Usage of The Terms Railroad and Railway - A Road

A Road

In the context of railways or railroads, a road is a single track, which may be part of a multi-track system or an isolated line.

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Famous quotes containing the word road:

    Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
    —J.R.R. (John Ronald Revel)

    The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.
    David Hume (1711–1776)