| 单词 | branch line |
| 例句 | However, only a handful of people change on to the train that rattles east along the branch line to Waterford. 10 of Europe’s best rural train journeys 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Passing under a railway bridge, I saw an elderly couple walking an even older dachshund and followed their route up an embankment to what had once been a small railway branch line. My Hidden Prague 2012-11-16T15:37:22Z Likewise the railroads, the nation’s largest industry at this time, often acted in high-handed ways, especially when a railroad had a monopoly on freight transportation, as often was the case on branch lines. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Amtrak does, however, control some of its own rails, and so most travel in the Northeast Corridor — including its popular Acela service between Boston and Washington — and on related branch lines to Albany, N.Y.; What You Need to Know About a Possible Rail Strike 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It said most travel in the Northeast Corridor and on related branch lines to Albany, N.Y.; Amtrak halts long-distance service over freight rail labor dispute. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z It also said there would be no regional or branch lines operating. Rail strikes due to affect Greater Anglia services 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Sunday services would start later in the morning than usual due to the 24-hour strike, and no regional or branch lines will be operating, the company said. Greater Anglia cancels 90% of trains on Saturday over strike 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Network Rail announced on Thursday all branch lines in Devon and Cornwall would be suspended apart from the Exmouth to Exeter Line. Storm Eunice: Roofs ripped off and trees downed across South West 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Great Western Railway said it expected to cut half of its services on Friday and some branch lines in Devon and Cornwall will also close. UK weather: Millions told to stay at home as Storm Eunice hits 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Speed restrictions also remain in place on the East Coast Mainline, North Berwick branch line, and Borders Railway. Storm Malik: Rail disruption, roads closed and power cut warning 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Welsh ministers and rail bosses are also looking at the possibility of reopening the branch line off the Ebbw Vale line to Abertillery as part of the Welsh Government's commitment to improve public transport connectivity. Trains: Crosskeys to Newport service is first since 1962 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z He will argue firm's headquarters are "too often based in London and the South East", with the UK operating as a "branch line economy". Net-zero heralds a new industrial revolution, says CBI boss 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The rural branch line survived the infamous railway cuts of Beeching Axe in the 1960s as it passed through six marginal constituencies and politicians feared they'd lose their seats if the route shut. Railway: Why one remote station lost 90% of its passengers 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z They include the "Ivanhoe line" from Leicester to Burton-on-Trent, branch lines on the Isle of Wight and a new station at Wellington in Somerset. Government pledges £283m for buses and trams 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Fortress would retain a tank car depot and a contract for a branch line in Ohio. Canadian Pacific to buy Central Maine and Quebec Railway 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The state of Connecticut owns the track from New Haven to the New York state line, as well as branch lines to New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury. Speeding up Connecticut to NYC commute key focus on plans 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Reopening the Portishead branch line is part of a wider £100m scheme investing in local rail projects by West of England councils. Funding boost for railway line restoration 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The rural branch line survived the infamous axe of Beeching Axe as it passed through six marginal constituencies and politicians feared they'd lose their seats if the railway shut. Why Wales' quietest station got busier 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He helped to save one of the three rail branch lines that used to serve the area, and lobbied for the road link to the M5 which was approved just before he lost his seat. Jeremy Thorpe and the Devon connection 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In 1980, he recommended halting the closure of branch line railways – only now are some closed lines reopening. 'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Before the rise of the automobile killed off the old branch line, its little steam locomotives puffed by so slowly that passengers would toss their bags out as the train passed their homes. Success of Irish Trail Shows That Maybe You Can Eat the Scenery 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The branch lines serve 17 stations and provide public transportation to several towns and cities, including Waterbury. Connecticut’s Deficit Could Put Some Weekend Trains at Risk 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The Union Pacific is a freight railroad whose branch line serving Phoenix passes through Gilbert. Authorities: 1 dead after collision between car train 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z It was closed, along with thousands of stations and hundreds of branch lines, as part of the Beeching cuts in 1969. What impact can restoring rail lines have? 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The Conservative government welcomed the report, but thousands of people - many in remote rural areas - were horrified they would lose their local branch lines. Some lost rail routes may be 'restored' 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Built in 1897 as a seaside resort that depended on the railway, the hotel now sees its old branch line delivering customers once again. Success of Irish Trail Shows That Maybe You Can Eat the Scenery 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Connecticut, however, pays all of the nearly $33 million in subsidies for the branch lines to Danbury, New Canaan and Waterbury. Connecticut’s Deficit Could Put Some Weekend Trains at Risk 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Neglected railway branch lines may well come back to life; the hacking-down of bus services that came with austerity will have to be reversed. Owning a car will soon be a thing of the past | John Harris 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z It was founded in 1913 as the terminus of a branch line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Winifred, pop. 200, has a new world-class hotel 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z A registered charity, South Devon Railway is a 7-mile former Great Western Railway branch line which runs steam trains and heritage rolling stock as a tourist attraction. Child almost falls through floor of moving train in Devon - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Beer making took over around 1903, when the Milwaukee Railroad Company built a branch line to meet other lines at Montgomery. Brewing history looms large in Montgomery 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Officials along the branch lines worry that the cutbacks would diminish the appeal of their towns and limit their ability to promote public transit as a way to attract residents. Connecticut’s Deficit Could Put Some Weekend Trains at Risk 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z It will become functional for stations along the New Haven Line and its New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branch lines, beginning Monday, Aug. 22. Rail commuters can soon buy tickets on mobile devices 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He recommended axing another third of the network - 5,000 miles of track, including hundreds of branch lines and 2,363 stations. Rail system booming despite prophecies of decline - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The town itself was the western end of the line for an extension of the then Stanley to Wildrose branch line, crossing some 40 miles of Williams County to the west. Grenora seeks logo to celebrate centennial in 2016 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The action will disrupt trains to and from London Paddington and close down some branch lines in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset. London faces travel mayhem as tube workers strike for 24 hours 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Minnifield is scheduled to graduate in March, just ahead of the branch lines changes in early summer, if they occur. Connecticut’s Deficit Could Put Some Weekend Trains at Risk 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Mike Donnarumma, district superintendent on the New Haven Line, is responsible for overseeing work along the Waterbury branch line. Metro-North Waterbury line commuters press for improvements 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Salveson, who began his career as a train guard based at Blackburn, founded the community rail movement that has saved many British branch lines from closure by involving local communities in their operation. After Scotland, Yorkshire Fights for Its Independence The McEwens were so well connected that the railway system provided them with a branch line to their country seat. Karl Miller: a man of distinction 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It was a `golf special` on its way to the Irish Open at Portrush travelling along the Antrim branch line, which is now used predominantly for engineering traffic. Train left suspended over large hole 2013-09-03T11:37:24Z If and when it is completed it will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles, with branch lines to Sacramento and San Diego. The future of transport: No loopy idea 2013-08-15T15:00:16Z The Barnstaple branch line suffered significant problems with washouts of track. Rail flooding payout bill revealed 2013-05-31T07:52:33Z Click to Enlarge At the southern city of Hyderabad, a train branch line jutted into the desert, toward the border with India. Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes 2013-05-19T01:12:03Z The closure of passenger branch lines and stations attracted most popular attention, but freight was Beeching's preoccupation, because he believed that by making its transport swifter and less complicated, he could secure the railway's future. Asking business to reshape public services is not always mistaken 2013-02-23T09:00:28Z Some branch line services in Devon and Cornwall are still closed. Rail line reopened after flood 2012-12-28T14:13:58Z Even rural branch lines once proposed for closure are now seeing record use. Rail fare rises are a problem for the whole of Britain 2012-08-15T14:59:44Z Photograph: Andy Weekes/Rex Features It may seem to be charging through the British countryside like an express train, but the is actually following more of a pre-Beeching branch line route, complete with local timetable. Olympic torch route, day 4: Games feeds Frome's sense of self 2012-05-22T06:00:02Z The quartermaster smiled grimly as the faint words of the chorus of "They don't run corridor cars on our branch line" caught his ear, followed by an emphatic "Chuck it, old bird." With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The train appeared at last, curving its dark bulk along the gleaming metals with the intense deliberation which marks the pace of all trains on branch lines of the South-Western. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z In Cornwall the Liskeard to Looe branch line remains closed but is under repair and Network Rail said it hoped to reopen the line within the next few days. Rail line reopened after flood 2012-12-28T14:13:58Z N. from London, the terminus of branch lines of the Great Eastern and Great Northern railways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The line of direct Capetian descent was now replaced by the branch line of the Valois. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z You see, it is on a branch line. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z This left the rebels in possession of the branch line, which would, however, be of little use to them. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z From Carthage a branch line was projected to French Creek, now the busy summer village of Clayton. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z After about a month of sub-editing, he reverted to his former profession of railway engineer, having been commissioned to help with mapping out a projected branch line between Stourbridge and Wolverhampton. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z A branch line, thrusting itself toward the east from Ninety-sixth Street, emerged upon an elevated structure which it followed to the Bronx Park and Zoological Gardens. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z "One of the penalties for stopping at a place on a branch line." With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Here the branch line saved two or three miles. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The district is traversed by the main line of the Bengal & North-Western railway and by branch lines, part of which were begun as a famine relief work in 1874. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The train reached Bloomingsburg about one o’clock, and was immediately shifted to the single-tracked branch line that connected that small city with Pleasant Cove. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z "Now that Nevis has shut down on him, I suppose he's going away to work on the new branch line until he can get hold of another place farther West and send for you." A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z A newly constructed branch line carried the party to the returned soldiers' settlement of Amiens. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z For what she read was the account of the opening of the branch line to Algeciras. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Bodmin is not on the main Great Western line but only connected with it from Bodmin Road by a branch line. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z But, like our railroad systems, each of these main routes had branch lines. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Most of them are out track-grading on the branch line, and I heard the rest went East. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The East China Railway between Port Arthur, Dalny, and the junction of Ta-shik-chia, whence a branch line runs to Port Arthur, was finished as far as Mukden towards the close of 1899. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z HALESOWEN, a market town in the Oldbury parliamentary division of Worcestershire, England, on a branch line of the Great Western and Midland railways, 6� m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z A steam tramway connects the town and port, and a branch line connects with Entre Rios railways at the station of Tala. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It is the terminus of a branch line of the G.W.R. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z When at last they started on the last stage of their journey the engine went dawdling along the branch line in a style which both, in their then frame of mind, found equally trying. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Including the branch lines, the Siberian Railway is over ten thousand kilometres long, and its construction was begun only twelve years ago. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z E. of Edinburgh by the North British railway, being the terminus of a branch line from Longniddry Junction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Buying up the stock of the Missouri Pacific he built up, by means of consolidations, reorganizations, and the construction of branch lines, the “Gould System” of railways in the south-western states. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The coal-fields of the forest of Dean are served by several branch lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Jenny stepped into a small compartment of the ancient carriages provided for this unimportant branch line, and he sprang in after her. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z It is situated 47� m. by rail N. of Aberdeen, from which there is a branch line, of which it is the terminus, of the Great North of Scotland railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z We cross the railway, and I identify a branch line running away from it. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z A trail leads from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F� railway at Flagstaff, Arizona; and a branch line of the railway extends from Williams, Arizona, to a hotel on the very brink of the canyon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z There is a short branch line not far from where I live, which ends five miles from the main artery of traffic. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z It is a busy place with large railway and engine works, and the junction for several branch lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Things went thus till daylight broke, when we crossed first the branch line from Wolvehoek to Heilbron, and then the main line. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z It is situated some thirty-seven miles north of Naauwpoort, which is the junction of a branch line to De Aar. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z A Rays spokesman said that a bolt of lightning hit a branch line that goes into a substation feeding Tropicana Field. Yankees 5, Rays 4: Yankees Rally Against a Weary Rays Bullpen 2011-07-19T03:37:56Z Accordingly, on the day appointed I started; in due time reached Packham, losing much time on a detestable branch line, and there found the dogcart of Sir Francis awaiting me. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The nearest railway station was fully three miles off, and even that only found itself on a branch line. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z It was frightfully out of the way, being five miles from the nearest railway station, and that on a branch line. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Local politicians saw a winner and proposed to build their own high-speed branch lines to the network to connect outlying cities. Beijing-Shanghai Line Opens 2011-06-29T14:00:11Z Then, a year later, the result of his own persistent representation, the Canadian Northwestern Railroad built a branch line to his valley. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z From Jasper Park the return to Calgary would be by Edmonton and the Canadian Pacific Railway branch line. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z The station is on a little branch line of rail, starting off from the main line towards these rocks and crags of Craven. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The traffic on most of the branch lines of the Great Eastern Railway was suspended nearly twenty-four hours. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z If you will only allow us to run a branch line into your pine we can make big money—guarantee you half a million pesos.’ The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z As for the major, having already accomplished a third of his journey, he had only to continue on a branch line running direct from Hanover to Frankfort. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z The Coroner here explained that inquiries had since been made at the branch line stations for the woman but nobody had been found who had seen her. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z I knew the trains to Azalea—it was on the road to Firehill—and though one left at midnight, the last train on the branch line to the Azalea Woods Estates had long gone. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Enid is served by the St Louis & San Francisco, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F�, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railways, and by several branch lines, and is an important railway centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Why, you would be hours pottering about on branch lines and at junctions, and would never, I am certain, see your luggage again. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z He went towards the front of the waiting train, where the engine had just been coupled and was being oiled up for the run along the branch line from Macleod to Crow's Nest Pass. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z About twenty miles before it gets to Bloomington it crosses the branch line near Cresset's Farm. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z The Amlwch branch line before it closed to passengers in the mid 1960s A study on reopening a railway line that closed to passenger traffic more than 35 years ago is to begin on Anglesey. Disused rail line reopening study 2011-01-23T08:56:19Z "At the station—you know—from which a branch line goes to Lischnitz." The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z You get to D—— in time for breakfast—two hours to wait—and then by a branch line to L——. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z E. of this railway and is connected with it by a branch line. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z After that he lost track of her as he was busy with the branch line train which left at eight-forty-five and was the last one up that night. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Network Rail is looking at restoring services on the disused Amlwch branch line. Disused rail line reopening study 2011-01-23T08:56:19Z Two miles west by south are the quarries of Carmyllie, the terminus of a branch line from Arbroath, which was the first light railway in Scotland and was opened in 1900. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" It is connected by a branch line with the main railway of Schleswig, and possesses a good harbour, which affords shelter for a large carrying trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Three branch lines have their centre there—just built. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories She wandered through the woods till she saw a small scattering of lights which she took for one of the branch line stations. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z The study of embryology breaks down the time-honored branch lines of vertebrates, articulates, mollusks, and radiates. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 W. by N. of Edinburgh, and 24 m. by rail, being the terminus of the North British railway’s branch line from Manuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" They went for perhaps two miles through the hills to a hamlet along a branch line railroad which had served as the cow town for the picture’s locale. Janet Hardy in Radio City It is the terminus of a branch line of the Caledonian railway from Coupar Angus, from which it is 4� m. distant, and is 16 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" We'd planned to have our supper there and then go back by the branch line, catching a train at the Crossing at eight-thirty. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z The budding resort was served by only a branch line with a single set of rails, and at this hour the first two trains of the day in each direction passed each other here. A Traitor's Wooing E. of Chesterfield, on branch lines of the Midland and the Great Central railways. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The quarries are served by a separate railway, with several branch lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Communications.—The principal railway serving the county is the Great Eastern, of which system numerous branch lines centre chiefly upon Cambridge, Ely and March. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" It was a long ride to Cresset's Crossing, first on the main line to the Junction and then just time to make a close connection with the branch line to the Crossing. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z N. by W. from Hull, the junction of several branch lines of the North Eastern railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Hungary had developed lines connecting Budapest with Transylvania and branch lines within that province. Area Handbook for Romania The district is partly traversed by the main line of the Eastern Bengal railway and by two branch lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" A railway, coming from Kharkov, crosses the peninsula from north to south, terminating at Sevastopol and sending off branch lines to Theodosia and Kerch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" At the Junction she was going to get off, take the branch line to Hazelmere and transfer there to the Philadelphia Express. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Some are stationed here; some await orders, but most of them go down the branch line that is under construction from this point. Seeds of Pine The railways are owned partly by the state, partly by the Costa Rica railway company, which, in 1904, arranged to build several branch lines through the banana districts of the Atlantic littoral. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" France, 14 m. by a branch line from the main railway line between Grenoble and Avignon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" It is connected by navigable channels with the canal system of the Godavari delta, and by a branch line with Samalkot on the East Coast railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" He had had plenty of time for anticipation during the slow journey on the branch line from the junction. The Return of the Prodigal I remember, however, that we had to make several connections on branch lines to get there, and it was a continuous stampede from saloon to junction and from junction to saloon. Aliens Stanwick was a new suburb on a branch line; and some time after midnight a policeman, Colby by name, had been patrolling his beat, which was along Duncan Street. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Letters from the east sometimes came down by a branch line from the north. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The telegraph-lines to Salt Lake and the Denver branch lines are destroyed for a distance of nearly ten miles on the northern route, and in different points throughout 100 miles along the Denver route. The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. The trains are not well planned, the connections with branch lines are often extremely ill managed. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism In Alberta and Saskatchewan over 1200 miles of branch lines were begun, under guarantees of bonds by the provincial governments. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The distance between Medinet and Gharak is not more than nineteen miles, but the trains on the branch line which connects those localities move slowly and the stops were uncommonly frequent. In Desert and Wilderness It was near noon the next day when they reached the junction and took, the branch line for the north. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country You never can tell on a branch line. The Law-Breakers In the course of another mile or so we quitted the main line to Perth, and proceeded along a branch line leading into the heart of the forest. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Then on through the wet morning by the little branch line into Dauphin�. Another Sheaf It suffers by reason of its position on an almost inaccessible branch line, and the complete absence of manufactories, but it has no appearance of poverty. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Of course they'll keep the main railways open," he remarked, "and if it blocks these branch lines I can have a good excuse for not going up there. Mixed Faces You never can tell on a branch line. The Law-Breakers At a little junction Lance changed to the branch line, still dwelling fiercely upon his heritage, upon the lawless environment in which that heritage of violence had flourished. Rim o' the World There are two classes of tickets sold, one for short trips on suburban or branch lines, the other for longer journeys on the main lines. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Aside from these three important branch lines, there are a few other single-track off-shoots, but from a military point of view they are of no importance. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources This lack of branch lines meant that Austria had to concentrate any offensive at certain definite places—Trent, Tarvis, and Gorizia. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Unfortunately, however, we trusted to Bunny's watch, and when we got to the station, which was on a little branch line, our train to Reading had gone. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate The branch line paid a fair interest on the investment,––but not with its passenger service. Rim o' the World It then executed mortgage after mortgage, and built a branch line through quite a populous territory, from Muscatine to Washington, but the main line made very slow progress. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses This is adopted where only one engine is used for working a section, such as a short branch line. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use The mines, however, are at the end of a branch line of the new Japanese owned railway—owned by the government, not by a private corporation, and guarded by Japanese soldiers. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference He recognised it as the junction, where a branch line ran from the main road, across the country, through forest and by lake shore, straight to Algonquin. The End of the Rainbow Telephoned, of course: there are telephones at every station on that branch line. The Chestermarke Instinct Two branch lines have since been added, making the total number of miles of road on this island seventy-six at the present time. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses It will be noticed that the rails of the line to the left of the points are continued as the outer rails of the main and branch lines. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Now this particular section of the aërial railway must have been a branch line, for it ended abruptly in front of a building of unusual size and consequent importance. The Doomsman The falls are reached on the branch line of the New York Central leading from Utica to the Adirondacks. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. There were times when as we drove the branch line up the gorge beneath the big divide, all one's physical nature shrank from the monotony of brutal labour. Hawtrey's Deputy A road was opened upon the island of Ceylon between Colombo and Kandy in 1867, to which several branch lines and extensions have since been added. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses We want more bridges, graded roads through the coul�es, a stockyard on the railroad, and some day a branch line; and with all deference to you, we mean to get them. Lorimer of the Northwest The canal communicates northward with the Grand Junction and Warwick canals, and there are branch lines of the Great Central railway to the main line at Woodford, and of the London & North-Western railway to Bletchley. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He took the night’s express on the N. Y., P. & N., whence, at Hampton Junction, he transferred to a branch line. In Her Own Right "Do you mean to tell me that scouts can't get along when they're lost on a branch line?" he wanted to know. Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels To this road has since been added an extension to Talcahuana, as well as several branch lines. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses There were certainly plenty of cars in evidence on the sidings; indeed, the station, which was the junction for a branch line running to Rome, Georgia, presented a bustling appearance. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Here you change to the little branch line which runs north, up the side of the gorge, to the coal mines. Penguin Persons & Peppermints More recently a branch line has been built which runs from Trent southeastward to Padua and Venice. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Then we asked the express agent about freight trains and he said that a freight train went along that branch line every three days. Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels This had been charged to "profit and loss" and used in the construction of branch lines. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses There were times when, as we drove the branch line up the gorge beneath the big divide, all one’s nature shrank from the monotony of brutal labor. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The air was cooling down toward evening at Sebastian, where an unpicturesque collection of wooden houses stand upon a branch line on the Canadian prairie. Prescott of Saskatchewan Pressing the proper combinations of main and branch line buttons, I seated myself, holding the pistol ready but concealed beneath my blouse. The Airlords of Han Where two or more closets are placed side by side, on a horizontal branch, the branch line shall have a relief extended as a loop. Elements of Plumbing He never learned how to run for the car, with his arms full of baggage, and once, boarding a wrong train, he was run off on a branch line a full fifty miles. The Candidate A Political Romance "Nantes to St. Thomas, thence to Guadalupe, and thence to Martinique, with the following branch lines: "No. 1. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post He had put in the afternoon and early evening strolling about the village and talking to the men on the branch line. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 The description of the places on these branch lines is printed either in a closer or in a smaller letter than that of the towns on the main lines. The South of France—East Half I found, by reference to the small map and railway guide, that Clonmel was less than thirty miles distant, and connected with Dublin by a branch line. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The two-ten on the branch line to connect with the 'Frisco Express on the B. P. was moving out, and he breathed a great sigh of relief. The Candidate A Political Romance The young people rebelled at branch line trips and insisted on heading for sightseeing and hunting straight into the mountains. The Daughter of a Magnate Some of them were putting up at the hotel while they worked at the new branch line, and some of them had dropped in to exchange news and banter while waiting for the mail train. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 There are a number of branch lines in the plains, some owned by native States. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir Who would ever have thought of your taking the opposite direction, penning yourself in at the end of a branch line, at a small inland town like Lismore? Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The two-forty accommodation freight on the branch line to connect with the 'Frisco Express on the B. P. was moving out, and Plover had been held. The Candidate A Political Romance A branch line of tramway was also made up to Mr. Mushet’s Mine, near the Shute Castle Hill Enclosure, from the Severn and Wye line at Park End. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The saving that he had made on the purchase price was eaten up by the extra weight owing to the excessive freight rates from the coast and on the branch line to Meadows. The Man from the Bitter Roots There was only one more station, Dunadea, the terminus of the branch line on which Sir James was travelling. Lady Bountiful The boy who carried your bag could give us no points, but we concluded you intended taking the branch line at Fermoy for Dublin. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude By 1901 a railroad, with branch lines, was constructed between Santiago and Havana, thus giving the whole island excellent transportation facilities. History of the United States, Volume 6 From Williams, on the Santa Fé road, a branch line of sixty miles runs over the rolling mesas to the "Bright Angel" hotel at the "Bright Angel Trail." The Life Radiant He was supposed to own this branch line and the mines, but she hinted strongly that his creditors had got everything there was of the railroad but the rust, and would sometime get that. Laramie Holds the Range A branch line of railroad terminates at this place. The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War Occasional trails of smoke marked the main line of the railway along the coast and the branch line from Cannes to Grasse. Riviera Towns You can't even catch the branch line local that connects with the New York express now. The House of Torchy The branch line from the Mexican Central, which runs from the City of Mexico westwardly to the Balsas river, is destined ultimately to reach the famous seaport of Acapulco, on the Pacific Ocean. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The ornamentation consists of a strongly incised line running downwards from the perforation with small branch lines directed alternately right and left. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Early in the morning, passengers for Sidi-bel-Abbés had to descend from the train going on to Oran, and take a slow one, on a branch line. A Soldier of the Legion Ever cruise around much on them Long Island branch lines? Torchy, Private Sec. A few days ago I sat by the bedside of a wounded sapper—a reservist—and heard the story of life in a signal-box on a branch line in the North of England. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Another branch line runs to Matamoros, upon the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Here we passed on to a branch line which took us north to the coast. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 So it scarcely needed Mr. Abraham Howell’s warning to avoid the “shoals and pitfalls” which threatened any deviation from the branch line scheme. The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway Here a group of engineers and E.L.C. were working in a casual, aimless sort of way, apparently building a bridge for the branch line. With Our Army in Palestine Picture from this immense arc of communication branch lines longer still, diverging to America, to Africa, to India, knitting the ports of the world together in one vast railway system. Winning a Cause World War Stories As for the branch line from San Luis Potosi to Tampico, it passes through the same remarkable tropical zone as the Vera Cruz line. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Someone said there had been a railway accident and we had to travel by branch lines. The Great War As I Saw It A branch line connects it with the Canadian Pacific. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Accordingly a branch line was laid from Belah down to the seashore, where immense quantities of ammunition and stores were landed from cargo-boats coming direct from Port Said or Alexandria. With Our Army in Palestine These important places will be served by branch lines. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers From that point a branch line runs to Puebla, the second or third important city of importance in Mexico; passing near the famous town of Cholula, of Aztec and Toltec remembrance. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Our car was taken out over a new branch line they were building at that time, and I saw you standing beside the track. Branded This frequently happens, as there is a branch line beyond Pegram.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont From this line also branch lines were made running through the main supply and ordnance depôts, again to preserve continuity and save time. With Our Army in Palestine We will part the branch line here and return, via Cork, to Youghal, the point from which to become familiar with the Blackwater at its best. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway A branch line of the railroad connected with the main line directly to what the four Outdoor Girls believed to be the most wonderful of all cities, New York. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run The work on the branch line was completed, and my employers had taken a dam-building contract in Idaho. Branded Not once, but many times in Germany, my first-class ticket found me no accommodation, and often in changing from the main line to a branch line not even a first-class compartment. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View He travelled accordingly that morning by branch lines from Hampshire into Surrey, and came to Broad Place in the glow of the afternoon. The Four Feathers Limerick Junction to Mallow, where the branch line runs into Kerry, the tourist to Killarney runs by many places of interest. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway The hook dangling below the ice about a third of the water's depth, was held in position by a branch line to which was attached a suitable sinker. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Aside from these three important branch lines, there are a few other single-track offshoots, but from a military point of view they are of no importance. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne I think there is a branch line runs a hundred miles in to Mine City. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Ten years ago in the West alone there were sixteen branch lines feeding traffic into one another's territory across the border. The Canadian Commonwealth It was therefore necessary for me, with my corps of assistants, to take train at Philadelphia for Annapolis, a point from which a branch line extended to the Junction, joining the main line to Washington. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Before the war it was a pleasant city, little visited by travellers because it lay on a badly served branch line. Adventures of a Despatch Rider "Maybe your lordship's thinking of the one on the branch line, the bridge that fell in?" Elster's Folly Should it therefore be deemed expedient, these two places may afterwards be connected by means of a branch line. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 But in the morning it was in motion again, jogging now on its leisurely way up the branch line. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush This section is 32 miles long, with a 6-mile branch line. The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 Then a spot of ant-hill-like activity where a German railway company is at work building a new branch line, hundreds of them having pickaxes and making the dirt fly. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Other roads changed their branch lines a day or two before the 1st of June; but the main lines, as a rule, were changed on that day. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Two men and a woman plowed through the wind and the snow and mounted wearily the steps of the little coach which comprised the branch line's passenger service. The Lookout Man The branch line took them to a populous junction, and by that time Harlan Thornton began to appreciate that his grandfather was rather more of a figure in State politics than he had dreamed. The Ramrodders A Novel At Republic in Ferry county are mines producing gold and silver ores of such extent as to have induced the building of a branch line of railroad to carry their ores to this smelter. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 For it is very evident that nothing can be so beneficial to a railway already in operation as a branch line, by which a hitherto unopened district can be united to their stations. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 After a hot and tedious journey, George and his companion alighted one afternoon at a little station on a branch line, and Edgar looked about with interest when the train went on again. Ranching for Sylvia A branch line of a trans-continental railroad was moving across the desert to tap the new oil field. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Aughrim was three hours' train journey from Dublin, on a tiny branch line, and trains were few. John Redmond's Last Years As the county develops, beyond question branch lines will penetrate this portion, and Grant county will become as well supplied as any other portion of the state with facilities for commerce. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 Leaving Vera at 8 a.m. the train goes at a snail's pace along the branch line to Reconquista, covering the distance of about thirty leagues in five hours. Argentina from a British Point of View And now here he was on the branch line of the little old Great Eastern Railway, on his way to Matching's Easy in Essex, and he was suddenly in the heart of Washington Irving's England. Mr. Britling Sees It Through This part of the railway, with a few branch lines, has since then been called the South Manchurian Railway. The Problem of China Terrible Murder in Kent," the account being as follows: "A shocking crime was discovered yesterday morning at the little town of Woldhurst, which lies on the branch line from Halbury Junction. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Freehold is on a branch line; its rate is 24-1/2 cents. The Dollar Hen The Santa Fé Land Company have also built a branch line from Margarita to this tannin factory. Argentina from a British Point of View Because the B.N. and C. Railroad wants to run a branch line from Oakvale over to the main line, in a big loop, and Perkins may have a chance to sell some of his land. The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey The S. & D. branch line from Edington Junction has a terminal station here. Somerset And thus he remained, wrapped in thought, jotting down an entry now and again in his book, until the train slowed down at Halbury Junction, where we had to change on to a branch line. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman The railway was destroyed and the bridges blown up on the main line from Amiens to Paris, and on the branch lines from Dieppe. The Soul of the War Whether they had got in somewhere else we should not know until we arrived at Rugby Junction, where we were to change onto a branch line. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel I had three or four hours to travel in this train when I would have to change to a branch line for two hours longer. My Brilliant Career It has a terminal station on a small branch line running up from Hallatrow. Somerset Maiden Newton is a junction on the Great Western with a branch line to Bridport. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter But Father O'Grady, as if he felt that the object of his visit had been accomplished, spoke of the drive back to Tinnick and of the convenience of the branch line of railway. The Lake Another van had arrived from Teheran by the branch line to Mesphed, which puts the Persian capital in communication with the Transcaspian. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent I was right about the branch line, and started merrily off again, taking as I thought the main line to Bléville. Bullets & Billets It is connected with the city by a G.W.R. branch line, of which it is the terminus. Somerset Just to the south of the village a branch line of railway follows a remote western valley to its head and then drops to the Avon valley and Salisbury. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Forty-five miles from London," answered Jim, "and not ten minutes' walk from the branch line. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." A branch line unites it with Teheran in Persia, while there has, as yet, been no survey for a line to India. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent It rained heavily all the way to Bright River, to which station they had to go, since the branch line train from Carmody did not connect with the boat train. Anne of the Island They had interested the Southern Pacific Railroad, and in the near future a branch line was to be constructed from San Felipe to Forlorn River. Desert Gold The O. and M. express which connected with the train on the branch line to Sutherland would not leave until a quarter past two. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise A puffy little branch line was to take her from Denver to Loveland, and there, she had been told, one of the big mountain-road steam automobiles would take her up the mountains to her destination. Fanny Herself Assuredly Faruskiar’s scheme—in the execution of which he had executed his rival Ki-Tsang—had been cleverly contrived in utilizing this branch line leading to the unfinished viaduct. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent In 1906 the construction was begun of a branch line joining Akaba to the Mecca railway and thus giving through communication with Beirut. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Later activity in the Northeast was devoted to building "feeders" or branch lines. The United States Since the Civil War The train slowed; it stopped; and the voice of a guard could be heard admonishing passengers for Queensborough Pier to alight and take the branch line. The Black Bag At Normanton they changed to a branch line, and had to wait an hour and a half in that coldest dreariest period of the night that comes before daybreak. The Lovels of Arden The man from the branch line promptly jumped. The Face and the Mask N. E. of Toulouse, on a branch line of the Southern railway. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "But, unfortunately, the only practicable route through the mountains is up Quartz Creek Canyon, and the canyon is already occupied by a branch line of the Colorado and Grand River." A Fool for Love At that moment a combined passenger and freight train from the branch line to Rome swung around the bend and pulled into the station. Tom of the Raiders They were two days reaching it, owing to the poor connections, because they were now traveling on branch line railroads, but they got into the little mining town one evening at dusk. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range A man from one of the branch lines who doesn't know the road. The Face and the Mask We changed trains at Glyndon for the branch line, then only recently laid to Fisher's Landing, but since that time continued to the frontier station of Pembina. A Trip to Manitoba A dingy branch line bore us off across broken country with much corn toward Puebla. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond To overcome this inconvenience a branch line was afterwards run up to the town itself. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia A branch line from Baylen--nearly half-way--strikes southward to Granada, and as there is no competition on this part of the road, I was charged $15 for a through seat in the coupé. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The Northern Pacific Railroad runs a branch line to which the name of the park has been given, and which connects Livingston, Montana, with Cinnabar, at the northern edge of the park. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young On the opposite or western shore is St. Boniface, the terminus of the branch line from Selkirk, and the site of the Roman Catholic cathedral, convents, and schools. A Trip to Manitoba So far I have failed to get any definite promise from the S. & C. that they will give us a branch line. The Winning of Barbara Worth This was a larger town than Freeling, and it was on the main railroad line instead of a branch line, as Freeling was. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch I once, for instance, wrote up, from imagination, a little place called Dog Lake at the end of a branch line. Literary Lapses The single mind is the most fervid: Elgin had few distractions from the question of the court house or the branch line to Clayfield. The Imperialist Meanwhile, the railroad crept through the county-seat up the river, and the branch line up the Hawn creek to the mines was ready for it. The Heart of the Hills Greenfield has been camping on my trail for three months, wanting us to build them a branch line. The Winning of Barbara Worth California has two trunk lines running the entire length of the state, with branch lines connecting them with the county seats. Community Civics and Rural Life Rail freight service to many communities has declined as railroads abandon unproductive branch lines. State of the Union Address There were rumors in the air of branch lines for the Union Pacific. The U. P. Trail Jackson, the county seat of Amador County, is but six miles from Mokelumne Hill and a town of considerable importance, being the terminus of a branch line of the Southern Pacific Railway. A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country Some day no doubt the branch line would be built, but he could make no promises. The Winning of Barbara Worth These branch lines may be laid at an angle to the main trunk as may be most convenient; all the joints must be covered so as to keep out the flirt. Three Acres and Liberty I was to be a clerk under the engineer who had undertaken to make the little branch line from Eltham to Hornby. Cousin Phillis When Ethelberta entered a carriage on the branch line to take her seat for the remainder of the journey, there sat the viscount in the same division. The Hand of Ethelberta The nearest railway-station is distant something like an hour's drive; it is three hours from there to Boston, over a branch line. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) "But if you give us the branch line it will insure the success of the project, for it will make the Company property so valuable that they will spend more money to protect it." The Winning of Barbara Worth From this main trunk should be branch lines of "laterals," laid from eight to twelve feet apart, as they would be laid for draining a field. Three Acres and Liberty Receivers were appointed also for most of the branch lines, including the Wisconsin Central system. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states It stood at the western end of a branch line connecting with all the eastern rails. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray It is reached by a branch line of some twenty miles, that leaves the main line between Turin and Milan at Santhia. Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino It came across my mind like a flash of lightning that this was where we could carry a branch line down to our town. Pillars of Society In a gap chopped out for the rails of the harbour branch line Nostromo appeared, mounted on his silver-grey mare. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard From Cape Town, a railway 2,000 miles long runs via Bulawayo to Beira on the Portuguese coast, while branch lines reach several formerly inaccessible mining and agricultural regions. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening An express went through on the main line at midnight, and there was a local on the branch line at eight. The Breaking Point A car had gone into Newton Abbot to meet him, as no train ran on the branch line until a later hour. The Grey Room As soon as that was done, I assured myself--without saying anything about it--that a branch line could be laid to the town. Pillars of Society This benefit, moreover, might be greatly increased by making a branch line to Talienwan and Port Arthur, which would some day be united with Peking. Russia Evidently no other train was due upon that branch line until some time in the early morning. Fire-Tongue If the branch line becomes an accomplished fact, I am a millionaire; if it does not, I am ruined. Pillars of Society Vigeland: There is no denying that it looks as though Providence had just planned the configuration of the country to suit a branch line. Pillars of Society If the purchaser had waited till the branch line began to be talked of, the proprietors would have asked exorbitant prices. Pillars of Society Hilmar: About the extensive purchase of property along the branch line, of course. Pillars of Society |
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