Railroadname

• 1

  A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.

• 2

  A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.

railroadnoun/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/

• 1

  A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

  • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
• 2

  The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

• 3

  A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets

  • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
• 4

  A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

  • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
  • Gregory Scroggins, a PWA [person with AIDS] in Georgia who was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder for biting a cop during arrest. It took only three days in October of 1989 to charge, try, convict and sentence Scroggins, who is now serving a 10-year sentence and has been denied bail (and medical treatment) pending appeal. […] Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told GCN that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.

railroadverb/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/

• 1

  To transport via railroad.

• 2

  To operate a railroad.

  • The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
• 3

  To work for a railroad.

  • She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
• 4

  To travel by railroad.

• 5

  To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

• 6

  To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

  • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
  • Sebastian Riedel lodged a complaint with TPF board, which he says was railroaded by a board member—therefore, Riedel quit.
• 7

  To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

  • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
  • My witnesses were not questioned to my advantage. Physical evidence in my attorney's possession was not presented to the jury. A promised expert witness was not called nor even sought. I knew that I was being railroaded but I was helpless.
• 8

  To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

  • He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
  • Also on Friday, The Daily News published a column by Richard Azzopardi, a senior adviser to the governor, who wrote that Mr. Cuomo had been “railroaded” by Ms. James, a Democrat who is considered a possible candidate for governor next year but who has not said she plans to run.