Sentence examples for crossing rail from inspiring English sources

In some markets (e.g., UK to Spain) road transport may be a competitive alternative, in other markets (e.g., the Channel crossing) rail may compete, but these alternatives are never perfect competition.

In each time step of the contact detection algorithm, the lateral position of the wheelset centre is prescribed but the contact positions on wheel and rail are not, allowing for an accurate prediction of the wheel transition between wing rail and crossing rail.

The total number of crossed rail tracks during transgression was significantly different according to the Moment of transgression, Fisher, p < 0.05, the association between the variables being moderate, V 2 = 0.04.

And with new legislation paving the way for the creation of a regional transit authority, we have our fingers crossed "rail" isn't too far behind.

Level crossing rails are high risk areas due to the combination of the limited effectiveness of current inspection methods and high corrosion rates which often exist.

This paper discusses the current UK standard practices for the periodic inspection of level crossing rails using visual (VT) and conventional ultrasonic (UT) methods.

The baby elephants became trapped as the herd was crossing the rail line in a densely forested area in northern West Bengal State late on Wednesday night.

The highway passes through the village of Akron on Beach Street, crossing the rail line a final time.

Ricketts was killed in 1948 when a train collided with his car while he was crossing the rail tracks.

While is was designed for wagons and early automobiles, crossing the rail bridge became difficult in larger modern vehicles, specifically semi trucks.

Trocaire jumped, sailing smoothly over a low-slung cross rail and, a few strides later, over a straight rail.