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		Railways which allowed their shareholders to appoint managers were also more likely to permit shareholders to remove directors than those which did not (10 out of 15 compared to four out of 15).
		Early railway acts tended not to specify what accounting information had to be presented to the OGM, but analysis of minute books indicates that some form of summary tended to be given, either verbally or in writing.
		The moves by railway companies from the 1830s toward a four year term of office for directors and biannual general meetings of shareholders are examples of the standardization of practice.
	www.econ.upf.es /ebha2004/papers/7F2.doc (8958 words)

	British Railway Vocabulary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		British Rail was run by a certain Dr. Beeching during much of this period, and he oversaw an extensive programme (program in North America) of cutbacks, in which unprofitable branchlines were eliminated.
		A wiring system for model railways in which two separate power sources (controllers) are connected to the track with one rail in common and the other switched between the two sources.
		That, and the fact that a Labour government came to power, meant that the Big Four railway companies were all nationalised and brought under state control in 1948.
	teladesign.com /british-n-scale/vocabulary.html (4527 words)

	Edison's Companies - The Edison Papers
		This company was incorporated in New Jersey on October 21, 1907, and leased to the Edison Portland Cement Company.
		This company was organized on April 4, 1887, in the consolidation of the Phelps Induction Telegraph Company and the Railway Telegraph and Telephone Company.
		This company was established on May 13, 1880, as the result of a merger between the Edison Telephone Company of London, Ltd. and Alexander Graham Bell's company, the Telephone Company, Ltd. The company merged with several competing companies in 1889 to become the National Telephone Company.
	edison.rutgers.edu /list.htm (8456 words)

	List of early British railway companies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blyth and Tyne Railway amalgamated with NER in 1874
		Among the eight railways amalgamated with the TVR is one early railway:
		East Suffolk Railway (re-incorporation of the "Halesworth, Beccles and Hadiscoe Railway" in 1854), absorbed by ECR 1859
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_early_British_railway_companies (2024 words)

	Kevin Jones; Indexer, bibiographer and railway enthusiast
		Kevin became interested in the use of rubber in railway applications assisted by the presence of the very great engineer Dr Peter Lindley who was one of the very few where it was possible to quantify his work in terms of increased uptake of natural rubber.
		Lewin, H.G. The railway mania and its aftermath, 1835-1842.
		The Highland Railway Company, and its constituents and successors, 1855-1955.
	www.steamindex.com /library/kevin.htm (3907 words)

	The Story of the L.M.S.
		The seven constituent companies absorbed in 1923 were the London and North Western, the Midland, the North Staffordshire, and the Furness Railways in England, and the Caledonian, Glasgow and South Western, and Highland Railways in Scotland.
		In 1858 Parliament sanctioned the absorption of the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
		But the Scottish companies objected on the ground that the small population of the country and the relative lack of industrial development would impose a financial handicap on such a group, and that they therefore preferred to be associated with the English companies.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r031.html (7405 words)

	Wikinfo \| British Rail
		Historically, the term "British Rail" only dates from the mid-1960s, the nationalised railway previously being known as "British Railways" as shown in the early logos of the nationalised railway, including the "cycling lion".
		The British Railways Board was created in the early 1960s, taking over from the former British Transport Commission which, in addition to the railway, was also responsible for the waterways (canals) and road freight transport.
		Between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s the size of the British rail network was reduced from around 20,000 miles to 12,000 miles as a result of the "Beeching Axe", the cost-cutting review conducted by BR Chairman Dr Richard Beeching.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=British_Rail (409 words)

	British Railway Nationalisation and Privatisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He initiated a survey of the British railways network designed to find out which parts were profitable, and published the findings in a report entitled "The Reshaping of British Railways" in 1963 - which gave an accurate description of the state of the network for the first time.
		The way in which railway privatisation was achieved was interesting, and whilst I don't fully agree with everything, I do have to admit that it provided about as good a combination of social service and private finance as could be achieved, whilst addressing numerous other concerns.
		This company was floated to the private sector through an initial public offering which in my view led potential investors to consider that the company was a secure property owner, with a steady flow of income.
	www.unitedrail.org /pubs/british_railways.htm (2030 words)

	British N Scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Well, British N refers to model trains that run on tracks with rails 9 mm apart, like most N scale trains.
		However for strange and arcane historical reasons lost in the mists of time, British N models are built to a ratio of 1:148 compared to real life.
		It is also different from British 2 mm scale, which uses a ratio of 1:152 and runs on 9.42 mm gauge track.
	teladesign.com /british-n-scale (416 words)

	Canadian Street Railways
		Each city street railway system, and each interurban electric railway system, is listed with the start and end dates for revenue passenger operation.
		This is the canonical list of Canadian interurban electric railways, as determined by John F. Due (see References).
		The Edmonton Interurban and Lacombe and Blindman Valley Electric were operated by gascar and thus excluded from the Due and Middleton lists.
	home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/streetcar-list.html (853 words)

	Railway Mania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Railway Mania is the term given to the speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s.
		Unlike some stock market bubbles, however, there was actually a net tangible result from all the investment: a vast expansion of the British railway system, though perhaps at an inflated cost.
		Railway Mania can be compared with a similar mania in the 1990s in the stock of telecom companies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Railway_Mania (252 words)

	The Rail Philatelist Newsletter
		I got to ATA HQ early Wednesday morning with great expectations and was shown into the back room where the collection reposed in a large number of 3-ring binders.
		Early this year one of my good customers sold me the collection (missing a few items he kept for his collection) for less than my original offer.
		TRADITIONAL: "Railway Letter Stamps: Ireland 1891 to 1920", Ivan Edmondson, 5 frames Railway letter stamps issued between 1891 and 1920 by the railway Companies in Ireland in agreement with the Postmaster General for conveyance of a single letter by railway.
	www.railphilatelist.com /newsletjune99.htm (3144 words)

	Wikinfo \| List of railway companies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country.
		Moroccan Railways l'Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) [1].
		See article on British railway system for lists of current operators and partial list of historic railway companies.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_railway_companies (666 words)

	London, Midland and Scottish Railway - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		In 1938, the LMS operated 6,870 route miles of railway (excluding lines in Northern Ireland), but it was not very profitable with a rate of return of only 2.7%.
		The early history of the LMS is dominated by infighting between its two largest constituents, the Midland and the North Western, previously two fierce rivals.
		The LMS was nationalised in 1948 by the Transport Act 1947, becoming part of British Railways.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/LMS (550 words)

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