railhead
Where rails end
A railhead is the farthest point to which a railroad line has been built, especially during construction: Supplies were shipped to the railhead and hauled overland from there.
In military contexts, it's the point where equipment and troops transfer from rail to other transport.
The term also refers to the end of a rail where it meets the wheel.
At the endpoint
- destinationIntended arrival point
- final stopJourney's last destination
- dead-endPassage without exit
- endpointFinal point reached
halt · platform · turnaround · yard · loading dock · freight yard · depot · station
Military personnel collectively
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- advanceMove or progress forward
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
- supply depotFacility storing distributed goods
reinforcements · battalion · brigade · division · infantry · artillery · logistics · offensive
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- distributionAllocation across recipients
transshipment · loading · unloading · containers · pallets · storage · stockpile · dispatch
Resolved dispute or colony
- expansionIncrease in scope
- westwardToward the sunset
- boomtownRapidly growing community
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
homestead · outpost · territory · goldrush · prospector · landrush · prairie · expedition
terminal
At the endpoint
- destinationIntended arrival point
- final stopJourney's last destination
- dead-endPassage without exit
endpoint · halt · platform · turnaround · yard · loading dock · freight yard · depot · station · mainline
troops
Military personnel collectively
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- advanceMove or progress forward
- encampmentTemporary military or refugee settlement
supply depot · reinforcements · battalion · brigade · division · infantry · artillery · logistics · offensive · campaign
cargo
Transported goods
distribution · transshipment · loading · unloading · containers · pallets · storage · stockpile · dispatch · receiving
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
pioneering · homestead · outpost · territory · goldrush · prospector · landrush · prairie · expedition · colonization
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- endpointsendpoint, end point, terminus, final stop, last stop
- cattle drivecattle drive, Chisholm Trail, chuck wagon, cowboy, drover
- Cattle TownsDodge City, Abilene, Wichita, Caldwell, Newton
- terminusesbus station, train station, airport terminal, ferry terminal, subway stop
- railway townsSwindon, York, Doncaster, Carlisle, Darlington
railheadrail line
Fixed train route
railway network · rail system · trunk line · main line · rail corridor
railheadsupply depot
Facility storing distributed goods
rear echelon · home base · distribution center · strategic reserve · front line