Sentences with phrase «like railroad lines»

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The widows of the Vanderbilt tycoons who had built the New York Central Railroad sold their ponderous mansions on Fifth Avenue — urban châteaus that lined «Vanderbilt Alley» from 42nd Street to Central Park — to real estate speculators like Benjamin Winter and Frederick Brown.

The Federal Transit Administration has granted $ 20.8 million to Metro - North Railroad to harden its Hudson Line against future storm surge flood events the likes of Superstorm Sandy.

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...

One line from «Let It Rock» — «working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer» — led right into a mini-lesson on folktales and heroes like John Henry, and we compared working and living conditions from the past with today, which is California State Social Studies Standards 2.1

Like the famed Underground Railroad, slaves vying for freedom make their way across state lines via the Underground Airlines, a system of package trucks, over-the-road haulers and stolen tractor - trailers.

This is why works like The Underground Railroad and Evicted are so important: they help us keep a plumb line to that most elusive quality, the truth.

It feels like an extended vintage lunch pail for miners working the railroad lines out West.