railroad ferry

  • 1Ferry railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …

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  • 2Railroad — Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or …

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  • 3Ferry — Fer ry, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f[ a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[ a]hre. See {Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. [1913 Webster] It can… …

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  • 4Ferry bridge — Ferry Fer ry, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f[ a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[ a]hre. See {Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. [1913 Webster] It… …

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  • 5Ferry railway — Ferry Fer ry, n.; pl. {Ferries}. [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f[ a]rja, Dan. f[ae]rge, G. f[ a]hre. See {Ferry}, v. t.] 1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. [1913 Webster] It… …

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  • 6Ferry slip — wheeled vehicles.Often a ferry intended for motor vehicle transport will carry its own adjustable ramp when elevated it acts as a wave guard and is lowered to a horizontal position at the terminus to meet a permanent road segment that extends… …

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  • 7Railroad terminals serving New York City — New York City Railroads ca. 1900 The table below shows all railroad lines that have served New York City and what terminal they used. A red background indicates that the railroad owned a part or full share of the terminal. railroad Penn Station… …

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  • 8railroad — /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… …

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  • 9Railroad switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A right hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right …

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  • 10Ferry (Alaska) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ferry. 64° 03′ 52″ N 148° 59′ 49″ W …

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