Rail transport

First, IT is a "transport mechanism" that carries digital information much the same way that railroads carry goods and power grids transport electricity. And just like these commodities, IT is "far more valuable when shared than when used in isolation." Secondly, IT is highly replicable. With the economic efficiency of off-the-shelf

As the 19th century continued, America expanded away from the east coast, across the Mississippi westward. After many western states joined the Union, hundreds of thousands of pioneers migrated to the new territories, which shifted the majority of the country’s population to the West. With so much uninhabited and unorganized land available, the desire for more land brought aspiring pioneers to the frontier. As enticing as the idea was, something else was persuading many people to migrate westward

by­  the­mile” arrangements?      There are several advantages and very few disadvantages to power­by­the­mile arrangements;  the largest advantage being improved service to customers. The improved financial status of the  railroad has allowed the rail industry to provide a more tailored service to its customers. It has also  allowed for better equipment and more ease when negotiating contract rates for volume movements.   Also, with this arrangement, CBN would likely be using more up to date equipment

provided a new way to distribute products and goods across the United States. a. The Railroad was the prime mover in western growth and development. i. It was the most important mode of transportation because it promoted a new way to transport people and resources in a faster and safer way. Also, the transcontinental railroad impacted the connection between the people, the railroad allowed people to come from cost to cost together. b. The Railroad accelerated business growth through

The westward expansion can be marked by a tremendous expansion of industry and agriculture as well as the spread of settlements across the continent. The population of the United states was said that it doubled during this period. Most of the growth was concentrated in the plain states across the continent as well as the Northeast and Midwest. The Northeast became the front runner in the industrial aspect of the land while the south remained mostly agricultural. The west had much to offer and

in England in 1803, and very soon American industrialists ensured that the mode of transportation was built in the United Sates. “On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first United States railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight” (Americaslibrary.gov). The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, “America’s pioneering railroad” (book) was only 13 miles long and opened in 1830 causing a lot of exhilaration in American inhabitants. The Leiper Railroad was a three

All the financing, sourcing, bidding management and construction of the project are decided by MOR internally7. Eventually, the power centralized into three people – former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun, former railway ministry chief engineer Zhang Shuguang and former China Railway & Communication Group Corp. Chairman Ma Cheng. Liu Zhijun, who had the main leadership responsibility for the accident and acted as the executive sponsor, was sacked and detained in Feb, 2011, before it happened, being

In Hurtado’s Intimate Frontiers, the author argues that, by the late 1800s, an Anglo-American presence in California had dominated the region, and Anglos in that territory had risen to the top of the social hierarchy. There were many draws to California for the migrating Anglos, and numerous reasons for braving the often dangerous journey, just as the means of establishing an “Anglo hegemony” were numerous as well. Hurtado analyzes the period through the lens of gender-relations and sex, and through

On November 8, 1889, Montana became the 41st American state. Joseph K. Toole was the first governor, while Helena was the capital city. Railroads changed the Montana Territory. The first transcontinental railroad, connected Chicago, Illinois, with Sacramento, California, was finished in 1869, but the track was far south from the Montana Territory. The settlers needed a railroad passing through it to bring more people. Violent crime in this territory started up vigilantes. Their purpose was to

an Image: Abandoned Railroad Terminal The goal of this assignment is to analyze an image. The image that I chose was one of an abandon railroad terminal. Being a novice at analyzing images, I chose an image that was very familiar to me. The abandon rail yard image brought back a tumultuous outpouring of memories of my past life with the railroad. I was a freight conductor/brakeman, for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroad for thirty-one years (1976-2007). I can say with all certainly what