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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

  • If war broke the "underlying cause" would be China's banishment of Russians employed on the Chinese-Eastern railway jointly owned by China and Russia (PTI, July 22, et seq.
  • At the end of the railway line, Paul Theroux arrives at a new beginning -- because, after the journey, there's always a story to tell.
  • At the request of the War Department in 1929, the Southern Railway System organized a railway operating battalion.
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  • Midday Glance: Railroad companies
    Shares of some top railroad companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: CSX rose $.03 or .1 percent, to $23.06. Canadian National Railway Co. fell $.18 or .2 percent, to $97.69. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. fell $.18 ...
    July 5, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Early Glance: Railroad companies
    Shares of some top railroad companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: CSX rose $.12 or .5 percent, to $23.15. Canadian National Railway Co. fell $.17 or .2 percent, to $97.70. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. rose ...
    July 5, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Backlash occurs in Japan over sales of train e-ticket records
    A privacy debate has erupted in Japan over a new service from a major rail operator that sells private e-ticket records as marketing data. This week East Japan Railway (JR East), the country's largest rail company, has begun offering for sale the anonymized histories of millions of its passengers. The data is gleaned from its Suica train pass system, which is Japan's most popular with 43 million ...
    July 5, 2013 - PC World

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