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  2. Seersucker - Wikipedia

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    Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar , literally meaning "milk and sugar", from the gritty texture ("sugar") on the otherwise ...

  3. Railroad speeder - Wikipedia

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    Speeder in use in Santa Cruz, California. A speeder (also known as a section car, railway motor car, putt-putt, track-maintenance car, crew car, jigger, trike, quad, trolley, inspection car, or draisine) is a small railcar used around the world by track inspectors and work crews to move quickly to and from work sites. [1]

  4. List of reporting marks: W - Wikipedia

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    WNYP - Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad; WOD - Washington and Old Dominion Railroad; WOPR - West Oakland Pacific Railroad; WP - Western Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; WPGX - Western Paving Construction Company; WPLX - GE Rail Services; WPMW - Western Pacific Railroad (Maintenance of way) WPRR - Willamette and Pacific Railroad

  5. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    The right-of-way (ROW) is the property owned or controlled by a railroad for purposes of transportation. [212] [213] Road engine (US) The locomotive closest to the train during a double-heading operation Roll-by or rollby (US) Visual inspection of railroad equipment while it is in motion [214] [215] Rolling Bomb

  6. Category : History of rail transportation in the United States

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    Central Pacific Railroad; List of Union Pacific Railroad civil engineers 1863 to 1869; History of railroads in Colorado; Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho) Confederate railroads in the American Civil War; Credit Foncier of America; Crédit Mobilier scandal

  7. Seersucker Thursday - Wikipedia

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    Seersucker Thursday is an annual tradition in the United States Congress in which senators wear clothing made of seersucker on National Seersucker Day, traditionally observed on a " 'nice and warm day' in the second or third week of June". [1]

  8. Here Are the Most Dazzling Christmas Light Displays Across ...

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    Branson, Missouri. Long regarded as offering one of the best Christmas light displays in the nation, Branson's 1880's-style theme park Silver Dollar City will be decked out in a whopping 6.5 ...

  9. Timeline of United States railway history - Wikipedia

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    The quarry man's 'make-do' railroad solution was the continent's first chartered railway, first operational non-temporary railway, first well documented railroad, and first constructed railroad also meant to be permanent. It was perhaps the only railroad replaced by a canal, and also one of the first to close, and of those, perhaps is alone in ...