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  ipedia.com: Loop Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A loop is one of the fundamental structures used to tie knots.
In mathematics a loop is a quasigroup with an identity element.
In physics, a loop is an object in the theory of loop quantum gravity.
www.ipedia.com /loop.html   (276 words)

  
 Loop (rail) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In the US this sort of track is called a (Material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof) siding.
In US terminology, a loop refers to a section of track which curves back onto itself to allow trains to change direction.
A spiral loop is a 360° turn used to gain height in a relative small space, used in railway construction in mountainous areas.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/loop_(rail).htm   (148 words)

  
 Downtown Victoria 2020: Improving Downtown Transportation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Victoria’s downtown is also a major transportation hub, containing a diverse range of travel modes (walking, cycling, pedal cabs, taxis, transit buses, shuttle buses, tour buses, ferries and float planes) and services (bus, rail, ferry and air terminals).
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and an active Downtown Transport Management Association (TMA) mold the transportation system with innovations that enhance the sense that downtown is the place to be and easy to reach.
However, with implementation of some or all of the above, it is expected that transit’s mode share could triple region wide (from 89,000 to 275,000 trips per day) with comparable per capita ridership to other transit friendly communities such as Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
dv2020.urbanreader.net /archives/action_plans/000019.php   (4981 words)

  
 Steamrailroading Dot Com
Yakima County's decision to lease a busy Lower Valley rail line to Columbia Basin Railroad Co. will stand.
A county judge on Thursday rejected arguments by the current operators, concluding they waited too long to appeal the decision by county commissioners to hand the Toppenish-to-White Swan line over to the Yakima company.
Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn also determined she had no authority to review the lease's failure to provide the Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum Association access to the 22-mile line for its excursions.
steamrailroading.com /ipw-web/portal/cms/modules.php?name=Top   (918 words)

  
 Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 6, Sources and References
SNELLING, J., 'The Merivale Rail Bridge over the Brisbane River', Transactions, Institution of Engineers, Australia, Vol.
G., 'Aspects of Design and In-situ Testing for the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop Tunnels', Papers read before The Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference, March, 1981.
Melbourne Underground Rail Loop', Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference, Australian Tunnelling Association, March 1981.
www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au /tia/references6.html   (2931 words)

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