railroad connection

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• 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 electrification in the United States — comprised many different systems in many different geographical areas, few of which were connected. Despite this, there were a small number of common reasons for electrification.Streetcars and interurban systems are not within the scope of this… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad car — A railroad car or railway carriage is a vehicle on a rail transport system (railroad or railway) that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotive. Passenger cars… …   Wikipedia

• connection — con|nec|tion [ kə nekʃən ] noun *** ▸ 1 relationship between ▸ 2 in transportation ▸ 3 joining of two things ▸ 4 for TV/computer ▸ 5 useful people you know ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a relationship between things or events: connection between: I fail …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Railroad Retirement Board — The Railroad Retirement Board (or RRB) is an agency of the United States government created in the 1930s to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country s railroad workers. The RRB serves U.S. railroad… …   Wikipedia

• railroad track — The rails, ties, and ballast upon which the trains run. 44 Am J1st RR § 227. A way for the transportation of freight or passengers. A track used or intended for the purpose of transporting or moving produce, freight, or passengers in connection… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• connection — Synonyms and related words: ESP, Indian file, abutment, abuttal, access, accord, accounting for, acquaintance, act of love, addition, adjacency, adjoiningness, adjunct, adultery, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agent, agglomeration, agglutination …   Moby Thesaurus

• railroad hazard — Broadly, any danger in connection with the operation of a railroad. A term of art for the hazard in the employment of railroading by reason of which workers in such employment are exempted from the application of the fellow servant rule by… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• California Southern Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=California Southern Railroad locale=San Diego ndash; Barstow, California start year=1880| end year=1889 hq city=National City, California system map size=250 map caption=Route map of the California Southern Railroad… …   Wikipedia

• Union Freight Railroad — The Union Freight Railroad was a freight only railroad connecting the railroads coming into the north and south sides of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Almost its entire length was along Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street. For most of its… …   Wikipedia

• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad logo filename= logo size=150 railroad abbr= marks=RFP locale=Virginia, United States start year=1836 end year=1991 successor line=CSXT old gauge= hq city=Richmond, VAThe… …   Wikipedia