rail strike
61Motorail (British Rail) — Motorail Legend This diagram is a guide: not all destinations shown were served in all years of operation. Fo …
62To strike hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
63July 14 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1831 ndash; The John Bull , the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive, departs Liverpool aboard the steamship Allegheny bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. * 1877 ndash; Workers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad walk …
641946 in rail transport — EventsJanuary events* January 18 “The Harvey Girls”, a movie starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger and set in a Harvey House Hotel, makes its American debut. The movie will win an Oscar for Best Song for Johnny Mercer’s “On The Atchison Topeka and …
65Gotthard Rail Tunnel — The Gotthard Rail Tunnel, a 15 kilometre (9 miles) long railway tunnel, is the summit of the Gotthardbahn. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Gotthard massif. It is built as one double track, standard gauge… …
66March 27 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1882 ndash; Building northward from San Diego, California Southern Railroad tracks reach Temecula, California. [cite book| author=Duke, Donald, and Kistler, Stan| title=Santa Fe ...Steel Rails Through California| year=1963|… …
671855 in rail transport — EventsJanuary events* January 8 The first through train travels the entire distance from Chicago to the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. * January 28 The Panama Railway becomes the first railroad to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean… …
681918 in rail transport — EventsFebruary events* February 3 ndash; Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California, the longest (convert|11920|ft|lk=on|disp=slash) streetcar tunnel in the world, opens.cite web| url=http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgtun.htm| title=San …
691926 in rail transport — EventsMay events* May 1 Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX) is formed as a joint venture between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB Q) and the Fruit Growers Express (FGE). * May 3 U.K. General Strike commences, continuing to… …
70July 21 in rail transport — Events 19th century * 1836 ndash; Canada s first railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, is opened. * 1877 ndash; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike for the workers killed in… …
