trackage

[ trak-ij ]

noun

1. the whole quantity of track owned by a railroad.
2. the right of one railroad company to use the tracks of another.
3. the money paid for this right.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trackage¹

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

Example Sentences

There are large freight yards having a trackage of nearly 100 M.

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Mention should be made of the 25 miles of standard railway trackage which the Construction Division put down at Aberdeen.

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But many concerns have already such trackage in or about their works.

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The State is now served by seven railroads, with more than 5,000 miles of trackage.

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At its hundred warehouses there is trackage for 12,000 cars.

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