1824 R. Stevenson in 6 3 An offer of a reward for the advancement of the Railway-system.
1904 7 May 7/2 Consider the question of a possible increase of commerce by a great pan-American railway, finishing out the links in existing railway systems.
2003 Mar. 58/1 The Beeching Report sounded the death knell for much of our railway system and effectively ushered in the car age.