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Sly Fox and Birdie


and finally railroad tracks. She spots her friend Sly Fox right near them. Birdie asks what he is doing, and we learn that Sly Fox is going to put a few items on the tracks (a rock, a can, an old spike), assuming that when the train "comes roarin' by, it'll squash them to pieces!" A fearful Birdie tells him that it is a bad idea and gives Sly Fox a "thinking cap," telling him that when the train comes by, it
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Boz Scaggs (album)


"Another Day (Another Letter)" is a rock ballad with '50s progression, while "Now You're Gone" is a honky-tonk country track with a slide guitar and fiddle. The contemporary country track "Finding Her" features a bridge section with more slide guitar and a piano instrumental, which Leimbacher compared "Moonlight Sonata". Side one ends with the folk inspired track "Look What I've Got". Side two opens with a cover of the Jimmy Rodgers song "Waiting for a Train"
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Kids' WB Fun Zone


actual carousel built. Taz Hollywood Cars is a set of Zamperla Mini Bumper Cars. These are something fun for the younger children, They are smaller and slower ensuring the safety and enjoyment of our youngest generation. Yosemite Sam's Railroad is a Zamperla Kiddie Train. Riders board the train and complete two circuits of the track. Originally the ride featured a set of crossroads to enable the train to do a figure of 8. This was removed and replaced with a series of corners. "Looney Tunes - What’s Up Rock
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The Rock and Roll Trio


Tony Austin in a recreation of the Rock and Roll Trio. In 1997, he cut his first ever solo LP "Train Kept A-Rollin" on Sweetfish Records as a tribute to The Rock and Roll Trio. The LP contained eleven tracks, three of which, "Train Kept A-Rollin'", "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes", and "Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track)", had been featured on the Rock and Roll Trio's original 1957 album. Among the backing musicians were
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Wonder What's Next


Rock Tracks charts. Its music video also gained significant TV rotation. In October, the album debuted at number 14 on the "Billboard" 200. Its second single "Send the Pain Below" attained even greater success than its predecessor in February 2003, reaching number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. To round off promotion of "Wonder What's Next", "Closure" was released as the third and final single far later in December to substantial success. By mid-2003, "Wonder What
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Immortality (Pearl Jam song)


some questions or help you understand the pressures on someone who is on a parallel train... In a later interview, Vedder talked about how he thought of Cobain and himself as "parallel trains." He said, "You look at it objectively and you think, 'What could be so fucking hard about being in a band?' But if you're coming from a place that's real, it's much harder." "Immortality" peaked at number 10 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and
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Train (3 Doors Down song)


"Train" is the second rock single from 3 Doors Down's, self titled fourth studio album. The song was released as a rock radio only promo on May 19, 2008, and was one of the most added tracks. No music video was made for the track, since it was a radio-only single. The demo version appears on the deluxe edition of the band's 2011 album "Time of My Life". "Train" debuted at #33 on the mainstream rock chart, and climbed to
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Last Train to Trancentral


likes an occasional brush with the gigantic. The KLF did to house what Jim Steinman did to rock – they turned it into a thing of tottering grand opera absurdity, pushed the excitement in the music to hysteria, traded content for ever-huger gesture. The difference being that the KLF never lost track of what made the music special in the first place. Maybe because there’s less inherent ‘meaning’ in the KLF’s music, or maybe just because the ‘meaning’ in house music is less fragile, I
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What's the Matter Here


"What's The Matter Here?" was the third single released from 10,000 Maniacs' 1987 album "In My Tribe", following "Peace Train" and "Like the Weather". A live version with lead vocalist Mary Ramsey was also included on their 2016 album "Playing Favorites". The song continued the band's slow integration into the mainstream of American commercial radio; it was a number 9 hit on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1988 and reached the "Billboard" Hot 100 as well
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Millions (2004 film)


" in a cardboard box by the train tracks is disturbed by a bag of money flung from a passing train. Damian immediately shows the money to his brother, Anthony (Lewis Owen McGibbon), and the two begin thinking of what to do with it. Anthony wants the money all to himself. Damian, kind-hearted and religious, had recently overheard three Latter-day Saint missionaries lecture other members of the community on building foundations of rock rather than foundations of sand, an old Christian principle which dictates that self
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Whitey Ford Sings the Blues


a mix of musical styles such as blues, rock and hip hop. "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues" produced five singles: "What It's Like", "Painkillers", "Money (Dollar Bill)", "Ends", and "Today (Watch Me Shine)". Its lead single "What It's Like" peaked at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks. "Ends" peaked at No. 7 on the "Billboard"
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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad


rocks were there originally, and the track was built around the rocks, unlike a number of earlier mine rides, which were built the other way around (by sculpting the rocks around the tracks). There is also a dinosaur skeleton that the train passes by, built into the side of the mountain. A cracked eggshell is nearby, and there is a pleasant lake with water that is shot up while the train passes on the warmer days. Sound effects of a typical locomotive operation are piped into the surrounding scenery to
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Paul Burlison


1990, he signed on with Rocky Burnette's rockabilly revival band. In 1997, Burlison cut his first ever solo LP "Train Kept A-Rollin"' on Sweetfish Records as a tribute to The Rock and Roll Trio. The LP contained eleven tracks, three of which, "Train Kept A-Rollin'", "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" and "Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track)", had been featured on The Rock and Roll Trio's original 1956 album. The album featured such
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What Are Words (album)


What Are Words is the debut album of the American singer Chris Medina. The album was released by Sony Music contains 11 pop-rock songs, some of them sensitive ballads, others more energetic and rocking. Album included the title track "What Are Words", a touching track inspired by Chris Medina's fiancé who had a serious brain injury after a car accident in 2009. Although "What Are Words" was only a minor hit in the United States, it was a big hit in Scandinavian countries topping both Norwegian
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Atom Seed


the British heavy metal band Tank as well as his own pop rock band, Sack Trick. Tracks: "Doghouse, Sexbeat, Shake That Thing, What?!" Tracks: "What You Say, Get in Line, Rebel, Shake That Thing, Shot Down, Forget it Joe, Better Day, What?!, Castles In The Sky, Bitchin', What You Say (Live), Burn (Live)" Tracks: "Rebel, Everybody, Forget It Joe, Fools To Fall" Tracks
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Rock Ferry railway station


Rock Ferry railway station is situated in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead, Wirral, England. The station lies south west of on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station has an island platform with four platforms in total and four tracks. Two platforms are unused with two tracks used for train stabling. The Birkenhead Dock Branch line branched off the line south of the station, with freight trains passing to the western side of the station. The freight line fell into disuse in
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What Kind of Love Are You On


"What Kind of Love Are You On" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The song, originally a track left off the "Nine Lives" album, was included on "" for the 1998 film "Armageddon" starring lead singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv Tyler. The song, was released as a promotional single to rock radio, reaching #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It was written by Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry and outside songwriters Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw (both formerly
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What I Want (Daughtry song)


and Brian Howes and was one of the first tracks written for the "Daughtry" album. According to the digital sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, "What I Want" was originally composed in the key of E major and set to a "driving rock" tempo of 140 BPM. Daughtry's vocals range from F – B. The single was one of the most added tracks to rock radio upon its release and peaked at number six on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock chart. It also charted
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Oak Forest station


of Oak Forest Mayor JoAnn Kelly's Gateway Project. In 2011, Oak Forest, then the second-busiest station on the Rock Island line with 1,500 daily commuters and 23 trains, received a $1.3 million grant from the United States Department of Transportation for modernization. There are 2 tracks at this station. On weekdays between 5:00 am – 2:00 pm, trains from Chicago run on track 2 and trains to Chicago run on track 1. After 2:00 pm, trains from Chicago run on track 1 and trains to Chicago run
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad


as Managing Director of Passenger Services. The last two trains plied the Rock Island's Illinois Division as the track quality declined from 1971 through 1977. The transit times, once a speedy 2½ hours in the 1950s, had lengthened to a 4½ hour run by 1975. The State of Illinois continued to subsidize the service to keep it running. The track program of 1978 helped with main line timekeeping, although the Rock Island's management decreed that the two trains (down to two coaches and an aged EMD E8 for power)
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SEPTA Regional Rail


had to transfer to the Broad Street Subway. Express trackage was added to the Broad Street Line to improve travel times from Center City to Fern Rock. Nonetheless, the number of subway trains needed to carry both regular Broad Street Subway riders, as well as passengers transferring to the subway because of RailWorks, exceeded the capacity of the above-ground, two-track, stub-end Fern Rock terminus. In 1993, SEPTA added a loop track to Fern Rock Yard, so that northbound trains did not need to use
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Pop Life (Bananarama album)


song "Long Train Running" featuring Alma de Noche, a pseudonym for the Gipsy Kings), retro-rock ("Only Your Love", "Outta Sight"), acid house ("Tripping on Your Love"), reggae ("What Colour R the Skies Where U Live?"), experimental club ("Megalomaniac"), and their hallmark Euro disco sound ("Preacher Man", "Ain't No Cure"). The track "Ain't No Cure" was covered by
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The Bacon Brothers


on many tours throughout North America and Europe. The brother's first studio release in 1997 was entitled "Forosoco", derived from what the brothers describe their genere to be as a mix of folk, rock, soul, and country. The Bacon Brothers also appear on Sandra Boynton's children's CDs "Dog Train", and "Philadelphia Chickens", on which they sing the title track. Their song "Chop Wood (Carry Water)" is on the soundtrack of the 2004 film "The Woodsman",
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Double-track railway


by on both lines, as happened in the Bere Ferrers accident of 1917. When one track of a double-track railway is out of service for maintenance or a train breaks down, all trains may be concentrated on the one usable track. There may be bi-directional signalling and suitable crossovers to enable trains to move on to the other track expeditiously (such as the Channel Tunnel), or there may be some kind of manual safeworking to control trains on what is now a section of single track. "See
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Return to Base


and we decided to record it, and we got it down in one take. The feel is there in that song, it's us, Slade – it's what we are all about." "Nuts Bolts and Screws" is another rock-based track which "AllMusic" states ranks among the band's best work. "My Baby's Got It", is a track influenced by rock 'n' roll and boogie rock. "I'm Mad" is an acoustic-based track which portrays a
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Railway slide fence


the rock cut and the area being protected. The slide fence is usually located on the uphill side of the track in the slide area. Select examples of railroad slide fences: When a train approaches a slide fence area, and the signal displays a stop aspect, the train is not permitted to proceed normally, because a rock slide has occurred. However, the rock slide may not prevent the safe passage of the train. For example, a large rock may have fallen off the cliff, broken through the slide fence
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Rock 'n' Roll Train


"Rock 'N' Roll Train" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is the first track on the album "Black Ice" to receive radio airplay. The band released a 7-inch vinyl single that featured the song "Rock 'N' Roll Train" on Side A, and "War Machine" on Side B. The 7-inch single came in a sleeve with its own unique artwork. The 7-inch vinyl was also made available in the United States through some independent record shops. As with the
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Century Flyer


North Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. In 1959, the train and tracks were sold to a local professional women's organization, who donated them to the Conway Human Development Center (then known as the Arkansas Children's Colony) for use by the patients. One third of a mile of track was laid and two trestles were built. Over the years, the train and track fell into disrepair. The Central Arkansas Model Railroad Club volunteered to upgrade and refurbish the train and track. The Century Flyer was listed in the
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Incognegro


track would later appear on his second album except for "Intro", "It Wasn't Us", "Midnight Train", & "Rock and a Hard Place". The lead single for his untitled independent album, called "Ho" was released on July 15, 1998. The song was produced by an American hip hop record producer Bangladesh. The second single for "Incognegro", "What's Your Fantasy" was released on September 12, 2000. The song features guest verse from an American local
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The Hot Rock (album)


"The End of You" and "Burn Don't Freeze". Music critic Robert Christgau said that "even reading the booklet it's hard to keep track of who's saying what to whom about what, as if they'd fallen in love with (or to) the Velvets' 'Murder Mystery'". The title track "Hot Rock", named after the 1972 film of the same name, notes the similarities between relationships and jewelry heists. The song "Banned from the End of the World"
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Train (roller coaster)


other train runs the course. On the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Walt Disney World, for example, there are five trains, but only four operate at a time (the trains are rotated out on a regular basis for safety reasons). Roller coaster trains have wheels that run on the sides (side friction or guide wheels) and underneath the track (upstop, underfriction, or underlocking wheels) as well as on top of it (road or running wheels); these lock the train to the tracks
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Old Ghost Road


the track. Over a five-week period, the track was restored. With the constant gradient of the track restored and having become obvious again, Rossiter proposed to the trust a change of scope from a tramping route to a mountain biking track; this was accepted. This left the challenge on the Lyell track to overcome – two large slips that left near-vertical rock faces behind. Rossiter, a geologist by training, explained that the crumbly nature of this particular rock would respond best to chipping and prising away rather
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Black Ice (album)


Year. At the APRA Awards of 2010 Angus and Malcolm won Songwriters of the Year, and "Rock 'n' Roll Train" won Most Played Australian Work Overseas. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, "Rock 'n' Roll Train" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and at the 2010 ceremony, "Black Ice" was nominated for Best Rock Album and the track "War Machine" won the Best Hard Rock Performance category. "Black Ice" was ranked
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Bleed It Out


It also reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #29. It made the top thirty in Australia, Canada, Poland and Israel. To date, it has been less successful than its predecessor "What I've Done" that debuted at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the following single "Shadow of the Day" where both singles charted higher. However, it has peaked higher than "What I've Done" in the New Zealand Singles
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What's This Life For


"What's This Life For" is a song by American rock band Creed. It is the third single and ninth track off their 1997 debut album, "My Own Prison". The song reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., becoming their first #1 hit on this chart. It remained on top for six weeks. Vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti wrote the song about one of their friends who had committed suicide. The lyrics deal with the difficulties in
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Rocks and Honey


"Country Rock Magazine" published a favourable review of the album, crediting David Huff and Matt Davis for the album production and called "What You Need From Me" a "fantastic track." Norbert Schiegel of G+J Entertainment Media highlighted the tracks "Sunshine" as a "pleasantly catchy" song, and "What You Need From Me" as "sensational." He described the whole album as "outstanding." Jeremy Williams of "The Yorkshire Times" gave the album a 5/5 rating. He asks, "
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Living Things (Linkin Park album)


title, "Battle Axe", "which to me is..what that song is; it's just this big 'crack' and then you're out." Like the band's first two albums, the penultimate track ("Tinfoil") is an instrumental. Brad Delson, the band's guitarist, has vocals in the tenth track "Until It Breaks", which was Delson's idea. The album explores the genres alternative rock, electronic rock, rap rock, and hard rock. The band toured
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Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway


track, and there was no way to move what remained of the Duke's train onto the northern track or transfer a locomotive to the southern. A long chain was tied between "Phoenix" on the northern track, and the three remaining carriages of the Duke's train on the southern track. At 1.30 pm "Phoenix" and its train were then attached to "North Star" and its train and the two locomotives set out at low speed towards Manchester, passing Eccles and heading into the deserted marshland of Chat Moss
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Masterpiece (The Master's Apprentices album)


an identity with competent forays into hard rock, early progressive rock, and poppy folk-rock, with orchestral instrumental links between many of the tracks adding to the confusion (as there's no concept driving the LP)." When writing about the album in Freedom Train, Australian rock journalist Ian McFarlane was complimentary of several of the album's tracks, but said that "Linda, Linda" and "Piece Of Me" were "just plain bad". "Part of the problem lays in the fact that the
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Train in Vain


"Train in Vain" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, "London Calling" (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was
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What Can Be Done at This Point


What Can Be Done at This Point is the third album by Mexican alternative rock singer, Elan. The album was released in early May 2007. The title track, "What Can Be Done at This Point", is a tribute to the deceased crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The track contains audio of the transmission between Challenger and mission control of the day of the tragedy. The track number 6, "Don't Want You in", was the lead single off the album. "Don't Want You
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What I Want (Daughtry song)


"What I Want" is a song recorded by American rock band Daughtry for their self titled debut album (2007). It was released to rock radio in the United States on April 23, 2007 as the second US rock single and third overall single from the album. The song features Slash on guitar, earning him a featured artist credit on the single. The band opted to release the track to rock radio only, because their second single, "Home", was not being played on rock stations due to
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Mouth Sounds


raw instrument tracks from songs featured on the music video game series "Rock Band". Because "Rock Band" requires players to control individual instruments for each track, all artists featured in "Rock Band" must provide the stems of each song featured in the game. With access to these tracks, Cicierega was able to create mashups of the provided songs. The process was mostly trial and error, where he paired songs together randomly, and kept what sounded good. Cicierega tried to only pull popular songs, explaining "
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Gravy Train (Gravy Train album)


Gravy Train is the 1970 debut album by Gravy Train. It is in the progressive rock and psychedelic rock genres. Dave Thompson of AllMusic praised the album, writing of its influences, "Jethro Tull and Comus had a baby, and they named it Gravy Train." He compared the track "Think of Life" to Deep Purple due to its flute part. Thompson noted that, "If Gravy Train has any faults whatsoever, the fascination with peculiar vocal effects can grow a little wearing, especially as frontman Norman Barrett
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Rock 'n' Roll Train


Thunderstruck" and "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)". It was also played on a promo for CBS's "Criminal Minds". It peaked at number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In November 2008 the song became AC/DC's first song to enter the U.S. dance chart. Throughout the month of November, the World Wrestling Entertainment website featured the music video for "Rock 'N' Roll Train", as well as the song "Spoilin'
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Railway slide fence


. The structural fence is a physical barrier designed to stop falling rocks from reaching the tracks. Several construction methods are used, including: steel I-beams, wooden barriers, galvanized fencing, and netting directly against the rock. A slide fence is typically found in mountainous areas in a rock cut area, where rocks may fall on the track and present a danger to passing trains. The length of the fence may range from 100 feet (30 meters) to several miles (kilometers), depending on the length of
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Give You What You Like


the album's opening track, "Rock n Roll")." Sam Lansky of "Idolator" called the middle of the album (including "Give You What You Like") "less-effective", but praised "Let Me Go" and "Give You What You Like", writing that while "Let Me Go" was the superior track, "Give You What You Like" is "a fantastically eerie paean to a miserable one-night stand." A trailer of "Give You What
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Stop! Look! And Hasten!


, who stops cold after a few seconds and turns back, and after again running past the bird, he reverses only to find the Road Runner has escaped to a lower track. When he finally pursues the bird across the correct track, Wile is stopped by a train, and dashes in and out of a rockface; he sees the train proceed across an inferior track, and sighs with relief until a second train approaches from inside the rock. The apoplectic coyote holds up a circular "STOP" IN THE NAME OF
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You Wanted More


not a major pop chart success, "You Wanted More" peaked at #3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #10 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Its airplay peak was at #6 in October 1999, as "You Wanted More" was the sixth most often played song on alternative, pop and rock radio stations across the United States. All-Reviews.com commented on the contrast between instrumentation and lyrics: "The music has tough rock guitar chords but the lyrics are a sappy account of what
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Joliet Union Station


Illinois to LaSalle Street Station (track owned by Metra), while the Metra Heritage Corridor line runs via Summit, Illinois to Chicago's Union Station (track owned by Canadian National). The Blue Island trains leave from a single track on the south side of the station, while four tracks on the east side serve Amtrak, Metra Heritage, BNSF freight, and Union Pacific freight trains (BNSF owns the western two tracks, while UP owns the eastern two). CSX takes over ownership of the Rock Island tracks just
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H Street


White House was closed to vehicular traffic in the 1990s, crosstown traffic that had formerly used Pennsylvania Avenue was rerouted to H and I streets. The street also passes Lafayette Park and through the George Washington University campus and the Foggy Bottom neighborhood before terminating at Rock Creek. In Northeast Washington, H Street continues uninterrupted from North Capitol Street (crossing over train tracks just north of Union Station on the "Hopscotch Bridge") to 15th Street NE, where it terminates in what is known as the "starburst intersection", where
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List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s


Spirit" marking a "return of the crossover rock hit". Speaking to "Billboard", chart commentator Max Tolkoff stated: "[In previous years,] people didn't care what was a hit on modern rock. Now everybody wants to be involved." The first formal number one debut on the Modern Rock Tracks chart also occurred during the 1990s, with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" by R.E.M. entering at number one on the chart for the issue dated September 24, 1994. Irish rock
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Post-Mersh Vol. 1


Post-Mersh, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by influential punk rock/alternative trio The Minutemen. It contains both "The Punch Line" (1981) and "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" (1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band. "Tracks 1–18 are The Punch Line" "Tracks 19–36 are What Makes a Man Start Fires?" Note: On the track listing of the CD version, tracks 21 and 22
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Taron (roller coaster)


area of the park. Upon departure from the station, the train makes a slow U-turn onto the launch track that is parallel with the station. Once clear, the train is launched to a speed of 49.7 mph (80kmh). The layout is woven between the surrounding buildings and structures of Klugheim, and through tunnels. The riders aboard the train narrowly miss walls of faux rock faces and waterfalls. During the course of the ride, the train crosses over or under its own track 116 times at 58
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Paramore


downloadable track in the "Rock Band" games and later being a playable song in "". Later that year, "Rock Band 2" was released with the song "That's What You Get" included as a playable track. The video game "Guitar Hero World Tour" featured the song "Misery Business" along with Hayley Williams participating in motion capture sessions for the game. She is featured as an unlockable character in the game as well. "Misery Business" was also featured as a playable track on
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What If Punk Never Happened


"What If Punk Never Happened" is a song recorded by English punk rock band The King Blues, and is the eleventh and final track on their second studio album "Save the World. Get the Girl". It is a 6-minute and 40-second spoken word song which tells a story of what a town would be like had they never discovered punk. The track was co-written by producer Peter Miles who recorded the backing track after Itch emailed him an mp3 of the rough draft of the original poem and Itch's
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Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology


Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology is a two-disc, career-spanning compilation album of songs by the American new wave rock band the Cars. It features most of the band's singles, as well as many album tracks, non-album B-sides and unreleased songs. Whereas the 1985 "Greatest Hits" album contained the band's most popular hit singles, "Just What I Needed" includes an album's worth of rarities and unreleased tracks, in addition to deeper album tracks and the requisite
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Blue Island–Vermont Street station


hour trains stop at this station, running express to and from this station. A coach yard is located just north of the station and is used to store Metra trains when not in use. Vermont Street is a favorite of railfans due to its unique four-track setup, frequent train action, and switching movements. Later on in the day, Iowa Interstate Railroad runs a daily freight train along the Rock Island tracks, from Blue Island to Council Bluffs, Iowa. For this reason, this daily freight train is officially
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What Time Is Love?


success, various cover versions and tributes appeared (some which were collected on "The "What Time Is Love?" Story"). The most-well known is Dr. Felix's "Relax Your Body". Ragga Twins' 1991 track "Wipe the Needle" opens with the iconic synthesizer riff from "What Time Is Love?". In 1993 "What Time Is Love?" was covered by U.K. based American Noise/Art Rock band The God Machine. The track appeared as a B- side on their
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Railway accidents in New South Wales


, a southbound freight train derailed when it collided with a "wall of red clay mud, rocks, trees and branches sealing off the exit of the tunnel." Driver and fireman exited through windows of the 44 class locomotive. On 11 July 1977 a carriage was derailed on as Blue Mountains train, a kilometre west of St Marys Station. There were 600 passengers on the train but no one was hurt. No one injured. Interurban electric train derailed by vandals placing rocks on the track just west of Springwood, causing
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2015 Philadelphia train derailment


what we know right now, we feel that had such a system been installed in this section of track, this accident would not have occurred." The track in question was not equipped with ATC (Automatic Train Control), which had been operational for years on the southbound track of the curve at which the derailment occurred, and which also would have limited the train's speed entering the curve. Shortly after the derailment, Amtrak completed that ATC installation on the northbound track. This fatal derailment was the second at Frankford
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Limon Railroad Depot


is today. The town was not incorporated (and didn't have a station) yet so trains passed by without stopping on their way to Denver. In 1888, the Rock Island Line constructed a camp for workers building the main line to Colorado Springs. The track intersected the Union Pacific track where the depot is now. The town was named after the construction supervisor for the railroad, John Limon. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (Rock Island Line) then decided that Denver would be a better western terminus for
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Out of Control (Hoobastank song)


"Out of Control" is the first single released by the American rock band Hoobastank from their highly successful album "The Reason". It charted at No. 16 on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at No. 9 on the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song describes the singer, a person who is out of control after blindly following someone's orders, losing that persons trust, and not knowing what to do or who to trust, looking for answers to his pain and sadness. The
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Unorthodox Jukebox


recognizes that what he is doing is wrong. The song was re-registered in ASCAP with a new writing credit by Mac Davis. "Locked Out of Heaven", a reggae rock and pop rock track that incorporates elements of new wave and funk, is the subsequent track and the lead single. Musically, it contains booming synthesizers, a four-on-the-floor chorus, while lyrically exploring themes of love. Comparisons were established between "Locked Out of Heaven" and the rock/reggae style used by
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Espoo railway station


originally; instead the tracks went past the rock on the north side at Läntinen jokitie. Also the cut face on the east side of the rock was made later. A road, "Vanha ratavalli", goes along the old route of the tracks. At both places, traces of the tracks' old route could be seen in the ground as late as winter 2004. Platform one serves trains towards Kirkkonummi. On the other side of the platform is also a bus stop and a taxi station. The middle platform is
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Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940


diagonally across other tracks approximately before being stopped by a rock embankment. Eleven of the cars derailed and most sustained major damage. The fourth car came to rest on its side on East Main Street which ran parallel to the tracks. The remaining four cars remained on the track and had minor damage. The two train-service employees killed were the engineer and the fireman, J.Y. Smith. All of the four parallel tracks were blocked by the wreckage. The engine's boiler exploded upon striking the rock wall, sending fragments up
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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains


"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It first appeared on their 1968 album "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society". It was written by the Kinks' principal songwriter, Ray Davies. "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" was inspired by "Smokestack Lightnin'", a rhythm and blues track by Howlin' Wolf. The track, first released in 1956, became a standard number for blues bands at the time to perform (
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The Altar and the Door


group's earlier efforts, which had influences from AC and pop. The album's sound has been characterized as "flatter, rougher pop/rock" than the band's previous, more polished efforts. The album mixes up-tempo, guitar driven songs with "anthemic, arms in the air tracks". "What This World Needs" demonstrates influences from rock music while the title track is driven by guitar. Tracks such as "The Word is Alive" and "Somewhere in the Middle", the latter driven
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What a Waste


not a Blockheads album (although some of the band do play on it). "What a Waste", however, is a Blockheads track. On their 1998 eponymous album, English indie rock band, theaudience quote the song in the chorus of the track "Running Out Of Space": 'It's high time for summer and for honesty / when you're drunk you will sing "What A Waste"', followed by a short phrase on keyboards based on the chorus guitar riff. The song was ranked
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Now That's What I Call Music! discography


This is a list of known albums and DVDs belonging to the Now That's What I Call Music! series. They are categorised by series (country), then ordered by date. The first full-track edition to be released on compact disc was "Now That's What I Call Music 10". Vinyl production ended with "Now That's What I Call Music! 35" since the vinyl comeback in 2015 "Now Classic Rock" and "Now Christmas" have been released with some tracks from the cd
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Meet Virginia


"Meet Virginia" is a song written and recorded by American roots rock band Train. It was released in October 1999 as the second single from their eponymous first album, "Train". The song reached a peak of number 20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in January 2000, becoming their first top 20 hit, and their first single to chart on the Hot 100. It also reached the Top 30 of Billboard's rock charts, Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (number 21) and Alternative Songs (number
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Railroad switch


as a double slip, but provides for only one switching possibility. Trains approaching on one of the two crossing tracks can either continue over the crossing, or switch tracks to the other line. However, trains from the other track can only continue over the crossing, and cannot switch tracks. This is normally used to allow access to sidings and improve safety by avoiding having switch blades facing the usual direction of traffic. To reach the sidings from what would be a facing direction, trains must continue over the crossing,
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The Clash


, traditional rock and roll and other elements possessed of an energy that had hardly flagged since the band's early days and more polished production. The title of the track also happened to be heavily influenced by the BBC World Service call signal and the panic that resulted in Three Mile Island nuclear scare. It is regarded as one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. Its final track, a relatively straightforward rock and roll number sung by Mick Jones called "Train in Vain", was included at the last minute and thus
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Rock Island Passenger Depot (Oskaloosa, Iowa)


The Rock Island Passenger Depot is an historic building located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad arrived in town in 1876, and they built a frame combination depot on the north side of the tracks. This depot replaced the original one in 1888 on the south side of the tracks, and it served ten passenger trains a day. A separate freight depot was built to the east. President Theodore Roosevelt stopped here when he came to dedicate the new Y.M.C.A. in 1903. The freight
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This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like


", "This Is What Rock n' Roll Looks Like" is influenced by the genres of rock, dance-pop, and power pop, while containing "roaring" guitars and lyrics which aim to remind listeners to be proud of who they are. Vocally, Porcelain Black sings as if straining through "a maze of razorblades," according to Steven J. Horowitz of "YRB Magazine". The RedOne-produced track employs a beat that is reminiscent of his work with Lady Gaga. Porcelain Black screams in the
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My God-Given Right


, where it is located and what kind of creatures inhabit it. Weikath, who wrote the song, said he tried to capture the essence of old hard rock clubs in the track's intro. "If God Loves Rock 'n' Roll" has the band proposing the theory that God likes rock 'n' roll and heavy metal, or "otherwise he would not have us and all the others do what we are doing", as Grosskopf said. Deris confirmed it as a Kiss-influenced song. "
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Buddy Holly (song)


"Buddy Holly" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album "Weezer" ("The Blue Album") in 1994. The single was released on what would have been Buddy Holly's 58th birthday. The lyrics reference the song's 1950s namesake and actress Mary Tyler Moore. It reached number two and number 34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively. The song
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June 2009 Washington Metro train collision


at what became the site of the June 22 collision, the track circuit had been suffering from parasitic oscillations which left it unable to reliably report when that stretch of track was occupied by a train. The struck train came to a stop because of traffic ahead. Because the entire train was within the faulty circuit, it became invisible to the Automatic Train Control (ATC) system. The train behind it was therefore commanded to proceed at . The operator of the striking train applied the emergency brake after the stopped train came into
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Track geometry


maximum warp parameter is used to prevent the critical harmonic rock-off condition that may result in the trains rocking back and forth and derailing following wheel climb. In the United States, the specific distance used for measurement to ensure that the difference in crosslevel of the track is within the permissible warp parameter is 62 feet. The design warp is zero for both tangent and curved track. That means, ideally, the crosslevel should not change between any two points within 62 feet. There are some deviations to allow crosslevels along the
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Gridley, Illinois


episodes in Gridley’s history took place on 3 September 1946. Striking railway workers had attempted to shut down the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad. In response the railroad loaded a train with fourteen workers and four armed guards who were tasked with keeping the tracks open. Striking workers followed the train in automobiles, driving along U.S. Route 24, which paralleled the tracks. Whenever the train slowed it was pelted with rocks. At Gridley the train stopped and a gun battle erupted, when it was over two workers were dead and three
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Hanousek v. United States


, 1994, no further sections of the pipeline along the 1000-footwork site were protected, with the exception of the movable backhoe work platform. On the evening of October 1, 1994, Shane Thoe, a Hunz & Hunz backhoe operator, used the backhoe on the work platform to load a train with rocks. After the train departed, Thoe noticed that some fallen rocks had caught the plow of the train as it departed and were located just off the tracks in the vicinity of the unprotected pipeline. At this location, the
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Black Ice (album)


with the last in Bilbao, Spain, on 28 June 2010. Mark Fisher, who had worked on the Stiff Upper Lip World Tour, designed the stage. The set's centrepiece was a full size locomotive, weighing 3500 kg, that was inspired by the working title "Runaway Train" and the track "Rock 'n' Roll Train". Five songs from "Black Ice" were included on the tour's set list; "Rock 'n' Roll Train", "Big Jack", "Black
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The Sinceros


) 'Up There' and (13) 'Walls, Floors And Ceilings' (Live). More recently, their follow up album 'Pet Rock' has also been made available on CD with many more bonus tracks. 'Pet Rock' was released during 2010 on Wounded Bird / Sony with the catalogue number WOU 7349. Apart from the original 11 tracks featured on the vinyl version, tracks 12–21 make up what was to have been the subsequently shelved follow up to 'Sunbathing' titled '2nd Debut',
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Poison'd!


Poison'd! is the seventh (eighth if counting "Power to the People", a live album with studio tracks) studio album from the American hard rock/glam metal band Poison, released June 5, 2007. The 14-track album features recordings of Poison's favorite rock classics. Nine new tracks and five previously released covers make up the album. The first single to be released from the album was a cover of the Romantics' "What I Like About You" which also featured a music video from the band.
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Green Day: Rock Band


done in a similar style to what they made for "The Beatles: Rock Band", spanning Green Day's career over a brief period of time. The game features 47 tracks spanning the band's career, including two full albums—"Dookie" and "American Idiot", and twelve out of eighteen tracks from "21st Century Breakdown" (with the remaining six tracks available in the "Plus" edition of the game, or via pre-existing DLC). For Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, every song in
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Orange Line (CTA)


, Cermak Road and the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad tracks then curves east to run along the south side of 18th Street, crossing over the Red Line and the Rock Island District tracks near Wentworth Avenue, before joining the South Side Elevated at a flying junction between 16th and 17th Streets. The ballasted track ends and the timber deck begins here. Orange Line trains share the tracks with the Green Line operating from this junction to Tower 12 at the southeast corner of the Loop. Orange Line trains operate clockwise around the inner loop
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History of Grand Central Terminal


O'Rourke also carried waste away by train, using hopper cars to transport rock and earth to a landfill in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, via the Hudson Division. Excavations were only performed if there were available tracks to accommodate the work trains. Although construction continued around the clock, workers often halted every few minutes to allow trains to pass, and a smaller crew worked during the day than in the night. In addition, since Grand Central Station saw 800 trains per day, rock-blasting for excavation could
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What It's Like


"What It's Like" is a song by American musician Everlast. It was released in September 1998 as the lead single from his album "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues". The song is typical of the style Everlast embraced after leaving hip hop trio House of Pain, being a combination of rock, hip-hop and blues incorporating characterization and empathy towards impoverished protagonists. The song went to number one on the US "Billboard" Mainstream Rock chart for one week and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for
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Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere


that the Rock Band Network authoring group "That Authoring Group" is currently working on six songs from "Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere" as playable tracks via the Rock Band Network for "Rock Band 3" on Xbox 360. Singles "Show Me What You've Got" and "V Is for Vampire" have since been released on the Xbox 360, and Show Me What You've Got has also been released on the PlayStation 3. The songs "Do Your Thing", "Time Bomb",
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Limon Railroad Depot


their trains. In 1889, the two railroads reached an agreement to allow "The Rock" to use Union Pacific's Limon Subdivision line on trackage rights. Before that, trains went to Colorado Springs and used Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad track north to Denver. Limon became a major junction for the two railroads, since it was where trains such as the "Rocky Mountain Rocket" split to Denver or Colorado Springs, respectively. In the 1980s, approximately 70 miles of former Rock Island and Cadillac and Lake City Railway
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Last Train Home (Lostprophets song)


most successful song from "Start Something" on the rock charts and arguably the band's most recognisable and popular song. The song peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart and number ten on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Last Train Home" is the second Lostprophets single to ever chart in the U.S., the first one being "Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja". The song won the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. Johnny Loftus of AllMusic said, "'Last Train Home
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops


were thrown in turmoil. The Civil War decimated both the region and Martinsburg, specifically because of the railroad yards. On May 22, 1861, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson's troops stopped all trains going East at Martinsburg and Point of Rocks during the Great Train Raid of 1861. Once he determined that all of the trains that could be caught were in his trap, he blew up the bridges to the West and blew down the rocks on the tracks to the East, and pirating of the B&O equipment began. In
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Petrophysics


or be “produced.” In addition to what is included in blackline, the magenta line includes the water that is permanently bound to the rock. The last track is a representation of the solid portion of the rock. The yellow pattern represents the fraction of the rock (excluding fluids) that is composed of coarser grained sandstone. The gray pattern represents the fraction of rock that is composed of finer grained “shale.” The sandstone is the part of the rock that contains the producible hydrocarbons and water. "Symbols
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Everett and Monte Cristo Railway


straightened some curves, and enlarged culverts under the roadbed. The Northern Pacific kept up on routine maintenance as well, clearing the tracks of the many small avalanches and fallen trees. For example, on December 31, 1902 a rock slide covered the track between tunnel #1 and tunnel #2 for 200 feet to a depth of 20 feet. A train bound for Everett was trapped on the eastern side of the closure. The passengers spent most of New Years Day in the train while the tracks were cleared. All the
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Ridgewood station


Ramsey, Boro Hall station in Glen Rock, Paterson station, Rutherford station, and the reconstructed Plauderville station in Garfield. The station features three platforms. Two platforms are mostly high-level, while one low-level platform is no longer in use. Track 2 is for all trains heading to Hoboken Terminal and intermediate points on the Main and Bergen lines and is located adjacent to a portion of Godwin Avenue known as Garber Square. Track 1, the middle of the three tracks, is for Bergen County Line trains headed
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Ambitions (One Ok Rock album)


Lost in Tonight" is merely a party song. Meanwhile, their first single "Taking Off" tells about "passions for doing what you love". "Start Again" and their last track along 5 Seconds of Summer, "Take What You Want" are the band's notes and commitment to leaving their past and being ready to overcome what's ahead on their future. Fueled by Ramen released One Ok Rock's music videos of "Taking Off" on October 25, 2016 and "Bedroom Warfare" on November
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Linienzugbeeinflussung


. LZB consists of equipment on the line as well as on the trains. A 30–40 km segment of track is controlled by a LZB control center. The control center computer receives information about occupied blocks from track circuits or axle counters and locked routes from interlockings. It is programmed with the track configuration including the location of points, turnouts, gradients, and curve speed limits. With this, it has sufficient information to calculate how far each train may proceed and at what speed. The control center communicates with the train using
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Fast Flying Virginian


1933 calling at the Union Terminal). The train operated westbound as #3 and eastbound as #4. The train ran behind C&O locomotives beyond Washington, DC, first to Alexandria, VA over trackage rights from the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac to Alexandria, VA, there changing to tracks of the Southern Railway (now part of Norfolk Southern). In Orange, VA, C&O trains left Southern property to turn onto what is now a transfer track between Orange and Gordonsville, VA, but this track was originally part
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What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce


What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce (often referred to simply as EOAC) is a compilation album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in 2001 by Warner Bros. Records and is a compilation of Goo Goo Dolls songs released from 1987–2000. Tracks 1–4 are from the album "Dizzy Up the Girl". Tracks 5–9 are from the album "A Boy Named Goo". Tracks 10–16 are from the album "Superstar Car Wash". Tracks 17–20 are from the album "Hold Me
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Blizzard of Ozz


Studios for much of the recording. The album tracks "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" were released as singles in 1980. "Crazy Train" went on to peak that year at number 9 on "Billboard"'s Top Tracks chart. In January 2009, the song achieved a 2× Platinum certification status. Though it received little radio airplay upon its initial release, "Crazy Train" has become one of Osbourne's signature songs and a staple of classic rock radio playlists over the ensuing years. The album was
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