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railroad-crossing

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  • A car thief in Cambridgeshire, England, takes police on a harrowing car chase that ends only when the driver plunges the stolen Mercedes through a railroad-crossing barrier seconds before a train roars through.

    Watch: Car thief takes police on wild ride, until he crosses train tracks 2011

  • Born in Cleveland in 1868, the former railroad-crossing sweeper began his rise to occult fame by selling hypnotism manuals door-to-door.

    Books on Magic Owen Davies 2009

  • At times, approaching a senator sitting in one of the couches in the cloakroom, Johnson would sink down beside him and commence to, in effect, cage the man, crossing one long leg in front of the senator like a railroad-crossing gate while curling his other arm behind the man to knead his shoulder, then clamping a hand to the man's thigh.

    The Big Guy Frady, Marshall 2002

  • I found at Cassville many evidences of preparation for a grand battle, among them a long line of fresh intrenchments on the hill beyond the town, extending nearly three miles to the south, embracing the railroad-crossing.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Parke's two divisions from Haines's Bluff out to the Benton or ridge road; Tuttle's division, of my corps, joining on and extending to a plantation called Young's, overlooking Bear Creek valley, which empties into the Big Black above Messinger's Ferry; then McArthurs division, of McPherson's corps, took up the line, and reached to Osterhaus's division of McClernand's corps, which held a strong fortified position at the railroad-crossing of the

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Chattahoochee, covering the railroad-crossing and his several pontoon-bridges.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • I found at Cassville many evidences of preparation for a grand battle, among them a long line of fresh intrenchments on the hill beyond the town, extending nearly three miles to the south, embracing the railroad-crossing.

    Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 2 1855

  • I found at Cassville many evidences of preparation for a grand battle, among them a long line of fresh intrenchments on the hill beyond the town, extending nearly three miles to the south, embracing the railroad-crossing.

    The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 3 1855

  • Chattahoochee, covering the railroad-crossing and his several pontoon-bridges.

    The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 3 1855

  • Chattahoochee, covering the railroad-crossing and his several pontoon-bridges.

    Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 2 1855

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