26 July 2005 – A usual day at junior college when I was day dreaming through another lecture. In the background I could hear heavy rains lashing down. The skies were remarkably dark for even a monsoon day in Mumbai. I checked my clock there were just another 15 minutes to the lecture. After the lecture‚ I and my friend Sahil left for Matunga station to take a local train home. Now my college is about 15 miles from where I stay and we usually travelled by the local trains to and fro. As expected
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With the different types of transportation at our disposal‚ has become much easier and faster. There are different choices for traveling to a place far away from my home like traveling by train‚ car‚ or taking a bus‚ each having both advantages and disadvantages. Given the choice‚ I always prefer to travel by train especially if it is an overnight journey. Trains are easily the most comfortable way to travel. One has the option of travelling in air-conditioned coaches either first class‚ 2 –tier
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When I think of railroads and trains‚ I am in awe. I love them so much. But with the love I have for them‚ it holds me to higher responsibilities. I know how dangerous they are and should not fool around them . That also includes no horsing around railroad crossings. Trains are going too fast and are too big to just stop suddenly. One of the videos talked about a train conductor and asked him about railroad crossing safety. He mentioned that he had actually taken a life because the person was not
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Norway in a Nutshell Tour When tourring Norway‚ you must include these fabulous day-excursion through some of the the most magnificent scenary in Norway. On the norway in a Nutshell tour‚ you leave Bergen in the morning by train and travel to Voss. From there the train climb to the great mountain plateau‚ that separates the western fjords from East Norway. In Myrdal you change trains and then travel down the many sharp curves on the famous Flam Railway‚ know as one of the most spectacular train
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HYDERABAD: At least 5 people have been killed and several others injured in an early morning train accident in Andhra Pradesh. Unconfirmed reports put the number of death at 8. However‚ local administration and the railway authorities have confirmed two deaths as of now. The toll is likely to rise. The accident happened when Hampi Expresscollided with a stationary goods train inPenukonda at around 3am‚ according to TV reports. According to initial reports coming in‚ Hampi Express overshot
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SAFETY PROBLEMS OF RAILWAY PASSANGERS IN EXPRESS RAILWAYS Although Indian Railways have progressed a lot‚ both quantitatively and qualitatively‚ during the last few years‚ this system is still plagued by a number of problems which require immediate attention. A lot has been done‚ but a lot more is yet to be done. Some of the major problems faced by the Indian Railways are briefly discussed as under: Safety Indian Railways have been in the news albeit for wrong reasons. With the rapid increase
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The most underrated factor of westward expansion would have to be the railroad. Many would think of the most important factor as the gold rush of 1848‚ but before mass droves of people could move westward‚ an easier way of traveling had to be constructed and railroads were the answer. Before railways‚ the Oregon Trail lead people from major cities like Independence‚ Missouri to Oregon City or Sacramento in Oregon and California. This ‘train’ of sorts moved as low as 350‚000 people across America
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4.) Railroads development was a key to the revitalization of Colorado in the course of 1870’s. Who were the key players in this‚ what were the key lines‚ and how and why did the railroads rekindle and foster the territory’s growth? Railroad development in the 1870’s Before the railroads were established in the 1870’s‚ people traveled by wagon‚ horse and on foot. They traveled for days and months to reach their destinations‚ some did not survive the trip. When the Pike’s Peak Gold rush was
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a service-design department which coordinates the movement of railcars‚ crew‚ and locomotives over the railroad’s network. Creating an operating plan for the system is a challenging task because train scheduling consists of designing train routes‚ days of operation‚ timings‚ and routing blocks to minimize cost. The operating plan is responsible for the flow of the three important railroad assets: crew‚ locomotives‚ and cars. The expense to maintain all three commodities runs in billions of dollars
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don’t know. In nowadays ours vehicle are consume gasoline both benzene and diesel enormously‚ but recently we have new innovation of car’s engine call “hybrid”. Hybrid cars are save our energy! * Thesis statement: Hybrid cars are the best fuel economy and efficiency car in the world. II. Body Paragraph 1 (Pro1) * Topic sentence: hybrid cars are efficiency car in the world. * Supporting details (1): It’s come with two sources of energy for propulsion. * Supporting details (2):
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