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In rail transport, a train is a vehicle or (more frequently) a string of vehicles capable of being moved along a continuous line of rails or other guideway for the purpose of conveying freight or passengers between points on a predetermined route. The train may be hauled or propelled by one or more vehicles designed exclusively for that purpose (locomotives) or may be driven by a number of motors incorporated in all or several of the vehicles (multiple units). |
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The Hatfield Government Center station is a light rail station on the MAX Blue Line in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The station is the 20th stop westbound on the Westside MAX, and the western terminus of the MAX Blue Line route. Opened in 1998, it is located on the same block as the Hillsboro Post Office and adjacent to the Washington County Courthouse and the Hillsboro Civic Center. The block is bounded by First and Adams streets on the east and west and between Washington and Main streets on the south and north. The station is named in honor of Mark O. Hatfield, a former United States Senator from Oregon and light rail proponent. The station was the busiest stop on the Westside line by 1999 with an average of 3,005 daily boardings.
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A Pacific National NR class locomotive hard at work shunting at the Melbourne, Australia, steel terminal in 2006. Locomotives of this class were the only locomotives ordered new by National Rail, which is the origin of the NR class name.
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- ...that the Camden railway line in Australia, a light railway line that carried freight and passengers but was rarely busy, had steep grades and passengers would sometimes have to disembark from the train and walk alongside it, leaving their bags on board?
- ...that steam locomotive United States Army No. 101, now preserved at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was built for the War Department in World War I but went on to see action in three wars — World War I, World War II, and the Korean War?
- ...that the former Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 44 2-10-0 locomotive No. 043 903-4 had the distinction of hauling the last scheduled steam locomotive-hauled train for the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn on October 26, 1977?
- ...that Edward Entwistle became the world's first passenger train driver when Stephenson's Rocket began regular service between Liverpool and Manchester?
- 1869 – After the New York and Erie Railroad moves its primary shop facilities from Dunkirk, New York, to Buffalo, Horatio G. Brooks leases the facilities in Dunkirk and opens Brooks Locomotive Works.
- 1934 – Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, using the Pioneer Zephyr trainset.
- 1997 – The extension of Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line connecting Traktornyi Zavod to Avtozavodskaya opens.
- 2000 – A faulty heater aboard a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, starts a fire in the train's brake fluid while the train is in a tunnel; none of the train's 155 passengers survived the fire in the Kaprun disaster.
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November 9 – Construction work of the Nanguang Railway begins in China. The 577 km (359 mi) long railway will connect Nanning and Guangzhou, with a design speed of above 200 km/h (120 mph), and is expected to be completed in 4½ years. 23 stations will be constructed along the line, and 54.2% of rail tracks along the line will be laid on bridges or in tunnels. (Xinhua)
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November 8 – Construction work of the Jinqin Passenger Railway begins in China. The 261 km (162 mi) long railway will connect Tianjin and Qinhuangdao, with a design speed of 350 km/h (220 mph), and is expected to be completed in 4 years. This railway is estimated to cost 33.8 billion yuan, and 67.6% of rail tracks along the line will be laid on bridges or in tunnels. (Xinhua)
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October 22 – JR Tokai issues a report showing that three routes for the proposed JR-Maglev line between Tokyo and Nagoya are feasible. All of the three proposed routes include the current test line east of Kofu. West of Kofu, JR Tokai's preferred route continues straight through the mountains while two alternate routes swing north around the mountains through other cities in Nagano Prefecture and rejoin the main route east of Nakatsugawa. JR Tokai hopes to have the line open by 2025. (Japan Times)
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October 16 – A spokesperson for Germany's Finance Ministry announces that the planned initial public offering of stock in Deutsche Bahn (DB) has been postponed indefinitely due to the current troubles in worldwide financial markets. The German government had planned that the IPO, projected to be the largest European IPO in 2008, would be held on October 27. DB's CEO Hartmut Mehdorn and CFO Diethelm Sack will travel to various locations in Asia and the Middle East speaking to potential investors about the delay. (Bloomberg)
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October 16 – Karnataka's Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa notifies India's Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav of the state's willingness to offer land and infrastructure to build a railway coach factory in the state. The communication comes after the state of Uttar Pradesh dropped similar plans to build the factory in Raebareli. (PTI)
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October 15 – Construction work of the Shiwu Passenger Railway begins in China. The 841 km (523 mi) long railway will connect Shijiazhuang and Wuhan, with a design speed of 350 km/h (220 mph), and is expected to be completed in 4 years. This railway is estimated to cost 117 billion yuan and will be part of the future longer railway line between Beijing and Guangzhou. (Xinhua)
WikiProject Trains (Shortcut: WP:TWP)
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