railroad.

Definition of railroad. in English English dictionary: RR; A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are techically compatible with and linked to each-other.; To operate a railroad
The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.; A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on
Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads.; To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution
The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.; To transport via railroad; To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads; A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration
The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.; To convict of a crime by circumventing due process
They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.; To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement
He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.; To work for a railroad; The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train; A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. railroad tracks that led to nowhere; with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc; a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track"; pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver; The road, track, etc; A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails; {f} transport via locomotive, convey by train; to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress; To carry or send by railroad; usually fig; {i} path for a train made of parallel metal tracks; supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"; compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"; A rapid summary process or procedure regarded as unfair or self-serving; All forms of non-highway ground transportation that run on rails or electro-magnetic guideways, including; 1) Commuter or other short-haul rail passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area, and 2) High speed ground transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard to whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional railroads Such term does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation; A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad; 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; transport by railroad; A surface transportation system that operates on railroad tracks; A wide split on which both pins are on the same line; e g , the 7-10, 8-10, 7-9, or 4-6; A wide open split with both pins on the same line (4-6, 7-9, 8-10, 7-10) (hole); The railroad track itself; line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system; Every public use railroad, other than street railroads, operated to transport people or property for hire This definition also includes all bridges, ferries, tunnels, equipment, switches, spurs, tracks, stations, and terminal facilities of every kind that are used, operated, controlled, or owned by or in connection with any such public use railroad; If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new `independent' states He railroaded the reforms through. to force or persuade someone do something without giving them enough time to think about it railroad sb into doing sth. Mode of land transportation in which flange-wheeled vehicles move over two parallel steel rails or tracks, drawn by a locomotive or propelled by self-contained motors. The earliest railroads were built in European mines in the 16th century, using cars pulled on tracks by men or horses. With the advent of the steam locomotive and construction of the first railway in 1825, the modern railroad developed quickly. The first U.S. railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, began operation in 1827. Specialized railroad cars were built to transport freight and passengers, including the sleeping cars developed by George Pullman in 1859. In the 19th century the railroad had an important influence on every country's economic and social development. In the U.S. the transcontinental railroad, completed in 1869, began an era of railroad expansion and consolidation that involved such financial empire builders as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Edward H. Harriman, James J. Hill, and Leland Stanford. The railroad's importance in the U.S. began to diminish from the early 20th century, but in Europe, Asia, and Africa it continues to provide vital transportation links within and between countries. See also Orient Express, Trans-Siberian Railroad. National Railroad Passenger Corp. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Pacific Railroad Erie Railroad Co. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. New York Central Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Trans Siberian Railroad Underground Railroad; A transportation system consisting of metal rails and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train; transport by railroad supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West