plural of railroad switch

plural of railroad gun

plural of railroad car

(US) A transient, homeless person who rides from place to place on freight trains; a hobo

A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by two different colours of bioluminescence, red and green, like railroad signals.

plural of railroad truck

(US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.

(historical) The Pre-American Civil War anti-slavery resistance movement dedicated to assisting escaped slaves in reaching safe territory.

(rail transport, US) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.

(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.