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Rail and fins
Rail fins enable high-performance surfing, and are most often " single-foiled ," with one flat side and one " foiled " side, as seen on an airfoil, for greater lift.
Rail fins are more or less engaged by the rider's heel and toes as they lean in the desired direction of their turn.
Rail fins also add lift ( known as " drive ") in trim and with greater holding ability, enable steeper wave faces to be ridden and higher speed " down the line.
Rail fins are typically " toed-in ," that is, the leading edge of the fins are oriented toward the centerline of the surfboard, which decreases the angle of attack in trim, which makes it easier to initiate turns.
Rail fins also typically have some degree of " cant ," that is, are tilted out toward the rail they are adjacent to.
Rail fins evolved into being and surged into popularity as riders ( Simon Anderson, most famously ) sought a solution to two major performance issues of a central " single " fin-both related to engagement of the foil: For one, a centrally-mounted fin is tilted up out of the water as the board is leaned over, and thus it loses more and more of its lift as the lean angle increases-if the lean angle is acute enough, the fin's tip can be the only area left in the water ; the tip may then rapidly stall and, having lost its lift, become disengaged from the water, leaving the board's bottom as the only control surface still operating.

Rail and are
The national passenger and freight operator is called Bulgarian State Railways, but there are also a number of private operators including Bulgarian Railway Company and DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria.
Most of the railway track is managed by Network Rail, which as of 2010 had a network of of standard-gauge lines, of which are electrified.
Although passengers rarely have cause to refer to either document, all travel is subject to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage and all tickets are valid subject to the rules set out in a number of so-called technical manuals, which are centrally produced for the network.
Rail transport is fairly developed, with dual track and electrification not very common, although high-speed tilting trains are used on some routes.
Rail operations are provided by one state owned operator and several private operators ( mainly for sugar mills ):
The ten lines are the East Rail, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung, Tseung Kwan O, West Rail, Ma On Shan, the Airport Express and the Disneyland Resort lines.
A portion of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, as well as several other bicycle routes, are in town.
Ireland's railways are in State ownership, with Iarnród Éireann ( Irish Rail ) operating services in the Republic and NI Railways operating services in Northern Ireland.
The re-opening of the Navan-Clonsilla rail link and the Western Rail Corridor are amongst future projects as part of the same plan.
These locomotives are operated by Pacific National in Rail transport in Australia | Australia.
Relatively inexpensive elevated Light Rail Transit systems are used in some cities, such as Kuala Lumpur.
Most major Network Rail lines carry freight traffic and some lines are freight only.
There are some scheduled passenger services on their own privately managed, non-Network Rail lines, for example Heathrow Express which also partly runs on Network Rail and the London Underground also overlaps with Network Rail in places.
Several conurbations have their own metro or tram systems, most of which are not part of National Rail.

Rail and often
The town is often called " Train Town USA " because of the many railroad attractions in and around town, including the Strasburg Rail Road and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Both KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services are often referred to by Malaysians simply as the ERL, or Express Rail Link.
** A nickname for Virgin Trains ' British Rail Class 57, often used as such due to the aforementioned 60s television programme
< span id =" Rail shooters " />" Rail shooters " limit the player to moving around the screen while the game follows a specific route ; these games often feature an " into the screen " viewpoint, with which the action is seen from behind the character.
Rail trails parallel much of this route, often on the opposite banks.
Rail freight is often subject to transshipment costs, since it must be transferred from one mode of transportation to another.
gallery showed Spirituality, an exhibition of Wojnarowicz's drawings, photographs, videos, collages, and personal notebooks ; in a review in The Brooklyn Rail, Kara L. Rooney called the show " meticulously researched and commendably curated from a wide array of sources, ... a mini-retrospective, providing context and clues for Wojnarowicz's often elusive, sometimes dangerous, and always brutally honest.
The word railway is often shortened into rail, as in the East Rail and the West Rail.
Rail transport systems are often used for purposes they were not designed for, but have evolved into due to changes in human geography.
At the time of its establishment Iarnród Éireann referred to itself as Irish Rail, and introduced the four rails IR logo ; however, the initials " IR " ( Irish Rail ) were often defaced as " IRA " on signage.
Both KLIA Transit and KLIA Ekspres services are often referred to by Malaysians simply as the ERL, or Express Rail Link.
It was the major focus of 1988's Rail 125 commemorations, a celebration of 125 years of railways in New Zealand, and it has hosted numerous local events since, often in conjunction with the Ferrymead Heritage Park or other rail preservation societies.
One of the reasons often cited for these policies was the cost of using road transport to Tranz Rail was less than that of using rail, because the road infrastructure is provided as a public good, whereas the rail network was a private good.
Rail transport in Australia has often been neglected in favour of the Australian road transport network.
Examples from the last five years in the United Kingdom include the vesting of the British railway infrastructure firm Railtrack in the not-for-profit company Network Rail, and the divestment of much council housing stock to " arms-length management companies ", often with mutual status.
Several railway preservation groups are based at the railway, often working in support of and cooperation with Peak Rail.
Northern Rail ( legal name Northern Rail Limited ), often referred to as Northern is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Abellio / Serco operating the Northern Rail franchise.
Rail trails often share space with linear utilities such as pipelines, electrical transmission wires and telephone lines.

Rail and seen
Only in 1993, when British Rail was privatised, was it seen as anomalous for a tube line to be part of the National Rail network and by agreement ownership was transferred to London Underground, effective from 1 April 1994.
A variety of birds can be seen, including Little Grebe and Water Rail, which spend the winter on the lagoons, while the scrapes, which consist of shallow pools and muddy shorelines, are visited by Common Redshank and Little Egret.
A British Rail Class 150 | Class 150 and steam locomotive can be seen.
The High Speed 1 Channel Tunnel Rail Link passes through the Medway Towns area, running parallel to the M2 / A2 Trunk road. The completion of High Speed 1 has seen domestic services operating on the rail link, which includes a stopping service starting at Faversham running to Strood and Gravesend before joining the High Speed line at Ebbsfleet.
Rail use is currently expanding rapidly in Wrexham ; General has seen a 12 % rise in passenger numbers between 2004 and 2007, Central seeing an increase of 18 %.
Since its opening, the extension has seen tremendous growth as a result of connecting the Isle of Dogs financial centre with Greenwich, along with two National Rail connections.
The route would have seen Underground Northern Line trains running on surface tracks from Morden past the nearby Underground depot and on to the Network Rail alignment close to Morden South station.
As of November 2007 the locomotive was based at the Peak Rail ( Heritage Railway ), near Bakewell, Derbyshire, where it could sometimes be seen hauling trains ( especially on ' diesel weekends ').
The Yellow Rail are very elusive and seldom seen ; when approached, they are more likely to rely on camouflage than flight.
The section of line from Alresford to Alton that can be seen today was purchased from British Rail in November 1975 run by volunteers.
After Brickhouse and Third Rail leave, Kwai decided to leave, later seen returning to her homeland, the Kingdom of Kwen Lun ; meeting with her old friend, the Monkey King, revealing that she needs to ask her father, the Jade Emperor for another life, as she is sentenced to death without reincarnation.
Image: British Rail Mark 3A SLEP 10590 at Penzane. JPG | First's original FGW green and gold livery ( Fag Packet ), on a Mark 3 sleeper Coach used by the Night Riviera, seen here at Penzance.
A British Rail Class 150 and LNER Thompson Class B1 No. 61264 can be seen.
The decline in rural branch rail lines operated by CN Rail and CP Rail in the 1980s and 1990s, combined with the increase of 4-lane highway construction, has seen Irving Oil eliminate practically all retail petroleum delivery by rail and the closure of many of its rail-side distribution terminals in favour of newer highway-served terminals or direct deliveries.
While Amtrak has retired cars built with drawing rooms, they are currently still used by Via Rail Canada, although the traditional nomenclature is seen as archaic and are officially sold as " triple bedrooms ".
The Black Rail is rarely seen and prefers running in the cover of the dense marsh vegetation to flying.
Preparatory work on this section had started just before the war and a section of trackbed constructed for the extension can be seen to the west of the road overbridge, beyond the buffer stops of the Central Line tracks alongside the National Rail line.
Two species, the New Caledonian Rail and the New Caledonian Lorikeet have not been seen for over a hundred years and are considered to be critically endangered if not actually extinct.
Bealeton grew up as a Depot of the former Orange & Alexandria Rail Road ( since renamed Southern Rail Road ), and the old railroad station building can be seen in the Bealeton Station development in front of the new Bealeton Library building.

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