railroad
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The Victorian-era town with dramatic cliffs is on the windswept northeast coast and was developed as a resort by a Quaker mining and railroad magnate in 1861.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The railroad boom in stock prices was followed by rail stocks’ falling by three-quarters of their value during the panic of 1873.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
A line outside a Riverside gas station crossed a railroad track, and a man stopped on the tracks refused to yield his place even when a freight train engine bore down on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
One estimate suggests hyperscalers could spend roughly 2.1% of GDP on capital expenditures in 2026—a pace reminiscent of the railroad boom External link in the mid-19th century.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The car rattles as we pass over the railroad tracks, letting me know we’re in my neighborhood now.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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