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...purpose of the exercise 56 years ago remains murky. Plans for the use of mobile units supported by cannons and heavy guns mounted on railway cars were at the ready, as were lists of seven elaborate strategic options...
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...Park, which virtually surrounds Mineral King. For example, development could force wildlife out of the valley into the park. A prime candidate for such an exodus is the Mineral King deer herd, which now winters where Disney plans a parking lot, migrates along the planned route of a cog railway, and fawns in the middle of the village site...
...Great Railway Bazaar, Theroux...
...heart of the railway system was the timetable, the matrix of coordination for the system as a whole. On single-track roads, a 30-second delay meant that one of two trains would be almost half a mile away from a siding or a passing track when they were scheduled to pass each other. Railroading was organized to move thousands of tons of goods at extremely high speeds and split-minute timing, the exactness or inexactness of which spelled increased savings or costs for shippers. Everyone who had a direct responsibility for the operation of trains-engineers, conductors, trainmen...