railroading

noun

rail·road·ing ˈrāl-ˌrō-diŋ

: construction or operation of a railroad

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Ben Hayes, 14, wasted no time pursuing his first merit badge, in hiking, and then moving on to railroading, which paralleled his biggest passion, for his second. —

Jeff Truesdell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022 Freight has always bedeviled Illinois because of what might be called the original sin of Chicago railroading. —

John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 During the golden era of railroading, after all, practically every major city and town in the United States was linked by passenger railroad. —

New York Times, 2 May 2022 So: awkwardness, bad equipment, disempowerment, railroading, conflict-avoidance, one-sidedness, feeble excuses, drunkenness, inability to partake in drunkenness, step-sensitivities, disrespect, entitlement, thin skin, holiday-menu persnicketosity. —

Washington Post, 30 May 2021 Sitting in a coach car, Tom Rutkowski, Brightline’s vice president for engineering and chief mechanical officer, described the trains as the top end of railroading. —

Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021 Background The Gulf Coast Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society established the Texas Railroading Heritage Museum nonprofit, or TRHM, in 2011 with the intention of creating a railroading museum, according to the museum website. —

Paul Wedding, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2020 There’s also the interesting debate taking place around BNSF, Berkshire’s railroad, which has been slow to adopt precision railroading, a strategy that’s helping its competitors become more efficient. —

Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019 The Texas Railroading Heritage Museum is entering a serious fundraising phase in the quest to develop a new railroading museum in Tomball, according to the museum board president, Bill Capdevielle. —

Mayra Cruz, Houston Chronicle, 26 June 2019 See More

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