compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; " They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

a line of track providing a runway for wheels; " he walked along the railroad track"

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system

transport by railroad

supply with railroad lines; " railroad the West"

To carry or send by railroad; usually fig., to send or put through at high speed or in great haste; to hurry or rush unduly; as, to railroad a bill through Condress.

Alt. of Railway

A way or road laid with two parallel iron or steel rails, forming a track along which cars are drawn by steam power, electricity, etc.; such a road, with all the land, stations, cars, engines, etc., pertaining to it.

Colloquially, in the United States, to put through rapidly; as, to railroad a bill through a legislature.

A road laid with iron rails.

To rush.

A graded road, having parallel metal rails, for the passage of cars. railway.

A road or way constructed with two parallel iron bars, along which carriages are conveyed by steam or horse- power.

A road or way on which bars of iron are laid for the easy passage over them of wheel- carriages; a prepared and exclusive highway for passenger and goods traffic by means of locomotives.

Throughout this year operations on the Railroad were pushed forward with great energy. – The History of Peru by Henry S. Beebe

Instead of going on to Chambersburg, he got out at the next station- five miles from Knoxville- and walked back on the railroad track. – The Young Musician or, Fighting His Way by Horatio Alger

An English railroad guard approached Abhoya and her husband. – Autobiography of a YOGI by Paramhansa Yogananda

There's a railroad yard on the other side. – Short Stories of Various Types by Various

The railroad was not in use at that time, so it was necessary to make the twenty- six miles outside of our lines. – Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. by Ezra Knight Parker

Neither the railroad nor the river meet all the needs of the men living on those roads. – Address by Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defence Highway Transport Commitee, Council of National Defence, Bulletin 4 by US Government

" Pardon me," said the count, " but we are in a railroad hurry. – The Claverings by Anthony Trollope

Both her mother and he thought it best that she should not go up the mountain railroad this time of year. –  by

Dave went at once to the railroad depot. – Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane by Roy Rockwood

Half a railroad ain't any good. – The Iron Trail by Rex Beach

I knew they'd railroad me. – The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck

The boy's own railroad track. – The Holiday Round by A. A. Milne

A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track, but one inch between wreck and smooth rolling prosperity. – The Jericho Road by W. Bion Adkins

Two or three days later Nevis sat late one night in his office at the railroad settlement. – A Prairie Courtship by Harold Bindloss

Have to, Bill, in the railroad business. – The Mountain Divide by Frank H. Spearman

Is this a railroad – Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor

Far below, on the ground, was a railroad train surrounded by a small crowd of priests. – The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell

Has the country, as a general rule, been more rapidly settled and improved by this railroad legislation? – Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

Wasn't the railroad built? – The Story of Wool by Sara Ware Bassett

" We can talk after supper," went on Mr. Bobbsey, as the little party walked along the Lakeport street away from the railroad wreck. – The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West by Laura Lee Hope