Sentences with phrase «use by the railroad»

The bridge continued its role as an important commercial rail link for nearly a century until a fire in 1974 abruptly terminated its use by the railroad industry.

«In 1993 the Boise Locomotive Company was approached by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (now part of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF) to produce two MKI200G locomotives for each company for use by each railroad as an LNG demonstration project in the Los Angeles Basin.

Knowing why they were here, how they got built, what they were used for after they stopped being used by the railroad, and how the neighborhoods around them became developed — all these factor into becoming an expert on the context of place in a community.

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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.

That seems doomed to fail, as more than a century of case law dating back to the early days of the railroad suggests that provincial measures that directly thwart interprovincial infrastructure may be overruled by federal jurisdiction using 92 (10)(c) and this would be a prime example of when it should be (and has historically) been used.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

The deterioration of Penn Station's infrastructure that resulted in Long Island Rail Road commuters» «summer of hell» was caused by decades of underinvestment in Amtrak by the federal government and the railroads that use its tracks, including the LIRR, transportation experts said.

The M.T.A. has been planning to use the revenue produced by the tax to underwrite its application for a $ 2.2 billion low - interest loan from the Federal Railroad Administration.

The rail switching center is used by three separate railroads — the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit — which altogether send 783 trains moving through the interlocking every day, making it the busiest in North America.

As a taxpayer, regarding any question about the proper use of taxpayer dollars, I would rather see U.S. railroads and bridges repaired and reservoirs cleansed than see U.S. funds wasted on murderous weaponry and dubious schemes by an artificial entity which would prolong endless conflict and cost millions of lives.

Use of railroad corridors was taken out of consideration because there was not enough width for two lines and use is prohibited by state lUse of railroad corridors was taken out of consideration because there was not enough width for two lines and use is prohibited by state luse is prohibited by state law.

It was formed in 1898 as the American Society for Testing and Materials, and its first decision was to approve the steel used for rails by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

In Banff National Park in Canada, grizzlies have used the railroad tracks since the park was created in 1885, gorging on the buffaloberries that thrive along the right - of - way and the occasional carcass of an elk hit by a train.

Mizuno: In a conventional method, railroad tracks and wagons were used for antenna transportation in radio interferometers with multiple antennas like ALMA, such as the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA * Ended its scientific operations), and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA * One of the large radio telescopes operated by the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory) in New Mexico.

Though Toller still gives sermons to mostly empty pews, his main duty seems to be leading guided tours and identifying various period details; in one scene, he dramatically reveals the basement trapdoor that was once used by the Underground Railroad.

Still Working: Ghosts of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers by Lonnie Dai Zovi, is a short ghost story with exercises about a pair of graduated high school students taking their last camping trip together sleeping out in the open, right where the deserted Chinese Labor camp, where the workers on the Transcontinental Railroad used to stay.

Agencies can utilize recovery funds on any validated Sandy - related damage that meets FTA criteria, including repairs to tunnels owned by Amtrak and used by New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad.

So for the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Maritime Administration, and the TIGER Discretionary Grants program administered by the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, we will use the same procedure to report monthly employment as we use to report employment for the periodic reports required by section 1201.

Pursuant to such amendment by the FAST Act, the term «railroad» as used in the RRIF statute has the meaning given the term «railroad carrier» in 40 U.S.C. § 20102.

This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder training.

As such, PHMSA — in continued collaboration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration — seeks information regarding the design, development, and potential use of automated transportation systems to safely transport hazardous materials by surface mode in compliance with the HMR, and to identify requirements within the HMR which may impede the integration of this technology.

survey the access arrangements for high - speed and intercity passenger rail service for use of rail infrastructure, assets and facilities owned by freight railroads, commuter authorities, or other entities, and standard processes for the resolution of disputes relating to such access;

Sís imparts a unique view of the 50 states and the District of Columbia by using highly detailed pictures of decorated antique circus wagons traveling on flatbed railroad cars that are touring the country.

WWF may refer to: World Wide Fund for Nature, a nature conservation organization previously named World Wildlife Fund (and still using the former name in some markets) World Wrestling Federation, the name used from 1979 to 2002 by the professional wrestling company now known as WWE Welded wire fabric, a reinforcing material typically used in poured concrete slabs Working Women's Forum, an organisation in India World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues Windows Workflow Foundation, Microsoft's workflow management framework Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, a former 2 foot gauge railroad in Maine, United States WWF (file format), a campaign to produce PDF electronic documents that forbid printing Words with Friends, a game for Apple and Android platforms Waterside Workers» Federation, a former Australian trade union, now the Maritime Union of Australia

And these see - saw Kalamazoos are used by more than just railroad workers and cartoon characters.

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In place of the suburb, it wants Soviet - style high density housing; changes in zoning laws that increasingly make it impossible to maintain single family residences (let alone build new ones); mandated use of public transportation (thus positioning the high density housing near railroad or bus depots and excluding from those «human residential zones» most roadways and parking installations); and severe limitations on private food, water, and energy consumption, in return for enormously high taxes that will fund «cradle to grave» care by the nanny government.

It's surrounded on three sides by industrial buildings, and the fourth side borders a little - used railroad and 25 acres of forested wetland.

By: Miriam Anbar Published in The Lawyer's Daily >> Years ago, employees used to take on safety - sensitive jobs such as mining or railroad work knowing that there was a risk to their -LSB-...]

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I found the bird picture in an antique store, I was drawn to it because it reminded me of my Gramma, who adored her feather friends ~ The 3 lanterns were ones used by The Husband's father when he worked for the railroad... he loves them ~