Sentences with phrase «of railroad tracks»

A transfer is not likely to happen anytime soon because of environmental contamination on the site and the presence of railroad tracks that prevent safe access to the property.
The bridge would be designated as the only legal way for pedestrians to cross a mile - long segment of the railroad tracks.
The classic representation of this illusion is observed when you look down a straight stretch of railroad tracks.
The house where we were happy, Perhaps it's stranding still On the wrong side of the railroad tracks Half - way down the hill.
In a lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court, the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society has asked a judge to prohibit the state from moving forward with a plan approved by Cuomo to remove 34 miles of railroad tracks between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Developer Mark R. Anderson is poised to grab another chunk of downtown Arlington Heights — this time, in the less - developed Central Business District north of the railroad tracks.
Similarly, railroads and utilities and master limited partnerships build up large infrastructure that is either protected from competition due to having a regulated monopoly, or it simply would be self - destructive for a competitor to try to copy, like building a new set of railroad tracks right alongside a competitor that can't get enough traffic to justify its costs since there's already an established route there.
The property is just east of the railroad tracks between Illinois and Techny Roads.
The Chicago Park District is hosting «Roots and Routes to Grow: A Community Tree - Planting Day» at the 20 - acre woodland between 39th and 47th streets west of Lake Shore Drive and east of the railroad tracks.
She said the property is south of the railroad tracks, between Elijah's Lane and Alvah's Lane.
Dozens of cyclists have crashed on a slice of railroad tracks in Knoxville.
The absence of the railroad tracks on the map seem to support the claim that the game is set further into the past, as do the presence of caravan camps and settlements, in addition to the towns.
The stats are fairly staggering: four million miles of public roads, 140,000 miles of railroad tracks operated by freight carriers, 25,000 miles of navigable waterways, 9,800 coastal and inland waterway facilities, and 5,200 public - use airports, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Hearth & Dram is a modern - day saloon that transports its patrons back to the late 19th century in Denver when the gold rush was in full swing and the metal clanking of railroad tracks being laid could be heard in the distance.
He ran across a field, scooted across an intersection, sprinted between the trestles of a railroad track and finally arrived in a side street nearly a quarter mile from where he had started.
The plane settled on the edge of a ravine east of the airport and just shy of the railroad tracks, not far from the trees it had clipped on Twickingham Drive.
Southold Town Board members are questioning the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's handling of railroad track maintenance in Southold, which has caused unexpected road closures.
The maintenance to be performed will include replacement of railroad track, timbers and repairs to five (5) crossings within the City.
The transfer of Murphy's Island, a polluted strip of land on the lake's southern shore near the Carousel Center mall, would likely not happen for years because of environmental issues with the property and a lack of safe access because of railroad tracks.
Extreme heat and cold in a changing climate affect the stability of railroad tracks and can make them prone to buckling and lead to an increase in future derailments, said Andrew Kish, an independent railroad track stability consultant and rail buckling expert who is retired from the Volpe National Transportation System Center at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The Chicago Auto Show floor is built on top of railroad tracks.
The sludge - gray Onandaga River divided the city as it met Lake Erie beneath a steel bridge: the valley carved by the river was a treeless expanse of railroad tracks, boxcars, refineries, cranes, chemical plants, and, looming over all of this, the smokestacks of the steel mills — squat, black, and enormous — on which Steelton's existence had once depended.
The largest known Alpine Model Railroad museum... 400 feet of railroad track with computerized trains.
The San Clemente Pedestrian Beach Trail runs along the inside of the railroad tracks.
In GoldRush, the attacking team must push a cart forward along a series of railroad tracks past a series of checkpoints, while the defending team is charged with preventing their progress until time runs out.»
Ms. Vitale has appropriated a set of steel «frogs» — criss - crossing sections of railroad tracks — that she will present vertically.
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.
A railroad laborer or worker is responsible for maintenance of the track and infrastructure, monitoring and repairing of the railroad track using power and hand tools when necessary.
On the other side of the railroad tracks, quite literally, is Khotso House, the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches -LCB- SACC -RCB-, which provided Desmond Tutu with the strong and secure anti-apartheid platform which led to the Nobel Prize and his elevation to the Anglican Primacy of South Africa.
Downtown areas of Abilene are considered to be historic, and mostly lie north of the railroad tracks that divide the city.
There's an interesting piece of Seminole County in Altamonte Springs that has a bumpy dirt road, rough set of railroad tracks and twisting curves all within one mile.
At last week's regular session, an issue was whether the legislature should specifically authorize the retention of 1.1 miles of railroad track between the end of Catskill Mountain Railroad's Kingston - to - West Hurley run and scenic overviews of the Ashokan Reservoir at the Glenford dike.
He said the transfer likely could not happen for years because of environmental issues with the property and a lack of safe access because of the presence of railroad tracks between the land and the mall.
Guided visits start at the Judd Foundation offices, 104 South Highland Avenue, south of the railroad tracks, across the street from the Hotel Saint George.
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.
At Taylor Railworks we are serving Borderless American Cuisine on this side of the railroad tracks.
Developer Mark R. Anderson is poised to grab another chunk of downtown Arlington Heights — this time, in the less - developed Central Business District north of the railroad tracks.
The previously contaminated industrial property, which is now vacant, takes up more than 200 acres in total, bounded by the Buffalo River to the north, Tifft Street to the south and a set of railroad tracks and the Tifft Nature Preserve to the west.
The Water Department says Seneca Falls residents who live north of the railroad tracks are the ones affected the most.
Lady Bird abandons her devoted lower - class bestie, Julie (Beanie Feldstein), for a shallow, unambitious rich friend, Jenna (Odeya Rush), and two love interests from the wealthier side of the railroad tracks that divide Sacramento: first Danny (Lucas Hedges), a polite theater kid, then Kyle (Timothée Chalamet), a snobbish rebel rarely seen without a Howard Zinn book in hand.
A better look at Zhang Ziyi's character in the film, fighting at the side of the railroad tracks.
The Funk Zone consists of two distinct areas on either side of the railroad tracks.
Downtown areas of Abilene are considered to be historic, and mostly lie north of the railroad tracks that divide the city.
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