A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. David Blyth Hanna, the first president of the Canadian National Railway, said that although most branch lines cannot pay for themselves, they are essential to make main lines pay.
The smallest branch line that is still in operation in the UK is the Stourbridge Town Branch Line from Stourbridge Junction going to Stourbridge Town. Operating on a single track the journey is 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometres) long and the train takes around two and a half minutes to complete its journey.
Located 19 miles away from central Shanghai, it features English-style corner shops and even replica branches of Costa Coffee – but few community facilities ...The streets of Thames Town were lined with yew and plane trees and red telephone boxes.
Yet instead of asking for statutory authorization to raise tariffs, Trump is exploiting broadly worded emergency legislation to do an end-run around the legislative branch ... The judicial branch deserves some blame too.
And then there was a bowing wall of straight-line winds that wrecked portions of the Southeast Side... Downed power lines, uprooted trees and fallen branches littered roadways in the northern locales of Vanderburgh.
Business . 20 minutes ago ... Amaka, a secondary school teacher, would rather endure the inconvenience of visiting a bank branch than embrace the ease of digital banking ... If in doubt, visit a branch or call the official customer service line ... .
The city urged residents to avoid driving or walking through flooded areas and to call 911 if they encounter downed power lines ...Report fallen trees or branches at parks to the Brownsburg Parks Department at 317-858-4172.
This has the potential to cause more heavy tree branches and power lines to come down, delaying much progress that has been made ...Please avoid travel tomorrow if you can because the risk of falling branches and power lines is high.
It requires three co-equal branches of government with checks and balances baked in to keep each branch in line. Each branch has a role, and under Judicial Review (established in Marbury v ... They are co-equal branches.
All this is a planned takeover of the federal government by taking the power from the legislative and judicial branches granted under the Constitution and giving it all to the executive branch.
Nagpur... Many electric poles and power lines were affected as tree branches fell on them, leading to wide-spread power outages. In the Wadi area, several insulators on electric poles were damaged, power lines snapped, and poles bent due to the storm ... .
Nashik. Heavy unseasonal rain lashed parts of Nashik city and district throwing the life out of gear on Wednesday evening ...Tree branches fell on power lines, causing power failures and disruptions for several hours ... The Vinchur Dalvi area also got hail.
On Tuesday, at 10.07 p.m ...EDT to 10 a.m. EDT ... Be on the lookout for ice accumulating on power lines and tree branches, as they may break and fall ... But if you must go out, choose routes with fewer trees and power lines, and never touch a downed wire ... .
The change reverts to the Air Force’s 2019 policy and brings the branch in line with broader Defense Department standards ...Gen.Jacqueline Van Ovost said at the time. The policy didn’t force pregnant women to work as aircrew, the service said in 2019 ... .