Sentences with phrase «railroad line in»

The town has become the primary commercial hub for much of western MD because of its proximity to many of the main railroad lines in addition to both I - 70 and I - 81.

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We are also fortunate to be served by two Class I railroads and 24 short - line companies, giving our state the No. 7 rank in rail mileage, with nearly 5,000 miles of railroad track, the largest railroad network in the Southeast.

The pair donated $ 35 million to New York's High Line, according to Variety, which transformed an elevated railroad track into a park and walkway in Manhattan.

Bechtel is also the quintessential family business: It has been led, with a brief exception, by a succession of four family CEOs since cattle farmer Warren Bechtel founded the firm in 1898 to help build railroad lines.

(3) regulatory policy to keep the prices charged by natural monopolies such a railroads, power and gas companies in line with actual production costs plus normal profit.

In 1907, the city's name was changed to Tomball in honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the citIn 1907, the city's name was changed to Tomball in honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the citin honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the city.

As Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, tweeted in response to a packed line up of Fed speakers: «This is no way to run a railroad.

Glasgow is a town in northeastern Montana, which originated as a stop on the Hi - Line railroad, which runs near the U.S. — Canada border.

At this point, nearly every town wanted its own railroad and, in 1846, 272 Acts of Parliament were passed for the purpose of incorporating new railroad companies, which proposed a total of 9,500 miles (15,300 km) of new lines (Wikipedia, n.d.).

Completing the east - west Uganda railroad in December 1901, Europeans laid plans for a south - north line.

A number of modern urban newspapers, such as the Baltimore Sun, the Richmond Times — Dispatch, and the Hartford Courant ran advertisements before the Civil War for the sale of slaves or the recapture of runaways; all four of the major North American railroads own rail lines that were built with slave labor; the founder of Lehman Bros. bought slaves as workers for the firm when it was founded in pre — Civil War Alabama.

On the High Line, an old elevated railroad track converted into a park in New York's trendy meatpacking district, Sargenti and two other Joffrey dancers prepare for the debut performance of New Bridges Ballet.

Then in 1882, the first railroad line was completed and a new town site was established; that site is the location of Old Town Temecula today.

The proposed development will accompany railroad improvements that are in progress along Metra's SouthWest Service commuter line, including expanded parking and facility upgrades at the 143rd Street station.

The railroad abandoned the line in 1961 and cleared the way for creation in 1966 of the biking trail.

But Humphrey, who had prospected for gold in California, realized the railroad lines then being built would change the area «s character.

The depot, which had been donated to the society in 1980 by the Soo Railroad Line, was moved to its current location nine years ago.

While Saratoga & North Creek Railway ran what the company says was its last tourist train on Saturday, Warren County leaders said they have heard from a representative of another railroad that is interested in excursion train operations on the county - owned line.

Harry Jameson, chairman of the Catskill Mountain Railroad Company, which lost some trackage in the storm, says the line bounced back and continues to run fall foliage trains.

The MTA oversees mass transit in the New York City area, including the Metro - North commuter line and the Long Island Railroad.

Subway and railroad riders in the city have faced rough commutes Tuesday, following a full day of problems on several lines and the Long Island Rail Road.

The state is eyeing a response to the recent arrival of old railroad cars for indefinite storage on a line in the Adirondacks, the DEC said.

Among the report's more controversial proposals is a plan to move spent fuel out of Indian Point in Buchanan along with 16 other power plants without direct access to railroad lines, by barge, down the Hudson River.

Environmentalists were stunned this summer when they learned that Iowa Pacific Holdings, which leases / owns the railroad line from Saratoga to Tahawus, was considering storing empty oil tankers along an unused section of the tracks in Essex and Hamilton Counties.

Transit advocates pushed the notion of reducing fares on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro - North Railroad to entice city drivers to leave their cars at home and help fill in transit gaps in Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with limited access to subway and bus lines.

Two culverts in the railroad line allowed briny north arm water to flow into the south arm and, because of its higher density, sink to the bottom of the south arm.

Interestingly, the story states that passengers would comfortably be «flying» at 30 to 40 miles per hour; contrast that with the last line of the «Morse's Telegraph» story in the same issue, which described railroad cars as «slow and tedious.»

I'm currently in law school but i take most of my classes off line because i work for the railroad and those hours can be very demanding, i have a daughter named Hailey and i love to do lame stuff like movies, bowling and paint ball shooting... i just bought my first home in dec of 2013 so i'm very proud of myself for that.

I'm currently in law school but i take most of my classes off line because i work for the railroad and those hours can be very demanding, i have a daughter named Hailey and i love to do lame stuff like movies, bowling and paint ball shooting... i just bought my first home in dec of 2013 so i'm...

The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870s in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through.

There are more than 550 short line and regional railroads operate in every U.S. state except Hawaii and often feed traffic to Class I railroads and receive traffic from Class I railroads for final delivery.

More than 550 short line and regional railroads operate in 49 states and bring rail service to thousands of communities that would otherwise not be connected to the nation's mainline railroad system.

When the team realized it needed a full - scale wind tunnel, he came up with the insanely outside - the - box idea of retrofitting an abandoned railroad tunnel in the Allegheny Mountains for straight - line testing.

An association of major freight railroads in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Amtrak, and several short line holding companies committed to keeping the railroads of North America safe, fast, efficient, clean, technologically advances, and secure.

«In reverse chronological order, Cline - Ransome's pithy, lyrical lines lay out the prolific achievements of Harriet Tubman, from her campaign for women's suffrage to her role as a spy during the civil war to her iconic work as a conductor on the underground railroad, all the way back to her childhood.

Glasgow is a town in northeastern Montana, which originated as a stop on the Hi - Line railroad, which runs near the U.S. — Canada border.

In 1907, the city's name was changed to Tomball in honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the citIn 1907, the city's name was changed to Tomball in honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the citin honor of local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who helped to develop the Port of Houston by convincing the railroad to run a line through downtown area of the city.

The city experienced rapid growth due to its proximity to two railroad lines and the discovery of oil in the area.

In 1894, railroad lines were extended into the San Luis Obispo from the south, resulting in the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of CambriIn 1894, railroad lines were extended into the San Luis Obispo from the south, resulting in the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of Cambriin the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of Cambria.

The Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Company owned the railroad, and later in 1907, the Great Northern Railroad acquired the line and became part of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company, commonly known as the S.P. & S. Also learn how travelers used Hug Point as a roadway, and with the completion of the Arch Cape Tunnel, Cannon Beach would no longer be «the end of the road» but rather a place people would pass through but where, it was hoped, they would pause and spend some money, perhaps even stay a nightRailroad Company owned the railroad, and later in 1907, the Great Northern Railroad acquired the line and became part of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company, commonly known as the S.P. & S. Also learn how travelers used Hug Point as a roadway, and with the completion of the Arch Cape Tunnel, Cannon Beach would no longer be «the end of the road» but rather a place people would pass through but where, it was hoped, they would pause and spend some money, perhaps even stay a nightrailroad, and later in 1907, the Great Northern Railroad acquired the line and became part of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company, commonly known as the S.P. & S. Also learn how travelers used Hug Point as a roadway, and with the completion of the Arch Cape Tunnel, Cannon Beach would no longer be «the end of the road» but rather a place people would pass through but where, it was hoped, they would pause and spend some money, perhaps even stay a nightRailroad acquired the line and became part of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Company, commonly known as the S.P. & S. Also learn how travelers used Hug Point as a roadway, and with the completion of the Arch Cape Tunnel, Cannon Beach would no longer be «the end of the road» but rather a place people would pass through but where, it was hoped, they would pause and spend some money, perhaps even stay a night or two.

Choose a great train journey... Trans - Siberian Railway from Moscow to Beijing Venice Simplon Orient Express London - Venice The Orient Express, the truth behind the legend The Royal Scotsman, Scotland's cruise train The Deerstalker - Britain's Best Train The West Highland Line, Britain's most scenic London to Edinburgh, route of the Flying Scotsman Glacier Express, Switzerland's scenic train Bernina Express from Switzerland to Italy Jungfraubahn - up the Jungfrau by train Tito's private train Belgrade to Montenegro Tel Aviv to Jerusalem - by train to the Holy City The California Zephyr, coast to coast USA Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks The Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver The Rocky Mountaineer in Canada's Rockies The Ocean from Montreal to Nova Scotia Colombo to Sri Lanka's tea country by train The Eastern & Oriental Express S'pore - Bangkok Across Indonesia by train from Jakarta to Bali The Bridge on the River Kwai The Blue Train from Cape Town to Jo «burg The TranzAlpine - NZ's most scenic train The Northern Explorer Auckland to Wellington The Coastal Pacific, Wellington to Christchurch The Indian Pacific, Sydney - Adelaide - Perth The Ghan, Adelaide - Alice Springs - Darwin ---------------------------------------------------------------

When railroad lines were finally finished between Astoria and Seaside in the late 1890s, homesteading expanded to this area, then known as Elk Creek.

Today the river is in full flow due to ice - melt and some recent heavy rain in the San Juan all of which promises to add to the splendour of this railroad journey which, from the very beginning was promoted as a scenic route for passenger service even though the line was constructed primarily to haul gold and silver mine ores from the San Juan Mountains.

Just as the railroad prepared to celebrate its 100th birthday, a certain Charles E. Bradshaw Jr. purchased the line and with the restoration process complete, engine No. 481 returned to service after 20 years in retirement.

During the latter part of the 1960s the Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad was registered as a National Historic Landmark but in 1969 the Denver and Rio Grande Western abandoned the tracks south of Durango isolating the line and leaving the future of the line in question once again.

In 1894, railroad lines were extended into San Luis Obispo from the south, resulting in the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of CambriIn 1894, railroad lines were extended into San Luis Obispo from the south, resulting in the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of Cambriin the decline of coastal shipping and the isolation of Cambria.

Having been told when and where to assemble to board the train, when the appointed time came, we were greeted by a stern, rather bossy «take - no - nonsense» railroad lady, who showed us to our reserved seats in the train - the famous Notch train which travels on tracks that were laid in the 1870s as part of the Maine Central Railroad's famed Mountain Divisirailroad lady, who showed us to our reserved seats in the train - the famous Notch train which travels on tracks that were laid in the 1870s as part of the Maine Central Railroad's famed Mountain DivisiRailroad's famed Mountain Division line.

The gameplay trailer, titled «Life on the Railroad», showcases two train lines in the Goldcrest -LSB-...]

Railroad lines, new roads and iron trestles, blast furnaces, smokestacks, rail stations and coal pits are all represented in his paintings.

Though the same advertisement was prominently on display in Berlin last fall, the railroad company Deutsche Bahn AG, which operates national and international lines throughout Germany, announced this week that it would not permit the advertisements to be displayed in its train stations.