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• Railway Children, The
  1. (1970) a British film, based on the book by E. Nesbit, about three children at the beginning of the 20th century and the adventures they have around the railway near their home
• Trans-Siberian Railway, the
  1. a railway that connects the Russian cities of St Petersburg and Vladivostok, the longest railway line in the world
• Underground Railway (noun)
  1. secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
• cable railway (noun)
  1. a railway on which vehicles are pulled up steep slopes by a moving CABLE
• cog railway (noun)
  1. railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a centre rail to provide traction
• elevated railway (noun)
  1. a railway that is above the streets in a town
• funicular railway (noun)
  1. a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
• light railway (noun)
  1. an electric railway system that uses light trains and usually carries only passengers, not goods
• overhead railway (noun)
  1. a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
• rack railway (noun)
  1. railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a centre rail to provide traction
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