Meanings
adjectivemain-line (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of mainline.
During the period 1956-62, about 7,700 gangwayed locomotive-hauled coaches for main-line operation will be built.
1957 January 29, “Modernisation Plan Progress”, in Railway Magazine, page 13
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