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SIDE - Online Information article about SIDE (5308 words) |
 | rail rope by an endless hauling rope at an average speed of 4 to 6 m. |
 | Telpherage.—A telpher ropeway or cableway may be defined as a ropeway or cableway worked and controlled electrically, only a rail rope being required besides the live rail or wire from which the electric current is taken. |
 | Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable. |
| Top20LongBeach.com - Your Top20Guide to Long Beach, CA. (3685 words) |
 | Rancho Los Cerritos was bought 1843 by John Temple, a Yankee who had come to California in 1827. |
 | Rail shipping is provided by the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads, which carry about half of the transhipments from the port. |
 | Long Beach has contributed to the Alameda Corridor project to increase the capacity of the rail lines, roads, and highways connecting the port to the Los Angeles rail hub. |