When the war began, there were 22, 000 miles of railroad track in the North and just 9, 000 in the South, and the North had almost all of the nation’s track and locomotive factories.

战争开始时，北方拥有22,000英里铁轨，南方仅有9,000英里；而且北方拥有几乎全国的铁轨或机车的制造厂。

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Soybean industry groups from Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana have launched Soy Transportation Coalition to fight for lower railroad shipping rates.

衣阿华州、内布拉斯加州、北达科达州、明尼苏达州、伊利诺斯州及印第安纳州的大豆行业团体组成了一个大豆运输联盟，以争取降低铁路运价。

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The site is close to the South-North and East-West intersections of major highways and the northern China railroad system.

此位置靠近南北及东西主要高速公路的交叉点，及华北的铁路系统。

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That was not a real railroad. It was an organization of people who secretly helped slaves escape to the North.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

850s Chicago, which was already by the 1850s the railroad capital of North America?

五十年代的芝加哥,它在50年代已经成为了北美铁路网中心

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Fargo was also a railroad man. His Great Northern Railroad ended, at the time, in a little town that took his name: Fargo,North Dakota.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation.

WSJ: Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

And Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line relies on overhead power lines that could get tangled in blown foliage.

WSJ: New York City Transit System Braces for Water Surge

The MTA operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation.

WSJ: Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup