Sentence examples for railroad setting from inspiring English sources

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is making a push to block state funding for new rail cars on the Metro-North commuter railroad, setting the stage for another city-versus-suburbs battle.

He continued to be active in the Underground Railroad, setting up a new safe house in the city and helping organize a larger network in the area.

The railroad setting evoked strong memories for Mr. Cheney.

He has a collection of art by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Roy Lichtenstein and an elaborate model railroad set.

The town clung to a small cape and looked like a model railroad set without the tiny trains.

The distant highway and hills, and the tiny cars below, took on all the manicured verisimilitude of a model railroad set.

Today, he and his wife, Diana, live on a sprawling estate on Long Island's North Shore where, according to court records, he installed a $2.7 million model railroad set (and later sued the vendor for overcharging him).

The 40-acre yard crammed with full-size rail cars and the 123-foot-high roundhouse with century-old steam engines in immaculate condition both enthralled our budding rail buff, but the highlight by far was a 40-foot-long model railroad set that had him mesmerized for a full half-hour.

As I told Ms. Allcroft -- who seemed the sort of person one could confide in -- my son, Luc, had been for a hefty portion of his total of nearly 6 years a passionate admirer of Thomas the Tank Engine: a singer of the Thomas the Tank Engine theme and the owner of a Thomas the Tank Engine railroad set, of Thomas memorabilia, videocassettes and pajamas.

A call to the railroad set off a hunt for his goods.

In the old days, a giant railroad set, model airplanes or a wooden boat would provide hours of entertainment and an escape from a hard day's work for those who enjoyed them.