Sentences with phrase «small railroad town»

What began as a small railroad town has transformed into a bustling bedroom community of more than 31,000 residents.

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From railroad engineers obtaining $ 25,000 - $ 30,000 bonus payouts to sign on, to small towns offering relocation payments, tuition reimbursement and bigger paychecks, labor slack has been reduced to near zero.

OTTAWA — The police said on Sunday that at least five people had died and 40 were missing after runaway railroad tank cars filled with oil derailed and exploded in a small Quebec town.

The safety park will replicate a small town with streets, traffic signals and a railroad crossing, according to Mary Beth Thaman, superintendent of recreation for the park district.

The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870s in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through.

JS: It about a small town in Texas where all these black people were arrested and railroaded for drug - dealing.

Around the same time, a railroad baron, Latham Cole (WIlkinson, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), is there to drum up support for the massive railroad project that is coming through the small town, assuring the people that it will not draw in the criminal element.

First a small farming community, then a bustling railroad depot and later an entertainment hotspot in the roaring»20s, Grove City today combines a small - town feel with big city appeal.

From a Shawnee Indian settlement to a busy railroad depot to a small agricultural community, the town has evolved into a haven for families largely due to its low crime rate and higher incomes.

This included the building of a railroad, the establishment of port facilities at several points including Xcalac (a small town just north of Ambergris Caye), warehouses, wireless stations and boatyards.

Test your trigger finger and reflexes against a series of bady guys at four different locations, including Red River, a small town, The Church, The Santa Fe Railroad depot and the Gold Mine.

However, price competition for short - hauls over the same rail lines between smaller towns wasn't nearly as vigorous, as it was unlikely that two different railroads, with different routes, would efficiently serve the same two locales.

White River Junction is a small resilient town, able to reinvent itself as a small artists» colony after its stint as a long - depressed prior railroad hub.

Originally a small rural town, the introduction of a railroad station created an agricultural boom.