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Meanings of railroad in English

Portuguese
estrada de ferro
Catalan
companyia de ferrocarrils
Wikidata

Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.

        estrada de ferro

        Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.

              Usage of railroad in English
              1
              The first railroad in China was built by British promoters in 1876.
              New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
              2
              However, its railroad and utility products segment saw sales fall 21 percent.
              Reuters
              3
              In the railroad trains in both England and France appears the following:-
              A Journey Through France in War Time
              4
              The area is a great mesh of railroad lines, criss-crossing the roads.
              The Guardian
              5
              Problems with the first Acela trains were legendary in the railroad industry.
              Reuters
              6
              It ended in favor of life, and I fled from the railroad.
              Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
              7
              The railroad presidents and men he met in formal conference-nosocial touch.
              The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
              8
              In Denmark, railroad company DSB said it would stop operating most trains.
              Reuters
              9
              The ties were to be used in the railroad through the tunnel.
              The Life of Me: An Autobiography
              10
              The machine had won the opening skirmish in the railroad regulation controversy.
              Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909
              11
              The railroad plans to trim 7 percent of its workforce this year.
              Reuters
              12
              I looked for the old tavern; I saw only the railroad restaurant.
              Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life by a New Englan...
              13
              As was usual, Lizzie walked home alone, right along the railroad tracks.
              The marrowbone marble company
              14
              We whizzed across the railroad track in front of the Day Express
              A Woman Tenderfoot
              15
              Lukens spoke of other innovations the railroad has instituted in late years.
              The new yorker
              16
              Just at that time, railroad-stock was in high favor throughout the country.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 / A Maga...
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