1981 August 18,National Transportation Safety Board, “Adequacy of Current UP Air Brake Rules and Instructions”, inRailroad Accident Report: Rear-End Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Company Freight Trains Extra 3119 West and Extra 8044 West, Near Kelso, California, November 17, 1980[1], archived fromthe original on29 March 2022, page32:
The recommendations of the Air Brake Association and the rules of the other railroads cited in this report differ in some respects, but the underlying intent of all is the common desire to prevent the most feared event inrailroading - the irrevocable loss of control of trains descending mountain grades.
1999, Marty McGuirk,N Scale ModelRailroading: Getting Started in the Hobby, page 5:
The terminology used in modelrailroading is one of the toughest things for beginners, but don't try to memorize everything all at once. You may not know the difference between a PS-1 and a GP7 today, but with time you'll be talking like an old hand.
(rail transport,US) The class of people, equipment, terminology, and lore pertaining torailroads.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
(figurative) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
2014 September 18, Dave Hill, “Boris Johnson's cycling vision. A politicalrailroading exercise?”, inThe Guardian[2]:
Some at City Hall are perturbed that delivering the superhighway and other cycling schemes is becoming a “railroading” exercise.
