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double crossover

[¦dəb·əl ′krȯs‚ō·vər]

(civil engineering)

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Wright's motto is "Anything Less Than Ownership is Unacceptable." But the landlocked Highland Community is bordered by an abandoned railroad switch yard to its south, a rail spur running up to Lafayette Avenue on its western side that includes the east side of McKoon Avenue in DeVeaux, and Hyde Park Boulevard forming its eastern border and separating it from the Town of Niagara's Beldon Center, where a few black lawn jockeys and some rebel flags are boldly displayed.

HAMILTON: No Black Ownership on Highland Avenue is Residents Fault

* Railroad switch tower on Oak Street, refurbished by local newspaper publisher Tom Phillips, presides over former rail yards, where "the Big Four" made stops in Pana many times each day.

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Both rest on the same allegation: that Kopplin injured his elbow in an effort to operate a broken railroad switch while employed by Wisconsin Central.

FELA Violation

The other hazard are the railroad switch points becoming clogged with ice and snow.

Video: Train tracks set on fire in Chicago to beat the cold

Sources said railroad switch malfunctioning seemed to be the cause of derailment.

One dies, six injured in train derailment

We need to keep asking the man who clicked the railroad switch.

Where are we heading?

Meantime the installation of track and railroad switch was also being worked on.

Watching Construction Activities at HI Roundabout MRT Station

Projects in the book include a warded lock with a key, a three-number combination lock, an antique lever lock with a key, a railroad switch lock with a key, an antique push key lever lock with a key, a push-button combination lock, a Chinese lock, a screw key lock, and a giant antique lever lock.

The Big Book of Wooden Locks: Complete Plans for Nine Working Wooden Locks

on the Keiyo Line as a railroad switch failed to function at a rail yard in Chiba City.

Tokyo's 1st snow of season disrupts train services

when some 30 workers were replacing a railroad switch at Toyosu Station on Tokyo Metro Co.'s Yurakucho Line.

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Researchers at the Michigan State University, USA, put participants in a 3D setting and stationed each participant at a railroad switch where two sets of tracks veered off.

9 in 10 people willing to kill one person to save five, study finds

Between two warehouses a wild cherry tree sprouted beside a rusting railroad switch. The abandoned tracks became a nature preserve high above the chaos.

Taking back the High Line: a bold plan and big-name backing are turning an abandoned NYC track into a sought-after green space