Cable railway and Railroad

Cable railway

Cable railway noun - A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.
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Synonyms for Cable railway

Railroad and cable railway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Railroad" instead a noun phrase "Cable railway".

Railroad

Railroad noun - A roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel.
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Synonyms for Railroad

Cable railway and railroad are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cable railway" with "Railroad", this terms are similar.

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