1854 21 Aug. 9/2 The Welsh rail trade rules dull, but there are numerous old orders to be executed.
1948 19 Nov. 21/2 Most of the rail trade between east and west passes through the state.
1995 G. Tweedale ii. 73 Two things dominated the Cammell director's discussions..–rails and armour–with the latter assuming increasing importance as the rail trade peaked in the early 1870s.