Sentence examples for deserted railroads from inspiring English sources

Always take someone with you when entering dead areas or deserted railroads.

Oh Seung-geun had become separated from the rest of his family — they had caught the last available train to safety with other frightened North Koreans — and now, standing in the deserted railroad station, he was alone.

Continuing north towards Fairbanks, we passed through landscapes dotted with birch trees, choppy rivers, deserted railroad-crossings and spectacular bridges.

Sag Harbor has no longer even the semblance of a fleet, its harbor is deserted, its railroad station has been boarded up since 1939, and its population is 2444.

His father, a railroad cook, deserted the family in 1924.

The fragment of railroad track is deserted, with weeds growing between the ties; the highway running parallel is deserted, too, except for a police car.

Following the construction of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, many of the river towns on the Merced River were deserted.

Even the Peace House a run-down bungalow east of the railroad tracks that had served as base for peace activists since 2003 was deserted, its shutters drawn behind a sign that said "No Preemptive Armageddon".

Even the Peace House — a run-down bungalow east of the railroad tracks that had served as base for peace activists since 2003 — was deserted, its shutters drawn behind a sign that said "No Preemptive Armageddon".

Placas ran his chickens hard, through the dark desert, over railroad tracks, through cactus and thickets that ripped at the skin.

Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, Las Vegas grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service centre at the outset of the 20th century to the country's fastest-growing metropolis at century's end.