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	Hurstbridge railway line, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hurstbridge railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia.
		Some of the suburbs served by the line include East Melbourne, Collingwood, Fairfield, Heidelberg, Greensborough, Eltham, and Hurstbridge.
		The Hurstbridge line is notable for having several single-track sections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurstbridge_railway_line,_Melbourne (339 words)

	Lilydale railway line, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lilydale railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia.
		It branches from the Frankston, Pakenham, Sandringham, and Cranbourne lines at Richmond station.
		The Lilydale line is triplicated to Box Hill station, and duplicated to Mooroolbark station, while the section between Mooroolbark and Lilydale is single track.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lilydale_railway_line,_Melbourne (251 words)

	Railway-Darjeeling Toy Train
		Travellers are awed by both the scenery as well as the railway line which is truly an engineering masterpiece and without doubt one of the wonders of the world.
		Later the line was extended from Siliguri to Kishanganj and towards Kalimpong in the Teesta river valley.
		A non-profit organisation called the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Heritage Foundation was formed in 1993 to encourage the restoration, renewal and presevation of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and its railway stations as living museums.
	www.indiatravelite.com /railway/darjeelingtoytrain.htm (770 words)

	Bere Alston
		railway station is located in the west of the County of Devon, close to the River Tamar and the county boundary with Cornwall.
		The station was situated on the former main line of the London and South Western Railway (LandSWR) from Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton and Tavistock, around the northern edge of Dartmoor, and it was also the junction for the branch to Callington.
		Although the PDandSWJR line ran generally from south to north on its way from Plymouth to Lydford, the curvature of the line as it followed the high ground east of the Tamar meant that Bere Alston station in fact lay on an east-west axis (east being at the Tavistock end).
	www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/sr/b-alston.html (2108 words)

	The Dartmoor Railway - Okehampton, Devon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Dartmoor Railway operates on the route of the old Southern Railway line from Crediton to Okehampton and Meldon Quarry.
		The 15 mile Dartmoor Railway climbs 600 feet from the Tarka Line, near Coleford through Sampford Courtenay and Okehampton and onwards to Meldon, high on the flank of Dartmoor.
		The line survived the Beeching axe, and is now being developed by a unique partnership of public and private sectors, to once again serve the picturesque area of Devon and the Dartmoor National Park through which it runs.
	www.dartmoorrailway.co.uk (87 words)

	The London Underground
		As the railway companies surveyed the land which would be necessary for the completion of their lines, they gave little or no thought to what would happen to the people living in the tenements they planned to knock down.
		Stevenson's famous poem "From a Railway Carriage" is another example: "All of the sights of the hill and the plain, fly as thick as driving rain, and ever again in the wink of an eye, painted stations whistle by." <16> The railways also appeared in literature in a negative light.
		The railway lines mapped out not only the places to be traveled by the cars; they also mapped out the ambition, drive, perseverance, and ability of Victorian England.
	www.loyno.edu /~history/journal/1989-0/ladart.htm (2676 words)

	Mainline Construction, 1881-1897: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Construction of a railway across Newfoundland echoed North American enthusiasm for railways as engines of economic development and symbols of progress.
		Also in 1892, it was decided to re-route the line from the Exploits River to the west coast via the Topsail.
		Shortly thereafter (as provided by the 1898 contract), the main line into St. John's was re-routed seven miles, from Donovans to a new terminal at Riverhead.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /society/mainline_construction.html (1039 words)

	AustralAsia Railway Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As the line was surveyed - a sufficient length being first chained by a surveyor, who was followed by axemen - trees had to be felled and a certain width maintained, which was specified in the contract, for drays to follow...
		Railways were needed to bring wheat and mining produce to Port Augusta and Adelaide, but these early lines were seen as the start of a transcontinental line that would foster the development of mining, tropical agriculture and trade with Asia.
		By 1891, South Australia had spent 10 million on railways, the colony's bonded debt was 21.5 million pounds, two million of which was incurred in the Territory, and the completion of the northern line coincided with growing disillusionment with its northern colony.
	www.aarc.com.au /aarc/info/history.html (4802 words)

	Jitong railway line description
		The top of the line is between Chaganhada and Gulumanhan, one kilometer east of the level crossing with main road at km 646, beside a large lake.
		On the way westwards the line is first downhill at 5 per thousand, then flat with small declines and inclines in forest until a large bridge at km 623.
		The railway station is in the south of it.
	home.c2i.net /schaefer/jitongtielu/linegeometry.html (7926 words)

	Swanage Railway Homepage
		The goals of the Swanage Railway Trust (the controlling body of the Swanage Railway) are to restore the rail link between Swanage and Wareham, re-establishing a daily service to connect with main line trains, and to create a comprehensive historical record of steam railways and steam technology in Southern England.
		Copies of the printed brochures are available from the Swanage Railway at the main address given on the membership and contacts page which can also be used for specific queries not answered in these pages.
		The Swanage Railway is a predominantly volunteer organisation, and depends on volunteers in all departments.
	www.swanagerailway.co.uk (977 words)

	The Broadmeadows Railway Line
		Originally constructed by the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company, the line was opened to Essendon on the 1st November 1860.
		The line was sold to the government for $45,000 in 1867, at that stage it was in a serious state of disrepair beyond Newmarket.
		The Flemington Racecourse line was re-opened in time for the 1867 Melbourne Cup and after 7 years, in 1871, the line was finally re-opened to Essendon.
	www.railpage.org.au /bms/history.htm (492 words)

	The Thessaloniki-Skopje-Mitrovitsa railway 1871-1874
		Part of this line opened on 30.10.1858 and it was the first railway line in Anatolia and Ottoman Empire.
		This line was bought from ORC concession by the Turkish Goverment and from 1.6.1935 became part of the Turkish State Railways.
		The railway project and his pioneer enterprises in the sugar and copper industries brought Hirsch's fortune to an estimated 100 million dollars, by 1890, and gained for him a reputation as an outstanding industrialist and financier.
	www.gregoriou.itgo.com /photo2.html (2759 words)

	"); NewWindow.document.write("IRINnews"); NewWindow.document.write(" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rehabilitating the railway was crucial to WFP operations in Malawi - which last year was said to require around 35,000 mt of food aid a month - as bringing shipments in from Dar es Salaam was far more time-consuming.
		The Nacala railway line was built in 1970 and sections of the track had fallen into disrepair which worsened during the rainy season, forcing trains to move at "a 10km/hour crawl" and creating a two-month backlog of freight, Morris said at the time.
		He said the recent closure of the line due to cyclone damage had "not badly affected operations as we already had enough in-country stocks" to last until the line was repaired.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=32068&... (554 words)

	Rail transport in Ireland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The map shows the present railway network in Ireland and includes, as well as those routes that are fully operational, lines carrying (Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates) freight traffic only and those which have been "mothballed" (i.e.
		The route was commenced in 1848 by the Waterford & Limerick Railway and finished in 1854 – one of the oldest routes in Ireland, and the first approved by British parliament.
		A large railway network was severely curtailed in the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s and (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s (in particular by the (Click link for more info and facts about Ulster Transport Authority) Ulster Transport Authority).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/rail_transport_in_ireland.htm (3338 words)

	Iraq Development Program - Dubai company in Iraqi railway deal
		The Baghdad Loop Line Railway project will create a new circular line for Baghdad's urban monorail system and is expected to connect it with the proposed Baghdad metro rail and Iraq's national rail network.
		The Baghdad Loop line will be elevated and equipped to handle the city's urban transportation needs, said the report.
		A number of railway projects will be floated by the new Iraqi government, he said in the report.
	www.iraqdevelopmentprogram.org /idp/news/new684.htm (392 words)

	Utah Railroad History
		Meanwhile the construction of the main line from Mohrland to the Utah Railway junction and the Martin yard started in October of 1912 and was completed on October 31, 1914 at a cost of $3,383,510.
		The Utah Railway bought this line on the day of its completion for $246,911, which happens to be the same day it met and completed the main line.
		Now that the Utah Railway's main line was operational and the joint trackage was completed over the summit, arrangements were completed so the Denver and Rio Grande could operate the Utah Railway's lines under the 1913 trackage agreement.
	www.lofthouse.com /USA/Utah/carbon/railroad.html (1697 words)

	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
		It was opened as an independent railway on 11th May 1898, taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923, and closed completely on 29th September 1935.
		The LandBR was constructed as a 1' 11½" gauge single-track line from Barnstaple Town station (which it shared with the Ilfracombe line of the London and South Western Railway (LandSWR)) across the western end of Exmoor to a terminus at Lynton.
		A prominent feature on the line was Chelfham viaduct, the largest structure on a narrow-gauge railway in the UK.
	www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/minor/lb-hist.html (541 words)

	Inlandsbanan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Inland Railway Line is the veritable backbone of central northern Sweden.
		In fact the line was originally built – from 1907 to 1937 – mainly to transport precious raw materials from north to south.
		For operation and maintenance there are two railway regions one in the north and one in the south with the boundary in Meselefors.
	www.grandnordic.com /eng/foretaget.html (677 words)

	Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Atmospheric Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The ongoing track record of the Dalkey & Kingstown Railway should have given him cause for second thoughts, had he not been so enamoured of the atmospheric system that he was beyond objective reasoning.
		Brunel told the directors that the experience gleaned from watching this new line would help him to refine his own scheme, but the first thing he learned was that the Croyden Railway employed a larger vacuum pipe than he had anticipated.
		An army of labourers was put to work lubricating and repairing the worn leather seals, but the expense involved put the line into the red, whereas it had earned a tidy sum while it was being worked by steam locomotives.
	www.thehistorynet.com /bh/blbrunelrailway/index1.html (626 words)

	Bluebell Railway - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Carlton's TV film of "The Railway Children", and the rolling stock used in the film.
		The railway is operated by "Bluebell Railway plc", which is majority owned by the volunteer membership through the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society, and this membership also provides the dedicated volunteer labour which enables the line to continue running.
		The only "dividend" members receive is the immense satisfaction of seeing "their" railway provide a day's entertainment for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
	www.bluebell-railway.co.uk /bluebell/bluebell.html (1158 words)

	Transsib Handbook - Railway lines
		Here you can find descriptions of administrative units - railway lines of RF Railway Ministry which are situated in zone under the influence of Trans-Siberian railways: as the main passenger way, as South Uralian way; also Sakhalin line was included.
		After borders of lines at the main way of Transsib are given, after non-standard sections and cargo around lines list are given.
		Railway lines in zone onder the influence of Transsib (administratively)
	www.transsib.ru /Eng/cat-rails.htm (1581 words)

	Riverside & Arlington
		From this point the line ran southwesterly on Cypress to Bandini Avenue, west on Bandini to Brockton Avenue, southwesterly and southerly along Brockton to Arlington Avenue, west on Arlington to Magnolia Avenue and southwesterly on Magnolia to a point 271 feet southwest of Van Buren Street, Arlington.
		The Interurban Railway's line to the County line was placed in operation by Riverside & Arlington on April 7, 1911.
		This line was later extended to colton and there hooked up with the San Bernardino electric lines, affording Riverside residents with direct electric cars to San Bernardino, Redlands and other points on the system of the former San Bernardino Valley Traction Company.
	www.erha.org /r&a.htm (5527 words)

	perspective five -railway line
		This time we will use the CVP and a familiar and logical structure, a railway line.
		The student should measure the width of the tracks on the line directly opposite the front edge of the station and apply that 'scale' to the building's height.
		h) Add the telegraph lines and poles and have the student determine their height and distance apart.
	www.geocities.com /~jlhagan/K9-14/draw_five.htm (340 words)

	Blast damages railway line -DAWN - National; 17 March, 2004
		SUKKUR, March 16: The main railway line was damaged on Tuesday by a bomb blast near Mehrabpur early Tuesday morning, forcing suspension of the train service for several hours.
		An official of the Pakistan Railways said that following the suspension of the rail traffic, bomb disposal squad from Sukkur and police officers rushed to the spot.
		Our Khairpur correspondent adds: The railway tracks near Khairpur railway station, damaged by two bomb explosions on Monday, were repaired late night after which trains were allowed to resume their journeys at 2am.
	www.dawn.com /2004/03/17/nat26.htm (214 words)

	Bluebell Railway - A Steam Railway in Sussex, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The volunteer run Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard gauge passenger railway, re-opening part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the old London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1960.
		Since then it has developed into one of the largest tourist attractions in Sussex, yet it still remains true to its objectives of the preservation for posterity of a country branch line, its steam locomotives, coaches and goods stock, signalling systems, stations and operating practices.
		The Bluebell Railway is proud to be the recipient of the
	www.bluebell-railway.co.uk (347 words)

	Settle-Carlisle Partnership · [ Home ] ·
		This web site celebrates the diverse and varied attractions of the Settle-Carlisle Railway – a line steeped in history but with a regular scheduled service, forming part of the National Rail Network, allowing access to the area and views of some of the finest scenery in Britain.
		Emerging onto the side of Dentdale, the line leaves the Dales at Garsdale and makes it way through the gentle, lush rolling hills of the Eden Valley, with rural villages and market towns before arriving at the great border city of Carlisle.
		The summit of the line is 1169 feet at Ais Gill
	www.settle-carlisle.co.uk (363 words)

	Scotland: Tourist Tales - The West Highland Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the mood inside this train between Fort William and Mallaig on British Rail's West Highland line leans more toward "bonnie." Such a day attracts only the hard-core train junkies who will be the first to confess that they are savoring every bone-chilling mile.
		Photographers lined up in the compartment between the cars where the open window accommodated those who dared to lean out and shoot a picture, a practice now outlawed because of the 11 tunnels on the line.
		At Fassfearn Prince Charlie was said to have plucked a white rose from a bush and stuck it in his hat, creating the White Cockade, the emblem of the Jacobites.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/tales/train.html (1460 words)

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