"tracklaying" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From track + laying.",
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          "ref": "1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:",
          "text": "The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.",
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          "ref": "1961 July, K. D. Peel, “Carlisle-Border Freight Centre: 2.- The new automated yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 400:",
          "text": "Bottom ballasting paved the way for the start of tracklaying in March and this £250,000 contract was scheduled for completion in 48 weeks.",
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        "The work that involves putting the track in place."
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        "(rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place."
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