Sentence examples for scrap rail from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Seaton said there was no rule for when pieces of scrap rail needed to be picked up.

Employees are working around the clock along the entire length of the subway system to inspect other scrap rail pieces stored on the track bed for any signs of cracking or other damage, officials said yesterday.

So when the governor, Chris Christie, decided late last month to scrap a rail tunnel to Manhattan, she went from being collateral damage to one of the unintended beneficiaries.

It was the second time that the route had been handed back in three years, following in the footsteps of GNER in 2006, prompting calls from Labour backbenchers and trade unions to scrap the rail franchise system.

With this method, balls are formed from heads of scrap railway rails.

Mr. Sidran has vowed to scrap the light rail plan, risking the loss of up to $500 million in federal financing.

The Government has been accused of "resorting to the underhand misuse of taxpayer money" to pay for lobbyists to promote HS2, as pressure mounts on the coalition to scrap the £42.6bn rail project.

Why worry about scrapping high-speed rail between Tampa and Orlando when you can have it between Washington or Boston or San Francisco and Los Angeles instead?

Some analysts had predicted Mr. Abdullah, who took over from Mahathir Mohamad in October, would shelve the dam after he scrapped a $3.8 billion rail project, citing budget constraints.

Mr. Christie's plan came more than two months after he had scrapped a commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey could not afford it with its main fund for highway repairs about to run dry.

That comment came a month after Mr. Christie scrapped a planned rail tunnel under the Hudson River because he said it might end up costing more than his state could afford.