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WVR Sengoku
WVR may refer to: Railways * The Willamette Valley Railway The Willamette Valley Railway (reporting marks WVR, WGR) is a short-line railroad that operates in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It leased a line from Woodburn to Stayton from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in February 1993, as w ... in Oregon, USA * The Wye Valley Railway in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK Information technology * IBM Websphere Voice Response, an enterprise IVR platform Other uses * The Women's Emergency Corps, which became the Women's Volunteer Reserve * Water Vapor Regain (%WVR), the mass of water (%WbV) reabsorbed by a material after being re-exposed to 50% RH at 23°C for 24 hours * Weighted voting rights (WVR) structure, public companies' share structure, which enables certain share holders (typically called A-share) to have greater voting power in general meetings. * Within visual range (WVR), opposite of beyond visual range (BVR), a concept in air-to-air combat {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willamette Valley Railway
The Willamette Valley Railway (reporting marks WVR, WGR) is a short-line railroad that operates in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. It leased a line from Woodburn to Stayton from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in February 1993, as well as a branch from Geer west to Salem (partly abandoned in 1995), and purchased the property in 1996. The company also leased a line between Albany and Mill City in 1993, but transferred the lease to the Albany and Eastern Railroad in October 2000. November 16, 2007Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, |
Wye Valley Railway
The Wye Valley Railway was a standard gauge railway that ran for nearly along the Lower Wye Valley between the towns of Chepstow and Monmouth, crossing several times between Wales and England. Opened on 1 November 1876, it was leased to, and worked by, the Great Western Railway (GWR), before being fully absorbed by the GWR in 1905. The line was built with the hope of becoming part of a through trunk route between Bristol and the industrial Midlands, a development which never took place. Although tourism provided some new passenger business in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, the line's income was always weak. After nationalisation, British Railways reviewed its viability and withdrew the passenger service on 5 January 1959. A limited goods and mineral service continued until 1964, after which residual traffic continued on the southern end of the route to Tintern Quarry, until 1981, and Dayhouse Quarry, near Tidenham, until 1990. Origins Plateways The town of Monmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Emergency Corps
The Women's Emergency Corps was a service organisation founded in 1914 by Evelina Haverfield, Decima Moore, and the Women's Social and Political Union to contribute to the war effort of the United Kingdom in World War I. The corps was intended to train woman doctors, nurses and motorcycle messengers. Mona Chalmers Watson became its honorary secretary. The Corps later evolved into the Women's Volunteer Reserve. See also * Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps * Canary girls *Victory garden * Women's Land Army (World War I) *Women's Royal Air Force (World War I) The Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) was the women's branch of the Royal Air Force, existing from 1 April 1918 until 1 April 1920, when it was disbanded. Its original intent was to provide female mechanics in order to free up men for front line servi ... References Further reading * Organizations established in 1914 Social history of the United Kingdom United Kingdom in World War I Women's organisations based in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
