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rail head
n. (context rail transport English) The top part of a railway rail; the part of the rail the wheel runs on.
Usage examples of "rail head".
A month ago I was still walking to the rail head through the tangle of a forest's undergrowth,”.
The rail head wasn't much of a town, and they were soon out on a smooth, paved, but narrow road.
If that demons raised Hell before we get there, Im sending a nasty letter to the smoking ruins of the VIA Rail head office.
The rail head, the depot, was the link between the townships and central to the life of each.