Although the state-level minimum wage changes in 2015 have been tame compared to the significant changes in 2014, 1 employers should be aware of a number of minimum wage legislative developments on the federal, state, and local levels this year.
The Railway Series, which began in the 1940s, is a series of books written by the Rev W Awdry. The books formed the basis for the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series. The Rev Awdry wrote 26 books, pretty much one a year. Later, additions were written by the Reverend's son, Christopher, bringing the total number of books to 42.
In the US, electric trams (trolley cars) were first successfully tested in service in Richmond, Virginia, in 1888, in the Richmond Union Passenger Railway built by Frank J. Sprague.Another was by John Joseph Wright, brother of the famous mining entrepreneur Whitaker Wright, in Toronto in 1883. Welsh example of a tram was usually known as the Mumbles Train, or more formally as the Swansea and Mumbles Railway. Built as the Oystermouth Railway in 1804, on 25 March 1807 it became the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.