·noun A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
II. Railway ·noun The road, track, ·etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, ·etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.