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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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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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Railway crossing - Marcus Garvey Drive

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"A dangerous situation: This railway crossing along the Marcus Garvey Drive in the City is missing of one gate. What the guard has to do is to close one section of the dual highway (as indicated in photograph) and rush over to the other side and wave…

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Jamaica Railway Corporation - Kingston and Spanish Town rail line

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"Jamaica Railway Corporation has embarked on a programme of upgrading the rail track extending between Kingston and Montego Bay. Chief Civil Engineer Keith Foster said yesterday that he was not in a position to disclose actual figures, but that…

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Railway crossing

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A railway crossing at the intersection of a paved road in Jamaica. The crossing is located near a large tree.

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Jamaica Railway Corporation - Kingston station

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"Idle trains at Kingston station following a strike of railway workers."

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Jamaica Railway Corporation - railway equipment

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Railway equipment at Bowden, St. Thomas. These Sanco engines were used to pull sugar from warehouses and to ship bananas.

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Jamaica Railway Corporation

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Gregory Park train station

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"The Georgian styled train station."

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Jamaica Railway Corporation

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"Air-brake fitter Lorenzo Stephen [right] and artisan helper Vincent Rowe are seen putting on the handbrake pull-rod as one more rail car is converted to passenger trailer coach."

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