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Railroad crossing - Parnassus

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"Three weeks ago 11 bus passengers were killed when a bauxite train crashed into a bus at this railway crossing at Parnassus in Clarendon. Other than the railway crossing signs, there was no device to ensure that road traffic slows down when…

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Roads - Constant Spring Road

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"Untangling the snarl: A two-way traffic flow has been opened up along Constant Spring Road from Half Way Tree to Harris Place near the intersection of West Kings House Road to facilitate the laying of sewer mains along Eastwood Park Road. Work…

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Jamaica Railway Corporation locomotives

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"Jamaica Railway Corporation workers walked off their jobs last Wednesday, protesting the "delay in resumption of their wage negotiations." Next day they defied back-to-work orders by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal on grounds that their dispute…

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Happy Grove and Circle Valley, lower St. Andrew

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"The road which links the poor people of Lower Happy Grove with the affluence of Happy Grove and Circle Valley, and which runs through their community to join St. Andrew with St. Catherine."

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Vehicular traffic on the road

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Jamaica Railway Corporation - inspection

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"JRC inspection tour - Public Utilities and Transport, Minister Eric Bell (2nd from left) consulting with JRC chairman John Allgrove (left) and a team of civil engineers at the Buff Bay sea wall. Others are from left JRC general manager Al Tapper,…

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Jamaica Railway Corporation converted rail car

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Chief Mechanical Engineer George Mitchell (left) and mechanical technician Ronald Hamilton take a proud look at new passenger trailer coach, completely converted from a rail car, will provide increased passenger facilities. The conversion entailed a…

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One of 20 multi-unit railcars

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"One of 20 multi-unit railcars with Rolls Royce C6T MK IV engines of 315 h.p. gross and 292 h.p. net, driving two axles on one bogie through a Twin Disc Torque Converter and a Wiseman final drive built by Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co.…

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Close-up of a train part

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Facilities for milking beef cows

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