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Rachel Miner Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA) is a Broadway, film and television actress. A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director/teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller.
Rachel Myrtil Rachel Myrtil earned national notoriety in October, 1999, when she was involved in a department store discount scam involving Florida State University football players Laveranues Coles and Peter Warrick. Myrtil was charged with letting Warrick and Coles buy $412.
Rachel Nabors Rachel Nabors is an American cartoonist, artist, and graphic novelist, best known for her serialized comic, "Rachel the Great", as well as her two graphic novels, 18 Revolutions and Crow Princess. She currently lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Rachel Notley Rachel Notley is a well-known labour and political activist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Notley's legal career has focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues.
Rachel Oakes Preston Rachel (Harris) Oakes Preston (2 March 1809-1 February 1868) was a Seventh Day Baptist who persuaded a group of Adventist Millerites to accept Saturday, instead of Sunday, as the Sabbath. This Sabbatarian group organized as Seventh-day Adventists in 1863.
Rachel Parish Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a shooting gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Already holding a degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from Nottingham University from 2002, Rachel is now in her final year of a Medicine Degree at Southampton University.
Rachel Perry Rachel Perry (born January 20, 1976 in Brockville, Ontario) is a Canadian TV personality currently working in the United States. The former MuchMusic VJ is the host of All Access on VH1, and is the narrator for Web Junk 20.
Rachel Plummer Rachel Plummer was a member of the Parker clan that settled on the frontier of the "Comancheria" in Texas in the 1830s. She was captured at Parker's Fort1 by a Native American raiding party, mostly Comanche, on May 19, 1836 at the age of seventeen during what has come to be called the "Fort Parker massacre" near present-day Groesbeck, Texas.
Rachel Pollack Rachel Pollack (born 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom is considered one of the best texts on the Tarot, and she has created her own Tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot," which was later updated and renamed "Shining Tribe Tarot.
Rachel Portman Rachel Portman (born December 11th, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award (for Emma in 1996), and went on to be nominated for the critically acclaimed The Cider House Rules in 1999 and Chocolat in 2000.
Rachel Robinson Rachel Robinson, born Rachel Annetta Isum (born 1922), was the wife of the famous African-American baseball player, Jackie Robinson, and founder of the non-profit Jackie Robinson Foundation. Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended UCLA.
Rachel Ryan Rachel Ryan (born Serena Robinson on August 22 1961 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American porn actress who appeared in over 100 adult videos between 1985 and 1992. She had many pseudonyms, including Penny Morgan and Penny Moore.
Rachel Sherman (sociologist) Rachel Sherman is an assistant professor of sociology at Yale University, and a well-known labor scholar whose work focuses on the revitalization of labor unions. She also is an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Cultural Sociology and the Center for Customer Insights, both at Yale.
Rachel Simon Rachel Simon (born 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1981, and published her first book, a collection of short stories, in 1990.
Rachel Simons Rachel (Ray) Simons (1914 - 12 September 2004) is a legendary South African communist and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter. She was born in Latvia as Rachel Alexander and immigrated to Cape Town in 1929.
Rachel Squire Rachel Anne Squire (July 13, 1954 – January 5, 2006) was a British politician. She was Labour Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West and then Dunfermline and West Fife in Scotland from 1992 until her death after a long series of illnesses.
Rachel Stevens Rachel Lauren Stevens (born April 9, 1978) is an English singer and an occasional actress and model. Formerly with the successful pop group S Club 7, she launched a solo recording career and has released seven singles and two albums to date in the U.
Rachel Summers Rachel Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who has been a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
Rachel Ter Horst Rachel Ter Horst (born March 20 1973 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a buxom, Dutch adult magazine model who began modelling when she was nineteen, when she posed as a Page 3 girl (or "Starbird") for Britain's The Daily Star. Once she started, however, her career in men's magazines skyrocketed, culminating in her being voted sexiest model of the century in Dutch Playboy magazine.
Rachel Trickett Rachel Trickett (December 20, 1923 – June 24, 1999) was an English novelist, non‑fiction writer, literary scholar, and a prominent British academic; she served as Principal of St Hugh’s College, Oxford for nearly twenty years, between 1973 and 1991.
Rachel Victoria Rachel Victoria is a young American actress, with notable appearances in Millennium in the episode Antipas as Divina, biological daughter of the evil Lucy Butler, as Sonia in the second revival of The Twilight Zone in the episode Burned as Sonia, and in the mini-series adaptation of Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor as 21-21.
Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in Australia.
Rachel Weil Rachel Judith Weil (1959- ) is a teacher and scholar, specializing in gender and culture in 17th and 18th century England. She is currently an associate professor of early modern English political and cultural history at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Rachel Whiteread Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts, and first woman to win the Turner Prize. She is one of the so-called Young British Artists, and exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997.
Rachel York Rachel York (born Rachel Lemanski on August 7, 1971 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in City of Angels, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables, Victor/Victoria, Kiss Me, Kate, Sly Fox, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Rachel Zadok Rachel Zadok is a writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is a graduate of the Certificate in Novel Writing course, run by the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at City University, London.
Rachel Zoe Rachel Zoe (born September 1, 1971The LA Times Stylist Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie have parted company, and what's followed is anything but chic; surname pronounced "Zo"The Sunday Times (2006) Fashion's No 1 stylist, or just a great big zero?. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
Rachel's Rachel's is an American post-rock group formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991 by guitarist Jason Noble. While Rachel's began as primarily a solo project for Noble he quickly began collaborating with now core members violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes.
Rachel's Tomb Rachel's Tomb is a holy site of high significance to Judaism and is located in Northern Judea (Southern West Bank) just outside of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo at the northern entrance to Bethlehem along what was once the Biblical Bethlehem-Ephrath road. The town of Bethlehem had expanded north in recent years to enclose the surrounding area.
Rachel, Nevada Rachel is an unincorporated portion of Lincoln County, Nevada. As the closest habitation to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity, particularly among aviation enthusiasts and UFO hunters.
Rachel, Rachel Rachel, Rachel is a 1968 film which tells the story of a repressed school teacher, living with her mother, who suddenly gets a man in her life. It stars Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons, Donald Moffat, Terry Kiser, Bernard Barrow and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Rachelle Ann Go Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer. She rose to prominence after winning the second season of the reality show Star For A Night renamed as Search For A Star, hosted by recording artist Regine Velasquez.
Rachelle Ferrell Rachelle Ferrell (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is most noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer.
Rachelle Lefevre Rachelle Lefevre played the part of Lily Ashton on the short-lived television show, Life on a Stick. She also played the part of Stacey Hanson in Big Wolf on Campus, and Olivia Callaway on the Charmed episode entitled "Love's a Witch", and Annie Isles on the fifth season of Undressed.
Rachelle Waterman Rachelle Ann Monica Waterman, aka smchyrocky, (born August 26, 1988) is a teenage girl from Craig, Alaska who was charged with the first degree murder of her mother - though her trial resulted in a hung jury 10-2 in favour of acquittal, and a mistrial was subsequently declared. The case received a wide following on the Internet, partly because Waterman kept a public record of her thoughts and activities on LiveJournal.
Rachid El Basir Rachid El Basir (born October 4, 1968) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres. This achievement came as a great surprise as a El Basir had not qualified for the final at the World Championships the previous year and was generally considered as an outsider.
Rachid Sfar Rachid Sfar, the former Prime Minister of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, was born on September 11, 1933 at Mahdia, the ancient Fatimite capital of Tunisia. He is the son of the Destourian leader Tahar Sfar, an associate of Bouguiba and co-founder of the Neo-Destourian Tunisian Nationalist Party in 1934.
Rachid Taha Live Rachid Taha Live is a live album from French-Algerian raĂŻ artist Rachid Taha, released in 2001 by Barclay. It was produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, and recorded during a concert at L'Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, March 11, 2001.
Rachilde Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, a French author who was born February 11, 1860 in PĂ©rigueux, PĂ©rigord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire and died in April 4, 1953.
Rachis The rachis (pronounced /ËÉąeÉŞkÉŞs/) is the main axis of the inflorescence, or spike, of wheat and other cereals, to which the spikelets are attached. It is also the part of the petiole that the pinnae are attached to in ferns, or the main stem of a compound leaf.
Rachnavi Rachnavi (also called Jhangochi and Jangli) is the oldest and purest dialect of the Punjabi language. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal at both ends of Ravi and Chenab to Gujranwala district.
Rai (comics) Rai (pronounced "Rye") is a fictional superhero from the Valiant Comics universe. Rai was the first original hero created by Valiant and had its beginning as a flipbook back-up feature in Magnus Robot Fighter issues #5-8.
Rai (ethnic group) The Rai, also known as the Khambu, are one of Nepal’s most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups. The Rai belong to the Kiranti group or Kirat confederation that includes the Limbu and Sunuwar ethnic groups.
Rai Foundation The Rai Foundation is an educational initiative started in the late 1990s by one of India's prominent industrialists, Mr Vinay Rai. The Foundation endeavours to improve the quality of education, both at the school and college levels in India.
Rai University Rai University is a university in India, offering over 300 courses on 25 campuses in India and elsewhere. The university has been praised in an article in The Economist, but has also received criticism over its accreditation.
Rai Uno Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Programma Nazionale and then called Rete 1 until 1982.
Raiatea Somewhat smaller than Tahiti, Raiatea is the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The proper spelling of the name, rarely used though, in the Tahitian language is Ra’iatea, meaning: bright sky.
Raices Raices (or Roots) (1979) is an album by Uruguyian singer/songwriter Jose Barroso. Unlike his follow up album Songs of the Latin American People (1986) (which sees Barroso at his most dynamic and experimental), Raices is, by stark contrast, a very quiet album.
Raid (band) Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge metalcore band that formed from the ashes of the Christian metalcore band One way. Along with Vegan Reich, Raid pioneered the Vegan straight edge movement and the Hardline lifestyle and ideology, alongside the English band Statement.
Raid (military) A raid is a military tactic whereby a sudden attack is effected by a small group behind enemy lines. A raiding group may comprise of personnel specially trained in this tactic (such as commandos or guerilla fighters), regular soldiers, or any organised group of combatants.
Raid at Cabanatuan The Great Raid on Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas resulted in the liberation of more than 500 prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan and was a celebrated historic achievement involving Allied special forces during World War II.
Raid Gauloises The Raid Gauloises or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern adventure race and was first held in 1989. Its creator, Gerald Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races, and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five person co-ed team.
Raid of Ruthven On August 22, 1582, the Raid of Ruthven conspiracy composed of several Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, abducted King James VI of Scotland. He was treacherously seized while staying at the castle of Ruthven (today known as Huntingtower Castle in Perthshire), and kept under restraint for almost a year.
Raid on Drvar The Raid on Drvar (code-named Operation Rösselsprung -"Knight's Leap", by the Germans) was a World War II operation by the Germans in April and May 1944, whose goal was to capture Josip Broz Tito alive and disrupt the leadership of the communist Partisan movement in Yugoslavia.
Raid on Elizabethtown Raid on Elizabethtown occurred on February 7, 1813, when Benjamin Forsyth and 200 men crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River to occupy the Courthouse Square in Elizabethtown, New York, seize military and public stores, free American prisoners, then capture 52 British prisoners.
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, which took place on December 16, 1914, was an attack by the German Navy on the British seaport towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, and Whitby. The attack resulted in 137 fatalities and 592 casualties, many of which were civilians.
Raid on the Medway The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of Medway or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on the largest English naval ships, laid up in the dockyards of their main naval base Chatham, that took place in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch, under nominal command of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, bombarded and captured Sheerness, went up the River Thames to Gravesend, then up the River Medway to Chatham, where they burnt three capital ships and ten lesser naval vessels and towed away the Unity and the Royal Charles, pride and normal flagship of the English fleet.
RaidĂ´ RaidĂ´ "ride, journey" is the suggested Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark . The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Norwegian RæiĂ° Icelandic ReiĂ°, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet đŤ‚ r, called raida.
Raiden Fighters Raiden Fighters is a 1996 scrolling shooter arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu, and is the first game in the Raiden Fighters series. During its development, it was originally known as Gun Dogs, but Seibu Kaihatsu changed the name of the game to Raiden Fighters when they found out that people paid more attention to it during market tests just by the simple fact that the game had the word "Raiden" in its name.
Raiden Fighters 2 Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive is the second game in the Raiden Fighters series, and the fifth one in the Raiden scrolling shooter game series. There is a larger selection of aircraft to choose from, and the game keeps the same hectic pace as its predecessors.
Raiden Fighters Jet Raiden Fighters Jet is the third and last game in the Raiden Fighters series, and the sixth installment in the Raiden scrolling shooter game series. There is a larger selection of aircraft to choose from, and the game keeps the same hectic pace as its predecessors.
Raiden III is a revival of the classic Raiden series of scrolling shooter games. It was developed by the Japanese company Moss with some assistance and license by Seibu Kaihatsu which produced Raiden and Raiden II, and published by Taito in 2005.
Raiden IV Raiden IV is an arcade game that follows up from the events of its precursor, Raiden III. It was developed by the Japanese company Moss Ltd, under the license of Seibu Kaihatsu, and currently in co-operation with Taito.
Raider Nation Raider Nation refers to the nationwide, perhaps global, die hard fans of the Oakland Raiders football team of the National Football League. The Raider Nation is also known for its "black hole", a specific section of the McAfee Coliseum (Sections 104, 105, 106, and 107) frequented by the rowdiest and most fervent fans.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari 2600) Raiders of the Lost Ark was a video game created for the Atari 2600 and based on the movie of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw, who was also responsible for the Atari 2600 version of E.
Raiders of the Lost Car Park Raiders of the Lost Car Park is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. It is the second book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths and prequel to The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived.
Raidi Raidi (; Tibetan: རག་སྡི་; also written Ragdi; born August, 1938) is a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the People's Republic of China, and the most high ranking ethnic Tibetan in China.
Raifuku Maru Raifuku Maru, a Japanese freighter ship that allegedly "vanished" during a voyage from Boston to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of wheat and a crew of thirty-eight, in April 1925 (some reports erroneously say 1921 or 1924). This case is usually cited as a part of the Bermuda Triangle mystery, but in reality there has been proven to be a much more mundane explanation.
Raiguer Raiguer is a district located in the north-central part of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain. It runs parallel to the Sierra de Tramuntana district from the town of MarratxĂ to the town of Sa Pobla (La Puebla).
Raihan Raihan (Fragrance of Heaven in Arabic) is a Malaysian Nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album Puji-Pujian in October of 1996. This group comprised of Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Azhari Ahmad as the leader.
Raichō Raichō (雷鳥) is a limited express train that runs between Osaka and Kanazawa, Japan, using portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line, Kosei Line, and Hokuriku Main Line. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Raichu is one of the 495 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar“Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold" PR Newswire Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Raichu in the games, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle only as "tamed" Pokémon that are owned by Pokémon trainers. It is the evolved form of Pikachu, (probably) the most well known of all Pokémon.
Raichur Raichur, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, is the capital of the Raichur district, an administrative district in the state of Karnataka (formerly Mysore) in India. It is located 409 km from the state capital, Bangalore.
Raichur Doab The Raichur Doab is a Doab, in this case the triangular region of land in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka lying between the Krishna River and its tributary, the Tungabhadra River. The doab is named for the town of Raichur in the Raichur District.
Raijintai The Raijintai (雷神隊) was a Japanese guerilla warfare unit of the Kuwana domain, formed in 1868 during the Boshin War, for the purposes of fighting on behalf of the Northern Alliance of Confederated Domains. Led by Tatsumi Naofumi, the unit excelled in combat, particularly becoming renowned for taking the head of Kiheitai officer Tokiyama Naohachi in the fighting at Asahiyama.
Raijū Raijū (雷獣,"thunder animal" or "thunder beast") is a demon from Japanese mythology. Its body is composed of either lightning or fire and may be in the shape of a cat, tanuki, monkey, or weasel.
Rail adhesion The term adhesion railway or adhesion traction describes the most common type of railway, where power is applied by driving some or all of the wheels of the train and thus it relies on the friction between a steel wheel and a steel rail.
Rail Alphabet Rail Alphabet is a font designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for British Railways. First used, by them in signing tests at London's Liverpool Street Station, it was then adopted by the Design Research Unit (DRU) as part of their 1965 rebranding of the company.
Rail Band The Rail Band is one of the most popular musical groups in the history of Malian music; the band was later known as Super Rail Band, Bamako Rail Band or, most comprehensively and formally, Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako. It was founded in 1970, sponsored by the Ministry of Information and the railway administration; the Malian government had, since the 60s, been sponsoring cultural events and groups to promote national traditions, and the Rail Band was among those programs..
Rail car mover A rail car mover is a vehicle capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks, and fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard. They are extensively used by railroad customers because they are cheaper than owning a switcher locomotive, more convenient and cheaper than paying the railroad operator to do the switching, easier and more productive than manual moving of cars, and in addition they are more versatile since they can travel on road wheels to the cars they need to move, instead of needing clear track.
Rail circuits Rail circuitry is a system in which, information is transmitted using the electric conductivity of track rails. Rail circuits consist of rail line, power source (works as transmitter), and track relay (works as receiver)
Rail Cam The rail cam made a public debut in the NHL on November 20, 2006 in the Colorado Avalanche/Dallas Stars hockey game. The Versus cable television network used the camera as much as they could during the game to test it out for a live use on a nationally broadcast program.
Rail Coach Factory Established in 1986, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) was the second coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured around 16,000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including self propelled passenger vehicles.
Rail gauge Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a gauge of , which is known as the standard or international gauge.
Rail inspection Rail inspection is the practice of examining rail tracks for flaws that could lead to catastrophic failures. According to the United States Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis (track defects are the second leading cause of accidents on railways in the United States.
Rail Integration System Rail Integration Systems (RIS, sometimes also referred to as Rail Adapter Systems) are the primary method of attaching accessories to small firearms such as assault rifles (such as the American Colt M16 rifle and semi-automatic AR-15 civilian version which were originally designed by Colt), and light machine guns. This is done primarily in militaries and by fire-arm enthusiasts to improve the usability of the weapon being accessorized quickly and efficiently without requiring the weapon operator to field-strip the weapon.
Rail Passenger Service Act The Rail Passenger Service Act (PL 91-518) of 1970, a United States federal law, created Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States. This organization took over passenger rail service from the private railroads, which afterwards provided only freight service, and placed it in a government corporation.
Rail roko Rail roko is a term used in India for protests that block train stations and in particular, where protestors straddle train tracks and thereby prevent trains from entering or leaving stations, to delay and disrupt schedules.
Rail shooter Rail shooters or on-rails shooters are a sub-genre of action games. In a rail shooter the player control is limited to directing where to fire a virtual gun; the player does not have direct control over the path their avatar takes from the start to the end, though they may be able to affect the path followed depending on what they shoot.
Rail siding A siding, in general rail terminology, refers to a section of track distinct from a through route such as a main line or branch line or spur. It may connect to through trackage or to other sidings at one or both ends.
Rail spike In rail terminology, a spike is a large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails or fishplates (or baseplates) to ties in the track. Spikes are driven into wooden ties either by hammering them with a spike hammer by hand, or in an automated fashion with a spiker.
Rail stressing Stressing is a technique developed in the 1960's to avert rail track problems that can occur when installing Continuous Welded Rail (CWR). When installing new rail the rail must be returned to its former temperature or length.
Rail Settlement Plan The Rail Settlement Plan or RSP is, in the ticketing system of the British railway network, the process that enables the revenue received from the purchase of generic, non-company specific train tickets to be split amongst the retailing station and the train operating companies (TOCs) that run trains along the route or parts of the route where the ticket is valid for travel.
Rail Simulator Rail Simulator (Kuju Rail Simulator, or KRS for short) is a train simulator currently in production for the PC, scheduled for release in Q1 2007. It is being made by UK based Kuju Entertainment, the company which developed Microsoft Train Simulator for Microsoft.
Rail traffic controller Rail traffic controller (RTC) is a person or group who are responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the railway within an assigned operating territory. RTCs are also responsible for ensuring train delays are minimized in their operating territory through the application of effective planning, scheduling, and queuing techniques.
Rail trail Rail trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiuse trails offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access and right-of-way to the routes.
Rail transport Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. A typical railway/railroad track consists of two parallel steel (or in older networks, iron) rails, generally anchored perpendicular to beams, termed sleepers or ties, of timber, concrete, or steel to maintain a consistent distance apart, or gauge.
Rail transport in Canada Canada has a large and well developed railway system that today primarily transports freight. There are two major privately owned transcontinental freight railway systems, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Rail transport in Costa Rica Railroads in Costa Rica are owned by Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles). In 2006, Incofer operates suburban commuter trains from San José to San Pedro, Universidad Latina (4 km East) and to Pavas (6 km West), plus freight trains San José - Caldera (Pacific port, 91 km).
Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of more than 2,000 km of railway lines, of which the most significant main lines in Southern Denmark and the S-train network are electrified. Most traffic is passenger trains, although there is considerable transit goods traffic between Sweden and Germany.
Rachel Myrtil Rachel Myrtil earned national notoriety in October, 1999, when she was involved in a department store discount scam involving Florida State University football players Laveranues Coles and Peter Warrick. Myrtil was charged with letting Warrick and Coles buy $412.
Rachel Nabors Rachel Nabors is an American cartoonist, artist, and graphic novelist, best known for her serialized comic, "Rachel the Great", as well as her two graphic novels, 18 Revolutions and Crow Princess. She currently lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Rachel Notley Rachel Notley is a well-known labour and political activist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Notley's legal career has focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues.
Rachel Oakes Preston Rachel (Harris) Oakes Preston (2 March 1809-1 February 1868) was a Seventh Day Baptist who persuaded a group of Adventist Millerites to accept Saturday, instead of Sunday, as the Sabbath. This Sabbatarian group organized as Seventh-day Adventists in 1863.
Rachel Parish Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a shooting gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Already holding a degree in Biochemistry and Genetics from Nottingham University from 2002, Rachel is now in her final year of a Medicine Degree at Southampton University.
Rachel Perry Rachel Perry (born January 20, 1976 in Brockville, Ontario) is a Canadian TV personality currently working in the United States. The former MuchMusic VJ is the host of All Access on VH1, and is the narrator for Web Junk 20.
Rachel Plummer Rachel Plummer was a member of the Parker clan that settled on the frontier of the "Comancheria" in Texas in the 1830s. She was captured at Parker's Fort1 by a Native American raiding party, mostly Comanche, on May 19, 1836 at the age of seventeen during what has come to be called the "Fort Parker massacre" near present-day Groesbeck, Texas.
Rachel Pollack Rachel Pollack (born 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and Tarot expert. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom is considered one of the best texts on the Tarot, and she has created her own Tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot," which was later updated and renamed "Shining Tribe Tarot.
Rachel Portman Rachel Portman (born December 11th, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award (for Emma in 1996), and went on to be nominated for the critically acclaimed The Cider House Rules in 1999 and Chocolat in 2000.
Rachel Robinson Rachel Robinson, born Rachel Annetta Isum (born 1922), was the wife of the famous African-American baseball player, Jackie Robinson, and founder of the non-profit Jackie Robinson Foundation. Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended UCLA.
Rachel Ryan Rachel Ryan (born Serena Robinson on August 22 1961 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American porn actress who appeared in over 100 adult videos between 1985 and 1992. She had many pseudonyms, including Penny Morgan and Penny Moore.
Rachel Sherman (sociologist) Rachel Sherman is an assistant professor of sociology at Yale University, and a well-known labor scholar whose work focuses on the revitalization of labor unions. She also is an affiliate faculty member at the Center for Cultural Sociology and the Center for Customer Insights, both at Yale.
Rachel Simon Rachel Simon (born 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1981, and published her first book, a collection of short stories, in 1990.
Rachel Simons Rachel (Ray) Simons (1914 - 12 September 2004) is a legendary South African communist and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter. She was born in Latvia as Rachel Alexander and immigrated to Cape Town in 1929.
Rachel Squire Rachel Anne Squire (July 13, 1954 – January 5, 2006) was a British politician. She was Labour Member of Parliament for Dunfermline West and then Dunfermline and West Fife in Scotland from 1992 until her death after a long series of illnesses.
Rachel Stevens Rachel Lauren Stevens (born April 9, 1978) is an English singer and an occasional actress and model. Formerly with the successful pop group S Club 7, she launched a solo recording career and has released seven singles and two albums to date in the U.
Rachel Summers Rachel Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who has been a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
Rachel Ter Horst Rachel Ter Horst (born March 20 1973 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a buxom, Dutch adult magazine model who began modelling when she was nineteen, when she posed as a Page 3 girl (or "Starbird") for Britain's The Daily Star. Once she started, however, her career in men's magazines skyrocketed, culminating in her being voted sexiest model of the century in Dutch Playboy magazine.
Rachel Trickett Rachel Trickett (December 20, 1923 – June 24, 1999) was an English novelist, non‑fiction writer, literary scholar, and a prominent British academic; she served as Principal of St Hugh’s College, Oxford for nearly twenty years, between 1973 and 1991.
Rachel Victoria Rachel Victoria is a young American actress, with notable appearances in Millennium in the episode Antipas as Divina, biological daughter of the evil Lucy Butler, as Sonia in the second revival of The Twilight Zone in the episode Burned as Sonia, and in the mini-series adaptation of Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor as 21-21.
Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in Australia.
Rachel Weil Rachel Judith Weil (1959- ) is a teacher and scholar, specializing in gender and culture in 17th and 18th century England. She is currently an associate professor of early modern English political and cultural history at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
Rachel Whiteread Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963) is a British artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts, and first woman to win the Turner Prize. She is one of the so-called Young British Artists, and exhibited at the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition in 1997.
Rachel York Rachel York (born Rachel Lemanski on August 7, 1971 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in City of Angels, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables, Victor/Victoria, Kiss Me, Kate, Sly Fox, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Rachel Zadok Rachel Zadok is a writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is a graduate of the Certificate in Novel Writing course, run by the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at City University, London.
Rachel Zoe Rachel Zoe (born September 1, 1971The LA Times Stylist Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie have parted company, and what's followed is anything but chic; surname pronounced "Zo"The Sunday Times (2006) Fashion's No 1 stylist, or just a great big zero?. Retrieved September 26, 2006.
Rachel's Rachel's is an American post-rock group formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991 by guitarist Jason Noble. While Rachel's began as primarily a solo project for Noble he quickly began collaborating with now core members violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes.
Rachel's Tomb Rachel's Tomb is a holy site of high significance to Judaism and is located in Northern Judea (Southern West Bank) just outside of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo at the northern entrance to Bethlehem along what was once the Biblical Bethlehem-Ephrath road. The town of Bethlehem had expanded north in recent years to enclose the surrounding area.
Rachel, Nevada Rachel is an unincorporated portion of Lincoln County, Nevada. As the closest habitation to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity, particularly among aviation enthusiasts and UFO hunters.
Rachel, Rachel Rachel, Rachel is a 1968 film which tells the story of a repressed school teacher, living with her mother, who suddenly gets a man in her life. It stars Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons, Donald Moffat, Terry Kiser, Bernard Barrow and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Rachelle Ann Go Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer. She rose to prominence after winning the second season of the reality show Star For A Night renamed as Search For A Star, hosted by recording artist Regine Velasquez.
Rachelle Ferrell Rachelle Ferrell (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and musician. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel, and classical music scene, she is most noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer.
Rachelle Lefevre Rachelle Lefevre played the part of Lily Ashton on the short-lived television show, Life on a Stick. She also played the part of Stacey Hanson in Big Wolf on Campus, and Olivia Callaway on the Charmed episode entitled "Love's a Witch", and Annie Isles on the fifth season of Undressed.
Rachelle Waterman Rachelle Ann Monica Waterman, aka smchyrocky, (born August 26, 1988) is a teenage girl from Craig, Alaska who was charged with the first degree murder of her mother - though her trial resulted in a hung jury 10-2 in favour of acquittal, and a mistrial was subsequently declared. The case received a wide following on the Internet, partly because Waterman kept a public record of her thoughts and activities on LiveJournal.
Rachid El Basir Rachid El Basir (born October 4, 1968) is a Moroccan middle distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres. This achievement came as a great surprise as a El Basir had not qualified for the final at the World Championships the previous year and was generally considered as an outsider.
Rachid Sfar Rachid Sfar, the former Prime Minister of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, was born on September 11, 1933 at Mahdia, the ancient Fatimite capital of Tunisia. He is the son of the Destourian leader Tahar Sfar, an associate of Bouguiba and co-founder of the Neo-Destourian Tunisian Nationalist Party in 1934.
Rachid Taha Live Rachid Taha Live is a live album from French-Algerian raĂŻ artist Rachid Taha, released in 2001 by Barclay. It was produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, and recorded during a concert at L'Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, March 11, 2001.
Rachilde Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, a French author who was born February 11, 1860 in PĂ©rigueux, PĂ©rigord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire and died in April 4, 1953.
Rachis The rachis (pronounced /ËÉąeÉŞkÉŞs/) is the main axis of the inflorescence, or spike, of wheat and other cereals, to which the spikelets are attached. It is also the part of the petiole that the pinnae are attached to in ferns, or the main stem of a compound leaf.
Rachnavi Rachnavi (also called Jhangochi and Jangli) is the oldest and purest dialect of the Punjabi language. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal at both ends of Ravi and Chenab to Gujranwala district.
Rai (comics) Rai (pronounced "Rye") is a fictional superhero from the Valiant Comics universe. Rai was the first original hero created by Valiant and had its beginning as a flipbook back-up feature in Magnus Robot Fighter issues #5-8.
Rai (ethnic group) The Rai, also known as the Khambu, are one of Nepal’s most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups. The Rai belong to the Kiranti group or Kirat confederation that includes the Limbu and Sunuwar ethnic groups.
Rai Foundation The Rai Foundation is an educational initiative started in the late 1990s by one of India's prominent industrialists, Mr Vinay Rai. The Foundation endeavours to improve the quality of education, both at the school and college levels in India.
Rai University Rai University is a university in India, offering over 300 courses on 25 campuses in India and elsewhere. The university has been praised in an article in The Economist, but has also received criticism over its accreditation.
Rai Uno Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Programma Nazionale and then called Rete 1 until 1982.
Raiatea Somewhat smaller than Tahiti, Raiatea is the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The proper spelling of the name, rarely used though, in the Tahitian language is Ra’iatea, meaning: bright sky.
Raices Raices (or Roots) (1979) is an album by Uruguyian singer/songwriter Jose Barroso. Unlike his follow up album Songs of the Latin American People (1986) (which sees Barroso at his most dynamic and experimental), Raices is, by stark contrast, a very quiet album.
Raid (band) Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge metalcore band that formed from the ashes of the Christian metalcore band One way. Along with Vegan Reich, Raid pioneered the Vegan straight edge movement and the Hardline lifestyle and ideology, alongside the English band Statement.
Raid (military) A raid is a military tactic whereby a sudden attack is effected by a small group behind enemy lines. A raiding group may comprise of personnel specially trained in this tactic (such as commandos or guerilla fighters), regular soldiers, or any organised group of combatants.
Raid at Cabanatuan The Great Raid on Cabanatuan in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas resulted in the liberation of more than 500 prisoners of war (POWs) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan and was a celebrated historic achievement involving Allied special forces during World War II.
Raid Gauloises The Raid Gauloises or The Raid is considered by many to be the first modern adventure race and was first held in 1989. Its creator, Gerald Fusil, took the existing concept of long distance endurance races, and focused on the team aspects, requiring each competitor to be part of a five person co-ed team.
Raid of Ruthven On August 22, 1582, the Raid of Ruthven conspiracy composed of several Presbyterian nobles, led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, abducted King James VI of Scotland. He was treacherously seized while staying at the castle of Ruthven (today known as Huntingtower Castle in Perthshire), and kept under restraint for almost a year.
Raid on Drvar The Raid on Drvar (code-named Operation Rösselsprung -"Knight's Leap", by the Germans) was a World War II operation by the Germans in April and May 1944, whose goal was to capture Josip Broz Tito alive and disrupt the leadership of the communist Partisan movement in Yugoslavia.
Raid on Elizabethtown Raid on Elizabethtown occurred on February 7, 1813, when Benjamin Forsyth and 200 men crossed the frozen St. Lawrence River to occupy the Courthouse Square in Elizabethtown, New York, seize military and public stores, free American prisoners, then capture 52 British prisoners.
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, which took place on December 16, 1914, was an attack by the German Navy on the British seaport towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, and Whitby. The attack resulted in 137 fatalities and 592 casualties, many of which were civilians.
Raid on the Medway The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of Medway or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on the largest English naval ships, laid up in the dockyards of their main naval base Chatham, that took place in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch, under nominal command of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, bombarded and captured Sheerness, went up the River Thames to Gravesend, then up the River Medway to Chatham, where they burnt three capital ships and ten lesser naval vessels and towed away the Unity and the Royal Charles, pride and normal flagship of the English fleet.
RaidĂ´ RaidĂ´ "ride, journey" is the suggested Proto-Germanic name of the r- rune of the Elder Futhark . The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Norwegian RæiĂ° Icelandic ReiĂ°, Anglo-Saxon Rad, as well as for the corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet đŤ‚ r, called raida.
Raiden Fighters Raiden Fighters is a 1996 scrolling shooter arcade game by Seibu Kaihatsu, and is the first game in the Raiden Fighters series. During its development, it was originally known as Gun Dogs, but Seibu Kaihatsu changed the name of the game to Raiden Fighters when they found out that people paid more attention to it during market tests just by the simple fact that the game had the word "Raiden" in its name.
Raiden Fighters 2 Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive is the second game in the Raiden Fighters series, and the fifth one in the Raiden scrolling shooter game series. There is a larger selection of aircraft to choose from, and the game keeps the same hectic pace as its predecessors.
Raiden Fighters Jet Raiden Fighters Jet is the third and last game in the Raiden Fighters series, and the sixth installment in the Raiden scrolling shooter game series. There is a larger selection of aircraft to choose from, and the game keeps the same hectic pace as its predecessors.
Raiden III is a revival of the classic Raiden series of scrolling shooter games. It was developed by the Japanese company Moss with some assistance and license by Seibu Kaihatsu which produced Raiden and Raiden II, and published by Taito in 2005.
Raiden IV Raiden IV is an arcade game that follows up from the events of its precursor, Raiden III. It was developed by the Japanese company Moss Ltd, under the license of Seibu Kaihatsu, and currently in co-operation with Taito.
Raider Nation Raider Nation refers to the nationwide, perhaps global, die hard fans of the Oakland Raiders football team of the National Football League. The Raider Nation is also known for its "black hole", a specific section of the McAfee Coliseum (Sections 104, 105, 106, and 107) frequented by the rowdiest and most fervent fans.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Atari 2600) Raiders of the Lost Ark was a video game created for the Atari 2600 and based on the movie of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw, who was also responsible for the Atari 2600 version of E.
Raiders of the Lost Car Park Raiders of the Lost Car Park is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. It is the second book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to The Book of Ultimate Truths and prequel to The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived.
Raidi Raidi (; Tibetan: རག་སྡི་; also written Ragdi; born August, 1938) is a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the People's Republic of China, and the most high ranking ethnic Tibetan in China.
Raifuku Maru Raifuku Maru, a Japanese freighter ship that allegedly "vanished" during a voyage from Boston to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of wheat and a crew of thirty-eight, in April 1925 (some reports erroneously say 1921 or 1924). This case is usually cited as a part of the Bermuda Triangle mystery, but in reality there has been proven to be a much more mundane explanation.
Raiguer Raiguer is a district located in the north-central part of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain. It runs parallel to the Sierra de Tramuntana district from the town of MarratxĂ to the town of Sa Pobla (La Puebla).
Raihan Raihan (Fragrance of Heaven in Arabic) is a Malaysian Nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album Puji-Pujian in October of 1996. This group comprised of Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Azhari Ahmad as the leader.
Raichō Raichō (雷鳥) is a limited express train that runs between Osaka and Kanazawa, Japan, using portions of the Tōkaidō Main Line, Kosei Line, and Hokuriku Main Line. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
Raichu is one of the 495 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar“Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold" PR Newswire Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Raichu in the games, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle only as "tamed" Pokémon that are owned by Pokémon trainers. It is the evolved form of Pikachu, (probably) the most well known of all Pokémon.
Raichur Raichur, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, is the capital of the Raichur district, an administrative district in the state of Karnataka (formerly Mysore) in India. It is located 409 km from the state capital, Bangalore.
Raichur Doab The Raichur Doab is a Doab, in this case the triangular region of land in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka lying between the Krishna River and its tributary, the Tungabhadra River. The doab is named for the town of Raichur in the Raichur District.
Raijintai The Raijintai (雷神隊) was a Japanese guerilla warfare unit of the Kuwana domain, formed in 1868 during the Boshin War, for the purposes of fighting on behalf of the Northern Alliance of Confederated Domains. Led by Tatsumi Naofumi, the unit excelled in combat, particularly becoming renowned for taking the head of Kiheitai officer Tokiyama Naohachi in the fighting at Asahiyama.
Raijū Raijū (雷獣,"thunder animal" or "thunder beast") is a demon from Japanese mythology. Its body is composed of either lightning or fire and may be in the shape of a cat, tanuki, monkey, or weasel.
Rail adhesion The term adhesion railway or adhesion traction describes the most common type of railway, where power is applied by driving some or all of the wheels of the train and thus it relies on the friction between a steel wheel and a steel rail.
Rail Alphabet Rail Alphabet is a font designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for British Railways. First used, by them in signing tests at London's Liverpool Street Station, it was then adopted by the Design Research Unit (DRU) as part of their 1965 rebranding of the company.
Rail Band The Rail Band is one of the most popular musical groups in the history of Malian music; the band was later known as Super Rail Band, Bamako Rail Band or, most comprehensively and formally, Super Rail Band of the Buffet Hotel de la Gare, Bamako. It was founded in 1970, sponsored by the Ministry of Information and the railway administration; the Malian government had, since the 60s, been sponsoring cultural events and groups to promote national traditions, and the Rail Band was among those programs..
Rail car mover A rail car mover is a vehicle capable of travelling on both roads and rail tracks, and fitted with couplers for moving small numbers of railroad cars around in a rail siding or small yard. They are extensively used by railroad customers because they are cheaper than owning a switcher locomotive, more convenient and cheaper than paying the railroad operator to do the switching, easier and more productive than manual moving of cars, and in addition they are more versatile since they can travel on road wheels to the cars they need to move, instead of needing clear track.
Rail circuits Rail circuitry is a system in which, information is transmitted using the electric conductivity of track rails. Rail circuits consist of rail line, power source (works as transmitter), and track relay (works as receiver)
Rail Cam The rail cam made a public debut in the NHL on November 20, 2006 in the Colorado Avalanche/Dallas Stars hockey game. The Versus cable television network used the camera as much as they could during the game to test it out for a live use on a nationally broadcast program.
Rail Coach Factory Established in 1986, the Rail Coach Factory (RCF) was the second coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured around 16,000 passenger coaches of 51 different types including self propelled passenger vehicles.
Rail gauge Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a gauge of , which is known as the standard or international gauge.
Rail inspection Rail inspection is the practice of examining rail tracks for flaws that could lead to catastrophic failures. According to the United States Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis (track defects are the second leading cause of accidents on railways in the United States.
Rail Integration System Rail Integration Systems (RIS, sometimes also referred to as Rail Adapter Systems) are the primary method of attaching accessories to small firearms such as assault rifles (such as the American Colt M16 rifle and semi-automatic AR-15 civilian version which were originally designed by Colt), and light machine guns. This is done primarily in militaries and by fire-arm enthusiasts to improve the usability of the weapon being accessorized quickly and efficiently without requiring the weapon operator to field-strip the weapon.
Rail Passenger Service Act The Rail Passenger Service Act (PL 91-518) of 1970, a United States federal law, created Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States. This organization took over passenger rail service from the private railroads, which afterwards provided only freight service, and placed it in a government corporation.
Rail roko Rail roko is a term used in India for protests that block train stations and in particular, where protestors straddle train tracks and thereby prevent trains from entering or leaving stations, to delay and disrupt schedules.
Rail shooter Rail shooters or on-rails shooters are a sub-genre of action games. In a rail shooter the player control is limited to directing where to fire a virtual gun; the player does not have direct control over the path their avatar takes from the start to the end, though they may be able to affect the path followed depending on what they shoot.
Rail siding A siding, in general rail terminology, refers to a section of track distinct from a through route such as a main line or branch line or spur. It may connect to through trackage or to other sidings at one or both ends.
Rail spike In rail terminology, a spike is a large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails or fishplates (or baseplates) to ties in the track. Spikes are driven into wooden ties either by hammering them with a spike hammer by hand, or in an automated fashion with a spiker.
Rail stressing Stressing is a technique developed in the 1960's to avert rail track problems that can occur when installing Continuous Welded Rail (CWR). When installing new rail the rail must be returned to its former temperature or length.
Rail Settlement Plan The Rail Settlement Plan or RSP is, in the ticketing system of the British railway network, the process that enables the revenue received from the purchase of generic, non-company specific train tickets to be split amongst the retailing station and the train operating companies (TOCs) that run trains along the route or parts of the route where the ticket is valid for travel.
Rail Simulator Rail Simulator (Kuju Rail Simulator, or KRS for short) is a train simulator currently in production for the PC, scheduled for release in Q1 2007. It is being made by UK based Kuju Entertainment, the company which developed Microsoft Train Simulator for Microsoft.
Rail traffic controller Rail traffic controller (RTC) is a person or group who are responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the railway within an assigned operating territory. RTCs are also responsible for ensuring train delays are minimized in their operating territory through the application of effective planning, scheduling, and queuing techniques.
Rail trail Rail trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiuse trails offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access and right-of-way to the routes.
Rail transport Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. A typical railway/railroad track consists of two parallel steel (or in older networks, iron) rails, generally anchored perpendicular to beams, termed sleepers or ties, of timber, concrete, or steel to maintain a consistent distance apart, or gauge.
Rail transport in Canada Canada has a large and well developed railway system that today primarily transports freight. There are two major privately owned transcontinental freight railway systems, the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Rail transport in Costa Rica Railroads in Costa Rica are owned by Incofer (Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles). In 2006, Incofer operates suburban commuter trains from San José to San Pedro, Universidad Latina (4 km East) and to Pavas (6 km West), plus freight trains San José - Caldera (Pacific port, 91 km).
Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of more than 2,000 km of railway lines, of which the most significant main lines in Southern Denmark and the S-train network are electrified. Most traffic is passenger trains, although there is considerable transit goods traffic between Sweden and Germany.
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