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Noun
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Union Pacific is calling this merger the nation’s first truly transcontinental railroad, although for practical purposes, the first complete rail connection was completed 156 years ago.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025 -
The railroad operates 42 locomotives throughout California, and plans to market the trains to other companies, which collectively run another 260 throughout the state.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At least 15 people have been killed and 18 were injured after a funicular railway in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed on Wednesday.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Maintenance for the railway has been outsourced to an external contractor since 2011 and has been handled by MAIN - Maintenance Engineering since 2022.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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“El.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/el. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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