2. Verb. (third-person singular of railroad) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Railroads
1. railroad [v] - See also: railroad
Medical Definition of Railroads
1. 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. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroads
Literary usage of Railroads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Maine Board of Railroad Commissioners (1891)
"SAFETY OF TRAVELERS ON railroads. Absolute safety to travelers by any mode of
conveyance, cannot be secured; neither can railroads be so constructed and ..."
2. Annual Report by Maine Board of Railroad Commissioners (1889)
"It is gratifying to be able to state that, while for certain causes the earnings
of railroads in many states have fallen off and their stocks depreciated in ..."
3. Annual Report by Maine Board of Railroad Commissioners (1892)
"In many of the Southern and Western states, extreme legislation looking to the
management and control of traffic on railroads, by state commissioners, ..."
4. The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction by Isaiah Leo Sharfman (1921)
"There has been an intimate reciprocal relationship between the war and the railroads.
The railroads rendered an indispensable sen-ice in the prosecution of ..."
5. The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction by Isaiah Leo Sharfman (1921)
"The railroads rendered an indispensable service in the prosecution of the war;
and the war exerted a vital influence upon the internal organization and ..."
6. The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction by Isaiah Leo Sharfman (1921)
"There has been an intimate reciprocal relationship between the war and the railroads.
The railroads rendered an indispensable service in the prosecution of ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"On 1917 investment in road and equipment, representing the book values reported
by the Class I and II railroads, amounted to ..."
8. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"The Emperor of Germany in a speech to the Prussian Diet impressed upon his hearers
the great importance of extending the railroads and the navigable canals. ..."
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