railroad
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His days on the railroad involved long hours shoveling coal into the furnaces that fed locomotive steam engines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
However, less is known about the underground railroad that ran southbound to Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
The pilot with the Class 1 railroad, which Langer said she couldn’t name due to a confidentiality agreement, is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“At the top of the ridge. There’s talk of the railroad expanding.”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Vocabulary lists containing railroad
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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