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Borjomi–Bakuriani railway "Kukushka" (not operational since 2022, with plans of rehabilitation) [5] [6] New Athos Cave Railway (operating) [7] Germany: Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn; Dagebüll–Oland–Langeneß island railway; Borkumer Kleinbahn, Isle of Borkum; Denmark: See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark: Guernsey: 1941–1946; Iceland
Half-pipe applications include leisure recreation, skills development, competitive training, amateur and professional competition, demonstrations, and as an adjunct to other types of skills training. A skilled athlete can perform in a half-pipe for an extended period of time by pumping to attain extreme speeds with relatively little effort.
Trains being loaded with overburden in the open cut (1940s) The Yallourn 900 mm railway was a 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) narrow gauge railway operated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia.
FILE - Shaun White waves after competing in the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.
Train of the Mariazellerbahn in Lower Austria. The first railway in Austria was the narrow-gauge line from Gmunden in the Salzkammergut to Budweis, now in the Czech Republic, this was 1,106 mm (3 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge.
For winter sports, the term superpipe is used to describe a halfpipe built of snow which has walls 22 ft (6.7 m) high from the flat bottom on both sides. Other features of a superpipe are that the width of the pipe is greater than the height of the walls, and the walls extend to near vertical.
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament sold on Wednesday for $5.04 million, more than double its high estimate. The stone, which dates back around 1,500 ...
Philly was one of several major commitments in 1989. Midway ordered 29 McDonnell Douglas MD-82s for a nominal $900mm [79] as well as a nominal $244mm for 33 Dornier 328 turboprops for Midway Connection. [80] It also reintroduced first class on all routes. [81] Philadelphia had dominant incumbent hub operator, the much larger USAir. [76]