railroad through
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The transportation authority is finalizing a study in the coming weeks that evaluates strategies for protecting the seven miles of railroad through Dana Point and San Clemente for the next 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The issue in court this week dates back to 1889 when BNSF’s predecessor, the Seattle and Northern Railroad Company, illegally constructed a railroad through the Swinomish Reservation.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Though it was poor and mired in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, China won new allies in Africa by finishing, in 1976, a 1,156-mile railroad through the bush from Tanzania to Zambia.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2017
It was nevertheless an important overland route for centuries to come – and when an American consortium finally succeeded in building a railroad through Panama’s dense jungle in 1855, the line proved immensely popular.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2016
They set the fire to a popular feeling that already demanded a railroad through the natural easy gradients of the valley of the Black River.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford
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