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  2. Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway - Wikipedia

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    It results from the preceding explanation, that the Lancaster and Carlisle Company are now running their trains over the Lancaster and Preston Railway, not only without the consent of the actual possessors, but in defiance of their opposition, and that till the differences still pending between the proprietors of that line and their lessees are ...

  3. Executive Action (film) - Wikipedia

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    The actor Donald Sutherland has been credited as having conceived of the film and for hiring Lane and Freed to write the screenplay. [4] Sutherland had planned to act in and produce Executive Action, but abandoned the project after failing to obtain financing, and took a role in another film. [4]

  4. Elmer Gantry (film) - Wikipedia

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    Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film about a confidence man and a female evangelist selling religion to small-town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis, and stars Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones and Patti Page.

  5. John of Gaunt - Wikipedia

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    John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son ...

  6. Operation Market Garden - Wikipedia

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    The "Airborne trail" (Airbornepad Market Garden ) was created as a permanent reminder of Operation Market Garden by the Dutch hiking association, Wandelsportvereniging de Ollandse Lange Afstands Tippelaars (OLAT) ('Hiking Sports Club of the Long-Distance Walkers of Olland'). [217]

  7. The Train (1964 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Train is a 1964 war film directed by John Frankenheimer [1] and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau.The picture's screenplay—written by Franklin Coen, Frank Davis, and Walter Bernstein—is loosely based on the non-fiction book Le front de l'art by Rose Valland, who documented the works of art placed in storage that had been looted by Nazi Germany from museums and ...

  8. SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines - Wikipedia

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    15th–Market (12:30-5:00am) 40th–Market (Sundays after 10pm) 13th–Market (all other times) 63rd Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Lancaster Avenue Callowhill: 11: 6.7 (10.8) 1858 Darby Transportation Center: Woodland Avenue Elmwood: 13: 6.9 (11.1) Chester Avenue Elmwood: Some trips terminate at Yeadon Loop in Yeadon: 30: 1915 Haddington: 65th ...

  9. Franklin's lost expedition - Wikipedia

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    It was in this unexplored area that the next expedition was to sail, heading west through Lancaster Sound, then west and south – however ice, land and other obstacles might allow – with the goal of finding a Northwest Passage. The distance to be navigated was roughly 1,670 km (1,040 mi).