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| | Shooter game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A run-and-gun shooter is a combination platform game and scrolling shooter, this type of game involves a character running along a plane while shooting enemies in multiple directions, as in games like Contra and Metal Slug. | | | On occasion, a game mode similar to a rail shooter may appear in a game of a different genre. | | | The term rail shooter traditionally describes games where the player cannot control their own movement, as if their path travels along a fixed 'rail'. |
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| | Rail shooter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A rail shooter or on-rails shooter is a specific form of game play in an action-based video game. | | | In a rail shooter the player control is limited to directing where to fire a virtual gun; the player does not have control over the ultimate path their avatar takes from the start to the end. | | | As described earlier, the term rail shooter traditionally describes games where the player cannot control their own movement, the gameplay being limited to aiming from a third or first-person perspective. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_shooter
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| | Terrorist Takedown Review - PC |
| | The game is actually a rail shooter where your viewpoint is presented from that of the gun and the game moves around while you shoot. | | | Rail shooters have their place in gaming history and if done right can still be entertaining. | | | If you understand the type of game you’re purchasing (a rail shooter) then you might be able to find some enjoyment with this game. |
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http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24630.htm
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| | Scrolling shooter |
| | Dodgin' Diamonds II is a vertical scrolling shooter for 1 or 2 players. | | | The scrolling shooter usually has the players auto-moving throughout a level at a mostly fixed... | | | Scrolling shooters can be divided into two categories:... |
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http://www.wanskin.com/scrolling+shooter.html
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| | Ravage D.C.X. for PC video game review and cheats |
| | Instead, rail games are in some ways a purer form of arcade shooter, where the premium is placed not on strategy or ability to navigate and find secret passageways, but rather on skill in targeting and destroying small and fast-moving adversaries whizzing by as one pursues one's objectives. | | | Well, I am hereby announcing that I actually love rail games, and I firmly do not believe that their gameplay is any less challenging or provocative than games with more freedom of movement. | | | Ravage D.C.X. is unabashedly a "rail" game, in which the player follows a pre-determined path (involving limited freedom of movement) within six worlds and Washington, DC while fighting a seemingly endless array of enemies. |
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http://www.gamezilla.com/review.aspx?review=7751
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| | Terrorist Takedown - GameCritics.com |
| | The realism factor provides something of a challenge from a design standpoint, as it means that the player will basically be shooting the same people throughout the entire game. | | | There's a level right near the end of the game where the player is asked to take on a plethora of helicopters with a single AA missile truck that borders on the impossible. | | | Terrorist Takedown is a realistic rail shooter set somewhere in the Middle East, where there are many, many angry people with guns that just need to be shot by the player. |
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http://www.gamecritics.com/review/terroristtakedown/main.php
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| | Panzer Dragoon Orta - Reader Review - GameFAQs |
| | To clarify the game's genre, a rail shooter is one where the player's course is predefined by the game. | | | If you are into shooters, into Sega or into something a little bit different then Smilebit's game will be more than worth andpound;20 that is currently being asked for it. | | | As this is a shooter, your job as player is simply to kill as much as possible without getting killed. |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/review/R80547.html
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| | subdividing the shooter genre - Emuforums.com |
| | How I see it all "rail based shooters" would end up fitting in other previously made categories or categories which are yet to be made to address their more specific attributes shared by other games. | | | I also lump together light gun games and games which play as if you were at a shooting gallery since they play pretty much the same way. | | | Of course it is the lightgun so these games should be put in their own category in which they all share this common peculiarity. |
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http://forums.ngemu.com/game-discussion/32774-subdividing-shooter-genre.html
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| | Killer7 (GCN/PS2) - A JimD73 Review |
| | The game is a rail shooter, mean that the analog stick has very little to do with movement. | | | The weird thing is that, despite the rail system, you still can explore a lot of area in the game, as there are numerous crosspaths to take that will give you different shortcuts, pathways or opportunities. | | | Now that the characters are out of the way, it's time to move on to how the game actually plays. |
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http://www.jimd73.greatnow.com/killer7.html
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| | Terrorist Takedown :: Computer :: Review :: DreamStation.cc |
| | Like all rail shooter games, you have no say in where you go, so in order to get through the level you need to take out as many enemies as you can before the screen starts shifting to a different portion of the level. | | | The only form of music I was able to hear was at the game menu, other than that if there was music during in-game play, it was muffled out from both enemy and your own gunfire. | | | All the missions are extremely short and even after completing all the missions, there is no incentive to keep you going back for more. |
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http://www.dreamstation.cc/reviews/computer/terrorist_takedown
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| | GameSpot Forums - GameCube - So is Killer 7 just a rail shooter? |
| | yeah even thos its a rail shoooter, you still get confused on where to go, cuz hell i got confused alot i dunno where to go. | | | Do you just shoot guys in the weak spots as they come at you or is there more to this game, gameplay wise? | | | I had other games I could play at the time anyway. |
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http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24194121
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| | GBAtemp Forum -> Review - Star Fox Assault (Gamecube) |
| | First revealed at E3 2003, the Namco-developed shooter turned few heads at that event, mostly attracting interest only from Star Fox diehards who hoped the game would be a long-awaited return to the series' roots. | | | These portions, which play roughly like a light-gun shooter without a light gun, are overly simplistic and not very much fun. | | | Therefore, while the free-range levels definitely represent an interesting departure for the Star Fox series, they are simply not developed to the point where they are able to carry the game. |
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http://www.gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=25042
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| | Panzer Dragoon Orta |
| | A rail shooter means that the game is on a track. | | | It's a fantastic game and as long as you go in knowing that the game is about multiple play-throughs, beating your own rankings, and enjoying a well-crafted world, then you should be able to enjoy and love Panzer Dragoon Orta. | | | Comment: The rail shooter has gone the way of the dodo, now that most shooters allow the player to move around at will as in Doom or Full Spectrum Warrior. |
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http://www.aweno.com/games/info/B00006LU9C/Panzer_Dragoon_Orta.html
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| | Mindjack - Games - Panzer Dragoon Orta |
| | After all, Panzer Dragoon Orta is a "rail shooter" - a mostly moribund genre where players move forward at a constant rate of motion, blasting nearly everything coming towards them. | | | So instead of poking and asking around, you learn about the world of the game by unlocking video sequences and menu-driven text explanations. | | | And no one could ask for more supplemental material for a game. |
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http://www.mindjack.com/games/dragoon.html
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| | Electric Playground |
| | I'm all for the theory that if you are insanely good enough, you can beat an arcade game on a single life or quarter, but I suspect many coin-op rail shooters are specifically designed to be impossible to complete on one life, so that you'll keep pumping in quarter after quarter (gee, ya think?). | | | This time you can periodically select which direction to go in (as opposed to saving someone and going off in a different direction, as in HOTD2), but except for a small bit at the start, this only really means that you chose what order to play the sections in. | | | I wish it had gone for more stuff, particularly given the power of the Xbox (like how about highly destructive environments, instead of blasting the odd box?), and given that House of the Dead II is probably the better game. |
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http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=9978
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| | Panzer Dragoon Orta Preview - Xbox News at GameSpot |
| | The game is still a rail shooter, but Smilebit has incorporated the dragon-morphing feature, berserk attack, and alternate routes introduced in Panzer Dragoon Zwei and the strategic-positioning feature that played a vital role in Panzer Dragoon Saga's combat. | | | It's easily one of the most-impressive games on the Xbox and seems destined to be remembered as the most inspiring collaboration between Hollywood and the gaming industry yet. | | | Not only is this easily the best of the Xbox launch games, but it's easily one of the best shooters ever, on any platform. |
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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/panzerdragoonorta/preview_2901509.html
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| | Trade Games Now The Rant: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike |
| | Well, Rebel Assault was one of the earlier Star Wars PC games, and it was a rail shooter. | | | Well, this concept was acceptable for it's time, and it wasn't necessarily bad, it just didn't really have anything to keep it going to allow it to cross over to later gaming systems. | | | The enemies always come out of the same spot, they fly around on set patterns, and you basically just hold the blaster button and turn your craft in any direction until you've completed the level. |
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http://www.tradegamesnow.com/rant_rogue.cfm
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| | Dreamcast VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... Confidential Mission __________ |
| | Confidential Mission only uses 3 memory blocks and has decent load times, so you can spend your time playing and not waiting. | | | Sound effects are good and get the point across. | | | Again, nothing spectacular, but then you don't play a shooter for its aureal quality, do you? |
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http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/ra_dc_cm.html
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| | KTLA The WB Where Los Angeles Lives 'Rail Shooter' With Art, Style |
| | Back then, so-called "rail shooters" abounded, games that, almost like a train, followed a set track, allowing players to blast away without having to worry about which direction to go. | | | Panzer Dragoon Orta, new for the Microsoft Xbox, is a rail shooter, but with graphics and game play that make it immensely more appealing than its predecessors. | | | That alone may turn off players who prefer the free-roaming style of more recent games, but it shouldn't. |
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http://ktla.trb.com/entertainment/tv/nyc-dragoon-videogame,0,2321757.story
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| | Airforce Delta Review |
| | Several months ago I was intent on buying a military shooter that would let me blow up lots of "bad guys", and I saw Airforce Delta for Game Boy Color for only $10. | | | AFD's restricting control is part of what makes the game feel so non-intuitive. | | | Its graphics may be beautiful, but its repetitive and often unfair gameplay leave it permanently grounded. |
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http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/gb/afdelta.html
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| | Home of the Underdogs - Additional game resources for game: House of the Dead, The |
| | So it lacks the quality control of (some) PC games, but it is still a blast and well-worth the bargain prices you'd likely pay for it these days. | | | It is absolutely chock-full of secrets and has a LUDICROUS number of routes through the game. | | | This game is definitely one for the arcade kiddies (or not-so-kiddies--you know who you are). |
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http://www.the-underdogs.org/game-resources.php?gameid=2929
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| | Kikizo Games: Xbox Review: Panzer Dragoon Orta |
| | This may seem a bit archaic compared to the freedom normally associated with modern 3D environments, but players actually have a good deal of control over their mounts. | | | No one should take the word of rabid, near-hysterical fans, but even normal humans salivate at the prospect of a new installment in the Panzer Dragoon series. | | | Nonetheless, PDO should come with a warning tag. |
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http://games.kikizo.com/reviews/xbox/pd_orta.asp
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| | WORTHPLAYING - - All about games ! |
| | Because of this, the framerate takes a hit, but none of it looks so good that LucasArts couldn't have made the game even a little smoother than it is. As a matter of fact, I feel that they should have taken a different approach altogether, and developing a 2D shooter. | | | Tie Fighters float in from the distance in uninspiring patterns, taking potshots at your ship, while you struggle to get your targeting reticule to do what you want it do. | | | Going by general opinion, none of these games has come near the glory of the popular Super Star Wars titles on the SNES. |
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http://www.worthplaying.com/print.php?sid=15487
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| | Into Liquid Sky - Game Reviews |
| | People who don't like the genre may be turned off by the game, especially its challenge. | | | Those uninitiated in the genre may think this sounds boring as dirt, but once you get into Orta, you realize the game has a depth to it that will make the journey well worth the time and effort. | | | The only drawback that gamers may find in Panzer Dragoon Orta is what the game is inherently - a hardcore rail shooter. |
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http://www.intoliquidsky.net/site/reviews/panzer_do.html
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| | Where can i play arcade games |
| | ...DrumMania (1999),and A rail shooter is a specific form of game play in an action_based... | | | Simple and intuitive game play, and challenging arcade action makes this gamefun and addictive! |
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http://www.blackscooter.com/where+can+i+play+arcade+games.html
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| | The game is very very similar to any rail shooter, such as Star Fox or Space Harrier, but the thing that made this game different from the typical rail shooter was that you have a 360 degree view! | | | All of us vets of the old Panzer Dragoon will still remember this classic gameplay with new features, but to those that just joined the Panzer Dragoon game, I'll explain it just for you! | | | Now instead of bashing the enemies ahead of you and running away those that are behind you, you can now just turn your main |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/gamealliance/reviews/panzerdragoonortareview.htm
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| | Virtua Squad 2 - Reader Review - GameFAQs |
| | A rail-shooter is a first person shooter type of game except you don't move your character, he moves automatically making you responsible for only killing. | | | Virtua Squad 2 is one of the best rail-shooter games ever made. |
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/review/R43281.html
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| | PlanetAnachronox |
| | A mini-game takes you out of the standard 'explore and move about freely, investigating the world and talking with characters' mode and gives you a very specific and very different playstyle challenge. | | | You are in a vehicle that travels down corridors, mostly steering itself except when you reach a fork where you can pick the direction to go. | | | One example would be in the Verilent hive, which has been described as a sort of rail shooter. |
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http://www.planetanachronox.com/anox1/info/faq
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| | UGO.com Games Channel - Panzer Dragoon Orta Review |
| | Sure, you're still shepherded along a path, but it doesn't feel as rigid as other games of this type. | | | It's been a while since we've had a good rail shooter, and Panzer Dragoon Orta seems to be filling that void nicely. |
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http://ugo.com/channels/games/nintendo/article.asp?articleId=8670&...
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| | Panzer Dragoon Orta Review |
| | Known as a rail shooter, this limits the amount of freedom the player has (Starfox for the SNES is another fine example of a Rail Shooter). | | | However, unlike games like Starfox, PDO gives players the ability to rotate in a fulll 360 degree rotation around the dragon, given Orta and the dragon the ability to fire at targets who are flanking the dragon or coming in from behind. | | | It's one of the best shooters ever made and it's LOADED with extras (including the game that started it all)! |
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http://www.deeko.com/xbox/reviewdetail.asp?id=6
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| | TNL Forum - The best rail shooter so far this century |
| | I love all three of these games but I have to go with SandP. | | | I soon forget I'm playing a game and simply experience the mesh of sound and light. | | | SandP isn't completely a shooter but it's close enough. |
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http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/showthread.php?t=23458
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| | Download Wanted Guns Demo - Third person action, horse-riding and sneak’em up assassination with a cinematography ... |
| | Combining third person action, horse-riding and sneak’em up assassination with a cinematography inspired rail shooter FPS mode, Wanted Guns is a story driven action game for the PC set in Mexico and the Wild West during the American Civil War. | | | Forget what you know about first person shooters ;) | | | Download Wanted Guns Demo - Third person action, horse-riding and sneak’em up assassination with a cinematography inspired rail shooter FPS mode. |
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http://games.softpedia.com/get/Games-Demo/Wanted-Guns-Demo.shtml
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| | www.gameindustry.com |
| | Certain parts of the course may break into alternate routes, adding replay value, but most of the 10 stages follow the same formula. | | | Panzer Orta once again returns to the original concept of the "rail shooter." The flow of the game might be on a set course, or "rail" but you have total control of the dragon (at least from the front view, you only control the gunsight from the sides and rear). | | | Five years between Panzer Dragoon titles is a long time to wait, but it was well worth it now that Orta is out. |
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http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=164
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| | Loadstar the Legend of Tully Bodine |
| | The game features sophisticated full-motion video cutscenes, starring Ned Beatty and Barry Primus, among others. | | | Loadstar is a rail-shooter, much like Rebel Assault, but with pretty linear gameplay. | | | Actually, you're really on rails on this one, as you travel in a truck/train called Loadstar. |
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http://www.cybercitysoftware.com/loleoftubo.html
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| | Panzer Dragoon: Orta Xbox Review |
| | The first exceptional game of 2003 is a gorgeous rail shooter about a lonely little girl and the most destructive dragon in the world. | | | Together they ride a ballistic journey through a land that seems to have chosen the most beautiful day in the most beautiful age to start a war. | | | CONTROL - Easy interface that's sharp to aim and control. |
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http://www.gamenationtv.com/reviews/panzerdragoon.shtml
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| | PowerLabs Electromagnetic Weapons! |
| | Microwave Oven Experiments and PowerLabs Microwave Gun: Bet you didn't know your microwave oven could do that... | | | There is more than enough firepower in even a small pistol to accomplish the goal it is intended for and making that pistol fire a projectile through electromagnetic means would only mean making it larger, heavier, more expensive and less practical. | | | My research on electromagnetic weapons does not have as its goal to produce actual weapons but rather to explore some of the very interesting possibilities that this field can have for the benefit of mankind. |
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http://www.powerlabs.org/emguns.htm
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| | Download Bitfuse 0.11 for Linux - Bitfuse project is an arcade rail shooter. - Softpedia |
| | Bitfuse is a rail shooter where you move the aim to lock on to, and destroy enemies. | | | When enemies are destroyed they leave pickups that needs to be locked in the correct order before time runs out. | | | Download Bitfuse 0.11 for Linux - Bitfuse project is an arcade rail shooter. |
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http://linux.softpedia.com/get/GAMES-ENTERTAINMENT/Puzzle/Bitfuse-8672.shtml
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| | Comments for: Late Night Consoling - ja.zz |
| | i was just reading ign's review of panzer dragoon orta and they call it a rail shooter but say you can move... | | | i define a rail shooter as something like... | | | #31, Except it's not a rail shooter, and i'm having you and the r... |
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http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7839979
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| | Shooter to Chair ATOC |
| | Dean Finch of First Group has been re-elected as treasurer. | | | Paying an affectionate tribute to Keith Ludeman’s two year term as chairman, George Muir, ATOC Director General said, “Keith has been a great ambassador, not only for train operators but also for the railways as a whole. | | | Adrian was also re-elected as deputy chairman of ATOC and will fill both roles pending the election of a new chairman. |
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http://railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/shooter-to-chair-atoc-729.html
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| | rail technology - definition of rail technology by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | rail technology - definition of rail technology by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | maglev, magnetic levitation - high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rail%20technology
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| | GuruNet — Content Map |
| | Rail gauges and power supply of Hong Kong rails |
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http://www.gurunet.com/cm-dsid-2222-letter-1R-first-1901
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| | UGO.com Film & TV - Panzerfaust |
| | Actually, there’s nothing slamming about this review of World Series Baseball 2K3. | | | The last rail shooter we really enjoyed was the original Rebel Assault. | | | It looked amazing on our first-generation CD-ROMs and it ushered in a slew of copycat lame one-offs. |
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