1. At high tides, sections of the line are submerged, whilst the sea scours away the track bed. 2. And emergency workers made a human chain to pass the most seriously injured down from the elevated track bed to helicopters. 3. Harris fled, jumping into the track bed and scrambling toward the uptown platform. 4. In repairing tracks, workers typically lift the rails, rest them on large pieces of lumber as temporary supports and then pour concrete around the track bed. 5. It appeared that some piece of debris on the track bed, possibly an errant umbrella, had come into contact with the third rail, officials said Thursday. 6. The latest body was discovered Monday in midtown near a railroad track bed with sloping hills on either side. 7. The new cars do not have stairs, so they can be used only at stations with platforms that are roughly four feet above the track bed. 8. The platforms were designed to be four feet above the track bed and to include ramps for the physically handicapped and a Plexiglas shelter. 9. There was no soot in the air, no grime to speak of, no debris scattered in weeds along the track beds. 10. They said it appeared that the wooden tie the arm was mounted on was old and had either worn down or settled into the track bed. |