Sentences with phrase «by rail car»

Day 5 - Rocky Mountaineer / Jasper It is back on the rails for another grand day of pampering by your rail car attendant, impressive sightseeing and little - seen glimpses at the Canadian Rockies today.

Sightseeing tours by rail car through Copper Canyon is unlike anything you will ever see by train anywhere else in the world.

They employed a famous driver, «Scotty» Allan as a trainier and dogs were shipped from Nome to Quebec by rail car, where they were trained in keeping quiet whilst on the ship so that they wouldn't attract the attention of the German submarines whilst being transported in crates chained to the deck.

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Cellphone video shot by a bystander and carried by Atlanta's Fox TV affiliate on its Facebook page showed a female and another person lying on the floor of a rail car as passengers bent over them.

Since 2011, the rail industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new cars, but with literally only a handful of tank car - makers in North America and a huge boom in oil - by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.

«I don't know [the Ukrainian blog's] exact calculations, they just threw out the 100,000 number,» Tack said, adding that they basically figured Moscow would pack each rail cars to the brim with 72 soldiers, and that they multiplied the final number by 1.5 times on the assumption that the Kremlin was keeping the real number of rail cars secret.

Raitt's three - year timeline to fully dispose of older DOT - 111A tankers (and immediate phase - out of 5,000 of the most vulnerable cars) is going to be a difficult one to meet given the existing capacity for suppliers to build new tankers, as well as the desire of oil and gas companies to continue the exponential increases in oil - by - rail shipments into the future.

Legislation that would improve public reporting by railways and allow for financial penalties if they fail to deliver rail cars on time has been stalled in the Senate since the fall.

That's why Valero Energy Corp., the largest independent U.S. refiner, is planning to own 9,000 new rail cars by year end to bring in crude from Canada and the U.S.'s equally clogged shale oilfields to processing facilities.

Planned investments in loading terminals in Alberta and anticipated deliveries of specially designed tank cars could see an incremental 425,000 barrels per day of heavy oil railed to market by the end of 2014, it said in a report.

So you would end up shipping products by rail tank car, which is more likely to result in spills due to derailments, etc..

By and large, it's heading here on rail car from the U.S.

The Downstream segment comprises refining of crude oil into petroleum products; marketing of crude oil and refined products; transporting of crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car; and manufacturing and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives.

Rail transport, especially electrified rail, is much more efficient, and less damaging to the environment, than transportation by car or trRail transport, especially electrified rail, is much more efficient, and less damaging to the environment, than transportation by car or trrail, is much more efficient, and less damaging to the environment, than transportation by car or truck.

In addition to the positive fundamentals for coal and the likely pickup in orders come 09, FCA is also diversifying its operations by developing non coal rail cars and an active exploration of international opportunities.

Knowing how to navigate a community by bus or rail is useful to anyone who wants to get around without using a car.

Now it's seeking to make money by leasing the tracks for storing hundreds of rail cars.

If «proper procedure» can result in an accident caused by a 13 year old playing on a rail car that has sat unattended for 14 days someone should change the procedure - immediately»

In rural northern Alabama, NYC has become infamous for about 200 shipping containers full of sewage sludge that came by rail, and have been rotting on train cars for six weeks, stalled on the way to a nearby landfill.

Protect the Adirondacks wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to forbid such attempts as well, by prohibiting wholesale storage of unused rail cars.

ELIZABETHTOWN A congressional candidate is calling for federal authorities to investigate the plan by a railroad company to store unused rail cars on 22 miles of tracks within the Adirondack Park.

A woman was among several pedestrians struck by a car on Westminster bridge, before it crashed into railings.

Plans to remove old tanker train cars from a rail line in the Adirondacks have been halted by Hudson River flooding.

NEWCOMB — Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve appealed to Governor Andrew Cuomo to take action on a proposal by a private rail company to store hundreds of discarded oil tank cars on railroad tracks in the High Peaks.

Defects uncovered by inspectors included damaged hazardous material placards, thin brake shoes, inoperative lights, loose bolts on oil tank car heat shields, and missing guard rail bolts.

10 - 6 (2013), introduced by Chairperson Betty Jean Grant (D - Buffalo) and Legislator Timothy R. Hogues (D - Buffalo), which urges the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority to discontinue the advertising of alcoholic beverages on the exterior or interior of light rail train cars and buses.

A recent report found that high - speed rail in the Midwest would reduce air travel by 1.3 million trips and car travel by 5.1 million trips per year by 2020, saving 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (equivalent to taking 34,000 cars off the road while still getting everyone to and from work).

The main route out of the Bakken is via rail tank cars, but concerns about the safety of rail transport abound, ignited by July's fatal tank car disaster in Lac - Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 and by a December crash in North Dakota that forced almost 2,400 people from their homes.

We will add the remark, however, that it is contemplated by the merchants of our Western states, to communicate their orders for goods, etc., by means of the telegraph, instead of abiding the slow and tedious progress of rail - road cars.

Furthermore, DOT is helping Americans use less gas by promoting transportation options, such as bus rapid transit, light rail, streetcars and bike shares, as well as raised fuel economy standards for their cars.

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

PHMSA continues to advance a rulemaking addressing the integrity of DOT Specification 111 tanker cars and the safe shipment by rail of flammable materials such as crude oil.

PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration have issued several safety advisories related to the safe transport of crude oil by rail, including the recent January 2 Safety Alert and is currently engaged in the ongoing rulemaking to improve the design of the DOT 111 tank car.

This makes the assumption that a 5v source is available to be switched by the 12v lights, which 5v rail in the rear of the car do you suggest to use?

in any case if by some alternative he wants to get the 5v from somhere else I'm sure he can trace a 12v rail from many components in the rear of the car and use a simple lighter connector adapter.

(7) the remanufacture by such entity of a rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, or the purchase or lease by such entity of such a rail car, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

(6) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and

-- To the extent that compliance with subsection (b)(2)(C) or (b)(7) would significantly alter the historic or antiquated character of a historical or antiquated rail passenger car, or a rail station served exclusively by such cars, or would result in violation of any rule, regulation, standard, or order issued by the Secretary of Transportation under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, such compliance shall not be required.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to remanufacture a rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- Except as otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to individuals who use wheelchairs, it shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease any new rail passenger cars for use in intercity rail transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, unless all such rail cars are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to purchase or lease a used rail passenger car for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation, unless such person makes demonstrated good faith efforts to purchase or lease a used rail car that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person who provides intercity rail transportation to fail to have at least one passenger car per train that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, in accordance with regulations issued under section 244, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person who provides commuter rail transportation to fail to have at least one passenger car per train that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, in accordance with regulations issued under section 244, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

-- For purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), a requirement that a rail passenger car used in commuter rail transportation be accessible to or readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, shall not be construed to require --

(iv) a failure to remove architectural barriers, and communication barriers that are structural in nature, in existing facilities, and transportation barriers in existing vehicles and rail passenger cars used by an establishment for transporting individuals (not including barriers that can only be removed through the retrofitting of vehicles or rail passenger cars by the installation of a hydraulic or other lift), where such removal is readily achievable; and

-- If final regulations have not been issued pursuant to section 244, a person shall be considered to have complied with the requirements of section 242 (a) through (d) that a rail passenger car be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, if the design for such car complies with the laws and regulations (including the Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible Design and such supplemental minimum guidelines as are issued under section 504 (a) of this Act) governing accessibility of such cars, to the extent that such laws and regulations are not inconsistent with this part and are in effect at the time such design is substantially completed.

We know that the high - speed line between Madrid and Seville is so successful that more people travel between here and there by rail than by both car and airplane combined.

Engine options include a 1.4 - litre 95bhp petrol engine, 1.3 - litre 95bhp common - rail diesel engine (used extensively by Vauxhall and Fiat in their car and van ranges) and a 1.6 - litre 105bhp common - rail diesel engine.

The rail cars are full of thousands of tons of iron ore on the way down to Narvik, and these trains generate large amounts of electricity by regenerative braking, with a maximum recuperative braking force of 750 kN.

Last year, about 12,000 of the cars were shipped by rail from Ohio though Jacksonville.