railroad track
(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.
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(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?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- railroad77%
(chiefly, US, Philippines) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- railway73%
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
- railroad tie73%
(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.
- railroad72%
(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.
- railway sleeper71%
(rail, chiefly, UK) A railroad tie.