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railroad

noun
railroad pronunciation English ˈreɪlrəʊd railroad pronunciation American ˈreɪlroʊd
 
(North American English) (British English railway)1 (British English also railway line) a track with rails on which trains runrailroad tracks2 a system of tracks, together with the trains that run on them, and the organization and people needed to operate themThis town got a lot bigger when the railroad came in the 1860s.