elevated electric railroad

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• elevated railroad — noun a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level • Syn: ↑elevated railway, ↑elevated, ↑el, ↑overhead railway • Hypernyms: ↑railway, ↑railroad, ↑railroad line, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• railroad — n 1. track or tracks, train tracks, rails, Railroads. switchback. 2. rail, line, railway, tramway; funicular or funicular railway, cable railway, elevated railroad, el; Fr. chemin de fer, Sp. ferrocarril, It. ferrovia, Ger. Eisen bahn; electric… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Electric locomotive — Electric Trains redirects here. For the 1995 Squeeze single, see Electric Trains (song). An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail or an on board electricity… …   Wikipedia

• elevated transit line —       railroad line, usually electric, raised above the ground or street level, usually on a trestle, for local transit in urban areas. By the mid 19th century it was evident that surface vehicles were inadequate for carrying the traffic of large …   Universalium

• 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

• elevated — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, L, Olympian, accelerated, aerial, affected, afflicted, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, amplified, animated, apotheosized, ascending, aspiring, augmented, august, awesome, baggage train …   Moby Thesaurus

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

• electric — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, baggage train, cable railroad, charged, choo choo, cog railroad, cog railway, el, electric car, electric train, electrifying, elevated, energized, exciting, express, express train, flier, freight, freight train …   Moby Thesaurus

• Electric motor — For other kinds of motors, see motor (disambiguation). For a railroad electric engine, see electric locomotive. Various electric motors. A 9 volt PP3 transistor battery is in the center foreground for size comparison. An electric motor converts… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — Synonyms and related words: 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… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad — Map of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad from a 1936 public timetable folder …   Wikipedia