement to preserve many railways, both narrow and standard gauge as tourist attractions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_narrow_gauge_railways (3174 words)

	THE TRAMWAYS OF CHILE
		The street railway that Walton Evans built down Santiago's main street in 1858 was modeled on the line that he built on 4th Avenue in New York and used the same technology and cars.
		Street railways seemed conspicuously absent from San Fernando in the 6th Region, Curicó and Linares in the 7th, Los Angeles (near San Rosendo) in the 8th and Valdivia in the 10th.
		The riverside railway was destroyed by a flood, but the other two lines ran into the 1970s and may be considered the last electric tramways in Chile.
	www.tramz.com /cl/tto/e.html (4507 words)

	Wikinfo \| British railway system
		The British railway system is the oldest in the world.
		These were joint stock public companies and they continued to run the railway system until December 31 1947, although nearly bankrupt as a result of the Second World War.
		Many branch lines, particularly rural lines serving communities which relied heavily on their local railways, were closed at that time and this also had the effect of removing a lot of the feeder traffic from the main lines, particularly freight traffic.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=British_railway_system (840 words)

	English Cliff Railways - Scarborough Cliff Railways
		Of Scarborough's three surviving cliff railways, the South (or 'Spa') Cliff Railway is the oldest example to be found in the whole of Britain.
		This railway was quite unique when first completed in that it utilised steam-powered winding, as opposed to the water-balanced hydraulics used by the town's previous two cliff railways, and remains the only known example of its kind in the UK to have employed this method of operation.
		Unlike the earlier cliff railways, Scarborough's St Nicholas Cliff Railway was electrically operated from the outset by a 45hp winding motor.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /cliff_trams/scarborough_tramways.htm (995 words)

	Railways in Music Part 1 by P.L. Scowcroft [MusicWeb: Len Mullenger] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Railways, in the modern sense, have been with us for some 170 years and for maybe half that time they were THE major form of long-haul transportation by land.
		Sir Alexander Butterworth, of the North Eastern Railway, was the father of the composer George Butterworth killed on the Western Front in 1916 aged 31 and still remembered as a minor master of the "English folk song" school.
		The next generation of the family were able to use the new railways increasingly to travel on for their concert tours and unsurprisingly all paid tribute to them.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /railways_in_music.htm (4204 words)

	THE TRAMWAYS OF CHILE
		The inauguration of a street railway in Santiago in 1858 inspired a plan to connect Barón station with the port and commercial area of the city.
		The inauguration of the Perdices funicular in 1932 brought the number of the city's ascensores to 28 - actually 29, counting the double railway at Artillería.
		Despite numerous proposals Viña's street railway never ran north of the railroad tracks or crossed the river; that part of the city was not developed until the 1930s.
	www.tramz.com /cl/tto/05.html (4531 words)

	Railways in the United Kingdom
		There are no railways on the island today, but there was once a standard gauge railway (not narrow gauge as suggested by some sources) running for some 22 miles (35km) along the length of the island chain from Somerset to St George.
		There are no railways in the territory, but the Spanish railway line to Algeciras was built in the late 19th Century by a British company to serve the needs of the garrison.
		Reports of a funicular railway have sometimes arisen through confusion with the mountain location of a Benedictine abbey in Spain.
	www.sinfin.net /railways/world/uk.html (923 words)

	conservare - Funicular Railways (Shire Album 240)
		The term ‘funicular’ is often associated with the little cliff railways still to be found at a number of seaside resorts, yet strictly it also covers all forms of cable-worked lines.
		Cable-operated inclines have played an important part in he quarrying industry and the last example of cable haulage on British Railways survived until as late as 1964.
		John Woodham has had a lifelong interest in many forms of transport, including railways, and has been actively involved in the restoration and preservation of vintages buses and coaches for a number of years.
	www.conservare.be /BKS/bksstkk/W/W0013.htm (294 words)

	Railways in France
		The first public railway in France was officially opened on 1st October, 1828, a year after it had been brought into use and just three years after the opening of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington Railway in the United Kingdom.
		Although the early railways were for the most part developed by private companies, there was close State regulation which meant that there was little of the unnecessary duplication of lines that arose in other countries, notably the United Kingdom.
		Apart from the main line railways, there were also a number of minor railways and tramways, many of them built to metre gauge.
	www.sinfin.net /railways/world/france.html (736 words)

	British Did You Mean british?
		Sometimes British applies to an area or territory currently or formerly governed by or a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, for example the British Virgin Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory, or British Columbia which is now a province of Canada.
		British originates from the name Briton used to refer to the people who historically lived throughout the British Isles.
		British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles
	www.did-you-mean.com /British.html (724 words)

	Add URL Links Page Cumbria Railways
		Bideford & Instow Railway Group - Situated along the southern banks of the Taw and Torridge Rivers in scenic North Devon, the branch was closed to passengers in 1965 and to freight in 1982.
		Funicular Railways - There are many funicular railways, which are commonly known as cliff railways, this website has detailed descriptions about the ones that I know about in the UK and the Isle of Man.
		Telford Steam Railway - Located in the West Midlands, 20 miles west of Wolverhampton, Telford Steam Railway is a preserved railway operated by a small and friendly team of volunteers on Sundays and Bank Holidays from Easter to the end of September, and at Christmas.
	www.cumbria-railways.co.uk /links.html (4866 words)

	Chile Travel Guide \| Chile Photo Gallery \| LukeTravels.com
		The Mercado Central is of British design, with wrought-iron ceiling parts that were imported from England in the mid 19th century.
		Connecting the heights and the shore is the city's most charming and fascinating feature: 16 funicular railways known as ascensores.
		Valparaiso's hills and railways are not the only similarities it bears to California's San Francisco; over the last 90 years, earthquakes have come and gone, one of them completely devastating the city in 1906--the same year as San Francisco's Great Quake.
	www.luketravels.com /chile/index.htm (1973 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on HACKED BY TURK-SOPHİA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		British Commanders'-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany (en)
		British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles (en)
		British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (en)
	www.blinkbits.com /wikifeeds/BR?from=12000 (292 words)

	[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Non-IR Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There are also some railway lines owned and operated by companies for their own purposes, by plantations, sugar mills, collieries, mines, dams, harbours and ports, etc. The Bombay Port Trust ran (still does?) a BG railway of its own, as does the Madras Port Trust.
		The Tatas (a private concern) operate funicular railways at Bhira and and at Bhivpuri Road (as well as the Kamshet - Shirawta Dam railway line which is not a public line).
		The Murtazapur-Yawatmal Railway operated by Killicks Nixon Co. (agents for the Central Provinces Railway) is still running, as is the Murtazapur-Elichpur line.
	www.irfca.org /faq/faq-nonir.html (881 words)

	CNN.com - Tragedy fails to deter skiers - November 15, 2000
		Yet unlike the ill-fated Austrian funicular, the Metro Alpin has performed its job for the past 26 years with the stealthful efficiency of a metallic tapeworm burrowing through the entrails of a 12,000-foot Alpine mountain.
		Bernhard Pfamatter, the director of funicular transport in Saas-Fee, nestled in a valley in Switzerland's Valais canton, expressed confidence that Austria's tragedy could not repeat itself in his domain.
		"I think British skiers and boarders are wise to the fact that one (the Mont-Blanc accident) was a road accident and this one is a transportation accident.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/11/14/ski.mood/index.html (1039 words)

	Urban Mtn. Railways
		In many cities and towns funiculars, cog-wheel railways and other mountain-like people-movers play a substantial role in every day transport network.
		Some urban mountain railways are actually considered as Metro lines, some as tramways, most are incorporated into overall city transport fares.
		Here is the list of some railways and lifts that may have some contribution to urban life.
	www.p.lodz.pl /I35/personal/jw37/urbtr/funicul-eng.html (363 words)

	RailServe.com: European Passenger Railways, Trams & Transit
		Cremallera de Montserrat - Montserrat Rack Railway is a 5km mountain railway north of Barcelona in the Catalonia region of Spain
		Railway Lines in the Rhein/Ruhr-Area (Germany) - Maps and information about the railway system in the most populated area in Germany, the Ruhrgebiet; describes the structure and the changes of the network from 1949 until today (in German)
		Vall de Núria Rack Railway - 12.5km mountain railway in the Pyrenees mountains in the Catalonia region of Spain
	www.railserve.com /Passenger/Europe (4759 words)

	A Brief History of Railways and Steam Locomotives
		George Stephenson was born on the 9th of June 1781 in Wylam near the river Tyne, he came to be known Known as the father of the railways.
		The first passenger railway in the world was the Oystermouth railway, which ran from Swansea to Oystermouth and was later extended to Mumbles and was known as the
		Steam traction on British Railways ended in August 1968 and was then called British Rail who operated services under a number of brand names.
	www.cameradio.tk /ulthmrailways.htm (831 words)

	Canadian Paper Electric, Street and Radial Railways
		Boosters, promoters, speculators, and swindlers incorporated dozens of electric railway companies in Canada.
		This list is composed largely of entries in Dorman 1938 [see References] which, by name or motive power, were likely intended to be street railways or interurbans.
		While all these companies existed on paper it is likely few of them ever operated railway service.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/alltime/paper-railways.html (408 words)

	Railways Shanklin at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In 1996, with the privatisation of Britain's railways, the Ryde-Shanklin became part of the Island Line franchise, which was won by the...
		Chiltern Railways - Operates nearly 300 daily regional trains in the UK...
		Ventnor was once served by two railways - in fact the town was the terminus to both lines.
	www.local.co.uk /Shanklin/Railways (243 words)

	Trains, Railroads, Railways, Museums, Locomotives and More
		The Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) (ARHS) is a non-profit organisation for all who are interested in railways and their history.
		This homepage is dedicated to the Furka Oberalp narrow gauge railway in Switzerland.
		The North Norfolk Railway is a preserved steam railway connecting the town of Sheringham to the picturesque Georgian town of Holt.
	hometown.aol.com /southlakeco/trains/train01.html (1636 words)

	Railways Kidwelly at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gwendraeth Valley Railways (Kidwelly to Mynydd y Garreg)...
		Information about all of the funicular railways in the UK...
		evolution of railways in this West Wales valley from oxen-worked wooden waggonways to modern diesel-hauled rails.
	www.local.co.uk /Kidwelly/Railways (155 words)

	Amazon.com: "Indian Railways": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		extremities of the country Another major turning point in the history of infrastructure development was the initiation of investment in Indian Railways in 1853 during the British Raj.
		Developments A Detailed Feasibility Study has been prepared by RITES (a consultancy company under Indian Railways (IR)) for a Commuter Rail System operating on the existing three IR lines in Bangalore.
		Internet Ticketing in Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is the world's second-largest railway, with 6,853 stations, 63,028 kilometers of track,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Indian-Railways (586 words)

	Funicular / Incline Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is the latest book and covers all the funiculars very well, however this book also covers trams and is a must if you are interested in any of these subjects.
		A good guide but now a bit dated and does not include all the modern funiculars but has good sections on inclines and the theory of inclines and funiculars, urgently needs updating.
		An extensive history of Shipley Glen Tramway the pics could be a little better but the content is excellent, well worth £2, available from the tramway.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/rail/book.htm (134 words)

	Railways ticket booking, Train Fare, Train Schedule, Rules, Railways/Train, Reservations, Train Fare, Train Timings
		Chiltern Railways - Operates nearly 300 daily regional trains in the UK Christian Wolmar - Transport articles, books, and other contributions to the public debate by Christian Wolmar
		Polish Narrow Gauge Railways - Timetables, maps, and photos of narrow gauge railways in Poland
		Ukrainian Narrow Gauge Railways - Timetables, maps, and photos of narrow gauge railways in Ukraine
	www.railwaystrainstickets.com /European-train-railways.asp (4439 words)

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