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Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
Height of the Salto Angel, the world's highest free-falling waterfall 10 3: 1 kilometre 2.3 km Length of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world [34] [35] 3.1 km Narrowest width of the Strait of Messina, separating Italy and Sicily: 8.848 km Height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth 10 4: 10 km: 10.9 km
The Sri Lanka Army (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை இராணுவம், romanized: Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.
While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds above 250 km/h (155 mph) or upgraded lines in excess of 200 km/h (125 mph) are widely considered to be high-speed. The first high-speed rail system, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Honshu, Japan, in 1964.
1 January – In his New Year address, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby urges politicians to treat their opponents as human beings rather than enemies. [1]Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps says that British forces are ready to act against Houthi rebels targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea.
Rijeka (/ r i ˈ ɛ k ə, r i ˈ eɪ k ə / ree-EK-ə, ree-AY-kə, US also / r i ˈ j ɛ k ə / ree-YEK-ə, [3] [4] Croatian: ⓘ; local Chakavian: Reka or Rika; [5] Slovene: Reka, Italian: Fiume (Italian: ⓘ; Fiuman: Fiume; Hungarian: Fiume; outdated German name: Sankt Veit am Flaum), is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split).