railbank

railbank
1. noun
An embankment adjacent to railroad track.

This 200-mile long stretch of railbank property has four encampments of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

2. verb
To convert an out-of-use railroad track into a trail for public use.

[T]he municipal government moved ahead with plans to railbank the 5-mile segment between Astoria and Tongue Point under the guidelines of the National Trail Systems Act.


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