Irish merchant shipping saw to it that vital imports continued to arrive and exports, mainly food supplies to Great Britain, were delivered. Irish ships sailed unarmed and usually alone, identifying themselves asneutrals with bright lights and by painting theIrish tricolour and EIRE in large letters on theirsides anddecks. Nonetheless, twenty percent of seamen serving in Irish ships perished, victims of a war not their own: attacked by both sides, though predominantly by theAxis powers. Often,Alliedconvoys did not stop to pick up survivors, while Irish ships regularly answeredSOS signals and stopped to rescue survivors, irrespective of which side they belonged to. Irish ships rescued 534 seamen. (Full article...)
Image 6A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for theCromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (fromRail transport)
Image 14Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the eighth longest inEurope. (fromRail transport)
Image 18An ambulance from World War I (fromTransport)
Image 19Bardon Hill box inEngland (seen here in 2009) is aMidland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (fromRail transport)
Image 23Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (fromTransport)
Image 36German soldiers in a railwaycar on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car readsVon München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (fromRail transport)
Image 37Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (fromRail transport)
Image 38According toEurostat and theEuropean Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (fromRail transport)
Image 59A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, 1795; the tracks are plateways. (fromRail transport)
Image 60TheGreat North Road near High gate on the approach to London beforeturnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (fromRoad transport)
TheMoscow Metro inMoscow,Russia, is the world's most heavily usedmetro system. It is well known for the ornate design of many of thestations (such as Kievskaya Station,pictured), containing stunningly beautiful examples ofsocialist realist art. In total, the Moscow Metro has277.9 km of route length, 12 lines and 171 stations. Although passenger traffic is considerably lower on weekends, on a normal weekday the Metro carries 10.05 million passengers, bringing the average daily passenger traffic per year to 8,745 million passengers per day. Moscow Metro is astate-owned enterprise.
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