The railroads usually won.

铁路公司通常是赢家。

Where do the two railroads connect [link up]?

两条铁路在何处连接？

Even the railroads seem only scratched in with a penknife.

就连铁路似乎也只是用铅笔刀划开的。

Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.

水上运输已因铁路和良好的税道而变得过时了。

But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads.

但也许这种现象在铁路方面最为显著。

Nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads.

在1896年审理的所有过失案件中，近一半案件是涉及铁路的。

What else was the Great Depression or the space race or the construction of the railroads?

大萧条，太空竞赛，铁路建设还意味着什么呢？

Farmers had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers.

农民别无选择，只能付钱，因为铁路是他们把粮食卖出去的唯一途径。

Most of the cases were decided in state courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides.

大多数案件都是在州法院判决的，当时的环境对铁路公司有利。

Next year, after a series of mergers is completed, just four railroads will control well over 90 percent of all the freight moved by major rail carriers.

明年，在一系列合并完成后，四家铁路公司将控制主要铁路运输公司90%以上的货运。

The remaining sixty-five percent, more recently urbanized, worked in newly developed industries—tobacco, lumber, coal and iron manufacture, and railroads.

剩余的百分之六十五（最近进行了城市化处理）在新兴产业中工作，这些产业包括烟草、木材、煤炭和铁制造以及铁路。

Westinghouse, however, shared the attitudes of the railroads and other industries for whom he developed innovations: product development standardization, system and order were top priorities.

然而，西屋电气与他为之创新的铁路和其他行业有着相同的态度：产品开发的标准化、系统和秩序是重中之重。

Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.

政府支持铁路行业；铁路所代表的进步不会因为要求他们经常向那些为他们工作而不幸受伤的人支付赔偿金而减慢。

Several railroads traverse the district.

有几条铁路线横贯这个地区。

It started early on, even with the railroads.

这种事情很早就有了，甚至在铁路行业。

Bridges, railroads, homes, factories were completely leveled.

桥梁、铁路、房屋、工厂完全夷为平地。

Billions more will have to be spent on upgrading existing railroads.

此外还要花费数十亿美元给现有的铁路升级换代。

Railroads were built across the west. They brought wood for homes.

铁路已经贯穿西部，带来了可以建房子的木材，可以烧火的木柴和煤。

They were allowed to sell lossmaking lines to new short-haul railroads.

他们可以自由出售亏损线路给短途铁路运输公司。

They were more like railroads or steel companies and it was just understood.

更多是铁路或者钢铁公司,人们也只知其皮毛

The intrusion of railroads brought tourists but also extended the reach of loggers.

铁路的入侵不仅带来游客，还扩大了砍伐地区。

The railroads built America, but its people have largely turned their backs on trains.

铁路造就了美国，但大部分美国人却不坐火车。

Yet railroads continue to borrow billions to acquire one another, with Wall Street cheering them on.

然而铁路公司仍然继续贷款数十亿美元来进行相互兼并，而华尔街也鼓励它们这样做。

The freight railroads have learned to live with the limited Amtrak passenger services on their tracks.

铁路货运公司必须学会与有限的美铁旅客列车共存。

Thepotential consequences of a collision or derailment for railroads operating above 125 mph are even greater.

碰撞或经营超过125英里的铁路出轨的潜在的隐患更大。

It limited the amount of money railroads could demand from people who needed to travel or transport their goods.

该法律限制铁路公司向那些乘火车出行或通过火车运输货物的人收取过高的运费。