rail tracks
Locomotive steel lines
Rail tracks are the parallel steel rails on which trains run, along with the wooden or concrete ties and ballast supporting them.
The term emphasizes the physical infrastructure rather than the route: Workers inspected the rail tracks for damage.
Often shortened to simply tracks: Don't cross the tracks when a train is coming.
- sleepersUnactivated spies or surprise hits
- ballastShip stability material
- clickety-clackRhythmic mechanical noise
- iron horseSlang for steam engine
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
train stations · rolling stock · gauge · trains · locomotive · narrow gauge · ties · switch · heritage railways · Pullman cars · dining car · crossing · whistle stop · caboose · conductor · platform · junction · steam
- rail safetycrossing signal, signal light, warning signal, train stop, crossing arms
- mine railwaysmine carts, narrow gauge, hopper car, tippler, headframe
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, stations
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- rail infrastructurefreight yards, switches, signals, platforms, main lines
rail tracksroads
Paved paths for vehicles
highways · motorways · streets · paved roads · dirt roads
rail tracksopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
open water · open sea · open terrain · open sky · uncharted territory
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