riding the rails
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Looking at the current crop, Brookes grew up riding the rails at the indoor ski centre in Manchester, while Muir learned her craft in Aberdeen.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
But a serious challenge to the success of billions in investments is ensuring that customers feel they are safe riding the rails.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024
In the worst years of the Great Depression, nearly a quarter of the country was unemployed, suicides skyrocketed, and people started hopping on freight trains — "riding the rails" — in search of work.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2021
A Southerner returns to his plantation after riding the rails with his sidekicks, Snipe and Doc.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019
After all those years of riding the rails, 1 guess it was my time to lay down track for other folks to use.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
