Sentences with phrase «of rail yard»

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CP casts locomotive and rail - yard courses for managers as a way of spreading passion for railroading throughout the company.

Surrounded by snow drifts two feet deep, locomotive 9136 rests at the head of a procession of identical engines at a sprawling rail yard in Winnipeg.

Yesterday, Harrison highlighted his yen for efficiency (and perhaps courted Norfolk Southern shareholders) by declaring that some of Norfolk's rail yards are «not needed» and would be quickly sold off following a merger.

With «revenue plucked from the air,» in the words of Wilgus, the New York Central transformed its unsightly rail yard — an urban eyesore — into a commercial and residential district that contemporaries called Terminal City.

Barreling through one of the station's smoke - filled tunnels, a commuter train slammed into the rear of another train that not entered the rail yard.

Listening to a Tom Waits album is like taking a road trip through America's forgotten dive bars, laneways, swamps and rail yards and other out - of - the - way places frequented by the great unwashed.

Steer clear of these rails to avoid the risk of strangulation and entrapment, and instead put your baby to sleep in his crib, bassinet, or play yard.

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In New York City alone, MTA brass never attempted to sell $ 12 million worth of air rights over rail yards that could be used for commercial structures — even though they hired Massey Knakal Realty Services in 2006 to consult on the matter.

Yet in last year's budget negotiations, $ 40 million went to the Port of Oswego Authority to «link with the Port of New York and create additional intermodal rail yards in Syracuse and Binghamton» — a decision that has ended up undermining 3Gi's bid.

Diaz announced in his 2015 State of the Borough address that his office would study the feasibility of building platforms over three Bronx rail yards operated by the MTA: 149th Street in Mott Haven, the 1 train yards that connect Riverdale and Kingsbridge, and the Concourse Yard next to Lehman College.

Cuomo and de Blasio have had public spats about everything from universal pre-K to the use of Sunnyside rail yards in Queens for affordable housing.

THE BRONX — A rail yard by Lehman College could be the ideal site for mixed - income housing, new retail space and an expansion of the school's campus, according to a new report from the office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

But most of the yards area, while used by NJ Transit and the M.T.A.'s Long Island Rail Road, is actually owned by Amtrak.

A tanker car that partially derailed spilled 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel at the CSX rail yard, Selkirk Fire Chief Joe Michaniw said.

Bloomberg is counting on Ross to resuscitate its pre-bust ambition to develop the «last frontier» of Manhattan, the West Side rail yards, into a major business district

When the mayor pitched the idea to develop the sprawling rail yard during his second State of the City address in early 2015, critics said it would be too costly to make affordable housing work.

There was the time, less than a month later, when Mr. de Blasio, as a centerpiece of his State of the City address, announced a plan to build an affordable housing complex on a Queens rail yard — and Mr. Cuomo, within hours, shot it down.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

This part of the yards, named after the former moniker of Skillman Avenue, «Harold Avenue,» services multiple divisions of the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit, which use the Sunnyside Yards to turn around after coming out of the four East River Tunnels from Penn Station in Manhattan.

The state's plan calls for expanding the CSX rail yard in the town of DeWitt to handle 30,000 containers a year via rail between central New York and ports in the New York - New Jersey region.

The two men have publicly clashed on everything from the minimum wage, to the use of Sunnyside rail yards in Queens for affordable housing and the mayor's plans for universal pre-K.

The city's Economic Development Corporation issued a request for proposals to study the feasibility of development at the rail yards in February.

Related and the city envision the 26 - acre site, currently an MTA - owned rail yard, to be a massive new neighborhood, composed of new skyscrapers and about 13 million square feet of commercial and residential space.

Public Advocate James, who brought Brawley to the general election mayoral debate on Tuesday night as her guest, has also recently started calling for a much more ambitious overall program of building new affordable housing, putting forth ideas like building more over rail yards across the five boroughs.

It could also connect to the rail yards in Selkirk south of Albany.

The latest round of inspections took place last week and included mainline track and switches belonging to CSX and Canadian Pacific, CSX rail yards in Selkirk and Buffalo, a Canadian Pacific yard in Albany, and 445 crude oil tank cars.

The $ 15 billion redevelopment of the West Side rail yards is no longer on track to happen as quickly as was expected before the...

If the negotiations with DeWitt are successful, state officials plan to help expand the existing DeWitt yard so that 30,000 containers a year can be sent by rail from Central New York to ships at the Port of New York / New Jersey.

Driscoll told Mahoney he was negotiating with CSX railroad officials to create the intermodal facility at the DeWitt rail yard near Kirkville and Girden Roads, at the border of Manlius and DeWitt.

The State Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit that alleges the Metropolitan Transportation Authority acted inappropriately in its sale of the Vanderbilt rail yard...

Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO and outgoing co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, sharply criticized the decision by state transportation officials to subsidize an enhancement of the DeWitt rail yard and call it an «inland port.»

From the entrances, stairwells, elevator shafts, vents, rail yards, and the tracks themselves, the nature of being underground puts our subway systems at an inherent risk.

Then the containers are dispatched from the rail yards alongside the harbor onto 1,200 diesel - powered freight trains that ferry goods up and down the coast, and 35,000 semi tractor - trailers that speed along heavily congested highways to the rest of the country.

Martin Ritt's feature directing debut, Edge of the City, is a social - conscious melodrama set in the rail yards of New York City.

Beginning with outgoing mayor Richard Daley, community leaders fell all over the Chinese as part of their multifaceted effort to transform Chicago from a city of meat packers and rail yards into the hub of Sino - American commercial activity of every sort.

Richmond is nestled within a ring of five major oil refineries, three chemical companies, eight Superfund sites, dozens of other toxic waste sites, highways, two rail yards, plus a port that supplies tankers.

RRIF direct loans can only be used to refinance outstanding debt incurred for certain types of eligible projects, including debt incurred to acquire, improve, or rehabilitate intermodal or rail equipment or facilities, including track, components of track, bridges, yards, buildings, and shops, and costs related thereto, or to develop or establish new intermodal or railroad facilities.

RRIF guaranteed loans can only be used to refinance outstanding debt incurred for certain types of eligible projects, including debt incurred to acquire, improve, or rehabilitate intermodal or rail equipment or facilities, including track, components of track, bridges, yards, buildings, and shops, and costs related thereto, or to develop or establish new intermodal or railroad facilities.

The New York MTA is receiving $ 193,136,983 for repair and restoration of the East River tunnels; the South Ferry / Whitehall station; the Rockaway line; rail yards, maintenance shops, and other facilities; and heavy rail cars.

The project includes the construction of 21 stations, two vehicle and maintenance storage yards with shop facilities and the procurement of 25 articulated light - rail vehicles.

I have seen it happen many times and I keep him locked up like Ft. Knox 6ft fence in back yard (back door leads straight to fence so no escape going out) and my porch has fence around it instead of wooden rails, and I also have a locked gate on my porch were the steps are.

The ports are connected to the downtown rail yards and to the main lines of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe headed east via a grade - separated, freight rail corridor known as the Alameda Corridor.

Beasley took greatest interest in the convergence of sounds at the rail yards, due to the wide open soundscape enabled by the lack of skyscrapers.

Growing from the group of «taggers» belonging to the cultures of hip - hop and punk rock, street art no longer solely describes the artists who spray - canned the train - yards, subway rails and abandoned nightclubs of New York City, Los Angeles, and London in the 1970s.

Though high - end developers have moved into the area — attracting wealthy young professionals who are interested in living the «artist» lifestyle, too — relics of the neighborhood's industrial past remain, including a rail yard, cold storage facilities, food processing plants and working warehouses.

In June of 2010 Parallel Studios was able to implement many of its goals in presenting CURRENTS NEW MEDIA 2010 at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe in the newly created rail yard district in the heart of Santa Fe.

Rooftop gardens on bus depots and windmills at rail yards are just a couple of the ideas being batted around by a member

You have to admit though it is a wonderful piece of political population entrainment; I have mental images of large cattle yards with high, heavy railed fences that squeeze the cattle down to single file for their last moments.

Future emissions reductions from trucks and other freight sources are essential for meeting air quality standards and protecting the health of those who live and work close to ports, rail yards, and freight corridors.