W. E. B. Du Bois

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.

American Writer

Karel Capek

Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.

Czechoslovakian Writer

Anthony Quinn

Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico.

Mexican Actor

Borje Ekholm

When we talk about national infrastructure, we often discuss roads and railroads, but as a matter of fact, mobile infrastructure is equally as important.

Swedish Businessman

Hoagy Carmichael

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

American Composer

George Stephenson

The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay.

English Inventor

Nancy Grace

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.

American Journalist

Philip Anschutz

We will be in the railroad business, first and foremost.

Sturgill Simpson

I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.

American Musician

Peter Dinklage

I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.

American Actor

Refers to essential structures built for train travel, often significant in a region's development.

Transport Infrastructure

Railroads follow predetermined paths and cannot be altered like road routes.

Fixed Routes

In history, railroads symbolized progress and connected distant places.

Historical Significance

Refers to companies that own trains and infrastructure, providing transportation services.

Business Entity

Railroads offer jobs like conductor, engineer, and track maintenance.

Employment Opportunities

Railroad workers use technical lingo that can be confusing to outsiders.

Industry-Specific Jargon

To railroad implies using pressure or power to achieve a fast decision or action.

Forceful Conviction

Often associated with unfair or undemocratic procedures.

Negative Connotation

Used metaphorically to describe any process that's pushed through hastily.

Metaphoric Usage

Refers to the act of riding trains for commuting or long-distance journeys.

Travel Experience

Railroads are considered more sustainable than many other forms of travel.

Eco-Friendly Option

 and she said, 'Just follow this map and you'll find him.' - - I said, 'Okay.' So, I drove about an hour to rail-- railroad tracks, it was like the main marker on the map. I drove to the railroad tracks and put on my backpack. And, parked the car and put on my backpack and I walked another three miles until I found this house.

Erika Larsen: The...

 This is a big question now to help us understand why they should be in the city. Perhaps there's more pollen in the city. With the trains coming in to urban hubs, they can carry pollen with them, very light pollen, and it's just a big supermarket in the city. A lot of linden trees live along the railroad tracks.

Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...

 The railroad worm, Phrixothrix hirtus, can light up its body in two red and green. Would you eat something that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea.

The brilliance of...

 which is going to be life in the country for everybody. And that starts to be delivered in the form of the railroad the country villa along the railroad line, which allows people to enjoy the amenity of the city, but to return to the countryside every night.

James Kunstler: How bad...

 have not delivered us peace in this conflict. What might? I believe that what might solve the problem is infrastructure. Today donors are spending billions of dollars on this. These two arrows are an arc, an arc of commuter railroads and other infrastructure

Parag Khanna maps the...

 and makes it possible to accurately communicate with people all over the world. Without a time system, we would have many challenges in farming, social structures, communication, and business. Take the American railroad system, for example.

The history of keeping...

 internet for Africa to be connected to the world it needs to grow its economies but before we can succeed in growing our economies we must build efficient infrastructures namely good roads that and all whether strong railroads energy

Paving the way towards...

 the first of its kind in the world, had the city in an uproar. Digging a hole under the city and putting a railroad in it seemed the stuff of dreams. Pub drinkers scoffed at the idea

How the world's first...

 couldn't work together and help each other this railroad captures that concept that's why it is important to me that it survived

Lessons Learned From...

 the second transcontinental railroad was decided today it's a crossroads for a man's life