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Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), former independent agency of the U.S. government, established in 1887; it was charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states. Surface transportation under the ICC's jurisdiction included railroa... Read more
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg , province (1991 pop. 331,472), 1,004 sq mi (2,600 sq km), extreme W Austria, bordering on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Germany. Bregenz, on the eastern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee), is the capital. It is a transportation hub, with Austria's most extensive road and rail connectio... Read more
Dachau
Dachau , city, Bavaria, S Germany, on the Amper River; chartered in 1391. It is a rail junction and its industries include the production of paper, cardboard, electrical equipment, and textiles. There is a 16th-century castle. Nearby was (1933-45) the first Nazi concentration camp , which today has... Read more
Huddersfield
Huddersfield city (1991 pop. 147,825), Kirklees metropolitan district, N central England, on the Colne River. Its textile industry, including cotton, woolen, and rayon goods, is important. Other products are machinery, iron goods, chemicals, and dyed fabrics. Historically, the proximity of coal and... Read more
Lilongwe
Lilongwe , city (1994 est. pop. 395,500), S central Malawi, in a fertile agricultural area. The capital of Malawi since 1975, it is an administrative and commercial center. The city was founded in 1947 as an agricultural marketing center. Largely a planned city, government programs in the 1970s and ... Read more
Selenga
Selenga , river, 616 mi (992 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., NW Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, across the Mongolian-Russian border to Lake Baykal; the Orkhon River is its main tributary. The Selenga, navigable from May to October, is Mongolia's chief river; its role as a t... Read more
Guilin
Guilin or Kweilin , city (1994 est. pop. 707,200), N Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, S China, on the Li River. It is a transportation center, with connections by rail, river, and road. Paper products, textiles, chemicals, and agricultural equipment are manufactured in the city, and minerals su... Read more
waterway
waterway natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these. The existence of waterways has been an important factor in the development of regions, for the waterway... Read more
monorail
monorail railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. Driving power is transmitted from the cars to the track by means of wheels that rotate horizontally, making contact with the rail between i... Read more
Jefferson City
Jefferson City city (1990 pop. 35,481), state capital and seat of Cole co., central Mo., on the south bank of the Missouri River, near the mouth of the Osage; inc. 1825. The state government is the major employer, but the city, with rail and river facilities, is also the commercial and processing c... Read more

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World War I
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...August 1917. In November 1918, the War Prohibition Act...to operate the water and rail transport systems, and to regulate...The Sedition Act of May 1918 (an amendment to the Espionage...Service Act in January 1918 in Arver v. United States...
Oregon
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...destroy the cattle industry. Because wool was easier to transport by rail than beef, local residents soon preferred to raise sheep...certain materials declined after World War I (1914 – 1918). Lumber mills also suffered fro
Simferopol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Salgir River and on the Sevastopol-Kharkiv rail line. It is a land and water transport hub and a commercial center in the heart of a...of the Crimean Tatar nationalist government in 1918 and of Gen. P. N. Wrangel's White government...
Railroad War Board
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...I (1914 – 1918), the president of...potentials and speed up transport. Pools were organized...speeded by prohibiting transport of non-related items...of the draftees were rail workers. Shortages of...interests to run a nationwide rail service in support of...

Dictionary entries related to "1918 in rail transport"

Railroad Administration, U.S.
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Wilson, to control and operate all rail transport for the duration of the war. The...and equipment. An act of 21 March 1918 guaranteed stockholders and bondholders...Control. Washington, D.C.: 1918. Martin P. Claussen / c. w. See...

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Underground rail track.
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...a variety of circumstances, rail haulage may well prove to be...the most economical method of transport. Mine locomotives were reviewed...Handbook', first appeared in 1918, mines relied on rail transport almost exclusively and even...
La coordination des transports en France, de 1918 a nos jours.(Review)
Magazine article from: Business History; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...between various modes of transport -- has been one of the...long run the problem of transport from the very French...Times of Troubles' (1918-44), then looks at...technical corps and the transport administration as a whole...ordination of road and rail transport even during...
FROM CANAL LOCK TO GRIDLOCK.(Britain's transportation history)
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...of Britain's transport crisis in a long...that British rail transport, which had led...introduced a Bill in 1918 which would have...December 14th, 1918, just six weeks...The Ministry of Transport Bill of 1919...grouped the 120 rail companies of...
Westcliffe, Colo., to Celebrate 100 Years of Railroad History.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/14/2001; 700+ words ; ...Westcliffe residents without rail transport. More than 1,000 people...also was shipped out via rail, ending up in Pueblo...although profitable up until 1918, experienced its share...improved highways and truck transport hurt the railroad. In...
Stagecoach's pounds 138m Virgin deal Major stake in Branson rail business
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/23/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...worst reputations in the transport industry has joined forces with Virgin Rail to run the West Coast...in Richard Branson's rail business - has faced a...expected to float the rail business on the stock...VICKERS VC December 3, 1918 - Lance-corporal Vickers...
Army Service Corps, 1902-1918
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...progressive concerning transport and supply in a future...logistics of 1914-1918 will be further assisted...The ASC worked with rail, motor vehicles...diverse means of transport was a constant headache...and thus - as in 1918 - affect Marshall...everything else got from rail-head to ...
Appendix 1.2. The global implications of an avian flu pandemic.(CHAPTER I: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND POLICY ISSUES)
Magazine article from: World Economic Outlook; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...the U.S. economy in 1918 are better than most...index dipped in October 1918--that is, at the height...reductions in passenger rail transport and retail sales. A recent...the main text). In line 1918, the United States was...
A Growing Sense of Security
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/20/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...finally established in 1918, coinciding with a great...s self-sufficiency. Rail transport needed to be conserved...godfather of motorized transport who said, "No unemployment...through the winter? In 1918, more people knew how...
Ties to the past - All aboard the Orient Express for a luxurious trip back in time.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/11/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...constitutes comfort in rail travel. Though passenger...carriage. On the continent, rail transport remained problematic due...during World War I, the 1918 armistice was signed in...Sherwood quickly became a rail enthusiast and set about...
Book World;Motoring in the Slow Lane
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/29/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...James was a professor at MIT who in 1918 switched from the horse and buggy...automobiles have become. For James the 1918 version was inconvenient but enthralling...James would catch a train home - rail transport being startlingly convenient at the...