(US, rail) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.
(US, rail) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.
“suppose you took the Ship of Theseus thought experiment, but changed the planks into a railroad track and the rigging into a trolley until eventually it was a moral reasoning thought experiment, is this still a thought experiment about identity?”
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(chiefly, US, Philippines) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
(chiefly, US) The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.