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elevated railroad

noun

  1. a railroad system operating on an elevated structure, as over streets.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elevated railroad1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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It’s only going to get better once the elevated railroad is expanded.

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The same foundation donated $20 million to the nearby High Line, a disused elevated railroad converted into a park in the sky.

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And Los Angeles has consulted with the founders of New York City’s High Line — an abandoned elevated railroad remade into a park that stretches for blocks.

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In places, the trail runs atop an old elevated railroad bed, part of an iron mine that flourished here in the 1800s.

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An enormous wave of molasses began flowing toward the elevated railroad.

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