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  • n  line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
  • n  a line of track providing a runway for wheels
    he walked along the railroad track
  • v  compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
  • v  supply with railroad lines
    railroad the West
  • v  transport by railroad

  • It is a curious result of the trend of affairs, that official Washington, which ten years ago was violently opposed to railroad consolidations, is now the first to urge them .
  • But as a railroad officer, his batting average was not so good: stockholders eased him out last year as board chairman of both the Central of Georgia and Norfolk Southern.
  • The plan for a Pan-American railroad is not new.
News & Articles

  • Railroad Crossing Compliance Checks in Franklin County
    FRANKLIN CO. -- The railroad industry and local police are reminding drivers to be careful at train crossings.
    June 20, 2013 - WSIL 3 Southern Illinois
  • Railroad Days carnival a family affair
    Every year during the Railroad Days festival there’s a four-day carnival, but not many people actually know the man who puts it all together. Meet Kevin Wilson, owner of the Wilson’s Family Shows carnival. Wilson explained that it’s a family-owned business that he and his wife, Deborah, run; he’s owned the carnival for 14 years and he started it from the ground up. “I started with $30 in my ...
    June 20, 2013 - The Galesburg Register-Mail
  • Pacific Imperial Railroad, Inc. Enters into Services Agreement with J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc.
    Pacific Imperial Railroad, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a Services Agreement with J.L. Patterson & Associates, Inc., a California corporation . Under the agreement, JLP will provide a Bridge Management Program, inspect 57 bridges, inspect 17 tunnels, and provide a track inspection of the Desert Line.
    June 20, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Frederick Toben in International Herald Tribune
    The number of victims at the Auschwitz concentration camp could be about 2,007,Australian Frederick Toben told the conference, according to a Farsi translation of his comments. "The railroad to the camp did not have enough capacity to...
  • Jim DeMint in Forbes
    They tried to railroad this through today, but we derailed the train,DeMint said.
  • Dianne Feinstein in International Herald Tribune
    This is unacceptable,Feinstein said in a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. "I urge you to direct the BLM to suspend any further consideration of leases to develop former railroad lands for renewable energy or for any other...

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