Sentences with phrase «when railroad lines»

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

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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.

We arrived fairly early to find a good parking space, so when we realized we had lots of time to spare before the start of the show, we walked over to Old Sacramento to explore the railroad tracks and various restaurants and stores lining the cobblestone roads.

Although it's highly unlikely that Sanders would railroad Hillary Clinton by running as a third party candidate, it is another factor to consider when analyzing this line movement.

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.

When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, our nation's first common - carrier was one of the three major eastern trunk lines but also the weakest.

The General Director: Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckham Year: 1926 Plot: When Yankee spies steal his locomotive and kidnap his girlfriend, a Southern railroad engineer («The Great Stone Face» Buster Keaton) is forced to pursue his two beloveds across enemy lines.

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.

While railroads are extremely capital intensive businesses, they generate predictable cash flow and have relatively low incremental costs when new shipment volume is added to an existing line.

Richard Anderson, Former CEO of Delta Air Lines, is about to take over America's railroad at a time when it needs the most help.

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.

Kieron Gillen summed up this impulse well when he dismissed The Watchmen video game trailer with a two - line blog post at Rock, Paper Shotgun: «Honestly, nice try guys, but you may as well turn Anna Karenina into a Railroad Tycoon clone.»

Kevin Ryder, a 30 - year - old railroad lineman, was working on power lines after a train derailment when he suffered severe electrical injuries resulting in the loss of both hands.

According to the Roseville Historical Society, in 1864 the Central Pacific Railroad tracks were constructed eastward from Sacramento, and when they crossed a small California Central Railroad line they named the spot «Junction».