Rail-related keywords
Certain keywords almost "prove" relationships to the railroad industry. Most companies that used those words in their corporate names were either genuine railroad companies or were closely related to the railroad industry.
There are certain words that were used both by railroads, streetcars, and other rail-related industries that also appeared in the names of bus companies, companies involved in water-borne shipping, express companies, and even landscape companies. Those keywords can be generally divided into two groups.
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Keywords highly indicative of railroading
- Belt Line
- Belt Railway
- Bolster
- Brake Beam
- Branch
- Car Trust
- Depot
- Elevated
- Equipment Trust
- Frog
- Horse Car
- Incline
- Interurban
- Journal Box
- Locomotive
- Narrow Gauge
- Palace Car
- Parlor Car
- Passenger Line
- Rail Chair
- Rail Joint
- Railroad
- Railway
- Short Line
- Sleeping Car
- Station
- Street Car
- Third Rail
- Tie
- Track Brace
- Traction
- Train
- Union Station
- Street Railway
- Subway
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Keywords commonly suggestive of railroading
- Air Line
- Car
- Division
- Express
- Extension
- Motor car
- Rail
- Rapid Transit
- Spike
- Switch
- Switching
- Suburban
- Terminal
- Transfer
- Transit
- Transportation