#railway

In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government. ↗

— John Moody

#before #civil #civil war #decade #federal

If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#bringing #increased #lack #our #railways

Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine. ↗

— James J. Hill

#great #had #lived #men #mine

I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though. ↗

— Mikhail Kalashnikov

#developed #engine #ever #had #i

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#alas #gates #glorious #into #our

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#devices #engineering #imperfection #iron #machinery

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#being #dislike #had #husband #i

I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to other people at the time and behaved badly, but we didn't seem to have any choice. We were very happy for nearly 50 years and would still be together if it wasn't for the bloody railways. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#badly #behaved #bloody #both #bus

People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#get #lives #people #railways #remember

Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would get alerted. You must be aware that railways are full of such elements and my fight is against them. ↗

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

#alerted #am #aware #elements #fight