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that reached us from the long freight trains becircling | that reached us from the long freight trains becircling | ||
that branch of the Northwestern Rail | that branch of the Northwestern Rail | ||
road which followed the endless | road which [[^followed]] crossed the [[crossed out: long]] endless kinks of the | ||
Skokie Marsh lying to the west of us. | |||
You could imagine the big steam locomotives | You could imagine the big steam locomotives | ||
steadily pulling their chains of freight cars across the | [[crossed out: with]] [[^steadily pulling]] their chains of freight cars across the | ||
dark, empty land and blowing for the crossings | dark, empty land and blowing for the crossings | ||
those | those intersections with dirt roads guarded | ||
only by the tinkle of the automatic bell. The | only by the tinkle of the automatic bell. The | ||
houses of the maintenance men stood near | [[crossed out: shacks]] houses of the maintenance men stood near | ||
those country crossings and their railway | |||
velocipedes stood in | velocipedes stood in the[[crossed out: ir]] dooryards, so that the | ||
man could sit there, on the rails and roll away | man could sit there, on the rails and roll away | ||
to examine every inch of the right of way for | to examine every inch of the [[^road bed]]right-of-way for | ||
some defect which might cause a derailment. | some defect which might cause a derailment. | ||
In that way, what with those families living | In that way, what with those families living | ||
their [[crossed out: whole]] solitary lives close beside the tracks ready | |||
to find and mend every flaw, the great railroads | to find and mend every flaw, the great railroads | ||
had replaced the | had replaced the covered wagon as they ran their | ||
glistening steel ribbons over the deserts and the | glistening steel ribbons over the deserts and the | ||
Latest revision as of 05:08, 29 November 2022
There were other deep nocturnal voices that reached us from the long freight trains becircling that branch of the Northwestern Rail road which ^followed crossed the crossed out: long endless kinks of the Skokie Marsh lying to the west of us. You could imagine the big steam locomotives crossed out: with ^steadily pulling their chains of freight cars across the dark, empty land and blowing for the crossings those intersections with dirt roads guarded only by the tinkle of the automatic bell. The crossed out: shacks houses of the maintenance men stood near those country crossings and their railway velocipedes stood in thecrossed out: ir dooryards, so that the man could sit there, on the rails and roll away to examine every inch of the ^road bedright-of-way for some defect which might cause a derailment. In that way, what with those families living their crossed out: whole solitary lives close beside the tracks ready to find and mend every flaw, the great railroads had replaced the covered wagon as they ran their glistening steel ribbons over the deserts and the