Definitions for Railroads
rail·roads

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1. railroads

   The most important factor for progress and enlightenment in the world today.

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1. Railroads

   Permanent roads having a line of rails fixed to ties and laid to gage, usually on a leveled or graded ballasted roadbed and providing a track for freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock. Cars are designed to be drawn by locomotives or sometimes propelled by self-contained motors. (From Webster's 3d) The concept includes the organizational and administrative aspects of railroads as well.

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1. railroadsnoun

   Plural noun of the word railroad.

   My brother works on the railroads laying track, they go to work very early and get home during the day, he loves it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 24, 2016  

How to pronounce Railroads?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Railroads in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Railroads in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Railroads in a Sentence

1. Joe McHugh:

   I think that's why the freight railroads got out of the business in the first place, it cost them a whole lot more money than they were making.

2. Jeremy Ferguson:

   Absolutely, when an incident like this happens, it brings all the issues to light, how unsafe the rail industry truly is. I didn’t think we had any chance before this. The railroads and AAR do a very good job of lobbying in DC. So generally it’s difficult to get people to vote for something like this rule. But sometimes it takes a disaster to drive home the point. Any time you turn the TV on, there’s still an issue. It’s not going away.

3. Sarah Feinberg:

   (We) are running out of things that we can put on the railroads to do, there have to be other industries that have skin in the game.

4. Clyde Whitaker:

   The railroads… want you to believe that technology is capable of replacing the role of the conductor, nothing can be further from the truth.

5. Jarrett Zielinski:

   We are as exposed as anyone else and thus providing our customers access to both Canadian class one railroads mitigates some of the risk associated with that exposure, however, with U.S. crude oil inventories at record levels and pipeline takeaway constraints mounting, we foresee increased demand for (crude by rail) services.

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References

1. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Railroads