Sentences with phrase «of railroad engineering»

The uncharacteristic name of the town was selected by the wife of a railroad engineer who was reading The Brothers Karamazov.

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Each company is further classified into one of two categories: infrastructure enablers (construction companies, engineering services, machineries and materials) or infrastructure asset owners and operators (utilities, energy transportation and storage, railroad transportation).

Where railroads had been obliged to maintain horses and riders every five miles along the track to race back and forth to warn engineers of impending collisions, the «singing wire» could now control the flow of trains, and not incidentally, their cargoes, so that whole new national distribution systems were possible.

He became a prominent engineer, but remained so embattled about the Colorado railroad route that he wrote a book on his survey (unpublished) and a two - volume history of the river (also unpublished), from which this absorbing narrative has been extracted.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that the federal Department of Transportation reverse its decision to derail new rules that would have required all railroad engineers to be tested for sleep apnea.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on federal transportation authorities to complete a review of which railroad systems are currently testing engineers for sleep apnea and which ones aren't.

He sat down with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the major freight railroad in the West, as well as the union which represents its labor force, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.

Hybrid locomotive technologies offer many advantages, but they will come with new obstacles, says Mike Iden, general director of car and locomotive engineering at Omaha, Neb. — based Union Pacific Railroad, the nation's largest railroad company, with a 5,150 - kilometer Railroad, the nation's largest railroad company, with a 5,150 - kilometer railroad company, with a 5,150 - kilometer network.

But soon he returned to Ohio, studied law, worked for the railroad (as a civil engineer) and became a professor of math and astronomy at Cincinnati College.

Thanks for stopping by... I'm currently retired from the Railroad Industry (Engineer / Transportation Superintendent) and play alot of golf with the exception of snow days & weekends.

Jean Renoir's noir masterpiece is a dark, stark tale of railroads, adultery, madness and murder, with Jean Gabin as the train engineer who goes crazy with l'amour fou, Simone Simon as the woman who drives him there, and Fernand Ledoux as her rat husband and his boss.

The Japanese are determined to build a railroad (later dubbed the «Death Railway») connecting Bangkok and Rangoon, through the impossible terrain of the jungles and mountains of Thailand, and they aim to use these POWs as their slave labor, including the engineers to design the massive undertaking.

Examples of such entities include state departments of transportation; local governments; transit agencies; special authorities; special districts; railroad companies; and private firms or consortia that may include companies specializing in engineering, construction, materials, and / or the operation of transportation facilities.

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) received a $ 1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration for preliminary engineering and environmental work required to replace the current Rochester rail station and for necessary short - term upgrades to the current station.

Drive across the Continental Divide at Kicking Horse Pass and stop at the Spiral Tunnels, a feat of early engineering for one of the steepest railroad stretches in the world.

This abandoned railroad bridge spanning the Hudson River is an engineering marvel on the scale of the Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate Bridge.

A former railroad yard, this urban park uses historical artifacts and exhibits to bring to life the controversial and danger - filled construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.

Not until a deadly crash of a Metrolink commuter train in Chatsworth, Calif., in 2008 (the engineer was texting; 25 people died) did it pass a law requiring railroads that carry passengers and highly dangerous chemicals, like chlorine, to have positive train control by 2015.

Alerter systems in the engineer's position are present in two - thirds of the railroad's fleet, the authority said.

How about the head of the IPCC — a career railroad engineer.

$ 2.8 million for a railroad engineer who suffered a shoulder and foot injury due to the negligence of a construction company.

Obtained a defense verdict for a railroad in an FELA case brought by a train engineer and tried in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

It is the responsibility of the railroad track operator to replace broken or damaged tracks, and the responsibility of the train's engineer to keep the train moving at a safe and responsible speed.

Performed conductor duties at Bellevue terminal, home terminal, the second largest rail yard in the United States, coordinating with the railroad, shipping companies, and engineers on the loading and unloading of freight and support for the operation of the train from one stop to the next.

Summary of Qualifications Railroad Engineer with ten plus years of experience ensuring compliance with all train orders, signals and railroad rules and regulations for safe opeRailroad Engineer with ten plus years of experience ensuring compliance with all train orders, signals and railroad rules and regulations for safe operailroad rules and regulations for safe operations.

The city was named in 1883 by David Loring, civil engineer and right - of - way agent for the Oregon and California Railroad, suggested by Medford, Massachusetts, near his home town of Concord, Massachusetts, and in recognition of its supposed position near the middle ford of Bear Creek.

This is an actual resume example of a Locomotive Engineer who works in the Railroad Industry.

In 1855, when Grenville Dodge was using his engineering background to help lay the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad, his younger brother was using his management skills to lay the foundation of NP Dodge, one of the great grandfathers of today's residential brokerage industry.