Railroad

Entertainment / Bowling / Railroad: A wide split on which both pins are on the same line; e.g., the 7-10, 8-10, 7-9, or 4-6.
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Railroad Tie

Business / Construction / Railroad Tie: Black, tar and preservative impregnated, 6' X 8' and 6'-8' long wooden timber that was used to hold railroad track in place. Normally used as a member of a retaining wall. MORE

Class I Railroad

Business / Agriculture / Class I Railroad: Any railroad with annual gross revenues of at least $250 million (in 1991), according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. These are the largest long-distance U.S. railroad systems such as Union MORE

Dow Jones Transportation Average

Business / Taxes / Dow Jones Transportation Average: The Dow Jones Transportation Average tracks the performance of the stocks of 20 airlines, railroads, and trucking companies. It is one of the components of the Dow Jones 65 Composite Average. MORE

Carrot Equity

Business / Finance / Carrot Equity: A loose quantity term sometimes used to describe the amount of a commodity underlying one commodity contract; e.g., 'a car of bellies.' Derived from the fact that quantities of the product specified i MORE

Iron Compass

Technology / Aviation / Iron Compass: Railroad tracks, favored by pilots of yore as a dependable aid to surface navigation before radio. MORE

Demurrage

Business / Agriculture / Demurrage: The charge that a shipper may be required to pay for detaining a rail car (or water carrier) longer than necessary to load it. What length of time is considered reasonable, and the level of demurrage MORE