railroad companies

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• Current and former railroad companies operating in Dallas, Texas — The following is a list of railroad companies that serve(d) Dallas. The first year is the year service began; the last is the year service was halted. 1872 1934 Houston and Texas Central Railroad 1873 1976 Texas and Pacific Railway 1878 1880… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad police — is a type of security police responsible for policing railroad (or railway) lines. In the United States and Canada, they are employed by the major Class I railroads, as well as some smaller ones. In other countries, this work is typically done by …   Wikipedia

• Railroad chronometer — Railroad chronometers (railroader s watches) are specialized timepieces that once were crucial for safe and correct operation of trains in the United States and Canada. A system called Timetable and Train Order, which relied on highly accurate… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad ecology — is a term used to refer to the study of the ecological community growing along railroad tracks. Such ecosystems have been studied primarily in Europe.ConditionsRailroad beds, like road beds, are designed to drain water away from the tracks, so… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium

• Railroad tie — While wooden ties dominate North American railways, concrete is widely used in other parts of the world. A railroad tie/railway tie (North America), or railway sleeper (Europe) is a rectangular item used to support the rails in railroad tracks.… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad Tycoon — Infobox VG| title = Railroad Tycoon developer = MicroProse publisher = MicroProse designer = Sid Meier engine = Custom released = 1990 genre = Business simulation game modes = Single player ratings = platforms = MS DOS, Amiga, Macintosh, Atari ST …   Wikipedia

• Railroad Tycoon (series) — Sid Meier s Railroad Tycoon is a business simulation game. There are five versions; the original Railroad Tycoon (1990), Railroad Tycoon Deluxe (1993), Railroad Tycoon II (1998), Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003), and Sid Meier s Railroads! (2006).… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad Commission of Texas — The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Established by the Texas… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — ▪ I. railroad rail‧road 1 [ˈreɪlrəʊd ǁ roʊd] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a railway: • a railroad company 2. the railroad all the work, equipment etc connected with a train system …   Financial and business terms

• Railroad switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A right hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right …   Wikipedia