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Meanings of elevated railroad in English

Portuguese
ele
Catalan
ferrocarril elevat
Spanish
ferrocarril aéreo

A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level.

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        Usage of elevated railroad in English
        1
        Then they fairly ran to the nearest station of the elevated railroad.
        The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor
        2
        Tell me something about the elevated railroad and Five-Hundred-and-Fifty-Thousandth Street.
        Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
        3
        It was America's first elevated railroad, but it was steam-powered.
        Wired
        4
        Trolley, anarchist, elevated railroad, collapsed buildings, frightened horses, runaway automobiles.
        New Faces
        5
        He was very civil and showed me where to go to get the elevated railroad.
        The Hohenzollerns in America / With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and...
        6
        Never before had the ugliness of the elevated railroad struck him with such crushing hopelessness.
        The Root of Evil
        7
        The men swinging past turned another corner and disappeared beneath the structure of an elevated railroad.
        Marching Men
        8
        But when I was a kid, there was an elevated railroad down the middle of Third.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        9
        At this corner also here was one of the Madison Street stations of the elevated railroad system.
        The Sheridan Road Mystery
        10
        While Tom was talking to Sobber the other Rover boys had followed Cuffer to the elevated railroad station.
        The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle; Or, The Strange Cruise of the S...
        11
        The man did not see me as he turned to go up the steps of the elevated railroad station.
        Tales of Fantasy and Fact
        12
        She explained, too, how the elevated railroad being erected over Sixty-third Street would carry guests directly to Jackson Park.
        The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
        13
        Especially is this important when entering cars or going up long flights of steps-as ,atan elevated railroad station.
        The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social...
        14
        The experience of the elevated railroad corporations in building their lines had shown the uncertainty of depending upon legal precedents.
        The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment
        15
        The average speed of local and express trains will exceed the speed made by the trains on any elevated railroad.
        The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment
        16
        When we entered the elevated railroad car, Stanley exclaimed: "This is like the chariots on the walls of Babylon."
        Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography
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        Translations for elevated railroad
        Portuguese
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        Elevated railroad across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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