History of Mass Transportation: The Romanian CFR 77-0913-2 Autorail at Pitești Station

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By Ștefan Pușcașu - http://cfr.stfp.net/?op=C&class=77, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25390809

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock_of_the_Romanian_Railways

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History of Mass Transportation: The ''Crocodile of the Drinc'' Electric Locomotive in Cogne Museum

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Di Patafisik - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=175713586

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Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovia_Cogne-Acque_Fredde

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History of Mass Transportation: The Romanian Diesel Automotor Class 78-750

 

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By Mirceacool at Romanian Wikipedia - Transferred from ro.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8459557

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock_of_the_Romanian_Railways

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The ‘Spanish’ #influenza #pandemic: new #evidence for influenza #outbreaks in #England and #France prior to 1918

 

Abstract

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 caused well over fifty million deaths. The epicentre undoubtedly was China, where gene mixing of different virus strains occurred amongst aquatic, migrant birds. But where and when did the virus first infect (or spill over to) a human being? We take, as our starting point, a paper demonstrating that an infection causing the same symptoms as the influenza virus was widespread in New York during the winter of 1917–1918. The authors of that paper went on to suggest that the virus had probably reached North America from Europe, in the context of troop movement during World War I. Our own researches have focussed on this point. We show that outbreaks of serious respiratory disease, local in nature but causing unusual patterns of mortality, were indeed reported by scientists and doctors in army hospitals in England and in France, well before the first wave of the pandemic had arrived. We use the records of these hospitals, now held in the National Archives, to trace the progress of this disease amongst the individuals who fell ill. We examine contemporary reactions to this minor epidemic – an epidemic, we suggest, which acted as a herald wave of the pandemic yet to come. The latter part of our paper addresses the second question, as to how troop movement across the North Atlantic, once the United States had entered into war, may well have enabled the virus to spread from Europe to North America.

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Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/spanish-influenza-pandemic-new-evidence-for-influenza-outbreaks-in-england-and-france-prior-to-1918/8BC01CCE54683ED7A4DD1DFF0C3AE7EA

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History of Mass Transportation: The Skoda 242260-8 Electric locomotive class 242

 

By Rainerhaufe - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:242.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4340624

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8CD_Class_242

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History of Mass Transportation: The Vagónka Studénka Krokodýl (Crocodile) Autorail (1962–68)

By Vít Javůrek - http://www.mujweb.cz/www/mhd_jama/vlaky3/Krasa10/olrepc1.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6311434

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czech_locomotive_classes

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History of Mass Transportation: The CD/CZ ''Hydra'' Diesel Autorail (1968–70) by Vagónka Studénka

 

By Vít Javůrek - http://www.mujweb.cz/www/mhd_jama/vlaky3/Krasa8/libun18.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6584716

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czech_locomotive_classes

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History of Mass Transportation: A Diesel multiple unit 854.206, Brno main station, Czech Republic

 

By Harold - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10217313

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czech_locomotive_classes

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History of Mass Transportation: The CZ/CD Diesel Railcar class 680 (1974)

 

By Václav Vyskočil (Upload: Jagro) - www.vlaky.net: [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5776155

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czech_locomotive_classes

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History of Mass Transportation: The California Western Railroad #45 Steam Locomotive

 

By Baldwinlocomotiveworks - R.A. Sallinen III - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18159992

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works

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History of Mass Transportation: The Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation-type Stean Locomotive

 

By Alphageekpa at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47213787

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works

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History of Mass Transportation: Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1896

 

By Horace L.Arnold - "Modern Machine-Shop Economics." in Engineering Magazine 11. 1896, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36887873

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works

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History of Mass Transportation: The C&O class M-1 #500 Baldwin Steam Turbine Locomotive

 

By The only mark on the card is EKE. - eBay itemcard frontcard back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17618573

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works

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History of Mass Transportation: A First-generation GTEL and a 1923 electric auto in Fremont, Nebraska in 1953

By Union Pacific Railroad - eBay itemphoto frontphoto back, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22868545

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-turbine_locomotive

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History of Mass Transportation: The Davenport 1597 Steam Locomotive preserved by Illawarra Light Railway Museum

 

By Hpeterswald - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28169917

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_Locomotive_Works

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History of Mass Transportation: The Zentralbahn De 110 005-6 Electric Locomotive in Meiringen BE, Switzerland

 

Par Paebi — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1054053

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Link: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralbahn

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History of Mass Transportation: The FIAT Autorail TER RENFE, Madrid Atocha (1981)

 

Di Smiley.toerist - File:Madrid Atocha 1981.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19532692

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Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Ferroviaria

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History of Mass Transportation: The FS ATR 100 Diesel Autorail in Turin (1959)

 

Di Brooksbank - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38676394

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Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Ferroviaria

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History of Mass Transportation: The Fiat FS ETR.401 Electric Multiple Unit

 

Di maurizio messa - Flickr: FS ETR401, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20276434

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Link: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Ferroviaria

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History of Mass Transportation: Four Motor tram 497 at Milton in 1949, Brisbane, Australia

 

By Unknown author - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper. Original uploader was Paddington62 at en.wikipedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10541855

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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Brisbane

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