Sentence examples for mountain railroad from inspiring English sources

The Catskill Mountain Railroad, which runs between Mount Tremper and Phoenicia near the Esopus Creek, chugs through a majestic tunnel of tree branches that looks like a cathedral.

The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Pennsylvania, the Catskill Mountain Railroad in upstate New York and the Wilmington & Western Railroad in Delaware are among the lines that cater to leaf peepers.

"In the case of Colorado, all of the coal moves east on a single-track mountain railroad, and that limits the number of trains," said John Bromley, a spokesman for Union Pacific.

On this sunny fall day, Mr. Healy, 42, who works during the week as a yard dispatcher for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, had met up with Richard C. Wilhelm, 82, of nearby Woodstock, to embark on a motorcar trip along a tourist line called the Catskill Mountain Railroad.

Because of a major washout east of Phoenicia, for example, the Catskill Mountain Railroad's Esopus Scenic Train now travels along a modified five-mile round trip between Mt. Tremper and Boiceville.

If they like train excursions, the family-friendly Catskill Mountain Railroad Scenic Tour is an hour and thirty-minute railroad ride located in nearby Kingston.

But the old mountain railroads were too slow and steep for heavy freight.

Blessed with iron-rich mountains, railroads and an excellent port, Bilbao blossomed in the late 19th century with metalworks and shipbuilding.

Orr explains what the unit was expected to deliver: After conducting extensive research on the topography of Japan, an 80 x 60 ft scale model (1 foot: 1 mile) of target areas was fabricated complete with mountains, buildings, railroads and the rice paddies.

Orrin Kellogg one of the natives of the region, drove Teddy down from the mountain to the railroad station.

But about 15 minutes away, at the base of Pikes Peak, a trail carved like a scar up the mountain and lined with railroad ties has been, as much as any newfangled training device, the pathway to Beijing for many United States Olympians.