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railroad line

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Noun1.railroad line - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freightrailroad line - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
cable railway, funicular, funicular railway - a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
cog railway, rack railway - railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction
elevated, elevated railroad, elevated railway, overhead railway, el - a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
metro, subway, subway system, underground, tube - an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
monorail - a railway having a single track
rail - short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
scenic railway - small railway in an amusement park


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Other support material includes nine pages of photographs from the era, and a concluding chapter on the railroad lines that spread across the area linking cities and serving the dominant mining industry between 1879 and 1880.
The prominence of the cities come from their historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, their position along numerous railroad lines, a strong industrial and financial sector.
95 Paperback TF25 Dozens of archival photographs enhance this historical account of the Milwaukee Road railroad line and its pioneering set of streamlined steam locomotives that were capable of sustaining speeds of 100 miles per hour over long distances.
 
 
 
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