steel tracks

Locomotive rolling surface

Steel tracks are the parallel metal rails that form a railway, guiding trains along a fixed path.

The phrase evokes industrial imagery—locomotives, freight yards, the infrastructure of transportation: We walked along the steel tracks until we reached the station.

Tracks may also refer to the grooved paths for streetcars or trams in urban settings.

Related

steam engine · train · freight train · railway · gauge · sleepers · ties · freight · rolling · rail yard · clattering · rust · welded · junction · switching · crossing gate · ballast · crossings

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Opposites
transportation infrastructure type

steel trackspaved roads

Hard-surfaced thoroughfares

highways · dirt roads · gravel roads · waterways · air corridors

permanence and rigidity of route

steel tracksopen road

Unobstructed route ahead

open water · open skies · cross-country routes · uncharted territory · open sea

infrastructure rigidity

steel trackshighways

Major intercity roads

freeways · open water · airways · flight paths · shipping lanes

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G