railroads

Buffett now owns one of the largest railroads in the world, Burlington Northern, which he took private two years ago.

巴菲特现在拥有世界上最大的铁路公司之一，北方伯灵顿，两年后归他个人所有。

Some railroads are made of two or more tracks.

有的铁路铺有两条或两条以上的轨道

The worst aspect of the record was the exploitation of these immigrants by the railroads and industries.

最坏的记录是铁路和工业对那些移民的剥削。

The railroads made it possible to travel from one side of the country to the other in less than a week.

从美国一端旅行到另一端搭火车只要一个星期不到的时间就能办到。

This treaty allowed for white settlements in the area, opened it up to railroads, and fixed the southern boundary of Kansas.

这个条款允许当地的白人移民，修筑铁路及整建堪萨斯州的南部边境。

He had made a vast fortune in gold and diamonds. He had built railroads through the wilderness and become one of the century's great rulers.

他因黄金和钻石发家，他在荒野上建造铁路，是19世纪的伟大领袖之一。

Within a few days, sixty thousand railway workers were on strike. Twenty railroads were closed down.

几天之内，有六万铁路工人参加了罢工，二十条铁路线停运。

In none of these cases did the supreme court deny the right of the states to regulate railroads and other corporations.

在所有这些案件中，最高法院并未否定各州有权管理铁路和其它公司。

As there were no railroads in those days, people had to move from place to place in wagons.

在那时，由于没有铁路，人们从一个地方迁移到另一个地方不得不靠马车。

With overt price-fixing cartels clearly illegal, the railroads turned to mergers as the way to eliminate competition between them.

由于公开联合固定价格的卡特尔明确属于非法，铁路业者转而以合并作为避免相互间竞争的手段。

The western railroads are still trying to catch up with their delivery delays that built up this crop year.

目前西部铁路仍在赶运本作物年度积压的迟发货物。

When Rand was writing in the 1950s, one of the pillars of American industrial might was the railroads.

当20世纪50年代，兰德写这本书的时候，铁路建设是美国经济的支柱产业之一。

Like the Germans, building the autobahn, or the Big Four building the railroads across the West.

像德国，建高速公路，或者四大建设铁路穿越西边。

New methods of transportation developed as steam ships came into regular service and railroads were built.

新的交通方式得到发展，蒸气船发展成为定期的服务，并兴建了大量铁路。

If you've ever played the board game Monopoly, you know that the goal is to collect real estate or control railroads.

如果你有玩过纸上游戏大富翁，你就知道游戏的目的是要搜集最多的不动产，或者控制最多的铁道路线。

Giving the railroads the freedom to run their business as they saw fit led to dramatic improvements.

给铁路公司以他们觉得合适的方式经营铁路运输扭转了大局面。

The stake of this battle were nothing less than control of the most of the western transcontinental railroads.

这次战斗的目标，是对大部分西部横贯大陆铁路的控制。

Railroads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on the grounds that in the long run it reduces everyone's cost .

铁路公司认为对于主要托运人的费率差是合理的，因为从长远角度考虑这会降低所有人的成本。

The great American railroads responded, immediately employing non-union workers to replace three quarters of the empty positions.

美国铁路为此迅速做出反应，立刻雇佣了无组织工人来填补四分之三的空缺。

They were far from home, hungry, and the railroads hired guards to keep hobos off the trains.

他们离家很远，饥饿，同时铁路雇佣警卫使流浪汉远离火车。