(chiefly, US, Philippines) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
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(chiefly, US) The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
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(chiefly, US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets.
The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
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