Sentences with phrase «stretch of railroad tracks»

The classic representation of this illusion is observed when you look down a straight stretch of railroad tracks.

Not exact matches

Trustee Dwight Walton, a proponent of the measure, has indicated that a park plaza would take Arlington Heights full circle in its railroad - related development plans, because terraced areas stretched along the tracks before World War II.

Hein is asking the legislature to exclude the 11.5 mile stretch of abandoned and unused railroad track through the Ashokan Reservoir area from the study.

New York City officials want to make sure that a business that caught fire last week under a critical stretch of the Metro - North Railroad tracks in Harlem doesn't store flammable gas and liquids, seeking to place such conditions on an amended lease with the Urban Garden Center.

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.

drive out to the alleged haunted railroad tracks along Munger Road, an infamous stretch of rural highway.

Although the sound of a faraway train whistle often stirs nostalgic longings, Zoellner reminds us that railroads were built on the backbones of many laborers who lost their lives in the effort to stretch gleaming tracks across a nation.

You can also visit ruins of Loyalist cotton plantations, like the 18th - century Deveaux House on land granted to Colonel Andrew Deveaux in 1783 for protecting Nassau from Spanish invasion and occupation, and ancient railroad tracks stretching out to the sea.