Nowadays, a great rail-mounted combine chews away at a 10-foot-thick layer of salt in the old seabed, before it is towed 11 miles back to the plant, and washed and ground.
现今,一条配有长长铁轨的联合开采机不断啃噬着旧海床10英尺厚的盐层,直到它被推行11英里回到盐厂进行清洗和沉淀。
Much of that spending has been directed at rail projects that planners hope will transform the way Africans travel and do business with one another, and the rest of the world.
这笔资金的绝大部分都投在铁路项目上,项目计划者希望,这些铁路将改变非洲人的旅行方式,也将改变非洲人之间以及非洲与世界其他地方做生意的方式。
For ticket information, please ask at your local station or call 1312. While Queensland Rail makes every effort to ensure trains run as scheduled, there can be no guarantee of connections between trains or between train services and bus services.
请到当地车站或致电1312查询有关车票信息。昆士兰铁路尽力确保火车按时运行,但不能保证火车之间或火车与公交的衔接。
A carefully balanced clown and whale are placed at one end of the bowed rail.
一个精心平衡的小丑和鲸鱼被放置在弯曲的栏杆的一端。
The train's biggest problems can be laid at the feet of the High Speed Rail Authority, which is overseeing its construction.
铁路计划最大的问题出在监督建设的高铁管理部门。
Many rail firms enjoy a virtually captive market: trains are very good at moving commuters into and out of large cities; congestion on the roads means that many people have no real alternative.
很多铁路企业占据着垄断市场:乘火车进出一些大的城市方便快捷;而且公路上的拥堵也让人别无选择。
The RPI figure released on August 17th was bad enough: at 4.8%, it implied a rise in rail fares of almost 6%, at a time when wage increases are averaging just 1.3%.
8月17日公布的消费物价指数已是相当不尽人意:4.8%,这一数字意味着铁路票价涨幅将接近6%,而此时的公民薪资涨幅却只有区区1.3%。
The integration work, carried out at Lithgow, involved designing and manufacturing a weapon mount to attach the sight to the F88's Picatinny Rail.
在Lithgow进行的整合工作涉及设计和制造一种挂载在F88的PicatinnyRail瞄准器上的武器。
Many rail firms enjoy a virtually captive market: trains are very good at moving commuters into and out of large cities;
很多铁路企业占据着垄断市场:乘火车进出一些大的城市方便快捷;
Another shows the rail depot, where a long line of carriages is filled automatically from conveyors at the rate of a tonne a second.
另一个显示的是货运站,那里有长长的一排矿车,运送机正以一吨每秒的速度自动将煤装入矿车中。
But given time, the rail will take a lot of wear and tear, and our system will scrutinise every small change at all times.
但假以时日,铁路将会遭到磨损,而我们的系统会始终仔细检查着每个细小的变化。
At home, Mom would be unpacking boxes of decorations, putting out the stable and the manger, running garland up the stair rail.
在家里,妈妈会打开盛着装饰品的箱子,清理马厩和马槽,把花环挂上楼梯栏杆。
Spain, which is at the forefront of the rail boom, got high-speed service connecting Madrid and Barcelona last month.The journey was slashed by two hours: Now it takes just two hours, 35 minutes.
在欧洲大陆这波火车旅行热中,西班牙可谓一马当先,上个月新开通了马德里至巴塞罗纳间的高速列车,全程只需35分钟,比原来整整缩短了两个小时。
High-speed rail train runs at over 250 km per hour, about twice the normal speed of a regular train.
高铁运行的速度超过每小时250公里,大约是普通列车正常运行速度的两倍。
The amazing China rail story is just one metaphor for the speed at which the country accomplishes massive projects.
中国高铁的飞速发展只是一个隐喻,它说明了中国完成重大工程的速度。
Additionally, by looking at low - and high-passenger occupancy scenarios, we show that high-speed rail is not universally better or worse than the other modes.
而且,在观察了不同的载客情况后,我们认为,高速列车相比其他交通方式的好坏不能一概而论。
Some train travelers at the Beijing West Rail Station say they have been waiting for more than a week to get on a train and return home.
北京西站的一些旅客说,他们为了买到一张回家的火车票已经排队等了一个多星期。
A minibus whisked me from the hotel up to Arthur's Pass, at some 3, 000ft the highest point on the road-and-rail crossing over the mountains, where I found the train waiting.
一辆小巴把我从酒店送到海拔3,000英尺的阿瑟山口,这里是山上最高的公路与铁路交汇点,火车已经在那里等候。
Watson is a red desert moonscape on the Nullarbor Plain at the eastern end of the world's longest stretch of straight rail track, 478km (297 miles).
沃森火车站是纳勒博平原上一个荒凉的红色沙漠景点,位于世界上最长的直线铁路(478 km或297英里)东线的末端。
There's a good British Rail link at Clapham Junction.
在克拉珀姆枢纽站有条很不错的英国铁路线。
Applying make-up ranked as the sixth-biggest breach of rail etiquette, worse than being drunken, which at number 9 just edged out bringing strollers onto crowded trains.
在车上化妆位居第六大无视乘车礼节的行为,醉酒排在第九位,位居其后的是将婴儿车带上拥挤的列车。
Passengers may change to ma On Shan Rail trains at Tai Wai.
乘客可以在大围站换乘马鞍山铁路列车。
Passengers may change to ma On Shan Rail trains at Tai Wai.
乘客可以在大围站换乘马鞍山铁路列车。
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