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railroads

noun

plural of railroad

as in roads

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel that railroad hasn't been used for passenger trains for decades

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Recent Examples of railroads The rapid expansion of railroads allowed products to be distributed far beyond local markets. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026 While the railroads take sides on the issue, some lawmakers have sought to sway the STB into rejecting the megamerger. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 Many Hispanics initially came for blue-collar work, including jobs with the railroads, the Woodruff & Edwards foundry in Elgin and even at a farm that grew mushrooms for Campbell’s Soup in West Chicago. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, for example, prohibits states from imposing certain property taxes on railroads and expressly gives federal courts jurisdiction to stop them, notwithstanding the aforementioned TIA. — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 It’s all meant to defeat the crime rings that are often armed with nothing more than hydraulic bolt cutters, preying on railroads as a reliable source of easy-to-steal merchandise. — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Few railroads pack as much history into so few miles as the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026 The bridge was built during a race between competing railroads to reach Aspen. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 The company said at the time that the train – using private financing – could begin operating on May 10, 2026, ahead of America’s 250th birthday and the FIFA World Cup, subject to operating agreements with host railroads. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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Police urged residents to stay off the roads while cleanup and recovery efforts continue.

— Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
That becomes particularly dangerous in cities, where roads, parking lots and buildings prevent rain from soaking into the ground.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Lobito Corridor is an economic artery comprised of ports, railways, processing facilities, and logistics hubs connecting the Angolan port of Lobito with the mineral-rich Katanga region of the DRC and northern Zambia.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
More than 14 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period in parts of Chiba, which sits east of Tokyo, overwhelming roads and railways during one of Japan's busiest holiday travel weeks.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

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