Etymology
Origin of trackage
Example Sentences
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A quiet row of empty tank cars is better than a never ending series of rock hauling cargo trains, the intended hypothetically more profitable use of the trackage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2017
It would be the biggest, it would contain the most trackage and, on top of that, it would be self-supporting.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
New trackage came to 88 miles in 1935; to 70 miles in 1934.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was said to control more trackage than any man in the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just behind the docks is a plexus of railway-lines which, what with incoming and outgoing tracks and switches and side-lines, contains 200 miles of trackage in the terminal alone.
From Our Army at the Front by Heywood Broun
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