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transportation
transportation conveyance of goods and people over land, across water, and through the air. See also commerce . Transportation over Land Land transportation first began with the carrying of goods by people. The ancient civilizations of Central America, Mexico, and Peru transported materi... Read more
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
Kisangani
Kisangani , formerly Stanleyville, city (1996 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Orientale province, N central Congo (Kinshasa), a port on the Congo River. The city is the terminus of steamer navigation on the Congo from Kinshasa and is a transportation center for NE Congo. It is on a short rail... Read more
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha , group of volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, about midway between S Africa and S America. The only habitable island of the group is Tristan da Cunha (1999 pop. 286), formed by a volcano rising to c.6,760 ft (2,060 m). The other islands are Gough, Nightingale, and Inaccessible, the... 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
Wellington
Wellington city (1996 pop. 157,647; urban agglomeration 334,051), capital of New Zealand, extreme S North Island, on Port Nicholson, an inlet of Cook Strait. Socially and economically linked with Hutt City, Upper Hutt, and Porirua City, Wellington is a major communications and transportation center... 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

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Wichita: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1871. When rail transport reached the town in 1872 and 350,000 cattle were driven...An All-American City Three-time winner (since 1962) of the All American City award, Wichita's residents...
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...February 1949; East Germany in 1950; Mongolia in 1962; Cuba in 1972, and Vietnam in 1978. Albania ceased...grids across East European members, coordination of rail and river transport in Eastern Europe, and the construction of the Friendship...
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...major role in consolidating steamship and rail transportation into systems that extended...Gilded Age ; Industrialization ; Maritime Transport . Bibliography Wheaton J. Lane , Commodore...Edwin P. Hoyt , Commodore Vanderbilt , 1962. Charles Geisst
New York Central Railroad
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...proclaimed it illegal to transport freight until 1844...which it could be used to transport freight. In 1849 this...away from the rails. In 1962 the directors of the...eliminate overlapping rail facilities and develop...operated Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail...
Southern Pacific Company
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...previously provided by the Pacific Motor Transport Company. At the end of World War II the...railroad emerged as the Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, a public corporation with...Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives, 1862-1962 (1963); R. J. Orsi, Sunset Limited...

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Board members appointed to the new Rail Passengers Council.
M2 Presswire; 6/13/2005; 700+ words ; ...transfer from the Strategic Rail Authority to the Department for Transport. 3. The new RPC will be...NDPB). The duties of the Rail Passengers Council are principally...Railways Act 1993 and the Transport Act 1962. Further provisions which...
Acting Chair appointed to the Rail Passengers Council.
M2 Presswire; 6/28/2005; 700+ words ; ...transfer from the Strategic Rail Authority to the Department for Transport. 3. The new RPC will be...NDPB). The duties of the Rail Passengers Council are principally...Railways Act 1993 and the Transport Act 1962. Further provisions which...
DON'T PUT `RAIL TRAIL' PLAN AHEAD OF TRAIN OPTIONS.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/15/2003; 620 words ; ...In fact, I know of no ``rail trail'' in the United States that has been returned to rail use. If CDTA were to present a proposal to transport passengers by bus from Delmar...make it happen. Yet the 1962 rail timetable, using older equipment...
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 ; ...several years after the completion of the present station in 1962, old steam locos could still be seen on the main line, carrying...to Bryan Howells); OLD AND NEW: Barry took this picture in 1962, showing the recently opened Coventry r
Resignation of Chairman of Rail Passengers Council.
M2 Presswire; 5/26/2005; 700+ words ; ...Chair of the new Rail Passengers Council for personal reasons. Transport Secretary Alistair...also called the Rail Passengers Council...The duties of the Rail Passengers Council...Act 1993 and the Transport Act 1962. CONTACT: Department...
Station sees trains return to village after 43 years Gartosh community back in touch as part of pounds-35M SPT project
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 5/10/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...pounds-3million rail station brought trains...Lanarkshire community since 1962 when British Rail cuts signalled the...Last September Transport Minister Nicol Stephen...isolation. He said: "Rail is a vital element in the public transport network within Strathclyde...
South Sub rail views sought
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 11/13/2007; 276 words ; ...Edinburgh's South Suburban rail line. Last week, the Scottish...groups, including Network Rail, Transport Scotland, Lothian Buses and ScotRail. The Capital Rail Action Group and E-Rail...the line, which closed in 1962.
Urging U.S. to Roll on Supertrains; High-Speed Rail Could Relieve Air, Auto Congestion, Author Says
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/18/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...argues that high-speed rail, utilizing a fraction...history of high-speed rail - now 25 years old in...president of the Air Transport Association, which represents...help build high-speed rail systems might catch on...but between 1942 and 1962 rail passengers paid...
Path prepares for a second century: the original trans-Hudson passenger railway expands its horizons, and may even grow in size, as it redefines its role.(PASSENGER RAIL)(Hudson & Manhattan Railroad)(Port Authority Trans-Hudson )
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...distributor that it inherited in 1962, when it assumed operations...New York-area passenger rail transport, PATH is a small player...of those with NJ Transit rail operations in Newark and...Transit, which exchanges rail passengers at Newark...
Merseytravel move to link up commuter rail routes; Derelict line may be brought back into use.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 2/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...would bring back into use the disused track shut down in 1962 as part of the infamous Beeching cuts. Burscough commuters...this for some time and had discussions with Network Rail and transport providers about this. "Now finally it looks like people...