railroad's
Belonging to tracks
Railroad's is the possessive form of railroad—the transportation system using trains on tracks, or a company operating such a system.
The railroad's main line runs through three states.
The railroad's employees went on strike.
It can also be possessive of the verb sense: The railroad's of innocent defendants has drawn criticism from legal reformers.
Marks showing passage
- stationsFixed stops on routes
- depotsStations or storehouses
- crossingsPoints where paths intersect
- switchesCircuit opening devices
signals · ties · trestles · bridges · terminals · yards · sidings · platforms
Spanning an entire continent
- expansionIncrease in scope
- westwardToward the sunset
- settlersThose who establish homes
- land grantsGovernment-awarded real estate parcels
robber barons · golden spike · steam · coal · immigration · Chinese laborers · frontier · colonization
Goods being transported
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- carsMotor vehicles for travel
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
engineers · workers · unions · schedules · routes · cargo · passengers · commuters
Made to occur unwillingly
- rushedDone with excessive speed
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- bulldozedDemolished by force
- steamrolledDefeated overwhelmingly
pushed through · rammed · expedited · fast-tracked · manipulated · strong-armed · coerced · hurried
Belonging to a business
- line'sBelonging to a cord
- corporation'sBelonging to a company
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- assetsOwned items of value
holdings · equipment · employees · management · ownership · shareholders · stock · bonds
tracks
Marks showing passage
switches · signals · ties · trestles · bridges · terminals · yards · sidings · platforms · roundhouses
transcontinental
Spanning an entire continent
land grants · robber barons · golden spike · steam · coal · immigration · Chinese laborers · frontier · colonization · industrialization
freight
Goods being transported
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
- carsMotor vehicles for travel
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
conductors · engineers · workers · unions · schedules · routes · cargo · passengers · commuters · fares
forced
Made to occur unwillingly
steamrolled · pushed through · rammed · expedited · fast-tracked · manipulated · strong-armed · coerced · hurried · overridden
company's
Belonging to a business
- line'sBelonging to a cord
- corporation'sBelonging to a company
- propertySomething owned or inherent
assets · holdings · equipment · employees · management · ownership · shareholders · stock · bonds · profits
- railroad tracksPaired rails for trains
- railroad crossingWhere road meets tracks
- railroad stationFacility for boarding trains
- railroad bridgesStructures carrying tracks over gaps
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- railroad expansionGrowth of train infrastructure