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Meanings of electric railway in English

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Usage of electric railway in English
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We came in on that lovely electric railway-alongthe beach.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
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John had finished being engineer for the electric railway company.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
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Chicago's first permanent elevated electric railway, the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway, opened in 1895.
Wired
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A miniature electric railway is a thing that attracts the attention of almost any person.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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In Cleveland in 1884 an electric railway on a small scale was opened to the public.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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Edison built an experimental electric railway line at Menlo Park in 1880 and proved its practicability.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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Perfectly safe to-day or we shouldn't have been allowed to go up in the electric railway.
The Jolliest School of All
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The tunnel would link the Dart and Hollyford valleys, with electric railway wagons transporting buses and cars.
Radio NZ
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The deep down underground electric railway in London has so far proved an unprofitable concern for its stockholders.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
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Thus the people received large benefits from the electric railway, conduits for wires, gas privileges, and other franchises.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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I have ridden at forty miles an hour on Mr. Edison's electric railway-andwe ran off the track.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
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Tradesmen's carts drove out constantly, and the electric railway did quite a little business in the conveyance of parcels.
A Popular Schoolgirl
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You mean the electric railway?
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
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His father told, in turn, the plan his corporation was considering, of putting in an electric railway plant at Cairo.
Youth and the Bright Medusa
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Thereafter the electric railway spread quickly over the land, obliterating the old horsecars and greatly enlarging the circumference of the city.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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Perhaps the most important feature of the electric railway in the United States has been the development and increase of its efficiency.
The Story of Electricity
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