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Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.

Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.

After the tunnel was complete, Schmidt went about building a rail line through it.

Tougher regulations on tank cars and oil-by-rail make sense.

Yes, it costs more to move oil by rail than it does by pipeline.

A gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.

The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.

An accident occurred on the Panama rail road, recently put in operation, by which 43 persons were killed, and 60 wounded.

He drew up the rocker, hoisted his slippered feet on the rail, and proceeded to smoke a cigar.

Since then the whole of the trade of transit by rail has been conducted by the companies owning the lines.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rail, such as: castigate, complain, fume, inveigh, rant, and scold.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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