In the 1970's, he helped to pull a big Milwaukee-based railroad out of bankruptcy.

Ellsworth was just a sleepy little prairie town on a big railroad.

Still, the subsidies could not save the big railroads.

I can give you a job on a big railroad, in charge of the dining-car department.

The company, like several other big railroads, is exploring a bar-code system for the sides of cars.

Rogers wasn't about to have the investment foiled by the big railroads.

Most of the big railroads say it is too soon to project their losses.

It was very important that none of the big railroads learn of the plans.

The three other big railroads declined to comment on the inspector general's report.

Ultimately, it could well be swallowed up by one of the two big Western railroads looking to form a coast-to-coast link.