Word: railways
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...high that firemen could not cope with them for hours. At Opa-Locka Airport, a DC-3 was lifted 50 ft. off the ground, flopping helplessly at the end of its ropes. A runaway freight car was blown eight miles from Hollywood to Fort Lauderdale, finally crashing into a railway station that had been nudged onto the tracks by the gale...
...from their cities last week, 150 extra trains rolled across the country between the Baltic coast and the Alps. Although Germany has one of the highest automobile densities in Europe-one car for every eight people-travel still means trains. And trains in Germany mean Deutsche Bundesbahn, the federal railway whose reasonable fares, remarkable luxury and religiously on-time operation make it a favorite of the German people. With 19,000 track miles, the Bundesbahn is not only one of the West's largest railway systems-it was put together in 1920 from a dozen-odd separate lines...
When the elevated railway was extended to Harlem in 1880, land values boomed. It was obvious, said the Harlem Monthly Magazine in 1893, that "the center of fashion, wealth, culture and intelligence must, in the near future, be found in the ancient and honorable village of Harlem...
Castello Branco can well use the ex tra months. In a series of TV broadcasts last week, the President and his Cabinet described how much has to be done. Brazil's state-owned railway system is losing $1,000,000 a day, the social security system, which still owes $40 million on last year's debts, cannot meet present commitments, and the country's overall federal deficit this year will reach $425 million-one of the highest in Brazil's history...
...courtly Chateau Frontenac has replaced some Victorian parlors with a smart new cocktail lounge. Is that any way to run a railroad? It seems to be, because these two changes are symbolic of a great transformation that is sweeping the owner of the hotels: the Canadian Pacific Railway...