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Railroads

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rail·road  (rlrd)
n.
1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.
2. A system of railroad track, together with the land, stations, rolling stock, and other related property under one management.
v. rail·road·ed, rail·road·ing, rail·roads
v.tr.
1. To transport by railroad.
2. To supply (an area) with railroads.
3. Informal
a. To rush or push (something) through quickly in order to prevent careful consideration and possible criticism or obstruction: railroad a special-interest bill through Congress.
b. To convict (an accused person) without a fair trial or on trumped-up charges.
v.intr.
To work for a railroad company.
railroader n.
Railroads
See also travel; vehicles

ferroequinology
a mock classical term for enthusiasm about railroads. — ferroequinologist, n.
metrograph
a device for recording the speed of locomotives and the time, place, and length of all their stops.
siderodromophobia
an abnormal fear of railroads or of traveling on trains.
sideromania
an obsession with railroad travel.


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Herein it is the same with the American whale fishery as with the American army and military and merchant navies, and the engineering forces employed in the construction of the American Canals and Railroads.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
As is invariably the case, after they had been asked at what price they wanted rooms, it appeared that there was not one decent room for them; one decent room had been taken by the inspector of railroads, another by a lawyer from Moscow, a third by Princess Astafieva from the country.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There the men were engaged in developing the country, organizing its railroads, opening up its mines, making accessible its vast natural resources.
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