The first, in the 19th century, produced China's first railway-builder and its first university president.

第一波在十九世纪，他们建造了中国第一条铁路、开办了中国一所大学。

Engine, engine number nine, running down Chicago line.

机车机车第九号，芝城铁路线上跑。

The railroad traverses the Continent from East to West.

铁路东西横贯北美大陆。

I got a few patients from among the officials.

有几位铁路员工就到我这里来看病。

Railroads, bus lines, gas and electric companies are public utilities.

铁路、公共汽车、煤气和电力公司都是公用事业。

The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway traverses almost half of China.

京广铁路几乎穿越大半个中国。

The Gotthard Railway Tunnel is 57 kilometers long.

圣哥达铁路隧道全长57千米。

Part of it had to be closed to traffic recently after a lingering thunderstorm damaged its northbound lanes and protecting it from corrosion and rust is a never ending battle.

最近，一场持续不断雷暴破坏了北行车道，部分铁路不得不关闭，防止锈蚀和生锈是一场永无止境战斗。

If their proposal becomes a reality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe.

如果他们提案成为现实，它将在欧洲铁路旅行方面掀起一场革命性。

Some definitions put that at 155 but there's a type of rail under development that could run at several times that speed and change transportation as we know it.

也有一些定义将时速定为155英里，但有一种正在开发中铁路，其运行速度可能是我们所知数倍，并且它将改交通运输方式。

Later, canals came to bring new prosperity, and then the railways.

后来，运河带来了新繁荣，然后是铁路。

As we all know, punctuality is essential to the railway service.

众所周知，准时对铁路服务非常重要。

Step aboard the MTR, the Mass Transit Railway.

进入地铁, 轨道交通铁路。

It created new towns, it created new cities.

铁路创造了城镇 产生了都市。

It's eleven stories high, and stretches 330 meters along the King's Cross railway tracks – that's longer than London's tallest building, the Shard, is high, by the way.

它有11层楼高，沿着英皇十字铁路线延伸了330米，这可比伦敦最高夏德大厦还要高。

The China-Europe Railway Express was launched in March 2011.

中欧铁路快线于 2011 年 3 月正式开通。

Even if some cities benefit, other places beyond the rail network may suffer: speed is attained partly at the cost of stops, so areas well served by existing services may find new lines bypass them.

即使有一些城市受益，铁路网络之外其他地区则可能遭受损失：速度达成是以减少停站数为代价，以致于现有线路服务地区会发现新线路绕过他们。

John Henry was very strong. He made his mark in history because he could work harder and faster than any other man on the railroad.

约翰·亨利非常强壮。他之所以名垂史册是因为他比铁路上任何其他人工作更努力更快。

The rail service also announced potential disruptions to trains due to the deep snow.

铁路服务部门还宣布，大雪可能会导致火车中断。

Probably it would be hard for you to get control of any of the great railroad systems; that field is pretty well monopolized.

也许你很难控制任何一个大型铁路系统；因为这个领域已经被大规模地垄断了。