Railroad
noun
A system of tracks that trains run on.
The railroad connects the main cities of the country.
Often appears as...
- railroad station
- railroad tracks
noun
A company that operates trains.
He works for a major North American railroad.
Often appears as...
- railroad company
- railroad worker
Usage tips
General,Commercial
verb
To force something to be quickly and directly done or accepted.
They railroaded the new law through parliament.
Often appears as...
- railroad a decision
- railroad a solution
Usage tips
Disapproving
General, Idiomatic
noun
A method of transportation using a system of railway tracks.
Travelling by railroad is both economical and environmentally friendly.
Often appears as...
- railroad journey
- railroad service
noun
A system of tracks that trains run on.
The railroad connects the main cities of the country.
Often appears as...
- railroad station
- railroad tracks
noun
A company that operates trains.
He works for a major North American railroad.
Often appears as...
- railroad company
- railroad worker
Usage tips
General,Commercial
verb
To force something to be quickly and directly done or accepted.
They railroaded the new law through parliament.
Often appears as...
- railroad a decision
- railroad a solution
Usage tips
Disapproving
General, Idiomatic
noun
A method of transportation using a system of railway tracks.
Travelling by railroad is both economical and environmentally friendly.
Often appears as...
- railroad journey
- railroad service
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Transport Infrastructure
Refers to essential structures built for train travel, often significant in a region's development.
The transcontinental railroad was vital for America's westward expansion.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Routes
Railroads follow predetermined paths and cannot be altered like road routes.
Goods often arrive quicker by railroad due to fixed routes without traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
In history, railroads symbolized progress and connected distant places.
Settlers traveled west seeking new lives, aided by the railroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Transport Infrastructure
Refers to essential structures built for train travel, often significant in a region's development.
The transcontinental railroad was vital for America's westward expansion.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Routes
Railroads follow predetermined paths and cannot be altered like road routes.
Goods often arrive quicker by railroad due to fixed routes without traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
In history, railroads symbolized progress and connected distant places.
Settlers traveled west seeking new lives, aided by the railroad.
Pro Tip 1/3Transport Infrastructure
Refers to essential structures built for train travel, often significant in a region's development.
The transcontinental railroad was vital for America's westward expansion.
Pro Tip 2/3Fixed Routes
Railroads follow predetermined paths and cannot be altered like road routes.
Goods often arrive quicker by railroad due to fixed routes without traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
In history, railroads symbolized progress and connected distant places.
Settlers traveled west seeking new lives, aided by the railroad.
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Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
and she said, 'Just follow this map and you'll find him.' - - I said, 'Okay.' So, I drove about an hour to rail-- railroad tracks, it was like the main marker on the map. I drove to the railroad tracks and put on my backpack. And, parked the car and put on my backpack and I walked another three miles until I found this house.
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Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
This is a big question now to help us understand why they should be in the city. Perhaps there's more pollen in the city. With the trains coming in to urban hubs, they can carry pollen with them, very light pollen, and it's just a big supermarket in the city. A lot of linden trees live along the railroad tracks.
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The brilliance of...
The railroad worm, Phrixothrix hirtus, can light up its body in two red and green. Would you eat something that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea.
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James Kunstler: How bad...
which is going to be life in the country for everybody. And that starts to be delivered in the form of the railroad the country villa along the railroad line, which allows people to enjoy the amenity of the city, but to return to the countryside every night.
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Parag Khanna maps the...
have not delivered us peace in this conflict. What might? I believe that what might solve the problem is infrastructure. Today donors are spending billions of dollars on this. These two arrows are an arc, an arc of commuter railroads and other infrastructure
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The history of keeping...
and makes it possible to accurately communicate with people all over the world. Without a time system, we would have many challenges in farming, social structures, communication, and business. Take the American railroad system, for example.
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Paving the way towards...
internet for Africa to be connected to the world it needs to grow its economies but before we can succeed in growing our economies we must build efficient infrastructures namely good roads that and all whether strong railroads energy
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How the world's first...
the first of its kind in the world, had the city in an uproar. Digging a hole under the city and putting a railroad in it seemed the stuff of dreams. Pub drinkers scoffed at the idea
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Lessons Learned From...
couldn't work together and help each other this railroad captures that concept that's why it is important to me that it survived
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Terlingua's Turning...
the second transcontinental railroad was decided today it's a crossroads for a man's life
Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
and she said, 'Just follow this map and you'll find him.' - - I said, 'Okay.' So, I drove about an hour to rail-- railroad tracks, it was like the main marker on the map. I drove to the railroad tracks and put on my backpack. And, parked the car and put on my backpack and I walked another three miles until I found this house.
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
This is a big question now to help us understand why they should be in the city. Perhaps there's more pollen in the city. With the trains coming in to urban hubs, they can carry pollen with them, very light pollen, and it's just a big supermarket in the city. A lot of linden trees live along the railroad tracks.
Video examples
The brilliance of...
The railroad worm, Phrixothrix hirtus, can light up its body in two red and green. Would you eat something that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea.
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
which is going to be life in the country for everybody. And that starts to be delivered in the form of the railroad the country villa along the railroad line, which allows people to enjoy the amenity of the city, but to return to the countryside every night.
Video examples
Parag Khanna maps the...
have not delivered us peace in this conflict. What might? I believe that what might solve the problem is infrastructure. Today donors are spending billions of dollars on this. These two arrows are an arc, an arc of commuter railroads and other infrastructure
Video examples
The history of keeping...
and makes it possible to accurately communicate with people all over the world. Without a time system, we would have many challenges in farming, social structures, communication, and business. Take the American railroad system, for example.
Video examples
Paving the way towards...
internet for Africa to be connected to the world it needs to grow its economies but before we can succeed in growing our economies we must build efficient infrastructures namely good roads that and all whether strong railroads energy
Video examples
How the world's first...
the first of its kind in the world, had the city in an uproar. Digging a hole under the city and putting a railroad in it seemed the stuff of dreams. Pub drinkers scoffed at the idea
Video examples
Lessons Learned From...
couldn't work together and help each other this railroad captures that concept that's why it is important to me that it survived
Video examples
Terlingua's Turning...
the second transcontinental railroad was decided today it's a crossroads for a man's life
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.
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Karel Capek
Czechoslovakian Writer
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.
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Borje Ekholm
Swedish Businessman
When we talk about national infrastructure, we often discuss roads and railroads, but as a matter of fact, mobile infrastructure is equally as important.
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Hoagy Carmichael
American Composer
I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.
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George Stephenson
English Inventor
The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.
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Nancy Grace
American Journalist
My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
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Philip Anschutz
We will be in the railroad business, first and foremost.
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Sturgill Simpson
American Musician
I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.
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Peter Dinklage
American Actor
I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.
Quote examples
Karel Capek
Czechoslovakian Writer
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
Quote examples
Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.
Quote examples
Borje Ekholm
Swedish Businessman
When we talk about national infrastructure, we often discuss roads and railroads, but as a matter of fact, mobile infrastructure is equally as important.
Quote examples
Hoagy Carmichael
American Composer
I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.
Quote examples
George Stephenson
English Inventor
The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.
Quote examples
Nancy Grace
American Journalist
My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.
Quote examples
Philip Anschutz
We will be in the railroad business, first and foremost.
Quote examples
Sturgill Simpson
American Musician
I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.
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Peter Dinklage
American Actor
I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.
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