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She described her parents, a railroad worker and a mother who once cleaned houses, as “Depression-era Democrats.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The railroad boom of the late 19th century marked the last time the build-out of one new industry accounted for a larger share of the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In April, the railroad issued a going-concern warning, cautioning that it lacked the liquidity to sustain it as a viable business and raising the possibility of bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nearby Bagdad was a railroad town named in the 1880s by Southern Pacific Railroad officials after the Middle Eastern metropolis — without the H — because of the desert terrain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

But right now, Phineas is working on the railroad and his time has nearly come.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and city leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep railroads from falling into the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But existing customers of railroads also face higher bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads, and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

That happened in the 1914 storms, to the bridges criss-crossed by streetcars and railroads, and to the famous pigeon farm that stood at the Y where the Arroyo Seco joined the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Through Petersburg ran the railroads by which Lee’s army received its supplies; if Petersburg were taken, then the cry of “On to Richmond” would at last be fulfilled.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

I looked into those charges and concluded that they are unsupported, that Pangram isn’t reliable enough to serve as the basis for such accusations, and that there is a strong possibility Mia Ballard was railroaded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Having stripped away most of the documentary’s narration and sit-down interviews with Kerr’s family and friends, the film barely explores anyone’s psychology — and Blunt’s railroaded Dawn loses her chance to speak for herself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Like other actors including Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino, Julia Ormond, briefly a major star in the 1990s, has alleged in a lawsuit that Weinstein railroaded her career.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

But Mr Webber's mother Emma said the CPS had not consulted them, and said they had been "rushed, hastened and railroaded", while Mr Coates's son James said Calocane had "got away with murder".

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024

If I had been railroaded, the authorities would have known how I’d gotten it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But wage-earners—in textile manufacturing and railroading, to pick two examples—gained by the steady appreciation in the purchasing power of their hard-earned money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Unlike Derry’s pubs, it welcomed everybody and also secretly provided a safe refuge for Hank as he hid from the cops intent on railroading him.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2025

“When the Mexican Revolution was going on, you had a lot of Mexican immigrants coming into these railroading hubs and centers like the Inland Empire, like San Bernardino,” Ocegueda said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

That system, known as precision scheduled railroading, focused on running rigid, consistent schedules, streamlining processes and routes, and cutting back on equipment and employees.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

They launched into a long discussion of their memories, both of railroading and of the Sierras.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep