Though the railroad was still more useful for transportation of freight, passenger traffic was also growing.

Though the efforts ultimately failed, the PIN Railroad served an important function as a “ farm-to-market ” railroad until 1940, and then as a timber railroad for local timber outfits.

Though the railroad ceased operating in 1939, Leadore has remained the largest town in the immediate area.

Though the railroads connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a heritage railway by the Nevada Northern Railway and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely.

Though most of the remnants of the old railroad infrastructure are gone, the Santa Fe, now BNSF, freight line still runs through the same course.

Though never again the railroad boomtown of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the community enjoyed a growth spurt in the 1950s and 1980s, celebrating its centennial in 1987.

Though the reservation was the property of town citizens, the plat allowed the railroad to place buildings on the parkland, including the depot that would become the lifeblood of the town over the next few decades.

Though most Valley residents were farmers or orchardists, canneries, brickyards, railroad maintenance facilities and lumber mills provided jobs for many.

Though a railroad had been built there, this road was removed around 1950 ; it is now part of the famous circle network in Belgian Limburg.

Though having a nearly 2, 400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railroad from Hanoi was built.

Though the granite soon proved too unforgiving and expensive for track, most of the B & O's monumental bridges have survived to this day, and many are still in active railroad use by CSX.

Though this segment of rail line along the Tongue was limited, from 1900 to 1940 coal was shipped by the railroad from underground coal mines located in the Tongue River valley, along this stretch of track.

Though the Burlington did not parallel the Great Northern or the Northern Pacific, it would give them a powerful railroad in the central West.

Though the use of railroad is prime in U. S. practice as described above, there are notable exceptions.

Though once a thriving community, Booneville eventually saw a decline in population with reduced use of the local railroad as well as urban sprawl.

Though an accomplished orator, Clarke's work as a railroad attorney, his opposition to Bryan's presidential candidacy seven years before, and his own personal limitations all contributed to his failure to upset his Republican rival, Mark Hanna, who won the balloting in the Ohio General Assembly by 115 votes to 25 for Clarke.

Though all gandy dancers sang railroad songs, it may be that black gandy dancers, with a long tradition of using song to coordinate work, were unique in their use of task-related work chants.

Though Short Hills has its own railroad station and post-office branch, it does not have an independent government.

Though it is often said that the development of lobotomy was inspired by the case of Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who had an iron bar driven through his frontal lobe ( s ) in 1848, the evidence is against this.

Though its corporate management resided in Philadelphia, the motive power propelling the railroad emanated from Reading, roughly northwest of the larger city, where a engineering / production shop complex sat adjacent to the downtown.

Though the SD & A line ended in Seeley, trackage rights gave the railroad the ability to run trains as far east as El Centro and as far south as Calexico.

Though private concerns such as the Nuremberg-Fürth railroad were superseded by government railroad companies in the 1840s, the government companies copied many of the private companies ' methods and organizational structures.

Though conditions have improved somewhat over the past few years, the Khadem are still stereotyped by mainstream Yemenese society, considering them lowly, dirty, ill-mannered, immoral and untouchables.

Vincent Canby of the New York Times was similarly unimpressed :" Though special-effects experts in Japan and around the world have vastly improved their craft in the last 30 years, you wouldn't know it from this film.

Though a simple battering ram had come into use in the previous millennium, the Assyrians improved siege warfare and used huge wooden tower-shaped battering rams with archers positioned on top.

Though a variety of explanations have been proposed for human hairlessness, the best-supported theory involves improved cooling through perspiration ; while fur helps cool inactive animals, hairless skin that sweats vigorously is much better at cooling humans who generate body heat through activity.

Though it returned rather poor pictures by later standards, the historic, never-before-seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created after image processing improved the pictures.

Though the Russians claim to have improved their operations, they continue to use the same borehole, which has already been filled with kerosene.

Though biosolids have the potential to improve soils and lead to improved tree growth barriers to adoption include regulation and inertia.

Though much of the 20 years between the discontinuation of the 1000F and the introduction of the 2000FC was spent designing an improved focal plane shutter, the 2000-series again used corrugated metal foil as material for the shutter curtains, though now titanium replaced the original stainless steel.

Though the show finished last in the ratings in the first season, it was well received by critics and ratings slowly but surely improved in 1983 and by 1986, Cheers was one of the top ten shows on TV.

Though much improved, pollution is still a problem, and after once enjoying a worldwide reputation for oysters and supporting a vigorous fishing industry the area has been closed to shellfishing since the early 20th century as one result.

Though conditions have improved recently under the Favela-Bairro Project, Mata Machado still contributes to environmental degradation in the forest.

Though its lineage was of the past-generation GeForce 2, the GeForce4 MX did incorporate bandwidth and fill rate-saving techniques, dual-monitor support, and a multi-sampling anti-aliasing unit from the Ti series ; the improved 128-bit DDR memory controller was crucial to solving the bandwidth limitations that plagued the GeForce 256 and GeForce 2 lines.

Though, his performances improved in the five ODIs starting soon after against the West Indies.

Though the trailer reflected a game that was very early in development and character models ultimately improved upon release, character models retained some aspects of the disproportionate, bulky bodies, enlarged hands and " stiff " animation for the majority of the series ' 3D entries.

Though long-horned oxen were already predominant in Craven in the 16th and 17th centuries, the English Longhorn breed was much improved for beef by Robert Bakewell of Dishley.

*. Mac syncing — Though this is not a new feature,. Mac syncing in Tiger is much improved over Panther.

Though the team's overall play somewhat improved, it was enough to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

Though a simple battering ram had come into use in the previous millennium, the Assyrians improved siege warfare.

Though its use of 3D polygonal graphics was predated by arcade rivals Namco ( Winning Run in 1988 ) and Atari ( Hard Drivin ' in 1989 ), Virtua Racing had vastly improved visuals in terms of polygon count, frame rate, and overall scene complexity, which all contributed to a greater sense of immersion.

* Though the intellect remains unimpaired and though perception is enormously improved, the will suffers a profound change for the worse.

Though the improved framework fails to distinguish between " nutraceuticals " and " dietary supplements ".

Though animal welfare is perceived to have improved significantly over the last few decades, many animal rights and welfare groups still consider keeping dolphins captive to be a form of animal abuse.

Though animal welfare is perceived to have improved significantly over the last few decades, many animal rights and welfare groups such as the WSPA still consider keeping dolphins at dolphinariums a form of animal abuse.

( Though their relationship had improved prior to the marriage ).