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railroading

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  • n  the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
  • v  compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
  • v  supply with railroad lines
  • v  transport by railroad

  • Last spring, to celebrate its 110th year and simultaneously to symbolize the new era in railroading, the Baltimore Ohio Railroad launched a new streamliner named the "Royal.
  • If they are found guilty, the prosecutors in the group will be the first in the nation ever convicted of crimes for railroading an innocent man.
  • A confessed railroading "aficionado" since boyhood, Lucius Beebe treats his hobby as a last lingering vestige of the steel-engraving age he sighs for.
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  • Art of the railroad & large scale model trains
    Model railroad trains first became popular when department store owners incorporated them into their Christmas window displays in the 1920’s, and they've been a fixture of childhood and beyond ever since. Today model railroading is an extremely popular hobby, with both collectors and modelers who focus on every imaginable aspect of railroad history and operations.
    June 19, 2013 - Wayne Post
Quotes

  • Hunter Harrison in CNNMoney.com
    The American people have said loud and clear that this is an incredibly important issue to them. For the Senate to move ahead anyway using this process, railroading me and other critics of the bill and blocking our rights as senators to represent... David Vitter http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vitter&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHSG_bRwgyY8_CB-PHe6djxEd-zmw Guardian Unlimited http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6741000,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEJupCswtNkuoFKw7jyomghrn5s9w Jun 27, 2007 80050 107937 railroading CN President and Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison said: This acquisition is good news for railroading in Chicago. Chicago is essential to CN's rail operations, yet it presents us with major operational challenges. This transaction will...
  • Ed Rendell in Scripps News
    Historically, Pennsylvania has had a tremendous history in railroading, and it remains my belief that our state can still have a bright future in rail if we take advantage of dynamic partnerships between the private and public sectors like the one... Bill Shuster http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shuster&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE7XRSDA4Q5eIXqvxr_LvQkzdRXSQ Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS152854%2B28-Sep-2009%2BPRN20090928&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGQVif3tf4hDsPzkMGrmUknV-82lQ Sep 28, 2009 80052 107938 rails We know that the capacity of our nation's roads, rails and seaports is simply not keeping pace with demand," Rendell said. "For example, between 1980 and 2006, traffic on the Interstate Highway System increased by 150 percent while...

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