И. А. Курбасова Е. И. Силантьева

That the electric railways do not pollute air is of great significance for people. To, что электрические железные дороги не загрязняют воздух, имеет огромное значение для людей (придаточное предложение подлежащее).
1. One of the problems for monorail engineers is how silent operation of monorail vehicles can be provided. 2. That electrification is of great importance to any country is clear to everyone. 3. The question discussed was whether diesel or electric traction would be cheaper to use on industrial tracks. 4. Whether changes will be made in the design of the locomotive is not decided yet. 5. The idea is that power sources should be installed in­side the vehicles. 6. What sections of the BAM Railway were to be electrified had been decided before the construc­tion of the line began. 7. How safety can be ensured at the atomic power plants is not a simple problem.


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1. Many new control systems are used on railways for directing the movements of trains. 2. The passenger trains come to the stations according to the time-table or sched­ule. 3. The trains which are not included in the time -­table are known as extra trains. 4. Thanks to the safety devices accidents are practically eliminated on the railways.

5. The problem is too complicated; we must simplify it.
6. In order to simplify the operation of railroads they are divided into sections. 7. The long-distance trains are trains which have a long run. 8. In Russia, the first steam engine was invented by Polzunov and the first steam locomotive was devised by the Cherepanovs. 9. Railways make use of different types of freight cars to carry different types of goods. 10. The inspector of the sorting station must take a car away from service if he finds that the car is damaged.
11. The radio gives locomotive drivers the warnings of an emergency or other dangerous situations on the line.
12. Thanks to the radio the locomotive driver can warn other drivers on the line of the risk or danger of train collisions. 13. Railways use both electric and diesel loco­motives on the same tracks
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