Word: trains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...power reverse gear handle in forward motion on the quadrant, instead of reverse, as in its present position, when he pulls the throttle, the engine will reverse, and if he's a good engineer and has his slack ''bunched," he won't move the train...
...plane for New York, John 6 James Roosevelt, youngest & oldest sons of the President, failed to see the lowered gates and red lanterns at an East Boston railroad crossing. Splintering through the gates, John, at the wheel, swerved just in time to wedge his Plymouth coupe between a speeding train and a gate post. While moppets fought for the horn, headlights, windshield wiper of the wrecked car, Brothers John & James pronounced themselves unhurt. Next day Massachusetts' Registrar of Motor Vehicles Frank A. Goodwin exonerated Brother John...
Faced by a long train ride and a late afternoon game on a strange field the Varsity soccer team leaves this morning for West Point, where a strong Army corps is entrenched to meet...
...Trains to New York are offering special weekend fares which are good until Tuesday. The University Travel Company has arranged a reduction on the Fall River Line boat for which a boat train leaves South Station at six o'clock. The band, 106 strong, is taking this trip...
...varying unit of loudness. It represents the smallest difference in the level of sound which the ear can detect. The decibel difference between the rustle of leaves (8) and whispering (11) represents small intensities of sound. The decibel difference between a motor truck (77) and an elevated train (81) represents tremendous energy...