Rail Sentence Examples
I tried to touch a hand rail next to me, but I just passed through it!
Alex was standing on the porch, leaning on the rail and nursing a cup of coffee.
Dunedin is connected by rail with Christchurch northward and Invercargill southward, with numerous branches.
The export of both local produce and goods shipped by rail from other ports of Transcaucasia is considerable, Batum and Poti being the two chief ports of Caucasia.
Besides these there are two splendid national reserves, an hour's journey by rail from Sydney, viz.
Alex vaulted the porch rail and hit the ground on the run.
The principal approach to Caucasia from Russia by rail is the line that runs from Rostov-on-Don to Vladikavkaz at the foot of the central Caucasus range.
In 1885, at Preston, the competitions were concerned with two-horse, three-horse and four-horse whipple-trees, and packages for conveying fresh butter by rail.
The traffic with Arabia has ceased to be important, being limited to the time of the going and returning of the great pilgrimage to Mecca, which continues to have its musteringplace at Damascus, but leaves mainly by rail.
Benares conducts a flourishing trade by rail and river with the surrounding country.
AdvertisementThe trade of the Central Provinces is conducted mainly by rail with Bombay and with Calcutta.
They are chiefly noted as the habitat of the gigantic land tortoise (Testudo elephantina), now carefully preserved, and of several rare and peculiar birds, including a rail (Dryolimnas aldabranus), an ibis (Ibis abbottii) and a dove (Alectroenas sganzini).
From this tunnel the coal is conveyed by rail for i 2 m.
Louis in 1920, domestic and export, was 29,036,405 (by rail) and 166,140 (by water); tonnage received in the same year was 43,104,519 (by rail) and 177,925 (by water).
Dover has long had a considerable commerce, both by rail and by water, that by water being chiefly Emery Walker sc.
AdvertisementThese successes, if they retarded Roberts's progress, at least enabled him to rearrange his forces in accordance with the new situation at leisure, and to re-establish his transport, rail and wheeled, and on the 1st of May the main army moved northwards upon the Transvaal capital.
Iconium is distant by rail 466 m.
Beyond this city the navigation is conducted by native craft, - the modern facilities for traffic by rail and the increasing shoals in the river having put an end to the previous steamer communication, which plied until about 1860 as high up as Allahabad.
Pretoria is, by rail, 46 m.
Connected with Anping by rail (26 m.) and laying south of it is Takau, a treaty port.
AdvertisementIt is not necessary for the blocks of wet guncotton to be actually in contact if they be under water, and the peculiar explosive wave can also be conveyed a little distance by a piece of metal such as a railway rail.
The Army of the North, which had reached Olmutz on the 10th of July, now received orders to move by road and rail towards Vienna, and this operation brought them right across the front of the II.
News had now been received of the arrival of Austrian reinforcements by rail at the capital both from Hungary and Italy, and of the preparation of a strong line of provisional defences along the Florisdorf position directly in front of Vienna.
When the mineral is transported by rail or water to concentration or metallurgical works for treatment, or to near or distant markets for sale, provision must be made for the economical loading of railway wagons or vessels, and for the temporary storage of the mineral product.
The arrival of German submarines 3 during this month proved 3 Already a special German submarine command had been established in the Adriatic, with bases at Pola and Cattaro, and some small boats were sent thither by rail.
AdvertisementFrom Innsbruck to the summit of the pass is a distance by rail of 25 m.
It is also reached by rail by a branch line (25 m.) N.W.
A large trade is carried on by rail and river with Lower Bengal.
Charleston is in the midst of a region rich in bituminous coal, the shipment of which by river and rail constitutes one of its principal industries.
Excluded from all political and social rights, they were only allowed to enter a church by a special door, and during the service a rail separated them from the other worshippers.
Ancona is situated on the railway between Bologna and Brindisi, and is also connected by rail with Rome, via Foligno and Orte.
The stylet A (process of the 8th abdominal segment-8) is turned over to show its groove a, which works along the tongue or rail b.
The town communicates by steamer with all the places situated on the shores of the Lake of Constance, while by rail it is 30 or 31 m.
For shaft linings steel rings of H or channel section supported by intermediate struts are also used, and cross-bearers or buntons of steel joists and rail guides are now generally substituted for wood.
The cage is guided by shoes of wrought iron, a few inches long and bellmouthed at the ends, attached to the horizontal bars of the framing, which pass loosely over the guides on three sides, but in most new pits rail guides of heavy section are used.
The gear operating the paper roll is driven from the axle of an inde pendent wheel which is let down into contact with the rail when required This wheel serves also to measure the distance travelled.
The physiography has enabled the state to become a great highway of commerce between the central part of the United States and the sea-coast, by rail and by water, along the Mohawk Gap and by other routes.
Turkish reinforcements could not reach Macedonia by sea as fast as rail and steamer could bring them.
The pukeko, a handsome rail, abounds in swamps.
The city has a large commerce,and trade by water and rail in coal and grain, which are produced in the vicinity, is of special importance.
A short impulsive wave travels towards the fence, and each rail as it is reached by the wave becomes the centre of a new secondary wave sent out all round, or at any rate on the front side of the fence.
For railway bridges it commonly consists of cross girders, attached to or resting on the main girders, and longitudinal rail girders or stringers carried by the cross girders and directly supporting the sleepers and rails.
Again, rapidly changing forces, due to the moving parts of the engine which are unbalanced vertically, act on the bridge; and, lastly, inequalities of level at the rail ends give rise to shocks.
This result is modified if the action of the load near the section is distributed to the bracing intersections by rail and cross girders.
If the load is in the bay D'E' and is carried by a rail girder which distributes it to cross girders at D'E', the part of the influence line under this bay is altered.
The loads at D', E, due to unit weight on the rail girder are (p-n)/p and n/p. The reaction at B' is {(p- n)xi+n(xi+p)}' /pi.
Clearly, the distribution of the load by the rail girder considerably alters the distribution of shear due to a load in the bay in which the section considered lies.
But if the load is distributed to the bracing intersections by rail and cross girders, then the shear at C' will be greatest when the load extends to N, and will have the values wXADN and -wXNEB.
Milwaukee is favourably situated commercially, with excellent facilities for shipping both by lake and rail afforded by four trunk lines and a dozen lines of lake steamboats.
It is one of the largest distributing centres in the country for coal, which is received by lake, and stored in enormous coal docks for transshipment by rail throughout the west and north-west.
It consists chiefly of the residences of the wealthier citizens of Sydney and is connected with the city by rail and tram.
It is built at the north or Swiss end of the Lago Maggiore, not far from the point at which the Maggia enters that lake, and is by rail 14 m.
It occupies a strategical position at the west end of the valley between the Alexander range and the Ala-tau (or Talas-tau), at the meeting of commercial routes from (1) Vyernyi and Siberia beyond, from the north-east, (2) the Aral Sea and Orenburg (connected with it by rail since 1905) to the north-west, and (3) Ferghana and Bokhara to the south.
There is an active, trade, both by rail and river, in corn, cattle, wood, wool and potatoes.
Cincinnati is a railway centre of great importance and has an extensive commerce both by rail and by river.
Many species of ducks are also still found; and the reed-bird (bobolink), " partridge " (elsewhere called quail or " Bob White "), ruffed grouse (elsewhere called partridge), woodcock, snipe, plover and Carolina rail still abound.
Jackson with the Valley troops had stealthily left Harrisonburg by rail on the 17th of June, and was now at Ashland in McClellan's rear.
Grant was now given supreme command in the west, and the Army of the Tennessee (now under Sherman) and two corps from Virginia under Hooker were hurried by rail to Tennessee.
Long forward strides of the Napoleonic type were rarely attempted; "changes of base" were indeed made across country, and over considerable distances, as by Sherman in 1864, but ordinarily either the base and the objective were connected by rail or water, or else every forward step was, after the manner of Marlborough's time, organized as a separate campaign.
Forbes, namely, a true species of raven (Palaeocorax moriorum), a remarkable rail (Diaphorapteryx), closely related to the extinct Aphanapteryx of Mauritius, and a large coot (Palaeolimnas chathamensis).
The nearest seaport by rail is Dedeagatch, west of the Maritza; Enos, at the river-mouth, is the nearest by water.
Refusing to observe the ecclesiastical regulations of Archbishop Laud, he was brought before the court of high commission in 1629, and again in 1634, when, for opposing the placing of a rail around the communion table, he was suspended and imprisoned.
Retalhuleu, among the southern foothills of the Sierra Madre, is one of the centres of coffee production, and is connected by rail with the Pacific port of Champerico, a very unhealthy place in the wet season.
Flying fences consist of a hedge with or without a post and rail, and with or without a ditch on one or both sides; consequently a horse has to jump both high and wide to clear them.
It has the best harbour on the Pacific coast of South America, and is one of the most important ports of southern Chile, being connected by rail with Concepcion, Santiago and southern Chile.
So great, however, is the desire to shorten the time and distance necessary for the transportation of grain from Lake Superior to Montreal that an increasing quantity is taken by water as far as the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay ports, and thence by rail to Montreal.
The Canadian Northern railway, already constructed from the Great Lakes westward to the neighbourhood of the Rockies, and with water and rail connexions reaching eastward to Quebec, began to transform itself into a complete transcontinental system, with an extension to the Hudson Bay.
Coming to the rates on grain, we find (in Table 23) a record for the forty years 1858-1897 of the charge on wheat from Chicago to New York, via all rail from 1858, and via lake and rail since 1868, the authority being the secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Now if we add together all these savings in the rate of rail and ocean freights and incidental expenses, we arrive at an aggregate economy of 8s.
There is daily communication with Petropolis by a branch line of the Leopoldina system, and also by a steamer to the head of the bay and thence by rail up the serra.
It is as a distributing centre for the manufactured products of the East to the West, and for the raw products of the West to the East, and for the trans-shipment from lake to rail and vice versa, that Buffalo occupies a position of greatest importance.
By rail it is 80 m.
Barcelona is well supplied with inland communication by rail, and the traffic of its streets is largely facilitated by tramway lines running from the port as far as Gracia and the other chief suburbs.
It is very necessary in the case of trees trained to a flat surface, as a wall or espalier rail, to prevent undue crowding.
Very careful and artistic representations of the stupa with its daghoba and interesting rail, pillars and sculptures will be found in Fergusson's Tree and Serpent Worship, and in his History of Indian Architecture (1876).
The distortion which rails undergo in manufacture and use is incomparably less than that to which rivets are subjected, and thus rail steel may safely be much richer in carbon and hence in cementite, and therefore much stronger and harder, so as to better endure the load and the abrasion of the passing wheels.
The best tool steel should not contain more than 0.02% of either, and in careful practice it is often specified that the phosphorus and sulphur respectively shall not exceed 0.04 and o 05% in the steel for important bridges, or o 06 and 0 07% in rail steel, though some very prudent engineers allow as much as 085% or even o To% of phosphorus in rails.
The mass as a whole, then, consists of 96.4 parts of metallic matrix, which itself is in effect a 0.415% carbon rail steel, weakened and embrittled by having its continuity broken up by this skeleton of graphite forming 3.6% of the whole mass by weight, or say 12% by volume.
Fortunately its embrittling effect on cast iron is very much less than on steel, so that the upper limit or greatest tolerable proportion of phosphorus, instead of being o.10 or better 0.08% as in the case of rail steel, may be put at 0.50% in case of machinery castings even if they are exposed to moderate shocks; at 1.60% for gas and water mains in spite of the gravity of the disasters which extreme brittleness here might cause; and even higher for castings which are not exposed to shock, and are so thin that the iron of which they are made must needs be very fluid.
The value of the total imports (both sea-borne and by river and rail) increased from £22,721,700 in 1883 to about £60,000,000 in 1905; the imports from the United States, from £9,755,000 in 1883 to about £25,000,000 in 1905.
Erie is the commercial centre of a large and rich grape-growing and agricultural district, has an extensive trade with the lake ports and by rail (chiefly in coal, iron ore, lumber and grain), and is an important manufacturing centre, among its products being iron, engines, boilers, brass castings, stoves, car heaters, flour, malt liquors, lumber, planing mill products, cooperage products, paper and wood pulp, cigars and other tobacco goods, gas meters, rubber goods, pipe organs, pianos and chemicals.
Saltpetre is largely refined in Tirhoot, Saran and Champaran, and is exported both by rail and river to Calcutta.
The harbour of Ragusa, once one of the chief ports of southern Europe, is too small for modern needs; but Gravosa (Gruz), a village at the mouth of the river Ombla, on the north, is a steamship station and communicates by rail with Herzegovina and the Bocche di Cattaro.
A steamer leaves Naples every night for Palermo, and vice versa, the journey (208 m.) being done in I I hours, while the journey by rail (438 m.), including the crossing of the Straits of Messina takes 191 hours; and the weekly steamer from Naples to Messina (216 m.) takes 12 hours, while the journey by rail and ferry boat (292 m.) takes 14 hours.
Its proximity to the coal fields of Pennsylvania and to the great markets of New York and Philadelphia, and its excellent transportation facilities by rail and by water, have promoted the development of its manufactures.
It is connected by rail with Krasnovodsk (1085 m.) on the Caspian, and since 1905 with Orenburg (1150 m.).
The biga itself consists of a seat resting on the axle, with a rail at each side to protect the driver from the wheels.
The town is the regular starting-point of a journey to the famous lakes Wakatipu and Te Anau, which are approached by rail.
The large quantities of fruit, cereals and vegetables from the surrounding country, and ample facilities for transportation by rail and by the river, which is navigable from below the rapids to its mouth, make the commerce and trade of Grand Rapids very important.
Despite unparalleled importations of grain by sea and rail, despite the most strenuous exertions of the government, which incurred a total expenditure on this account of 11 millions sterling, the loss of life from actual starvation and its attendant train of diseases was lamentable.
In common with the other Mascarene islands, it was the home of the dodo (Didus ineptus); there were also A phanapteryx, a species of rail, and a shortwinged heron (Ardea megacephala), which probably seldom flew.
The chief industries of the town are the manufacture of gloves, carriages, agricultural machinery, beer and bricks; there is a trade in grain both on the Elbe and by rail.
By rail Lugano is 124 m.
From Kurussa the Niger is navigable at high water all the way to Bamako in Upper Senegal, whence there is communication by rail and river with St Louis and Timbuktu.
Round the city are many pleasant suburbs, connected with it by rail and tramways; the chief of these are Burnside, Beaumont, Unley, Mitcham, Goodwood, Plymton, Hindmarsh, Prospect, St Peters, Norwood and Kensington.
Beer, Prussian blue, leather, tin, pottery, cigars, and gold and silver work are the chief industrial products, and there is a considerable trade by rail and river.
It is the port for the OsborneWallsend and Mount Pleasant collieries, which are connected with it by rail.
Leeuwarden is the centre of a flourishing trade, being easily accessible from all parts of the province by road, rail and canal.
Its commerce developed rapidly in the last quarter of the 19th century, largely as a result of improvements in its communications by road and rail; the population in the same period increased by more than one-third.
The main roads are fairly good; and Avila, the capital, is connected by rail with Salamanca.
Although this method balances the pistons in the horizontal plane, and thus allows the pull of the engine on the train to be exerted without the variation due to the reciprocation of the pistons, yet the force balanced horizontally is introduced vertically and appears as a variation of pressure on the rail.
In practice about two-thirds of the reciprocating weight is balanced in order to keep this variation of rail pressure within safe limits.
It is connected by rail (186 m.) with Bologoye, on the line between St Petersburg and Moscow.
To the north of the city, accessible by rail and water, are the residential suburbs of Haga and Ulriksdal, with royal chateaux, and Djursholm.
The external trade of Assam is conducted partly by steamer, partly by native boat, and to a small extent by rail.
In 1899 the railway from Wadi Halfa was completed to Khartum, and in 1906 through communication by rail was established with the Red Sea.
Other clauses dealt with the rights of the Laplanders to graze their reindeer alternatively in either country, - and with the question of transport of goods across the frontier by rail or other means of communication, so that the traffic should not be hampered by any import or export prohibitions or otherwise.
The dispersion of a large part of her army and notably of her reserves in Asia Minor, where rail communications were few, and roads ill-developed, made any reinforcement of the European theatres a matter of time and difficulty; in the case of Macedonia, such reenforcement was practically impossible save by sea.
Chapra is the centre of trade in indigo and saltpetre, and conducts a large business by water as well as by rail.
Owing to its communication by water and rail with the forests of White Russia and Volhynia, Riga is a great mart for timber.
Owing to the great railway which crosses the country from Riga to Smolensk, afterwards dividing into two branches, to Orenburg and Tsaritsyn on the lower Volga respectively, Riga is the storehouse and place of export for hemp coming by rail from west central Russia, and for corn, Riga merchants sending their buyers as far east as Tambov.
Its inland trade is carried on by country boat, inland steamer, rail and road, and amounted in 1904-1905 to about four and three-quarter millions sterling.
It is a port of call for the Austrian Lloyd steamers, and communicates by rail with Sebenico, Knin and Sinj.
The town is connected by rail with Olehleh, and the line also extends up the valley.
Coal is brought to the city from the coalfields by boats on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers as well as by rail, and great fleets of barges carry coal and other heavy freight, such as steel rails, cotton ties, sheet iron, wire and nails, down the Ohio in the winter and spring.
The fishing industry of Lake Superior is important, salmon-trout (Salvelinus namaycush, Walb), ranging from 10 to 50 lb in weight, being gathered from the individual fishermen by steam tenders and shipped by rail to city markets.
By rail it is distant 151 m.
Owing to its position on the lake, and its excellent communications by rail and steamer, Managua obtained after 1855 an important export trade in coffee, sugar, cocoa and cotton, although in 1876 it was temporarily ruined by a great inundation.
More iron ore is received at this port annually than at any other port in the country, or, probably, in the world; the ore is shipped thence by rail to Pittsburg, Youngstown and other iron manufacturing centres.
It lies on the main line of railway between Verona and Modena; and is also connected by rail with Cremona and with Monselice, on the line from Padua to Bologna, and by steam tramway with Brescia and other places.
San Salvador is connected by rail with Santa Ana on the north-west and with the Pacific ports of La Libertad and Acajutla.
Ryde is connected by rail with the other towns in the island, and there is also steamboat communication with Portsmouth, Southampton, Southsea, Portsea and Stoke's Bay.
Great quantities of paddi are annually sent by river and rail to Bangkok, in return for which cloth and other goods are imported to supply the wants of the agriculturist peasantry.
Other game birds include the francolin, quail, guineafowl, sand-grouse, snipe, wild duck, wild goose, widgeon, teal, plover and rail.
Salt is made in large quantities in the government works at Kharaghoda and Udu in Ahmedabad, whence it is exported by rail to Gujarat and central India.
They are collected in fishing tugs and distributed by rail throughout the United States and Canada.
There is extensive quayage, and the largest wool ships are able to load alongside the wharves, which are connected by rail with all parts of the colony.
This last city was in 1905 connected by rail via Perovsk, Kazalinsk, and Irgiz with Orenburg (1149 m.).
Its chief trade is in grain, despatched by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea, or by river to Giurgevo.
Most of this wheat goes by way of the lakes through the Sault Sainte Marie canal to Buffalo, where it is shipped by rail or inland canal to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore.
It came in 1406 into the possession of Zurich, with which it communicates by means of steamers on the lake, as well as by rail.
The town is connected by rail with Cordoba and Catamarca.
Innumerable aquatic birds haunt the banks of the Save, Danube and Drina, and the lower reaches of the Timok and Morava; among them being pelicans, cranes, grey and white herons, and many other kinds of waders, besides wild geese, ducks, rail and snipe.
The port of Salaverry (with which Trujillo is connected by rail) is about io m.
Associated with these remains there have been found those of many other birds, including a hawk, a duck, a darter, a spoonbill, a heron, a rail and a wild-goose, some of these being much larger than any now inhabiting Madagascar.
It is also connected by rail with Parma and Mantua (via Suzzara).
There are also flour mills, tanneries (United States Leather Co.), patent medicine, furniture, coffin woodenware and wagon factories, knitting and spinning mills, planing mills, and sash, door and blind factories - the lumber being obtained from logs floated down the river and by rail.
Mitchel, but the Confederate army of General Braxton Bragg was transferred thither by rail from Corinth, Miss., before Mitchel was able to advance.
The distance by rail and steamer between Khartum and Alexandria is about 1490 m.
Chioggia is connected by rail with Rovigo, 35 m.
The town is connected by rail with the main Transcaucasian railway to Tiflis, and is the chief port for the export of naphtha and paraffin oil, carried hither in great part through pipes laid down from Baku, but partly also in tank railway-cars; other exports are wheat, manganese, wool, silkworm-cocoons, liquorice, maize and timber (total value of exports nearly 52 millions sterling annually).
I tried to touch a hand rail next to me but I just passed through it!
She climbed the next stair and grabbed the porch rail as another pain wracked her body.
The mayor was concerned about the lack of support for light rail schemes.
The top of a rail truck just broke the surface in the lower adit.
Travel should normally be second class rail fare or economy apex airfare.
Koppers makes carbon pitch, coal tar distillates, and phthalic anhydride and ships products to customers in rail cars.
These include high skirtings, picture rail, decorative architrave and ceiling rose.
The project received royal assent in 1996 with the granting of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act.
Light Rail has nonetheless proved very attractive giving modal change from car of around 20% (Sheffield ).
At a cost of £ 22.50 single, the rail offering at £ 35 doesn't look bad.
In addition, there are direct rail connections to the deep-water berths in King George Dock.
It means the shiny arc of reflected light on a chrome bumper instead of the smith's blacking on a hammered iron rail.
The national rail site said the busses took an hour to do Telford - Wolverhampton which is just silly time.
Every ton of freight carried by rail, rather than road, produces at least 80% less carbon dioxide.
The Nash family were fruit growers, producing grapes under huge glass cloches that could be rolled into place on a rail track.
Can anyone tell us how the petroleum coke formerly delivered by rail gets from the ship to the works?
The privatized rail system has been such a disaster that Railtrack has become a colloquialism for a chaotic and crazy way to run things.
I suspect these phones are aimed at the bored rail commuter, looking for something to keep him entertained.
John Prescott has clearly learned that rail industry bashing is not the best way to get improved performances and his tone was very conciliatory.
Glazed express lifts rise vertically at the northern end of the plaza to connect the rail services with the arrivals and departures concourses.
More than 5 million shipping containers, 2 million rail cars and some 11 million trucks go into the US every year.
Even while the upheaval and reorganization of privatization was under way, we maintained generally cordial relations with local rail managers.
Juvenile water rail have been showing well and there have been a few reports of spotted crakes from Neumann's Flash.
This week is the anniversary of the terrible Paddington rail crash.
With its road and rail connections, the village is a good center for exploring the woods and haymeadows of the surrounding dale.
The complacency of Connecticut at the time was ready made to rail against, it was so deathly unoriginal and sticky with republican fear.
Mr Blunkett is to inspect new security measures at the Frethun rail freight depot outside Calais.
Fogging machine A machine which is able to be operated remotely to place detonators on a rail.
Dig Trench The trench is dug using a swivel bucket digger on hire from Hughes Rail.
The DIN rail dimmer occupies the space of 4 normal MCBs on the DIN rail.
The Railways Bill has exposed the government's complete disarray over the strategic direction of the rail industry.
Rudloe Manor both for rail and UFO enthusiasts has become a dreamers mirror, you see there what you want to see.
Rail privatization was once dubbed poll tax on wheels.
Finally, she stood and h eld onto the catwalk rail for support.
Integrated fares using the Oyster card would be extended to rail services, cutting ticket office and ticket barrier queues and reducing fare evasion.
The state of Britain's road and rail system represents a significant negative externality for what is the fourth largest economy in the world.
During the chase they are likely to be involved in road or rail accidents, or injure themselves in quarry or barbed wire fences.
The West Coast Mainline has become the biggest fiasco in the short history of rail privatization.
The majority of these have been taken down to make way fir the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
The previous government had decided not to require the fitment of ATP on the privatized rail network.
Note the wheel flange is on the outer face of the rail.
The hammers are attached to small hinged flaps glued to a rail at the back of the keyboard.
You may either catch a connecting flight to Edinburgh or use the rail link.
More than a quarter of all the world's 60-odd living species of rail are flightless, and all flightless rails live on islands.
It reports on a study into the new Northern rail franchise, which costs £ 350 million a year in subsidy.
Connex leaflet Connex South Central has been refused a franchise extension and has not distinguished itself as a rail franchisee.
How do we promote additional modal shift from road freight to rail and waterborne freight?
Growth on intermodal rail freight services is expected to be the most widespread in over a year.
There has also been a 6% shift to rail from road freight transport.
As far as That Man Again goes it was simply a draw race and he got the rail on a track that favors front-runners.
In recent years the first few furlongs contained no running rail, just open heath.
He will face the full fury of the rail enthusiast lobby that will undoubtedly be backed by various newspapers.
He clutched the rail tightly and felt rather giddy.
On arrival in Crewe there was word coming through of major rail disruptions with overhead lines down and the wind causing untold grief.
This is a mechanical hacksaw that clamps to the rail, ensuring a straight cut.
There should be an adequate handhold at all times or, where there is no handhold a guard rail must be used.
Future growth in rail freight is expected to continue by increasing services for bulk haulage, general merchandise and fast moving consumer goods.
Only Herman Goering wrought more havoc with the national rail timetable.
Being forced to turn up two or three hours in advance for a short hop makes rail a much better prospect.
Existing road and rail services are wholly inadequate and major public investment would be required.
The decision appears inexplicable to many senior rail managers who hold no brief for First.
I hope that the Assembly will take a strategic decision to support the long-term investment required in rail infrastructure.
Improved interchanges between bus, tube and rail and we are looking at a complete orbital rail structure built on interchanges between bus, tube and rail and we are looking at a complete orbital rail structure built on interchanges.
The rail companies provide a frequent, high speed intercity 125 train service between all major British cities.
By rail intercity trains from most major centers in the country call at Durham daily including 14 trains from London.
Rail shifting system won a jackpot beneath them with.
One ticket gets your rail journey plus unlimited bus travel at either end of your journey.
Promote waste strategies to use rail as the preferred mode for access to larger landfill, incinerator or recycling centers.
Network Rail are investigating but said a thaw, following the big freeze of recent days had caused the landslip.
Network Rail currently owns the freehold of the site, with English, Welsh & Scottish Railways as the head lessee.
Network Rail closed many other level crossings across Scotland at the same time.
E.g. should have a direct rail link to London.
Brentwood has good rail links having four stations within the Boro at Ingatestone, Shenfield, West Horndon and Brentwood.
It wears a special livery for Virgin Rail Links.
The current legal loophole allows phone masts of any height to be built on land owned by Network Rail without planning permission.
For example, members of all political parties rail against the so-called ' post-code lottery ' in the NHS.
The previous saturday to rail about bold duke of late medieval on.
The LTP proposes a Regional Express Rail network (RER) serving the wider west midlands.
The fence is made of split chestnut, with the lower rail mortised into the ' godfathers ', and the upper rails nailed.
The traction motors were air-cooled from ducts positioned well above rail level to avoid the ingress of brake dust into the motors.
The front mountings of the hard top fixes on to the screen rail using bolts and clamps.
A chrome front mudguard rail set which protects the front mudguard's gorgeous paint finish with a stylish flash of chrome.
We have an ongoing dialog with stakeholders about the future of the London rail network.
Rail Travel in the 19th Century In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, the easiest and quickest way to travel was by rail.
The Powder Magazine was located in the far northwestern corner of the study area, approached by rail lines.
Howver it should be noted that the Nottingham light rail system commenced operation in March 2004.
Light rail patronage is published in an annual DfT statistical release for the year to the previous March, published five months later.
Ignoring her, Tulloch drove Quilter along the rail, lunging at him like a perspiring pikeman.
Like any company, Network Rail will need to produce a business plan.
Now squeeze the rail joiner to fit around the rail with flat nose pliers.
The net lever was painted in metal primer along with the counter balance rail.
He produced a remarkably prophetic report on Rail Privatization.
Rail freight is critical for the economic prosperity of Great Britain.
Without shareholders, there is little to give Network Rail an incentive to pull its socks up, however public-spirited its 114 members are.
The shared bathroom is fully tiled and has quadrant shower, toilet, wash basin and heated towel rail.
Double glazed window and a heated towel rail radiator.
Inside each is a full height hanging rail at the top.
There is the additional hazard of the electrified third rail on the Merseyrail Electrics network and of overhead power lines.
Newly fitted large walk-in shower, heated towel rail, wash hand basin, WC.
Only one air route (Gatwick - Glasgow) has a similar noise burden to high-speed rail.
He seized a boathook and hobbled down the deck toward Quilter, who grimaced at him from his handhold on the stern rail.
This paint effect divides the wall at dado rail height.
Am I eligible for lever taps, lowering a cistern or having a grab rail of some sort fitted in my home?
The US still has many busy and expanding commuter rail networks around major cities, and enormous amounts of long-distance bulk rail freight.
Fitted cupboard and shelves to chimney breast recesses, two radiators, picture rail, television aerial point.
After closure the owners sought and gained planning permission for rail served car storage and extensive land reclamation.
The complete rail december refit in germany cruise lines ' enchanted.
Early in 1935 both tracks were again re-laid, this time with the addition of an electric conductor rail.
On the German Rail trains, you may travel without having a seat reservation.
What would the rail round the bench seat have been made of?
The Government needs to enhance the rail network to enable the rapid movement of east west rail freight shipments.
Intermodal flows on the other hand are more buoyant, with just under half of rail shippers anticipating growth.
The Malt was transported initially by rail, with wagons loaded in an adjacent siding.
For details see Caledonian sleepers or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.
The ore was transported by rail 4 miles to the city of Trail where a large smelter was located.
It needs to be the later single rail type, having about twenty splines on the input shaft.
There is an extractor fan, inset spotlights to the ceiling and a heated towel rail.
At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room.
Euro Cargo Rail is a wholly owned subsidiary of English Welsh & Scottish Railroad Holdings Limited.
By Air Birmingham International Airport is well served by both bus and rail links, as well as by black cab taxis.
Allocate funds to improve road access to existing or new rail freight terminals.
The rucked carpet or carelessly placed rug, long toenails, no stair rail, poor footwear, poor lighting.
In particular no assessment has been made of the scheme's impact on rail freight tonnage.
Subsequently electric traction returned to parts of the network by a further conversion of heavy rail routes to the Tyne & Wear Metro.
The rail traction market remained an important source of Paxman business right up to the end of the 20th century.
Balfour Beatty specializes in healthcare, education and road and rail transportation.
The Rail Fence Cipher uses letter transposition to generate an incredibly difficult anagram to solve.
A standard light rail vehicle can carry up to 250 people - nearly treble the capacity of a typical bus.
The efficiency of rail and its ability to operate on grid electricity will give rail a big advantage over long distance trucking.
On rail, he has been dealt a difficult hand undoing the mess created by his two immediate predecessors without saying as much.
The second bathroom comprises marble-topped vanity unit, shower, WC and heated towel rail.
The future of streetcars and light rail is looking increasingly unsettled.
A view from the south west, showing the profile of the rail viaduct which matches almost exactly the original bridge.
Recent breeding successes also include bearded tit, water rail and cetti's warbler.
The track in each rail tunnel has two continuously welded rails laid on pre-cast concrete supports embedded in the concrete track bed.
Where warehouses or station buildings run parallel to the quay line, the high truck is often extended, so as to span the whole quay; on one side the " long leg " runs on a rail at the quay edge, and on the other the " short leg " runs on a runway placed on the building.
This rail was more easily rolled than others, and, being reversible, was in fact two rails in one.
If this pressure is not relieved in some way, the train may be derailed either (I) by " climbing " the outer rail, with injury to that rail and, generally, to the corresponding wheel-flanges; (2) by overturning about the outer rail as a hinge, possibly without injury to rails or wheels; or (3) by forcing the outer rail outwards, occasionally to the extent of shearing the spikes that hold it down at the curve, thus spreading or destroying the track.
If it is an engine, particular attention must be directed to the type, weight, arrangement of wheels and height of centre of gravity above rail level.
From consideration of the rigid triangular frame described above, it is clear that the " overturning " force acts horizontally from the centre of gra'Vity, and that the length of its lever arm is, at any instant, the vertical distance from the centre of gravity to the level of the outer rail.
A small space is left between the end of one rail and that of the next, in order to allow for expansion in hot weather, and at the joint the two are firmly braced together by a pair of fish-plates (fig.ri).
The torque corresponding to this couple is F 1 X z D = 2µWID, and hence follows the fundamental relation, 2T = 2F 1 D = 2µWID, or if W now represents the weight supported by the axle, F will be the tractive force exerted on the frame by the two axle-boxes to propel the vehicle, and the more convenient relation is established, T=2FD=2µWD (3) If T has a greater value than this relation justifies the wheels will slip. F is called the " tractive force " at the rail.
In some cases the gauge is laid a little wider than the standard, and there are varying amounts of superelevation of the outer rail; but the most formidable factor in the production of resistance is the guard-rail, which is sometimes put in with the object of guiding the wheel which runs on the inner rail of the curve on the inside of the flange.
The component of a balance weight which is necessary to balance the reciprocating masses introduces a vertical unbalanced force which appears as a variation of pressure between the wheel and the rail, technically called the hammer-blow, the magnitude of which increases as the square of the speed of the train.
The principal centres in the Lake District are Keswick (Derwentwater), Ambleside, Bo*ness, Windermere and Lakeside (Windermere), Coniston and Boot (Eskdale), all of which, except Ambleside and Bowness (which nearly joins Windermere) are accessible by rail.
Ferrite and cementite are thus the normal and usual constituents of slowly cooled steel, including all structural steels, rail steel, &c., and of white cast iron (see § 18).
Considerable quantities of the bones of the dodo and other extinct birds - a rail (A phanapteryx), and a shortwinged heron - have been discovered in the beds of some of the ancient lakes (see DoDo).
Today the lines, signals and stations are owned by a massively subsidized quango called Network Rail.
The building is within quarter mile of Hackney Central British Rail Station.
The oven-ready goose was sent by rail, wrapped in a raffia bag, a few days before Christmas.
There would be a shift from money being spent on road building to money being spent on the rail network.
Meanwhile, regulated rail fares are to rise by RPI plus 1 per cent for at least the next three years.
The Main line rail station is only 300 yards away.
Rail passengers travel twenty five billion miles every year.
What about the rest of us who have these overpriced used rail tickets to get rid off?
The kit is supplied with control fitted to the riser rail.
This trial has been scuppered by the fact that Network Rail has increased the pathing charge by 40% for electric services.
Water rail Picture - Colin Bates A secretive bird which is never easy to see.
Unlike light rail systems which are segregated from traffic for the majority of their route.
Shere now claims to control two-thirds of the self-serve rail ticket machine market in Britain, with customers ranging from GNER to Virgin Trains.
Bathroom - Bath, electric shower, heated towel rail, shaver plug.
Shower rooms include a toilet, wash hand basin, electric towel rail and shaver point. £ 1 coin meter operates electricity.
Well it 's a flexible shelving system that hangs from a rail.
For details see Caledonian Sleepers or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.
Rail bosses are today issuing a stark warning to parents, urging them to alert their children to the dangers of playing near railways.
To miss the debris under the railroad bridges, you have to get near to these sticky out bits of rail line.
Following stunning, the animal was shackled and hoisted onto an overhead rail - the slaughter line - which ran through the slaughter hall.
Regularly, check the teething rail for splits or cracks.
In particular no assessment has been made of the scheme 's impact on rail freight tonnage.
Around 18 billion ton kilometers of freight was carried by rail in 2000.
John Barnes made the current tangent rail and toolbox lid.
In a sense, we are negotiating with both the rail operator and the train operator, because NIR does both.
New berths and quays were constructed specifically for the unloading of container ships, and also a rail container terminal.
The National rail operators need to understand that their position is untenable in the 21st century.
With our extensive UK coverage and range of high capacity wagons, EWS is the leading supplier bulk trainload and wagonload rail freight services.
In London these include reed warbler, water rail, and the fen wainscot moth.
Recent breeding successes also include bearded tit, water rail and cetti 's warbler.
Highly regarded within the industry, Darren brings a wealth of experience to the Laser Rail team.
Grab ahold of the rail so that you don't fall down the slippery ramp.
The bed features tracks that are molded into the side rail, providing a perfect place for children to run their cars or toy trains along.
A hard rubber wedge-shaped cushion is glued to the sides of the rail, covered with the same felt cloth that covers the table.
Buying seafood is easier and safer than ever because the product is quickly shipped from location to market by air, refrigerated rail, or trucks.
If you plan on traveling on Amtrak often or for an extended vacation, you can buy a discounted vacation package or rail pass.
The rail passes are good for travel nationwide or for parts of California and Florida.
The North America Rail pass will take you across the United States and Canada for one price.
Here you can search for and purchase rail tickets that can take you anywhere in Europe.
For those of you more interested in jumps, vert ramps, and rail riding, a wider board would suit you the best.
The Metra Rail has a line running from Chicago's Union Station to the Aurora Station.
For a list of stations along that line and train running times, visit Metra Rail.
Car and Rail - Rental car gift cards, gas cards, savings on vehicle purchases and carbon emission offset credits.
Some institutes require the use of a safety rail.
Making calls or answering emails while commuting by bus or rail is more efficient than starting up your computer at the office or at home and accomplishing the same tasks.
You can also add a chair rail and paint an accent color, like deep ocean blue, just on this lower section.
If you install chair rail, you can insert beadboard paneling which will instantly give the room a fresh, seaside feeling.
Beadboard paneling is commonly used for wainscoting below a chair rail.
Stenciling in lieu of a wood chair railing can mimic the effect of a chair rail.
If you opt to tile the walls, you can take the tile to the ceiling or three-fourths the height of the wall or to a chair rail height.
Keep it low, where little hands can reach, like below a chair rail.
Apply a zebra border around the middle of a wall to create a plate rail effect.
Use a chair rail tile that matches the field tile on the counters as a frame around the mosaics.
Bring in a movable clothing rail, allowing you to transport ironed clothes easily.
Train cases and steamer trunks became abundant during the romantic era of rail travel.
Gone may be the days of romantic rail travel, but train cases will continue to serve storage and travel needs all over the world in a timeless and beautiful manner.
Rail of War Extended - Select your own train engine, truck and weapon and choose your speed.
Popular war games on this site include Risk, Destroyer, Rail of War Extended, Heavy Weapon and many more.
Always lower the safety rail and never wear loose clothing.
Without the rail down, skiers can face the risk of falling out of the chair.
A boy might rail against this, but hopefully when he sees that he looks taller and better proportioned in a suit that fits properly, he'll embrace the look.
Parents rail against party schools for the obvious reasons.
If beadboard isn't for you, consider breaking up the walls with crown molding or a chair rail.
The motor is mounted near the center of the ceiling, where a rail guides a trolley across the ceiling to the top of the door.
This is all done by a chain loop inside the rail.
This system uses a long screw that is inside the rail.
The screw pushes the trolley as the rail guides it.
Many modern kitchens and recreation rooms benefit from the tiny pockets of light cast by track or rail light kits.
The combination of many such lights on a rail provides ample illumination.
Newer track models allow light placement almost anywhere along the rail, although if you're concerned about energy efficiency, the fewer lights used to cover an expanse, the better.
A monorail track light's flexible metallic rail offers the advantage of customizing lighting to fit your needs.
Add a chair rail to divide up the wall, and for more pizzazz, paint above and below the chair rail in different colors.
Just like a monorail train, this low-voltage lighting system runs on a single rail.
Fixtures can be adjusted and changed out as needed, and often the rail itself can be bent by hand in different directions, such as curves or bends, so you can mount it on the wall, ceiling or both at the same time.
The rail can be cut to fit your specific application, and you can add more segments later if necessary.
The rail is thinner, able to bend into complete circles, and it can even be suspended several inches below the ceiling for more contemporary looks.
Basic or low priced attic ladders or stairs may not come with a safety grab rail.
Frame this design in a chair rail made of the darker stone.
Behind the cooktop, frame the brighter color in a herringbone pattern, surrounded by a chair rail or listello of the lighter color to set it off.
Instead, two to three rails run horizontal to the deck attached to the rail posts at regular intervals.
Vertical - With a vertical rail design, the balusters run up and down between the rails, similar to a banister on a balcony or set of stairs.
When creating the design, remember that for proper support, attach rail posts to the deck frame, not the deck surface.
Formal rooms, such as dining rooms or sitting rooms can make use of two colors on the same wall with a chair rail dividing them.
A track lighting system allows the user to slide the light along a track or rail, moving it to a new location without the need to rewire a fixture.
Rather than a flat track that is secured to the ceiling with a light gripped inside it, a monorail system has a rail coming vertically off the ceiling with the lights suspended from it.
Snake the rail across your ceiling in wide arcs or subtle curves; the ultimate placement of the system is entirely up to you.
This allows you to customize the placement of the lighting, whether you want a single rail snaking across the room, or a double rail moving in parallel lines.
Because the lights themselves hang from the rail rather than attach to the ceiling itself, you have more options available for the type of lights used.
Monorail kits come with fixed lengths of rail, pre-bent into a number of shapes, curves and lines.
There are also those like Anna Wintour who rail against anyone of size.
With its primary goal of developing a set of safety standards that keep the public at large safe, the group's first mission was to address the rail breaks in the then booming railroad industry.
Amtrak travelers can save 15 percent off of adult rail fares when they reach the age of 62.
In many states senior citizens receive a 10 - 50% discount when they travel by train, bus or light rail.
Transportation is available to help visitors get from park to park by bus or rail.
If you did it right, the ball will go down the rail, setting off an unseen explosive.
The most popular games feature unique control sets that would be impractical at home, such as a racing car set-up for racing games or rail shooters.
Although Rez was technically a rail shooter, the visual and audio aspects of the game also play a huge part.
As with any video game, the graphics and physics aren't perfect, but don't let it get you down - sometimes lag and slight glitches can help you land a trick or grab a rail.
Boards and skis (yes, I said skis,) sound different on ice than on snow and you'll hear it when you finally start grinding that rail.
Jump on the rail and if you look real close there is a steel pipe that is next to the rail.
If you can manage to get the ball to ride the rail all the way to the end, you'll hear a click, and then all the pins will explode in a shockwave, effectively giving you a 91 pin strike (worth 182 points).
The train itself is outfitted with a collection of early 20th century rail cars and period antique furniture.
This style is characterized by a high back topped by a large crest rail.
Both subdivisions serve the housing needs of local professionals as well as those who commute by car or rail into Chicago.
The overall effect is an explosion of color and a seemingly high energy mix of Marlon Brando's male bravado and James Dean's cool disdain; the perfect look in which to rail against the system!
Quite possibly, you are on the other end of the spectrum, envying those rail thin girls as you struggle with not only your weight, but through another pair of suffocatingly tight jeans.
Again, the fashion-obsessed might think it inappropriate, but a lot of women rail against the basic mermaid-shape formal gown and want to use a dressy occasion to express their personalities.
That is, of course, if you have a blank tile on your rail.
Current regulations state that there should be less than 3.5 inches between the guard rail and the mattress.
There was also a famous "body chute", through which the dead would travel down on a motorized rail and cable system to the waiting vehicle.
And, if you take the Portland MAX light rail system to the zoo, you'll get $1.50 off admission.The Wildlife Safari has a number of discounts.
Amtrak serves more than 500 cities throughout the United States, making it easy to visit your favorite travel destinationsby rail.
Budget-conscious travelers should visit Amtrak.com prior to booking a trip, as the company features a number of rail sales and other ways to score reduced rate fares.
By purchasing a USA Rail Pass you can save up to 75% on specific regional routes during a 15-, 30- or 45-day period.
See our article Rail Travel Europe for more info.
Also keep an eye out for special deals offered by each country's rail company.
RailEurope and EuropeanRail are two websites that pull data from many rail websites throughout Europe.
The Union Station project was conceived by the Pennsylvania, Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad in 1901 to accommodate the growing number of rail passengers heading for the nation's capital.
After the war, however, as rail travel declined, so did the station until, in 1977, it was considered unsafe.
Proxibid proves that some steals are still possible, with an 18k gold Robert Roskell rail road pocket watch sold for just $35, although there are surface scratches and some damage and flaws.
In some cases, like the Rail Fence pattern, the strips are all the same length.
The Rail Fence is a variation on the log cabin design.
Mine Shaft is a variation on the Rail Fence quilt block.
They offer not only travel insurance, but many other services for the backpacker, including tours, hotels and hostels, and air and rail bookings.
Girls may rail against this, but a training bra does not require fitting so there is no need for an individual trip to the lingerie store.
Sports enthusiasts who wear pantyhose for increased stamina, or those with medical conditions that require the level of support pantyhose offer, tend to rail at the term "pantyhose," and with some validation.
She was standing at the rail, peering down river, dressed in only a sweater, clutching her arms to her body against the snow and chilling cold.
In years long gone it was the rail bed for the line that ran to terminus in Ouray and now a favorite path for bikers.
She shoved a camera at Dean, an expensive looking Nikon, freeing her other hand to more securely grasp the rail.
He leaned against the porch rail.
He climbed the stairs to the porch and leaned against a porch rail, watching her.
Alex stepped away from the porch rail.
She put a foot on the bottom rail, between the bars and gave herself a boost.
It is also connected by rail with Kalach on the Don, where merchandise from the Sea of Azov is disembarked.
The chief mines belong to the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Co., and are situated on the west side of the island with an outlet by rail to Strahan on the west coast.
Onehunga is a small port on Manukau harbour, served by rail.
There is communication both south and north by rail, and regular steamers serve the ports of the colony, the principal Pacific Islands, Australia, &c. From 1853 to 1876 Auckland was the seat of the provincial government, and until 1865 that of the central government, which was then transferred to Wellington.
But there are also species, though not Passerine, which are absolutely identical with those of Britain, the barn owl, common quail, pigmy rail, and little grebe or dabchick, all of them common and apparently resident in the island.
Novorossiysk is connected by rail, at the west end of the Caucasus, with the Rostov-Vladikavkaz line, and a mountain road leads from Velyaminovsk (or Tuapse) to Maikop in the province of Kuban.
Subsequently, to increase the strength, a similar flange was added below the rail.
Another form of rail, distinguished as the edgerail, was first used on a line which was opened between Loughborough and Nanpantan in 1789.
At one end of each rail the flange spread out to form a foot which rested on a cross sleeper, being secured to the latter by a spike passing through a central hole, and above this foot the rail was so shaped as to form a socket into which was fitted the end of the next rail.
The next important development in rail design originated in America, which, for the few lines that had been laid up to 1830, remained content with wooden bars faced with iron.
This type, which is often known as the Vignoles rail, after Charles Blacker Vignoles (1793-1875), who re-invented it in England in 1836, is in general use in America and on the continent of Europe.
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Bridges Adams, the intention being by " fishing " the joints to convert the rails into continuous beams. In the original design two chairs were placed, one under each rail, a few inches apart, as in fig.
By being trampled on or kicked by horses while engaged in rail way work I I I.
In practice the gradient should not exceed i in 221, and even that is too steep, since theoretical conditions cannot always be realized; a wet rail will reduce the adhesion, and the gradients must be such that some paying load can be hauled in all weathers.
The Locher rack, employed on the Mount Pilatus railway, where the steepest gradient is nearly I in 2, is double, with vertical teeth on each side, while in the Strub rack, used on the Jungfrau line, the teeth are cut in the head of a rail of the ordinary Vignoles type.
When a train is running round a curve the centrifugal force which comes into play tends to make its wheel-flanges press against the outer rail, or even to capsize it.
The vertical pressure of the frame upon the outer rail is thus increased, while its vertical pressure on the inner rail is diminished.
This sliding movement is resisted by placing a check rail on the inner side of the inner rail, to take the lateral thrust of the wheels on that side.
The restoring force exerted by gravity acts in a vertical line from the centre of gravity; and the length of its lever arm is the horizontal distance between this vertical line and the outer rail.
If therefore the outer rail is laid at a level above that of the inner rail at the curve, overturning will be resisted more than would be the case if both rails were in the same horizontal plane, since the tilting of the vehicle due to this " superelevation " diminishes the overturning moment, and also increases the restoring moment, by shortening in the one case and lengthening in the other the lever arms at which the respective forces act.
The gauge may be regarded as reduced to its narrowest possible dimensions in mono-rail lines, where the weight of the trains is carried on a single rail.
In the Lartigue system the train is straddled over a single central rail, elevated a suitable distance above the ground.
In the Langen mono-rail the cars are hung from a single overhead rail; a line on this system works between Barmen and Elberfeld, about 9 m., the cars for a portion of the distance being suspended over the river Wupper.
In the system devised by Mr Louis Brennaxi the cars run on a single rail laid on the ground, their stability being maintained by a heavy gyrostat revolving at great speed in a vacuum.
There are two main ways of attaching the rails to the sleepers, corresponding to two main types of rails - the bull-headed rail A B FIG.
The keys which hold the rail in the chairs are usually of oak and are placed outside the rails; the inside position has also been employed, but has the disadvantage of detracting from the elasticity of the road since the weight of a passing train presses the rails up against a rigid mass of metal instead of against a slightly yielding block of wood.
Occasionally the joints thus formed are " supported " on a sleeper, as was the practice in the early days of railway construction, but they are generally " suspended " between two sleepers, which are set rather more closely together than at other points in the rail.
On all the accepted forms there are two or more flanges at the bottom, running lengthwise of the plate and crosswise of the rail; these are requisite to give proper stiffness, and further, as they are forced into the tie by the weight of passing traffic, they help to fix the plate securely in place.
The substitution of steel for iron as the material for rails which made possible the axle loads and the speeds of Lto-day, and, by reducing the cost of maintenance, contributed enormously to the economic efficiency of railways, was one of the most important events in the history of railways, and a scarcely less important element of progressive economy has been the continued improvement of the steel rail in stiffness of section and in toughness and hardness of material.
In the United States a committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers, appointed to consider the question of rail manufacture in consequence of an increase in the number of rail-failures, issued an interim report in 1907 in which it suggested a range of carbon from 0-55 to 0-65% for the heaviest sections of Bessemer steel flange rails, with a phosphorus maximum of 0.085%; while the specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials, current at the same period, put the carbon limits at o 45 to 0-55%, and the phosphorus limit at o io.
Where a branch diverges from a main line, one rail of the one must cross one rail of the other, and a V-crossing is formed (V).
Assuming the wheels to roll along the rail without slipping, this couple will be equivalent to the couple formed by the equal opposite and parallel forces, F 1 acting in the direction shown, from the axle-box on to the frame, and F 1 =µ0, acting along the rail.
The difference between the horizontal distance and the distance measured along the rail is so small that it is negligible in all practical calculations.
Sand, driven between the wheel and the rail by a steam jet, used just at starting, increases the adhesion beyond the normal value and enables a larger pressure to be exerted on the piston than would otherwise be possible.
Other special types are in limited use for " rack-railways," and operate either by engagement of gearing on the locomotive into a rack between the track rails, or by a combination of this and rail adhesion.
In the towns a deeper rail is used, weighing about 60 lb per yard.
By rail it is 94 m.
Aarau, an ancient fortress, was taken by the Bernese in 1415, and in 1798 became for a time the capital of the Helvetic republic. Eight miles by rail N.E.
It is connected by rail with the south Russian railway system at Beslan, the junction for Vladikavkaz (400 m.), via Derbent and Petrovsk, with Batum (560 m.) and Poti (536 m.) on the Black Sea via Tiflis.
A traveller can reach the usual point of departure, Gotemba, by rail from Yokohama, and thence the ascent and descent may be made in one day by a pedestrian.
The London Rolling Stock Team has experience of all the vehicle types used in London, including mainline, light rail and tube.
Dorothy nearly went with them, but she was holding fast to the iron rail of the seat, and that saved her.
And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding on a rail, others have the misfortune to be ridden upon.
In the front, in the very center, leaning back against the orchestra rail, stood Dolokhov in a Persian dress, his curly hair brushed up into a huge shock.
The nurse with raised elbows was lifting the infant over the rail of his cot.
Carmen let the bed rail down and jerked the tent from under the mattress, allowing Destiny to crawl close.
Alex leaned on the porch rail, addressing Josh in a conversational tone.
It is by rail 12 m.
Pulling the rail back up, she stood beside the tent, helplessly watching Destiny cry until she coughed herself into another retching fit.
Among the more curious forms of other land-birds may be especially mentioned the Megapodiidae, Lipoa and Talegallus, the rail Tribonyx and Pedionomus, which represents the otherwise palaeotropical Turnices in Australia.
Being ordered to co-operate with Sherman in North Carolina, Schofield moved his corps by rail and sea to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in seventeen days, occupied Wilmington on the 22nd of February 1865, fought the action at Kinston on the 8 - 10th of March, and on the 23rd joined Sherman at Goldsboro.
She was taller than Howie but rail thin and possessed an engaging smile, long blond hair and arresting blue eyes.
Through the window she watched him stand and walk over to the porch rail, watching them intently.
Corn from middle Russia for Astrakhan is transferred from the railway to boats at Tsaritsyn; timber and wooden wares from the upper Volga are unloaded here and sent by rail to Kalach; and fish, salt and fruits sent from Astrakhan by boat up the Volga are here unloaded and despatched by rail to the interior of Russia.