railway tracks
Locomotive steel guides
Railway tracks are the parallel steel rails on which trains run, along with the wooden or concrete ties and gravel bed that support them.
The phrase often appears in warnings about danger: Don't play on the railway tracks.
In American English, railroad tracks is more common; railway tracks predominates in British usage.
- sleepersUnactivated spies or surprise hits
- ballastShip stability material
- railsGuiding metal bars
- steel railsMetal track for locomotives
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
ties · gauge · narrow gauge · broad gauge · switches · lines · creosote · points · train stations · conductor · locomotive · platform · junction · steam · trestle · train · commuter · signal
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- railroadstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, rails
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, rails
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, coal mines, power stations, mill ponds
- rail infrastructurefreight yards, switches, signals, platforms, main lines
- commuter railcommuter train, suburban train, suburban line, local train, express train
railway tracksopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
open terrain · off-road · unmarked territory · wilderness · open field
railway tracksshipping lanes
Designated ocean travel paths
sea routes · waterways · flight paths · air corridors · airways
track, rail, railroad, tracks, railing, railway, monorail, railways, railcar