Definition & Betydelse | Engelska ordet RAILROADS

Definition av RAILROADS

1. böjningsform av railroad

Exempel på hur man kan använda RAILROADS i en mening

• Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several railroads, spurring its rapid growth.
• The company also produced steel used to build railroads in the United States and to cap the Chrysler Building.
• The country has a network of roads, railroads, rivers, and airports, but significant infrastructure and regulation improvements are needed.
• Triple Crossing, Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross.
• The Grand Canyon became well known to Americans in the 1880s after railroads were built and pioneers developed infrastructure and early tourism.
• The government has invested in a new capital, a major hydropower dam, railroads and related infrastructure to develop this primarily agricultural area.
• Construction engineering, also known as construction operations, is a professional subdiscipline of civil engineering that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and operations management of infrastructure such as roadways, tunnels, bridges, airports, railroads, facilities, buildings, dams, utilities and other projects.
• Although Europe is crisscrossed by railways, the railroads within Europe are usually not considered transcontinental, with the possible exception of the historic Orient Express.
• It was the original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, connecting to the Great Lakes, and was home to some of the earliest railroads in the world.
• The county was also served by railroads, which soon superseded the canals in their capacity for carrying freight.
• The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.
• The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
• His administration argued that the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and the Hepburn Act (1906) were only partially effective in addressing problems that the railroads had imposed upon the national economy.
• It also officially encouraged private consolidation of railroads and mandated that the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ensure their profitability.
• Established in 1932 by the Hoover administration to restore public confidence in the economy and banking to their pre-Depression levels, the RFC provided financial support to state and local governments, recapitalized banks to prevent bank failures and stimulate lending, and made loans to railroads, mortgage associations, and other large businesses.
• Founder Chauncey Rose, along with nine friends, created the Terre Haute School of Industrial Science in 1874 to provide technical training after encountering difficulties in recruiting local engineers during construction of his railroads.
• Until the 20th century, when major highways and railroads were constructed through the mountains to connect the population centers, these basins tended to be relatively isolated from one another.
• In the aftermath of the Great Depression and World War II, many privately owned, operated, and funded for-profit railroads were driven out of business by competition from publicly owned, operated, and funded Interstate highways, which almost always operated at a loss, and airlines, which often used airports and dispatchers (in this case air traffic control by the FAA) funded by public money.
• Father John Swan worked for the railroads; mother Leontine Jessie Hanson had worked in a local hospital.
• Before railroads and highways were developed, the Rhône was an important inland trade and transportation route, connecting the cities of Arles, Avignon, Valence, Vienne and Lyon to the Mediterranean ports of Fos-sur-Mer, Marseille and Sète.

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