Sentence examples for carried by train from inspiring English sources

Why is oil carried by train?On the face of it there would seem to be few reasons for delivering oil by rail.

The proposal is for a transfer station where at least 6,500 tons a day of New York City garbage carried on covered barges would be unloaded into sealed containers, which would then be carried by train south and west, to destinations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and elsewhere.

Alberta oil is currently carried by train and by trucks in addition to pipelines, but the petroleum industry has urged the Canadian and US governments to approve major pipeline projects because they say existing pipelines have exceeded their capacity.

In recent weeks, the state began pumping more money into a new rail safety program, the Legislature approved new fees on oil being carried by train, and the state's Fish and Wildlife Department started planning how to better protect inland waterways from oil spills.

There is therefore an urgent need to increase the quota of freight carried by train, but this needs to be done at European and cross-border level, with a vision for the future.

Less than 3percentt of all the goods shipped in and out of the city is carried by trains, compared with about 40percentt in other cities.

The details of anthropometric measurements including height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference were carried by trained physicians.

The details of anthropometric measurements including height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference and blood pressure were carried by trained physicians.

In contrast, the freight volume carried by intermodal train has increased, mainly due to the higher flow of containers through maritime ports.

The unusual and still misunderstood explosive cocktail of oil and chemicals carried by the train brings many unanswered questions, including what the long term impact on the ecosystem and on the human population will be.

By the late 20th century about 50percentt of the coal shipped in the United States was carried by these trains.