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a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
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Born in Naples in 1943, the son of a seamstress and a railway employee who was also an accomplished and ambitious painter, Starnone began his working life as a schoolteacher.
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Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Upon arrival, Geneva officers met with the train conductor and found the man who had been hit near the Union Pacific-West railway tracks west of the Western Avenue grade crossing, the department said, west of the Geneva Metra station.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The Musée d’Orsay is located in a former railway station and hotel, the Gare d’Orsay, in Paris.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Convenience on the railways There is little glamour late night in a crowded Amtrak station.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Upon arrival, Geneva officers met with the train conductor and found the man who had been hit near the Union Pacific-West railway tracks west of the Western Avenue grade crossing, the department said, west of the Geneva Metra station.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The Musée d’Orsay is located in a former railway station and hotel, the Gare d’Orsay, in Paris.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Convenience on the railways There is little glamour late night in a crowded Amtrak station.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Railway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railway. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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railway
noun
rail·way
ˈrā(ə)l-ˌwā 
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