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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
James Connolly
James Connolly 1870-1916, Irish nationalist and socialist. An advocate of revolutionary syndicalism , he went (1903) to the United States, where he helped to organize the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Returning to Ireland, he became an organizer of the Belfast dock workers. He helped Jame... 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
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn , city (1994 pop. 149,449), Gelderland prov., central Netherlands. It has a variety of manufactures, including paper. The city is a transportation center and attracts many tourists. Nearby is Het Loo, a royal palace and the residence of former Queen Wilhelmina from the time of her abdicati... 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
Rand Corporation
Rand Corporation research institution in Santa Monica, Calif.; founded 1948 and supported by federal, state, and local governments, as well as by foundations and corporations. Its principal fields of research are national security and public welfare. Research in national security affairs includes s... Read more

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Transportation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...However, most water transport is relatively slow...unloading facilities. Water transport has played an important...forces. Beginning in 1948, the U.S. Navy assumed...responsibility for managing water transport for all military services...Transportation Corps. Rail transport can haul ...
Jerusalem
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...have been developed. The city is served by road, rail, and air transport. Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians...on the western edge of the city at Ein Karem. From 1948 to 1967, Mt. Scopus was an Israeli exclave in Arab...
Monrovia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...track are used primarily to transport iron ore to Monrovia and Buchanan...Port of Monrovia, opened in 1948, is Liberia's major deepwater...patterns. Bus and Commuter Rail Service The primary mode of public transport in Monrovia is sharing taxis...
Urbanization
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...because they had access to water transport and income from an imperial...expanded. After World War II, rail and road networks that centered...Israel was established in 1948 after a period of conflict...expelled by Israeli forces in 1948, swelling cities in neighboring...
Fogel, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...a minor in economics. He graduated in 1948, and in the early 1950s he worked as...problems of measuring freight rates on rail versus water traffic) would still imply...with its more limited access to water transport — the impact of the railroad...

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'European states want to fund Haifa-Amman rail line': Before Israel's independence in 1948, the Jezreel Valley rail line ran from Haifa to Jordan and Damascus.
Newspaper article from: Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel); 11/13/2006; 494 words ; ...financing the Jezreel Valley rail line from Haifa to Amman...said Ministry of Transport Gideon Siterman during...Ayed. Ministry of Transport Shaul Mofaz also attended...s independence in 1948, the Jezreel Valley rail line ran from Haifa...
Leading Article: The collapse of Railtrack allows for clarity about the rail industry's future
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/8/2001; 700+ words ; ...of potential demand for rail services, and it is likely...mistakes made when British Rail was privatised: the regulatory...Just as in Britain in 1948, or in any other country since mass motor transport, no national rail system can make money without...
Nationalisation in the UK...
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 2/18/2009; 357 words ; ...Electricity Board was nationalised when the National Grid was set up. 1948: The British Transport Commission was established, bringing together national rail, water transport and some haulage services. 1951: The iron and steel industries were...
TIME TUNNEL: Joy of being engulfed in smoke and steam; A JOURNEY INTO OUR RICH HERITAGE ....TO MUCH-LAMENTED ERA OF RAIL TRANSPORT.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/29/2004; 700+ words ; ...the LMS (London Midland & Scottish) in 1923. Barry says: "Incredibly, the locomotives built from this date until 1948, when nationalisation took place, operated the vast majority of trains in Coventry. However, it was also possible to see...
Letter: Making best use of rail option.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 11/23/2006; 570 words ; ...road users as well as rail. The level crossing...although getting them on to rail (off the roads, where...nationalised the railways in 1948 they soon scrapped the British Transport Commission (if I remember...set of new highspeed rail lines would be cheaper...
Plan offers chance of better rail links; Lobbying starts ahead of 2012 funding details.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 4/12/2008; 700+ words ; ...the Northern Way's transport commission, said the...increase in road and rail traffic in the North...the Northern Way's transport work changing focus...yesterday show just how much rail use has increased. 1948 - British Rail formed...
Private rail services will be delayed
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/23/1994; ; 649 words ; ...under the Government's rail privatisation plans...Secretary of State for Transport, said: "It is a very...of the railways since 1948." The announcement...the all-party anti-rail privatisation group...Government for having "no transport policy" and having...
NATIONALISED EXPRESS; Government takes over rail line as firm pulls out.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/2/2009; 700+ words ; ...ELLIS BRITAIN'S biggest rail service, the East Coast...over the coming months. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis...a-year post to run a rail company in the oil-rich...between London and Glasgow 1948 The year British Rail was formed when the Big...
History of state railways
Newspaper article from: Derby Evening Telegraph; 6/23/2008; 338 words ; The rail transport system in Great Britain was developed...Southern Railway (SR). The Transport Act of 1947 paved the way for...Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission (BTC) on January 1, 1948, when it took over the assets...
Can rebranding get trains back on track? The rail industry has suffered a lot of bad publicity in the past few years, causing many operators to rebrand. But a new name alone won't bring back the passengers.(News Analysis)
Magazine article from: Marketing Week; 6/24/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...network and has other rail franchises, including...recognised as a leading transport company." When it...with other modes of transport from cars to airlines...pre-nationalised rail. The Southern name existed until 1948 and was a byword for...