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The Bridger is what’s known as a short-line railroad.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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The Bridger is what’s known as a short-line railroad.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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The Bridger is what’s known as a short-line railroad.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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'Desperate for Mobility' Although monorails have been around since the 19th century, they have mainly been short-line systems, limited to moving visitors around amusement parks or between airport terminals.
Has the Monorail's Future Finally Arrived? Paulo Trevisani 2011
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The businesses in attendance included a leading manufacturer of auto air fresheners that dangle from rear-view mirrors, and a short-line railroad that does 30% of its business in Australia.
Small-Businesses Try Hand at Forex Andrew J. Johnson 2011
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This country should, and could have rail transportation to accomodate 30%-40% of our population to anywhere in the United States, Secondly, why not bring back short-line rails to inner cities.
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A recent national study showed short-line railroads would lose 17% of shipping business to truckers if the federal limit was lifted to 97,000 pounds.
Truckers Increase Call to Pull Heavier Loads on Highways Josh Mitchell 2010
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It gave away the EXACT co-terminus expiration date with SAG for some bullshit short-line substitute; it got us no more control of our words; it sneak-abandoned the animator and reality beanfield hands before anyone even forced it on them; it made nice so no one would think we were meanies; it let the Alliance play us like the village idiot.
Harlan on the Writer's Strike Steven Barnes 2008
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It gave away the EXACT co-terminus expiration date with SAG for some bullshit short-line substitute; it got us no more control of our words; it sneak-abandoned the animator and reality beanfield hands before anyone even forced it on them; it made nice so no one would think we were meanies; it let the Alliance play us like the village idiot.
Archive 2008-02-01 Steven Barnes 2008
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Scott ups the ante by moving from “you” and “I”, driving a sound-based abstraction into an autobiographical elision – teasing out details in abbreviated gasps of breath, stilted sentences and short-line blerts of “cusp / munch / crunch / rump.”
Archive 2008-08-01 Lemon Hound 2008
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