Sentences with phrase «of railway ties»

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Based in St. Laurent, Que., Stella - Jones makes railway ties and utility poles, 82 % of them southward - bound, says 5i Research's Ryan Modesto.

Railway systems are designed for a 50 - year lifespan, which is calculated on the integrity of the materials used, and most railways are built along one of two common track systems: rails set on railway ties (U.S.A.) or sleepers (UK), which are then «ballasted» into beds of rock or gravel; or rails that are set onto concreteRailway systems are designed for a 50 - year lifespan, which is calculated on the integrity of the materials used, and most railways are built along one of two common track systems: rails set on railway ties (U.S.A.) or sleepers (UK), which are then «ballasted» into beds of rock or gravel; or rails that are set onto concreterailway ties (U.S.A.) or sleepers (UK), which are then «ballasted» into beds of rock or gravel; or rails that are set onto concrete slabs.

When Keaton did stunts playing pickup sticks with railway ties to clear the track in front of a moving locomotive, say, he actually did the stunts.

For an extra special treat, board the Belmond British Pullman on New Year's Eve, to celebrate with a black tie dinner, enjoying five sumptuous courses and Champagne and entertainment, before pausing at a railway station for a traditional Scottish ringing - in of the New Year with bagpipes.

With his river coursing through locks and his cloud studies, Constable ties himself to a time and place — one, unlike Turner's London or the Great Western Railway of his Rain, Steam, Speed, becoming safely a part of the past.

[There are] fossils of unfathomable age, and fantastical trees such as Cedar of Lebanon, the Phoenix Palm, and the Methuselah tree, thought to be one of the oldest trees in the World at 4,847 years of age, as well as a railroad tie taken from the Panama Canal Railway, which claimed the lives of between 5,000 to 10,000 workers over its 50 year construction, and wood is salvaged from the remnants of the iconic Atlantic City boardwalk devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

The railway ties used as foundations by Édouard did not withstand the effects of the bad winter frosts.

The majority stated that «the wording of Clause 1 of the Lease as amended ties the termination process to the concepts expressed in Section 29 of the St. John's Street Railway Act».

Railcar billing of ties for to major railway companies and communicates with various plants on these rail shipments.