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Meanings of rail-road in English

Russian
железная дорога
Portuguese
caminho-de-ferro
Spanish
ferroviaria
Catalan
transport ferroviari
Wikidata

Interconnected network of infrastructure and vehicles used for train rail transport.

железная дорога
Synonyms
Examples for "railways"
Examples for "railways"
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Its roads, water facilities, railways, health and education systems all require investment.
The Irish Times
2
The government says oil money will fund new roads, ports and railways.
BBC
3
Flooded railways left thousands of passengers facing long delays to their journeys.
BBC
4
The railways say they did the best they could given the circumstances.
Reuters
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They also have the world's best health service, railways and urban architecture.
The Irish Times
1
However, CSX presents a different set of challenges than the Canadian railroads.
Reuters
2
Roads & railroads need overhauling as do services like water & electricity.
The new yorker
3
The construction of the railroads spelled the doom of the wild Indian.
The United States Since the Civil War
4
The railroads throughout the country are in a fair state of prosperity.
State of the Union Addresses
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Two transcontinental railroads cut the western part of the county in two.
A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washing...
1
I had before read your very ingenious propositions as to the rail-way communication.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
2
Shutting her eyes in a rail-way carriage to open them when she pleased was child's play.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
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Oh, you are now only eight hours from the rail- way.
Active Service
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The Deben- ture stocks are similar to those of British rail- ways, and are a first charge on the undertaking.
Everybody's Guide to Money Matters / With a description of the v...
Usage of rail-road in English
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The remote nature of the rail-road town plays well into the genre.
The South African
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The rail-road is upon the edge of the water along this natural terrace.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
3
That sort of coal doesn't go begging within a mile of a rail-road.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
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There came rain and snow and blizzards, but the rail-road construction stopped for nothing.
Jimmie Higgins
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The Englishmen built a camp fire by the rail-road.
The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
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Der sleuths got him rubberin' der rail-road sheds!
The War in the Air
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A rail-road siding ran to it.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
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I am not particular about working for the rail-road, but I would like to get something respectable if possible.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919
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Another minute, and we should have travelled over His Majesty's schooner, like a rail-road car going over a squash.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
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At length Mrs. Wyllys's boy recovered, and was sent off to school; and this rail-road matter was also satisfactorily settled.
Elinor Wyllys; Or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale. Volume ...
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I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such rail-road as speedily as possible.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862
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A rail-road should follow.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Mr. Draper certainly did not look delighted at this unexpected statement, and began to tremble for his rail-road; but he remained silent.
Rich Enough / a tale of the times
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It is laid down on my map, as a rail-road route, now at the office of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona
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Its character was not then so sharply defined as in these days of elevated rail-roads-perhapsI had passed it.
The Master of Silence: A Romance
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"In such articles, and in mill-seats, and rail-road lines, and other expectations."
Home as Found / Sequel to "Homeward Bound"