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Recent Examples of railroads
Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
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Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
When shipping by sea was made obsolete by introducing faster and more efficient transportation methods, first with steamboats and later with railroads, distillers in Kentucky started aging barrels in warehouses next to the distillery to replicate the maturation at sea.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
In a rare move, the railroads joined with their unions to lobby for the change.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
The old and new of railroads rates serious thought as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gets to work.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Call the early railroads assembly lines on wheels.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
In his 2007 book Pop, Daniel Gross runs through a list of historical bubbles, including telegraphs, railroads, dot-coms, and housing, that had undeniable upsides.
—Byrne Hobart, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
They have been spotted flying over important infrastructure, like reservoirs, power lines and railroads, in people’s backyards and above highways.
—Alyce McFadden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
At the time, the railroads were looking for people to shovel coal, and LaHood and the others were immediately hired.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Railroads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railroads. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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