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Definition of Railroad line
1. Noun. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.
Specialized synonyms: Cable Railway, Funicular, Funicular Railway, Cog Railway, Rack Railway, El, Elevated, Elevated Railroad, Elevated Railway, Overhead Railway, Metro, Subway, Subway System, Tube, Underground, Monorail, Rail, Scenic Railway
Generic synonyms: Line
Derivative terms: Railroad, Railroad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Line
Literary usage of Railroad line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1915)
"... not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate
sections per mile (ten on each side) of said railroad line. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... the State of California as it should deem most suitable for a railroad line
to San Francisco; and, to aid in the construction of such a railroad line, ..."
3. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"Back to the Rocky Mountains—Their Finest Scenery Away From the railroad line—Colorado,
the Center and Backbone of the Continent—Its Three Grand ..."
4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1872)
"... Family Grocers, 3 Savings And Loan Society, 4 Bank of California, 4 Bart I
ing & Kimball, Bookbinders 5 Central and Union Pacific railroad line, . ..."
5. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"Back to the Rocky Mountains—Their Finest Scenery Away From the railroad line—Colorado,
the Center and Backbone of the Continent—Its Three Grand ..."
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