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Noun: railroad line
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: railway line)
  1. System of transportation using trains to pull passengers or freight
    "he traveled by railroad line"; "he was concerned with railroad line safety";
    - railway [Brit, Cdn], railroad [N. Amer], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn], rail
     
  2. The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
    - line, railway line [Brit, Cdn], rail line

Derived forms: railroad lines

Type of: line, road, route

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