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railway track
" I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails."
Dan Aykroyd

Meaning of "railway track" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RAILWAY TRACK

ˈreɪlˌweɪ træk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILWAY TRACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Railway track is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAILWAY TRACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Track (rail transport)

The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties and ballast, plus the underlying subgrade. For clarity it is often referred to as railway track or railroad track. The term permanent way also refers to the track in addition to lineside structures such as fences etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILWAY TRACK

amtrac · amtrack · Amtrak · backtrack · hatrack · multitrack · racetrack · sidetrack · singletrack · soundtrack · track · trictrac

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILWAY TRACK

railroader · railway · railway bridge · railway carriage · railway crossing · railway engine · railway guide · railway journey · railway line · railway network · railway police · railway porter · railway station · railway timetable · railway worker · railway yard · railwayman · railwaymen · railwoman · railworker

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILWAY TRACK

backing track · cart track · cycle track · cycling track · dirt track · dog track · fast track · fast-track · go-kart track · half-track · inside track · laugh track · off the beaten track · off the track · one-track · rack · single track · single-track · the right track · the wrong track · title track

Synonyms and antonyms of railway track in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «railway track» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILWAY TRACK

Find out the translation of railway track to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of railway track from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railway track» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

铁路轨道
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vía del tren
570 millions of speakers
en

English

railway track
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

रेलवे ट्रैक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط السكة الحديد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

железнодорожный путь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

linha férrea
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মালবাহী রেল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

voie ferrée
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

landasan keretapi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Eisenbahnstrecke
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

線路
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

철도 트랙
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Track railway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường sắt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ரயில் பாதையில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रेल्वे ट्रॅक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Demiryolu izi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

linea ferroviaria
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

torów kolejowych
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

залізничну колію
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

linie de cale ferată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

järnvägsspår
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jernbanespor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railway track

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILWAY TRACK»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about railway track

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3 QUOTES WITH «RAILWAY TRACK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word railway track.
1
Dan Aykroyd
I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails.
2
Nina Bawden
I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes.
3
Dinah Sheridan
Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILWAY TRACK»

Discover the use of railway track in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railway track and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Railway Track Engineering
Technology of fully mechanized track construction with the deployment of simple track laying equipment to highly sophisticated track-laying trains.Richly illustrated with photographs and line drawings, this book will be useful to ...
J. S. Mundrey, 2010
2
Cost-effective Maintenance of Railway Track: Proceedings of ...
This volume includes: a discussion on the choice of materials that are appropriate to the environment of the railway, and advice from the industrialized countries.
R. A. Vickers, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1992
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Precast Concrete Railway Track Systems: State-of-art Report
This new edition covers quality, design, production, durability, maintenance and environmental considerations, and includes survey on the use of precast concrete track systems in over 30 countries.
fib Fédération internationale du béton, 2006
4
The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour: A Handbook ...
Andersson E.: Models for infrastructure Costs related to Wheel-Rail Interface. Wheel-rail interface handbook. Woodhead Publishing (2009) Knothe, K.L., Grassie, S.L.: Modelling of railway track and vehicle/track interaction at high frequencies ...
Konstantinos Tzanakakis, 2013
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Popular Science
PS-1, Cincinnati, Ohio ' Send me that FREE money-saving I booklet "200 Things to Do With Plastic Woe Name Street & No. City State. I C//> Jiaie PI o PI VI I Simple New Template Method Aids in Laying Model Railway Track NAPOLEON once ...
6
Railway Track and Structures
Moving Railroad Track N INTERESTING problem' in track moving was A presented recently on a western railroad when it was found necessary to take up 20 miles of second track RAILWAY MAINTENANCE ENGINEER Pa., to Gallitzin and on ...
‎1922
7
System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, ...
The book contains the scientific results of the programme as presented at the concluding colloquium held at University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2002.
Karl Popp, Werner Schiehlen, 2013
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Aggregates: Sand, Gravel and Crushed Rock Aggregates for ...
Introduction Railway track formations generally consist essentially of a layer of coarse aggregate, or ballast, in which the sleepers are embedded (see Fig. 12. 1 ). The ballast may rest directly on the subgrade or, depending on the bearing ...
Mick R. Smith, L. Collis, P. G. Fookes, 2001
9
Data on electric railway track leakage
DATA ON ELECTRIC RAILWAY TRACK LEAKAGE By G. H. Ahlborn CONTENTS Page. I. Introduction .... 3 A. Definition of track leakage 3 B. Principles involved 4 II . Discussion 4 A. General method 4 B. Presentation of data 5 1. The Chevy ...
George Henry Ahlborn, 1916
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Dynatrack: a survey of dynamic railway track properties and ...
This is a Doctoral Dissertation.
Amnon Pieter de Man, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILWAY TRACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railway track is used in the context of the following news items.
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Punjab: Five live bombs found on railway track
Dinanagar (Punjab): A major railway tragedy was averted after five live bombs were found near a bridge on the railway track on the Amritsar-Pathankot section ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
2
Bomb detected on railway track in Kolkata
A bomb was found on the rail track between Park Circus and Sealdah South up main line in the city today, disrupting train services in the section for sometime. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
3
Dart services disrupted by naked man on railway track
Dart train services were seriously delayed tonight by a naked man on the track outside Seapoint station in south Dublin. The 53-year-old man refused to get off ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
4
The blast occurred when the Jaffer Express train was passing …
JACOBABAD: At least eight people were injured in a blast on Saturday on a railway track near Jacobabad's district jail. The blast occurred when the Jaffer ... «DAWN.com, Jun 15»
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Woman in 60s taken to hospital after car ends up on railway track in …
RAILWAY lines have been blocked and a woman has been taken to hospital after her car ended up on the track in Looe. The woman, aged 63, left the road and ... «Plymouth Herald, Jun 15»
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Explosions on the tracks: IED damages railway tracks in Nawabshah
A low-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) blew up part of the railway tracks in Nawabshah on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a cracker exploded on the tracks ... «The Express Tribune, May 15»
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Manchester hero jumps onto railway tracks to save Labrador before …
This is the moment a dog-lover dramatically jumped onto railway tracks to save a stricken Labrador after its owner dragged the animal on to the line as a train ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Blast damages railway track in Hyderabad
The blast damaged around 1.5ft of the railway track in Hussainabad area and disrupted train services in the city. As a result of the incident, trains were stranded ... «The Express Tribune, Apr 15»
9
Woman falls onto railway track and dies, while two boys take …
Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking incident highlighting apathy to human life, two youths, who saw a woman fainting on the rail track on seeing an approaching ... «Firstpost, Apr 15»
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QUETTA: Militants on Saturday blew up a railway track in …
The Nawab Bugti Express, a passenger train on the track, narrowly escaped the ... had planted more than 15 kgs of explosive material close to the railway track. «DAWN.com, Feb 15»
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