Synonyms:
railway, railroad, railroad_line, railway_line, railway_system
Meaning: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight
Usage examples
Did you forget the railroad?
That railroad's fetching it.
Mere pocket money! Look at the railroad!
Tony talks about him like he was president of the railroad.
IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
"The Yanks have taken a bite out of the railroad between there and Corinth."
We had the private car of Mr. Roberts, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
I trust that the telegraph wire has not been cut, or the railroad torn up again."
"Some Yanks stole a train on the Georgia State Railroad yesterday and burned a bridge."
The Pacific Railroad is joined by several branches in Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, and Oregon.