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  2. Order of Railroad Telegraphers - Wikipedia

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    Impact of Hours of Service Act of 1907. Long working hours were a major issue among railroad telegraphers. Railroad operators were the "air traffic controllers" of the railroads; long hours and the resulting fatigue could result in errors in judgment and serious accidents.

  3. Hours of service - Wikipedia

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    Hours of service (HOS) regulations are issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and govern the working hours of anyone operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in the United States.

  4. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    The federal hours-of-service law that forbids certain classes of railroad employees, including those operating trains, from working longer than a certain time after reporting for duty, currently 12 hours

  5. San Antonio station (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    San Antonio station is an Amtrak railroad station located on the eastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio station hosts two long-distance Amtrak services: the tri-weekly Sunset Limited and the daily Texas Eagle. Four days a week, San Antonio is the southern terminus of the Texas Eagle, which originates in Chicago.

  6. Adamson Act - Wikipedia

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    Eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure of standard of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services of all employees who are now or may hereafter be employed by any common carrier by railroad, except railroads independently owned and operated not exceeding one ...

  7. Acela - Wikipedia

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    Acela travels between Boston and New York in about three and a half hours (an improvement of half an hour); New York to Washington runs take a minimum of two hours and forty-five minutes. These schedules, as well as the relative convenience of direct downtown-to-downtown rail service as opposed to air travel, especially after the September 11 ...

  8. Phillipsburg Union Station - Wikipedia

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    Phillipsburg Union Station is an active railroad station museum, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States, at 178 South Main Street.Opened in 1914, Union Station was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) and shared with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and was situated where the lines merged before the bridge crossing the Delaware River.

  9. Local history: Strata-Dome luxury train impressed Akron ... - AOL

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    The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad advertises its New Columbian Strata-Dome train in 1949 with service in Akron. Thrills in the Strata-Dome The eight cars included a Strata-Dome coach, a 24-seat ...

  10. Greenville station (South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    The station, operated by Amtrak, provides inter-city rail service via the Crescent. The facility is open between the hours of 4:00am-6:00am and 10:00pm-12:00am, which includes the waiting area. No ticket sales office nor baggage services are available at this station. References

  11. Stamford Transportation Center - Wikipedia

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    Stamford receives very frequent rail service on the New Haven Line. During peak hours, trains at Stamford come in intervals as little as three or seven minutes apart. Reverse commute trains during rush hours also operate relatively frequently, at intervals of ten to twenty minutes.