railroad

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Investment banking went on to underwrite construction of the railroad, the telephone, and an industrial revolution that turned America into an economic and military superpower.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The railroad boom in stock prices was followed by rail stocks’ falling by three-quarters of their value during the panic of 1873.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

A line outside a Riverside gas station crossed a railroad track, and a man stopped on the tracks refused to yield his place even when a freight train engine bore down on him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

In early 2024, an Ancora-led investor group took a roughly $1 billion stake in Norfolk Southern, aiming to oust the railroad operator’s CEO and overhaul its board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Mother was sent to work in a munitions factory while I cleaned latrines at the railroad station.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman