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railway Noun 1. a track composed of a line of parallel metal rails fixed to sleepers, on which trains run 2. any track on which the wheels of a vehicle may run: a cable railway 3. the rolling stock, buildings, and tracks used in such a transport system 4. the organization responsible for operating a railway network
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| Since then I have seen many horses much alarmed and restive at the sight or sound of a steam engine; but thanks to my good master's care, I am as fearless at railway stations as in my own stable. Even the bustle and confusion at the railway terminus, so wearisome and bewildering at other times, roused me and did me good. WHILE a Division Superintendent of a railway was attending closely to his business of placing obstructions on the track and tampering with the switches he received word that the President of the road was about to discharge him for incompetency. |
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