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	British Rail Class 86 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Rail Class 86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s, developed as a result of testing with the earlier Classes 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85.
		In the mid-1990s, British Rail was privatised, and the Class 86 fleet was divided among several operators.
		FM Rail have not yet returned any of their locomotives to traffic, but they are all operational.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Rail_Class_86 (4259 words)

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		Norton and had retained his name for the love he had for him, and taken the title " Emperor, " which he was rightly entitled to bear; that the uniform was presented to him by Queen Victoria; and all the people, here and in Mexico, were his subjects.
		Norton may have been too ashamed to buy one; though the contents of his lodgings would be amply described by visitors in years to come, even to the pictures on his walls, nothing would ever be said about a certificate of membership in the Committee of Vigilance.
		Norton I at least had the sense to see that he was simply demented and therefore not responsible for his actions (doubtless prompting some to say that it takes one to know one).
	www.emperornorton.net /norton-drury.txt (21652 words)

	Euro Pass Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Norton Bridge rail crash - The Norton Bridge rail crash occurred on 16 October 2003 at Norton Bridge in Staffordshire.
		Beresfield rail disaster - In the Beresfield rail disaster of 23 October, 1997, a coal train passed a red signal and ploughed into the rear of another coal train, causing a collision and derailment that blocked all four tracks.
		The history of the opening of Stevens Pass is a saga of nearly superhuman feats by railroad construction crews, ghastly design mistakes, natural catastrophes, euro pass rail and the determination of magnates to connect communities by rail.
	www.europacificnetwork.com /europassrail.html (731 words)

	Prefabricated Bridge Elements and Systems All Projects
		Each of the 13 bridge sections was moved three times: from the fabrication facility to the barge, from the barge to the staging area beside the freeway, and from the staging area into its final location.
		The south half of the new bridge was constructed in a temporary location south of the old bridge, and then traffic eastbound traffic was shifted onto the new portion while the north half of the old bridge was removed and rebuilt.
		The existing bridges were used as work platforms for erecting the arches, and the slabs were precast in segments and then bolted to erection beams to eliminate the need for falsework under the bridge during construction.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /bridge/prefab/all.htm (9760 words)

	Znewski Unbound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		First Norton 97.75 mph, first Ducati single 94.72 in 22nd place, first Goldie 93.13 mph in 31st place, finally a finish for a Triumph (a near-standard 71 Daytona) in 49th at 878 mph, first Velo at 82.33 in 62nd place.
		From the electric rail terminal back in Douglas to the ferry dock is two miles, and to get to the pubs and shops you can buy a day ticket (about £5) on the horse trams.
		These are open streetcars pulled on rails by draft horses who are so used to their lives on the Island that they will stand next to a CBX drag bike revving its nuts off at a light with no notice.
	www.motorbyte.com /norton/znewski.htm (3946 words)

	Florida Reenactors Online News Magazine
		These bridges seldom had hand rails but if they were needed they were made from whatever was at hand and put on the bridge by the side rail crew.
		Depending on the length of the bridge and the size of the river, anywhere from six to twenty men with at least two boats were constantly servicing and repairing the bridge 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
		If the bridge's builders had won the battle and were in no hurry, the bridge was disassembled in the exact reverse of its assembly and loaded neatly on the wagons.
	www.floridareenactorsonline.com /JuneMag12002.htm (8037 words)

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		Target was a temporary bridge which had been constructed after the main rail span there had been destroyed in a recent bombing attack.
		The bridge and surrounding area was a place the Germans were attempting a drive in a form of a wedge cutting three divisions of British Second Army salient to the north.
		The bridge spanned the Ahr River which was a tributary of the Rhine River, approximately 14 miles southeast of Bonn.
	www.web-birds.com /9th/409/409th_missions.html (13225 words)

	Pass Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The history of the opening of Stevens Pass is a saga of nearly superhuman feats by railroad construction crews, ghastly design mistakes, natural catastrophes, pass rail and the determination of magnates to connect communities by rail.
		Another part of the Stevens Pass saga is the story of individuals who traversed the mountains, built crude homes pass rail and schooled their children at home or in drafty log school houses.
		But there also was an element living in the mountains who took advantage of the isolation to work scams, fight, steal pass rail and even commit murder.
	www.europacificnetwork.com /passrail.html (697 words)

	Electric Railroader’s Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The bridge segment makes up the largest part of the brief glimpse of White Rock's scenery, which rail passengers should see for a minute or two while traveling at a top speed of 60 mph.
		But the Rail Passengers Council says the public is skeptical of the PPP largely because of the disastrous track record of Britain's privatized rail network, Railtrack.
		The crash that pushed public opinion over the edge was the Hatfield crash in 2000, when a high-speed train skidded off the tracks and killed four people.
	www.electricrailroaders.org /swindler/2002_0504-0511.php (18912 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There is a bridge here, one of two back to back bridges over two separate channels of water converging near the eastern end of Lake Francis.
		Stay between the water and the guard rail, cross a little bridge build by the snowmachine clubs, and walk around the West Bay shoreline to a pullout along the road next to the lake.
		Follow the delightful grassy bank northward for a short distance, then crash back through the alders in very unpleasant surroundings until the logging meadows reappear and the way returns to a drier higher course tight to the edge of the woods and a drier sections near the river.
	www.cohostrail.org /09_05chapterupdates.txt (5584 words)

	Letters/Stories
		The Norton Sound is a seaplane tender that was put in commission on 8 January 1945.
		Custer was on the bridge, as it splashed down and its momentum carried it on to crash into the side of the Kenneth Whiting (AV-14).
		I believe we had an exceptional crew aboard the Norton Sound during the war years and one man that I particularly remember was a boatswain mate whom I'll simply call "Boats".
	www.ussnortonsound.com /A/html/letters.htm (11343 words)

	Pacilic Crest Trail Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		With his butt dragging on the deck he fought against the rope until the middle of the bridge, then decided that if we were going to cross we might as well get it over with and pushed into Sandy, driving her hard.
		The next time we crossed a bridge though, he only hesitated for a moment, letting the horses prove that it was OK before trusting it.
		Crossed the longest equestrian bridge on the PCT that spans the Middle Fork Feather River.
	www.horsepacking.ca /pacilic_crest_trail_diary.htm (24577 words)

	RAILROADS
		This routing of the railroad via the two dugways, one between Kast’s Bridge and Dempster’s Bridge and the other between Dempster’s Bridge and Countryman’s, may have saved the building of two bridges, but for nearly all the years of the railroad’s existence, the dugways presented problems.
		Crossings were replaced with stronger and wider iron and steel bridges and the extension of the railroad through Gravesville, over Trenton Falls and on to Prospect and Remsen had begun.
		Despite the spectacular growth of rail freight traffic from the 1890’s onwards passengers still generated about a quarter of the railroads’ income in 1916, the peak year for volume of American rail travel.
	www.townofrussia.com /railroads.html (5134 words)

	Glider crashes on main rail route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The glider hit a gantry on the line before crashing near the village of Yarnfield, about eight miles from Stafford.
		The hanglider is believed to have struck cables over the railway before crashing and exploding, shortly before 1600 BST on Thursday.
		Network Rail said power on the track was switched off while the glider was removed from the vicinity of the track and was restored just before 1700 BST.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/May/bbc150503d.htm (240 words)

	PRR Bibliography sorted ascending by author
		New York: W. Norton, c1947, p.248, illus, maps, facsims, 27 cm.
		Portrait of the Rails: From Steam to Diesel.
		Cudahy, Brian J. Rails Under the Mighty Hudson: the Story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsy tunnels and Manhattan Transfer.
	prr.railfan.net /bibliography/Books.cgi (4373 words)

	Crash kills area woman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Warner, of Cooperstown, was driving a 1995 Mercury station wagon north when he went off the east side of the road and the vehicle struck a bridge at 7:50 p.m., Devlin said.
		Devlin said the bridge's guard rail became dislodged and went through the windshield of the car, striking Bass.
		A white male with a beard was driving a red Ford pickup truck with a cab and went to a nearby residence to report the accident, according to deputies.
	www.thedailystar.com /news/stories/2002/07/12/crash.html (550 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Blair pledges cash to fight floods
		In March last year, more than 100 homes in the villages of Malton, Norton and Stamford Bridge were flooded when the River Derwent burst its banks.
		About 37 homes have been flooded in the area within the last few days and people are preparing to leave their homes.
		Railtrack said trains were running on the majority of routes, but many were restricted to emergency timetables put in place after the Hatfield rail crash.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/1003049.stm (747 words)

	Naval Aviation 1950-53
		As the situation worsened, support operations of carrier forces were intensified through December to cover the withdrawal of troops toward east coast ports and their evacuation by ships, and continued into January as the Communist advance rolled past the 38th parallel and was slowly brought to a halt.
		When the force was assigned additionally the task of bombing highways and lines of communication in northeast Korea it had responsibilities for interdiction which occupied a major share of its attention until the end of the war.
		Rescue operations were hampered by shore battery gunfire and high seas, the latter causing the Coast Guard rescue plane to crash on takeoff.
	www.history.navy.mil /branches/avchr7.htm (7007 words)

	History
		I'll update when I can and probably do a slow(ish) recap of my trip to CT. Please continue to keep ^^Caitlin^^ and her family, Kelly, Heather, Donovan, Dylan, Sarah, and Malisa in your thoughts as well as everyone else having a rough time.
		I know I'm in for quite a crash when I finally have time to stop and realize just how exhausted I am but it's going to happen sooner or later so I'll just deal with it the best I can.
		But it was a very nice day - great to see Peter in such an important part of his journey, wonderful to get to chat with Alice (and Lexie and Emily) on the drive to and from JP (I was the navigator), and just a nice day overall.
	www2.caringbridge.org /ma/annielyme/history.htm (18701 words)

	Railways in Music Part 2 by P.L. Scowcroft [MusicWeb: Len Mullenger] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Another light piano piece, but in march rhythm, is Crash Collision dating from 1896, by Scott Joplin, a kind of American counterpart of Mayerl, if earlier in time, which described a staged railway smash which went wrong when the boiler exploded.
		So might the once-popular xylophone solo On the Track which sounds, both from its title and from its musical content, like a railway outing, though the music is similar to practically all xylophone solos of a generation or two, however titled.
		To return to thriller films, Charles Williams, better remembered as the composer of The Dream of Olwen (composed for the non-railway film While I Live), wrote the music for Night Train to Munich (1940), sometimes called simply Night Train or SS Gestapo, although, as so often at that period, Louis Levy was credited with it.
	www.musicweb-international.com /railways_in_music2.htm (5328 words)

	West Virginia Archives and History - Disasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"Bridge Fell Like Card Deck; Fantastic, Witnesses Relate"
		"25 Years Later, Bridge Collapse Still Haunts W. Va. Town"
		Newspaper Articles on the Marshall University Plane Crash
	www.wvculture.org /history/disasters.html (532 words)

	RailServe.com: Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) Web Sites & Add-ons
		Bison Rail System - Provides experienced Microsoft Train Simulator users a community of virtual railroad operations
		Port City (Rail) Car Company - Highly detailed Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) add-on models of pre-WWII interurbans and other historical rolling stock, created jointly by B. Hall, C. Zeiler, and P. Deverter
		Railwaves.com - Enhanced sound/audio add-ons for Train Simulator, plus a West Somerset Railway route between Norton Fitzwarren Junction and Minehead in Somerset, England
	www.railserve.com /Computers/MSTS/Web_Sites (1297 words)

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