| 单词 | railroad train |
| 例句 | And in its flutter and swoop I heard the sound of a railroad train highballing it, lonely across the lonely night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A clean-shaven Pinkus glanced at his; but when he saw that Ralph noticed, said, “So you’re a few minutes late, forget it. What are we, railroad trains, we have to run on time?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In one notorious plot of 1861, local rebels schemed to assassinate the president-elect when his railroad train passed through Baltimore on the way to Washington for his first inauguration. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The railroad train in a sense is clockwork put in motion, a machine that traverses space, not just time, as its gears turn. Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z “If I ever buy a house, it’s going to be next to a railroad train,” Reacher says, in his version of afterglow. Books of The Times: ?The Affair,? by Lee Child, Gives Reacher a Back Story 2011-09-19T22:19:36Z “A noise like the rush of a distant railroad train.” California's 'phantom lake' returns with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history of water 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z New York City’s subway and bus system decided to make mask wearing optional, and free masks will still be available at subway station booths and on commuter railroad trains. It's very easy to get a COVID-19 Omicron booster in California. Here's how 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “You see the impacts in Europe with the fires, houses burning, runways melting, railroad trains that can’t move fast because the warming of the metal,” Mr. Kerry said. Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It adds that “new knowledge and pollution-reducing fuels and engine technologies developed during the study” for trucks “may also help reduce pollution from ships, railroad trains, off-road vehicles, and airplane engines.” If Electric Vehicles Don’t Cut CO 2 Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z In Ashland, New Hampshire, the restored railroad train station, built around the 1860s, sits on top of a distinctive brick foundation. Brick offers a solid foundation 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s like riding aboard a hell-bound railroad train, but one that makes jolting local stops about every 20 seconds. A Cautionary Tale for the New Roaring Twenties 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z In 1939, at the apex of citrus culture, at least six railroad trains pulling 50 cars left L.A. laden with citrus fruits every day. Newsletter: The uncertain fate of the San Fernando Valley's last remaining commercial citrus grove 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A team of assassins wipes out the crew of a railroad train in Texas and swipes three crates from a freight car. Review: Jon Land’s fans are in for another wild ride 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “We saw two airplanes parked a little bit off the field, and we said, ‘We’ll get more credit for destroying two airplanes than shooting up a railroad train.’ Robert Martin, Tuskegee Airman who flew ‘63 and a half’ combat missions, dies at 99 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z They were transported in “trucks, on top of railroad trains, in buses,” and on foot, said Gary Jones, chief executive of Youth for Tomorrow. Separated immigrant children are all over the U.S. now, far from parents who don’t know where they are 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Department of Transportation, where he invented and patented the first digital air brake control system design for railroad trains. Washington State U. grad part of half-century of innovation 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Lloyd keeps his even when he's delivering speeches with the velocity of a railroad train. L.A. Times' 1989 review called 'Back to the Future II' a vast improvement 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z It involved dangers, bribes, forgery, secret contacts with the Gestapo, nine railroad trains, an avalanche of paperwork and a lot of money. Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z To them the advent of the surveyors in Oristown could mean only one thing—that their dreams of enjoying the many advantages of the railroad train, would soon materialize. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z The laborers on the sugar-plantations, the passengers on the railroad trains, and the natives who still cling to their scattered homes sometimes have looked with superstitious awe upon the face made without hands. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z He had once escaped from under arrest and on another occasion he had managed to disappear from a railroad train while it was being searched for him. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z I know," replied Button-Bright, "but I didn't come on a railroad train. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z As seen from a railroad train they look like slouching loafers. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He had never traveled on anything faster than the little narrow-gauge railroad train that wheezed along at about ten or fifteen miles an hour. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z I have seen the Viper's Bugloss often since that day on the railroad train, now that I know it, and think of it. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Raising the rate of discount is like putting the brakes on a railroad train; lowering the rate is like letting off the brakes. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z His first successful invention in this field was a dynamo to furnish light for railroad trains. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z When the system was completely established the convoys sailed from their appointed headquarters on regular schedules, like railroad trains. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Besides, railroad trains were luxurious and effete; they were not for him. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z We remained in Panama one night, and then took a train and crossed the isthmus by railroad, which was the first railroad train I ever saw. A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer 2011-12-21T03:00:30.213Z "Frank, would you marry a girl who sat in a man's lap in a railroad train?" he was asked. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z And lastly, speed appears greatly diminished when the object is viewed from a distance, as we can observe on a railroad train. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z The last day of their visit to Colorado City, they all took the railroad train and went to Cripple Creek. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z “Well, now, what’s our program?” asked Frank when the four Darewell chums were in the railroad train, speeding through the outskirts of Duluth. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z Old and young, white and colored, waited impatiently for the railroad train bringing him from Montgomery. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Reynolds, a Norfolk-Southern railroad train master, keeps his distance, giving space to Alec, who just a few years ago played competitive soccer. Teens with cancer wrestle with unique challenges 2011-09-27T14:42:04Z It was opened to the public for exhibition and several took rides at fifty cents a ticket on the first "railroad train" ever run successfully in western America. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z Far below, on the ground, was a railroad train surrounded by a small crowd of priests. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z Here is a railroad train, with tracks and curves and switches, a pasteboard mountain and a tunnel. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z But of a sudden, as Hunt was turning his back on the scene, he heard a sharp crack—a sound that would have penetrated the thunderous rumble of a railroad train. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Andrews has taken them there," he said, "disguised as Southern citizens, with the intention of capturing a railroad train. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z And she fell asleep with a lightened heart, the rumble and rush of the railroad train still buzzing in her ears. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z People who travel on railroad trains often come with the story that they must have caught cold on the trip for they have been sore and achy in many of their muscles since. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "No army can travel as fast as a railroad train." The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z He must have been conveyed by an angel, or have slipt on a sudden into a railroad train, purposely and for the nonce provided. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z When their preliminaries were over, they asked the nature of the communication I wished to make, and hoped that I could throw some light on the mysterious capture of the railroad train. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Think of the railroad trains which bring that paper to Chicago. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z It occurs in sensitive persons when they travel on railroad trains in warm weather, particularly if it has been dry for several days and dust is abundant. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Was it the rush of the river, or the thunder of a railroad train? True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z There are even times when we don't want to play cards or travel on railroad trains or read the newspapers or go to the movies, but these times never synchronize with Sunday. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z It certainly helps to make conversation on a railroad train. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z I was moving about my room, my hands full of hairbrushes and toothbrushes and clothesbrushes and shaving brushes; my head full of railroad trains, and hills, and plains, and valleys They were incredulous. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The psychology of the arrival of a railroad train at the station belongs to the proper study of mankind, and could be made into an interesting little monograph. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Shortly thereafter a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train brought several companies of soldiers from Frederick, Maryland. The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It 2011-03-02T03:00:26.877Z A railroad train is bearing down upon the hero, or maybe it is a sawmill, or a band of savage Indians. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z When General Lee evacuated Richmond Admiral Semmes set fire to his fleet, seized a railroad train, and transferred his command to Danville. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z Mindful of the State law that forbade the wearing of calked boots on board a railroad train, the men who owned only that sort of footgear were in their stocking feet. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z McCarthy’s husband was one of six people shot to death in 1993 by a lone gunman on a Long Island railroad train. Glock Sales Surge After Arizona Shootings 2011-01-11T18:20:45Z I don’t know how many Negroes replied to my question: “What is the chief cause of friction down here?” with a complaint of their treatment on street cars and in railroad trains. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Taking the Gray Eagle,—a large side-wheel steamer,—we swept along with the speed of a railroad train. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z I dream of drowning myself, and it feels good; and I dream of jumping off high buildings, and it feels good; and I dream of throwing myself under railroad trains, and it feels good. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Those wretched days were spent on railroad trains, fast trains, flyers. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z He was wearing a new black and white checked fall suit, similar to the one the fateful stranger in the railroad train had worn. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Conditions on the railroad trains, while not resulting so often in personal encounters, are also the cause of constant irritation. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z In Missouri bridges were burned at night, and men, women, and children upon railroad trains were precipitated into yawning gulfs by their neighbors! The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z That was bad enough, but on Monday, the coaches produced a film of a lineman opening a hole up the middle — “like a railroad train,” he said. Sports of The Times: Cosby?s Football Dream Interrupted by Reality 2010-12-04T19:52:00Z I grew up in railroad trains, hotels and theatres. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Popular hatred surpassed the limits of reason, and in spite of all attempts to save him, he was thrown out of a railroad train at the Mogilev station and killed. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. G. M. Then he was hustled through the window of the railroad train, out of Princeton, and definitely into the market-place. The Guarded Heights How it could stop an automobile engine or a railroad train was beyond his wildest imaginings. The Year When Stardust Fell It is curious enough, madam, that through a chance acquaintance on a railroad train, I learned all about the lady he married. Tony Butler The railroad trains brought the wounded into Havana, car after car; rumors of defeat filled the city; artillery was sent out; and the actual loss of the Spaniards, in killed and wounded, was surprisingly large. To Cuba and Back There may be any number of telephones listening in upon a railroad train wire at the same time, and often a dispatcher calls in five or six at once to give orders. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. If we watch a passing railroad train we shall notice a mass of fleecy white mist floating away from the smokestack, assuming the billowy forms of some of the clouds in summer. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. One fateful morning, while making his early rounds, the baker was run over and killed by a railroad train. John Marsh's Millions A railroad train that had been captured was run off a wrecked railroad bridge into the Holston River. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts She said he must be sure not to fall in the ocean, and he must keep out of the way of the railroad trains. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction On the railroad train, some time ago, I heard a man talking so loud that all the people in the car could hear him. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons In the State of Washington they seized a railroad train, had a vicious fight with deputy marshals, and it was necessary to call out the militia to subdue them. The Greater Republic A History of the United States And one time he seed the world and rid on a railroad train. Mothering on Perilous The Circle is a railroad train on a track with four stations. The Story of Chautauqua He was especially eager to look on a railroad train. The Book of Courage Bob Stevens never had had such a ride as that, even on a railroad train, but he declined to give in to his inclination to warn her to slow down. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds They blew up bridges and railroad trains with dynamite, regardless of the fact that, in so doing, it was the innocent instead of the guilty who suffered. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Then they went far more swiftly in railroad trains. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read But some interesting incidents had occurred on a railroad train, which he had undertaken to note down, with the view of reading to the club. The History and Records of the Elephant Club In these days of the electric light, the railroad train, and the telegraph that old way of living would not seem living at all. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read Acting under his suggestions, on the following day I got on the railroad train and came to Cleveland, where I arrived in the latter part of August. The Indian Captive A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of Matthew Brayton in his thirty-four years of captivity among the Indians of north-western America A railroad train in the hands of the insurgents could be seen in the distance and some natives were busily engaged in applying torches to the engine-house. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. On May 11, 1844, the Whig National Convention at Baltimore nominated Henry Clay for President, and the news was sent to Washington in all haste by the first railroad train. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read "Oh, a real tunnel, like railroad trains go through?" cried Ted. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds He was admitted here December 15, 1877, and was killed by a railroad train in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at about 3 o’clock p. m., Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record Yet those who have seen it only in those crowded, half-wilted bunches in the vegetable markets or in the hands of enterprising urchins on railroad trains know little of its perfect state. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. My mother," he said with no note of apology, "has never been to Louisville or traveled on a railroad train. The Portal of Dreams It draws railroad trains and drives street cars. Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior The sound travels almost as far as the jar of a coming railroad train on the steel rails. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure At least there are no mosquitoes that bite or sting, except down in the river valleys where they have been introduced by railroad trains—and even there they are but a feeble folk. Our Southern Highlanders It was a railroad train on the other side of a valley, but they did not reach the track. The Invaders Nashville, Tenn.—November 29, 1864, in command of the 14th, 16th and 44th Regiments U. S. C. I., I embarked on a railroad train at Chattanooga for Nashville. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War And Wheeler has certainly captured a railroad train in the rear of the enemy, containing a large sum of Federal money, and a number of officers. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital This conception of the elements of design covers all of the many things that mankind makes—buildings, or railroad trains, or sculpture, or paintings, or pottery, or furniture, or the printed page alike. Applied Design for Printers A Handbook of the Principles of Arrangement, with Brief Comment on the Periods of Design Which Have Most Strongly Influenced Printing Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #43 “What is it,” queried Ernest as they started homeward, “about a railroad train that makes one so crazy to go along?” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John They got into Salonika early afternoon of the next day, after many hours upon an antique railroad train that puffed and grunted and groaned among interminable mountains. The Invaders At our dismal halt in the woods, while waiting for the railroad train, among our other spectators was a woman on horseback. Records of Later Life “Then he must be heading for a railroad train!” exclaimed Dave, quickly. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune As Sunday is the only day that the laboring man can escape from the cities, to stop the street-cars, omnibuses and railroad trains would indeed be a lamentable exercise of arbitrary authority. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The charge against him was that he had been connected with some Mexicans in the robbery of a railroad train, but of which he declared himself entirely innocent. Aztec Land The roar we heard was like that of a heavy railroad train passing at no great distance on a still night. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail The post of baggage master on a railroad train is not an enviable one. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. When being transferred from Texas to the State in which his crimes had been committed, Ward Porton attempted to make his escape by leaping from a rapidly moving railroad train. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune It is reported that locks for elevating railroad trains, from one level to another, are coming into successful use in France. Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements It is difficult to see why distinction here should be less odious than on the railroad train. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Now railroad trains, automobiles, and even aëroplanes go whizzing along over parts of the old highway. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail He's on a railroad train by now, goin' home to Cincinnati. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories A railroad train is advertised to start at a certain hour. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors There are not only the paper cups provided on railroad trains and the cheap picnic plates and saucers, but some that are really pretty. Makers of Many Things On a railroad train I saw a well-dressed young Chilean raise the car window. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The next worst thing in the world is a railroad train. Continuous Vaudeville Where Napoleon marched a hundred thousand men along parallel roads, the modern general sends his millions on railroad trains. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers You were the very life of our camping party, and I’m sure riding in railroad trains is not half so strenuous as speeding forty miles an hour over country roads in an automobile. Dorothy's Triumph I was twenty miles from any railroad, and had never seen or heard of a railroad train. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements At a distance the braying of these sea-lions sounded like the rumbling of a railroad train. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California Listen to the playing of most young pupils and you will hear nothing but a kind of "railroad train" rhythm. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression The railroad trains kept thundering by us—long freights, dusty and indomitable, bringing their loads from the Missouri River almost seven hundred miles in the east. Desert Dust I’m so tired of railroad trains, I don’t care to see another for months.” Dorothy's Triumph With their pockets filled with fleems they rode on all the railroad trains of the Potato Bug Country. Rootabaga Stories "Gee, that railroad train's whistle sounds good," said Tom, a few minutes later. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed "You can travel from New York to San Francisco in a railroad train with safety." Successful Stock Speculation You'll excuse me, Captain, but you remind me a little of the dog that chased the railroad train. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods I said I am tired of railroad trains, but I’ve changed my mind; I am perfectly willing to ride as far as the South Mountains and return.” Dorothy's Triumph The whistles and the wheels of railroad trains were music to them. Rootabaga Stories “Gee!” says I. “Why didn’t you buy a private railroad train while you was about it, Pinckney?” Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe And yet accidents do occur and people do lose their lives in elevators, steamships, and railroad trains. Successful Stock Speculation Who do you ’low he went with on the railroad train? Judith of the Cumberlands There was a tin railroad train running round and round the room all by itself making a bangy noise. Fairy Prince and Other Stories It was a railroad train, the Golden Spike Limited, the fastest long distance train in the Rootabaga Country. Rootabaga Stories In the direction we have now specially in mind, there are at least twenty railroad trains which daily stop at convenient stations, between the early morning and ten o'clock at night. Woodward's Country Homes We also came across railroad trains that had been hit as they were proceeding, and so badly crippled that they had to be abandoned by the enemy, later to be captured by us. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France They was a little somebody on the railroad train waitin’ to go on with him—after he’d done kissed you good-bye—and left you!” Judith of the Cumberlands I was fortunate enough to save a railroad train from destruction, and this is the money the passengers raised for me. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia Fair voyagers will thank you much more if you send fruit, sweets, or books, as flowers on shipboard or railroad trains are nuisances. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men “I only wanted to tell him to watch out for railroad trains.” Patty's Summer Days The railroad trains in the yards were French, and entirely different from those of this country. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France At least, it would be as easy for me to keep in touch with civilization as if I had a railroad train at my disposal,” declared Colonel Howell springing to his feet. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland In spite of a discolored eye and a wrinkled neckband, he was not difficult to identify as their friend of the railroad train. The Secret Witness They fly very high, and faster than our railroad trains can go. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Not a bird of them all seemed to move, and yet with the rush of a railroad train each individual grew in size like magic. The Adventures of Bobby Orde As they rode, the bushes seemed to fly by as they do when you look from a railroad train and Jo was afraid lest his horse would be unable to keep the pace indefinitely. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power A meteor hitting the Platform will telescope on itself like the cars of a railroad train that hits another at full speed.” Space Platform But when we received yesterday confirmation of his being finally defeated by our troops, and the capture of his railroad train twelve miles in length, they forbid further mention of the subject. A Confederate Girl's Diary Just after us on that film came a railroad train that had been wrecked. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike But I’ve been sleighing faster than any of you boys have traveled, unless it was on a railroad train, and over the roughest sort of a track, too.” Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Sept. 4th.—Came through Bohemia by the first railroad train from Vienna to Prague, where I remained two days. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The Rude Train Last week, Tuesday, gentle Jane Met a passing railroad train; "Ah, good afternoon," she said; But the train just cut her dead. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) There was the far-off sound of a whistle, deadened by the heavy intervening vegetation; presently there puffed into view one of the railroad trains, still new upon this region. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Bill heard of it, and literally made all of them jump off the railroad train where he met them. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado They appeared 242to be moving with the velocity of a railroad train. The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa From thence he went to Absequoit, And there—quite tired of Maine— He sought the mountains of Vermont, Upon a railroad train. The Book of Humorous Verse Doctor Albertson, an electrical engineer of the Royal University of Denmark, has an invention for a railroad train without wheels to make a speed of three hundred miles an hour. The Life Radiant And people laughed about the steamboat, I remember, and the idea of railroad trains drawn by an engine. A Little Girl of Long Ago Old Jack and I traveled North during the summer season, playing the boats and railroad trains. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi She thought she was riding in a strange new railroad train with David’s arm about her and Harry Temple running along at his very best pace to try to catch them, but he could not. Marcia Schuyler Uncle George said that it was an excellent plan to go there, for then, if we got tired of the canal boat in going, we could come home by a railroad train. Rollo in Holland By the new improvements in the intensifier, it is expected to enable all, except the stone-deaf, to enjoy the phonograph, even when connected, as on railroad trains, with a common telephonic wire. With The Eyes Shut 1898 Why is a railroad train like a bedbug? The New Pun Book "Wasn't he the one who tried sails on a railroad train?" inquired Steve, noting with pleasure the familiar name. Steve and the Steam Engine Banks an' railroad trains looks better to me! Prairie Flowers He visited every county in the state, often made four or five speeches in a day, and kept special railroad trains in motion all the while, carrying him from place to place. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. "Why, if it isn't our friend from the railroad train!" remarked Jack, with a smile. The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods No living being on a railroad train, by any known or unknown art, could cut and reseal a registered package envelope as artistically as these had been cut and resealed. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie "And it was this log cabin on wheels that gave Stephenson his inspiration for a railroad train!" gasped Doris. Steve and the Steam Engine Banks an' railroad trains looks better to them. Prairie Flowers Seven hundred prisoners were captured, beside two railroad trains, a twelve pound gun and many small arms. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 He had never, so far as he knew, taken more than a short ride in a railroad train. The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Then he would have to help the other elephants push the heavy wagons up on the railroad trains. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures Was it not like the railroad trains used in England? Steve and the Steam Engine As for the rest, they are assigned, babies, nurses, sheep, rattles, and railroad trains, to their separate measles, scarlet fever, and diphtheria lawns or wards, and there must be content to stay. Children of the Tenements Relieve all garrisons in blockhouses and send back by railroad trains last over the road. Forty-Six Years in the Army "I wonder how everyone knows I'm a tenderfoot when it comes to traveling on railroad trains?" The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Many signs seen from the rapidly moving window of a street-car or railroad train carry only the name of the product attractively displayed, with a command to use it. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School But the swordfish was still traveling like a railroad train, in short rushes, however, here and there. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries One of the railroad trains, drawn by a glorious tin engine, with the name "Union" painted on the cab, is making across the stoop for the little boy with the whooping-cough in the next building. Children of the Tenements It must have been midnight and past when Paul was awakened by what he thought was the rush and roar of a railroad train. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain Luckily for Morgan, railroad trains did not get under way as quickly in those days of hand brakes and small engines as now. Trail's End Some of the very large shells are called "Grandmothers" or "railroad trains." The Emma Gees On land, a railroad train in Virginia had been wrecked, struck apparently by a greenish ray. The White Invaders It was the hour of departure for one of the railroad trains. The Argonauts In the railroad trains in both England and France appears the following:— Be Silent! A Journey Through France in War Time The last I remember is being in a railroad train on my way from San Francisco to visit relatives in Seattle. The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm It would take four days and nights of riding in railroad trains, but I am not going to tell you all that happened on the trip. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's In New York, every steamship, airplane and railroad train was crowded with departing people. The White Invaders Getting in the way of railroad trains is dangerous. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South "What do you think of the German railroad trains?" Europe After 8:15 At the start we went at the rate of twenty miles an hour, which is a little less than the average speed of a railroad train. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It matters little whether a railroad train is thrown from the track by a frozen drop of rain or a huge bowlder lying in the way, the result is the same, the injuries as great. Plain Facts for Old and Young About five minutes after it began a hoarse whistle, increasing to a roar like that of a railroad train, passed overhead. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Bunny and Sue were delighted to ride in railroad trains and look out at the scenery, but they were also glad to get out once in a while, to "stretch their legs," as Bunny said. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South The railroad conductor announced his decision that the railroad train should proceed no farther. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Misfortune befel her in the death of her husband, who was accidentally killed upon a railroad train. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City "It's just like a sleeping car on the railroad train," said Sue. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm "Gee, I do hate railroad trains—railroad trains and homework." Tom Slade at Temple Camp I had no means of knowing—what I learned later—that he was making a swift calculation upon the arriving and departing hours of certain railroad trains. Branded Ever since I have been allowed alone on a railroad train, the Y. W. C. A. has been preached to me as a perfectly safe place to ask advice in case of being stranded in a strange city. The Fifth Wheel A Novel I see the picture of that lonely railroad train whooping ties across the prairie. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Don't bother me none, though, and sometimes it's a real comfort; 'specially when a landslide carries ye down the side of a mounting like a railroad train, like I had happen to me. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain We don't want to go near railroad trains—and things like that. Tom Slade at Temple Camp Hardly had he had time to observe all this before the boat, without the slightest warning, shot out into daylight, very much as a railroad train emerges from a tunnel. The Border Boys Across the Frontier As a general rule, in distinction from such an exception, memory is like one of those passes which the conductors of railroad trains give their passengers, "good for this trip only." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It had disturbed him tremendously, and he had spent the long hours on the railroad train upbraiding himself for his neglect of his ward. Red-Robin But it was several miles, and we covered it at pretty nearly the speed of a railroad train. Caves of Terror Can't name de 'zact year but my ma say, no stork bird never fetch me but de fust railroad train dat come up de railroad track, when they built de line, fetched me. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Take the railroad train, for example, which stands to most of us for convenience combined with a certain measure of discomfort. The Mayor of Warwick In fact, the due process clause does not prohibit a State from excluding from the jury certain occupational groups such as lawyers, preachers, doctors, dentists, and enginemen and firemen of railroad trains. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 It is but a few miles above the ferry at the Point of Rocks, and is unknown to the thousands of persons who are whirled past there every year in the railroad trains. Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches An outburst of screaming shells overhead that became a continuous, roaring sweep like that of a number of endless railroad trains in the air signified that the guns which had been idle were all speaking. My Second Year of the War On the way he recalled the first railroad train that passed through Burke County. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 He inherited some of his poetic faculty from his grandfather, a clergyman who wrote several hymns, and it is told of Horatius that hymns used to “come to” him while riding on railroad trains. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes He came to feel unclean, as people used to feel when they traveled for days on end on railroad trains. Operation: Outer Space "The railroad train whizzed very fast, But they landed him safely at last; And through future years He related, with tears, The dangers through which he had passed." Marjorie at Seacote The night was full of cries of insistent life and growth, of birds and insects, of calls of children, and now and then the far-away roar of railroad trains. The Portion of Labor On the way he recalled the first railroad train that passed through Burke County. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 "I brought my railroad train," announced Carleton Marsh, the next morning. Sunny Boy and His Playmates What is it folks say when they don't go on a railroad train, and there's an accident, and everybody that did go is killed. The Debtor A Novel To go back to where we left her, in the railroad train, she had fallen asleep from utter exhaustion of nerve and body. Marjorie at Seacote After dinner were to be the speeches and readings, which must be concluded in season for the out-of-town celebrities to take the Grover stage-coach to connect with the railroad train. The Jamesons The six little Bunkers, with their father and mother, had taken the railroad train about nine o'clock in the morning, and they would reach Tarrington, in New York State, about five in the evening. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's For many years such a device dropped from the rear of the railroad train has kept the following train at a safe distance. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization On they went, growing like mad, a mile a minute, faster than any railroad train. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 But here is what I saw on that railroad train: five children, the oldest a girl of ten, and the youngest a baby boy of three. The Mintage Now that automobiles are as plenty as black-berries the railroad train can be ignored. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Will you engage to get him safely out of Colina on a railroad train? The Black Pearl The shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Signe Dahl sat in the little coupe of the railroad train which was carrying her to Christiania. Added Upon A Story The bull that charges my railroad train must take his chance. Destiny It was rather a strange way of making a journey, but it suited the Browns, and they preferred their big automobile to any railroad train they could have had. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour The report takes up separately three types of workers, those employed in railroad train service, those engaged in wagon or automobile transportation, and the car service employees of the street railroad. Wage Earning and Education Since then my life has been in cities and on railroad trains between the oceans. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures The steam engine as seen on our railroad trains is very complex, and cannot be discussed here; in principle, however, it is identical with that just described. General Science You are like a good many others, Blenkinsop; you see red when you hear the noise of a railroad train. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush He would see railroad trains on the earth rushing to and fro. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity "Well!" exclaimed the panting Herbert Watrous, "I can't say I see much fun in this; it's too much like chasing a railroad train." Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 Finally, poor fellow, a railroad train ran over him and both feet had to be amputated at the ankles. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures On Sunday night, April 2, Jefferson Davis, with his cabinet and their more important papers, hurriedly left the doomed city on one of the crowded and overloaded railroad trains. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Twenty miles of musing to the rhythmic throbbings of a railroad train, who does not know how it can shape and deepen and confirm whatever one has started with in mind or heart? The Other Girls The first railroad train from Baltimore carried passengers who were eager to tell the tidings to their Washington friends. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality On the following morning, at seven, we took the railroad train, and at five at night had reached Tehuantepec, and were pleasantly located in our old hotel, the Europa. In Indian Mexico (1908) Though I have traveled close to a million miles behind the iron horse I cannot ride backwards on a railroad train. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures "But maybe I sha'n't ever be on a railroad train when there is going to be an accident!" Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors In 1880 the claimant stated the cause of his disability was an injury to his arm while expelling a soldier from a railroad train at Augusta, Me., he acting as provost guard at the time. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term I was surprised to find railroad trains clean and punctual. Germany, The Next Republic? The fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first railroad train in Kansas City was commemorated in a special feature story in the Kansas City Star, published the day before the anniversary. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers A young negro, who craved a ride on a railroad train but had no money, crept under the baggage car and fixed himself on the truck. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures My family accompanied me to the railroad train, and my thought was should we ever meet again? T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him The man of whom it is told was travelling in a railroad train when he leaned forward confidentially to the man in the next seat: "Excuse me, sir," he said. Best Short Stories And now commenced my apprenticeship to running a Secession railroad train, with a Rebel regiment on board. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South Conceive two railroad trains to pass each other, running in opposite directions, the engine bells of both trains ringing. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. It would take a railroad train almost eight years to go from one end to the other, running forty miles an hour all the time. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 I heard the news first on the railroad train at Williamstown, Mass., where the President was expected in three or four days. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Of course, it is easy enough, if you have a little money in your stocking, to cut any kind of hard knot and go off on a railroad train, leaving the ravelings behind you. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance Reader, the next time I run a railroad train in such circumstances, may you be there to see it. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South It was not really much, for by this time the twins had traveled so often that a railroad train was an old story to them. The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City All present were trying to imagine how Heart's Desire would seem with a railroad train each day. Heart's Desire Mr. Hendricks never got aboard that railroad train so popular with political aspirants. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him As regards methods of transit other than ordinary railroad trains, I have to admit a certain general disappointment in the United States. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Perhaps at the time when the person first feels distress, he is on a railroad train. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy It was late in the afternoon when, after a change of cars, the Bobbsey family got aboard a Pennsylvania railroad train that took them over the New Jersey meadows. The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City "My friend Tom Osby used those very words this morning, when he heard the whistle of your esteemed railroad train." Heart's Desire The shaking sensation experienced in wagons and railroad trains exerts such a fascinating influence on older children, that all boys, at least at one time in their lives, want to become conductors and drivers. Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex A railroad train wants to run right through the middle of all their dead people and Sallie started the crying. The Tinder-Box I ran away that time to see a—railroad train! The Man Thou Gavest If you are on a railroad train, and stop at the depot, and a boy comes in with a telegram, all the passengers lean forward and wonder if it is for them. Around The Tea-Table When abreast of them, it sounded like a railroad train on a distant trestle. A Daughter of the Snows Clearwell was quite a large place, and the station, where the two different railroad trains came in, was a big one. Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's "To have railroad trains running by Greenwood at all will be disturbing to the peace of the dead," snorted Mrs. Hargrove. The Tinder-Box “Would you, though, sonny?” said Sid, laughing till his mouth opened wide enough for a railroad train to pass in. The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion It swept down the walled gorge like a railroad train making up lost time. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West And now he felt more important than ever, because he thought he had found a way to tease a railroad train. The Tale of Old Mr. Crow On A Railroad Train On a railroad train you should be careful not to assail the nostrils of fellow passengers with strong odors of any kind. Etiquette In the face of indifference, skepticism, and active opposition, which brought about discouraging delays, the road was built, and the first railroad train entered Pittsfield May 4, 1841. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 Heavy rain had accompanied the first of the storm, but this soon ceased, and a steady roar of wind through the palmettos sounded like a railroad train passing over a long trestle. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf On the morning following the speech he met Lincoln on a railroad train, and entered into conversation with him. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him He had set his Western railroad trains rolling, and was just returned to town. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 "Abroad is good but home is better," quoted Birger, as the railroad train whizzed across the country, bearing the twins toward home once more after four happy days of sight-seeing in Göteborg. Gerda in Sweden The lion and the tiger and the little wild pigs of South America who will charge a railroad train are brave. The Last Shot The thing a man does in America, of course, when he gets into a railroad train is to light a cigar and begin talking to the fellow next to him. Walking-Stick Papers William T. Gleason dropped dead in the railroad station, Salt Lake City, as he stepped from a railroad train, at the age of forty. Keeping Fit All the Way There are few better places than a railroad train for building stories; the rhythmic click of the wheels past the fish-plates makes your thoughts march as a drum urges a column of soldiers. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: in Mizzoura The race was narrowing to a close, a personal consultation was urged, and I hastened north as fast as a relay of horses and railroad trains could carry me. Reed Anthony, Cowman Really, All the Same As the railroad train was stopping an old lady, not accustomed to traveling, hailed the passing conductor and asked: "Conductor, what door shall I get out by?" Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal What must he not have endured from the persecutions of small-minded worshippers who fastened upon him for the interminable period between the incoming and the outgoing railroad train! Ralph Waldo Emerson It requires courage to drive the locomotive of a railroad train at a speed of eighty miles an hour, but it also requires caution, prudence, watchfulness, and even apprehension. Analyzing Character These here gals are from a railroad train that's snowed under down there in the cut. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways So with us it is a case of catching those imitation railroad trains at all sorts of hours and commute to beat the band. You Can Search Me "How did you like our railroad trains?" his host asked him. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations We cart hear the rumbling of railroad trains, directly in front but far away. Who Goes There? First to claim attention was the Queen Elizabeth, with her eight fifteen-inch guns on a platform which could travel at nearly the speed of the average railroad train. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Meanwhile, about midnight of Sunday, they detained the railroad train three hours, but finally allowed it to proceed. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 For the first time, a railroad train filled with passengers was to be drawn from Nürnberg to Furth by the invisible power of the steam horse. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Up in Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a cow killed by a railroad train. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations This was in reality the first example of railroad trains moved by telegraph signals, a practice now so common and universal as to attract no comment. Edison, His Life and Inventions He had hobbled away, reached a railroad train, and got on board. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form The delegates leaving Chicago on the various homeward-bound railroad trains that night, saw that already the enthusiasm of the convention was transferred from the wigwam to the country. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 All that ever was said of it was that it was "A book to read on railroad trains and in a hammock." Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis To cope with winds and waves, railroad trains, and bar-rooms, one must use judgment. John Barleycorn Father told him Leon was restless, but so exhausted a railroad train wouldn't waken him, so Mr. Pryor came in and went to the couch. Laddie; a true blue story Events were moving with the speed which had been foreseen with myriads of soldiers ready to be thrown into battle by the quick march of the railroad trains. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form The people he is speaking to to-night he has probably come across in a railroad train or an American bar. An Amiable Charlatan I am on the seventh floor without a bathroom or electric button—I merely made remarks and then returned to town in a railroad train which runs conveniently near. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis The rapid stopping of railroad trains, when necessary, by means of brakes, is a problem which has long occupied the attention of many engineers; and the mechanical solutions offered have been correspondingly numerous. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 This is what I have seen and heard since a common, puffing railroad train brought me from the West and set me down in the land of miracles. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Then a railroad train seemed to have jumped the track and started to fly. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form But as a railroad employee he was far too familiar with the love that vaunts itself on all railroad trains to feel that he was an intruder. A Modern Instance For two or three days they would have been hastening about the globe in steamships and railroad trains, and only yesterday would they have come upon the magical possibilities of electricity. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform At a certain hour of every morning, the "L" railroad trains are as densely packed as our Metropolitan trains on Boat-Race Day. America To-day, Observations and Reflections Mr Irving had met Berene on a railroad train, and had conceived one of those sudden and intense passions with which a woman with a past often inspires an innocent and unworldly young man. An Ambitious Man German officers put a man on a railroad train and he detrained near the front. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form From his workshop came the soft purr of rapidly moving machinery, punctuated now and again by the roar of the heavy railroad trains that thundered past his little flag station. L.P.M. : the end of the Great War "When you stand by the shore of a swift river like this, or near a railroad train when it comes whirling by, don't you ever have a morbid impulse to fling yourself forward?" Indian Summer The flora and fauna of a country, as seen from railroad trains and carriages, are not likely to be very accurately or exhaustively studied. Our Hundred Days in Europe The sudden shower became lyrical to his mood as a railroad train clicks to the mood of the passenger. We Can't Have Everything Strangers spoke to me on railroad trains, thanking me and telling me of cases. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft The trip west on the railroad train jolted Elsie out of herself. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories I see that this worm is a railroad train. Over the Pass "Well, if you want to dress up in your best fixin's and stew all day in a railroad train—" "I don't!" rejoined Jot, hastily. Three Young Knights A late eminent American sculptor, a man of undoubted courage, is said to have always taken the rear car in a railroad train. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 It has been said repeatedly that a man is safer in a railroad train than on the streets. 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 A man who was tapping with a hammer the wheels of a railroad train remarked that he had been at the job for twenty-seven years. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration The animal tent had already been taken down and the animals themselves were being loaded on the railroad train. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record The most of the bridges had been burned, by the troops, and there were no regular railroad trains. Thirty Years a Slave Where were the sand ridges cast up by the lake, rush by the burdened railroad trains. The Wolf's Long Howl There we'll put them aboard a railroad train of empty cars. The Desert of Wheat "They'll go almost as fast as a railroad train, Uncle Pros," she told him, "but we must get there as soon as we can." The Power and the Glory The hold-up of railroad trains is now of frequent occurrence, and is not confined to the unsettled sections of the country. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution No railroad trains would pass through until next day. Old Caravan Days Long before he reached the place he was able to make the juncture of the two rivers his landmark, and the ship pointed her course as straight as a railroad train. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure Further yet was a railroad train lighted and flying across the trestle bridge. Observations of a Retired Veteran Have you never heard of James Dudley, the man who owns all of those big mines in South America, the man who—" "Who owns the yachts and automobiles and—and the railroad trains? The Purple Parasol A few days before I had stood upon the side of a hill near the track, and had seen for the first time a railroad train on its way from Boston to Worcester. Personal Experience of a Physician There was the far-off sound of a whistle, deadened by the heavy intervening vegetation; and presently, there puffed into view one of the railroad trains still new upon this region. The Law of the Land Her cutting scissors seemed instinct with life, and one would get out of their way as naturally as from a railroad train. What Can She Do? A railroad train rushes out of a bank of white wool and into another, in complete silence. Observations of a Retired Veteran Fossingford was so small and unsophisticated that the arrival of a telegraphic message that did not relate to the movement of railroad trains was an "occasion." The Purple Parasol They found themselves on the platform of a small station—a station that looked more like a shanty in the woods than a place for railroad trains to stop. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West They already had a black cat, named Snoop, but one day, when the twins, with their father and mother, were on a railroad train, something happened, and Snoop was lost. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat A great train was coming, down from the Northern seas; not a railroad train, but a water train, sweeping on like a river in the sea. The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children And keep me informed whether railroad trains, camions, or cavalry come out. In Secret There was a picture of a man falling in the water, and another of a railroad train. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue They had been in dining cars on railroad trains before, and so they knew pretty nearly what to do. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West It takes a great many railroad trains to clear out a hospital wherein six thousand wounded men are jammed. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me The Bobbsey twins had been to so many places, and had so often ridden in railroad trains, that this first part of their trip—journeying in the steam cars—was nothing new to them. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington I might be run over by a railroad train or a trolley car, or any one of a thousand things might happen to me. Old Rose and Silver Her parents were coming east with her on a railroad train, which runs over about the same ground that we were on at the time I was there with Col. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West There seemed to be even more noises than on the railroad train, where the motion of the cars, and the clickety-click of the wheels, appears to sing a sort of slumber song. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West And it seemed to have no more effect on him than a pea-shooter has on a railroad train! The Ivory Trail It was the first time either had ever seen a railroad train, and the lad, with a sickly smile that even he had shared the old nag's terror, got her back into the road. The Heart of the Hills Such a wild company is not often met with on a railroad train. What Katy Did at School Another picture shows the railroad station at Oak Run, with old Ricks in it, and still another ought to show the railroad train with Sam and me on the back platform. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds My railroad train gets in a wreck right near Lakeport, where I want to get off, and first I know I run into Mr. Bobbsey's children! The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West Try the experiment "They are trying the experiment of running railroad trains by electricity." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Here was the place where he and the old mare had seen for the first time a railroad train. The Heart of the Hills A robber had held up a railroad train. Revolution, and Other Essays From seventy-eight to eighty-nine acres were harvested for each crop, with the exception of 1902, when all but about twenty acres was fired by sparks from the passing railroad train. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall Conductors of railroad trains may arrest any persons who violate the peace on their trains, and keep such persons in custody until they can be given over to the proper authorities for trial. Civil Government of Virginia As applied to a stopping place for railroad trains the 44 English word station is greatly to be preferred to the French word depot, and is rapidly coming into general use in this country. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Yes, my son, he captured one of our railroad trains on its way to New York, and all the passengers in it. Siege of Washington, D.C., written expressly for little people Conceded that we overheat our houses and our railroad trains and our hotel lobbies in America, nevertheless we do heat them. Europe Revised But I didn't come on a railroad train. Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies I can best compare the operation of your God-like and his votaries, to the action of a locomotive with its railroad train. The Monikins "I had a purpose, all right; but it was not to blow up a railroad train." Tish Even then a few farsighted men could foresee the day when the railroad train would cross the plains and the Rockies and link the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states The ship's speed, at times, surpassed that of any railroad train on which I have ever ridden, even here in America. The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world The first of these was the "Full Crew bill," which required adequate manning of railroad trains. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 Here the newspapers are like the railroad trains, which carry everything that comes to the station, and have only the religion of punctuality. The Point of View The following exchange of correspondence occurred after a prize bull on the Durham farm near Russellville was struck by a railroad train. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' Brown tried to seize him as he passed, but he might as well have seized a railroad train. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights It's not a railroad train we're going to take, but a water train that comes all the way from the Northern seas, sweeping on like a river in the sea. The Iceberg Express The gentleman with the drooping, cream-separator mustache was at perfect liberty to use the common drinking cup on the railroad train. Speaking of Operations A man is a man, regardless of any complications he may have with sheep or railroad trains. Options The railroad trains, the public buildings, the rivers, all the notable places seemed to lie on the wrong side. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Our railroad trains, steamships, and printing presses preserve a likeness more apparent than actual. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business In this public sleeping room they had done what one does to secure a seat in a railroad train. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains I was like the old man who had never seen a railroad train. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it In some cases this spot remains soft throughout life, and these persons grow up and go through railroad trains in presidential years taking straw votes. Cobb's Anatomy He was very glad, however, to get away from the dust and monotony of the railroad train. The Riverman I watched them starting out, the men, glad of the release from the railroad train, their guns on their shoulders, stepping off in military style and in good form. Vanished Arizona |
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