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  • 1rail — {{11}}rail (n.1) bar, early 14c., from O.Fr. reille, from V.L. *regla, from L. regula straight stick, dim. form related to regere to straighten, guide (see RIGHT (Cf. right)). Used figuratively for thinness from 1872. Technically, railings (late… …

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  • 2High-speed rail in Australia — Australia is a country without any high speed rail (200 km/h or above). [cite web url=http://www.uic.asso.fr/gv/article.php3?id article=14 title=General definitions of highspeed publisher=International Union of Railways accessdate=2008 08 13]… …

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  • 3Nuremberg-Erfurt high-speed rail line — The 83 km long line is part of the existing railway highway circuit from Nuremberg via Saalfeld to Halle and is being upgraded to a maximum speed up to 230 km/h trains. In addition the entire route is being converted to four tracks. Between… …

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  • 4Highway 1 (Israel) — Highway 1 כביש תל אביב ירושלים Kvish Tel Aviv Yerushalayim דרך יריחו Derekh Yeriho Tel Aviv Jerusalem Highway Jericho Road …

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  • 5Metro-North Railroad — This article is about the rail service in New York. For the planned Metro North rail line in Dublin, see Dublin Metro. Metro North Railroad Metro …

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  • 6Permanent way — The permanent way means the physical elements of the railway line itself: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on sleepers embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. This page describes British practice and… …

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  • 7List of Deadliest Catch episodes — This is a list of Deadliest Catch episodes with original airdate on Discovery Channel. Airdates on Discovery Channel Canada generally differ. Contents 1 Pilot 2 Season 1 3 Season 2 4 Season 3 …

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  • 8Acela Express — Infobox Amtrak name = Acela Express logo filename = Acela logo.png logo size = 173 map filename=Amtrak acela.png map size=300px map caption= Acela Express route map image size=300px image caption=Acela Express Locomotive #2035 at New Haven.… …

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  • 9gag — gag1 /gag/, v., gagged, gagging, n. v.t. 1. to stop up the mouth of (a person) by putting something in it, thus preventing speech, shouts, etc. 2. to restrain by force or authority from freedom of speech; silence. 3. to fasten open the jaws of,… …

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  • 10California Southern Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=California Southern Railroad locale=San Diego ndash; Barstow, California start year=1880| end year=1889 hq city=National City, California system map size=250 map caption=Route map of the California Southern Railroad… …

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