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Chicagoland Speedway in its current form is measured at 1.5 miles (2.4 km), with 18° of banking in the track's turns, 11° of banking on the frontstretch, and 5° of banking on the backstretch. [1] Unlike most intermediate oval tracks, the backstretch is a singular continuous curve instead of a straight line. [ 2 ]
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The first passenger train services to Joliet began in 1852, and the city quickly grew into a railroad hub. A railroad improvement project began in 1909, which removed grade crossings and constructed a new union station to replace multiple stations in Joliet. Joliet Union Station opened in 1912, and at its peak served over 100 trains per day ...
MotorSport Ranch is an auto racing facility located in Cresson, Texas 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Fort Worth. The membership-based track is described as a country club with a road course instead of a golf course, and features three track layouts, a skidpad, garages, a clubhouse, and on-site businesses.
Also on the facility is a now-defunct two-mile (3.2 km), 15-turn road course, a temporary one-mile (1.6 km) off-road track inside the dirt oval, and a 35-acre (14 ha) paved driving pad. The dirt oval was shortened to a 3/8 mile facility in 2017, since then the dirt track has seen a resurgence with top-flight series such as the World of Outlaws ...
Amtrak's Texas Eagle is the direct successor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Texas and Pacific Railway train of the same name, which was inaugurated in 1948 and ultimately discontinued in 1971. The route of Amtrak's Texas Eagle is longer ( Chicago to San Antonio versus St. Louis to San Antonio), but much of today's route is historically a ...
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An early instance of paid time off, in the late 19th century in Australia, was by Alfred Edments who gave every employee a fortnight's holiday on full pay, and when ill, Edments continued to pay their salaries. [7] In France, first paid leave - no salary deduction under 15 days per year - is introduced for civil servants, only, in 1854. [8]