A point where a railway line crosses a road or a path on one level (that is, without a tunnel or a bridge).
1 My lungs rattled like a freight train crossing a rickety bridge.
2 The note clicked from theme to theme like the wheels of a train crossing a freightyard.
3 She slammed on the brakes when she found herself opposed by a freight train crossing the tracks.
4 The national TASR news agency said the collision occurred at a train crossing near the town of Brezno.
5 The crash of breakers came out of the dark, like the rattle of a goods train crossing an iron bridge.
6 Instead, a slow sombre train crossing heavily over and disappearing along the forest road on the mainland leading to Williamsburg.
7 It was the lights of a passenger train crossing the bridge, just a short distance away, that made me realize where I was.
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.
9 Morgan's signal, which more closely resembled the signals seen at train crossings , was not the first traffic light.
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