trackage rights

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪts

Noun

trackage rights pl (normally plural, singular trackage right)

  1. (rail transport, US) Synonym of running powers.
    • 1941 January, “Notes and News: An Important American Amalgamation”, in Railway Magazine, page 34:
      In addition, the combined system has trackage rights into Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama.
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