Word: railroad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rich as the ones in Labrador; thus, the further expansion of the New England steel industry will have to wait until a transportation system is established through the Canadian hinterland. Though a truck road now cuts across Labrador, it will be a few years before a railroad is built. One plan sees the beginning of work on a 360-mile rail line by next summer. The actual mining operations in Labrador are being financed by Republic Steel, Inc., and six Canadian companies...
Connecticut Company, which runs the only public transportation other than taxis in New Haven, plans to begin continuous railroad station to Bowl service at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at 25 cents a passenger...
...authorized a fare increase of over 12 per cent for the New Haven Railroad yesterday, but students planning to take a train to the Yale game will not be affected. The New Haven road will not put the fare rise into effect until late next week...
...Haven Railroad has added something new this year to Yale game ticket-selling by buying a batch of tickets in the Yale section. The railroad will try to sell the tickets to its patrons, who will be able to buy admission and transportation to the game all at once...
...when he told 800 early risers: "I hope you don't catch cold. But I suppose you Illinois folks are used to this weather." As the train rolled along the upper Mississippi, he climbed up into the vista-dome car provided by the Burlington Railroad, gazed out at the great river that licked at the roadbed. He cracked that the Mississippi didn't really get big until it was joined by the Missouri...