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    or unconscious. Still‚ most paintings tend to be similar enough to others in theme or composition that they lend themselves well to being compared and contrasted. I will compare and contrast George Tooker’s The Subway‚ and Cyril E. Power’s The Tube Train. George Tooker’s The Subway is a haunting yet beautiful piece. Painted using the egg tempera method‚ it is stunning for its strategic usage of warm colors. The intention of Tooker’s painting is to portray such a familiar scene as a subway as ominous

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    History - Virgin Group is diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies. It included Virgin Atlantic Airways‚ Virgin Holidays‚ Virgin Rail‚ Virgin Retail Group‚ Virgin Direct‚ Virgin Cola‚etc. - Virgin Trains operated the West Coast train franchise since 1997 - Virgin Rail Group is owned 51% by Virgin Group and 49% by Stagecoach - It was initially successful in winning 2 rail franchises : InterCity West Coast(Virgin West Coast) and InterCity CrossCountry(Virgin

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    Another thing I like about train travel is that I can get up and walk around. There is often a cafe or dining car so I can go there and have a coffee. I also like looking at the scenery from the train windows. And some trains now have kiddy cars so parents can go in there and not worry about their kids disturbing others. And those trains also have toilets that have plenty of space for kids and baby changing stuff. Well‚ at least this is how it is in Germany. And there is also the benefit of sleeping

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    "Melodic Trains" Introduction and Main Theme Life is a perpetual journey into the unconscious regions of human mind‚ which brings up a new perspective each time an activity is stirred. The poem shows the poet sitting in a train heading towards a destination. He is not alone. There is a little girl who attracts his attention but only for a short time because later the people and scenes in and around the train capture his imagination. He feels in relation to the everything around him. According

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    Subway and The Tube Train George Tooker‚ an American artist painted “Subway” in 1950. Cyril E. Power‚ a British artist‚ created “The Tube Train” in 1934. With a quick glimpse of the eye‚ one may think these two pieces of artwork are similar. After all‚ a subway and a tube train are basically the same thing. To a trained eye‚ one can see the many differences in the two pieces. Tooker was associated with the Magic Realism movements‚ and is best known for his depictions of alienation in modern

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    Levitating Trains The Maglev trains “A train is a connected series of rail vehicles propelled along a track to transport cargo or passengers.” -Wikipedia Trains now days are most commonly used for the transport of passengers across long distances‚ they are fast enough to reach a constant speed between 65 km/h to around 120km/h‚ although the record speed of a conventional train is of 575 km/h‚ held by the French TGV. It needed some modifications (shorter and higher voltage) and had passengers

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    narrative movie was The Great Train Robbery‚ created in 1903 by Edwin S. Porter. The silent film is only about 10 minutes long‚ but was the precursor to the action and western genres. The popularity of the movie proved that motion pictures could be commercially successful. The plot of The Great Train Robbery was actually inspired from a real event. On August 29‚ 1900‚ four members from the famous outlaw George Leroy “Butch Cassidy” Parker’s “Hole in the Wall” gang stopped a train in Table Rock‚ Wyoming

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    travelling helps to get new unforgettable impressions. When you have holidays you can travel by car‚ by train‚ by plane and by sea. Of course‚ travelling by air is the fastest and the most convenient way‚ but it is the most expensive too. Travelling by train is slower than by plain‚ but it has its advantages. You can see much more interesting places of the country you are travelling through. Modern trains are very comfortable. Some people prefer to travel by ship when possible. A sea voyage is very enjoyable

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    Imagine growing up in the depression and being an orphan in the United States because you moved here from Ireland. Vivian Daly is the main character in “Orphan Train”. She arrived in New York when she was a little girl and was put on a train immediately and sent across the country with a bunch of other kids to find a new home with a loving family. Vivian grew up in Minnesota and then later moved to Maine when she was older. She met a girl named Molly Ayer. Molly was a seventeen-year old girl that

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    Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting

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