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    The Auto Freight Transport Building of Oregon and Washington, also known as East Side Terminal and Eastbank Commerce Center, in southeast Portland in the...
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    and ornamentation which is evident in the Old Elks Temple." He was "well into his 80s" when he retired. Houghtaling & Dougan Auto Freight Transport Building...
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  • Water transport is largely used for freight. Fishing and pleasure boats are numerous, and passenger service connects many of the nation's islands and remote...
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    located on the WashingtonOregon border along the Columbia River, directly north of Portland. Vancouver shares its name with the larger city of Vancouver in...
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    Sustainable transport refers to ways of transportation that are sustainable in terms of their social and environmental impacts. Components for evaluating...
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  • national affiliation of state trucking organizations. The ATA was established by a merger of the American Highway Freight Association and the Federated Trucking...
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    set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Southeast Portland, Oregon, and offers...
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  • Livraga. Two people were killed and 31 were injured. Canada – A Canadian Pacific freight train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire at Guernsey, Saskatchewan...
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  • Astoria–Megler ferry (category Ferries of Oregon)
    compete with the auto ferries that were coming on the route. Ferry service across the Columbia River from Astoria, Oregon, to Megler, Washington, began in the...
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    towline parted off the Oregon coast on 15 November 1937. The others went on to serve in the waters of northwestern Washington and southwestern British Columbia...
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    Walla County, Washington, United States. It travels 24 miles (39 km) south from the city of Walla Walla to the Oregon state border and north to a junction...
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    Corbin, brother of Austin Corbin, left home at 19 and moved steadily west building his fortune dealing in land, stage stations, freighting, and mercantile...
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    of Washington. It is located along the southwest bank of the Columbia River, just southeast of the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima rivers and across...
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    decided a case involving the SS Oregon. "U.S. Reports: Oregon, The, 158 U.S. 186 (1895)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved May...
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    Michigan, Oregon, Missouri, Washington, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, Vermont, Maine, and New York, as well as the Canadian province of British...
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    (i.e. Romeo and Juliet), and were similar to the "horse cars" that were used to transport racehorses. Express cars carry high-value freight in passenger...
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    Interurban (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
    electric freight until 1965. After World War II, many interurbans in other countries were also cut back. In Belgium, as intercity transport shifted to...
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  • of the Ilwaco Wharf Company incorporated the Ilwaco Steam Navigation Company, with the goal of buying a steamboat and running passengers and freight across...
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    Road pricing (category Transport economics)
    direct road pricing to make freight journeys more expensive on congested routes or to influence the time of day at which freight traffic operates". Nobel-laureate...
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  • pressure on the freight industry and the national freight agreement continued, however. By the end of the 1990s the National Master Freight Agreement, which...
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    travelers on the Washington arm of the Oregon Trail between Kalama and New Market (Tumwater). As red roses had long been a symbol of the community, including...
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    Greyhound Lines (category Transport companies established in 1914)
    Bus/Malone Freight Line, Inc. truck collision" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. May 13, 1972. Hartwood, John (May 10, 1980). "Greyhound, Autos Drop...
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    retailer Amazon (#2), coffee chain Starbucks (#120), freight forwarder Expeditors International of Washington (#225), department store Nordstrom (#245), forest...
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    county seat and most populous city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle and is one of the main cities...
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    regional center for freight transport. Norfolk Southern Railway's primary Northeast hump classification yards are located in Allentown, and the city is served...
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    rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separated...
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  • aboard the same train in autoracks Autorack or auto carrier (US) A specialized freight car for transporting automobiles B-Boat A GE B23-7, B30-7, or B36-7...
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  • Expo '74 (category History of Spokane, Washington)
    passenger and freight rail transport and remained that way for several decades. By the mid-20th century, the problems of having a large amount of railroads...
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    Green Lane – What happens here?, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, 2016 "An Initial Assessment of Freight Bottlenecks on Highways" (PDF). Federal Highway...
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    West Coast of the United States, several important ports in California handle freight shipments from the Pacific Rim and beyond. A number of airports are...
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