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Rail transport in fiction

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Notable examples of railways in fiction include: 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's short story, starring Russell Crowe and...

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Rail transport in Brazil

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Rail transport in Brazil began in the 19th century and there were many different railway companies. The railways were nationalized under RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária...

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Rail transport in Montenegro

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Rail transport in Montenegro is operated by four separate companies, which independently handle railway infrastructure, passenger transport, cargo transport...

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Rail transport in Nicaragua

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there is no rail transport in Nicaragua. All traffic has been suspended since September 2001, ending several decades of a steady decline. In the past, there...

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List of metro systems

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passenger transport systems, "operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic". The terms heavy rail (mainly in North...

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Rail suicide

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Rail suicide is deliberate self-harm resulting in death by means of a moving rail vehicle. The suicide occurs when an approaching train hits a suicidal...

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Transport in Brazil

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Transport infrastructure in Brazil is characterized by strong regional differences and lack of development of the national rail network. Brazil's fast-growing...

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Tram

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operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Many recently built tramways use the contemporary term light rail. Tram vehicles...

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Passenger train

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A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known...

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Hyperloop

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Its MagRail Transport Technology". Eco Tech Daily. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023. Wedziuk, Emilia (17 February 2016). "Hyperloop made in Poland...

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12 Monkeys

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who was sent back in time, José. Cole is shot in the leg and gets transported to 1996. In 1996, Railly gives a lecture about the Cassandra complex to...

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Railgun

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A railgun or rail gun is a linear motor device, typically designed as a weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles. The...

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Hyderabad Metro

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elevated Metro Rail system based on DBFOT basis (Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer). A special purpose vehicle company, L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad...

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London Post Office Railway

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Office Railway, known since 1987 as Mail Rail, is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge, driverless underground railway in London that was built by the Post Office...

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British Rail Class 28

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The British Rail Class 28 (Metro-Vick Type 2) diesel-electric locomotives, known variously as 'Metrovicks', 'Crossleys' or 'Co-Bos', were built under the...

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A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers

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The second edition now covers 752 names. A review of it appears in Journal of Transport History, March 2004. 1978 edition pub. David & Charles, Newton...

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Old Street station

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station at the junction of Old Street and City Road in Central London for London Underground and National Rail services. The station is on the Bank branch of...

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Airport novel

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with literary fiction, so that a novel with literary aspirations would be disparaged by the label. Early in the history of rail transport in Great Britain...

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London Waterloo station

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Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is...

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A Stop at Willoughby

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zeroed in on him, landed on target, and blown him apart. Mr. Gart Williams, ad agency exec, who in just a moment, will move into the Twilight Zone—in a desperate...

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British Rail Classes 101 and 102

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The British Rail Classes 101 and 102 diesel-mechanical multiple units were built by Metro-Cammell at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England, from 1956 to...

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Supersonic transport

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to compete in service quality and cost.[citation needed] An example of this phenomenon is high-speed rail. The speed limit of rail transport had been pushed...

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List of former and unopened London Underground stations

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others are no longer served by the Underground but remain open to National Rail main line services. Many stations were planned as parts of new lines or extensions...

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Kaliningrad

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station is a major transport and interchange hub, where many public transport routes converge. Passengers are transported by rail buses of the RA1 and...

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Vactrain

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vactrain (or vacuum tube train) is a proposed design for very-high-speed rail transportation. It is a maglev (magnetic levitation) line using partly evacuated...

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