Beyond the Sunset
Röhaner and the railroad baron seem to understand that the weather is turning.
Ben's Biography WIP
His family lived in a small home that was right next to a mainline railroad where trains were going by 24/7 all year round.
Close to the sun, in lonely lands
"'off the beaten track' -- far from the railroad -- well, damn the fucking railroad, too." really i should've taken up the saber sooner.
Through the Valley of the Shadow
The railroad is another matter. take their depot, and they'll be defanged--unable to respond opportunistically." "seizing railroad property is risky, and it does nothing about the queen and her threat to challenge the council." "i know.
Acceptance
He should never have caught her eye when he was brought into the town - something to do with the engineering for the railroad tracks?
Before the Gardens
"yes, and the railroad. _kajja_, you should know something else. why i freed you -- maybe why i was _able_ to free you... maybe they think it doesn't matter now." "what?" "reports from jaichur city. the railroad is assembling a new... iron convoy.
Scepters
Barnard, of the carregan railroad, nodded and rapped his fist on the table to signal agreement. "hear, hear. especially not with so bloody many of them. we'd be swamped. that part is absolutely critical for the railroad."
The Kingdom of Skol Series - The Aboloshment of Skol - ch1
"i was part of the underground railroad in town." he said, forcing the question. the underground railroad is a tunnel system owned by wealthy business and traders who oppose the new king.
There Shall Be Wings
That itself wouldn't displease anyone at the railroad. but it would mar the expedition even more greatly.
Shovel on a little more coal
Putting a railroad through forty leagues of forest no civilized person has crossed in five hundred years, and you weren't expecting opposition? good _god_, dale, we're the railroad, of _course_ there's opposition from the savages." "all the same..."
Illusions of Godhead
The kamir war was fought with the railroad, though -- don't forget that." for various reasons, earned and unearned, railroad employees tended in rassulf's experience to assume that everyone knew everything about the company.
This is cactus land
"railroad scrip in their pocket -- i'd recognize the jingle of that useless tin anywhere."