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An article in The Railway Magazine, August 1905 discussed the use of 'Railway' and 'Railroad' in different jurisdictions around the world at the turn of the 20th century.
As the linked article suggests, there was considerable uncertainty over the use of the two terms.
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As the linked article suggests, there was considerable uncertainty over the use of the two terms.

‘Railway’ or ‘Railroad’
The featured image for this article is a photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway No. 2816 ‘Empress’ leading an excursion on 10th May 2008. [5] The Canadian Pacific (CP) and the Canadian …