section house

section house

[′sek·shən ‚hau̇s]
(civil engineering)
A building near a railroad section for housing railroad workers, or for storing maintenance equipment for the section.
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According to an eyewitness, "a shell struck the railroad section house just in front of the troops and exploded; a fragment was distinctly seen passing overhead before it struck Griffith.
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But the man's two accomplices broke into the railroad section house that night and stole tools to break the door of the jail and "liberated the prisoner.
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But within minutes of signing her into his Metropolitan Police section house, the PC raped her.
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A police officer walked free from the Old Bailey yesterday when he was cleared of raping a radiographer he took to a Christmas party at his section house.
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Halfway between Birmingham and the capital city, Montgomery, Clanton makes an excellent overnight stop with two motels, and an old caboose and section house housing chamber of commerce offices and a mini-museum.
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But, riled by complacent colleagues and a box-ticking police chief, he's soon back on the streets, re-opening an old section house with the support of ex-cop pal Billy (Maurice Roeves) in the middle of a crimeridden estate ruled by old enemy Dunstan.
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Mile 115--Potter Section House Railroad Museum houses National Archive photos and model railroads to help illustrate life in the area before the road existed.
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Officers Claudette Jordan and Angie Fisher, from Wyken and Bell Green section house, will be using the bikes in their routine patrols of the area.
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At that time Lacombe consisted of the station, section house, hotel, general store, livery stable and blacksmith shop, hotel and Mounted Police shack.
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Meanwhile, Klein fails to turn up for parade and Sergeant Boyden learns from the Section House warden that he hasn't been seen for a couple of days.
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Byrne had had protected sex with her twice, before she went back to his police section house room in south London after a boozy Christmas party.
I'M DEVASTATED; Hospital girl's agony as PC is cleared of rape

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