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Meanings of railroad track in English

Wikidata

A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for the wheels of, e.g., a train.

        Portuguese
        estrada de ferro

        A line of track providing a runway for wheels.

              estrada de ferro
              Usage of railroad track in English
              1
              We whizzed across the railroad track in front of the Day Express
              A Woman Tenderfoot
              2
              Nels crossed the railroad track and disappeared behind the low, flat houses.
              The Light of the Western Stars
              3
              Rosalind walked for a mile along the railroad track and then stopped.
              Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
              4
              It is just close on the railroad track, your Honor, this building.
              The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
              5
              Yes, and muffle your horse's hoofs, too, in crossing the railroad track.
              Rainbow's End
              6
              Below them, a hundred feet down, John made out the railroad track.
              Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
              7
              The Yankees are tearing up the railroad track between the tank and Resacca.
              "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
              8
              The Yankees had captured the town, and were tearing up the railroad track.
              "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
              9
              At the time, the town's railroad track served as the economic dividing line.
              Ebony
              10
              Underneath you, a railroad track divides into a main route and an alternative.
              Wired
              11
              A railroad track emerged from the fields and ran along the one street.
              Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
              12
              That will bring us to the railroad track near the curve.
              The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz / Or, Upholding...
              13
              Firefighters lined up along a railroad track, the last barrier from the flames.
              Reuters
              14
              Once he noticed the paralleled rust lines of a railroad track.
              Earth Abides
              15
              She went swinging along the railroad track toward town, going westward.
              Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
              16
              However, he objected, and we walked back down the railroad track.
              The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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              Translations for railroad track
              Railroad track through the time
              Railroad track across language varieties
              United States of America
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