railroad
Example Sentences
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Amtrak will probably have to idle some of the new trains it is rolling out because the railroad’s maintenance facilities won’t be upgraded in time, federal inspectors found.
In the 1950s, after the railroad departed and took the economy with it, two Seattleites conceived a plan to save the town: adopt a Bavarian theme and bet big on tourism.
According to a 2013 report from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, about 60% of land in the county is owned by absentee corporations, including railroad, mining and timber companies.
Today, no single railroad controls tracks from the West Coast to the East Coast, so carriers rely on each other to complete cross-country cargo deliveries.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average, which tracks 20 large companies ranging from railroads to airlines, is up 10% this year and approaching an all-time high.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
