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One of many export coal trains arriving in Baltimore this day. October 18th, 2011. In the two hours I was in this area, there were seven export coal trains that went thru to the docks for unloading. Now you can see why CSX is setting a record this year for coal loading.
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Porto (en portugais : Porto, prononcé [poɾtu]) est une ville du Portugal de 237 559 habitants et environ 1,8 million pour le Grand Porto (chiffres 2011), ce qui en fait la seconde agglomération du pays après Lisbonne. Les deux villes ont souvent rivalisé par le passé. Elle est connue pour le vin de Porto, ses monuments et ses ponts sur le Douro. Porto, de par son histoire de négoce du vin avec le Royaume-Uni, semble avoir été influencée par ce pays et par une activité commerciale importante. Un adage évoque le caractère des différentes villes portugaises : « Pendant que Lisbonne se fait belle, Coimbra étudie, Braga prie et Porto travaille ».
Les habitants de Porto sont appelés Portuenses (en français, on dit « portuan ») et ne pas confondre avec Tripeiros (en référence à la spécialité locale, les tripes à la mode de Porto et l'histoire des habitants). Les Portistas sont les supporters du plus grand club de la ville le FC Porto. Située au nord du Portugal sur la façade atlantique et sur le rio Douro, Porto est la capitale de la région Nord, sous-région ; Grande Porto, district de Porto et la Grande Aire Métropolitaine de Porto (GAM). La GAM de Porto inclut, entre autres, les municipalités de Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos, Maia, Espinho, Santa Maria da Feira, São João da Madeira, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Valongo, Gondomar.
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]) (occasionally also known as Oporto in English[4]) is the second-largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon, and one of the major urban areas in Southern Europe and the capital of the second major great urban area in Portugal.The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 1.3 million (2011)[5] in an area of 389 km2 (150 sq mi),[6] making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. The Porto Metropolitan Area includes an estimated 2 million people.[7][8][9] It is recognized as a Gamma- level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group,[10] being one of five cities on the Iberian Peninsula with global city status, (the others being Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Valencia).
Located along the Douro river estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its Latin name, Portus Cale,[11] has been referred to as the origin for the name "Portugal", based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese the name of the city is spelled with a definite article as "o Porto" (English: the port). Consequently, its English name evolved from a misinterpretation of the oral pronunciation and referred to as "Oporto" in modern literature and by many speakers.
One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named for Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the adegas of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the production and export of the fortified wine.[12] The Porto region is also a major producer of cork