railroad spikes
Rail-securing metal pins
Railroad spikes are large, heavy nails with a squared shaft and a flat, offset head, driven into wooden ties to secure steel rails to the track.
The distinctive L-shaped head hooks over the rail's base.
Beyond railways, they're popular in blacksmithing projects and rustic crafts: He forged the railroad spike into a knife.
- tiesConnections or neckwear
- train tracksMetal rails for locomotives
- fasteningJoining two parts together
- trackPath or monitored route
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
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- railway trackstrack bed, railbed, trackbed, ballast, crushed stone
- scrap metalscrap metal, steel, iron, copper, aluminum
- railroadianawaybills, ticket stubs, signal lamps, semaphores, signal flags
- sharp pointsneedles, point, pins, tip, thorns
- instrument accessoriespicks, guitar picks, pick, plectrum, flatpick
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