10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER RAIL»
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water rail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
water rail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
(B-15415) TRANSPORTATION— WATER, RAIL, OR MOTOR FREIGHT-
COMPARATIVE COSTS Although, under section 321 (a), part II, title III. of the
Transportation Act of 1040, advertising for bids for transportation services is not
required ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1941
2
Intercity Passenger and Freight
Rail: Better Data and ...
... Rail intermodal Truck Rail intermodal 0-250miles 250-500 miles 500-1,000
miles More than 1,000 miles Truck Water Rail Truck Water Rail Water Rail Water
Rail Source: GAO analysis of DOT information. The extent to which mode-shifting
is ...
3
Glen Jean, Lower Loop and Deep
Water Rail Road Company
Includes stockholders and Board of Directors meeting minutes.
Glen Jean, Lower Loop and Deep Water Rail Road Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc, Chessie System, inc, 1895
4
Class II, Birds, Div. II,
Water
J. HE Water Rail has a long slender body with short concave wings. It delights
less in flying than running, which it does very swiftly along the edges of brooks
covered with hushes : as it runs, every now and then it flirts up it» tail ; and in
flying' ...
ID Like Eastern Water Rail but crown and nape dark chestnut; blackish-olive
upperparts including tail and wings covered with fine grey bars; face, neck and
breast grey, throat white; blackish-grey belly, flanks and undertail coarsely barred
...
6
Ornithologia, or The birds, a poem, in 2 pt., with an intr. ...
While the wild running Water Rail (i8) just from the fen, Was seen 'midst the
sedgy green pools of the glen. (Ib) Order, Gralla, (Linn.) Rail, Water-Rail, Land-
Rail, Spotted-Gallinule, &c. The genus Rallus, (Linn.) or Rail, consists of about
thirty ...
James Jennings (of Huntspill.), 1828
7
The Economics of Transport: A Theoretical and Applied ...
If then the price of rail was to increase by 10 per cent and as a result the same
shippers moved their cargo back to water, the cross price value water-rail would
be far higher at +0.256, which is almost double because rail has double the
market.
8
Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
The flesh of the water-rail is not so delicate as that of the land-rail, and has even
a marshy taste, nearly like that of the gallinule. It continues the whole year in
England." 2. The porzana, or gallinule, is not very frequent in Great Britain, and is
...
Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, 1797
9
A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
The flesh of the water-rail is not.so delicate as that of the landrail, and has even a
almrshy taste, nearly like that of the gallinule. It continues the whole year in
England.” 9.. The porzana, or gallinule, is not very frequent in Great Britain, and is
...
10
A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: ...
The flesh of the water-rail is not so delicate as that of the laud- rail, and has even
a marshy taste, nearly like that of the gallinule. It continues the whole year in
England." 2. The pu-zana, or gallinule, is not very frequent in Great itain, and is
said ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER RAIL»
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water rail is used in the context of the following news items.
Missing Water Rail skipper was 'ill-prepared'
Missing Water Rail skipper was 'ill-prepared'. 29 January 2015. From the section NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland. Media caption David Irvine and Jim Reid had ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
Birdwatch: Water rail
But this is no porcine cry for help, but the call of a water rail, hidden deep ... Then, just below us, there was a sudden movement: the water rail was there again. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Missing fishermen reunited with their families after being found …
With relatives at home fearing the worst, James Reid, 75, and his grandson David Irvine, 35, were spotted in their 16ft inshore creel boat, Water Rail, at around ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
