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  • Thumbnail for History of the Toronto Transit Commission
    The history of public transportation in Toronto in Canada dates back to the middle 19th century under many different private companies, organizations and...
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  • Thumbnail for ORP Grom (1936)
    ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunderbolt...
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  • Paul Gauguin Cruises is a cruise line that was owned by Beachcomber Croisieres Limited until 2019, when it was purchased by French company Compagnie du...
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  • Thumbnail for Oakamoor railway station
    Oakamoor railway station is a closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley...
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  • Thumbnail for Consall railway station
    Consall railway station is a former passenger railway station of the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and is now a preserved station on the Churnet Valley...
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  • Thumbnail for SS Raifuku Maru
    The SS Raifuku Maru (来福丸 (Kyūjitai: 來福丸), Raifuku Maru) was a Japanese Dai-ichi Taifuku Maru-class cargo ship, which was built in 1918 at Kawasaki Dockyard...
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  • The U11 line is a planned line of the Berlin U-Bahn. It was featured in the Berlin city transport development plan (StEP) in 1995 and the zoning of 2004...
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  • Thumbnail for Aérospatiale Ludion
    The Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale SA-610 Ludion (Ludion - Cadet) was a tiny, unorthodox VTOL aircraft demonstrated at the 1967 Paris Air Show. It consisted...
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  • Thumbnail for MS Viking I
    The MS Viking I was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) car and passenger ferry and was last owned by Ionian Sky Ferry before being scrapped in 2008. She was originally...
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  • Thumbnail for Amur Railway
    The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) broad gauge Amur Railway (Russian: Амурская железная дорога, or Amurskaya zheleznaya doroga) is the last section of the...
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  • John R. 'Dick' Samsen (November 29, 1927 – November 6, 2020) was an aero engineer turned product designer; Ford designer 1952–1955, co-designer of 1955...
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  • Thumbnail for Latvian patrol boat Linga (P-03)
    Linga (hull number P-03) was a Storm class patrol boat of the Latvian Naval Forces. It was built in Bergen, Norway, in 1967–1968 and originally served...
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  • Sir Calthrop Guy Spencer Calthrop, 1st Baronet (26 March 1870 – 23 February 1919) was a British railway manager. Born in Uppingham, Rutland, his brother...
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  • Thumbnail for Jarvis of Wimbledon
    Jarvis & Sons Limited were South London-based motor dealers for Morris and MG, and latterly coachworks providing special bodies for various car chassis...
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  • Thumbnail for Fly by Wire (book)
    Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson is a book written in 2009 by William Langewiesche about US Airways Flight 1549 with emphasis...
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