Sentences with phrase «own railroad system»

Bryan Fischer, the Director of Issues Analysis for the American Family Association, has defended his call for an «Underground Railroad system» that would abduct children from same - sex parents, saying that...

The model railroaders are allotted a 20 - by - 30 room in the clubhouse where they have set up and are forever playing with toy railroad systems.

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.

If they've accessed a network that's controlling something, such as an electrical power grid or a railroad system, they can cause things to happen not in cyberspace but in physical space.

North Korea has also been accused of trying to hack electric power companies in the U.S. and a railroad system in Canada.

More than 550 short line and regional railroads operate in 49 states and bring rail service to thousands of communities that would otherwise not be connected to the nation's mainline railroad system.

In addition to the generally applicable requirements described above (including the specific prevailing wage and labor protection requirements set forth in the RRIF statute), the rail safety standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § § 209 - 244 detail minimum safety requirements for railroad track that is part of the general railroad system of transportation.

«The safety of our nation's railroad system, and the people who live along rail corridors is of paramount concern,» said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

FRA exercises its responsibilities for regulating the safety of the nation's railroad system and development of intercity passenger rail through several means, including:

That, in turn, left the railroad system less able to compete with trucks after WWII.

Comics Bio-comics about politicians are becoming something of a genre in India; the latest one is about Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, and it shows him as a child lecturing his friends and rescuing a boy from being crushed by a train — the heroic rescue seems to be a hallmark of these comic s — which led him to resolve to improve India's railroad system.

The official seat of Wayne County, Goldsboro traces its roots to the westward expansion of the railroad system that began picking up steam in the mid-1800s.

The city of O'Fallon benefited from its early implementation of a railroad system.

While the UnderHound Railroad focuses on dogs and cats, the Maryland - based nonprofit RabbitWise has its own railroad system for bunnies.

Owned by the Fitzpatrick's who came to New York over 30 year ago, the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel is the place to stay for some authentic Irish hospitality, including an highly acclaimed traditional Irish Breakfast and the Wheeltapper Pub, which has been decorated with memorabilia from Ireland's railroad system.

But rather than prepare for a change in our daily doings, such as rebuilding the railroad system or promoting walkable neighborhoods over suburban sprawl, we tell ourselves fairy tales about how the Bakken shale oil play will make America «energy independent» to provide the illusion that we can keep driving to WalMart forever.

The fuel powered the country's railroad system and its westward expansion.

Rather than wasting more money on the car industry, why not speed up construction of a great railroad system that will be second to none?

More good news from that economic stimulus bill that's poised to pump some serious money into green projects across the country: a big chunk of the funding will be used to create a huge new railroad system.

Your lawyer should have an extensive knowledge of the rules and regulations of the Federal Railroad System and he or she should also have lots of experience in handling and winning these cases in the past.

Although «Union Depot» is no more, the CSX Railroad System still operates through Bartlett city center and the official logo of Bartlett Station Plaza remains the stagecoach.

The city of O'Fallon benefited from its early implementation of a railroad system.

It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.

Constant studying of construction and daily activities throughout the entire railroad system of New Jersey

The city was founded as a railroad hub and became the junction of three major railroad systems, including the Wilmington and Manchester, the Northeastern, and the Cheraw and Darlington.

Not exact matches

• Ferrocarril Mexicano, Mexico's largest railroad operator, is close to reaching a deal to acquire Florida East Coast Railway, a Jacksonville, Fla. - based rail system operator, for more than $ 2 billion, including debt, according to Reuters.

Congress enacted the first national railroad safety legislation that year because the companies had insisted it was too expensive to put automatic braking systems and couplers on freight trains.

Union Pacific serves many of the fastest - growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways.

According to a fascinatingly nerdy deep dive into the subject in the New Yorker, the current mania for the word «hack» all started way back in the 1950s at MIT, where members of the model railroad club were already warning those «hacking on the electrical system turn the power off to avoid fuse blowing.»

We just designed an off - the - grid system for a railroad company for remote crossings, with security cameras, phone connections and motion - activated lights.

Steven L. Blue is the President & CEO of Miller Ingenuity, a Minnesota - based firm that manufactures high - technology safety systems for the railroad industry.

Federal - Mogul is one of the leading global suppliers of components, accessories, and systems to the automotive, small engine, heavy - duty, marine, railroad, agricultural, off - road, aerospace, and energy markets.

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.

J.L. Larson, «A Systems Approach to the History of Technology: An American Railroad Example,» a paper read at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology, 1982, p. 17, quoted in Staudenmaier, p. 13.

It was not long before a man named Richard B. Sears of North Redwood, Minnesota, combined the railroad, the telegraph, and the new U.S. Rural Postal system to create a giant new network of merchandising — the mail order house.

Utilizing the railroad and developing a refrigeration system to keep produce fresh during the cross-country trip, the D'Arrigo brothers started shipping fresh fruits and vegetables from California to Boston year - round.

It was typical railroading from a man known as «Maximum John» during his time as DA, and surely a rare instance of a university system chancellor making decisions about a mascot.

These «railroad parks» were the beginning of the park system in Arlington Heights.

Drawing a parallel to the railroads of the 1800's, it is possible that since the infrastructure already exists, (which lowers «entry» / initial investment costs making it a better investment) businessmen might attempt to monopolize the road system.

As many as two - thirds of all commuter railroads in the United States — including the LIRR — are on pace to miss a December deadline to have lifesaving positive train control technology operational on their systems, according to a new federal report.

Our subway now has the worst on - time performance of any major transit system in the world, with the Long Island Railroad plagued with serious delays as well.

He also added state support for another Metro Rail extension into the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminal that serves as home base for the system's light rail vehicles.

Senator Carl L. Marcellino said, «The Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter train system in the nation, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers rely on it every day to get to and from work.

Off topic questions the Long Island Railroad and possible strike, the City's contingency plans and role in the event of a strike, whether the petitions supporting continued operation of horse carriages, with 40,000 signatures recently delivered to City Hall affect his thinking on the topic, what the 66 donors to Campaign for One New York expect from the mayor, whether he plans to take any additional vacations this year, what initiatives Campaign for One New York will next focus on, the status of the review of the 911 system upgrade and, concerning his trip to Italy, whether he is packed, whether he's packing his own bags and what food he is most looking forward to.

The budget also includes a proposal to authorize local governments to work with the MTA on installing cameras at railroad grade crossings, including throughout the LIRR system.

The national passenger railroad over the weekend activated its version of so - called positive train control between the two cities, the last stretch of its tracks on the busy Northeast Corridor to get the system.

A PA spokesman said «participation in the Federal Railroad Retirement System is mandatory» and that Foye «was advised by legal counsel he could not decline the benefit» from the RRB.

«This e-ticket system for the railroads is where the economy is now,» Cuomo said.

WESTCHESTER, NY — For many Westchester residents, the most important public transportation system in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which gets them into the city via the Metro - North Railroad, and then to their workplace in Manhattan by subway xxxxxxxxx.

Executive Director Pat Foye and administrators of the PA's PATH system were deemed eligible to collect pensions from both New York and the federal Railroad Retirement Board under a questionable «legal finding» by the authority's lawyers, sources said.