the history of 'railroading' [=of trains, railroads, the people who work on them, etc.]
He worked as a 'railroader' [=a person who works for a railroad company] all his life.
a controversial law that is being 'railroaded through' Congress
(..) What we do is we build a pipeline to Port Hueneme or Santa Paula, it's about miles, and we do a deal with Union Oil. This is what we do. Then we don't need the railroads and their shipping costs anymore. You see? Yeah. -You see that? -Yeah. (..)2007 There Will Be Blood