Trains Quotations

I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.

I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk along among the people, and see their faces, to be among people on street cars and trains and boats.

I think what initially attracts many kids to trains are the 'cool' things: strength, size, agency, speed. But trains also operate within a world of systems, schedules, codes, and fine distinctions. Enter the geeks. What I personally love most about trains is that they are transporting, that they take us places - literally and otherwise.

The Leadership Training Institute of America trains and equips young men and women to be leaders with high standards of personal morality and integrity.

I feel like some sort of fiction-writing hobo, jumping trains and always hoping I'll find a good place to start a fire in the next town. And I keep having these panicky episodes where I corner my husband and rant at him: 'I don't have anywhere to write! I can't write! I don't have a place to write!'

The railroads once were a dominant power in American life, for good and for ill. There's something inevitably nostalgic about a train book today. Trains attract us, but part of that attraction is cultural memory.

While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way.

There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.

Urban legend has it that Area 51 is connected by underground tunnels and trains to other secret facilities around the country.

My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the station in Jackson, bound for Memphis.

There are many singers who have got an exceptional talent, but spend their lives singing in local trains or hotels. Does the country even know who they are? Music in India is restricted only to Bollywood. Whoever manages to make a mark there is remembered. The ones who fail to reach and make it big there are forgotten.

Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift the track into place. Because the systems operate above traffic, collisions with errant motorists are never an issue. The trains are automated, saving millions in labor costs in the long run.

I think one reason, obviously, that I spend so much time in one place is that I've been lucky enough to travel a lot, and now there are other different, invisible trains that are more interesting to me.

During the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo placed packages on five subway trains converging on Tokyo's central station. When punctured, the packages spread vaporized Sarin through the subway cars and then into the stations as the trains pulled in.

Unless there is a substantial movement by the authority, trains and buses will come to a halt as of midnight tonight.

We're being careful with him we'll see how he trains on Friday.

We're basically on time. This morning was anything but normal, with 60 trains delayed up to two hours.

Yesterday's incidents do bear similarities to the bomb attacks in London on July 7 in as much as there were three underground trains and a bus that were targeted. There are other features that are emerging which are also of interest to detectives,

We've seen an increase of about one and a half trains per year because of economic growth.

We have slowed trains down through the area.

When two trains are approaching one another on the same track, and the track must be switched, it doesn't get any more critical than that.

There are only a certain number of trains that come through the station that provide funding for projects across the country. This appropriations bill is one of those trains.

There are two corridors we?re using to go around the line. Between Birmingham and Atlanta, we usually run 25 trains a day, so it?s causing some delays.

We're looking at trains as a primary way to move large means of people.

Les Ferdinand was a player we spoke to. Though he still trains every day, he has a lot of media work going on and is not able to make a commitment. He has nothing to prove as a footballer - his future is in the media and we respect that. Hopefully this shows we are not scared to speak to anyone.

Many times they would lynch someone by a railroad track so that passing trains would see and pass the word on and also as a form of intimidation to people in surrounding black community.

Scotty normally trains with us anyway when he is not with the Devils and both players are very keen.

She trains with the boys. There's no reason why she can't be one of the top 10 runners in the state.

On a good day, when the trains are on time, I can get to my job in about 35 minutes, ... It's not a bad commute at all.

Since there were two trains in one, they had to make double stops.

Most of the trains haven't arrived yet at the station.

My knowledge of trains - and love before first sight, love at negative-one sight - comes from Alfred Hitchcock.

My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!

Nobody trains harder than Drew Switzer. He's as hard a worker as I've ever seen.

Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.

One of the great things about what Dennis George (trainer) does, is that the dogs he trains and places all come from local shelters and pounds.

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.

I did somehow manage to get into a college in China that trains diplomats when I was 17, one year before my peers could go, which is very very difficult. I was very proud I did.

I feel we could do more with this, ... Do we know who she trains with?

If the train is late by five minutes anywhere between South Bend and Kensington station, it can mean our trains miss their assigned times and can mean our trains arrive 50 minutes late getting into Chicago.

He has been known to frequently donate them to fundraisers. In the last few years, this one-man cottage industry has raised and donated $65,000 to a scholarship fund to a Methodist seminary in Moscow that trains new ministers.

He has learned how to rise to the occasion. He trains hard and gets more out of his body than anybody.

He does all the little things you need to in order to be a great athlete. Nobody trains harder than he does.

To feel the grace of God in a painting of the dear, quiet commonness of a domestic interior, or in a landscape, seascape, cityscape, trains us to feel the grace of God in the thing itself in situ.

He's got one of those goals that's way higher than high school. He's so focused on making it to the Olympics. He's one of those rare kids that only come around so often. I absolutely believe he'll make it to that level. That's everything that he works for. That's the way he works out. He never trains for second place.

The railroad was designed in late 1868 and running trains in October of 1869, nine months after its design. We have been working for 14 years and have 1.4 miles built.

He spends a lot of time training. He just trains hard, sets his goals, and works hard to get there. He also goes to a lot of high-level tournaments in the spring and summer.

Jake always trains hard. He trained hard in high school and trained hard as a freshman. He just has a lot of belief in himself. He had a really good indoor season and I think it carries over. Sometimes athletes just get on a roll. He's in a zone. That's just the way it is for him right now and it's just working.

keep the trains running smoothly and on time.

It had little trains and teddy bears on it, ... It was cute.

Recruiting is the most hectic part of the year. It is far more hectic than the season. You're on planes, trains and automobiles, running around the country trying to get these guys to come to your university. It's a big sigh of relief when those letters come over the fax machine, and you have them in the bank.

Recent research has proven: Trains do not run on time but on electricity

Passengers on Amtrak and commuter trains that share freight tracks suffer delays and unreliable service in an inefficient and congested system.

People need to have a respect just for the sheer mass of trains, ... Most trains are 6,000 feet long and 5,000 tons or more. When you think about it, that's a lot of weight to stop.

I was told by Steve Tobias, the chief operating officer, that one day recently they had no trains being held between Philadelphia and Chicago. That's the first time that's happened since June 1, ... The only thing we have to worry about right now is weather. If the snow doesn't come early, this thing could be humming in few weeks.

We need more options, not fewer. We need them to increase trains and hours to get people out of their cars.

We live under the tyranny of various professional groups, and all the 'influence' we could bring to bear on the running of schools, trains or power stations isn't sufficient to move a feather.

The application of prepaid phones for nefarious reasons, is really widespread. For example, the terrorists in Madrid used prepaid phones to detonate the bombs in the subway trains that killed more than 200 people.

That was nice to see how we matched up against a top national team that trains from seven in the morning to 11 at night, six days a week. For us to play the way we did is a good sign of how things are going.

We really regret this, but this was beyond Amtrak's ability. This made it impossible for our trains to proceed until this morning, and even then there was a tremendous amount of freight train congestion.

We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything.

Transportation is not just about trains and cars and things on wheels. It's about how people get to and from work and it's the underpinning of economic development, ... I think that point needs to be understood more deeply by all of the candidates.

The pedigree says he should handle the distance, and he trains like it, too.

The path from Hythe leads, for a little while, along the line of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway, whose 15in-gauge steam trains run throughout the year from Hythe to Dungeness.

When the trains come through, you're trapped. We've now secured the money (for flyover ramps in Duquesne and McKeesport).

We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the Atlantic. We already have a winning concept, so the aim was fine-tuning rather than making major changes. More sophisticated lines and materials and a better driving experience without compromising on demands concerning safety and power trains with good environmental properties.

We are named one of the Top 10 tourist trains in the country.

(The decision) not only increases the motivation to get trains operating, but the (grant) application becomes more competitive with the concentration of jobs within a mile of the corridor.

With a Giant's Causeway, it makes you feel good. We don't want to reinforce the speed. He trains like a horse that wants to go farther. There are a lot of opportunities for horses when they develop.

We wake up at 3 and 4 in the morning to move the trains in this town. That's not the behavior of thugs and selfish people.

We asked commuters on trains that got to Grand Central before 7 a.m. if they had a choice, would they take an even earlier train, and we got a very positive response.

There are 1,600 to 1,700 trains a day passing through the six counties. They are primarily along Metra lines, which have 700 trains on a daily basis.

We were taken to Arkansas in trains like this.

We have 160 jitneys that can carry 13 passengers each. School buses are in our plans ... and five trains in the railroad system with the capability of moving 500 to 1,000 people.

There have always been three trains moving simultaneously down the track -- negotiations for a transfer, litigation and law enforcement. We are no longer in the engineer's seat on the negotiation train. We're just passengers.

But Paul doesn't think it would be wise or necessary to make enormous changes in the structure of the campaign. We have finally, after six or seven weeks, built a strong campaign team, ... What Paul intends to do is wrap his arms around the budget and make sure the trains are running on time here. That's what he's expert at.

Trains can't suddenly climb hills just because they're small.

To divert meaningful volumes of through-trucks from I-81 in Virginia, the upgraded rail line would need to handle six new trains per hour, not per day.

There is so much pride in Jose Luis Castillo. It is a pleasure to promote him. He is a gentleman and a family man. He is someone who trains and who is dedicated to the sport of boxing.

Twenty-five years ago, your trains broke down all the time, they were covered in graffiti and you had no incentive to use transit. Billions of dollars later, your trains are reliable and you get discounts the more you use the system. The lesson of all this is, if you invest in transit, the riders will come.

TV trains us to watch the ball, but you need to see how the outfielders move around, where the infielders are positioned,

What we are seeing is a safari operation ongoing by Serb security forces against Kosovo Albanians. First, there is a pattern of shelling into the hills, beating them out of the bush if you like. Then they are on the roads ... being moved hither and thither, particularly being mixed up with military vehicles of course on those roads. Then they are put into trains and sent to borders but sometimes when they arrive they are sent back again.

What triggered it was the attack against the trains in the Madrid suburbs,

What could be a single relatively minor problem for one train can wind up affecting the entire morning service for all the trains behind it, because there's no way to work around it.

We spend X amount of time within the actual walls and thereafter we're going to break quite a number of people out and scatter them into the winds and they're going to go to the four corners of the country in planes, trains and automobiles.

You have to see it to believe some of these trapeze acts they do. There's a school in China that trains them. They are very diligent.

Brian trains fantastically well every day and you know what you will get from, game in game out.

Everything from 1-year-old to 100-years-old - they all love it. Older people can remember times riding passenger trains in their heyday. And I've met very few little kids who don't love trains. Almost everyone has this magnetism for trains.

Everything I built, except the trains and the track. It's all the little things that make the difference. It's constant work.

Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn.

Down on the platform, the trains are the draw. The parents remember them. The grandparents remember them.

Education at school continues what has been done at home: it crystallizes the optical illusion, consolidates it with book learning, theoretically legitimizes the traditional trash and trains the children to know without understanding and to accept denominations for definitions. Astray in his conceptions, entangled in words, man loses the flair for truth, the taste for nature. What a powerful intellect must you possess, to be suspicious of this moral carbon dioxide and with your head swimming already, to hurl yourself out of it into the fresh air, with which, into the bargain, everyone round is trying to scare you!

Even at low speeds, trains with that much weight can take as much as a half-mile to stop.

The total value, in five days, of the coaches lost exceeds R22 million. The trains were running according to schedule and on time before the incident.

The trains were running according to schedule and on time before the incident.

The trains are rolling and there's virtually nothing happening as far as cleanup. They're telling us there is, but we're not seeing it.

The trains are full now. So what are you going to do to accommodate 7,000 new residents you claim are going to ride the trains?

I've been doing enough work -- throwing and conditioning -- to get ready for what I'm going to do the next eight to 10 days, enough to train with Mac and the intensity he trains with. I broke a cleat off on this hard, red clay here in Florida, so that must mean I'm close to being ready.

The way he trains is an example for any cricketer and professional. The whole squad is happy for him. It is great for him and great for Sri Lankan cricket.

It would be pointless. We have only three trains (between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), and they arrive roughly every 30 minutes. If PATH ran every six minutes, nobody from Metro-North would be getting on them.