level-crossing

Then it caught sight of the main line in the distance, took courage, and bumped forward, rounded the civil station, surmounted the level-crossing the rails were scorching now, and clanked to a standstill.

More on Exposition and Scene in Creative Nonfiction « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

Then it caught sight of the main line in the distance, took courage, and bumped forward, rounded the civil station, surmounted the level-crossing the rails were scorching now, and clanked to a standstill.

2009 November « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

Then it caught sight of the main line in the distance, took courage, and bumped forward, rounded the civil station, surmounted the level-crossing the rails were scorching now, and clanked to a standstill.

2009 November 13 « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

The heart-stopping footage was released last week to warn others of the dangers of ignoring level-crossing gates.

Craig Grant nominee for the Darwin Awards. FIDO The Dog 2009

Alpha Oscillations and Consciousness Developing Intelligence -- "In the new issue of Seed, Douglas Hofstadter talks about "strange loops" - his term for patterns of level-crossing feedback inside some medium such as neurons - and their role in consciousness."

Speedlinking 3/22/07 William Harryman 2007

Last Monday's accident at the Faure level-crossing near Somerset

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

Quoting from the Rail Safety Regulator's annual report, Radebe said informal settlements along railways, removal of fences, ignorance of the dangers of railway operations and disregard of the law had contributed to the high number of level-crossing deaths.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

A rather pale, neutral man of middle age, he waited while the train thumped over the level-crossing, going up to the pit which rattled busily just along the line.

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

The papers were heavy, and when she had to wait at the level-crossing while a train went by, she rested the parcel on the top of the gate.

The Railway Children Edith 2003

The papers were heavy, and when she had to wait at the level-crossing while a train went by, she rested the parcel on the top of the gate.

The Railway Children Edith 2003