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railway - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
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line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
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cable railway,
funicular,
funicular railway a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
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cog railway,
rack railway railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction
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el,
elevated,
elevated railroad,
elevated railway,
overhead railway a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
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metro,
subway,
subway system,
tube,
underground an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
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monorail a railway having a single track
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rail any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
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scenic railway small railway in an amusement park
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