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单词 crosstie
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Two steel rails ran the visible length of the tunnel, pinned into the dirt by wooden crossties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
But as I scrambled to my feet, the fishing pole got wedged somehow between the rail and crosstie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Howling, barking, whimpering, he finally tried to crawl, but quit when one hind leg slipped through the crossties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Fixing my eyes on the repeating crossties, I walked fast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
She ran over the crossties barefooted, surefooted, lightfooted like her name. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
It began to rain as I tramped down the crossties toward town. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two thirds of the way across, I stepped off the rail onto a crosstie and sat down, elbows on knees, to look around. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Enjoying the breeze, I stretched out, face down, to look through the crossties at the water below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
The girl stood up, but swayed and then dropped down to her hands and feet, like me, and we moved on all fours, holding to crossties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Nervous, I hurried my steps on the crossties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Here in Mill Town on my crosstie stage, folks would suspicion her if they saw me acting friendly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Like a doll pushed from behind, I fell face down between the rails and lay flat and thin as I could, head low between crossties, arms stretched overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
The White man leaving the Taylor house fled via Rosewood, stopping at the home of Aaron Carrier, a Black man who worked as a crosstie cutter, according to Jenkins, who is Aaron Carrier’s niece. 100 years after Rosewood Massacre, just one house — and much pain — remains 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z
“Railroads simultaneously opened up whole new forests as well as new markets, while using tremendous amounts of timber for crossties.” Turkeys in the northwest: Conservation success or nuisance? 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z
To create the needed clearance for taller trains, the tunnel’s arched ceiling would be notched, its floor would be lowered and steel crossties, which lie lower than wooden ones, would be installed. Maryland to seek more money from CSX, others for Howard Street Tunnel 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z
The program cleared a backlog of 45,000 rotting crossties, the wooden beams that secure tracks at the proper spacing or “gauge.” SafeTrack surge areas require further track work, internal review finds 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z
There were other crossties in worse condition, he said, adding that now only 2 percent of the system’s wooden ties are defective. D.C. Metro SafeTrack improvements move on to final segments 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z
The crosstie repairs are particularly significant, officials said, as SafeTrack primarily focused on those rail components, 47,500 of which will be repaired by the program’s conclusion — compared with 15,000 in a typical year. Metro hails SafeTrack as a success, but it has yet to translate into better service for riders 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z
Worn wheels, defective axles, weak crossties and misaligned rails, as well as human error, also cause derailments. The price of safety on California's bullet train is only now becoming apparent 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z
“If you just think of the crossties and the fastening system that holds the rail down we’ve done the equivalent of the Silver Line extension.” For Metro riders in Virginia, one last dance with SafeTrack — if all goes to plan 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z
But the agency said the track work, which encompassed less than 40 percent of the system, was primarily geared toward replacing crossties. SafeTrack surge areas require further track work, internal review finds 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z
Over the next three weeks, Metro workers will complete the full replacement of a double crossover track, several main line switches and more than 2,000 crossties. Metro riders to expect major delays on Red Line 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z
They noted the degraded crossties on one track. Some Metro employees still denying federal inspectors access 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z
At a Metro board meeting Thursday, he said that one of the major focuses of this surge will be replacing crossties, the wooden beams that support the train tracks. At last, SafeTrack disruptions are about to roll onto the Red Line 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z
Their mandate: Install hundreds of new wooden crossties, introduce new insulators and fasteners; revamp thousands of feet of rail; and inspect dozens of power cables and expansion cables. Back at it again: Metro returns to Orange and Silver for SafeTrack Surge No. 5 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z
There was sent everything from fabricated ironwork for buildings and trestles to nails and crossties for the railroads. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
Hence it is in demand for exterior trim of buildings, greenhouse planking, boat and shipbuilding, shingles, posts, poles and crossties. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
Sticks and crossties with wavy lines--common vexations. Cupology How to Be Entertaining
They convert young trees into hewed crossties which would yield twice as great a return if allowed to grow for four or five years longer and then be cut as lumber. The School Book of Forestry
I worked on the railroad section, laid crossties, worked in stave mills. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1
The bridge was okay, but the idea that I could balance me and a motorcycle on one narrow crosstie was a complete failure. The Life of Me; an autobiography
It is used for much the same purposes as the other white oaks, lumber, piling, veneer logs, crossties and fuel. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
Andrews at last broke off the end of his last box car and dropped crossties on the track as he ran. 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
The crossties produced from the timber of Spotsylvania County may be wanted for railroad building in a distant state. Community Civics and Rural Life
If these spikes were forced out by the impact of the engine, we ought to find torn spike holes inclining toward the end of the crossties.... The Sleuth of St. James's Square
But I knew I couldn't very well balance a motorcycle on one slick crosstie without another tie for me to walk on beside the machine . The Life of Me; an autobiography
It is used in manufacturing lumber and timbers, crossties, fence posts and fuel. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
It is used for crossties and fence posts, and along with other oaks of the white oak class for furniture and other purposes. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
It is used for fence posts, crossties, agricultural implements, ribs for small boats and for some other purposes. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
It is used for fence posts and crossties. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
I was using the truck to haul crossties to the Moffat Tunnel. The Life of Me; an autobiography
It is used for cooperage, interior finish, construction, furniture, and crossties. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z
I started walking along the railroad and finally found one loose crosstie. The Life of Me; an autobiography
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