Which preposition to use with rail

at Occurrences 154%

Surprised at seeing children of their tender years, thus prematurely put to severe labour, I was about to rail at the absurd custom of this strange country, when my friend checked me for my hasty judgment, and told me that these boys were on their way to school, after their usual monthly holiday.

of Occurrences 131%

It was broken by a sharp double report, one as of the fall of a metallic substance, the other caused by the body of Pulz, which, shaken loose from the truck by a heavy roll, smashed against the rail of the ship and splashed overboard.

in Occurrences 68%

After staring aloft, and about the horizon into the impenetrable mist, he joined LeVere at the port rail in a short earnest conversation.

to Occurrences 60%

The General ordered me to accompany the expedition, and accordingly that night I proceeded by rail to McPherson Station, and from thence rode on horseback to the fort.

against Occurrences 45%

Now that thou art incapacitated from love by age and rejected by all the gods, thou railest against this one, blaspheming him in whom thou didst erstwhile take delight.

on Occurrences 41%

Lister lounged against the rails on the Tecumseh veranda.

from Occurrences 32%

Still, being only forty miles by rail from New York City, they had been taken to the roaring metropolis once in a while as a treat, and it was only with great difficulty that their parents had succeeded in luring them home again.

with Occurrences 30%

"Why didn't you speak to her when you got a chance?" asked Bertie, anxious to divert the blame and meet railing with railing.

for Occurrences 26%

They had lifted some of the rails for use north of Gaza, and a raid we had carried out showed that we could stop this railway being put into a state of preparedness for military traffic.

by Occurrences 10%

Its progress was exasperatingly slow, owing to the fact that the Mexican Central Railway, which was Huerta's only chosen line of advance, had to be repaired almost rail by rail.

between Occurrences 6%

The Turks were badly in need of rails for the line they were then constructing down to Deir Sineid, and they had lifted some of the rails between Asluj and Kossaima, but during our raid we broke every rail over some fifteen miles of track.

before Occurrences 6%

Behind the high altar I saw their black, carved chairs of polished oak, with ponderous gilded foliants lying on the rails before them.

like Occurrences 6%

Two dark figures, crouched on Terrier's rail like animals ready to spring, cut against the blaze.

into Occurrences 5%

The two sailors hung back, so terrorized at the mere thought of touching these victims of plague, I steeled myself to the job and handled them alone, dragging the inert bodies across the deck, and by the exercise of all my strength launching them over the low rail into the sea.

across Occurrences 5%

Who wound the iron rails across the Alleghanies, the Rockies, the Sierras?

as Occurrences 4%

Ten minutes afterwards there was a heavy shock, and a rush of foam swept the rail as the steamer listed down.

beside Occurrences 4%

The gang-plank was out, for she lay warped in to one of the wharves, and Ken went aboard and leaned at the rail beside a square man in a black jersey, who chewed tobacco and squinted observantly at the dock.

without Occurrences 3%

Life jogged along tamely, and, as far as I could see, gave promise of going to the last slip-rails without a canter, until one day in July 1896 mother received a letter from her mother which made a pleasant change in my life, though, like all sweets, that letter had its bitter drop.

out Occurrences 3%

Here, between the foremast and the cabin, someone was strolling idly about most of the time, or lounging along the rail out of the sun.

through Occurrences 3%

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up Occurrences 3%

" Therefore, that same evening I left Abo, and traveled by rail up to the junction Toijala, whence, after a wait of six hours, I resumed by slow journey to Helsingfors.

along Occurrences 2%

A modern mine-laying ship puts to sea with a row of contact mines on rails along her side, ready for dropping into the sea.

around Occurrences 2%

At the right of the church is a high iron railing around the archbishop's house.

under Occurrences 2%

We got out without difficulty and, in a few minutes, by putting a rail under one side, we proceeded on again, jocosely telling the passengers in the third stage that it was their turn next.

opposite Occurrences 2%

While we had been clearing up and loading the carts a long train of freight cars had noiselessly glided down the rails opposite our quarry, and had halted without pulling into the station.

Which preposition to use with  rail