Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| official immunity | personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
legal document
legal instrument
official document
instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
bureaucrat
administrative official | an official of a bureaucracy |
| elected official | official who won the office in a free election |
| football official | an official who enforces the rules at a football game |
legate
official emissary | a member of a legation |
| official | someone who administers the rules of a game or sport, the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling |
| official functionary | a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
Federal
Fed
federal official | any federal law-enforcement officer |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
| official | having official authority or sanction, official permission, an official representative |
| official | verified officially, the election returns are now official |
| official | (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution |
official
prescribed | conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline, in prescribed order |
| official | of or relating to an office, official privileges |