Sentence examples for main railroads from inspiring English sources

The main railroads that pass through the state were originally laid down to connect the ports of Chennai (Madras), Mumbai Bombayy), and Kolkata (Calcutta) with their hinterlands.

Such was the case in Belgium, where the national treasury paid for the interchange of main railroads (from Ostend to the German border and from the Netherlands to France) that met at Mechelen.

In the north, by contrast, where most villages are found in the alluvial basins of major rivers, population growth and improvements in transportation have tended to disperse the villages away from the rivers and toward the main railroads and highways, reducing the amount of land available for growing rice.

Owego became the county's main railroad junction.

Artemisa lies on the main highway and main railroad line between Havana and Pinar del Río.

Lakeview is southeast of the city center, across the main railroad tracks.

The main railroad, Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil, runs from Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte.

Two years later a main railroad track had been laid across the former Brychan Cottage land.

Even in Missouri, virtually all of the main railroad lines ran along or north of the Missouri River.

Then, some were put on the trucks and sent to the city's main railroad station, Dunn said.

Rioters also blocked the main railroad that goes between Belfast and Dublin, which runs alongside the town's hard-line Kilwilkie district.