Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Denzel Washington as Frank Barnes, a veteran railroad engineer. Chris Pine as Will Colson, a young train conductor. Rosario Dawson as Connie Hooper, the yardmaster of Fuller Yard. Ethan Suplee as Dewey, a hostler who accidentally instigates the disaster. Kevin Dunn as Oscar Galvin, vice-president of AWVR train operations.
The engineer also attempted to apply the locomotive's dynamic brake to slow the train to a crawl; dynamic brakes dissipate momentum (kinetic energy) by using the momentum of the train to drive the traction motors, generating electricity exactly like a regenerative braking system does in a hybrid/electric automobile, which slows the train ...
Frank Barnes (actor) (1875–after 1949), American actor Frank Barnes (politician) (1904–1952), Australian politician Frank C. Barnes (1918–1992), American lawyer, author and cartridge designer
A railway pioneer is someone who has made a significant contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad). This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport.
Williams used the existing railroad for supplies, but the town, like many towns in this region, formed largely because of the timber business. Karrick traced the origins of Atmore to about 1870.
Fred Harvey – revolutionized passenger train onboard services, making travel by train more comfortable. Theodore Judah – Chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad and passionate supporter of the first American transcontinental railroad; Otto Kuhler – industrial designer; Raymond Loewy – industrial designer
The Teamsters union filed notice that conductors, locomotive engineers and other workers at Montreal-based CN would strike on Monday, just days after returning to work on Friday. A CN spokesperson ...
Smith, Marvin Louis Vice President Operations Texas Pacific – Missouri Pacific Railroad 1962–1968; Smith, Marvin Louis President St. Louis Terminal Railroad 1961–1962; Smith, Richard Earl Trainmaster Texas-Pacific Missouri-Pacific Railroad 1961–1968; Smucker, David E., LIRR 1949–1950; Snow, John W. (b. 1939), B&O 1985–1986, CSXT ...