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Rail to the Rescue - Part 1 (495 words) |
 | In the 1850s, rail travel was a 'state of the art' development, endowed with an aura of glamour that thrilled its passengers. |
| Born into a world that accepted the horse as the fastest means of transport, they had the impression of passing through a time warp as their locomotive ate up the miles between major towns at speeds previously considered the stuff of science fiction. |
| Rail was becoming a world-wide industry, developing in countries as far-flung as Argentina, Algeria and Russia, and driven by British expertise and technology, headed up by confident charismatic and vigorous entrepreneurs. |
| Transport - Papua New Guinea - Australia railways 19th Century & 1914 on ... (3934 words) |
| The object to the line being to facilitate the transport of ore and commercial products from the several mines and plantations in the vicinity and it is hoped that it will also be the means of further opening of the more outlying and remoter districts of Sogeri and Brown River. |
| In 1917, rail was purchased for a railway on the wharf. |
| Mail was unloaded from steamers and railed direct to the post office, where it was unloaded under the shelter of the verandah. |
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