| General Electric General_Electric
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| London, Ontario London is a city in Southern (Southwestern) Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the 2006 Canadian census. Middlesex County, at the forks of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately halfway between Toronto, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. London,_Ontario
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| Light rail For specific light rail systems, many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name, see List of tram and light-rail transit systems.Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a Light_rail
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| Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo () is the largest city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 77,145. It is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 323,264 as of 2007.Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a nationally recognized research institution that has benefited from the local presence of Pfizer, Eaton Corporation and Stryker Corporation. Kalamazoo,_Michigan
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| Boiler A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications. Boiler
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| Railway air brake air brake is a conveyance braking system applied by releasing of the brakes held open by compressed air. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on March 5, 1872. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention. In various forms, it has been nearly universally adopted. Railway_air_brake
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| Hawker Siddeley Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production. Hawker Siddeley combined the legacies of several British aircraft manufacturers, emerging through a series of mergers and acquisitions as one of only two such major British companies in the 1960s. Hawker_Siddeley
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| Calgary Transit Calgary Transit is the public transit service which is owned and operated by the city of Calgary, Alberta. In 2006, an estimated 129.7 million passengers boarded approximately 960 Calgary Transit vehicles (Service Population Calgary_Transit
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| Interlocking railway signaling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signaling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively referred to as an interlocking plant. An interlocking is designed so that it is impossible to give clear signals to trains unless the route to be used is proved to be safe. Interlocking
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| Railway brake Brakes are used on the vehicles of railway trains to slow them, or to keep them standing when parked. While the principle is familiar from road vehicle usage, operational features are more complex because of the need to control trains, i.e. multiple vehicles running together, and to be effective on vehicles left without a prime mover. Railway_brake
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| Canadian Car and Foundry Rhodes Curry Company of Amherst, NS - founded 1891 Canada Car Company of Turcot, QC - founded 1905 Dominion Car and Foundry of Montreal, QC In 1911 the CC&F Board of Directors recognized that the company could improve its efficiency if they were able to produce their own steel castings, a component that was becoming common to all their products. Canadian_Car_and_Foundry
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| Preston Car Company Preston Car Company was a builder of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge). Preston sold streetcars to local transport operators including the Grand River Railway, the Toronto Railway Company and Toronto Civic Railways (the predecessors of today’s Toronto Transit Commission), and the Hamilton Street Railway. Preston_Car_Company
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| Westinghouse Air Brake Company The air brake was invented by George Westinghouse of New York State in 1869. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he established the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO). WABCO's direct successor companies include WABCO Vehicle Control Systems, a commercial vehicle air brake manufacturer, and Wabtec, a railway equipment manufacturer, which have been owned and operated independently of each other since the mid-twentieth century. Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company
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| SaskPower SaskPower is the principal supplier of electricity in Saskatchewan, Canada.A Crown corporation owned by the Government of Saskatchewan, SaskPower has the exclusive right and the exclusive obligation to supply electricity in the province, except in the city of Swift Current and most of the city of Saskatoon. Saskatoon Light & Power provides service to the majority of customers in Saskatoon. SaskPower
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| CPR Angus Shops CPR Angus Shops in Montreal was a railcar manufacturing, repairing and selling facility of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The most of its production consisted of passenger cars, freight cars and locomotives. Built in 1904, it was decommissioned in 1992 and slated for redevelopment for commercial, industrial and housing.During World War II, Angus Shops produced tanks for the war effort. The first was completed on May 22 1941. CPR_Angus_Shops
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| Saskatchewan Railway Museum The Saskatchewan Railway Museum is a railway museum located west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the intersection of the Pike Lake Highway (Hwy 60) and the Canadian National Railway tracks. It is operated by the Saskatchewan Railroad Historical Association (SRHA) and was opened 1990. Saskatchewan_Railway_Museum
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| 1950 Red River Flood 1950_Red_River_Flood
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| New York Air Brake New York Air Brake Corporation, located in Watertown, New York, has served railroad customers for over 100 years, supplying innovative air brake and train control systems to the AAR influenced railroad industry worldwide. New_York_Air_Brake
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| History of Saskatoon The history of Saskatoon began with the first permanent settlement of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1883 when Toronto Methodists, wanting to escape the liquor trade in that city, decided to set up a "dry" community in the rapidly-growing prairie region. History_of_Saskatoon
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| List of railway vehicles vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up-keep of a railway. List_of_railway_vehicles
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