Behind them, the handcar had melted into the general gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
He stepped up the rhythm of arms and handcar handle slightly. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Unquestioning, the gunslinger let the handcar coast to a rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
For us to drive the handcar out over ... that ... and fall down?. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
The handcar moved a foot, with silent timelessness, on the rails. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
One of the tentacles pawed across the flat platform of the handcar. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
You said you went under the mountains alone, on some land of crazy handcar. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
They left the handcar behind them and walked precariously out over darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
The gunslinger began to pump steadily again, and the handcar picked up speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
"We had better go on, " he said, and started toward Track 10 and the handcar again. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Once the awkwardness of a buried age had been run off the handcar, it went smoothly. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
My best plan, he said, was to get off there and ride back to Thorlakson on a handcar. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
During the fourth period of waking and walking, they literally stumbled on a handcar. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
An officer and party on a handcar had been rattling in from a visit to the front outguard. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
And began running on the diagonal, toward where the handcar would emerge toward the darkness ahead. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
The handcar moved forward obediently, then stopped. he could feel a drive-shaft turn beneath his feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
I saw a tension travel up and down his bound limbs like a handcar on a twisted track and kept my distance. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
The gunslinger's head, which had been fixed straight forward as he pumped the handcar, jerked to the right. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
The gunslinger let go of the handle and the handcar coasted noiselessly to the rocks, where it thumped to rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
There was nobody left in the cut, and both the train and the handcar on which the section hands had traveled, were out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference
In the morning a handcar provided with a seat and manned by two muscular. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond] Reference
But even as the handcar was passing him Mr. Trimm regretted his hastiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights] Reference
October 4: Railroad handcar racing all day; Chili cook-off & salsa contest and tasting. From Wordnik.com. [DesertUSA News] Reference
The Eagles have restored the handcar that will be used in the annual handcar races there July 17. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE] Reference
I will pay you well to carry me to Como on a handcar. ". From Wordnik.com. [A southern woman's war time reminiscences,] Reference
"You can cross the creek some way and use a handcar, if they have one. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
Men! get weapons, a handcar, if there is one here, and we may head off the robbers. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
" He turned around and walked across to the stone piers and leaped easily down onto the handcar. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
The handcar was slowing down. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Or of a freight, or even a handcar. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The handcar moved away from the stone piers. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Thorlakson on a handcar or a freight train. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
In a very few minutes we were on a handcar. From Wordnik.com. [A southern woman's war time reminiscences,] Reference
A handcar was the means of communication. From Wordnik.com. [A southern woman's war time reminiscences,] Reference
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