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Rail transport in El Salvador At present (2006), there are no trains in El Salvador. National railroad corporation is FENADESAL (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador), division of CEPA (ComisiĂłn Ejecutiva Portuaria AutĂłnoma, port authority).
Rail transport in Guatemala Guatemala has 200 miles (322 km) of narrow gauge (914 mm) railroads as of 2006. The only line in operation goes from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios with short branches to Guatemala City container terminal and Puerto Santo Tomás.
Rail transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong's rail network comprises of public transport trains operated by two companies, namely the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC) and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong, while KCRC's network connects the northeastern and northwestern New Territories with the rest of Hong Kong.
Rail transport in Indonesia Most rail transport in Indonesia is on Java, which has two major rail lines that run the length of the island, as well as several minor lines. State operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia has a monopoly on rail transport, with passenger and freight service on all of the lines.
Rail transport in Japan Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Six Japan Railway (JR) companies, once state owned until 1987, provide passenger service to most parts of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū; the seventh JR carries freight.
Rail transport in Malaysia Rail transport in Malaysia is comprised of two modes of rail transport, trains and light rail transits (LRT). The railway network of Malaysia consists of two main lines in Peninsular Malaysia and their branch lines, the Kota Kinabalu-Tenom line in Sabah on the island of Borneo, light rail transit lines, monorail, and private railway lines.
Rail transport in New South Wales During the 20th century the railways have always been run by a state-owned entity, which has undergone a number of different minor name changes, including New South Wales Railways and New South Wales Government Railways. The current entity responsible for running the New South Wales railways is Rail Corporation New South Wales which includes CityRail and CountryLink.
Rail transport in New Zealand Rail transport in New Zealand consists of a network of 1067-mm gauge lines, reaching virtually all cities and major towns in both the North and South Islands. Rail services are focussed primarily on freight, particularly bulk freight, with limited passenger services on some lines.
Rail transport in Panama As of 2006, the only functioning railroad in Panama is Panama Canal Railway Company, successor of Panama Railway - the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world. It provides passenger and freight service between Panama City and ColĂłn.
Rail transport in Puerto Rico Rail transport in Puerto Rico currently consists of a 10 mile passenger metro system in the island’s metropolitan area of San Juan, a small cargo system in the southern city of Ponce, and other smaller systems limited to circular tracks for tourism purposes only.
Rail transport in Singapore Rail transport in Singapore exists in three main types, namely an international rail connection operated by Malaysian company Keretapi Tanah Melayu, a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport operators SMRT Corporation and SBS Transit, as well as several light rail lines also operated by both companies. In addition, local specialised light rail lines are in operation in places such as the Singapore Changi Airport, or within the grounds of the Jurong BirdPark.
Rail transport in the People's Republic of China This article is on the rail transport in China (including the Qing Dynasty (before 1912) and the Republic of China (1912 to 1949) eras, and in modern times under the People's Republic of China (1949 onwards)). See also rail transport in Hong Kong (1842 onwards) and rail transport in Taiwan (1895 onwards).
Rail transport in the Philippines Rail transport in the Philippines is a growing means of transportation for passengers and cargo in the country. Such means of transportation are used typically used for rapid transport within major cites as well as long distance travel.
Rail transport in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and previously consisted of Great Britain and the whole of Ireland. Rail transport systems developed independently on the two islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and most of the railway construction in the Republic of Ireland was undertaken before independence in 1922.
Rail transport in Taiwan Taiwan has an extremely extensive network of railways (1496 km as of 2003). Though no longer as dominant as it once was, Taiwan's high population density continues to make rail transport an extremely important form of transportation, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
Rail transport in Tasmania Rail transport in Tasmania consists a network of narrow gauge track, reaching virtually all cities and major towns in the state of Tasmania, Australia. Today, rail services are focussed primarily for freight, particularly bulk freights, with no commercial passenger services being operated.
Rail transport in Western Australia Railways in Western Australia were developed in the 19th century mainly by the Government of Western Australia. Nevertheless the private Midland Railway Company and Great Southern Railway built lines in the wheat belt with the support of land grants.
Rail transport modelling Model railroading (US) or Railway modelling (UK) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modeled at a reduced scale, or ratio. The scale models include rail vehicles (locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, etc.
Rail transport operations A rail transport or railroad system is a complex synergy of components which may be classified into two groups: extrinsic factors and intrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors concern the geography, present and historical, of a system, while intrinsic factors tend to be more technical in nature.
Rail Wheel Factory Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) at Yelahanka, Bangalore is a premier manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, which is engaged in the production of wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of the Indian Railways and select overseas customers. It was commissioned in 1984 to manufacture wheels and axles for the Indian Railways.
Rail yard A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic.
Raila Odinga Raila Amollo Odinga (1945-) is a Kenyan Member of Parliament, and was, until November 23 2005 a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. He is the son of the first Vice President of Kenya Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
Railbox RailBox Company (AAR reporting marks ABOX, RBOX, TBOX, and FBOX), founded in 1974, was an effort to address a perceived boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s. Under the routing rules in effect at the time, cars owned by operating companies were supposed to be routed back to their owning road as soon as possible or the host road would have to pay demurrage charges.
Railcar A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach (carriage, car), with a driver's cab at one or both ends.
RailDriver RailDriver (usually written as one word in title case) is a desktop cab controller for train simulation software. It replaces keyboard and mouse operation as far as possible to provide a more realistic train driving experience.
Railfan A railfan or rail buff (American English), railway enthusiast (Australian/British English), or (often with a more specialized meaning, described below) trainspotter (British English), is a person who is strongly interested, in an amateur capacity, in railroads. Railfans can be found worldwide.
Railgon Company The Railgon Company owned railroad gondola cars that could be used by multiple railroads without having to deadhead (return to their origin empty), which was required under the pre-Staggers Act regulatory regime. The Railgon Company was a cooperative owned by multiple railroads.
Railgrinder A railgrinder (also spelled rail grinder) is a maintenance of way railway car that is used to remove irregularities from rail tracks and restore their profile, in order to extend the life of the rails before they need to be replaced.
Railgun A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy (rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant) into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun).
RailPower Technologies RailPower Technologies is a Canadian company that builds environmentally friendly hybrid yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk. Its "Green Goat" locomotives have been purchased by Canadian Pacific Railway, BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad among others.
Railroad apartment A railroad apartment is an apartment with a series of rooms, connecting to each other in a line. Often, there is no ajacent hallway, such that in order to move from the first to the third room, one must enter and leave the second.
Railroad car A railroad car or railway carriage (or, more briefly, car or carriage, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. Cars can be coupled together into a train, either hauled by one or more locomotives or self-propelled.
Railroad Commission of Texas The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, the commission is the state's oldest regulatory agency.
Railroad electrification in the United States Railroad electrification in the United States comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification.
Railroad engineer A railroad engineer, railway engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator or train driver is a person who operates a railroad locomotive and train The engineer is the person in charge of and responsible for the locomotive(s) of a railroad train. He or she is also in charge of the mechanical operation of the train, the speed of the train and all train handling.
Railroad Earth Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based jamband from rural western New Jersey. Their name stems from a Jack Kerouac poem "October in the Railroad Earth," and the band has a song by the same name.
Railroad chronometer Railroad chronometers (railroader's watches) are specialized timepieces that once were crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in the United States. A system called Timetable and Train Order, which relied on highly accurate timekeeping, was used to ensure that two trains could not be on the same stretch of track at the same time.
Railroad Jerk Railroad Jerk was a New York-based indie-rock band of the 1990s, specializing in a hard-driven blues-based sound. Their lineup changed frequently, but the stalwart members were Minnesota native Marcellus Hall (vocals, guitar) and North Carolina-born and Trenton, N.
Railroad Model Craftsman Railroad Model Craftsman is an American magazine specializing in the hobby of model railroading. Its first issue was March 1933, and it was originally called Model Craftsman because it covered other areas of scale modeling as well.
Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier is located in the 1922-built Erie Railroad freight depot in North Tonawanda, New York. Operated by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, its mission is to preserve the railroad history of the Buffalo, New York area, once the railroad hub of America.
Railroad plough Railroad plough is a railroad car which supports a big plough. It is used for destruction of railroad in warfare by breaking all of its ties with the plough, so that it becomes unusable for the enemy (probably in addition to destroying its bridges and tunnels).
Railroad police In the United States, railroad police, are a specialized type of police employed by the major Class I railroads and other smaller railroads that is tasked to prevent and investigate crimes committed against the carrier or by or against passengers or other customers of the carrier. Railroad police officers, usually given the title "Special Agent" (depending on the area of the nation they serve in), are unique in that they are commissioned by the governor of the state they serve in and carry both state arrest powers to prosecute smaller offenses, yet also carry federal arrest powers (unlike local and state law enforcement) to prosecute offenders on larger, more serious offenses.
Railroad Redoubt The Railroad Redoubt was one of several redoubts, or small defensive earthworks, that were constructed during the American Civil War to protect the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from Union attack. It was so named because it was constructed along a major east-west railroad track into Vicksburg.
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 was a United States federal law that funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975. The act also authorized financial subsidies for upgrading rail facilities.
Railroad switch A railroad switch is a mechanical installation enabling trains to be guided from one set of rail tracks (or tramway tracks) to another. In the UK and Commonwealth countries, railroad switches are known as (sets of) points.
Railroad Safety Appliance Act The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was enacted on March 2, 1893 and took effect in 1900 after a 7 year grace period.
Railroad terminals of Chicago During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the twentieth century, Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals. With the decline of rail passenger service many of these facilities disappeared; today only Union Station remains in use in a substantially original form, and is the only one served by Amtrak intercity trains.
Railroad tie A railroad tie, cross tie, or sleeper is a rectangular object used as a base for railroad tracks. Sleepers are members generally laid transverse to the rails, on which the rails are supported and fixed, to transfer the loads from rails to the ballast and sub grade below, and to hold the rails to the correct gauge.
Railroad Tycoon Railroad Tycoon is an economic simulation and computer strategy game. There are four versions; the original Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003), and Sid Meier's Railroads!
Railroad Tycoon (board game) Railroad Tycoon is a railway-themed board game designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover. The game, published in 2005 by Eagle Games, resembles a lot of Wallaces earlier railway-themed game Age of Steam with more stylistic box art and simplified rules.
Railroad Valley Railroad Valley is a large basin in east-central Nevada. The valley, approximately 80 miles in length and up to 20 miles wide, generally runs in a north-south direction, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast.
Railroad Valley springfish The Railroad Valley springfish Crenichthys nevadae, is a rare goodeid fish of the Great Basin of western North America, occurring naturally in just seven thermal springs of Railroad Valley in Nye County, Nevada.
Railroad worm The railroad worm is a larva or larviform adult of beetles of the genus Phrixothrix in family Phengodidae, characterized by their unique possession of two different colors of bioluminescence. Their body can glow green, while their head can glow red; this is due to two different kinds of luciferin and luciferase in their bodies.
Railroader of the Year Railroader of the Year is an annual award presented to a North American railroad industry worker by trade journal Railway Age. The award was first presented in 1964 by trade journal Modern Railroads and has continued through the magazine acquisition in 1992 to the present.
Railroads connecting New York City and Chicago In the United States, one of the most important railroad corridors is between New York City and Chicago. Each of the four major railroads in what was known as the "Official Territory", the land in the Northeast U.
Railton Special The Railton Special, also known as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle built for John Cobb's successful attempts at the land speed record. Powered by 2 supercharged W12-block Napier Lion V11D (WD) aircraft engines, it was the first ground vehicle to break 400 mph in a measured test.
Railtown 1897 Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System.
Railtrack Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002. On October 3, 2002, the main operating arm - the owner and operator of the national railway network, Railtrack PLC - was sold by its parent company Railtrack Group plc to "not for dividend" company Network Rail (a company limited by guarantee) and was later renamed Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd.
Railway and Canal Historical Society The Railway and Canal Historical Society was founded in the UK in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects being to promote historical research and to raise the standard of published history.
Railway block code The railway block code is a system of bell rings used to communicate between manually operated signal boxes (the system is not used in modern power signal boxes). Each signal box would have a bell circuit to the box on either side of it along the line.
Railway Construction Act The Railway Construction Act (鉄é“ć•·č¨ćł• TetsudĹŤ Fusetsu-hĹŤ, Law No. 4 of 1892) was promulgated by the Diet of Japan on June 21, 1892, and designated government support for a network of thirty-three railway lines covering most of Japan, with the exception of HokkaidĹŤ.
Railway electrification in Great Britain Railway electrification in Great Britain describes the various electrification systems that are used, or have been used, for supplying traction current to the railways and tramways of Great Britain. The article includes a chronological record of development, and a list of the lines using each system, while for each system a history and a technical description is provided.
Railway Estate, Queensland Railway Estate is a suburb in the city of Townsville, Queensland, It is a residential suburb with close proximity to the Townsville CBD and Port of Townsville, and is one of the oldest residential communities in the city.
Railway Express Agency The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a rail express service, at one point the only one in the United States. Originally the American Railway Express Agency, founded on March 29 1839, its name was changed in 1927.
Railway gun A railway gun, also called railroad gun or railgun is a large artillery piece, designed to be placed on rail tracks. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best known are the large Krupp-built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II.
Railway Gazette International Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, consultants and suppliers to the rail industry.
Railway Labor Act The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railway and airline industries.. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1936 to apply to the airline industry, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes as a means of resolving labor disputes.
Railway mail service library The Railway Mail Service (RMS) Library is major collection of materials pertaining to en route distribution history. Incorporated in May 2003, it can assist researchers interested in route agent, seapost, Railway Post Office (RPO), and Highway Post Office (HPO) history.
Railway Mail Association The Railway Mail Association (RMA) was originally The National Association of Railway Postal Clerks when chartered under the laws of New Hampshire in 1898 as a fraternal beneficiary association. In 1904 the name was changed to the RMA and lasted until 1949 when the Post Office Department renamed the Railway Mail Service as Postal Transportation Service.
Railway Mail Service The United States Postal Service's Railway Mail Service was a significant mail transportation service in the US during the time period from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century. The RMS, or its successor the Postal Transportation Service (PTS), carried the vast majority of letters and packages mailed in the United States from the 1890s until the 1960s.
Railway Mania Railway Mania is the term given to the speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares increased, more and more money was poured in by speculators, until the inevitable collapse.
Railway Museum The is a railway museum due to open on 2007-10-14 in ĹŚnari-cho, ĹŚmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan. The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of the East Japan Railway Company will build and operate it.
Railway Operating Division The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways.
Railway platform A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
Railway post office In the United States a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the train.
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) is an Irish railway preservation group founded in 1964. The Society has a museum at Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and runs trains on the Irish railway network.
Railway Procurement Agency Railway Procurement Agency (Irish: An GhnĂomhaireacht um Fháil IarnrĂłd) is a state board in the Republic of Ireland charged with the development of light railway and metro infrastructure. It was established in December 2001 under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001.
Railway signal A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers or engineers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether he or she must stop or may proceed, or instructions on what speed the train may go.
Railway signalling Railway signalling is a system used on railways to control traffic safely, for example, to prevent trains from colliding. Trains are uniquely susceptible to collision because, running on fixed rails, they are not capable of avoiding a collision by steering away, as can a road vehicle; furthermore, trains cannot decelerate rapidly, and are frequently operating at speeds where by the time the driver/engineer can see an obstacle, the train cannot stop in time to avoid colliding with it.
Railway Stakes (Ireland) The Railway Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for two-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) at the Curragh during the Irish Derby meeting in late June / early July.
Railway Station, Faisalabad Faisalabad Railway Station is the main railway station built during the British reign around the nineteenth century. The station is used to take people to all parts of Pakistan from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and many more cities and towns of Pakistan.
Railway Technical Research Institute , or , is the technical research company under the Japan Railways group of companies. RTRI was established in its current form in 1986 when the Japanese National Railways was privatised and split into separate JR group companies.
Railways Act 1921 The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914-1918.
Railways cricket team The Railways Cricket Team (also known as the Indian Railways) has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament.
Railways in Sydney Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of passenger and freight railways. The passenger network is a hybrid metro-suburban railway with a central underground core running at metro style frequencies, which branches out into a suburban commuter type network.
Railways of Shropshire Shropshire has a fairly large railway network, with 19 'national rail' stations, as well as the famous heritage Severn Valley Railway running along its eastern border with Worcestershire and the smaller Telford Steam Railway.
Raimkul Malakhbekov Raimkul Malakhbekov (born August 16, 1974) is a Russian boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category. He also won the title at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1995 and 1997, and the European title in 1993 in Bursa, Turkey.
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy The Raimo Kilpiö Trophy is an award given each season to the SM-liiga player judged as the most sportsmanlike. It was first presented in the 1953-54 season, and in 1995 it was named in honour of Raimo Kilpiö, a Finnish player who played for 21 years between 1953 and 1977.
Raimo Summanen Raimo Summanen (born March 2, 1962 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey forward and also a former coach of the Finnish National Team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, 125th overall, and spent his NHL career with Edmonton and the Vancouver Canucks, playing for two of Edmonton's cup-winning teams.
Raimo Tuomainen Raimo Sakari Tuomainen (born 25 November 1957 in Nilsiä, Finland) is a Finnish health sociologist and one of the authorities in so called Kuopio discipline, which emphasizes the need to control the expansion of medicalization in Western countries. His publications deal also with religion, science, demography and health care administration.
Raimo Tuomela Raimo Tuomela (born October 9, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland) is Finnish philosopher. Tuomela received his first degree of doctor of philosophy in 1968 from University of Helsinki) and the second one in 1969 from Stanford University.
Raimo Ylipulli Raimo Ylipulli is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 20th in the individual large hill at those same championships.
Raimon Panikkar Raimon Panikkar (born Raimundo Pániker Alemany on November 3, 1918) is one of the most prestigious proponents of interreligious dialogue. He is a Roman Catholic priest and a scholar specialized in Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Raimond van der Gouw Raimond van der Gouw (or van der Goew, pronounced ray-mond-van-der-how, born March 24, 1963 in Oldenzaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is perhaps most famous for the time he spent at Manchester United.
Raimondi Stela The Raimondi Stela is a major piece of art of the ChavĂn culture of the central Andes. The stela is seven feet high, made of highly polished granite, with a very lightly incised design which is almost unnoticeable on the actual sculpture.
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini Raimondo del Balzo Orsini (died 17 January 1406), also known as Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Kingdom of Naples. He was Count of Soleto (1382), Duke of Benevento (1385-1401), Prince of Taranto (1393-1406), Count of Lecce (1401-06), Duke of Bari, Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, Gonfaloner of the Holy Roman Church (1385, confirmed in 1399 together with the principality of Taranto).
Raimondo Montecuccoli Raimondo, Count of MontecĂşccoli or Montecucculi (de: Raimondo Graf MontecĂşccoli), (born February 21, 1608 or 1609 at the castle of Montecucculo in Modena; died October 16, 1680 at Linz) was an Austrian general who was also prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Neapolitan duke of Melfi.
Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857-1932) was an Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II in Istanbul, Turkey for 16 years.
Raimuiro Senkitan is a 13 episode anime that aired in Japan between January 5, 2003 and March 30, 2003. It's based off a hentai game by ELF, giving the series heavy doses of sexual innuendos as well as girls in both their underwear and fully nude (although covering themselves).
Raimund Marasigan Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan aka "Lemon" "Sugar Raims" (born May 22, 1971) is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene.
Rail transport in Guatemala Guatemala has 200 miles (322 km) of narrow gauge (914 mm) railroads as of 2006. The only line in operation goes from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios with short branches to Guatemala City container terminal and Puerto Santo Tomás.
Rail transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong's rail network comprises of public transport trains operated by two companies, namely the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC) and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong, while KCRC's network connects the northeastern and northwestern New Territories with the rest of Hong Kong.
Rail transport in Indonesia Most rail transport in Indonesia is on Java, which has two major rail lines that run the length of the island, as well as several minor lines. State operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia has a monopoly on rail transport, with passenger and freight service on all of the lines.
Rail transport in Japan Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Six Japan Railway (JR) companies, once state owned until 1987, provide passenger service to most parts of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū; the seventh JR carries freight.
Rail transport in Malaysia Rail transport in Malaysia is comprised of two modes of rail transport, trains and light rail transits (LRT). The railway network of Malaysia consists of two main lines in Peninsular Malaysia and their branch lines, the Kota Kinabalu-Tenom line in Sabah on the island of Borneo, light rail transit lines, monorail, and private railway lines.
Rail transport in New South Wales During the 20th century the railways have always been run by a state-owned entity, which has undergone a number of different minor name changes, including New South Wales Railways and New South Wales Government Railways. The current entity responsible for running the New South Wales railways is Rail Corporation New South Wales which includes CityRail and CountryLink.
Rail transport in New Zealand Rail transport in New Zealand consists of a network of 1067-mm gauge lines, reaching virtually all cities and major towns in both the North and South Islands. Rail services are focussed primarily on freight, particularly bulk freight, with limited passenger services on some lines.
Rail transport in Panama As of 2006, the only functioning railroad in Panama is Panama Canal Railway Company, successor of Panama Railway - the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world. It provides passenger and freight service between Panama City and ColĂłn.
Rail transport in Puerto Rico Rail transport in Puerto Rico currently consists of a 10 mile passenger metro system in the island’s metropolitan area of San Juan, a small cargo system in the southern city of Ponce, and other smaller systems limited to circular tracks for tourism purposes only.
Rail transport in Singapore Rail transport in Singapore exists in three main types, namely an international rail connection operated by Malaysian company Keretapi Tanah Melayu, a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport operators SMRT Corporation and SBS Transit, as well as several light rail lines also operated by both companies. In addition, local specialised light rail lines are in operation in places such as the Singapore Changi Airport, or within the grounds of the Jurong BirdPark.
Rail transport in the People's Republic of China This article is on the rail transport in China (including the Qing Dynasty (before 1912) and the Republic of China (1912 to 1949) eras, and in modern times under the People's Republic of China (1949 onwards)). See also rail transport in Hong Kong (1842 onwards) and rail transport in Taiwan (1895 onwards).
Rail transport in the Philippines Rail transport in the Philippines is a growing means of transportation for passengers and cargo in the country. Such means of transportation are used typically used for rapid transport within major cites as well as long distance travel.
Rail transport in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and previously consisted of Great Britain and the whole of Ireland. Rail transport systems developed independently on the two islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and most of the railway construction in the Republic of Ireland was undertaken before independence in 1922.
Rail transport in Taiwan Taiwan has an extremely extensive network of railways (1496 km as of 2003). Though no longer as dominant as it once was, Taiwan's high population density continues to make rail transport an extremely important form of transportation, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
Rail transport in Tasmania Rail transport in Tasmania consists a network of narrow gauge track, reaching virtually all cities and major towns in the state of Tasmania, Australia. Today, rail services are focussed primarily for freight, particularly bulk freights, with no commercial passenger services being operated.
Rail transport in Western Australia Railways in Western Australia were developed in the 19th century mainly by the Government of Western Australia. Nevertheless the private Midland Railway Company and Great Southern Railway built lines in the wheat belt with the support of land grants.
Rail transport modelling Model railroading (US) or Railway modelling (UK) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modeled at a reduced scale, or ratio. The scale models include rail vehicles (locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, etc.
Rail transport operations A rail transport or railroad system is a complex synergy of components which may be classified into two groups: extrinsic factors and intrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors concern the geography, present and historical, of a system, while intrinsic factors tend to be more technical in nature.
Rail Wheel Factory Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) at Yelahanka, Bangalore is a premier manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, which is engaged in the production of wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons, coaches and locomotives for the use of the Indian Railways and select overseas customers. It was commissioned in 1984 to manufacture wheels and axles for the Indian Railways.
Rail yard A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic.
Raila Odinga Raila Amollo Odinga (1945-) is a Kenyan Member of Parliament, and was, until November 23 2005 a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. He is the son of the first Vice President of Kenya Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
Railbox RailBox Company (AAR reporting marks ABOX, RBOX, TBOX, and FBOX), founded in 1974, was an effort to address a perceived boxcar shortage in the United States in the 1970s. Under the routing rules in effect at the time, cars owned by operating companies were supposed to be routed back to their owning road as soon as possible or the host road would have to pay demurrage charges.
Railcar A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach (carriage, car), with a driver's cab at one or both ends.
RailDriver RailDriver (usually written as one word in title case) is a desktop cab controller for train simulation software. It replaces keyboard and mouse operation as far as possible to provide a more realistic train driving experience.
Railfan A railfan or rail buff (American English), railway enthusiast (Australian/British English), or (often with a more specialized meaning, described below) trainspotter (British English), is a person who is strongly interested, in an amateur capacity, in railroads. Railfans can be found worldwide.
Railgon Company The Railgon Company owned railroad gondola cars that could be used by multiple railroads without having to deadhead (return to their origin empty), which was required under the pre-Staggers Act regulatory regime. The Railgon Company was a cooperative owned by multiple railroads.
Railgrinder A railgrinder (also spelled rail grinder) is a maintenance of way railway car that is used to remove irregularities from rail tracks and restore their profile, in order to extend the life of the rails before they need to be replaced.
Railgun A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy (rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant) into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun).
RailPower Technologies RailPower Technologies is a Canadian company that builds environmentally friendly hybrid yard locomotives, founded by Frank Donnelly and Gerard Koldyk. Its "Green Goat" locomotives have been purchased by Canadian Pacific Railway, BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad among others.
Railroad apartment A railroad apartment is an apartment with a series of rooms, connecting to each other in a line. Often, there is no ajacent hallway, such that in order to move from the first to the third room, one must enter and leave the second.
Railroad car A railroad car or railway carriage (or, more briefly, car or carriage, not to be confused with railcar), also known as an item of rolling stock, is a vehicle on a railroad (or railway) that is not a locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. Cars can be coupled together into a train, either hauled by one or more locomotives or self-propelled.
Railroad Commission of Texas The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, the commission is the state's oldest regulatory agency.
Railroad electrification in the United States Railroad electrification in the United States comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification.
Railroad engineer A railroad engineer, railway engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator or train driver is a person who operates a railroad locomotive and train The engineer is the person in charge of and responsible for the locomotive(s) of a railroad train. He or she is also in charge of the mechanical operation of the train, the speed of the train and all train handling.
Railroad Earth Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based jamband from rural western New Jersey. Their name stems from a Jack Kerouac poem "October in the Railroad Earth," and the band has a song by the same name.
Railroad chronometer Railroad chronometers (railroader's watches) are specialized timepieces that once were crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in the United States. A system called Timetable and Train Order, which relied on highly accurate timekeeping, was used to ensure that two trains could not be on the same stretch of track at the same time.
Railroad Jerk Railroad Jerk was a New York-based indie-rock band of the 1990s, specializing in a hard-driven blues-based sound. Their lineup changed frequently, but the stalwart members were Minnesota native Marcellus Hall (vocals, guitar) and North Carolina-born and Trenton, N.
Railroad Model Craftsman Railroad Model Craftsman is an American magazine specializing in the hobby of model railroading. Its first issue was March 1933, and it was originally called Model Craftsman because it covered other areas of scale modeling as well.
Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier The Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier is located in the 1922-built Erie Railroad freight depot in North Tonawanda, New York. Operated by the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, its mission is to preserve the railroad history of the Buffalo, New York area, once the railroad hub of America.
Railroad plough Railroad plough is a railroad car which supports a big plough. It is used for destruction of railroad in warfare by breaking all of its ties with the plough, so that it becomes unusable for the enemy (probably in addition to destroying its bridges and tunnels).
Railroad police In the United States, railroad police, are a specialized type of police employed by the major Class I railroads and other smaller railroads that is tasked to prevent and investigate crimes committed against the carrier or by or against passengers or other customers of the carrier. Railroad police officers, usually given the title "Special Agent" (depending on the area of the nation they serve in), are unique in that they are commissioned by the governor of the state they serve in and carry both state arrest powers to prosecute smaller offenses, yet also carry federal arrest powers (unlike local and state law enforcement) to prosecute offenders on larger, more serious offenses.
Railroad Redoubt The Railroad Redoubt was one of several redoubts, or small defensive earthworks, that were constructed during the American Civil War to protect the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, from Union attack. It was so named because it was constructed along a major east-west railroad track into Vicksburg.
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 was a United States federal law that funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975. The act also authorized financial subsidies for upgrading rail facilities.
Railroad switch A railroad switch is a mechanical installation enabling trains to be guided from one set of rail tracks (or tramway tracks) to another. In the UK and Commonwealth countries, railroad switches are known as (sets of) points.
Railroad Safety Appliance Act The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was enacted on March 2, 1893 and took effect in 1900 after a 7 year grace period.
Railroad terminals of Chicago During the heyday of rail transportation in the first half of the twentieth century, Chicago reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals. With the decline of rail passenger service many of these facilities disappeared; today only Union Station remains in use in a substantially original form, and is the only one served by Amtrak intercity trains.
Railroad tie A railroad tie, cross tie, or sleeper is a rectangular object used as a base for railroad tracks. Sleepers are members generally laid transverse to the rails, on which the rails are supported and fixed, to transfer the loads from rails to the ballast and sub grade below, and to hold the rails to the correct gauge.
Railroad Tycoon Railroad Tycoon is an economic simulation and computer strategy game. There are four versions; the original Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003), and Sid Meier's Railroads!
Railroad Tycoon (board game) Railroad Tycoon is a railway-themed board game designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover. The game, published in 2005 by Eagle Games, resembles a lot of Wallaces earlier railway-themed game Age of Steam with more stylistic box art and simplified rules.
Railroad Valley Railroad Valley is a large basin in east-central Nevada. The valley, approximately 80 miles in length and up to 20 miles wide, generally runs in a north-south direction, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast.
Railroad Valley springfish The Railroad Valley springfish Crenichthys nevadae, is a rare goodeid fish of the Great Basin of western North America, occurring naturally in just seven thermal springs of Railroad Valley in Nye County, Nevada.
Railroad worm The railroad worm is a larva or larviform adult of beetles of the genus Phrixothrix in family Phengodidae, characterized by their unique possession of two different colors of bioluminescence. Their body can glow green, while their head can glow red; this is due to two different kinds of luciferin and luciferase in their bodies.
Railroader of the Year Railroader of the Year is an annual award presented to a North American railroad industry worker by trade journal Railway Age. The award was first presented in 1964 by trade journal Modern Railroads and has continued through the magazine acquisition in 1992 to the present.
Railroads connecting New York City and Chicago In the United States, one of the most important railroad corridors is between New York City and Chicago. Each of the four major railroads in what was known as the "Official Territory", the land in the Northeast U.
Railton Special The Railton Special, also known as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle built for John Cobb's successful attempts at the land speed record. Powered by 2 supercharged W12-block Napier Lion V11D (WD) aircraft engines, it was the first ground vehicle to break 400 mph in a measured test.
Railtown 1897 Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System.
Railtrack Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002. On October 3, 2002, the main operating arm - the owner and operator of the national railway network, Railtrack PLC - was sold by its parent company Railtrack Group plc to "not for dividend" company Network Rail (a company limited by guarantee) and was later renamed Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd.
Railway and Canal Historical Society The Railway and Canal Historical Society was founded in the UK in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects being to promote historical research and to raise the standard of published history.
Railway block code The railway block code is a system of bell rings used to communicate between manually operated signal boxes (the system is not used in modern power signal boxes). Each signal box would have a bell circuit to the box on either side of it along the line.
Railway Construction Act The Railway Construction Act (鉄é“ć•·č¨ćł• TetsudĹŤ Fusetsu-hĹŤ, Law No. 4 of 1892) was promulgated by the Diet of Japan on June 21, 1892, and designated government support for a network of thirty-three railway lines covering most of Japan, with the exception of HokkaidĹŤ.
Railway electrification in Great Britain Railway electrification in Great Britain describes the various electrification systems that are used, or have been used, for supplying traction current to the railways and tramways of Great Britain. The article includes a chronological record of development, and a list of the lines using each system, while for each system a history and a technical description is provided.
Railway Estate, Queensland Railway Estate is a suburb in the city of Townsville, Queensland, It is a residential suburb with close proximity to the Townsville CBD and Port of Townsville, and is one of the oldest residential communities in the city.
Railway Express Agency The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a rail express service, at one point the only one in the United States. Originally the American Railway Express Agency, founded on March 29 1839, its name was changed in 1927.
Railway gun A railway gun, also called railroad gun or railgun is a large artillery piece, designed to be placed on rail tracks. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best known are the large Krupp-built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II.
Railway Gazette International Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, consultants and suppliers to the rail industry.
Railway Labor Act The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railway and airline industries.. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1936 to apply to the airline industry, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes as a means of resolving labor disputes.
Railway mail service library The Railway Mail Service (RMS) Library is major collection of materials pertaining to en route distribution history. Incorporated in May 2003, it can assist researchers interested in route agent, seapost, Railway Post Office (RPO), and Highway Post Office (HPO) history.
Railway Mail Association The Railway Mail Association (RMA) was originally The National Association of Railway Postal Clerks when chartered under the laws of New Hampshire in 1898 as a fraternal beneficiary association. In 1904 the name was changed to the RMA and lasted until 1949 when the Post Office Department renamed the Railway Mail Service as Postal Transportation Service.
Railway Mail Service The United States Postal Service's Railway Mail Service was a significant mail transportation service in the US during the time period from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th century. The RMS, or its successor the Postal Transportation Service (PTS), carried the vast majority of letters and packages mailed in the United States from the 1890s until the 1960s.
Railway Mania Railway Mania is the term given to the speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares increased, more and more money was poured in by speculators, until the inevitable collapse.
Railway Museum The is a railway museum due to open on 2007-10-14 in ĹŚnari-cho, ĹŚmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan. The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of the East Japan Railway Company will build and operate it.
Railway Operating Division The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways.
Railway platform A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
Railway post office In the United States a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the train.
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) is an Irish railway preservation group founded in 1964. The Society has a museum at Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and runs trains on the Irish railway network.
Railway Procurement Agency Railway Procurement Agency (Irish: An GhnĂomhaireacht um Fháil IarnrĂłd) is a state board in the Republic of Ireland charged with the development of light railway and metro infrastructure. It was established in December 2001 under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001.
Railway signal A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers or engineers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether he or she must stop or may proceed, or instructions on what speed the train may go.
Railway signalling Railway signalling is a system used on railways to control traffic safely, for example, to prevent trains from colliding. Trains are uniquely susceptible to collision because, running on fixed rails, they are not capable of avoiding a collision by steering away, as can a road vehicle; furthermore, trains cannot decelerate rapidly, and are frequently operating at speeds where by the time the driver/engineer can see an obstacle, the train cannot stop in time to avoid colliding with it.
Railway Stakes (Ireland) The Railway Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for two-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) at the Curragh during the Irish Derby meeting in late June / early July.
Railway Station, Faisalabad Faisalabad Railway Station is the main railway station built during the British reign around the nineteenth century. The station is used to take people to all parts of Pakistan from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and many more cities and towns of Pakistan.
Railway Technical Research Institute , or , is the technical research company under the Japan Railways group of companies. RTRI was established in its current form in 1986 when the Japanese National Railways was privatised and split into separate JR group companies.
Railways Act 1921 The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914-1918.
Railways cricket team The Railways Cricket Team (also known as the Indian Railways) has been very successful in the Ranji Trophy in recent years, although much of their history has been spent in unsuccessful endeavours to win the tournament.
Railways in Sydney Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of passenger and freight railways. The passenger network is a hybrid metro-suburban railway with a central underground core running at metro style frequencies, which branches out into a suburban commuter type network.
Railways of Shropshire Shropshire has a fairly large railway network, with 19 'national rail' stations, as well as the famous heritage Severn Valley Railway running along its eastern border with Worcestershire and the smaller Telford Steam Railway.
Raimkul Malakhbekov Raimkul Malakhbekov (born August 16, 1974) is a Russian boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category. He also won the title at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1995 and 1997, and the European title in 1993 in Bursa, Turkey.
Raimo Kilpiö Trophy The Raimo Kilpiö Trophy is an award given each season to the SM-liiga player judged as the most sportsmanlike. It was first presented in the 1953-54 season, and in 1995 it was named in honour of Raimo Kilpiö, a Finnish player who played for 21 years between 1953 and 1977.
Raimo Summanen Raimo Summanen (born March 2, 1962 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey forward and also a former coach of the Finnish National Team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, 125th overall, and spent his NHL career with Edmonton and the Vancouver Canucks, playing for two of Edmonton's cup-winning teams.
Raimo Tuomainen Raimo Sakari Tuomainen (born 25 November 1957 in Nilsiä, Finland) is a Finnish health sociologist and one of the authorities in so called Kuopio discipline, which emphasizes the need to control the expansion of medicalization in Western countries. His publications deal also with religion, science, demography and health care administration.
Raimo Tuomela Raimo Tuomela (born October 9, 1940 in Helsinki, Finland) is Finnish philosopher. Tuomela received his first degree of doctor of philosophy in 1968 from University of Helsinki) and the second one in 1969 from Stanford University.
Raimo Ylipulli Raimo Ylipulli is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 20th in the individual large hill at those same championships.
Raimon Panikkar Raimon Panikkar (born Raimundo Pániker Alemany on November 3, 1918) is one of the most prestigious proponents of interreligious dialogue. He is a Roman Catholic priest and a scholar specialized in Comparative Philosophy of Religion
Raimond van der Gouw Raimond van der Gouw (or van der Goew, pronounced ray-mond-van-der-how, born March 24, 1963 in Oldenzaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is perhaps most famous for the time he spent at Manchester United.
Raimondi Stela The Raimondi Stela is a major piece of art of the ChavĂn culture of the central Andes. The stela is seven feet high, made of highly polished granite, with a very lightly incised design which is almost unnoticeable on the actual sculpture.
Raimondo del Balzo Orsini Raimondo del Balzo Orsini (died 17 January 1406), also known as Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Kingdom of Naples. He was Count of Soleto (1382), Duke of Benevento (1385-1401), Prince of Taranto (1393-1406), Count of Lecce (1401-06), Duke of Bari, Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, Gonfaloner of the Holy Roman Church (1385, confirmed in 1399 together with the principality of Taranto).
Raimondo Montecuccoli Raimondo, Count of MontecĂşccoli or Montecucculi (de: Raimondo Graf MontecĂşccoli), (born February 21, 1608 or 1609 at the castle of Montecucculo in Modena; died October 16, 1680 at Linz) was an Austrian general who was also prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Neapolitan duke of Melfi.
Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857-1932) was an Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II in Istanbul, Turkey for 16 years.
Raimuiro Senkitan is a 13 episode anime that aired in Japan between January 5, 2003 and March 30, 2003. It's based off a hentai game by ELF, giving the series heavy doses of sexual innuendos as well as girls in both their underwear and fully nude (although covering themselves).
Raimund Marasigan Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan aka "Lemon" "Sugar Raims" (born May 22, 1971) is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene.
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