Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) is related to the Indian Railways (IR). It operates the Konkan Railways, a related zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai. The company started its full operations of trains on 26 January 1998.The first passenger train which ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi and Mangalore. Konkan Railway Corporation is at the leading position of research and development of new technologies and concepts for Indian railways. During its beginning years of operations in the mountainous Konkan region, a spate of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to investigate new technologies. The anti-collision devices, the Sky Bus and RORO are a few of the innovations from Konkan Railways.
RORO
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RORO means Roll-on/roll-off, where loaded trucks are directly carried by railway wagons to their destination. Konkan Railways passes through tough terrains of India. There is NH-17 passing through same route. Truck drivers find it extremely difficult to drive loaded trucks through Ghats, undulating surfaces, narrow roads and poor road and weather conditions. The KRC came with concept of RORO, where loaded trucks are moved on wagons and are travelled by train. This has helped in saving of fuels, decrease
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The courage, spirit, skills and efforts of the Indian engineers has led to the success of this project. This project was an accomplishment of a long cherished dream of the people of the region. It proved to be a life- changing experience for the engineers as they had overcome all the odds in completing this project, which also brought a moment of pride and satisfaction among them. The project was completed in the 50th year of independence of India. The first Konkan train was flagged off on the occasion of Republic Day on 26 January
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“I am learning to pretend, to smile and nod, to display empathy I do not feel. I am learning to pass, to look like everyone else, even though I feel broken inside” (Kline 112). Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline sheds light on how young orphans such as Vivian and Molly feel compelled to change elements of their identity in order to fit in. Vivian Daly immigrates to America as a young girl with a thick accent, and an Irish name that is difficult to spell and pronounce. Furthermore, she never feels truly at home or like she is part of a family, and does whatever she can to please her foster family. Molly Ayer grew up on the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, and enters the foster care system after her father dies and her mother ends up in jail. Molly has trouble trusting others, and relies on her appearance to create a persona for herself. On the other hand, I try my hardest to stay true to myself and not succumb to peer pressure to fit in, but it has happened occasionally. Changing parts of one’s identity to fit in does make a person less genuine because they are not able to express themselves.
Because of the job opportunities in the West that were advertised throughout the World , many people who found themselves out of place after being freed, or having their livelihood freed, sought to take up shop and make their way to these new opportunities.
20. Does the London Underground poster designs embody the Look, Mood, Aspiration, Technology of the 1920’s, 1930’s, and 1940’s?
Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film "The orphan Trains" tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. A traffic in immigrant children were developed and droves of them teamed the streets of New York (A People's History of the United States 1492-present, 260). The streets of NYC were dirty, overcrowded, and dangerous. Just as street gangs had female auxiliaries, they also had farm leagues for children (These are the Good Old Days, 19). During the time of the late 1800's and early 1900's many people were trying to help children. Progressive reformers, often called "child saver," attempted to curb exploitation of children (The American Promise, 834). One of the people who was obsessed with the plight of children was a man named Charles Brace. He created the NY "Children's Aid Society". This was a program that was best known for "Orphan Trains". In 1853, Brace founded this society to arrange trips, raise the money, and obtain legal permission needed for relocation (the Orphan trains, 1). The reaction to the orphan trains were both positive and negative.
The railroad industry is a mature market. The best option for growth is through mergers and acquisitions. By merging with Conrail, CSX would claim almost 70% of the Eastern market. By combining the rail networks CSX-Conrail would be able to offer long-haul routes between the Southern, Northeast, and Midwest ports. The combined entity would be able to consolidate overlapping operations which would reduce costs by an estimated $370 million by 2000. The cost savings would also be passed onto customers using the shorter routes between the Midwest and the South. By offering more competitive pricing an additional $180 million in operating income is expected through revenue increases. Part of this additional revenue is expected to be taken from Norfolk Southern.
The rail systems put into place in Chicago have always been a major factor in freight transportation. The city provides a centralized hub for the railways throughout the country. After a long run the system is bound to find flaws as old technologies are passed by new ones. The existing railroad structures have in time taken a toll over the years of service. “The railroad system of Chicago has been around for a long time now. After many years it has gone past time time of despair. With the new project it is hoping to bring the popularity back to where it once was” (Chicago Transit Renovation to Improve Service). This update needed will guide Chicagos railroad system into the future. The city also has to take a look on how it is going to keep up with the constant increase of railcars on their tracks. With the new technologies of the future Chicago can only make their infrastructure better. The aim is to stay on time with the railcars to diminish the amount of overcrowding presented in the old rail systems in Chicago.
There are two main firms who are part of the Canadian Railway Industry, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway. The Canadian Pacific Railway is a Class I rail carrier that was founded in 1881 and was formerly known as the CP Rail. The CPR is 22,500 kilometres of track that spreads all across Canada and into some parts of the United States. In more detail the Canadian Pacific Rail stretches from Montreal to Vancouver, farthest north Edmonton and also only serves major cities in the United States such as Detroit, New York City, Chicago, and Minneapolis. The Canadian Pacific Railway consists of many train services from freight trains, passenger trains and express trains and many special trains that many more. These special trains include silk, funeral, royal, school, steam, spirit and holiday trains. In 1986 the passenger services were slowly becoming diminished because of being consumed by Via Rail Canada in 1978. Canadian Pacific not only supplied railway services but many others such as; radio, steamships, telegraphs, hotels and even the Canadian Pacific Airlines.
The Underground Railroad despite occurring centuries ago continues to be an “enduring and popular thread in the fabric of America’s national historical memory” as Bright puts it. Throughout history, thousands of slaves managed to escape the clutches of slavery by using a system meant to liberate. In Colson Whitehead’s novel, The Underground Railroad, he manages to blend slave narrative and history creating a book that goes beyond literary or historical fiction. Whitehead based his book off a question, “what if the Underground Railroad was a real railroad?” The story follows two runaway slaves, Cora and Caesar, who are pursued by the relentless slave catcher Ridgeway. Their journey on the railroad takes them to new and unfamiliar locations,
Following the civil war, railroad construction took off at a fast pace. In the twenty-five years between 1865 and 1890, the miles of railroad track in the United States went from 35,000 to 200,000. The enormous increase in track produced an increase in America's economy.
...ffic in large cities. By the early 1900's, express locomotives were beginning to appear. Locomotives started getting bigger and faster. 1960 brought about the end of the locomotive era however.
BETWEEN various types of monorail systems, control systems monorail occupies a very important role: ensuring the safe and secure operation of the train. Railway companies today are faced with many issues by increasing the use of old kinder in population, increasingly diverse needs of the public to look after aging is increasing among young or old, in addition to the current business environment, train hard and train control systems are also faced with a daunting challenge:
We all use vehicles for transportation. People usually go to their desired destination either by driving their own cars or traveling in public transportation. Actually, it might be tough to choose that which one is the best selection for people to travel. Many people choose one of them according to their comfort while traveling and both of them have advantages and disadvantages in different conditions. Public transportation and driving own car both shares differences and similarities in many aspects, such as facility, cost, and comfort as well as traffic jam and accident occurrence.
Rail transportation is a transportation in which for movement of people and goods which from one location to another destination. Rail had been takes the important role in physical and economic development of town and cities in a country and it was developed over the world. Rail transport can be made a property value in a country increase and it must be needs improvement in transportation network expanding (Goldberg, 1970). Thus, the railway services need to be done with continuous improvement and it is important to the rail passengers of the range and quality of facilities and service on stations and trains (Gleave, S. D., 2000). The future development to a public transportation is a key to affect
Navadarshanam stands as a beautiful example of the human intervention in making the environment sustainable by following the holistic approaches of ecological and spiritual alternatives.