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	House for sale - Forest Hill, SE23 - Primelocation
		Sash window to front, coved ceiling, picture rail, dado rail, boarded fireplace, double radiator, fitted carpet, power points.
		French doors to rear, coved ceiling, picture rail, dado rail, double radiator, fitted carpet, power points.
		Sash bay window to front, coved ceiling, picture rail, dado rail, double radiator, fitted carpet, power points.
	www.primelocation.com /azfhS90279

	The Potters Bar Train Crash
		Whether the rails were buckled before, during or after the crash remains to be seen, but an area at those points was soon covered with tarpaulin, and later completely enclosed by an incident tent.
		It is possibly too early to speculate upon the cause of the crash, however, video footage from news crews at the scene showed the rails were severely buckled, just after a set of points leading into the station.
		It may be reassuring to know that rail travel is one of the safest forms of travel, however, 34 major incidents over the last 50 years, shows that a rail disaster occurs in the UK, on average, once every 18 months.
	www.hippy.freeserve.co.uk /pottersb.htm

	CNN.com - 'Faulty points' caused UK rail crash - May 13, 2002
		Byers made his statement hours after it was revealed that a rail worker alerted management to problems at the points at Potters Bar three weeks before the disaster.
		Jarvis and Railtrack have said the points at the centre of the accident investigation met safety standards on May 9.
		LONDON, England -- The UK government has confirmed that faulty points caused last week's rail crash north of London which killed seven people and injured about 70 others.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/05/13/uk.train

	Railroad switch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instead the rails at the facing-point end are bent by the switch mechanism to align with the rails of one of the diverging routes, which are cut off square near where the movable points would otherwise begin.
		Because the rails leading up to the facing-point end are not secured to the sleepers for several feet leading to the switch, and rail alignment across the gap is not positively enforced, these switches cannot be traversed at high speed and are thus not suitable for main line use.
		A switch motor is an electric or pneumatic mechanism that aligns the points with one of the diverging routes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Railroad_switch

	Hamilton Paranormal - Old Catholic Cemetery
		While we conducted investigations for paranormal activity from the old Dundas Train Station and the Sydenham Rail Bridge in Dundas, we encountered a lot of paranormal activity between the two points.
		We had a theory that maybe the spirits from the train wrecks would travel along the rail between the two points and this was why we had encountered paranormal activity in this area.
		The train wrecks I am speaking of would be the rail disaster of December 25th/1934 and the one at the Sydenham Rail Bridge that had occurred on March 19th/1859.
	hamiltonparanormal.com /cathcemetery1.html

	guichett - 22002A0430(03) -
		Transport between two points situated on the territory of a Member State of the Community by a Swiss-registered vehicle and transport between two points situated on Swiss territory by a vehicle registered in a Member State of the Community are not authorised under this Agreement.
		Transport between two points situated on the territory of the same Contracting Party by carriers established in the territory of the other Contracting Party are not authorised under this Agreement.
		The average price of rail or combined transport through Switzerland must not be greater than the cost for a vehicle of 40 t maximum authorised weight travelling a distance of 300 km across the Alps.
	europa.eu.int /smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=22002A0430(03)&model=guichett

	BreakingNews.ie: Poor maintenance blamed for Potters Bar rail crash
		Loose nuts on the points at Potters Bar led to the failure which resulted in the derailment of a West Anglia Great Northern London to Kings Lynn train at lunchtime on May 10 last year.
		The HSE found that even five months after the crash “good engineering practice” was not being applied to points maintenance in some areas of the national network.
		The section of track was the responsibility of rail maintenance company Jarvis, which said on May 20 last year that sabotage could not be ruled out.
	breaking.tcm.ie /2003/05/29/story100770.html

	Unscrewed bolts blamed for rail crash - [Sunday Herald]
		TWO nuts that had been 'totally unscrewed' from track points were responsible for the Potters Bar rail crash which claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens more on Friday at 12.58pm.
		Last night John Armitt, chief executive of Railtrack, admitted that the nuts on a support rod, which stopped the points from moving, were found lying next to the points by crash investigators.
		The removed nuts revelation, which came just over 24 hours after the crash, throws a sharp focus on to the maintenance of the railway line by the engineering contractor Jarvis and on the supervision of contractors by Railtrack since it was taken into administration.
	www.sundayherald.com /24624

	Light Rail Terminology
		A rail or other structure laid parallel with the running rail of a track to prevent wheels from being derailed; to hold wheels in correct alignment to prevent flanges from striking the points of turnout or crossing frogs or the points of switches; or to keep derailed wheels adjacent to the running rails.
		A light rail employee, usually located in a control room environment, that controls the movement of an LRV within a system, maintains radio communication with all support staff, and monitors SCADA and related equipment.
		A rail joint designed to arrest the flow of electric current from rail to rail by means of insulation, so placed as to separate the rail ends and other metal parts connecting them.
	www.lightrail.com /terminology.htm (8927 words)

	Light Rail Terminology
		A rail or other structure laid parallel with the running rail of a track to prevent wheels from being derailed; to hold wheels in correct alignment to prevent flanges from striking the points of turnout or crossing frogs or the points of switches; or to keep derailed wheels adjacent to the running rails.
		A rail joint designed to arrest the flow of electric current from rail to rail by means of insulation, so placed as to separate the rail ends and other metal parts connecting them.
		The transverse member of the track structure to which the rails are spiked or otherwise fastened to proper gauge and to cushion, distribute, and transmit the stresses of traffic through the ballast to the roadbed.
	www.lightrail.com /terminology.htm (8927 words)

	Light Rail Terminology
		A rail or other structure laid parallel with the running rail of a track to prevent wheels from being derailed; to hold wheels in correct alignment to prevent flanges from striking the points of turnout or crossing frogs or the points of switches; or to keep derailed wheels adjacent to the running rails.
		A rail joint designed to arrest the flow of electric current from rail to rail by means of insulation, so placed as to separate the rail ends and other metal parts connecting them.
		The transverse member of the track structure to which the rails are spiked or otherwise fastened to proper gauge and to cushion, distribute, and transmit the stresses of traffic through the ballast to the roadbed.
	www.lightrail.com /terminology.htm (8927 words)

	A History of the Greta Coal Measures - Greta Main Colliery
		The reverse movement entry points to the siding was at 9 miles 13 chains (14.66 kms) distant by rail from the junction with the NSW Government Railways at East Greta Junction.
		This siding had a reverse movement points entry situated at 9 miles 13 chains (14.66 kms) from the junction with the NSW Government Railways at East Greta Junction.
		A skip rail track approximately one mile (1.6 kms) in length ran from the Greta Main Colliery Tunnel to the loading gantry adjoining the dead-end siding.
	amol.org.au /newcastle/greta/grm.html (8927 words)

	House for sale - Howards Wood Drive Gerrards Cross Bucks - Primelocation
		LOUNGE 18’11 x 11’10 Decorative feature mahogany fireplace with marble surround and hearth, three wall light points, dado rail, tv point, two windows to the side, French doors to rear garden, twin dimmer switch.
		LANDING Dado rail, access to loft space, airing cupboard housing lagged hot water tank with fitted immersion heater and shelving.
		LANDING Radiator, dado rail, stairs rising to third floor.
	www.primelocation.com /gnle91 (8927 words)

	Light Rail Terminology
		A rail or other structure laid parallel with the running rail of a track to prevent wheels from being derailed; to hold wheels in correct alignment to prevent flanges from striking the points of turnout or crossing frogs or the points of switches; or to keep derailed wheels adjacent to the running rails.
		A rail joint designed to arrest the flow of electric current from rail to rail by means of insulation, so placed as to separate the rail ends and other metal parts connecting them.
		The transverse member of the track structure to which the rails are spiked or otherwise fastened to proper gauge and to cushion, distribute, and transmit the stresses of traffic through the ballast to the roadbed.
	www.lightrail.com /terminology.htm (8927 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Special reports Experts fear 'sabotage' caused rail disaster
		We said that 'no previous fatal crashes have been caused by vandals', but in 1994 a train was derailed in Greenock by a block of concrete deliberately placed on the line, killing the driver and a passenger.
		The rail source said the 'nature of the failure' indicated that the prospect of it being a maintenance or manufacturing fault would be 'quite bizarre'.
		Experts inspecting the points after Friday's crash found that the nuts securing the control rod to the points had been mysteriously removed and were lying next to the track.
	www.guardian.co.uk /pottersbar/story/0,11994,714267,00.html (1156 words)

	sg900246.txt
		D&H cites nothing in the record to show that any shipper was unable to obtain rail transportation for newsprint from Canada to points in the eastern United States, or that any shipper was unable to obtain the reduced rate by shipping over Conrail's route.
		Historically, rail regulation served to assure that shipping rates were equal over all routes between two given points.
		Rail shipments involving the tracks of multiple railroads are conventionally subject to "joint rates" (single rates charged to shippers for the entire shipment), with the revenues divided among the railroads involved according to a particular "division." Pet.
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1990/sg900246.txt (1156 words)

	ACTS (Advanced Container Transfer System)
		ACTS integrates the intermodal supply chain by eliminating intermediate handling, increasing road and rail vehicle utilisation, significantly reducing intermodal handling costs and making rail more accessible by increasing the number of load transfer points available.
		The transfer of containers from rail to road is simple and safe and can be operated by the road vehicle driver in under three minutes, with no additional persons or equipment required.
		ACTS is particularly appropriate for full train load or smaller volume freight flows, or traffic which requires frequently changing points of origin or destination, and is suitable for a wide variety of container body types, including tipper, box, flat, curtain sider, tanker and refrigerated units.
	www.intermodallogistics.co.uk /docs/acts.htm (203 words)

	IR // News // Bobcats roll past 'Jacks
		Alyssa Nelson scored 11 points for MSU while Joanna Hixon and Kati Burrows finished with 10.
		Hutchison scored 11 points in the final 11 minutes and the Bobcats made 9-of-12 free throws in the final 10 minutes.
		Burrows, who also had six rebounds, left the game with a minute left in the first half after taking a charge and suffering a concussion.
	www.helenair.com /articles/2004/03/12/sports/b01031204_03.txt (535 words)

	The Potters Bar Train Crash
		Whether the rails were buckled before, during or after the crash remains to be seen, but an area at those points was soon covered with tarpaulin, and later completely enclosed by an incident tent.
		The outcome from the almost immediate investigation after the crash confirmed, as predicted, that, "points failure", was the cause of the crash.
		The Hatfield investigation reported that the crash there was caused by a section of track which had failed.
	www.hippy.freeserve.co.uk /pottersb.htm (535 words)

	Cause of Potters Bar rail crash still unclear
		Seven people died when a West Anglia Great Northern train derailed as a set of points fell apart outside Potters Bar station, in Hertfordshire, on 10 May. Detectives said hundreds of interviews had been conducted and thousands of documents studied, but they were still not convinced they had the full picture.
		Police investigating the Potters Bar rail disaster yesterday admitted they were still unable to identify the cause of the crash and needed rail workers to come forward.
		The company said it had evidence that nuts had been adjusted on the points in the 48 hours before the crash, yet no official maintenance had been carried out in that period.
	www.millennium-debate.org /ind29aug024.htm (535 words)

	Airdisaster.Com Forums - Potters Bar Train Crash
		Quite rightly, no-one is suggesting that US rail travel is inherently dangerous.[/B] Yeah, and I vaguely recall a monster rail crash in Germany 2 or 3 years ago, 100 dead, worse than anything in Britain for 50 years, so.....
		The reports states that several sets of points (switches) around the crash site were substandard; a fifth of the nuts holding points together in the area were not fully tightened; the contractor, Jarvis plc, failed to provide the right type of tools for proper maintenance in some cases.
		Hard to say, but, as with air travel, rail travel even in the UK is still extremely safe given the volume of departures daily.
	www.airdisaster.com /forums/printthread.php?t=49678 (535 words)

	Experts fear 'sabotage' caused [Potters Bar, England] rail disaster
		The rail source said the 'nature of the failure' indicated that the prospect of it being a maintenance or manufacturing fault would be 'quite bizarre'.
		Experts inspecting the points after Friday's crash found that the nuts securing the control rod to the points had been mysteriously removed and were lying next to the track.
		Vandalism has been identified as a possible cause of the Potters Bar rail crash, in which seven people died, senior rail industry sources told The Observer last night.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/682143/posts (535 words)

	Returning system for rail-bound transport carts without internal drive - Patent 5076172
		The transport track 20, return track 21 and transfer track 18 have spaced apart rails which cooperate to define means for orienting the transport cars in an upright position when on the transport track and in an inverted position when on the return track.
		Transport carts without internal drive which are bound to rails are moved in a returning system on a transport line from a common main drive.
		The transport cart 1 comprises at its underside a first drive means or drive wheel 2 which is pivotable about a vertical axis and driven by a horizontal shaft 3 having a smooth cylindrical surface extending parallel to the rail 5.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5076172.html (535 words)

	Patent 5076172: Returning system for rail-bound transport carts without internal drive
		The transport track 20, return track 21 and transfer track 18 have spaced apart rails which cooperate to define means for orienting the transport cars in an upright position when on the transport track and in an inverted position when on the return track.
		Transport carts without internal drive which are bound to rails are moved in a returning system on a transport line from a common main drive.
		The transport cart 1 comprises at its underside a first drive means or drive wheel 2 which is pivotable about a vertical axis and driven by a horizontal shaft 3 having a smooth cylindrical surface extending parallel to the rail 5.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5076172.html (535 words)

	Termes de transport
		The acronym meaning "double stack train" service, which is the transport rail between two points of a trainload of containers with two containers, one on top of the other, per chassis.
		A document that establishes the terms of a contract between a shipper and a transportation company under which freight is to be moved between specified points for a specified charge.
		This is a non-negotiable documents of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper, indicating that the carrier has accepted the goods listed and obligates itself to carry the consignment to the airport of destination according to specified conditions.
	www.seafly-services.com /fr.shipping_terms.php (535 words)

	Light Rail Terminology
		A rail or other structure laid parallel with the running rail of a track to prevent wheels from being derailed; to hold wheels in correct alignment to prevent flanges from striking the points of turnout or crossing frogs or the points of switches; or to keep derailed wheels adjacent to the running rails.
		A rail joint designed to arrest the flow of electric current from rail to rail by means of insulation, so placed as to separate the rail ends and other metal parts connecting them.
		A Restraining Rail is an active rail and is designed to be in constant contact with the inside of the wheels.
	www.lightrail.com /terminology.htm (8927 words)

	inc
		British Airways’ corporate rewards program, On Business (www.british-airways.com), issues points for ticket purchases; points can then be exchanged for free flights, chauffeur-driven transfers to and from a selection of UK airports, tickets for the Heathrow and Gatwick Express rail links, and hotel vouchers.
		Once enrolled, corporate travelers are treated to free upgrades from full coach to business class, no required Saturday night stay or round-trip fare, fully refundable fares on cancellations made up to one hour prior to departure, and first choice of available seat assignments for all classes.
		Mandate a “class” of hotel or a particular hotel chain so it’s easy for travelers to stay within rate guidelines.
	www.sba.gov /library/successXV/15travelmanagement101.htm (1863 words)

	learning other languages - one day
		This can only mark off six equidistant points, as Rodney the maths-student lodger once showed me when I was small: two points on a circle a radius apart plus the centre of the circle give the corners of an equilateral triangle, hence building hexagons, never pentagons or pentacles.
		Each of the four days I visited, the compulsive patient was anxiously cleaning behind the hand rail in the ward corridor.
		It was depressing to read that Jewish terrorists such as the Stern Gang were killing British soldiers trying to keep the peace between them and the Palestinian Arabs through the 20s, 30s and 40s, even while other British soldiers were dying elsewhere in battle against the anti-Jewish German Nazi regime.
	www.otherlanguages.org (9487 words)

	learning other languages - one day
		This can only mark off six equidistant points, as Rodney the maths-student lodger once showed me when I was small: two points on a circle a radius apart plus the centre of the circle give the corners of an equilateral triangle, hence building hexagons, never pentagons or pentacles.
		Each of the four days I visited, the compulsive patient was anxiously cleaning behind the hand rail in the ward corridor.
		On the train two almost-elegant girls in their early 20s are with a small girl, perhaps 3 years old, who refuses to get off at one station with them.
	www.otherlanguages.org (9487 words)

	BBC NEWS UK Timeline: Potters Bar Rail Crash
		May 20, 2002: Jarvis, the company responsible for maintaining the railway track at Potters Bar, produces photographic evidence that supports its theory that sabotage caused the accident.
		July 4, 2002: HSE releases a second report, saying nuts missing from adjustable stretcher bars in the points caused the points to "fail catastrophically".
		August 2002: Railtrack offers £12m in compensation to victims of the crash.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/2946334.stm (9487 words)

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