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Undersea volcano erupts in Tonga, South Pacific
An undersea volcano has erupted near Tonga in the South Pacific, shooting smoke, steam and ash straight up into the sky. Scientists are on their way to inspect the volcano, and no islanders have been affected at this... The Reports of Google's Acquisition of Valve are Greatly Exaggerated
Valve Software, the game maker responsible for Half Life and the stream of spiritual successors such as Half Life 2 and Portal, and the Steam distribution system seems to be in the sights of Google's acquisition...
created by Jason Sanders | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Full steam again (comment)
Could the steam engine be on its way back? The romance of the steam train has never gone but is the old technology with a few tweaks possibly the new technology?"In 1946 Paul Kiefer, chief mechanical engineer of...Nine Dead After Midwest US Flooding
At least nine people are dead after heavy weekend rainfall caused flooding in Indiana, Wisonsin and Iowa. Streams and rivers were overrun with torrential waters and President Bush declared 29 Indiana counties... Exploding toilets spur evacuation
Holy crap!"
AUBURN, Wash. - An employee of an Auburn nursing home called firefighters for help on Tuesday because the toilets were exploding with steam. The fire department said there was a... Dreams of Steam
The birth of steam is the birth of our technological society culminating in our present "Information Revolution". The future was wide open and full of possibilities then. One hundred and ninety-three years...According To Mayor Michael Bloomberg one person died and twenty were injured ...
UPDATE: Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters that one person died from a heart attack following the incident and 20 others were injured. Four firefighters were treated for minor injuries at the...
created by infomatique | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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ALL STEAMED UP ..... AGAIN !!!
Yes` Those good Folks of North Yorkshire are getting all steamed up again` as the A4 Pacific Streamlined Steam Locomotive " UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA " came steaming in to York Railway Station on Saturday 19th May... All the way from America
A historic Great Western Railway coach currently in store in the USA is lined up for a return to Britain. GWR Brake Coach no was sold in 1967 and shipped across the water to the "Steamtown" Museum in Scranton,...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Beatles, BBCTV and a Steam Railway
A bit of an update on an earlier item. At the back end of 2006, film director Richard (Dick) Lester revisited the Minehead Branch with a BBCTV film crew. The West Somerset Railway laid on a special steam train -...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Education, education, education
Pupils from Chilton Trinity Technical College recenrtly paid a very successful visit to Bishops Lydeard Station in Somerset. Around fifty 16 to 17 year olds visited with class tutors to study railways and...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Stones start rolling in Somerset
Good to see the delivery of spent ballast start yesterday. A huge train from Network Rail arrived, with a large Class 66 loco at each end, and dumped a few hundred tons of stones at the Norton site. The stones...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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The Big Blue One goes walkabout
Ex-SDJR 2-8-0 no 88 - currently finished in the famous Prussian Blue - is to visit two heritage railways in 2007. So report the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust. The prussian blue liveried engine will be...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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WSR welcomes 200000th passenger
The West Somerset Railway carries over 200000 passengers in 2006. Despite an especially challenging 2006 season for tourism businesses, the West Somerset Railway has again broken its 200,000th passenger milestone....
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Beatles Film Director retraces his steps...
Film director Richard Lester was recently back on the Minehead Branch for the first time in over 40 years. On Wednesday 6 December, Richard and a BBC unit visited the West Somerset Railway for the filming of a new...
created by WestSomersetWizard | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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