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Meanings of train crossing in English

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A point where a railway line crosses a road or a path on one level (that is, without a tunnel or a bridge).

        Usage of train crossing in English
        1
        My lungs rattled like a freight train crossing a rickety bridge.
        Boy’s Life
        2
        The note clicked from theme to theme like the wheels of a train crossing a freightyard.
        The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
        3
        She slammed on the brakes when she found herself opposed by a freight train crossing the tracks.
        Cold springs
        4
        The national TASR news agency said the collision occurred at a train crossing near the town of Brezno.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The crash of breakers came out of the dark, like the rattle of a goods train crossing an iron bridge.
        Lister's Great Adventure
        6
        Instead, a slow sombre train crossing heavily over and disappearing along the forest road on the mainland leading to Williamsburg.
        Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
        7
        It was the lights of a passenger train crossing the bridge, just a short distance away, that made me realize where I was.
        Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
        8
        A gentleman, a little past middle life, was traveling from the east in a luxurious passenger train crossing one of the far western states.
        Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear / Or,...
        9
        Morgan's signal, which more closely resembled the signals seen at train crossings, was not the first traffic light.
        Wired