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• Overland Route — or Overland Trail refers to the following travel routes: The Overland Trail and stage line in Colorado and Wyoming Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), a passenger rail line from Chicago to Oakland, California First Transcontinental Railroad… …   Wikipedia

• Overland Route (Australia) — The Overland Route is a route to Australia and East Asia. The route crosses the European continent. It was inaugurated by Thomas Fletcher Waghorn in 1845, and was modified on the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. The route now crosses the… …   Wikipedia

• Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad) — This article is about a passenger train route in the United States. For other uses, see Overland Route. The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad / Southern Pacific… …   Wikipedia

• The Overland — is a passenger train between Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia. The train started in 1887 as the Adelaide Express and was given its current name in 1926. Now operated by private company Great Southern Railway, the train completes three return… …   Wikipedia

• (the) Overland Trail — the Overland Trail [the Overland Trail] any of several different routes taken by people travelling to the US West in the 19th century, including the main route to the California ↑goldfields (= areas where gold was found). Compare ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• The Overland — Logo auf der Zugwand The Overland ist ein Fernverkehrszug in Australien, der die Hauptstädte von Victoria, Melbourne (Bahnhof Southern Cross) und Südaustralien, Adelaide (Bahnhof Parklands Terminal), verbindet. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• OVERLAND ROUTE —    the route to Australia and the East across the European continent instead of round the Cape of Good Hope, was inaugurated by Lieutenant Waghorn in 1845, modified on the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, and is now viâ France, the Mont Cenis… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Central Overland Route — The Central Overland Route (also known as the Central Overland Trail , Central Route , Simpson s Route , or the Egan Trail ) was a transportation route through the mountains of central Nevada, the heart of the Basin and Range Province. For a… …   Wikipedia

• Overland Flyer — The Overland Flyer was a passenger train originally operated by the Union Pacific Railroad. The name harkens back to a stagecoach line operated by the Overland Mail Company between Salt Lake City, Utah and Virginia City, Nevada from 1861 to 1866… …   Wikipedia

• overland — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)lænd[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n An overland journey is made across land rather than by ship or aeroplane. ...an overland journey through Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan... The overland route is across some really tough mountains... Militia… …   English dictionary

• overland — /oh veuhr land , leuhnd/, adv. 1. by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea. 2. over or across the land: a road that winds overland. adj. 3. proceeding, performed, or carried on overland: the overland route to the West. [1325 75; …   Universalium