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  • noun Plural form of railyard.

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Examples

  • It creates a redevelopment of the railyards, which is the third largest transportation hub in New York, as well as this arena.

    Norman Oder: Green Cards for Sale? Atlantic Yards Backers Seek Chinese Investors Norman Oder 2010

  • In Vietnam, specific targets such as railyards or major bridges were objects of Alpha strikes, while Rolling Thunder operations cycled smaller, free-lancing missions in search of specified types of targets.

    On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988

  • I grew up poor – really, really poor – in a small post-war tract home sandwiched between the Erie Canal and the railyards.

    (No) Money Changes Everything | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • The High Line isn't finished yet - Phase Two will open in 2010 and will extend to 30th street, while the fate of the railyards section to 34th street is still unclear.

    Back in the High Life Again aka TBTAM 2009

  • Meanwhile, Brookfield Properties is optimistic that it will start construction within a year on a long-planned, two-tower office development to be built on a platform over the railyards at Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street.

    Developers Eye City Office Buildings Dana Rubinstein 2011

  • And since, at first, plug-ins would be used for limited service around railyards, charging stations can be readily installed nearby.

    Hatching New Ideas 2010

  • On most weekdays in recent years, giant tractor-trailer and dump trucks loaded with tons of rocks, earth and sludge have been rumbling out of the Sunnyside, Queens, railyards in low gear and turning onto Northern Boulevard.

    MTA's Mob Ties Reveals Vetting Problem 2010

  • I can't go into all the details for lack of space, but the Shrine sat in a vast semi-deserted area of railyards oft overrun by bad guys.

    Defending South Park's Mohammad Episode 2010

  • Georgia spent $500 million between 1995 and 2005 building docks and railyards at the port of Savannah.

    Export Revival Threatened By Shipping Bottlenecks Jennifer Levitz 2010

  • It stands on Via Giolitti, next to the squalid railyards of Stazione Termini, Rome's answer to Penn Station.

    A Wonder From Any Angle 2010

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