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  Eastern Cape,Eastern Cape Province Hotels,Luxury Accommodation Eastern Cape,South Africa
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.
Famous for its "supertubes", probably South Africa's longest and most consistently good wave, it's charged with a surf vibe as relaxed as it is friendly, and this tends to soften the effect of the wealthy set who have made this part of the coast their own.
Aliwal North, lying on a splendid agricultural plateau on the southern bank of the Orange River, is one of the country's most popular inland resorts and is famous for its hot springs.
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  Signal Boxes of British Railways (North Eastern Region)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The North Eastern Region was one of three that inherited the London and North Eastern's modern flat-roofed design of 1933.
The North Eastern Region reverted to the use of gabled roofs for new mechanical boxes opened between 1957 and 1967.
The North Eastern Region was disbanded and became part of the Eastern Region in 1967.
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 Railways of Britain2
On the border of County Durham and North Yorkshire, in the North East of England, is the town of Darlington.
From that day railways which were predominantly used in and around collieries developed, leading to the Liverpool and Manchester railway, the first inter-city railway, and then on to the network of railways that cover the world today.
The North eastern was formed in 1854 from an amalgamation of the York and north Midland railway, York, Newcastle and Berwick which had absorbed the Great North Eatern and Newcastle and Darlington Junction, the Leeds Northern and the Malton and Driffield Railway companies.
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 London and North Eastern Railway - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.
The public face of a railway system was and is in large part the locomotives and rolling stock in service upon it, and therefore the personalities of the Chief Mechanical Engineers of the LNER impressed their distinctive visions upon the railway.
He was a North Eastern man, and it has been suggested that his dislike stemmed partly from Gresley's rejection of the work of Vincent Raven.
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 Railtrack agrees business split - Telegraph
Cynics say that it is a vote-winning tactic by ministers, exploiting the public outcry against Railtrack after last year's fatal Hatfield disaster and the ensuing upheaval on the nation's railways.
Prescott is also likely to ask a consortium led by Virgin and its rival Great North Eastern Railways to re-bid for the East Coast mainline.
Railways - Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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 North Eastern Railways Stores Department Online Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stores Department, North Eastern Railway, Ministry of Railways, Government of India hereby excludes any warranty, express or implied, as to the quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, performance, fitness for a particular purpose of the Site or any of its contents, including (but not limited) to any financial tools contained within the Site.
Stores Department, North Eastern Railway, Ministry of Railways, Government of India makes no warranty that the contents of the Site are free from infection by viruses or anything else which has contaminating or destructive properties.
Stores Department, North Eastern Railway, Ministry of Railways shall have no liability to you for any interruption or delay in access to the Site irrespective of the cause.
www.ner.railnet.gov.in /Stores/Copyright.htm   (570 words)

  
 North Pole
Unfortunately the European Night Stock refereed to in the article were never introduced on services from the UK to Europe and have recently been sold to Canada.
The 14 North of London Eurostars also never entered service on their intended rôle and instead have either been mothballed or hired to Great North Eastern Railways for use on the "White Rose" services between London Kings Cross and York.
For the first visit of the 1996 season a group of 20 assembled in a reception room at North Pole International Depot (West London) on Wednesday 27 March, the majority having used the staff mini-bus from White City underground station.
www.lococarriage.org.uk /north.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Paswan threatens to quit if Hajipur rail zone is derailed
The post of general manager (last incumbent RL Mallik was transferred to the Railway Board on August 30 this year) has been downgraded and a new officer (Mr KK Aggarwal) who will take charge of this zone soon will be designated as additional general manager-cum-officer on special duty.
Bihar alone contributes 41 per cent to the total freight carried by the Indian Railways and is the maximum generator for freight revenue in the country.
Both Mr Tariq Anwar and Mr Anand Mohan walked the 22km stretch from Hajipur's East Central Railway headquarter office to Raj Bhawan in Patna to lodge their protest and ensure that the zonal headquarter is not closed down by any "sinister designs".
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20000927/fco27084.html   (923 words)

  
 Great North Eastern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, Stagecoach won the franchise again, meaning that Sea Containers' railway operations in the UK are still limited to GNER.
GNER had made its application partly on the basis that 'open access' train operators (like Hull Trains) are not required to meet the same fixed costs for accessing Network Rail's infrastructure as those train operating companies running services under a contract or 'franchise' with the UK Department for Transport.
The 225 ‘Mallard’ electric sets are all allocated to Bounds Green depot in north London, whilst the diesel HST fleet is allocated to Craigentinny in Edinburgh.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_North_Eastern_Railway   (2418 words)

  
 The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The LNER was one of the "Big Four" Railway Companies formed during the 1923 Grouping Act in Britain.
It was famous for its prestigious high speed trains, but gained a lot of its income from the coal fields of North East England.
Routes varied from the flat agricultural land of East Anglia, to the severe curves and gradients of Scotland and the Pennines.
www.lner.info /index.shtml   (193 words)

  
 Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: North Cave Station
The Hull Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company was formed with the backing of Hull Corporation to break the monopoly on dock and rail traffic from Hull; it included a deep water dock (Alexandra Dock) to the east of Hull.
The railway never reached Barnsley itself, terminating at Cudworth (junction with the Midland Railway) some four miles short having been vigorously opposed by the NER.
It was one of the last new main lines to be built, construction cost double the estimates, due in part to difficulties in cutting and tunneling through unexpectedly hard chalk in the Yorkshire Wolds near Little Weighton.
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 North Eastern Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1854 three companies, York and North Midland, Leeds Northern and the York, Newcastle and Berwick amalgamated to form the North Eastern Railway.
The North Eastern Railway continued to expand and gradually other companies were taken over.
After four serious accidents took place on the North Eastern at the end of 1870, the company's general manager, William O'Brien, was sacked.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAeastern.htm   (213 words)

  
 Few officials have opted for ECR zone headquarters- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
However, the response is not satisfactory in that regard,” said a senior ECR official on the condition of anonymity.
According to official sources, Birendra Kumar of the Eastern Railway has joined as the senior deputy general manager (SDGM) followed by Saluja as the chief medical director (CMD), the chief bridge engineer and others from the Eastern and the North-Eastern Railways till date.
Besides, the ECR has made it clear to railway personnel, who want to be posted at Hajipur, that their “seniority” would be decided here in accordance with the instructions laid down by the Railway Board’s letter no. ENG/96ER/36, dated 9.7.2002.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=20105702   (490 words)

  
 Mike's Railway History Page Index
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 BBC News | UK | GNER train services returning to normal
Great North Eastern Railways withdrew its entire rolling stock of electric high speed trains after a derailment on Tuesday evening.
The accident was blamed on a cracked carriage wheel, prompting GNER to call in all its InterCity 225's for inspections.
"The immediate cause of the accident appears to be a fractured wheel and we are concentrating investigations on a wheelset from the derailed carriage," said the HSE's Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways, Vic Coleman.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/114771.stm   (419 words)

  
 TIMETABLES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is part of the catalog of the Ken Hoole Study Centre at the North Road Railway Museum.
The full catalogue consists of nearly 9,000 items, some being three-dimensional objects on display in the museum and in storage and the others, paper material.
The paper based material consists of photographs, books, maps, plans, pictures, drawings, and correspondence relating to the railways in the north-east of England, and is available for reference through the Study Centre for full details of the catalog, please follow this link Study Centre Catalog
www.staff.ncl.ac.uk /m.h.ellison/nera/khoole/khoolecat/hletimes.htm   (2362 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
The Northern Railways, defending champions, overwhelmed the North-Eastern Railways, 7-0, to begin their title hunt on a rousing note on the third day of the eighth All-India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Memorial Women’s Hockey Tournament being played at the Deso Turf ground of Punjab Agricultural University here today.
The players of North-Eastern Railways, Gorakhpur, were no match to their superior opponents and the current champions, Northern Railways, who had as many as seven international-level players in their team.
The North-Eastern Railways team earned three penalty corners, two in the first half and one in the second session, but failed to convert these into goals.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040311/ldh3.htm   (460 words)

  
 BR North Eastern Region Locomotive Depots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the heyday of steam on British Railways, it was possible to see locomotives from all over the nationalised network passing through Gloucestershire.
Most of these had originated from the former Great Western or London, Midland and Scottish Railways or were British Standard types although ex London North Eastern and Southern engines also appeared on special workings.
The chart below shows the hierarchical relationships between different locomotive depots and the way in which they first grew and then diminished in number as the traditional labour-intensive practices of steam locomotive maintenance gave way to the more centralised care of a smaller fleet of diesel and electric units.
glostransporthistory.softdata.co.uk /locomoNER.htm   (266 words)

  
 North Eastern Railways in India
Many of the railway bridges across various rivers are considered engineering masterpieces.
Sonepur, Samastipur, Lucknow, Izzatnagar and Varanasi are the divisional headquarters of North Eastern Railways.
Allahabad Junction Railway Station, Gorakhpur Junction Railway Station, Kathgodam Railway Station and Lucknow Junction Railway Station are the main stations served by the North Eastern Railways.
www.india9.com /i9show/53148.htm   (74 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories
The Dhanoa Academy (HMV), Jalandhar, defeated the North-Eastern Railways, 3-2, to start the campaign in style in the eighth All-India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Memorial Women’s Hockey Tournament that began at the Deso Turf ground of Punjab Agricultural University here today.
After wasting a couple of penalty corners, the North-Eastern Railways scored the first goal in the 24th minute.
The team of the NE Railways forced two penalty corners in quick succession, but in vain.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040309/ldh3.htm   (466 words)

  
 LNER:BR:Trains:AJH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The design was so successful that it was used by the Railways Operating Division of the British Army during the First World War, and a total of 591 of these locos were eventually completed.
Several (13) ended up on the railways of J and A Brown, q.v.
Description : this incongruous mix is at Didcot Railway Centre shed - GWR 5051 Castle Class 4-6-0 Earl Bathurst (I think!) and LNER 60800 Gresley Class V2 2-6-2 Green Arrow - both in beautiful condition in August 1999.
www.csse.monash.edu.au /~ajh/trains/br/lner   (652 words)

  
 News - Training passengers to use the wireless LAN on Great North Eastern Railways
The railway train operator is probably exaggerating its accomplishment when it quotes BWCS as saying GNER runs more trains with WiFi than any other operator in the world - there are some Canadian/US ventures which have been going longer, certainly.
GNER has eight, and plans to have ten WiFi Mallards, but right now, if you just show up at Kings Cross or points north, then your chance of boarding an ordinary electric train and having to use your GPRS modem instead, is rather higher than you'd probably like.
A dedicated website, offers hints on making the most of WiFi on the move, and a helpline staffed by GNER's own team of IT experts is available to assist first-time users.
www.kewney.co.uk /articles/041011-gner.html   (657 words)

  
 Ananova - GNER warns rail passengers not to travel
Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) are suspending services between London and the North due to massive disruption on their lines between York and Newcastle.
GNER is advising passengers not to travel between London Kings Cross, Yorkshire, the North East of England and Scotland.
Northern Spirit have yet to confirm how badly their services are being affected but say they will comply with GNER as much as possible.
www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_105140.html?nav_src=newsIndexHeadline   (164 words)

  
 TrainNet International Railway Links
Hawaiian Railway - Educational, non-profit organization formed in 1970 to save what remained of Hawaii's railroad history.
Tasmanian Railways - Dedicated to all aspects of the railways in Tasmania, Australia.
Western New York Railway Historical Society - Founded in 1980 to ensure that our Railway Heritage is preserved.
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 Ananova - GNER hopes to resume normal rail services
Great North Eastern Railways and Railtrack say they are working together to bring services back to normal as soon as possible.
Services run by GNER have been affected by problems such as flooding, speed restrictions imposed after the Hatfield train crash and a landslide at Heck north of Doncaster.
GNER services are not running today between Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle due to the floods, but from Monday, November 13, limited services will be in operation.
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 Travel by Rail Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 199)
Northumberland is well served by railway connections from the rest of Britain.
A national internet railway timetable service is provided by Railtrack.
• Great North Eastern Railways • Northern Rail to the North • Northern Rail Trains to the West • Virgin Cross Country Trains • Further Train Information • Journey Planner • Order a Holiday Guide
www.northumberland.gov.uk /VG/trail.html   (602 words)

  
 Transport : Railways London
Anglia Railways - Anglia Railways is the principal train operator in East Anglia, offering fast, frequent and comfortable journeys between Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester and London as well as local services connecting many of the region's smaller towns and villages.
Great North Eastern Railway - GNER operate high speed passenger rail services on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.
South West Trains - London Waterloo is the hub of their network, and is also home to London Underground and Waterloo International terminal for Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel.
www.first4london.com /directory/Transport/Railways   (469 words)

  
 History of Signalling in Indian Railways - Sify.com
• Indian system of Interlocking by Mr G.H.List in 1892 at six single line crossing stations of NorthWestern Railway took in the form of a detector locking apparatus for protecting the facing points of trains moving at high speed.
• Cabin Interlocking as invented by John Saxby and existed in the British Railways adopted in 1893 and installed by Messrs Saxby & Farmer (India).
• Double wire signalling was developed by Mr E.W Baker, Signal Engineer Ex Assam Bengal Railway for operating points and signals by steel wires and replace rodding and was first used on Southern & North Eastern Railways.
www.sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13499560   (398 words)

  
 Eastern Railways - Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Belur can be approached by EMU trains from Howrah.
in Hooghly district is known for its Kaali temple built on the banks of Ganges, north east of Calcutta.
With a cluster of towers, a central dome towering above the rest, a two layered roof, four domes in four corners, a corridor with a curvilinear roof in between each pair of domes, the temple is representative of the Bangla temple architecture.
www.easternrailway.gov.in /erweb/tourism/tourism.htm   (587 words)

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