On the other hand, I could bring in the wearied freight-train men who had lain out all night.

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An increase in traditional freight-train traffic was slowing up rail service, so potatoes that were top-grade when they were loaded in Idaho were mashed--and not by design--when they arrived in Philadelphia.

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Trains have not been stopping at Barrow-upon-Soar after a freight train carrying stone overturned on 27 December, blocking two rail lines.

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The boom in commodities of all kinds, agriculture, metals, energy is like a global freight train hurtling in see-saw motions across our consciousness.

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Rail finance is under acute strain because the rail regulator has reduced access charges paid by the train-operating and freight companies.

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What follows is a hair-raising escape involving an SUV and a freight train, after which Nick concocts the grand design that brings him 200 feet above midtown.

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The lift-accessed jumps and drops satisfy most skill levels and include route names like Freight Train and No Joke (you have been warned).

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The 85-year-old was a passenger in a Renault Kangoo when it was hit by a freight train at Yarnton on Wednesday.

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The train-operating companies are understandably furious as their targets of increasing passenger numbers by 50% and freight by 80% by 2010 are looking ever more distant.

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