light railroad track

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• 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

• Light rail — For specific light rail systems, many of which use the words light rail as part of their name, see List of tram and light rail transit systems. Edmonton Light Rail Transit in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada …   Wikipedia

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

• Track (rail transport) — Permanent way redirects here. For other uses, see Permanent way (disambiguation). Twin rail tracks in a wooded area …   Wikipedia

• track — Synonyms and related words: L, Rugby, a reckoning of, account of, acrobatics, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, aftermath, aftertaste, agonistics, aim, air lane, alameda, alley, apprehend, archery ground,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• 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

• Track ballast — forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (US) or railway sleepers (UK) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to facilitate drainage of water, to distribute the load from the railroad ties, and also to keep down …   Wikipedia

• Light rail in North America — The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Association (UMTA) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States. The Germans used the term stadtbahn to describe the… …   Wikipedia

• Light rail in the United States — The use of light rail in the United States is low by European standards. According to the American Public Transportation Authority, of the 20 odd light rail systems in the United States only five (Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and …   Wikipedia

• B&O Railroad Museum — Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum and Mount Clare Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …   Wikipedia

• Maco light — The Maco Light was a mysterious light that resembled the glow from a lantern and was seen along a section of railroad track near the train station at Maco, North Carolina.The LegendLegend associates it with Joe Baldwin, a train conductor who is… …   Wikipedia