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Conductor :: Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car..

Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..

Roadbed :: Roadbed (n.) In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel..

Check :: Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad..

Tariff :: Tariff (n.) Any schedule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares..

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

Line :: Line (n.) The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..

Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..

Tramway :: Tramway (n.) A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad..

Ginny-carriage :: Ginny-carriage (n.) A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad..

Buffet :: Buffet (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering..

Contractor :: Contractor (n.) One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad..

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..

Arterial :: Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a main channel (resembling an artery), as a river, canal, or railroad..

Time-table :: Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc..

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..

Metal :: Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Pointsman :: Pointsman (n.) A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.

Connect :: Connect (v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another..

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