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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 on the Web Cheyenne became a hub for railroad maintenance, shipping and the cattle boom. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 The railroad company also expects only modest volume growth the rest of the year as the Southeast rebuilds after two major hurricanes. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Patrik Jonsson/The Christian Science Monitor But in Saluda, North Carolina, a railroad stop that became an adventure destination, the tone of the first meeting of the local business association after the storm was subdued at best. Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024 By the 1970s and 1980s, kitchens had largely disappeared from Europe’s railroads. Oscar Holland, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for railroad 

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“Railroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroad. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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