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a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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Besides Karl and Johnny—boyfriends sharing a cold-water walk-up near the Third Avenue El, the elevated railway running north and south through Manhattan to and from the Bronx—Edna spends her social hours with artsy boys and girls connected to the Art Students League.
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John Birdsall
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In Darlington, the Skerne railway bridge, built by George Stephenson for the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is billed as the world’s oldest railway bridge still in use for its original purpose.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The country added over 3,100 kilometers of new railway in 2024 alone, including 2,457 kilometers of high-speed track, and its overall network now reaches more than 160,000 kilometers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Yet more than a century since Arab revolutionaries and the famed British intelligence officer T.E. Lawrence, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, blew up the Hejaz in a revolt against the Ottoman Empire, plans are underway to put the railway back on track.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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John Birdsall
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In Darlington, the Skerne railway bridge, built by George Stephenson for the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is billed as the world’s oldest railway bridge still in use for its original purpose.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The country added over 3,100 kilometers of new railway in 2024 alone, including 2,457 kilometers of high-speed track, and its overall network now reaches more than 160,000 kilometers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Yet more than a century since Arab revolutionaries and the famed British intelligence officer T.E. Lawrence, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, blew up the Hejaz in a revolt against the Ottoman Empire, plans are underway to put the railway back on track.
—Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railway. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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railway
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rail·way
ˈrā(ə)l-ˌwā 
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