Synonyms of railroad

railroad

noun

ˈrāl-ˌrōd 

as in road

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel

that railroad hasn't been used for passenger trains for decades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• road
• railway
• rail
• elevated
• el
• elevated railroad
• monorail

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of railroad

The port city on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay chartered the country’s first commercial railroad in 1827. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Pedestrians can peer down through a 2- to 3-foot-wide crevice and see stories down to the railroad tracks. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

Data centers could be the next foundational infrastructure, like the railroads, power plants and farms before them. — Karishma Mandal, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Keeneland hosted its first race in 1936, but the track’s trajectory changed during World War II, when railroad restrictions prevented local breeders from shipping their horses north to the sale in Saratoga, New York. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026