Talk:railroad

Railroading
Related to definition 4: What about using "railroading" to refer to the process of forcing someone to accept one's own viewpoints (ie, in teaching, gaming, etc.)? 75.0.6.1 11:29, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the observation. I'll take a run at broadening the definition. DCDuring TALK 14:45, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

UK usage
Note early date:

"this seat, being situated in a valley, at the foot of four high hills, cannot be seen from the Railroad" [p.82]

"In the landscape, however, a railroad is not so pleasing an object as the stream; and there are some who believe that for the conveyance of heavy merchandize, the question is still to be answered—will it ever be so economical a means of transport as a canal?" [p. 90]

and other uses, in Arthur Freeling, "Grand Junction Railway" in The Grand Junction Railway Companion to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham (1837). Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:14, 15 May 2021 (UTC)