trackage

Noun

Meaning

railway tracks collectively

The right of a railway company to use the tracks belonging to another; the charge levied for this right

The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.

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Examples

All except the Wheeling have local terminals; the Wheeling operates into Toledo from the east through trackage rights on Norfolk Southern to connect with the Ann Arbor and CN railroads. Source: Internet

After years of negotiation, the D&RGW gained trackage rights on the D&SL from Denver to the new cutoff. Source: Internet

Canadian railways have not been metricated and therefore continue to measure trackage in miles and speed in miles per hour. Source: Internet

It is reached via the Amtrak -owned East River Tunnels (the only LIRR-used trackage not owned by the LIRR) from the Main Line in Long Island City. Source: Internet

All was for naught, however, as within less than a decade both the Michigan Northern and Detroit & Mackinac failed to generate enough business to keep the lines profitable, with most of the trackage of both now a series of snowmobile and hiking trails. Source: Internet

Completing all components, including expansion of Union Station Loop, construction of new trackage through the East Bayfront, West Donlands and Port Lands, and associated street realignments, has a cost comparable to some Big Move projects. Source: Internet

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