mule train
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mule
noun[C]
uk/mjuːl/us/mjuːl/
an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey, used especially for ...
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train
noun
uk/treɪn/us/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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(Definition ofmuleandtrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The effect here is to render the dry upfront vocal as a kind of intimate voice-over to the overtly pictorial rendering of themuletrain, and its rough-hewn teamster.
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Ourmuletrainis still here, and the teamsters were all invited.
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Bigham is first mentioned as leading amuletrainto the fort in 1862.
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For nearly twenty years he worked his way up the ranks of various circuses, traveling bymuletrainsix days a week, six months a year.
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Because good roads are brief but limited cobblestone main streets in larger cities, and the roads in between are mere cart tracks overland, goods are mainly shipped bymuletrain.
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Over it came ox carts and mule trains, missionaries and governors, soldiers and colonists.
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Copper was hauled partially by mule trains, until the railroad was finished in 1904.
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She is said to wander the mountains, especially at night, joining mule trains.
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Mule trains aided in the evacuation of wounded to some extent, but casualties were often carried for hours down the steep hillsides just to reach the road.
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Moreover, the coffee could be transported easily on mule trains or on animal-drawn carts over short distances to the ports.
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The narrow, slippery road in the mountain mists was treacherous for mule trains, and in some cases mules were hoisted by ropes.
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The absence of a big internal market with overland transportation, except for the mule trains, impeded internal economic integration, political cohesion and military efficiency.
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Mule trains, for land travel, and barges, for river and canal travel, were the most common form of long-distance haulage, although wheeled horse-drawn vehicles were used for shorter journeys.
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The terrain was so rugged over the mountains of the trail, that travel was restricted to mule trains and horses.
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In the colonial era and up until railroads were built in key areas, mule trains were the main mode of transporting goods.
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The army's supplies were carried by boats, steamboats, ox and mule trains, pack mules and horses and later by railroads, which stimulated the development of trade, farming and ranching.
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