railroad

Example Sentences

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In February, Fortescue started running two battery-electric locomotives from Caterpillar’s Progress Rail on its railroad, which it said will reduce its diesel use by roughly 1 million liters annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Migration from Jalisco to California and other states dates to the late 1800s with the construction and expansion of the railroad systems in Mexico and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

He later worked as a sales representative at coffee and wine companies, and then took jobs at state-run energy and railroad companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

In Elberon the night before, under nearly a full moon, hundreds of railroad workers had toiled in the oppressive heat.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow