▪ I. trackage1
(ˈtrækɪdʒ)
[f. track v.2 + -age.]
The action or process of tracking or towing, or fact of being tracked; towage, haulage.
| 1820 Blackw. Mag. VII. 436 In the Caledonian Canal,..much animal or steam power will be saved, in trackage. 1826 J. Adamson Sk. Inform. Railroads 39 With such prodigious powers of locomotion and trackage. |
▪ II. ˈtrackage2 U.S.
[f. track n.1 6 a + -age.]
The tracks or lines of a railway system collectively. Also attrib. trackage charge, charge made for the use of a railway line by another company.
| 1884 Morning Herald (Reading, Pa.) 17 Apr., Our general agent has, therefore, advanced this trackage charge. 1888 Science 27 July 46/2 The total trackage is twelve miles, the equipment is forty cars. 1894 Times 14 July 7/1 Our rail⁓roads have about 170,000 miles of trackage and 1,000,000 of employés. |