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rail

[rayl] / reɪl /


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Parallel Systems, a Los Angeles-based developer of an autonomous battery-electric rail system, closed its Series C round with $100 million in new capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The hill we live on, as we say in Connecticut, is “walk to town,” which means I can get to a grocery store and commuter rail no matter how much snow without using my car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"We used to say that that during times of war we performed better than some railways in Europe in regular times,"the head of rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, told us.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In inflation-adjusted terms, the AI sector is expected to borrow more this year than US cable operators did to build out the entire internet, or than railroad companies did during the 19th-century US rail boom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Amanda was over at the pen fence, painting the blue rail this time.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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