grade crossing

Example Sentences

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The railroads could then enclose a Sodo train base and remove a busy grade crossing from the regional mainline.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Noe said “police powers” of states are limited to certain oversight of grade crossing improvements.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

The deal includes $22 billion in “grants” for Amtrak, another $24 billion specifically for the Northeast Corridor, and another $20 billion for intercity service, safety grants, and grade crossing improvements.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2021

“It’s not your typical grade crossing accident,” he said at a briefing at the scene late Tuesday.

From Washington Times • Feb. 25, 2015

As he passed the grade crossing he shouted back, "I say, you people, there's a dead man or something here in the road," and, without a pause, he hurried on.

From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various