railroad
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Still, it is unclear how organized the underground railroad heading to Mexico truly was, the Associated Press reported in 2020, with archives destroyed in a fire and sites along the path abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Mr. Naiden, who ultimately opted for graduate school, was “proud to be a railroad worker—to hate the job and love the men who did it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
In February, Fortescue started running two battery-electric locomotives from Caterpillar’s Progress Rail on its railroad, which it said will reduce its diesel use by roughly 1 million liters annually.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
As the train slowed down at each railroad station, Brown tossed the latest update out the window to an Associated Press agent, who spread the news by telegraph.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing railroad
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