The strike has shut down much of the public transport network, with no metro or electric railway services in operation.

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The Isle of Man Steam Railway and Manx Electric Railway will also operate at peak times for schools and commuters.

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During the strike the steam railway will run from 12:50 GMT whilst the Manx Electric Railway will start at 13:10 GMT.

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The introduction of electric light-railway systems might bear some of the transportation load, but these need to be built from scratch, and within the context of a completely new social infrastructure.

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The department also plans to utilise the island's steam railway and electric trams.

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The Company also involves in industrial installation, steel structure, the production of concrete, building decoration, landscape construction, railway construction and electric power businesses, among others.

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After all, it spawned George and Robert Stephenson's railway engines, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Sir Charles Parson's steam turbines and electricity generators.

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Hunt Transport Services, with 21, 000 containers, and GE Harris Railway Electronics, a joint venture between General Electric and Harris Corp. that tracks railroad cars.

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The facility, which would service new electric trains on the Great Western mainline, would be built in an area known as the railway triangle.

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Newcastle and Gateshead councils, the Railway Heritage Trust, Electrical Contractors Association, Nexus, Go North East and Northern Electric and Gas have all helped to pay for the project.

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