[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

railroad \rail"road`\ r=al"r=od`, railway \rail"way`\
   r=al"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 substructure.
      1913 webster

   note: the modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
         the older tramway.
         1913 webster

   2. the road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
      rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
      constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
      put into the hands of a receiver.
      1913 webster

   note: railway is the commoner word in england; railroad the
         commoner word in the united states.
         1913 webster

   note: in the following and similar phrases railroad and
         railway are used interchangeably: 
         1913 webster

   atmospheric railway, elevated railway, etc. see under
      atmospheric, elevated, etc.

   cable railway. see cable road, under cable.

   ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
      platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
      course.

   gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
      the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
      distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
      elevated point by stationary engines.

   railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
      locomotives.

   railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
      fitted for running on a railway. u.s.

   railway carriage, a railway passenger car. eng.

   railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
      part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
      

   railway slide. see transfer table, under transfer.

   railway spine med., an abnormal condition due to severe
      concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
      accidents. it is characterized by ataxia and other
      disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
      in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
      disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
      some months after the injury.

   underground railroad underground railway.
      a a railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
          beneath the streets of a city.
      b formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
          antislavery people in the united states prior to 1866,
          by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
          canada.

   note: in the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
         usually used. "their house was a principal entrep^ot
         of the underground railroad." --w. d. howells.
         1913 webster
see also:
atmospheric railway elevated railway atmospheric elevated cable railway cable road 
cable ferry railway gravity railway railway brake railway car 
railway carriage railway scale railway slide transfer table transfer 
railway spine underground railroad underground railway 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

railroad \rail"road`\, v. t.
   to carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put
   through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush
   unduly; as, to railroad a bill through condress. colloq., u.
   s.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

railroad
     n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
          operating a railway system syn: railway, railroad
          line, railway line, railway system
     2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
        along the railroad track" syn: railroad track, railway
     v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "they
          sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" syn: dragoon,
           sandbag
     2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the west"
     3: transport by railroad
see also:
railway railroad line railway line railway system railroad track dragoon 
sandbag 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

115 moby thesaurus words for "railroad":
   l, accelerate, branch, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bundle,
   bustle, cable railway, coerce, cog railway, compel, constitute,
   crowd, decree, dispatch, dragoon, drive on, el, electric railway,
   elevated, elevated railway, embankment, enact, enact laws,
   expedite, feeder, feeder line, filibuster, force, forward,
   get the floor, gravity-operated railway, haste, hasten, hasten on,
   have the floor, hector, hie on, horse railway, hurry, hurry along,
   hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, intimidate, junction, kill,
   lean on, legislate, light railroad, line, lobby through, logroll,
   main line, metro, monorail, ordain, pass, pigeonhole, pocket,
   precipitate, press, pressure, push, push on, push through,
   put in force, put through, quicken, rack railway,
   rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad through,
   railway, roadbed, roadway, roll logs, rush, rush along, sidetrack,
   siding, speed, speed along, speed up, spur, squeeze, stampede,
   street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, table,
   take the floor, terminal, terminus, track, tram, tramline, trestle,
   trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, tyrannize,
   underground, urge, veto, whip, whip along, yield the floor

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

railroad, n.  the chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get
away from where we are to wher we are no better off.  for this purpose
the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits
him to make the transit with great expedition.

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

railroad, pa borough, fips 63288
  location: 39.76007 n, 76.69694 w
  population 1990: 317 114 housing units
  area: 1.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

railroad, pa -- u.s. borough in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    300
   housing units 2000: 116
   land area 2000:     0.626665 sq. miles 1.623054 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.626665 sq. miles 1.623054 sq. km
   fips code:            63288
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             39.756761 n, 76.699396 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    railroad, pa
    railroad

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