The proposed C & O-B & O railroad would make it the hemisphere's second largest.

With the span of, the Solkan Bridge over the Soča River at Solkan in Slovenia is the second largest stone bridge in the world and the longest railroad stone bridge.

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.

It is the second busiest commuter railroad in North America ( only recently surpassed by its sister railroad, Metro-North ), serving about 81 million passengers each year.

The second section of Treblinka II ( lower camp ) was the receiving area where the railroad extended from the Treblinka station into the camp.

A second major railroad, the Dakar-Niger built from 1906 – 1923, linked Dakar to Bamako and consolidated the city's position at the head of France's West African empire.

In less than a year ( June 1867 ), the railroad was repossessed by the state of Missouri after Frémont was unable to pay the second installment on his purchase.

A north – south route crosses the county, and intersects with a second railroad line that connects Hartford City with communities to the west.

Although work constructing the railroad line began in the 1850s, it was not completed ( by connecting Fort Wayne to Muncie ) until 1870, and this delay caused it to be the second railroad to operate in Blackford County.

The " Dorsey Trailer Company " was constructed at the end of this railroad line, and this company manufactured the highway trailers that served on railroads and highways starting with the piggyback railroad or containerized cargo boom of the second half of the 20th century.

In 1879, the Southern Pacific Railroad was in the process of building a railroad line from Yuma to Tucson, and a second railroad line was to be built from Maricopaville, wrapping around the western edge of South Mountain into Phoenix.

A second railroad was laid through Hanford in 1897, which today is the main north-south line of the BNSF Railway through the San Joaquin Valley.

A second railroad ( Valdosta / Morven & Western RR ) came through Morven in the 1920s.

When the first charter of the town was secured by an attorney representing the railroad ( Middleton P. Barrow ), the name was changed to Cornelia in honor of his second wife ( and daughter of Confederate Major General Henry R. Jackson ), and so it has remained.

In 1869 the prospects of Dwight were improved when a second railroad was constructed linking Dwight with Streator, Illinois.

In 1879 a second railroad, the Kankakee and Southwestern, passed through the town and was given a right of way down Second Street.

The people of Forrest worked to attract a second railroad.

The railroad, the second one built in Madison County, passed through the center of town and was responsible for the growth of Bethalto.

Two other Cheney brothers, Jonathan H. Cheney and William H. Cheney-who was the second largest landowner in Cheney ’ s Grove Township-became members of the railroad ’ s Board of Directors.

Like many larger industrial cities, it has been severely affected by loss of jobs in the restructuring of the railroad industry and de-industrialization of the Rust Belt in the second half of the 20th century.

Watson ran up the ladder and stood for a second sucking in the cool air that smelled of mud and river weeds.

In 1839, Johnson entered the race for re-election to his House seat, initially as a Whig ; when another Whig entry arose, to enhance his position in the campaign, he ran as a Democrat and was elected to his second, non-consecutive term in the Tennessee House.

However, as the main cardo ran up the western hill, and the Temple Mount blocked the eastward route of the main decumanus, a second pair of main roads was added ; the secondary cardo ran down the Tyropoeon Valley, and the secondary decumanus ran just to the north of the temple mount.

However, Merkle, instead of advancing to second base, ran toward the clubhouse to avoid the spectators mobbing the field, which at that time was a common, acceptable practice.

This was their second, having also had one in 1996, which ran for two series on CBBC, The Children's Channel, and Fox Kids.

Bozizé won on the second run-off round on 8 May 2005, defeating Martin Ziguélé, who ran on the ticket of the MLPC, the former ruling party.

The PDP-1 was supplied standard with 4096 words of core memory, 18-bits per word, and ran at a basic speed of 100, 000 operations per second.

However, he allowed a replacement tanker truck to continue the refueling — and a third one after that, when the second ran dry.

In this, he ran into conflict with Heinrich Himmler, who was police chief of the second most powerful German state, Bavaria.

Pinafore ran in London for 571 performances, the second longest run of any musical theatre piece in history up to that time ( after the operetta Les cloches de Corneville ).

The project stalled due to difficulties in the work, corruption and other issues, and in 1888, ran out of money when it reached San Pedro Sula, resulting in its growth into the nation's main industrial center and second largest city.

In 1964 he created OU, one of the most notable reviews of the second half of the 20th century, and he ran it until 1974.

He ran for the party's Presidential nomination in 2000, finishing second to Ralph Nader.

While leading at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, he ran out of fuel at Clearways and Rindt passed him to take the win while Brabham coasted to the finish in second place.

Bakili Muluzi was re-elected to serve a second five-year term as President, despite an MCP-AFORD Alliance that ran a joint slate against the UDF.

In both elections the Communist candidate Ernst Thälmann did not withdraw and ran in the second round ; in 1925 this probably ensured the election of Paul von Hindenburg ( with only 48. 3 % of the vote ) rather that Wilhelm Marx the candidate of the centre parties.

With Milošević's second and last legal term as Serbian President expiring in 1997, he ran for, and was elected President of Yugoslavia in 1997.

The Patriots took the second quickest lead in Super Bowl history after linebacker Larry McGrew recovered a fumble from Walter Payton at the Chicago 19-yard line on the second play of the game ( the Bears themselves would break this record in Super Bowl XLI when Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown ).

Csonka then ran on second down for 16 yards, then Griese completed a six-yard pass to receiver Marlin Briscoe to the 21-yard line.

On the second play of the Patriots ensuing drive, Bledsoe completed a 32-yard screen pass to fullback Keith Byars and followed it up with a " dump-off " pass to running back Curtis Martin, who caught the ball near the line of scrimmage and ran 20 yards to the Packers 27-yard line before being tackled.

The Swans ' 23 point lead and apparent match-winning lead mid-way through the second quarter further fuels the rivalry between the two teams as the Roos ran out eventual 43 point winners.

He was second in command of the military ( behind his father ) and ran the elite Iraqi Republican Guard and the SSO.