1.   Former railroad rights of way cut across river bottoms that used to be littered with bustling towns.

2.   Another died last year of mesothelioma, said two lawyers in Dallas and Houston who are representing the former railroad workers.

3.   A family walks down the Capitol Crescent Trail, a path connecting downtown Washington and Bethesda along a former railroad track.

4.   A former railroad dispatcher, Kelly has spoken out against embryonic stem cell research, according to the White House.

5.   JR Tokai is the third company spun off from the former national railroad system to go public after East Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co.

6.   Located in a former railroad depot, it has exhibits on the wealth of musical talent that came out of the Delta.

7.   Much of the investigation has focused on former railroad employees or associates because the crime involved technical know-how and an obvious intention to kill.

8.   The Tunnel, in a former railroad terminal, reopened several weeks later.

9.   Under the Oxnard plan, Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses would use the former railroad right-of-way only west of Woodman Avenue.