trackage

[ trak-ij ]

/ ˈtræk ɪdʒ /

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noun

the whole quantity of track owned by a railroad.

the right of one railroad company to use the tracks of another.

the money paid for this right.

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Origin of trackage

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; track + -age

Words nearby trackage

trachytic, tracing, tracing paper, tracing tape, track, trackage, track and field, trackball, track brake, track down, tracker dog

How to use trackage in a sentence

There are large freight yards having a trackage of nearly 100 M.
The Greatest Highway in the World|Anonymous
Mention should be made of the 25 miles of standard railway trackage which the Construction Division put down at Aberdeen.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell
But many concerns have already such trackage in or about their works.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
The State is now served by seven railroads, with more than 5,000 miles of trackage.
North Dakota|Various

At its hundred warehouses there is trackage for 12,000 cars.
The Romance of the Reaper|Herbert Newton Casson