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Definition of Railroad terminal
1. Noun. Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.
Generic synonyms: Depot, Terminal, Terminus
Specialized synonyms: Flag Stop, Way Station, Whistle Stop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Terminal
Literary usage of Railroad terminal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1911)
"railroad terminal, SPUR TRACK, DOCK AND MARKET FRANCHISES. 478. Depots, yards,
crossings, tunnels, spur tracks, docks and markets. 479. ..."
2. Catalogue of Books Relating to Architecture: Construction and Decoration in by Boston Public Library, Mary Harris Rollins, Frank A. Bourne (1914)
"Report on transportation conditions at the port of New York, with special reference
to 0. joint railroad terminal in Manhattan on the North River above 25th ..."
3. Catalogue of Books Relating to Architecture: Construction and Decoration in by Boston Public Library, Mary Harris Rollins, Frank A. Bourne (1914)
"Report on transportation conditions at the port of New York, with special reference
to & joint railroad terminal in Manhattan on the North River above 25th ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"Mr. Davies is especially identified with the Long Island railroad terminal
development, having been chief engineer for the Atlantic Avenue improvement in ..."
5. The Practical Book of Architecture by Charles Matlack Price (1916)
"THE OFFICE BUILDING, THE LOFT BUILDING, THE MODERN HOTEL, THE APARTMENT HOUSE
AND THE GREAT railroad terminal NO study of stylistic expressions in ..."
6. A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance Acts by William Wheeler Thornton (1909)
"Belt railroad—Terminal road.—The statute applies to cars hauled on a belt railroad,
used as a link between railroads engaged in interstate commerce.27 So it ..."