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Since the 1960s, railroad distributed power technology has been dominated by one company, Harris Controls ( originally Harris Corporation — Controls and Composition Division, later purchased by General Electric, and now known as GE Transportation Systems Global Signalling ), who have manufactured and marketed a patented radio-control system known as Locotrol that is the predominant ( perhaps only?
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Since the 1960s, composite airframes and quieter, more efficient engines have become available, and Concorde provided supersonic passenger service for more than two decades, but the most important lasting innovations have taken place in instrumentation and control.
Since the 1960s, the islands have diversified away from their traditionally agriculture-based economy towards tourism and financial services, becoming one of the wealthiest areas in the Caribbean.
Since the 1960s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music as the bass instrument in the rhythm section.
Since the 1960s, blackjack has been a high profile target of advantage players, particularly card counters, who track the profile of cards that have been dealt and adapt their wager and playing strategies accordingly.
Since the 1960s / 1970s, Blissymbols have become popular as a method to teach disabled or handicapped people to communicate.
Since the 1960s, applied ethics has revived the ideas of casuistry in applying ethical reasoning to particular cases in law, bioethics and business ethics, so the reputation of casuistry is somewhat rehabilitated.
Since the international adoption of the MKS standard in the 1940s and the SI standard in the 1960s, the technical use of CGS units has gradually declined worldwide, in the United States more slowly than elsewhere.
Since the early 1960s, it has been known that volcanism has occurred on other planets and moons in the Solar System.
Since then McLean has stated that the lyrics are also somewhat autobiographical and present an abstract story of his life from the mid-1950s until the time he wrote the song in the late 1960s.
Since at least the 1960s, macroeconomics has been characterized by further integration as to micro-based modeling of sectors, including rationality of players, efficient use of market information, and imperfect competition.
Since at least the 1960s, when Marc Bloch's Feudal Society ( 1939 ) was first translated into English in 1961, many medieval historians have included a broader social aspect that includes not only the nobility but all three estates of the realm, adding the peasantry bonds of manorialism and the estates of the Church ; this is sometimes referred to as " feudal society " since it encompasses all members of society into the feudal system.
Since the 1960s, West and later reunified Germany has been attracting migrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Turkey, many of whom ( or their children ) over time acquired German citizenship.
Since the 1960s rather complex mathematical models have been developed, facilitated by the availability of high speed computers.
Since the 1960s, academic history has seen the emergence of new approaches and topics such as social history, demographic history, ethnic history, women's history, environmental history and cultural history.
Since the 1960s and 1970s a large body of scholarship has provided evidence and analysis of the extent to which heterosexuality and homosexuality are socially organized and historically changing.
Since the 1960s various Scottish shops and manufacturers have created vegetarian haggis, substituting various pulses, nuts and vegetables for the meat in the dish.
Since the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Irish have become assimilated into the British population.
Since the early 1960s, it has published 12 volumes, the first in 1971 and most recently in 2008 ; three more volumes are planned.
Since the 1960s, he has worked with public interest, consumer, family farm, environmental and community organizations at the local, state and national level.
Since the 1960s, orca has steadily grown in popularity ; both names are now used.
Since the 1960s, a theory based on Linear B phonetic values suggests that Linear A language could be an Anatolian language, close to Luwian.
Since the beginning of the 1960s Ladoga has become considerably eutrophicated.
Since the 1960s, the mainland population has declined by 60-70 %; though there has been a small increase on Motunau Island.
Since the 1960s, the number of people claiming Native American ancestry has grown significantly and by the 2000 census, the number had more than doubled.
Since the 1960s the Chief rabbinate of Israel has moved somewhat closer to the positions of Haredi Judaism.
Since and railroad
Since this book is concerned only incidentally with railroad rates, it will not attempt to analyze the methods by which the staff of the Interstate Commerce Commission has estimated out-of-pocket costs and apportioned residue costs.
Since that time the telegraph office has shifted in location from the railroad station at the Depot and shops at the Center back to the town clerk's office and drugstore at the Village.
Since the railroad cannot reduce the salary of individual union members under contract, it must accomplish its payroll reduction by placing some of the men on furlough, a B. & O. spokesman said.
Since early in the 1840s the topic of a transcontinental railroad had been discussed.
Since mainland China's railroad network was underdeveloped, north-south trade depended heavily on sea lanes.
Since the site was some distance from the nearest existing community, he asked the railroad company to make a special stop to offload the supplies he'd ordered.
Since its inception, the railroad line from East Dubuque to Bloomington has been decommissioned.
Since the end of 2008 the railroad right-of-way has been used for the placement of poles that carry electric power from the wind turbines in western Benton County to the substation at Montmorenci.
Since this dark green paint was in abundance on the railroad, it was the color used on the passenger cars.
Since the decline of the railroad began in the 1950s, the city's population has remained relatively constant.
Since its beginnings as a mountain ranch, Oakridge has been a railroad boomtown, a lumberjacks ' haven, and an outdoor enthusiast's destination.
Since the original plot was over the mountain West of Carlton, it was a matter of convenience for the railroad to build where it presently is, because negotiating the mountain was not feasible.
Since Mineola was in the heart of the East Texas timber belt, timber was plentiful for railroad tiemaking and lumber.
Since the railroad downgraded its facilities along First St. in 1957, the downtown has remained dormant.
Since 1750, Tildonk is traversed by the Leuven-Rupel canal and, since 1837, by the Mechelen-Leuven railroad line.
Since most of the team ’ s players were employed by the railroad, they could ride the train free of charge.
Since the team was composed mainly of railroad workers, the scenario gave the players limited time to practice and prepare for games.
Since 1885, Niš was the last station of the Orient Express, until the railroad was built between Niš and Sofia in 1888.
Since the Illinois Central purchase in 1998 CN has been increasingly focused on running a " scheduled freight railroad / railway ", meeting on-time performance with rail industry-leading consistency.
Since mainland China's railroad network was underdeveloped, north-south trade depended heavily on sea lanes.
Since October 2007 construction works have started on a new railroad between Schaarbeek and Mechelen on the central reservation of the E 19 ( Belgian A1 ) with the purpose of improving the train connection between Antwerp, Brussels Airport and Brussels.
Since the 1980s, its northern and southern shores have been connected by the three routes of the Honshū-Shikoku Bridge Project, including the Great Seto Bridge, which serves both railroad and automobile traffic.
Since the settlement of Miles City, at the mouth of the Tongue, and the related settlement of Sheridan, Wyoming, located approximately 125 air miles to the south there has been much discussion of a north-south railroad connecting the cities and corridored along the Tongue River valley.
Since mainland China's railroad network was underdeveloped, north-south trade depended heavily on sea lanes.
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