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Railroad terminal   /rˈeɪlrˌoʊd tˈərmənəl/   Listen
Railroad terminal

noun
1.
Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.  Synonyms: railroad station, railway station, train depot, train station.






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"Railroad terminal" Quotes from Famous Books



... particularly characteristic if a city is entered, especially at night, through a railroad terminal, and the locomotive is attached to the rear of the train. In the daily life the alteration of objects by locations is familiar. How different a landscape seems at night or in winter, although it has been observed hundreds of times during the day or in summer. It is good to look ...
— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

... "Benton's roarin'—and I know what that means. Didn't North Platte roar? I seen it at its beginnin's. My old man and me, we were there from the fust, when it started in as the railroad terminal. My sakes, but them were times! What with the gamblin' and the shootin' and the drinkin' and the high-cockalorums night and day, 'twasn't no place for innocence. Easy come, easy go, that was the word. I don't say but what times were good, though. My old man contracted government freight, ...
— Desert Dust • Edwin L. Sabin



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