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White Heather Sidings and in this concealment he lurked till the small thing on the top of the heap ceased to scrabble and rattle, came to the edge of the heap, cautiously let itself down, and lifted something after it.
The Railway Children Edith 2003
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White Heather Sidings and in this concealment he lurked till the small thing on the top of the heap ceased to scrabble and rattle, came to the edge of the heap, cautiously let itself down, and lifted something after it.
The Railway Children Edith 2003
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[92] Baughl's Sidings is a switch and large storing-place for ties.
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The upper part of the valley, therefore, forms a triangle, whose apex, at the south, would be near San José: whereas its base-line at the north might be indicated as from the Plaza de Pecos to Baughl's Sidings; or rather from the Rio Pecos, east of the town, to the foot of the _mesa_ on the west, a length of over six miles.
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Sidings three thousand feet long were located at each station and in some cases at points intermediate fifteen hundred feet long.
The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History W. F. Bailey
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_Sidings_ means moving your taw from one side to the other in a straight line when about to shoot It is barred in Bull Ring.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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Sidings were to be not less than 6 per cent. of the main line.
The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History W. F. Bailey
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White Heather Sidings and in this concealment he lurked till the small thing on the top of the heap ceased to scrabble and rattle, came to the edge of the heap, cautiously let itself down, and lifted something after it.
The Railway Children 1891
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Sidings were there, in which empty luggage-vans and cattle-boxes often butted against each other as if they couldn't agree; and warehouses were there, in which great quantities of goods seemed to have taken the veil (of the consistency of tarpaulin), and to have retired from the world without any hope of getting back to it.
Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Charles Dickens 1841
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Sidings just outside of Bury Bolton Street, giving us a chance to get up-close to many diesel locomotives parked up.
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