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  2. List of ship directions - Wikipedia

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    Fore or forward: at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead of a location (opposite of "aft") [1] Preposition form is "before", e.g. "the mainmast is before the mizzenmast". Inboard: attached inside the ship. [14] Keel: the bottom structure of a ship's hull. [15] Leeward: side or direction away from the wind (opposite of "windward"). [16]

  3. Flank speed - Wikipedia

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    Slow ahead/astern, the number of revolutions is standardized for the individual ship and is unstated; Half ahead/astern, accompanied by an order for a power setting (e.g., "half ahead both engines, revolutions 1,500") Full speed ahead/astern. This is reserved for emergencies and as such the word "speed" is included to distinguish it from the ...

  4. Eastern Railway zone - Wikipedia

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    The first train ran here between Howrah and Hooghly on 15 August 1854. The train left Howrah station at 8:30 a.m. and reached Hooghly in 91 minutes. The management of the East Indian Railway was taken over by the British Indian government on 1 January 1925. [2]

  5. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail ...

  6. Comparison of BitTorrent sites - Wikipedia

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    BitTorrent sites may operate a BitTorrent tracker and are often referred to as such. Operating a tracker should not be confused with hosting content. A directory allows users to browse the content available on a website based on various categories.

  7. Runner2 - Wikipedia

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    Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (also known as simply Runner2 ) is a 2013 side-scrolling platformer developed by Gaijin Games . The game is the sequel to Bit.Trip Runner (2010) and was released as a downloadable title on PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Vita , Xbox 360 , Wii U , Microsoft Windows , OS X , Linux , and iOS .

  8. LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard - Wikipedia

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    The A4 class previously had problems with the big end bearing for the middle cylinder, so the big end was fitted with a "stink bomb" of aniseed oil which would be released if the bearing overheated. After attaining the record speed, the middle big end did overheat and the crew reduced speed, running at 70–75 mph (113–121 km/h) onwards to ...

  9. Double-track railway - Wikipedia

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    In any given country, rail traffic generally runs to one side of a double-track line, not always the same side as road traffic. Thus in Belgium, China, France (apart from the classic lines of the former German Alsace and Lorraine), Sweden (apart from Malmö and further south), Switzerland, Italy and Portugal for example, the railways use left-hand running, while the roads use right-hand running.