The phrase
"to run a railroad" means to manage and operate a train system efficiently and effectively. It refers to being in charge of coordinating and overseeing all aspects of running a transportation network where trains carry passengers or cargo from one destination to another.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«run»
«railroad»
Sentences with «to run a railroad»
- I didn't know what that was; I thought engineers ran railroad cars. (sciencemag.org)
- Still, as Edward Jones analyst Brian Yarbrough says, «The reason we put a Buy on this thing is that CP has been the poorest run railroad, and we believe there's a lot of low - hanging fruit to run it more efficiently.» (canadianbusiness.com)
- You can't run a railroad that way. (nystateofpolitics.com)
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