The story begins with the narrator calling "Halloa! Below there!" into a railway cutting. The signalman standing on the line below does not look up‚ as the narrator expects‚ but rather turns about and stares into the railway tunnel it is his responsibility to monitor. The narrator calls down again and asks permission to descend. The signalman seems reluctant‚ but assents and waits with an air of ‘expectation and watchfulness’. The railway cutting is a damp‚ gloomy and lonely place. The signalman
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Mr Harris liked trains. He was afraid of aeroplanes‚ and didn’t like buses. But trains ‚they were big and noisy and exciting. When he was a boy of ten‚ he liked trains. Now he was a man of fifty‚ and he still liked trains. So he was a happy man on the night of the 14th of September. He was on the night train from Helsinki to Oulu in Finland‚ and he had ten hours in front of him. ’I’ve got a book and my newspaper‚’ he thought. ’And there’s a good restaurant on the train. And then I’ve got two
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When the union stockyards opened in 1865‚ Chicago became the cattle market for the country. Before the organization of railroad systems‚ cattle were slaughtered in local “butchertowns”. Livestock now came in by rail from the Great Plains and was auctioned off at the Chicago stockyards. Then the meat was then shipped to the eastern cities. Such a system adequately met the needs of an exploding urban population and could have done so indefinite‚ But Gustavus F.
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(THE OLD GENTLEMAN) I refer to the novel “The Railway Children” by Edith Nesbit. Among all the characters in the novel‚ the character I admire the most is the old gentleman because he is kind‚helpful and generous. He travels regularly on the morning train and sees the children waving to him. He opens up to them readily when they need help. When Bobbie writes to him for help to get better food for their sick mother‚ he gives generously. Again‚ when Bobbie approaches him for help
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MIS PROJECT Project Synopsis Section: B Group No. 6 # | Names of the Group Members | GroupRepresentative | 1 | Abhimanyu Miglani | Name: Garima PantMob No.: 7840083820Email Id: g.pant2511@gmail.com | 2. | Ashu Bajaj | | 3. | Garima Pant | | 4. | Mehar Ahluwalia | | 5. | Satyen Chopra | | TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Study of evolution of MIS in Indian Railways over last two decades INTRODUCTION: Indian Railways is one of the world’s largest railway networks with a history of
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“THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI” Romanticism is defined by S.T. Coleridge “as an addition of strangeness to beauty” and Ruskin Bond has wonderfully analysed the term of illusive romanticism in “The Night Train at Deoli”.The story begins from infatuations but finally it leads to an ardent love of the narrator towards the basket seller. It cannot be denied that adolescence is a period of storm‚ turbulence and finally it leads to conclusion. A period of psychological and physical transit. Deoli is
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In today’s America‚ many people may take for granted the ease of access to reliable and efficient transportation. Americans have access to private cars‚ commercial airplanes and trains‚ and even buses. An individual can fly from San Francisco to New York City in less than six hours. The average American does not know of a time when traveling from coast-to-coast was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago
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totaled 30‚000 miles ; 3/4 in the north * PROBLEMS* - Railroads were at first opposed because of safety flaws and they took away money from the Erie Canal investors. - flying sparks of fire‚ feeble brakes‚ differences in distances between each rail stops *Solution* - improvement of brakes‚ gauges‚ safety devices ( by 1859 ) - tracks were bounded together with braces of iron and steel WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT? : made transportation and communication
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Honolulu Rail: not prosperity for our future. The oppnents against the Honolulu rail project object their observations to the Honolulu city in council member of transportation by using letters‚public speeches‚ and interviews. Anti-rail citizen of Hawaii believes the cost of rail will be a burned to our nation. The articles and public speeches announce by the citizens of Hawaii that the rail will not decrease traffic congestion‚ taxes will increase‚ and the project will affect small businesses as
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Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? Dan Bogart* Latika Chaudhary† May 2012 1 Introduction Railways were the most important infrastructure development in India from 1850 to 1947. They were inter-connected with all aspects of Indian society. In terms of the economy‚ railways played a major role in integrating markets and increasing trade. Domestic and international economic trends shaped the pace of railway construction and the demand
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