In China it was a baby sitting on a railroad platform, smudged, blood-specked, with the village burning about him and shells exploding.

Our comment was that this was `` featherbedding '' in its ultimate form and that sympathy for the railroad was misplaced since it had entered into such an agreement.

The statement was also made that undoubtedly the railroad had received some compensating benefit from the telegraphers, but that it was difficult to imagine what could balance a job for life.

Additional information supplied to us discloses that the railroad gained a stabilized supply of telegraphers of which it was in need.

The solution reached in the agreement was more acceptable to the railroad than that originally included in a series of union demands.

`` Remember the French railroad baron who was going to take me floating down the Nile ''??

Ludie hopped rides on freight cars, and was chased by Mr. Yankton, the railroad guard.

The logic of creating a strong, balanced, competitive two-system railroad service in the East is so obvious that B. & O. was publicly committed to the approach outlined here.

This was extended the following year to include the railroad station agent's office and Thayer's Hotel at Factory Point.

The `` leapfrog '' was a phenomenon of the railroad and the steam turbine, and the time when the belts of residence surrounding the old factory area were not yet blighted.

Vermont's main railroad line was prostrate.

Often, threading through the overcast, he was forced to fly close to the ground by a low ceiling, skimming above the Winooski or the White River along the line of the broken railroad.

Lincoln successfully argued that the railroad company was not bound by its original charter in existence at the time of Barret's pledge ; the charter was amended in the public interest to provide a newer, superior, and less expensive route, and the corporation retained the right to demand Barret's payment.

First catering to miners and railroad workers, they established eateries in towns where Chinese food was completely unknown.

Furthermore, Carnegie ’ s success was due to his convenient relationship with the railroad industries, which not only relied on steel for track, but were also making money from steel transport.

*" The Ballad of Casey Jones " is a traditional song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving.

While the tunnel was being built, the railroad operated to a temporary terminal at Pacific Street and Henry Street.

King was a major shareholder in the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later the Long Island Rail Road ) and therefore had a conflict of interest and stood to benefit by the compensation payments to the railroad from the tax assessment.

For years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were going to prove the permanent seat of business and wealth that belong to such enterprises.

Its arch, which was constructed from over of stone blocks in just 18 days, is the second largest stone arch in the world, surpassed only by the Friedensbrücke ( Syratalviadukt ) in Plauen, and the largest railroad stone arch.

They swept over the vastly unprepared 106th Infantry Division, overrunning two of its regiments who surrendered virtually intact, and finally capturing the key road and railroad network in St. Vith.

Kerch has a harbour on the Kerch Strait, which makes it a key to the Sea of Azov, several railroad terminals and a small airport.

During the American Civil War, because of the railroad network, Petersburg was key to Union plans to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond.

A statue of Hill stands near the Havre Amtrak station to commemorate the key contributions his railroad has made to Havre's and Montana's history.

The name of the city came from James W. Dillon, who was a key component in bringing a railroad through this area of the state, which led to development and formation of the County.

In the 1880s, the lumber industry experienced a boom, due largely to two key innovations — the band saw and the logging railroad.

A key to identifying the geographical area in which boogie-woogie originated is understanding the relationship of boogie-woogie music with the steam railroad, both in the sense of how the music might have been influenced by sounds associated with the arrival of steam locomotives as well as the cultural impact the sudden emergence of the railroad might have had on newly emancipated African Americans.

The 1980 Staggers Act, which deregulated the railroad industry, proved to be a key factor in bringing Conrail and the old PC assets back to life.

Railroad purchases are key to the game because an owner collects substantial fees from other players who ride his or her railroad during their movement.

This has practically positioned Inđija on the crossroads of two key Balkan railroad directions.

ESIC was most successful in having a railroad built to Eureka Springs, the key to making it accessible as an attractive tourist destination.

A crack People's Liberation Army unit of 100, 000 strong under the Communist general Lin Biao occupied a key railroad junction at Siping.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, also held a key position for the railroad.

The next morning the main body set out for their next objective, the New River bridge, a key point on the railroad, a few miles to the east.

General Wilson was ordered to conduct a cavalry raid that would destroy the tracks of the South Side and Richmond & Danville railroads, and to destroy the key R & D railroad bridge over the Staunton River.

Hooker assigned Stoneman a key role in which his Cavalry Corps would raid deeply into Robert E. Lee's rear areas and destroy vital railroad lines and supplies, distracting Lee from Hooker's main assaults.

It then reverts to the augmented dominant of the minor key in the word " time " in the line " Once I built a railroad, made it run / Made it race against time ," marking the end of prosperous times, and changing to a wistful mood.

Prior to the American Civil War, the city's access to the Canadian border made it a key stop along the underground railroad.

This key was a depot site during the railroad years, and was also the site of the well known Long Key Fishing Camp.

The raid targeted 4 key areas: the northwest corner of the city, the area south of the main railroad line, the area northwest of the main railroad station, and the area northeast of the third target.

With this in mind, his involvement in rail efforts was strong, for " he key issue before inland cities like Atlanta was transportation, and the railroad was the key to commercial prosperity.