early railways

  • 1Railways in Melbourne — Melbourne rail network  City Loop  Caulfield group  Frankston line  Pakenham line  Sandringham line  Cranbourne line …

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  • 2Railways in Adelaide — The rail network in Adelaide, South Australia, consists of five lines and 81 stations, totalling 125.9 km.Fact|date=April 2008 It is operated by TransAdelaide, and is part of the city wide Adelaide Metro public transport system. Apart from the… …

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  • 3Railways in Guyana — The Railways of Guyana comprised two public railways and several industrial railways, including the first in South America. Contents 1 Demerara Berbice railway 1.1 Route 1.2 History 1.3 Service …

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  • 4Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania — The history of the Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were created, and the unique nature of most of the lines. The Mount… …

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  • 5Railways —    Along with steamships, the telegraph, advances in military hardware, and improvements in tropical medicine, railways were critical vehicles for the advancement of European empires, both formal and informal. From their initial development in… …

    Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • 6railways and railroads — The world’s first railway along which passengers travelled on trains pulled by steam locomotives was opened in 1825 between Stockton and Darlington in north east England. By the early 1900s, when railways reached the height of their popularity,… …

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  • 7railways —    The contemporary railway system in Spain comprises, first, the Spanish standard gauge system operated by the Spanish state railway company Renfe; second, the High Speed service operating on European gauge track (see also AVE); third, the… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 8early — ear|ly1 W1S1 [ˈə:li US ˈə:rli] adj comparative earlier superlative earliest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(first part)¦ 2¦(before usual)¦ 3¦(beginning)¦ 4¦(new thing)¦ 5 the early hours 6 an early start 7 at/from an early age …

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  • 9Railways —    E History of, in Canada, 99; vigorous policy of La Fontaine Baldwin government, 99 101; and Hincks Morin ministry, 114 117. C Cartier favours building of, 45. BL Early charters for, in Canada, 301. B One from Quebec to Windsor and Sarnia… …

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  • 10Early VFL Final systems — The perceived need for a structured final system was, perhaps, the most important single reason that eight senior clubs broke away from the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1896, and formed the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.The… …

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