Sentence examples for thought railways from inspiring English sources

Mackay wasn't always right – he also thought railways were one just a passing fad in 1860 - but history repeats itself in many forms and frenzies, serious or trivial, are nothing new, from the 1950s era of McCarthy to that of McDonald's.

Contrary to what the general public may think, railways are part of the technological race of transportation systems.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, it was thought that railways would whirl people about the world with such vertiginous speed that their nervous systems could collapse under the strain.

I took stage roles and moved to America, where people thought The Railway Children was a story about people from the wrong side of the tracks.

The new London mayor, Sadiq Khan has also demanded "another look" at Euston – he told me last month that he thought the railway should stop at Old Oak Common.

Now it appears they think the railways are already run by the Government and if something goes wrong it's down to us.

Labour supporters are particularly keen on the idea, but more strikingly some 70% of supporters of the UK Independence Party, a right-wing populist party, also think the railways were better in the halcyon era of state-control.

The Department for Transport admits that till recently, nobody on the railways thought much about greenhouse gases.

Last night, Mandy Lockley, the clerk for Liss Parish Council, on which he served for four years, said: "His death is such terrible irony because he had thought to make railways safer for commuters.

Mr Doe said he thought it brought "railways into disrepute if you pay £100 for a fare only to find afterwards you could have paid £60 had you split the journey".

Last year, Hadid was poised to build upon her stunning London Aquatic Centre and do for stadiums what she's done in transforming the way we think of railway stations, museums, and libraries by starting work on Tokyo Olympic project.