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Pork cycle. A schematic diagram of the pork cycle. In economics, the term pork cycle, hog cycle, or cattle cycle [1] describes the phenomenon of cyclical fluctuations of supply and prices in livestock markets. It was first observed in 1925 in pig markets in the US by Mordecai Ezekiel and in Europe in 1927 by the German scholar Arthur Hanau [ de].
Standard Hungarian Railways 2-6-2 of 324 class, introduced in 1909. The most numerous steam locomotive type used in Hungary was the MÁV class 324 [ hu] 2-6-2, built from 1909 onwards, which were still at work in the last days of steam. The Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) also ran three important classes of 2-6-2 tank engines.
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive cars manufactured by German automaker Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. Produced since September 1953, the E-Class falls as a midrange in the Mercedes line-up, and has been marketed worldwide across five generations.
2-6-6-2 (tender) CSF&E -- Imported by Sunset—400 copies 2-6-6-2T (tank) Hammond Lumber Co—Dai Young, imported by Custom Brass—1302 copies The "second generation" of imported brass locomotives, beginning about 1975, were imported for a wider variety of roads and locomotive classes, with closer attention to detail.
The Butler Petrol Cycle was a three-wheeled vehicle, with the rear wheel directly driven by a 5 ⁄ 8 hp (0.47 kW), 40 cc (2.4 cu in) displacement, 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in × 5 in (57 mm × 127 mm) bore × stroke, flat twin four-stroke engine (with magneto ignition replaced by coil and battery) equipped with rotary valves and a float-fed carburettor ...
The first British examples of the 2-6-4T wheel arrangement were two locomotives built for the narrow-gauge Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway in 1904. The first 4 ft in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge examples were the class 1B of the Great Central Railway, built in 1914. [8] Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR ...
2-6-0. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul. [1]
The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony Tuesday to Congress, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed's single-minded ...