iron rails
Locomotive path components
Iron rails are the metal tracks on which trains run, consisting of long bars of iron or steel laid parallel on wooden ties.
The term evokes the early railroad era when iron was the primary material: The iron rails stretched across the prairie.
Rails made of iron were eventually replaced by stronger steel, but the phrase persists in historical and poetic contexts.
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- tracksMarks showing passage
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
sleepers · gauge · rust · spikes · golden spike · ballast · crossties · freight · box car · steam · train whistle · whistle · journey · cross country · forge · metal · rivets · industrial
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- railroadianawaybills, ticket stubs, signal lamps, semaphores, signal flags
iron railswooden ties
Timber rail supports
dirt path · rope bridges · stone pathways · cobblestones · gravel road
iron railsdirt road
Unpaved rural thoroughfare
footpath · waterway · canal · open sea · hiking trail
iron railsRoman roads
Ancient empire's highway network
horse trails · cart tracks · wagon ruts · footpaths · natural trails
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